further instalment of honours conferred A Decree published to-day contains a
upon the octogenarian relatives of public of the Emperor's twentieth birthday. Am in connection with the celebration those 0 honoured are the grandmother o Duke Huang Mon-ch'tn, the mother of P'éng Chu-han, Commander-in-Chief of Fukien, the mothers of the Brigadier-Generals
number of other prominent military officials at, the Pescadores ae a0 Chen Shantung and the ives of a in the Empire, each of whom has. received a tablet with an autograph inscription by the Emperor, & jade sceptre, and 4 rolls of sill and satin from the Imperial treasury.
Li Han-chang denounces an officer named. Wei, Vu-tsai who formerly served as a command of Liu Yung-fu. the disbandig ment of the Black Flag organisation in 1887 sh id be handed over to the Board for this man was continually attempting to punishment. extort money from one of his former com-16th and 17th February. manding officers and_was jed_ from DEATH OF HUANG PENG-ULEX, Canton by the late Viceroy, Chih-tong. He has now secretly made his way Chi Chih-tung and T'an_ Chi-hsun back to the province and has brought a report the death on the 13th of January of fuang P'ong-nien, Provincial surer lawsuit for the recovery of some tohavebeen due to him, On reference to Liu for Hupeh. The cause of his death was a -fu the Viceroy finds that the soldiers sudden difficulty experienced in breathing of the three battalions under his command which terminated fatally in a very short were all paid in full at the time of their time. Memorialist would point out. that the late officer in the discharge of his duties disbandment. Wei Vu-tsai is represented by his Into Chief as having been an unclesewhere had gained no mean reputation and during the two months they were principled and disobedient member of his force and the Viceroy proposes to have him instantly degraded and sent back to his very ly. with his aboli is associated with him he impressed them indUstry. He had established in his. yamen native place where he will be kept under sort of training school for the expectant strict police surveillance. officials attached to the province and had
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