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VOL. XXVI. NO. 39.
SPEEDING TRAIN PLUNGED
FROM 75~ FOOT TRESTLE
WITH CREW OF SIXTEEN
Southern Mail Train Demolished Near Danville, Va.,
Killing Nine, Injuring Seven —Four Postal Men
Among the Dead.
LIST OF DEAD AND INJURED
FOLLOWING are the names of the known dead and hurt in the
wreck of No. 97. Southern railway, near Danville. Va.. there be
ing nine killed and seven injured out of the sixteen persons on the
train:
THE DEAD:
JAMES A. BRODIE, engineer, Statesville. N. C.
J. THOMAS BLAIR, conductor, Central, N. C.
A. G. CLAPP, fireman (white), Greensboro. N. C.
JOHN L. THOMPSON, postal clerk, Washington, D. C.
W. T. CHAMBERS, postal clerk, Midland, Va.
D. T. FLORY, postal clerk, Nokesville, Pa.
P. N. ARDANRIGHT, postal clerk. Mount Clinton. Va.
S. J. MOODY, flagman. Raleigh. N. C.
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BOY, son of Postal Clerk Thompson.
THE INJURED;
LOUIS W. SPIER’S, postal clerk, Manassas, Va. '
FRANK E. BROOKS, postal clerk, Charlottesville. Va. ?
PERCIVAL INDEMEYER. postal clerk. Washington.
CHARLES E. REAMES, postal clerk. Culpepper, Va.
JENNINGS J. DUNLOP, postal clerk, Washington.
M. C. MAUPIN, postal clerk, Charlottesville, Va.
J. HARRISON THOMPSON, postal clerk, St. Luke, Va.
ESCAPED UNHURT:
W. F. PINCKNEY, express messenger.
Charlotte, N C., September 27.—While
running at a high rate of speed. No. 97,
the Southern railway's southbound fast
mail train. Jumped from a trestle 75 feet
1 igh, half a mile north of Danville, Va..
this afternoon at 2:50 o'clock and was
slmost demolishes. Os the crew of six
teen men on the train, eight were Killed
end seven injured, and one was unhurt.
■ - i k od was boy the
duct
systt! 5 ' 11 Olerk Thompson.
\ when e injured men are seriously
or loc :ive been carried to the hos-
« •O'he’-eft'' 1 ■ 11 ' e "be recover: - of Mail
«/ gs S, ,is not expected and other
; ; sf s ar< * ’-.V-i ght to ha ve received mor
t'-’-Irj.ri }’ t
The tresttejwhere the accident occurred
la 500 feet ,l-’g and is located on a sharp
curv» Encl eer Brodie was a new man
on that di • vi on of the Southern and it
i said tb.a ie camo to the curve at a
very high . Je of speed.
The eng Thad gone only about 50
feet on t Bstl*« when it sprang from
tie track. tying witli it four mail
cars and xpress car. The trestle, n
wooden stiyjjure, also gave way for a
space of 50, ;■■•et.
AIN REDUCED
’? eslb lLE OF SPLINTERS
At the t PCT-’' the trestle is a shallow
brane i ’■ t li ro abottom. Striking
t lis the <•* e and cars were reduced to
a mass of JB isted ir i and steel and |
of splintered wood. As the cats |
vent down they touch'd the sides of the i
Rivers ale cotton mill, which is very close ;
All the dead men were killed in- '
stantly, it is thought, and all were
greatly nr "Hated. The skin and
hair on t and fireman
were torn ens by the impact of the
steam from the engine.
Several thousand people wore soon at
th« see:*' of the wreck and removed the
bodies from th ■ debris. No one on any of |
the cars ha I made an effort to jump
and the bodies of all those killed were
p> , ( J i; t k of f'w different
cars to which they belonged;
La dies w: * ■ drove out t * the w rvek
from Danvilb tainted at th" sight of the
bodies, some • whi It were crushed to a
ghastly’ degr* e.
SIX CRATES CANARIES
CAME OUT UNTOUCHED
It seemed miraculous that any’ one
should have escap-d. for each car falling ;
v.ith t! engine bounded from it and j
completely collapsed after striking the i
rocks at the foot of the trestle.
A th < xpr> - in the express cat was ■
practically destroyed, except six crates j
full of canary iris. None of the birds
were hurt though the crates were in the
thickest of the debris.
All unofficial opinions that have
been ascertained agree in giving only ,
one cause for the wreck—the high i
speed of the train on the sharp curve, i
No. 97 was running about an hour [
behind time; it is thought that the i
engineer being unfamiliar with the :
road, did not take into consideration '
the danger of coming on the curve j
with such great velocity.
The mail bags in all the mall cars wore '
torn open and the letters and packages
were scattered, but it Is be., wed none is
list, lire which appeared In the wreck
age shortly after it occurred was quickly
extinguished by the Danville fire depart
ment.
THIRD BAD ACCIDENT
TO THE MAIL FLYER
In loss of life this is one of the most |
s riot' - wrecks that has occurred on the I
Southern; and it is the third time that
the fast mail has been almost entirely de
molished.
V,....:i the last twelve months uie
same train ran into a large rock on the
track n<ar Lexington, N. C., the engine
ruined, cars gutted and several lives were
lost.
A few mojths ago the fast mail struck
a freight train head on near this city
and was again almost demolished.
On account of the wreek all traffic on
the Central and Northern divisions of
the Southern will be affccAed. It will
take several days to repair the damage
to the trestle. The Southern is arranging
to run its southbound trains over tile
Norfolk and Western from Lynchburg
via uurksvUie to Danville, new trains
being made up a. that place.
The wreck seriously interivf’ed with the
telegraph service in the south. Ihe
Western Union Telegraph Company had
a large number of wires along the track
and these were carried down. Mon and
material were dispatched from lib bniouo
to restore them.
CHILDREN WERE PLAYING
BENEATH FATED TRESTLE
The one ear that remained intact broke
through the trestle at the final plunge,
making a gaping hole and delaying traffic
on the road. The wires north of the city
are all down.
No. 97 is the fastest train on the road
and was coming into the city at a rate of
between 50 and 60 miles and hour.
There were many eye-witnesses to the
tragedy. The tracks at this point is lined
with houses on either side and th' wom
en and children in many instances wer.
sitting on their porches when the. wreck
“of them state tb.at their atten
tion was attracted to th" tia.n
high rate of speed at which the tran
I was running. Two small children, the
Isons of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Jones, wore
I playing underneath the trestle at the time
jof the wreck. The heavy train plunged
to its destruction within a fcr-v feet of
them .
! They were both thrown down and
I somewhat bruised, but not setjousiy in
jured. Their mother took them home
and washed them up, after which they
came back to the scene
Clerks of the Richmond and Char
lottesville division and It’in th Greens
boro and Atlanta division w» re sent in on
special trains to assist in r'-s - ting the
mail, rhe mail p< uches were considerably
torn and scattered, but the mail was in
I fairly good condition, considering.
This curve, which embraces the trestle
at which point the wreck occurred, is m
the form of the letter S and Has always
been considered a dangerous locality.
MORE TROUBLE FOR BEAVERS
Two Additional Indictments by the
Grand Jury.
New nYrk. September 22 -Counsel for
i George W. Beavers were inform' d nt the
' conclusion of an adjourned hearing to-
I day in tho Beavers case that Mr. Beav
| ers must be produced before Contmls-
I sinner Hitchcock tomorrow to answer to
I two additional complaints reached
. against him. predicated upon the two
indictments recently return. 1 against.
Beavers in Washington for an alleged
conspiracy to defraud the government in
connection with S’ate S nator (!■ irge E.
, Green and the Bundy Time Clock Com
i pany, of Binghamton. N. Y. it was also
; made known tt.at other surety th.in J.
; R. Brown, who now Mr. B"a\"r- bond.- ■
■ man on two 35.000 bonds, must be pro
i <?uced, the practice of the district attor
i ney's cflli-e being not to accept th" same
j surety on more than two bonds.
SHERIFF DEFIED THE MOB.
I
But He Was Overpowered and Pris
oner Shot to Death.
Lynchburg, Tenn.. September 25. Sher
iff George R. Davidson, in attempting to
save the life of a negro early this morn
ing, fired into a mob which was assailing
the jail, wounding a man whose name is
unknown.
The sheriff summoned assistance, but
ho and his aides were overpowered, the
I jail entered and the much wanted ne
gro, Allen Small, shot to death in the
corridor.
The mob was composed of about twen
ty-five people. Sheriff Davidson was
alone at the time. He refused 5 to give
up the keys and opened lire from a
window. He wounded one of the mob,
but his identity is not known. T>»e sheriff
then called for the police.
Two officers and several citizens rushed
ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1903.
to the jail, but despite their presence the
mob battered down the wooden door at
the foot of the stairs leading to the cor
ridor. The sheriff and posse made a
stout resistance, but. were unable to pre
vent tho mob from breaking *n the
iron door at the head of the stans a <
entering the cell occupied by the negro,
about, whose neck they placed a J ope.
As soon as the men emerged from the
<•<•11. it. became apparent that the negr
could not be taken from the jail and
hung for fear of bein«g fired on. and e
was shot to death. The mob then mob'
an effort to escape, but the sheriff and
his guard captured three of them, am
they are in jail. One of them, it is sam,
has made a confession, implicating thti
teen men In the affair.
Small was under arrest on the cnarge
of assaulting Mrs. Eliza Eggleston, and
at his preliminary hearing tho warrant
was sa amended as to charge a simple
case of assault. The negrn had waived ox
amination and was waiting the action
of the grand jury.
ANOTHER CRANK T ?IES
TO GET AT PRESIDENT
Oyster Bay, N. Y., September 22. -A
suspicious I'baracter, giving his name as
Samuel Swenyon, was held up by tne
secret service officers at Sagamore Hill
late this afternoort while making an ef
fort to see the president. He was turned
back to the village, shadowed, stopped
in Oyster Bay and searched, and later
placed on a train for New York. He
was unarmed and appeared to be a harm
less crank, possibly a religious fanatic.
Swenyon, who i s a slightly built man
about 35 years old, with a reddish brown
mustache, blue eyes and a strongly
foreign east of countenance, walk'd up
lln' roadway leading to Sagamore Hill
about 4:30 tills afternoon. lie was
sto.ined by a secret service officer.
Swenyon told ,<.e officer that hr was
a Swede and had come from New York
to "e the president and Sagamore Hlil,
li. ving read about the president’s sum
mer home m th*’ newspapers. A short
time before, the president, nccompanld
by Mrs. ..oosevelt, had gone from the
bouse to the. woods nearby to chop
. wod. that being a favorite «•. rcise of
his. The man was turn d back by the
officer, who told him tho president was
not at home. Swenyon, who said he waa
a garden- r, looked curiously about the
grounds and then started on his return
to tile village. He was followed by an
other offi''.-r In one of the president's
i<ad wagons Swenyon asked a passing
driver for a ride and role into the
village with him. He had scarcely ar
rived in Oyster Bay when he was taken
from tin wagon by two secret sei vice
officers and examined. Swenyon had
nothing in his pockets except about 34
ir money and a Sw'dish religious news
paper. On n piece of paper ho wrote hm
. me and add ■ s in , perfect!; eligible
hi nl. Aft examining him thoroughly
th" off! wer- convinc'd that he was
entir"ly barmless, and that ho w.s
an onarchlat nor ■ > ria lis I He
i- idily acceded to the suggestion of the
officers that he have the village. They
accompanied him to the station and saw
him off to New York.
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PRISONER. EXPRESSED
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ON REGULAR AVAYBILL •
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v Boston. September 26 Floyd L. ?
* Ferris arrived today by American *
e Expri . - from Columbus, N> br., on •
the way to l.ynn, whore lie is '
i wanted for the larceny of $250 4
® from tin companj' which trans a
K port'd him. Ferris was willing to
S return. He was accordingly enter- J
* cd on tin* rogiil«r waybill as ‘one ®
• man. consigned to ‘'l’olice, l.ynn,' «
f nt "owner’, risk." He was placed ?
• in the express ear with the mes- j
® senger as guard. *
a-. a .-o-r-C'*'*'* ® ’
IS MISTAKE. SAYS CARMACK.
Does Not Intend To Introduce Bill
To Kill Negro Suffrage.
Nashville, T* nn., September 26.—The
American will say tomorrow Hint Sena
tor 11. W I'armai'k, in an interview here
today, said when asked about the pub
lication that lie would make an effort to
S'l'i'rc tho repeal of the fifteenth amend
ment :
I nn sorry that the Impression has
been •.-routed that I am preparing to agl
tat" this question in congress. A reporter
w discussing with m- :ui article I had
written on the race question. He as’ e<l
me if I intended to introduce a me,a_. .re
for (lie repeal of the fifteenth amend
ment I replied that I had not thought
of doing so. but add< d that 1 might do
it just to bring on a debate. That was
all 1 eonf"is that 1 have a great cu
riosity to liar the fifteenth amendment
defon hit by tile republican leaders, who
now take the position that th" general
principles of the fieclaration of Independ
ence are .ipplicabh- only to white and not
tn -oiored men, and who hold that the
brown man in the Philippines has no
right :liat the white man in the I’nlted
States l,s bound lo respect.
"At th*' sme time, I know that any
progress toyvard i.he repeal of the sis-
R-r-nth amendment depends on its not
being made a partisan or sectional
question. To make it such would be
to check at once a healthy growth of
public sentiment. it may well be that
.•my direct effort on the part of a south
ern man for ils repeal would result in
nia’kii g this a ;<eetional or party question.
This must be avoided.”
FELL INTO WELL—NOT HURT.
■
Lad of Six Years Has Remarkable
Escape at Whitesburg.
Carrollton. Ga., September 25.—(Spe
cial.)—A close shave experienced by a
lad of 6 years is just reported from
Whitesburg.
Little Dave Duncan was playing
around the ginnery of Duncan & Ste
vens there and stepped on the loose
cover of the engine well, which had
many feet of water in it.
The plank tilted, threw him in and the
beam striking him went to the bottom
of the well.
The boy’s father was hurriedly let
down, expecting that his little son had
lung since sunken under the water.
When hi- reached tho water he found
him high and dry above the water, cling
ing to a. cross bar of wood nailed in the
well.
The boy was unhurt except from a
sprain or bruise supposed to have been
caused by tile plank thlt threw him in.
Th" iron pipe had served the hoy as
a buoy yvhen he first rose, but tinding
it too hot to hold to he had managed
to got to the piece of wood and was
holding on for dear life.
CONGRESS COMS
HOMER S.
Senate and House Have Been Newly
Decorated—Fine Gold and Green
Carpets on the Floors—Ar
rangement for Quick
Lunches.
Washington, September 24 (Special.>
At tho capitol today tho ivo state
ment was made by those oiii d in get
ting the building in rcadinos- lor the cs
srmblage of congress that thf d ite of the
extra session h.i:- been *• !y fixed for
November 9. Snporintend' nt i'.! i>»tt Woods
could have the building for Occu
pancy at an earlier dale if <•(■ - ary, for
when th'- present imnrov ;.p' ds and
decorations were commem-d it was un
derstood that they were to b« comfi’et• <j
not I ’.tei than October 15. Wor - '< lias b« ''U
progressing steadily on this 1 axis. ro
that ?.lr Woods says he have the
senate and hoasi-* lobbies fed d ly. that
dab* and the various commit! •• i >ems -nd
corridors redecorated and fi. i' hod . t
the same time.
In anticipation of congres • l<* ing called
together earlier than Nov m' >- 9, the
carnets are now laid upon tl. floors of
the chambers of the house and senate and
the desks are b-'ing placed ;n ysition.
The house will t- : entry bi,»
the ’‘four hundred’ class pp< aring
in a new gr< on and gold . <• i ■ There
are now an even ’’four h n• ired” desks
for members in the bid] of the housi of
represent:!ti\« s. r l h* t.«*w c • hoi . hip. un
der the, latest apporti(mi>i<'’)i, is 385. un i
the ext:;; desk suppT'o to
preserve ;he symmetry in the arrange
ment of seats in the sojnicirch*. Th- sen
ate- clumber will be covered with ih?
same groon and gold floor covering as
last year.
The House Beautiful.
The house . ide outshine:- tho ; enate this
rear in mak’i g improveno-nts for the cor
venionce and comfort of its memhe: ?. I he
speaker's lobby has been fr< 1 c-d m
elaborate stvle by Sen* r Fto. h rma-nn.
an understudy' of th* late Reriii'idi, who e
work adorns the dome of (} • rotunda
'The committee rooms of invalid s;ous
and insular affairs have bet n i orat
ed by the same arti ' and fito-d up with
handsome furnishm to rn teb. I'he
h.n .■? library has 1- , '■ ' •• v > with s’. ■ 1
.-aie.ving and a wnite .wirnh- doming o--
ropla.-ed the carpeted floor »n the speak
er's lobby.
Improvement have been made in A',
senate and house cases. The most notice
able addition to the senate d ning room i:
a steam table, so that hungry senators
max' obtain a hot quick lum-m on without
being obliged to wait, their turn in the
private dining rooms, when the accom
modation 0 . are not always equal tc- the d*
mar ds of s nators and their friends about
niidda y.
"I'ncle Joe” Cannon is on deck wait
ing to get busy. 11* Ims "I"' l ’' 11 Hi.-’ I' l ''
quarters in the appropriations connnitt'e
room, where he can keep one eye on th"
speaker's chair and at the same time
straighten out some of the holdover J--
tails in Connection with his former duties
as chairman of th* appropriations com
mittee. Uncle Joe has ills own idea, al"' u
tile organization of the various commit •
t,, s, but In- is too diplomatic to indulge
in any prennitin’.- discussion on that sub
ject for ] üblicati n.
THE CHILDREN CLUNG TO HIM
Kidnaper Forced To Drop Girl He
Was Taking' Off.
Lincoln. Nobr., September 26.-It de
vclopcd today- that an attempt was made
last night to kidnap the 8-year-dd
daughter of Governor Mickey. While
four of the governor's ehilGren were play
ing in front of the mansion an unknown
nan came along and tried to carry the
oldest girl away The other childr’ii
clung tc his clothes and screamed. The
men was so badly frightened when he
saw neighbors coming that he droppe 1
tho child ai d ran.
Governor Mickey says that the ward n
of the penitentiary’'. Boomer, reported •
him twice that a kidnaping attempt had
been prophesied by convicts. One con
vict said some time ago that such a
plan had been formed as a. way of get
ting revenge upon the governor for cis
xfusal to interfere when William Rb j
was hanged last summer for murder. \
convict who had been in the plot says
a convict soon to be released had been
assigned to kidnap one of the children
to ‘Teach the governor a lesson.”
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• TURNING OVER IN BED, »
? MISS MOE’GYN BROKE LEG. £
® Harmony Grove, Ga., Septem- *
c ber 25.—(Special.)—Miss Caroline
T Morgan, of this place, last night, ®
, while turning over in bed, broke
• her thigh midway between knee »
and hip. ®
. No reasonable explanation can e
• be given for the singular acci- "
a (lent. *
? Miss Morgan is 72 years old ®
• and it is thought that she cannot
• recover. i
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ACTIVITY AT CAMP YOUNG.
Troops Arriving on Every Train to
Take Part in Maneuvers.
Camp Young. West Point, Ky., Sep
tember 26. -The first excitement in this
part of Hardin county since 1864, when
General Buell placed a small detach
ment of Infantry on Fort Hill, a short
distance from West Point, was upon
the people today as they gazed in aston
ishment upon the arrival of train load
after train load of enlisted men and
their equipment. Altogether the rail
toads had eighteen troop trains on the
schedule, and many of them had ar
rived and the commands had been as
signed to their quarters before noon.
The dust is 6 inches thick over every
thing, and the soil is hard as flint, mak
ing the throwing up of ground a labo ■
rious task. The arrivals today were:
Nine troops Seventh cavalry, Chicka
mauga; five troops Eighth cavalry, Jef
ferson Barracks, Mo.; four companies
Twentieth Infantry: 700 men of ths
Third and 300 of the First, all of Fort
Sheridan.
Cincinnati. September 26.—The detach
ment of the Third United States infan
try numbering over 300 officers and men
left Fort Thomas today for West J’oint.
Ky., for the military maneuvers. They
occupied a train of six coaches and
three baggage cars on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad.
Nashville. Tenn.. September 26.—A
company of thirty-six regulars, under
< ommand of Captain Beal, left the Co
lumbia arsenal this morning for West
Point. Ky.. where it will take part in
the regular army maneuvers. The troops
occupied two coaches, and they were
run as a special from Columbia to Louis
ville. It is reported that Captain Beall
will act as major for one of the regi
ments during the encampment.
MILDREN OF CHICAGO
DRAW THE COLOR LINF
Chicago. September 25.—(Special.)—
I,"'ails*' Mary Crunchtield, a colored ca
det teacher, was appointed to relieve
Miss Catherine Ralph, white, regular
tei'eh'T at the Oak Ridge school, absent
because of illness, the pupils of the
sixth grade revolted and before noon
th" school board had a formidable strike
on its hands.
\\ hen the rebellion first became ap
parent tile janitor, acting on the advice
of the board, locked in the basement
he larger boys, but the trouble spread
Hid tin parents began taking a hand.
Defiant at first, the boar.’, of educa
tion realized that if a crisis was to be
,i vert' d tho negro teacher must b re
moved. and at the afternoon session a
white woman ajipeared and th*' pupils
ret urned.
WOMAN CAUSED HIS SUICIDE.
John Kilpatrick's Note Found Near
His Body.
Now York. September 23.—"1 send you
h* rewith S3OO. This is positively the
last money I will send yo :. I will not
let you blackmail me any longer.”
This, together with the torn fragments
of a .heck, is said to be the text of a
letter which has' been pieced together
from bits discovered in the apartments
where John D. Kilpatrick, wealthy son
of the late David Kilpatrick, of Beatrice.
Nebr., was found Monday shot through
tlic heart. The case had begun to look
like on of murder, but it is now thought
teat the first theory, suicide, is correct
and that Kilpatrick killed himself to
escape his tormentor.
J E. l.ambio, stepfather of the dead
mail, declared that sensational develop
in' nis may grow out of the affair. He is
quoted as saying:
"We know he woman to whom the
letter was addressed. She is a young
iiuirried woman, the mere mention of
whoso name would cause, a sensation I
'-."V,- Y’>”l' ' she is known os i
member of one of the most prominent
:*. ini .- ts in the city. We know enough
now us that my stepson
committed suicide. I have learned since
that h" wrote another letter and an
ol lor .-h. 'k and sent them to the wom
an. i do not know the contents of the
other letter.’’
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’ BIT HIS MUSTACHE; ?
CAUSED APPENDICITIS. «
*i •
r Ploux City, September 25 -J. •* •
• Snyder, a cigar maker of this city. n
has had an attack of appendicitis.
® due to biting off his mustache and t
® swallowing the hair. The surgeons »
» •
« found in tile appendix a number ;
| of hairs which matched the pa- *
tient’s mustache, but different from •
? the hairs on his head. °
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BLOWN UP WITH DYNAMITE.
Paymaster Killed and Satchel Con
taining Money Stolen.
Washington, Pa., September 25.—One of
the most fiendish and bloodthirsty mur
ders and robberies in the history of
\\ ashington count;' occurred this after
noon on the Middletown road, about 15
miles from here.
Samuel T. Ferguson, of the Ferguson
<'oustruction Company, of Bittsburg. war.
in uinuy killed. and His secretary,
i'barl"S Martin, of Cincinnati, was fatally
injured. The two men were riding along
th*, road in a buggy, carrying $3,600 in
"esh with which to pay off some of their
men employed on construction work along
tin Hue of the Wabash railroad, when
suddenly an explosion of dynamite in the
roadway literally tore the rig o pieces,
killed Ferguson outright and threw Mar
tin 200 f.-et, tearing his left arm al
most from the socket.
It lias been learned that two men,
supposed to be Foies, placed the dyna
mite in the road for the purpose of kill
ing Paymaster Ferguson, and had ar
ranged to explode by means of an elec
tric battery. The satchel containing the
money is missing.
Two suspects are under arrest In the
c ip of the construction company, near
Un village, but the farmers of the sec
tion who are semiring the country for
traces of the murderers beieve they have
one of them at bay in an abandoned coal
mine about a mile and a half northeast
of West Middietown.
PORTER MADE A TOUR GF CUBA.
Washington, September 26.—Dr. Jo
seph E. Porter, sanitary inspector of the
public health and marine hospital service,
who is located at Key West, Fla., lias
recently made a professional tour of a
fart of Cuba, 'i'he mines at I'aiquiri were
his objective point, and while he reporis
that there is no ground for the appre
lu usion that was felt in the l.’nited
St.ites on account of sickness there, he
does not make an entirely favorable
r* port on conditions fu Havana. On
that subject he says:
"I looked over the district pretty thor
oughly and regret to state that the san
itation is not up to tile mark of a year
"in tall*it.g to Dr. Trctter I find that he,
too, is convinced that there has been a
falling oft in sanitary requirements from
the year previous. Along the Prado and
• utside of ihe old walls a better system
s*. . ins to prevail. The cases *>f yellow
I, v r introduced from Mexico were well
h: i Pled, especially Hie cafces which de
veloped ashore after two or three days
from landing. There was no spread, and
: am told from reliable sources that a
crusade will be made in the entire block
against mosquitoes and possible infection
therefrom.
■ Tli’-re is no good reason why quaran
tine restrictions for yellow fever should
l,c continued by any intelligent commu
nity against Havana or Cuba outside of
Havana.”
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
ISSUES OFFICIAL NOTE
“Turkish Oppression Will End Only When Revolution
ary Activity of Committee Ceases, Until Then
Atrocities Will Continue,” Says Note.
St. Petersburg, September 24 —The Rus- |
sia.n government has issued an official
note reiterating that the attitude of the.
powers in regard to the Austro-Russian J
reform scheme for Macedonia is un
changed and that, consequently, neither
Turkey nor Bulgaria can expect support
from any quarter in the event of open
or secret resistance to that scheme.
The government, after pointing out
that the suggested reforms were at th*’
cutset attended with goo.l result . si; -
the Macedonian agitation spread in Bul
garia on the mistaken conception th it
Russia would "alter her progratnm*.- and
proclaim herself tho ehampion of the
unrealizeable plans of the lenders of the
revolution.” 'i'he Turkish oppression will
(nd, the note says, only when tii revo
lutionary "Ctivi'y of the committees
ceases I’ntil then reforms* cannot be
applied, nor the atrocities sl qip*'!.
"In view of th*' thickening e implica
tions. the Russian and Austrian govern
ments have reiterated t'neir views to Hi s
(ffo.’t, both at Sofia and at Const intino
ple, and acting on the suggestion of Aus
tria and Russia, all the governments of
the powers, which signed the treaty of
f-'i rlin. have instructed their representa
tives Io Turkey and Bulgaria to empha
size lheir full unanimity in thr Austro-
Russian work of pacifying (be Balkans,
so as to remove all misconceplion of
possible :'* ss is fa nee in the event of dan
gerous enterprises. These repr sentafives
have been instructed to make a declara
tion to the governments of Turicoy a'"l
Bulgaria as fellows:
” ‘The present slate of affairs in tlic
Turkish vilayet-', which is ili**> t.* tile
criminal intentions of committees and rev
olutionary bards, decs n**t a.lt* r t• ti
tiiil" of tho powers in regard to tiic pro
gramme of action advanced early in the
year by the two [lowers most in’t I’esi"!
Consequently, neither Turkey nor Bul
garia can rely on tho support of any
power in the event of open or secret
ipposition to the realization of this
scheme.’
"The imperial government hopes this
new warning will convince Turkey, as
well ns Bulgaria, of the futility of
any attempt to avoid the fulfillment of
Hi- demands ma de upon them, anel co us*.'
them to take all the measures in their
powi'r for the repression of tho diuurb
anc* s in tlm Balkan peninsula, whi hi ".'in
only have the most serious consequences
*'i’ loth the Ottomen empire and I. ils'i
ria ”
Bulgarian Comment on .Note.
Sofia, Bulgarin, September 2-< -The
diplomatic agents of Russia and Austrin-
Hungary have informed the Bulgarian
government that they have been instruct,
ed to communicate that their govern
ments. in agreement with tho other great
powers, are resolved never to depart from
the published programme of reforms in
M icodonia, and that Bulgaria must -nt
count on any support for any other pur
pose. The agents further announced that,
the same declaration would be made al
Constantinople.
The imperial Ottoman commissioner has
informed the Bulgarian government that
tlie sultan has promulgated an iradc sanc
tioning the programme of reform which i -
to be carried out by a mixed commission
and that lie has deputed llilmi Pasha t ■
superintend the execution ut the pro
gramme with orders to suspend the peise
eution of the Bulgarians. As no indicaiion
is given concerning the constitution <n
the proposed mixed commission, or as t >
an amnesty of political offenders, demand
"d by Bulgaria, there is no disposition
hi re to believe that the negotiations will
b" etfcctlve.
When tne Turkish diplomatic agent this
morning communicat' d the sultan's irade
to Premier Peiroff the latter is r*q*.>r: *1
to have answered that so long as Turn- v
did not. withdraw her troops irom the
frontier and did not fulfill all her prom
ises, Bulgaria was justified in believing
that Turkey was talking merely for talk s
sake. The Sofia press refers tn the trail"
in similar terms and declines to consider
it seriously.
Notwithstanding reports to the con
trary, perfect tranquility, almost
proaching apathy, prevails tin*>ugh*".it
Bulgaria. There Is not the slightest out
ward evidence that the country is on
the verge of war. Evon tn military circles
there is no excitement, though unceasing
preparation is going on.
War the Only Solution.
The reports emanating from Turkish
quarters that, the government is in dan
ger of being carried away by popular ex
citement and that Bulgaria is likely to
take the first hostile steps, may be re
garded as ridiculous inventions. it is.
however, a fact that, all hope of good re
sults from tho Turkish promises of re
form has long disappeared and the feel
ing is growing that war is tho sole solu
tion to the Macedonian problem, the only
question being whether it will come this
autumn or be postponed until spring.
Preparations for the mobilization of tho
Bulgarian army have been carried out
witli singular completeness us to detail
and a declaration of war will find the
Bulgarians sufficiently prepar'd. The
equipment for the soldiers is ready. Large
quantities of ammunition are on hand i’ 1
ihe stocks of general supplies are remark
ably comprehensive. The appearance of
tlie troops and their soldierly qualities are
a revelation to foreigners.
The details of atrocities by the Turkish
troops :n Monastir daily reai-liing th,.
Bulgarian government, equal and even
exceed those already published.
According to unconfirmed reports, the
insurgents have captured the town of
M"luik 65 miles form Saloniea. Severe
lighting is also reported from the neigh
borhood of Nevrokop, while telegrams
from Burgas describe the pitiable condi
tion of the refugees who have arrived
there.
The insurgent general staff in the Mo
nastir vilayet has compiled an elaborate
report of events in the district of Kasto
ria between August 2 and September 12.
Jt comprises a list of twenty-four villages,
which were plundered. A great number
of houses were burned and 572 villagers
killed.
Please Go Away, Says the Porte
Constantinople, Thursday, September
25.—The porte lias expressed a wish for
the withdrawal of the American warship
now off Beirut, "so that the settlement
of tlie question before tlie I'nited States
and Turkey can be proceeded with.” It
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| is thought here that the United State*
j will not consent to withdraw het ships
Minister Leisiimai: lias arrang'd for a
! conference with the foreign minister.
Tewtik Pasha today.
Olli'ial circles take a calmer view "f
ti’.i- Balkan situation and advices from
Bulgaria point to a relaxation *f the
I tension.
—».—
i Want War Ships To Stay at Beirut
Washington. September 26.—Withdra wa I
i of the American war ships from 9* I:
■ seems unlikely for tho present, in ■. icv. of
■ a cablegram received at the siuie ib
‘ [ artment, from Minister Leishman tod
! at Constantinople, stating that although
: his advic* from Beirut indicate that :i -
■ situation is quiet just now, nothing i *ce
j permanent order has been establish"*!.
I Jt is indicated in Mr. Leishman’s cble.
! gram that the departure of the war ships
i might be the occasion for a renewal :
the -iots. This confirms the opinion bel'l
I here by state department officials th; ■
i th*' quiet at Beirut is due directly to tie’
i I res*'ni.'i' of Am* rican war ships *>ff th.,:
; port.
i Minister Leishman adds that the n- x
j governor of Beirut is tictivoly inaagur.it
' ing reforms there, tint that it is n*.»t .' *•’
he will lie able to handb the
situation «
Rear Admiral Cotton cables the navy
!*'[ art m* UI. und"r date <>!. Bcir,.i. .-
tembei 25, that Beirut is quiet and th;*:
tii*' ease of the American consul is st:.,
[■.ending. ‘
Still Slaughtering Them.
Monastir. Macedonia. Tuesday. Septem
ber 22, via Sofia, Bulgaria, September 25
Snow has failed on the higher mouniif'
ranges and th > refugees must either leav**
thcii itiding places or suffer the greates
The Turkish troops continue to slaugh
ter refugee.s who return to their former
hom*?s, at the invitation of the govern
irx-ui, who promised prot*' ‘-I'm. Nenr ’ f, <
Village of Zlatan, in the neighborhood **t
of them survive.:l ins wounds. The r* iu
gees working in a field They bound
their hands, drove them into a ditch • .
I massacred fourteen of the peasants. <>:■■
I of*them survived hi sw rinds. Tho roi
I gee women discovered the bodies an*:
i carried the survivor before th* l lieutenant
governor of Resna, who refused to hear
; their story.
i Cue hundred and tw-nty Bulg.'iri.im
: in* hilling four priests win* had L»‘m *■'<
I il- l by ti , Turkish nitb'i-li’es, left M *
j astir y 'l* relay.
Cause of the Rumors.
i Pltilippopolis. Bulgaria, So-ptember 26
The rumors current yesterday that Bul-
• garia. would send an ultimatum to Tur
I key setting forth that, link*s satisfm tor.
I assurances were received that the otto
I man troops would be wit* irawn imm*'-
; dintely from the B ilg '-rian Tr.mtior, Bui
! garia w**ui*l forth-xith mobiliz* »,*t w'
I army, were causeil by the mobiliz;*'ion <’i
j a regiment of engineers. I in- oivisiona
I headquarters her< aie inclined t*> regard
tlie situat
I preparations are being m i*l ■ for a ni";*:*■■
i force to i ike the field.
i Tho Bulgarian war offiio has rocelvei!
i information that in th*- event *q’ '
i ties the Turks will niak*- a *1 >sh ,'i’id on
, (h-avor to seize the Shioka T'uss, .ig.iin-':
' which contingen y strong Bulgari an
| forces are now held ir. readiness.
Committee on Reform.
Constantinople. September 25. -The com
position of the mixed commission to ieir: *
out the programme of tin- reforms m
Bulgaria was offioiall.*.- announced today.
11 ilini Pasha is president of i ■
sioti. and tlio other members are Klin
lissi Bri. president of th" munii-i * il e*rjn
eil of Salotiic i: Rikola R**hc*fT, Bulgarian,
and No .mi .Nikursuh. Gi* *k. b ull niem
il tiers n f th" court o: jus'iee at Monastir,
; i Nikos, Servian, member of the ourt f
i .iiistiie at L'skub. and Kut-o Yani, I: a
i maniitn.
The commission w ll sit temporarily at
Monastir. An irade ha been
I ordering the civil and military .luthorlties
■ I to ibev tin* commissi us.-. regulations.
I '
Bulgaria Has Only One.
j Sofia. September 26. -Tii" ;,er-. 'ir* ' of
| the sultan's new Macedonian * *mmissiou
| is alleged to be an indication of Ila Li-
. 1 Buigmian r*|*i'"S*Tit'l t i vc. Nikola IbT.eff.
. | sincerity of the porte's inteipions. The
i a ni' inber of the court of justice al Mon
i a st: r. : SO ' * rs * :* ml Im ’ ■ for
i many year;* an official of the Turkish
I gov rnment.
\ With the exception of llilmi Basba. in
| spector general, who is i*r sidcnt of the
i commis-ion. none of the others has an\
I promim ace or iutlu''tio". Tb.e fact that
i tlie Bulearian population ~f Mm-edonia
■ir given only on* representative t.-;
held to show that th*' porte lias not ac
cepted th*' demands made by tin' Sofia
I govet nment.
I N* 'g nd So
i fia are reported to be still proceeding
but liie situation appears to remain uni
changed.
In view of the f.'U't that tie powers
I decided to answer tin- Bulgari.-in note
I it Is doubted if n* xi w "k s nu- tmg Im
j tween tho czar and Emperor Francis
, Jos*'l*b will • ai'\ material "liang*
; of policy.
' The report th.it Centum Tehoim
I captor of Miss Elk'n M. Stone. > la ,| ;,.-. CP
i Tbe M icei’onian c*-nirnitt'es have
planned an imposing demonstration ’or
I tomorrow. I here will oe a requiem mass
I et tlie .'athi'dral, followed bv a [irom's
| slot: tbiough th.- streets, carrying blvk
| banners and portraits of the Macedonian
leaders who have been killed during the
insurrection.
Mobilization of Troops.
Saloniea. September 27 Tlie immediate
mobilization of the Adana, Angora. Kas
tamani and Kasairies divisions of the
army, totalling sixty-four battalions his
been ordered. Half of tl.*ese battalions
are expected to arrive within a week ami
the rest wll go to Adranople.
London, September 28.- Whilst there is.
little fresh news this morning from tin
I Balkans, It appears from the dlspaten'-;,
received here that I,nth Turkey and Bul
garia are actively preparing for the pos
sibility of war. The correspondent of Th*
Daily Mai] at Monastir comments on lite
skillful disposition of tlie Turkish troop,
for delivering a quick blow against either
Servin or 8..1ga: i:: There are 10.000 sol
diers in the vilay't or Kossovo. 70.000
men with 300 guns in A.ir.inople vilay t.
50,000 in Monastir vilayet and 170,000 in
Saloniea. the last mentioned force form
ing a huge reserve.