Peking, March 12.
Mr. Roy Anderson, who conducted the negotiations for the release of ithe Lincheng captives, died of pneumonia this evening in the French Hospital.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
The deceased, who was 42 years Jot age, was born at Soochow, where is father was president of the university. The family home was at Atlantic, Georgia, and after going the States to be educated, Mr. Anderson returned to China and took. up a position at the University of Soochow, under his father.
He afterwards turned tou busi-career and joined the Standard Cow in later years engaging in \eerious" business enterprises fin becoming connected with the Minshing Mining Ca. of Yunnan, He was a man who gain-jed 4 most intimate knowledge of Chinese affairs and who enjoyed the personal confidences of many. high officials, his advice. being sought by numerous Ministers. During the revolution, he took a prominent part in the proceedings recall his activities in connexion with the Lincheng outrage, in which he acted chief negotiator release of the forel Jand daughter, who are of present in America,
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