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important em re is Em
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D“'"1S 111° thirty Yom 0! their mariied _ A iiiiisiis. disc siiddsii assiiis, and Li iiss
life affairs of state have been in tue ‘ since been the most important man.
bands ofthe bis. iiiful and accomplish When Kwang-Su mirried,on Feb, 26,
°‘* WOM" Who, as Carmen. bylva, on _i889 'riiss 'rscii Hsi sbiiiesisii formally
Joys a time immeasuribly greater than '
that of her husband, who is by no
means Jealous of his wife's ability and __'-
reputation
Summarizing, one will find that the B It I T ks w
   following nations are subyect to petti-
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Nation Popul ition Area
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China 402 680 000 4 218 401
 Great Britain and
   Precautions
Russia 229 211 113 8 644 100
-**'" Netherl inds 33 042 238 778 187
spain 17 550 216 196 173
ta y 34 970,185 425 765
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y ng- ang, w 0
n mide the slave girl a servant Winnin
favor with her mistress, she later won
th it of her master, aid s
great boon he allowed her to learn to
read lt mav have been then that she
became ambitious Chinese history tells
of the supremacv a tainel by others of
I  her sex, as for instance, by the Emp
press Liuthi under the Han dynasty
and by tae Emprev Kia' hi urder that _ V , i _
ofthe latter Tsins Each ofth-iss two l°K~'wang-Su, the son ol Prince Chung,
last named women removed occupants and he was chosen because he was only
of the throne by poison, as the present 4 veirs ot age This was in 1875 I
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Empress has done twice 1881 the elder dowager died, and the    V ,du |
When 20 i-arsot a e the Vicero ` _ V _ ~ V
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~ g wis e to ru’e alone.
2 ‘fa-SSS Of M0Il"‘i W0'-Uel1’S the slave who bears the present is a In 1884 she dismissed Prince Kung, the
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tot e oi ,an uen son ibe- most powerful man in the empire, in
Children’s Rubbers just pa'
be secured before they can persua'le‘ V |0,»d,,,- so ,ho v im- power, and since
her husband to d i anything for ll18 pub
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- _ _ l then her favorite Ministers were first.
lio good The virtual ruler of a less Prince Chung, father of Kwaiig-Su
pi press Elizabeth | _ ‘ then»Mni-quiz Tssn , andlaier Li Hun
of Roumania w e 1
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g ut a plot 1 i i i
km” th” her \PP1°°V°~l must' Fung, the latter’s predecessor, but no for the removal of the regents and the P°'k' 7 82
"_""' no relation to Kwang Sn appointment of the elder woman as Re Ma-7 "hw" 65% 1 °°"" 305 103'” 223 i
She was born in ihe iamil of a lab- Att °rk 7 9
7 gent erwar ls Th n Tson Asi also P f wh" °'b°ut 7°"
orer, who did not kill this daughter, as associated inthe re-ieacy This beingi - Ledger
is often the custom in Chinese families eiected four years later, Kung, who 7
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press might show their power,
tegitluerthey ruled until 1873, when
the,Emperor, being sixteen ` years of
age, was given normal authority. Ho
endeivorid to kick over the traces.
and it was then announced that his
health wasin a precarious etate. He died
and soon afterwards his widow follow-
ed him. Foul play wasV hinted at the
time
The successor, as Empsi-sr wie
y g y former slave girl assumed the reins by
sent ner as the pret'ie»t of his slaves herself It was repo°ted at the time
with a presrn' to the Emperor, Hieu that fha older dowager had been pois
Flung, in ifratiiude for a decoration ot oned by her more ambi ious and capable
the peacock feather By Lliinese cus om iollea ue who h d
‘eived to be sold at samei l ‘ '_'
but has really continued to rule. `
The Emperor was intelligent in ap-
pearance, travellers said. bnt had a
freigiitened look, and it is probable that
he was ruled by fear Of such a death as
theworld believes has now overtaken
him. The Empress has always been
the power behind the throne, with Li
Hung Chang as her ally, and in 1893,
after his tempoiary disgrace, it was
oiily her interference that saved the
Viceroy his head. In 1895. against
Kwan,-,-Su’s protests. she had Li restor-
ed to his former dignities, and connived "“""
ff ‘ with him in him in his schemes for
D  Rniimiiiiis 5 soo ooo is cor M16 Will ¢Uol'd the F°°°| - '
zpliassing weizlih Vat 'Italo Sfwrliivoeg Movement Crowlngln Lon
- ._ - ina’s estin eros s. ere is no n
Toiiils 1 004 292 use 25 sis 139 s“'°p'y Lam" D°"'°p
_ to attempt to summarize the character, don F9' a` wa’h"|gt°n
-___ The population oith world b ~ melf\t8 In th M I Dlf- - - ~ -
inir 9 "\ ng of the woma.n,which ii c early shown in Mo nt ._ |_°|t fs cnt f0l' GIN
1i487.9‘)0il 00. and tiie area 51 238. - this brief sketch of her life. It might be "uma 9
800 ficulty. V _ _ _
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H the wor|d,s T square miles a cording to the esii added that she is the richest woman in f0 |-Ofd ¢Ul'89l'\-
9 mate of Ravenstein the em nent geo th
e world through speculations of var cad
And TWO T|1ll’d8 Df grapher and Statistician. it is apparent _ "" ions kindsf H t ol L H Ch
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that women rule more than two thirds is worth $400,000,000.'l‘his being so.she
9°P|9"'Th9 ‘S9 9' ofthe people on the earth and more S J 0
T. OHN, ct. 15-(Special)-It is must have $800.000.000.
an and PSCCTCOSI th?" °”° half the termor-7 understood the imperial authorities will
l‘he women who thus dominate the
hm8hf| affairs of the world are a remarkable 80°” begin to emma f°rtm°a'u°n here’
group There 1, me Emp,-6,3 of Chun, The development of St. John as a grain _ 1
Tuen 'leon Hsi, the former slave girl shipping point renders defences neces- And will Give way 0n‘y On Minor had 59 Passengers and 115 °’ T ae”
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g"‘°°dY» “Val`\°‘°“S but able Vlcmna sary, so that in hostile times the food ‘te hmm d “uw
of England, called the good Wilhel-
1 of the me cannot be out oft _ _W ,_ _ it is hoped that more will be saved 'Elissa _ ~
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Nh" ‘re the vmnal rule" Margherita of Italy bluestocking’ '  uncompromising and wil only gtve B movemen mt voro 8 as 8
This does not mean that spenmhuft and Bmentm Mme Ohm' While 2.000 miners were attendiiiirihe i ts T t ton monument is taking shape and
by Of IIIQJ ' \l‘0 l'lll8d by una me mama: who has'seen her Sonia fUI\6l‘8l Of EdW8.1'd W8lSll, klllod 8.1. vii' Way on mu-701' P01” hey are n° Anglg Saxgn ggtimwt |g growigg gm
mothers, and sweet kmgdom smpped of Us best P99393 den, the 106 imported negroes we" disposed to agree to arbitation, while
t that wome in char e ol
the time
ldemmes 3111?. 'odd 3 ;;pciiV:,i0,la A1i;imi;vholv‘:oiVintheh arflecttion of quietly smuggled from the city ona Sl”"? w‘n“°°°P‘ Russ” ‘"7 G°°m°'“7 Returning Soudsnsoldiers oonti ue
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tsuthraiiement of Queen hmm, E; weumafhls hx” gy :Zi special and sentm8t. Louis. .as 1`*f°_f°€°' _ ’ s tcbeiiomzed andere enthusiastically
sol Holland together with beauty and Carmen Sylvm who” V V V _ -_-0-*-. ~ treatedfeverywliere
non" ot the Emperor of
poems have won the applau e of other, can-i a slave inthe royalfharem. Her     T119 PTU100 Of WUI” 18 DOW B518 10 *gh*
'°1` °f ms m°‘h°"' “us “tt than courtieis ` beauty and wit attracted attention, and " walk with comparative ease, but limpifl W
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werlul nation Spain
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poor slave girl her beauly and wil woo 21 years ol age, and for the Last forty ST J 0 If 1 d gh h 5 A hay vi”
"Ulm" M°""‘ Ch” t “"’ “ her the favor of an Emperor, who mar three years she has been increasing in Howl figures for the plebiscite as fer as Royal ot Indus, I. Z Leiter, Gllwlgu m
4 ld” fmmml *hL"“°°l "”“§'”’ ried her, and her intellect and will have li power andiiillusnce and ter the greater ess new iss giiiiieied, shew pieiiibisien has given Iiord_Qgme'aaoth¢  "“‘
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