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The Washington times., 1903-06-12
The SeTVian Revolution.
Murder Another Bloody
Chapter in Balkan History.

Yesterdays news from Belgrade
reads like chapter from Rupert of
Hentzau," or ''The Prisoner of Zen
da." But it is a chapter blackened by
feroclty far more lurid and more
realistic than any of the stage shud-
deIs to which Mr.. Hope has treated
lis IN his two tales of Balkan intrigue
and adventure.
Assassination is an expedient of
politics more or less honored in the
Balkan States. But assassination as
exploited by the revolutionists of Bel
grade passes the limits which TO
mancer-even the most daring
would put on mere political frenzy.
The murder of the King, of the
prime minister, and of the com
mander of the palace guard might of
itself constitute a tragedy of no ex-
ceptlonal horror IN a land of many
similar tragedies. But the killing in
cold blood of the Queen and of the
wives OF the Kings two loyal ienten-
ants stamps the Belgrade outbreak as
one which passes all normal bounds
OF revolutionary vengeance and rev.
olutlonary insanity.
Yet the fate of the reigning Ser
Wan house was neither unheralded nor
lnexplicable- Signs Of its impending
downfall had not been wanting. Per
sonally and politically the King and
Queen had excited the bitterest ma
tlonal antagonism, and an end to
their rule had become almost inevi-
table, The Kings marriage had alien
ated from him the support of the
nobility and the clergy, and his des-
potle and tyrannical abrogation of the
Servlan constitution had stirred his
subjects as whole to the point OF
rebellion.
KING Alexander showed at once his
folly and his impotency in April last
by suspending the constitution, and
then within ten minutes proclaiming
Il afresh IN order to escape the storm
of rebellion which he heard rulnbling.
And only the other day he interfered
by fraud and force to defeat a free
election to the lower house of parlia-
ment, returning as elected a minis
terial majority which openly and
fagrantly misrepresented the Servian
constituencies.
The Kings two coups d'etat of
April and June have been followed by
a popular coup d'etat which brushes
his dynasty, and recalls to the throne
a representative of the rival Kara
Georgovitch family, and though hui
mainly must deplore the excuses of
the revolutionary mob-especially In
its wanton assassination of women
the house Of Obrenoviteh
only pays the penalty Of its heaped-
up sins. The new King can certainly
do no worse for Servia than have his
two immediate predecessors, Milan |
and Alexander.
The Washington times., 1903-06-12

lily Urville remained for several hun
dreds of years prior to the fifteenth
century, when his death took place
The baron was murdered shortly after
his succession 10 the family estates by
his only brother, who shot him with a
cross-bow one day when he was out
walking accompanied by his favorite
dog. No one saw the deed. But when
the corpse was laid out the dog sprang
at the murderer's throat, and at the
same moment. according to the story,
the dead mans wounds began to bleed.
The wicked brother fed and died a pen
itent monk, and with him the ancient
house OF Rollingen became extinct
The Washington times., 1903-06-12
EX-SENATOR THURSTON
POLICE COURT LAWYER

Ex-senator Thurston. of Nebraska.
appeared in the Police Court yesterday
as counsel for Edwin Tobin. charged
with keeping his saloon open on SUN
day. Despite Tobins able counsel.
Judge Kimball found the defendant
guilty. but did not impose sentence
because Mr.. Tdurston announced his In
tentions OF filing a bill of exception
which he intended placing in the hands
of the Courts of Appeals of the Dis
trict.
The Washington times., 1903-06-12

something in the course of the year.
On the other hand, a careless servant
can break more than her wages will
pay for, and damage many fine pieces
which are not actually broken. 1t
would eem as if the only safe plan
were for the mistress to wash her
priced dishes herself.
The Washington times., 1903-06-12
A Haunted Chateau.

A Haunted Chateau.
Like all OF Emperor Williams. other
residences, his chateau of UrviIle, near
Metz, where he has been staying with
the Empress. is supposed to be h2lnt-
ed. In fact. there are few royal and i'm
periaI abodes in the Old World thfh do
not have their ghosts The spooR OF
the chateau of UrviHe. which sos, far
does not seem TO have troubled either
the Emperor or the Empress. is stated
to be the ghost of the Baron Won Roi-
lingen, in the possession Of whose fam
The Washington times., 1903-06-12
EUROPEAN SQUADRON
MOVING MORTHVVARD

The Chicago. Machias. and San
Francisco. comprising the European
squadron, have left Lisbon for South
ampton. on their way to KieI, to be
present at the German regatta at that
port. They viii probably be Joined ny
the battleship kearsarge at Southamp-
ton, and proceed from there TO Kiel.
The Washington times., 1903-06-12
The Field of Politics
Favors Senator German.


The Hon. Allen w Thurman. son and.
to a certain extent, the political heir
of the "Old Roman" has announced that
he favors the nomination of the Hon.
Arthur Pue German by the Democratic
national convention for next year. The
announcement is significant and inter-
esting 1t is further evidence of the fact
that there is a strong movement toward
the Maryland Senator among many of
those who were Mr.. Bryan's best friends,
despite the fact that Mr.. Bryan is SEEM
ingly so much opposed to the candidacy
of Senator German.
Among those who madly followed the
of 1896, and again in 1900, with its fringe
of anti-imperialism, there was none
more loyal and devoted than the Hon.
Allen w. Thurman His father was for
bimetallism before him. and the Hon.
Allen w. apparently inherited the old
mans views upon this question as part
of his political legacy. He has since
abandoned free silver, however, as i'm
practicable, and now that he is out for
German his relations with Bryan may
be still further estranged.
Perhaps Mr.. Bryan may attempt TO
read him out of the party as he did
in the case of Ex-Governor Stephens,
of Missouri. for declaring his choice for
the Democratic nomination to be the
Hon David R. Francis. The son Of the
'*Old Roman" however, is too good u
Democrat to be ousted from the party
by anyone, for Democracy Is inherent in
him and traditional with him.
The Washington times., 1903-06-12
Johnson Not in Line.

1t may be interesting to speculate
upon what the Hon Tom L. Johnson
thinks of Mr. Humans declaration in
favor of Senator German. The Maryland
Senator, of course, could not be accept
able to the mayor of Cleveland under
any circumstances, even If the mayor
were not the Bryan representative in
Ohio The mayor is st-aightout free
trader, and became too much disguised
with the Gorman-Wilson tariff bill.
while he was a member of Congress. 10
look with favor upon Senator German,
whom he regards as too much or pro-
tectionist to be considered the right
sort of a Presidential candidate on the
Democratic ticket
Johnson helped TO write the free trade
plank in the platform of 1892. and II he
has anything TO do with framing the next
one his influence will be for a declara-
ton of like character-a platform upon
which German could not well stand as a
candidate. With Thurman for German
and johnson against him in Ohio. Demo-
cratic harmony is likely to receive an
other jolt in the Buckeye state. John
son and Thurman have been regarded as
co-workers. but their difference Of opin-
ion as to suitable Presidential candi
dates may cause them TO part company.
in which event II Is safe TO say that the
views of the mayor will predominant. as
he controls the Democratic situation in
Ohio. 1t is perhaps fortunate for the
Ohio Democracy that it will not be call
ed upon to indorse the candidacy OF any
one for President this year.
The Washington times., 1903-06-12
The Rise of Milosh obrenoviteb.

This was the situation when, about
1913. Milosh obrenovitch, son of a poor
farm laborer and himself dealer in
hogs, fell heir to fortune left him by
The Washington times., 1903-06-12

Kara Georgovitchs rests solely upon tho
| election of 1912, which did not produce
hereditary prince, and not upon the
efforts of Black George. who deserted
his country in her sorest need.
Alexander played into the hands OF
Russia and later into those of Turkey
In 1858 he sought shelter in a Turkish
fortress, and the venerable Milosh was
| recalled In spite of his faults, which
had caused his abdication, he was re-
ceived with great enthusiasm by the
people He died in 1850, having kept
both Russia and Austria at arms length.
and having reduced the influence of Tur-
Sultan's suzerainty. On his death his
son Michael reascended the throne. II
was during his reign that Milan l. the
notorious father of the assassinated
Alexander, was born. August p. 1854.
Milan and Alexander
Milan was fourteen years OF age
when his father was murdered in the
woods OF Topchider. Kara-Georgo-
witch at once laid claim to the throne,
but without success. Civil war was
narrowly averted. but those in au-
thority prevailed and Milan was pro-
claimed prince. He attained his
majority in 1872. and from that time
until his abdication in favor of his son,
in 1889. the scandals of his court were
the talk OF Europe, and even later on
his escapades while in exile contributed
to the chronicle of royal scandals.
The treaty OF Berlin of 1878 gave Ser
via her independence from Turkey, and
IN July of the same year Milan was rec
ogniZed by the powers as Prince of
Seryta, and a month later was proclaim
ed King. 4 frman granted by the Sui
tan in 1880 was at this time brought for
ward and accepted by the assembly
This firman, which had made the dig
nifty Of prince hereditary in his family.
was now stretched so as to apply to the
kingship.
On October II. 1875, Milan married
Natalie, daughter OF a Russian colonel
named Keschke and his wife, Pulchera,
Princess of StourdZa- For many years
their domestic Quarrels were the talk
o. Europe. The Kings extravagances
depleted the royal treasury, and his
immoral excuses made his capital and
his court the reproaeh OF all decent
European society. whether royal, noble,
OF civil
The Washington times., 1903-06-12

American From
Calls Forth Apologies Haunted
0 Kaner

child, the offspring of this union between
an Indian sovereign and an Irish gid
The leader., 1903-07-01
A LOUISIANA FEMALE FIEND.
After Beating Her Stepchild INNER
cifulIy She Tied Her I'm a Sack
and Roasted Her to Death.

New Iberia, La, June 26.-Mary
Patterson, a negress, living in the
nearby village of De Rouen, enraged
at a trifing act of disobedience on the
part of her ten-year-old stepdaughter,
beat the child for fully half an hour.
When the quivering form had been
reduced to insensibility, the woman
placed the unconscious mass in corn
sack, carried it into the back yard
and suspended it from the limb of a
tree. She then gathered brush and
wood and placed it beneath the sack.
Setting it on fire, she watched the
flames grow and child, revived, began
to wall and shrek.
To quiet her Mary went to the
house and took from the porch long
string of red peppers, which she
threw on the burning pile.
Suffocated by the fumes, the child
gradually ceased her cries, while the
woman, still standing near, watched
the flames eat through the sack and
saw the dead form fall into the flames
and burn to a crisp.
The woman was locked up in the
parish prison, and there confessed to
the crime.
The leader., 1903-07-01
KANSAS ASSEMBLY ADJoURNs.
Extra Session Ends After Passing
Over Fifty Flood Relief
Measures.

Topeka, Kas, June 27.-The extra
session of the Kansas legislature, Fri
day afternoon at two o'clock, adj
journed. Over so bills were passed,
only two of which were of general
nature. Most of them gave Kansas
counties the right to restore bridges
that had been washed away by the
flood. County commissioners are au-
thoriZed to aid flood sufferers from
the county fund to any extent that
seems best to them. To the last, an
effort was made to pass a bill appro-
priating money for the relief of the
sufferers, but it was defeated. This
action of the legislature has caused
a great amount of criticism.
Gov. Bailey, in a statement, ex-
planned his attitude toward a relief
appropriation in the course of which
he said: 81 feel that the criticism of
my attitude in this matter is I'M
just There is very little if any desti-
tuition in the flood district. Whatever
restitution there is has been or will
be relieved by the local authorities,
the local charities and the assistance
which comes freely from the outside.
The need is great through the Kansas
valley, but the cases of restitution are
few"
The leader., 1903-07-01
OFFICER AHERN'S SLAYER.
Francisco Ratio, the Tuclkahoe Ital-
ian, Admits Having Killed PO-
Iiceman Ahearn.

New York, June 27.-Francesco
Ratio, the Tuckahoe italian who was
arrested on suspicion of having shot
and killed Special Policeman Ahearn
in Rochelle park last Saturday, adj
mitted at the coroner's inquest that
he killed Ahearn. He claimed the
shooting was in self-defense, and said
he had first abused him and then
fired at him. The latter's claim is
discounted by the fact that Ahearn's
pistol, fully loaded, was found in
Ahearn's hand just after he was shot.
Before Ratio confessed, several wit
nesses said the revolver was not in
,Ahearn's hands after the shooting.
The girl to whom Ratio was to have
been married last Saturday washed
his bloody clothes and swore to the
confession. Ratio was held without
hoi1
The leader., 1903-07-01
LIVE STOCK AT WORLDS FAIR.
Twenty-Sfx Thousand Prizes AL
ready Arranged For Among the
Various CIassificatiOns.

Worlds Fair Grounds, St. Louis,
June 26.-Chief F. D. Coburn, of the
June 25.-Chief F. d. Coburn, of the
department of live stock of the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition, has ar
ranged for total of over 10000
prizes in the classifcations for
horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry,
ETC., for the Worlds fair shows next
year. These are unprecedented in
amount, and are divided among ~
breeds of beef and dual purpose cat
tie with 1859 prizes; 4 breeds of dairy
cattle, $50 prizes; 10 breeds of horses,
3,458 prizes; IL breeds of swine, 2,772
prizes; IA breeds of sheep, 2,54S
prizes; 375 varieties of poultry and
pigeons, 10000 prizes, and 81 breeds
of dogs, 1904 prizes. There are 80
additional prizes for single cows and
herds entered in the dairy demonstra-
ton, five for oxen, IS for mules and
1910 for the estimated displays of
pet stock, vehicles, etc.
Provision has been made for five
cash prizes and two honorable men,
ton awards in most sections. The
final arrangements of the classi fica-
tions may still further enlarge the
number of Drizes offered
The leader., 1903-07-01
A GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME.
1t Was Carried On in Greek, But
the Government Authorities
Got u Line On 1t.

New York, June 27.-An investiga-
ton has been ordered by the authori-
ties at Washington of an alleged gold
mining concern with offices in this
city. For three months past, it is
said, the concern has been advertis-
ing freely in all the foreign newspa-
pers. One of the advertisements,
translated from a Greek paper pub
lished here, reads:
''Have you five dollars? Do you
wish to make them ten within "a
month, one hundred within a year
and one thousand within short
time?"
The board of managers named in
the advertisement is composed of
men asserted to be filling high pub
lie positions such as senator of the
state of Ohio,' Comptroller of the
United States treasury" treasurer
of the United States" etc. There al
so appears the name of member as
serted to have been formerly secre-
tary of the treasury"
None of the names given, however,
is known at all in public life in this
country.
The leader., 1903-07-01
AN IMPERIAL COMPLIMENT.
Emperor william Pays a High Com.
pIiment to the Perfect COndi-
ton of the Kearsarge.

Kiel, June 26.-'I shall telegraph to
the president to-day, sirs, telling him
in what perfect condition l have
found your ship" said Emperor Will
lam, in parting with Rear-Admiral
Cotton and Capt. Hemphill on board
the Kearsarge, after he had spent an
hour and half looking over the bat
tleship as thoroughly as any naval in
spector could have done, working the
turrets, examining the quarters of
the men, looking at the food in the
galley and talking Familiarity with
some of the able seamen.
The emperor came alongside the
starboard quarter of the Kearsarge,
steering his own barge and attend
ed by Capt. Won Grumme, while up
the port gangway came Admiralty
Secretary Won Tirpitz, Admiral Won
Senden-Biloran, chief of the imperial
naval cabinet; Gen. Won Plessen and
Count Won Gutenberg. Admiral Cot
ton and his staff, Capt. Hemphill, AL
the other American commanders and
all the officers of the ship, except the
'midshipmen, who were at quarters,
received the emperor on the quarter
deck
Il am happy to welcome your mai
esty on an American ship" said Ad-
miral Cotton, land 1 wish that I
were receiving On American soil.''
Il am very happy to be here" the
emperor replied. He then shook
hands with all the captains who he
met Wednesday, calling them by
name, and with all the juniors, who
were presented in turn.
'Now, captain" the emperor said
to Capt. Hemphin, want to see your
ship"
Capt. Hemphill thereupon led the
way, with emperor, Admiral Cotton
following Secretary Won Tirpitz, the
other American captains accompany
ing the members of his majesty's
suite.
The leader., 1903-07-01
SESSION OF THE CABINET.
Last Session of the Cabinet Prior to
the Presidents Departure
for Oyster Bay.
A CLEARING UP OF ROUTINE MATTERS.
Postmaster-General Payne Occupied
Considerable Time i'm Presenting
the Current Situation as Devel-
ODed by the Investigation Now
i'm Progress.

Washington, June 27.-The last
meeting of the cabinet before the
presidents departure from Washing
ton Saturday was held Friday. Short
ly after the members had assembled,
former Postmaster-General Smith,
who took breakfast with the presi-
dent, was ushered into the cabinet
room.
Upon leaving the White House Mr..
Smith, when asked if he had anything
to say concerning the post Office in
quiry, replied that his statement in
response to the references to himself
in the Bristow report would be given
to the public Saturday.
The cabinet meeting was devoted
chiefly to the clearing up of routine
departmental matters in anticipation
of the presidents departure, although
Postmaster-General Payne occupied
considerable time not only in present
ing the current situation as developed
by the investigation now in progress
in post office matters, but in discuss
ing his future plans relative to the
investigation.
In this connection it can be stated
authoritatively that the reports that
Postmaster General Payne contem-
plates retiring from the cabinet are
untrue. 1t is well known that his
health is not good, and there, is of
course, a possibility that he might
suffer a complete breakdown or that
he might be forced by the imperative
orders of his physician to give up his
work. But at this time the idea of
retirement is not entertained by him.
He has plated out his future work in
connection with the investigation OF
his department and is anxious to fin
ish it. The president, it is said, has
given expression to his own feelings
in the matter by saying that he
would permit him to resign only in
the event that it become a matter of
life or death.
The leader., 1903-07-01
BEcKHAM ANSWERS CRITICS
low Journals Can Not Change
HIS Course.

Frankfort, KY, June 27.-Goy. Beck
ham, in response to great many re-
quests, Friday gave out statement in
reference to his position in the
Breathitt county matter. A great
many letters have come to him in the
last few weeks, he says, some from
those who are friends, some from
those who are not, urging him to use
radical measures in dealing with the
trouble in Breathitt county, to de-
clare martial law and to have trials
of the accused by courts martial.
Speaking of criticisms from outside
Of the state, Gov. Beckham says:
these criticisms, friendly or un-
friendly, have not swerved me in the
least from the pathway of what I
have conceived to be my duty and the
just responsibilities of my high Office.
care not one particle for the
pharisaical censure of those yellow
journals of the north and east, whose
mercenary greed for a saleable TO
nance and whose partisan hatred of
southern neighbor make them de-
fame and misrepresent the great and
good people of all Kentucky, because
one county out of 119 within the state
has recently been the scene of certain
crimes and violations of the law.
Speaking of the insistent demands
for declaration of martial law, Gov.
Beckham stated that his critics Gin
their Impotence have forgotten that
the governor of Kentucky has abso-
lutely no such right, and if he should
attempt to use such arbitrary power
he would be and ought to be i'm
naached -
The leader., 1903-07-01
TO "F1GHTING JOE" HOOKER.
Monument to the Gallant Soldier
Dedicated on the StatehOuse
Grounds at Boston.

Boston, June 26.-The equestrian
statue of Gen. Jos. Hooker, erected
on the statehouse grounds, was dedi-
Gated Thursday. Preceding the I'M
yelling, a great parade was held, in
which scores of the most distin-
guished military men of America par
ticipated, together with regular in
fantry, marines and bluejackets from
the coast division of the North Allan
tic squadron, state militia, veterans
who served with Hooker, members
of the Massachusetts department G.
A. R., veterans of the Spanish war,
and the Boston school regiment.
Gov. Bates occupied his place as
commander of the military forces of
the state, while in the line were
Lieut.-Gen. Miles, Gen. Wesley Mer-
rift, Gen. John R. Brooke, Gen. o. o.
Howard, Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, Gen.
Alex. S. Webb, o. S. A, and Gen.
Joshua L. Chamberlain.
The state and city departments sus-
pended business; many firms closed
their stores, and the day was general
holiday.
The leader., 1903-07-01
An Old RIVER NAN End.
Capt. George E. Townsend, a Well
Known River Pilot Commits
Suicide at st. Louis.
sUFFERlHGs WERE BEYOND ENDURANCE.
Afflicted with Cancer ON HIS Face,
and Enable to Eat or Sleep, He
Finally Resolved to End it All,
and Hanged Himself I'm a Stable
While His Family Slept.

St. Louis, June 27.-Crazed by in
tense pain resulting from cancer
on his face, Capt. George E. Towns
end, former steamboat pilot, 70
years old, hanged himself, early Fri
day morning, in the stable of his
home.
Capt. Townsend suffered acutely for
the last four months. The growth was
SO large as to prevent his eating solid
food, and for ten weeks he gradually
wasted away.
Friday morning he paced the floor
until four o'clock. Then he told his
wife, who was sitting up with him,
to go to bed. He said the cancer felt
as though it were knife cutting his
throat.
At six o'clock, when Mrs. Townsend
and her daughters awoke, they
missed him. They Immediately
searched the house and yard.
Mrs. Townsend found her husbands
body hanging from a rafter in the
unused stable, i and her screams
brought out the two daughters.
Capt. Townsend had taken the
white spread from his bed and put it
over his head, using an old COW rope
for the moose. He stood ON a soap
box and fastened the rope to a rafter.
then kicked away the box. His skill
at tying knots and handling ropes had
made his work certain.
The cancer with which Capt. Towns
end suffered was the result of an
accident in December, 1901. Capt.
Townsend was pilot on transfer
boat at Cairo, Ill. While eating his
dinner in the pilot house, the captain
cut his mouth with caseknife, and
the wound developed into a cancer.
Capt. Townsend came to ST. Louis,
in 1852, from Galena, ILL.,, his native
town. Since that time he had worked
continuously on the river until five
months ago.
Capt. Townsend was a friend of
Gen. U. S. Grant. During the civil
war the captain served on a trans
port steamboat. At the time of the
st. Louis tornado he had a narrow
escape, and often said during his late
sickness that he wished he had died
then.