the; asheyicjm: citizen.
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ASIIEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18; 1911
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SAYS HE HAS KEYS
OF DEATH AND HELL
fi SP0SSESS10!
Leader of Holy Ghost and Us
Society Spends Ten Hours
in Supplications
SAYS HELL ITSELF .
CANNOT HURT HIM
Rev, Frank W. Sanford Ap
pears Today to Answer
to Serious Charge
i
DURHAM, Me., Dec. 17. For ten
.hoars today Rev. Frank W. sanford,
the leader of th Holy Ghost ud Ui
oclety -who tomorrow" Is to appear
la the 'United States DUtrlot . court
at Portland for sentence on a charge
of having- 'been responsible for the
death of -six of his follower, stood
la Che pulpit at Bhlloh, talking,
preaching and praylne. Hi hundred
odd' men, women and children wti
made up tile strange teligivwa ;i,..y
attended the services. Tears streaked
the faces of the faithful and several
times the leader himself wept. , "
"Hell Itself canpot hurt me," said
Sanford in referring to his punish
ment : "God , Sis done so much for
re that nothing hurts.' Many of the
people stayed though the long ten'
hour service without dinner or sup
per. fiandf ord predicted . war, ',. famine
and pestilence. "War, war, war, from
th Atlantic to the Pacific,", he de
clared to be in sight, -
' ''You will not - have many Years
before you will see th Son of Ood
come, I promise you," He said at
another time. "I shall ihy perfect
peace when that day comes. I have
the keys to ' death and bell in my
hands.'! , ;
. "I've got North America, by the
hair of the Siead,"' th speaker ex
claimed, and added: . -
""lt.f go, down, North America will
go jwttR me." '
wnen tne cisra. or the united
States District court at Portland to
morrow calls ... the " name of '- Rev.
Sandfofrd, sjxty "years jn fc federal
nrtaon. or. a fine' Dt $80, 000 opfeothi
la the maximum penalty that he may
be called upon to pay.. But for ad
verse winds Saadford might yet be
engaged In the vangellaatin voyage
on which ha embarked on' the yaote
Obronet , with a "handful of the faith
ful IT months ago, praying for the
conversion of Inhabitants th far
countries Bo was driven into-port a
month ago mi a singing ship to face
arrest on tn charge of faIHnr to
provide proper food for his follow
ers at"1 so causing the death of six of
thorn By 'scurvy. When called before
the bar of Justice, Elijah II, as he
In known among the Shllohltes re
fused to mloy counsel and his only
defense was tmt he but done th
, bidding of his Lord and Master. Re-
lpa'd nn .iall after conviction Sand
ford returned to Shiloh to ppepare
for a term of Imprisonment If the
'court Should decree, declaring that
the work which he started will go on
as before. The life jftpry of th man
(Oonttaned on
Pago
IS
TO
Two Generals of Federal
Army and Score of Con
spirators Arrested .
PLAN DISCOVERED
MEXICO CITT, Dec. 17. A con
spiracy to assassinate President Ma-
dero and . proclaim a provisional
presidency pending the coming of
General Reyes 'to toe oapltal assume
.the office of president has been frus
trated at the last moment in the
'opinion of the authorities by the &r-
.rests today of Oeneral Hlgio Agullar
and Mellton Hurtado, of the federal
army and a score of co-consplrators.
The plan, learned of from corres
pondence and documents' found In
the possession of the prisoners, was
complete in all details. Madero was
to have been shot from, a balconv
of the Reforma Ihotel, In Tvendia ds
la Reforma as he rode from Chepul
tepec tomorroy morning,, During the
the conspirators, who called tneran
th onsiprators. who called them
selves the "Independent contotltu
tlonaj army," were to swoop down
upon' the national palace, kill or seize
the ministers and take possession in
the name of Reyes. The secret po
lice were non-committal as to knowl
edge tSiey may have acquired regard
ing the plans the conspirators count
4 upon, further than they' had re
cruited them from suburban towns
and the surrounding country. '
Upon assumption,; 'of power by
Reyes. alT Maderlstaj and Clentlflcos
were to be eliminated from the gov
ernment and shelr , property confis
cated with all that or the wealthy:
clae not In sympathy with the move-'
eo
PRESIDENT WOULD
VETO SULZER PLAN
FOR ABROGATION
Nothing That Can be Construed as
An Offense to Russia Will he
Permitted With Taft's Consents
Difference of Opinion. ------V-y-
WASHINGTON, . Dec ' 17. The
Russian treaty situation-cleared ma
terially today and the administration
plana for the abrogation of th lsS
pact with the St Petersburg govern
ment became more definitely known.
President Taft, tt Is said, has indi
cated emphatically that ho would Veto
the Sulser resolution Instantly If H
should be forced through th senate
tomorrow without modification. Noth
ing that can be' construed as an of
fense to Rossi will permitted,
if the president can help It
According to plans announced' to-'
night Mr. Taft tomorrow wHl send
two communications to the ' capltol,
one a' message addressed to th sen
ate to.be considered In executive ses
sion and the other a letter directed
to Chairman Cullora of the senate
committee oh foreign relatione. In
hMe communications, Mr, Taft,' It hi
aid will outline his attitude plainly
ana will call pointed attention to the
fact that International relation are
not llgvuiy to be dealt With. ,
Will Ignore House
Despite the advice of certain of. the
republican leaders of the house that
the. lower branch of congress should
be considered In the matter, President
Taft tonight was said to fee . deter
mined .to Ignore ; the house entirely
in his further dealing with the Rus
sian situation. '"'iy '!
'fnate leaders expect to hear to
morrow that the president, through
American f Ambassador Guild at St
Petersburg, already has notified Rus
sia of the Impending abrogation i of
the treaty. This notice is believed
to have been .couched in the politest
tennis ,of diplomatic language and to
ihave stated that the American peo
ple have come to regard the treaty
as obsolete in many of its phases. The
expiration of the treaty , Is fixed for
January 1, 11. ' v
President Taft Is said to have taken
the ' ground t that If he -chooses he
can abro irate the treaty, by . executive
decree without "warti n$ or or taking
Into eonsdssetiuh any aiiltle action
either by the house or the) senate. Me
Is supported in, this view by .various
members' ofth senate committee of
foreign relatione and Is said to base
his 'attitude upon precedents laid by
hla predecessors. . .. , .",.,,;'.,
Dlfferenoe of Opinion -'
There . appeared to be a decided
difference of opinion today ; between
Che house and senate leaders as to
what parf the house should play In
sa
T
NATURE BY PAPERSOF
RUSSIA US TO TREATY
Russian Ambassador to
U. S. Has Not Protested
Against' Abrogation
ONE PAPER'S VIEWS
'-ST. PETERSBURG, Dec..' 17 The
Russian foreign office declares that
M. Bakhemeteff the Ruseiao am
bassador at Washington has made no
formal protest against, the abrogation
qf ye IRusso-AmerioJan Jlreaty jbt
1SIZ. Dispatches from Washington
announcing; that tentatH-e efforts to
reach an agreement on the passport
question are going on were publish
ed here yesterday morning and ap
peared again In the newspapers of
last evening and, this, morning, un
accompanied by comment of any na
ture. .With respect to these nego
tiations, the foreign office has noth
ing to " say, considering that the re
sponsibility for the reports, which sre
of a divergent nature, rests on those
who send them. - 1
The semi-official Russia prints a
signed article by the editor who de
clares against restrictive laws and
In favor of the abolfejtn of the pale.
"Pro-government Russians," - he
says, cannot confine themselves to
attacks upon and blind , hatred for
tne dews nor senselessly repeat the
saying:
"The Jsws will ruin Russia." The
Jews haws not ruined Polish or Lit
tle' Russian cities and they won't
Russian ones.
"The solution of the question,
which Is the most important ques
tion " now facing the government of
Russia cannot be deferred eternally.
We cannot leave millions M people
to roast in their own Juice. The pale
Is a low economical state dreadful
in Its sanitary conditions. If Rus
sia has too many , Jews , she must
assist In their emigration tout the
possibility bf emigrating Is restrict
ed by; measures Adopted by the Brit
ish and' American governments and
would be further diminished by the
abrogation of the. treaty Of Jill."
FOWLER AT LAKE CHARLES .
LAKE CHARLES, La, ,Dec.. '.,
Aviator Robert G. Fowler, reached
this city lata today on a flight from
Beaumont Texas, covering the. die-
He plans to start in th direction of
New Orleans tomorrow '-
the abrogation of a treaty. .The' house
leaders held that the treaty was the
supreme law of the land, and, that in
abrogating it .without a inew. treaty,
to take Its place, a .law wan being, re
pealed.' Under1, these circumstances
they pointed out that action by the
house Was essential. Senate leaders
Contended that treaty making and
treaty breaking were affairs .of the
senate and toe president ' ' -i
According to Information received
by senators tonight. Mr. Taft In his
communications tomorrow will dwell
at length upon v the friendly relations
that long have existed between the
United States and Russia and will
say that while.' the termination of the
treaty 'of Its seems desirable, the
friendship . between the two nations
la of too1 long standing to be Ugitvtly
brushed aside and -possibly .broken
Mr. Tat, is was said, would point
out Wiat Russia, because ' of . her
friendship with the Urflted States had
listened to America's ' proposal of
peace ft the war with Japan. It
asserted that Russia would not have
received any such suggestion from any
of her European neighbors. -
; ; Those professing to know the presl
dent's purpose, also declared tonight
that he would call attention ' to the
fact tiat the United SUtes levies a
head tax upon every Russian sub
Ject erho enters this ' pountry and
would not or a minute entertain a
suggestion by Russia that the right
to levy the tax was debatable. ;
Each Country May Deride
In many of Sils speeches in sup
port of the arbitration treaties with
Great Britain and France, President
Taft expressed the view . that each
country has a right to say who: shall
and who shall not enter her domain.
It was generally believed tonight that
eh- senate would solve the. problem
tomorrow by passing a resolution of
abrogation couched In strictly formal
language. Before this can be brought
about ihowever lively sessions of the
foreign relations committee and the
ensfe'-ltsew ar OTpecteoyTm-?qm
mittee meets at it a. m. The sen
ate wilt net convene until two o'clock.
.' President Taft's message, although
expected to be read in executive s
ston,, probably will be made public
at once. : This was the nlan of aeverat
Of the senate ieaders. tonight They
declared that the country should be
fully Informed of the gravity of the
tContmned on Page Three)
LODGED HGST FOUR
II
Postal Inspectors Trace
Clue Leading to Arrest of
" Business Men
BV DECOY PACKAGE
CHICAGO. Dec. 17 Four . South
Side Armenian business men were
arrested by Postal Inspector James
E. Stewart, today, all charged with
attempting to secure $10,000 from
two of Chicago's wealthiest .Armen
ians by means of alleged blackmail.
Garabed T. Pushman and Karekln
T. Pushman, rug merchants are the
men against whom the - blackmail
plot was directed, according to fed
eral inspectors.
The men arrested are Dr. Alfred
Gelbert Starkls Deckmedjl, Arap
Chutljan and Apkar H. JerTerias. In
spector Stewart said Deckmedjl and
Dr. Gelbert had made, confessions.
A series of special delivery letters
was received by the Pushmans In
which .they and their families were
'threatened with death unless the
money was delivered to the writers
according to directions. The Push-
mans wsre told to wrap the money
In a ' package, take it to a down
town hotel, where they would And
another letter awaiting them at the
clerk's desk,' and follow the direc
tion contained in the Ktst letter. -
A decoy package was prepared and
under guard of federal Inspectors
the Pushmans did as ordered. The
letter at the hotel desk ordered one
of the Pushman brothers to take
the money to a south side drug
store. When Pushman reached the
drug store.' however; 'plans miscar
ried and Pushman could not And the
man to whom he was to deliver the
money.' Information secured by the
Inspectors at this point however, led
to the arrests, v.
DAMAGE OP $2tM,0M
HUDSON, N. Y, Dee. , 17 Fire
starting at 4 o'clock' this afternoon
in the large storehouse of the New
York and Hudson steamboat com
pany here burned that building and
contents, , spread to the Washburn
lee ; house, which was also 1 destroy
ed, and to the Hudson wholesale
grocery company's building, all but
one of which was saved. The total
loss Is estimated at more than $204.-
0. -
SENATOR GORE WILL FIGHT
PENSION LEGISLATION IN
Contends That Matter Should be Postponed Until After
' "1 ' v . ' ' A. a .. : '.-.1'
h& ilams mere wih rvot oe o mucn sxnxiery loruss it-7vyrc--:f
Wiil Have Plenty of Work Before k This Week.
- WASHINGTON. .Do. 17.--A sharp
division pf sentiment among senators
regarding service pension legislation!
protests against large congressional
expenditures. A the Russian . treaty
question, continued investigations, and
enactment '." the i urgent aeneiency
bill Into law, will keep cootress busy
this week. Both houses will adjourn
next':. Thursday ;f untll,v'v February .f , 1.
Plans are going, forwards tor 1 wnat
promises to prote a congestion , of
legislation' aftet the reees ' - ';:":fi:
The Sherwood so-called dollar-a-
day pension bill, whldh the nous nas
passed, probably "MU net ' find, an
easy way la thasenate.' Senator Gore;
of Oinbma.Tait?A Ae-motsratW
membar of th pensions oom-mlttee,
already ha started n - inquiry Into
the possibility of postponing action
until the ; next eesslonv whsn there
rill tbe' no presidential election. In
th house proceedlneTS on the Sher
wood 11L the effect noon either par
ty of marked liberality to the Mexi
can and olvll war veterans, aggregat
ing possibly - 76,000,000 ' ultimately,
was a conspieuoas factor and Bena-
GENERAL WOOD FAVORS
RETORI) OFTHE GIllirEEN
Declares Consensus of Opin
ion in the Army Favora
ble to This View
WASHINGTON, te. IT Major-
General Leonard , Wood, chief of
staff of the army, favor the restor
ing of the canteen to army post.
He declares In hi annual report
that the consensus of opinion In
the army Is that tbe canteen should
be re-established. - -
. General Wood also makes , some
recommendations for the garrison
ing of Panama canal forts. He says
It I necessary to provide garrisons
to BTotec the canal and Insure Its
neutrality and for that recommends
twelve compsnles of coast artillery?
four reeimenta of Infantry at full
strength, one battalion of field ar
tillery, one squadron of cavalry and
some auxiliary iroops.
In recommending short term en
listments, the chief of staff says the
ara-ument that men would net re
turn to the colors In time of war is
"an unwarrantable reflection on the
patriotism of men who have served
th colors and returned to private
life."
DAM BROKE' BIG LOSS '
ATrniTHTA Oa. Dec. 17 Heavy
rains In this section Frldsy and 8et
iAmv mn fnrnd the headwater In
Horse Creek valley that the big dam
of the Carolina ngni ana power
company 27 miles from Bangley In
Aiken county could not withstand
the strain and last night at ten
o'clock broke through. The entire
dam and nower Dlant was swept
away, leaving only one large dyna
mo' standing. The loss is eiumaioa
at $S,000.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 17. -Fore
cast: North Carolina: fair Monday
and Tuesday; moderate north and
nrOiaat wind ..-. t .'.
The Christmas Hah.
tor Gore contends that Oh subject
will not be so popular In congress af
ter the presidential election.' Senator
MoCnmber. chairman of the pensions
committee, while hot Committing
himself to th Sherwood bill, today
expressed the - opinion that general
penlon ' legislation would ' be enaoted
during this session of oongress. Th
house demoerat will auus on g
number pf pendldf questions proba
bly oon after the receas. t The load
ers contend that th economy pro
gram must be maintained that some
of th demands of committees' and
democratic memlbers for appropria
tion must Refused hut in 'such a
way u to avoid "oarty insionrr"1
Drafts on Treowwiry
The pension bill, already passed by
the house carrying from 140,040,000
to $71,600,000. th -demand of .th
public . building committee - for an
omnibus measure to carry between
$25,000,000 and $80,000,000, and oth.
er large drafts on th treasury have
complicated th situation. Democratic
Leader Underwood Insist that the
public building bill shall not be put
PUNS MADE FOR MURDEB
Latest Development in Case
Against the Two Ross
Negroes
SHELBY, N. C, Deo. 17 Tbe lat
est developments In the murder of
Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon Early
Tuesday morning at their country
horns, ten -miles from Shelby la th
arrest of Bert Gardner, who volun
tarily told of hearing John, and Hack
Ross, negro brothers charged with
the crime, planning th double mur
der at a corn shucking several weeks
ago. Gardner says ths crowd at th
corn shucking had gons and th Ross
brothers did not know h was around.
They spoke In undertones and agreed
that Mr. Dixon would not live un
til Christmas because of a mortgage
he held on Hack' hog and mule.
John and Will Ross are now In Gas
tonia for safe keeping- and Hack
la In the Charlotte jail. Gardner and
two other material witness are la
Jail hr also.
TEN MORE BODIES BROUGHT OUT
KNOXVILLK. Tsnn., Dsc. 17, Ten
bodies were removed from Cross
Mountain mine at Brlcevllle today,
leaving either seven or elglfit mere la
the mine. Today's removals bring
ths total of Identified dead up to sev-enty-seven,
while the total number of
victim I estimated at eighty-four or
eighty-five.
The funeral of Mayor . Thomas
Watts, , of Coal Creek, prominent In
the work of relief for the Brlcevllle
sufferers, who met death Friday
morning, was Oisld today. Mrs. Watts
has been eonfliad to a hospital for a
week a a result of an operation for
appendicitis and at her request the ,
funeral cortege today stopped at the
hospital, the'coffln was removed from
the hearse and carried by th pall
bearer Into the hospital that Mrs.
Watts mlttit get a last look -at the
feature of her dead husband.
lT
"Wmi ALL POSKIB
DIGNITY"
WASHINGTON, Dee. 17 President
Taft is anxious that the bodies of
the dead sailors found In th wreck
of th Maine which sr soon to-be
brought to this country, shall be
transported with all - possPMe digni
ty. He ha written a letter to Secre
tary Meyer expressing th wish, that
if possible - the bod lee be brought
from Havana on on of th large
vessel of th nave; convoyed by aa
otaer vessel-. 'v.-v. -, -,.
SHERWOOD
THE SENATE
presidential Election, When
" r2.' a 5
through.' . Th work ,pf Wis Investi
gating committees also Is piling up
xpens accounts, '
Th tariff (board's report I expected
from the president this week, but
the way and mean committee prob
ably- will, not recommend action on
the wool or ether schedule until af
ter th recess, but -will then proceed
vigorously, The democrats wr not
grd last summer a to n raw
wool tariff., many favoring free raw
wool. The question of trust legisla
tion and other thing will b oonqld
rd In eauous.1 f v'v ' ;-t: -'.V
" All the -wltnesse who will heard
If! ' th defense of Senator Lorlmer,
except Mr.-tiorlmw nimseif, will an
pear before th' serial Jnveatlgttttrii
committee ,thjs week, and the fcom
mlttee will then adjourn to meet after
th Ohrletmas -recess.-' Senator Lori.
mer' wlll testify under-oath for th
Brt tlm.' -'
The stest trust Investigation eom
mitt of th house, and th senate
committee on Interstate commerce,
which Is Investigating trust problems,
will b in session this week.
FOB
American Sugar Refining
Co. Will Consider . This
. Plari at Meeting
NEW TORK, Deo. 17. fltockhold
ers of th American Sugar Refining
company will b called upon at th
next annual meeting to. approve a
plan to provide pensions to th com
pany's 7.100 officers and employe.
Director of th company, it was an
nounced tonight, have worked out
detail oif tit plan which - Irilud
provisions' for 'retiring employe over
tS year of age or after thirty years
of servlc. An appropriation of
$200,000 is Suggestel a th neckeus
of th pension iund. , -.
No pension under the proposed
plan, will be las than $20 a month
and none will exceed $(,000 a year.
In th case of women, the age limit
la set at sixty and th una . of service
at 21 years. Should th plan be rati
fied, male employes who have served
the company thirty year and women
twenty-five years in the servlc may
be retired without regard to age. The
amount of the pension will be "a
urn annually equivalent to one per
eent of the average annual, wage ' or
alary during th ten year preceding
retirement multiplied by the year of
ervlo.. ,.
All officer nd employe of th
company. or of any corporation owned
or controlled by th company,, the
announcement state. would be eligi
ble for the pension benefit.
' GIRL BABIES BORN TALLER
BOSTON, Dee. 17 Girl babies ar
born taller and with much more
vitality than used to be the case,
according, to an . authority In thl
olty. Mia Charlotte W. Dunn, as
sistant superintendent of a hospital
here, patronised by the stork to th
extent of three . thousand ' babies A
year, say: -., , "' . . - ' V
. "We ;hay notloed . that girl babies
ar getting taller and that they are
appearing In this world lately with
more real vitality thaw formerly. The
boy-babies continue on the average,
both in weight and height." 4
TO JOIN ATLANTIO FIjEET
charlbt6n, a c.,' W. it
Fifteen destroyer of th eighth, ninth
and tenth divisions now stationed at
the Charleston navy yard, have been
ordered t New Tork and Newport to
Join th Atlaotlc fleet.
RIUROERED FAMILY
BURIED TOGETHER
1(1 KEWYORKTQWfi
Many or Tremendous Crowd
Tragedy Occurred
MOTHER VvAS BURIED
' BESIDE CHILDREN-
In Some Respects Scene Took
v on The Appearance of a L 1
Farmers Fictile ' '
TROT. l. T., Th last con in th
Blooming Orov tragedy was enacted
thl afternoon when the hodle of
Mr. Mary Morner, her son, Arthur,
and two daughters, - Blanche and
Edith, - who were murilred Tuesday
noon, presumably by an Italian farm
hand, war laid at rest side tby aid In
ths cemetery at DefmeUvllle. Mor
then 1,000 person congregated about
the house or 'morbidly explored th
barn where th bodle were found,
previous to tn funeral which was
held at noon. Many of the crowd
brought Jundhs with them and th
scene In some rsspecu took on th
appearance of a farmers' picnic.
profusion of Flower
, The bodies were laid .-out in th
parlor, that of th son, Arthur, I an
oak coffin and those of his mocuer
and two slstsr In - whit caskets.
There was a profusion of flowers, for
two hours th crowd wa permitted
to file through the rooms and then
th doors wer ordered closed but It
required th combined efforts of th
alherlff and twelve assistants to keep
back thus Who had not yet viewed
th remain. Great confumon ensued
and tn th crush vrl women
fainted. :' ..;'...''.:'
Th servioes were conducted by
Rev. John Butnas, pastor of tho
Bloomlniy Grove Reformed church, of
whl(9i th four of th Morner family
bad been meinljer. -
C8PECT ARRESTED
NORTH ADAMS. Mass., Dc. 17.
An Italian whose description tiM-
wUh-iaat jot Edward . Dotiaiu. Ui ! 1. 1 m
hand sought In connection with -the
murder of four mem here of the Mor.-.
her family In DFreetavlll, N. Y ,
was arrested her today.-' He 1 helil
pending th arrival of Officer from
Albany. -": '
: The man, who said his nam wa
Antonio Oerato, wa greatly exhaust
ed, apparently from a long tramp on
th road. XV ,' -
ILFBEfl X Uil
WEODEO TB fJBS. rVKi:.l
-AFTEB U111T - BECL15
Names nave Been Closely,
Associated For Very
. ' ' ' Long Time' '
BOTH DIVORCEES
LONDON, Deo, 17-Alfred Gwjnn
Vanderbllt and Mr. ' Smith Hollin -McKlm,
formerly Mis Margaret Em.
merson of Baltimore, wer married at
Keigat - at 1 o'clock thl afternoon,
th bans having .been .announced in
ths customary manner,.'.- Tne coupl
have goAT on t meter:, wedding tour. -
For several years past th name
of Alfred a. , Vanderbllt, the chief
heir of Comellu Vanderbllf million
and Mrs. flmlthi Holllns McKJm hav.
been clpsely associated. At varlou
time It was reported they wer oon
to b married. Mr. Vanderbllt, wh
I accounted th richest of the young,
er set of millionaires, wa born In
1177. He married Msl Ellen French'
an January 11, 101. His wlf wa
granted an interlocutory -dec of
divorce on May tS, 1001, their ..son,'
Wm. Henry Vanderbllt,' remaining la
the mother's care. The decree was
maU : flnal thr - month later. ; It
was said at the tlm that Mr. Van.
derbilt settled $1,009,000 on hi form'
er wlf. -, ',,.!;:-; y-VV .,nui,i-, '
- Th name of Mme. Rule, the dl.
vorced wlf of Antonio Rule, a form
r member of the Cuban legation!
at .Waahlngton, came up In the trial,
of the suit. - Mra. Rul committed
suicide In London on May II,. It0,:
th manner of her death being sup-'
pressed for a eonslderable time. MiJI.
McKlm , i th daughter of Isaac B,
Emmeraon of Baltimore and th dl- ,
vorced wife of . Dr. Smith Hollin
McKlnf ofNew Tork and Baltimore.1
Mrs. McKlm obtained a dtvorce front'
her husband, which threatened va
rious suit before th courts, but early
In '.February 1010, an agreement
was signed bringing to an end alt
ponding or possible litigation Involv
ing Dr. McKlm, his father-in-law '
his former wife and Alfred VsnderJ
bllt The "attorney for "Dr. McKhn'
stated at Vam Ume that Dr. McKlm
had agreed to end the litigation rela.'
tlv to the alleged alienation of his,
wife's arecttona It was aliw stated
that Dr. . McKlm in consideration of
thl release wa to receive a larg
sura of money In semi-annual Install-'
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