Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1901 — Present Ruler of China. [ARTICLE]

Present Ruler of China.

Kwang-Su, formerly known as TsaiTien, is the ninth Emperor of China of the Manchu dynasty of Tsing, which overthrew the native dynasty of Ming In 1644. He was bom in 1871, and at that time nobody supposed that there was the slightest chance of his succeeding to the throne. His predecessor, Tung-Che, died in 1876, and the empress dowager and the Manchurian Princess held a meeting and selected Tsai-Tien, son of Prince Chung, as successor to the throne. Prince Chung was the seventh brother of the Emperor Hlen Fung. There Is no doubt that Tsai-Tien was made Emperor because of his extreme youth, and the consequent fact that there would be a long minority during which the dowager empress would be nominal as well as actual ruler. However, he was chosen, and the name Kwang-Su, or “Glorious Successor," was given to him. His education was conducted by the supposedly wisest man of the empire and when he was fifteen years old he was married to a bride chosen by the dowager empress. Immediately after his marriage Kwang-Su formally ascended the throne with much ceremony, but he has been a cipher In the affairs of the nation ever since, and on only very rare occasions has ever been allowed to receive the foreign ministers. The dowager empress is the real ruler. —Indianapolis News. The Duke d'Abruzzl, who has won fame as an arctic explorer, will be in this country next winter, as he has been appointed second in command of the Italian cruiser Olovannl Bausan, which will cruise in American waters. Verestchagin, the Russian painter of war scenes, has returned from China, whither be went for new material. He will paint a Series of pictures, which will be exhibited in various capitals. Prof. Edward Buess, who has been professor of geology in the University of Vienna for .forty years, celebrated his seventieth birthday on- Au r gust 20. Abner McKinley’s resemblance to the late president is so striking that It la a shock to anyone who now sees him flar the first time.