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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Closes Tonight With Much Work Left
undone.

OGDEN, Utah. September 1S.-With the
closing session of the eleventh national ir-
rigation congress scheduled for this even
Ing not half of the work of the congress
has been accomplished.
A large number of papers by the heads
of bureaus of the Agricultural Department
which were to have been heard yesterday
were on the program for this morning be-
fore the fight for the 1904 congress was to
be taken up.
On the suggestion of Chief Engineer New
ell and the government engineers only
three of the addresses on the program were
delivered. in order to give more time for
discussion on the land-lawS question. All
the other addresses and papers of the gov
ernment experts will be printed in the off,
cial proceedings of the congress-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
LIEUT.. MITCHELL's SUICIDE.
Cause Of Fort Leavenworth Tragedy
is Unknown.

Acting Adjutant General Hall has re-
ceived a telegram from Gen. Bell, COM
manding the General Service and Staff Col
lege, at Fort Leavenworth, saying that
Second Lieut.. L. M. Mitchell, I'd Infantry,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart with a pistol at Fort
Leavenworth yesterday afternoon and that
the cause of his act is unknown. Lieut.
Mitchell was a native of Missouri. He en-
listed In the army as a private in the Goth
Infantry in May. 1898. and was appointed
second lieutenant, I'd Infantry, February
1901.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18

The Interior Department has about COM
pleted arrangements for opening 76s. 500
acres of land in the Chippewa Indian res
ervation in Minnesota. They constitute a
part of the Chippewa lands segregated, as
the result of an examination by land ex-
perts. from the timber lands. The land has
been surveyed and will be advertised i'm
mediately for thirty days. preparatory to
throwing them open to settlement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Tiny Boat Brazed Gale.

NEW YORK. September 1S.-The Gypsy
Girl, one of the missing fishing schooners
of the Fulton market fleet. came into port
today. Although the smallest vessel in the
fleet, she went through the storm Of We'd
nesday without danaage. Two others. the
Ettie Peterson, WITH crew of twenty-one.
and the Emily P. Wright, with seventeen,
have not been reposted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
ADvICEs FROM COTTON.
Message Was Garbled, but It Indicated
Quiet Prevailing.

Secretary Moody received a cable mes
sage today from Rear Admiral Cotton,
commanding the European squadron, dated
at Beirut yesterday, but the message was
so garbled that it could not be deciphered
much beyond the statement that EVERY
thing was quiet"
Later in the day the following bulletin
was posted at the Navy Department in re-
gard to the message:
Admiral Cotton cables from Beirut 18th
instant that Beirut is quiet and that moth
Ing of Importance has occurred since Sat
urday last. Some definite news about the
case of the vice consul. is expected SOON"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
K|NGPETER MURDERED
Report Was Current on the
Paris Bourse Today.
SERVIAN BONDS FELL
LONDON BELIEVES STORY TO BE
CANARD OF THE EXCHANGE.
Inquiries Fail to Confirm Rumor, but
Disquiet is Known to Exist in
Servian Capital.

PARIS, September 1S.-An unconfirme I'd
rumor was circulated on the bourse here to-
day that King Peter of Servia had been
assassinated.
Servian bonds fell 1 franc 20 centimes.
London Skeptical.
LONDON, September 1S.-While definite
information is still lacking, the rumor in
Paris of the assassination Of the Servian
king is regarded here as bourse canard.
Retirement of Nichtich.
Official advices from Belgrade indicate
that King Peters recent retirement of Col.
Nichtich from the important position of de-
partmental chief in the ministry for war is
the beginning of movement looking to the
separation of King Peter from the conspira-
tors who took part in the assassina ton Of
King Alexander and Queen Draga.
Nichtich the leader of the conspiracy,
was conspicuously honored and is now de-
graded as the result of widespread ndig-
nation at the favor shown by the king to-
ward the participants in the assassination.
The Temps Belgrade correspondent says
the elections for members of the skupshtina
next Monday promise to result in a ma
jority favorable to the separation of the
king from the regicdes.
Berlin Cannot Confirm.
BERLIN, September 1S.-The foreign Of
flee here discredits the rumor that King
Peter of Servia has been murdered, though
it has no direct information on the subject.
The officials believe the report originated In
a boerse canard'
A telephone inquiry made at Vienna
shows that a similar report was current
there, but that there is no confirmation OF
the rumor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
ALASKAN BOUNDARY
FINLAY QUESTIONED BY ROOT,
LODGE AND TURNER.
Canadian Attorney General Evades
Making Direct Replies to Queries
Of the Experts.

LONDON, September 1S.-When the Alas
kan boundary commission resumed its ses-
sions today Attorney General F1nlay was
subjected by War Secretary Root and SEN
ators Lodge and Turner to a fire of ques-
t1ons in connection with his attempt to
show that the boundary should run from
the head of Portland canal directly west
ward to the point where the mountains,
claimed by the Canadians as the boundary,
intersect the Seth parallel of latitude.
Contention Of the United States.
The contention Of the United States Is
that the boundary continues up to Bear
river valley, from the head Of Portland
canal to the 56th parallel. In this connec-
ton Mr.. Root called the attorney generals
attention to the fact that Vancouver re-
ferred to Marsley Pass as the head of the
canal, and asked If it was not natural to
suppose that the signatories of the treaty
intended the line to follow this pass to the
56th degree.
Senator Lodge Replies.
The attorney general replied that the line
under the treaty could not run farther than
the water canal. and from that point must
seek the mountains at the 56th parallel.
Senator Lodge suggested that this would
mean that the line must cross the noun
tains to reach those points described in the
Canadian case, which the attorney gener-
al evaded touching upon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Auto Trip to New York

NEW YORK, September 1S.-L. L. Whit
man of San Francisco, who last night COM
pleted an automobile trip from that city to
New York. called on Mayor Low today and
presented a letter from the mayor of San
Francisco. Mayor Low congratulated Mr..
Whitman on the completion of his trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Revenue Cutter Service Cadets

The following have been appointed cadets
in the revenue cutter service by Secretary
Shaw: Arthur B. Flanagan, North Cam.
bridge, Mass; John r. Hurley, Lenox
Mass: Lloyd T. Chalker. Clinton, Conn.
Archibald H. Scully, Baltimore; E. r.
Hand, Toledo. Ohio; George w. Kleine-
berg, San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
FOUR HOURS SPEECH.
German Socialists, Prove to Be Patient
Auditors.

DRESDEN, Saxony, September 1S.-At to-
days session of the socialist congress Herr
Won Vollmar spoke for four hours in reply
to Herr Bebel. The essence of his discourse
was that there was no crisis in the party,
except a personal crisis, Herr Bebel seeing
witt. grief his leadership in parliament
threatened
Herr Bebel, the speaker added, spoke to
the congress as Cromwell spoke to parlia-
ment and arrogated the right to judge
and condemn motives. He desired to con-
vert the party into a church, with himself
as supreme pontiff.
AS fifty-five delegates have given notice
of their Intention to speak it Is probable
that the congress will sit through next
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Movements Of Naval Vessels,

The cruiser Chicago. which made the trip
down the Atlantic coast from New York
during the recent storm. arrived safely at
Hampton Roads this morning.
The battle ship Alabama has arrived at
New York and the cruiser Boston at San
Francisco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Movements of Naval Vessels.

The Navy Department is Informed that
the cruiser Galveston has arrived at the
Norfolk navy yard In tow of the tugs Mo-
hawk and Hercules. from Richmond.
The Monterey, Austria, Justin and Pom.
pey left Cheefoo this morning for Shanghai
The Monadnock arrived at the last named
port yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Miners Out of Work.

SHAMOKIN, Pa, September 1S-The
Cameron and Luke Fidler collierieanpwned
by the Mineral Railroad and Mining Com
pany. employing 2.50O men and boys, closed
down indefinitely today on account of the
dull coal trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Senator Morgan in the CITY,

Senator Morgan is at the Shoreham Mr..
Morgan has spent the summer at Warm
Springs, Va, as has been his custom for
many years. This evening he will go to
Selma, Ala. fer a visit before returning
here for the session of the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Another Colliery Closed

MAHANOY CITY, Pa, September 49,
The Mahanoy City colliery Of the Phiadel-
phia and Reading Coal and Iron Company,
employing 800 men, was closed today
owing to the unsafe condition of the mine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Prof. Balm Dead.

ABERDEEN, Scotland, September lS-
Prof Alexander Balm. formerly lord rector
of the university here and for twenty wears
professor OF logic and English literature.
Is dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Acting Secretary oliver penarts.

Acting Secretary Oliver of the War De-
partment has gone to New York for the
day and Chief Clerk Scofield is temporarily
In charge of affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
TIE STAR By MAIL

Persons leaving the city for any
period can have The Star mailed to
them to any address in the United
states or Canada. by ordering II at
this office. In person or by letter.
Terms: 13 cents per week: 25 cents
Tor two weeks: or 80 cents per month.
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. The
address may be changed as fre-
quently as desired. Always give the
last address. as well as the new one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Return Of Admiral Taylor.

Rear Admiral Taylor. chief of the bu-
reau of navigation. has returned to the city
frOm>a visit of inspection Of the navy yard
at New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Steamer Sighted.

NANTUCKET LIGHTsHIP, September
1S.-The steamer Anguste Victoria, from
Hamburg for New York. was Oh here ct
S:15 am today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Vessel Arrivals.

NEW YORK, September 1S.-Arrived:
Hekla, from Copenhagen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Insurgents Whip Turks.
Mutilated Women.

A fight is also reported to have taken
place at Rupel Paso, near Seres. Insurgent
bands recently surrounded and annihilated
whole company of Turks. The bands then
fed to the mountains. Three battalions of
Turkish troops have been sent from Sa-
lonica to pursue them.
"A small body of peasant refugees near
Presba, who were starving in the noun
tains, started to seek for food. At Naka-
letz they We're met by Turkish soldiers, who
killed them all and horribly mutilated two
urnrn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
Inquiry to Be Made Into Reported Ill
Treatment of Chinese.

Acting Secretary Adee today received a
telegram from the governor Of Nevada
saying that he had ordered an investiga-
uon of the reported ill-treatment of Chi
nese at Tonopah by mob of white men
and would see that the law was enforced.
The Chinese minister was notified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
TERRIBLE MASSACRE
Turks Slaughter Men, Women
and Children in Kastoria.
TEN THOUSAND DEAD
ENTIRE POPULATION REPORTED
TO HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED.
English Correspondent Reports That
Atrocities of Sultan's Troops Are
Very Much Underestimated.
TEN THOUSAND DEAD

SOFIA. Bulgaria, September 1S.-FurtEer
reports from Kastoria say the city is burn
ing. and that the massacre of Its popula-
ton ESTIMATED to have numbered 10000
persons) was indescribably terrible. The
Turks slaughtered indiscrimnately Bulga-
rians and Greeks, men, women and chill
dren.
Atrocities Underestimated.
LONDON, September 1S.-The Westmin-
ster Gazette says a well-known London
journalist cables from Belgrade as follows:
Starting with pro-Turkish sympathies.
1 have found overwhelming evidence con-
vincingly proving that the Turkish atroci-
ties rather underestimated."
Insurgents Whip Turks.
A Turkish war balloon is reported to have
been seen lowering for the last three days
close to the Bulgarian frontier in the vicin-
tty of Haskovo
A severe fight has occurred at Ulavitza, in
the mountains of Kratovo. between 1000
Turks and eighty insurgents 1t continued
for eight hours. The insurgents used
bombs with deadly effect. About 100 Turks
are reported to have been killed, and many
were wounded The insurgents had two
men wounded.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-21

Speaking once of languages to Max
Muller, woman of India, herself
scholar, asked how many he knew
Il hope know my mother tongue"
he replied. II am acquainted with a
few Others"
why this caution?" laughed the
lady.
81 will tell you" said the great San
skirt scholar. There came TO me one
day as | sat here in my study, the
Buddha on my hearth, man who
seemed my ideal of the Sanskrit priest
hood. He spoke to me in an unknown
tongue. l asked him what language
he was speaking.
"The man huddled himself together
on the floor and wept.
81 have honored you all my life,
said he, as the greatest living Sanskrit
scholar in all the world speak to you
simple Sanskrit salutatiOn, and you
do not understand me- \
"Since then" said Professor Muller,
81 never say that know any Ian
guage."
1t was merely the difference between
the spoken and the written dead
tongue that had puzzled him. But
that takes nothing from the humility
of the linguist, a humility as refreshing
as 1t is rare and scarcely the mark of
the age to which Professor Muller be-
longed.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-21
The Ticket She couldn't. Cash.

A handsomely gowned woman step
ped up to the box Office Of Broadway
theater one night last week and de-
posted three tickets ON the window
ledge.
"One of our party disappointed us"
she said "Would you kindly take back
one of these ticketsY
Certainly" replied the obliging
treasurer, slipping the ticket into the
rack and glancing up expectantly at
the next purchaser in the line. The
woman tapped her gloved fingers i'm
patiently on the window ledge.
"Well" inquired the treasurer.
'My money, if you pleare."
A cynical smile stole over the treas
urer's face. "Then you didn't under
stand that those tickets were cempli-
mentary," he said.
Just a suspicion of a flush suggested
that the woman had understood and
she moved away murmuring Really"
There had been wee circle punched
in the ticket, and the treasurer said she
knew well enough what that circle
meant. 1t was the trade mark Of the
theater's complimentary tickets, and
the woman had been coming In on the
same sort of tickets for two seasons
New York Press.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-21

Miss Ainsworth by my side, then
learned that had sustained a flesh
wound only. Concerning the manner
of my injury I maintained a discreet
silence, for felt that my story would
not be believed.
When able to dress l descended to
the library, where the domestics were
setting things to right under the super
vision of Miss Ainsworth. Not a sign
of life could l detect in the Hindoo ia
kir, though there was smear of blood
on his hideous mouth. l tapped him
gently, and metallic ring was the re-
ply. Clearly he was able to maintain
his petrified condition.
AS soon as the servants left the room
l told Miss Ainsworth' my experiences
during the night. AS I had expected,
she was at first incredulous, but sue
ceeded at length in convincing her of
the truth of my statements. When 1
assured her that with the passing of
the petrified man all danger would be
at an end and showed her how the
murderer of her brother was beyond
the pale of the law she gave her con-
sent to summary vengeance.
That night the petrited man, care
fully packed in lead weighted box,
reposed at the bottom of the lake on
the shores Of which stood the Aims.
worth home, and l must confess that
not one scruple did have in thus act
ing as the judge, jury and executionel
Of the antiquary's slayer.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-21
An Argument.

81 heard you snoring upstairs"
upstairs? Impossible. You heard
me downstairs"
II say l heard you upstairs"
81 say you heard me downstairs.
slept downstairs"
True, but heard you upstairs"
How on earth could you hear me
upstairs when l was snoring down
stairs"
Because 1 happened to be upstairs
and heard you"
"Then why don't you say that when
you were upstairs you heard me snor-
ing downstairs?
but | can't. 1 did not hear you
downstairs. l heard you upstairs"
"Then put it this way just to please
me and end the dispute, Il upstairs
heard you snoring when you were
sleeping downstairs Is there any OBJ
lection to. thatp
"when you were sleeping downstairs
and l was upstairs l heard YOU
New York Press.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-21
GrOtesgue English.

No doubt purchasers in other lands
have reason to smile at English at
tempts TO worthily describe English
wares in a foreign tongue. 1t is to be
hoped, however, that our business
houses do not send forth announce
ments quite so grotesque as some that
come to this country. Here is form
issued by very considerable CONT
mental firm: Does your dressing case
need, by chance, supertine antiseptic
soap, an energetic perfumed lotion, a
delicious cream, an impalpable velou-
tine, very delicate and lasting ex-
tract and unmatchlessly efficient dend-
frlce? Or do you wish to buy those ar
ticles to make a present, the most de-
sirable one, to very dear person on its
saints or birth day ?'-London Express.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-21
A WORM KILLER,

ia. J. Montgomery. Puxico, Wayne
Co., Mo, writes: Il have little twin
girls, who have been bothered with
worms all their lives. l tried every
thing to relieve them which failed until
l used Whites Cream Vermifuge; the
first two doses brought four worms
from one of them, the next two doses,
twelve, one of them measuring twelve
inches; the other child was only re-
lieved of four worms II is most eX-
cellent medicine" Whites Cream Yer
mifuge is good for children. 1t not on
ly destroys worms, it helps the child to
perfect gro with, wardsioff sickness. Zoe
at Alderman & Stewards Palatka; and
Lounds' Drug store. Crescent City.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-21
SHOPS OF CANTON.
Every Art and Industry Represented
In the Chinese city.

Every Art and Industry Represented
In the Chinese City.
The. merchants alleys are the para
disc of the stranger who visits Canton,
China. The shops have open fronts on
either side the narrow lane, and every
art and industry, the homeliest trade
and the most fascinating pursuit,
thrives in the dark passage. Black
swinging signboards proclaim the bust
ness in characters of red or gold. Pan
demonium triumphs in a series of yells
as the chairmen scream for pass room.
The poles hit the pedestrian in the eye,
and the mandarin joggles the stranger
The native tits his huge hat sidewise
to avoid crush, and often the coolies
swing aslant in the alley or duck into
a store to avoid catastrophe.
The Chinese as a people are modest
in their dress. The person is rarely
exposed. Women wear double breast
ed sacks which fit tight to the throat
and men are usually covered. But
under the stress of hard labor the man
at the forge is stripped to the waist,
and in the foundry a nearly nude
workman strides the iron seesaw like a
horse in the treadmill. The butcher
cleaves his hesher on the block amid
dried rats and skins of fowls stretched
taut on the rack. Next door the gold
beater hammers in his cave. Beyond
the kindling man piles high his forest
of fagots. Near by the miller is beat
ing the meal through coarse sleeves.
His neighbor skins fish and hopes to
sell them from the box where they
float under feeble squirt Of water. In
the adjoining den beautiful embroider-
les are piled mountain high, with silks,
satins and brocaded taffetas In won
drous designs of dragons and flowers.
Hau Cheung Tai patiently transfers
them by the hundred from shelf to ia
BILE in the hope that some stray bit may
catch the buyers fancy. Feathers are
an important industry, and fans, fold
ing or open line the next shop, painted
in every fanciful conceptiOn.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-21

The words breeches, trousers and
pantaloons are now used interchangea-
bly,, but originally the Specifications
were quite different. PantalOons were
at first nothing but long stockings worn
in Italy as a sort of religious habit by
the devOtees of st. Pantaloon. Brooches
originally reached from the waist half
way to the knee and finally to the
knee, where they were fastened with
a buckle. Trousers are the present
style of leg gear, a combination Of the
former two.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-21
THE FOOL WHO won.
Horace GreeIey's First Experience
In New York City.

In New YORK city.
When Horace Greeley first went to
New York city, green, awkward
country boy, he met with discourage
ment. For two days he tramped the
streets, visiting two-thirds of the print
ing Offices in the town and always re-
ceiving cold refusal of his services.
His biographer, Mr.. w. A. Linn, says.
that by Saturday night Greeley was
satisfied that the city offered him no
hope of living. He decided to leave
for the country on Monday, before his
last dollar was gone.
1t happened that some acquaintance
of his landlord, who called on Sunday,
told him of an office whGSe IA compos-
itor was wanted. Greeley went there
Monday morning before the place was
open. His appearance was so uncouth
that he would have been rejected there
also if the foreman had not had diff
Guilty in getting compositor for a
piece of work he wanted done.
This was setting up small New
Testament with narrow columns, the
text interspersed with references to
notes marked in Greek and other un-
usual characters! So complicated was
the task and so little could the com
positor earn at 1t that several men had
abandoned the work almost as soon as
they had begun it.
The foreman offered the work to
Greeley, believing that in half day
the boy would prove himself incapable
of performing 1t. When the proprietor
saw Greeley at work he asked the fore
man why he hired that fool and said,
"Pay him of tonight"
But the foreman did not pay him off.
This boy had worked on a New Eng
land farm, had cut wood in the winter
cold and in summer had worked in the
fields under the noon sun. He was not
! afraid of toll He set that Testament
! When the foreman examined the first
proof he found that Greeley had set
more type and set it better than any
one else who had tried.