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Rufus Young, who diea in a Vermont
prison the other day from Injuries re
ceived while being pursued by a sher
iff's posse, spent in various peniten
tiaries more than two-thirds of his 00
years, always under sentence for horse
theft.
A North Dakota farmer who went to
Minneapolis earrieh SIOO under his
hatband. In a restaurant another pat
ron changed hats with him. but. after
two days, the loser found the oth< r
man and swapped b • . ai: !< .1
money undisturbed.
After striving for nine years to lie
appointed a tipstaff in the Luzerne
county tfa.) court. Harry Bullock,
aged 54 years, died from joy at at
taining the object of his ambition He
was suddenly stricken with heart dis
ease after learning that he had re
ceived the coveted job, and the physi
cians who attended him paid that death
was caused by syncope resulting from
overjoy.
From Calhoun county. Michigan,
there conies to the Smithsonian Insti
tution a sensational story of the inva
sion of that county by an army of 5,000
rats in one pack. A big gray rat is
said to be leading the vast array of
rodents. Ancnigan papers devote con
siderable space to the peculiar occur
rence, and some Battle Creek citizens
who have become interested in the
migration have written to the Smith
sonian institution for an explanation,
if possible.
Senator Foraker, of Ohio, is an en
thusiastic fisherman, and recently put
in some happy days seeking tne coy
trout in the neighborhood of Hot
Springs, Va. A,friend who was with
liini declares that the senator is one
of the luckiest fishermen alive. "In
fact," he adds, "no one could convince
me that Orover Cleveland himstif can
land a bigger string in the same time
than Joe Foraker. lie had no trouble
in getting two fish to niy one, and I'm
no amateur."
The microbes of lockjaw fir of other
diseases, the venom of snakes, the
virus of smallpox or the vegetable
poisons may be successfully conveyed
upon bullets from muskets or revol
vers. Neither the heat nor the fric
tion in firing destroys them, whether
they are on the ball, in the powder,
in the wad or smeared within the gun
barrel. In the powder they are car
ried on unburnt grains, which make
up 40 per cent, in every charge of
powder exploded.
'1 he champion money finder is Isaac
Banks, of Philadelphia, and he holds
the championship because he was, un
til pensioned off after 58 years of con
stant service, door-keeper of the
vaults of the Fidelity Trust Co. He
found and returned to the owners
about $2,000,000. His largest find was
SIOO,OOO, and for its return he got not
a cent, while from the loser of a SOO,-
WQ roll, which he returned intact, he
has never since received anything but
studied discourtesy.
Aerial navigation is a certainty of
the immediate future, if the plans of
»n aerial navigation company do not
ge wrong. When the big ship is com
pleted it is expected to start for New
York from San Francisco, where it is
now in course of construction Go
ing as the crow flies, this vessel will
make the long journey over mountain
tops and plains in 20 hours, if all goes
well. It will be 228 feet in length
and Tl6 feet in diameter. Its weight
will be 13,000 pounds.
A iatal parasitic disease has been
successfully used on a large scale to
destroy the grasshoppers, another for
locusts, another for rats, and :a prize
has recently been won for the discov
ery of an insect which will destroy the
cotton bole weevil. These successes
make Dr. Stile's proposition to destroy
mosquitoes kt.v supplying thsir larvae
with the agamomerms culicis, which
now destroy millions of them by devel
oping in their abdomvns and making
them sterile and short-Bved. possible.
Complaints are being made by fish
ermen of the Chesapeake bay of rjep-
Cedations on the part of the big fishing
boats owned and operated by the
gimt;o factories in that section. It is
deemed that these boats vith their
patent apparatus are driving all the
fish out of the Lower Chesapeake.
The owners of the fisheries along the
coast complain b'tterly that the fish
ing boats take the very best fish in
these waters for the fertilizer facto
ries, where good and bad alike are
ground un for fertilizers.
TALK OF EXTRA SESSION. J
Uuest ions Tlllil Will He llroiiKhl Ip
II One I* Uelil—Tariff
legislation I'rultn lile.
Possibly the rejection of the Panama
canal treaty by Colombia will add one to
the number of questions which are to be
brought up in the extra session of con
gress, if one is to be held. That such a
session will lake place at all is not cer
tain, says the St. Louis Globe-Demo
:rat, A few weeks ago it was inferred
from something said by Senator Lodge
after an interview with the president
that a session would be called to meet on
November 9. This will be the Monday
immediately after the state elections,
and be four weeks before the time for
the beginning of the regular session, lie
cent rumors are to the effect that a
session would be called for some time in
October. As this would break into the
political canvass, and as there is no ap
parent urgency anyhow, the chances are
that if a session takes place at all it
will not open so early as October.
The first of the avowed reasons for
the calling of an extra session was to
get final action on Cuban reciprocity.
Then the finance question was urged as
a matter which ought to be taken up in a
called session. Some of the democrats,
among them Senator Gorman, have been
saying that if the extra session takes
place they will spring a tariff discussion
which will open up that big issue. The
failure of the canal treaty may pos
sibly strike the president as an addi
tional reason for the calling of an early
session. But whatever may or may not
come before congress, should it meet
in October or November, no tariff leg
islation will be attempted in it. Nor will
any take place in the regular session.
All this is so certain that it may be fore
told with the utmost confidence. The
republicans are masters of the situation
in each branch of congress. All the re
publican leaders are at harmony on this
point, and it would be foolish and mis
chievous to spring the tariff issue into
the national campaign, with the serious
demoralization of all sorts of business
and the check to all kinds of enterprise
which it would cause.
It is pretty safe to say that the Cuban
reciprocity matter could be dealt with
in the four weeks between November 0
and the opening of the regular session,
it there be any necessity to get it out
of the way by that time. The question
is simple. Whatever divergences there
may be between republicans on that is
i sue in any of its phases, they can bead
justed quickly. Whatever sort of a set
tlement is reached on it will stay set
i tied. Nothing more will be heard of it
in the republican party. The democrats
will not be able to make any partisan
capital out of any disagreements which
may arise between republicans 011 the
Cuban matter. I n regard to the finances,
there is no especial reason for haste. No
legislation of any consequence on the
finance question is likely to be had in
advance of the presidential canvass.
The country's financial system is in
pretty good shape. There would be an
advantage in imparting a little more
elasticity to the finances, but some of
the plans which are advocated for doing
this are so objectionable that the whole
subject is likely togo over until after
the presidential election. If it were
brought up now the democrats would use
the occasion to delay action and harass
the republican party. There is no espe
cial reason for any monetary legislation
at the present time. After the big elec
tion passes there will be a better chance
to consider the question without any in
terference to its partisan bearings. The
country.can wait, if an extra session be
held for any purpose it would be better
to postpone it until after the states have
voted, and for that reason November 9
would be a good date lor it to begin.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
c? The democratic party says it desires
a change, and yet can't tell what kind of
a change.—St. Louis Globe.
C'On election day a republican will
come along and knock the Ohio guberna
torial persimmon.—lndianapolis Jour
nal.
CS'Tlie worst thing Bryan can do to
Cleveland is to insist upon giving him
the democratic presidential nomination.
—Philadelphia Press.
course the thought of nominat
ing Hearst for the presidency gives the
average democrat the yellow jaundice,
but it would not be such a long step from
Bryan.—lndianapolis Journal.
O'The Johnson crowd want it to be
understood that every democrat who is
opposed to> Johnson for governor is a
bribetaker. This kind of campaigning
has been successful in Cleveland, state.
—Cleveland Leader.
r Senator Tillman, of South Caro
lina, going around the north making
speeches teTling what the democratic
party is going to do next year is help
ing to make it certain that the demo
cratic party Will not be likely to be in a
position to t'k»-anything.—Troy Times.
c * The newspapers are now calling at
tention to some of Bryan's ridiculous
utterances in his first campaign about
| the purity of wheat and silver, but the
j only surprising feature about it is that
s anything Bryan sawl should have been
remembered.-—Philadelphia i'ress.
| C" r o>!. Henry Watierson has settled
Ike campaign for 15»f)4. Neither Cleve
| land nor Bryan can be nominated, and
I if Bryan Vilts not a corporal's guard will
I follow htm. The democratic nomination
| will goto Gorman, Parker or Gray, and
■ whoever is the nominee he will be elected «
j over President Roosevelt, for Col. Wat
j terson is sure that there will be a demo
j eratie landslide 311 1914, which will slide
| faster even than that of 1892. If Col.
Watterson could only exhibit conclusive
evidence of possessing Ihc gift of proph
ery. how important his ,'nformation
Wf>ukl b."l—Boston Transcript.
CAMERON COUNTY PRHRS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 1903.
NLBRASKA AND BRYAN.
1.1 lilt liver the lte«ene
«i I Hi** Male from I'upiiliHlic
Teudenrie*.
The dominant note in the Nebraska
republican platform adopted at Lincoln
isTone of rejoicing over the escape of the
state lroin Bryan and Bryanism.
The Nebraska republicans are repub
licans, not populists. They are strongly
in favor of rhe Roosevelt policies. They
adhere to the protective policy and they
regard the Philippines as American ter
ritory, pays the Chicago Inter Ocean.
In all these things they antagonize
Mr. Bryan, who for ten years has been
trading on the disappointments *nd dis
content of the western people. Ne
braska gave Harrison a plurality of 4,079
for president in 1892. In 1894 the popu
lists united with the democrats and de
feated the republican candidate for
governor. In 1895 the republicans
elected their candidate for supreme
court judge, but in 1896 the state gave
Bryan a plurality of 12,935 over McKin
ley, and the legislature came under the
control of the fusionists.
In 1897 the fusionists carried the state
by a plurality of 13,879, elected their can
didate for governor in 1898 by a plural
ity of 2,721, and their candidate for su
preme judge in 1899 by a plurality of
15,1(17.
That was the last fusion victory in
Nebraska. In 1900 the people of tho
state, with the issue of republicanism
against Bryanism before them, gave Me-
Kinley a plurality of 7,822, and elected
republican state officers, and a repub
lican legislature. The republicans car
ried the state by 20.000 in 1901, and elect
ed tin governor in 1992 by a plurality of
5,355. Nebraska has now republican
state officers and a republican legisla
ture. and is represented at Washington
by two republican senators and four
republicans and one fusionist in the
house.
The contrast between republicanism
and Bryanism in the state has been very
marked. While the Bryanites, or fusion
ists, were in control of the state gov
ernment and legislature they went to
the extreme of partisanship and dis
gusted many of their own party by their
childish display of party feeling. The
Bryanites antagonized Nebraska sol
diers, flouted patriotic sentiment, and
covered the windows of the capitol
with pictures of their candidate for
president. They assumed they were
the state and substituted party spirit for
public policy.
Little wonder is it that the Nebraska
republicans exult over the rescue of the
state from Bryan and Bryanism.
MR. BRYAN DEFENDED.
Plenty of tC<*n*oiifc Why He Should Not
lie \\ Slipped Into tin? Dem
ocratic Fold.
The press of the country is very
generally oindeaanißg Mr. Bryan "'for
his present course in politics. The
eastern democratic papers particular
ly are blaming him. His stubborn op
position to the plans of those who are
seeking to reorganize the party is de
nounced as unreasonable, illogical and
inexcusable. And yet, asks the Kansas
City Jorunal (Rep.), who, in Mr. Bry
| an's place, would do otherwise than
I Mr. Bryan is doing?
j The democratic party failed in the
, two campaigns in which the Nebras
kan was its candidate for the reason
that, as Mr. Bryan believes, a number
of its prominent leaders were indiffer
ent or Hostile to its interests. He suf
fered the ignominy of defeat and the
crushing of his ambitions. Now he
! linds these same leaders who were
I responsible for his ruin organizing a
| movement to repudiate him and his
platform and assume the management
of the party in its next campaign.
What is more natural or reasonable
than that he should rebel against such
a programme and exert all his
strength to defeat it?
Suppose that Mr. Bryan should qui
etly submit to the plans of the reor
ganizes. Suppose that he should pas
! sively consent to being discredited and
humiliated. Suppose that he should
give his support to those who over
threw him with their disloyalty when
|he was the party's candidate. What
would be thought of him? He would
be despised as a weak and spineless
man. Even those to whom he gave
way would simply add contempt to
their dislike.
| Mr. Bryan is now asking no favors
at the hands of his party. He has a
grudge to pay, and he proposes to pay
it. He still has a considerable follow
ing and be means to use it for the vin
dication of himself and his platform.
Leaving out of account his abiding
i faith in the principles which were re
| pudiated by the country and exploded
j by the logic of events, there are plenty
I of reasons why Mr. Bryan should re
j fuse to lick the hands that smote him
and assent to the programme for their
exaltation and his own debasement.
rat»• I)«• in ocr 111 m.
Evidence is rapidly accumulating of
the desperation to which the democratic
party is reduced in its search for a prom
ising candidate for the presidency. The
Nashville American is the first news
paper organ of that party, however, to
make a frank confession of the condi
tion which confronts the democracy, it.
no longer attempts to define the sort of
democrat that is desirable, but sum.s up
in these words: "Anybody tc bapi.
Roosevelt!" That is honest, at least,
and it undoubtedly sizes up the demo
cratic situation. But the democratic
battlecry is not an inspiring one. The
'party went into the campaign of 1872
with the watchword: "Anybody to beat
G/ant!" And history records that it re
ceived the -worst thrashing in its history
up to that time. Gen. Grant being re
elected by the largest plurality ever
given to a president, with the single ex
ception of thai of McKinley in 1900.
Troy Times.
112 KAZKIs ISY LOVE.
Sensational Murder and Suicide
in New York City.
flrrauwc Slif IC(Tuned to I'.lope Willi
11 iin Henry T. ICd»oli, Son ol a
Former Mayor of New York,
Kilted Mrft. I'lillen uiut
Took fills Own Lilt l .
New York. Sept. 3. Henry Town-
Re nil Kdson, son of nn ex-mayor of
New York, Franklin Kdson, in his
apartments at 292 West Ninety-sec
ond street, yesterday shot and in
stantly killed Mrs. Fannie Pullen, of
(>73 West End avenue, and then shot
and killed himself. The murder and
suicide appear to have been premedi
tated .'Hid followed a dramatic scene
ill which Kdson called upon Mrs. I'iil
len, a close and honored friend of his
wife and family, to desert her hus
band and children and fly with him
to another stute. Mrs. Pullen, a \ery
liiindsome woman, is said to have
been the daughter of a United States
naval officer.
The double tragedy brought to the
surface the fact that Kdson, who was
"comptroller" of St. Michael's Protes
tant Episcopal church, had been sus
pected of misappropriating funds be
longing to Ibe parish and that ex
pert accountants were at work on his
accounts. It was also declared by
those related to the family that Kel
son was financially distressed be
cause of Wall street speculation.
Whatever may hnve been the pre
cise cause of the tragedy, members
of the Kdson family insist that the
man was insane. There are many in
dications that Kdson was madly in
love with M ■ . Pullen. On the body
of the liiiin was found the following
letter:
"Mrs, Pullen: Darling: Trust John
implicitly, lie will always be a go
between and faithful. I know him
thoroughly, lie will tell you where
I am waiting for you, to see your
sweet face once more before I go. I
am going far, far away, but will be
true to you. no matter how long I
live. 1 shall lead a new life and an
honest one, and if I can ever come
back to you with my past cleaned uj«.
I will, dearest. Oh, my God, let rne
see and speak to you once more be
fore 1 go. I cannot go until you do.
1 hope and pray that von put, in to
day's (September 1) personal. Any
way I answered it in tomorrows. 1
hope you see it."
The following "personal" was pub
lished in a morning newspaper Tues
day:
"Be Loyal—Nothing in answer to
message: be good to me; worried
about yon; send word today; just as
line to you as always; with love."
The following, evidently a reply to
ll.e foregoing, appeared Wednesday
morning:
"Fanny—l am loyal and true; can
not, go till I see you; trust John; be
will tell you where I am; with love."
These are believed to be the "ncr
sonals" referred to. S',". Tefers* of
Si. Michael's church, who knew the
dead man well, is emphatic in his dec
laration that none but the most
honorable relations existed between
Kdson and Mrs. Pullen. She was, he
said, Kdson's "friend and adviser."'*
Mrs. Pullen lived with her husband,
John Pullen. an auditor at the Grand
Central station, and her two children.
The Kdsons were to break up their
home yesterday, as a result of an
agreement to separate.
BY ACCLAMATION.
Pemisylvanln llcmnerat* lice! In Con
vention and Nominate state Ticket.
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 3.—The dem
ocratic state convention yesterday
nominated the following'ticket by ac
clainni ion:
Auditor General—Senator Arthur
C. Dewalt, of Lehigh county.
State Treasurer—Senator Joel G.
Hill, of Wayne county.
Judges of the Superior Court—Ex-
Judge Calvin Key burn, of Armstrong
county, and John A. Ward, of Phil
adelphia.
The platform adopted is briefer
than the usual democratic declaration
ol principles anil is devoted entirely
to state issues. The greater part of
it deals with the last legislature and
its work and the conduct of the state
government.
The convention was well attended
for an "off year" Instate polities.
The campaign will be conducted by
Chairman J. K. p. Ihill, of the state
committee, from the headquarters
in this city. The nominees for audi
tor general and state treasurer
and Senator Webster I. Grim, of
Bucks county, permanent chairman
of the convention, were members of
Ihe last legislature and voted against
the Grady-Salus libei bill, which will
be one ol the principal issues in the
campaign.
Beldame Won a Kite Make.
New York, Sept. 3.—August Bel
! mont's Beldame, with Bullman in the
j saddle, won the rich Great Filly
; stakes, $ 10.000, at Sheepshead Bay
j yesterday. She was quoted at 15 to 1
In the betting and ran the six fur
; longs over the Futurity course in
| 1:24 4-5. P. H. MeOarren's Ocean
j Tide was second, with Mineola, from
the W. C. Whitney stable, third.
A l)i*a*tpr at
Constantinople, Sept. 3.—Three ex
[ plosions occurred yesterday on the
i Austrian steamer Yaskapu soon after
j leaving the Bulgarian port of Burgas
j en route for Constantinople, by which
j 2!) persons perished. The vessel
caught fire and had to be beached.
Bl(i Output or Coal.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 3.—-During
the month of .vugusl last the Dela
ware, Lackawanna &■ Western Coal
Co.'s out put of coal at the Woodward
colliery, near here, was 64,000 tons,
being the largest tonnage ever
mined by any single colliery in the
Wyoming regiou. From the present
outlook and what can be learned, all
the mines in this valley will continue
to work full time during this year
and the officials do not look for any
curtailment order. There may be a
few idle days during the present
month, but there,will not be many.
ARMED WiTH A REVOLVER.
A I.illialle Hnkroa I'crmlMctit Demand
lo See I*re»ident ItooacvcK Maid lie
Wanted to Harry 'll»w Alice.
| Oyster Bay, L. 1., Sept. 3. A man
i giving his name as Frank Weilbren
| ner was arrested 'at Sagamore Hill
I late Tuesday night while making a
i persistent demand to see President
I Kooscvelt. The man was armed with
j a revolver fully loaded. lie was
| taken to the village and placed in
the town prison,
i Weilbremier is five feet eight inches
high, 2S years olil, has a dark mous
tache, black eyes and evidently is of
i German descent. He resides in Syos-
I set, about five miles inland from Oys
ter Bay. He was well dressed. It is
| thought by the officers that Weil
brenner was accompanied by two
other men. as their footprints were
found in the mud alongside of the
buggy tracks. In view of this fact
| the officer on duty telephoned to the
village for assistance and was soon
joined by two other secret service
men.
Weilbrenner was arraigned before
Justice Franklin on complaint of the
secret service operative who placed
him under arrest. Justice Franklin
questioned the prisoner about his
movements Tuesday night.
His replies were made in a quiet
i tone of voice, but they indicated, ap
parently beyond doubt, that the man
is crazy. Asked why he went to Sag
amore Hill, he replied: "I went to
see the president about his daughter.
Alice."
j "Had yon an engagement with the
president ?"
"Yes."
"Mow was that engagement made?"
"I talked with the president last
night." replied Weilbrenner.
"How did you talk with him?"
I "Oh, I just talked."
"A sort of wireless talk was it?"
"Yes, that is it, a wireless talk."
"Why did you want to see Ihe pres
ident about Miss Alice?"
"I wanted to marry her."
The examination of Weilbrenner
.vas continued by Dr. George A. Stew
art and Dr. Irving S. Barnes. Weil
brenner was declared by them to be
insane. He will be placed immedi
l ately in the custody of Sheriff Jolin
! son. of N'assau county.
The Weilbrenner incident is the
first occurrence of the kind during
the president's sojourn at Sagamora
Hill. It has demonstrated complete
; ly, in the opinion of officials here, the
i wisdom of the close and systematic
1 guard which is maintained at all
times over the president.
He is exposed frequently to assault,
but every care lh.it human agencies
can devise is exercised constantly to
insure bis personal safety and im
munity from danger. Personally he
was not perturbed by the Weilben
ncr incident, but, although the main
tenance of the guard is often dis
tasteful to him lie thoroughly real
izes the necessity 112 having made as
certain as possible the personal
safety of the president of the United
States.
SENT TO JAIL.
In t*«l«.tant Stale"* \ ttoruey and Two
Policeman I'll ill -died lor Contempt
by a Chicago .lilil;;c.
Chicago, Sept. 3. —In a habeas cor
pus case growing out of the arrest
for the second time of Walter B.
Hoyt on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses in defiance of
an order of Judge Cavanaugh in the
criminal court, the latter yesterday
ordered the arrest for contempt of
Assistant State's Attorney Harnett
and sentenced him to ten days' im
prisonment and to pay a fine of SSO.
; Thomas .1. Howard, detective, and
Officer Louis lloiillion. of Cincinnati,
were also committed for ten days.
lloyt was charged with being a
fugitive from justice and upon the
hearing of the habeas corpus ease the
officers attempted to serve a gover
nor's warrant upon him in the court
room, although warned by the judge
not to do so. Assistant State's At
torney Burnett explained that he ad
vised the arrest of Hoyt upon the
executive warrant.
"You assumed that the court did
not know what he was talking about
and advisetl the officers to act in de
fiance of court," exclaimed Judge
Cavanaugh with spirit.
"Mr. I'arnett, although you are a
friend of mine, 1 can make no excep
tion in your ease. I will sentence you
to jail for ten days and then pay in
addition a fine of $50."
Another .tlerscr.
Pittsburg, Sept. 3.—The Post says:
Another merger of underlying com
panies of the United States Steel Cor
poration is to take place in a short
time, following the decision to build
the great tube plant at Lorain, O.
; This will be the taking over of the
present Lorain steel works, which
| were formerly an adjunct of the Fed
eral Steel Co., and making it a part
i of the National Tube Co. The Lorain
works manufactures girder rails and
lias two blast furnaces in operation,
each with a capacity of about 550 tons
a day.
I'arry .Make* a Threat.
Indianapolis, Sept. 3. —When asked
last night as to the rumor that lie
, was receiving threatening letters
warning him to cease his attacks on
organized labor. President I). M.
Parry, of the National Manufactur
ers' association, said: "All I have to
say is that the man or men who en
ter my premises to abduct any of my
children will leave the place dead, for
that is the order given the men at
| my home."
Both Side* Hade Coneemtoni,
I Philadelphia, Sept. 3. —The confer
j enee between the Pennsylvania rail
! road telegraphers and General Man
; ager Atterhury relative to certain de
i manils made by the operators came
J to an end yesterday after concessions
i had been made by both side. A com
j promise proposition was submitted
j to the operators that all operators
! on divisions east of Pittsburg and
j Erie, whether working S or 12-hour
' shifts, be given a relief of one day
! per month with pay; operators at
i present receiving two days a month
| relief to continue to receive the
same. - -
SLAUGHTER CONTINUES.
li!«:•«• lonia It -belt Claim lo (»!• §'' i :Jit»
i:it£ for ESu nan lU!£lt>N 'fe nrkKh
Itriitallly ar<l Ihmclki}.
Sofia, Sept. 4.- - \ council presided
I fi\ cr by Prince Ferdinand and altelid
! «"<I by the premier and 1 lie ministers
J of the interior, war nnd justice was
' held at the palace of Euxinograd,
I near Varna, yesterday. The an
| notincement of the result of the de
j liberations is anxiously awaited here.
The insurgent general staff has is
| sued a proclamation throughout.
; Macedonia asking for the support of
j the whole population and pointing
j out that the revolutionaries are not
! fighting for a neighboring power, but
for human rights.
More fighting is reported from the
district of Debre. The Turks attack
ed revolutionaries at the village of
! Dambeni and both sides suffered
I heavy losses. A company of Alban
j ian troops passing through the val
ley of Kitschero was slaughtered by
1 revolutionaries. The Turkish troops
j recently made an attempt to take a
| pass occupied by insurgents through
| the valley of the Sateska river, but
; were defeated with great loss.
London, Sept. 4.—The Turkish em
-1 bassy here sent out last night a no
j tice published by the Ottoman gov
| eminent in the vilayets of idria-
I nople, Saloniea, Kossovo and Monas
| tir, warning the population against
| joining the insurgents.
The Daily Mail's correspondent in
a dispatch from Monastir, dated
| August SI. tellfc of an ineffectual at
tempt he made to penetrate the Al
banian cordon and reach Armensko.
; He was threatened with death and
compelled to return under a guard.
He gives numerous instances of Turk-
I ish brutality and treachery. The vil
lager- of Armensko were massacred
before a single insurgent visited the
place. The inhabitants of the village
of Xevolkas were butchered while on
! their way to Fiorina under guard, af
i ter having surrendered on a guaran
tee of immunity. At Fiorina, con
tinues the correspondent. Hie Christ
j ians are in a state of abject fear and
i arc handicapped by a bigoted Greek
! metropolitan who orders them to
stay in the village and not to flee,
j with the result that the savage
! soldiery murder them by scores. The
| European residents of Monastir. in
cluding the consuls, are in a state of
: great anxiety.
Constantinople. Sept. 4. Official re
| ports say that the Turks on reoecupy
| ing Klissura, Albania, killed 2(10 in
| snrgents. It is also stated that the
inhabitants of the coast villages are
j returning to their homes.
! Saloniea, Sept. 4.—Hilmi Pasha, in
spector general of Macedonia, has
telegraphed from Monastir that a
Hulgarian band was defeated Sep
i 1 ember 1, between Klissura and Kas
toria, with heavy loss. The remain
-1 der of the band is being pursued by
i the Turks.
Bucharest. Roumania, Sept. 4.—M.
| Svetkoff, the agent here of the Mace
| rlonian committee, has been arrested
for extorting, by menaces of death,
| subscriptions to the funds of the
I revolutionists.
The Bulgarians residing in Ron-
I mania continue to receive orders to
return home, in giew of the possible
mobilization of the Bulgarian forces.
GRAND CIRCUIT RACES.
Four Great ICveiitw Dcclrifd at \nrru
jjan'ett S'ark — star Hal and (tiil.v
Illicit Win Hi£ I'll/os.
Providence, l{. 1., Sept. 2.—Perfect
weather and track conditions favored
, the opening in this city yesterday of
j the grand circuit meeting and 9,000
| people who gathered at Xarragansett
| park witnessed four superbly con
; tested races. It was an off day for
j favorites, Diablito in the 2:20 pace
! being the only one of the picked
! horses to win.
The 2:00 pace with a field of eight
| starters was marred by an accident in
which Kenny, driver of Prince Direct,
! was severely injured by being thrown
| from his seat.
I The 2:1!) trot with eight starters
j went over unfinished after six heats
I had been trotted, Xavidad and '"ole
I Direct each having two heats, while
I Kamares and Guy Fortune had one
j each to their credit.
The 2:20 pace required five heats to
> decide. Marv Anna took the first tw r o
I heats in fast time, ortly to lose the
j race to Diablito, a bay mare, o\\4ied
j in New York, who captured the next
; three heats and race in sensational
style.
Providence, R. 1., Sept. 3.—Fifteen
! thousand persons attracted by the
| principal contest of the grand circuit
! meeting here—the SIO,OOO stake for
I 2:11 class pacers—gathered yesterday
j at Xarragansett park and saw Star
Hal, a horse owned by W. L. Snow, of
! Ilornellsville, X. Y., capture the race
| and the purse in tjiree straight heats.
Seven horses faoed the starter, King
J Direct being favorite, with Elastic
j Pointer second c,hoice.
Providence, I{. 1., Sept. 4. —The
I Roger Williams SIO,OOO stake for 2:14
< trotters was the feature of the third
j day's racing in the grand circuit
j meeting at Xarragansett park. Billy
j Buck, a bay gelding owned and
! driven by E. F. Geers, of Memphis,
[ Tenn., carried off the big purse, win
j ing in three straight heats. Sadie
I Baron captured the first heat in the
j 2:15 pace, and although she battled
j hard with Trilby Direct to the end,
| she was unable to head the black
i filly, who took the remaining heats
• and the race. Sensational finishes
] marked the 2:OS pace, which was won
by AJbert (■. Dillon Boy won the
2:18 trot.
Will Have lo Pay Their Fare.
Chicago, Sept. 2. Stockman
| throughout the west who have for
many years been enjoying free trans
portation from their homes and the
j shipping centers, will find this privi
j lege curtailed after January 1, 1904,
j The executive officials of western
j lines met here Tuesday and agreed
j that on and after the date mention
; ed they would discontinue the issu
j anee to stockmen of transportation,
j thereby compelling them to pay their
j fare to their homes after having
I come to the various shipping centers
| with stock.