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BuILT HIM a Eo1.
Members of Masons, III.
TO Fellow With '"on Give W.

Wemners of Masons, ill.,:
TO Fellow With a Inon Give W.,
br ssr York, Aug, 2s.-JesSsn Family an
ehiidren are a crowd iir in ElSssss
iandlords refused to rant any fiat, "
tis. KEEP. moving about bv - MIN. Bss'
For years he has hoo, ~,
q lot and build. A few saving to h..
fellow wtckmen asked Weeks aso Wy "
mot build. BARLEY ex MN Why he s y
not money enough. Ha pta,ned he H..
10 Tia ana the men set to as nov mud
outcome was that Bs figuring.
iot and material. The csl.y bougf
anu iast Saturday when thar thar Vas d.
lished their work. forty me erey had A.
masons union gathered .. II Of ii,
rapidly did they work "a, MS lot n
the walls up to the seco ,ae they M
,py sunday night. Sons ~ loor lsya
their aid to get in the he's nanlers lssi
During the week B erams,
about the place. Next Sa..ley worba
noon the bricklayers viii .uroay atts..
,ooD. With this saving Bar t1ap'e etc ts
:aoIe 70 complete his house ny Will b
ing is 20 by 80 feet, and the me fae 0qia.
ornamental brick. BARLEY sa front isd
is as good as any in town Gays the hi
BARLEY said that at tho
been saving 1t would haya ta,. ne had
year to build, but the free la ahsn fina
make him independent of lan nSnr Would
fore snow flies. This helm ena a,vFds BE-
TO erect a better house, and MT q f hia
ter umbers than ne otherwtisaa. N eN.
Moreover, he was put in tha could
getting timber of a quality NOT 1 way. q
used in houses like his. NV usually
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Is an offensive man and one who sincere
ly taught loyalty to the existing power.
He was seized at midnight and railroaded
to a Turkish prison. The Turkish gov
rnmen assured US that 1t was the work
Of local disturbers. But we knew oetter'
got our facts, demanded justice and when
nrospect of trouble came, we were as
sured of a prompt, fair trial and an adj
mission of responsibility for he unwar-
ranted arrest.
Our men are being oppressed by the
%sultan's personal orders to crush them or
force from them protection money.
Our property Is in jeopardy, although
that is of less consequence thar human
life and American blood will flow unless
our hand is lifted emphatically.
The Turkish empire is on the verge OF
upheaval, anyway"
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:CLERlCS MAKE A FIGHT
Attempt to Drive Out One OF "'
French Orders Results in a long
Sieue of Violence.

Paris, Aug. 29.-The expulsion u ao y.
Redemptorist Fathers from the ih nor.
,astery at Les Stables in Olonne Was
:ried out today after an exciting eAp Snr.
:ence. The barricaded building was nv
rounded at 8 O'Clock this morning The
soldiers, policemen and hreHeh - al
monastery bells summoned a CROW" wore
people to the defense, missiles .sral
thrown out of the windows ana four
ibesiegers were injured. After q sorced
hours siege the ~barricades were roof,
and the fathers ~retreated to lhe ,ntii
where they continued the DEFENSE Many
dislodged by streams of water.
arrests were made.
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SHE V THE PASTED
Pretty Parishioner Rises in Chm.
Confess Her Attachna.s na

SohIesS 7er Attachment
st. Clair. Mich, Aug. 29.-"And a..
to God" 'uf aears
With these words the Rev ~,
Duff, the young pastor of the ro n@lpa
gational church in this CITY. had az ;s,
closed his sermon, when a yonn, ~, Nv
In the foremost pew suddenly rosa SUI y
her feet. '0ssa
Il love YOU" she said, in a voice A.,
was audible in every corner NJ u ~,
church. Her eyes were fixed m y.
young minister in the pulpit, and AZ y.
spoke she stretched out her ss Guy
toward him. II love you better t ,hss
my life. God has destined that :" ~
should marry. I have come to vou
bring you all I have. Accent ma :.
though you were my Saviour -
A terrible hush fell over the china,
as the girl ceased speaking.
The minister stood white-fa ced a.,
silent. The hush seemed interminans
At last the young mar spoke,
Miss Cook" he said %sternlv. T.u
surprised at you. Take your seat"
The girl, Miss Hattie Cook, one NJ
the prettiest young women in St. Cair
udCh iillO Itf seat and hid he,
face in her hands as the tears began IN
come.
Il love him, I love him; o, 1 love him
SO" she sobbed. HE doesn't care fr
me. l know it, but 1 could not LEI him
marry that other girl without LETTING
him know that it will break my heart
if he does"
The girl, who by this time was al.
most hysterical, hid her face on tbe
shoulder of the woman next to her and
sobbed convulsively.
The Rev. Ralph Duff dismissed the
congregation hurriedly and the people
of st. Clair went home after witness.
ing the most remarkable scene eve,
witnessed in a Michigan church.
Miss Hattie Cook is one of the best
known and most popular girls in St.
Clair. She was a university favorite,
A few days ago the engagement of Dr,
Duff to n of the girls of the city was
announced.
Up to that time nc one had ever sus.
pected that Hattie Cook took any I'm.
usual interest in the handsome young
minister. But even the incredulous
ones noticed how the news depressed
her,
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r FORCE e o
America Has Not Enough Naval
Strength in Turkey for Occasion.

america 1S MOT Enough Naval
Strength in Turkey for Occasion.
Washington, Sept. 2.-The three.
warships which have been ordered to
Turkey to aid in enforcing Minister
Leishman's demand for reparation for
the assassination of the United States
vice consul at Beirut are the BROOKLYN.
the San Francisco and the Machias.
The Brooklyn is a protected cruiser
Of 9,215 tons displacement, with a speed
of 21.9 knots, and carries a crew of SIT
officers and men. The armament con-
sists Of eight S-inch guns, twelve g.
inch, twelve 6-pounders, four 1-pound-
ers, four machine and two Colt auto
matte.
The San Francisco is a protected
cruiser Of 4.0sS tons displacement, with
a speed of 1875 knots, and carries a
crew Of 1888 officers and men. The
Of this vessel consists of
twelve 6-inch guns, four 6-pounders.
four 3-pounders, two 1-pounders, six
rapid-fre machine guns and one auto
matte.
The Machias is a gunboat of lily
tons displacement, with a speed of 1916
knots, and carries a crew of ISL officers
and men. The armament consists of
eight 4-inch guns. o u 6-pounders. two
1-pounders, n machine and one au-
tomato gun.
/. Against this force Turkey could place
armored ships n seven
cruisers. =
The Turkish navy is being
lied n many Of it's most effective ves-
sells are in course of reconstruction and
repair. No money has been
ed for the navy, and while there are a
number of small craft they are prac-
tically worthless.
Eight Of the best armored ships of
the Turkish navy are now in the navy
yards being reconstructed, both as to
armor and ordnance.
Americas entire North and South
Atlantic squadron could be concentrate
ed In Turkish waters within thirty days
should be become necessary.
The most powerful fighting ships of
the American navy are now off Port
land, Me. where the an ual maneu-
Eers are being held, or off Manila and
h Philippine islands.
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METHODS ARE BRUTAL.
Turks Hang Man Who Refused to Sign
False Statement About. Trouble.

TdtSe statement About roubte.
Sofa, Sept. mime hundred refu-
gees from Malkotirnovo and the sur
rounding villages have arrived at
Urumku, Bulgaria. The refugees say
the Turkish garrison fired upon the
Bulgarian port of Malkotirnovo with
the object of creating the impression a
revolution was in progress. The pre-
feet summoned the Bulgarian notables
OF Malkotirnovo and endeavored to
force them to sign a statement thai the
insurgents were the aggressors. The
refused to do so and the first
man who refused was hanged the fol-
lowing day.
The Macedonian leaders here claim
an aggregate Of 1000 Bulgarians have
crossed the frontier in small parties
md Joined the insurgents during the
last ten days. General Zontehoff, pres
ident of the Macedonian committee,
n Colonel sKankoff, one of the revo-
lutionary leaders, who are now in
Macedonia, send word that the insur-
gent forces total 10000 to Ii, 0e0. They
expect a general in~surrection to b. pro-
flaimed this week.
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NOT so BAD.
Consuls at Harpoot and Beirut Are
Danqerous, However.

Washington, Aug. 29.-The state depart
ment today received a cablegram from
Minister Leishman in which he stated his
advices from the American consuls at
Harpoot and Beirut were to the effect that
while Americans in those places are in
danger of suffering from an uprising at
any time, the situation was not at the
time of sending the dispatches SO grave as
reports indicate. Mr.. Leishman was in
structed to notify the Turkish government
that 1t must keep the. peace and that it
will be held to strict accountability for
any lawless act towards American citizens.
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MAY HAVE MURDERERS.
Chicago Police Think They Have
Caught Leader Of Gang That
Committed Murder.

Chicago. Sept. 2.-After a careful
examination of seven suspects held by
the police in connection with the muir
der of Frank Stewart and John B.
Johnson, employees of the Chicago
City Railway company and the footing
of the company's safe early Sunday.
the police declare the belief they have
captured the rtngleader of a band of
robbers and murderers. 1t is reported
he made a confession, in which he
named three companions
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-04
LONDON GOT MESSAGE, TOO.
And No Correction Has Been Received,
Which Caused Wonder There,

London, Sept. 1.-Oficials Of the
foreign Office here are greatly puzzled
over the error in its official cable mes
sage announcing the assassination of
Mr.. Magelssen, American vice deputy
consul at Beirut. They reiterated to-
day that the message was transmitted
through the British ambassador at
Constantinople from the British con-
sui at Beirut. No correction has been
sent either by ambassador or consul.
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Cruisers Are CoaIina,

Washington. Aug. ga message
was received today from Admiral Cot
ION announcing the arrival Of the
Srooklyn and San Francisco at Genoa,
and saying they began coaling.
Acting Secretary Darling advised
Secretary Hay hat as soon as the
Brooklyn and San Francisco finish
cealing they will sail for Beirut under
their present orders.
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LETTER MEET.
Fourteenth Annual Convention of Ma.
tional Association Ia SYRACUSE.

Syracuse, N. Y, Aug. 31.-The four
teenth annual convention of the Ma
tional Association of Letter Carriers
opened today. with 1000 delegates In
attendance. Reports If the officers
showed h organization Is prosperous,
Partisans Of Portland. Ore, Minneap-
oils and Quincy, ILL.,, are making a live
ly fight for the next convention, which
will be held in 1905,
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The First DELEGATE.

Reading. Fa.. Aug. ga. NJ. High wa,
today elected u delegate to the national
republican convention and instructed f.
vote for Roosevelt. The resolution
strongly Endorses Roosevelt and Senator
Quay and Penrose.
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Secretary Of the Methodist Board of
Extension Passes Away.
Philadelphia, Sept. 2.-Rey. J, S. J..
Mcconnell, recording secretary of the
board Of church extension of the Meth
odist Episcopal church died today.
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REQuIslTIoN HoNoRED.
Illinois Will Return to Indiana Man
Accused of Incitinq Riots.

"h' fnSsuIu 90 INDIANA wan
Accused of Incitins Riots.
Springfield, Sept. "A telegram was
today from Captain Blanchard,
commanding company c, sixth infantry
stationed at Danville, stating the COM
pany left for home this morning in
pursuance of orders received from the
adjutant general yesterday. :,
Governor Yates today honored a
requisition from the governor Of In
diana to return Doc" Martin, wanted
at Evansville on charge with conspir-
acy to provoke riots in that city July
S. Martin is under arrest in Chicago.
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Weekly Bank Statement.
Mother oil Rock Island Moora.

Greene. N. Y, Aut 29.-While enter
ing her bathroom al her home Mrs. N,
S. Moore fell and broke her hip. It il
feared the injury will prove fatal. Mrs,
Moore is tie mother of J. H. and w, H
Moore. the Chicago capitalists who con.
troll the Rock Island system.
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The Machias Sails.

Genoa, Aug. 29.-The United States
gunboat Machias left for Beirut. She
was saluted by h Italian warships,
whose crews wished her good luck.
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PHILIPPINE
Fourth Annual Convention of Associa-

Fourth Annual Convention of Associa-
ton S%eginnins in st. Paul.
st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 2.-The Vet
Grams OF the Army Of the Philippines
are arriving today on every train to
participate in their fourth annua con-
vention. 1t is estimated 5000 are in,
the city. The first business session was
held at 2 this afternoon, at which
Governor Var SAINT delivered the ad-
dress of welcome. which was responded
to by General Hale, president.
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Prince Ferdinand Sails.

Kustendji. Roumania, Aug. 81
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria embarked
at midnight on h Bulgarian ,gunboat
Najie-jda and sailed for Burgas. Bull
garia-
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HAVE
Been BLOWN UP
Reported That Turkish Troops
Quarters in Adrianople
Are Destroyed.
TURKEY SAYS IT'S SORRY
And All Effort Will Be Made to Find
and Punish Would Be Murderer
Mistake in Code Word Caused
the Error.

Sofia, Sept. 1.-Uncon1rmed reports
are in circulation that the insurgents
blown up the barracks of the
Turks troops at Adrianople.
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Servian Volunteers for Macedonia.
Belgrade. Aug. 31.-Two hundred we'll
armed volunteers, including Tour Off
GERS, left here for Macedonia during
the night.
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bushels to the acre. Quite a good lo'
of wheat was also grown on MS Dig
upper Columbia river ranch. "A num-
Der of the large wheat growers OF the
southeastern part of the state, ne says
including himself, are holding most OF
their wheat in expectation of getting
a higher price, which seems to be war
ranted by the light Washington crop
this year.
He states that on account OF the drS
fall only about one-half the wheat
crop is in, and the rest will have 10 De
of spring sowing. This need not nee
essarily be to the detriment or the
crop he states. as past experience has
proven. The big crop of two years ago
was mostly spring sowing. 1t is the
grain filling and ripening weather that
really counts, and earlier prophecies
are Of little value. The acreage next
year, he says, will remain approx
mately the same, with perhaps some
slight increase.
Mr.. Babcock came to the Sound from
his ranch by way of Spokane, and will
leave today, after attending to some
business matters, for his home in
Walla Walla
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DON'T LIKE ROCKEFELLER.
University of Nebraska May Turn His
Recent Gift Down.

LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. S.-The John
Rockefeller donation of $4,000 for a
University of Nebraska building de-
voted to religious and scientific study
is not likely to be accepted, for the
reason that the remaining $4,000 to
be contributed by the state or friends
of The university cannot be raised.
Those were the terms on which Mr..
Rockefeller made his proffer, and the
committee, which for months has been
working to raise the amount. has
about abandoned its task. The COM
mittee has another month before the
time limit expires, but has little hope
of success. Not half the required
amount has been promised.
The prejudice against Mr.. Rookie
Teller and opposition TO accepting any
sort of a gift from him is assigned as
the cause of the failure
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REAL ESTATE DEALS
OVER FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
REALIZED IN SALES THE
PAST WEEK..
Big Hastings Farm Near Dixie Brinas
Over Nineteen Thousand-City
Sales Are Very Small.

A noticeable feature Of the local
real estate market the past week was
serveral large deals made in farm
property, that class Of realty to the
value of s5O.227.4S changing hands du-
ring the week. For city real estate.
here was little demand, but trifle
over $4,000 changing hands and being
accorded at the auditors office.
deal for the Hastings farm near
Dixie negotiated for by Parick Hughes
vas concluded and the deed placed on
record, the sale price being $19,3O24S.
The next largest sale was for land in
,S-7-36 sold to r. NJ. Dorothy by w.
w. Baker, for $1,000. The land in
question is Mr.. Bakers former subur-
ban home east of Walla Walla and
will be known hereafter as the Stub
oletield home.
A deal of almost as large propor-
ions was concluded between G.. w.
Clapp and w. W. Felger for land in
3--10-33 and 11-10-33 the latter be-
ng the purchaser. The sale price was
10000. Mr.. Felger sold to John Slee-
ran all of 3-1O-33 for $4,000. The
1rgest individual deal in city real es-
pte was for $1100. There were a to-
II of II mortgages filed during the
eek. amounting to $2S,033 and the
Otal number of SatiSfac elton of mort
ages was ), amounting to $3637.
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WHEAT KING TALKS
w. h. BABCOCk TELLS OF HIS
BIG DOUGLAS COUNTY
STOCK RANCH.
Now Feeding Six Thousand Head Of
Sheep and Five Hundred Head
of Cattle.

w. H. Babcock, of Walla Walla,
known as the wheat king Of Wash
ington, and also one Of the largest
stock raisers Of the state, registered at
the Donnelly last evening, having just
Trinidad, Douglas county. along the
Columbia river on the Great Northern
railroad. Mr.. BabcOck owns several
sections of land, extending up the
river from Trinidad nearly to Wen
atchee, and of varied character, con-
tanning both valley and upland pas
ture, and has immense bands of sheep
and cattle on the ranges. With the
steers, the wheat king" stands good
to more than make up on his light
wheat crop, for besides his range
stock, he is now feeding for the spring
market 5000 sheep and between 400
and 500 head Of cattle. These he ex-
poets to get into prime condition by
spring, and aims to get the top market
price. Most of the stock will be mar
Aeted on the Sound, and good many
head Will undoubtedly be taken up tC
the American Alaskan ports and rive,
towns.
towns. says the Seattle Post-Intelli-
gencer.
While Mr.. BabcOck has been one OF
the biggest wheat growers of the
state for the past % years, he seems
to take more pride and pleasure in his
big ranch and its great fiocks and
herds than he does in his wheat eX-
PLOTS. Most OF his wheat lands. lying
in the Walla Walla district, are rent
ed out on percentages of fixed rates
he says, and he does not know how
much wheat his lands produced this
year. 1t was not much more than half
Of last years crop. though. he says,
with the yield running from 10 to 20
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PASS BAD CHECKS.

SEATTLE.-Trac from Ellensburg
TO Seattle by trail of worthless
checks, Jack Walters and his wife are
| now in the county Jail. and officers from
! Ellensburg. Victoria and Seattle are
vying with each other for the frs
| chance to prosecute them. Worthless
checks were passed by them in eacf
| of the three places, and numerous
| complaints of their operations Were
! raceived from Yakima.
Deputy Sheriff CraWley followed the
pair from EllensbUrg to Seattle, anC
! IN Saturday picked the woman up OF
identity a first, but he was sure of hi
Identification. and she finally admitted
that she was the woman sought.
The deputy sheriff then went t.
police headquarters and asked that ar
officer be sent to the Colonnade hote'
on upper First avenue. to arrest tn
husband officer Easson made the
| arrest, and Walters professed to be
surprised and indignant that he should
be dragged off to Jail. No sooner wa
he in headquarters than Capt. Ware
recognized him from the description
Of a man wanted here for passing
worthless checks. He also tallies
closely with q photograph of Il MAJ
| wanted in Victoria for the same crime
The husband and wife form a con-
DinatiOn. the police say. hard to beat
The man makes the worthless checks
and the woman goes out shopping or
Saturday night with a number of the
papers in her purse. She makes &
small purchase and tenders the check
in payment. The check is usually for
$12 or $14. which makes it easy for he'
10 say that it is the weeks wages OF
her husband.
If she succeeds in passing the check.
it is impossible for the merchant to as
certain that the paper is worthless un-
til Monday. and she has had plenty of
time to escape.
They operated. it is charged, on q
large scale around Yakima. Walters
was raised in the country near Yaki-
ma, and he knows all the prominent
rancherS in that section. He knew
which of them had money in bank, and
he flooded that town with worthless
checks. running in amounts from $l2
to $14. When inquiries began to be
made, they moved to Ellensburg, and
from that Mace came here.
Mrs. Walters pretends to be an ig-
norant. Woodworking woman. and
speaks English brOkenly when she is
making her purchases. The officers
say she is a shreWd. smart woman,
md that her assumed ignorance is but
4 part of her plan of work.
Deputy Crawley says they have q
clear case against the pair in Ellens-
burg. and they will probably be taken
back there today or tomorrow. In Jail
Yesterday Mrs. Walters had with her
a little girl between and years old.
The child usually accompanies the Wo-
nan on her shopping tours. The pres
ence Of the child lends color to her
story that she is the wife of laboring
man. who has received his check on
Saturday night or late to get it cashed
at the office of the company for which
ne works.
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Roweliff were arrested Saturday nigh,
ana IN their possession was found a
counterfeiting outfit. They had dies
for half dollars, quarters and nickels
and in ClausSen's pockets were found
four counterfeit half dollars that would
not fool anyone
1t is not believed that the pair have
been coming any money in Seattle
but the officers who worked on the
case think they know that the men
were getting ready to do so, and were
waiting only until they got money
enough to complete the outfit.
Roweliff was found working in a
restaurant at 1921 First avenue. and
Claussen was picked up at the Spo-
kane lodging house on Washington
street, after making an Intellectual dash
to escape. Claussen made no pre-
tense OF working, and his room rent
was paid by Rowecliff, who had a
steady job.
Claussen is the clever one of the
pair and among his effects were found
lot Of dies, nippers. artists mate
rails and chemicals. The men came
to Seattle from Tacoma November Is
and the detectives have been watch
ing them ever since
They were in Alaska last year
though they will not tell what they
were doing there. They were both
short of money. In a memorandum
book found on Claussen was written
list of the things he needed to make
his plant complete.
There has been considerable com
plant of counterfeit half dollars and
quarters being circulated in the city
street car conductors saying they run
across them every day.
The men will be turned over tC
Capt. Bell. of the secret service De-
tectives Lane and Adams made the
capture. They watched the men the
greater part of the day. and then
Claussen, by a quick duck, got away
He was run down, however. and land
ed in Jail to join his partner
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