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ADVANCE
VOLUME V.
-MARINES LANDED
Attack on Embassies is Fear¬
ed in Constantinople.
SULTAN GIVES WARNING
United States May Take Similar Ac¬
tion—Alarming Reports from
Leischman—Admiral Cotton’s
Spuadron at Beirut.
The United States cruisers Brook¬
lyn and San Francisco arrived at Bei¬
rut, Syria, Friday.
Minister Leischman has cabled the
state department that owing to the dis¬
turbed conditions in Constantinople ail
additional kavass or detective force
had been stationed at the American
legation. This action was taken-on
the suggestion of the Turkish govern¬
ment, which has assured the Ameri¬
can minister that it will use every pre¬
caution to protect ail foreigners, out
has warned the different embassies
and legations to strengthen the foice
inside the buildings.
In case a necessity develops it is
probable that the Turkish government
wiii be requested to allow the UnPed
States to send a detachment of ma¬
rines from the squadron which ar¬
rived at Beirut, Minister Leiscli-
man has not yet made suc.i a request
of this government. The United States
has no authority to send a warship
through tho Dardanelles and would
have to get the consent cf Turkey
and also that of ether European pow¬
ers to do so.
Minister Leischman in his cablegram
Informed the department that a num¬
ber of governments have landed ma¬
rines in Constantinople for the protec¬
tion cf tho embass'-es.
Conditions Net Oatisfactcry.
While the conditions existing in
Constantinople, as well as in other
portions of Turkey, are extremely un¬
satisfactory, the Washington govern¬
ment docs not believe that there is
my serious danger ahead, nowiih-
Btanding that the tone ot tho dis¬
patches from Minister Leischman
shows uneasiness. At the same time
the United States will approve every
precaution taken by tho diplomatic
corps and our minister for the safety
of the foreign representatives.
The porte, in advising the foreign
embassies and legations of the meas¬
ures taken to protect them, added a
warning against Bulgarian bnnd'ts
who might attempt to elude the Turk¬
ish guards and attack the foreigners
lroro within.
Chekib Bey Caib on Hay.
Chekib Bey, Turkish minister, called
on Secretary Hay Friday morning to
Inform him that he had received from
his foreign office official advices to the
effect that the American consul at
Beirut was entire'y satisfied with tlie
measures- Turkey had taken to protect
life and property there and to investi¬
gate and act with respect to the as¬
sault. on Vice Consul Magelssen.
It is a matter of some comment
that there are about only 200 marines
with the European squadron but these
with the kavasses already in the ser¬
vice of tho legation and with the
Turkish guards assigned to Minister
Leischman. will, it is believed, prove
sufficient, for any emergency likely
to arise. Officials of the state depart¬
ment, commenting upon the item from
Paris saying that ships of foreign pow-
ers wculd bo sent to Turkish waters-,
stated that the United States was now
sending ships to Turkish waters.
Dardanelles Inviolable.
Tlie term “Turkish waters” does not
and j f
mean Constantinople, tfiey s-ay,
while the whole eastern portion of
the Meclitterrauean might be covered
with warships, it was possible that
none of them would force the Darda-
ne ]j es
After the Crimean war, a treaty was
made which has been followed up by
subsequent treaties which prohibits
war ships from entering the Dardan-,
eiles- without the consent of Turkey j
and Turkey must have the assent of
r.ll the signatory powers.
BECKHAM OPENS CAMPAIGN.
Immense Crowd Gathers at Winches¬
ter, Ky., to Witness Event.
A crowd estimated at from t-even to
ten thousand was present at the open¬
ing of the democratic stale campaign
at Winchester, Ky., Saturday.
Speeches were made by Governor
Beckbam, Senators McCreary and
Blackburn and Congressman Ollio
James. Several brass bands discours¬
ed muriic, and special trains from Cin
cinnati, Louisville, Lexington and oth-
other places carried large delegations,
Thousands of gallons cf burgoo were
dispensed.
SHERIFF GETS FOUR BURGLARS.
Kills One, Fatally Wounds Another
and Captures Remaining Two.
At Baldwin, L. I., early Wednesday
morning Deputy Sheriff Louis J.
Cook shot and killed one burglar,
probably fatally wounded a second and
captured two others. He discovered
them trying to brea Junto a vacant
house at Baldwin's park near the town
and a desp era te fight followed, but
“scaped injury.
RIVAL OF THE SOUTH,
Development of Cotton Growing In
West Africa is Now Attracting
Considerable Attention.
The news received in Liverpool,
England, from Lagos, British West
Africa, September 2, that the develop¬
ment of the cotton trade in the inte¬
rior of that part of Africa was so
great that the local railroad officials
had been obliged to run extra trains in
order to bring down the large supplies
to the coast, somewhat surprised the
cotton interests of the British cotton
center, growing of the staple in West
Africa being still regarded as in a
largely experimental stage. Thirty
tons of cotton from Lagos arrived in
the Mersey the past week and was
pronounced to be of excellent quality.
The .seed sent out from Liverpool
and sown in June is expected to yield
4,000 bales. The first delivery or tills
crop is expected at Christmas. If the
cotton growing experiment is success¬
ful, the cultivated area will be en¬
larged.
OLYMFIA IN BAD"-WAY.
Battleship, Damaged in Mimic War,
Came Near to Sinking.
The cruiser Olympia, flying the psn-
nant of Rear Admiral Coghlan, arrived
it the Norfolk navy yard Friday. Her
bottom was inspected and she will
be docked at once for repairing the in¬
juries received on rocks off the coast
of Maine during the progress, of the
mimic war.
While cn her way down the coast
the Olympia r’n into a heavy gale off
Tomastrn'harbor, and for a while fears
were entertained that she might not
be able to weather it in safety. Her
water-tight compartments saw her
safely through the blow, however, but
tho cruiser was compelled to serk
shelter in Tcmaston harbor until the
gale subsided. At cue time during
the blow some of the officers and
men feared the chip was really sink-
ng.
When the Olympia reached the Nor¬
folk navy yard, she was immediately
boarded by Naval Constructor Evans
ind Ms force of assistants. Several
of her plates were found to be crack¬
ed and broken and it was announced
she will be docked for repairs, which
will consume about seven weeks.
BULLETS SENT AFTER FELONS.
Desperate Convicts Make Break for
Liberty at Pratt Mines Prison.
A special from Birmingham, Ala.,
says: Four convicts were shot at
Pratt mines prison at 1 o’clock Fri¬
day morning in an attempt to escape,
the wounded men being Tom Fay, shot
in leg; John B-rawer, wounded in
back; Richard Kinnebrook, shot in
abdomen and kidneys, and Thomas
Melzin, wounded in shoulder.
They had secured a quantity of dy¬
namite and blew an opening in one
end of the prison. They ran through
this and hurled sticks of dynamite
at the guards. The latter opened the
with winchesters and succeeded in
preventing what might have been a
wholesale deliverj-.
J. H. Emery, of Pike county, Serv¬
ing twenty years, was the only one to
escape.
The crowd was led by Tom Fay,
who was the youngest member of the
famous Miller-Duncan gang of safe
blowers.
PLOT AGAINST REGICIDES
Causes Arrest of Seven Hundred Ser¬
vian Officers—News Leaked Out.
Advices from Belgrade, Servia,
state that a number of officers of the
Nish and other garrisons in Servia
have been arrested in connection with
the issuance of a proclamation de-
manding the trial by court martial of
the conspirators who were concerned
in the assassination of King Alexan-
der, Queen Draga and their ministry
and threatening to resign their com¬
missions ii the demand was refused.
Later it was announced that a group
of officers of the Nish garrison decided
to kill all the conspirators concerned
in palace assassinations and that many
officers of other garrisons joined
them. It was intended to act at an
early date, but the news leaked out
and all the conspirators were arresied
during the night.
Forty-seven officers have been ar¬
rested at Nish alone.
JUDGE IS BEING CRITICISED.
Struck Paragraph from Jury Present,
menta Which He Did not Like.
The action of Judge R. R. Russell,
in striking from the presentments of
the Jackson county, Ga., grand jury a
paragraph which it is generally under¬
stood was directed at Judge Russell
himself has caused very general dis¬
cussion throughout the country. Tho
paragraph, which was stricken out. and
omitted from the official report of the
grand jury as published, is as follows:
“We find that there have been some
irregularities, such as working public
road near Winder, which had not been
authorized according to lav/.”
WEST AFRICAN COTTON CROP.
Great Development of Staple Necessi¬
tates Running of Extra Trains.
Advices from Lagos, BrlRs'i West
Africa, state that the development of
the cotton trade in the interior Is so
great that the railroads have been
obliged to run extra trains in order
to transport the staple to the coast.
There is every prospect of a further
increase In cultivation.
CAHNKSVILfiE. GA.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER II. 1903.
UMPIRE SOLE JUDGE
Georgia Assessments of Rail¬
road Franchises Smashed.
REDUCED SEVEN MILLION
Returns of Arbitration Boards in Case
of Southern and Seaboard are
Filed With Attorney Gen-
oral Wright.
The first of tho awards fixing tho
franchise valuations of the hi grailwry
systems of Georgia were made Thurs¬
day by the arbitration boards to
which were referred the franchise as¬
sessments of the Southern railway and
the Seaborn d Air Line, and under their
findings the state gets returns of $7,-
750,000 less than would have been the
caa?, under the assessments of Comp¬
troller General W. A. Wright.
The Southern railway arbitration
board cut nearly $5,000,000 off the
comptroller general s assessment, fix¬
ing the value of its franchise in Geor¬
gia at $1.650,000 as against the as¬
sessment of $6,561,297.
In the case of the Seaboard Air Line
the arbitration board clipped nearly
$2,750,000 off the comptroller general's
assessment, making it $1,250,000 as
against $3 997,991, which were Comp-
troiler General Wright’s figures.
The arbitrators in the case of tho
Southern were Hon. J. Pope Brown
for tho state; Hon. Roland Ellis, of
Macon, for the road, and Judge War¬
ren D. Nottingham, of Macon, umpire.
The Seaboard Air Line arbitrators
were Judge Spencer R. Atkinson for
tho state; R. C. Alston, for the road,
and Howard Thompson, of Gaines¬
ville, umpire.
The umpires in both of those cases
were selected by the state’s represen¬
tatives on the arbitration boards,
Judge Nottingham having been named
by Mr. Brown, and Mr. Thompson hav¬
ing been designated by Judge Atkin-
son
In commenting upon the ‘-‘slump,”
The Atlanta Constitution says:
It will be interesting to note in this
connection that the arbitrators in the
case of the Gporgia Southern and
Florida railroad, Hon. G. Gunby Jor¬
dan, representing the state, and Hon.
T. B. Cabaniss, of Forsyth, without
the aid of an umpire, agreed upon a
franchise valuation in the case of that
road of more than $3,600 a mile,
whereas the valuations in the case of
the Southern and Seaboard were
$1,800 and $1,491 per mile, respective¬
ly The Georgia Southern and Flor¬
ida, however, is owned by the South¬
ern, and it assented to the $$,600 val¬
uation because, as was stated by one
of the road’s representatives, the earn¬
ing power per mile of the Georgia
Southern and Florida is much greater
than that of the Southern considered
as a whole.
Under a decision rendered by Attor¬
ney General John C. Hart the aroitra-
tor is made the solo judge in these
cases in the event neither of the arbi¬
trators agree with his opinion, though
both arbitrators are required to join
him in making the awards.
The arbitrators In t*ie case of ‘be
Southern railway assessod its fran¬
chise in Georgia at $1,800 per mile, ««
against an assessment of $ 7,177 per
rule put upon it by Comptroller Gen¬
eral W. A. Wright, thereby cutting it
down three-fourths.
The total assessment put on iho
Southern's franchise by tho arbitra-
! tors is $1,650,000, as against, $6,581,297,
| at which it was assessed by the eomp-
ti oiler genera), a loss of nearly $5,009,-
000 to the state.
No change was made in the assess¬
ment put on tlie Southern’s tangible
property, which was $10,;&b,127.
It is a mistake, really, to say that
H’is return was made by the arbitra¬
tor?; it is the Uniting and return of tho
umpire, Judge Warren D. Nottingham,
of Macon, for both of the arbitrators
disagreed with him, and under the de¬
cision rendered by Attorney General
Hart the decision of the umpire is
final, whether either of the other arbi¬
trators agree with him or not, and
they must join him in making the re¬
port.
AMBASSADORS REFUGEES.
Foreign Representatives at Conotanti.
nopl e Aboard Warships,
Advices from Constantinople state
that, owing to the porte’s warning, the
Russian and Austrian guard ships lay
off their respective embassies through¬
out Thursday night with steam ■ip,
while the British guard ship Imogene,
with the British, German and Italian
ambassadors on board, steamed the
whole evening up and down the Bos¬
phorus,
It was reported that the Ottoman
bank has refused further advances to
tlie government for military purposes.
NEW EXPRESS COMPANY.
Two Western Concerns Sell Out and
are Merged Into One.
The Globe Express Company, with
general headquarters in Denver, and
with a capital stock of $5,000,000, will
begin active operations on tlie first
of October, succeeding to the busi¬
ness of the Denver and Rio
Grande Express Company and the
Western Express Company and taking
over all their operating equipment.
j THR0UGH R0TTEN BRIDGE
Passenger Train plunges Fifty Feet.
Causing Death of Six Men,
Twenty-Four Injured.
Passenger train No. 15, northbound,
on the South Carolina and Georgia Ex¬
tension railroad, formerly the Throe
C's, now operated by the Southern
railway, went through a trestle 50
feet high over Fishing Creek, three
miles east of Charlotte, N. C,, about
11:30 o'clock Thursday, killing sis
men and injuring twenty-four, five of
whom will likely die.
All of the bodies were soon taken
out, save those of the engineer and
fireman.
The train consisted of an engine and
three cars. It left Rock Hill about 11
o’clock with about forty passengers on
board. When the train passed up in
the trestle the entire structure under
the cars gave way, hurling the engine
and cars to the bank of the creek
about fifty feet below.
Engineer Henry Brickman, Fireman
Fred Rhyne and three negro passen¬
gers were instantly killed. Conductor
Ed Turner suffered broken shoulders
and W. L. daughter, of Hickory
Grove, S, C-, and Julius Johnson, of
Rock Hill, S. C„ were perhaps fatally
injured.
Marvin II. Morrow, of Blacksburg.
S. C.; T. C. Hicks, of Lancaster, and
R. A. Willis, of Edgemorosk, S. C.,
have broken bones, while a dozen or
more other passengers were less se¬
riously injured.
Ben Williford, of Charlotte, who was
slightly injured, displayed rare pres¬
ence of mind in helping the passen¬
gers.
The timbers of the bridge were rot¬
ten, and to this fact is ascribed the
cause of the wreck.
CUP STAYS WITH US,
Reliance Easily Sails Away from Un¬
lucky Content Shamrock and Brings
to a Close.
A New York dispatch says; The
Reliance, the American cup defender,
Thursday won the third and final race
and the series for that famous soa tro¬
phy, the America’s cup. In a dense
fog, which prevented vision beyond
200 yards, she finished the race at
5:30:02, amid the acclamations of the
assembled fleet. Shamrock III, after
running for more than an hour in tho
fog, missed the finish line, passed by
it and then returned to it from tho
opposite direction. As the Reliance
was then being towed through the
fleet, yacht ensigns fluttering from her
truck spreaders in celebration of her
victory, the Shamrock III did not cross
the finish line. As often said of tho
historic race when the America won
the cup, there \va3 no second.
This success was achieved only af¬
ter four futile attempts to sail off tho
final race, and after the outcome had
been admitted by even Sir Thomas
Lipton to be a foregone conclusion.
Thursday’s was tlie eighth attempt to
sail a race. After one fluke, the Re¬
liance won two races—one by seven
minutes and three seconds and the
other by one minute and nineteen
seconds. On two more occasions tho
Reliance led the Shamrock to the fin¬
ish line by about two miles, but failed
to reach it before the expiration of tho
time limit of five and a half hours.
Thursday’s victory means that the cup,
is destined to remain in America until
England is able to produce a genius
equal to Herresbok in yacht designing.
Regarding tlie defeat of Shamrock
III, Sir Thomas Lipton simply said:
“I don’t care to discuss it any more.
The American boat was the better;
that is all.”
Designer Fife refused to talk. Cap¬
tain Wringe, while agreeable, still
would not talk any further than to
say:
“We did the best we could, but the
other boat was best.”
MAGNATES HELD BLAMELESS.
Railway Officials Acquitted of Man
slaughter Charge by Jury.
In the trial at Newark, N. J., Thurs
day, of the directors and officials of
tho North Jersey Street. Railway Com¬
pany on a charge of manslaughter for
last. February’s crossing accident, the
court directed a verdict of acquittal of
all tho defendants.
“SEPARATION OF THE RACES”
Keynote of Speech Delivered by John
Temple Graves in Chicago.
John Temple Graves, of Atlanta,
Ga., Thursday morning delivered an
address on “The Problems of the
Races,” before the forty-eighth convo-
cation of the University of Chicago.
He received an ovation after his ef
fort, in which he discussed every
phase of the negro problem. He stated
that whito supremacy was an un¬
alterable fact; that the ballot of the
negro was worthless whenever it; was
in the majority, and that the only rem¬
edy lay in a separation of tho races,
PRESIDENT SHAFFER NON EST.
Head of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Haa Mysteriously Disappeared.
Theodore Shaffer, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, is missing at
Pittsburg, Pa. He lias dropped mys-e-
rionsly out. of sight, and for several
weeks neither fellow officials at the
local office nor tne members of h.s
family have been able to locate fiini.
CRANK WITH PISTOL
Made Repeated Attempts to
See President Roosevelt.
WANTED TO MARRY ALICE
Episode Terminated In Arrest of Luna¬
tic by Secret Service Men, Hi*
Trial and Commitment to
Mineola Authorities.
A man giving his name as Frank
Weilbrcnncr was arresed at Sagamore
Hill, Oyster Bay, late Tuesday night
while making a persistent demand to
see President Roosevelt. Tho man
was armed with a revolver, fully load¬
ed. He was taken to the village and
placed in the town prison.
Shortly after 10 o’clock Tuesday
night Weilbrenner drove to Saganfore
Hill in a buggy. He was stopped by
the private detective on duty. Weil¬
brenner said he bad a personal engage¬
ment with the president and desired
to see him. As It was long after tho
hour when visitors are received, tho
officer declined to permit him to go
to the hoime. The man insisted, but
the officer turned him away.
Soon afterward Weilbrenner return¬
ed and again insisted that he be al¬
lowed to see the president, if only for
a minute. This time he was ordered
away and warned not to return.
Just before 11 o'clock the man ro-
turned a third time and demanded of
the officer that, he should be permitted
to seo the president at once. The offi¬
cer's response was to take the man
from his buggy and put him in the
stables, where he was placed under tho
guard of two stablemen. A revolver
was found in the buggy.
Weilbrenner Is 5 feet 8 Inches high.
28 years of age, has a medium-sized
dark moustache black eyes nnd evl-
dently is of German descent. He re-
sides in Syosset, about five miles in-
land Srom Oyster Bay. He was well
dressed.
It was thought by the officers that
Weilbrenner was accompanied by two
other men, as their footprints were
found in the mud alongside of the bug-
gy tracks. In view of this fact the
officer on duty telephoned to the vll-
lage for assistance, and was soon join-
ed by two other secret service men.
While Weilbrenner talked rationally
to the officers Tuesday night, it was
evident that he is demented. He said
he had received a telegraphic com¬
munication from the president direct¬
ing to call at Sagamore Hill.
At Syosset it is learned that the man
is the son of a truck farmer, and is
one of three brothers. He has two
sisters. The family is respectable and
is held in general esteem.
Weilbrenner was arraigned Wednes-
day before Justice franklin on com-
plaint of the secret service operatives
who placed him under arrest. Woil-
brenner’s brother William was present
at tho examination. Justice Franklin
questioned the prisoner about his
movements Tuesday night. His replies
were made in a quiet tone of voice,
but they indicated apparently beyond
a doubt that the man is crazy. Asked
why he went to Sagamore Hill, he re¬
plied:
‘‘I went to seo the president about
his daughter Alice.”
“Had you an engagement with the
president?”
“Yes.”
"How was the engagement made?”
“I talked with him last night,” re¬
plied Weilbrenner.
“How did you talk with him?”
“Oh, I just talked.”
“A sort of wireless talk, was it?”
“Yes, that is it, a wireless talk.”
“Why did you want to see the pres-
ident about Miss Alice?”
“I wanted to marry her.”
“Did you ever see Miss Roosevelt ?”
“Yes, I saw her night before last.”
“Where did you see her?”
“At my house.”
“Did she go over there?”
"Yes, she came in a red automobile.’’
“Who accompanied her?”
“Her brother, Theodore.”
The examination was continued late
Wednesday afternoon. Dr. George S.
Stewart and Dr. Irving S. Barnes con-
ducted the examination. Weilbrenner
was declared by them to be Insane.
Weilbrenner was taken to Mineola,
L. I., on an evening train, and placed
in the custody of the county author!-
ties.
It appears that President Roosevelt
was aware of the trouble the secret
officers had with Weilbrenner. After
the man had turned back the second
time despite his insistence that he
had an engagement with tho presi-
dent, the officer, to make assurance
doubly sure, inquired of the president
aliout the follow. Mr. Roosevelt was
ih his library only a short distance
from the spot where the officer had
stopped Weilbrenner’s horse. He told
the officer he had no engagement with
anybody.
COTTON GREATLY IMPROVED.
Condition of Crop for August Reported
Much Above the Average.
The monthly report of the bureau
of statistics of the department of ag¬
riculture at Washington will show the
average condition of cotton on August
25 to have been 81 as compared with
79.7 on July 25, 1903; 64.0 on August
26, 1902; 71.4 on August 24, 1901, and
ten-year average of 72.4.
A DOUBTFUL REPORT.
Reliability of Government's Cotton
Crop Statistics for September
Questioned by Those Posted.
To those in Washington wild have
been accustomed to watch the croft
reports and their eftcet on the market,
the sensational break in cotton last
Frldny is fraught with extreme suspi¬
cion that there Is something egreglous-
ly erratic in the foundation for the
Blump, which is nothing Jess than a
question of the reliability of the gov¬
ernment's report itself.
The condition of 81.2 which seems
to have been tipped off to tho New
York bureaus is a particular theme of
wonder. The condition last month
was 79.7. Tlie improvement reported
for September over August Is unpre¬
cedented, slfght though the gain may
ho. in other words, for 26 or 30 years
past the condition reported for August
has without a single exception, bean
followed by a decrease. The Septem¬
ber report, has never even showed
that the August condition held its own,
save In one year.
Moreover, the reports which have
been published by newspapers whoso
custom has been to collect the most
reliable Information of crop condi¬
tions, particularly such as The Hous¬
ton Post, are wholly at variance with
the report for September promulgated
by the department of agriculture. One
of the biggest surprises was the de¬
partment’s report on Texas. That
itself is marvellously different from
w hat was expected in view of the >-e-
j ports of the ravages of the botl weevil
[ BnJ ( h e estimates of intelligent ob-
serv ers of Texas’ condition,
It was expected that instead of
showing an increase Texas would
Bhow a failing off of at least 10 per
| CGnt The deterioration of the crop
I j n Texas has been too notoriously
known, In the opinion of people posted
j on the B jtnation, not to warrant early
inquiry as to the correctness as< to tiie
I department figures. It Is believed that
j thG conditions reported for other
s t n tes by the department are almost
j | as facts nlu , ; h that ou t of G f Texas. the way or the true
as
. The question is asked, has- the de-
! par tnients worked faithfully to its
| customary sources of information, or
j ha3 tt take „ a new departure nnd
j suddenly satisfied itself with outside
, information whereby Secretary Wilson
| was p 0 p e justified in predicting seven
C ent co ton and infinite mischief to fol-
j low bull gambling.
: It is to be noted in this connection
: that the statistician of the bureau,
; John Hyde, is absent in Europe, and
his place is titled by Edwin S. Holmes-
j Mr. Holmes was never a cotton man,
His place in the department’s bureau
of statistics having been always here¬
1
tofore devoted to grain statistics. It
| j s Relieved that had Mr. Hyde been in
Washington no such report would have
jj een mn< je.
j g e that as It mav, the fact remains
(J)at the department’s report has
caused an enormous loss to the cotton
belt, as It is- hardly possible, no mat¬
ter what subsequent conditions may
disclose that there can be no recovery.
I The damage has been done and tho
black eye will keep discolored until
the crop is pretty nearly out of the
hands of the planter.
So serious is tho situation that it
is believed that it will not be per¬
mitted to pass away without a demand
for such an investigation as will show
up the methods used and the exact
l sources upon which the department
has based its wonderful September re¬ 1
port.
CRANK THREATENS HAY.
Secretary of State Receives Demand
to Pay Sum of $41,000.
Francis M. Beuque, 46 years; old, a
i photographer, was committed to Belle¬
vue hospital in New lork Saturday t;
be examined as to his sanity. Beuque
has been arrested for writing a letter
to Secretary of State John Hay, in
which he threatened the secretary if a
Cotton Reports Arrived at Beirut.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Darl¬
ing, at Washington, has received a
cablegram from Admiral Cotton an-
nouncing his arrival at Beirut. Tho
i dispatch contains no reference to tho
condition of affairs there.
THE ALASKAN COMMISSION.
i
Arrives in London and Is Prepared
j for a Busy Meeting.
Secretary ot War Elihu Root, ex-
; John W. Foster,
Secretary of State
Hannis Taylor and Judge John M.
,
Di ck inson arrived at Liverpool on the
Celtic Sunday for the meetings of the
Alaskan boundary commission. They
were received by Mr. - etherick, as-
j sistant United States dispatch agent,
; on behalf of the American embassy,
- The party went directly to London,
; The Canadian commissioners are also
va hand.
PRESIDENT IS CONGRATULATED.
Many Friends Felicitate Him Upon
His Escape from Crank.
Thursday President Roosevelt re¬
ceived many telegrams congratulating
him on his escape from the hands of
Henry Weilbrenner, the insane farmer.
Owing to the large number of these
messages he will be unable to answer
them, but appreciates the spirit in
which they were sent. The secret sr-
vice force has been increased
NUMBER 43.
| Cream of News.
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—'The flop of General Simon Bolivar
Puckner to the republican party in
(ho effort to elect his son in Rtw, Col¬
onel Morris Belknap, governor of Ken¬
tucky, is tho feature of the warm cam¬
paign just launched in that state.
. —The Third United States artillery,
which has been stationed at Chatta¬
nooga, will march 800 miles across the
mountains to Fort Meyer, Va.
—The fourth annual convention of
tho United States Postofflce Clerks'
Association began in Nashville Mon-
day.
—Columbia, S. C., was swept by fire
Sunday night. Tne total loss Is e*U-
mated at $160,000.
—By the building of a road to
pierco tho Kentucky coal fields, the
Great Northern and Pittsburg Coal
Companies will control the trade
from Pennsylvania and all states along
tho Ohio river to New Orleans.
—A new world’s record for long dis¬
tance running has been made on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad; 2u9 rates
was covered in 278 minutes, 12& milts
of the distance being made in 125 min¬
utes.
—At Pelham, N. H., Sunday, crowd¬
ed trolley cars going at a high rate of
speed, met on a curve. Four persona
were killed and nineteen seriously In¬
jured.
—A detachment of Salvationists wiif
invade the dark corners of Kentucky;
and attempt to reform the feudists!
—Millionaire Griffith, of Los An¬
geles, Cal., has been arrested on a.
charge of shooting his wife, Mrs. Grif¬
fith while on her knees.
—President Roosevelt left Oyster
Bay Sunday night for Syracuse, where
he made a Labor Day speech.
—Near Goshen, Ind., a Big Four pas¬
senger train was wrecked Sunday by
striking a cow.
—Conditions in the Balkans con¬
tinue chaotic. The Turks are burning
villages and outraging women. It is
said that Bulgaria has resolved not to
go to war. United States Minister
Leischman is taking no steps in the
Magelssen case.
—The general feeiing in Colombia is
said to be favorable to the canal trea¬
ty. The senate is taking steps to ar¬
range for negotiation of treaty that
will not violate the constitution of Co¬
lombia.
—Tho advance in the bank rate at
London depressed all investment
stocks. The cloth market at Manches¬
ter was quiet.
—A fund has been started at Mjn-
tercy, Mexico, to relieve the yellow fe¬
ver sufferers in places where the dis¬
ease is epidemic.
—Unconfirmed reports have reached
Vienna that an attempt was made to
kill King Peter, of Servia, at Nish.
—Duchess of Mariborough objects
to Italian marble and goes to Ireland
for material to finish her homo.
—Union of bookbinders in England
is planning to come to America to help
defeat Roosevelt.
—By order of King Edward, all cats
are driven from Windsor castle, ’lie
objects to them.
—Sir Thomas Liplon was the guest
of honor of the Pilgrims of the United
States at a dinner given in New York
Friday night. Among the speakers
was General Joseph Wheeler.
— At Kingston. N. C., while under
the influence of liquor, Emmett Boy-
ett shot and killed his wife in tne
presence of her mother and sister.
—Four white convicts were shot at
the Pratt mines near Birmingham,
Aia., Friday while attempting a whole¬
sale delivery.
—Adams and Lewis Young, of Spar¬
tanburg, S. C-, hare been arrested for
celling a fake counterfeit machine.
—Ministers of the A. M. E. church,
in northern states, unite in an appeal
to decent, negroes to aid in suppress¬
ing the criminal element of their race.
—Members of congress are com- •
plaining about tne backwardness of
the tresasury department in pushing
work on public buildings.
—It is Stated that Edson, who kill¬
ed Mrs. Pullen and himself, was short
from $50,000 to $100,000 in his ac¬
counts with a New York church.
—President Roosevelt has deter¬
mined hereafter in appointing consuls,
to name men who have had experi¬
ence in the service.
—Seventeen of the largest cotton
mills in New England will stnit down
the coming week because of the high
price of the staple.
—Roach, who has fled to Mexico,
states that former Governor Tayior,
of Kentucky, and Caleb Powers would
give $100,000 for his head so as to be
sure that he would never tell what he
knows about the murder of Goebel.
—A general strike of express em¬
ployees throughout the United States
is threatened. The men want higher
wages which have been refused.
—Theodore Shaffer, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Tin
Workers, is mysteriously missing from
Pittsburg, Pa.
—Many officers of the Servian army
have been arrested cnarged with be¬
ing implicated in a plot to kill the per-
sons who murdered King Alexander
and $ueen Draga,