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has nrobably brought to a close
io of the shortest and most re-
mrkftble wars on record.
F A great Turkish army, estimated
kt more than 200,000 men, has been
pfpated and is in retreat. Con
stantinople is believed to bo at the
nercy of the victorious Bulgarian
urmy and a council, sitting at the
)orte, is discussing the advisability
f suing for peace. Such is trie
lews which comes from Constanti-
lople.
It is only a fortnight since Tur-
cev declared war. The first week
f the camnaicn closed with the dra-
foiatic fall of Kirk-Kilisseli, fully re-
L.An1(nr. Pry thn inf ttrrlrt Vi din.
KVUU1U15 l"1 " 114 oi "o uuo uo-
organizauon uaa morale ana in
efficient commissariat of the Turkish
tarray. Today that army Ib defeated,
routed within one hundred miles
ifrom Constantinople and possibly its
retreat within the capital's line oi
Idefenses is cut off.
Generally the briefest and vaguest
accounts of the great battle have
hnnn received, for the war has been
Kespecially remarkable in that not a
t'sinele war corresnondent has been
K allowed at the front, except in the
case of the little Montenegrin cam-
Kpaign againBt Scutari.
General Mario Menocal was elected
president of Cuba at the presiden
tial election on that island. Abso-
i lute order prevailed throughout the
ft entire country during the balloting.
homo to Forest Hill cemetery. At
the cemetery the body was deposited
in a crypt in the beautiful Babcock
mausoleum recently completed by
tho late Mrs. Carrie Babcock, mother
in law of tho vice president, wIiobo
body was placed in it only three
weeks ago.
A Berlin cablegram dated Nov. 4,
says: The Turkish ambassudor pre
sented to the foreign office this after
noon a communication from IiIb gov
ernment asking the powers' good
offices to bring about an armistice.
Germany immediately put Itself Into
communication with tho other five
powers, with a view to carrying out
tho request.
A New York dispatch says: Tho
United States Express company
passed its seml-nnnual dividend of
$3 a share. Tho establishment of
the parcels post and a decrease in the
company's earnings during the Inst
fiscal year were among tho reasons
given by directors for the failure to
declare tho dividend.
Radio waves flashed by the station
at tho Araorican naval base at Guan-
tanamo, carno "strong" to the now
naval station at Arlington, Vn., dur
ing tho testing period recently. This
is the farthest point yet hoard from
since the big station has been working.
Holland supports a population of
200 people to the square mile whilo
we have hard work to sustain thirty
four. Tho Hollanders paw a tax of
$f.80 per aero and still mako it pay.
Tho secret lies In intoriBlvo farming,
especially dairying, and utilizing
every square inch of ground and
every ounce of natural fertilizer.
General Homer Lee, the Ameri
can who acted as advisor to the
leaders of the late Chinese rebellion,
died at his home in Los Angeles.
A cablegram from Constantinople,
dated November 3, says that the
tTurkish Porte has appealed to the
ipowors for mediation with a view to
the cessationi-pf hostilities and for
the negotiation of peace. Applica
tion has been made to tho embassies
and by oircular to the Ottoman rep
resentatives in European capitals.
Nero at the Circus
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An Associated Press dispatch from
Utica, N. Y., dated November 2, says:
In the presence of the president of
the United States, members of the
cabinet, representatives of the diplo
matic corps, and women and men of
every walk of life, final honors were
paid today to James Schoolcraft
Sherman, vice president of the
United States.
In deference to the wishes of Mrs.
Sherman, tho funeral was without
display. Simple services were held
in the First Presbyterian church, and
the offer of the president of a guard
of regulars to escort the body from
tho church to the cemetery was re
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was as simple as the dead man would
have liked, and tho public services
were made as brief as possible under
the circumstances.
The services in the church were
conducted by Rev. Dr. Holden, as
sisted by Rev. Dana Bigelow. Tho
funeral oration was delivered oy uev.
M. W. Stryker, president of Hamil
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Sherman had been for many years a
trustee. Dr. Stryker's oration was
a forceful appreciation of Mr. Sher
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public life, of his unselfishness, faith
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at great length on the perfect home
life of the dead man which, he said,
was an inspiration to all. '
Thorn was RDRcial music by a
double quartet of male singer and
by the choir of Christ church.
Th public services were compara
tively brief. At their conclusion the
president and his party left the
Church by a sid entrance going into
Columbia gtret so that the enormous
crowd (n front of the dlflca might
be avoided. The-casket was then re
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