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The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

London, Sept. 12-The powers are
evidently exerting pressure, both at
Constantinople and Sofia to avert a
Turko-B Bulgarian war, apparently with
some temporary success, but meantime
an increasingly terrible tale OF atrocl-
ties committed in Macedonia shows
that the situation is daily becoming
aggravated.
The temper of the Bulgarian people
and government, according to tele-
grams from Sofia, is rising to the dan
ger point. All indications tend to show
that however Loyalty the government
desires to observe neutral attitude.
from the people into formal declara-
ton of sympathy with the Macedonian
Christians.
Premier Petroff's informal intima-
ton to the diplomats in Sofia that un-
less some means of restraining Tur-
keys terrible measures to suppress the
uprising in Macedonia is taken by the
powers. Bulgaria will be forced to de-
part from strict neutrality. is regard
ed as warning In this sense to the
powers.
The Telegraph's correspondent at
Sofia, in long resume of the situa-
ton, points out that Bulgaria does not
possess sufficient troops to properly
Gordon the frontier. She has only
posts of five men each at points three
miles distant from each other, and as
the Turkish frontier guards always
retire when they see Bulgarians bands
crossing. the latter have an easy task.
The correspondent thinks this points
80 the conclusion that the Ottoman
government desires to keep the insur-
rection alive as a pretext for the ami
hilation of the Christians, and as the
Bulgarians are unlikely to remain in
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18
TURKISH TROOPS ARE BUSY
SLAUGHTERING BULGARIANS

active spectators of the massacre of
their brethren. the current of popular
feeling may easily become too strong
for any government to withstand.
Even in the Bulgarian army and ad-l
ministration there is strong sympathy
for the Macedonians, and in these SER
vices there is also a large percentagf
of Macedonians. Hitherto, by promis.
ing European Intervention and sup
pressing the details of the Turkisi
atrocities, the government has succeed
ed in allaying popular Indignation. bt
such. temporary expedients can 10
longer avail, and nothing short of il
ternational intervention can dispel tie
storm clouds now fast gathering.
Sofia, Sept. 1.-THE revolutionary
Headquarters here have received from
Burgas news of fearful atrocities com
mitted by the Turkish and Albanian
soldiers in the vilayet of Adrianople.
A squadron of Turkish cavalry inter-
cepted. and slaughtered fusitives at
tempting to cross into Bulgaria. Sixty
Bulgarians were killed within three
tilometers of the frontier.
The whole district of Lozengrad is
filled with Albanian troops who are
burning villages and numbering the
inhabitants. They have killed fifty
persons in Evekeleer, eighteen families
at Taspeta, and twenty families at As
madgik Eighty families fleeing from
various villages towasd the frontier
have been literally cut to pieces by
Turkish soldiers during the last fsw
days.
Further details of the village burn
ings and massacres committed in the
vilayet of Monastir have reached here
from reliable sources. The names are
given of thirty-four villages in the
Kaza and Okrida districts which have
been burned by the Turks.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18
Governor Peabody Threatened.

I've been getting anonymous let
ters every day for month, all threat
ening my life. but they have got too
strong in the last two days and now
I'm ready for business" Governor
Peabody was the speaker, says the
Denver News of September 9th, and
when he had finished he dropped his
hand in an open drawer OF his desk
and the next instant large army pat
tern Colts revolver of A caliber was
pointed across his desk.
Il paid no attention to them at
first; they simply hinted at what
might be done If | didn't do so and So
but since | ordered the troops out,
they come right out and say that my
life will be the forfeit.
Il received one this morning which
was the worst of all: then | sent down
to the adjutant generals Office and got
this revolver.
Il hardly think will ever have oc-
casion to use it, but just the same, |
don't want to take any chances. 1t
would be too late to send out for gun
if any one did try to assassinate me.
But things are serious, and it may be
that some maniac may attempt it. so l
think it best to be prepared"
The letter Governor Peabody re-
ferred to came in on yesterday morn
ing's mail. 1t was dated from Cripple
Creek and was postmarked at
O'Clock Friday afternoon. There was
only one sheet of paper, and it had
evidently been torn from a cheap tab
let The handwriting was evidently
that of man who was fairly well ed
ucated.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

ANY number of well shaped well
made stocks may be bought at almost
any of the shops at 25 cents each. 4"
says the New York Times, and still
everywhere around us the girls are
making stocks at the expense of hours
and hours and hours of valuable time
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

The St, Louis Globe-Democrat is au-
thority for the statement that thirty
six robberies at the point of revolvers
have occurred in st. Louis since July
4. This is encouraging for those who
are thinking of attending the exposi-
tion there next year.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

The Japanese, who are talking of
entering a yacht in next years race
have a choice of several routes for
getting it into American waters. but
their quickest plan would be to have it
built in this country
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

Before. Sir Thomas takes the Sham
rock home it would be interesting to
see what Capt. Barr and a Yankee
crew could do with her. against the
Reliance sailed by Capt Wringe and
his British crew.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

A German actor has 5een sent to
fail for getting off stage jokes about
the emperor. If they were anything
like the American stage jokes we
can't blame the emperor for shutting
him up.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

Following the fashion of dedicating
books to one whom the author ad-
mires, the author of a book just out
dedicates it to himself
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

Has MIR. Morgan run his course as a
popular sensational idol? Just now
it looks as if there wasn't snap
shotter so poor as to do him rever-
ence.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

Ferdinand favor by taking his throne
away from him.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

The price of radium has been
marked down from $1,000 900 TO S2.-
721, ,555 pound-but the manufacturer
does not give trading stamps.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

King Peter X G. Witch of Servia al
ready is talking of abdicating. What
ever else his predecessor may have
been. he wasn't quitter.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

When woman begins to pay full
fare Tor her children she realizes that
she is getting along in years.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

Mr.. Jim Scanlon has issued a chal-
lcnge to Mr. Jim Jeffries. Mr.. Scanlon
is evidently looking for a large bunch
OF trouble.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

The news of the discovery by DR..
Dunbar Of Hamburg of an antitoxin to
cure hay fever will make sundry sum
mer resort landlords and landladies
feel sad
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

The Kansas definition of gold
mine is "a hole in the ground owned
by man who is liar. Philadelphia
Ledger
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

The time for trip around the world
has been reduced to 81 days, hours,
80 minutes-which is evidence that
Jules Verne was not an impracticable
dreamer, after all.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

until after his wife called his atten
tion to the fact that he is somebody
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

you can't save your feliow-men un-
less you are willing to touch them, -
says Bishop Potter. And the contribu-
ton is always taken up in church.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

The big fight at San Francisco is
thing of The past, but the football sea
son will open pretty soon.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

At last reports there IVES nothing
the matter with a single one of Baer's
four paws.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

for her sovereignty. but she isn't 60
ing to miss the sovereigns.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

Strange as it may seem. Mr.. JEFF
fries has not received as yet any of
fers from the editors of leading maya
zines for an article entitled How
Licked Mr.. Corbett.'
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

That Texas man who has had two
appendices removed must feel like a
new edition.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

The emperor of Austria has just
snubbed the king of Belgium. Old
Franz Josef acts like a person who
never had a scandal in his house.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

The rise in the price of cod liver oil
from S22 to s1G0 barrel isn't due to
the increased demand for it as a popu-
lar beverage.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

1t would be more fitting to name
that baby Oliver X. lselin
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

illustrated invitations were issued
TO hanging in Montana. Here is a
suggestion TO Newport society, which
is looking for something novel.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

A Kalamazoo woman jabbed her hat
pin into the wrong man, with fatal re-
suits. She probably acknowledged that
the joke is on her
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

Lillian Russell is mother-in-law.
Good-by, Lillian, take care of yourself.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18
NEW JERSEY BUB-
BLES ARE BURSTING

Trenton, n. j., Sept. 12.-The corp0-
ration bubble in New Jersey has burst.
leaving nothing TO show for forty-five
corporations that year ago paid
taxes to the state on capitalization
of over $4,000, 900. Since January 1st
of this year these two score and five
concerns have been placed in the
hands of receivers and nearly every
week the list is added to!
On what fiimsy basis these watery
capital concerns did business can be
judged from the fact that so far as
shown in the figures presented to the
courts, the liabilities of the forty-five
concerns are nearly fourteen times the
assets.
The state authorities are 10th to al
init that the corporation business is
falling off, but it is. markedly. The
banner year was 1901, when the filing
fees for twelve months amounted to
$SST ,479. CT. The following year they
fell to S465 .0S9 80. Up to September
1st of this year they have amounted 10
$22S .S92 CO, with a gradual decline
since May In that month the fees
amounted to s5S,20S. 60. Last MONTH
they amounted to $40, 620. %.
1t is safe to say that in large ma
jority of the cases the stockholders
will not get ten cents on the dollar OF
their investment. There is little doubt
| that in many cases land and personal
property are entered among the assets
at a valuation ridiculously large
For instance, the White Mountain
Paper Company, capitalized at Sl5,-
600, 900, has liabilities amounting TO
$11 ,944, 900. and its assets are reported
as not known. The truth is that the
assets of the company. are $4,000 OF
| book accounts, and the material on
hand.
In the case of the Purity Ice Com
pany, capitalized for 500 600. there are
liabilities amounting to s31 Bliss.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

To guard his laurels Dan Patch will
have to sleep in his racing harness.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

BY a decision in the District Court
at Denver on the Sth instant Judge
Johnson gave the first Interpretation
of the mechanics lien law passed by
the Fourteenth Assembly. This law
provides that if the contract for the
erection of a building is not placed
on record, the labor done. and the ma
terials furnished by any land all per-
sons shall be deemed to have been done
and supplied at the personal instance
of the owner. In his decision Judge
Johnson held that the law should not
be taken to mean that the owner was
personally responsible and liable to
suit for the material and labor in that
he had not filed the contract. He held
that by the statute where an owner
fails to record his contract he Is not
personally liable but that the mechanic
simply has a lien on the property it
self for material or labor or both.
Five additional counties of the state
filed abstracts of assessment with
State Auditor Holmherg Sept s. In
general the counties show about the
same assessed valuation that was re
turned last year. e. Paso showed n
slight decrease 1t was expected this
county would show large increase.
Kit Carson reported the assessed val
uation to be sl,704 .O66, Las Animas
s11 .OO3.3l5, Chafee SS141.S70, Lake
s6,l79, i'll and FL Paso s24. .2S9 900. the
latter showing a decrease of 100000.
All but seven of the county assessors
had filed their reports with the auditor
ID to the Sth inst.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18
Brutality in German Army Punished

Berlin, Sept. 12.-Paragraphs similar
to the following appear almost daily in
the provincial press;
"Cologne-The court martial OF the
fifteenth division has sentenced Ser
geant School to year in prison and
degradation for flogging privates and
horsewhipping and kicking them
Twelve artillerymen were sentenced TO
short terms for assisting him"
There have been eighty convictions
of sergeants for abuse of privates dur
ing the last three months. and about
200 courtsmartial are pending.
1t has long been the theory of mill
tary men that little rough treatment
was good for privates and cultivated
manhood in them. The Emperor never
shared these views, nor countenanced
the cruelties practiced in nearly every
regiment, He issued an order most
absolutely forbldding the ill-treatment'
OF privates. and ordering the prosecu-
ton and severe punishment of those
guilty of such ill-treatment.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18
New Express Company.

The Globe Express Company. which
was Incorporated in 1891, but has been
in a comatose condition since its in
ception, has suddenly sprung into
full-fedged business institution. which
will reach all over the country for
business. 1t is Denver concern,
says the Denver News, but in addition
to local capitalists it is now to have
the backing of all the Gould interests.
The new company will commence
business on the first of next month
and will then take over the express
business of the Denver G. Rio Grande
Express Company and the Western
Express Company. Just as soon as
the transfer is completed the latter
two carrying companies will go out of
existence. The business of the new
corporation will be extended where
ever possible, and it is expected that
it will succeed to all the express busi-
ness of the various Gould and affiliated
roads as soon as present contracts
with other companies expire.
The Globe Express Company will
commence active operations with a
capital of $4,000 900 and will be Off
cered as follows: President, George
w. Kramer: vice president. E. T. JEFF
ferry: treasurer, j. w. Gilluly; secre-
tary, ]. d. Andrews; manager, d. D.
Mayo. The directors are George j.
Gould, e r Jeffery and Jesse White
of New York. and G. w. Kramer, Joel
F. Vale, J. w. Gilluly and j. b. An
dreWs of Denver
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

The profits on tea must be immense.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-18

ZenS of Denver COLORADO students
benefit concert to assist fifty students
to receive an industrial education at
the Topeka Industrial institute, the
Western Tuskegee, at Topeka. Kansas.
Successful benefit concerts have al
ready been given in Colorado Springs
and Pueblo.
A Ietter received from Andrew Car
negie by the trustees of the Carnegie
library in Pueblo, announced that he
will give $4,000 additional to the $780,
coo already donated with which to COM
plete the building in process of con-
struction at Royal park. The offer is
made on condition that the City Coun-
Gil increase the appropriation for
maintenance of the library.
Work on the new county road from
Loveland to Estes park up the Thomp-
son river. was stopped September 18th
owing to the fact that most of the
force quit to go to work at The Love
land sugar factory. 1t will be continued
when workmen can be had. About
twenty miles of the road is already
| completed and four miles remain to
be done. The road has thus far cost
| about $4,000 and will require 81, 900 to
complete.
The coroner's jury at Grand juno
| ton on the death of Eben T Massey
returned a verdict that "Eben T. Mas
| sey came to his death in the county
| of Mesa state of Colorado, on the 4th
| day of September, 1903, from a bullet
wound from a 30-30 Winchester car
bine then and there in the hands of
William Stanley Lafare. and that said
| killing was feloniously done" The
F, jurymen were out only long enough to
sign their names.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-14
On Aug. 10. Congressman Burton

On Aug. 10. Congressman Burton
L. French announced the following
nominations for the West Point ca
detship at his disposal: Wentworth
II. Moss. Payette; Aubrey Lawrence,
Moscow; Louis YeaHer, st. Anthony.
Moss is appointed cadet, the other two
being first and second alternates.
Moss is son Of A. B. Moss Of Pay.
cite. Lawrence has been student
at the University OF Idaho for several
years, his parents living there. Ex-
aminations will be held some time
next spring. ' t fss'
The state treasurer reports cash
balance on hand In the state treasury
of $3.50, ,925.86. less $ll0,047.30, the
amount Of money 10 Investment war
rants in the general fund.
A destructive forest Ire is raging
In the only remaining, fine timber
belt along Ruby creek, near Boise.
A carelessly neglected camp fire is the
cause. II,
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-14
General News.
At THE WORLDS FAIR.



Modern Wovdmen OF America and
their allied fraternities arc making
biz preparations for the proposed en-
campment ut the Worlds Fair, st.
Louis, In September OF next year.
The Woodmen number about 75O, ,OOO
members In America. Gen. John II.
Mitchell, commander of the organi.
kation, says that 100. 900 will be At
st. Louis during the week closing
Sept. S, with Modern Woodmen OF
America Day.. The Foresters, a
semi-lnilitary organization allied with
the Wo0dmen. has 10000 uniformed
members aud 1t Is said that 5000 OF
these will attend the encampment.
Many Of tie Forester companies are
sa,d to be drilled as we'll as any or.
ganization In the United States. The
Royal Neighbors Of America, also
auxiliary to the Woodmen, has q
membership OF 40, 600 lady mem hers
aud Gen. Mitchell estimates that 90
900 OF these will be at the Worlds
Fair during the FIRST week In Sept.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-14
State News.
In Idaho Penitentiary.

- The report OF Warden q. S. Perrin,
Of the state penitentiary for July
shows a decrease OF IL in the number
Ut convicts at the prison. There were
ll6 on hand July 1, and II were dis,
charged during the month. As none
were received 1t leaves. the total mum.
Der of prisoners on August /, at 1O5.
or the II prisoners discharged during
the month, three had been pardoned
by the hoard, the sentences Of two
had been committed and the time for
which the remaining six had been
sentenced expired dunng July. OF
the II discharges, Eve were from Ban
mock county, two each from Bingham
and Nez Perce and one each from Ere.
mont and Custer counties.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-14
PRIZES AT SPOKANE
INTERSTATE FAIR.

The executive committee Of the
Spokane Interstate Fair, which, opens
this year on October s, has made an
important change In the premiums
Tor the best exhibit OF green fruit.
Heretofore, upland fruit men and riv-
er fruit men have been In, compete
tion with each other for these prizes.
This year there is one set OF prizes for
the upland exhibitors and another for
the river exhibitors. The first prize
for the river exhibit Is $3.50, the Sec
ond prize 500, and the third prize a
road wagon donated by the Moline
Bain Co. For the upland district the
same prizes are offered except that the
third prize is $50 ia cash. This
change will give general satisfaction,
for usually conditions are quite differ
ent governing fruit exhibits from up
land and from river districts. This
change requires twice as many prizes
and more money, but the manage
ment expects 1t will give greater sat
isfaction. These prizes are for the
best exhibit for green fruit grown by
one person.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-14
Rare Coin Exhibit.

A rare and interesting collection of
gold coins will be exhibited at the
Worlds Fair by Ira d. Garman, Of
Philadelphia. The coins run from
$50 gold pieces to 25 cent pieces.
The most valuable coin is a $50 Cali
fornia gold piece, dated 1856. 1t is
said to be worth $500 In the numis.
matte market. 1t is more than twice
as large as a silver dollar. The odd.
est coins of the collection are the Cali.
fOrnia octagOns-very comely and at.
tractive pieces. The 25-cent pieces
are very small, and thin enough to be
bent between the fingers. Some are
octagOnal and some are round. An
exceedingly rare coin Of the collection
is a Papal, Or Pope's coin. 1t is gold,
and the size of $40 gold piece.
Contained in the collection are many
California gold coins which are very
valuable, because they date back to
the days of 40, and are the output OF
private nints. During the days II
'49 in California the primitive meth
Ods OF transportation, the lawlessness
and the great danger of shipping bull
lion to the East and currency West
through wild, bandit regions, led to
the establishment Of private mints
near the gold fields. Most OF Mr..
Garman's rare gold pieces came from
these private m,nts.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-14
Cost Of Sugar.

More sugar was imported into tn,
United States last year than in an,
other year In our history, the total
reaching 5,2l7, OF, ,034 pounds. Th,
value Of this was more than 500, 600,
900. The average cost of the sugar
was only $l.7l cents pound, agains,
5 cents In 1873, the price last year be-
ing the lowest ever recorded. That
is lot of sugar, and the thought /,
suggested that we should be making
more at home and saving portion o1
that hundred millions sent abroad
Idaho can furnish part OF what !.
needed il we get the factories States
md0, N~ ~ #Tss 4f3
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-14
Skeleton of a Whale.

A skeleton Of a whale seventy.eight
feet long, will be an attraction OF the
Government scientific exhibit at the
Worlds Fair. The whale was caught
recently or the south coast OF New
Foundland by a party Of scientists
from the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington. The specimen Is OF the
sulphur bottom variety, with a head
twenty feet Ia length, and the great
est height OF body eleven feet. A
plaster cast will be made In Washing.
ton, and this placed side by side at the
WorldsFair with the articulated skel-
eton, making the flrst exhibit which
has ever been prepared 10 this way.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-14

Mrs. j. NJ. Bonds, OF Occur d'Alene
City, died Monday, at the Sacred
Heart hospital. Spokane, OF apendl-
cltis. She was born In Germany.
The remains were shipped to Portland
for burial. Mr.. Bond, husband OF
the deceased, is hotel keeper in
COeur d'Alene.
The pleasure yacht Imp, belonging
to George Foster, of Spokane, was to-
tally destroyed by fire ON the lake at
Occur d'Alene during Friday night
last. The boat was valued at SIS, 900
and was the fastest boat on the lake.
The cause Of the ffre Is unknown.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-14

Major General S. B. NJ. Young has
succeeded Lieutenant General Nelson
A. Miles, as military head OF the
United States army. Young is not a
graduate Of West Point, having risen
from the ranks. He served in the
Civil, Spanish and Philippine wars.
He will, however, reach the aye limit,
January 9th, 1904, and he retired.
General Miles, also, Is not graduate
of the military academy.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-14

The base ball game at Harrison,
Aug. 2nd, between the teams o! that
place and Rockford, was won by the
latter in a score Of Is to 8. The game
at Lane between Lane aud the Power
Line team, was Il victory for Lane by
a score of IL to7. At Standpoint, the
same day, Bnnners Ferry was defeat
I'd by II To u favor Of the point
team.