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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-23
HIS WIFE A GREAT SUFFERER.

My wife had been troubled with Rheuma-
ttsm for some time when she heard Of 8,
which she tried and which cured her oom-
pletely, as she has not suffered since. rec
ommend 8 as good medicine.
Okolona, Miss. J. T.. REEDER.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
MURDERERS
MAKE WEAPON
Of DYNAMITE
AtrOciOuS Crime on
an Eastern
Highway.
PaymaSter Killed and
His Secretary Fa-
tally Hurt.
Satchel With Big Sum of
Money Disappears After
Explosion.

WASHINGTON, Pa. Sept. "a mur-
der and robbery occurred this afternoon
on the Middletown road, about fifteen
miles from here. Samuel T. Ferguson Of
the Ferguson Construction Company Of
Pittsburg was instantly killed and his
secretary, Charles l.. Martin of Cincin-
natl was fatally injured.
The two men were driving along the
road in a buggy carrying $500 in cash
with which to pay of some of their men
employed on construction work along the
line of the Wabash Railroad when sud-
denly an explosion of dynamite IN the
roadway literally tore the rig to pieces.
killed Ferguson outright and threw Mar
tin 200 feet, tearing his left arm almost
from the socket.
1t has been learned that two men. sup
posed to be Poles. placed the dynamite in
the road for the purpose of killing Pay
master Ferguson, and had arranged to
explode it by means of an electric bat
tery.
The satchel containing the money Is
missing Two suspects are under arrest
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
MAN
WILL HURRY
TO NICARAGUA
GunbOat Nashville
Is Needed Near
BluefeldS.
LaWleSS Element In
terfereS With Our
Mariners.
State Department Takes
Rapid Action on Appeal
for Protection.
Special Dispatch to The Cali

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-lnterference
with American shipping interests by a
lawless element on ST. Andreas Island.
near Bluefelds. Nicaragua. has caused
the issuance Of orders for the U. s 5.
Nashville. now at Pensacola. TO proceed
to that point to protect the property in
terests of citizens of the United States.
The Nashville. which is commanded by
Commander John Hubbard will probably
sail from Pensacola Tomorrow.
Little can be learned here tonight re-
garding the character of the trouble
Complaint was made to the State Depart
ment by an American ship company that
the operations of one of its steamers had
been seriously interfered with by persons
on st. Andreas Island, which is on the
Mosquito coast
st. Andreas Island, Corn Island and
other small islands lying of the Nicara-
qua coast. but under the Jurisdiction OF
the Nicaraguan Government. have in the
past been rendezvousing points for flibus-
tering expeditions and revolutionary
movements against Nicaragua 1t is pos
sible that the trouble now experienced
may be due TO such influences.
Actinge Secretary Of State Adee is not
in Washington tonight. No State De-
partment officials seem to be aware OF
the character of the trouble or the iden-
tity of the complainant.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Widow of Confederacy's President
Is Sick at Millard Fillmore's
Former Home.

BUFFALO, X. y, Sept. 25.-Mrs. JEFF
ferson Davis. widow Of the President Of
the Confederacy, is still in a critical con-
dition at the Castle Inn in this city. Drs.
Charles Stockton, Roswell G. Park and
Allen Jones have been in continuous at
tendance upon the patient throughout the
day and night. At II o'clock DR.. Stock
ton said Mrs. Davis condition was un-
changed.
There were some signs Of improvement
q; noon, but they did not continue and
toward evening Mrs. Davis condition
again assumed a more serious aspect.
DR.. Stockton tonight gave the Asso-
ciated Press the first official statement
regarding the nature Of Mrs. Davis i'll
ness. He said:
Mrs. Davis is suffering from an OBJ
etructfon of the alimentary canal. Her
condition is serious, but not necessarily
fatal. No surgical operation is anticipat-
eo at this time"
Castle Inn, where Mrs. Davis is i'll, was
formerly the home Of Nillard Fillmore,
President Of the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
PLAN TRUST
Of MILLION
WORKINGMEN
Building Trades
Union Leaders
Confer.
AmalgamatiOn Of All
Minor Bodies Is
Proposed.
General Organizer Declares
Politics Enters Into
General Organizer Declares
Politics Enters Into
the Scheme.
Special Dispatch to The Gail.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-Plans for the
formation Of a building trades labor trust
sfiliatng in round numbers a million
workingmen. skilled in these trades. are
reported 10 have been worked out by
prominent officials of national labor or
Eanizations. A conference for this pur-
pose has already been held in Indianapo-
lis. in which leading officials Of several
labor organizations were present in per
son or by proxy Among the organiza-
tions taking part were the Brotherhood OF
Painters, Journeymen Bricklayers and
Masons' International Union, United As
s0ciation Of Plumbers. Gas Filters. Steam
Filters and Steam Filters Helpers. Hod
Carriers and Building Laborers' Interna-
tional Union. Union Brotherhood Of Car
penters and International Organization Of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
Some of the organizations are attached
to the American Federation and others
are affiliated with the National Building
Trades Council. while still others are con-
nected with neiether of these national
bodies On account Of the various afili-
ations Of national building trades unions
conflict and confusion have arisen and
the conference was called primarily 10
discuss the amalgamatiOn Of all build
ing trades union interests and the organi-
zation Of a national federation of build
ing trades The delegates discussed many
propositions TO combat the tendency OF
employers organizations TO make war on
labor unions, 10 prevent the formation OF
dual OF rival bodies in the same trade;
TO protect the anatomy Of unions and 10
form a closer combination Of organiza-
tions engaged in constructing and repair
ing buildings.
Most Of the unions in the building
trades are affiliated with the American
Federation Of Labor and a national fed
Grafton Of unions is not necessary" said
General Organizer Herman Robinson, in
speaking Of the plan. mo sooner mad
the heads Of organizations come together
in a conference 10 plan national feder-
alton than they took I'D the question OF
politics. Building trades unions do not
need a national federation, nor do they
need a national building council so long
as they are connected with the American
Federation Of Labor which can take care
Of all the unions under its protection with
out the aid Of other central executive
bodies Of national scope"
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
SCHOONER CAsCo RETURNS
FROM THE BERING SEA
Reports That Japanese Sealers Are
Not Being Governed by the
Modus Vivendi.

VICTORIA. B. c., Sept. 25.-The sealing
schooner CascO. the first of the fleet to
arrive from Bering Sea. returned to-day
with 665 skins She brought the first
news from the sealers. No seizures were
made. The Casco picked up two boats
lost from a Japanese schooner. the ToyO
Maru. and one boat with three men was
lost from that vessel The Victoria feet
of nineteen schOOners made catches aver
aging from 300 to 400 skins to the begin
ming of September.
More japanese vessels than ever en-
tered Bering Sea this year. There were
thirteen in all, and all were using fire.
arms and going to within three leagues OF
the rookeries, the japanese not allowing
themselves to be governed by the mOdUs
vivendi The japanese sailors stated that
the Russian cruisers were most vigilant
off the Asiatic coast and they were prac-
tically driven into Bering Sea.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
WOUNDED TRAIN RoBBER
REFUSES TO TAKE FOOD
His Companions in Crime Success
fully Manage to Elude the Pur-
suing Posses.

PORTLAND, Or, Sept. 25.-Unless he
succeeds in starving himself to death or
commits suicide by some other method,
James Connors, the bandit, who was
shot and seriously wounded while holding
up the o. r. and n. train two days ago.
Will live to pay the penalty of his crime
Since being taken into custody Connors
has refused to eat or drink and the only
nourishmcnt he has had was forcibly
given to him this morning.
The whereabouts Of Connors' compan-
ions in crime. who escaped the bullets Of
Express Messenger Corners gun, is still
a mystery. The hunt for them continues
and is now being made in a systematic
manner.
Connors IS as much a mystery to the
detectives and officers as ever. They are
unable to get any clew whatever to his
identity.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26

NOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 25.
simultaneously with the
~ issue of the trade appoint
ing the mixed Macedonian COM
mission the report comes from
Constantinople that the Porte has
ordered the mobilization of two
additional divisions of Asiatlc
troops. The belief prevails here
that the Sultan is acting solely i'll
view of the approaching meeting
between the Russian and Austrian
Emperors and with the hope Of
convincing them that he is
anxious to maintain peace.
A dispatch from Ria says that
the insurgents, encouraged by
their recent successes, are aban-
doning a strictly defensive atti-
tude and are preparing to take the
offensive.
A large Turkish force sur
rounded an insurgent camp near
Prespo, and the insurgents had
forty men and eighty women and
children killed. The Turkish loss
was heavy.
In an engagement near Kesola
the Turks lost 100 killed and
wounded, while the insurgents
had fifteen killed and twenty-nine
wounded.
A telegram from Varna an
nounceS that 600 old men, women
and children, starving and nearly
naked, have arrived there from
Bargas, where they were unable
to find shelter.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept.
25.-The composition of the
mixed tribunal to carry out the
programme of reforms in Mace
donia was officially announced to-
day. Hilmi Pasha is president of
the commission, and the other
members are Khulussi Bey, presi-
dent Of the Municipal Council Of
Salonica; Rikola Roheff, ABulga-
rian, and Nouernie Nikursh,
Greek, both members of the Court
of Justice at Monastir; Niko. Ser
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
Brit0if1'S S Premier
UriteS AbOut
the Crisis.

W oNDoN, Sept. 25.-''It is with
problem such as this that
4% one has to deal, and I cannot
but believe that the best hope
of dealing with it lies in the con-
tinued cooperation of Russia and
Austria, strengthened with the sup
port and aided by the advice Of
the other signatories of the Berlin
treaty"
In these words Premier Balfour in a
lengthy letter to the Archbishop of Can
terbury, DR.. Davidson, sums up his solu-
ton of the Macedonian situation. The
letter is in reply to the Archbishop's ac-
ton in drawing attention to the growing
uneasiness among chQrchmen at the ap-
parent apathy of the powers, while
unspeakable atrocities are perpetrated in
Macedonia"
Mr.. Balfour says he is in entire sym
pathy with the feelings of horror and in
dignation and fully understands the desire
to give expression in public meeting to the
sentiment of reprobation which recent
events justified Mr.. Balfour then pro-
ceeds to analyze the situation. He says:
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
eve have not to deal with sample of
misgovernment or oppression by Turkish
officials, but with problem complicated
by the fact that the Christian population
of Macedonia is rent in fragments by diff
ferences of race aggravated by differences
of religion, and in addition to the ills in
fiicted by a corrupt and incapable admin
istration and by an i'll paid and undisci-
plined soldiery and by a detestable sys-
tenn of taxation, we have to reckon with
all the ills which, in population not i'm
bued with western ideas of humanity,
rival nationalities and sects do not scruple
to inf1ict on one another.
''The instrument whereby the situation
may be dealt with is the concert of
Europe. But this, even were they all in
harmony, is necessarily slow and may
easily be ineffective if the problem is COM
plex. 1t was a matter of congratulation
when Russia and Austria, acting with the
authority of Europe, proposed to press the
scheme of reforms, which, while lacking
in theoretical perfection, came within the
circuit of practical politics and would, if
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
OIL MAGNATE
FEARS BLOW
Of PROWLER
Rockefeller Keeps
an Army Of
Guards.
Adopts Precautions in
Forest Tract in the
AdirOndackS.
DeXter's Murder and Hos
tility Of WoOdsmen
Cause UneaSineSS.
Special Dispatch TO The Call.

MALONE, y. Y, Sept. 25.-There is no
doubt that Orlando P. DeXter's murder,
combined with the hostile attitude of
woodsmen. has caused great excitement
at Bay Pond, where William Rockefeller
has established the headquarters of his
enormous tract of land in the Adiron-
dacks. Rockefeller paid a visit to his
house on Monday and left very soon af-
terward. His son, William C. Rockefeller.
has also gone. although some members
OF the family and a few visitors are said
10 have remained behind.
Large lights have been put up within
the last few days all around the clearing
made for RockefeIlers summer home.
The nearby station Of the New York and
Ottawa Railroad belongs to Rockefeller,
whose superintendent, John Redwood, has
offices on the upper floor. The lights are
so arranged that no person can enter the
clearing at night from the dense woods
that circle it without being seen by
guards who have been placed on duty
there. Redwood sent to his employer in
New York this morning a telegram say
ing in substance: Send capable detec-
tive here at once. Fellow has been seen
prowling in woods about here"
The presence Of any stranger creates
suspicion now and any person arriving at
night would probably be greeted with a
shower of bullets. There is said to be a
Standard Oil detective already stationed
at Bay Pond, but additional precautions
are deemed necessary, although Rockefel-
Ter employs a regiment of guides who
serve as guards for his preserves.
The feeling against Rockefeller was
strongly shown in the village of Brandon,
which is on his property about three and
a half miles north Of Bay Pond There
were more than 100 houses in Brandon
about four years ago, all occupied, and
the community was prosperous Now
there are about fifty houses and only
fourteen families remain. Some of the
buildings were removed and others were
burned to get them out of the way.
There could be nothing more desolate
than the village as it stands to-day, with
almost all of the houses closed and their
doors and windows barred.
All along the railroad are posted notices
signed by William G. Rockefeller an
nouncing that the property is a private
park and that there must be no trespass-
ing. These signs cover the approaches to
the village and are posted at the ends of
the streets.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
STEAMER is REPORTED
POUNDING IN BREAKERS
Wreckage Thought to Be That Of
the Beatrice, Lost in the
Hurricane.

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 25.-The United
States weather bureau tonight received
information from the Currituck life-sav-
ing station that the stern of a steamer
bearing the name Beatrice-New York,
was pounding bottom up in the breakers
two and one-half miles south Of Caneys
Inlet life-saving station.
The wreckage is thought to be from the
fishing steamer Beatrice, which was
caught in the recent hurricane when
south Of Delaware breakwater, Septem-
Der 16. She carried crew of thirty-five
men and was loaded with Goldfish. She
was owned by the Atlantic Fisheries Com
pany of Cape Charles and was valued at
So. 600.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
REFORM MAYOR INDICTED
or TWENTY NINE COUNTS
Citizens Of Illinois Town, Incensed
by immortality, Bring Case Be-
fore Grand Jury

NATION, Ill, Sept. 25.-Mattoon's re-
form Mayor. Francis NJ. Menke. was in
dieted to-day upon twenty-nine counts.
charging him with malfeasance and mis-
feasance in office Al the same time the
Grand Jury returned nineteen true bills
against saloon keepers, gamblers and
keepers of houses of ill-repute. This ac-
tion came after three weeks session.
during which evidence was presented by
citizens who had become incensed over
immoral conditions existing in the city
Mayor Menke was arrested. but later
released on bond.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
I FRENCH PRoTECToRATE
Is GIVEN APPROVAL
Control of Morocco Said to Have
Sanction of Great Britain and
Spain.

LONDON. Sept 26.-The Paris corre-
spondent Of the Daily Mail asserts on un-
Improbable authority that Great Britain
and Spain have agreed to the establish
ment Of French protectorate over Mo-
rocco. 4 strip of land along the coast
win be declared neutral in order to avoid
international complications over fortified
ports.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
DIPLOMATS OF POWERS IN
TERESTED IN ADJUSTMENT
OF BALKAN TROUBLES.
Battles Tough 1
in Troubled
Regions.

vian, member of the Court Of JUS
tice at Uskub, and Kutso Yanu,
Rounanian.
The commission will sit tempo
rarily at Monastir. An trade has
been issued ordering the civil and
military authorities to obey the
commissions regulations.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
Drifts Dangerously Near Shore.

VICTORIA, b. c, Sept. pa large full
rigged sailing ship IS reported dangerously
near shore at Village Island. in Barkeley
Sound. of the Vancouver Island coast. she
having drifted there during last night.
her identity cannot be learned here.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
SAN SALVADOR TO PAY
BURRELL INDEMNITY
Congress Approves Agreement Made
by Lopez as to Compensation
for Triunfo Companv.

LA LIBERTAD San Salvador, Sept. %.
Congress has approved the agreement
made by Senor Lopez, the Salvadorean
Minister to the United States, to pay
Alfred H. Burrell $1,000 gold monthly dur
ing eight years as compensation for the
salvadorean Governments treatment of
the Trlunfo Company.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
GIRL CUTS THE THROAT
soF FAITHLEsS LOVER
Fatally Wounds Man Who Married
Another Woman and Slashes
Herself With Razor.

Travis, young woman of good family.
to-day cut the throat of Milton CarIey
with razor and then wounded herself
in like manner. They will die. CarIey
had for five years paid court to Miss
Travis, but a week ago married another
girl, and this is thought to have prompted
the deed.
. ! : : o
more earnestly pressed by the Porte and
more frankly accepted by the Macedonian
population, have spared the world the hor-
rors it has since witnessed
Neither of these conditions was full
filled. The Porte, as usual. was dilatorv
and failed to see that a policy of human
ity was a policy of wisdom. The revolu-
tionists have deliberately done their best
to drive the Turk TO excesses and furnish
him with an excuse for deferring the exc
cution of reforms, meeting horrors with
horrors and brutality with brutality for
the deliberate purpose of driving the Turk
to crimes against the innocent and thus
play upon the sympathies of the world.
Such methods as these are no more NOR
ally tolerable than the misgovernment
which is their excuse"
GREAT BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE.
Coming to the question of the attitude
of Great Britain Mr.. Balfour points out
that Russia, Austria and Turkey cannot
be indifferent to territorial redistribu
tion in the peninsula, while Greece. Bull
garia, Servia and Roumania are all in
terested in the fate of the province whose
Christian population is made up from ALI
their nationalities. These external COM
plications are doubled by internal ones
because of religious differences. the Mo-
hommedans fearing Christian rule. while
the Exarchists and Christians persecute
the Patriarcnists; the Greeks. who are
Patriarchists, would sooner find protec-
tion under the rule of the Sultan than
be left to fight the matter with the Bull
garians, who are Exarchists.
These countries possess Mr. RaIfor1r as
serts, Incompatible influence over the an
tagonistic forces in the peninsula. In
fact, no other nation or group of nations
could do it at all if Russia and Austria
were hostile Great Britain was not pre-
cluded by the policy outlined from offer
ing suggestions, which had already been
done. ard she will continue to do so.
But it would be folly to forget that there
are occasions when two powers are
stronger than three, and that an addi-
tion to the number carries a diminution
of efficiency.
These principles, concludes Mr. Balfour.
direct the policy of the British Govern
ment in the near East and he has no
! doubt that they are in accordance with
British interests and in obedience to them
lies the best hope of improving the con-
dition of tho Macedonians and the secur-
ity of European peace.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
permanent Arbitration court.

THE HAGUE. Sept. 25-The Ministry
for Foreign Affairs has appointed COM
mission to take preparatory steps for the
construction of the permanent arbitratlOm
court meeting.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
AMERICANS WORRY ABDUL.
Sultan Desires That Warships Be
Withdrawn From Beirut.

Withdrawn From Beirut.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept 25.-The
Porte has expressed wish for the with
drawal of the American warships now off
Beirut, 80 that the settlement of the
questions pending between the United
States and Turkey can be proceeded
with" 1t is thought here that the United
States will not consent to withdraw her
ships. Minister Leishman had a confer
ence with the Foreign Minister. TewfiK
Pasha, to-day.
Official circles take calmer view of
the Balkan situation, and advlces from
Bulgaria point to a relaxation of the ten
sion.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 25.-The State De
partment had no fresh news from Minis
ter Leishman to-day. The American Min
Continued on Page 2, Column q.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26
Soldiers of Asia
Summoned bV
Abdu[.

NOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 25.
simultaneously with the
~ issue of the trade appoint
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-25
A Birthday Social.

On the evening of Monday, April
Goth, Mrs. John W. Bundick gave a
very enjoyable social in honor of her
daughter, Mamie, at their home near
Modestown. Refreshments were
served at nine o'clock. Among the
guests were the following: Miss Lii
lie Littleton aud Braden johnson,
Miss Della Ross and Fred Shreves,
Miss Lille Shreves and Roy Miles,
Miss Evelyn Hickman and George
Hickman, Miss Addie Shreves and
Edgar Rayfield, Miss Mamie johnson
and Barrett Hickman, Miss Flora
Miles and Rev. T. G. Whitehurst,
Miss Bertha Marshall and Tom
Mears, Miss Rosa Ross and Willie
Bloxom, Miss Maggie Mears and viii
lie Rayfeld, Miss Carrie Hickman
and Harold Littleton, Miss Clara
Mason and Dorcie Bundick. After
refreshments they returned to the
parlor, and spent the rest of the eve
ming in quiet games and pleasant
conversation until the hour of de
parture. All left thanking Mr.. and
Mrs. Bundick for the pleasant eve
ming they had spent at their home.
A Guest.
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A Card.

We will be at Accomac @. H., Mon
day, April court day, for the purpose
of delivering our Paris Green Distri'
butors, same machine as we sold last
year. AS to merit of this machine
we respectfully refer you to farmers
who have used them. Secure this
machine and save the price of land
plaster, or hauling water In the field
We have farmers by the hundred to
back us up in the assertion, that
with this machine it is the cheapest
easiest and quickest way to kill your
potato bugs. II you can't see us a
postal card will bring what machines
you may order. Price $3.50 cash
$4.75 on time.
Very respectfully,
0. M. Chandler,
E. Baker, Mappsville, Va.
Pocomoke City.
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Annapolis Cadetship.

Notice is hereby given that a.com-
petitive examination for the purpose
of selecting candidate for appoint
ment as midshipman to the United
States Naval Academy,at Annapolis
for the First Gong ressional District
of Virginia, will be held In the city
OF Fredericksburg, Virginia, on Wed
nesday, the sixth day Of May, 1908
The candidate standing the second
best examination will be nominated
as first alternate, the one standing
third as second alternate and the
one standing fourth as third alter
nate. The candidate receiving the
appointment will enter the Nava
Academy in June next.
Those desiring to take this exami
nation will address me at Warsaw
Virginia, when they will be informed
as to the terms upon which they car
do so.
w. A. Jones,
M. @. 1st Va. District.
Papers Of the First District viii
please copy.)