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l^UBLISEED Tia-WEEKXY made m m Tan&ifs E faction Indicate Steady Treed Towards ieaucracy. WHAT TIE BALLOTS SAY ? - M v I f- v - ? Democrats Sweep Kentucky, Win ?f?#"r? i*. * >. . ..\/-".:? /?r*:.T>; aiag Her Back Frora the Republi ?*???<* VV-" i \?a **ff? ? ? aras?Hold Masachusetts in line, H ? $ -h^^.-v/,*- - v. *??<<; Bat Blake Loses in Sew York and J??w Jersey?Some 'Other Results. 1 - M fp iv. ;?? Elections were held Tuesday in many cities and States throughout the Country, showing; varying-^^salts,: with; little indication-oil a widespread wav^/of - public sen??ttent. rQn. the w heile, the advantage . .are-with the Democrats, whose gains, .are greater tnan, their losses.. We present jbelo w som-? of the results of the battle of ballots: 4 .; Comes Back to Fold. Kentucky "voters returned the State -to- the Democratic..column X& day and elected the entire Demo cratic State ticket by majorities ranging anywhere from 25,000 to 40,000. Complete returns may show still larger majorities. James B. McCreary will occupy the Governor's chair again, after an intermission of thirty-six years, he having been elected to the office previously in 187.5. The Herald and Post, of Louis ville, both of which supported the Republican ticket, conceded tMc Creary's election by 40,000. The re turns have surprised even the most optimistic Democrats, most of whom said the election would be close. As it is, the Republican majority of 7j000, by which the present ad ministration went into office, was shattered and the Democratic State ticket will go into office more strong ly, endorsed than has been any ticket in years. The Herald attributes Republican defeat to what It considered unpop ularity of present Republican nation al and State administrations in Ken tucky. Neither party had a para mount issue. Both stood for the county unit prohibition election plaa and advancement in methods of gov erning State institutions. Massachusetts Elects Democrat. Complete returns show that the Democrats won the State election Tuesday and kept Massachusetts in the party column, by continuing Gov ernor Eugene N. Foss in office for a second term. The returns give Foss (Democrat) 210,662; Frothingham (Republican) 202,888. Ire the campaign speeches, Repub-. llcan- orators urged Frothingham's election on the ground that the Na tional Administration should be sup ported in its tariff policy and that a Democratic victory would mean- a blow to the textile industries of the State. Governor Foss placed his record before the people and asked for sup port. It was expected, because of an off year, the total vote would fall off-considerably, but the average was well maintained. The make-up of the remainder of the 'State ticket was still in doubt at nidnight. although both branches of the Legislature were apparently Re publican. Governor Foss issued the follow ing statement: "The people have won their second great victory over machine rule in spite of the most scandalous boodle campaign ever waged in this State. "Massachusetts has spoken unmis takably for an honest revision of the tariff and for a business administra tion of the Commonwealth. "The national significance of this election is inestimable and the rest of the country will follow the lead of Massachusetts." Backset in New Jersey. Returns indicate that the Republi can will control both branches of the New Jersey Legislature next win ter. Gloucester County, which, ac cording to a early returns was in doubt, elected a Republican Senator, and this will make the Senate stand eleven Republicans and ten Demo crats. The Assembly will be made up of practically 38 Republicans to 22 Democrats. Last year's Assembly consisted of 42 Democrats and 18 Republicans. The Democrats elected 12 of their 17 candidates for sheriff. The election for Assemblymen showed gains for the Republicans in a number of coun ties that last fall elected Democrats, that were carried through by Gov ernor Wilson in connection with his candidacy for the Governorship. The counties that last winter had Democratic Assemblymen, but who next year will be represented by Re publicans, are Bergen, Essex*. Glou cester, Morris, Somerset and Union. Ohio Towns Come Over. The Democrats were swept into power in the three largest cities of Ohio Tuesday, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Cleveland, returning decisive Democratic pluralities. In Cincinnati. Mayor Louis Schwab running for re-election with the Re publican endorsement, was defeated by Hemry T. Hunt, Democrat, by profcf.bly 6,000. In Cleveland, Newton D. Baker. Democrat and political heir to the CHINESE POPULACE. The National Assembly Decides Again to Urge Yuan Shi Kai to Come to the Rescue. The removj.1 of the hitherto rigor ous censorship imposed on the Chi nese, press at Pekin is a notable sign oi the times.... The Chinese papers Monday, pnbliwh With the. greatest of freedom long accounts of the. Han kow massacres, giving the details and lattrtlitttiBg rtihe blame to the Jmper 'lalists for '"both the Hankow and the Shanghai outbreaks. As a consequence of< this publica tion there .is increased animoBlt> toward, the Manchus. It is suspected that the regent's brother, .Prince Tai Suan, has left the country, as he has not been seen for three days.. He ob tained the month's leave from his post as acting minister of the navy. A private .letter from, an officer of Yuan Shi Kai's staff says that the rebel leader, Gen. Li Yuen Heng, makes 25 demands, the most impor ;tant of rwhich is. that the imperial household shall proceed to Jehol with the entire court, including the eu nuchs, and shall remain there, receiv ing in return adequate pensions from the new government, which is to be republican. A special secret meeting of the na tional assembly Sunday afternoon de cided to telegraph Yuan Shi Kai, ex plaining the fearfully involved con d'tion of the political situation at Pe king which required the immediate presence of the, premier. Otherwise, the assembly would be unable to tide over the difficulties. A member of the assembly explains that this is a fair warning and that if Yuan does not comply another prem ier possibly may be appointed. Con sular reports from Mukden say many Chinese <are fleeing into the country, believing the Manchus will retreat and massacre the Chinese inhabitants. Yuan Shi Kai has requested that the fifth division quartered In Shan tung province proceed to Nieko, a few miles from Hankow. The third Chang Chun Fu division is arriving at Lanchau in detachments of 20C. far warm comradeship has been Shown between the soldiers of the two divisions. The Peking chamber of com merce has requested the government to provide 4,000 rifles and a suffi cient supply of ammunition to arm the commercial police and consulai employes. There are othere evi dences of anxiety over a 'possible out break within the city. Robert Gaily, a noted Princeton football player, who is now head of the Young Men's Christian associa tion of Peking, not trusting to the po lice, is organizing a band of 25 Amer icans and Britishers with 100 Chinese volunteers for defense. Both Manchu and Chinese women will be cared for by this body. late Tom L. Johnson, waB elected mayor by probably 20,000, while practically the entire Democratic ticket is elected with him. Results in Other States. Returns received up to midnight from throughout New York State on the Assembly election, indicate that the complexion of that body will be as follows: Republicans, 100; Dem ocrats, 49; Socialists, 1. This would mean a gain of 37 seats for the Re publicans and give them a majority of 50. Early Teturns from the State elec tion in Maryland were inconclusive, as between Arthur P. Gorman, Dem cratic candidate for Governor, and Philip Lee Goldsborough, Republican. On the first meagre returns, Republi can State Chairman Hanna claimed the State for Goldsborough. The first election held in the new State of New Mexico is still in doubt, both Republican and Democratic can d'dates for Governor claiming elec tion on meagre early returns. In dications point to a Republican Leg islature, which elects two Republican United 'States Senators. In Rhode Island, early returns in dicated the election of Governor Pettier (Republican) over Louis A. Waterman (Democrat) by an in creased majority. New York State elected a Repub lican pssembly, thus depriving Gov ernor Dix (Democrat) oT the support he has had heretofore from a Legisj lature Democratic in l:oth branches. The present New York assembly has a Democratic majority of 24. The new ly elected assembly will have a Re publican majority of upwards of 30. In New York City (Manhattan and Hronx) the Tammany strength was materially reduced, but its candidates for judicial and county offices were elected by greatly reduced pluralities. In Rrooklyn the fusion judicial and county candidates wrre successful, ?viih perhaps an exception. Clear Democratic Gain. Jos. A. Taggart, a Democrat, was Tuesday elepted to Congress from the 2nd Kansav district by a majori ty estimated at 1,200 votes cTer his Republican opponent, UlysBes S. Guy er, to fill the unexpired term of the late Republican chairman, A. C. ?Mitchell. Mitchell carried the dis trict in 1910 by 3,430 over John (Caldwell. Democrat. ) Eight Socialist Mayors. The main featur* ir the municipal ORANGEBURG, Estimated CansnruptioB for the Coming Year Twenty Million Bafts SO REPORTS CONSULS These Consular Reports Show That Foreign Countries Will Need the Coming Year About Twelve Mil lion Bales Cotton, With Several; Countries Yet to Hear From. -Estimates of the American consu lar officers abroad of the amount of] cotton required by the principal for eign countries for manufacturing pur poses during the cotton year ending September 1, 1912, place the amount at 12,518,112 bales of 500 pounds each. These estimates were called for by | the department of state at the re quest of the Governor of Texas whol wanted the Information for the con-| fcrence of Governors at New Orleans. The summary, however, is incom plete as a number of countries were not included for the reason that es timates were not received. The department's information shows the total foreign demand is as follows: Country. 500-pound bales.| Australia. 830,000 Belgium. 74,800 Canada. 135,000 China ...2,300,000 [ England.*2,854,512 France.1,410,000 Germany. 1,756,800 Italy. ?525,000 Japan. 1,100,000 Mexico. 160,000 Netherlands. 110,000 Russia. 825,000 Spain. 392,0.0.0 Switzerland. 45,000) Total.12,518,112 ?Estimates for England and Italy refer to demands for Ameriran cotton ] only. Including the normal demands of Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, British-India and all other countries, this amount would be in creased by almost 2,000,000 bales, | England and Italy require about 750, 000 bales more than the estimated | aoove for their total consumption. With these additions the amount will | be approximately 15,268,112 bales. If the Amejpican consumption were the same as that in 1910, the total amount of cotton needed during this cctton year would be about 20,000, 000 bales, compared with 18,321,0001 bales consumed by mills throughout) the world in 1910. It is pointed out, however, that the I state department's estimate of the| needs of China (2,300,000 bales) probably includes a large quantity of cotton consumed by hand looms and which is not taken into account in the census 'bureau's reports of the world's mill consumption, which shows a consumption for China of on ly 315,000 bales. The consul general at Shanghai re ports that there is a temporary de mand for American cotton due to .the fact that many domestic producers are holding back their product and about 50,000 bales have been pur chased from the United States. He thinks the present disturbance in China and the consequent money stress may curtail the consumption. If the present unrest in China con tinues, the American consul general] at London says, Lancashire's chief market for cotton piece goods will be | seriously affected. An element of uncertainty ex ists in Italy, the consul general at Ge-| noa, reports owing to the war with [ Turkey, as that country is a large im porter of Italian cotton textiles, and prolongation of the war naturally would result in closing that market t*> Italian mills. It is believed, how ever, he adds, that the large Ameri can cotton crop this year will mater is Uy reduce the price of raw mater ial and bring about an increased home demand in Italy which will be sufficient to offset the loss of the trade with Turkey. contests throughout Ohio is the large Socialist vote, eight cities electing So cialist Mayors Tuesday. These cities are Lorain, St. Mary's, Martin's Ferry, Fostoria, Mount Ver non. Barberton, Salem and Cuyahoga Falls. In Canton it will take the official count to decide whether the Socialist candidate of Turnbull, Democrat, is elected, as unofficially Turnbull wins by three votes. Socialists Sweep Things. A dispatch from Schenectady, N. Y., says, for the first time in the his tory of that county, the Socialists have polled a counting vote, elect ing a mayor, all but one city officer and a majority of the county offices, which will make the common coun cil and probably the county board of supervisors Socialistic. Found With.Throat Cut. A. S. Cook, a young white man from Monroe, was found dead with bis throat cut, on the front of a ne gro house In Charlotte Sunday morning. The jugular vein was sev ered and one hand badly cut, as though he bad attempted to ward off a knife thrust. j S. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMB, DOES NOT FAVOR PLAN BLEASE DECLINES TO CALL ON EXTRA SESSION. Says Such an Expense Would Not Be Justified Under the Existing Cir cumstances. In a lengthy letter to Mr. J. J. Evans of Bennettsville, dispatched Tuesday, Governor Blease statea in full his reason for not calling an ex tra session of. the jstate legislature, as requested at a mass meeting of business interests in Bennettsville Monday night. The letter was in reply to the fol lowing telegram received by the gov ernor Tuesday morning from Mr. Evans, stating the situation, and ask ing for a hearing on the matter on the 13th. Here is the telegram: His Excellency. Hon. Cole L. Blease, Columbia, S. C. At a mass meeting of the farmers of Marlboro County resolutions were passed directing the delegation from this county to request you to call the legislature together to con sider a plan of relief for present sit uation. Will it be agreeable to grant us a hearing next Monday, November 13? (Signed) J. J. Evans. The extra session was desired to take some action looking to an im mediate relief of the present situa tion of lower prices for cotton. The refusal to call the extra session is placed on the grounds of the heavy expense entailed, the fact that mat ters are not in shape now to allow a special session to do the business of the regular session, and that the re sults of any action that might be taken would be of value only to a limited number of famers. MONEY BAGS STOLEN ENROUTE. Disappeared From Mail Between Ra leigh and New York. That a United States mail pouch containing $20,0.00,(routed from Ra leigh to New York, disappeared two weeks ago in a manner.very similar to a recently reported $20,000 theft of a pouch at Lynchburg, Va., be came known at Greensboro, N. C, on Monday. Beyond admitting that the pouch was lost, officials refused to discuss the matter. It is declared unofficially that the Raleigh pouch disappeared after be ing receipted for by a mall clerk on a train passing Greensboro and also that the clerk in whose custody it was last placed has been suspended from the service pending an investi gation. The pouch was handled by the lo cal postoffice at Greensboro and later transferred to the mail clerk now un der suspension. It Is said he remem bered seeing and checking it on a through check under the train shed but that he did not detect its loss un til he reached the end of his run and found himself unable to tally with his entry book. The impression prevails that the disappearance of this as well as the pouch reported lost from Lynchburg can be accounted for by the same per son or party. FOUGHT ARMED ROBBER. Made Good His Boast When High waymen Entered Saloon. At Chicago, Charles S. Schultze, a baker, made good a boast Monday night that he would not be afraid to "tackle an armed robber," and now lies perhaps fatally wounded in a hospital, as a consequence. Schultze had barely spoken the words, when two highwaymen, armed with revolvers, walked into a Went worth avenue saloon and ordered the baker with several other men to hold up his hands. Schultze sprang upon one of the thugs and tried to wrench the weapon from hirn. In the struggle that followed he was shot twice. Schulthze lives next door to the saloon. His wife heard the shots and running to the place to see if her husband was injured, was knocked down by one of the thugs, both of whom escaped. SHOT IN ATTEMPTING ESCAPE. Woman's Assailant Done to Death in Break for Liberty. Within three hours Monday after Riley Johnson, negro, attacked a young woman at a farm house near Clarksville, Texas and clubbed her mother into insensibility, when she responded to her daughter's appeals for assistance, he was captured by a sheriff's posse and shot to death by bystanders, when terrified by the threats of lynching, he made a break for liberty. Johnson was freightened from the farm house by the appear ance of neighbors. lie was captured by a posse of officers and was (.limb ing aboard a vehicle, to be brought to Clarksville, when some one shout ed to hang him. The negro turned on his captors, but instantly he had freed himself he was shot to death by a crowd of men who had accompan ied the pos?e. Result Satisfied Bryan. At his home at Lincoln, Neb.. Wil liam Jennings Bryan Tuesday night expressed his satisfaction, over what he interpreted from the limited re ports he had received to be a gen eral victory for the Democrat!. ER, 9, 1911. WORK OF FIEND Ab Open Switch Causes Wreck et Pas senger Train it Swansea ? ENGINEER WAS KILLED] Train Wrecker Causes Passenger To Crash Into Box Cars, Causing the Engine to Turn Over, Crushing the Life of the Engineer and Hurting Others. Lawrence Robinson, colored ,was arrested Monday, charged with the breaking of the switch which caused the wreck of Seaboard passenger train No. 43, at Swansea, early Mon day morning, when Engineer W. Ed ward Pritchard lost his life and Fire man Prince Davis, Express Messen ger H. G. Freeman, and Mail Clerk T. W. Moore were injured. No. 43 ran into an open switch and .crashed into eight empty box cars standing on the siding, overturning the engine, express and mail cars, and tearing up the track for a considerable distance. Evidence showed that the switch had been tampered with and blood hounds of Penitentiary Guard John Rohbins were put on the trail and followed it to the house of Lawrence Robinson, colored in the town of Swansea. Robinson was away from home, having gone on a wagon to a mill. The officers soon found him and put him under arrest. He was carried back to Columbia and taken' this afternoon to Lexington and lodg ed In jail. Robinson denies the charge and protests his innocence. He admitted, however, that he had served a three years' sentence on the Lexington chain gang, beginning in 1903, for attempting to tamper with a switch at Dixianna, on this same read, pleading guilty on the charge when arraigned in Court. He Is a negro of medium height and the only distinguishing mark about him is his lips, wiich are all covered with sores. Constable Tod Martin, of Swansea, took him to Lexington and turned him over to Sheriff Miller. Engineer Pritchard was pinned under the engine and killed before he couM be rescued. Fireman Prince Davis, colored, escaped, although he was b?.dly bruised and shaken up. Express Messenger Freeman received a deep cut in the back of his head, eight inches long, and his right shoulder sprained. Several of the itpsengers were shaken up, but fortu nately the day coaches and the sleep ers stuck to the rails. Mr. Ed Prit chard, '.he engineer, who was killed in the wreck was a resident of Sa vannah, Ga., and his body was ship ped there. He leaves a wife who re sides there. The wreck occurred between 1 and 2 o'clock Monday morning. A freight conductor, who went to the scene of the wreck and who talked to the Co lumbia representative of the News and Courier, said it was plainly seen that some miscreant had broken the lock of the switch and caused the wreck of the train. The switch lock showed that some heavy Instrument had been used in battering it lose, and this gentleman said he found the switch lock all broken and hammered up, about ten feet away in the weeds. Bloodhounds were taken from Co lumbia by officers, In an attempt to follow the trail of the miscreant, who is thought to be responsible for the wreck. The man In describing the wreck, said that one box car was thrown icross the main track by the force of the contact. He said that the hotel keeper at Swansea stated that the ho tel shook from the effects of the con tact of the train with the stationary box cars. He said that the box cars, thrown upon the embankment by the force of the contact, caused some lumber nearby to be thrown over the main track, thereby adding to the debris. A considerable amount of damage resulted from the wreck, al though the wrecking crew soon clear ed the main line and allowed the trains to get through. Mr. Pritchard had been in the era ploy of the Seaboard for some time and was highly esteemed by the offi cials and men. Ah stated, Engineer Pritchard was pinned under the en gine at the time of the wreck. A leg was cut off and there was a severe cut on the chin, besides other bruises on the body. Express Messenger Freeman, who was injured by a gash In the head and his right shoulder sprained, is a new man on this run, this being the second time he made it. Ho is a native of Jacksonville, Fla. The colored fireman, Prince Davis, also resides at Savannah, and has boon on this run for several years. He was able to walk off the train when brought back this morning, with the assistance of those attending him. He is at a local hospital. Swansea is a little over twenty-one miles from Co lumbia, and the wreck occurred just five hundred yards from that place. W hoever It was that tampered with the switch and broke the lock did his work well. Thu body of engineer Pritchard will !>?? taken from Savannah to the home of his mother, at Augusta, Mrs. E E. Pritchard. The dead Engineer was thirty-five years old. It was stated that the engineer who was kill ed in the wreck was taking the run of another man, and the engineer whose run he took was In charge of the ei'.gin? which was pullisf the MEN, WOMEN AND BOYS SHOT DOWN BY THE ITALIAN SOLDIERS AT TRIPOLI. But the Army is Pressed by the Arabs While Cholera is Baging Within Its Ranks. ' "Annanias in his palmies: days never wrote half as many falsehoods and misrepresentations as have ap peared in the Italian press and in the official statements issued by the Ital ian government,'' telegraphs the cor respondent of Reute, 's Telegram Co., Ltd., at Tripel., who arrived at Malta on "Monday. He said the Italians hold, with nearly twice as many men, half the ground that they held three weeks ago. They have lost In killed and wounded, not counting the sick, well over 1,000 men. Many Arabs have been killed and vast numbers were shot in cold blood. Now twenty-five thousand soldiers find themselves with their backs to the sea, cramped and confined, with an active enemy within a few yards of them and with cholera raging, for despite official efforts to conceal the truth there have been many cases of cholera among the troops and the civ V population is suffering so much that whole streets in Tripoli have been closed by armed sentries. There has !>een no disgrace. On the contrary the Italian troops have fought with great bravery and their officers set a noble example. How ever the Arabs have advanced their artillery and are shelling the Italians. One shell dropped into General Can eva's headquarters. The foreign mil itary attaches have been kept aboard a boat and not permitted to land, the explanation being given that it would be too dangerous for them to go on shore. The Turks and Arabs, the corre spondent says, hold the oasis, 15 miles long and from two to five miles deep, where they can subsist on dates and olives until April, meanwhile harassing the Italians by nightly raids. There are no signs of the Ital ians preparing to advance. The cor respondent describes the spirits of the invading army as demoralized. The men expected a short and sharp cam paign. Instead they are lying in the trenches with sand, storms blowing over or rains soaking them with con tinual night alarms. They are dis gusted with the war and hate the country. They long to return home. For four days after the engage ment of October 23, the Italian sol diers engaged in Indiscriminate slaughtering of the Arab population under General Caneva's sanction, who first issued a general order to shoot all Arabs found with arms, but only when caught by troops in charge ot officers. The troops complained that numbers of Arabs had hidden their arms and resumed their work as hus bandmen. Thereupon General Can era issued another order to shoot all. Arabs who could reasonably be sus pected of having borne arms. The blood of the men was up nat urally, as they had seen their com rades shot from behind and, it is re ported, even mutilated, though of this It is Impossible to ascertain the truth. With their excitable tempera ment and highly developed imagina tion, the Italians suspected every liv ing soul of guilt, and for four days gangs of soldiers, often without offi cers shot every one they encountered. Previous to Ottober 23, the Italfans treated the Arabs with ctmost kind ness and it is only fair to say that many Italian officers who looked at the affair calmly afterwards, deplored it. The troops made a clean sweep of that portion of the oasis in which they were fired upon from the rear, although there is no certain proof that any Arab in the west end of that section took part in the rising and there were vast numbers of women and boys who were perfectly inno cent. Of these nearly all the men and even the boys above a certain age, were shot, and it is undoubted but that a great many women perished. GAFFNEY PREACHER ARRESTED. He Is Accused of Writing Letter to a Young Lady. A dispatch from Atlanta says Rev. W. C. Ferrell. a Methodist minister who went there Tccently from Gafr ney, S. C, has been arrested and put in jail as a result of his having writ ten to a young woman of that city a letter in which he asked to make her acquaintance with a view to "commit matrimony." When given a hearing in the police court the minister admitted the au thorship of the letter, but the case was dismissed, the judge saying he knew of no law which the minister bad violated. The arrest was made by detectives, who accompanied the young woman to the place designated in the letter as the place of meeting. The minis ter described himself in the letter as an "English gentleman romantically ii clined," but he told the court he had never lived in England. Br?r Taft Was Ihin.b. President Taft, who was at Cin cinnati, where ho voted and where his party had been routed, had no comment to make in the various States. train that carried the remains back to Savannah. TWO CENTS PER COPY. NEAR IIS END The Mascha Dynasty in Chin Seems to ' be Tottering to Its Fall DEMANDS FOR REPUBLIC Spreads Throughout the Chinese Em pire, and the Imperial Court at Pefcln is In a Sony Plight, Not Knowing Where to Go When It Flees From That City. A dispatch from Pekin, China, says the legations consider that the cad of the Manchu dynasty is imminent. There seems no hope of saving even a nominal throne. The provinces north of the Yang-Tse are now de claring for a republic. The only force of Manchu troops large enough to cope with the local situation is in Peking, but there ate indications toright that the capital will be surrounded before many days by Chinese soldiers. Where the Court will take refuge is a question. There are evidences that the Court intended to proceed to Chang Kia Kan (Kalgan.) Troops guarding the route to that town, which lies in the province of Chi Li, 125 miles northwest of Per king, were expected to dynamite, the tunnel after the passage of the train bearing the Emperor and his house hold. Reports have now been re ceived that Chang Kai Kau is unsafe.'. Garrisoned and policed by loyal forces, Feking remained Tuesday night undisturbed by the rebels. The general feeling of nervousness, how ever, was betrayed Tuesday after noon when an accidental fire broke out in the quarters occupied by the b'.iard of ceremonies. For a time, the Chinese believed the flames were, a revolutionary signal fer an uprising, a ad they were thrown into a panic. The national assembly, by virtue of the powers bestowed upon it by. the,recent edict, formally appointed Yuan Shi Kai premier. The question of his permanency in the office was discussed, but it was decided that tDe assembly had no authority, to guarantee this beyond an election by parliament. It was, however,. re solved to assure Yuan of the national assembly's continued support. A mass meeting was held at Linan Fu, in Tun-Nan province, when a se ries of demands upon the government waj formulated. These included the establishment of a republic and com plete autonomy for the provinces; The demands were forwarded to this city accompanied with the intima tion that three days only would be allowed for the government to ac- . quiese in'tthem. The officer commanding the Sixth division, which was a part of Gen. Wu-Lu Cheng's command at Shikia Chuang, reports that 40 Manchus stormed Wu-Tent and shot and be headed the general. Thirty of the assailants were arrested. The officer adds: "The battalion to which they be long looks ready for fighting. We are pieparing." Consular reports state that sev eral other officers were assassinated and according to foreign railroad of ficials the Chinese and Manchu sol diers fought a regular engagement in which the fatalities were num ei ous. The general, whose full name is Wu-Cheng, reported to the govern* ment a few days ago that he could persuade, the Shen-Si rebels to ac cept the constitution outlined by the national assembly, but at that time a suspicion was current that the gen eral himself was a revolutionist. His attitude has since been a matter of some concern to the Manchus He is a native of Hir-Peh province and in April, 1910, was made deputy lieu tenant general of the Bordered Red Mongol Banner. It is expected the assassination of Gen. Wu Lu Cheng will lead to th? revolt of the remainder if his old sixth division, which is with Yuan Shi Kai. The Government reports, however, that two train loads of Im perial soldiers are on their way to Hankow and these may be sufficient to prevent a mutiny. A hundred carts left Peking Tues day night for Jehol and two hundred mounted Manchus proceeded in the same direction early in the day. The Chinese believe Lliis party is prepar ing the way for the flight of the Court, but many Manchus are fleeing and troops are constantly moving in the vicinity of Peking. The Manchu troops here number 1 1.000, Imperial guards T.r.OO, police 4,000, and ban ne:- police about 5,000. The city is quiet and there is no lign of any intended movement. Che foo. in Shan Tung Province, has gone over to the revolutionaries. Prior to this one of the leaders, Wang Shao N'lnn, informed the consuls that ev erything was ready for a peaceful as sumption of authority by the Chi nese and that there would bo no slaughter of the Manchus unless they resisted. Charges Him With ]Vfnrder. Held on a coroner's warrant charg ing him with murder, Hosea Jones, the negro chauffeur who was driving the automobile whidi struck Mru. W. S Hamiter In Columbia on last Sat urday, is in the Richland county jail, following the inquest held ovetr the tody of Mrs. Hamiter. i