Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

■W- . Iff? rati, < - TH£ rtPWERS “SECTION vS ■w/ Jy 9 /MI />■ nWI \ /// jjes.\ iB Hmm 111 I YmM? iwl 1 I Balt, row? JL MELjT blMsb VOL. XXVI. NO. 34. SULTAN YIELDS TO CZAR; HOSTILE FLEET ■ RUSSIA WITHDRAWS SHIPS ls Turkey Bows Io the Will of the Bear in Every De mand That Was Made, MUSSULMAKS EXECUTED, HIGH OfFICIALS SCOLDED, • REFORMS INSTITUTED Turkey Requests Belgium To Nom inate Four Officers for the Turk ish Gendarmie—Revolution ists Defeat Turkish Troops in Sev eral Battles. St. Petersburg, August 23.—The Russian Black sea squadron, which was ordered to Turkish waters, and which arrived at Injada, eastern European Turkey, Au gust 39, to support Russia’s demands on the sultan, growing out of the assassina tion of Rostkowski. Russian consul at Monastlr. has been recalled to Se bastopol, the squadron's point of depart ure. The squadron sailed soon after. The recall followed a notification from the porte that the suits n iiad ordered all the Russian demands to be complied with. The d’spateh received from M. Ziro vieff. Russian ambassador at Constanti nople, announce that the sultan has yielded completely to Russia’s demands. The news has reached St. Petersburg, from Brussels, that the porte has re quested Belgium to nominate four offi gers for the Turkish gendarmie. Turkey Was Very Prompt. Constanltople, August 23.—The porte's reply accepting the Russian demands, was delivered twelve hours after the pres entation of the Russian note —a prompti tude most unusual in the history of Turk ish diplomacy. Tewfik Pasha, the for eign minister, and Naum Pasha there upon called on M. Zlnovieff, the Russian ambassador, and requested the withdraw- f al of the Russian squadron from Turkish ’ waters, on the ground that its presence ! tended to encourage the insurrection. On the receipt of a favorable reply from St. Petersburg. M. Zlnovieff tele- j graphed the order of withdrawal to Ad- I mlral Krieger, commanding the Russian I squadron at Inlada A rumor has been current that the stil- I tan appealed to the German emperor | to use his good offices at St. Petersburg | in favor of the recall of the Russian squadron. An extraordinary council of ministers assembled at Yildiz Kiosk yesterday to consider the situation In the interior and discuss the military measures rendered necessary by It The sultan had on Fri day sought the advice of the French am bassador. News from Adrianople represents the situation in that vilayet as verging on a pane. The insurgents have destroyed tele graphic communication at several points between Adrianople and Kirk-Kilise, 35 miles to the north ast. and have burned] and pillaged several Greek and Mussul- | man villages. Tro ps- have been dispatch- ' ed to the environs of Adrianople. Two sailing vessels crowded with Mus- I lulman refugees from villages on the ' Black sea have arrived at Kavak. nt the 1 entrance to the Bosporus. At Monastic q jlussulman called the Italian consul a ' •■giaour.” 1 A strong feeling prevails among the Mussulmans nt Salontea and Monastic on ; account of the execution of M. Rost- ' jeowski’s murderers. The’ remains of the murdered consul were shipped at Salonica ‘ vesterday with a great pomp on board ■ tbe Russian embassy guard ship Terltz. The Turkish civil and military authori ties attended the ceremony. The Terltz sailed tor Odessa. Inspecting the Vilayets, galonica, Turkey, August 23—Ferid Pasha, the grand vizier, is coming to Macedonia to inspect the vilayets. It is stated that the palace has telegraphed strict orders to the Turkish commanders to avoid excesses, it is further reported that the military commission nt Con stantinople has decided to call out sixty fresh battalions of Redifs from Asia Minor. Bevolutionists Gaining Ground. Sofia, August 23.,-From eastern Adria nople come reports of more fighting, which so far appearst o be resulting chiefly in favor of the revolutionists. Many villages have been burned and their Inhabitants have taken refuge across the Bulgarian frontier. After a long fight at Stoiloro the Insurgents defeated a detachment of Tur kish troop®, which lost twenty killed and wounded. At' Chanagasko, near Surovlcovo. the Insurgents are reported to have annihi , Uted a n en,,r<> Turkish regiment. 1 ** At g.jiank-zera. near Ternovo, seventy -1 five -evolutionists are credited with de- feating a Turkish battalion. The villages | of Andermis and Enrlk, near Vasillko, ■ have been burned to ashes. The Turks have bombarded and de- ‘ strayed the monastery of Constantine, near Losengrad. where fifty insurgents had fortified themselves. The villages of Bakd gik Konakara, Evren, Dinglsco and Brus heva have all been burned and their in habitants have fled. The large village of Drumbegel. near Losengrad, has been burned by Basjii Bazouks. The villages of MEASURES TA KEN BY PORTE TO PACIFY THE RUSSIANS ST. PETERSBURG. August 23.—The porte has taken the following measures to fulfill the demands of the Russian government, ac cording to a dispatch from the Russian ambassador at Constanti nople. “In addition to the condemnation and execution of M. Rostkowski’s murderers and the punishment of their accomplices, those officers who made disrespectful allusions to M. Rostkowski are dismissed from the service. A careful search, is being made for persons who fired at the con sul’s carriage. “All the officials, twenty-four in number, whose names were handed to the porte as objects of unfavorable comment by the Russian ambas sador, are relieved of their posts and handed over to justice. All private persons mentioned in the same list as guilty of various offenses will like wise be tried. “Ismal Siiki Pasha, the chief of police at Palanka, province of Uskub, is restored to his post. !• “The persons under arrest for accusing Mussulmans of outrage and abuse are liberated. “Hussein Hilmi. inspector general of Macedonia, is reprimanded. “The chiefs of gendarmie and police at Salonica are replaced. “The porte has ordered the appointment of the gendarmie of several foreign officers, whose names will be announced later, and finally all the military, civil and judicial authorities have received the strictest or ders to cake measures to secure order and tranquility.” Buch, with 300 houses, and Rnkoro, 200 houses, situated in the vilayet of Monastir, have also been burned by Turkish troops. Two hundred women and children from these villages are now begging in the streets of Monastlr. The Turkish govern.neu» has organized I a special court at Monastlr to try the captured insurgents. The tribunal Is com posed of a Turkish president, three other Turks, two Greeks and one Albanian. It will partake of the character of a crimi nal court and not of a courtmartial. Are Ordered Home. , Bucharest. Roumanla, August 23.—The , Bulgarian and Greek subjects residing i tn Roumanla have been ordered by their i respective governments to return to their i hemes without delay in order to be ready I for mobilization. Turkish Atrocities at Monastir. Salonica. European Turkey, August 21. The correspondent of the Associated Press at Monastir sends the following dispatch under yesterday’s date: “When tile Bulgarian bands entered Krushevo they occupied the Greek quar ! ter, hoisting their flag over a Greek ! house. The Turkish troops arrived Au j gust 12. All the Komitajls had already i gone except about 400 local men. Al i though no shot was fired from the town, I the Turks commenced a bombardment i which was continued throughout August I 13. The shells destroyed 360 houses, 215 I shops and all the fine, large Greek and j Vlach (Wailcnian) houses. The Greek j churches and schools were destroyed. The I Bulgarian quarter escaped. The Turks entered the town Au gust 14. pillaged all the houses, as saulted many of the women, stripped many persons naked and killed about three hundred local Bulgarians and also some sixty innocent Greeks and Vlachis. About 8,000 people are homeless and sin rving. The material damage done amounts to several million francs. The Turks, August 19 massacred -00 Bulgarians who sur rendered at a village near Monastlr. TO STOP ILLEGAL FISHING. ! Canadian Government Determined To Enforce the Law. j Ottawa. August 23.—The department of ' marine and fisheries Is determined to put an end to illegal Ashing In the great : lakes. It Is not the intention of the ' government, however, to enforce the law’ . with s< ven-pound< rs. as has been intl- I mated in some quarters since the I’etrel ’ Silver Spray Incident occurred. It is the • opinion in official circles that the desired ! end can be attained without resorting to ! harsh measures which might lead to i International complications. Swift boats ! will be manned and placed at the points in the great lakes, where poaching has been carried on on a large scale. They will be armed with rifles find seven pounders as all the patrol boats are now equipped. BAGGAGE MEN AS MAIL CLERKS Decision of the Postal Department Has Been Misconstrued. Washington, August 21.—The decision of the postoffice department to allow bag gagemasters to act as custodians of loose newspaper mail on certain trains has been misconstrued in some places as an intention to permit the indiscrim inate swearing In to the postal service of all railway employees, and the depart ment has received a number of protests. It is said the postal laws and regulations already provide that every regularly scheduled train may be used for mail purposes if the company is willing to accpe the compensation provided by law. INSULTED AMERICAN FLAG. Redress Is Demanded from a Moro Sultan. Manila, August 17.—Major Robert L. Bullard has demanded redress from Sul tan Deseen. the tribal leader of the Lanao Moros. Although professing a warm ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1903. i friendship for Americans, the sultan re ' cently surrounded a small detachment of I United States troops, paying him a friend ■ ly visit, with a strong force of warriors 1 and offered battle, his men insultingly bearing an American flag. So far the only reply from the sultan to Major Bul lards' demands been defiance. Sultan Birimes His Crazy Son. Manila, August 20.—The sultan of Deseen has appeared before Major R. 11. Bullard with a large retinue and has made a full and complete apology for the insult tendered the United States flag and for which reparation was promptly demanded by Major Bullard, then in cc.mmand. The sultan declared that his Insane son. since disinherited, was alone i-’sponsible for the outrage. LORD SALISBURY IS DEAD. Great English Statesman Long in the Public Eye. London, August 22.—Lord Salisbury died peacefully at 9:05 o'clock tonight. Dur ing the past forty-eight hours the end was seen to be inevitable, the great frame of England’s former premier be ing sustained only bj r the constant use of oxygen. Even the administration of oxygen failed of effect as the evening advanced, and soon after the shadows had crept up from the valley and en shrouded the dull red walls of Hatfield house the distinguished statesman, mak ing the last effort of his life, turned slightly toward his favorite daughter, Lady Gwendoline Cecil, who was kneel ing beside him, and then quietly breathed his last. Lord Edward Cecil had been warned early this afternoon by telegraph that the end was near.' All the other members of his lordship’s family had gathered at the bedside. The village of Hatfield, which still retains many features of the feudal period, was filled with anxious residents awaiting news of his lordship's demise. Soon thereafter the announce ment bell from the tower above tolled slowly and the villagers at tlyj street MANCHURIAN PORTS TO BE OPENED TO THE UNITED STATES IN OCTOBER Washington, August 17.—Minister Con- > ger. at Pekin, has secured a written j promise from Prince Ching to sign on ■ October 8 a treaty with the United States which will Include a guarantee that Muk den and Tatung Tao shall be open ports. Pekin, August 17.—The arrangement made by Minister Conger for tho sign ing of a treaty between China and tho United States providing for the opening of the Mukden and Tatung Tao on tho date of Russia's promised final evacua- I tfon of Manchuria, ends the stubborn re- I sistance by the Chinese, which for some | time promised to be successful. Prince Ching made one defense after ! another until all were exhausted. He first argued Russian opposition to the opening of these ports. He then said he was not informed that Russia had con sented to the opening. Klnallj' he re fused on the ground that China was unable to open towns which were held by another power. When the present settlement was pro corners uncovered In acknowledgment of the passing of their neighbor and friend, England's great statesman. Viscount Crnnborne, who now assumes the title of marquis of Salisbury, Imme diately notified King Edward and Queen Alexandra and others, including Lord Edward Cecil, the soldier son of Lord Salisbury, who Is now In Egypt, and who was the only child of the marquis absent from the death bed. Soon messages of condolence began coming in and the little telegraph office at Hatfield was swamped with unprecedented business. The death of Lord Salisbury occurred on the fiftieth anniversary of his entry Into public life as a member of the house of commons for Stamford. The elevation of Lord Cranborne to the house of lords creates a vacancy in the Rochester district and probably will en tail the selection of a new under secre tary of foreign affairs. The ex-premier, though retired from political life, was an important figure in many public ways. He was a warden of the cinque ports, high steward of Westminster and chan cellor of Oxford university. His death places an order of Knight of the Garter at the disposal of King Edward. Great Minify at Portland, Me., of Ilia Land Forces. Mimic War Begins—Sinking of Mines in the Harbor—Capture of Wireless Telegraph Sta tion—Arrival of Gen eral Chaffee. Portland. Me.. August 23.—Although no actual hostilities can commence until Tuesday night in the war game between the army and navy, yet Rear Admiral Barker's fleet has the official right to start for Portland, the city to be be sieged, at 6 o’clock tonight. This will give the navy fifty-four hours in which to get to Its destination, reconnoiter or deploy, as the admiral may wish. At 12 o’clock tonight the officer in command of the land forces assembled for the defense of Portland was notified officially that the fleet had started six hours before. At midnight the work of towing the mines to their respective positions in the harbor was commenced. This will probably take over tw r enty-four hours. Colonel Dunwoody, the chief signal of ficer, has built up a series of search lights and stations. The lights are run up on a regular schrelule and each one has Its zone of action, no two crossing In any way. They are arranged to be run collectively If necessary, but unless orders are given for this the work la done on the zone system. General Chaffee Ready. The United States training ship Alli ance, which has been In the harbor for the past week, sailed tonight under nr ders from Rear Admiral Barker, H la rumored that her presence v.-n.-i djetaste ful to the defending forces, which, it is said, thought her a spy. Major Welch, N. G. S. M., late thin i .'-ftcrnoon captu—>.i .<> wireless telegraph station near the Two Lights and put a guard in the building to prevent Electri cian Barbank, who Is in charge, from giving any information to the enemy, w’ith whom he is supposed i<? be in league. Portland, Me., August 23.—'Major Gen eral Chaffee, who is to be commander of the army in the war maneuvers at this port this week, arrived here today. With him were General Barry, Captain Harper and Captain Hamilton. "How busy we in the army will be for the next few days will, of course, depend on the navy,” said General Chaffee. "The troops will be over this vicinity during the greater part of the affair. Neither the army nor the navy is playing for victories in this game. On the contrary, we are trying to eliminate any idea that there may be a contest, it is a test and practice of material more than any thing else.’’ Rockland, Me., August 23.—The vessels or Rear Admiral Parker's attacking squadron still remain In the harbor. There ar 8 conflicting reports as to when they will leave. The general belief is that they will not do so before Monday afternoon, although they may depart between mid night and daybreak. “Blowing Up” Bridges. Portland. Maine, August 23—The bridges over the Nonesuch river, were "blown up” today. The blowing up of these bridges, of course, makes it Im- | posed with the explanation that China j must presume that Russia intended t<» I fulfill her evacuation agreement. Prince Ching reluctantly gave fn. Tatung Tao is a small port, which does not promise much business. Its opening is mainly important as a victory for the open-door principle. Report Is Confirmed. Washington, August 21.—Sir Liang Chen Tung, the Chinese minister, was at the state department, today and Informed | Acting Secretary Adee that he had re ceived a dispatch from his government I confirming the information previously re | ceived that Prince Ching has informed Minister Conger that in the treaty to be signed October 8, provisions would be made for the opening of two ports in Manchuria. Tho Chinese minister after his last conversation with Secretary Hay Informed his government that the United States would insist upon open ports in Manchuria, and he advised them to yield gracefully to the American demands. possible for a landing party to make good to the west of the river, and having taken care of these, the army wilt do the rest on the east side of the river. Although actual warfare is not legiti mate until midnight Tuesday. General Chaffee explains this action, saying: 'This is merely a precautionary meas ure which it is legitimate to pursue dur ing the period of preparation which we are allowed before war is actually de clared." Major Welch and his officers and those of the light batteries that are camped at Silver Springs, went out scouting to day to pick out al! the places where the navy will be likely to try to land. It seems to be the general belief that there are some cable cutters among this sec tion vs the navy and every precaution will be made to ward off their attacks. Settled With the Estates. Rawlins, Wyo., August 23.—The Union Pacific company has made a settlement with the estates of forty-one miners who lost their lives in the Hanna explosion of June 30. The sum of SBOO will be paid to each widow and SSO to each child and $45 for each single man. , i J' . ' i '• ''o 11 i wfn r I I 111 ; - 7 i I J ! i J B ■. 'C' I | '/J x " I 4 I 4 WITH SO MUCH CROWDING, THE WRONG MAN MAY GET Hll ! 4 i 4 • 9 RELIANCE LEADS SHAMROCK IN A SUPERB RUNAWAY RACE New York. August 22.—1 n a splendid 12 to 15 knot breeze, over a windward and leeward course of thirty miles, the gallant sloop Reliance today beat Sljamrqck HI in commanding style by exactly nine minutes, actual time, or seven minutes and three seconds after deducting the one minute and fifty-seven seconds which the defender concedes to 3!r Thomas J. Ip ton’s third challenger on account of her sail qre.a as at present measured. It was a royal water fight for the an cient trophy, which carries with It the yachting supremacy of the world and by a strange cplnefdeQpe the first victory in the cup series of 1908 occurped on the fifty-second anniversary of the day on which the old schooner America captured it in her famous race around the Isle of Wight The Reliance beat the British boat three mlnutqs and twenty-four seconds In the thresh to windward and five minutes and thirty-six seconds in the run down the wind. Lipton's Ardor Dampened. The nautical sharps, who had already made up their minds on Thursday that the Reliance could take the measure of the challenger in anj - kind of weather, re gard today's test as conclusive, although they hardly anticipated so overwhelming a victory. The race even dampened the ardor of Sir Thomas, who insisted, after Thursday's fluke, that his confidence In the beautiful craft designed by I r tfe was greater than ever. Still, like a true sports man, he does not acknowledge defeat and hopes for better luck next time. The single criticism ho and his friends make of today's race is that the only shift of the wind which occurred was to the advantage of the defending yacht. As this shift of wind occurred on the windward beat, even granting that it ac counted for Reliance's lead at the turn, the time the defender gained on the run home, was more than ample to have given her the race. It must be considered, how ever, that the Shamrock showed herself a wonderful boat, in beating to windward, perhaps tne ablest craft in this respect ever sent across the western ocean on a cup hunting expedition. For 12 miles the single stickers raced like a team of horses, and during that period of the duel the patriots made no attempt to conceal their nervousness. Racing Conditions Ideal. The racing conditions today were ideal. A thin haze hung over the Jersey shore, obstructing the view of the spectators gathered there, but out on the ocean race course the sea was flooded with sun shine from a vault of fleckless blue. A long ocean swell heaved up from the south and a 12-knot breeze, fresh and strengthening, blew out of the south west, throwing up fleeting white caps on the sparkling bosom of the old ocean. The marine picture was superb. As the direction of the wind would have carried a windward course from Sandy Hook lightship into the Jersey shore, the committee was obliged to set the mark 7 miles farther out. This delayed the start about three-quarters of an hour, and pre vented the massing of the excursion fleet as usual In the form of a great marine amphitheater back of the starting line. Instead of being kept back l/y the reve nue cutter's, they formed a column of hulls and stacks, ending 3 ntlleg toward the Jersey shore, the yachts around the line completing the shape of a fish hook. The course, southwest, carried the yacht directly into the eye of the wind, to a point oft Asbury Fark. Critical Point in Races. The critical point in the race came at 12:40 p. m., a little less than two hours after the start. The mark was less than 2 miles away and the relative positions of the boats were about the same. Both were on the starboard tack. Reliance ahead but to leeward. Suddenly the wind dropped and hauled a trifle to the west. The shift enabled the yachts to head up for the mark, with Reliance in the lead by about 200 yards. This was the only tiling which marred an otherwise truly sailed race. But from that time on thu Reliance steadily increased her lead In the windward work until she was three-quarters of a mile ahead. As she rounded the outer mark the whistles, sirens, bands and the voices of the un numbered thousands on the excursion fleet swelled Into a vasj. chorus Turnlng for home, her spinnaker boom, poised along the mast like a lance in rest, fell to port and the big sail burst out like a cloud, while at the same moment her enormous balloon jib topsail bellied out forward. The smart work of the yan kees cheered the crowds, but a moment afterwards there was dismay when the guy which held the spinnaker pole parted or was carried away. The enor mous sail soared aloft and tumbled over the jib topsail stay, collapsing like an empty men] sack. But the spar was soon hauled back into place and then, with her three balloon sails setting like plas ter, the stately yacht sped homeward be fore the following wind like a scared deer. Bad Luck for Shamrock. The fleet remained to salute the Sham rock as she rounded, and then with a jin gle of bells in the engine rooms, scamp ered away for the finish line to be at the death. In setting her balloon jib the Shamrock encountered another piece of bad luck. One of the stops would not break out and the sail hung for some min utes like a limp rag on the stay. When both had been squared away for home It was seen that Reliance was making a runaway race of it. With her crew aft to keep her head up, she skimmed along the surface of the water like a gull with outstretched pinions, leav irxg thp Shamrock farther and farther astern. The pace was so fast that many of the tugs and not a few of the steam yachts were left behind. Then the immense concourse of vessels waited until the Shamrock, majestic even in defeat, swept by between the stake boats. The reception she received was, If anything, more hearty than that ac corded to her successful rival. it is expected the next race will be sailed Tuesday. Britons Disappointed. London, August 22.—The result of the race between the Reliance and Shamrock 111 was a distinct disappointment to all Britons in London, whose hopes, dashed by Thursday's failure, rose again during the first half of today's contest. The good showing of Shamrock 111 had until then held small crowds around the tick ers and the bulletin boards in the ho tels, but when the rvn home showed that PRICE: FIVE CENTS. Reliance was pulling away from the challenger, the gathering dispersed, not waiting for the inevitable announcement Japan May Try for Cup. New York, August 21.—1 f Lieutenant Commander Isani Takahira, of the impe rial Japanese navy, can carry out his plans Japan will have a yacht in the next contest of the America's cup. The commander, who came here to see the struggle between Shamrock 111 and Re liance, declares he will Interest financial men in his country to prepare at once for the building o f a racer to enter the next international races. "We can build just as fine a boat as either America or England,” he said, "and you may be sure that at the next inter national yacht races you will see the flag of Japan flying on the winner.” FIRST RACE WAS A FLUKE. New York. August 20.—One of the big gest crowds of sightseers and yachts men that ever sailed down Sandy Hook to witness an attempt of a foreign cup hunter to wrest from America the yacht ing supremacy of the world, returned to Now York tonight disappointed because the sea had refused a field of combat to the racers, but, nevertheless, jubilant In the conviction that Sir Thomas Lipton's latest challeuger, like the two Sham rocks which had preceded her, was doomed to return to England empty handed. The day was a miserable one. A mist lay over the bay in the morning, and when the great fleet of excursion steam ers, steam yachts, tugs, and sailing ves sels reached the starting line, where the racing yachts were already jockeying for a position, black, threatening clouds were gathering over the Jersey high lands. The dark water reflected no shadow and the mist all about shortened the observation. The breeze was not over 6 knots and the mercury waves spilled no froth from their crests. The course was set 15 miles southwest, straight down the Jersey coast and re turn. At the very start Captain Barr cleverly outgeneraled Captain Wrings, sending the Reliance over the line thirty three seconds behind the challenger, but in the windward berth. In the first twenty minutes of sailing the defender showed its windward qualities, drawing up on even terms with the challenger, besides being about 200 yards to wind ward. Then the cloud broke and for thirty minutes the rain came down in torrents, the wind meanwhile increasing to 12 knots. When the storm had passed the de fender was seen to be firmly established on the weather bow of Shamrock 111, and it was never afterwards headed. During the last two hours of the race Reliance steadily increased Its lead, rounding the turn a mile ahead of Shamrock. Heading back for home close hauled, Reliance had just reached Sham rock, still outward bound, when, it being apparent that the race could not bo finished in the time allowance, the re gatta committee boat at 3:45 fired the signal which declared the race off. As a result of the trial experts beiieve, blow high, blow low. that the Reliance will win this, the thirteenth series for the America's cup. Cuba Seizes American Schooner. Havana, August 20. The American schooner Addie Cole, bound from Key West for Mexico, was overhauled and brought to Havana by a Cuban coast guard boat on suspicion of smuggling. The investigation show’ed there were nc grounds for the suspicion and the schoon er was ordered released.