ACTIVE CONFLICT
FIRST FIGHT BETWEEN TURKEY
AND BULGARIA
THE TURKS ASTHE AGQRESSORS
Moslems Accused of Attacking Fron
tier Post and of Pursuing Refugees
Across the Line Measure for Relief
of Sufferers
SOFIA Bulgaria Serious news has
tbcen received here from the frontier
of fighting between Turkish and Bul
garian troops at Deniir Kania both
Bides sustaining losses
In official quarters all knowledge of
the affair is denied but the circum
stantial details given seem to indicate
that there is some foundation for the
accounts of the conflict
According to one report the tTurks
attacked the Bulgarian frontier post
Another version says the Turks pur
sued a number of refugees across the
frontier It is asserted that the Turks
have frequently attempted to provoke
hostilities firing into Bulgarian terri
tory and crossing the frontier to steal
horses and sheep
The war office here is working at
high pressure and 24000 recruits will
be called three months before the
usual time Prince Ferdinand lias
sanctioned numerous other measures
of a warlike nature All the cavalry
with the exception of a single regi
ment which is stationed at Sofia has
been sent into the frontier districts
with a strong force of artillery Vig
orous efforts are being made to pre
vent bands from crossing into Turkish
territory Two hands which were sent
back have reached Sofia
Dispatches from the frontier receiv
ed at the revolutionary headquarters
report that the refugees in the moun
tains are in a terrible condition
through their pursuit by the Turks
and cold and hunger Many are
dying
Measures are being taken here to
relieve the worst cases of suffering
among the fugitives from the frontier
districts Madame Bahmeteff wife of
the Russian agent here is taking a
prominent part in this charitable
work
From insurgent sources it is report
ed that the Bulgarian villagers of
Obiditt and Kremen have been pillag
ed and burned Many of their inhabi
tants were slaughtered The Bulgar
ian quarter of Belitza is in flames
Seven hundred refugees from Belitza
are reported to have been killed in a
Turkish ambuscade near Samakoff
province of Kirk Kllisse
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AWARDS SATISFY GERMANY
Weil Pleased with Amounts Granted
Against Venezuela
CARACAS Venezuela The Venezuelan-German
mixed tribunal has offi
cially closed seventy three claims pre
sented against the government involv
ing a total of 1317817 Two claims
amounting to 110250 were withdrawn
and one of 558000 for the closing to
navigation of the river Catatumbo on
the Colombian boundary and the caus
ing thereby of losses to German
traders was disallowed by the um
pire General D M Duffield of De
troit Mich The other claims which
aggregate 043800 were discussed
and recognized and the claimants
were awarded 3890S5 According to
the protocol the awards are payable
In gold The German railroad obtains
payment in full of its claim and in ad
dition a sum of 800 a day as in
demnity for the interruption of traffic
during a period of seventeen days
The Germans here are much pleased
with the awards and compliment Um
pire Duffield upon his decision
Schwab Disappoints Them
BALTIMORE Much disappoint
ment was expressed at the failure of
Charles M Schwab of Pittsburg to be
present at Music hall Sunday after
noon when the last meeting in the
nature of a reunion of the national
hoys brigade was held During the
day the visiting delegates to the con
vention which closed its business ses
sions Saturday visited the various
Protestant churches of the city in
squads
Earthquake at St Louis
ST LOUIS Mo A slight shock of
earthquake was felt in Carondolet the
southern part of the city at 855
pclock Sunday- night The seismic
disturbance lasted one minute and
caused alarm among the citizens At
the same time a slight shock was feit
in the western portion of the city
No Hope for Entire Recovery
BALTIMORE Md The physicians
nnd surgeons who have for several
weeks been in attendance upon Arch
bishop Kain of St Louis a patient at
St Agnes sanitarium this city held
two consultations Sunday At the
close of the last one they reported
that while Monsignor Kain was much
improved his condition does not war
rant the hope that he will entirely re-cover
from the ailments he is suffer
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Appointed with Others to Arrange for
Congress of Lawlers
ST LOUIS President James Ha
german of the American Bar associa
tion has announced the appointment
of a committee of members of the as
sociation to act in co operation with
the committee of authorities of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition for the
convention of the Universsal Con
gress of Lawyers and Jurists in St
Louis during September 1904 Fifty
two members are appointed to consti
tute the committees with Jacob Klein
St Louis chairman and including
Robb of Boise Idaho Adolph Mose3 of
Hugh Butler of Denver Ramfnrd A
Chicago Clifford L Jackson of Mus
kogee I T Emil McLain of Iowa City
la Charles Blood Smith of Topeka
William W Dixon of Butte Mont
Charles F Mander3on of Omaha Bay
ary T Hainer of Perry Old Bartlett
Tripp of Yankton S D P L Wil
liams of Salt Lake City George M
Foster of Spokane and Charles N Pot
ter of Cheyenne
KING EXPECTED TO PARDON
Conspirators Although Convicted Are
Likely to Be Set Free
BELGRADE The trial of the army
officers charged with conspiracy
against the murder of King Alexander
and Queen Draga was concluded Tues
day Captains Kovacovitch and La
zarevitch the former being the ring
leader were sentenced to two years
imprisonment and the loss of their
commissions
Dr Velikovitch and Capetain Lotki
jevitch the former aide-de-camp of
King Alexander each received sen
tences of a months imprisonment
Other officers who took a less promi
nent part in the conspiracy were con
demned to from three months to a
year in prison
It is anticipated that King Peter
will pardon all the conspirators
WESTERN MEN TiOT AFFECTED
Packing House Employes East Not in
Same Organization
DENVER Colo Replying to ru
mors that a strike was brewing among
the packing house employes of the
west in sympathy with a possible
strike of Chicago packing house em
ployes the representatives in Den
ver of the American labor union and
the Denver Butchers union gave out
a statement denying that the butch
ers west of the Missouri river con
template going on a strike The
butchers west of the Missouri are af
filiated with the American labor
union while the eastern butchers are
affiliated with the American Federa
tion of Labor Western butchers
have no grievances
TURKS WITHDRAW TROOPS
Supposed to Be in Compliance with
Bulgarias Request
BURGAS Bulgaria Dispatches re
ceived here from the insurgent chief
Gerjikoff who has been conducting
operations in the Kirklisz district an
nounce that the Turkish troops have
been withdrawn from Zabernovo Kar
lovo and Gratlaticoco three points on
the Turkish frontier
It is understood that this move
ment was in accordance with the re
quest of the Bulgarian government
that Turkey withdraw her troops from
the frontier as a sign of the sincerity
of her pacific declarations
The positions vacated by the Turks
are now occupied by insurgents
BIG BATTLE IS IN PROGRESS
Turks and Insurgents in a Desperate
Fight
LONDON According to a special
dispatch from Constantinople an irade
of the sultan intimates that the ad
vance of 5000000 in the new loan
will be spent entirely on war material
Another dispatch says that in the
neighborhood of Lucovo an the Ser
vian frontier 8000 Turks have en
gaged five bands of insurgents and
desperate fighting is reported The
insurgents are employing bombs and
the Turks have lost 300 men and sev
eral officers The battle continues
Lucovo is said to be in flames
Wages Cut at Steel Furnaces
ALLENTOWN Pa The Empire
Steel and Iron company which oper
ates six furnaces and the Thomas
Iron company which also operates six
stacksposted notices of a 10 per cent
cut in wages to go into effect October
1 The reduction affects 900 men
Czar is Being Carefully Guarded
VIENNA A dispatch from Muerz
steg Syria says the precantionary
measures taken for the safety of the
czar were largely entended on Thurs
day The special reason for this has
not transpired but fresh detachments
of gendarmes have been ordered fo
the hunting district where all the
movements of unauthorized persons
are prohibited during the times the
czar and Emperor Francis Joseph are
hunting
TWO TRAINS MET
DISASTROUS COLLISION ON THE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
CONDUCTOR HARPER IS KILLED
Twenty or More Are Injured Dis
charged Soldiers Render Aid Many
Remarkable Escapes from Death
Told by the Passengers
BEOWAWE Nev A disastrous
head end collision occurred Thursday
night on the Salt Lake division of the
Southern Pacific at this station The
first section of train No C the Atlan
tic express from San Francisco col
lided with a freight train One pas
senger was killed and twenty injured
The dead
Allee Harper aged about 34 years
Pocatello Idaho a member of the Or
der of Railway Conductors and a
Knight Templar
Relief trains were sent to the scene
of the wreck from Winnemucca and
Carlin carrying doctors Among the
passengers on the train were a doctor
and a trained nurse and two discharg
ed soldiers The latter liad served
in the hospital corps They rendered
great service to the injured before
the arrival of other medical assist
ance
The concussion was so great when
the trains collided that a passenger
coach telescoped the smoking car for
half its length Three engines are
now locked together
Mr Harper was sitting in the rear
end of the smoker and was pinned in
the wreckage being horribly mangled
Death was not instantaneous but near
ly two hours were consumed in ex
tracting the body
Many remarkable escapes from
death are told by passengers Tha
second section of No 219 the freight
train came down the main line at
Beowawe to allow another freight to
pull out Conductor Dorsey in charge
of No 219 saw what the engineer was
doing and as No 6 was about due
turned the air on the train breaking
it in two The head brakeman went
back to chain up while the fireman
went to flag the first section of No 6
which was coming It being on a
curve the passenger engineer did not
see the flagman until the trains were
almost together and it was impossible
to prevent the crashing together of
the powerful engines Both engine
crews jumped and both engines Were
demolished
The dead and injured were taken on
the second section of No 6 to Ogden
with the exception of Fireman Stone
and Grant Byle of San Francisco who
were sent to that city
THREE DIE IN DEATH CHAIR
Brothers Are Electrocuted for Murder
of Their Uncle
DANNEMORA N Y Without ono
unforeseen incident to mar the per
fect and dignified execution of the
death penalty imposed by the trial
court sustained by the court of ap
peals and not interfered with by Gov
ernor ODell Willis Frederick M and
Burton Van Wormer were put to
death in fifteen and one half minutes
at Clinton prison Thursday for the
murder of their uncle Peter A Hal
lenbeck at Greendale on Christmas
eve 1901 The motive for the mur
der was ill feeling growing out of the
foreclosure of a mortgage on the Van
Wormer home by Hallenbeck
The men walked from the doors of
their cells in the care of their priest
and flanked on either side by prison
deputies with calm demeanor but ex
treme pallor
The entire proceeding from the
start of tne first man from his cell to
the doctors declaration of the death
of the last consumed but fifteen and
one half minutes and no untoward m
cident marred the execution of the
law
Available Supply of Grain
NEW YORK Special cable and tel
egraphic dispatches to Bradstreets
this week show the following changes
in available supplies as compared
with last accounts
Wheat United States and Canada
east of the Rockies increase 2969
000 bushels Wheat in and for Eu
rope increased 4700000 bushels To
tal supply increased 7069000 bushels
Corn United States and Canada
east of the Rockies increased 1212
000 bushels
Oats United States and Canada
east of the Rockies decrease 593000
bushels
Finley Installed as President
NEW YORK Dr John Houston
Finley who left the faculty of Prince
ton to accept the presidency of the
College of the City of New York was
on Tuesday installed in that office a
notable gathering of college presi
dents and other men of prominence
participating in the installation cere
monies Seventy universities and col
leges were represented and a number
of prominent men present delivered
addresses
INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION
Nearly Twenty Thousand Greater
Than August of a Year Ago
WASHINGTON D C The bureau
of immigration in a statement given
out reports a heavy Increase in im
migration to the United States during
August 1903 compared with August
L902 The total number of immi
grants was 64977 against 45549 a
year ago The statement showa
marked increases in the immigration
from Austria Hungary Denmark
Finland Germany England Italy
Russia Scotland and Wales A
slight decrease is noted in immigra
tion from Asia while Chinese immi
gratlon increased slightly There
were 810 immigrants debarked ol
whom 545 were paupers 146 diseased
six convicts seven pojygamists
contract laborers and one
idiot Out of the total arrivals 48000
were at the port of New York Thd
Increase in immigration for the first
two months ot the fiscal year is 48
per cent
BELIEVES GERMANY SEEKS WAR
A Strong Undercurrent Against tha
United States
CHICAGO 111 In plain English
the attitude of the Germans toward
us the United States is We like you
awfully but weve got to fight you all
the same This does not mean trade
hammering with tariff regulations It
means sooner or later shooting to
kill
Prof Albion W Small on arriving
at the University of Chicago Tuesday
after a summers tour through Europe
uttered these words and gave as the
reason for this German intention of
provoking war with the United States
Germanys desire for trade expansion
in South America and the east
The Germans are making extraor
dinary efforts to please the Americans
and if we want those efforts to con
tinue we havent a minute to waste
till we have a navy a little stronger
than theirs he said
POPE PREDICTS HIS FREEDOM
Surprise Members of Religious Or
ders
ROME According to the Tribuna
Pius X on receiving the abbott of the
celebrated monastery of Monte Cas
sini in Campania said We shall
soon meet most reverend father at
Mont Cassini Then noting the ef
fect that his words produced the im
pression that his holiness would some
day leave the Vatican precincts he
added Pray for all things are ob
tained by prayer
The pope is said to have told the
abbott of the Benedictine monastery
at Cava Dei Tirenne that he himself
would inaugurate the jubilee of the
Immaculate Conception
TO PROTECT THEIR VISITOR
Anarchists of France Under Strict
Surveillance
PARIS In anticipation of the ap
proaching visit of the king of Italy to
Paris the French police have institut
ed a strict surveillance over the an
archists in this country Several de
tectives have been sent to Marseilles
to maintaain a strict watch over the
Italian colony there Two suspected
anarchists were arrested today at
Nice upon information furnished by
the Italian government
The police at Marseilles today seiz
ed some compromising anarchist cor
respondence and made four arrests on
clues given by the Italian government
The two Italians who were arrested at
Nice are charged with complicity in
the anarchist conspiracy
Reported Massacre of Jews
VIENNA The Czernowitz the
newspaper which first aunounced the
Kishineff riots reports that another
massacre occurred at the town of
nera Kishineff yester
day in which 300 Jews and 100 Chris
tians were killed This report is not
confirmed from any quarter Mohilev
Podolsky is a town on the Dneister
with a population of 18128 compris
ing many Jews
Concussion of a Larger Gun
SAN FRANCISCO The concussion
caused by the discharge of the 12 inch
gun on Angel island which was fired
by the artillerymen in practice shat
tered windows in Sausallto shook
houses knocked down plaster and
caused much excitement among the
people The Presidio was also well
shaken The boom of the heavy gun
made the general hospital unsafe for
a few moments
Fighting Companys Head
NEW YORK The directors and of
ficers of the American Malting com
pany have sent out a circular to stock
holders asking them to withhold giv
ing the president proxies which a few
Iays ago he asked for for the purpose
of electing a new set of officers at
the November meeting The direc
tors ask the stockholders to defer giv
ing their proxies until they see the
annual report of the company soon to
be made
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iTioney Making
Independence
A few years ago I met a farmer
who told me that from his earliest rec
ollection he had never worried about
how he was to get a living or make
money He always felt competent to
handle those subjects without any
special mental effort
There were other subjects over
which he worried and no doubt many
who worry a great deal about how to
get a living are free from trouble
when it comes to subjects that wor
ried the farmer
If a person can be born so that mak
ing money or getting a living does not
cause any trouble there must be a
mechanical path to follow in reaching
these desirable conditions
One rule for earning money is to
find out what you can best do and
then seek the right market for your
work and study supply and demand
and competition
Naturalists tell us that in a school
of fish those in the fore part are fat
while the fish that bring up the rear
are always lean This was true in a
certain locality on the subject of
small fruit Those who began raising
berries made nice sums of money
from their investments but in a few
years when everybody was raising
them there was no money in it
Commercial sense enables one to
anticipate conditions and wants and
be among the first to supply those
wants
I noticed a few months ago a shoe
maker selecting a very desirable loca
tion one that would grow better with
each succeeding year and he illus
trated his foresight in looking or
the field and securing the place which
he did for his shop Selecting a
location is one of the main sources of
success
Just after the war a friend told me
that he went West looking for a loca
tion He studied two cities and at
that time he was unable to see any
difference between them but since
then one has grown but very little
while the other has doubled several
times in population
From the way in which some men
select wisely nine times out of ten
there must be signs or principles to go
by in this important part of prosper
ity
It Is Right to Know Why
A director in a school said he knew
X Y Z etc were vowels but what he
wanted to know was why they were
We are all ditto on some subjects
Useless and
Useful Books
Strong men of slow nature need
looks of inspiration but men of ac
tive minds and weak bodies need
books on physical culture and better
nethods A physical giant told me
about the great benefit he secured
from reading a hook of encouraging
chapters A thinker claimed that a
book benefited him very much by
Caching him to eat better lunches and
sespect his stomachs needs Eooks
are as helpful and as dangerous as
Ten and women or food and drink
Jpoks are good companions and help
ll guides when properly selected but
U read anything may be worse than
riding nothing Have you a plan
for distinguishing between the useful
2i4 the useless
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From now on to what extent musjv
the business man make use of printed
information The knowledge and ex
perience of many men on various sub
jects is being gathered Is It neces
sary for the business man to know
about this and to possess it
Many men are devoting their whole
time to original researches on single
subjects and their reports are pre
pared In the form of hooks booklets
and editorials for periodicals Must
good business men sift these and
make use of the best parts of them
in order to continue as good business
men
A short time ago an official of an
insurance company stopped me as
I was passing him on the street He
held up a small cloth bound volume of
deep and dry reading Why did he
pend his money for it in order to
spend his time on it His actions are
worthy of consideration because he
together with his partner has done
with very little money what many
men with much money have tried with
all their might to do and failed Why
did he buy the book
He knows how to use men their
time their strength their ideas and
observations Why can he not use re
corded ideas experiences and observa
tions He does not use all men only
a few dozen are in his employ at pres
ent but he has talked with hun
dreds and it may he thousands to get
that few dozen Is not this necessary
After he had shown me his book
and I had glanced at some of the mys
terious equations in it I began asking
him questions and was surprised to
hear him say that he had not read a
certain work Has he neglected
because it has not been properly pi
to him He is not a bookish
man and would not neglect his busi
ness for the pleasure of reading
rather would he squeeze books for
information to help him work better
Is not this what hooks are for
Some day I expect to make a special
call on him to find out why he does
not own that book which I think he
should read and if he is able to up
set my reasoning it will not be the
first time it has been discomfited Can
you confess the same
The danger point to the pencil point
is where you record things which you
should remember without recording
Is not the blunder with books cen
tered in ignoring them or looking up
to them in place of getting acquainted
with and walking on them Ignor
ing or adoring books weakens the
worker but tapping books for daily
useful hints and facts strengthens the
worker Do you think otherwise
To know what you do think and
what part books have taken in help
ing you woul be useful to me Will
you drop me a letter or a postal card
on the subject
A man put thirty thousand dollars
into advertising and waited for re
turns While he was tottering be
tween holding on and falling the re
turns began to come in If they had
been a few weeks slower he would
have been a failure How much right
have some successes to glory over
some failures
There are retail stores in which the
trade is watched as the fireman eye3
the steam gauge The cashiers desk
is visited often and if sales drop plans
are laid to push harder
Fine trades have been industriously
built up while using poor stationery
and no grammar
It is better to advertise your busi
ness than yourself
Value of Ideas
In a field I found a team a harness
a chain an unpulled stump a boy and
failure By adding a thought to the
boy which caused the boy to chain a
small log to the stump I left a fieJd
in which there was a team a harness
a chain a log a pulled stump a boy
and success
While talking with a salesman he
told me about a framed poem in a
business office One day when near
there I copied it and though it mrry
be old to you it is given here fcr
those who may not have read it as sll
of us need occasional encouragement
Pluck wins It always wins Though
weeks be slow and nights be dark
twixt days that come and go still
pluck wins its average is sure Ke
gains the prize who can the most ea
durp who faces issues he who never
shirks who waits and watches and
who always works
The Telephone Voice
For a couple of years I have had a
desk in a room with a telephone ex
change board The voice and face of
one of the exchange board operators
act as a looking glass to those at the
other end of the wire and give me
a view of the manners of many peo
ple
All Say So
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of others than from those made 37
ourselves
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