The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 7, 1901, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ARL An Ulceration of th Stomach Fatal Hemorrhage EKING, Nov. 7.—Li Hung Chang died at 11 o'clock this morning At 9 o'clock last evening Earl Li was still breathing and displaying unexpected vitality. The phy c however, said he would probably the morning hours hes were put on. was fi The burial his friends sent in accordance with se customs, to be burned waen order to carry his soul to 1 to express sympathy. s are somewhat uneasy concerning is death will have on the popu- 4 against a possible an the Chinese gen- sposed of their troops about h & way as to command the ouble, extreme- he effy of Earl L1 and his two sons were with him w he 3 re greatly distresse officials thron have been Fame 2s r, Statesman and Diplomat Ancestry end Birthplace. was sprung from th there is some Some place eil by her Li's PAS Causes“ S| i of the Ministers of the powers | The Chinese | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1901. LI HUNG CHANG, THE DISTINGUISHED DIPLOMAT, =~ | SES AWAY AT PEKING AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS ——e —_— ) R A, | |, i\ | NOTED SOLDIER, SCHOLAR, STATESMAN AND DIPLOMAT, KNOWN “GLADSTONE OF THE ORIENT,” AND THE LINGERING ILLNESS, AS THE WHO DIED AT PEKING THIS MORNING AFTER A AGAINST WHICH HE VAINLY STRUGGLED. “BISMARCK OF CHINA" occasion of her death in 1852, and the rever- ence he paid to her memory. His Youth and Education. Of Li Hung Chang’s youth not much is ac- Jle to Europeans, beyond the fact that he was the second son of the family; that he was very studious and at a very early age he was noted for the rapidity and beauty with which he wrote the complex characters of his lan- guage. whish accomplishment among se is & regarded as a ready honor. When yet quite young he took his bachelor degree and later tried title to king. 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It may be remarked here that the studious habits of his youth were | kept up in after life and there were few pro- fessional scholars in the whole vast empire who could claim any advantage within the range of the Chinese curriculum over the busy old dinlomat. Membership in the Hanlin Cgliege carrled with it a certain salary, besides”entailing the duty of furthering by every possible means the advance of learning. As a rule a member of the Hanlin Colleze received in his turn an appointment in the public service, and thix would kave been his lot but for the interven- tion of extraordinary circumstances by which his energies were diverted into a much wider and more active sphere than usually falls to the lot of Chinese civillans. Of his own motion he entered a fleld where in less than ten years he was to win the Gov- ernorship of the important province of Kiang- See, with the title of Pih or Earl and the fame of a great conqueror. clety, whose professed object was to over- throw the ruling Manchu dynasty and seat a representative of ~ the Chinese line on the throne, had kept the southern provinces of the empire in a disturbed condition, and in 1851, headed by one Hung Siuts'van, who styled himself Tien Wong, or Heavenly Prince, they broke out in open rebellion. After overrun- ning the province of Kwang-si, they started on a devastating march northward, and gath- ering numbers as they went, crossed the prov- ince of Hunan to the Yangtss River, passed down that strcam and early in 1853 appeared before the gates of Nankin, which they soon captured. This city, which had been the capital of the empire under the Ming dynasty, the Tien Wong proclaimed as the imperial city of the Taiping (Great Peace) dynasty which he proposed to found, and appointed four of his most faithful followers, Fing, Yang, Stao and Wei, as kings of the south, east,” west and porth ‘to assist hinj, besides others named ater. Having captured all the cities and devas- tated the country on both sides of the river to down near its mouth, an advance on Pe- king was undertaken. In May, 1853, a column of Taipings left Nankin and marching through For many years the Hunghwui or Triad So- | Ngan-hui, Honan, Shantung and Southern REPUBLICAN REBUKE TO BOSS RULE Continued From Page One. party machinery for rallroad uses was hatched during the last session of the Legislature. A measure was put through the Legislature to fasten bessism on the people. It was engineered by Herrin and Burke, Democrats, and John Lynch, R« publican. It provided for the interven- tion of a State Central Committee into local affairs. The vicious law was In- voked to compel or induce the Election Commission of San Francisco to recognize an apportionment of delegates, and a call for a lecal convention emanating from the Kelly-Crimmins_County Committee. The day that the Republican State Central Committee came to San Francisco and at a general meeting in Golden Gate Hall slapped the Independent anti-boss Repub- licans in the face, the defeat of the party in the municipal election was rendered certain. Attention of Republicans and the Republican press throughout the State is directed to this phase of the contest. Had our citizens belonging to the Republican f-.r!y been left alone to adjust their dif- erences, harmony might have been re- stored, but after Judge McKinley, at the suggestion of Governor Gage, came here with a prepared programme to exclude the Republican Primary League, there was no hope for peaceful adjustment. The Independent Republicans determined to fight the boss machine and they fought and won. The victory has much more than local significance. It means the overthrow of the boss machine in State politics. Sen- ator Perkins will have no further trouble in determining on which side of the fence he shall alight. John Lynch, the obtru- sive and offensive collector of internal revenue whose displacement Senator Bard recommends, cast his political fortuncs with the bosses and went down to igno- minious defeat. His days as a Federal office-holder are numbered. Stephen Kelly of San Bernardino is getting ready to file his official bond as collector of internal revenue for this district. Before another election takes place the Market Street Rallway will have passed to the control of Eastern capitalists, and Jere Burke's cccupation as a political manipulator for the corporation vanished. Samuel M. Shortridge, who is acknow! edged to be a better orator than Welis, emerges from the campaign somewhat sad but still aspiring. e. was the only Republican speaker of any note that con- sented to speak for the boss interest. The result of the local. election diminishes by one the number of candidates for the United States Scnate. Crimmins did not accomplish as much in his district as Herrin expected. A brief review of the situation is thus ex- LEAVES HOME BECAUSE OF HUSBAND'S CRUELTY Mrs. Hilda Adolphson Declares That She Is Not the Least Bit Insane. OAKLAND, Nov. 6.—Mrs, Hilda Adolph- son, whose disappearance from her home at 942 Capp street, San Francisco, was re- ported to the police of that city recently, is in Oakland. Mr. Adolphson informed the police of San Francisco that his wife had left home with her little boy and that she was supposed to be mentally, unbal- anced. Mrs. Adolphson says that she left home because of her husband’s cruelty and that she is not in the least insane. She says that she could no longer stand his treat- ment and_took their child and came to Oakland. The reports of her disappear- ance and the charge that she is unbal- anced, she declares, were issued by her husband to annoy her. ,She says she will not give her Oakland address because ;he does not want her husband to find er. —_— e } TOO EXPENSIVE A HEIFER.— States District Attorney Woodwonlxg.nyu':’:.mg entered a nolle pros in the matter of the in- dictment against Robert Crabtree for stealing a heifer from the Round Valley Indian Reser- vation.. It was found that the heifer was worth only $12 and that the mileage, witness fees and other expenses of the prosecution would amount to $§75. @ siieielleinieieinieieiein el @ carry his district for Wells, but he s still carrying the $2500 that Herrin gave him.” The pudding for the push was the can- didacy of sk for District Attorney. The political sharps, on the quiet, hint that they “pulled Fisk’'s leg in the most approved fashion.” He was told that he would win out for District Attorney in the election and be placed in line for Mayor two years hence. o one knows how much money he squandered in the struggle, but the boys ir.ched a deal of it. His defeat is a sad icw to the bosses, but his running was a joy to the ever-hopeful push. It is a proverb among the ‘“grafters” that every red-hot campaign produces one sucker. Fisk was the Examiner's special favorite on the Republican ticket and in view of the services rendered by him to the paper in the investigation of the police by the Leg- slative committec 1t I rather surprising that the Examiner did not make a bet- ter show of reciprocity. The popular man in the field was Judge A. J. lgx?ltz. He received the highest vote of any candldate—26,945. John Lackmann received 278, the second highest. The third highést was Franklin K. Lane, whose vote was 26,111. Judge Conlan came pressed on the street: “Crimmins did not ' fourth from the top with 26,027 votes. | tice of any but the most important. Refusal of Patient to Refrain From Work Hastens the End —_—— Chill, reached Tsinghal, near Tientsin. These were shortly followed by another column, which advanced as far as Lintoing in Shan- St Becomes a Soldier. L{ Hung Chang, then about 30 years of age, was residing at his father's house when he heard of the presence of the Taipings in his native province. patriotic ardor was aroused to the highest pitch, and, deeming It the duty of every man who had any influence or authority to exert it to the utmost in his country’s behalf, he raised a regiment of mi- litia and took the field against the rebels. They were too strong to face, but he hung on their rear and harassed their flanks as they advanced northward with such tenacity and Vigor as to cause-them great annoyance and stamp himselt as a leader of no mean ability. When on de- feat of the first column at Tlentsin both started on the retreat to Nankin, pursued by the Gov-' ernment troops, Li with his militia was on the alert, and, though unable to fully bar thelr way, checked and retarded their progress to such.an extent as to give the imperfal troop: time to overtake and destroy them by thousands. This useful work and great service attracted the attention of Tsing-Kwofan, the Viceroy of Hukwang (Honan and Hupah provinces), the generalissimo of the imperial forces, who. at once enlisted Li and his men under his imme- diate command. Wins Military Fame. Though trained for civil life, Lt fitted tor that of a soldier. physique and commanding stature, being & feet and 2 Inches in helght, with bright, plercing eyes, and possessed of natural strategic ability and great tenacity of purpose. After Teing Kwotan Li was unquestionably the ablest Chinese leader of his time. He rose rapidly trom rank to rank until in 1859 he was sent as Taotai or intendant of cir- cuit to the province of Foklen. Soon after he was put at the head of operations against the Talpings and with the able assistance of ‘‘Chinese’” Gordon, which he had secured, finally checked them, and in July, 13864, by the capture of Nankin, their capital,’ brought the rebeilion to an end, In recognition of his services he was made a the was ‘well He was of strong Pih or Earl, ‘‘guardian of the heir apparent,” and given a yellow jacket. Thus launched Into public service, he con- tinued therein until his death. His services, promotions and degradations in all these years were too numerous to allow no- Following the suppression of the Taipings he was made Viceroy of Hukwang with his seat at Wuchang. In 1869 he was made a Cabinet Minister and soon after charged with the suppression of the rebellion in Yunnan and then of the great Mo- hammedan uprising in Shensi. China’s Principal Spokesman. While he was yet engaged in Shensi the ter- rible tragedy, the massacre of the French sis- ters and priests, was enacted at Tientsin. The crisis was a most grave one, and China's best man was needed to handle the situation. Li Hupg . Chang. was summoned - post-haste and made Viceroy of the mietropolitan province of Chihll, in which the trouble lay. Here he first came in contact with European diplomacy, and from that time on was the principal if not the sole mouthpiece of China in dealing with the | outside world, and his acts are part of welll known history. , To give here the more important " events in their order must suffice. France, placated for the Tientsin affair in 1833, Li made an important treaty with Japan. Thé following year - he settled the Formosan troubles with that country. In 1875 the Emperor, Tung-Chi, and the Empress died, and the two elder Dowager Empresses came again into power as regents. Li was soon made Grand Secretary. 1In 18: he was charged with the settlement of the trouble with England arising out of the Mar- gary murder in Yunnan, which he accomplished by the famous Chefoo convention. In 1877 the great famine occurred in Shensi and Kansu, and on his shoulders fell the burden of rellev- ing the starving millions. The undertaking was stupendous on account of the inaccessi- bility of the reglon, but he organized an ef- ficlent system of rellef and gave, It is said, over a million taels from his .own purse for the purchase of food and seed wheat. In 1878 ke settled the long standing dispute with Russia over the Kuldjg dis it to China. 1In 1882 his abiliti cised to their utmest in handling the out- Dbreak {n Korea, and in 133 he outwitted the French' Commissioner, Fournier, in the settle- ment of the dispute over the Tongking-Chinese border question. 1In 1885 a fresh outbreak in Korea required a new treaty with Japan, which he made with some advantage to China. In 1335 he concluded another treaty with France, and in 1887 negotiated the British out of Port Hamilton, which they had seized. Closing Chapters in a Great Life. In 1558 Li was stricken with paralysis and desired to retire from public life, but it could not be allowed. He subsequently recovered almost ent{rely. In 1524 the war with Japan broke out. Li was relegated to the background for a_time, but soon called to the fore, and in 1595 sent to Japan to make a treaty of peace. There he ‘was attacked and wounded by a fanatic, but bore himself bravely and turned the in- cident to secure better terms for his country. This treaty ond the diplomatic handling of the _everts that followed it bear a high tribute to Li's keenness as a diplomat and farsighted- ness as a statesman. The consequences are yet developing and a review of the whole must wait. Tn 1896 Li made his memorable tour of the world, visiting all the -principal capitals of Europe and_the cities of the Eastern part of the United States. His retinue and equipment were worthy of an Emperor, and he made a great impression wherever he went. When the recent great Boxer uprising in Northern China and the siege of the legations occurred Li was at Canton, belng the Viceroy of Kwangtung. He was summoned to Peking, but wisely delayed going until the foreizn troops were in possession. The court remained at Singan, fled, and charged Li with the principal part in the long drawn out negotlations for in- demnity—which were concluded. How well he acquitted himself of that last great work is not vet fully seen. Li was often called the ‘‘Bismarck of China™ and the ‘“‘Gladstone of the East,'* a question whether either comparison pays a full and fair tribute to the manner in which he accomplished the great tasks imposed upon him. 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Policemen McManus and O’'Shea were | sent out on the case. They found Le fevre, who was making for town on foot, They placed him under arrest. When searched at the station a revolver with one chamber exploded was found on his person. The first report sent out was to the effect that masked robbers had at- tempted to hold up the car, but such was | not the fact. — ee———— SUIT AGAINST THE EGG ADDLERS IS DISHISSED‘ Charles N. Champion and Fruitvals | Quarry Company Settle Differ- ences Out of Court. OAKLAND, Nov. 6.—The suit brought by Charles N. Champlon, through At- torney General Tirey L. Ford, against the | Fruitvale Quarry Company to enjoin it from operating a quary in Fruitvale and | injuring the business of the chicken ranchers in the neighborhood through fre- quent blasting that would necessarily en- sue, was dismissed to-day, the attorneys for the litigants having arranged a com- promise. 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