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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 41.
AWfU BUTCHER
TURKS SLAUGHTER INHABI-
TANTS O THE VILLAGE OF
SMERDASH.
HORRIBLE DETAILS ARE RELATED
SET FIRE TO THE VILLAGE
AND COMMENCE, GENERAL
MASSACRE.
NO A LIVING SOIL WAS LEPT
HUNDREDS OF VILLAGERS ARE
NAKED AND HUNGRY IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
Monistar, European Turkey, June 6.
Horrible details are arriving here
of the slaughter of he inhabitan ts of
the village of Smerdas h, south of Lai
Presba, May 21, by Bashi Bazouks. I
appears that on he arrival of he
Bashi Bazouks Charkalaroff's band of
insurgents withdrew to he mountains
without sustaining any loss. As no
rebels were left in the village he in
habitants experienced no anxiety un
til, suddenly, at sunset, the Turks,
who had completely surrounded he
place, commenced a regular bom
bardment, whereupon all the villagers
assembled in the streets. Though
he artillery ceased firing during he
night, the Turkish infantry fired all
night long. he
Artillery Bombardment
was recommenced at daybreak, but as
it was ineffective the Turks set fire
to the village on all sides and com
menced a general massacre, slaugh
tering women, children a nd he aged.
About 300 houses we re burned and up
ward of 200 persons, mostly women
and children, were killeed.' The women
and girls we re murdered waile resist
ing outrage. Whole housenolds we re
slain. One family'of seven we re siain
and their bodies were heaped on the
hearth. Not a living soul wras
left in
he village. The survivors, many of
them haif-burned or otherwi se in
jured, fled. Some of the fleeing vil
lagers we re captured and had their
ears and noses cut. off before thf
were butchered.
The report adds that 1,500 villagers
we re in the mountains without cloth
ing or food. One band of these, con
sisting of forty women and children,
were caught by soldiers in a ravine
and were killed after horrible treat
ment.
CRUCIFIED HIM.
Bulgarians Murder a Greek Who Re
fused Ransom.
London, June 5.According to dis
patches published in the Times a seri
ous situation exists in he viliayet of
Adriapole, where he Turks a re carry
ing out searches for arms and have
adopted punitemeasure against
the refugees, ^-veral fights have oc
curred between Bulgarian bands and
Turks in which many were killed. A
Jreek notable was kidnapped by a
Bulgarian band near Sara".:i'ia, who
failed to pay his ransom and was
promptly crucified.
RUSSIA SEEKS OUR SYMPATHY.
Its Newspapers Would Campaign the
United States.
St. Petersburg, June (J.The Rus
sian press generally in discussing he
relations between that country a nd
the United States with a view of ex
plaining Russia's designs and position
in a way th at will lead the American
people not to 'believe, that Russia is
not in.sympathy with the United
States. They say that Count Cassini
cannot undertake a newspaper discus
sion, so the accusations from English,
German and Jewish sources remain
unanswered, but they suggest th at
the Russian foreign office should pub
lish in English a sketch of the rela
tions between the Russian and the
American governments and send the
publication to the American newspa
pers in the hope of inaugurating a
sympathetic movement in the United
States for Russia.
Queen Draoa Safe.
Belgrade, Sorvia, June 6.The only
foundation for the report th at King
Alexander's French cook had com
mitted suicide at he palace after
having been detected in an attempt to
poison Queen Draga. is th at a scullion
employed in the palace committed
suicide a week ago on account of a
love affair.
Attempted Bribery Punished.
Washington. June 6,A dispatch re
ceived at he postofP.ce department
announces that at Oxford, Miss., yes
terday Fenner B. Baker was fined $50
and costs and sentenced to six months
in jail for offering Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow $50 for
an appointment as postmaster.
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HERRICK FOR GOVERNOR.
State
Ohio Republicans Name a
Ticket
Columbus, Ohio, June 6. Hanna,
Merrick. Harding, Harmo ny 'anil
''HoTitis off* a re the alliterative battle
cries with which Ohio Republicans
yesterday closed their state conven
tion after nominating a ticket and be
gan he state campai gn to elect My
ron T. Herrick for governor. Warren
G. Harding for lieutenant governor
and Marcus A. Hanna for another
term in the United States senate.'
Harmony made he ticket and har
mony prevailed in he platform. All
conceded that it was Hanna's year al
though Hanna did not openly use his
influence to name any candidate ex
cept his neighbor, Mr. Herrick, for
governor. White-Senator Foraker ex
pressed his gratification over he
ticket and the results generally,
was expressly gratified over he adop
tion of a resolution which asked for
President Roosevelt's nomination ind
indorsed his nomination.
MACHEN CASE BEFORE JURY.
Great Secrecy Still Maintained Re
garding Witnesses.
Washington, June 6.The case of
August W. Machen, late superintend
ent' of he free delivery service of the
postoffice department, who is charged'
with having received bribes to the
amount of $20,000 in connection with
departme nt contracts, was presented
to he federal grand jury yesterday.
he first witness war Andrew M. Me
Bath, a chief of division in the office
of the auditor for the postofTfce de
partment, who was under examination
for several Lours. Inspector Mayer,
who worked up the case against
Machen, followed McBath. Another
witness who was present to give testi
mony was Mr. Eckloff, cashier of the
Second National bank of this city.
he secrecy with which the names of
he witnesses has been surrounded is
still maintained.
LICKED UP BY FOREST FIRES.
Village Almost Completely Destroyed,
Leaving Hundreds Homeless.
St. John,N. B., June 6.Word has
reached this city from the seacoast
village of Masquash th at forest fires
have swept that place, leaving but
thr ee or four buildings standing.
The re are 200 people homeless and
destitute. The financial loss will, ag
gregate over $100,000. he reports
from all over the province indicate
that fires a re rushing through the
woods and that whole villages and
communities are in the path of the
general conflagration. At Piccaddilly.
in Kin ks county, two men were
burneu to death while trying to lib
erate cattle in a field.
NO DANGER OF A STRIKE.
Threatened Outbreak of Miners Now
Seems Unlikely.
Wilkosbarre. Pa., June 6. The
danger of a strike seems to be al
leady passing away, even before the
decision of he convention of miners,
which is to meet in Pottsville within
ten days. This is due to the state
ments of coal companies' officials and
superintenden ts hat if the minework
ers at their convention should re-elect
he three district presidents as their
representatives on the conciliation
board by a ma^rity vote there would
be no further objection to their eligi
bility to serve on the board.
125 DEAD 300 WOUNDED.
Mayor of Gainesville Summarizes
Conditions There.
Gainesville. Ga.. June 6. Mayor
Parker yesterday made a summary of
conditions in he storm-swept city as
he sees them. said:
"The dead will number 12". by the
end of the next twenty-four hoars.
Three hundred is a conservative esti
ma te of he wounded, some of whom
will die. Four hundred houses have
been destroyed. I estimate the num
ber of homeless at 1.50O. The finan
cial loss will reach $tiOn,00i There
is still need ofTlndTiey and physi
cians."
NATIVES ARE STARVING.
Chinese in Sore Straits in Kwang-si
Province.
Washington. June 5 Secretary
Hay has received a cable from Consul
McWade at Canton, which says: "Gov.
Wong telegraphs me that over a
million natives in Kwang-si are starv
ing, and earnestly appeals for help
from American charity. All relief dis
tribution through the hands of Ameri
can and British missionaries."
President Off for Washington.
Danville. 111., June rt. President
Roosevelt delivered the last scned
uled speech of his long trip yesterday
at Danville, he home of Congress
man Cannon. Notwithstanding the
inclement weather he was greeted by
a large crowd. The stay at Danville
was only twenty minutes, and at 6:40
o'clock his train left for Indianapolis.
whence it -will go diuct to Washing
ton.
ffiRiSIS BLAZING
SMOKE FORM THE FIRES IM-
PEDES TRAFFIC IN NEW
YORK CITY.
SIN IS ALMOST OBSCIMD
FOREST FIRES CREATING HAVOC
IN MANY SECTIONS OF
THE EAST.
THOISANDS FIGHTING fLAMES
he haze hung over he river raid
harbor, somewh at impeding traffic,
and the trolley an.. eTevated road sei
vicc was slightly ctefa ed. Flic same
atmospher ic conditions prevailed at
Utica and other cities in he central
part of the state.
Forest fires are creating havoc on
Long Island. The wood? on the north
side between .mityville a nd Cast
port and in the vicinity of Central
Islip and Brentwood to he extent of
several thousand acres have been de
stroyed.
Dispatches from places in the north
ern part of the state report that the
forest fires have broken out afresh in
the Adirondack mountains.
More Serious Than Ever.
Glen Falls, N. Y June G.The fire
situation in he Adirondacks is mora
serious than ai time since the fires
began. The heavy-timbered sections
of he woods extending from Long
lake on the foot ot Mount Marcy on
the north the Indian lake and Cedar
river through to Lake George on the
south, is burning over.
Fann ed Into Renewed Ei.ergy.
Utica, N. Y., June 6.Winds which
sprang up Wednesday afternoon and
continued yesterday have once more
fanned he Adirondack forest fires to
the north of this city into a renewed
energy and vast tracts of timber, un
touched by recent fires, are threat
ened with destruction.
Flames Destroying Railroad.
Mount Holly, N. J., June 6.Forest
fires are burning along the Rid&dway
branch of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey between Lakehurst and Lake-'
wood. The flames a re making rapid
progress, all attempts to extinguish
them having proved futile. Men have
been sent on special trains to fight the
fires. Formany miles the air is heavy
with smoke.
Losses Reach a Million.
Boston. June 6.For the first time
in many years the density of the
smoke from forest fires produced a
pronounced yellow atmosphere here
yesterday. It is forty-seven days since
rain in any appreciable amount has
fallen in this section, and during that
time rhe jesses from forest fires in
Ne England have aggregated at leabt
$1 000.000:
Thousands of Acres Burned.
Burlington. Vt.. June 6..At least a
thousand men a re fighting forest fires
In Vermont, yet thousands of acres of
valuable timber land have been
hurried over, and there is little pros
pect that the fires can be checked
until rain falls.
Two Settlemen ts Wiped Cut.
Houlton. Me.. June 8. The forest
fires in Aroostoock county have de
stroyed fourteen miles of he Bangor
& Aroostoock railroad and two small
settlements.
RARE WHALES ARE SEEN.
Fishermen Are Trying to Capture
White Whale s.
Halifax. N. S.. June 5.Two large
white whales, rare specimens at At
lantic coast waters, are reported to be
imprisoned in the Bras d'Or iakt.-.
Cape Breton. They a re supposed to
have entered he lake in pursuit of
mackerel schools. Cape Breton fish
ermen a re making great efforts to
capture one of them.
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VAST TRACTS OF VALUAB!
TIMBER ARE COMPLETELY
DESTROYED.
New York, June GThe densest and
most remarkable drapery of ha '.e ever
seen hereabouts dimmed the sun yes
terday. The drapery was part of
Maine and Adirondack forests re
duced to ashes and vapor. There was
a wierdness about the aspect of the
sky and earth, and at times it ap
proached the ghostly. The smoke was
dense enough to make sensitive eyes
water and to tickle sensativr throats.
The sun was not wholly invi ible.
When it was doing its best to ae
trate the gloom the air took on a hue
almost like a lemon. Once before, in
September. 1881, when there were
Great Forest Fires
in he western states bordering New
York there was a "yellow day'' in this
neighborhood. But it was not nearly
so wierd as yesterday
1 BSsa I rr-K-
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alert man was ''..a ken and
t' ai receh i i very rious injiu i-
a) the head, it is the bj Hef thai
R{ ey was murder. .1 and the liouy
thrown into the river. His nock ap-
DOG SAVES LIVES.
SUICIDE OF HEARD.
He Stabs and Drowns Himself at
Fergus Falls.
Fergus Falls. Minn.. June G. A.
Heard of Fessenden, N. I)., came to
this city and committed suicide by
drowning hirn.,cl! in the- ricer here.
He had first Btafibed himself with a
pocket knife, '.e formerly resided at
Henning, this 'unty, but now has i
store at Fessenden. Family trouble
was the cause of suicide.
LEO IS INDISPOSED.
Consistory to Be Postponed on Ac
count of Pope's Illness.
Rome, June' 6.The health of Hie
pope took a more disquieting turn
yesterday, when is holiness had a se
vere attack of djoi vea. The doctors
say they have no fear of eompiiea
tions. but considorablo danger IlSjn^
the advanced age pi the prelate. I, is
thought he consistory, already W**\
poned for several days, cannot he held
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, JUNE 6. 1,903. TEX CENTS PEE WEEK.
ery Butter
i SomeNewTeasand Coffees
DAVID C. SMYTH, Mgr.
MURDERED AND ROBBED.
Body of Pat Riley Found in the Yel
lowstone River.
Helena, Mont., June 0.The body
of Pat Itilev, which was found yes
terday in Yellowstone river near Grey
Cliff, was taken to Livingston. \n
examination shows that the neck of
t''.'1 Open Gas Fixture Nearly Ends the jfJIMRS Wl SOMf WHAT MIXiD
Existence of Three Women,
a Crosses, \.ts.. June 6.Mrs. Ella
Slo'.hower, Misses Jennie and Bessie
Slothower, prominent society, people, TRAINS RUNNING ON STRANG^
were saved from death" by asphyxia- TRACKS OWING TO THE
tion by the barking of a -arty FLOODS.
teraay morning. A Ineai! at their
home went to the library to read late
at flight and left the gas open and
un^ghted. he smother awoke and Stilwell, Kan., June \'in per-
saved her daughters, who. we re nearly sons were killed and six-
dead. AJJj are in a serious condition jured in a head-end or"
ard one of the daughters may not re- Strata Fe psissenger
cover. I were rTinnitig ii high
Missouri Pa'cf'flc tr-M.cks on
the Hood.
Ordi'ia were somewhat ili.i:ed ii
said, on account of the strange
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511'-
this amou nt Montana miiies eontiib-
the rapid devel(J),ni ot the cyanide
process.
Probably a Suicide.
1
I REMIDJI MERCANTILE (JO. I
\m I ^OFFERS TO THE TRADE TODAY ffl
Oranges and Lemons
1 Gilt Edge Dairy Butter New Groceries Arrivin Daily
Strictly FirstClass Cream- strictly Fresh Eggs, Guar-
Mm
Missouri Pacific liosj/'al.
i
iK
uted $162,452. Fergus county show*,^-^
the most notable mcrease, c^'ing to
Stur^iS S. Jtine The body Of Normal Condition.
i man was found vesterday in Box Kansas Cit
Victim of Assault Difif
TanesvTl W
F.lder creek in Mead county The 1 rapid fail oj the rivers busines* is 1
conditions. The
s.. June i,
Herman
Zimmerma n, the victim of a mysl 1-
oas assault in the Court House Park,
died late last uight without having
told who his assa|iants were. Two
prominent men have been arrested en
suspicion.
Love a nd Sickness Prompt Suicide.
Clear Take, S. 1).. June G. Elmer
Melldm, son of County Treasur er J. L.
Meliom. aged twenty-four, took
arsenic with apparent suicidal intent.
Despondency oyer continued Bickness
and a love affa
cause.
is assigned as the
anteed
AR E KILLE I
KILLED IN A HEAD-END RAIL-
ROAD COLLISION AT STIL-
WELL, KAN.
pears to-have been broken by a club, N ADDITION TO THE KILLED, he i still o.er a grea] por
and a sum of money was taken from
the body.
SIX PERSONS WERE SE-
VERELY INJURED.
to Kansas Cily. The train was uu
able to xeach-the station because
the floods and the wo.m.b.i were -.r-
ried for miles lii ambulances to he
WARNING AT ST. LOUIS.
Measures to Protect Property From
Flood Are Acb''S3d.
St. Louis, ,I line ii. '"At hr Louis the
js( Wi| i
wl|jf]
(11|ij
ah(
for some time. s'aturdav night or duml-.. Meaij
Montana Gald Receipts.
Helena. .Meat., June he re
ceipts of",goid and ilver ai the United
States a.-.'.).. biC-C: i3l this ty show
a material increai for May compared
with those of the preceding year. The
receipts this year were $184,958 gold
and $870 silver, as kgainsl
gotd and $1,105 stl-vef
a
(loods Delivered Promptly Anywhere in City
:)i
iv a Sillllliia
QJ I(lunjii
pf ast(
/1
fff
Hr _,
coroner fount! 56 marks or rh)Ieueer4-8wnlng its ccun_
Deceased is believed to be a former water works are pumptog-b&ck-water thought to have-done he joa. Hiey
mnlove of Thomas Hah', who com- from the Kansas river, not fit to I
mTtted s-'-ide drin, and th danger froms fire about midnigh. Tuesday, he team lover.i Electrlfe
operation. Ganga*Df railroatl repair
ers follow close 011 the heels of the
retreating Hood and the tracks are
clearing of mud where covered and
brought to grade where washed out:
Most, of the missing persons are bet
coming accounted for and it is now
thought the total dead will not exceed
eight persons. Estimal of the
damage done hy tne flood are reduc
ing. At first they ranged from $10.-
000,000 ttfi, but now they are all much
below that sum. The greatest loss
was of the sixi ridges across the
Kansas river. The packing house
plants did not verely. The
buildings arc
a (CjjT% I TOPEKA SLOWLY RECOVERING.
WiRI RUNNING AI i!l(':ii Si'l S ^rdny't'll '^'inches! This makes a
drop of HA eve from the high
(Ve, in- since.
ii bel ween
i '.ii
e.)i II
[Since the Hood destroyed or dlsnUed ^chroedcr's brick yard Is overflowed.
Mlie Santa fe tracks on its main lino
trains have been running over the Younq Couple Drowned,
tracks of the MISROurl Pacific road. Chicagow June fi Jesse Miller and
News of the ui-ci was delaved on
to protect property Lorn gK-fooll Stewartville, Minn., June f5.A spe-
stage by Monday should !.e taken. cial election has been called for Juno
"I'Mwaid II. Howie. 12 to vote $2,000 bomls to improve
"Local f}rvenitri iii F-oreaster. I tho public pa"rk-of this place by re-
The a.'jov" local river wa.niiig was pfaclrig the dam across Root river
Issued la 1 night by (Jyvernment Fore* that recently went out.
caster Howie and indicati i thai [he
creal of 1 ho Hood tide II not rea,ch
BANK BURGLAR SUSPECTS.
St. I .GUIS i_or II l'(
stage has 1 em I
it Impossible! fot"
1 he riv 1
in i"hi thai makes
ii, Ian- steam- i
Business in Kansas City Resuming Its f?m Vesta, early Thursday moruing.
Vi
street car line are
water nark North Topeka is a wreck
rc main 8
Thr
Em^ brn
0 gnty
)G W
I RIVERS FALL RAPIDLY.
jgi
ilj(1(|1 spa
&3
Phone 215 I
List of Known Dead Is Seventy-One
and Many Siill Missing.
Topoka, I Ian June t' The bodies
of aeveu flood victims were
found y..-:i !'a\ The \is\ of known
dead now a 'he's 71. with 30 i'sqns
unideiifUir I l? I" hove I thai many,
bodies at- i in rhe rivr/r Scores
tion of the town. In the residence
districts it is s'evcjj feet deep in most
places and. [lit i is (Jon -i !i'i:ble cur
rent. From at i: n. A'bTUnri, Sa
linas lilnc'oln C- .m I Mutehinson
come reports tl nl the water has
about spent Its ft roe and that the
towns arc slo.v Ij i e uvei big.
Hnrriir..-:i Is Convalescent.
New York. i fe ii 'Jr.'sideiit K. II.
Harrlman of the Southern Pacific,
who was operated npqn for appendi
citis two Weeks agO Mas tip aild
around in his room at the Hotel Neth
erlands yesterday for the first time
Live Stock Drowned.
Washington', June (i. Secretary
thing near the Minnesota river is be
ing ovi rthe'ei! About eighty acres
of sugar be I are und'or wafer. Many
cattle, were drowned in the bottoms.
V(,(.
niilclentlfied,
i,
y
un
oratt
i
account of the iioor wires left by. the but believed to have been a student at
rains and flood. The tracks wit
char by sundown and traffic wa'a
newed.
The dead mid wounded w, ,e taken
the University of Chicago, wore
drowned in the lagoon at Jackson
Park.
i
Drov nC(
rn
1Iuhol
June G. The
,,v liy(
,(..MV_
yi tt a
|)il in Tn
Davis was
afternoon while in
have not beeh
lattitng.
cove-e as yet, although the Red
ake river in being searched.
Rafting Works Closed Down.
Wiiama. Minn June ikThe rafting
works a! West Newton have closed
on ae( )"nt of high wat er In the river,
rrtrt will reopen when the water goes
down. Sixty million feet of logs have
been raited this season.
Peolace a Dam.
Men Thought to Have Rcbfced
the Vesta Bank.
Redwood Kalis. Minn., .k:ne 6.
Word was received i" Vesta last
evening that a suspicious character
was seen to board au early east-bound
passenger train at Delhi-, milei.
He is thought to be one of the men
1 that robbed ?he bifiTk at.Vesta Tues-ah
day night. The
the town on
foeb-v
nen whb entered
aesday night are
rnl,pr
,h
a.oun the bank
a
s,,(1
1
Ves ta
iIs
stole
it to a point six miles
vo
southn
The booHS of th- htintk, were
ht
not to sche as a record of the
stolen
note,
b,l
amunting to $30,000,
1
!l
a
convenience. he bank is protected
by burglar Insurance.
Killed While Attempting Rescue.
St. Joseph. Mich.. June 6. Capt.
John I). Bean of the schooner 13 M.
Avery was killed yesterday whfi* at
tempting to rescue his wife who had
been thrown into the water after he
steamer Puritan had collided with and
wrecked the Avery.
