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i ! THE WEATHER. WORD TO THE WISE Fair and cooler Thursday; Friday, probably fair; moderate northeast wind's. ; . ' ' , 11 you have confidence In what you have, to sell what you have to offer the public let them know itl : : : : : 7" a" VOL. LXXXVIII- ; jSXBSi WILMIJSfcrTON, N. Ot, THURSDAY MOKNlKG, SEPTEMBER 14, 1911. h i WHOLE NUMBER 18,7 J :. COTTON GROWERS mncMT ..-.nun n ESTS YET Democratic Presidential Possibilities As fThey Appear to Prqpheti Bryan WANT 15 CENTS LAKE TRAGEDY CHINESE REBELS A WALLE D CIT Y THRDIV ' LAKE Great Gathering of Farmers, Bankers and Southern Leaders. FIGHT BEAR MOVEMENT Estimate Short Crop of 12,500,000 They BaCSFrench-Engllsh Syndicate Will Finance Movement to Hold Up Price Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 13. Five hundrt d farmers, and as many bank ers, Congressmen, United States Sen ators and business men repreenting very cotton-growing State, declared in convention today that the farmer's fotton is worth fifteen cents a pound and resolved that the farmer should hold his cotton lor mat price. ; i ne resolution followed the estimate of a committee that the crop in America would not exceed 12,500,000 bales. For financing the crop of this year, a resolution was adopted to the effect that the farmer should deposit his cotton in a warehouse aid use his re ctipt as collateral until he could sell his product at not less than fifteen cents. There was also a resolution that the several State legislatures pro vide for a system . ot bonded ware houses. . Declaring that organization among framers and co-operatioiKamong them led with the bankers and financiers, was the solution oi tne proDiem, me cqn-1 vention resolved itself Into a perma-jThe nfni oiguiuicauuii iu mt i)uunu aa tuoiQig ceiu no was.piainiy ifignieneu Southern Cotton Congress and ad jnurned to meet in Atlanta at the call o' the president, E. J. Watson, Coni- missioner of Agriculture of South Car- clina. - v The meeting in Montgomery is to be followed by a similar convention In every Southern iState, to be called by tie commissioner of agriculture of each State. By these conventions the action of the Congress is to be rati- fled and reinforced by rurtner steps I toward securing a'better price for cot ton. -T" - Amone the sDeakers today were Senator Smith, of South Carolina, who received the thanks of the Congress for his attitude toward the government luton reoort: Con eressmen Heflin and I. Clayton, of Alabama, and Hughes, of Georgia. it was Senator Smith who perhaps made the speech that decided . the Congress in its naming the prjee of cotton at 15 cents, for Congressman Heflin wanted to make the price 15 or 14 cpnts with fourteen cents as the minimum. Congressman uiayion ae ciared his belief that within ten years th world would be using' 25 or '30 million bales of American cotton. President C. S. Barrett, of the Far mers' Educational and Co-operative Union, denounced as baseless the re ports of a bumper cotton crop, denied the charge that the Farmers Union was a combine to hold up civilization. and asserted that there is a combina tion for the purpose of ; hammering j down the price of cotton. As the result of a conference "In Montgomery yesterday afternoon, President C. S. Barrett, of the Far- mers' Union, announced today that a French English syndicate has guaran- agreed to bar them from tneir tnea- tetd any amount of money up to $74, tres In this city. O'Mi.ooo to finance the South's cotton Pittsburg, Sept. 13. Although no croi). The deal was made with the attempt has yet been made here to ex personal representative of the syndi' hibit moving picture films of the Beat tate. The money is to be loaned at 6 tie murder trial, Director John.orin. Per cent., and the cotton is to be put of the Department of Public ' Safety, P as collateral. Details of the plans declared that any attempt to show are to be perfected by a committee to them would be prohibited, be composed of one Southern banker Denver, Col., Sept. 13. Moving pic atid two members of the Farmers' tures posed by Beulah Binford, wno Union. played a prominent part in the recent The estimate of this -year's cotton trial of Henry, Clay Beattie, Jr., of d. Va.. were today debarred on statistics and adouted by the con- .. . ention. is approximately .12,500,000 hales. This pstimato was based on f'gures presented to the committee by the fiiii of States,, each State he ing represented by its agricultural ciinmiKsioner or his authorized assis tant aiKl by figures furnished by the National Farmers' Union from Its re- 'Hit 'on vention at Shawnee, Okla., and by revised figures submitted by Preside!. Charles S. Barrett, of the UaniKiK- lTnir, On tho call by (States, the following eii.,i4t,i were submitted: Alabama 1,100,000 bales: Arkansas awjni.1; Florida GO.fJOO; Georgia 1,800,- '))) : Mi;oL.:n! 1 on1 nnn. -kty, ro. I obri.i cr.niiiift. ni.ii n nnn I (mh Carolina 1,215,000: Tennessee .oO.im;,; Virginia 10,000; Texas 2,950,- tOn- r.iifnmi, loftftA. t nuiatnna 9Aft- f'("; .Missouri 00,000. All other Stat": Th' t-ommittee on legislation recom- ""' ' i hat u department of statistics ' eft iOC. if ttu nirrltultnrol Hnnorlmont I "min in eucn ftiate unur ur na t, : oach agricultural commission- r of oaon southern -t4t tir no I bis respective legislature tha ture in' .each State, and, each State w-sti.,1, 0f Sllfh a iionsiptmnt. .'Ailnroaifont Atrd'each State secretary of certain periods of each vear.the fle- "J !ii,f to be compiled hy each State, uien an average of crop condi- nous, climates, eir nf all th States lR-'ln.r made fi.p nnhiinatinn - I The department of agriculture was I -" :y criticised for its inaccurate "II sr. mates and ginning reports by elected by the convention snail con onirnisioner of AeHculture Watson. Htltiit a national commission to as rj houiij Carolina, and President Dabs, iut! So,,th Carolina Farmers' Union. u,u"iii8 resoiuiion onerea vy Murderer of Seven Year Old Girl Confesses Horrible Crime. GIVEII ONLY LIFE SEI1TEIICE Cold Blooded Villain Rushed ToPen tentiary to Prevent Lynching Threw-Child from Railroad Bridge Feared Mob Madison, Wis., Sept. 13. John A., otherwise known as '"Dogskin" John son, tonight' confessed - to" the abduc; lion' and murder of little Annie Lem berger, the. seven-year-old child whose body was found in Lake .Monona last Saturday. He was inmmediately sen tenced by Judge Anthony Donovan to If imprisonment. A few miftuteS afterward Johnson was taken in 'an automobile by Sher iff Andrew Brown, to the State prison at Waupin. It has been feared that Johnson might be lynched. Johnson was arrested . Saturday on suspicion but after being questioned he was released. The offlcere had'him under surveillance all day, and in the evening once more placed him under airest. ' .: Although ,tle police strongly sus rected Jc hnson of knowing something about th i crime, they could not fasten guilt npo i him absblutely. On the strength Qf,., heir. suspicion," however, he was taken into court today, nlead- not guilty and was placed under a J$io,eOO bond,' the preliminary exami- nation being sit for September 25tn. prisoner was then' taken back to Toward evening Turnkey John Foye waa called 4y - Johnn and told he wished to make a confession. Chief of police Snaughhessy was informed and set-for JDirtrlct Attorney. Jl. N. Nel- s0o. The c;?i.nty prosecutor, chief ol police and o'-ier officials soon gathered at the Court House where the prison 2r, before Judge Anthony Donovan, confessed to lLe crime. r "in "the presence of Chief of Police Shaughnessy. District Attorney Nel son and Tunkey, Foye Johnson said the ded was the result of a sudden im pulse: He had watched through the window the little girl and her sister undress at bedtime on numerous oc casions and on the fateful, night, shortly after the child had. fallen asleep he raised thevsash and snatched Little Annie from the bed, dragged her through the window and struck her unconscious so here would he no outcry. He then took to the railroad bridge and after beating her until life was extinct, throw the body into Lake Monona. Johnson decvued to mate a aeuu ed confession. He wanted, to be taik en at once to Waupun to escape the vengeance of the mob, and promised he would make run coniession aiter he had been safelyvlodged in prison. PROTEST BINFORD PICTURES Will Be Barred From Nickle Theatres In Large Cities Cleveland. Ohio. Sept. 13. The lo cal branch of the Moving Picture Ex hibitors League of America today en tered a protest against the exnibition o( pictures of Beulah Binford or any other exploiting the Beattie case, and from Denver Nickeldomes by tne nre and. ponce ooara. - GIRL COLLAPSED AT GRAVE Had Been Hvsteridal Since Brother - - Was San Washington, Sept. 13. Myrtle Smith, sister of 14-year-old Harry Smith, who was found brutally, mur- dered last Sunday morning, sunereu. a : mental collapse today wnen ner Ihrnther' was hurled. The young gin who had, been hysterical ever since the tragedy, with a . wild shriek suddenly attempted to ..throw herself into tne grave, which had jusi receiveu Krn()iar' hndv. The efforts OI her two rhvoftns and friends were unavailing in quieting the desperate girl and it was flndlly i necessary, to .fh the trrava dranerv. which. was hastily torn Into shreads and bind the arms of the frenzied girl.. She was taken to a hospital where her condition is said te be very seiioua. .. ... . . x. - !, (.nmmlttoA Oil resolutions, WaS adopted: ' . ' ' a ' ' . . '. ThWf thfi Commissioner of Agficul ITarmers 'TTnloh. shall constitute 0 campaign committee for their State whose duty it snau. oe to. empioy, i Unrora7 and send out literature." Tiiat thfl National presldent'of the Farmers' Union and the chairman of this convention ana one omer. mem oei sist in conducting , this work."' 'r - The expenses are to be, defrayed by voiuniary" cuunuui.iww. Facts Gradnally Being De veloped in Hendersonville Murder Mystery. L ANOTHER IliQUEST Oil FRIDAY Tio Doubt Now of Criminal Operation Coroner Concealed Situation In Order to Allay Suspicion of Murderer Rewards Hendersonville, N. C, Sept. 13. Positive announcement was made to- nighet by Coroner W. R. Kirk, that Myrtle Hawkins, whose body was found in Lake Osceola,' Sunday, died as. the result of an unlawful opera tion. The coroner's jury, which gave a verdict of death from "unknown -causes, knew this fact at the time of the inquest, but made theln finding in definite in order to allay, stispcion of the girl's slayer and maike easier the detection of the criminal, Coroner Kirk stated tonight. - It was only after a sVorm of criti cism from the general public that the coroner revealed the true situation and announced that another inquest would be held Friday. Miss Hawkins' body will not be exhumed, he said, as this is considered unnecessary. There liwere rumors tonight that an arrest would follow Friday's inquest at which additional evidence will be presented. Coroner Kirk tonight admitted that the' autopsy revealed the true condi tions which led to the young woman's death. After a conference with Dr. I a v-h j m iL f "j i a. a. uraiia, oi uns cny, wno assist ed at the autopsy, it was decided then that an indefinite verdict should be given in order to lull into a feeling of fancied secuiity the slayer of Miss Hawkins and thus assist in the cap ture. In addition t the .rewards already offered the Henderson county author- tiea Will, uffer $500 for the arrest of Miss Hawkins' murderer and the citi zens of Hcndergcnville will raise a fund. " ; Hendersonville, N. C, Sept. 13. At this inquest testimony will be brought out concerning several sus pected parties. Detectives are at work on the case and the woods sur rounding the lake is being carefully searched for the spot where the trag edy occurred. The young girl died during a crimin al operation and the "body was left ex posed to the elements and weather for several days before being carried to the edge of the lake where it was dis covered. Sunday morning. The post mortem ' examination disclosed the cause of death and told the tale of the crimte. Citizens Call for Action. Citizens of Hendersonville are de manding that thi3 officers get busy and bring to punishment the hlack-hearted murderers of the character asNwell as life of. the unfortunate girl. Today a subscription is being circulated for funds to offer a reward of $1,000. The county and State officials have also been called upon to add to this. For three days the (police, did practically nothing, but they are busy now and a young married man is under suspicion along with another. Arrests will prob ably follow tomorrow's inquest;. More Than One Concerned. Moee than one person must have been concerned In this double crime Thist officers are almost sure that they can locate the principal figure and ar rests are expected within the next twenty-four hours. The unfortunate girl left home Thursday carrying with her a long cloak. When the body was found, (Continued on " Page Eight) OUTLINES. At Madison, Wis., yesterday, John A. Johnson confessed that he abducted seven-year-old .nnie Lemberger and threw ner into a mice: ne was sn tenced to life imprisonmient and had to he rushed to prison to escape lynch- ere Fifteen cents for the South's cotton was the demand insisted upon at a large conference of growers, bankers and leading Southern men at Montgomery, Ala., yesterday-: Chi Uese rebels are besieging the walled city of Cheng-Tu, and many are being killed by government troops firing from the walls; most of the mission aries are inside tne waWs The au thorities at Madison, Wis., propose to stop anything like a prize fight be tween Ad. Wolgast and MacFarland -rThe U. S. Commissioner of Edu cation says a new spirit has arisen in the South In education -There were no arrests yesterday- in tha Hender sonvIUe, N. C, tragedy; there is now no doubt of a criminal operation upon the murdered girl, according to the coroner, who says that the real facts were concealed to allay the suspicions of the murderer until the authorities were ready to act New York mar kets: Money; on call; steady, at 2 1-4 to. 2 1-2 per cent; ruling rate, 21-4; closing bid, 21-8; offered at 2 1-2; flour was steady, with local business good; wheat, bar.ejy steady;. No. 2, red, 98. elevator; 1.04 f.o.b., afloat; corn firm; NO. 2, elevator, donuestic basis to arrive, and 75, f.o.b., afloat; oats, firm; standard white, 50; No. 2, 50 1-2; rosin, steady; turpentine, easy. &cAh&& . . v . v5f;t..y?f GOVERNORS AT SPRING LAKE Day of Fun and Frolic With More Se rious Matters During Day's Ses sions Governdr Wilson Agafn-lnsa&ttce - -f Spring Lake, N. J., Sept. 13. Twelve-inch guns roared repeatedly this afternoon at Sandy Hook as Governors, of "States stood on the ram parts of Fort Hancock a guests of the United States government and watch ed thousand-pound projectiles whistle ten thousand yards over the water at a . fragile canvas target. j The group traveled to the Sandy Hook Proving Grounds by special train. All but two delegates, Gover nors Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and Aus tin L. Crothers, of Maryland, made the trip. ... After the exhibition target practice the battery commandant announced that two "theoretical bull's eyes" had been scored and that the other two shots were but a few feet off. A cruiser, he said, would have been hit four times. The party returned to Spring Lake in time for dinner. After reaching headquarters a dozen or the governors motored to the State rifle range at Seagirt. All fired at a bull's eye at 200 yards. None planted a bullet squarely within the center but four governors tied for first honors bj hitting, the target. The successful marksmen are Governors Vessey, cr South Dakota; Cruce, of Oklahoma; McGovern, of Wisconsin, and Hay, of Washington. A system of employers liability in- surance. conducted oy tne state ior the benefit of working men, was advo cated by Governor Woodrow Wilson, ot New Jersey,, at the conference to day. Governor W91son said in preface tljat. he started "a scrap yesterday" ahd did not care to start another. "In New Jersey," he said, "the in demnity companies have raised their rates, in 'some instances 1,000 per cent. because of our recent liability legis lation. " ' These gentlemen, are singularly un wise but that Is not the worst of -it; they show clearly an intention of rais ing the rates still higher. There must be . a State system of insurance. It is all very ; well without State insurance- to-enact a general law with regard to the- compensation to be paid injured employes but what of the small employers and corporations? it tney cannot' afford to pay mis compensa tion then the security afforded hy tne law Is of no avail to working men. We, therefore, have to protect aic classes of our workingmen until we have seen that all claims of this sort have been paid:.-':". ( "I cannot say that the- employers are trying to meet us half way. Ther9 are some lawyers in New Jersey who are . absolutely ingenius in inventing bad advices and several of the" States large einployers have been very bad lv adviser! recently. TheV will learn Isoon, however, from out of he court of errors and appeals whether the Legislature can - demolish ; their' ' de fense." - . -.i .- x Norfolk Va.; Sept 13 Circuit Judge White today struck from the voting list of Princess Annev - county 226 names alleged to ' Jie placed improper ly thereon because the county vtreas uter reported that .their poll taxes hati been paid whenhey had. not been assessed under the 'law. . The election of all county officers in1, November is Involved. ; ' u V SHERIFF MAY PREVENT BOOT Wolgast-McFarland Match Must Not Dsvelop Into a Prize Fight Matchmaker Positive It Will ; Be Carried .Through ' ' r Madison, W5s., Sept. 13. Assistant Attorney General Russell Jacikson in an opinion on the Wolgast-McFarland proposed boxing contest, says should the affair develop into a prize fight the sheriff is at liberty to stop it. The opinion is contained in a letter to Winfred C. Zabel, district attorney of Milwaukee county, in whi;h the statutes governing prize fights are stated. The opinion then touches up on the articles of agreement entered into between the NationaL3 Athletic Club and Ad. Wolgast and says: "It would appear that an effort "has been "made to avoid the possibility of a conflict with the section governing prize fights and that the proposed con test is1 to be of the nature oa 'boxing match' as distinguished from a 'prize fight'" "Whether or not, however, the con test will prove to be a 'boxing match' or 'prize fight' will depend entirely, m my opinion, upon the facts as they may develop in the ring. Ii.a prize fight, it will, of course, be the duty of the sheriff to stop it" May Not Fight At All Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 13. District Attorney W. A. Zabel when informed of the assistant attorney general's opinion that he expected that just such a statement would be made. ' "I should uphold the sheriff in ignor ing an injunction in carrying 6ut. the enforcement of the law,"said the dis trict attorney. Sheriff Arnold says from informa tion he' has at hand the affair will be a strict violation of the law and will not be allowed to proceed. "The acting governor has issued or ders and they will be carried out to the letter. The contest will not be permitted," said Sheriff Arnold. Matchmaker Mulkern .was. just . as positive in his assertion that the con test would be carried through. Fight Called Off. - . , Milwaukee, Wis., Sept." 13. The Wolgast-McFarland "boxing bout bill-; ed for Friday night was. called off by the National Athletic Club shortly af ter midnight, after a conference of tfco club officials, following a-lengthy, con ference between club representatives .and county officials together with acti- ing Governor Morris.- . It was evident from 'the' stand taken by the acting governor and Sheriff Ar nold, with the backing of the district attorney, that attempt to put the coii; test on would not be permitted. CHILD ACCIDENTALLY SHOT ! ... Young Lady . Didn't Know. Pistol Was Loaded Perhaps Fatal . . ; Richmond, Va., Sept -13. Alice Nunnally, aged five, was accidentally shot with a revolver by Miss Grace Browning, aged 17 on South, Laurel street this afternoon, and dangerous ly wounded. The revolver had not been loaded for a long time until a" day or, two ago, when it now appears, it was loaded. Miss Browning did not know it had been loaded and was play ing with it' when It went off, with the serious , result narrated. The wound' ed :-child was taken -to a -hospital where it Is reported tonight that her injury is fatal. j v "Big prizes." given, away free. Save the labels ; on Farris' " Honeyz Bread Adk your grocer for It Honey Bread. PROGRESS MADE III EDUCATION United States Commissioner of Edu cation Says New Spirit Has Aris . ... . en in the, South He Talks : ' -: :i.:r ; of -HrsTTrip """ -; Washington, , Septi 13. United Stages Commisioner' of Education Claxton returned today from a trip through parts ,of the Mlddlewest and South,' during which he sought the co operation of State superintendents of education in a plan to have the Na; tional and State departments of edu cation join hands in some of the work which each is doing. Mutual benefits, he declared, would result. "The, Federal-and State departments of education," he explained, "have been gathering their .statistics inde pendentjy. My , plan is to. unify this work arid believe that , by doing this both will receive prompter, more .com plete and . better reports. The Na tional Bureau' of Education . not hav ing any powerVother than a moral one, tc comper the education officials of the country to furnish the information we desire our reports often have been slow in appearing., The scheme I have iu view doubtless Will facilitate mat ters; and .the State, too, I believe, will be helped. ' . While in Tennessee, Dr. Claxton spoke at the dedication of the first ot four normal schools,, which tne State is building. ' "A new spirit has arisen in ine South, in regard to certain education al matters, particularly the question of t the need or training for teachers," sai j Dr. Claxton." ; . "It was believed formerly that any one with-education could Jeach, wheth er he knew anything or not about the principles of teaching. This ideav has passed away. . . "Tennessee,'; my native iState, was practically the last State in the coun try to - install normal schools. But now that, the step, has beep taken the State has done nobly, the four cities in which the schools are to. be located having contributed more than $1,000,- 000 to support them." . . , SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE-MINDED Board of Trustees' in Session at Kins tbn The ; Site, i (Special Sar Correspondence.) : Raleigh.' N. C, Sept. 13. The board of trusttes of The State School for Feehle-Minded, appointed by the last Legislature to expend $60,000 in the erection of buildings for such an ins titution on some desirable site donated for the purpose, . is- holding a session in Kinston passing on the-titles to the splendid property "selected there for the 'institution,' ' and discussing the tentative plans for the main building which-it Is proposed to eret witn tne least possiDie .oeiay. .. COL. GEO. W. TAYLOR DEAD End Came After Stroke of Paralysis . In Virginia. "Norfolk, Va.,' Sept. 13. Colonel George W. Taylor, aged 57 years, who commanded the - fourth Virginia wriment in Cuba durinsr the Spanish American war, prominent and wealthy, died at a local hospital today follow ing a- stroke of paralysis at the Wes- over Club, Wllloughby Beach, July 8. He was the brother of Colonel Walte H. Taylor, adjutant, on the staff , of General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War, r.andr. Robertson Taylor; of Balti more. . .' . ; . ..' . Missionaries are on Inside ; During Setkte Engage- . ments. REBELS LOSING, E'!iY KILLED taovernment Defending City With 1,800 Troops Are Fighting From the Walls on Besieging Forces. ', Situation Critical. Peking, Sept. 13 .Latest advices received by the Chinese Foreign Board and the foreign legations1 indicate that Cheng-Tu, capital of SzeChuan pro vince, is under siege, that mosit. if not all,- the missionaries are inside t the walfe and that the city is garrisoned by l,80(rtroops who have had several engagements with the besieging fortes; ... , A dispatch from the Drefect of Tsu- Chan -which lies about 75 miles to the southeast of Cheng-Tu, dated Septem ber 12, said that the troops were firing upon the rebels , from the Cheng-Tu walls and that the besiegers had lost many men. The belief is (held them tnat the garrison is capable of resist ing the attacks of any number of or ganized rebels from the outside. The Canadian Methodist compound. without the city, has open spaces around its own walls. It is believed that the foreigners have taken refuge within this compound, which is consid ered the strongest and the most eas ily defended. . . 6 Peking missionaries who have been n former riots in Cheng-Tu. say' that whatever Chinese trooDa were Afv spatched td guard' the mission -would be stationed outside the compound and would not be permitted under any cir cumstances to get Within the gates. Whether the foreigners and the na tives inside ths walls are prepared to endu'r;.; siege .is; not, known. ..The . question of .supplies Is all .important aQd It Is probable in view of past ex periences that the missionaries have taken precautions against such a con tingency The missionaries, however. possess no weapons; unless they have heeiL supplied iby the "viceroy. Every effort is being made to communicate with 'Cheng-Tu, but . so far there has been no movement to relieve the city. Foreigners here seem confident of the ability of the viceroy to suppress the uprising. All gatherings. In Peking In sympathy , with, tha .'revolutionary move in Sze-Chuan' have been dispers ed hy the ipolice. ' A dispatch from Kla-Ting-Fu, to the south of Cheng-Tu, says that foreign missionaries stationed there have left for the Yanig-Tse. These Included three men and their wives and a wo man doctor. The foreign gunboats havia been unable to proceed above Sui-Fu. American Warships. Washington, September 13. The American squadron, headed by th(i cruiser New Orleans, which has been making its-way up the Yang-Tse river from Shanghai to Nanking, has reach ed Salkwan, the port of Nanking, and Admiral Murdock has taken command of the expedition, transferring his flag ' for that purpose .from the Saratoga to the New Orleans. While he original ly Intended that these deed draft ves1-' sels should stop at Nanking,; the ad miral has now changed his plan and will proceed with his squadron aboit 250 miles further up the river to Han kow, which marks the limit of deep water navigation. This movisment is made possible by the fact that 'the Ya(ng-Tse is greatly swollen by tiie flood which is the greatest since 1839. American .citizens in Sze-Chuan pro vince are .believed to be in no present danger. The Saratoga will go to Woosung tomorrow.. Hankow, China, Sept. 13 '. The na tive press publishes a report that the viceroys yamen at Cheng Tu has been destroyed, and many rioters have been ' killed. , It is reported also that the foreigners have gone tcf- Chung King under escort. . The situation Is considered very grave. The viceroy has about 200 troops at Chong Tu and 8,000 alto- gether in the province. v Reinforce-' ments cannot reach Cheng Tu in less than a month. ' .;-: ., POTTER IS STILL HELD. Officials Believe That Edward Stark- loff Will Surrender. ' Chicago, Sept. 13. S. A. Potter, alias George W. Post, who with hla confederates is alleged to have oper ated various' swindling games' which netted him $1,500,000 Jn the last few years; was still held in Custody while Federal officials were searching for Edward Starkloff, reputed to be his chief partner. It I? probable Potter will be arraigned in.th United- States District Court tomorrow. Meantime,1 the officials, refuse to accept . a . casn bond of $50,000 for, his release.. De-, tectlves are working in the hope that Starkloff wll isoon. surrender. It is said to be an agreeanentj between, the, men that if one is-captured the other will gjLye himself up to ihake a joint defense. When Potter. was.. arrested ln ?4ew Yofk:several;year sgo,. Stark- toff, surrendered ; r. , w-v,. ' " .'It ! V! 4 it" i 1 r V v t 'it 1 . r " . -. . i, I V.:-- j . 'it .. - i t i 11 .' I ' -. ." .-'It .. I-''
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