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TWO THOUSAND
TURKS KILLED
«ffINS
Bloody Battle Between Turkish and
Bulgarian Troops at Demir Ka
pia—Both Sides Suffered
Severely—Refugees Are
Starving.
Salonica. October 4.—lt is reported
tha.t twenty Turkish villages in the
Razlog district have been burned.
The large village of Bonisko is said
to have been destroyed, and its 2,000
Turkish inhabitants killed.
Sofia, Bulgaria, October 4.—Serious
news has been received here from the
frontier of fighting between Turkish and
Bulgarian troops at Demir-Kapia, both
sides sustaining losses.
In official quarters all knowledge of tlm
affair is denied, but the clreumstane.ial
details given seem to indicate that there
is some foundation for the accounts of
the conflict. According to one report, the
Turks attacked the Bulgarian frontier
post. Another version says the Turks
pursued a number of refugees across
the frontier.
It is asserteTi that the Turks frequently
have attempted to provoke hostilities,
firing into Bulgarian territory and cross
ing the frontier to steal horses and
sheep.
The war office here is working at high
pressure and 24,000 recruits will be calk <1
out. Prince Ferdinand has sam tinned
numerous other measures of a warlike
nature. All the cavalry with the excep
tion of a single regiment, which Is t;i
tioned at Sofia, has been s* nt into the
frontier districts, where are al: n strong
forces of artillery. Vigorous efforts are
being made to prevent b.-inds from cross
in into Turkish territory. Two bands
which were sent back have reached Sofia
since yesterday.
Dispatches from the frontier received
at the revolutionary headquarters report
that the refug' -s j n the mountains are
in a terrible condition through their pur
suit by the Turks and cold and hung< r
Many tiro dying. Measures are being
taken here to relieve the worst cases of
suffering among the fugitives from the
frontii r districts. Madame Bahmeteff,
wife of the Russian agent here, Is taking
a prominent part in this charitable work
From Insurgent sources it is reported
that the Bulgarian vi.iag.-s of Obiditt ami
Kremen have belli pii aged and burned.
Many ol tin i Rant: wen slaught
cred. The Bulgarian quartet of Belitz.a
is in flaines. Seven hundred refugee.-;
ftoni Belitz.a ate reported to have ix-.-n
kill' d m a i urkish ambuscade near
Hamakoff, jir >yinco of Kirk-Kilisse.
Austria and Russia’s Instructions.
Vienna, October 4.—As an outcome of
the conf' rem e between the czar and Em
peror Francis Joseph at Mucrzsteg. the
governments of Austria and Russia have
sent the following identical telegram to
the ambassadors of those countries in
Constantinople. The telegrams were
couched in the following terms:
"You were recently instructed to de
clare that Austria-Hungary and Russia
adhere I , the task of pa ideation which
they have undertaken and are resolved
to pursue with the programme drawn
up at the .ginning of the year, notwith
standing tiie difficulties hitherto opposed
to its execution. For Indeed, while on
the one hand the revolutionary commit
tees have provoked disturbances and de
terred tin- Christian population of the
three vilayets from cooperation in the
execution of the reforms; on the other
hand, the representatives of the sublime,
port'- entrust.ai wiili their application
have been gcm-raily wanting in the nec
essary z.eal and have not I• • u imbued
with the idea which inspired these meas
u res.
"Both powers are united in the determi
nation to sh..w Hilt it is their firm re
solve to insist on the execution In their
entirety in .heir reforms, wr.ieh was ac
cepted by th, porte and win-I; are cal
culated to guarantee general security. Jn
tills conm tern ym, wi p ic-,ivi. detailed
instructions with eit delay
"While tiie powers re ognlze to the lull
tin paries right and duty to suppress
the disorders fostered by tile insurrection
ary a.tlt 111 n ol the M a ■ ,F ...t commit
tee, they, at tm same time, deplore the
fact that this suppr-ssi-m w. m.omp.i-
1S YOUR STOMACH ON A STRIKE?
There Is Nothing- To Prevent You
Employing a Substitute To
Do Its Work.
th* "> is such a thing as forbearance
ceasmg to be a virtue even In the case
of one-.. stomach. There Is no question
but that some stomachs will stand a
sr<"-at .1.1 more w,ir and tear and
abuse than others, but they al] have
their limit, and when that limit is
i *.a, 1.. .. the stomach must be reckon*•I
with as sure as fate. The best way and
really the only effective way to treat
your stomach when it r<b. Is is to em
ploy a substitute to do its work. This
will give the w. ikemd and worn-out
organ an opportunity to rest and regain
Its strength and health.
Si cart’s Dyspep.-ia Tablets reliov • the
s.-mi.i -h of its work by taking up the
work and doing it Just as one set or shift
of workmen relieves another Th v
,-ietu.illy digest ill.- t ■..»! j n just the same
manner and just the same time as the
dig. stive fiubls of a sound stomach do.
In fact, when dissolved in the stomach,
they are l ig tiv< fluids, for they con
tain exactly the same constituents and
el-ntents as the gastric juice and other
digestive fluids of the 'tomach. Na mat
ter whit tin- condition of the stomach
is. their work is just the same. They
work in their own natural way without
regard to surrounding conditions.
The stomach being thus relieved by
Stuart's Dysp, psia Tabb ts, is restored
and renewed by Nature and the r< si of
the human body does not suffer in the
least by reason of its failure to perform
Its work.
A Wisconsin man says: "I suffer. I th-'
pangs of dyspepsia fur ten years. I
tried every known remedy with indif
ferent results until I was told of the re
markable cures of Si-.iart's Dyspepsia
Tablets. I bought a box. began taking
them and forgot I had a stomach. Three
hoys cured me conipb t. ly I li-iv. had
no trouble whatever for a year and have
an appetite like a harvest hand and can
cat anything tli.it is set before me with
out fear of bad results."
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale
by al! druggists it 50c a box. The drug-,
pi<t never fails to have them in stock,
be. ans. the demand for them Is so great
and so pronounced that ho cannot af
fo'd to be without th-m. People who
< ould not got them of "lie druggist would
go to another and would get in the habit
of buvlng tin ir other drugs there as
well as their Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
nled by r excesses and cruelties from which
the peaceful inhabitants suffered. It,
therefore, appears to them to be their
urgent duty to cony: to the assistance of
the victims of thefce regrettable occur
rences and the above mentioned instruc
tions will acquaint you with the details
of the humanitarian action which they
deem necessary with the object of sup
porting the inhabitants who have been
deprived of all means of existence, facil
itating their repatriation and restoring
the villages, churches and schools de
stroyed by lire.
"The Austro-Hungarian and Russian
government entertain the firm hope that
their <ontiniied endeavors to establish a
lasting peace in the sorely tried provinces
Will attain their object and they are con
vinced that their impartial advice will
1,.. heeded by all to whom it is addressed
in their own interests.
"By command of his majesty, my au-
C ist ni'ister. 1 request you to communi
ty. the foregoing to the Ottoman gov
j m-nme-.it. after yon have arrived at an
■ understanding with your Russian (or Aus
trian! colleague, who has received identi
cal instructions."
Pest and Cholera Threatening.
Constantinople, October 3.—The censor
has now given leave to the newspapers
to print news from Macedonia, a measure,
calculated to stir up warlike feeling and
blood thirst. Thousands of peasants are
wandering the streets, going from one
ministry to the other, begging to be
admitted to audience with the sultan.
The ministers of war, it appears, or
dered their horses to be confiscated for
the use of the army, though without
horses the harvesting work cannot be
performed. Worse sfil), the peasants got
only 1 O. Us. for their draft animals,
redeemable when the sultan shall have
money.
I Altogether Constantinople is getting to
! boa more dangerous place to live in ev-
I erv day; there is not only prospect ol a
Christian massacre, but the war office
■ has s: ripped tin hospitals •■'f instruments,
medicines, nurses and every known p-ita-
i ph'-rnal: i need*' I for the rick. I; chol-
I era or the pest should invade Constan-
J tinople, which is not at all unlikely at
i this time of the year, the state of un
; preparedness would be appalling.
, For the last two days atrocious trophies
■ ■ c . onian ma w< re ex
hibited in one of the principal carp t
; There was the cut-off head of an in
surgent captain, stuck on a pike, also
■ that of his wife and boy. The latter
may have been 12 or 14 y. al's old. The
j head of the woman represented a young
1 person with an exquisitely formed nose
. ; .i mout li. iin the forehead was the ini-
I print "f a hobnailed boot in re 1. it
I looked as if the perpetrators of this tiond
ish '-rime bad been wading in blood.
Cither trophies kept ti'-ar were a bot
‘ tie of nitro glycerine and two bombs.
Grove’s Chronic Chill Cure
i cures the chills that other chill tonics
' don't cure. Made of tin- following fluid
: extracts: Peruvian Bark, Black Root.
, Jc-.plar Bark Prickly Asli Bark. Dog
I We-'d Birk, and Sarsaparilla. Th •_ B< t
I General Tonic. No Cure. No Pay. 50c.
KING PETER’S
NEW CABINET
] Belgrade. Servla, October 4.—A now
j cabinet has been formed witli tiie follow
i ing as its b-ading numbers:
■ Premier, Gemial Gruics. for.ign min
! ister, Andria Nikolics; interior minister.
i Stojan I’roties. ami war minister, Colo
i nel Amlrejevies.
Previous dispatches- from Belgrade said
i that at King Peter's request the cabi
net would resign, but the ministers would
■ remain in office until the meeting of
■ the national assembly. The precise rea
i sons for their resignations were not
' given, but the change is apparently due
to differences of opinion regarding the
oolicv which should bo adopted toward
the regicides. Gem ral Grilles was men
i tioned for the probable new premier.
CZAR’S CURIOUS GALLERY
TO CHECK DISOBEDIENCE
St. Petersburg. October 3.-The czar is
i certainly trying hard to introduce re
! forms in his empire. He has now ordered
iliat every criminal sent to Sachnlin be
photographed for him at the time of
arrest, upon his arrival on the island,
an 1 every three months afterwards until
’i" returns liotne. Thus Nicholas wants
to learn, whether his orders against shav-
■ Ing half the head and against the appli
; cation of the knot are carried out.
Ttiis album is now b. ing prepared by
: the minister of the interior, at whose
office the groat book was shown to your
correspondent. The pictures taken at tile
time of aiT' -t generally show a pooriy
nourished, shy and brutal individual, in
the mxt photo, however, (arrival at.
S n hallnl, the unhappy p< rson looks
quite content'd, and in toe third an i
tit h< lias put on flesh, binking as
':i:">ny -.:nl pr spereus as a farmer own
ndred acres, ft f mortg ige.
::M h.’virg SIO.OOO in the bank. l-lv.d> ::F
ly Russia n officials have brought "trick"
phot mraph.v to a high state oi perfec
-1 tion. and the ezar will be a< wise as be-
POPE ISSUES ENCYCLICAL.
Commemorates Leo XIII and Is En
tirely Religious in Tone.
i Rome. October 3.-The Osservatore
Romano publishes tonight the text of an
encyclical by Popo Pius X commemorat
' Ing- Leo NTH. The encyclical, the first
issued by Pope Pi ts. Is entirely religious
l in tone. The most important and inter
i esting part is as follows:
"We proclaim that wo have not in the
-■ ipremt pontificate attv otl’- r programme
t'ci'i t i gather -ill things in Flirlst. so
that Christ shall be all in ali. There
will not be lacking those, who. measuring
diviim things bv human laws, will try
to di- over what are the secret Interns
of our soul. Wo s-iy to them that we <lO
not wish to bo. and with Livin'- aid. shall
not be for human society other than
he minister of God, of whoso authority
■... ■■ :> • :■ dtory. The lnt< rests of
God shall bo our interests, for whi. h we
are determined to spend all o ir strength,
and i’fe itself, if it were asked, tn order
that W" mav gather til things in Christ."
His holiness recommends the education
■of the young particularly by the clergy,
and ' xpr<tiie wish that Catholic so
cieties may spread in the cities and
through the country and give an example
of Christian life. Ho declares that
obedience to the laws and submission to
the government are the duty of all
■ citizens.
The encyclical closes thus:
"it is .-.. i-lent that the church insti
tuted by Christ must enjoy full and en
tire indep'-nilenec."
Twin Bearing Extraordinary.
Nev York, ('.-tobi’r 3. Mrs. John Beam.
: of Mit.-hellsville. N Y.. 65 years of
rt h to t wins Her
daiight'-r. who lives in the neighboring
tow:-hip. pn d It. r husband witli
twin- .'iho’it th' same hour. Before con
, grat a’..:i i-<ns wore tint lied, Mrs. Beam's
ter sent word that she had
i::.--t -loi’omo tiie mother of two h-althy
I children.
David Nation Is Dead.
; Wiehit-j. Kansas. October 3.—David
: Nation, divor. ■ 1 husband of Mrs. Carrie
I Nation, died this afternoon at Medicine
I Lodge.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1903.
SPECULATION RM UP
THE PRICE,
In Two Days the Bull Leader Forced
th s September Option Up 200
Points —For First Time Mar
ket Is Absolutely Cor
nered.
New York, September 29.—(Special.)—
With September cotton at an advance of
145 points for the day and over 200 in
two days and likely to go higher and
with news of private settlements 100
points higher, the New York cotton ex
change today saw the culmination of the
most successful carried out corner in
cotton in the history of this market, a
corner which has made for W. P. Brown,
of New firleans, the leader, at the least
calculation between $7,000,000 and
$8,000,000 oti the September option alone.
The present bull movement in cotton
has been a. great one in cotton history.
It began over a year ago. when Theo
j dore JI. Price started the movement. The
outcome of Mr. Price’s campaign has
been problematical. Some have said
tiiat he lost, others that he got out in
time.. Today, in one hour, cotton rose
over $3 a bale, because the mon who had
on the tin cry that the corner wouldn’t
hold, sold cotton by thousands of bales,
were not able to find it to i>uy to make
the deliveries they had contracted to
mnk:.- tomorrow';!n<i hail to buy it off the
men to whom the;, mid previously sold
it. In order to prevent the market ris
ing to absolutely ruinous figures many
of thes? have made . ettieni'-nts within
! tin- past two days at figures a cent a
: pound above Hie market rate, one nouse
I In particular paying $lO a bap! more
; titan what they sold short for some time
• ago. J'-or the first time in the history
| of cotton selfing on a world-wide basis
tie mark.-t is .lOsoiut'-iy cornereA, it tne
. market tells the truth.
■ Brown was on the floor of the exchange
ail day t-.i1.-ty. When seen and asked
’ to shy something, lie only replied:
' "If you want to know what has been
' done in cotton just look at the market
i I hate nothing to say.”
Opening at 11.70, tast night's closing.
' cottcji sold at 12 cents on tile call. After
It ,-i;!■■ ,nc'-d 10 and 15 points at a time
! unti: 13 cents w..s rem-tied. I’ausing
■ lor a moment, it again moved up, touch-
■ mg 13.08, compi'i'd wltii i! 12. the clos
ing pin ■ ■ of 1.- st Saturday. This repre-
: ‘ ills .-’.n advance of 190 points for tile
two days or about $9.80 a. b.ib . Rumors
j have been cir.-ulnted 'noth today and yvs
. terday ~f priv.-, :. s--tth meniat the high
'. prices and most In the trade believe the
! flurry pretty well over. The advance
in September had naturally alarmed the
; sb >rls in the oil: r posiilons, but the
: ao'xam-ing tend. :-'-y bus b en checked by
i the high movement, ind , osier southern
' spot i.airkets. .ind this morning months
; Inter than September ruled more or less
- ■ ir. but on the ,-iverage a little
under last night's ciosing.
rite .e: :; i'i'-ut attei'ding th" effort, of
th- September shorts to even up their
; commitments !,, for" noon tomorrow
when trailing in that option ceases, uid
not measnrai'ly abate, as the session
. juogresseii, though tim fluctuations as
, ter midday W'.ie naturally i ss violent.
■ A ‘ the h -he.-t S' : : till- r seal at 13.20
and closed :it that tig t-e or nt a net ad
va.-i'e of 150 poi'atr. The speciilattve na-
■ .' ’ ■ , "I’m In Sept ember
evident :,y tin i.Tianco of tiie list,
whieh. in spite of milter less favorable
crop weatln r and bullish crop report at
i midday '-ifliiu' <l to fluctuate below last
j night's find;-. Tim closing was barely
: —icy at a net de.dine of 7016 points
Sales i s i:n:ited .at 400.000 bales.
'l'ii'' loctii market for spot cotton was
marked up 175 points to 13 cents tn
omp.itliy with the advance In Scptetn
' her.
COOKER SPREAD DEATH.
Many Killed and Maimed by Distil
lery Explosio:-.
Peoria. Ills.. October 3.—0n0 of the
immense cookers in toe main building
of the Corning Distilling Company’s plant
expl '.led this morning', killing several
of the employees, maiming many more
and w--,. r-ki g that portion of the dis
tillery.
Tiie wr.-cka -did not take fire and the
firem.cn who had bc.'n summon"d assisted
the distillery cmjdoy". s, who had escaped,
in the res, im of timir less fortunate
w.irkmcn. i'n- 01.. ris :: <'' ! ■-ntri'. -
i .-lime al),ml 20 I'e in <1 i:ini":<-r and 80
fC'-t in length us- .i in <■ -oking tiie mashes.
■ H is pri -um'-d .: vat-mim was fornn-d and
when th,- slmim wa.s turned on to cook
t.,'.l:iy- mash the < xplosion follow'd.
'l’ii,, cook' r was burled through the north
: wail of iln- '.oar-stovy structure, a dis
l.-im-e of 250 fe-t. Tito entire north wall
tiie distillery was blown down, the
south amt ' .'st w ills were l.adiy dama-:ed
ami the wrei-k.-i) ■ was seatt red all over
tiie ... Lili-' rlmod Th- distillery mm
ag. ment . stim it ■ their loss at fully $75.-
. 000.
Savannah Has Large Fire.
j Savannah, (la.. October 3. (Special.)—
S:iv:u n: li was visited t 'night by the most
| disastrous tire it has suffered in years,
i The loss fell upon but one concern,
I J,dm Rourke's iron works and marine
i railway, but it wa.s severe. Mr. Rourke
i himself am oiiim, s his loss as being $125,-
! 000. with insurance a littie short of SSO.-
■ 000
The Dre started, or was discovered, at
8:40 o'clock. Forty minutes before, the
i night watchman l-.ad made his rounds, and
found nothing amiss. Win n he saw fliQ
flames tln-y were bursting through tiie
: roof of the casting room.
To Tiiose Xot Well
| Dr. Shoop’s Restorative
On 30 Day’s Trial.
I’ -r a t ill month you ran use my Rostnra
ti\e. 1 to take the entire risk. Not a free
r ;.:: N- ith. r is it philnnthi op\ . Nut somr
, li’ir.g ba nothing just this 1 found away
D • ur-\ oven de<i’ s.-Ht-.1, difficult, or pe
culiar tils, is. Dr. Shoop’s cures
1 I • .1 n- w n;»’th d. It goes dir. ut to the
. lALSE of li.*ea«e-the inside nerves 1 am
■ the only phxf-leion that treats this wuv -
thr.’Ugh th.-, mrves it is MY discovery, my
i pr. -. i !| ti >n- Dr. Si: It. storativc ■ that
t -.. s this so surely, is so certain, that I am
able to sa\ tu th- c-l •!;. us- It a month and
!1- f-; y..JIS'If. That should prove MY con
iLs !'-■ Y ii •. I KNOW what it can do. I
i fs- i though, than you would be-
I li-v.-.
dj ; sst r- '"i-'ls si xv that I failed in only
! ea -m F’.it : i’lich t-.rt V. Just, think of
that. 39 I-: !, and i-aio g’.itlly. an d the for
tieth had no expuns-. That is a record I am
proud of.
llow tn Secure Trial Treatment.
Write mo and simply ask for the book you
re--1. a ] <■.-. il will do. I will arrange
wi'.h a dru.Lu'.'U r ar yon. so that you can
secure six bottlus of Pr. Shoop's Restorative
to mak»- thf tea:. St nd me no mon* y. You
<;. al with yoiiu ; ul ui.--, runi'-mbor. Use the
Restorative a full month- then decide. If it
the < ’.a t • you is $5 50. if it fails I
will have rhe druggist bill the cost to me.
C- ull anything be more fair?
| ’l’> d-dry, m-'p'.ts lo forget. Write now.
■ while you have it In mind This is irnpor
j tant.
! S'tnplv state which ‘
■ von want and l " ,P I'";" ''
„ Ire's- Hr ghnen I"><>K 3 on the Kidneys.
<. I 'dT Uno nL 1,0 " k 4 f'ir women.
1 w « 1M8 ’ Eacine ’ Book 5 for Men (sealed).
Book S on Rheumatism.
; Mihl cases, not chronic, are often cured with
I one or two bottles. At druggists.
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never
Suspect It.
To Prove What the Great Kidney Remedy, Swamp-Root, Will
Do for YOU, Every Reader of The Weekly Constitution May
Have a Sample Bottle Sent Absolutely Free by Mail.
It used to be considered that only urinary and
bladder troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly all
diseases have their beginning in the disorder of m
these most important organs.
The kidneys filter and purify the blood—that is II i| Il jj $
their work. I lletlt i
Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out B J II | Vi
of ctder, you can understand how quickly your JJ. n || n
entire body is affected, and how every organ seems f/
to fai) to do its duty.
If you are sick or "feel badly." begin taking the
pi-i'til kidney remedy, Dr. Kilmers Swamp-Root,
- - - «
lu-lp all the oilr.-p organs to health. A trial will
convince any one. iM|l
W' .ik and unhealthy kidneys are resnonsible for firryx rsvo r-hr-e'fii
r. kinds of diseases, and if permitted lb con- S H Aiili "KuO 1 I IsfWg
tiniic much suffering with fatal results are sure Jpj'j Cldacr , u , er Bum
to follow. Kidney trouble irritates the n'Tvcs ,:i^|| CUSS.
ni.-ik« s yon dizzy, iq iifi <, sleepless and irritable. . 'c'&jL emtwom. ; h'&1«
Maios you pass water often during the (|.iy and i-xwnfuu or Rfw-r FJhfe'
, , . . ■ • . Hy’i r -j-tli and at '.tcdUwo. I
oblig- Lo you to get up many times during the night. .'fej ctu-iren»c«--.c-:ord:njrtv«,r»-
I mj'-.lthy kidneys cause rheumatism, gravel, ca- I.Kl!'
terrh of the bladder, pnin or dull ache in the back, 'ijAil j
joints ami muscles; makes your head ache and | c , u | • fes
lack ache, causes indigestion, stomach and liver j
trouble, you got a sallow, yellow complexion,
m.-'ki • von feel as though vou had heart trouble; i-ra'oro ""'I j
"’'Mip Drigbt’e wblrn lueH I
veil rniv hove pl<nt\* of ambition, but no strength; n.F-Actwdn. vc.‘»wse. 4
get w<ak and waste away. t ri!LT ov J
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tiire for Swamp-Root is the most perfect healer tJiSj:
l. gentle aid to tin kidneys that is known to
m. di' seien.o, ' --- f
If H ere is any doubt in your mind as to your
coii'.rtjon, take from your urine on rising about ‘
four < nnct's. pl.ie<- i: in u -in: oi • -■ • 1 J—
s. nd twenty-four hours. If on examination it is
’< lit y u ' '« > • ‘S’ settling, or (Swamp-Root Is pleasant tn takn.)
if small particles float about in it, your kidneys
.ir<‘ in need of immediate attention.
Swarnp-Root is plea.-ant to take and is used ia| yng-uiar lifty-cent and ♦me
th* hading hospitals, recommended by physicians i foliar size bottles at ■ne drug
ii; hir privao- ip-- -• -i ’* i stores everywhere. Don’t make
them; < Ives who have kidney ailments, because ;lll y mistak •, but remembt r the
they r< rognis- m i. . ~ ’’ n 1 hf ( ; name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kil-
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If \ou are already convinced that Swamp-; address, Diughainton, N. ¥..
Root is. what you med, you can purchase the on every bottle.
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Swamp-Root, and containing many of the thousands upon thou ands of testi
monial letters rec -ived from rm n and women who -iw- their good health, in fact
their very lives, t-» the great curatl e properties of Swamp-Root. In writing to
Dr. Kilmer (’o., Binghamton. N. Y., b< sure to say you read this generous offer
in The Atlanta W< - kiy Constitution.
BEMWCTOTR
CONSPItt
Scott. Towers, Who Has Charge of
Substation iv Washington,
Also Indicted and Post
master Merritt Is
Dismissed.
Washington, October I.—The grand
jury of flhe supreme court of the District
of Columbia today brought, in three more
indictments In connection with the post
offioe' department Investigation. Ono
w.-iq n joint lii'li -tnicnt againS't George
W. Beavers, former chief of the salary
and allowance division ol' tiie postoffice
department, and State Senator George A.
Green, of Binghamton, N. Y. This in
dictment charges that they entered into
a conspiracy to defraud the government.
This, it is alleged, they accomplished in
the sale of time clocks, from which sale
they were enabled to reap a reward be
cause of Mr. Beavers’ connection with
the department by which the clocks were
purchased. The former indictment
against Beavers and Green Charged con
spiracy against the United States.
The other two Indictments were against
Scott Towers, who has charge of one
of the principal subpostoft’tco stations in
this city. He is accused of having re
ceived a commission On the sale of book
typewriting machines to the government
In contravention of sections 1781 and
1782 of the revised statutes, which pro
hibit officers or employees of the United
States government from receiving other
compensation than their salaries for
procuring contracts from the government
or for services rendered.
The present grand jury will adjourn
finally next Monday and the expecta
tion is that a number of other post
office indictments will be returned on
that day.
Immediately after receiving Informa
tion of the indictment of Towers, the
postmaster general issued an order to
I‘astmaster Merritt, of Washington, dis
missing him from office.
EDUCATORS ARE TO GATHER
State Superintendents of South Come
To Exchange Ideas.
State superintendents of education
from all over the south will meet in
Atlanta on Tuesday to exchange ideas
in regard to th* education of young
southerners and the laws pertaining to
public schools.
The convention was arranged by the
superintendent of education of Missis
sippi and the place of meeting selected
by State School Commissioner Merritt,
Os Georgia.
'Die state school commissioners and
state superintendents of education of
the following states have been invited
and It is expected nearly all of them
will attend:
Mississippi, Louisiana. Alabama, Ar
kansas, Tcnm s-'.’e. North and South Car
olina and Florida.
The convention will meet at one of the
Atlanta hotels, the place not having
been as yet selected, and will probably
remain in session several days.
Commissioner Merritt is quite enthu
siastic over the meeting, and beiiCves
that, a gr.-.it deal of good for the cause
of education in the states represented
pt. the convention will result.
The state superintendents will prob
ably form a permanent organization and
niay meet in Atlanta every year, as
this is th« most centrally located city in
the territory.
DIED ON PASSENGER TRAIN.
Brigadier General Carlin. Retired,
Dies Suddenly.
T.ivingst'in, Mont.. October 4.—Brigadier
General W. r. Carlin, I'. S. A., retired,
died on an eastbound Northcn Pacific
train today while coming over the moun
tains just west of tills city. General
Carlin was en route to Omaha to visit
friends, and had taken the train at
Spokane.
KICK AGJIHST PRICE
OF COTTON,
At the Meeting of the Factory Asso
ciation President Walmsley De
nounces Gambling in Sta
ple—Cotton Manufactur-
ing in the South.
Lenox. Mass., September 30.—When
President Herbert E. Walmsley, of New
Bedford, today called to order the semi
annual meeting of the New England
Cotton Manufacturers' Association nearly
200 members were present. The princi
pal Item of a routine was the presenta
tion of the address of the president. The
secretary and treasurer do not report at
this session. In bis address President
Walmsley urge! the young men in the
association to come to the front and
assume their share in the work of the
association. Ho referred to the unsat
isfactory condition of the cotton trade at
the present time and said tiie last few'
months had been one of the most diffi
cult periods ever < xp■■i-icneed
The prevailing qui< thde in the ti
h- said, has undoubtedly been intensi
fied by the raw material situation.
"It is a deplorable circumstance that
the pernicious practice of cornering such
a necessary staple as cotton should be
possible, demoralizing and paralyzing for
the time being an Industry of such im
mense wealth to the nation as that of
cotton manufacturing, throwing out of
employment and reducing to the verge
of starvation tne thousands of famill'-s
whose very existence is dependent upon
the continued and steady operation of
tiie factory where they find employment.
The baneful influence of this speculative
manipulation of cotton is a matter for
serious concern and for which tlhcfo
can be no justification whatsoever.
"The force of these considerations
should surely be sufficient to Justify some
concerted and united action towards put
ting a stop to the gambling operations
which inflict such widespread suffering
■and injury upon so many and such im
portant interests.'
In referring to cotton manufacturing in
the south Mr. Walmsley said:
"We warmly congratulate the south on
the groat development of its natural
and industrial resources. There is surely
ample room for botli north and south.
The supremacy of cotton manufacturing
in New' England, in my opinion, will
continue to be unassailable."
Following the president’s address pa
pers were read on various technical
subjects.
A motion was made requesting repre
sentatives nt Washington to give all pos
sible Information regarding the ni < .1 of
foreign countries in the cotton market.
This is understood to indicate that the
New England m.i;iuf:i<-tur,Ts will pay
more attention than hitherto to (he ex
portation of cotton goods.
It was voted that any member of the
association may on tiie payment of SIOO
be exempt from all future dues. The af
ternoon was devoted to drives to points
of interest near Tz-nox.
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED:
TWENTY-EIGHT INJURED
St. Paul. Minn.. October 3. -The little
town of St. Charles, in Winona county,
was almost completely wiped out by .a
tornado this afternoon. Siver.il people
were killed and twenty-eight were injur
ed, many of them seriously.
The Dead.
JOHN EHENS. SR
WILLIAM I'IBENS. his son
WILL ADAMS.
OSt 'A R <' R ITT EXD F. N
GEORGE JESSON
ED Ml'lll’ll Y.
ED PETERS, of Dover. Minn.
Tiie stricken village is .iltog. tiler cut
off from wire communication The en
tire main strget of the town was literal y
wiped out. hardlv a business pt:,,,' bein'.*
left standing, b’orty-two residences al. e
v. .1 <■ (ice t rov <-<l. and the to( il propertv
damage is estiinaied at SIOO,OOO.
TREASURER ROBERTS
MAKESJtfPDRT
During the Fiscal Year Just Closed
the Total Receipts Were $560,-
396,674, and the Total Ex
penditures Were $506,-
099,007.
Washington. September 30.—Ellis 11.
Roberts, treasurer of the United States,
has submitted to Secretary Shaw his te
port on the condition of the treasury
June 30, 1903. and its operations during
the past fiscal year. The total net rev
enue for the year was $560,396,674, an
increase of $38,988,439 over the year pro
ceeding, and the total expenditures $560,-
099,007, an increase of $35,782,034.
The surplus was $4,297,667, as com
pared with $91,287,375 in 1902. In the
receipts there was an increase of upward
of $30,000,000 from customs, and a fall
ing off of over $41,000,000 from internal
revenue, the latter being the result of
legislation enacted witli that object. <7’i
the side of the expenditures tliere was
an increase in every important account,
except pensions ami interest, in which
there were slight, savings. 'Die expendi
tures for the two military d. partments,
which together amounted to $191,237.-
554, forming by far the. heaviest outlay
for any single purpose, were upward of
$21,000,000 greater than tiie year before.
Tiie aggregate income, including beside
tiie rovenucs, the receipts from bonds,
notes and coin certificates, was $1,211,-
394.C97, and tile aggie g.i" outgo $1,122,-
647,665. At the 'lose of th" yea t tile
ti’easury held 5893.0G8.839 in gold and
sliver on deposit against outstanding cer
tificates and treasury notes beside the
$150,000,000 in gold which forms the re
serve against United States notes.
Treasurer Roberts places the monetary
stock of the country on June. 30, 1903.
including gold and silver, United States
not. s, treasury notes ami natlowil bank
notes, but not certifi'eat, s, at $2,688,149.-
621, an increas" of 8124,882.963- for Hie
year. The in cease in gold was $60,1 31.-
401, and in national bank notes $56,998,-
559.
The total estimated stock of gold was
$1,252,731,390; constituting rte.iriy 47 per
cent of the whole. Tin goal in th- It-is
ury amounted to $631,420,789. utter i.
gain of $71,220,480 in twelve months.
During the year SI 26.715,723 in gold was
deposited at tiie mints and .-i-s:iy I'i.- es.
O: til" receipts from c’.istort.s at the port
of New York, constitution 67 far c nt of
the whole. 88 pc:- cent were in gold- Tbc
proportion of gold at other ports i-: a out
80 per cent.
Tiie imports of gold were $44,892,027,
and the exports $<17,090,595.
The increaS" of tin money in circula
tion during Hie year was SI 2 1.740.752, ot
which $59,776,462 was in gold and gold
certlflcati and $54,520,193 in national
bank notes. The shai-- of money lor
each per-'in increased 89 cents and the
proportion of gold to tin? whole ros- io
42 per cent. tin. highest i::tio ever re, nd
*-<i. There has been a continual incr< tis-.i
in the proportions of paper currency of
the denominations of SIO ind under in
circulation, but tiie growth hardly keeps
pace witli tiie demand. Th- supply can
lie increased if congress will authorize the
issue of gold certificates for $lO and re
move the i-csti-i'-'.ion on the issue of $5
notes by national banks. To meet tiie
constant pressure i-'-quir'-s strenuous <■'■-
fort. ’Die national bank notes preseut
i-d for redemption d'lri-ig th year
amounted to 5196.429,621. or 51 per .-ent
of the average outstanding. The figures
show that the tens an,l t-venti' s remain
in circulation longest.
A Guaranteed Cure for Files.
Hching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding
Piles Your druggist will refund your
money if PAZO (HNTME.NT fails to cure
you. 50 cents.
CAME NEAR BEING A BIOT.
Prompt Action of Judge Henry Pre
vented Trouble.
Rome, Ga., October 3.—(SpO'ial.)—An
incipient riot was quelled in the court
house this morning only by the prompt
ami vigorous intervention of Judge \V. M
Henry and court officials.
Jlles Watson and Sam Heard. both
colored, were on trial, charged with as
sault and battery upon the person of
Sam Baihy, also color'd. Bailey is in
jail charged with assault upon the per
son of a negi" gi'-i. all parties livin :
as near neighbors In this county. It
ems that ■■ ■■ ■ ■ . ■ - ' ■ tit to
place Watson and H'.trd v.-er- v. :y much
outraged and. taking the law into their
own hands, adminlst.-red a terrible whip
ping upon Bailey. They are said to have
stripped tile negro. sti'Hiieil him a-ioss
a log anu literally thrashed his hide into
strips. Afterwards, when Hailey was
arrested, he charged tiie negroes with
assault ami battery, and they were put
in jail.
This morning when their cases were
called il seems that a god many of th, ir
friends, who evidently sided with them
in the whipping episo.l , wore in til -
court room, and when Watson and Heard
w?.re Brought in pandemonium ia ok ■
loose.
Cries of "Turn them loose, turn them
loose, I'lu-y did right," "Re.- tie them."
etc., were heard on all sides, ami for t
lew moments it lookeil like th re would
be serious trouble. It is stated that
both whites and colored joined in the
' Before anything like a rush could bo
made for the prisoners, Judge Henry was
upon his feet demanding that the sheriff
and bailiffs present restore order. This
was done with considerable difficulty and
with tiie assistance of several members of
the bar.
When order was finally restored tiie
cases proceeded to their conclusion, but
the court officers were on the alert for
any further trouble. Judge IHnry was
very indignant over the mob spirit shown
and expressed himself in no unmeasured
words concerning it.
MARSEILLES BLAGUE RIDDEN.
Authorities Who Sought To Suppress
Fact. May Be Jailed.
Marseilles, October 3.—The authorities
that tried to hush up the existence of the
plague are liable to be indicted ami sent
to Jail for long terms. President Loubet's
commissary will prosecute them in per
son ami leave no stone unturned to pun
ish the guilty. 'Die plague was Intro
duced from Asin Minor ami the health
authorities fear that ('enstantinople v il
likewise receive a vis’i from tiie Ar id
disease. It is estini-ited that in the liar
her districts over 300.000 rats were killed
since the arrival of the Paris commis
sioners. Tile plngm ship was harm 1
to tiie water's e.lg. . til :: l iken out to
sea amid, .strove ; by nanilte, where
upon the wooden planks w.-e gati'.er.d
up ami likewise b-.irm i. Sinuiit im-•• is
ly the city has been forerd to expend a
million ol francs for cleaning ;i p tiie
most neglected | orilons ~f Marseiil, <_
The anti-plague s.rum is doing worn!, -.q
work. Not ,i s r.gle one of the as, ~i
persons has died so far.
MANY CONVICTS ARE TAKEN
Commissioners Will Meet Tuesday
far Conference.
The new < nxi.fi law win p discussed
and consider' I T-.ieso.ix b? t h-- i .<
prison eommis'ion and the .-ommFsj.p
’ cf roads ami revenues of (he x i
rlous counties of (he state winch luxe
chosen <-onv!ets insle Id ~f niom x Ml !
lhe provL-.hms of (hr act.
I mh r the now law a county may elect
EISJBLE TO ILK
INSPECTOR JORDAN CRIPPLED WITH
IN ELAMMATORY RJIE UJIAUS M.
A City Official of Lynn, Mass., Tells
How He Was Cured by Dr.
Williams’ Pink Pills.
There Is scarcely a city or village from
th<- Atlantic to th'.- Pacific whb-b has not
its quota of rheumatic '-ripples. 'l'l- t
much of their suffering and inconv. ni
ence is unnecessary is proven by the fact
that a speeilic has been found for rheu
matism in all Us forms, a remedy tlx -.’
has i-ure l ( Xtremely stubborn case:-. 'I Im
statement of a r<C'-nt cure should g, -
encouragement to the most hopeless suf
serer.
Charles F. Jordan, of No. 7 New Chat
ham street, Lynn. M-ss.. insp-ctoi "
sewer construction in that city tor many
years was for a long lime aifin teil wd
mfianimatory rheumatism in ills feet,
which made him unable to walk
"It is hardly nee'-.-.sary to say teat ) ■
condition was extremely p-iiniu!.
says. "The rheumatism s.-tlb-d in
joints and made me heipl'-ss so fa r
walking was concern'd. The skin -i"
very tender ami sore and J d
nies eV'-ry time 1 had an attack.
"My sister-in-law advised me to try
Dr." Williams- Pins. Fills for Pal' Peop ■
ami J took them with th best i".- :;i.
'! liey also had a benc’i- lai off" t upon :-
g( : ■: health. 1 m ht aid t t t
daughter-in-law is takin : this re: i< ly I r
paralvsis of tin- <■ ■ nd Hi. s that -,■ ■
pilh are helping hi r greatly."
Rhcumatisin lias -been tri-alx-d in xx o
different ways even in quite r< mt tim<
and ignorant stipe) stltion has ftirm - 4
many so-called "charms" to ward off ti -
disease. Most people now know tiiat
cure rheumatism it must be treat'd
through the blood ami to prevent tb" dis
ease ilie blood must be kept pure. Ex
ternal applicti tions. sm-ii as • -ib- and liu
ments, while they may n li'.-ve ami s ,ot
the pain, have no mot'' yowm- to pe:-:nn
nently cur. rheumatism than a hor
chestnut carried in th- ;<• •!;•■: has to l'i< -
vent it.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for I’.i’.e 1’" pl
have a powerful effect In eomliti tit.g t!"
poisons in the blood which m ■ <■
rnatism. This is the secret of tin- mil -
lous sue sa of tlie.se pills in curing man .-
severe <iisord rs of the Idoid ami net- ■ .
whicli <lo not yield to onlin-ir mr?dicin<
1 )r. Williams' Pink Pills for f’.'ilc I'aopl.
may be obtained al all druezists or <iir'-'t
from Dr. William:: Medl ine i'onip:!: y.
S■-■henC'-tady. N. fifty cents b-r !">■::
- -r. dollars and fifty <-<-nts
to ti-.ki? and work a certain number of
tive-year or lui-y .- t< :ni convicts on he
public roads instead of cash for tho
school fund as Imrctofore, the number
of eonvii-ts a i oxv, d ■ > <- uni: . .. g
based upon pop il.'tion. About thirty
counties have applied for convicts in
place of money.
Some days ago the prison commission
issued an invitation to thi- commissi'fil
ers of roads and revenues of tin se coun
ties to be present, at a conference with
the commission on next Tuesday. At
tiiis confer'm?" th" law will be discussed
from every standpoint.
It is the desire of tb'? prison com
mission to give the new law a fair tes:
and to m ike it a sui-cess. It is to <•!'>■-•• t
this end that the conferenci with im?
county commissioners has been calle I.
ami it is expected that tiiis will ri uit
m a conipi'-t" understanding between the
commission and the authorities of the
counties working the long term convicts.
ROOTS AND GRASS THEIR FOOD.
Awful Conditions in the Balkans
Are Described.
Constantinople, October 3.—The fol
lowing is the text of tiie petition, signet!
by twenty-on,- men and women, consti
tuting the American missions at Moii
astir, Philipopolls, Salonica and Sama
kov, recently presented to United States
Minister Leischman and to tho British
ambassador. Sir Nicholas O'Connor, re
questing them to secure the admission
of a corps of the Red Cross Society Into
Turkey, or as an alternative, permission
for the members of the American mis
sions to dispense charity. After reciting
Hint a state of insurrection exists In
parts of European Tork'-y am! tha: i?r-it
. uff'-i’ing will certainly H suit th'.-refrom,
the. petition proceeds:
"We, til- undersigo d. ku v.- absoluiFr
from unirnpvm'lia'i'ix) authority that .. -
suffering of the inhabitants in the dis
turbed districts is already widmpr'.'.d
and acute and it. is sun to become more
so as time pusses ami winter draws on.
Without a canvas of tiie district in ques
tion we 'io not care to estimate the nuui
la-r of bf-'iFel'ss people who are s'itt<-rmg
from la it "I lood, <iot..:m<:Ji ,ti at-
V-ntion, tti-. Wo are morally certain,
however, that tho number ii”is into tiie
thousands In some p.:"<■?’ they are liv
ing on root.-' and grass even n-'-w. at the
end "f the harvest. Wait will they do
later? We have th" testimony "1
witnesses that in eim, p1.;.-. t:-- wou.U-
cd ai? lying without n.eilie;'; .itoe; . i; .. .
and witli no remedy and no p'.iy.ueians
in reach of their regards.
"Regardless ' th question a to
where the responsibilities lie ami i :;.o i
l"ss of the cr<" a or nationality of . :'.e
suffer, rs. it seems to us ti. i tie ■ ii
tion is on,? which must compel tl . ■ t
patliy of every humane ; i .n, x-.q - . -
part of the siiff- arc w.-m.-u . i. I e
- children. Jb-nc : wc lune : ,
tirgenliy pe-ition the governni<-iiis of . F
I'nitcd States and 'lf <t 1: !■:<.:• •. - ■
active mcasui-cs to indue. Hi- i’.- i ‘ i
Societies of America .-.nd EmiF.iid to
bring relief to the stricken districts m .1
also to encourage tiie opcnuig “I l-'i-:-
lar subscriptions. The tlttoman govern
rm nt should welcome with avi ilty Hie
offer of such relief 1 >r it suiY -ring s.. -
jects. Should it s-e lit. how, to ob
ject. or to ol.'strm-t tl: disti Ibution ,-f
relief, we feel it our sob mn duty. ::i t;m
name of suffering humanity 1" implore
the governments ot the United States
and Great Britain jointly arid promptly
to bring io b, ar whatever po ssure may
be necessary to s'-eure the humane end
in vit xv. Should tl authorities object to
the < ntram-e of th*' H"'l Crus- 4 - : :
but consent to allow the private dist'i
buti'in of relief, our missions xx-.uil. be
willing to und rtake it in : x ■ % , . ti,
call is for urg-nt action. :; ’tl it sho..:-.!
be prompt if it is to be eff tiv, . ,a ■
g-angrene in tho wounds of th' m,n amt
women will r."t stay its action to ixv . t
prolonged formalities and starving b.-i'F- s
will wail out tlinr lives if succor is ,t.-
St. 1.0-ils. October 4.- A slight shock
of earthquake w.,s fe? in t.'arondel
the southern part >f the city, at 8:55
o'clock tonight. The seismic disturb
aucx' lasted about on- minute and caused
alarm among tin' citizens. At the same
time a slight shock was felt in the "west
ern portion of tlm eitv.
p f*ll ’'a IM
ti fit M Qbb k« it Pi-JM i r.«;
Os Varicocele. Stricture. xorvous Debility
Blood Pois n and 1 ■ ss of Vitr’ity.
I 'ill til .. dis IS. -1. rm >; ,i- Jy
■ ier ;1 rigid ’cril gnar.i: tee. I will
I ' I' l ' '■ '■'■■■■• I ■ ■ umot : ; s-.i::: ■ ■
> "'I ii > stir-- of •! . t ■ u: i- ■
my treatment if y.>•: ~-a : :
hnvo wi-b- - xr-.-.t >- -o si
t:i. proven met I’. ids o' tt ••atm-'-.'t ' I
cm i-.ir.- v.t- a- h..- r . e, ; ,1 witi.onr vour
stopping ynur work Writ' me i .
svription of x.nir --xe at s
ly < 'nlidenti.il. Addr- -<
F. A. WYITOE
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