Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IIBBETIILE PRESS 1081111! Published Weekly AE8EVILLE. 8. C. Nobody is ever hurt when an air meet is postponed. Ttfe pigskin and the oyster go hand In hand, so to speak. Smaller currency will compel our leading counterfeiter to revise their dies. The motorcycle has proved deadly enough to suit the most exacting "lov ers of sport." Chicago has a "kissing burglar." but, girls, he is not even passably good looking. Humanity is assured of a ripe old age if we can keep our scientists from dying young. A New York inventor Is building an aeroplane with 18 wings. Hope hell arrange them so they won't interfere. Explorers in New Mexico recently have found a prehistoric flat, but even the Janitor had become extinct. It is carrying the humanitarian movement quite too fajr when bandits try to chloroform their victims. One desirable step in that proposed 'war 01 puLnisiB wuuiu uw iuo aui^u>.? tion of the superfluous consonants. Men may become too blase to buy tickets to an aviation meet and yet grow excited over a casual dog fight. Aviators are not the only people j who deliberately take chances. There are many amateur mushroom gather ers. There Is this to say for marriage: Those who have had experience with It are always willing to give it another trial. / Cincinnati woman declares she has discovered a man without a fault Wait till they've been married ten j years. Vi ' While fashion has decreed that wo men's hats shall be smaller this win- j * 1 .4111 U I ler, uie |>ntcB suit icuiaiu ui95iw.uur ly obese. Philadelphia Is to have women cash iers 011 street cars. Now we see where the "move forward, please," never can be enforced. A Chicago court bailiff, named * Hunter, served 13,014 writs and trav - . eled 127,952 miles in two months. Some hunter. Pueblo Indians of the fifteenth cen tury are discovered to have danced the "grizzly bear." Yes, and where are they now? ^ - A German visitor here says that there are no trusts in Germany, only syndicates. There is much in the power of words. S' lV'-; When a baseball player dies o' heart disease after years of service in I U1B U1& ICilgUCD uu uiau uau u/uoiuci himself exempt Father Is a pretty g'M fellow when It comes to paying the bills, but some times he doesn't get any cadit, even In his own home. It Is reported that an earthquake was recently felt at Reno. But It doesn't seem possible that anything could shock Reno. The craving for wealth still rages In the breast of the humble but beau tiful chorus girl. One has Just eloped with an iceman. A Gotham policeman had his pocket picked on a street car. The pickpock ets are evidently going where they think the money is. \ Why should the men be blamed for not giving up their seats in street cars . I when the women prefer to wear stand ing-room-only skirts? Piano makers in several stateB are threatening a strike. And yet this is a business -which depends for its very existence on harmony. An abnormality has been discovered, that of a woman who is talking her self to death. As a general rule a husband is the victim. Now it is announced that Uncle Sam is going to make money small er. Wonder if It will cause a d& j preclation in salaries? A telephone system is to be in tailed in the Pennsylvania peniten tiary for the convenience of its in mates. Possibly a palm garden with the usual musical and liquid acces sories will be the next improvement There is no indignation apparent over the charge that the American women have larger feet than of yore. There is no pinched-in effects about the modern progressive woman, de +Viq offomTitprf clnvprv nf fho hr>h. ble. She is expanding. That nameless but distinguished physician of Geneva who thinks that too much sleep is as bad as too much food will arouse only academic inter est by his discovery. Most of us are so busy getting food that we have nc time to gorge ourselves with sleep. Thomas Edison worked 122 hours out of 144 to perfect the phonograph The result showed that he failed ai night to close the window looking or the fence where the cats roosted. Every now and then one of our war ships discovers an uncharted reef j thus justifying the existence of a navy, even in times of profound peace One wonders whether polite Phila delphians ever exhibit any hesitancj about accepting small change from thi Jf4y street car conductors thera. k TWO THIRDS CROP IS E. 0. SMITH , JUNIOR SENATOR OF STATE IS SUES STATEMENT ON COTTON PRODUCTION. -? URGES 15 CENTS MINIMUM He Thinks That South Carolina is a Good Index as to the Yield in Other States?He Goe$ to Speak For Gov ernor Wilson. Columbia.?Before leaving for the West, where he goes to speak for the Democratic cause, Senator E. D. Smith gave out a statement in regard to the present.cotton crop. "From information at hand," said the senator, "it is my opinion that this year's yield will amount to about two iniras or a crop, or aDoui la 10 i-t million bales." Senator Smith says that, on ac count of what he thinks a compara i tively short crop, cotton producers ' should make every effort to obtain a : higher price. Continuing, he says: ''In view of the fact that for a num ber of years the size of thex cotton crop has been estimated from June to November, I thought it best this year to wait until the bearing period was over before I should issue any state ment i:i regard to the probable yield of cotton. "I have not yet received responses from different cotton growing states as to the probable yield based upon the actual outturn of field picked to the present time. "South Carolina is a fairly good in dex as to the yield of the cotton grow ing states. Taking the yield up to the present, as compared with last year, it does not indicate more than a two-thirds production. If this is a basis of comparison for the balance of the cotton growing states, and giving a liberal margin of excess, 13 to 13 1-2 million bales of cotton would seem to be the maximum. "The farmers of the South must not forget that in spite of the enor mous production of last year, and the large percentage of low grade cot ton, that after a temporary unwarrant ed depression, cotton rose again to 12 1-2 and 13 cents. There is no rea son why cotton should not be bring ing today 15 cents a pound or more." 'South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has granted a charter to the People's Mercantile Company of Sumter, with a capital stock of $12,000. The officers are A. J. Andrews, president; W. T. An drewsj vice president and S. J. McDon ald, secretary and treasurer. The Harper and Morgan Company of Ab beville has been chartered with a capital of $5,000. The officers are W. G. Harper, president and W. C. Mor gan, vice president, secretary and treasurer. A charter has been issued to the Albemarle Real Estate corpor ation of Charleston, with a capital stock of $25,000. Politics in Charleston County. The Charleston County Republican convention was held recently. Reso lutions were passed endorsing the ad ministration of President Taft and de ploring the attempted assassination of Col. Roosevelt. The following del egates were elected: James Gibbes, T. L. Grant, E. B. Bennett, J. L. Tay lor, P. S. Bennett, James Collins, P. C. Capers, G. E. Steplight, S. M. Brown, E. C. Crawford, Wm. J. Green, James Mitchell, B. W. Huger, Wm. Green. Alternates, Charles Brown, J. H. Rose, Jas. Singleton, W. M. Sea brook. Teachers of County Meet. Pursuant to a call issued by the county superintendent of education, E. J. Browne, there was a meeting of white teachers in the Manning grad ed school building several days ago. Owing to the very inclement weather many from a distance were prevent ed from attending the meeting but as ! it was there were 28 teachers present. South Carolina Nurses Meet. The South Carolina Graduate Nurses' Association which has been in session in Chester adjourned to meet next spring in Charleston. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Miss Min nie Trenholm of Columbia; first vice president, Miss Francis E. Strieker of Chester; second vice president, Miss Beulah F. Hurtell of Columbia; secretary, Miss Lila M. Davis of Sum ter; treasurer, Miss Julia Irby of Lau rens. The convention was marked by cordial welcome from Chester citizens. The Florence County Corn Show. The date for the Florence county corn show has been set for Thursday and Friday, November 7 and 8, and the committee in charge, or rather the managers, Messrs. Allard H. Gasque, county superintendent of education, who has charge of the boys' corn growing contest, and Mr. B. E. Currin, who is in charge of the farm demonstration work for Uncle Sam in this county, have secured $500 in cash and prizes to be given away on this occasion to farriers of Florence county exclusively. Calhoun County Fair Soon. Calhoun county is all asoc over j her first fair, which will be held from November 5 to 9, inclusive. The authorities were peculiarly fortunate in securing twenty-five acres of ground on the western edge and within the corporate limits of St. Matthews. This is, by odds, the most delightful loca tion available. The buildings are all up and completed and the fencing will be in place in a few more days. The race track is one of the prettiest in the country and has been prepared with a great deal of c?re and skill. STATE BAPTIST CONVENTION The Sessions Will Be Held on Decem ber 3-6?Establishing of a Sana torium Will Be Considered. Asheville.?The Baptist state con vention will meet in its 92nd annua: session in Abbeville, December 3-6 The Baptist church here is making active preparations for the entertain ment of the nearly 400 delegates whc are expected to attend. A committee on entertainment haf o nr\nin toH a c fnllnWR* Dr. C. A. Milford, chairman; J. M. Lawton, R B. Cheatham, A. B. Cheatham, J. S Stark, W. D. Barksdale, A. H.) Bar nett, J. W. Nichols, W. H. McFall R.. C. Philson, J. A. King, T. A. Put nam, J. E. McDavid, W. P. Wham E. C. Horton, Otto 9ristow and Franh B. Jones. This committee has beer divided into subcommittees to look after the various matters of prepara tion for the convention. The South Carolina Baptist conven tion is composed of ministers and lay men, who are elected by the churches No member has a right to member ship in the body by reason of offlcia position. The basis of representatior is one fielegate for every $25 contrib uted to state missions during the yeai next preceding the convention. Upor this basis there is a possible delega tion this year of 1,600. Every district association cooperating with the con eention is entitled to two delegates al large; and as there are 38 such as sociations in the state, the total pos sible representation this year is 1,676 However, the enrollment last year was only 316, and together with visitors there were present in the conventior probably 350. There will be a few ! more than that number in Abbevilk this year, it is said. Probably the most important mattei that will come before the conventior this year will be the.report of a com mittee appointed to make a recom mendation upon the advisability o! the establishment of a sanitarium. Company of Militia Mustered Out. Company F, Second Infantry, N. G S. C.,' of Edgefield has been musterec out of service by order of Willlair W. Moore, adjutant general. Follow ing is the order issued calling for th? muster:. "Under the provisions ol section 39, military code of Soutl Carolina, Company P, Second infan try, N. G. S. C. (Edgefield, S. C.) It hereby mustered out of the militarj service of the state of South Caro lina. This company is mustered oui because of failure on part of companj commander to furnish bond, as requir ed by section 25, as amended, militarj code of South Carolina, and becaus* of neglect to answer military corre a p/uuvuvu) Hookworm Campaign in Lexington. Of the more than 600 persons thai have so far been examined in th< fight which is being waged in Le*ing ton county by the state board ol health to check the ravages of thf hookworm, fully half that numbei has been found to be affected by th< disease. One of the very interesting exhibits at the Tri-County fair at Batesburg was the state board ol health tent, which was visited bj more than 500 persons in one day Circulars giving the cause and symp toms of hookworm disease were given out on the grounds. Politics In Newberry County. The county convention of the Re publican party of Newberry county was held in G. C. Williams' hall foi the purpose of electing five delegate* to the Third congressional convention that was held in Anderson recently and to nominate a county chairman Prayer was offered by Rev. A. L. Carr. Tha tomnnrnrv nreanization was: W L. Lindsay, chairman, and Rev. A. L Carr, secretary. Delegates elected a* follows: Newton Darby, T. A. Wil liams, Jas. M. Sims, Green Daven port, N. L. Lindsay; alternate, H. B Rikard. Grants Parole To One Man The governor has granted a parole to W. E. Blair,, who was convicted in Greenville county during the fall of this year on the charge of assault and -battery of a high and aggravated nature, and sentenced to serve nine months on the public works or to pay a fine of $100. First Train Over New Bridge. The first train over the new steel bridge of the Blue Ridge railway, re placing the wooden structure span ning "Six and Twenty' creek was run several days ago. The wooden bridge was burned July 25. Through trafic from Anderson to Walhalla has been re-established. The new bridge is modern in every respect. The old Driage was one 01 iae nignesi wouueu bridge in the world," and although parts of it has been replenished, stood at the time of the fire as it did when opened before the Civil War. Nurse to Combat Tuberculosis. In order to successfully and scien tifically combat tuberculosis, the Spartanburg Health League has em ployed a trained nurse, who will wait upon every poor tubercular patient in the county free of charge. This nurse will instruct the patients how to care lor menisci ves, uuvuu<tuug yi u|jci diet, fresh air and lots of it, and above all, care in preventing other members of the family from contracting this disease. The expenses of such a nurse are borne partly by the county au thorities and partly by the physicians. Corn Show in Sumter County. A corn show has been arranged to be held in this county on November 19, at which exhibits will be put up which, if deemed sufficiently good, will be taken from here to the state corn exhibit at Columbia. Small prizes will be offered for best ten ears and best single ears of corn, and every possible effort is being made to have all of the farmers enter the con test. Much interest has been mani fested so far, and It is probable thai ^he corn show will be a great success. OlftZ IS CAPTURED ! MILL BE SHOT 'RESIDENT MADERO TO SHOW NO MERCY TO VERA CRUZ REBELS. CITY WAS EASILY TAKEN Followers of Diaz Refuse to Fire on Government Troops?About 100 Killed and Woundeii. Vera Cruz, Mexico?The revolt of Gen*. Felix Diaz, nephew of the ex iled president, has been short-lived. The town of Vera Cruz, which he oc Dupied with about 2,000 adherents for several days, was captured by the Federal forces. The casualties were few. Two Federal columns, com manded by Col. Jiminez Castro and Gen. Joaquin Beltran, entered Vera Cruz from the north and south. There was slight opposition to their advance. Colonel Castro, with less than fifty men, captured Cren. Felix Diaz, whose 300 men at pclice head quarters. refused to fire at his com mand. The killed and wounded num ber less than 100. No foreigner was hurt. Desultory Bring, continued after the Federals en tered the town. Instead of a great battle, everything was in a muddle Rebels and Federals encountered each other in the streets without one know ing which side the other was affiliat ed with, as uniforms of all were alike. Col. Jiminez Castro wan shot in the leg during the first firing. Col. ! Jose Diaz Ordaza of the Twenty-first Infantry, who joined General D'az with his troops in the revolution, has disappeared. j Mexico Ulty.?tien. renx uiaz, uoi. Jose Diaz Ordaza and all officers of th rebellions troops and marines will be haled immediately before a court-martial and doubtless will suf fer the death penalty. Orders have been issued for convening the court, which will be presided over by Gen eral Beltran. General Dias:, although not now a member of the army, Is amenable in1 such court under the law which provides for trial of any civilian under like circumstances. Soldiers of, the rebellions troops will be decimated?one in ten being i executed. They will be chosen by lot to pay the penalty for all. The collapse of/the Diaz movement one week after Its inception with a minimum of fighting and bloodshed, has created the greatest surprise I her . In administration circles, where ! optimism has been the keynote since I the beginning, the outcome is regard | ed as the highest possible vindication of the confidence always expressed ! In the loyalty of the army., Gen. Felix Diaz, after General Reyes, has been regarded as the man I who could wield the greatest Influ ence with the army and the people generally. BIRDMAN FALLS TO DEATH i i Louis Mitchell Loses Control While 600 Feet in the As ir. I Montgomery. Ala.?Aviator Louis Mitchell, president of the American Aviators, while 600 feet in the air, I lost control of his machine while i making a spiral glide and is dead. Mitchell had been circling the ex position grounds for more than an i hour at varying heights. Shortly be fore five o'clock he began his descent In a spectacular glide. At 600 feet he lost control of his machine," and at 200 feet the aeroplane went to pieces. Mitchell was pinned to the ground under the heavy motor, dying before surgeons could reach the spot, i Aviator Heth,- Mitchell's > partner, saw the accident, together with a crowd of 5.000 spectators. , Heth was above Mitchdl with a i Moenmrw and .was about to descend ! In a dpiral glide, following Mitchell. Mitchell had a start of several min utes, however, and Heth says when Mitchell lost control of his machine he could see the ground between the , two plans 01! the Wrifeht machine, i Mitchell's body will be taken to his j home at Maraden. Ark. Hi.j wife, who was present in the grand stand, did not see the accident. 50 Cents a Burglary. New York.?Fifty cents a burglary j is a rate frequently paid to boys by j an organized gang of crooks in West Forty-fifth street that employs young boys to do the bulk of its work, ac cording to the testimony of the young j operators for the band in a police ! court. Three boys, averaging a doz en years in age,* called as witnesses in the case of John Clark, accused of i a flat robbery, admitted committing ! the crime, but said it was instigated by Clark and that a gang known as '.he "Forty-fiithers*' fathered robberies. Cost of Living Riot. Berlin.?Hundreds of Berlin house wives joined in a riot because the butchers in the municipal markets j refused to handle meat imported so I as to. reduce the cost of living, i ne ! principle trouble occurred in the Wed j ding district, which is entirely inhab ited by working people. Hundreds of women, who went to the municipal market hoping to profit by reduced prices, found that the butchers had agreed not to deal in. meats imported by the municipality. They then storm ed the butchers' stalls. War Telegraphers Want Pensions. Jacksonville, Fla.?The national meeting of the Society of the United States Telegraph Corps met in exec utive session in Jacksonville and took up plans for securing pensions from the United States government. For some time members of the organiza tion have been trying to get the gov ernment to recognize them as a body and pension the old members, who long ago gave the best years of their lives to the service. It was decided to have a bill drawn which will be presented to the next congress. which It had fractured slightly. ING VESSEL IS SAFE i "PRAIRIE," WITH 750 MARINES ON BOARD, ARRIVES AT PORT OF * SAN DOMINGO. Sailed From Philadelphia Nearly Month Ago, Carrying Ameri can Commissioners. Washington.?The United States transport Prairie, with 750 marines on board, has reported to the navy de partment tnat sne naa arnvea ai Santo Domingo city. As the trans port bad not been beard from for 20 days, fears were felt at the navy de partment that she had met with a mishap, but these were set at rest by the message. Every source of the United States government was being used to secure some trace of the Prairie, which sailed from Philadelphia nearly a month ago carrying 750 marines and the American commissioners to Santo Domingo. The vessel was last heard from Oc tober 2 off the coast or eamo jjomm go, to which it had been dispatched as a result of the revolutionary situ ation In that country. / The navy department had been sending cablegrams to Haiti and San to Domingo for 24 hours, asking for the latest news of Ifee vessel. Lack of newB from her caused fears that the vessel had met with disaster. The United States commissioners on board were Brig. Gen. Frank Mc Intyre, chief of the bureau of insular affairs, and W. T. S. Doyle, chief of the division of Latin-American affairs. The Prairie sailed from Philadel phia on September 27. SCHOONER IS SEARCHED Munitions of War for Mexico Found on the Dantzler. i Mobile, Ala.?The schooner L. M. Dantzler was boarded and searched here by United Staces revenue offi cers, and, although government offi cials refuse to make any statement, It Is said upon good authority that mu nitions of war destined for Mexico were found on board. The Dantzler was searched some time ago by the revenue cutter Wino na at Pascagoula, but nothing suspi cious was found. Since the vessel has been at Mobile three days, offi cials have suspected her of loading at night arms and ammunition for the Mexican rebels at Vera Cruz, under Felix Diaz, and when the sfearch was made she was apparently about half loaded. Captain Fremont, a commander well known in Southern ports, was said to have been in charge of the Dantzler, but government officials had been- unable to reach him. Balloonists Hurled to Death. Berlin.?An examination of the bar ograph carried by Lieut. Hans Ger icke, winner of last year's interna tional balloon race, and Lieutenant Stelter, who were killed by the burst ine of their balloon while making a flight near Grossenhaln, showed that they were three miles above the ground when the accident occurred. The two aeronauts were making a trial flight anticipatory to the inter national balloon race on October 27, when the tragedy occurred. Comet Is Discovered. Geneva, N. Y.?Dr. William Brooks, director of Smith observatory and professor of astronomy at Hobert col college, discovered a comet in the eastern sky. Its position was right ascension 10 hours 37 minutes 20 sec onds; declination south 1 degree S7 minutes. The comet is in constella tion sextans, with moderate motion eastward and visible through small I This is the twenty-seventh J comet discovered by Professor Brooks. Slew Woman In Cafe. St. Louis.?Before 200 patrons of a popular cafe here a well-dressed, uni dentified man drew a butcher knife from his pocket, stabbed to death his woman companion and then took his own life with the same instrument. The woman, who was fashionably dressed, is also unidentified. The man had a postcard in his pocket, ad dressed to L. D. tyorelle, St. Louis. The couple had been in the cafe for half an hour before the tragedy. N ROOSEVELT'S CHEST COIM CORNER M U. s. SUPREME COURT HEARING CASE AGAINST PATTON, SEALS, HAYNE, ET AL. Serious Defects Are Found in Indict ment of Patten, Scales and Brown. Washington.?Admissions . of de fects in the indictment of James Pat ten, Eugene Scales, Frank B. Hayne and William P. Brown on charges of conspiracy to run a $10,000,000 cor ner on cotton in 1910 on the New York cotton exchange, in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law were made in the Supreme court of the United States by Solicitor General Bullitt for the government. The occasion was the second argument over the indict ment, the court not being willing to decide last spring the correctness of fh.a Honlainn nf tha Mow V/>rlr nnnrt in quashing several vital counts in the indictment The new solicitor general had bare ly stated to the court that the ques tion in the case was the decision of the lower court that the Sherman anti trust law did not prohibit the "run ning of a corner," before Chief Jus tice White suggested that he would be pleased to have the government define just what it means by "cor ner." Mr. Bullitt responded that it was a combination among dealers in a commodity, or outside capitalists, for the purpose of buying up the greater portion of the commodity and holding it back from sale until the demand so far outran the limited sup nlv tn advanr.n the orice abnor mally. , "Now, I want you to show how the indictment fits that definition," added the chief justice. That led the solicitor general to an nounce that he had abandoned the third count of the indictment, because the lower court found there was no charge in it that the defendants were to hold back the cotton from sale. NEWSBOY HERO IS BURIED Great Funeral for Billy Rugh, Who Saved Girl's Life. Gary, Ind.?The funeral of . Billy Rugh, the newsboy, who gave his crip pled leg that skin might be grafted onto the body of Miss Ethel Smith, thereby saving her life, was held here and practically all Gary and many from surrounding towns attended Four brass bands played funeral dirges, six uniformed policemen were pallbearers, and a Are department au * *-*1 ? ? - ?- *V? a fimorol /iOr tttVi Ua n 10Q10U116 W<13 U1C X ixuvi ux V/Mi | ituiiv u company of firemen carried the flow ers. Mayor T. E. Knotts and the coun cilmen with bared heads walked at the head of the procession 40 Persons Burned in Explosion. Petaluma, Cay.?Forty persons were burned severely in an automobile ex plosion which may cost the lives of Mayor Hartman of this town and three others. A crowd gathered about a burning automobile that had been dragged from a garage. Mayor Hart man, who is a former chief of the fire department, responded to the fire alarm and attacked the blaze with a chemical extinguisher. The mayor was thrown 'forty feet by the explosion, and the crowd was swept by a blast of flame . Four Wounded in Riot. Nashivlle, Tenn.?As the result of racial troubles at Coalmont, Tenn., 7 miles north of Tracy City, one negro coke puller is dead and two others wounded and S. Crick, a white miner, is shot through the knee, according to a special from Tracy City. More than 200 shots were "exchanged. Sher iff Shrum and a posse of deputies have the situation in hand, and fur ther trouble is not expected. The trouble started one week ago when seven negro coke pullers were ar rested on the charge of gambling. 1,000 Persons Killed in Typhoon. Manila, P. I.?The typhoon which swept over several of the Philippine islands on October 1G resulted in the death of more than a thousand per sons. Four unidentified Americans? three men and a little girl?were among those killed. The coasting steamer Tayabas foundered off Esca lante. The bodies of fifteen Filipinos and Spaniards came ashore. The ty phoon practically wiped out the towns of Bogo, Danao, Toledo, Measin and Escalante. IS GREAT BATTLE GREEK FLEET IS PREPARING TO FORCE THE DARDANELLES mum mwmt. SEVERE FIGHTING GOING ON Bulgarians Steadily Advancing on Adrianople?Turks Prepared for ' Long Siege. Vienna.?Fighting between Turkish and Bulgarian soldiers before Adrian ople Is being marked by heavy casu alties on both sides. Censored dispatches received here from Sofia stated that the Bulgarians were stfll advancing, and it is believ ed here that the city is now complete ly surrounded. Big bodies of troops and artillery were massed on- the heights south of the city in order to keep tb* railway line to Constanti nople open and to prevent the cutting off of teegraphic communication with the Turkish capital. The fighting around Kirl Kilfsse was particularly severe. Several bat teries of the Bulgarians' heaviest , ar tillery wer econcentrated within easy ? nrrtwlrn fVioro onii rttllge U1 IUO luiaiou nviag uu.iv for six hours a steady Are was pour-/ ed into the Ottoman sojdiers. The fighting of the Bulgarian artil lerymen was good and the heavy can non did much damage. When the Turkish guns were silenced the de fenders fled to the inner works and the Bulgarians pressed forward, tak ing possession . of the evacuated: 'V trenches and the abandoned guns. Most of the dead were buried during the darkness. The wounded were car ried from the field to the hospitals erected in the rear of the Bulgarian lines. ' The Turks in Adrlanople are bellev-- ; ed to be in position to\stand a long . * siege If this is necessary. During the weeks before war broke . out the Turkish government moved = great quantities of supplies of all kinds into the city. Athens, Greece?The Greek fleet la preparing to force the Dardanelles and has occupied the Gulf of Madrod as . $ a base of operations. Victory in tile Dardanelles would be a vitat blow to ' '& Turkey and warlike action there v might result In allied action by the / powers of Europe. TftOOPS STOP GAMBLING K K Governor Marshall Sends Militia to Close Race Track. Chicago.?Mineral Springs " race track at Porter, Ind., Is in the hands ; of Indiana state troops, with orders from Gov1. Tsomas H. Marshall to pre vent gambling on the races. The com panies arrived at the track with three days' rations. i Three companies of militia took charge of the track after it had been decided by the owners of the course to make an attempt to run the races. '. > j When the horses appeared for the f first race they were halted by the i soldiers with fixed bayonets and the M races were called off. y The troops also halted all specta* .. tors as they appeared at the gates. Those that entered before the troops arrived wer^ detained in the inclos- ! ure for more than an hour. In the number were about fifty women. ' 2,000 Tribesmen Slain. Belgrade, Servia.?More than 2,00(> Arnaut tribesmen were killed by Ser vian artillery in a fight near Merdare and Kursumli in southern Servia. The Servian artillery did extreme havoc among ^the tribesmen before they re treated into thle hills. Earthquake in Georgia. - Macon, Ga.?A distinct earthquake shock was felt In central Georgia. As far as- could be learned from Macoa no damage was done to property or life, although nerves were badly rat tled and buildings, especially those of frame construction, quivered slightly. A wedding was in progress in Macon , . at the time, and the shock halted the ceremony until the bride could be re suscitated. In Dublin, the quake was quite sharp, and felt all over the city. Dublin is 60 miles due southeast of luacuu. Hears Shot on Phone. Fond Du Lac, Wis.?"Goodbyi dear; something dreadful is going to happen." With these words, J. E. Herworth, an electrical helper, fired a shot through his temple as he faced a telephone while talking to his sweetheart, Miss Agnes Fromm, of Milwaukee. Herworth called the girl over the long distance telephone and questioned her some time relative to her love for him; then he told her to extend his love to his own mother and other relatives. He was engaged to the girl. Insurgents Beat Maderists. Mexico City.?General Beltram's Federal army, which was sent to dis lodge rebels under Gen. Felix Diaz, * from Vera Cruz, has been defeated, according to a telegram received by The Heraldo. This newspaper print ed an extra edition giving news of the battle. It stated that Colonel Or daz led the rebels and that his troops did severe execution. Six hundred in surgents. raised by Manuel Heallardo. a rich owner of the state of Jalisco and an adherent of General Diaz, are marching upon Guadlajara. Heir to Throne Wounded. St. Petersburg.?Grand Duke Alexis, the eight-year-old czarewitch, is dan gerously ill at the Imperial Hunting ton Lodge at Spala, Russian Poland, as a result of a wound in his groin sustained while hunting. The young heir to the Russian throne is under care of several physicians who are not concealing tseir alarm. The acci dent caused no anxiety at first, then the czarewitch was taken to his bed with a high fever. His temperature rose to 103.6. jj