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PAGE ELEVEN! An Appeal To Civil iza Hon. I ROW- Welches, Diamonds and F-tte Gold Jewelry A. H. RICHARDS -1MB JRWBUBH HH I I'asn Street. 1:1 I'aso Grand Central Block v v i, iimi ra and (lrlnK r .i i tti ufc a limit out easy pay TiH-ni plan IheZHLNER PIANO CO. i. i., Bloofct. ARIZONA. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11. 1903. PIAMOQ -w CrtrtrCrZtrCrCrCrj: ire vxrCrtrCrCrta-utrUU vr ,. -trZtrirCrCrCrCttrCratttrerCrCrlrktztrtiirCrtra j Steam Pumps Scales j Fairbanks Morse & Co., Gaoliue Eui;iii'S. v. otnhined Gasoline Engines and Compressors, Combined Gasoline Engines and Hoists, Combimd Gasoline Ers gines and Pumps, Fairbanks and Eclipse W indmills, Mining Machinery and Supplies. Los Angeles, California. n -CrCrCrCrCitrtrCrCrCrCrCrlrlrtrCrtrCrCrtrtrCrCrCrtt I The Heroic Efforts of the Macedonians to Free Themselves of Turkish Cruelty. Pumps say Supplies THE MINE AfVD SMELTER SUPPLY CO., (i fil P,o. Texas Machinery & Mining Supplies Hoisting Engines D L. GREGG, Local flgr. Lynching is tlie blackest blot on the reputation of this country, llorc than fifteen hundred persons were lynched in the United States within the past ten years. It is a disgrace to us all, and whatever may be the palliating excuses, there is not an American who doe not with the removal of the evil. Now, if we should multiply the horrors of lynching with all its causes and attending circumstances a hundredfold perhaps even a thousandfold we should get an idea of the conditions which pre vail -in certain parts of the Turkish Smpire, places where human be-inj.- ;.re worse than savage beasts, and uhere womanhood and child hood find neither mercy nor con sideration. In the scrappiness of the news dispatches it is difficult to get a connected idea of the situation. Therefore, it will be well for us to arrange our information somewhat as fallows: Thc Turkish Empire of the pres ent day has an extent of 65,752 square miles in Europe, with 6,086, 300 inhabitants; 398,900 square mHes in Africa, with 1,300,000 in habitants, and G50,394 square miles in Asia, with 17,545,300 inhabi tants, making a total area of 1,115, 46 square miles, with 24,931,600 inhabitants. These are under the immediate rule of the Sublime Porte. Tributary to the Empire are the States of Bulgaria and Egypt, the Provinces of Bosnia and Herzego vina, occupied by Austria, and the principalities of Samos and Crete all of these making an area of 464, !)3G sauHrc miles, with 14,969,313 inhabitants, so that the Turkish Empire ha altogether 1,579,982 fquare miles of area and just about -50,000.000 population. In all of these divisions there is more or les trouble constantly oc curring, but the chief centres of turmoil have been, are now and will douWss continue to be Bulcaria. i with its 37,S60 square miles of ter ritory and its ;i,1o4,37j mnaoi tants. and Macedonia. Q Bulgaria is connected with Mace donia, because of the political rela tions, and ambitions, and problems, and we can best understand the racial differences in Macedonia by the following statement of the pop ulation of the two Turkish prov inces which are known as Mace donia in the current news dis patches and literature: MONASTER. Greeks (Christians) 310,000 Bulgarians (Christians). ..174,000 Serbs (Christiana) 13,000 Armenians (Unnstnasi... iwv limned mid uronireil. For twenty- five year- the plunder ha, gone on, and "the condition-, today are infi nitely wor.c than they were when the enlightened commission met in Constantinople and drew up their statutec. Mr. Gladstone called the Sultan of Turkey the "great assassin" on thefloorsof Parliament. Ilebrought forth facts and figures to show that he was the most frightful murderer in modern historj. The Sultan hate Christians. Anything that contributes to their extermination delights his satanic htjirt. He did more than decline to institute the reforms in Macedonia winch be had -. . i. i j iv. Turks (MussnhnsnB) 344,000 promised; he let Ioosmj upon the Jes. f 5,000 land tens ol ttiouaanc oi ms ira SATWCT1CA Greeks - (Christians). 358.000 Bulgarians (Christiana) .. - 205,000 Turks (Marolnia5) 425,000 Jews -- 51,000 All other peoples 9,000 The war between Russia and Turkey was fought in 1877 and 1878. In the treaty which followed there was created a Bulgarian prin cipality in which the greater part of Macedonia was placed. This frofT- Mraa iTwd at Berlin, which detached Macedonia from Bulgaria and left it under the direct rule of the Sultan, declaring that reforms must be introduced into the ad ministration of the province. An international commission, composed of delegates of European Powers, was appointed. It promptly met, brought great intelligence to bear upon the problems, and deckled what should be done and how Mac edonia should be governed. These were, turned over to the Turkish Government and, as usual, the most absolute promises were given that the work would be attended to. That was the first and last of the reforms. For a quarter of a century the Christians of Macedo- j nia have waited in vain. When they became insistent, thousands were slaughtered and other were njrin1 tmnnt scatterinc them broadcast and compelling them to live upon the people. ' These sol diers possess, to an even greater de gree, the hatred of their master, and they know that they are free to commit their excesses without expecting ponjahoacnt from Con stantinople. In their most human moments they steal everything they can, even the shoes from the "feet of the peasants, and in the times of conflict their atrocities go beyond the possibilities of. language, and almost of human credulity, for there can be no limits to the besti ality of men who cut small children and infants to pieces as a pastime. All this is going on today, and what do we find? The good Chris tian nations stand aloof, apparent ly satisfied with the promises of the Sultan, the most notorious liar of the world. For twenty-five years he bus neglected even the sem blance of reform. He Has steadily rewarded his officials who have committed the crimes and he still has the nerve to make pledges to Christendom, while his friends are working more desperately than ever before. What is the explanation of so ex traordinary a spectacle? a Politic. Each Power is afraid of the tll(" Moreover, Bulgaria rushes in not because it want-, to help Macedonia, but because Macedonia may start the war which ma result in Bul garian independence. Macedonia refuses overture.-, because it fears the despotism of the Sla as great ly as the cruelty of the Turks. The Macedonian revolutionists are very dear in their programme. They do not abk for anything at onee, but seek their independence gradually. The first s-tep lb a for mation of four provinces, which shall enjoj administrative auton omy under a high European com mission nominated by the six grand' Powers of Europe, with a Euicpcan Uov-1mP'--r"neral for each of the proiinces and a European commis sion to do the work or organization. This calls for the independence of Macedonia, while remaining under the political authority of the Sul tan. It pecks to avoid the present Turkish troops by obtaining an in ternational army of occupation of 45,000 men, to be maintained in the country during the work of or ganization, after which it will be retraced one-half and will remain as a police force. Of course, Turkey fights these dcman3s, and thus the outrages go on. Out of it all comes the louder cry that the Turk shall be dm en from Europe; that, like the beast that he is, he must be raged and tamed by tiro forces of civilization. With any great change must oc cur the further dismemberment of the Empire. Once the Ottoman Empire occupied four times '.be territory in Europe it nor holds. Once it ruled all of Xnrthcrn Afri ca, all of Greece and the islands of the Mediterranean. Through the years it ha.s lost, and nothing but the ambitions of other nations, holding one another at bay, can ac count for its present size, for all the interests of humanity, progress and truth demand that it should chango. C. R. Moorhead. oeepi Magoffin. President Vice-President J. C. Lackland, Caakiar. J H. Russell, Aaat Oaahlw The State National Bank of EL P SO, TEXAS Transacts a. Oeneral Banking Business .oMrlt th accounts of Banks. Corporations, firms and individuals. toe's no Better Sercici Than that via the JiflHSla Vrom Kansis City, Stat Lc'-n Memphis to points ia. the Soutli, South jatt and Southwest. The Southeastern Limited Le.vin: Kansas City at 6:30 P. t- daily, will take you to SpringSeld, Mem phis. Birmingham, Atlanta, Jacuseuvilk isd al! points ia the Southeast G. W. MARTIN . 2NERAL WESTERN ASENf . 1106tTTH ST. DENVER. COJ Q- mmmmm TORRES & PRIETAS R'Y. Time Card No. 17. In Effect June 27, 1903. Arrives at Torres at 9:45 a. m. Train No. 2 leaves Torres at 10:45 a m.. arrives at Mlnas Prietas at 11:15 a. m. Train No 3 leaves Minas Prietas 1 t rt .; m., arrives at Torres at 2 i:. ii. m Train No 4 leaves Torres at 4:45 ?. i., arrives at Minas Prietas at 30 p m. Ml Trains connect at Torres on 8q- nora Railway, Nogales, to Guy. mas and Vice Versa. Wells Farso & Co.'s Express an Telegraph In operation between Mlnaa 'rletas and all parts ot the world. Shortest and best route to Yaqut ver, Barranca and San Marclal coat .elds, Soyopa Sahuarlpa, Ures, La Juca, La Dura, Yaqui Smelting & Ro- nins and Yaqui Copper companies. Freight can be consigned to P. H. Seymour to be- forwarded by team om Minas Prietas to the abovo amed places. Advanced charges paid on all goods ocslgned to railway, which are re- cived, forwarded and warehouse rec of commission and storage barges. At Alizas Prietas depot hacks al- vays ready to make trips to any of tier ihove named points at re&sonable- ates. F. H. SEYMOUR. Pres-Psop. Anniversary of Chicago's Fire "Which Caused a Loss of $200,000,000, Rendering Houseless Tens of Thousands of People, and Left Charred Remains in Its Waks. Chicago. 111.. Oct. 10. Today rna:i,i the 32d anniversary of the jrreat Chicago fire. It is also a day when the "old settlers" of the west ern ipetropolls gather into big and little groups anJ recount their thrill lug experiences on that memorable Oct. 9 of 1871, when a whirlwind of Hsiao swept for milevj throuph the Mty of 334,000 inhabitants, causing," a monetary loss approximating ?2lw, " 000,000, rendering tens of thousanas of ncreons homeless and poverty- trkl;cn ,andleaylng fhScharred'Te- Tlie origin of' the''gieai'"nre" baa been traced Indirectly to the ill-temper of an ordinary milch cow "Mrs. O'Leary's cow," as it now is, cele brated ir4 the aifaaJs of Chicago's history. This cow was kept in a two story frame barn In the rear of a modest dwelling at No. 137 De Ko ,ven street, on the southwest side of the city. Shortly after 9 p. m., Suiday, October 8, flames were dis covered Issuing from the o lear barn. Those who attempted to cxtin gush the blaze In the barn testified to finding a kerosene lamp shatter ed to pieces within range of the cow's heels. The world believes the fniir vivm th lnmn to nieces, thus giving life to the great conflagration that followed. Ttioro was dftlav In cettlnc the alarm to the fire department, end :tn getting water to me nre aiier mc alara. The nearest englaes rafted- vo get to the nre until after it was e yond control. In the dry southwest gale .that was blowing and the parch a fnol a hi-o mfintha' -drouth -eceeced the fire that wa3'reaay -to ft. -v t Aua Great brands of fire,.w'cre .anight fcfventee:: thousand four hundred a-iii fifty builcings, with sultantial ly alt household etfects, wore burnca. To help Chicago funt.s cau.e about a . lor 1 rorn insurers v-"-" "i , Co-r."cticut. Great Er.taii Massachusetts, Ohio. Pennsylvania, CalKoraia and Rhode Island '.eaaing) between 145,000,000 and $59,000,000; from gif's in moiey ad otho va.ua hies, sjraeihing like $l,i0ot)0; from Chicago herself about $14,000 000 was Cl-o-. rfter all alleviations 'vers al lowed 'for. ''Ierrick time" 13 the name which attached itself to the years immcia-'te-ly following the confla?raU&n. The Itclio: and Aid fctj. i . i:lsu i.ii.wi ter annlhllaUon. About .Ta. m. the before mo names, ciea out j,vy. postoffice and sub-treasury were nearly $1,000,000 in structures, rer burned. tho latter with some $2,000,- manent and temporary., . . . , . OOO'-in currency and government se- Batwoon Oct. 18 aaa- Nov. 30,tho. orHlsa. -nclety put' up 5,t2G ' Uou:v UoinK 'The last house to be destroyed was 35,000,000 foet of plumber. (The 'first thafbf Dr. J. H. Foster, on Fuller- , building "crocte"d 'after-1 the" Are was ton avenue, then in the horthern.lim- 3. board shanty, ;put up !'by 'OVIlllam if ,, fhn .iiv Thlo hnncA humed 25 D. KcrfootL 1 real es'tate,-aol,.jmil !'nours"after the time, and four miles was begurJ'aDd BmsBcrf in' Octi -jj. fi-rmi hA nlae of tho starting of. the it was sttrmoUHtea or i- :jpwb& up on the air observers say lrom300 to 500 feet and whirled off to tne northwest, dropping where they would, and starting new fires far t leeward of the old. By midnight the flames had swept across the soutn branch of the Chicago river and eat en into the business heart 01 the city. The mayor remained in the court- house as long as it was terrrriii. Tki. isc the sunreme moment of clsaster, for that building had been the storehouse, and was now tnc tomb of the public records. 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