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TREATY DEVELOPS
Alliance With Japan by Rus
sia. Injuring Oriental Trade'
Has Been Suggested. '
MANY MESSAGES ALONG
THIS LINE RECEIVED
Assurance Given That Reso
lutlon Will be Reported to
Senate Immediately . :
' "WASHINGTON, Dec 15. Opposi
tion td the senate ' program for im
mediate action on the Bulxer bouM
resolution .looking to the termination
of tbe -Russian' treaty of. 1 III ta d
veloplng among ome senator. It la
believed largely on the theory that
an estrangement between tMl coun-
try and Batatas would have the effect
of bringing- Russia into alliance with
Japan with the result of Injuring the
Oriental trade of the United ' State
Many telegrams advancing this idea
were received during the" day
This view will be presented to the
committee on foreign relations when
it meet next Monday in accordance
with qhalrman. Cullom'a promise to
take up the resolution. Benatdrs Cul
lorn and Lodge Have given assurance
that the "Russian resolution would be
reported to the senate- after the Mon
day meeting of the committee. Suxr
gestlon 1iave been 'mad that, Sec
retary Knox be invited , before the
cwmnlttea. but as the committee's
course was practically prescribed by.
the" reference to . it of ";the resolution,
it has - been decided "that It wouldvl
not be consistent to Invite possible
opposition to the. Immediate action
contemplated. .
, There la a possibility of ultimate
delay on account ... of changes ' in the
resolution 'which, would require the
concurrence of the house. Meet of
the senators are of the ' opinion that
the notice of abrogation provided for
by , the treaty- must tun for a year
after fhe - first of the next January
suacoeaing action upon it." senator
Lodjre has intimated his intention of
opposing an amendment raaktag the
, &ujW eoiution , oover ;this point If
the aonunittee andvSenAta asoept'-rhe-f
Massachusetts, senator's view It will
be . necessary to send the resolution
back to the-houeo. If this circimv
loeutlon should - prevent action by
both houses before adjournment on
Thursday for the Chrlstmasholldays
there would be no further necessity
for haste as an entire session would
be left them In which congress
might express itself. '
UNDER GOVER OF DUSK
NEGROES WE
TOlUTUnE
Lynching of Alleged Mur
derers of Wealthy Young
Couple Threatened
ONE CONFESSES
CHARLOTTE, Vn. C. Dec. 15.
Charged with the murder of Mr. and
Mrs. John Dixon, a prominent and
wealthy young couple of Cleveland
county Wednesday morning,. . John
an! Hack Ross, brothers, and Will
Ross, their cousin, negroes, were
formally committed by the coroner's
Jury this morning and tonight were
harried to Jail to prevent lynching
which had been threatened all day,
Hundreds of farmers were (n Sbel
, by attending court and excitement
ran high'. After some delay It became
whispered that the hearing had been
postponed and the impatient cltlsens
,began to wend their way toward the
'jail. Realizing the gravity of the
situation the sheriff rang the court
house bell and the crowd retraced
Its steps. There Judge Webb, the
solicitor bf the district and others
harrangued them, .pleading for Jaw
and order. The coroner, who had
been conducting a star chamber in
quest In the meantime then appeared
and read the report of his; Jury, as-
suring the spectators that the right
men were In custody and would have
a speedy trial.
Governor Kltchln had been ap
prised of the seriousness of the situ
ation and early this afternoon wired
the county authorities to remove the
prisoners to Charlotte Jail, stating al
so that Be would call a special term
of Cleveland court to try them. The
negroes were spirited away under
cover of dusk and landed in Jail here
tonight. The murder of the Dlxons
was, one of the most atrocious In
the state's annals. He was called
from his bed Wednesday night and
knocked In the -head with an axe,
and wldTXhe same weapon the 'murd
erers slew lils wife who lay asleep bj
the side of her tiny infant. One of
the negroea has made a confession
to the sheriff, giving as the motive
for the double crime the fact that
DixonTTeld a mortgage on Tils mule.
Dixon was thirty and his wife was
twenty-three years of age. -
0 ABROGATIOfJ OF
SHOOTING SHOW
be
GIRLS" FR E ED BY
VERDICT OF JURY
Hysterics Seized
Conrad" When
A nnouhcedIn
EightMinut
NEW YORK, Dec. IS The verdict
of '.'not guilty" Was returned late
today freeing Lillian Graham and '
Ethel Conrad of ! oriminal charges "
on which they had been held since
last June for shooting the million
aire sportsman and hotel proprietor;
W. IE. D. Stokes,1 The fury reached
Ita verdict In slightly-' l" than ah
hour's, deliberation 6 . minutes to he
exact ' i '. -j
The "shooting show girls" t were
tried;. on an indictment : of . three.!
counts, the first charging an attempt j
to murder Btokesi Of consideration :
of . this count, . however, the , Jurors i
were relieved by Justice Marcus, St
the request of the district ttorny. i
The court restricted the Jury to the ;
second' and third counts, J which i
charged respectively, assault In the
first degree, with Intent to kill,' and
I assault in the , second degree with
intent to oo ooany injury,
While the Jury was deliberating
the two defendants were; held pris
oners in an adjoining room, waiting
was enviously a ! severe ordeal , for
both. When . summoned, to t hear, the
verdict Miss. Graham anpetfejj eom
pletely unstrung and was assisted
into the' court' room trembling; a
every llmfc. The gior spirited Mlsn
Conrad came unassisted, nut sne
seemed highly'NlervcW sA 4
- Miss- Oenrad Ry stoical..- -..,
When the foreman "announced the
woTds "not gtfrty. Mflse'eeifrai-esled
"thank God" and went Into violent
i,. Rv, nanlr tri' 'th ctounsni
table, then jumped? ap again shriek-
ing ana itarins apr- nr iuh uiiww-(
lng her arms about wildly. It was a
surprise t. the wmeetetor; 4ot. Miss
Conrad 'had. kept much ith better
nerve of the two defendants through
oat- the trial. On the ' otyier hand.
Miss ' Graham, who continually wept
during the trial and sobbed the more
when she heard the verdict, reeov
ered herself when ehe saw her com
panlon so affected, and acted as the
comforter to her "younger friend', s
It was at first thought that Miss
Cenrafl had misunderstood the v-
diet and' her companion ; triea to as
sure tier that 'ther "were free, "Qh,
.wrw ahe saiiltHBotl"'we-'W sot '.when' he cjd ir
re free,
tell
.her we are
pomlng
home." ,
, The girl's hysteria continued for
fully ten minutes, before .friends suc
ceeding in quieting her. -
She recovered as suddenly as she
was attacked, and with M1s Gra
ham on her arm, Issued from the
court room to be greeted with cheers
by a large crowd gathered, outside.
Many persons stepped . forward to
shake their hands. They stepped Into
a, taxicab and were whirled away
to dinner. '."''
The Jury arrived a Its verdict f-
INTEREST NOW CENTERS
IN f EDGE CONFERENCE;
QUIET IHJMOST PLAGES
Dilatory Fighting Continues
in the Vicinity of Shih
KaiChwang ABDICATION ASKED
PBKINO, Dec. 16. Fighting con
tinues In the vlcinHy of Shlh-Kal
Chwsing. The commander of the Im
perial troops there recently asked the
government to send 'him f 300.000
Mexican money with which to pay the
troops. He received a reply promis
ing him $10,000. The money was not
forwarded, however and as discon
tent among hie troops was spreading
the commander seized the opportunity
to Ibreak the armistice which was in
effect and to take tils men Into ac
tion and keep them engaged until the
funds wRh which to pay them ar
rived.- .
Elsewhere In the empire all is re
ported quiet. Interest now seems cen
tered In the approaching peace con
ference which will be held at Shang
hai on the arrival there of Tang Shao
Tie, the representative of Yuan Shi
Kal.
ABDICATION DEMAND KD
SAN FRANCISCO. Cel.. Dec. II,
Immediate abdication mt the Manchu
emperor and recognition, of the re
public or renewal of hostilities were
the Instructions sent by General LI
Yuen Heng, commander-in-chief of
the revolutionary forces, to the re
publican representative at the Shang
hai peace conference, according to
dispatches received here today. Gen
eral Li, now at Wu Chang, is report
ed as having declared that the revo
lutionary army was la position to en
force the representative's terms. The
republic's representative was further
Informed, the advice states, that ban
tshment of the Manchu nobles -to the
Hot river In Manchuria must be in
sisted upon. . '
General LI also states that with the
exception of recognition of the mon
archy as asked by Tang Shao Tai, ef
the proposals of the imperialists to
constitution and other reforms, were
satisfactory to the revolutionists.
"the Spirited Miss
V erdict Was
E x tic 1 J y Fiftyr
ter taking four ballots. On three of
them the Jurymen, voted each .ime
11 to l tof acquittal the one man
dissenting being In favor ef a con-
vtctlqnon second degree assault. The
spectators. WAo crewaea the court
room did not appear Uo fee greatly
surprised. No one was present reu-
reentinlr Stokes, except , counsel. H Is
young- wxe, . wno naa . ueea in wi
court ' room most of the da, de
cided net to wait the outcome. It
wae said ait the Hotel Ansonla some
hours later that the verdict had not
been announced to ' Stokes up to
that time. He was said to be still
dangerously ill, and in considerable
pain following .the recent operation
for . the removal of an abscess on
his kidney. The summing up ? argu
ment which -Assistant District Attor
ney, Buckner made against the 4lrta
was a dramatic feature of the late
afternoon session of -court.. He (lour
lahed the revolvers with which the
girls' had ahot Stokes and punctuated
his recital of the shooting and his,
sonrchinf denunciation of both Ktokes
and the girls by frequent snaps or
the -trigger. , '", -' ; f.; t
(. ; Girls Attacked .
'"Lslw "mast be " enforced to' be en
nobled, not be laughed at, giggled
4 at. i spat upon and .donc-ed upon and
sung over on vaudeville lace," were
tome of . Mr. ' Buckner'e woeds. He
,'sei tor me ueienee -ioai T,. onM
i could not be punished and xtKat the
i tlrls had ; keen punished nnuKK,4
he said, "for a town y:w1th :; ;:ja six
'months' bride an a, fourteen year
eld son to -have suoa. things,, itawica
about him In every vlll nnl Urn
let as have ben published In this
state And hew have these, girls been
punished? While -Btokes was niiretng
these wounds they hung bis blond"
trousers' outside of a theatre anl
;asked 4h -puhllo to deposit Its
ey IB the b6xJ offlw." w
' Judge Marcus in !hls charge oau-
tloiiedVtbe Aurora-net 'to; lt their
emotions- everrun' their reasen simp
becaiUM the; dfendajat war, women.
the spsrtment of the show ghrla on
the night of June, ? He said he
had gohe there st the Invitation of
:MIss Oonrad, with, the expectation
of getting letters he had wrlttsn to
Miss Graham and that . when, he got
there the girls laid before him a
demand for money with a flourish of
revolvers and a threat to shoot. The
irlrls declared that Stokes attacked
them and that he seised their re
velvers long enough to fire two
shots, and they shot also. several; bul
lets taking effect in the millionaire's
legs. ... -.
OEFIGIIIL INVESTIGATION
INTO CAUSE OF DISASTER
IT THE CROSS IUT. MINE
Government and State Min
ing Inspection Department
Are Now at Work
MORE BODIES FOUND
BRICEVILLE, Ten.. Dee. 16.
Official Investigation into the cause
of the disaster In the Cross Mountain
coal mine on Saturday last have been
Inaugurated. The federal government
and the state mining inspection de
partment are making critical examin
ations of the mines with a view to
framing' a report as to what caused
the disaster.
Dr: J. W. Reul and Dr. J. J. Rut
ledge of Pittsburg, and Dr E. II.
Groves of Birmingham, federal mine
experts, are making bhe investiga
tion for the United States bureau of
mines. The state inspection is being
made by State Mine Inspector Geo.
T. Sylvester and Assistant Mine In
spector W. D. Richards. Up to I
o'clock Oonlfht even more bed Ire
had been recovered from the mine
today, elx of the number having been
taken out early this morning. Three
other todles were located but have
not been brought out. These bring
the total up to sixty-six dead and Ave
rescued.
' Arthur Smith,, whose body was
found . today. Was a brother of J.
E. Smith, one of the survivors. He
was a member of the Henderson
party, fire members of which were
rescued, and died In an effort to get
out of the mine while the others
were content to await the coning of
the rescuers." :,.
A petition was freely circulated to
day and liberally signed condemning
the taking of moving pictures at the
scene of the disaster and calling up
on all friends of tbe miners not to
patronise places where they were ex-i
tiinlted. Thus far according to the
records, the explosion hss caused 111
widow and rendered H children
fatherless.
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FORT RILEY FOR NINE MONTHS HAS
fiEEN ALMOST IN STATE OF TERROR
Officers Have Received Letters Threatening Death and Destruction of Fort Has
Been Under Double GuardDestruction Has Cost Government Million !
; PollarsSixth Private Arrested in Connection With Crimes,
JUNCTION? CjrtT, Kan., Dee. 15.
Trumpets "Johft .Crlll, ef Battery K
sixth field, ptrtlllry, was arrested late
today in eonnlon with the dyna
mite exptotston un4 fires at Fort Ri
iy wtilob f-feaei ths government one
million dollar. Crlll la the sixth sol
dier arrested- nee Che Investigation
or the expHisio s became public, fol
lowing Private Michael Quirk's con-hssion-
Otat.'ltef oatised the explosions
at the sBBUgatixief the Rev. Charles
M. Brewer,- exctaplaln at the fort.
. The Arrest of. Crtll and the release
of Mrs. Ann' Jordan at Kansas City
before? United, Mates Marshal U. E.
Medi'arrrvoxJj there for her were the
developments m JUie ease today. Com
mission Ctujse- aald. he would have
a warrant,; Issued ' at once for Mrs,
Jordan's arrest and . Would have it
served through the - United Btates
marshal's office at Kansas City. The
few army officers who could be In
duced to talk privately ef the ex
plosion today declared that Tort Ri
ley lias been for nine months as near
a state ef terror as 4 well disciplined
arm post can get Not only were
there frequently Ibeendiary Area 'but
the commanding officers of the posts
had received frequent letters threat
LEAGUE ill'
INllCT IN 1912
Greenville Comes Forward
and Deposits Guarantee
Check of $1,000
I
CHARLOTTE. N. C, Dec. 16. At
a meeting of the director of th Ca
rolina baseball association here.
Greenville, 0. C, came forward
through her representatives and de
posited the guarantee check of one
thousand dollars. At the regular an
nual meeting held some time ago that
city wa not represented and It was
generally understood that it would
withdraw from the league. The ac
tion today sets at rest all rumors,
the directors officially declaring that
the association would remain Intact
for the season of "113, A . meeting
will be held early next month' to
formulate a schedule.
MISTRIAL IN GUILDERS CASK
AMERICITS. (la., Deo. If. After
deliberating fifty hours without reach
ing a verdict, the Jury in the case of
Mert S. Ohilders on trial for the sec
ond time for the murder of his wife
by poisoning, was discharged this af-(
ternoon. This is the second mistrial
In the case In the last' two months.
The Jury stood to f for conviction.
ChlMers, It was charged. admlnlst-H
red poison to his young wife In me
dicine which she was taking. The
case was one of the hardest fought
In Lee county.
SHOWERS
WASHTNOTOW, Dec. 15 Forecast:
North . Carolina; rain Saturday;
warmer central portion:, Sunday
leering and colder; moderate south
east and south winds, becoming nerth-
Sunday.
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A Saturday Night Hold
ening them with death and the fort
with destruction.
Under Double Gur4
Night and day since earls' Inst
spring Fort Riley, has been under
more than double guard, sentries
have been posted constantly at the
feerae of - the commissioned officers
and guards have (pent each night In
the cellar ef these homes In order
to fustrate possible plans to' destroy
the houses by. dynamite. It Is estl.
mated that the destruction wrought
at the fort sines last Marah has cost
the government a million dollars. The
biggest, low was sustained when the
quartermaster's storehouse was burn?
ed en the. nlht t J4afoh 1. V The
structure, which cost approximately
lll,08O Was a total losi. Another
(Ire followed on March 10. ra the
cavalry building, but that structure
was saved and the loss wm small.
On June 1st, an attempt was mstde
to burn a building containing sol.
dlers. Mattresses soaked with hero
sens were placed against the mess
room door and set on fire. , , Early
discovery of the flames saved - the
building and Verhape many lives. I
This fcre Started at 11 e'deek , at
night.
PROSECUTION GUNS ONE
OF ITS. STRONGEST POINTS
Judge Allows Locks 'Which
Barred Girls' Escape to be
Introduced
NEW YORK, f Deo. 16. After
hearing extended testimony to con
vince him that the exhibit wae a prorp
er one. Judge Craln, In general ses
sions lata today allowed the lock en
the door that la alleged to have bar
red the escape of the girl operator
from the Triangle Waist company
Are ef March IS, last, to be Intro
dured In evidence. Twice before dur
ing the day the court had refused to
admit the exhibit as evidence against
Inaac Harris and Max Blank who
are on trial for menelaughter in the
case of Margaret Schwart. one of
the 147 who died In the Are. .
The piece of panel containing the
lock, with ehot bolt, constituted the
strongest physicial proof the prose
cution possessed. Assistant District
Attorney Bostwlok contends that It
shows' conclusively . ttiat the nlnlth
floor door on the Washington Place
side of the factory, where many girls
died, Jva locked . when the panic
stricken employee threw themselves
against it to escape from the flames.
The trial wae adjourned to Monday
when the prosecution I expected te
complete Ita ease.
Sl'SI'ECTKD Of ROOBRVG MAILS
SAVANNAH. Oa., Dec II. George
H. Hill and Henry Eichorn, white
men, were arrested today toy poet of
fice Inspectors In connection with the
robbing of an Atlantic Coats Ltne pas
senger train of registered mall valued
at 15,000 near Itardeevllle, 8. C. last
Tuesday. .',; i
The men were taken in custody by
Hardeevllle and 'later confronted ' by
members of the crew of she train
which was held up. ' While no positive
Identification wr madarif 1 claimed
that the suspect answer ths descrip
tion of th robbers.
A Birch of the room occupied by
the two men under arrest disclosed a
brace of pistol.
: Officer brought the alleged robber
to Savannah tonight and they were
placed In the Chatham county JalU
- up.
The government bridge across the
Kaw river was dynamited on the
nlg4it of June 14, Care had been
taken to explode the dynamite en
that eld of the river farthest from
the forts water mains. It was ne
cessary to tear away part of ths
bridge 'In order to save any of It,
No . troops were in the fort when
fire destroyed the troop A stable and
killed 17 horses- on June II. The
troops had beea ordered out on a
forced march, , ,
.Officers are firm ln their belief
that the plotters planned te out oft
the tort from water when they blew
up a water main en the night of
August The attempt w only
partiymleceasful.; Ths fort Was left
without water one day, , y
' MlNISTTn EXQNERATED '
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Deo, II,
W. H. Mackey, deputy warden of the
federal penltenUary here, formerly
United mates Marshal -for ' Kansas,
who Investigated the explosion and
rlraa at SVirl Bflw n
tonight, deolared neither th Rev. Mr. !
Brewer nor Mrs. Anna Jordan were
Implicated In the crimes. Brewer
he said, was In Texas at th time and
ever returned to Junction City.
W.1ER WILL TESTIFY
'' JOST IFTER HOliTS
Had Been Thought That He
Would Take Stand Next
Monday .
WASHINGTON, Deo. If. Senator
Lo rimer will not testify In his de
fense until congress) reconvenes after
the Christmas holidays. It wan dras
tically arranged to have him for a
witness next Monday, but It wae de
cided today to finish with all other
witnesses before conerass adiourns
and tiear Senator Lo timer after the
' Tbe Searing was unexpectedly
lengthened today by a turn In the
Santa Claus Letters
The Citizen ha s received a message ' from :
" Santa Claussking Tis to forward irnrnediately'"'
to his home at the North Pol all the letters ,
which his little friends have sent him in care
of The Citizen. Therefore The Citizen will not
publish any of them this year; ' . . , -
Santa Claus further states that he advises
the old fashioned methods of sending him let- '
ters. One of the b est plans is to put the let- -ters
up the chimney the. last thing before go
ing to t)ed. , ' -
In his message Santa Claus was very par
ticular to warn all the children to be very good ; :
between now and Christmas and to mind their
parents. He says he has heard that a number
of Asheville children have not been quite so .
obedient as they should be-
. The Citizen hopes that these children will -improve
before Christmas eve so that they will ,;
not be disappointed when they come to' look :
for their presents on the morning of the twenty-fifth.
PEEKING TO PROVE
0
1ECTED
WITH EXPLOSIONS
Federal Grand Jury Learns
From Two Sources Details y
of Dynamiting Cases
HOTEL CLERKS WILL
ADD THEIR TESTIMONY
This Is Expected t? Corrobor
ate M'Manigai's Movements
Through Country .
INDIANAPOUB, Ind Deo, II.
Government offtolal who are oo-oper
atlng with District Attorney Millar In '
conduotlng ' the Investigation of that
dynamite oonsplraoy efore the fader f ,
al grand Jury, issued from two sources
today th detail of . explosions r In
which It Is nllered other than the,
McNamara were ImpllcaUd. i
W. B. Griffin, chief ef nolle of,
Kansas City, Mo wflie had knowledge'
of five exp logons In 'Kansas City,
questioned about certain, faou which,
It is said had never been revealed.
These explosions, all directed ureintt
structures erecte'd by firms employ-!
Ing -non-union men, occurred .from'
101 to 1110. As not more than two!
ef them were confessedly the workj
of Ortle McManlgal. Chief Orlffln'
Information was sifted to ascertain
who els might have destroyed th
property. Much Important testimony
bearing on Iti reoorrte taken front
the headquarter of th Inurnatlunal
Association ef Bridge and Structural I
Iron Worker wu also obtained from
Mis Mary Dy. Vtvtil verat years!
ago Mia Dye, now of Pittsburg, ws
confidential secretary . In the Iron
worker' headquarters and a such
had to do with th correspondence of
J. J. MoNemara, th aeoretary-tres- -urr.
Mr. Andrew J. Hill, th Iron
worker' former bookkeeper, also via-j
Ited the federal building, i- 1
Hotel tlnrkn Summoned
; Many hotel clerk from various
part of the -country have been sum
moned to tell what they know of th
movement , of McManlgel, while he-
was on his dynamiting expeditious.!
ine notei men are to be questioned!
chiefly to corroborate ", MoManlgal'si
confession wherein he relate visit'
to certain towns with a suit case fill-,
d with slaher dynamite or nltro-gly:
cerlne. It wm Intimated that ths iron,
workers' official were not opposing
th government' effort to expose ailf
Implicated In th dynamiting, th fact!
being pointed to 'that II. 8. Hockln.i
acting secretary of the association,! ...
again conferred with District Attorney
Miller. , . ,,
It wa while Hockln wa absent (
that several wagon load or paper
recently were taken from th head-j
quarter. ' Hockln " refused to say;
whether they were taken with hlsj
consent About thirty thousand pa
per are to be digested for th bene
fit of the grand Jury,
testimony ef Edward Hlces of China-!
go, the lumberman who has beenj
mentioned In the ease as the "man!
who pat Lo rimer over." " '
- Counsel for the senat commjtte
Investigating Mr. Io timer's election
wanted to know something . about'
what I' alleged te have happened .at
a masting In Mr. Bines' private room
In the CVoago Union League elub om
th day after Lorlmer was sleeted.'
Th lawyer were not prepared to say
todajr what they were holding back,!
they probably will recall Mr. Hinea
next week, ';..' "'l- i'r" i.r;; -;JJ
B. H. IVochl. ,a labor ,' leader
whose name wae recently mentioned'
lt-j
Cra, was a witness todajr and test!
fled to certain . conversation
Springfield.