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Newspaper Page TextThe Atlanta Constitution. VOL. XXVI. NO. 36. TURKEY FIGHT Sultan's Council of War Rte-1 ommends Sending of Im mediate Ultimatum. IOREIGNERS ARE iH PERIL HTHECAPITALOFTURKEY It Is Said Sultan Has Warned Pow ers That He Cannot Protect the Embassies —Reported Tur- kish Troops Have Crossed Frontier. I Berlin. Septembers.—A dispatch to The T ogeblatt from Constantinople, dated to day, says: "War with Bulgaria is in sight. The council of war has recommended sending an immediate ultimatum to Bulgaria, but the sultan has decided to wait. It is rumored that Turkish troops have al ready crossed tire Bulgarian frontier without a declaration of war. "'Che members of the council of war were up all last night at the Yildiz kiosk end designated Edhem Pasha as com mander in chief. "The Turkish press is printing inflam matory articles against Bulgaria." Legations Are in Danger. The Turkish government, according to Information received from the foreign office here by the Associated Press, lias notified the powers that the porte can not guarantee the safety of the legations at Constantinople. This extraordinary statement was com municated, without explanation or ’qual jf Pg ,i . :. response to . 11 inquiry as IO wli licr German marines were among thoal Unlt.fi Stab s Minister Irishman reported as having been land ed at Constantinople. It If inferred here, however, that the rendition-- at the I irkish capi al ar-' not go had a the sultan's notification would Imply. but that i-ie legations have been •warned to look out for their own safety, the porte disclaiming in advance respon sibility for any disorderly act. The foreign ott'icia Is achl».’<i that the German embassy at Constantinople had not reported whether German ma rines had been landed, nor whether ma rines of any other power had been land ed. Complete official reserve is main tained on this point. The Associated Press correspondent learned from so irees outside the foreign offi. p th it the German government re gards Turko- Balkan affairs as having entered on an acute phase. The porte's inability to take energetic hold of the Macedonian insurrection is the worst feature of the situation. Turkish Soldiers Want To Tight. Constantinople, September Alth-mgt in high Turkish official cir.- th-' t- n <l me? is against war. th-■ imr-si among the military -loment and in < ertam sec tons of the Mussulman civil population has markedly incr-ased during few days. Considerable signm-ano’ i~- at tached to the sultan's gif'- of woo. ■ •• ts to the troops and the .’ippoil to t p ■ for similar contibutions The local pa- TO AN ELASTIC DOLLAR SHAW IS NOT FRIENDLY T-. .4 . if «T Chicago September 2.—Two hundred / VuMness men from all parts of the coun- ; try listened to Secretary of the Treasury j tall It look at a banquet given tonight at tie A.’.dl- , t-rium hotel by th. National Association . of Merchant s and Travelers. Lyman ... • ,-., eP addr-ssed the association on the t same subject just before his retirement j from the tr-as-r d-partinent. and great ■ interest was atia-hed to the speech to- , night of the present secretary. In his i Iseustrnn of the financial question sec- i retarv Shaw de larcd that what was i needed was not an elastic dollar, bit some provision which. .1 it ornate al y, ( the aggregate volume of dollars should i increase whenever and wherever more ; collars were needed, and would as • romptly retire when not needed. Secretary Shaw's Speech. In beginning his address Secretary Ehaw consider... the present bus.ness bo. m and the probability of its perma- l pence. His conclusions wire expressed | BS follows ••As nearly as can be estimated the , annual productive capa ity ot the Amer- i I-an pei pie is elev a billion dollars. I his uoe- not include raw rutt n and manu factured cotton; but raw cutton and the value added tin r- to u the process of m: nofacture. Os this we export one and cne-haif billions, and import a billion of other merchandise, mainly non-com retltive witli our -wn products. We, therefore, consume the equivalent of !*- . ~ . • ■ lu Not while these condition 3 continue will prosperity cease. , "VV- are the most prosperous people in the world because we both produce rnd consume more th in others. '1 he lit tle that we sell r broad, about 10 per cent <f our net production, and the little wo purchase abt ad, 6 or 7 p- r cent of ou * pet consumptii n, constitute no challenge to the stater-ent that >:ur prosperity tests with ourselves. Unless ->ur facto ries and work shops voluntarily close, cr labor vo'i’.ntariiy refuses employment, <.r commerce voluntarily ceases its ac t.iitv. there is no occasion for alarm. Unless apj rebension becomes epidemic PREPARED TO WITH BULGARIA .ers are further Inflaming the Mussul nans by publishing highly colored ac- . omits of the ill-treatment of Mussul- I nans by "Bulgarian brigand bands. The opinion of the foreign diplomats iere is divided regarding the issue. Great mportanee is attached to the coming n eting between the czar and Emperor Francis Joseph, which is expected to be ollowed by decisive stops in the direction >f guaranteeing the Macedonians radical Minister Leishman has received a tele rram from United States Consul Raven ltd. at Beirut, saying that the author: ties at that place apparently have not yet ■ ’cured the man wno fired at. \ b e ( onsul Magelssen. and adding that the arrest imong others of a. 15-year-old boy eeenr. to indicate that they do not realize the gravity of too situation. Mr. Ravendal also refers to the general state of inse curity at Beirut and suggests that the assailant of Vice Consul Magalssen was same individual who attacked Mr. Mag elssen one night about a. year ago will: the object of robbing him. Iho man was imprisoned and recently was liberated. Powers Forced To Take. Action. London. September s.—So threatening is the Macedonian situation that th' pow ers are being forced to take action sooner than it had heretofore believed would be necessary. Before adopting ary definite scaeme for the pacification of the Balk ans it was intended to wait until the czar’s visit to Vienna, when the matter was to be discussed fully with Emperor Francis Joseph, but it is learned a recent exchange ol views has broug-.t th. powers'to a stage where deci non i- about to be reached regarding the character of the intervention which should be adopt 'd. While the proposed plans are not di vulged. it is authoritatively denied that the intervention contemplates the oc.'up. tion of Macedonia by Austria and Russia. It equally certain taut the powers have no Intention of actin:; so as to in any way encourage Bulgaria to de clare war. ~ , . AU the diplomatic advice iivaliaote here agree in the statement that order prevails at Constantinople. The few ma rines landed there from the guardship, were merly for the purpose of placing sentinels at the embassies, as an extr;> precaution in consequence of the potter warnings against insurgent plot-'-. I’ *’ emphatically stated that the marine! were not landed for the purpose of nn pressing the sultan, and it is asserte. here that the porte can be relied upon t protect the embassies. But, in case <• riots at Constantinople the guard.-.up ■ will quietly land additional men to pro i tect foreigners from harm. Bulgaria Sends Troops to Frontier. I Sofia, Bulgaria. September 5. Reports • of the proceedings of the. mmls-leri il ! council at Vania indicate that there has been no change in the attitude of du I government on the Macedonian question For the moment the dissolution ->f tin I sobranje forms the chief subject of dis cussion. The council is supposed to be de ' voting Itself chiefly to Internal affairs i The coming elections will probably affori • quite as much excitement as the proceed i ings of th- insurgents Bands of revolu ' tioi.aries continue to cross the frontier I but scanty lews of fighting in northe.ri ’ Macedonia is received here. The insurg i ents are believed to be waiting until : < larger force have assembled. • Tlie latest details of the fighting a I S.iibonoru state that three insurgen bands. -’sis-al by peasants, were engng j with a battalion of Turkish troops. It I report'd that f'M of the Turks were Uli'- In -i t hr- ■■•■ hours’ fight at Kerikko h*‘ 1 twe-n two companies of Turkish soldiet ! am' a revolutionary band, the former lo> i 25 men and two officers. The insurgent loss was slight. th i Turkish forces are reported to have et I tlr.lv devastated the- district of Dekostei I in the vilayet of Monastlr. The numerous rumors of the mobilize I tion of the Bulgarian army are declare 'and ultraconservatism contagious, the immediate future holds for us as much f r--a! good as th- immediate past has iLowered upon is." Monetary System. Discussing then the monetary system of ; United States, lie said: : \ vei v respectable, ivimir-r of very I g. 0.l people, ar. J of that number J de- j to b,- elass-d. believe our iinanc.al I • svstem. good as it is, might be improved Iding an el< ‘ ' '' • ' '• ■ 1 ■ .io m-t tlilr.k there exists any gr--at r. m- I ' i.'-r who believe w> should have any tafia- . i Gon. Bight years ago we had S2l •-r ! I < apita. Now we have certainly more than $29 ami probably nearly SilO pt' . it.im <'onservatn e busim ss men and , conservative bankers do not generally | t c.nsi<h r this an insmHcient nonnai min imum volume of curi'cn» y. ••Tli - term 'elastic currency,’ of rnurs*', is a misnomer. What is needed is not ,11 elastic dollar, but some pr-vi-ion by wiiicl'.. automatically, t'ac aggregate vol ume of dollars shall Increase whenev’r ar i wherever more dollars are neeiled. and will as promptly retire when not I ' "Ti'/ie is now no statutory prohibition ' j rgainst the well-nigh inherent riijht of | i banks to issue circulating notes. This | right ex’sts throng.lout the I nite-i , ! States, but subject to a tax of 10 per i c. nt per annum. This tax is pr-.n J itory. i If I wire given authority to measure that would provide the requisite -iasticitv to our present currency sys tem I think I should add an .ant- •: inu . » permitting national banks, with the con sent of the comptroller of the currency, tc issue a volume of circulating notes I equal to 50 per cent of their bond-secured Circulation, at a tax of 6 per cent, the sam“ to be rttired at will or b-. -lirectton 1 of the f'omptroller. by the deposit of an i equal amount of lawful money with any ! subtreasSry. Three things I know. First, this ad ditional circulation would spring into ex istence almost instantly whenever and wherever interest rates advanced to the point of profit. Second. it would as promptly tetire whenever interest rates became normal. Third, it would be ab solutely safe—as good as the present national bank issue ami with a slight ami immaterial change identical in form amt nppearance -for the government, amp v : protected by the 5 per cent tax. would ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1903. to be false. The government Is sending Us to strengthen the frontier rd, which, according to a dtspa.b h nm. Rita is likelv to ause trouble me troops and the insurgents. Russia-Bulgarian Secret Alliance. Paris September a. A dispatch to The Temps from Sofia confirms the report that tlm official journal, Dnevik, which i mjovs the confidence of the pakt'-e an ' j« the. organ of Minister Popoff. has ptib- I lished the sensational information that la treaty of alliance exists between Rus j sia and Bulgaria. The Dnevik claims to Narrow Escape for Magelssen Washington. September 1 —The first offi cial dispatch coming directly from Beirut regarding the Magelssen affair has been received by Secretary Day. It is dated August 31. and isl signed bv Consu Ravndal. It says: "The att mpt on Magelssen's life failed. A nar row escape, but tho vice consul suf fered no injury.” I Cheklh Bey. the Turkish minister, has received fyona the minister of foreign af fair- at Constantinople, a dispatch giv ing the. Turkish version of the reported atb-mpt on the life of United Staten VI, e Consul Magelssen at Beirut. After de daring that the report of the assassin ation of Mr. Magelssen was absolutely fal?% the dispatch gives a version of the ass Hr practically the sgme as has hecn told before in the dispatches from Tur key It says th® P'stol was fired bv a nuin returning from a marriage fete, that the Shot was fired in th" air. and that it happened just as Mr. Magelssen was passing in bis carriage. This, the dis patch says, led the vice consul to believe that an attempt had been made against his life, The man who did the shooting h is been delivered to the judicial authori ties. United States Not Alarmed. Washington. September s.—lt is evident the I idled States government lines not possess a copy cf the treaty, the terms of which guatantl-e that in case of war between Bulgaria nd Turkey the former shall have the cooperation of Russia. The Temps emphasizes the importance of the statement and declares that the rtTidals in Bulgaria timed the announcc | mint, so as to give Turkey a final warn- I ing of the danger of further menacing Evlgarla. War Is Regarded as Imminent. Sofia, Bulgaria, August 31. Both in offi cial and revolutionary circles the opinion is fre.-ly held that war between Bulgaria , and Turk, y is imminent and can be avert ed by nothing short of a miracle. It is not expected that either government will for mally d<- lare hostilities, but that the pre vailing conditions will force on a war. There is no qm tion that large numbers | if Insurgents hav- recently crossed the I frontier. An extensive outbreak in north i -in Ma-■■■donia is possible any day. The I Autonomye-prints a telegram from Con | stantinople declaring that the sultan, In ! fluenced by counsels of Germany, now ! favors a war with Bulgaria. The Turks I here, however, take an optimistic view, asserting that there is no danger of a j war. as Turkey does not desire one, and Prince Ferdinand and the present Bul i garian government are not In a position ! to force l.ostilities. ! The Bulgarian agent at Uskttb reports I that the detachment of Turkish troops I sent to garrison the small towns in that ■ vilayet have spread destruction along j their route; the villagers have been robbed i and beaten, the women violated and the Christian population subjected to every ! conceivable outrage, while the local au- underwrite it. But you say this is ot g.-nev currency- Anything more is ilan. It lias the advantage. hovij , ver (■mrtgency currency so namei,. liz< d clearing house c.ertf of in that it injects into the comm rj f the country no new or doubtful ...west ' monev .mil the presence of the in ji_ will m-t advertise the stringev ,- x . tion which is the occasion offitg, if . Istencc. Prominent among the -, 0 not the principal benefit. wo ie!l in substantial guaranty against equally crease in interest, fates, aticgerously important guaranty against, j- would I low rates of interest. Each ir its own i be able measurably to prov' emergencies s the only ■ 1 do not'intimate that y say ft is way to secure elasticity, way, and it one wav. and it <s an cffeflation, but possesses no element able cushion would afford a very ffeussiont, and against sudden financir few people ask more.’ s More M;. pd lh „ Secretary Shaw < the United topic of his address,j n jtg com- i States acquire mor c suggested three men ia! advancement we voluntarily ' methods, the fii'fjt more freedom of ! and gratuitously,p e that other coun ' importation in favors. The scc- • tries will gran*iited States shall ex- ■ ond was that advantages with ! change specie he third method, o-i ; other country some length, was the ' which he sp Id, by which the United I only means, • its share of the South ■ States will by securing regular lines American ton with the countries • ot comni’iuator. At first such lines, south of transcontinental railways, I like the rated at a loss, and such' would > assisted. ! lines iriisunderstand •me." he said. | "Do mourning the defeat of any | . ■ "1 ar-'V bill, but I shall mourn ex- I ' shit> 'be defeat of a bill, if any such . ceed be introduced, which, if en.u.-t --: s’.ta insure regular linos of Amert .d. s, tiling the American Hag, and _ ’ ca- American merchants and corn travelers, with their wares and I ' rindiso, the product of American la o ito those countries to which 1 hate v j «<L” ii thorltles appear to be helpless to stop the atrocities The position of the Bulgarian residents Is reported to he terrible, as the cruelties committed by the Turkish authorities ex peed all limits. Rebels To Fight With Dynamite. Berlin, September 5. The Cologne Ga zette publishes the report of an inter view with one. of the Macedonian leaders, who Is quoted as saying that the Mace donian committee controls an enormous quantity of dynamite, ratin’, guns and much ammunition and a larg ß sum of money, and is firmly nv"! td. unless its efforts result in a war between Bul garia and Turkey or In Eurotean inter vention. to destroy the Mueedqfian cities with dynamite, burn tie- villages and contaminate the fountains and water sys tems. throughout the country. The committee, this leader lys. firmly expects war. as otherwise anarchy might be carried into Bulgaria and placed face share any apprehension th" may be felt in some quarters that tl:»re is dan ger for the legations in Conrtkntinople. The Berlin dispatch regarding the action - the Turkish governn -nt’s notification to the foreign t-epi’i". ativ>,< is taken here to be the annoutic-ment first, made to t’nc ministers by the port and which, as indicated in the dispCch f Minister T.eishman, meant that the interior or personnel’ of the lagatlons ild not be protected from those who nrtht gain en trance and commit some oueage. Minister Lelshman has no asked for marln»s nor has he given a:, indication that they will be ne< ded I’he matter of sending either the. Hrookyn or S-,n Francisco to a point netu’e: the Darda nelles has not been consid'-i’d and the fact that Minister I/eislmiai has made no suggestion is taken to nio.n >!:■ h* does not think such action r-cessary at present. While Admiral Co'.m has re ported his arrival at Beirut u has not sent any communication as o the cofiTlt tion existing there, and the father move ment of the squadron <lep< rls ei.tlrelj upon the reports which Mi ;t-■ L< :h man and Admiral Cotton mote to their respective departments. War Ships Arrive at Jeinit. Beirut, Syria, Septernboi 1. I’b ■ ' nlted States cruisers Brookiynland $ n 1 tan cisco have arrived here. to face with such an 8 er-.ative Bul garia would prefer wiV, am ipor. this result Macedonian hopes Sre a’d. Atrocities Feipeb ated -a' Sofia. Bulgaria. Sept#,lor 1- . Macedonian revolutionart® tQ . mniversary of the proclaim the long an T, r n M 'e- Lral insurrection > n ; Ulich ‘ ' was donia. the pro.. •>-ha ' ([le jnt , m i, Pr(j Issued today signed by <f (ff Tbo w of the insurgent genera Mape outbreak is headed -To„ nt( . llleff> prfs . ! ,ca ‘ lcr ;;. G T, / . ommlttee. and lident of the -a. too woun ,j ec i j n the < 'olonel Jakoff, who/* rising of 1902. L-ers the ,’ ‘ rlct The new ternt”*™ at t y_., ase In the valiey of th Retiree Easy Winner. Cip Stays in America _. September 3. —The Reliance. New Yor a cup detender, today won the Amor , , ,1 final race and tlie series for the third , , . , ■ s sea trophv. the Americas that fa’ dense fog. winch prevented * 1 ond 200 yards, she finished the ':3o:02, amid the acclamations of mbled fleet. Shamrock 111, after ' 1C ' for more than an hour in the *‘ m ?s.sed tlie finish line, passed by it "?cn returned to it from tlie opposite a [’ion. As the Reliance was then be- through the fleet., yacht ensigns ’ering from her truck spreaders tn bration of her victory, the Shamrock did not cross the finish line. As often id of the historic race when the Anter , a won the cup, there was no second. This success was achieved only after four futile attempts to sail off the final race, an i after the outcome had been ad- mitted by even Sir Thomas Lipton to be a foregone conclusion. Today's was thi eighth attempt to sail a race. After one fluke, the Reliance won two races—one by seven minutes and three seconds and the other by one minute and nineteen seconds. A week ago today the first attempt to sail the third race failed, and attempts have been made every day tills week. On two occasions the Reliance led the Shamrock to the finish line by about, two miles, but failed to reach it before the expiration of the time limit of live and a half hours. Today’s victory means that the cup is destined to remain in America until Eng land is able to produce a genius equal to Herreshoff in yacht designing. Finish Most Spectacular. Rarely, if ever, ha s there been a more spectacular finish than the Reliance's to day. After racing for more than an hour at terrific speed through a blinding fog. the Reliance burst through the wall of mist upon the vision of the spectators on the fleet assembled on the finish line, and, heeling under a great bellying bal loon jib tonsail till her lee rail was awash lied across the finish almost befoic the spectators could determine for a £cr tainty that it was she. The. official starting time was; Reliance, 1:01:56. Shamrock 111. 1:02:00. The Shamrock 111 actually crossed the line at 1:02:03 and suffered a handicap of t h roe seconds. They went off at a swift pace in a freshening breeze. Captain Wringe at tempted to outsail the defender by giving i his boat a good full and letting her romp i away at a fast clip, while Captain Barr pinched the Reliance close to the wind I and cleverly nursed her toward the turn- I Ing mark. The Shamrock 111 at first sail ed faster, but the Reliance more than made it good by outpointing her. Reliance Steadily Gained. For more than an hour they sailed on that tack down the shore of Sandy Hook and the highlands of Navasink to Sea bright, and during a'l that time the Re liance steadily worked up to windward of the Rhodope Mountain chain, and to , the north of the river Vardar. Colonel | Jankoff is directing the movements of | the bands in the southern part. News of severe, fighting is still coming in At the village of Armens! after a day's light ing the Turkish troops in the night time massacred the entire population of 181 men and 200 women. The Turks have , also massacred the inhabitants of the village of Veles. Threat To Massacre Turks. It is reported that Hilmi Pasha, the inspector gen’ ral for Macedonia, refuses to leave his headquarters in the Konak at Monastlr. The insurgent leader Gruff, in a letter to Hilmi Pasha, de manded that he prevent tin. barbarous ' acts of the Turkish soldiers and Bashi | Bazouks. otherwise, tlte revolutionaries would massacri all the Turkish inhabi tants. The insurgents have occupied the , mountain pais of Gi’rgele, on the mam line from Saloniea to L’skub and Turkish j troops have been sent to dislodge them. The town of Malkoternovi is reported j to be in a state of anarchy, the Turks plundering the houses and committing unspeakable atrocities on the women. A strong fori”’ of Turkish infantry, cavalry and artillery recently attacked the village of Sterlovol, northward of Malkoternov'.’, which had been occupied, by insurgents. The latter retired, atter which the Turks intered the place, mas sacred the entire population and de stroyed the village. Prince Fardinand. of Bulgaria, has ar rived at Kuzina s-l-.ide. Bulgaria, where he has been joined by Premier Petroff. The prince is expected to remain there "or some time. All Christian Villages Pillaged. Constantinople, September I.—Consular dispatches from Prishtina, near the Sei vian frontier, confirm the reports that nearly all the Christian villages in the districts of Dibra. fifty-four miles from Monastir and Glcevo, have beftn pillaged and burned anil that the inhabitants h ive , fled. It is not stated whether Albanians i or Bulgarians were the perpetrators of the outrages. ' Fifteen Hunareu Bulgarians Killed. , Saloniea. September I.—According to the latest Turkish official estimate about I.s<jfi Bulgarians were killed In the recent, fighting at Smilero, Neveska and Klis sura. The Turkish losses are not stated. This estimate does not include further losses In the Smilero district where fight ing was renewed August 30. and contin ued until yesterday. It is reported that Bulgarians were killed in this two days' battle. Sarafoff. the revolutionary leader, left Saloniea yesterday Immense Army for Macedonia, i Sofia. September 4 - Colonel Jankoff, the i insurgent, leader, with three lieulenants of the, Servian army, at the head of i I iwnd of four hundred Insurgents with a. j flag dying, crossed the frontier on u day evening wed ewjMed through the Tn !<- i ish posts unopposed. ■ Captain Stoyanoffs band captured fifty Turkish soldiers at Rakovltza (about 15 miles southeast of Sofia) August .11, took 1 their arms anil ammunition and proceeded i to Melisko. I A dispatch from Rila (40 miles from Sofia) says the date of the general insur- I rection has beeu postponed. l According to reliable information from i Constantinople. Turkey will shortly have i 400.000 soldiers in Macedonia. The pros ; pects of the appearance of such an Im j mense army causes the most intense anx iety here. of the beaten challenger, outpointing and outfootlng her at the same time and passing to windward of her. The Reli ance steadily gained and when at 3:10 'noth boats headed oft the mark 6 miles ; away, t'te Reliance was a good mile i ahead and gaining. Holding to a. fresh ■ cring wind and jumping into a rising si-a. which at times threw their long bows high out of the water to come down with a splash that sent miniature clouds foam flying from under their power ful shoulders, the boats were making a pretty spectacle of it. The boats were gaining speed with every mile and the Shamrock 111 was a long mile astern when the Reliance whirled about the mark and a towering stretch of canvas broke and bellied out from her spinnaker pole and over her lean bow. The home ward stretch had begun. The boats were timed at the turn as follows: Reliance —3:40:45. Shamrock 1II—3:51:45. Meantime the regatta committee’s tug whistled shrilly its guiding. signal to th-’ missing Shamrock. Th» Reliance ha 1 crossed the line at 5:3’1:02 and it was after 6 o’clock when the fog lifted a bit and disclosed the challenger hove to north of file line. Captain Wringe had missed it in the fog and passed by the east of it. The Shamrock did not attempt to cross the line, but after a feeble salute from the fleet was taken in tow to the Hook. Lipton Satisfied Best Boat Won. Highlands cf Navesink. N. .1., Septem ber 3. When the Erin had discharged het passengers tonight and the reecho of their cheers hid died away, Sir Thomas Llptcn sail: "Two weeks ago I was hopeful; last week I knew I was doomed to defeat and was disappointed, bit today I am almost glad in my own defeat this America has been such a thoroughly generous victor. I want again to thank the American people for their generosity to me in my defeat." Asked what he would do with the three thamroeks. he said: "I am to meet some people tomorrow who desire to buy at least one ?f the boats. After I have seen them I will de termine what to do.” Regarding the defeat of Shamrock HI. lie simply said. 1 don t care, to discuss it any more. The American boat was the better; that Is all." < aptatn Barr, of the Reliance, said, after the race: "Reliance is a bcautifui b:-af; had nil kinds of weather and won ir it. Our adversaries did the best they <ould with th. rnatirial al their command.' J. I’. Morgan's yacht, the Corsair, slop ped in ar fl• ■ Hook and took Oliver Ise lii. aboard. Mr. Iselin was ill smiles as he renlkii to tn inquiri as to the re sult: "Os course I am proud of the result, a splendid boat, a splendid crew and -..plain, and all helped the result. Sn '."nomas made a bray ■ tight and deserves bitter luck, but every American should be glad the cup is to stay here." Sir Thomas and Mr. Jselir. exchanged visits tonight and. the former extended his congratulations. Lunatic Seeks to Wed Miss Alice Roosevelt Oyster Bny, September 2. -A g'’«- | ing his name as Erank Weilbrenner w is i arreste] at Saganioiv Hill late last nignt | while making a persist*-nt demand to see President Roosevelt. The man was armed with a revolver, fully loaded. !!>• w ■ , ! taken to the village and pbivod in t u' ! town prison. Shortly after I’ l o K Ei -t ; i nigi.t, Wei’brenn* r drove to Saga;nc<r.? ‘ Hill in a buggy. He was stopped by the ' ' private detective on duty. V, ■ilbr am r | • said he had a personal cngayu.u ::t wit.: the president and de-in .< t » him A it was long after the hours when xicitors , are received, the otlicers d ’-lined to pa: • mit him to go to the house. 'llia ma.i ! insisted, but the ofT? -er turned him aw 'y. I Soon after Wcilbrenm r returned and ; again insisted he bo allowed to see too president if onl.y for a minute. This ; time he was ordered away ami warn-’ 1 i not io return. ! Just before H o’clock the mtn r irn 1 a third time and d -man :« d of • - IE i that be should be permitted to t the i president at once. The oflmer’s response j 1 was to take th-* man from hi.- buggy ami i I put him in the stables, when li* was j ' p’aeed under the guaid of two stable men. A revolver was fount! m the buggy. i Later Weilbrenner was brought to th | ' CAPTAIN HOBSON TO WED DAUGHTER OF W. J. BRYAN WAYXESViI-LE. N. C. .-’ ptem be: 5.-(SpfcDl.)-Thc gossips at this resort never hail sc ’.iiu.'li to I talk about as at present. The? have it that Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson. I the famous "hero of the Merrim i p .” is ifngsg<(l to marry Miss Ruth Bryan, the I elcie-t daughter of William Jennings I Bryan. Captain Hcbscn him ’ll . clou s ’fo cither confirm or den,;. the rumor. ' This much is certainly truth. Cantain I Hobson writes a letter to Miss: Br.-’nn every day in the ve k end Just as ofbn j does ho receive a daintily ■ d en velope postmark' ’ Lin■■•iln, Ncbr I Captain Hobson is the geest of ins rela tive, Major W W. S’tringf’ohl. near White j Sulphur Springs. I PEARY TO DASH FOR THE POLE. Explorer Will Again Brave Regions of Eternal Ice. • ! Washington. September 5.--Commander ' Robert J< Penr;-, (’nite.' S’ '.tes i.< ■ -. j the well known arctic exploryy. will make ■ another dash for the north i>o' *. I ‘ iv *f absence for throe years has been granted him. with the permission of the president, by Mr Darling, acting secre- I ■ tary of the navy, and he has been as sured of the hearty sympathy of both i ■ the officials in his new venture. ■ I In his letter of application for leave 'of absence. Commander Peary briefly , outlines his plan of action. In a suita ble ship built in one of our best ship • . yards, reenforced and strengthened to thy ■ i maximum degree and fitted with Amer , ican engines, "sp that she may go north I as sn exponent of American skill and I mechanical ability. Commander Peary I hopes to start with his expedition about I July 1. next. ! Upon arriving at the whale sound re- I giori, he will take on board u. large nuni i ber of Eskimos and establish winter i quarters on the northern shore. As far I as practicable along the route he will i establish caches. I The following February, with the ear -1 liest returning light, he. will start due THE FIRST COTTON FIGURES OF 1903-4. Secretary Hester Gives the First Comparisons for the New Cotton Season. Secretary Hester's first statement for the current cotton season gives the result through Friday, September 4. The small figures quoted cover only the first four days of the cotton season, but they are sufficient to emphasize the latem s of the present cotton crop. The total amount of cotton brougli’ into sight for these four .lays i- l<>.bales. This portion of the new crop of cotton looks A ery small when it is ri-niemb* : - c-d that last year about 20('.iW bab-s of the now crop had been marketed before, September I, that is. b.'loro the -■tlieiil cotton season opened. The amount of cotton brought into sight covers every bal..’ I’lat lias been marketed that is known to the commer cial world. The current report as com pared with last, year shows a falling oil of 101.360 bales for the four days given: as compared with year before last a tai: Ing off of 43,(‘65, and with th" ■ ir before a decrease of 39.672 biles. The cotton receipts at all United States ports for these four days are. only 4.213 •bales, against 72,071 last ye.-ir, 30,726 year before last and 22,US for 1900. Sabtra-- tions show the decrease to be and 17.905, respectively, for the years com pa red. These figures, of course, do not indi cate that there is no ?otton in the coun try yet to open, but they show that cot ton will have to mature and be handlel very rapidly to bring this year's statis tics to a level with hut year's figures. Favorable seasons and a late fall with mild, dry weather will greatly enlarge Hie number of bales made. The Constitution's SIO,OOO Contest on the Port Receipts will grow in interest as the figures develop. The first official re port of Hie season ' m ulshes the first opportunity to compare this year's i’.Tt Receipts cotton with the years preceding. The question is upon .he number of bales PRICE: FIVE CENTS. village ttnd Io ked up. He is feet ‘ inches high. 2S years of age. has a medium siz'd dark mustache, black eyes, and evidently is of German descent. Ho rcsii'.es in Syosset, about 5 miles inland from Oyster Bay. H" was well dressed. It is thought by the otTe-ers ;-iat 5' oll bronner was m orn;;:inie,, by two other mon as th-Ir root prints w.-i • found in the mi. I alongside of the baggy Iracks. In view of Illis fact ’he officer on duty telephoned to the village lor assist:.r,<o. and was soon joined bv two other S ' ret <,, p men. Whin V.’.’lTorenner talked rationally D the offi’ers last n'ght. it seems .’Viih’iit f’-.im Ills conversation to day that, he I- d.-ni' nt’d. He said he had receiv’d a telegraphic communication from’the president, nlrf.-tlng him to call at Bigimor,’ Hill. Weilbrenner’s btiggv ',vas taken to a local hvery barn. Wh-n ask"d what had become, of. the rig M eil brenner replieo: "Oil. the pi sident has taken care of It. That's all right." Weilbrenner regarded by those who bvi him to b" a dangerous lunati, u ' Sv ..ss,.t h is earned that the m . n is u,.. .-OH of ,1 tri: k tamer and is one of three brothers. lb has two sisters ■ rb( . fimily is r.-spc'i’able and is held in general esteem. ' north over the polar pack, wi'l a small ' light ) ionoer party, and followed by a i large main party What Peary Says. i In his letter of application to Acti: Z : Secretary of the Navy Darling for leave i of absence, Commander Peaty says: i "I should expect to accomplish the dis • tance to the polj? and return hi about ; one hundred days, gr a little more than an average travel about 10 miles : day. Returning I should break the shin i out late in the season and return home j "If ice conditions the first year were ■ such as to prevent reaching the northern I shore of Grantland. I should winter as far north as practicable and force the ship j the desired location the following yea; In this event, the expedition would b 1 gone two years.” Distinctive features of Commander I Peary's plan are the use of individua sleds, with ■ oinparatively light loads drawn by dogs, the adoption, of Eskim * methods and costume and the tulles: j utilization of the Eskimos themselves. i I Commander Peary believes the ad ' vantage of his plan and route are ' fixed land base 100 mib-s nearer the no'u r than any other route; a more rigid b • pack extending fu-tber p wan’ than t | to tic found on th»- opposite side of ‘ ! pct..; a wider laud b-w. on which to r ! trea nd ' ■ ■ of , i mui’ication and retreat from winter qunr I ters to comparatively low latitudes, -wh. jis prar-tlcable at any season of 'h. , - ” 1 ” SOLDIER KILLED BY A SENTRY j Slayer Fired at Fleeing- Man ny , ‘ Order of Officer. 11 Nfw London, September —A report -j reached this city tonight that a soblK i i in the garrison at Fort 11. G. Wri--nt II In Ivong 1-land sound, had been sh"’ lnd killed by a sentry. An (th :et or ; dee d a '•■ ntry to irrest the -o! .i- - sentry appro •cried the soldier, who start ed io run. He would not st.,, wh- n ’ challenged and the sentry, raising his rifle, took aim and fir d. Bryan Leaves New York. New York, September -I- —William J. Bryan left town tonight for New II i" :i without seeing, so ’,r is is known, an: prominent local democrats. of cotton received at ail United State® I ports from September 1. 19'B, to January 12. 1904. both inclusive. There are s7.mo in prizes for the 195 nearest estimates unless some of the estimates should tie A special prize of S2OO cash will be given for the best estimate received during the month of September. It matters n->t how far this nearest September estimate i may miss the exact figure, since it will i be tlm nearest received by us during Sep • tember the S2OO prize will b.> paid for it I Should the estimate be near enough to ; take any other prize the S2OO cash will ■ be allied to that other prize, whatever ■ the amount. Tliere are two grand ('on • i solation offers, the first. SI,OOO, for dis : tributlon among those estimates, not tak ' ing any other prizes, that come within si'O bales either way of the exact figure. The other Consolation prize covers the field with SI,OOO for those estimates that come between 509 bales and 1,000 bales of tlie exact figure. You now have the first figures of the new cotton year and comparisons there with for the past three years. The sta tistics of the last six years for the whole i period covered by the contest will be found in the advertisement. With such data you should be able to make an in telligent estimate. The terms of secur ing estimates are quite simple and rea sonable and your estimates should be in our hands at an early date. The $3,000 first prize, or even me smallest division of tlie Consolation prize will be very ac ceptable early hi January. Do not fail to file your estimate during September and take your opportunity to secure the S2OO cash prize. Read tlie rules of the. contest, make your figures plain, remit by safe method and send ail. the sub scription. estimate and the money in ths same envelope, addressed to THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION. Atlanta, Ga-

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The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, September 07, 1903, Image 1