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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12

firm of Maybury and Ems of Detroit, of which town Maybury is the Mayor, in se- curing contracts with the United States for furnishing letter boxes. That in pur- suance of their scheme to defraud the government Machen induced the Depart ment to order large quantities of letter boxes for the rural free delivery service; quantities for an excess of what was needed or what could be used; and that Machen, in his offlcial capacity, approved the bills for the same. Naybury and El- lis paid Dchebie to the extent of his in- terest in the company and he in turn paid large sums to Machen. The indict- nnent is in seventeen counts, the first three charging the payment by scheble to Machen of t1,5oo on September F. 1900; the fourth count charging the ordering by Machen of 5000 letter boxes on Septem- Der a. 1900; the fifth, sixth and seventh counts charging the payment to Machen of 50 on September A, 1900. The eighth, ninth and tenth counts charge the pay ment to Machen of $23oo on November 9, 1900; the eleventh codnt charging the payment to Nachen of q, ,159 on November 9, 1900; the twelfth, thirteenth and four teenth counts charging the payment of $3Ol to Machen on February Il, 1901; the
 fifteenth. sfxteenth and seventeenth
 counts charging the payment of SEA to
 Machen on June 10, 1901. The other in-
 dictments against these defendants have
 the same number of counts based on the
 same facts the charge being conspiracy to
 bribe an oficer of the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
BLOOD FLOWS IN TORRENTS.
Turks and Albanians Engaged II
 Work of Slaughter.

WOrk or slaughter
 Sofia, Sept 1.-The revolutionary head quarters here has received from Burgas news of fearful atrocities committed by the Turkish and Albanian soldiers in the vilayet of Adrianople.
 A squadron of Turkish cavalry inter- cepted and slaughtered fugitives attempt ing to cross into Bulgaria. Sixty Bulga- rians were killed within three kilometers of the frontier.
 The whole district of Losenfirad Is fill ed with Albanian troops who are burn ing houses and killing villagers. About 500 persons have been stain near the from tier, fifteen others in the village of Kula, twenty-two old people in the village of Evekleer, eighteen families at Taspeta and twenty families at Asmadgjik. Eighty families, fleeing from various villages to- ward the frontier have been literally cut to pieces by Turkish soldiers during the last few days.
 A large body of infantry and cavalry with three mountain batteries attacked an insurgent band in the mountains above Vasiliko. The insurgents awaited the near approach of the troops and then hurled bombs at them. After two hours of fighting the Turks were forced to re- tire with the loss of twenty men killed and many wounded. The losses of the tnsurgent force was slight.
 The first indication of the Greeks aid ing the Bulgarians against Turkey ap- pears in a circular addressed by the gen. eral staff of the eight revolutionary dis tricts to the Greek towns and villages in the vilayet of Adrianople It expresses pleasure at hearing that the Greeks de- sire to join their Bulgarian brethren in their fight for liberty and invites the Greeks to send delegates to formulate plans for joint action.
 The mixed population of Greeks and Bulgarians in fifteen villages of the dis trict of Roster have joined the insurrec-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
EPIDENg ], AS
 RF:IAIBUIIoN
 g-- Turkis' Z Troops Stricken
 z Down: CORPSES UNBURIED DecompOsIng Bodies Have Caused Disease. Thirty-Four Villages Burned in the vilayet of Monastir-outrage and Murder of Women is
 Continued.
MANY CORPSES UNBURIED

Sofia, Sept. 11.-Further details of the villages burned and massacres committed in the vilayet of Monastir have reached here from trustworthy sources at Salon. ica. The names are given of 3 villages in the kaZa of Okrida, which have been burned by the Turks.
 At Velgoshti near Ortallel, twelve men and women perished in the flames. Sixty peasants were killed in this neighbor- hood, most of the bodies being left un- buried. Nine of the villages and a large forest area have been burned in the kaza of Resna. At Uodmochani and Pokoiven- ik many women and children were killed. In the kaza of Prespa, the soldiers sur rounded a forest in which the women and children from the villages of Louboino and Bratichino were concealed. They vio- lated the women and put many of them to death
 Monastery Plundered.
 The Monastery of St. Golmin in the kaza of Vales has been plundered. The town of Klishura is filled with refugees from the burned villages in the district. in cluding many wounded women from the neighborhood of Kilshura and Neveska.
 The large number of bodies lying un- buried and decomposing has caused an epidemic among the Turkish troops from
 
 ginning to arrive from Adrianople, which indicate that the Turks are employing similar measures to suppress the out break in that vilayet, to those used in Monastir. and it is feared that when the Asiatic troops reach the district even more appalling atrocities will be commit ted.
 Telegrams from Budapest announce that the Austrian government has stopped the transport of 15,000 Mannlicher cartridges, which Bulgaria contracted for in Hun gary. It appears that the cartridge firm was unable to complete the order in the specified time and borrowed the cart ridges from the government magazines. with the result that the officials stopped the delivery Of them
 The instruction in Eastern Macedonia Is progressing slowly. General Zonticheff has been engaged in three skirmishes with Turks in the district of Djoumaia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
Entitled to an Increase.

Wilkesbarre. Pa., Sept. u.-Mi1 @ork- CTS and operators of the anthracite re- zion have been advised by Charles F. Neill who was appointed by the Anthra- cite Strike Commission as the computer of prices at tidewater, that the miners are entitled to a per cent. increase in wages in accordance with the recent ad- vance in the price of anthracite to go into effect in the month of September. The regular rate for hard coal at New York is s4.75 a ton. This Is expected to be the standard for the coming six months. or until the operators arrange the price list.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Complete for the Pitts
 burg Meeting.

Pittsburg, Sept. u.-Arrangements have now been practically completed for the twenty-second annual convention of the Episcopal Church, which will open in this city Tuesday, November 3, and will be in session until the evening of Friday, No- vember 6. It is estimated that 1.5OO dei- egates will be present, while every State and Territory will be well represented. The honorable chairman will be Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead. while Rev. D. c. c. Tiffany of Sharon, is chairman of the Executive Committee. While all the more important clergymen of the church will be present at all or some of the sessions, the Congress will be specially notewor- thy for the number of prominent laymen that have already signified their inten- tion of being present at the meeting. Among some of those more or less well known are:
 J. B. Morgan, a member of the general committee, George Foster Peabody. Ham ilton W. Mabie, Thomas Nelson Page, Capt. Alfred T. Mahan, U. s. N, Thom- as Whitaker of the bible house. New York; Rathbone Gardiner. Harcourt Arm ory; Gen. J. Ford Kent. Dr. William P. Mason, Gen. R. s. Oliver, W. B. Van Ressalaer, Arthur Ryerson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
VENGEANCE WAS SWIFT.
Two Men Assaulted old Man and are
 Killed.

Nashville, Tenn. Sept. f.-A special to The Banner from Camden says two men wore skiilsd yeeterday strpF fS sths. ffesdif Of an assault on an old man.
 While at work in his field. D. Stockdale was assaulted by Alexander Lindsay and Joe Dougherty. The old man was beaten over the head and face with brass knucks and was left for dead. He managed to raise an alarm and officers were summon ed, Deputy Sheriff Horace Akers, and others, and as they approached the scene discovered that they were being followed by the two assailSnts. The command of Newt Lindsay to surrender was met with a volley from both men.
 The fire was promptly returned by the officers and Alyexander Lindsay and Dougherty fell dead in their tracks.
 The killing Is said to have had its origin in a difficulty between the son of Stock dale and Dougherty's boy. in which the latter was worsted and which insult Dougherty sought to avenge in his attack on the old man. Stockdale Is in a preca- rious condition. He is a prominent farm> CT and a man of quiet and peaceable dis position.
 Lindsay and Dougherty were about 30 years and known to be of a iolent tenn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
HANNA NOT so SICK.
The Senator Denies That He Has Had
 Relapse. &

Cleveland, Sept. 11.-Senator Hanna. re- ferring to the sensational reports sent out that he had suffered a relapse, and that his condition was worse than any time since he was taken i'll, said today:
 ''Well, some of the newspapers may be trying to kill me off in print. but never theless I am attending to business every day, although it is true have not entirely recovered my normal condition"
 The Senator again conferred with 8 large number of visitors at his office to- day who called to discuss political and private business matters. While he is still under the care of a physician. the Senator declares that the reports being constantly sent out about his health are misleading and without foundation.
 Mr. Hanna declined today to discuss the speeches of Mayor Tom L. Johnson and ohm H. Clarke, the Democratic Sena- torial candidates, delivered at the open ing of the Democratic State campaign at Akron.
 Senator Hanna will, however, probably make reply in the speech that he will deliver at the opening of the Republican State campaign at Chillicothe. Septem- Der 18th.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
DIED IN SEATTLE, wAsHN.
Alabama Physician Who Resided in
 the West.

Portland. Ore. Sept 1-(Special)-A private wire from Seattle. Wash, this af- ternoon announces the sudden death of Dr. A. s. Haley at a hospital there.
 pr. Haley was a Southern man. having come to Washington some years ago to practice medicine. His home was at New- ton, Ala. where his aged mother and q sister still live. He resided at North Ya- kima for several years past and also in other towns of Washington. He was one of the most able practitioners in the Northwest.
 Some years ago he and his wife separat- ed, and the mother and child survive him, living now in Seattle. He has brother at Palmer. Tex.
 The burial will occur at North Yakima, Wash.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
HOUSE MORNING SESSION.
Perceptible Falling Of ln Number of
 New Bills.

The House met promptly at 10 o'clock with eighty-five members present. Pray CT was offered by Rev. G. E. Brewer of Montgomery.
 There was another perceptible falling off in the number of introduced bills. only nineteen being sent to the clerks desk
 A unique bill was introduced by MT. Mills. the populist member from Geneva. MT. Mills presented a bill authorizing cit izens of Alabama to deposit money in the State Treasury and receive from the State treasurer certificates of deposit bearing per cent interest
 The reports of committees were the largest yet made. No less than forty eight bills were sent up under favorable reports.
 Called for Dispensary Bill.
 Immediately after the call of the Stand ing Committees had been completed MT. Werner renewed his motion of the day pre- vious to take from the adverse calendar his State dispensary bill and refer it to the Committee of the Whole.
 He had served such notice on the com mittee he said. at the time it's action was taken The chief and only objection to the bill was that 1t forced an election fin the counties. This. he said had been amended so that an election was ordered only upon the petition of 25 per cent. of the qualified voters. He regretted that in this Christian country when morality and money were lined up. the men who work ed for money worked the hardest. It was well known by members of the Legisla- lure, he said, that as soon as man an nounced that he was a candidate for the Legislature the first question asked him was that he would promise to let the whiskey business alone.
 Opposed by Blackburn.
 MT. Blackburn of Jefferson opposed the motion There had been a fair hearing of the measure before the Temperance Com mittee. in which the advocates of the bill were given an hour. and the opponents of the bill did not speak at all.
 There was absolutely no need for the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
FRENCH FLEET READY.
Naval Division Prepared to Sail for
 the Levant,


 Paris, Sept. 1.-The orders issued today to have a naval division ready to sail for the Levant are the result of the rec concentrations of the French Ambassador at Constantinople to have a strong force in readiness. These recommendations were made during the excitement at Con stantinople a week ago, but the authori- ties here did not wish to take decisive steps, The Beirut incident led to the practical decision on September that French ships should be sent to Beirut unless Maxim Pasha, acting Vali of Bel rut, succeeded in establishing security.
 The Foreign Office is without further information from Beirut and concludes that the crisis has passed. But the offl- cial report that it is possible Mussulmans may attack the Christian population of Constantinople hastened the issuance of an order for a division to be prepared to leave. It Is semi-officially ssid that the French naval division will also operate at Salonica and other points for the pro- lection of French residences in Mace donia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
MORGAN ON MINING.
Alabama Senator Writes to the Con-
 eress at Lead.

Lead, S. D.. Sept. 1.-The constitution and bylaws which were the special order for this mornings session Of the Ameri- can Mining Congress, were adopted as submitted with the exception of two min or changes.
 These consisted in the reduction of the number of delegates to be appointed by the Governor of State rom 10 to lO, and the reduction of the numper Of dele gates to be appointed by chamber of commerce board of trade or other such body from three to two. the object being to place the Congress in more independ- ent position The report of the Committee on Credentials was submitted and ac- cepted.
 Later in the day a letter from Senator Morgan of Alabama was read
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
RUNAWAY POWDER CAR.
Collided With a Train and Ex
 ploded,

Eldorado, Kas., Sept. IA carload of powder set on 'Fhisco siding near Beau mont by a freight crew. which did not want to handle 1t while switching got beyond control and ran several miles on branch line toward Winfield, colliding with a train which hal left that station shortly before and exploded, killing two and injuring two more.
 The dead-Milton Pennefock, fireman, Enid, Oklahoma; J. N. Holt. Brakeman, Enid, Oklahoma.
 The injured-A. H Merrill, Atlanta. Kas.; Fred Orr, Atlanta. Kas. In addi- tion the explosion tore up several rods of track and dismantled locomotive People in E!dorado. ran from their houses, fearing 1t was an earthquake. Other towns In the vicinity were also shaken
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12

arrested recently on the charge of mis- appropriating government funds, have been tried and convicted of the crime. Lieutenant Osborne has been sentenced to ten years and Inspector Coates to eight years imprisonment. Dean Tompkins. treasurer of the province of La Union has also been convicted of forgery, but sen- tence has been reserved, The minimum penalty for the crime is Imprisonment for twelve years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
The Tov Rifle.

Chicago. Sept. 11.-Stewart Johnson, aged 8 years. shot and killed his sister, Mabel. Is years old at their home last night. The boy had been given a rifle as birthday present, and was playing with it, when 1t was discharged, the bull let entering his sisters heart. The police made no arrest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
Cashiers Before Grand Jury.

Springfield, Mo. Sept. n.-An the cashiers of the four State banks of Springfield and Thomas R. Gibson, sec retary of the Springfield Trust Company have been summoned to Jenerson City to give testimony before the Coie county grand jury. None of the pdhhers nave snv information as to what they are for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
Erwin Has Been Sick.

San Francisco, Sept. 11.-James w. Erwin was for many years postal in- spector in this city. He was also super Intendent of the rural free delivery sys- tenn of California and while in that posi- tion exercised considerable authority. He was said to be interested in the new letter box devices About a mopth ago Erwin was relieved from the position. of super intendent of the rural delivery and order ed to go to Washington. He has been sick and has never been well enough to answer the summons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
Rows Wrecked a Train.

Trinidad. Colo. Sept 1l.-Paul Murphy and Earnest Smith. boys of Raton' N M, have been arrested by special agent Rudd of the Santa Fe road charged with wrecking a passenger tran m near I1ilislde last Sunday evening l"o 'oSs con faSSad
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
Two Killed by Explosion.

Charlotte N. C.. Sept. LA special from Asheville says that two men were killed and five injured at boiler explosion to- day at the lumber mill of the Buchanan Lumber Company in Jackson county. N. c. The nasmes of the dead and injured could not be learnedS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
pourd Knob Hotel Burned.

Asheville. N. C.. Sept 1.-The Round unoh Hotel a we'll known resort on the Southern Railway, twenty-five miles east of here was destroyed by ire last night. The hotel was not open for guests and there was no less of lie
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
Corrupt oficials Convicted.

Manila. Sept. 11.-(s:3O p. m.)-Customs Inspector Thomas P. Coates and Lieuten- ant Osborne, constabulary supply officer, both stationed at San Ferdino, who were
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
Peary Given Leave of Absence.

Washington. Sept. u.-Orders granting three years leave of absence to Comman- der Peary of the Navy. beginning April 1, next, were issued today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
Cotton Mills Close.

Millbury, Mass. Sept. 1.-The cotton mills at Saundersville. Rockdale, Lin- wood and Whitinsville, owned by the Whitins. are shut down for week owing to the condition of the cotton market. More than 2,OO0 hands are employed by the concerns
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
Agreed to Pay Machen.

"McGiehan agreed to pay Machen 50 cents from each A25, with the concur renee of Huntington, who was then in- terested in the contracts with Mcclellan as the Columbia Supply Company, for his own personal use.
 The indictment against Scheble and Machen alleges that Eugene D. Scheble of Toledo, O., became interested with the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
WILL AGAIN MOVE Textile Situation Much
 Improved. NOT NORMAL, HOWEVER Raw Cotton High and Cloth
 still Low. On the Whole, the spinners of New England View the Outlook With Confidence and . Contentmnt.

Boston, Sept. u.-Despite the continued high selling price of raw cotton in the market and the dullness in manufactured cotons reported by sthe mercantile agen- cies. the industrial outlook in the tex tile centre of New England seems to have distinctly improved since a week ago. Beginning Monday, Fall River will make a gain of 100000 spindles in oper- atton. It appears that the season of cur- tailment is nearing an end in Fall River and that when the mills that are to be idle next week start up again 1t will be to run on the normal basis. New Bedford mills are again in receipt of sufficient orders to keep the plants in operation.
 Confident and Contented.
 The Northern New England cotton cen- tres seem confident and contented with their industrial prospects. Lowell has been running full force and time since the strike. No sign of curtailment Is wis., ible.
 The Nashua Mills started this week with raw cotton enough to carry them over till December 1. when their agents an- ticipate lower prices.
 There Is no change in the satisfactory situation at Manchester, where the mills have had Attle trouble.
 The Hamilton mills at Amesburg havs curtailed production to about one-half the normal output; but on the other hand, two Lewiston mills which have been clos- cd. will open again the first of next month, having been able to buy cotton at living prices.
 It is true that conditions in the cotton mill business are not yet returned to normal. Cotton is high and manufactured cotons are low. By curtailment, volun- tary and forced by strikes. the stock of manufactured cottons has been lessened, but the prices of the raw material may be infiuencen by the reported short and inferior crops in certain sections
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
spindles Starting up.

Fan River. Mass. Sept. n.-One million more cotton spindles will run in Fall River next week than this. s.40o more op- eratives win work 0oD more will be paid out in wages, 2,4o8 more bales of cotton will be used. and t2s.00o more pieces of cloth will be made. It appears now as if the greater part of the season of cur tailment in Fall River was over.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-14

"Bnr' and Sam Martin, outlaws
and brothers. killed in a fight with
deputy United States marshals in the
Usage country las Saturday, were
graduates from the school Of pistol
toting." so popular in some portions
OF the southwest. The first impulse
of an 1S-year-old boy with a pistol in
his pocket is to shoot something, and
IL is an easy matter to pass from
shooting at jay birds and wOodpeckers
TO taking a shot at a man. The next
step is a run for the brush and ca
.reer Of onuawry. The bad mel In
Oklahoma have been killed on with
rapidity and certainty. until there are
not more than ave or six real bad"
ones in the country, and the bullets
hvae been nodded for their destruc-
ton. A citizen OF Guthrie identified
"Bm" Martin. the optiaw, as a young
man he had seen often In a local book
store buying yellow backed novels,
The man and the book seemed to be
a part Of the same thing.