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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-24
BLISS BROKERS IN TOLLS
MARRIAGE SHARPS CLAIM
THOUSANDS OF BRIDEGROOM.
Marriage Of Count Won Laxisch-Mon
mich and Miss sattsrlee Before
Berlin Courts

BERLIN. August A-A clique of usurers
and marriage brokers has been demanding
900 from Count Franz Joseph Maria Won
Larfseh-Afonnich, Since his marriage with
Miss Marie Satterlee of Titusville, Pa. at
Buffalo. N. Y, in June, 1901, which sum the
count has refused to pay.
The public prosecutor has now brought
proceedings against the usurers for at
tempted swindling. Some time before Count
Larisch- -Monnich visited America the ac-
cused persons assert they supplied him
with funds to 60 to Nuremberg and court
facturer. and that the count signed a note
married Miss Faber.
Failed With Miss Faber.
He went to Nuremberg. 1t fs further as
serted. properly supplied with cash. and
paid his addresses to Miss Faber. but was
not accepted. Later, the count went to
America, presumably at his own expense.
and eventually married Miss Satterlee.
The group which AYERS that It financed
the Faber affair. demanded $50. 600, not on
the conditional note. but on another which,
it is insisted. Count Larisch- Monnich sign
ed and which he refused to pay.
The public prosecutor was informed OF the
case by some one whose name does not ap-
pear and the matter was Investigated, with
the result that the public prosecutor has in
stituted proceedings against q merchant.
referred to as "R" in the statements given
to the press, and against retired cavalry
captain. The trial has been set for the au-
tumn term Of the criminal court.
Count Larfsch-M -Monnich belongs to the
Austrian nobility. His father has an estate
near Astrosnitz, Prussia. and has become a
naturalized German.
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THE GENERAL STAFF,
Selection of Officers to Head the Three
Divisions Soon to Be Made.

Selection or OmcorS 20 dea0 the Threo
Divisions Soon to Be Made.
The new general staff has got into rum
ming order and the officers of the army sta
toned in Washington and who come in con-
tact with its operations are beginning to see
its value and improvement over the old sys-
tenn. The general council, composed of
Gen. H. C. Corbin, Gen. VIM. H. Carter and
Gen. Wallace Randolph, is presided over by
Lieut. Gen. Young, chief of staff. This
board has about completed arrangements
for carrying out the new law and the Sc
lection Of the officers to head the three d.
visions will soon be made. These divisions
will be known as Nos. 1. and 3. The first
Will handle the business Of the line and
stan corps, the second will make plans for
campaigns and gather military information
from all over the world and the third will
have charge Of all matters relating to the
stan bureaus of the War Department.
1t is the general opinion of officers that
the new system will soon be advantageous
ly felt in increased efficiency in every line
OF the army In the past all orders have
been prepared In the office of the adjutant
general and sent out from that Office under
the order of the commanding general with
out his personal review. This fashion II q
thing Of the past, the chief of staff now be.
ing directly under the orders of the Eecre-
tary of War, and he will see and supervise
the preparation of every order that is is-
sued from his Office ever his name.
Another feature Is that now all matters
that used to be taken directly to the Secre-
tary by the chiefs of bureaus is now taken
to the chief OF staff. who in most cases has
authority to act without consultation with
the Secretary. The office of the adiutant
general. though independent, will be the
place of record for the general stan, and
the entire system Is felt by officers to be q
great Improvement on the former that has
existed for years In the operations of the
army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-24
NEW HEAD OF CHURCH
ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP
OF WESTMINSTER.
Bishop Bourne Of Southwark Proposed
by Propaganda-Was Third
Choice Of Bishops.

ROME. August 24-The congregation OF
the propaganda met today under the direc-
ton of Cardinal Gott, the prefect. After
some discussion 1t was decided to propose
to Pope Plus that he appoint the Right
Rev. Francis Bourne, bishop of Southwark,
England. as archbishop of Westminster, in
succession to the late Archbishop Vaughan.
Surprise in England
LONDON. August 24.-The decision Of the
congregation Of the propaganda to propose
to the pope the appointment of Bishop
Bourne Of Southwark to the archbishopric
Of Westminster somewhat surprised the
English Roman Catholics.
He was the third choice Of the bishops.
who only nominated him by a majority of
one vote.
Since he became bishop of Southwark
Monsignor Bourne has been energetic, but
he was considered arbitrary, especially in
regard to the finances of the diocese On
one occasion he publicly declared that he
was accountable therefor ''only to God and
the pope"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-24
WHITAKER WRIGHT's TRIAL.
The Accused Promoter Claims to B
Confident of Acquittal.

CouuoenC OF AcqutCa1.
LONDON, August 24.-The proceedings in
the case Of Whitaker Wright, the company
promoter, were resumed in the Guildhall
police court today. The attendance of the
public was not large. Wright appeared
to be calmly confident.
Informally opening for the prosecution,
Horace E. Avory, senior counsel for the
treasury, described the circumstances of
Wrights departure for New York and his
extradition and said the broad facts Of
the prosecutions case were that Wright,
being managing director of the London
Globe, British-American and Standard Ex-
ploration companies, used these names as
suited his purpose for stock exchange spec
ulations and engaged wholly in fictitious
transactions.
Counsel added, as evidence, that Wright
controlled all the financial operations Of the
companies that the much-discussed speech
OF the late Lord Dufferin at a shareholders
meeting was written by Mr.. Wright
Mr.. Avory concluded with saying that the
losses of shareholders in the capital Of the
three companies amounted to $25, 600 600,
and that Of 3S9.57 shares Of the London
and Globe Finance Corporation originally
held by Wright, he appeared only to pos
sess 25OO shares at the time of the collapse
Of the concern.
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PLEDGED EACH TO SECRECY.
Three Centuries Afterward Sailors
Find Yields Fortune.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
MONTEREY. Mexico. August 24.-Great
excitement prevails in mining circles over
the very rich silver strike on Mitre noun
tain, about eight miles from this city.
A large vein OF very fine silver-lead ore
has just been encountered IN the workings
on the ASCENSION mine. andsvalues are said
to reach the thousands. Old Indian and
Spanish traditions here credited Mitre
mountain as being the location Of very rich
silver deposits. originally discovered three
centuries ago by two Spanish sea captains,
both Of whom took out fortunes and started
back to Spain. pledging each other to se-
crecy
One was killed by the Indians en- route to
the coast and the other was lost at sea with
bis ship. since which time the exact loca-
uon OF the silver deposits has been un-
known.
A rush is on here and all the prospectors
IN the neighborhood are going out to Mitre
moGntain for the purpose Of taking up
claims -
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WHOLESALE HORRORS.
Turks Said to Have Massacred in Mauv
Villages.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, August 24-The Turks
are reporte- to have massacred all the
women and children in twenty-five villages
of the districts of Fiorlna and Monastir and
to have afterward burned the villages.
They are also alleged to have killed a num-
Der of prisoners.
The streets of krushevo are said TO he
strewn with dead, and the survivors are
afraid to bury the bodies, fearing to incur
Che suspicion of the Turks.
Following the proclamation of the revolu-
tion throughout the vilayet of Adrianople
the insurgents cut all the telegraph lines
connecting the city of Adrianople with the
eastern parts of the vilayet
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LIVED TO BE ia YEARS OLD.
Remarkable Longevity Of Colored We
man Of New Orleans.

CHICAGO. August pa dispatch to the
Inter-Ocean from New Orleans says:
Widow Victor Marie De Ransbourg. coll
ored. supposed to have reached the age Of
ia years. is dead at her home here
According to statements made by MEM
bers of the family. the woman was born in
17s9. In st. Charles parish. and was the
property of Pierre La Rio, rich planter,
who afterward removed to the lower coast
Of Algters.
The woman was a slaves dnHl 1852. when
she was purchased from the La Rio family
by her husband. Victor De Ransbourg.
with nine children.
All told. deceased has. gfven birth to
twenty-five children Of which number only
nine survive. the eldest sbeiag sixty-nine
years old and the younksst forty-seven
years. q
Her husband died twentx gears ago.
The woman had never lt1bwn any severe
illness. and had only bees cq0flned to hor
bed two weeks before heH death. Prior to
this event she was perfectly sound and
could move about withoutt tssststance. Her
hearing and sight were almost perfect.
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CLARK Is RECEPTIVE.
Says He Will Accept Senatorial Nomi-
nation If Given Him.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
. CLEVELAND. Ohio. August 2A.-John H.
Clark of this city stated today. in conneo-
ton with the Columbus announcement that
he would receive the support Of Mayor
Johnson and his friends for the United
States Senate. that he had not been and
was not now a candidate. but that he would
accept the honor If the democratic state
convention saw fit to confer 1t upon him.
'Tn case am nominated" he said, II
shall make as active a campaign for cleo
ton as is within my power. am not seek
ing the Endorsement from the democratic
state convention. but will not refuse It."
Mr. Clark is one of the so-called gold
democrats but vigorous democrat. and
has always taken an active participation in
the affairs of his party.
The advance guards today for the demo-
cratic convention will not meet until $50
Wednesday morning. but Thursday after
noon the congressional district meetings
win be held for the purpose Of selecting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-24
to dry the big mainsail. which. although of
Deauti1ui set, has yet to be thoroughly
Taken in Tow by Tender.

Taken in Tow by Tender.
SO light was the breeze inside Of the Hook
that neither Mr.. 1selin nor Captain Barr
cared to fill away from the white mooring
buoy Of the Reliance. and the Sunbeam took
the defender In tow and dropped her a full
half mile outside Sandy Point
Returning. the Sunbeam went to her an
chorage, and when two hours later the Re-
lance returned Mr.. Iselin. who had watched
the set of the defenders sails from her
oeck. went to his quarters on the tender,
and later journeyed to his home at New
night
After the noon lunch on the Reliance the
men were allowed to rest quietly, while
Captain Barr and Captain Lem" Miller in
spected the standing rigging, the running
lSshg having been carefully overhauled
when Mr. lselin was on board To prepare
ior hard days work this morning all
early.
Sir Thomas at a Dinner.
Led by Commodore Tod of the Atlantic
Yacht Club party, including Sir Thomas
Upton. the Earl and Countess Of shaftes-
oury and other friends Of the British baro-
net left the Atlantic Yacht Club house. in
sea cate, yesterday afternoon in automo-
plies and proceeded to the Oriental, in Man.
haitian Beach. where the commodore gave
a dinner in Sir Thomas honor.
early In the day the dining hall had been
prettiiy decorated. and above the place
wnefe Sir Thomas sat was display of In
tertwined American and Irish flags. There
was profusion of flowers
Those at the dinner were Sir Thomas Lip
ton, Commodore Tod. the Earl and Countess
OF Shaftesbury, General Corbin and Mrs
Corbin. Paymaster General Bates Of the
United States army, Justice Brown of the
United States Supreme CoLrt, Colonel Neal
ana Henry Clews. There was no speech
making, but while the dinner was in pro-
gress there was an animated discussion of
yachting matters in general and the relative
merits OF the Reliance and the Shamrock III
in particular.
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CANADA READY TO TRY.
Already 100000 Has Been Pledged
to Build Challenger,

The New York Tribune of this morning
says: There is possibility that Canada
Will challenge for the cup in a few years
This announcement was made on the Erin
yesterday by Capt. Arthur @. Penchen of
the Royal Yacht Club of Toronto, owner
Of the yacht vreda. He says that about
500 600 has already been pledged in Can
ada for the construction Of a challenger,
and interest is keen.
Owing to the rule that the challenging
club must have deep sea race course, the
challenge. he says, will be issued, in all
probability, through the Halifax Yacht
Club.
An interesting part Of the Canadian plan
as outlined Is the crew Of the possible
challenger, which will be entirely made up
OF volunteer sailors, gentleman" crew
This will both reduce expenses and testify
to the somewhat absorbing interest in the
sport for its own sake. Mr.. Penchen could
set no definite date for the challenge
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GRAND TRUNK DOUBLES STOCK.
Road Will Obtain an Atlantic Terminal
on Dominion EodI

Oh Oom1u1ou c0A
LONDON. August PA special general
meeting Of the shareholders Of the Grand
Trunk railroad Of Canada today unani-
mously approved the recent act Of the
Canadian parliament in authorizing an in
crease of the 4 per cent guaranteed stock
from the present authorized amount, $26,-
100. 0.O0O to 10000, COO
The president of the road. Sir Charles
Rivers Wilson, after the meeting denied
specifically to representa- tive Of the Asso-
ciated Press that the money wsuiA be en-
ployed in the work Of extendtax the road
to the Pacific. The Shareholders expect
that steps will be taken to acquire Cana
dian port as an Atlantic terminal instead
of Portland, Me.
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To Revive Canal Treaty..

Acting Secretary Of State Loomis has re-
ceived two rather indefinite cablegrams
from Minister Beanpre. at Bogota, the
latest dated August 10. conveying the infor-
nation that efforts are still being made to
find a way to revive the canal treaty, From
other sources an intimation has been given
the State Department that movement is
on foot to change the constitution Of CoIom-
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BUILDINGS DYNAMITED.
Bulgarians Kill Two Hundred Persons
at Urgas

VIENNA. August 24-The Neue Freie
Presses Constantinople correspondent tele-
graphs that a band of Bulgarians has at
tackled the Turkish town of Urgas, south of
1niada. on the east coast of rurkev and
has blown up th5 government buildings
with dynamite. 1t is reported that 200 per-
sons were killed
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BLACKER IN TURKEY
Rumors of Fighting in Streets
Of Adrianople.
BRUTAL BUTCHERIES
VILLAGES DESTROYED AND MANY
PERSONS MASsACRED.
Both Turks and Insurgents Equally
Guilty Of Horrors-Bulgarians
Take Uskub.
BRUTAL BUTCHERIES

SOFIA, Bulgaria. August A.-There are
'unconfirmed rumors here that fighting and
massacres are proceeding in the streets Of
Adrianople.
Reports from Monastir, authenticated by
the Russian and Austrian consuls, give hor-
rifying details of the massacres and atroci-
ties.
stroyed $50 houses out of total of 157 and
'massacred every man. woman and child.
Women Subjected to Atrocities.
The women were subjected to the most
revolutionists captured at Krushevo, who
were sent in the direction of Monastir in
chains. were slaughtered by their guards.
The sanitary conditions of Krushevo are
described as revolving. The dead are lying
in the streets, stripped of every garment.
the Turks even taking the vestments off
the body of a priest.
rAdrianople is the second city of impor-
tance in European Turkey. 1t has more
than 100000 Inhabitants. and is only about
$50 miles west by north from the Ottoman
Capital1
Adrianople was named for the Roman
Emperor Hadrian. as Constantinople was
named for Constantine the Great.
1t was at one time capital Of the Ottoman
empire for nearly a century, and continues
to be one of the principal places in the still
extensive dominions of the sultan.
1t has always been regarded as an In
tensely Mahometan city. If the insurrec-
tion has reached Adrianople there can be no
doubt of its seriousness.
The mosque of the Sultan Selim is located
in this city and is said by many writer's to
be the finest in the world. 1t has four
minarets, and is claimed to exceed the
famed mosque of Omar, in Constantinople,
in beauty.
Adrianople is a prosperous city having
extensive manufactures of silk, cotton and
woolen stuffs. Among its exports are opium.
leather, wool and altar of roses.
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OFFICIAL FIGURES OF RACE
Capt. Barr Gave Reliance Two Hours
Spin Yesterday.

Official figures of Saturdays race were
posted at the New York Yacht Club yester-
day by the regatta committee, says the
New York Herald today.
The starting and finishing times Of the
yachts, as have been published. are correct.
but the times of turning at the outer mark
as given were unofficial
Still. the times taken at the outer mark
on the press boat Edgar F. Luckenback
show only two seconds difference in the
elapsed times of the yachts over the wind
ward and leeward legs as compared with
the official figures. There Is no change in
the elapsed time by which the Reliance de-
feated the Shamrock III. but the corrected
time will not be calculated by the commit
tee until the result of the next measure
ment of the challenger is known. The COM
plete official summary Is as follows:
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Persons leaving tho city for any
period can have The Star mailed to
them to any address In the United
States or Canada. by ordering IL at
this office. in person or by letter.
Terms: 1s cents per week: 25 cents
for two weeks: or 80 cents per month.
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. The
address may be changed as fire.
1uently as desired Always give the
last address. a. well as the new one.
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POWERS CASE PROCEEDING.
Will Probably Not Reach Jury Befor,
Next Week.

GEORGETOWN, KY, August 24.-The
cross-examination Of Jim Howard in the
Powers case begun Saturday afternoon was
resumed on the convening Of court this
morning.
AZ the cross-examination will necessitate
the calling Of a dozen or more witnesses
and will be very thorough, with the pur-
pose Of laying the foundation for contra
dictions. the case will probably not go to
the jury until next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-24
KILLED HIS AGED MOTHER.
colored Preacher, Insars Over Reli
gion,, Finally Captured.

= 1890
gion,' Finally Captured.
Special Dispatch to The Evening ktar.
NORFOLK, Va, August A.-The Rev.
Philip Hughes, colored BAPTIST preacher
who lived near Campbell Station in Albe-
marie county. Va. became suddenly In
sane over religion. and. going to the home
Of his stepmother. Ellen Hughes. battered
down the door and killed the aged woman
by splitting her head open with an ak.
An uncle of the preacher Burren Hughes
only escaped being murdered by fleeing to
the woods. A posse of farmers finally cap
tured the wild man. He was tried by a
commission, and being adjudged lunatic
was ordered sent to the state asylum for
negroes 49,
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Vessel Arrivals

At Gibraltar-Lahn. from New York.
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HIS SENTENCE DEFERRED.
Walking Delegate Parks Convicted Of
Extortion In New York.

NEW YORK. August 24.-Recorder Goff
today deferred until Wednesday sentence
on Samuel J. PARKS. the walking delegate
Of the Housesmiths and Bridgemens 9
Union. who was last week found guilty on
q charge of extortion.
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Fearing a Massacre.

Christian. Greek and Mussulman refugees
have arrived at the mouth of the Bospho-
rus from the neighborhood of Midia fear
Ing a massacre there. They have been
sheltered in the lazaretto at Anadoli- KAYAK
and are being fed by the authorities.
The lighthouse at Kuru-Burun in Iniada
bay is not working 1t has been abandoned
by its keepers on account of the nearness
of the insurgents.
The italian embassy has notified the porte
that it holds it responsible for any injury
which may be done to the consul of Italy at
MonaStir. and demands the punishment of
those who insulted the consul recently by
calling him a 'giaour'' GnfdeD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-24

Capt Barr gave both his victorious crew
and the winning yacht a shaking out OF
Sandy Hook yesterday. when for two hours
In the morning he drove the Reliance back
and forth over q line drawn from the point
Of the Hook to the Southwest Spit buoy.
Under mainsail and forestaysail the de-
fender was put through her PAGES. other
reaches being broken by series of short
thoroughly drin the men in windward work,
on which at each rece 80 much depends.
The upper sails were set. and In the mod
crate northwest wind the Reliance heeled
but little, even when given safe full"
In the light rain sQuall OF the previous
night the dampness went through the thick
sail covers, and the work was also cut out
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No Sign Of Improvement.

bulgarian advices are that the general
outlook in Macedonia shows no sign Of I'm
provement. and the Developments in the
next few days are awaited at Sofia with the
greatest anxiety. The outbreak at Adria-
nople is growing, and disturbances are also
prevalent along the coast and in the vicin-
fly OF the Bulgarian frontier. The situation
on the frontier is extremely critical The
Insurgents have killed several Turkish SOL
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REVOLT Is SPREADING.
Macedonian Insurrection Going to the
! Eastward

| The insurrection in the v1layet Of Adria-
hople, which started thirty-two miles from
.Adrianople. is spreading eastward. Several
villages have been burned by insurgents
and urgent demands have been sent to
lAdrianople for reinforcements.
[ The British and French warships in Turk
lsh waters are in readiness to proceed to
Halonica in the event OF necessity.
I Moussa Bey. that notorious Kurdish brig
and chief. who was responsible for many of
the Armenian outrages. and who escaped
last month with several other Kurdish
chiefs from Medina, Arabia, where they
had been living in exile, has been recap
tured with his companions and retaken to
Medina
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NEARING coNsrANTINoPLE.
insurgents Are Threatening Midia,
Sixty Miles Away.

CONSTANTINOPLE. August A.-Accord-
Ing to Turkish advices. when the insurgents
captured Vasiliko. in the eastern part of the
villayet of Adrianople. they killed the gar
rison. consisting of fifty soldiers, and about
one hundred of the inhabitants.
The insurgents are now threatening
Midia. sixty miles northwest of CONSTANT
nople. on the Black Sea. and are reported
also to be attacking the important town of
Kirk Kihoseh, thirty-two miles from Adri-
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Government Receipts.

Government Receipts.
National bank notes received TODAY for re-
demption. $0S9, ,416 Government receipts
from internal revenue. 81 ,221 8O1; customs,
t6S4. .226: miscellaneous. $84.688. Expendi-
tuees, S1,76O,O0O.
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Reliance Has Two Hours Spin.

The Reliance gained minutes Al secol
on the Shamrock on the leeward leg.