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home'by laying she had business
" relations with him. , "
' "But she does-not say what
1 Ihose business relatione were.
i Nevertheless, the police admit
j that the statement is the most re-
i snarkable one that ever catrte
from a prisoner; -under an awful
charge. ,
i 2 The affidavit of EHzabetti No-
, Ian is attacked, most cunningly.
.Not by any direct statement, but
by. the -putting1 forwaYd-of a rea
son why Miss N,olan might .have
1 been jealous : N. ",
V, And, all through-the statement
. - tuns a note of .womanly tejider-
ness'.toward thosevwho died mys-
,, terious deaths, "that cannot but
inake an impression on the reader.
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, WOMEN AND CHILPREN
i HACKED, TO -DEATH
Imperial' Solders Carry Out Gen-
( eral Massacre at Manking
( .Foreigners Reported Safe at
, .Present f
Shanghai, Nov. ll.Manchu
and imep'rial soldiers, acting on
an 'order authorizing a general
fhassacre' of Chinese) are harry
ing ' Nanking", today, and the
streets are. red' with blood-of.in-y
nicent and helpless women and
children;-and' republican sympa
thizers are being slaughtered, by
the hundreds.
The murders of yesterday, fail;
ed to appease the bloody appetite
6f he Manchus, an4 they" -are
pursuing the fleeing citizens to
day, chopping them to pieces
wherever found. Every, rqad
witH "th'e, bodies of the. Head. rand
dying, and'the-toll'of death runs
into the thousands.
The empire is shocked by the
Manchu atrocities, and a terrible
revenge will be wreaked on the
imperialists as soon as they are
met by the rebel soldiers. A bat
tle is expected within 24 hours
between the two armies near
Nanking.
Admiral Muf dock", m charge of
theA.merican fleet in China, has
been given plenipotentiary power
by the state and Avar department
to protect Americans. He will be
allowed to .land marines, occupy
cities, and .exercise his own judg
ment in safeguarding citizens of
the U. S. in the war-ridden sec
tions. It is reported that all mis
sionaries of all denominations in
Nanking ard safe.
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" The Submerged
About 130 Boston -blue-bloods
are planning a picturesque pri
vate theater to accommodate no
body but themselves. Now, whafi
do you suppose they are going to
have?. Suppressed plays, Oscar,
Wilde,- Bernard Shaw and other,
creations too strong for generaf
consumption !
Talk about- the "submerged
tenth 1" These precious aristo
crats, aren't even a tenth of a1
tenth, but they intend to be com
fortably 'and wickedly; sub
merged , just the same.
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Colombia resents T.. R.'s ac-J
count of the Panama episode. In
the-meantime, the' canal's bulld-
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