The Universal Gazette" has a note which we translate below:—tA certain official here is reported to have received a reliable telegram from Heian notifying him that the Empress Dowager intends to leave Hsian for Chengtu, the capital of Szechuan, in two or three days, her henchman Lu Ch'uan-lin, ex-Governor of Kiangsi and now a Grand Councillor, being chosen to escort her south. it is not known whether the Emperor accompanies her or not, nor is it understood at present how many more Ministers will accompany the Empress Dowager to Chengtu in addition to La Ch'uan-lin (who by the way is now known as "the late Kang shadow").
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.