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and upstairs to finish the. Job for which

and upstairs to finish the jobI Tor which
they had come so far.
The dead men were not caught en-:
tirely by surprise. There are plenty of.
signs that they strug gled desperately:
against overwhelming odds. All tho;
furniture was upset, showing that
there was a struggle before the men
who had been aroused from their sleep
to go to their death had not given In
without a whimper. Every body: bore
wounds enough to kill q dozen men. j.
| Imagine it, then-the mi-darkness.
| lighted dimly by: one feeble kerosene
lamp at the window, the silent en-
trance Of the murderers into the
gloom; the sudden awakening Of some
one of the doomed when his wound did
not kill him at the first blow; his cries
to the others, their sudden awakening,
too; the clash of the steel, the cries Of
the unarmed victims as they yainly
tried to- fight of the the knives, the
graphing, wrestling, biting, scratching
of men fighting weapons with only
their hands; the thrust at head and
heart; the death rattle of one after
another until there was none left to
die. 1888 ~ Ell: a. =
Then the dragging of two Of the
; bodies to the mouth Of the black pit
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-09

X The papers bore the earmarks of
Turkey, Greece, Italy and the Balkan
States. Their money, their foreign
coins Of gold, several checks and
money orders were all found intact.
They had not been pursued d to be
robbed +. # @s.. I. s Y: s. :.*. /, :5 S
~z What was 1t, then? :. z*% .:s.* sS. ..
There had been no drinking bout.
Neither wine nor spirits, or empty
bottles or glasses were found. There
was no love affair, apparently, at the
bottom of it. The men knew no wo-
men In this country. It may have been
the vendetta, who knows? But every
thing to-day points to politics. E. l.. Z :.; : 8
And now comes the story told by the
passports, that seems to point to polit-
cal murder There were two pass:
ports found among the belongings of
the murdered men. One was issued to
young Demetri on January Is; 1905.
This was passport from Macedonia,
issued by the Turkish government. It
bore the seal of the sultan Halt of
the document was in French, the other
half in Turkish. ~. :.Sa.z --,sr = ~
It described him as smooth-shaven,
about SO years of age, medium size. a
native of Macedonia and subject of
His Imperial Majesty the Sultan. The
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-09

where, the disorder, the signs of a
struggle, told the story as plainly as
words could tell It. -Four Of the bodies
lay about the front room on the second
floor; the other two-those Of the De.
metris-lay In a dirty, muddy base.
ment, where they had been dumped
by the murderers.
Not thing was found on any Of the
men to give absolute proof Of their
identities. Even the landlord, H. Mag.
nussOn, didn't know their names. All
he cared about was that the men had
paid four months rent in advance
when they came there a week before.
The men ate, slept and lived in the
little roms on the upper floor. They
never drank liquor and were appar-
emily Of the most peaceable disposition.
They went out regularly every day
and returned with equal promptitude
in the evening. 90,
Even the people who lived below
heard nothing on the night of the muir.
der. It was only guessed at because
the men didn't appear on the second
morning after the murder. Some one
notified the landlord and he summoned
the police. They broke in.
Peter Stuyanoff knew the dead men.
He was arrested as suspect at first,
but there was nothing to prove against
him. In fact, he gave the police all the
little they do know. He said the men
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other passports were old and indie
chiperable.
Strengthens Theory Of Politics.
/ And this pointed to the politics of the
case. The Macedonian, rebellion took
at once accepted this theory and went
to work on 1t. But the murderers had
covered their tracks too we'll.
This much the police believe:
That the victims were leaders of the
rebellion and fed to this country and
that their murderers were agents of
the Turkish government. The idea is
that they fled here, we'll knowing they
would be followed, but hoping to escape
into the far Northwest, where perhaps
they might be safe. They went West
In the guise Of railway laborers to es~
cape pursuit.
But those whose appointed task was
to kill were cleverer than, they and
were always close behind. Though the
chase led half way around the world.
the Turkish agents found their quarry
in an obscure corner Of Minneapolis
and then went deliberately about the
job of killing. They bided their time.
When all six were rounded up together
and asleep, and when all was quiet
and deserted without, they stole inside
place about two years ago. The police
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-09

never had quarrel in their lives and
never carried weapons. He said they
were all men who had come over here
to make their fortunes, and had no
thought of anything else but of max
ing money and Of sending for their
loved ones on the other side of the
world.
Pathetic Sight at Norgue.
1t was pitiful sight at the morgue
when poor Stuyanoff went there to
identify his dead friends. The sight
of the gaping wounds moved him to
tears. He knelt before each body and
made the sign of the cross as he
breathed prayer.
Then he arose to his feet and kissed
each dead man on the brow. When he
finally came to the body of his cousin,
young Yovke, he was completely over
come. Great tears rolled down his
swarthy cheeks; his big red handker-
chief was soon soaked with them. He
took the head of the murdered boy in
his arms and kissed the still face
again and again. Then he left the
room shaking with grief.
"They would not hurt a fly; would
not hurt fly" he moaned over and
over.
Fought Hard for Life.
! When the house of slaughter was
| searched lamp was found burning in
the rear room upstair. "A light had
been seen there the night before. 1t
looked, however, as il the bodies found
in the cellar had ben dead longer than
the others. This only added to the
| mystery.
Both bodies were terribly hewed and
hacked. In all, the six bodies between
them bore more than 100 wounds, al
most any one of them sufficient to kill
any able-bodied man. There were great
splashes of blood all over the walls
and floors, and it seemed as if the
dead, aroused from their sleep, had
made desperate fight for life, but in
vain.
Two big bowie knives were found in
the room with the four. Two more lay
in another room. A fifth, in it's sheath,
lay in the basement beside the De-
metris. Then there was the Ratchet
and not another clew. -, a.:
Robbery" said the police, as a first
guess. but that was knocked in the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-09
SEES SEISMIC PERIL.

Chicago.-There are slight indica-
tons that Chicago may experience
an earthquake within a few years,
according to Professor J: Paul Goode,
of the University Of Chicago geology
faculty. The presence Of certain
species of rock in the earth inside
or near the city limits, he believes,
Is an indication of a condition that
might result in the dismantling of a
portion of the city.
There is no absolutely geological
proof that Chicago may have an
earthquake in the next few years.
Professor Goode declared. "One can
detect slight symptoms, however.
Certain formations of certain kinds
Of rock underneath Chicago might
be taken as an indication. An earth
quake is as simple as the breaking
Of timber. r. .,
II believe that the seat OF the
disturbance at San Francisco was
about seven miles below the surface
Of the earth. It was quite probable
q Slipping of the crust Of the earth.
Generally one block OF the crust
slips up while the other slips down.
The focus Of the disturbance may be
noted by the direction Of the cracks
in the Sierra Madra Mountains are
In the wrecked buildings. !. e. >:.4#,
The Sierra Madra Mountains are
young and are growing slowly, and
no doubt their growing was the
cause Of the earthquake" i ., :. ~ 5.%*I:
/ According to Rollin D.. Salisbury,
Of the university, California has ex-
perienced close to 1000 earthquakes,
Of which number At have occurred
in San Francisco: ..slss* W. s.,,. T..
/; Previous to 1887, 948e earthquake
shocks have been recorded in Cali
fornia, he stated. s"'Of these Alt
have taken place in San Francisco.
Since that date the earthquake rec.
ord OF California, 50 rar as available,
is as follows: 1888, 80: 1889, 40; 1890,
20; 1891, Fl 1897, -; 1893: 41;;- 1894,
49, 1895. Sc; 1896, 40; 1898, &c. :|,.Il
##z ...The majority Of this large mum
Der Of earthquake were the merest
tremors. 1 Many Of them would have
passed unnoticed but for y the exist
ence at various points /. Of seismo.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-09
Mammoth Clock Works.

The works OF clock. made for the
French cathedral of st. Gervais day.
ranches, weigh two tons; there are five
sets of wheels, and the hours are
struck on the bell, weighing over six
tons. by a clapper of 220 pounds. For
the quarters and the carlton there IRE
~ other bells, the weigat of the quar-
ter bells ranging from 1900 pounds to
two tons. There are four faces to. this
clock, which is the largest in France.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-09

The American girl is born to many
privileges and in the light OF the pres
5ent talk about King Edwards first
court Of the season and the number Of
American women to be presented. we
feel inclined to include among the prfvi-#
leges though by SO doing we may of
fend Wanting epublicanism- that Of
eligibility to make bow before their
English majesties. A writer in the
Canadian Magazine, of issue 1901, re-
marks: The United States - mother
planning eagerly for the social career Of
her daughter, remembers, perhaps with
relief, that all the daughters Of the
greatest republic are eligible under
favor OF their ambassad or-whilst Brit
ish girls. are by virtue Of lineage or upon
marriage" Il, =. :: <s,~:=.
+ Among the Americans to be presented
this season two young women are con-
spicuous: Miss Jean Reid, daughter Of
Ambassador Reid, and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth, daughter of President
Roosevelt. ..-.. >-:
At a drawing-room the matter Of
costume is not left to individual taste;
certain features are strictly regulated.
A court train is obligatory. from three
and half to four yards In length, de-
pending from one or both shoulders,
so arranged that the wearer upon retir-
ing from the presence" may carry it
over her left arm. A white veil must
droop from the hair, and three white
feathers stand up; white gloves, shoes
and stockings must be worn. The bou-
quet was once an important part of the
toilet, but Queen Alexandra has de-
cided against flowers as taking up too
much room.
Court dress for a man consists OF
black velvet tail coat, decorated with
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-09
NOW FOR OSTRICH RACES.
Huge Birds in Training at a Phil
adelphia Race-Track for
the Purpose.

In this age of queer ventures. when NO
bid for the dollar seems absurd, even
the plan of man to supersede race
horses by training ostriches to take their
places in the track may strike some as
wise one. This idea. says the Brooklyn
Eagle. Is actually being carried out at
the Philadelphia race track, known as
Barney Owens course. the headquarters
Of the East Suffolk Park Driving club.
About a dozen ostriches have been in
training at this track for several months
past, and several are in thorough condi-
ton broken to harness and ready to race
as aoon ~ the time is deemed ripe for:
springtng the new sport on the public.
It has been no easy task to train tho
big birds. They. are by nature a stupid.
untractable lot, prone to take fright at
I, their own shadows and ready to strike
out blindly with their great feet at the
mere suspicion of danger. BY unlimited
patience, however, the meaning of the
harness has been beaten into the stupid
heads Of the birds, and once the ostrich
is hitched to a racing sulky it is not diff
cult to manage him.
The only way it has been found DOS
~sible to harness the ostrich is first to
blindfold him. No matter how many
times he has gone through the same
struggle he will resist the efforts to har-
ness him with ali his great strength and
unwieldy weapons Of defense. To be-
gin with, therefore. the attendants draw
over the birds eyes a black hood. The
hood is pulled down on the neck, leav-
ing only hole through which the beak
protrudes When this hood is on the
bird instantly becomes as quiet as q
lamb, although up to the moment Of the
darkening Of his sight he will fight like
an enraged tiger. When tho hood is on
and the ostrich stands meek and still
the. trainer dragat the shafts of the sulky
to their place and straps the bird to the
vehicle. Then he slips the harness over
the ostrich's bill and the bird stands
ready for the race. The hood may then
be withdrawn. for those racing ostriches
stand stir when the harness is fixed,
they probably having grasped, even
with their limited intelligence, the idea
that it il exercise time, welcome relief
from the Confinement Of the pen. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-09

Queen Victoria. King Edward and
Queen Alexandra held no drawing
room during the year of mourning for
Victoria, and when at last formal an
nouncement was promised of a resump-
ton of the ceremonious function, all
were: agog to see what changes would
be introduced. The following were
made: Change from afternoon to even
ing, an evening court; attendance and
presentation by invitation only.
In the old days the company used to
faint for bite and sup. In the present
rule there is supper, a superbly served
affair. Queen Victoria did not care
for residence at Buckingham, but Ed
ward and Alexandra reside in the pal
ace, and the kitchens are in practical
working order, guests at an evening
court sup delicately.' Usually by one
O'Clock the general company has de-
parted, many to make visit in the
wee sma' hours to photographers, who
will have flashlfght all ready to '*take''
the wonderful presentation costume;
not few to finish the night at parties
given in honor of the presentation &C.
casion. Formerly grand afternoon teas.
called peacock or train teas, were the
custom-the fair debutantes arrayed in
all their glory. Still farther back was
custom which seems to us very Eng
lish indeed, driving in state in Hyde
Park, public display of costume and
fact of court presentation.
In the early days of the reign OF
Queen Victoria very splendid drawing
rooms were held. But as age and sor-
row descended, the queen was wont to
retire after receiving the corps
| diplomatique and the entree people.
RELOCATING her duties to Princess Alex
andra. It was in 1863 Alexandra held
her first drawing-room, at the time
bride of 10. 1t was a great occasion.
for four hours the young princess I'M
weariedly bowed and smiled to the
throngs; over 1000 women and several
hundred men were present that day.
! All sang praises to the lovely lady
representing the queen, and long re-
membered the picture made that May
day by the princess Of Wales in her
gown of bridal white looped up with
sprays of lilac blossoms.
ELLEN THAYER.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-09

graphs which record movements
much too slight to be sensible. =
practically half Of the earthquakes
recorded in California have been felt
in the vicicity of San Francisco.
Only a few, however. were severe
enough to be destructive. The most
severe was April - 1902. Others
severe enough to be destructive &C.
CURED April q, 1892, and March 80,
1898. A careful record Of earth.
quakes and of earth tremors has
been made at Lick Observatory and
on Mount Hamilton y - Z
According to Professor. Ulysses s.
Grant, head Of the geology depart
ment Of Northwestern University,
there is no city in, the country in
which a great earthquake could be
more destructive than in San Fran
cisco. because the western city is
built on a solid foundation Of rock. =
IT shock of equal severity had
occurred in Chicago said he, 1T is
probable: few buildings would have
been destroyed. because Of the clay
and gravel foundation of the city. 1t
is probable there may be smaller
shocks In the Western States for q
few days, and there may be consid-
cradle danger from tidal waves, for
these things are likely ia. come at
once SRI. S= 81, 4 u s5 1T =
In fact, it may be that so severe a
shock as the recent enc In San Fran
cisco may bring on q tidal wave that
will be large enough to extinguish
the flames along the water front: ss> ?
Il cannot say that think there is
any connection between the eruption
Of Vesuvius and the earthquake in
California, because the two phe;
nomena are Of different origin. The
latter is Of the sort that Is caused
by sliding or slipping In the rocky
crust from cooling. Besides this, the
line Of volcanic sympathy, which
causes a chain Of earthquakes to &C.
cur at about the same time, runs
from north to south. n All Vi ..= 81
|
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Macedonian Refugees in Minneapolis
Slaughtered in HoveI They
Called Home.
ROBBERY CLEARLY NOT MOTIVE FOR CRIME
Fact That Currency and Valuab]es We're
Found with Bodies Proves This-Inter-
national Politics at Bottom. Is Theory
of Police Officials.

Minneapolis.-Again the old saying
that murder will out" bids fair to be
disproved.
In the heart Of Minneapolis, busy
city of the great Northwest, six ap-
parently inoffensive men have been
cruelty put to death, and all the efforts
OF men bred to the unraveling of
CHASTITY mysteries have been unavail-
ing, either to find the murderers or to
discover a motive for the crime.
The slayers have disappeared as COM
pletely as If. indeed, they wore the
tabled invisible cloaks.
Love
Revenge
At the bidding Of secret order
Because the Turkish government
wanted them out of the way.
These are the various theories
formed by the police. And at theories
they STOP
All that is positively known is that
six men, marked for murder, lie in
their graves in Minneapolis-all six
killed by orders of some one while
they slept.
Motives Apparently Absent.
Everything SENS to point to poll
tics. 1t was not money, because the
mems money and other valuables were
all found intact. 1t was not revenge
because they knew no one in Mime
apolis. It was not love, because they
had no women, either as wives Of
sweethearts, In this country
There is but one explanation-they
were put out of the way by order Of
some high political power on the othe1
side of the water This is what thu
police believe. What were the intri
cacies abroad no one dares surmise
And dead men tell no tales.
The six were found lying quite dea(
In a ramshackle old wooden house, No
245 South Tenth avenue, Minneapolis
So little known were they Whereabouts
that the police had hard time in find
ing out the names of the six. FINAL,
it was found that two were father ant
son, Nicolo and kirle Demetri, ant
that the other foud were Kersta1
Yovke, Krivie Metie. Nukola Jales:
and Andri Ja]ess.
Bodies Not All Together.
The knives. the blood-stainet
Ratchet, the splashes of blood every
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-09

At the entrance to the august apart
ment. the second precious card is deliv-
cred up to an attendant, who hands it
to the lord chamberlain. This func-
tionary in a loud voice announces tho
names of debutante' and lady present
ing. With heart throbbing, film be-
fore the eyes, the awed debutante
makes her curtsies and, with what
grace she is able, retires. Formerly
she had to back out of the room, a very
difficult matter with. that numbering
long tail, four yards in length. The
article in the Canadian Magazine in
forms us that formerly an attendant
equipped with a rod lifted the long
train and put it over the lady's left
arm; "the debutante should keep her
wits about her and have her arm ready
to receive the train, as unwary and un-
fortunate debutantes have before now
literally received the trains over their
beplumed heads"
For Edwards second court there ac-
,companied the invitations particular
directions as to attire, and this advice:
Ladies who pass the presence at their
majesties' court are requested to be
kind enough to remember that their
trains, which are spread by the pages
on entering the throne room, should
be kept down until they are picked no
and restored to them by the pages who
will be in attendance at the exit door
for that purpose" To-day, we are told.
the debutante may absolutely trust
to the exquisite and ceremonious cxre
which will attend her every footstep IN
the way from the palace door to their
majesties' presence"
Queen Charlotte held evening draw
ing-rooms; William Nv. and Adelaide
! preferred to hold them by day, as did
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ffIf -. rs g.. -. >.E[ts,fl u. . ~
The night was made for love,
the morning for reflection.
! With some extracts from the unpub-
!, j..F hshed work Of the late Walter
J, = Blackburn Harte. s@55s.2sz.l
Copyright, 1905, b. Joseph b. Bowlss.s

the morning for reflection. !,
HI A man never. understands the
: other sex 50 little as when he is
in love with one particular mem 3
Der OF it. = r. 4
J !. The most permanent note in ;,
j literature 10 the sad note. The
sense of hnmor and. thu, factors |:
Of optimism must surely change
with the changing times. But
that which echoes the spiritual
sadness. always resident In HUI
man life. is forever permanent.
And this no times! can change.
The daring spirit and the i'm
! aginationa of men will always
+ strive to seek in words some
sympathetic echo Of that which
:clamors in the silence Of their
lives. .e.~
y Most men get a second copy Of
illusions like a second set OF
teeth, and this second set is
really the tough set, intended
, for chewing the bitter cud of re- .
). Election in this world.
{
~ Your very learned critics, In
! measuring too much. are likely
= to miss the spirit Of literature.
They are too much like me
! .chanical experts or juries who
do not get the whole of the evil
,dence. -
1r> ~
!: A woman may bully her hus-
band for love, to secure his pros
:sperity, comfort and interests. A
1. man usually bullieg his, wife be-
y cause circumstances deny him
the privilege of bullying those he
meets outside Of his own home.
- =
= The POOR. have more hope than
! the rich, for with them, it Is q
continual exercise.
; -
J.
!. The only way to lend money
;, or anything else is: to lend it
. with the spirit of giving-never
!; expecting to see it back again.
!. Then If 1t comes back. it comes
with all the pleasure of pres
.ent. =
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Bad Recovery.

- Scene: Registry Office. Bridegroom
Ito regtster)- first tiI.e was
married was il church, the second
time in chapel, but like this way
best. It's SO plain and simp.e1tand I
should come here il ever got MARI, I'd
again catches sight of his BRIDE, an1
sees he has said the wrong tciH:I-
that is, my dear, it ever l maze the.
err misfortune to get married again OF
course!-Punch.