TO PUNISH THEM
PROMISES MADE TO AMBASSADOR
BY SULTAN
ABOUT THE BALKAN SITUATION
Sultan Said to Be Firmly Resolved to
Avoid a War Expresaes Regret at
Excesses Committed by Turkich
Troops
LONDON The Balkan nltuation
presents few new features The Ger
man emperors Influence at Vienna is
aald to have been thrown in favor of
allowing the sultan the utmost free-
dom in suppression of the insurrec
tion Both Turks and Macedonians
claim the victories in the daily en
counters A report from Sofia states
that Bulgarian military preparations
are reaching the state of perfection
that will enable the concentration of
200000 men on the frontier within a
week and that the stocks of provi
sions weapons and ammunition are
rapidly bocoming efficient
According to a dispatch from Con
stantinople to the Daily Telegraph the
sultan is so firmly resolved to avoid
a war that on the report that France
was sending a fleet to Turkish waters
and again when it was stated that
Bulgaria was mobilizing he drafted a
decree forbidding massacres iu Mace
donia and conforming more extensive
local administrative pledges than had
been demauded by the insurgents
themselves but on each occasion find
ing the rumors unfounded the decree
was rescinded It is believed how
ever that should any power threaten
a demonstration in Turkish waters the
decree will bo signed t
The Servian newspapers are discuss
ing the probability of a reconciliation
with Bulgaria on the basis of free
trade between Servia and Bulgaria
and a defensive alliance against the
Turks
A dispatch from the monastery of
Itila adds the Daily Telegraphs cor
respondent sars the Greeks are join
ing the revolutionists in the district
of Menlik
CONSTNTINOPLE In an audience
Willi M Zienoff the Russian ambassa
dor Friday the sultan expressed his
regret at the excesses committed by
the Turkish troops in the villayets of
Jtfonastir and Adrianople He said
that orders had been sent to the au
thorities concerned to prevent their
repetition and he gave the Russian am
bassador to understand that the guilty
parties would be punished
The German ambassador Baron
Marschall von Bieberstein also had
vi audience with the sultan who
crowed himself most optimistic The
latter declared that the insurrection
was drawing to a close in fact it
had alreadv been suppressed in some
districts and the porte would there
fore immediately issue proclamations
announcing the resumption of the ap
plication of the reform scheme
Heroic Work of Hospital Nurses
SALT LAKE Utah Heroic work
on the part of the nurses and attend
ants prevented a serious loss of life
In a fire that started from a defective
flue iu the Keough Wright hospital in
this city shortly after noon Tuesday
The loss will not exceed 10000 Two
patients William Dalton and George
Slack were so badly shocked by the
excitement that their recovery is
doubtful
Grant Favors Army Canteen
WASHINGTON D C The annual
report of General Frederick D Grant
commanding the Department of Texas
which was prematurely published some
weeks ago was made public at the
war department -Friday General
Grant favors the canteen and dis
cusses the question of maintaining
strong military stations along the
Mexican border
Plague Condition is oericus
MARSEILLES The unofficial re
ports make the plague situation seri
ous The dead it appears includes
four women and one roan whose
bodies were covered with bubos Ieav
ing little doubt as to the nature of the
disease
Insurgents Annihilated -
SALONICA An insurgent band of
450 men was annihilated by the Turks
September 14 between Istib andKra
tova Another band which attacked
the railroad near Demirhissar was re
pulsed with loss
St Louis Fair Finances
WASHINGTON D C The com
mittee appointed by the secretary of
the treasury to examine the vouch-
ers and verify the accounts of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition com
pany has reported that the vouchers
are in proper form and show as claim
ed an expenditure on the part of
the company of 10037910 The 5
000000 appropriated in the aid of the
exposition is now available and been
placed to the companys credit
MISS RUTH BRYAN ENGAGED
Announcement Made That She is to
Wed W K Lsavitt
LINCOLN The engagement of
Miss Ruth Bryan daughter of W J
Bryan to Mr W H Leavitt of new
port R I was announced Wednesday
evening The announcement was
made at a party given by Mrs Mary
Fitzgerald After the party Mr
Leavitt and Miss Bryan attended the
theater
Mr Leavitt is an artist and among
other things lie painted a portrait of
Mr Bryan and it was while engaged
in this work that he became acquaint
ed with Miss Bryan He has been in
Lincoln for the last three months a
portion of the time a guest at the
Bryan home
This announcement disposes or two
recent stories concerning the future
of Miss Bryan one that she was en
gaged to Captain Richard Hobson for
merly of the navy and the other that
she was intending to devote ber life
to the work of Hull house in Chicago
KILLS TEN THOUSAND
Massacre at Kastoria by Turk s In
describably Terrible
SOFIA Bulgaria Further reports
from Kastoria say the city is burning
and that the massacre of its popula
tion estimated to have numbered 10
000 persons was indescribably terri
ble
The Turks slaughtered indiscrimi
nately Bulgarians and Greeks men
women and children
A Turkish war balloons is reported
to have been seen hovering for the
last three days close to the Bulgar
ian frontier in the vicinity of Has
kovo
A severe fight has occurred at
in the mountains of Kratovo be
tween 2000 Turks and eighty insur
gents It continued for eight hours
The insurgents used bombs with
deadly effect About 100 Turks are re
ported to have been killed and many
wounded The insurgents had two
men wounded
MILITARY ATTACHES ABROAD
One Group of General Staff to Visit
Other Countries
WASHINGTON D C Announce
ment has been made at the war depart
that one group of general staff offi
cers has been designated for duty as
attaches abroad and will be given spe
cial instructions in the military in
formation divisions prior to their de-
parture The following are designated
as attaches
Captains Sydney A Cloman Twenty-
third infantry William G Haan
artillery corps Horace M Reeve
Third infantry Dennis E Nolan Thir
teenth infantry
The present scheme is to utilize one
half the general staff in Washington
and to distribute the other half among
the various department headquarters
and on special duty elsewhere
THREE HUNDRED ARE KILLED
Bulgarian Insurgents Worsted in
Battle With Turks
SALONICA Three hundred Bul
garians have been killed in a fight be
tween insurgents and Turkish troops
between Okrida andDibra The Bul
garian dead include many officers one
of whom wore a Russian decoration
A battalion of Redifs attacked the
Christian gendarmes at Mitrovitza
September 16 and several of the latter
were killed and wounded The rest of
the gendarmes took refuge at the Rus
sian consulate where they are be
sieged The situation at Mitrovitza
is extremeljr critical
The Bulgarian villagers who are
opposing the Turkish forces in the
neighborhood of Mclnik are estimated
to number 1000
Battleship Maine All Right Now
PHILADELPHIA The now battle
ship Maine which has been undergo
ing repairs at Cramps ship yards for
structural weakness which developed
under tests of her heavy guns left the
works of her builders Friday and pro
ceeded to the League Island navy
yard The Maine which is in com
mand of Captain H G Leutze will
stop only long enough to take on a
supply of provisions and coal and
have her magazines stored with am
munition She will then sail for Cule
bra West Indies where she will par
ticipate in the fail maneuvers of the
Atlantic coast squadron The Maine
will also undergo an official speed
test
St Joe Strike Declared Off
ST JOSEPH Mo it W Steinbiss
of St Louis secretary and treasurer
of the National Building Trades coun
cil who has been here for three days
investigating the strikes of the union
mechanics affiliated with the local
Building Trades council on Friday
called off every strike and several
hundred mechanics will now return to
work The strike has been on for
nearly two months and building has
been greatly hampered
- sfcjwis as q Caf v
CABINET BROKEN
THREE MEMBER OF BRITISH
MINISTRY RESIGN
THEY ARE PROMPTLY ACCEPTED
Mr Chamberlains Letter Setting
Forth Reasons for His Resignation
Official Announcement- as Made
by the Associated Press
LONDON The official announce
ment of the resignation of Mr Cham
berlain and two other members of the
cabinet is made as follows
Three prime ministers have ten
dered their resignations which have
been actepted by the king Right
Hon Joseph Chamberlain secretary
for the colonies Right Hon C T
Ritchie chancellor of the exchequer
and Lord George Hamilton secretary
for India
Here follows Mr Chamberlains let
ter dated Birmingham September 0
in which he sets forth his reasons for
his resignation
For the present at any rate a
preferential agreement with our colo
nies involving any new duty however
small on articles of food hitherto un
taxed even if accompanied by a re
duction of taxation on other articles
of food equally universal in their con
sumption would be unacceptable to
the majority of the constituencies
However much we may regret the
decision however mistaken we may
think it no good government in a
democratic country can ignore it 1
feel therefore that as an immediate
practical policy the question of prefer
ence to the colonies cannot be press
ed with any hope of success at the
present time although there is a very
strong feeling in favor of the other
branch of the fiscal reform which
would give further discretion to the
government in negotiating with for
eign countries for commodities and
would enable our countiy to retalia
tion if opposition was made to oui
just demands
If as I beieve you share these
views it seems to me that you will
be absolutely justified in adpting them
as the policy of your government al
though it will necessarily involve some
changes in its constitution
As secretary for the colonics dur
ing the last eight years I have been
in a special serse the representative
of the policy of a closer union which
I firmly believe to be equally neces
sary in the interest of the colonies
orirl nurualvoc T VrtUn If ic MftaciliV i
today and may be impossible tomor
row to make arrangements for such
a union I have had unexampled op
portunities of watching events and ap
preciating the feelings oc our kins
men beyond the seas I stand there
fore in a different positiom than any
of my colleagues and I think that I
should justly be blamed if I remained
in office and thus formally accepted
the exclusion from my political pro
gram of so great a part thereof
I think that with absolute loyalty
to your government and no fear ol
embarrassing it in any way I can best
promote the cause I have at heart
from the outside and I cannot but
hope that in a perfectly independent
position my arguments will be re
ceived with less prejudice than will
attach to those of a party leader Ac
cordingly I would suggest that you
limit the present policy of the gov
ernment to an assertion of our free
dom in the case of all commercial
relations with all foreign countries
and that Jqu should agree to my ten
dering my resignation of my present
office to his majesty and devoting
myself to the work of explaining and
popularizing these principles of impe
rial union which experience has con
vinced me are essential to our welfart
and prosperity Yours very sincerely
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN
New Panama Canal Plan
WASHINGTON D C The follow
ing bulletin was posted at the state
department
Under date of the 14th instant
Mr Beaupre telegraphs the depart
ment of state that the report of the
canal commission passed the senate
unanimously
Mellen Refuses to Talk
NEW YORK President Mellen of
the Northern Pacific railroad declined
to discuss the statement that he is
to resign from the Northern Pacific tc
succeed President Hill of the IJew
York New Haven Hartford road
that the report is correct
Lewis and Clark Exposition
PORTLAND Ore The directors of
the Lewis and Clark exposition which
is to be held in this city in 1905 have
apportioned 380000 for buildings and
have asked the state commission to
set aside 300000 the first state ap
propriation for the same purpose
This apportionment of funds it is be
lieved will be sufficient to carry the
exposition to the time the gates are
opened
For the Individual
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WHERE OTHERS GIVE UP IS
JUST WHERE WE GET OUR
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THIS ACCURACY REVIEW
DEPARTMENT
i for co operation in information to reduce
mutually expensive mistakes It is for mechan
ical commercial and professional people the
employer employe and customer and consists
of extracts taken by permission from the copy
righted letters theleclures notebooks and libraries
of Dr Earl 31 Pratt When you secure on any
subject an idea personally useful to you and
you wish to give it to him address him in care
of The John Crerar Library JIarshail Field
Building Chicago ITj is hunting the whole world
over for information of every day use to yoz
and he regrets his inability jiersonally to reply
to contributors So far as possible he wishes to
have in this space the very ideas you would like
to find here You arc at liberty to send him
any suggestion you may care to Ills Arcade
Index libraries were started in ISZJ and now con-
tain unpublished information dating buck to 1790
with systematic plans extending to JWi Your
short story of some example of forethought de
posited in the Arcade Index collection may jirove to
le your best monument
ON NEGLECTED SUBJECTS
Carl went south and made some
money then came back to his old
village home purchased a central
block of land and this is whai it was
and what he did to it
A dramatic man by buying several
houses and lots secured the whole
Iblock for his residence He spent
a good deal of money on the place
tlien abandoned it When Carl se
cured the property it was a wilder
ness of undergrowth of an unlimited
variety It had a good brick barn
and greenhouse which had been
for a dwelling Carl lived in that
while he tore down part of the big
wooden residence and improved the
place
The best part of the -residence was
sold and removed With a gang of
men and horses he cut down trees
dug up shrubbery and plowed the
ground for grading and seeding
At the end of a year or so he had
up a modern house and was living
in it One day while passing the place
with my father I said to him that I
would like to clean up some subjects
the same as Carl had done to that
place Father replied that such a
thing would be possible
There are so many good stories
about Carl in my memory that it is
a sign of brain gain on my part to
be able to stop here and use the above
one for what I intended it
As another suggestion please let
me say to you that together we might
go at seme subject which is now in
the dark and by union study let day
light in on it
While I have some subjects listed
it might be better for you to think a
little and make the first move after
this introduction
What do you want to know which
you would be willing others should
know
I am willing to live in a barn while
clearing up an overgrown subject and
grading for improvements
How can we prevent errors and mis
takes mutually expensive to buyer
and seller to employer and employe
to publisher and reader
When science or commerce neglect
a live subject it falls into the hands
of the fakir and is perverted
What is the subject on which you
vould like to see unrecorded and un
classified useful information collected
ind unbiased and impartial reports
prepared
The horse that can go in two two
Dr so enjoys life a hundred times
more than the twenty minute animal
We all lose the best of life by lack of
inimation One should be a quiet hus
tler and do the many little duties like
the click of a clock
THE SOURCES OF PLUCK
Regarding the sources of pluck a
ew words are in order It may be
iue to the last straw approaching and
n desperation it is fought off and a
lew kind of pluck acquired It may
orae by anger or righteous indigna
ion It ma3 come by better care of
he health and a clearer view of the
oal Danger love hope ambition
tnd prayer invite pluck to come and
emain Just before great battles
some of the most successful com
nandera In history have increased
iheir pluck by appealing to their Crea
fcr for help and favors
On account of a lack of a solution fo
a spontaneous perplexity we get excitea
and thus increase complications Study
ahead of necessity
THE OIL SL1NGER MACHINE
More than half of my life ago the
cashier of a bank tapped on the whi
tlow as I was passing and motioned
me in He was a stockholder in a
factory and offered me a place I had
been seeking That was Thursday
afternoon and the last day of high
school for me The next morning at
seven oclock I stood by a big chuQc
as one of seventy workers My cloth
ing was not suitable for any machine
and the chuck machine was the worst
one on clothing The boys smiled and
predicted a change in my appearance
very soon My work was to knurl the
head of the long screw which moves
the jaw of a monkey wrench In
those days the chuck had to be stop
ped and started for each screw as
it started up the oil began to fly and
the faster the chuck revolved the
greater the penetrating power of the
oil when it hit me In order to do the
work 1 had to get in the way of the
oil I did the work but traced the oil
from my clothing to the chuck and
the screw which came to me loaded
with it The oil was secured in the
thread cutting machine where a
steady stream ran on the die some
would have seen all this at first
glance without thinking but I did
not I even studied the bearings as
the source of the trouble before find
ing it on the screws When I did find
the place of the trouble I put a bunch
of waste there and laid the screws on
it before putting them in the chuck
the waste drew the oil off and the
machine lost its name The machine
lost its name because I was dissatis
fied with conditions began tracing
the trouble and found the remedy
When a former workman at that
chuck visited the factory and asked
where oil had gone to on being told
the plan he opened his eyes and said
nothing He may have been thinking
about the amount of oil he had taken
home on his clothing There are both
big and little opportunities in every
shop and factory for better methods
and originality mutually useful to em
ployer and employe
The daily experiences which cost
you and others time or worriment or
money jot down one a day or one
a week anfl reread Much has been
wasted Begin saving helpful ideas
SOURCES AND ELIMINATION
Nearly five years ago I took two
earnest men of intelligence to a room
in which was a blackboard and on
that blackboard we three tried to draw
an outline on the sources and elimina
tion of trouble One of the young
men copied the attempt and later lost
it He tried to reproduce it from mem
ory but never succeeeded I will give
it as near as I can with additions
The sources of trouble are ignorance
sickness idleness carelessness dis
honesty lack of training laziness in
competency intemperance misfor
tune disobeying law morbid curios
ity gluttony and an unbridled tongue
The elimination of trouble is to come
about by education physical culture
industry diligence righteousness energy-growing
skill acquiring keeping
away from crowds attending to your
own business while helping those who
are not able to return the compliment
carefulness and forethought good
shoes for your feet and healthful lit
erature for your head
Please send me what you think
should be added to either of the above
lists and as you look back to your
younger days also give what you con
sider the primary sources of desirable
forces What part of your early life
has proven most useful later on
What do you know about food and
digestion What is your ideal sys
tem of diet
WHAT DO YOU KNOW
How to wisely discriminate when
requested to give is something a good
many of us would like to know more
about
When to give where to give what
to give and to what to give are puz
zles
To sign or not to sign a subscrip
tion paper and to give or not to give
when asked to frequently come up
for quick decisions
All kinds of people come to the of
fice and also greet us on the street
seeking different sized sums for noth
ing or something next to nothing cr
something really worthy of our at
tention and encouragement
Recently a man replied After you
find ninety nine in a hundred are
frauds you begin to get discouraged
Lost money and abused kindness
are frequent sources of cynicism but
it is a third mistake to let them be
Do only the work you are forced to
do and you jet degraded instead of
promoted
Bagagro in a Combine
The beggars of Spain have formed
a combinq and aro going to try to
koep all of the 2 centimo pieces out
of circulation by holding them when
ever they secure any The object o
this beggars trust Is to make people
give a larger coin
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Iowa Farms 54 Per Aero Cean
taUnca crop till pild MULH ALL Sloax CUr I
Warning
She The temperature is falling
He Oh well dont let that worry
you Perhaps some one will catch it
She If it falls far enough all
fresh green things will catch It
Youd better look out
RED CROSS BALI HIUE
Should be in every home Ask your grocer
for it Large 2 oz puckugo only 5 ccntt
Two Remarkable Families
In Webster county W Va live two
remarkable families Currence Greg
ory has thirteen sons all over six
feet tall and all weighing more thau
0 pounus They all vote the dem
ocratic ticket Each boy owns a
farm Mr Gregory is still young at
72 His wife does all the housework
at 05 years The other family is that
of Benjamin Hamrlck a near neigh
bor of the Gregorys He is six feet
five inches tall and has nine sons all
over six feet tall They weigh from
155 to 226 pounds All In his farallj
vote the republican ticket
Hows This
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bottlu Sold by all DrUKKldtH
Halls Family Tills arc the best
Think Goats Bring Good Luck
English medical papers are com
menting on the remarkable survival
of superstition at Cambridge where
a dairyman possessed of a goat in
sending the animal by request into
and around the houses of his neigh
bors in an area affected by the small
pox The rustice superstition that
goats bring good luck is widespread
and the London Iancet quotes many
instances
When Your Grocer Saya
ho does not have Defiance Starch you mny
be Hure he is afraid to keep it until his
stock of 12 oz packages are sold Defiance
Starch Is not only better than any other
Cold Water Starch but contains 16 oz to
the package and sells for same money u 12
oz brands
Tim Healys Tall Hat
Tho appearance of Tim Healy In
the house of commons wearing a new
silk hat brought out the fact that for
ten years since the fight on the home
rule bill when his high hat was
smashed Mr Healy had worn a hi
hat sent him by the corporation of
Alexandria He prized the hat high
ly and wore it to its utmost limits
Last week he was forced to buy a new
tile and the present from the corpor
ation of Alexandria is carefully pre
served on a shelf as a relic of stren
uous days for home rule
The Family Jewel
Mr Br Brown said the young
man stammeringly I I want to ask
your consent to my marrying your
daughter I know Its asking a great
deal shes the pride and comfort of
your heart the jewel of the family
and
Young man interrupted the pros
pective father-in-law five nights in
the week on an average Im kept
awake till midnight with banging on
the piano cackling giggiine rat
tling of the furniture and slamming of
doors Im gettin darnation tired of
it and anything that promises reliet
is welcome Take her my boy and
hurry up the happy day
Texas Find3 a Remedy
Fate Tex Sept 21st Texas hau
seldom if ever had such a profound
sensation as that caused by the intro
duction recently of a new remedy for
Kidney diseases This remedy haa
already been tried in thousands of
cases and in almost every case the
results have been wonderful
Henry Vaughan of Rural Route
No 3 Fate says of it
I suffered with Kidney Trouble for
over 18 months I was very bad and
could get nothing to help me till I
heard of the new remedy Dodds Kid
ney Pills I began to use these pills
and very soon found myself improv
ing I kept on and now I can say I am
absolutely cured and frea from any
Sj mptom cf my old trouble
I am very glad I heard of thi3
wonderful remedy and I would
strongly advise anyone suffering with
Kidney trouble to try it for I know It
will cure
Preserve
power a
body
by all means
sound mind in
in
a
ycur
sound
Avoid politicians who have a new
specific for all public ills
Love is the lever that lifts
honor is the foundation that holds
structure of the home
and
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The world soon forgets a man who
wins his laurels and then quits
It doesnt cost any more to he cheer
ful than sad and it does a heap more
good
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Prudence is merely well trained com
mon 3ense
When 3ome men get their freedom
in this glorious land of the free they
are in ex convict class
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