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The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
WHEN YACHTS COLLIDED
FIVE WERE DROWNED.
Thirteen Were in Naphthn Launch /
struck by Steam Yacht.

Thirteen Were in Naphthn Launch
struck by Steam Yacht.
Charlevoix, Mich, Sept 12.-Five men,
all of East Jordan, were drowned in
Pine Lake this evening in a collision
between the steam yacht Pilgrim and
a naphtha launch. The dead:
R. H. Tine, ball player.
M. c. Calmon, ball player.
Fred Winers, school teacher.
Kit Carson. ball player.
William Renard, saloonist.
This evening about o'clock when
half a mile from shore, the Pilgrim
ran down naphtha launch contain
ing thirteen men, returning from a ball
game at Harbor Springs.
The occupants of the small boat were
thrown into the water, and although
the yacht laid to and began a search
for the drowning men, only eight of
the thirteen were saved. According to
a report the naphtha launch showed
no lights until just before it was struck
by the Pilgrim.
Capt. Lee of the Pilgrim was then
so close upon the little craft that to
avoid a collision was impossible. The
launch was struck on the side and
Immediately sank. while the Pilgrim
suffered considerable damage to her
prov.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13

ENGLAND'S CABINET
MAY RESIGN.
Special Meeting Called and There
Are Many RumOrs.

Are Many Rumors.
London, Sept. PA special meeting
of the cabinet has been summoned for
Sept, IA, and the political atmosphere
is thick with rumors.
These include reports that the gov
eminent will break up and that a gen.
eral election will be held or, at least,
that the cabinet will be reorganized.
On the other hand, it is declared that
no open breach will be developed and
that with the exception of providing
another office for the new Marquis
of Salisbury, who, as Lord Cranborne,
was under secretary for foreign af-
fairs, things will go on much as they
have before
The original cause for the summons
sent to the cabinet at this unusual
period of the year was the discussion
of Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's
fiscal proposals and the preparation
for Premier Balfour's promised pro-
nouncement upon that subject Since
then the fiscal agitation has become
almost secondary interest, intense
feeling having been aroused by the
South African war commissions re-
port, while public sentiment is also
deeply exercised in the Balkan hor-
rors
1t is said that Mr. Balfour will see
King Edward before meeting his col
leagues on Monday The King has
been taking an active interest in the
Balkan situation, and the interview
may result in some stronger attitudes
on the part of the government.
The Associated Press learns that Mr.
Balfour himself does not anticipate
any crisis necessitating the cabinets
resignation arising on Monday
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
WOMAN WAS REMOVED
BECAUSE OF POLITICS,
Postmaster General Tells why Miss
Todd Had to Go.

Washington, Sept. 12.-Postmaster
General Payne to-day made state
ment regarding his policy in the APP
pointments of fourth-class postmasters,
with particular reference to the recent
removal of Miss Todd, the postmaster
at Greenwood, Del, in which he says
there is no rule governing the tenure
of fourth-class postmasters, except an
informal one that they should not be
removed until they had served four
years. He says the appointments are
political and not governed by Civil
Service rules. He says:
"One of the rules governing the ac-
ton of postmasters is that a postmas-
ter shall not allow his office to be made
the headquarters of a political party,
or a faction of a political party, nor
shall he be aggressively active in stir
ring up factional quarrels, political or
otherwise. Miss Todd, who was re-
moved from office at Greenwood, al
lowed her office to be, in effect, the
headquarters of, and her family and
herself to he the most active factors
in, factional political quarrel inside
the Republican party. This she virtu-
ally admitted in her interview with
me and, according to the rule referred
to above, was sufficient cause for her
removal"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
The MaryIand,s Dimensions.

Washington, Sept. 12.-The cruiser
Maryland is SOP feet on load water line
Extreme breadth, 50 feet 61s inches;
trial displacement, 1850 tons; mean
draught at trial displacement, "A feet
inch.
The Maryland armament will consist
of four S-inch guns, mounted in pairs
in two electrically controlled ellptlcal-
w balanced turrets, one forward and
one aft. on the main deck; four 6-inch
guns; on the gun deck, main broad
Side battery of ten 6-inch guns, five on
each side. On the main deck forward
and aft will also be located the eighteen
S-inch guns of the secondary battery.
Protection will be furnished by armor
consisting of the water line belt. above
this for a length of 200 feet the arrno NOR
will be five inches of UNIFORM ter
extending from the top of the water
line deck to the main deck. The en-
s-i will be of the cylindrical triple
expansion type.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
IOWA CAMPAIGN OPENS.
Jerry Sullivan Opened the Fight Mt
DenisOn.

Denison, Ia, Sept. 12.-The State
Democratic campaign opened here to-
day when Jerry B. Sullivan, Demo-
cratic candidate for governor, made his
first formal address. The address had
been carefully prepared and dealt
almost entirely with the tariff and
trust questions. Gov. Cummins was
taken severely to task for not staying
bv his former attitude on the tariff
question.
Mr.. Sullivan said in part: "All tariff
laws should be enacted on a strict
revenue basis. Another theory of levy
ing taxation is contrary to the letter
of the constitution and to the spirit
of free institutions Congress is ana
ought to be without power to tax you
for my benefit.
"The tariff aids in creating monopo-
lies and is the basis of all trusts. The
trouble is and has been that our peo-
nile have not yet given to the trust
question the serious attention 1t de-
serves. The inevitable consequence of
combinations is the elimination of
"The Republicans say that the money
question is settled and wish to Keep
from your minds all reference to IT.
1t may and it may not De settleu'
depending upon the point of view from
which you look at it.
"Do YOU fully appreciate that sys-
tenn of craftsmanship which wishes to
engraft on the raw of our country a
statute permitting a ten dollor bill to
he based upon the assets Of some de-
funct bank and is unwilling to have
the ten dollar bill based upon the sill
Yer bullion OF our country? Which
asset would you prefer? That OF the
bank in the hands OF receiver or
silver bullion in the vaults of the
United states. Such is the intention
Of the Fowler bill The Aldrlch bill
Is along the same line but a step in
ADVANCE"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13

The incident created a great amount
Of excitement. and in the Juror the
guilty sailors escaped the parties sent
to arrest them. While this was going
on Yerkes and the unknown sailor
went to the barrel with the intention.
it is reported, of securing drink, and
one of them struck a match.
The explosion was instantaneous, and
both men were enveloped in the fam
ing liquid. They persisted before d
hand could be raised to save them.
The ship at once caught fire and the
blaze, for a while was stubborn. but
was finally extinguished. A search
around the ship revealed two marine
caps in the bottom of the drydock. to-
gether with the ships parrot. Poll was
blown, in her cage off the ship, by the
force of the explosion, but was unin-
jured.
A later report from Portsmouth states
that a boat was sighted pulling away
from the Olympia's vicinity imme-
diately before the explosion, and the
suspicion is held that the master-at-
arms was foully dealt with by some
outside party to whom the sailors, who
stole the alcohol were to dispose of the
loot.
The ships company was assembled
and the master-at-arms failed to re-
spond to his name. 1t is said positive
ly he was not on the ship at the time
of the explosion. but was near the end
Of a dock. searching for the alcohol
thieves.
No one was admitted to the navy
yard, and all accounts of the explosion
and attendant circumstances were Sc
cured from outside sources. The in
jured are said to number from four to
seven.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
Submarine Boats Played War.

Newport, R. L., Sept. 12.-Torpedoes
were successfully fired at three yes
sells of the United States Navy to-day
by the submarine boats Adder and
Moccasin, participating in the first of
three torpedo tests to be made in
connection with the naval manoeuvres.
The torpedo boats Mckee, Stiletto and
Craven We're stationed off Block Is
land, while the Adder and Moccasin
submerging about five miles away at
tackled the supposedly defending force.
Without detection, dummy torpedoes
were fired at each of the three torpedo
boats at such close range that had
they been loaded, the three boats
would have been destroyed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
SEVEN ARMENIANS SLAIN
IN FIGHT WITH POLICE.

Tiftis, observation-disclosures, Sept.
12.-Seven persons were killed and
twenty-seven wounded in an encoun-
ter between several thousand Armeni-
ans and the police and troops, which
occurred yesterday at an Armenian
church near Elizabethpol.
The Armenians met to protest
against the transfer of the Armenian
church property to the civil adj
ministration, under an imperial de-
cree issued June rs. They proposed to
resist the execution of the law, and re-
fused to heed renonstrances of the po-
lice.
Stones and other missiles were
thrown and troops were called out, the
arrival of which incensed the mob.
The soldiers fred and dispersed the
r,1Oh
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
MARINES WERE CONSUMED
BY BURNING ALCOHOL
ON CRUISERS DECK
AWFUL EXPLOSION FOLLOWED THEFT
OF A BARREL AT THE NAVY
YARD.
Alcohol Was Put Deck of Olympia and While Master-a-
Arms Was Searching for Thieves Two Sailors Tried
to Steal Drnk-Striking of Match Fol-
lowed by Death and Fire.

Norfolk, Va, Sept. 1.-THE explo-
sion of a barrel of alcohol on the
Auparstructure deck of the cruiser
olympia, in drydock at the Norfolk
Navy Yard, tonight killed two men,
severely injured several others and set
fire to the ship.
The master-at-arms Of the vessel
Is missing.
The dead:
Corporal Yerkes, United States ma
rne corps.
White seaman, unknown.
The damage by fire was confined to
the deck of the vessel and embraced
only the canvas awnings and their
fixtures. The decks, however, were
slightly injured.
Immediately after the explosion fire
quarters were sounded and the crew,
Navy Yard Fire Department, and a
detachment of marines under Capt.
Boots, soon quelled what looked to be
a very dangerous blaze.
The explosion was according to re-
ports from eye witnesses, the direct
result of the theft of a barrel of
grain alcohol, containing fifty-six gall
Ions. by party of sailors. This bar
rel was, it is said, taken from one
Of the store houses of the yard and
removed to the dock near the Olym-
pia. There it was preached.
Ship Keeper Daily, on board the
olympia, detected the odor of the
spirit and summoned the ships mas
ter-at-arms. A search led to the dis
covery Of the barrel, which was TAX
en- aboard the Olympia and placed on
the hurricane deck With the ex-
ception of a small quantity which had
been consumed by the thieves, it was
intact.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
NEW WORKERS WON
IN SEA GlRT FINISH.
Military Championship of United

Military Championship of United
States Goes to Lieut.. Casey.
Sea Glrt, N. j., Sept. 1.-THE big
shooting tournament here closed to-
day, Immediately after Lieut.. K. K.
v Casey, Seventy first Regiment, New
York, had won the military champion
ship of the United States by scoring
1872 out of a possible 20.
He captured the title by finishing
in the lead in the Presidents match,
together with a gold medal and $50
in cash. Sergeant A. S. Corbett, Sew
enty-first New York, finished second
with 1888, and Lieut.. A. E. Ramey,
also of the Seventy-first New York
third, with 1856.
Private George A. Cook, First Dis
trict of Columbia, last years cham
pion, finished in fourth place.
Those who finished in the lead in
the several re-entry individual matches
We're:
Hyposcope, match, E. Yard Breeze
Second New Jersey.
Consolation match, Lieut.. Nathan
Speering, Pennsylvania.
All corners military match, Lieut.. w.
NJ. Farrow, Second District of Co
lumbia.
kuser trophy, rapid fire match, j,
L. Kuzer, of New Jersey, brother Of
the donor of the trophy.
Reading match, Capt. B. B. Meal
pin, New York.
Members match, National Rifle AS
soclation. Sergt. w. f. Leischner, OF
New York.
Hayes match, New Jersey State Ri
lie Association, Capt. H. M. Bell, Sec
ord New Jersey.
Gen E. p Meaney match, Sergt.
CHARLES Moore Pennsylvania.
The Perrine memorial match, N. j.
@cCartney, Fourth New Jersey
New Jersey State Rifle Association
trophy match, r. L. Bowen, of Rhode
island and w. G.. Hudson, of New
Jersey. tied. They divided the prize.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
NOT UNTIL NOVEMBER
WILL CONGRESS MEET.
Extraordinary Session Plan for Next
Month Is Abandoned.

Extraordinary Session PIan for Next
Month Is Abandoned.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. 12.-After
mature consideration and consultation
in person, and by mail, with members
of both the Senate and the House of
Representatives, President Roosevelt
has abandoned the suggestion that
Congress be called into extraordinary
session in October.
The extraordinary session, which he
announced many months ago would
be held this fall, will be called, accord
ing to present plans to meet on Nov.
9, which was the date tentatively fixed
some time ago. 1t is not expected that
the formal call for the session will be
issued until after the President shall
have returned to Washington.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
suggestion of an October session of
Congress came from prominent sena-
tors, who warmly advocated it's adop-
ton, the proposition was not received
with favor by members of Congress
generally. The idea of a session in
October was opposed particularly be-
cause it would oblige senators and rep
resentatives to leave their states and
districts in the midst of a campaign.
which to many of them and their party
was of vital importance.
No definite agreement has yet been
reached as to the character of the fl
nancial legislation which may be enact
ed at the approaching session of Con-
gress. Indeed. it is not certain that
an agreement can be reached between
the two branches of Congress, whereby
any special legislation can be enacted
1t may be that a solution of the prob
lem, which is alike complex and per-
picking, win be reached before the con-
vention of the extraordinary session,
but even that is by no means assured.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
DOZEN ARMED BANDITS
PICKET WHOLE TOWN.
IN the Western Style Robbers
Tackled Bank and Got 10000.

"CStSHh StyAS hODDGFS
Tackled Bank and Got $4,000.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 12-Valley
Springs. thirteen miles east of Sioux
Fails, was, between and o'clock,
the scene of the operations of a regu-
lar Jesse James band of robbers.
Residents of the town were aroused
by a number of explosions and when
they appeared on the street to ascer-
tain the cause, discovered that the
town was picketed by seven or eight
armed men, who drove the residents
from the streets, threatening death if
they attempted to interfere with the
robbers.
The Minnehaha County Bank was
the object of the desperadoes, who blew
open the safe which stood outside the
vault and secured between $4,000 and
$4,000. The vault was not touched.
During the robbery one of the pickets
fired at citizen, but owing to a short
age of firearms the citizens were COM
PEELED to keep in the background until
the robbers had completed their work
and left town.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13

RUSSIA WANTS POSTPONEMENT
Does Not Want to Evacuate for Sew
eraI Months Yet.

Washington, D. c.. Sept. 12.-Rus-
STA has requested permission Of China
10 postpone her evacuation of one of
Inc frontier provinces of Manchuria
lor several months after Oct. s, the
uate for the general evacuation Of
MaAohuria. Minister Conger cables
the State Department this fact and the
matter has been referred to Secretary
nay at the secretary's summer home
'I ., New Hampshire for consideration.
ne Washington government mas
S''lVed satisfactory assurance from
81 Petersburg authorities that the
trnefal evacuation of Manchuria VIII
,ll on Oct s. II for some reasons
'.eiE local 10 the province In ques-
.'A, Russia should request permission
postDone the withdrawal OF her
oops from that particular provinces
Cl several months Il ~ said 70 be for
una 20 say whether the request shall
r. lhls request IN the opinion Of state
80 tnent officials does not indi-
80 That Russia intends 70 break her
Hse 10 the powers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
RAILWAY MAIL CLERK
CAUGHT WITH GOODS.

Charlotte, N. c., Sept PA special
from Danville, Va, says:
w. C. Bowles. a railway mail clerk
on the Washington and Greensboro
division OF the Southern Railway was
arrested last night charged with rob-
bling the mail.
Marked money which had been sent
through the mails as decoys was found
Ia Bowles' pockets. He refused 10
give any explanation az 10 how ne
came to be In possession Of the
money. He was remanded 10 Jail IN
default Of bond. Bowles IL married
man. Ills wife and seven children
reside IN Washington.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
ABOUT BALE OF COTTON
NEGRO WAS KILLED.

Charleston, S. c., Sept. 1.-TWO ne
groes named Swinton, living in the
same house at Syracuse. Darlington
county, had dispute over a bale of
cotton. The elder of the two cut his
brother with a knife. and was hit in
return with a weight. The matter was
supposed to be settled, but yesterday
morning the younger brother drew a
pistol, fired five times and killed the
elder brother instantly. The murderer
is still at large
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
Mining Congress AdJourn..

Deadwood S. D.. Sept 1.-THE Amer
lean Mining Congress held its last SEES
sion In the City Hall in Deadwood.
Portland was selected as the next
meeting place OF the congress.
A. l. Dimnowity OF Boulder, Col.
read a paper on Gold Mining and the
Economic Treatment OF Low Grade
Ores OF North Carolina"
DR.. Joseph Holmes OF Raleigh, y. c.
was elected educator.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
A GENERAL MASSACRE
UNDER SULTAN'S ORDERS

Sofia, Sept. 12.-Courier dispatches
received here by the Autonomye say
the Albanlans. acting under direct or
ders from the Sultan. have been en-
gagged IN a general massacre OF Bull
garlans in the districts OF Okhrida and
Leren.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
RAN INTO WASHOUT;
THREE WERE KILLED.
Special Excursion Train Was
Wrecked in Wisconsin.


Wrecked in Wisconsin.
st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. IA special
excursion train on the Wisconsin di-
vision of the Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apolis and Omaha Railroad ran into a
washout at Kempton, Wis, early this
morning. Three passengers were kill
ed and number of others hurt, none
seriously.
The train was a popular excursion
from different points in Northern Wis
consin and was bound for Duluth. There
had been terrific rainstorm raging all
during the night, and the engineer had
orders to proceed slowly and carefully.
The train was running at a speed of
about four miles an hour when the soft
place in the track was struck. The
engine passed over it safely, but the
tender, baggage car and three coaches
were derailed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
LARGE FEE IN TEXAS.

Houston, Tex. Sept. 1.-THE Probate
Court of Harris county has approved
fee of 100000 for Baker, Bott, Baker
& Lovette for legal services rendered
the estate of w. NJ. Rice, who was
murdered in New York three years ago.
This is the largest fee ever allowed in
TEXAS in a single case.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13

London, Sept I2.-The British bark
Auriga. Capt. Johns, which sailed from
sharpness Sept. 2 for Apalachicola, has
returned 10 Penarth docks with loss OF
anchor and chains.
The italian bark Paoia Madre, Capt.
Dallacassa, from Cronstadt for Pen
sacola, has arrived at Elsinore after
having been aground ~ Domsteenan,
where she was assisted anOat. Divers
are examining the bottom o. the yes
sci.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
Went West of JacI<sonviIIe.
(By Associated Press.

Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. 1S.-The
storm has passed to the West of
Jacksonville. News from South Flor
ida is meager, owing to the fact that
all the wires are down. The storm
passed across the Southern part OF
the peninsula from southeast TO
northwest. doing a considerable
amount OF damage to the orange
crOp
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13

FL Paso. Sept. l2.-cotton OF ssnts
Rosa Mex. has been struck with q
blight in the shape Of a Eumny eceu,
,a"ietion on the leaves. and hehyy
Ha,asss IN decreased yield and poorer
owaiifv rs now certain. The bi&ht -
attributed 20 the extremely 'Iy Sou
son.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
SAME OLD STORY
ABOUT AERODROME.
This Time the Port Propeller Broke
in Two.

Whitewater, Va, Sept. PA launch
ing of the Langley aerodrome was pre-
vented this afternoon by another ac-
cident to the port propeller.
While the motor was being tested
by Prof. Manly with the machine on
the superstructure the propeller broke
in two. Little damage was done to
the machine, and Prof. Manly escaped
injury.
The tests were at once discontinued.
Most of the party left for Washing
ton on the tug Key to spend Sunday.
Next week the work will be resumed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
WOUND PROVED FATAL.

jacksonville. Fla, Sept. l2.-Iohn r.
Angel. who was shot by !. r. Starhe
1,bursday in the Southern Express OIL
Ace here. died this morning at d
Tuke's Hospital at 7:4o.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER
is REPORTED.
In Purely Bulgarian District 10000
Are Said to Have Been Slain.

Are Said to Have Been Slain.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 1.-THE coun-
Gil of ministers is said to have decided
to mobilize the First and Second Army
Divisions, whose headquarters are Sofia
and Philippopolis.
Alarming rumors are current of fur
ther wholesale massacres of Bulgari-
ans in the vilayet of Monastir. One
report say that 10000 persons have been
slaughtered in the district of Leren
alone, which is purely Bulgarian. Other
reports affirm that the Turks have
burned the Christian quarters in three
towns, Florina, Dkhilda and Resen.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13

Houston, Tex, Sept. lz'--heports
,rorn southwestern Louisiana show
treat damage 20 the rice crop from
4 heavy rain and windstorm Friday
night.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
LEIsHMAN SEEMS SATISFIED.

New Governor VIII Eject Complete
Reorganization OF Beirut Police.
Washington, d. c., Sept. l2.--The fol-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-10
HEARIRENrIyG SPECTACLE.

The scene was a sad .one. Weeping wo-
men and fearstricken men were huddled
together, many unable TO find missing
sons, brothers or husbands, and not
knowing whether they were among the
dead lying strewn along the track or In
the crowd of onlookers.
II was about 1 o'clock in the morning
when Deputy Sheriff Ostcrhout came for
ward and called for 20 volunteers TO carry
stretchers on which the dead and injured
were TO be borne to the ambulanccs and
wagons which now had begun TO arrive.
Three times as many as were called for
stepped forward. The first bodies found
those OF two men. were burned 10 crisp.
The heat was still intense. making the
work OF recovering the dead nearest the
burning cars we'll night impossible. One
body was burned 10 ashes and II Is be-
lieved that others were incinerated.
The positions OF all the bodies indica-
ted the tortures the fire had produced.
Several bodies were recovered from the
water where they had been blown by the
force OF the explosion. In all Is bodies
were recovered and laid out beside the
track out OF reach OF the flames. When
the last body had been recovered the
stretcher bearers formed a procession
and started down the track. toward the
ornbiilopces and carriages.