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mpm ' i , A A LAST EDITION 4:00 P. U. Weather Fore cast: FAIR; COOLER. puis mm m DI8PATCSS3 VOL. XVI. NO. 233. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESpAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 7, 1911. So PER COPY KV 111. It; UrM Y U t&M B ELECTIONS HELD New York Result Will Deter mine Control of Delegation to Democratic Nation- ; al Convention. . MARYLAND MAY STOP NEGROES FROM VOTING Amendment to Disfranchise Them an Issue Kentuvy Contest Expected to ' Be Close. Ntew York, Nov. 7. A million and a half votes are pouring; Into the voting machines today, arid it will be demonstrated by tontght whether the Empire stats remains true to the democratic' preferences expressed a year ago or has gone over to Taft's party. The only' broad Interest at tached to today! election Is a possible change in . political sentiment To maintain supremacy in the assembly the democrats must re-elect members in 86 of 150 districts. A new board of aldermen and two Supreme court justices are to be elected here and 31 up-state cities will choose mayors Rain in many part of the state last night left the roads mired badly and the weather Is threatening today. Since it Is conceded New York city democratic leaders control the politi cal machinery of the state, tonight's count will Indicate who will rule the New York delegation in the next dem ocratic national convention. In New York Tammany faces a . fusion of ' republicans ' and the clement controlled by William R. Hearst. Some wagers are reported, with odds slightly , favoring the democrats. Full Ticket, in Mho land. Baltimore, Nov. 7. A full state ticket, one half the senate and all members of the lesrislRture's lower house fcrwheing' viBtoaTofHf ArWylaha today. ' Ttrrrw "is constitutional amendment designed to disfranchise the negro being voted upon. The amendment specifies that only white males shall be entitled to vote or, in addition, such other males as possess J 500 real or personal property. Vote light In Boston. Boston, Nov. 7. Early voting here whs light. The republicans fearing apathy among their supporters . are well equipped with conveyances. Complete returns from Acushnet the first town heard from In the state election, showed: For governor, Foas (dent.), 15; Frothlngham (rep.), 88. Last year's vote was Foss, 13; Draper (rsp.) 11. . The vote of Avon is as follows: Foss, 176; Frothlngham, 185. The vots last year: Foss, 204; Draper, 104. ' . Cincinnati Mayoralty Battle. Cincinnati, Nov, 7. A heavy vote is being cast in the municipal election here. Registration was the heaviest ever known hers and fine 'weather prevails. Ths chief battle Is bet wet n the mayoralty candidates. Louli Brhwsb, .the republican , Incumbent and Henry T. Hunt democrat Heavy Vote la Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Nov. 7. Election day opened clear and warm with indica tions for an unprecedented vote for ths mayoralty candidates Oeorge H. Karle, Jr., republican, and Rudolph Blankenshlp, fuslonlst Kentucky Fight to Be Clowe. Louisville, Nov. 7. Balloting today cams after a week of hard campaign ing by both ths gubernatorial candi dates. Judge Edward O. O. Rear, re publican, and James B. McCreary, democrat Politicians predict a dose race. . 1 The New Jersey Contest Trenton, N. J., Nov. 7. The state is voting for members of the lower house of the assembly for 1111 and for eight new senators. The senators elected today will participate In elect ing a United States senator in 111 to succeed Senator Brtgga - The house Is now democratic, ths senate republican Flsrht on Brand Uhltloc-k. ' Tdledo, Nov. -7--Chlef-Interest In today's election centers In the right waged against Mayor Brand' WhKlocK Independent candidate for election for the fourth time, by Stats Senator Carl H. Keller, republican. ' 1000 Camlklatos la New Mexico. Santa Fe, Nov. 7. With nearly a thousand candidates of all sorts to be elected, the esrly vote In the state's first full election today was heavy. with the outcome 'doubtful because of tho multiplicity of candidates on stete, county snd Judicial tickets, the Injection of the racs issue and Bum - srous state and . national Issues In volved. The state Is normally repub (lean by 6000 majority out of a 60,- 00 vote. The defection of progres slve republicans and ths' prohibition . Jsts stand against regular republican candidates has produced uncertainty. Candidates (or governor are W. C. McDonald, democrat, and H. -O; Bur twm, republican. Two i-ungresmen will he choson and a legislature strict el which WW select two United States senators- m-iiitI Flistlon in Virginia. Richmond. Nov. 7. Clear, warm weather prevailed for Virginia's gen viral !.- I ion. 1'orty state senators. lftO tntnilMfK of ths houe of dele ! snd nimiTnim county snd lt l-ff i'.-T lire to I" p!i"ti-d. Virginia I ..., . . . ') iFi.i.TiiMe, .rl- I, , , . .' '. t I.. CITY IS OF ASSAULT CHARGE Booker Washington Fails to Obtain Satisfaction for Beat ing White Man Gave. New York, Nev.' 7. Booker T. i Washington, the noted negro ' educa tor, failed to obtain satisfaction at law, for the beating which he received at the hand of Henry A. Ulrich, a white man, on Sunday evening, March 1910 last. Ulrich was acquitted In the court of special sessions yesterday afternoon of the charge of assult which Dr. Washington had preferred against him. ' After the fight, which started In the vestibule of an apartment house where Ulrich lived at 11 1-2 East Sixty-third street, Dr. Washington was laid up at the hospital for several days with his right ear torn, his scalp cut and his face badly bruised. Prov ocations, which the defense attempted to show yesterday, were based mainly on the testimony of Ulrich, who de clared that he found Dr. Washington peeking Into the key-hole of his apartment and also the one opposite, and that Dr. Washington struck the first blow; also the story of Mrs. Laura Alvarez, with whom Ulrk-h boarded, who swore that when she passed Dr. Washington, he said to her: "Hello, sweetheart" Dr. Washington, when asked If he had any comment to make on the out came of his case, replied: "No, not a word." Coth Ulrich and Dr. Washington told their stories on the stand. Ulrit-h's Version. . ' ' "I first saw Mr. Washington peek ing through the keyhole of my door," Ulrich said on the stand. "He saw me and loft and' walked towards Eighth avenue. ' I saw him walking up and down the street and In a few minutes he came back, walked by Mr, Rev ette's apartment window and stopped to look .beneath the shade. - --t' opened the vestibule- door and burst in upon him and shouted, "'what are you doing there?' He struck me In the face and then we fought He asked me to let it drop. Dr. Wash Ington said: 'I know I have done wrong,' lot me go.'. While we were righting he struck his head against a tire hydrant" ' "Did you have any slick or other weapon with which you hit Dr. Wash ington?" . , ! . "No sir, I used no stick." Mrs. Laura Alvares on the stand. said: When I went out on the night ol March It to take out my dog, I found Dr. Washington crouching down in front of Mr. Revette's apartment peeking through the key-hole. I came upon him so suddenly that he had no time to straighten up, and I almost fell over him. He got up flustered, and hurried out" Later she said she saw Dr. Wash Ington near Broadway. "He followed me down to the house," went on Mrs. Alvares. "I was frightened and I ran past him." "What did Washington say to you?" "Ha said: 'Hello, sweetheart' " "What did you do then?" "I ran into the house and told Mr. Ulrich. He then went Into the hall and I saw him talking to Washington Mr. Ulrich asked him what he was doing and I saw Dr. Washington strlks at him." The acquittal of Ulrich was not unanimous, Justice Q'Keefe dissenting from ths opinion of Justices Moss and Zeller. After Ulrich left the court he was arrested again, charged with be ing fugitive from New Jersey, wher an Indictment has been found, charg lng hhn with deserting his wife. $20,000 LONG LOST Registered Package from Balelgh Disappeared July SO No Trace Found of It Since. " ' ' Gazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh. Nov. 7. It Is learned today that ths package containing 820,000 which was reported lost In Greensboro two weeks ago ri really lost about July to. Instead ol being tampered with, tbe poucl wa stolen together with Its contents, and has not been recovered. It Is believe J the package was enroute to New York when It disappeared ana an insurance company made good the loss. BONDS BELOW PAR First Kale of Federal Postal Savings Department Issues ktada in ' -New York. ' New York, Nov. 7. The first sale of government two and ons-half per cept bonds ismied through the postal savings banks department was mads here today, the bonds bringing only 921. Hankers deulare it la necessary that ths government adopt s change to maintain the parity of the bonds to protect postal savings depositors desiring to convert their deposits Into lion da. One Killed, ne Hurt In Wreck." Shrevenort. I.. Nov. 7. Enirlnee T. A. Ji.n.s whs kllli-d and llrems I". Wim.,1 II 'lured V. lien KlltlnilS Cr .,,'.im i . i r tin in collided jth . , i , . r I . ' . v. Hnvn kI SAY PREJUDICE SWAYED BEAIIIECtSE JURORS Exception Taken to Part of the Argument of Leading Attor ney for Prosecution. Richmond, Va., Nov. 7. Public in- tehest in the case of Henry Clay Beat tie, jr., convicted of wife murder and sentenced to die November '24, has been revived with the filing by his lawyers of an appeal from the de cision of the Circuit coudt of Ches terfield county. - The petition contained 17 bills of exceptions. Of these the - most im portant are relating to the refusal of Judge 'Walter A. Watson to strike from the records that part of the clos ing argument of Lawyer Louts O. Wendenburg, In which the speaker. addressing the Jury, said that should the jury find Beattle not guilty of the murder of his wife they should then visit .the graves of Peter Phillips, Thomas Cluverius, and Samuel Mc Cue, disinter the bodies of the three murderers and apologize to them. The defense claims that this was an un warranted appeal to passion, and to prejudice. - , Anomer reuuea to mat pan oi me testimony of Mrs. Owen, mother of the murdered Louise Owen Beattle, in which Mrs. Owen was permitted to testify to a conversation held between herself and her daughter about the life Henry Beattle was leading. Four other bills of exceptions relate to the qualifications of jurors, and the rest to technical points. . ' Lawyer Hill Carter yesterday was closeted with Judge Keith, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals, at the Supreme court, offices. G SUTTON KILLED BY MESSERIT.IS SAID Fifteen Years Old Boy Shot s Sunday Night Cause of Trouble Unknown. .. Bpcelat to , The Gazette-News. , Waynosvlllo, N.-C, Nov. 7.-SherllT W. O. Tahncr yesterday afternoon re ceived a telegram from Big Creek, saying that Harry Sutton, a fifteen yeur old boy, had been shot and kill ed. No further particulars were giv en at the time but It was learned this morning that the boy was an employe of the Champion Lumber company, and that, the shooting oc curred Sunday night about 10 o'cclock. man named Measer Is said to have fired the fatal shots.' No., Information has been received, however, as to the cause of the trouble. The remaltia of young Sutton were brought through the country to the home of his parents In the lower part ofthe county yes terday. The latest reports are to the effect that Messer Is still, at large though the sheriff Is hunting for him. IS BY Cambridge. Mass., Nov. 7. While women cried and pleaded that noth Ing should be done to appear in any way prejudicial to the Interests of their pastor, the members of the Im- msnuel Baptist church society last night voted not to accept at this time thev resignation of Rev. Clarence V. T. Rloheson, pastor of the church, now In jail on the charge of murder ing Avis Linnell of Hyannls. By an other vote they decided to lay the matter on the table until November The resignation was sent to the church officials by the pastor Imme diately after his Indictment last week snd a spsclal meeting was called to act upon the same. Thirty voted against, IS for accept ing the resignation. Death Stalks Hallowe'en Frollckcrs. Walllngford, Conn., Nov. T. The local high school and part of the grammar school are closed on account of an epldemlo of diphtheria result lng from a Hallows en party. Every child who succeeded In biting an ap ple suspended by a string In a party gams was later stricken with ths di.i Turkeys Clieap and Plentiful. . Chicago, Nov, 7. Turkey In nbund ant supply at "'old time" prices Is the Thanksgiving forecast here. . The supply la greater than in a decade, The best qualities are quoted at 17 and 18 cents per pound, A shortags Is noted In the cranberry crop. For Pensioning FVderal Clerks, Washington, Nov. 7. Secretary of the Tretiry MacVeaah declares he Is In favor of ' pensioning superannu ated government clerks snd It Is un derstood will make a rrnm mends tlon of tha ayatem feature of his annual report Fire In CW'jill-lJuhn KlUn. Liverpool, Nj. 7. A dangerous fire broke out today ou,' on the Norfolk & Nurtt AniTlt'iin fc'tHmnMp com 1'Hiiv' Heittner, Nwrtw I'ulnt, whl nrrl'" .,r w m h R (Mi- ef DISCORD MARS UMIITESI -. .i j -"'-'! ' f Opposition to Candidacy of of New York Woman for President-General of Daughters. HUNDREDS GATHERED FOR RICHMOND MEET Vigorous Fight Is on for the Post to Be Vacated by Mrs.;Virginia F. McSherry. Richmond, Nov 7. Hundreds of delegates to the national convention of the United Daughters of the Con federacy, which opens here tonight, are pouring into Richmond and a vig orous fight- Is on between candidates for president-general of the organiza tion. There . is spirited campaigning among the delegates for their favor ites As soon as delegates arrive an effort is made to line them up for one or the other of the candidates. The president-general, Mra Virginia Faulkner McSherry, will retire, and four candidates are now in the race to succeed her. - Mrs. Alexander B. White of Paris,: Tenn.; Mrs. James Brltton Gantt of Jefferson City, Mo.; Mrs. J. C. Halliburton of Little Rock, nd Mrs. Livingston Schuyler of' New York. --) Discord Is Injected Into the race be' cause Mrs. Schuyler Is from New York, a state outside the old Confed eracy. Some contend that to elect woman who makes Tier residence In a section active in, the war against the Confederacy would (.create an anom olous condition and one at variance with the spirit of the organization. Mra Schuyler's ' friends, present In a large number, Insist that this view Is narrow and uncharitable because Nf' York haa B7p,H0Q people who MaTYrorrTTfie SouUiTfWWrw southern population as that of New Orleans, one of the largest distinctly southern cities. The New York chapter, Mrs. Schuyler's friends state, Is one of the largest of the organlza tlon. v Mrs. Schuyler is a native of Flori da and. It Is said. Is a woman of much executive and administrative ability. The Daughters of the Confederacy today unveiled In the Arkansas room of the Confederate museum a stained glass window commemorating the he roism of David Owen Dodd, the Little Rock youth hanged as a spy by his federal captora SANDLIN. WIFE SLAYER, IS TO DIE DECEMBER 8 Gazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, Nov. 7. U M. Sandlla, the Wilmington wife murderer who was sentenced to die November 11 and whose sentence was affirmed by the Supreme court will be electrocuted Friday, December 8, Gov. ernor KHchln having named that data Sandlin killed his wife and then at tempted to shoot himself, but failed, MORMON'S HEAD DEAD John Smith, Presiding ' Patriarch of Latter Day Saints, Succumbs to Pneumonia, Salt Lake City, Nov, 7. John Smith, for 80 years presiding patriarch of the Mormon church and a nephew of the church founder, is dead here from pneumonia, aged 79. Torpedo Boat Tragedy Unavoidable. . i . ii Washington, Nov. f. The report of findings at the Investigation of ths recent accident aboard the torpedo boat Ttngey off the Carolina coast re. suiting In the death of , two . men, reached the navy department today. It was not made public, but It Is un derstood it was found tbe accident was unavoidable. .. No one was blamed. ' Madero Takes Office. Mexico City. Nov. T. Francisco Msdero took tha oath of president of Mexico at the chamber of deputies snd placed across his breast the trl eolored insignia of the chief executive yesterday. The oath of office was ad ministered to the eight members . of his cabinet Virginia League May Dlnhand. Petersburg, Va- Nov. T. As a result of discord In tha annual meeting here yesterday of ths Virginia League baseball organisation, ths league as at present constituted, will not exist next summer unless Richmond, Lynchburg and Danville, ths opposition and Pe tersburg, Norfolk and Roanoke, stand psttnrs, oan get- together. The meeting broke up In a row, Ir. Lambdln Dead. I'hllili.iile. Nov. 7 Pr. Alfred .ami ,! n. i ,!!tnr of tlte 1 j U r Ilir I t i f- l li- i t " -', K TURKS RETAKE DERliA, HEAVY LOSS Five Hundred of the Italian Garrison Are Killed and the Remainder Captured. Paris, Nov. 7. The Turkish em bassy here has been notified by an Ottoman agency that the minister of war at Constantinople has received a dispatch announcing that the Turks have defeated the Italians at Derna. retaking the city and capturing 18 guns. The Italians had 600 men killed, while the remainder were tak en prisoners. The Turks had 80 kill ed and 80 wounded. Turkish Gunboat Is Sunk. Constantinople, Nov. 7. An Italian cruiser bombarded the town of Aka- bah, Arabia, Sunday, sinking the Turkish gunboat Italidj, lying in the port The Tfunboat'i second officer was killed, but others aboard escaped. Subsequently the cruiser shelled a hilly portion of the town. The extent of the damage Is unknown. Aeroplanes Do Scout Duty. Washington, Nov. 7. With aero planes the Italian ' troops at Tripoli have located the headquarters of the Turkish army and ascertained that the Turkish forces are considerably diminished according to official dis patches received by the Italian am bassador here. The Italian minister of war states that the Turkish artillery corps was repulsed November 5. MADE ON THE ISTHMUS Congressional Committee Mem bers Say Panama Canal Will Be Completed by 1913. New York, Nov, 7. The congres sional committee that went to the Isthmus of Panama last month .re turned today satisfied that - President t'sii pradiattonii aUl, ha... (altlued that ths canal will be open for busi ness by 1918. The party included Senators Brandege, Brlstow, Cum mins. Page and Overman. Represen tative Hlgglns and Senator Brandege said the progress of the work has been remarkable and declared it looks like the canal will be finished and opened for business In ltltV "It will be finished within the estimated cost of 1375,000,000," they said. UNION BOOKS' SEIZURE IS ORDERED B7 COURT Judge Anderson Directs Indianapolis Marshal to Obtain Iron VI ord ers' Records. Indianapolis, Nov, 7. When Judge Anderson of the United States district court was advised today that a feder al grand jury had been denied access to certain books of the International Association of Bridge nd Structural Iron workers, he ordered a United States marshal to go to the trust company office where the books are deooslted and take possession of tbem. POLICE RAID SOCIETY WOMEN'S WHIST CLUB Game of Bridge In Chicago Broken op by Off l till Xo Arrests Made. Chicago. Nov. 7. Fifty society wo men, members of a whist club, ijad-a bridge whist party Interrupted last nla-ht when the police raided and cleared their club rooms The women were not arrested. TAFT CASTS BALLOT President Guarded During Trip to Cin cinnati Mo-tlon Booth by . Police Detail. Cincinnati, Nov. 7. Taft cast his ballot today at 1008 Madison road, ward , precinct M., two blocks from where he used to live. Hs came to the polling place In an automobile from the residence of his brother, c. P. Taft accompanied by a detail of police. The president had no trouble In securing ballots. He was la the booth seven minutes and supposedly marked all nine of the ballots. After depositing the bellota undsr the eye of sn election Judge, Taft returned to his brother's house. The program mapped out for the n resident todsy Included luncheon with ths Cincinnati Manufacturers' club and an address to the American socisty for the Judicial settlement of International disputes. . Taft to Attend Statue Unveiling. Frankfort Ky.. Nov. 7. Frankfort Is In gala attire for President Taft visit tomorrow, whn he attends the unveiling of Abraham Lincoln's statue, A lsrge section of ths balcony part o( which will be occupied by the, prenl dentlal party has been set aside for the use of former slaves. . -, i i. . Eighty-Nine Battels. Another evidence of the faot that some good corn crops were Tmlevrt this esaon In Buncombe count, is tne r port msde by J. W. Gillespie of llres- l-r townnhlp that be oldnlrird ,, i-n-h.'ls on one acre, not I? htiintllng SOLDIERS SLAY NOTEDGENERAL UNITED STATES COURT TRIES CRIMINAL GASES Civil Docket Will Be Taken i Up Within Few Days Grand Jury Chosen. The United. States District and Circuit courts convened this morning with Judge James E. Boyd presiding for the trial of criminal and civil cases. The criminal cases come first on the docket and upon the conclu sion of these, which will probably take only a few days, the civil docket will be taken up. There will be a meeting of the bar in the morning at 10 o'clock to arrange the civil docket. . The first business of the court today was to empanel a grand jury and the following men were chosen with with L. H. McClure of Hayesvllle as chair man: R. E. Raby, Ell A. Sudderth, John Boggs, D. C. Goss, ' Leander Laughter, S. G. Byrd, J. R. Crisp, Ji H. Brandle, Robert Campbell, T. J. Powell, Jesse Plemmons, A. C. Peak, W. L. McNabb, S. C. Worley, S. W. Davtdson, Sid T. Ray and J. M. Cole man. W 8. West was appointed offi cer of the court Judge Boyd then charged the 3ury in a short but exhaustive charge. He went out of the beaten path as ordi narily considered and referred at length to the forethought of the fathers of our country in providing a constitution that would forever pro tect the rights of the citizen. He cited as examples of some of the laws which tend to this protection and to conserve the resources of the citizenship, the interstate law in regard to foods, safe ty appliance law for railroads, protect ing laborers, the 18-hour law regard ing -the hauling of live stock and oth ers. The first case was that of United States vs Sam Thomas for blockading. The evidence was taken In a- short time and the case went to the Jury. Their verdict was returned at, 12:30 and was not guilty. Recess was then taken until 2:10 o'clock this afternoon. E WOMAN USED POISON Chicago, Nov. 7. Two new. wit nesses cams forward yesterday afternoon to accuse Mrs. Louise Ver- mtlya, the widow arrested on charges of poisoning Policeman Arthur Bis sonnette, of having knowledge of the manner In which soma of the eKht other persons who have died beneath her roof of similar ailments, came to their death. Their Identity was disclosed by Cor oner Peter Hoffman after the widow had been served with a warrant and after she had been moved to the county jail, where she apparently Is recovering from the effort on Satur day to poison herself. Acting on the story of one of the witnesses, tbe coroner left to exhume the body of Frank Brlnkamp, son cf Mra Vermllya'a first husbsnd, and one of the first of those to succumb to ths attacks of stomach disorder. The grave Is In Waldenhelm cemetery, near Chicago. Arthur F. Bissonnette, father of t.t deceased policeman, was one of the new wrtnesses, and he disclosed him self as another who encountered the mysterious stomach complaint while In the Vermtlya home. From that encounter he said Jie still suffered. The other witness was Miss "Elisa beth Nolan, former fiance of Frank Brlnkamp, who in an affidavit charged that her Intended husband had mails statements on his death bed, virtually charging his stepmother wi(h having done away with him." Bissonnette said: "I went to visit my son the day before he was taken to the hospital, I had two meals al the Vermilya home. After eating ham and eggs, on which I put pepper from a tin box, I had severe pains In my stomach. I got an emetio at a drug store and was relieved for a while, but the pains still are with me." Miss Nolan's affidavit brought In tut name of undertaker C C. Boyson, who has been mentioned by a number of persons interrogated by a number of persons interrogated, concerning the poisoning of Bissonnette and concern. Ing the mysterious death of another Vermilya roomer. Conductor Richard T. Smith. She averred that young Brlnkamp, on his death bed said to his mother: Well, I am about dead; you might as well let Boynton come and bury me." She also declared young Brlnkamp repeatedly said he was "going the way Dad did," and that he had ex. pressed to her his susploions that his father had not died of natural causes. ELJ0T3 ON TOUR President Emrrltas of Harvard Ills Wife to Circle the World. nd New York, Nov. 7. Dr. Charles W, Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard. nd Mrs. F.llot sullrd this morning for Europe. Dr. F.llot is to make a ton around the world th n-iin-ih-titiitlv of the Csrneste l.it.-i is.i rial p.nr -' !!'! I! t - t. Newly Appointed Governor of Shen-Si Killed Sleeping in His Tent by Manchus. PEKING STILL SAFE, ' STRONGLY DEFENDED Emperor Is Guarded by 10,000 Seasoned Troops Assem bly Agrees to Sup port Yuan. ; Ranking, Nov. 7. The viceroy at Nanking committed suicide tonight and the situation is serious. ' The viceroy's instructions from Peking ordered him not to resist the revolu tionists by force, but peacefully to surrender. The Tartar general com manding Manchu troops . refused to obey the orders. Panic prevails. Peking, Nov. 7. General Wu, the brilliant young military officer recent ly appointed governor of Shan-81 province, was assassinated while asleep in his tent at his encampment last night by (0 Manchu soldiers, who rushed past the guard and mur dered him, Wu was credited with sympathy for the reform movement. Reports that Peking has fallen Into the revolutionists' hands are without foundation. Prince Chlng continues as premier, pending Yuan Shi-Kara arrlvel here. - The imperial govern ment has concentrated- here all the army's most faithful and loyal troops. The emperor's personal guard is an army dlvUion numbering 10, 000 Manchus. ...'.. The national assembly today for mally appointed Yuan Shl-Kal . pre mier and it was resolved to assure Tuan of the assembly's continued support " ' " i At a mass meeting at Unan-Pu in Yun-Nan province today a series of demands were madti. upon J4ia govern ment These Included, the -establish " ment of a republic and complete autonomy for tbe province. Consular reports state that several officers have been assassinated. Press Censorship Removed. The removal of tha rigorous censorship hitherto . Imposed on the Chinese press Is a notable sign of ths times. The Chlness papers today publish with the great est freedom long accounts of the Han kow massacres, giving the details and attributing the blame to the Imperial ist leaders for both th Hankow and Shanghai outbreaka As a conse quence of these publications there Is Increased animosity , towards th Manchus. Ths United States and Great Britain have decided to take effective meas ures for th protection of their peo ple In China, In event of danger to foreigners, which, however, has not yet appeared perilous. It Is under stood that the regent' brother. Prince Tsal Suun, ha left the coun try) as he has not been ssen for three days. He obtained three months' leave from his post as acting minister of the navy. A private letter from an officer of Yuan Bhl Kai's staff say that th rebel leader. General Li 'Yuen Heng. makes Xt demands, the most Impor tant . of which Is that the Imperial household shall proceed In Jehol, with the entire court including the eunuchs, and shall remain there, re ceiving In return adequate pensions from the new government which is to be republican. A special secret meeting of th na tional assembly yesterday afternoon decided to telegraph Yuan Shi Kal explaining the fearfully Involved con ditions of the political situation at Peking, which required the Immedi ate presence of the premier. ; Other wise th assembly would' be unable to tide over the difficulties. A mem ber of ths assembly explains that this Is a fair warning and that If Yuan doss not comply, another premier pos sibly' may be appointed. . Consular reports front Mukden say many Chinese are fleeing' Into th country, believing the Manchus will retreat to Mukden and massacr th Chines Inhabitants I Demands for Punishment Ignored. Th only demand th. people made lately which the throne ha not grant ed 1 th punishment of officials rs- , sponstbls for th Hankow slsughter. Noting this, th Chlneee In Peking consider It a further proof of the throne's weakness, that It has not dared to antagonise any faction or party. , Yuan Bhl has requested that th fifth division, quartered In Shsn Tung, proceed to Nleko, a few mile from Hankow. Tha third Chang Chun Fu division is arriving at Lan chau In detachments of 100. So far warm comradeship has been shown between the soldiers of the two dlvU slooa The Peking chamber of com mere has requested the government to pro vide tot rircx and a sufficient supply , of ammunition U-arm the commer cial polk; and consular employee. There eve other evidences of anxiety here over a possible outbreak within the olty. '- Robert Gaily, a -noted Princeton football player, who Ja now h"d r ths Vounr Men's Chrlntlsn tlon of tvklnir. rn ,-ii-nn i , police la iru..-. i i Anu-rl 'p -i ii 1 i Clin.. M ti ii 1 1 -II t : t 1 t
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