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?h® JL fioJ/® ioiA V->L - =^'^£^gßES^^THE<^£B^Jfiis^^W.T:"‘ ! |"l6 Pages | 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. ♦ •w •©••■o•'»•©•*' O •«» C» V PRISONER. EXPRESSED ® • ON REGULAR AVAYBILL • e » 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.” ® • © • • • © 0-© •• • 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 t ® • e » o-i-® ” 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.’’ • o-O-e-C S' •••■3 .•©«•« ©•♦»•••• o • ’ 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. ° o • ■.-e-.'S'.-e-’ ® . 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 Il 16 Pages || PRICE: FIVE CENTS. | 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.