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VOL. XII.
POWERS IS TO HANG
Murderer of Governor Goebel Will
Pay the Penally
IS TO BE EXECUTED IN NOVEMBER
Tragic Ending of a'Trngedy In K?ntucky?Third
Trial RcAults in Convirti/fn
Pnr H nrrl^r
Georgetown, Ky.. Special.?The third
trial of ox-Set*rotary of State Caleb
Powers, for complicity in the murder
of Governor Win. Goebel. nl January,
190l?. closed shortly before noon Satturflay
with a verdict imposing the extreme
penality of hanging for the distinguished
prisoner who had been in
the penitentary for three years on a
life- sentence. The verdict of the jury:
"Guilty and the punishment of death,"
was reported into court at 11:28
o'clock.
Several hundred people crowded the
court room when the verdict was read
and the most intense silence prevailed.
The jury was polled and each man declared
the verdict of guilty to lie his
finding. Powers sat unmoved, while his
attorneys asked for time to make a jiiot'on
for a new trial. Arthur Goebel,
the brother of the victim, and a prominent
merchant, at Cincinnati, whc> has
spent his time and fortune for over
three years in the prosecution of those
aroused of being in a conspiracy to kill
his brother, broke down from tho
s'irain upon hearing the verdict. Power:
has been convicted twice before,
this being the third trial in which the
jury brought in a verdict of guilty
agalnri him. On his previous trials he
escaped with a life sentence, as the
evjuonce was n:it sun icieai ly strong
agx.niot him to lead the jury to inflicting
the extreme penalty. All three of
the trials wore hold at Georgetown,
and in eaolt of thent he had the assistance
of the most able lawyers who
couhl be procured. The last trial was
distinguished l?y the fact that Powers
addressed the jury in his own behalf
ar.fl in a long review of the ease showed
himself to he a competent attorney,
while his eloquence in pleading for his
life astonished those who had watched
kitn carefully in the past, trials of the
case.
Special Judge Robbins later formally
overruled a motion for the granting
of a new trial to Powers. He then
passed the sentence of death upon him.
After a declaration of the prisoner "1
am not guilty, judge," ?.he court fixed
November 25 next, as the day for tht
execution. The attorneys for the defendant
secured the granting of an apcpal
for the case to the Kentucky
Court oT Appeals. Powers was immediately
removed to the Scott county jail
xo be held there pending the appeal cd
rase.
A R 'nicety Suggested.
Mvsnic. Conn. Snecinl.?Th?> IInivr?T
sal Peaoo Union at its closing session
Saturday adopted a series of resolutions
or "convictions." The resolutions
set forth that the duty of the hour is
to overcome all conditions that malto
v:nr possible by teat hing the principles
of peace and abltration in schools and
universities, by practicing them in
everyday life and by multiplying
lourts of arbitration. The increase of
the army and navy, the building of
battleships for Turkey and other foreign
governments with all the improvements
of American genious. the
farcinl and expensive playing of naval
battles cn the coast of Maine and the
unrestricted sale of firearms, is viewed
with alarm, lynching is declared to
be a monstrous peace-breaker and
State and national legislation looking
to its suppression is demanded. Race
hatred and prejudice is pronounced a
menace to peace. "If there be uncontrollable
passions In the depraved intended
victim of lynching." the resolutions
say. "there is a remedy which
medical skill may well be catted upon
to heal, as it would any other diseased
condition*, for the increase of sensual
criminality affecting present morality
and future genration forces the suggestion
that this remedy administered
with wisdom and the beet surgical
ability would be a protection to society
and a kindness and mercy to the offender."
Another Serious Oir break
Sofia. By Cable.?Despatches received
Sunday from Constantinople.
Salonica, Monastir and Adrianoplc,
reveal an unsatisfactory condition of
affairs in Macedonia. From Salonica
come reports of new risings. At Monastir
the insurgents are said to be
masters of the situation. Telegrams
from Adrlanople declare that the insurgent
bands are continuing their
ravages. At the moment that the
Porte is asking Belgium to supply officers
for the Macedonian gendarmie
the Swedish ambassador at Constantinople
has notified the Turkish
government that unless they receive
their pay Immediately, tho Swedish
officers now at IJskub will '?ave tho
country.
Lynchers Conv:ct~d.
Danville, 111., Special,?Tho Jnry in
the ease of the eight men on trial for
participation in the riota of July ^3.
when the jail was attacked and a negro
lynched, brought in a verdict a:
midnight, finding all the accused gull,
ty except Win. Rodwine and CLay Riddles.
The latter is only 16 yoars old
The jury had the case under considers
tion since noon on Friday.
FO
RELIANCE WON SECOND RACE.
The Prospects for Brave Shamrock
Grow Darker With livery livc-nt.
The third genuine race in the 1903
oup series was successfully run on
Tuesday. The race was close as the
following dispatch shows:
Nw York, Special.?In a gloriouj
whole-sail breeze, over a trlaugular
course ten miles to a leg, the fleetfooted
cup defender Reliance again
showed her heels to Sir Thomas Lipton's
challenger, taking the second
race of the cup series or 1903 by the
narrow margin of 1 minute and 19 seconds.
It was as pretty and as hardfought
a contest as has ever been sailed
off Sandy Hook, and had the wind
not fallen during the last ten minutes,
the record for the course, 3 hours, 12
minutes and 15 seconds, made by Columbia
two years ago, in her memorable
race against Shamrock II..would
have been broken. As It was Reliance
called the 30 miles within 2 minutes
and 39 seconds of the record, which
speaks wonders for her speed in the
wind that was blowing. The Reliance's
victory, narrow as- it was. would
have been even smaller had not Captain
Wrir.gc, the skinner of the British
, ship, bungled at the start, sending his
i carft over the line ID seconds after the
Inst gxm and handicapping her to that
1 extent. At every point of sailing the
i defender's superiority was demonstat.od.
She gained 1 minute and 51 seconds
in windward work, 40 seronds on
the run to the second mark, and 45
seconds on the close reach for home.
Tnft Will Succeed Root.
Oyster Ray. Special.?Secretary Root,
I under date of August l'J. presented his
resignation formally to the President.
The resignation was accepted by the
Picsident with the understanding that
; the Secretary continue a* hast until
January 1. Oovernor General William
; TI. Taft, ot the IMiilippir.es. will sttc,
reed Secretary Hoot, as Secretary of
1 War. President Roosevelt authorized
the following statement: "The Prc.-.ii
dent some months ago tendered the
i secretaryship of War to Judge Taft and
i at that time it was arranged that he
; would succeed Secretary Root. Secretary
Root will go out of office some
I time in January and-Judge Tnft will
; assume the duties of office shortly af|
tci ward."
G. A. R. Offcers.
San Francisco. Special.?The Grand
| Army of the Republic ^dccted Bosi
ton as the place In which the on
(campment of 1904 will be hold and
elected the following officers: Coininander-in-Cheif,
Gen. John C. Black,
of Illinois; senior vice commander.
Col. C. Mason Keeno, erf California;
Junior vice commander. Col. Harry
Kcssler, of Montana; surgeonin-chi f,
\ George A. Harmon, of Ohio; chaplain
I in-chief Winfield Scott, Arizona. Re:
ports of officera were made. That of
1 Commander-in-Chief Thomas J. Stewart
advocated a service pension of
$12 a month, and expresses Ihe opinion
that the present Commissioner of
Pensions Is earnestly endeavoring to
discharge the duties of his office
honestly, lfberally and justly .but that
he is not able to satisfy all who
make complaint.
Longshoremen on Strike.
Burnswtck, Ga., Special.?On account
of a strike by longshoremen here, the
handling and shipping of lumber is seriously
crippled. Their demand is for an
increase in wages of 2 cents an hour,
which so far have been granted by one
of the largo shipping companies. Some
ships are being loaded bj Imported
non-union labor, but the unions are
rapidly increasing their ranks from the
imported men. So far nearly 400 longshoremen
are Involved in the strike,
which threatens soon to tie up entirely
the lumber shipping interests here.
A Lyncher Convicted.
Danville. 111., Special.?W.nfleld Baker,
who formerly lived in the mountains
of Kentucky, was convicted in
the Circuit Court of assault to murder
Sheriff Whitlock. He was sentenced to
a term of from one to 14 years. This is
the first conviction of a member of i
mob that attacked the Danville Jail iu
ihc latter part of July, after having
lynched the negro James Metcalf. nnd
burned his body. Immediately after the
verdict today Harmon Ma?r.ott. ft painter
who was publicly criticising the
court officials, was arrested, charged
with inciting riot.
r.ff >rt to Avoid Friction.
London. By Cable.?Shipping circl?e
here show keen interest in the developments
of the relations between the
German and British Atlantic steamship
companies. The lines are makinv
every effort to avoid friction and Derector
General Hallin. of the HamburgAmerican
Line, who is in I^ondon. said
today that its policy wag to maintain
and promote the existing harmony.
>RT MILL, S, C? WEIJN1
FAILED ONCE MORE
Fourth Race of International Cup
Contest Declared Off on Limitation
- NEITHER
BOAT REACHED THE LINE
The Rellnnce, However find a Long
Lead oil the Shamrock, and Cnme
Near Winning Three Stra ghts.
The scries of Internatlor.al cup races
was continued on Thursday, with the
usual result, except that officially it
was no race at all. The sea was calm
and the wind light, so that neither
boat was able to cross the line In the
time limit allowed by the rules. The
scries so far stands two failures and
two straight victories for the defender.
The Thursday event is given in detail
as follows:
New York, Special.?With Reliance
loss than a- mile from the finish and
Shamrock 111, hull down on the hoviscii.
fully two miles astern of the gallant
defender, the fourth race of the
present series for the America's cup
was declared off because of the expiration
of the time limit of live and onehalf
hours, as happened on Thursday
last. It was no race officially. The
defeat administered to the challenger
was so ignominous that whatever lingeiing
hope remained in the breasts of
the friends of Sir Thomas' boat vanished
into thin air. Reliance's victory
w-as in every way more decisive than
that of last Saturday. Outsailed, out- i
pointed and nutfooted, it was a pro- )
cissioa from start to finish.
The llerreschoff wonder heat the j
Shamrock Imnplrsciv in ;~
-- .4. 1?J J|1I1V>
of windward work, rounding tho outer
murk in 12 minutes and 20 seconds
a!)cad of her. a gain in actual time of
11 minutes and 20 seconds, and down
tho wind she steadily increased her
had. The real race of the day was
not against tho Shamrock, but it was
seen in tho exciting struggle of Itelit?ncc
in the last half-hour to roach
tho finish line before* the regatta commit
tax1 tired the gun which should announce
the expiration of the time limit.
Had the wind freshened 20 minutts
earlier than it did, the cup series would
have ended with three straight wins
for the defender, and Fife's famous
light weather boat would have sailed
back to Albion's shores eme of the
most disastrously worsted challengers
in the history of the cup contests.
Fully ns discouraging as the ft.il" J
ing qualities displayed by the cliaib
nger was the atrocious manner in
which she was handled. The Yunkeo
skipper not only outmanoeuvred his
rival in the spectacular battle for position
at the stnrt, as he has ctone every
time they have met, but worse still for
the downhearted supporters of Sham1
roik, Captain Wringe tepeated his
j blunder of Tuesday, ho crossed the
! line in the wake of hclianee with a
handicap of 01 of the precious seconds
j for which Fife had sacrificed so much
in said spread for tinn- alowinee. lioth
! tioats. it in true, went over after the
I handicap gun. but it is only the stc-n!
most craft which actually suff* rs.
' If M-oo * ---
, .w nun nui u |uvj:.u[ii uny on me |
! water and the observation fleet which j
I put out to sea to witness the race was j
hardly more than half as large as on J
the preceding days. The dark water of j
the ocean was as smooth as a floor
and a light breeze of about four knots
blew out of the southwest. The course
was laid 15 miles dead into the wind
and return.
At the end of the first hour Shamrock
was beaten and the interest
waned. After rounding the float for
the run home and s.tting big ballooners.
the wind, which had strengthened
to six or seven knots on the heat, died
down and the towering clouds of
canvas was drifted lazily down an
ocean lane, a mile wide, between the
two divisions of .he excursion fleet.
Even in the light air it was astonishing
how the defender slipped
through the placed seas. With the
gentle breeze distending the surface
of her pure white suils and her, stern
crowded with tars to hold her head up.
stvs moved along &o serenely and
peacefully as if in a dreamless sle p.
Yet the gap between her and the challenger
rsteadly widened until two miles
separated them. Half pt> hour from
home, when the sp t 1,-tors had abandoned
any idea that the finish lin?
.;ouhl he reached in time, the wind
suddenly freshened and Reliance carat
bowling down at a merry clip. But the
wind had come too late and when still
a hundred yards from home the gun
on the tug Navigator boomed aeross
the water. The excursion boats held
on until she crossed the line to give
her a rousing welcome and then
SmiTlnPrfbl fnr Wnw Vc?rl- c?:- i1'
, .. a w, n . Oil I IMUIIalK,
who, heretofore, has always followed
his champion into the Ilook, sent his
steam yacht, the Erin, ahead at full |
spee.l as if to drown out the memory
of the inglorious licking he got. ,
Seven Drowned. 1
South Norwalk, Con., Special.?The
schooner Willie L. Newton, of Bangor, (
Me., (apsized off Norwalk Eight during .
the storm last night and the crew, believed
to number seven men, were
drowned. One body has been recover- ,
d The wreck was sighted by Capt. t
Walter Miner, of the ocean-going tug <
Patience, of New York, as his vessel
was towing barges from New York to
Providence. He attached a line to the
keel and brought the vessel Into Wilson's
Cove. The condition of the wreck
Indicates that the head sails had been i
blown away and that the lower sails 1
were being furled at tha time the i
r*hooner was capeised. I
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USDAY, SEPTEMBER
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
Southern Coal Industry.
Baltimore. Special. ? Commenting
upon ollleial figures as indicating the
growth of the Southern coal trade, Mr.
F. E. Saward, the well known coal authority.
says in last weeks issue of the
Manufacturers' Record:
"Tho 1 /M.I- ? T I
? .?v> c?iw; auu vsxuu iur juac
this year stows 304,311) tons as against
130,041 tons in that month last year,
while the Norfolk and Western shows
645,225 tons for July, as compared with
504.408 tons for that month a year ago.
Then there is the Southern which handled
during the tlrst live months of
this year 1.C60.423 tons of coal from the
Alabama and Tennessee districts. Lost
year the five months supplied 1,505.853
tons. The Alabama district supplied
1.155.6S1 tons in 1003. and the Tennessee
field 510.742 tons. During the year
1002 the Alabama district furnished
the Southern Railway tonnage during
the first five months of 050,399 tons of
ccal and Tennessee 555,454 tons. The
Chesapeake and Ohio report for the
year shows $5,G5S.S79 net earnings,
which is a decrease from the previous
year of less than half a million, and
yet there was a long strike at coal and
coke works alone Its line for a long
period during the fiscal year. The
Norfolk and Western shows $5,801,930,
an increase or nearly $1,000,000. hecause
were no great trouble at mines
along its line, in a recent interview
Chief Mine Inspector J. W. Raul remarked
that there is the largest coal
development at the present time in the i
history of West Virginia and especially |
along the Kanawha, in that section
there was a great amount of construe
Man of railroads into th<* various coal
fields am! tin* eonl development in tliat I
section in tiie immediate future will
bo such that the railroad facilities will
not lie able to move more than 7~> per
rent, of tii" capacity of the mines.
'About the same beneficial diets.' sayr.
Mr. Paul, 'have resulted in towns Pi
the southern portion of the r" ate from
the coal development as have resulted
to ClarTcsbury and 1'alrr.tont front the
development of the coal region."
Referring to (lie operations of the
Waha. h as related to coal development
Mr. Saavard says:
"Tito system will be porting eonl out
of the New River district before many
in nths have waned. The Wabash has
completed an extension of its West
Virginia Central and Pittsburg division
to Bayard. \V. Va.. on the outer
euge of die New River Held, and will
begin the shipment of eoal from that
field to Baltimore at once.
"It is stated by those familiar with
the situation in Alabama that the production
of coal for the whole year of
1903 will probably exceed the 1902 tonnage.
notwithstanding the loss of a
n:< mining operations. It is believed
that improvements made about
the mines during the idleness, and the
new mines which will be ready for operations
in the next month or so. will
sr. inert':isc production that before tlie |
ml of the year the lor.s in tonnage
will he more than made up. and the |
demand is said to he great enough to !
absorb all the coal that can he turned !
out between now and Jan. 1st. The
ba?*gp line of the Southern Railway
wht.h takes eoal at Greenville, Miss.,
and ships it down the river to New
{) leans, has resumed operations since
the miners went hack to work. Coal
is again being shipped from the Alabama
fields to Tampico. Mexico,
through the port of Pensacola to which 1
ii is hauled by the Ixmisville and
Nashville Railroad. This is a w< 11 established
business, but was interrupted
by the strike. The men surely acted
wisely in going to work pending the
arbitration proceedings. The Seaboard
has not quite finished its Alabama extension
hut is working hard at it and j
expects to have trains running into
Birmingham by Jan. 1. 1901. In addition
to the main lines which reach that
city there are othnr smaller roads in
the district which handle a great deal
of coal and ore. The Birmingham belt I
\vh!"h belongs to the Frisco and which j
extends around the city in a promicxtends
around the city is a prominent
factor in the freight traffic. Birmingham
will soon ha?-e a direct route
to Chicago by way of Uie Illinois Central."
I idu-tr'ni Mlscrllanv.
The Weather Bureau's weekly sum.
mary of crop conditions savs
Buffered materially from heavy rains
and lack of sunshine o.er a large part
of the central an.I eastern districts of
the cotton region, where, as in the previous
week, rapid growth and, in some
localities too much stalk, excessive
shedding and rust are reported. The
plant, however, is generally well fruited
throughout the noit. in Texas t'ce
boll weevil is doing much damage, except
in the northern counties, and boll
worms ore more numerous and destructive.
A little picking liar. b"oh
rlone throughout the southern portion
of the belt, but this work is not yet
general. The condition of tobacco in
Tennessee is exceptionally favorable,
and a fair crop is promised in KenLucky,
where an improvement is Indicated.
A fair to good crop is being
cut in Maryland and Virginia. In
Pennsylvania, though backward, tobacco
has marie fair progress, but
drought has materially lessened its
condition In Ohio."
The Texas section of the weather bureau
has issued a map showing the boll
weevil district of the Texas district,
*nd it is stated that the pest is doing 1
treat damage whr *?v?r praaoat."
2.1903.
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters of General Interest In
Short Paragraphs.
Down in D'xle.
Over 2.000 arrests have been made
nnder the new vagrancy law in Georgia
and farmers had loss difficulty in
finding farm labor.
Gov. Jefferson Davis, of Arkansas.
\\as knocked off the platform during
a political debate at Bismarck, Ark.,
by Judge Carroll L. Wood.
Governor Aycock says that he will
corn2>ly with the request of the farmers
of the State Alliance to ask the
Governors of Virginia and South Carolina
to unite with him in urging President
Roosevelt to enforce any existing
laws against the tobaeeo trust, in
outer words, the American Tobacco
Company.
At The National Capital.
State Department officials arc en
rem raged by additional advices to hope
Colombia will find a way to agree on
the canal project.
Four pouches of mail seized during
the Spanish war are being forwarded
to their destinations in Cuba and
Mexico.
In a week's operation no friction
has occurred in the army system due
to the introduction of the General
Staff Corps.
Democrats in Washington are beginning
to figure on fudge George
Gray, of Delaware, as a Presidential
possibility.
The Hoard on Construction of the
Navy approved a plan to in. tall turbine
engines in tho proposed scout
ships.
Republican leaders say the calling
ef an extra session of Congress on the
eve of an election to take up financial
legislation is bad politics.
Sixty-five members of the inxt. railed
States Senate art lawyers, one Is a
civil nginerr. two are doct. is atul the
others hankers, miners. busiu< ss mm
i.wd poll;it iaus. The average a e i o.
S< nator Pcttus. of Alabama., the obh st,
is S2. ami Senator Ha.iley. <f Texa.s,
the ynsingest. is to. Twenty-five members
fought in the civil war. Of colit
ge graduates there are fifiy-liva.
S> ven members of the Senate wore
: l/orn in other enunfi?>?
At The North.
None of the restaurants in Chiraco
y.?t?> forced to close as a result of the
cooks and waiters' strike, many employes
refusing to obey the order to
quit work.
S. It. Roath. a Chicago millionaire,
f'ivj tod half his wealth, about $1.Obit,onn.
among his relatives at Norwich,
Conn.
The $.'1,000,000 Philippine cortill
rates were awarded to a New York
firm at 102.24.
The Democratic State Convention of
Ohio, in session at Columbus, nominated
Tom L. Johnson for Governor by
acclamation and indorsed the Kansas
City platform.
From Acmes The Sea.
James Lynehbaum. charged with attempted
murder in Ireland, was. after
twiei escaping, tracked to Indianapolis.
Ind.. and arrested.
Details of the conflict at Krusehevo,
>iu< I-'IKIIIU, niiun mill llll' Cliy WHS
sacked three days by the Turks.
It is now believed that 25 lives were
lost in the lire Monday night in Budapest.
The report of the British Commission
on the South African war states
that the number of British troops engaged
in the war was 44S.135.
A new British battleship was christened
the Dominion by Princess
Louise, at its launching at. Barrow.
In the hearing of the Whltaker
Wright case in London, an examiner
testified as to alleged falsifying of
books by the promoter.
M. von Plehive. Russian Minister of
the Interior, wrote a letter to the Congress
of Zionists at Basel, Switzerland.
conditionally promising aid to
the Zionist movement.
Professor Matzen, of Copenhagen,
following Dr. Lardy's example, declined
the Czar's appointment as one
of the three arbitrators in the Venezuelan
difficulty.
Miscellaneous natters.
As a result of the unfavorable Goveminent
crop report cotton prices
again went, upward in the New York
Exchange.
Judge William II. Taft, Go.ernor of
the Philippines, will succeed EliUu
Itoot as Secretary of War about January
1, and Gen. Luke E. Wright will
i>?come uovernor of the archipelago.
The army claims victory over the
navy in the war game at Portland,
Maine.
The board of conciliation for the anthracite
region continued its meetings
in New York and settled a number of
question.
Five thousand persons attended a reunion
of the Smith family at I'capack,
New Jersey.
John 1''. Finnerty, president of the
United Irish League of America, issue !
an address in which he says the lan 1
hill is a prelude to a coming struggle
for an independent Parliament.
Henry Frederick returned to New
York after a tour around the world In
54 days 7 hours and 20 minutes.
A united society of all men who
stived in the German army and railed
the United Kriegerbund was organized
at Terra Haute, Ind., and Richard
Muiler. of New York, chosen president.
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NO. 2t.
! JOHNSON WINS OUT
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I iimmcrman'<; Namp Not Prpcpnw in
? ?? ?
Democratic Convention
IS NOMINATED BY ACCLAMATION
111-.* Ohio Democrats (let Together ??r?
a Platfoim and Nominate a Ticket?
Harmony Prevailed.
Columbus, O., Special.?The Johnson
programme was tarried out completely
Wednesday in the Democratic*
State convention. Although the opposition
obstructed the proceedings with
minority reports for some hours, tin*
name of John L. Zimmerman, of
Springtield, was not presented for tbo
gubernatorial nomination and ovary
nomination on the State ticket, ineluding
Mayor Tom 1<. Johnson for
Govt ruor. was made by acclamation.
After the chairman announced that
; e name of Mayer Johnson u.v the
only one bsoe ?'iy convention fur
Governor there ?vc;e some dissent injx
Zimmerman votes en .he motion to
i make the nomination unanimous, but
i tin- Zimmerman supporters uulislaoi
aTter the selections for Governor ami
| Senator were made. The following
ticket was nominated: Governor. Tone
\j. Johnson, of Cleveland; Lieutenant!
Governor. F. It. Niles, of Tokdo; Attorney
General, Frank S. Monnott. of
i Washinirton Court House; Auditor,
j Chas. A. Kleebe, of Wapcmelcta; Commissioner
of Schools, J. K. Seerist. r.l"
Ottawa; tutmher of hoard of putdi*
works, \V. 15. Junes, of lrontou; Su.
premo judge, F. J. iletnpsey. of Cincinnati.
John li. Clarke, of Cleveland,
v.as endorsed for Fuitcd States S? i?ator.
, ; /"lore
Outrages.
Sofia, Ity Cable. A private telegramfrom
Dubnitza says that a liumlu r ot
' Unitarian ofl'ieets. leading a hand ot
of 150 insurgents, recently forced their
way past the Turkish post at Kekia
un<; now occupy au unassailable mini
i lion.
Kumors are current here of seriousmassacres
at Ynsiliko and Kirk-Kilis,
st k. Three hundred persons are said ti>
have been killed. Details and confirmation
are lacking. An immense many
: meeting of Macedonians took placo
hete \V< dncsday. The proceedings were
most cnlhnsiastic. it was resolved that
a. memorandum should be presented lo
the lepre: ntatives of the i*rer?t power?
ai soiia, urging their government* to.
tak* action. The Macedonian committee
lias issued a black boardered list of
u v;li.ir.es which have In en pillaged
and destroyed in the villayct of Manastir,
to which are added instance: of
recoiling outrages perpetrated on wutn<
n. The publicalion of the sheet lis*
created a sensation. Ni> news has been
receive i in oiTieial circles tod \y from
the interior of Macedonia. The icvohitionists
at Kruschcvo have quickfiring
guns. In u light which Ikus just
occurred in that district the insurgents
, defeated aiul slaughtered j.a ?_utir? di/
taehmcut of SO soldiers. 4
j
A Political 3 iRht.
Little Rock, Ark., Special.- Jadgc
Carroll L. Wood, of the Arkar.wts Suireme
Court who is opposing Governor
avis us a candidate for a third t< rrn,
knocked Governor Davis off a speaking
aland, four feet from the ground. during
the campaign meeting at Diumar.- k.
Governor Davis was not hurt. and
friends prevented further trouble.
Judge Wood w :.s immediately BMsttnl
on a charge of assault and battery.
Governor Davis pubiiely a used Judge
Wood qucrti ?:ic, and before, they could
be fully an 'ered, in' -rrupted with
more ?i<u ?. hich so angered
Judge Wood ti.at. he knocked Governor
Davis f.oai the platform. l*ator tho
matter was adjusted, and Judge Wood
returned to Little Dock.
?ho". m, ket .Not K II.<T
W ishington. Special.?A decidedly
new turn in the rase of tho Paitod
States Vice Consul VVm. C. Magelsaen,
at Hoirut. Syiia, who was rcportod to
have been assassinated last Sunday,
developed Friday wlxn it heroine
known that the report war, incot rcet
and that although Mr. Magelsnen had
neon Fhot at ho had not evi n liorn injured
Thi3 information ca/nc to tlio
State Department Kid day nin a
dispatch from United States Minister
Irishman at Constantinople, who rvinl
the mistake in making the original
announcement was due to an error in
the transmission of the cipher dispatch
from Consul itavendai a: !l< frnt in reporting
the incident to the minister.
I> -rel cl it ported.
New Orleans, Special?The Norwegian
steamer Nicaragua from Rtcio,
fields, reports in latitude 24 OS north,
longitude S7.<?S west, passed the derelict
bark John It. Stmhope, lumber l>
. Jen, with sttrin gone ;vnd cargo washing
out. l.owcr fore and mi/.zen xotflis
standing, with yards on foremast,
bowsprit and jibboorn standing, two
houses on dock badly broken. She is
In the track of vessels bound to
from Central Air. vtoan porta.