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THE REBELS WIN * lb TkKMgUf Fri|ktcM^ laachu R?at|ttfiif# !!< Aaplfcivf. ?' FLEEING FROM Pi RING Even Uck the Rebel Hand That Smites Them?Tlurone Concede* Nearly AU That Is Asked, To Forestall Summary Substitution of Republic For Monarchy. A dispatch from Peking, unina, ays terror which has gripped the entire imperial court was further revealed Tuesday by a long list of edicts supplementing Monday's remarkable proclamation and offering further concessions of the most radical character. Tuesday's edicts indicate that even though the dynasty survives, Manchu.rule is at an end. Even the transfer of the cabinet offices to native Chinese is ordered and the throne swears that "hereafter Manchus and Chinese shall be regarded equally," meaning that the elaborate system of .Manchu pen sions, which are now paid tq pracftijcally every member of the race, will be discontinued and the Manchue left to earn a living by their own enterprise. The edicts make a complete capitulation to the damnds of the national assembly and even go so far as to offer extravagant praise to the rebels for bringing about the great reforms which are promised. The throne acknowledges its incapacity, pleads ignorance of affairs, asks that its lapses be pardoned and requests the assistance and advice of all citizens. Finally, it makes a hysterical effort to rally Chinese and Manchus alike to the royal standard by hint- j ing at grave foreign dangers which it thinks should be faced by a united China. In his struggle for existence, the infant emperor whose ?" ? ~ 4-Via a a von Uitlllt} IB DigllCU lu i lie vuiv/ku, v? v condemns many of his own closest relatives. The present officialdom, he declares, has not sought the interests of the people, but only its own pockets. The revolutionists declare that the dynasty's partial surrender has come too late. Moreover, they do not trust the throne, regarding their present position as too strong for yielding to promises which they feel are insincere. The revolutionists point but that such edicts as these, wherein the throne's own appointees and relatives are called thieVes and scoundrels, do not tend to encourage confidence. What the edicts state regarding the methods of the present administration ie of course admitted by the revolutionists, but the throne's plea of ignorance hitherto is regarded as incredible. * 1- M . XI nui wnne nit; vuijulo uavu apjJCMently failed of their hoped for effect in conciliating the rebels, they have stirred up a most formidable oppostion from a new source. The announcement that most of the Manf chu officeholders must go and that all the Manchu pensions will be cut off immediately, produced a pronounced disaffection in the ranks of the Man<chus and many members of this race at once began talking in favor of a massacre for revenge.. There were indications already that these proposals would find support, particularly among the young* er Manchu princes, who will now lie stripped of their high offices and unable longer to exploit their positions. Officials prominent among the native Chinese profess to have imformation that Prince Tsai Tao, uncle of the baby emperor, is willing to . -v _:_i? leaa me massacre party. Throughout the day the foreign legations, the missions and even 4 private houses occupied by foreigners were beseiged by both Manchus and Chinese who sought protection from each other. Prince Ching, the premier, is using his influence to restrain that element of the Manchus who may be disposed toward violence. For their part the iMan<cfius dread a rebel investment of the capital. Foreign legations are advising both Chinese and Manchus to take refuge in case of trouble behind the Methodist mission, which is situated in that corner of the main city lying between the legation quarter and the east wall. This is the most easily defended section of the city and the IaooHah <runrria mnv hA aaIIaH tr? l^^UVIVtl O V,W* w V WW protect those who gather there. Long lines of carts piled high with the household belongings of the fugitives continue to pass out of the city gates before the early closing hours. Many carts emerge from the forbidden city, some guarded by soldiers. Cart loads of silver, sometimes without a guard, pass day and night In and ouit of the legation quarter. The money is brought to the legations from the defenseless Ofcinese banks for a temporary safe deposit and ithen removed to replace the paper circulations or to be forwarded to the minister of war. Gen. Tin Tchang, for the loyal troops, who ata Ybcelvifcg itheir pay with unpre-f CRISIS IN PAR1Y TAFT ADMITS RflPUBUGANS MAY BB DBFEATKD. I Confession of Weakness of Hla Following Surprises Large Audience at Hamilton Club. President Taft surprised a large audience at the dinner of the Hamilton club at Chicago on Monday by what most of his hearers construed as an admission of the possibility of Republican defeat in the coming national election. He was speaking to what had promised to be an unusually enthusiastic audience of Republicans. Those present hastened to ascribe the president's utterances to weari ness after his long tour of speechmaking, and especially after the hard three-day "campaign" in Chicago. It was bis last public utterance in Chicago before leaving for Pittsburg Monday night. "Now we are at, some people think, the crisis in the Republican party with reference to its continuance in the guidance of the nation," the president said. "I am hopeful that the good people of the country who know a good thing when they see it have only chastened us in order that we may do better hereafter, but with no intention of shifting from shoulders that are better fitted to bear the burdens of the present problems and carry them to a successiui solution to tnose wnicn are untried and which have new theories of action that we do not belive in, and that we do not believe the people believe in. However, if so be it that they desire to make a change, we shall loyally support the new government under any conditions, with the hope it will insure to the benefit of the country, but with the consolation that, after one trial the people think they ought to go back to the old party that has served them so well in the progress of the nation, they will do so. We can do so. We can bear that load?that is all." The address before the Hamilton club, in which the possibility of defeat found expression, followed the laying of the cornerstone of the new home of the Hamilton club, one of leading Republican clubs of the Middle West. The cornerstone ceremony followed a trip through the stock yards, and a visit to the National Dairy show. The remainder of the president's day was spent at his hotel In receiving politicians and friends. NINETY-NINE FIGHTING SHIPS. ? Seventy-five Battleships Serving At Anchor at Now York. Ninety-nine fighting ships, groonred for the first formal event of the greatest mobilization in the United States' naval history, swung at anchor off New York in the Hudson river Wednesday morning in a gray line seven miles long. Only the torpedo Darney Timney and the Craven were missing from the list of 102 vessels ordered to the mobilization. The fleet included every battleship now in commission in the United States navy, 75 in all, every one in , fighting trim. Early risers, who stood on the western edge if Manhattan along Riverside drive, and those across the river in New Jersey, who < gazed from the preciptious cliffs of the lower palissades, saw ship after ship take form as the mir.t lifted. 1 hen, at 8 o'clock, the signal flashed on the Connecticut and every craft in the line burst into rainbow colors from stem to stern. ( m # -rt i CHOCKED BIG LINE IPS PUMPS. I ( Had to Come to a Full Stop Out in Mid Ocean. A remarkable experience on the 1 voyage from London to Halifax was reported Friday by Captain Cham- * berg, of the Furness liner Durango, While in mitt-ocean the big liner " came to a full stop, the circulating ^ pumps failed to work and for a time the crew were unable to account for j the trouble. When the interior of the ( circulating feed pipe was examined j it was found to be chocked with a mass of fish. After the fish were re- j moved the Durango proceeded at her usual speed. The vessel has passed | thrmich n anhrtrtl r?f fish nnd niftnv of i !/ > X/l?0?. v. V "" V J them were drawn into the feed pipe i by the suction of the pumps. The fish taken from the passage were long l and thin and of a kind unknown to 4 Captain Chambers. ?????? < ceedented regularity. Wealthy citizens also are exhausting their for- < tunes to foreigners. Foreigners are anxious over the < situation in Peking but not alarmed. Outsiders have not yet entered the 1 legation quarter. Nevertheless, the fullest precautions are being taken. Unarmed pickets form a line about the legation walls and extending in- ( to the Chinese quarters. Fears are entertained for the for- ( eigners in the province of iShan Si, , many of whom are Americans. The j rebels in tha/t province are said to } be in possession of the capital, Tia , Yuan Fu, where there are several \ missions and which is also the seat of Shuan 81 university. ] DID SHE DO IT Niie Death* ia Ckicaga Araat* Supiciaa at laticr last Faal WIDOW HAY BE CHARGED The Deaths Include Two of the Woman's Husbands, Several of Her Relatives and Intimate Acquaintances, All of Whom Died Under Similar Circumstances. Chicago police Wednesday pursued their investigations into the death of nearly half a score of relatives and acquaintances of Mrs. Louise Vermilyia, to make certain whether the similar demises constituted only a remarkable series of coincidences, as Mrs. Vermilyia asserts. Nine deaths are included in the list with which Mrs. Vermilyia's name has been connected, including two husbands, t^o stepchildren, three children and two "roomers at boarding houses she kept. Developments Wednsday, following the establishment of polic surveillance at the woman's home, came from several cities where she had lived. Pending the report of the toxicologists who are examining lh#> v1sr?r?rn r*f t Vi o Inaf rt f thrtaa whose deaths have occurred beneath Mrs. Vermilyia's roof, the police have made no arrests. No positive evidences of crime have been^ uncovered. The following facts became known: That while Mrs. Vermil*iyia has said one of the deaths roster, Richard T. Smith, a conductor, was only a boarder at her home, a former roomer asserts the two claimed previously to have been married, and that they lived together as man and wife. That while the woman told the police that she had assisted an undertaker at Crystal Lake, a former home, in embalming bodies, the undertaker there denies that she ever had any such experience. She gave this as a reason why she could discuss the deaths with composure. That R. N. Druington, a photographer of Peoria,, the brother-in law of conductor Smith had madelove to the widow following Smith's de^th, so as to investigate suspicions he then had about the reason for his relative's death; that the widow had told him part of her matrimanial history, which he described to give to the coroner. That (Smith died during convulsions, and after drinking some substance, whether medicine or not being unsettled, but that the doctors gave the cause of death from symptoms given by the widow as acute gastritis. That two conductors who had worked with Smith on the railroad told the coroner that 'Smith had told them he was living with Mrs. Vermilyia, though not married to her, and that he has been threatened with death by another suitor of the widow, an undertaker. mu _ x t^ i ^11 ^ l i __ i n-at uissonexie was reaiiy engaged to be married to Miss Lydia Hivard, of Kanakakee; this was shown by the filing to-day of the policeman's will, in which Miss Rivard was named as his fianpee. Mrs. Vermilpia was a witness to ascertain whether the widow had shown jealousy of the policeman's intended wife. In a talk with the police of Peoria Bruington said Mrs. Vermilyia had periods of mental depression in which she was fond of talking of death. He said: "She told me it seemed funny to her that nearly every one she knew and cared for died and asked me if I was afraid 3f death." A new coincidence developed today following the sudden illness of Mrs. Vermilyia herself when a sister, living in the house adjoining Mrs. Mary Bucholze, suddenly became ill. Mrs. Vermilyia told inquiries today she had never studied medicine | nor sought to become a nurse as had been reported, but that she had 3ome little knowledge of medicines that she had acquired to enable her to aid neighbors and relatives. She n n 1 n I n U /\ iir n n lnt>/\AAnf 1UB191VU D1IC WrtO UlllUV/UKIt, Tho deaths being looked into follow: Frederick Bringkamp, first husband of Mrs. Vermilyia, died on a farm near Barrington, 111., after a brief illness. i Charles Vermilyia, second husband, died after six days' illness of i 'gastritis" at Maple Wood, 111. Florence Bringkamp, four years i Did daughter, died at Barrington. Cora Bringkamp, eight years old laughter, died at Harrington. Lillina Bringkamp, a stepdaughter, 26 years old. Frank Bringkamp, son, died of pneumonia in Chicago. DlAkan/l T GmltVi rAnnrtoH f A ha third husbad. Arthur Bissonette, policeman, roomer, to whom she was engaged lied of "gastritis" last Thursday. It was the suddeness of Bissonitte's death, coupled with the wid)w's statement that he was addicted :o drink, whereas members of the 1 police force had known him as an 1 abstainer, that prompted the investigation. j Prof. Walter Haines, prison ex-J< pert, expects to report by Friday. i SOUTHERN RAILWAY WONDERFUL GROWTH OF THIS GREAT TRUNK LINE. 1 #' < f T. What It Is Doing for the South Generally and the Towns Along Its Lines Specially. The financial and Commercial Chronicle, reviewing the annual statement of the Southern Railway Company, issued this month, connects the showing made in that report directly with the recent marked development and commercial and industrial advancement of the South, and characterizes the report itself as "a record of marvelous growth ana development." Either is interesting comment to the Southerner; both are more so, in view of the fact that gross revenues, net revenues, trade and traflbc statistics are the best in the company's history. The lengh of road operated in 1900 was 6,306 miles, which earned a gross operating revenue of $31,200,870. In 1911 the total mileage was 7,04 2 and the gross operating revenue $61,696,181. Thus, with on ly 10 per cent additional mileage there has been an expansion according to quotation from the annual report of over $30,000,000 in gross receipts, the ratio of gain being almost 100 per cent. In 1900 the gross revenues per mile of road were $4,94 8; lor 1911 they were $8,7 61 per mile. The net earnings per mile (after the deduction of taxes.) in the same interval increased from $1,486 to $2,437. As a result of this great growth, the income account for the year under review is of a highly gratifying character. The balance over and above all expenses and fixed charges for the 12 months is $6,670,003. This is more than twice the full 5 per cent dividend to which the $60,000,000 of preferred stock is entitled. Dividends were resumed on 4 ri 1\ n ??An /I 11 m ?v 4 V? /% 11 r% ?' 1\ iff n f* uiuac olicit t*o uui 1115 me jctti , uut tion was very cautious and conservative, 1 per cent having been paid last April and another 1 .per cent the present October, the two together calling for only $1,200,000 whereas the surplus above the fixed charges, as we have seen was $V),670,003. Of the remainder of the surplus a round $3,000,000 has been chargeu off to represent the discount on securities sold, which at the end of the previous year had stood at $4,853,154 and which now a >ear later (after allowing for some slight alterations during the 12 months) has been reduced to $1,688,029; $66,045 was also appropriated for additions and betterments. Even after these various deductjons and allowances, an undistributed surplus of $2,403,957 remains on the operations of the 12 months over and above the 2 per cent paid out in dividends. Commenting on this showing, the Financial and f!r?mniereial Chronicle savs: The results here recorded could not have been achieved except for the advance in operating efficiency and the broad and liberal policy pursued in the management and conduct of the property. Of course the South itself has enjoyed wonderful growth, but this growth has followed in large measure from the building up of the lines embraced in the Southern Railway system and the development of their efficiency as public carriers. Some figures regarding growth in i population which we find in the report bear out this statement in a striking manner. These show that the population of the stations on the lines of the Southern Railway?or at least the stations of sufficient importance to be returned separately?in the 10 years from 1900 to 1910 increased 3 4.2 per cent., and in the 20 years from 1890 to 191 0 75.3 per cent. But the fact to which we wish to direct especial attention is that the growth at these southern itauway stauons has in every state been larger pro- ] portionately than the growth in ' population of the state as a, whole, indicating what the building up of this system of roads has done for the communities served. In Virginia the growth in population for the entire state during the last decade was 11.2 per cent, but that of the Southern Railway stations was no less than 4 2.2 per cent; in North Carolina the growth for the entire state was 16.5 per cent, that for Southern Railway stations 60.5 percent; in South Carolina 13.1 for the entire state and 25.4 for the stations; in Georgia 17.7 for the state and 83.2 for the stations; in Mississippi 15.8 for the state and 47.9 for the stations, in Tennessee 8.1 for the state and 3 4.7 for the stations; and in Kentucky 6.6 for the state and 13.6 for the stations. If one looks at the traffic and train statistics, a record of achievement is found fully as striking as the growth in traffic and income. For example, we find that in 1911 the number of miles run by the freight trains was 1 almost precisely the same as in 1904, seven years before?the comparison 1 1. -1 1 AAA COO 1 ? 1 A 1 1 ??,J | UtJlUK H),3i75,UOO HUIL'D 111 XV IX UUU I 16,955,900 miles in 1904. Yet, with ] the mileage practically unchanged i 5,111,331,177 tons of freight (in- < eluding company material) were car- < ried in the latest year as against on- . ly 3,812,864,988 ton-miles in the 1 earlier year. In other words 1300,- t 000 ton-miles more of freight werel] moved in 1911 with no addition to 1 SHOT JM DEAD Edgar H Farrar, Pieaiaut New Oiltaas Atteraty, Killed feyTfcags. HAD ROBBED HIS HOME When They "Were Accosted on the Street They Pulled Out Pistols and Shot Farrar Down in the Street? Tney were nun uvwn, i augni ami Confessed. At New Orleans, La., Edgar H. Farrar, Jr., son of the former president of the American I3ar Association, was shot and killed at 1C o'clock Wednesday at the corner of Peniston and Magnolia streets, by two highwaymen. Mr. Farrar was on his way to his office in the Hibernia Hank building when he was told by a neighbor that two men standing on a corner opposite were probably a pair who had broken into the Farrar home the day before. Mr. Farrar started in pursuit of the men, who drew a revolver and who shot him. He fell in the streets dead. The two men started to run and were pursued by a crowd of -citizens. Special details of police and mounted officers were rushed to the scene and joined in the chase. i oung r arrar was a grauuate 01 the University of Virginia. He was admitted to the New Orleans bar a decade or more ago and had practiced his profession in this city continuously ever since, with tlie exception of a year or two spent in Oklahoma. He was popular in social affairs, and had an extensive acquaintance throughout Tennessee, Alabama and other sections of the South. Less than two hours after the shoting Mr. Farrar's assailants had been captured and had made a confession to the police. They are Leon Cantom alias J. C. Helms, and Lucien Canton, brothers, who live in New Orleans, aged 23 and 21, respectively. Theopolus Rodgers, a tall, black negro, proved himself a hero in the capture or the Canton brothers. He gave chase immediately following the shooting. His legs made it impossible for the fleeing men to outdistance him, and soon he had harden Canton, the younger, in his clutches and held him until the police arrived. Rodgers gave directions to the officers as to the direction taken by Leon Canton, the one who did the shooting, and he, too, was soon captured. The prisoners were at once taken to the office of District Attorney Adams and the police say both confessed to their participation in the crime and then admitted, under examination, that they had robbed the Farrar home the day before. Officers visited the home of the Canton brothers and brought to the police station all of the articles which had been stolen from the Farrar home. I Edgar H. Farrar Jr., was 3 2 years of age, and was married about five months ago. He lived only a few blocks from where he was shot down ir. the street. Mr. Farrar was a member of the law firm of which his father is the senior member, and was one of the brightest young members of the Louisiana bar. , His father went to the scene of the shooting and had the body re- , moved to his home. DEMOCRATIC VICTORY TUESDAY. ] Governor Dix Confident That the I*arI ty Will Win Next Week. I Predicting that the Democrats will ( win a decided victory at the polls next Tuesday. Governor Dix. of New York, in a statement Wednesday appeals to Democrats to support all he Democratic nominees as "Democrat success now means continued progress, efficiency and 'honesty in he administration." His statement follows: "The splendid record made by the Democrat House of Representatives it Washington has won the confilence of the country, while the Republican party cannot escape responsibility for the deplorable industrial ind economic conditions under which :he people of the Unted States are low suffering. Republican executive and administrative policy have proJuced the very general and deep unrest and dissatisfaction in business circles which have caused great hardship among the people and generated [in industrial and financial depression that has curtailed opportunities for employments and deprived the farmer, working man and business man alike of a adequate and just remun 3ration for his energy, toil and investments. "President Taft's veto of the triff ? bill proves that he Is lined up with i the extreme protectionists ef his * party and that he s opposed to any 1 revision of the traiff in the interest 1 :)f producing and consuming classes of the country." the miles run. This means that in 1 the seven years the average train- 1 load has been raised from 224 tons 1 to 300 tons. < AUDUGON SOCIETY HOLD ANNUAL MEETING IN COLUMBIA ON WEDNESDAY. , t Matters of Importance Discussed by the Members?James Henry Rice Re-elected Secretary. The annual meeting of the Audubon Society of South Carolina was held in the Loan and Exchange bank Dunning Wednesday. mere were 3 00 members represented. M. O. Dantzler, the president of the society, was unaveidably detained on account of the serious illness of his brother, O. M. Dantzler, sheriff of Calhoun county. Moreover, President Dantzler having served two full years, now retires from the presidency. The society saw him go with regret, and passed suitable resolutions, testifying to the value of the moral and active support he has given the cause of bird protection during his incumbency. His successor has been named, but will not be announced until he is oQ&ially notified and has accepted. 'r? The society feels that its moral position is stronger than ever, although no gain in membership has ever been secured on account of the lack of active field work. The matter of extending the society's usefulness by increasing membership and changing the mode of securing members was taken under advisement and a plan adopted which will be published in full later. This in the main looks to securing a permanent endownment, so that the society may become independent of small annual dues. One of the main duties devolving on the society by law is the suggestion of suitable legislation. The society reafirmed its belief in the resident hunters' license as the only practical means of enforcing bird and game protection, and will ask the general assembly to reconsider its nation nnd nnss snrh ? Itopnsp. Recent events have strengthened the society's determination to secure for the farmers of the State the protection for their crops and lands, to which they have always been entitled, and whijch they have never reecived from the general assembly. For the present there has been no change in the officers, outside of the president. James Henry Rice was reelected secretary. The treasurer's report showed a small balance to the credit of the society, not counting the money borrowed last year, and the return of which was recommended in a special message by Gov. Ansel, voted by the general assembly, but veotoed by Gov. Rlease. The Audubon society feefs content with results so far, and is ready tor a campaign more active than ever waged before for the protection of the birds. The society now enters upon the sixth year of its work. . ? \ BANDITS HOLDS UP TRAIN. ? They Fled When a Switch Engine Was In Sight, Rock Island passenger train No. 4 5 was held up and robbed Wednesday between Bridge Junction and Hurlburt, Arkansas. According to latest advices the bandits escaped after wrecking the express car in an effort to blow open the safe with nitro-glycerine. It is said that several registered packages of unknown value were obtained from the mail car. iSix masked men held up the train. The robbers boarded the train when it slowed down near Hurlbi|r?t, 1 1 111 I 11:0 llVSt&l 1VAVI11|/111K>) 1U VI M* lull tVJU 'he engineer with weapon display forcing him to ba<ck his train for sev?ral miles. The express and mail cars were letached and hauled ahead short displaces. The mail pouches were ranjacked and seven nitro-glycerihe caps Ired into the express car safe. In lie midst of their pillage the roblers were frightened away when a iwitch engine searching for the overluo train approached from Hurlburt. ? ? Han a Huge Blind Tiger. J. O. Ross, the negro president of he Atlanta State Savings Bank has ieen arrested 011 the charge that he an a big blind tiger, for the benefit >f his depositors, in connection with he bank, and that the list of bis lepositors has increased niarvellousy lately for that .cause. More Trouble in Mexico. At Torreon, Mex., six federals and >ne Maderista, were killed and fifteen federals wounded in a street fight. The trouble arose over the attempt of four Maderista officers to disarm tho Gendarme. v i Ten Itioters Killed. Ten election rioters were killed at =>an Pedro Soula, Honduras, Sunday n a clash with government troops, vccording to information brought to Mobile by Capt. Wallas, of the Norwegian steamer Strangnella. ? ? s I Five Prisoners Break Jail, i Trapping Jailer Lowe and ptnltfi lis wife behind a heavy steel door, ive prisoners made a quick escape from Glynn county ain at Brunpwtek, 3a., Wednesday afternoon.