,V.VAR OF RACES
MAY FOLLOW
LYNCHING
1 Negroes Make Threats of Aveng-
; ing Death of Dickson, and
, Enraged Whites Fire ;
Colored District.
Fire Building In Rear and Bom
bard It In Front, Ignoring
the Police.
ALARMED OFFICIALS CONFER
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'Mayor Wired Governor for Mili
tary AMlntttiK'o to tjueii mn
trbniu,aiMl IMght Com
IuIn Are Heiit Out.
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8prlnfleld. March I. A an after
malh ot the lynching f the negrc
Lrixon. threat wer heard during the
afternoon that the levee, the negrt
m.'t!on, would be bnrned. On the oth
er hand It ! Mid the negroe are de
termined on revenge, Fearful of the
coneequencee, a conference ot the city
and county official occurred this eveni
lug. which resulted In asking for mltltt
assistance, from the governor, The
loon wer ordered closed. '
At 11:80 the threat of the mob, fre
quently made through the day and
evening, waa Anally made good, and
a volume of flame wi seen to ahoot
tin from -the renr of a place occupied
by r"l':"TnoT(w,; J aatoon Tki
frisedlng the firing of the building
the mob shot at the f ront of the build
ing for half an hour, but It is not
known whether any fatalities result
ed. It la thought the mob will not tol
erate any effort of the Are 'department
to put out the fire In the levee district,
but will offer no resistance In- an at
tempt to prevent Ita spreading to othei
pnrta of the town.
Troop are urgently needed, aa It la
probable the negroes will make good
their threats to fire the business die
trlcta of the city and dynamite the Jnll
and other county building.
urgent representation of Mayoi
nowlua,of Springfield, that a race war
la Imminent a the result of the lynch
ing of the 'negro Dickson, Uovernoi
Herrick tonight ordered eight com
panies of state militia to that city to
preserve order,
Governor Herrlck'a flrt order te
Mayor Bowlu waa to Issue a proclam
ation ordering the closing of all
loons. Nest he ordered the colored
member of company A, Ninth but
tallon, to rest on thitlr arm In tht
armory and to ce that none of tht
gun were stolen.
Benator Hype talked to Hprlngfleld
shortly before 9 o'clock and wa ad
vised that the outlook was alarming.
Colored people wore remaining f'r the
most part In their district, but were
wrought up to a atnge of frenzy.
The trouble, according to Hyphca
Informant, wn due lunHyMo thr-at
made during the dy by white-mw
that they Intended to clean out tin
colored district.
On the other hand the colored peo
ple, enraged at the public execution of
Dickson, threaten reprisal. -
The police, limited in number at
boHt. were being wnony ircu
all attempt to curb the rising spirit
of the people wa 'utile. It wa be
lieved by Mayor Bowlu that the ar
rival of several outside companlei
would have much to do with quieting
the demonstration. ,
At 10 o'clock two companies from
Dayton were en p, pains a- - ingfleld
It Is expected that all troops will be
In Springfield before moirnlng.
RUMORED THAT RUSSIAN SHIPS
ARE EITHER CAPTURED OR
DESTROYED BY ENEMY
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London Paper Publishes Unconfirmed
Dispatch From ToKio That Japanese
Fleet Engages Russian Squadron
to Disaster of Latter.
Czar Receives Telegram From Viceroy Alexieff That Cites Events
of Past Few Days-Government's Representative Reports That
Damage Done By Bombardment of Russian Ports Alto- ,
. getherof Insignificant Character.
manipulated much after the fashion of
a skeleton key.
In one of the safe attacked this tool
ha broken and the blade with a part
of the rod were left inside the lock.
Sayr had a new tool made when the
detectives came across him. When
asked what the appliance was the man
replied that It wa . used to open
faucets. '
RED BEARDED
SAINT TELLS
SECRETS
CONCERNING ISLAND TROOPS.
Washington, March. i.-The senate
spent almost the entire day listening
to commute amedments to the army
.in ,nnrnln nrovlslonal troop la the
the Philippines, and the consolidation
,r the adjutant-general office with
the record and pension office. The Porto
T.li'ri imytdnv'nt v.s objected tof by
" ' . . .. .....It... Ka n
democratic snni'ir an iim -
nmnnunced military form of gov
ernmcnt. h amendment ultimately
were accepted.
i,ni u'na nminded SO a to pro
liw " " -,
vide for Increased engineer corps. It
was still pending whh the somite art
Joumed.
GOVERNOR ACTS PROMPTLY.
Columbus, Ohio, March 8. Upon the
w.H Creditor Meet.
Pendleton. Ore.. March 8. The first
meefing of the creditors of C n. Wade,
former cashier of the First National
i..nk of Pendleton, wa held today. T.
-..Ji-- ream elMtml trustee, v. Ith
bonds at 820.000. Bills against the es
tate amounting to $154,400 were a!
lowed. Asset are valued at 860.000.
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1 Hind Tailored
We are selling" superior
grade hnnd tailored cloth
ing in latest' styles and
materials at prices any
man can afford.
Loudon, March . The Uaily Tele
graph tht morning publishes a dis
patch from Toklo datod March 7, say
ing: 1. "" . .. '
"It Is rumored that the Japanese fleet
engaged the Russian Vladivostok
squadron at sea yesterday. The result
of the engagement is not announced.
but it I believed the Russian shlpi
were etlher destroyed or captured."
St. Petersburg, March 8. Viceroy
Aleileff hat sent the cear the, follow
ing telegram;' ',.,. ; t ? '. - ' .
Mukden I have tho honor to com
municate to your majesty the follow
ing details of events on March s
"The enemy' squadron approached
Vladivostok toward 11 o'clock In tht
morning, having passed near Askold
Island, 'After several maneuver, tw
cruisers wer left to the north of tht
Island and the remainder steamed along
th coast of'Ussurl bay. Upon arriv
ing off Mount SL Joseph and. Vssort
bay, the squadron made toward the
battery. The ships opened Are from
both atdos. evidently at first using
blank cartridges In order to warm theii
guns. At 1:45 p. m., when at a dis
tance of about 5 1-4 miles, the leading
ship opened Are with her , forward
guns and the entire squadron steamed
alpng the shore, firing their port guna
The squadron at 2:25 p. m. ceased fir
ing and steamed oft to th southward.
No damage was done to the fortress
or entrenchments and In the town anJ
at other parts of the fortifications the
damage was insignificant.
"According to reports of events on
March 7, the enemy's squadron reap
peared at 8 o'clock In the morning
near Vladivostok. , They entered Us-
surl bay and proceeded along the coast
without opening fire. The squadron
returned and headed for Cape Gamova,
at Posslet bay, which it reached at 8:40
p. m. . . t i. l .
"The enemy finally turned oft when
opposite Pallas bay and departed in a
southerly direction.",
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trunk lines that run south through the
empire. The exaction of the censor
ship and the difficulties of Intercom
munication have served largely" to ob
scure the view of the correspondent,
and probably has resulted In much con-(
dieting new from various point. It
is anticipated that when the corps of
newspaper reporters who are now at
Toklo are finally allowed to go to the
front a serlou condition of telegraphic
service will result, a the land linet
are not adequate 'to the service they
wU be called upon to perform.
Well Informed newspaper men wno
have reached here express the opinion
that therewlll be no extensive land
oprations until the naval operations
are conclusively decided, unless the
Russians should-cross the Talu and
start south, thus forcing the hand of
the Japanese. ' Front the best informa
tion obtainable, however, the Russians
are not In shape to make such a move
In force. It Is generally held by the
experts that should the , Japanese
sweep the sea three large, forces will
be put in operation, one against Port
Arthur, one through Corea and across
the, Talu to cut the Russian center tt
the railway, .and the third against
Vladlvoatock.
The regulations for. the government
of foreign newspaper correspondents
have been, promulgated, and are Iron
clad. One article provides that If a
war correspondent violates the crim
inal law, military criminal law, or lav.
for the preservation of military secrets,
he may be punished according to mili
tary law by court-martial.
PORTE IS OBDURATE. '
Berlin, March 8. The porte has thu
far met the request of the Russlar
ambassador to Turkey, M. Zlnovteff, to
permit the iflack sea fleet to pass th$
Dardanelles by naming condition!
wholly unacceptable to Russia, One of
these conditions naturally la that Rus
sia shall break off or evade the fulfill
ment of .her agreement with Austria
respecting the Balkans, give the sul
tan leave to ettle the contcoversy by
his own methods and assist Turkey,
should Austria or other powers dispute
the sultan' decision. Russlo rejected
these, proposal as preposterous, but
she renewed her request, to which there
seems little likelihood of the sultar
yielding, a British diplomacy Is active
at Constantinople In urging on ttw
porte a strict observance of the Berlin
treaty.. - "''.?"?' . . " '
France, so far a can be perceived
he- ha not seconded Russia in xmt
mo i C Such a step "a permitting the
Francis M. Lyman President of
Twelve Apostles, Proves to
Be Outspoken Witness at
Smoot Hearing.
Likely Successor to Smith Shocks
His Associates Who Shake
Heads at Him.
CONSIDER .HIM INDISCREET
BlacX sea fleet to pass tnrougn uw
Dardanelles would be regarded diplo
matically as a breach of neutrality on
the part of Turkey, though Great Brlt-
aln' opposition to It being aimed at
the maintenance of the status quo, ,li
not so considered.
Russia's diplomatic weight at Con
stantinople has been aomewhat reduced
by the occurrence In the far east Th
norte win give nothing without a heavj
ortce. Germany expresses no oplnlor
on the subject The most that Ger
many will do n the presence f bar
gain between Russia and Turkey for
the release of the Black sea fleet would
be to maintain silence, neither advis
ing nor assisting either party. V
The government here ; is looking
ahead. It can conceive of a time wnen
It will be to Germany's advantage to
have a portion ft the Russian navy
locked up. Austria and Italy are not
moving at Constantinople where all
the powers therefore except Russia and
Great Britain are quiescent
Russia would not use the Dardan
elles now if she could, in the opinion
of experts here, jsecause her Black sea
fleet is not ready for a far eastern
campaign. "
Several Witnesses, Talk, and
Protestants' Case Generally
Beginning to Be Looked
Upon as Sf roiigr One.
Ito's Visit Oocaslon Surprise.
Toklo, March 8.--The1 forthcoming
visit of Marquis Ito, as special ambas
sador from the Emperor of Japan to
the emperor of Corea, claims general
attention. It was originally planned
to send a prominent Japanese to Seoul.
The announcement that Marquis Ito
Is rolng Is a surprise. It is denied that
Japan has any new plan to' execute
It Is thought, however, that the mar
quis will make ah investigation of the
general condition in. Corea and for
mulate possibly some recommendations
which will be useful in the adoption
of a policy for the future. ,
CENSORSHIP TOO RIGID.
Press Representatives 8k Mainland
to Get News. N '
Shanghai. March 8. The rigid cen
sorship placed by the Japanese au
thorities on all telegraphic dlspatchet
both press and private, has caused
many of the foreign correspondents, to
seek a field of news on the mainland.
Correspondents who have reached here
from Toklo report that the censorship
Is more perfect than they have ever
encountered,; and is exercised on in
tercommunication as well as on for
eign matter. Traffic on the wires has
trebeled. and their original carrying
capacity is reduced because the war
department and the foreign offlce have
each taken possession of the many
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THINK THEY HAVE HIM.
Expert Cracksmen Supposed to Be In
Hand of Seattle Police.
Seattle, March 8. John Sayrs, who
will be tried for having In his posses
sion burglar's tools, is believed by me
police to be the man who has been try
imr tn nnen richly laden safe a In Seat
' D "r - -
tie for several weeks past by a clever
and noiseless method. In addition to the
evidence found on the man's, person
when they arrested him Saturday after
noon Detectives Kennedy and Byrnes
found a complete burglar's outfit in his
room yesterday. v
The following articles taken from
Sayrs are now in the possession of the
police: Appliance for adjusting com
blnatlon disks of safe lock, black re
volver, pair of "sneaks" or rubber-soled
shoes, slouch hat, crushed soap (used
by cracksmen in safe work) and black
shirt .
Sayrs roomed on Columbia street
a ivtineetable Dlace. He Is thought to
have worked entirely- alone. Kennedy
and Byrnes are positive that he Is the
mart who tried to open the Grand opera
house. Merchants saloon and Tom Wll
Hams' saloon safes.
The tools with which all these at
tempts were made are a "drag" and the
sort of key arrangement The "drag"
was placed in each tnstane beneath
the lever whfch throws back the bolts.
This was drawn out by screw leverage,
and with it the long rod which runs
from the handle into the lock. Into
the cylindrical aperture through which
this rod ran the tool was inserted .
. This tool consists of a rod, In whose
end is a slot In this slot a short blade
ts hung free on a screw. When the
tool Is shoved into the lock the blade
folds back into the slot Entering the
lock lit drops out and hangs at right
angles to the rod. This rod is then
Washington, March 8- The senate
committee today In the investigation of
the protests against Senator Smoot,
brought out a variety of testimony, of
which the most sensational was that .
given by Francis M. Lyman, president
of Twelve Apostles of the Mormon
church, and the man chosen to be the
successor of president Smith. HI ad
missions were similar to those previous
ly made by Smith pertaining to Ua
church government. He is more free
of speech than the president of to
church and his testimony, though not
differing, caused several apostles pres
ent to shake their heads at the witness
for the purpose of compelling more dis
cretion in arr"T n""tions.
Lyman 4s ani. ' ' "built Ma- ae.
is covered with a growth of bushy red
whiskers and his speech is blunt Four
witnesses were" on the stand today.
They were Mrs. Kennedy, her mother,
Mrs. Matthews; Chas. Merrill, son of
Apostle Merrill and Lyman w
BALLINGER'S ELECTION SURE.
Republican Candidate for Mayor Get
There by Very Close Margin.
Seattle, March 8. Complete returns
at midnight from 35 of 52 precincts
give Ballmger, republican, for mayor,
4409; Tucker, democrat -8445. Ballln
gr will be elected by from B00 to 809
plurality.
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- The finest assortment of
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. The finest line of .
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Millinery, and, have engaged tho serv
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The show window tells the
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