Prince Fritz Wilhelm Holm, Danish adventurer and explorer who is credited with having discovered the famed Nestorian monument in China, died here to-day at the age of 49 years.
The Nestorian monument is a stone slab some nine feet in height and bearing an incised cross and inscription dealing with "the spread of Christianity i lieved to have been first erected in the year 781, by and in honour of a country bishop.
Apparently buried in the ground not long after its erection, the monument was thus preserved for eenturies in good condition. It is believed to have been dug up in 1625 and re-erected, being again moved in 1907, Prince Holm's part in the history' of the monument was apparently to recognize and make known to the world its tremendous importance as 'a link with the old Nestorian Chris
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