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TURKEY VELDS FONT 10 Ready to Grant Greater Meas? ure of Self-Government to Rumelia and Macedonia. CHANCE FOR MEDIATION British Government Believed to Disapprove of the Strong Pressure Being Put on the Porte. ,h'e to The Tril.iine 1 tn, oct. 7.?Owing tO the pro?s > upon her hy tho powers, Tur? key is reeedlng a Httie from the poat* tion taken up by her with regarr. to HBcedonta, but is stiii eontlnuing her preparations fr?r war. It is annoiiiiccd that th? FortM baa accepted the appli catlcn Of Article 21 of the Treaty of Berlln to the vllayets of Rotimelia and Kbcedonla, bul th" deananda <>f the Balkan League include one that the rn forma thall be earried out under the (upervision of Christian governors ap? polnted by the power.*. and Article 23 'of the treaty does not contain any pro -?i<-|on of this klnd. i Exeept as to UM terma of the joint ?note whlch the powera have not yet [settled, the position la as follows! [rrance has proposed that a joint note [be communlcatcd both in the capltals (of the Balkan I.-eagiie and Constantl W-p. requesting the Porte to enrry out reforms in Macedonln, Intlmating that otherwise the.y themsehes wlil takre hand in Lringlng about the re? form-. Hussia, represented by M. 8a itjnofC who Ib stlll ln PariB. but who leavea thla afternoon for Berlln, has gpprovpfl and supported the Freneh plan. Germany has given her entlre adhe_ion to the project. The Austrian Foreign "Miniater has accepted the ?f*ranM>-R*-S-*,ian proposals on condition that aome slight modiflcations be In aerted to the efTect, flrst, that lt should be atflted that the lntegrity of Turkey Bnd the sovereignty of the Sultan re? maln intact; Becond, that the _M_-**--_a of reform have the character of gener aiity adeoeatad In Orant Berchtoki's eircular brari Augus-t. and third. that the note Blbodylng UM powers' agreement should not be handed to the Turkish gov.ri.m* nt, bul acted npon verbally. Grey Returna to London. Great Brltaln, <>n Um other hand. ha* .; to the pfcraae ahout taking *i hand in brlnging the reforuM about. and the matter has been referred by Sir Arthur Nk-olson to Sir Kdwarl Grey, who hurrledUr travalled up yoo* ffroan bM No*rU*'um'_-,rlund _a mta to London, Bh Edward Gre) now has the eaat" Ing I'ol li dependa upon hla. tomak'? Europe, unanfmotis and fulfll the condl? tlon- arhkb all think neceaaaury and flome deem .? the jreven tion ot war. Eng tltude Ifl so differeni ? from that takea up ln her Ifucedontan proframm< or 1906 that it tnaptrea "LeTemi In Pa br with aome rather' bitter comment to the effect that the buaaaltarian and politlcal ontbuatnnni vMeb i_ laed Knglaml in 1 **T?l to rise up ag-inst Ui" BU-___r__n airorities is 'unknown to the PJngland of |f__. The liritish government, according to Ita Frencfa critic. has only OM thought?not to hamiHT Kianiil Pacha, who ia laoked upon as the aoul of th" Turklxh Cabinet As for the Hritis'i puHhc, coattnuea "Le TUmpra," it >s compieph indlffarenl to the unhapprf cordltion of the Halkan populatlon. Mcanwhile frontler mMbIom con* tinue to be reported, At ObUecevo (eome Turks dlflgulned M gypiMB :it [trppted to tire a Seivian magazine. ? > * -1 llve of then arere lynched by tho popu lation and the kadcr captured. Montenegrins Slaughtered. k ie reported from Bosnia thal i ?Montenegrin brlgada orossed the Tan ,River lnto Xovipazar, but vas sur irounded by Turks whiie campintf. ?More than one hundred .Montenegrins fell befor' tbe real ragained the Motf tenegrin bank of the river. The Mon tenegrl:i brlgnde b*u<!or has been Bum moned t' Cettlnja, as he acted, it is aald. without ordaro. ("annonading ;s heard tonttiiuo'irdy on the front Ier and the news of the encounter is regarded ln Conatantinople as amounting virtu ally to ti-,,. betrinnlng of hostilitks. No eonmunlentkM has yet bean bauer) to tho preafl with regard to tha lnekle.-.t, but in ofllclal clrcles the opin ion pravalla tliat hostllitles are likely to break out flrst ln the dn< < tion of Ibntenegro, oaring to tha hupatuouB Iflture of the motintalneers and the pUflral tltuatlon ln the Mallssori rr Han. Mewa comea from Conatantinople that Ruaaia has proteatad against the -etention of Greek BtaaoMI- carrying <*rgocs of Russlan corn and threaton* Turkey with a demand for an indem ulty. To this step Turkey has rapUed by detainine Greab Btaaa_en in other harbors. Greek papers state that Russla is fom?-ntratiiig her army on the fron t*??r. whiie Cretf i> mobillzing for h**r Vlr* with Oreece. The consuls in "^*.te have proteeted against this step, "Ut ineffe. tually, and have sent long ???Wamfl on the subject to their re ?Pwtlve governments. Situation in Servia. lt ia announced in Helgrade that ??thteen wagona of artllkry and am* ?-"-nitlon have been sent from Franee h> Bervia over the Austro-Hungarlan frontler route, but have not arrlved, **t*>g to Austria not permittlng ???vy trafflc at-roBB the border. Thls *hmtt both routea for the conveyance **f 8ervlan war material. A,i telegraphic and rallway < orn ?^nkation wlth Turkey |8 lnterrupte<i. P" TurkB will not even pcrmit through '??'?'?aer trains, and travellers are "?apeliad to walk alxjut tan mlnutes JV1* Turklflh frontler statlon. Ser w*W rallwayB are now under mllltary dlrection. Olvilians were formerly em? ployed and now soldiers are retained to carry on the service. The lateat adviees from flofla state that the malntonance of peace ls al? most impossinle. There ls an over whelmlng title of public opinion ln favor <>f wnr. Bunks and business houses nre. closed hy hundreds, the em ployes having l*een summnned to the COlon. Deaplte increasing prices th.-ro appears to be absolute unantmity among the people. Many of the pa thetic slghts whlch aro a prelude to a j campaign wer- wltnessed ln Sofia yesterdny. Ftnncls constantly played 44 the hattnllona marched through the streets, the peasant women wnlklng be slcle thelr husbnncls, brothers nntl fath ers in the ranks. Some were carry Ing food antl blankets, and even fowls, as flnal presents, which were handed to the men when at last they were forced to aa. farewell. Rumama's Attitude Explained. Rmnanla'a attltude. nbout whlch there hns been so much uneertalnty and sp*K-ttlation. and whlch may have ii consid. table bearing on the situation ln tho event of war, ls explained by Take Ionescu. leader of the Democratlc* Conservatlves, who is about to assumo the DOtrtfoMo of Foreign Affalrs ln the Ruohaiest government. Answerlng a requeal by "Tbe MornitiK Post" for news r.-Kitrding the Balkan situation, he said: "An understitmling __| been come to betweail the Ralkan powers. who have so long p_ra"*_4- n pollcy of mutual rivnlry. iintl tht- decision to net in de flanca "f tha will Of the great.powers wlll c-reate a new situation whlch, ln my opinion. renders war Inevitable. The only chan -e of preventing lt would i>e hauaadlatoly to convofce a Buropaaua ronajreea lo ragralata the question of tbe reform of the Ottoman Empire. lf thls ls not done war wlll onsue with great rapldlty, as the Rulgara de slre to profH from the superlor effl clency of thelr mobilization before Turkey can bring up her hugo reserve. "For several reasons a European congress is Indispensable. The war, should It 4uper**ena, arlll be of a ruth less descriptloii and wlll be accom panled in all probahility by horrlble massacres whlch wlll compel Europe to intervene. If Turkey is victorioua the power.*- wlll also bo forced to Inter? vene to put I stnp to the hoatlUtlaa and decl-4 the reforms whlch 4*111 stlll be Indispensable. If th?* Christlan states are viotorious their victory wlll force tham along tha road to tetritoriaI aa nexatloa and thoir present unanimity will promptly C4444, CTCatlBg another reason for Intcrvention. "Rtimaniii is in a state of < -xpe< tan. y. and although sho may not be moblliz ing hor trooJM, that doea BOl slgnify that sho is indifforent or that she uil! abstain from < ipfaaalng ber i.oint ol" VbtW. Rumariia bas Intareata ;ilik<-, moral and mat.-rial. and will defand them at tho OPPOrtUM moment. Should a congress b<- convened Rutnanlu pronld, "f course. put forward a 1*4 **ue*rt to p8urtlclpat4 la it." "Tiu- Tlmea'' aaya thal ihe Britiah government yosterday signified its ad* hesic.n in principle to tho prop044_ of m. Padncard, the "french Premier and F<>roign Mlnister. A dispatch to "The Tiin<s" tron I vi.-nna aaya it is atatad on good 4Utbor* I lt) that the four Halkan States have | dedded not to praaonl an ntttiaatnm t?. tbe Porte, but merely a note ad- I drcaaod 4lmult_ai_o*ial"" to tho iv.rto and the powers domanding reforms in Ma<-edonla end intirnatlng thal if tbe j powers can so. ure guarantoos for the exaCttUOD Of these reforms the poaltlon of tbe Knlkun go\ ernmonts will ba greatly fadlltatad, Turkey has retnovetl the eflBbargO from c.reek merchantmon al Salonl'"i. Constantinople, Oet b\- It is <<>n flrmed thal aa a result of the visiis of the- *raOCh and RiiRslan ambassadors to the Qrand Vtglar and tha Foreign Mlnister. the Port4 has oftVred to gi'O off.-ct lo tlie 1880 reform aC_4_M wlil< h was rojocteil by Abdnl Hamid becauaa it roforrad tO a Turkish parllament. It has since r'-tn;-Ined a dead letter. Thi*- acbeme doaa aot alfacl the so\ erelgnty of the Sultan and d044 not provlda for polltlcal autonomy. but lays down principle*. Of administration nnd .le.ontralizHtlon. It provldes couneil-. for the vilayets, partly elertive, and havlng oxtonsive |oKislative powers with lagpaci to taxos, tho polic-e and citain otlic-r clcpartrncnts. INTERVENTION DELAYED Powers Wait on Great Britain's Adhesion to Plan. ParlS. OCt <*.?-The c|UOBtlotl '.Vhetlier tho dlfferencaa bat***naa Tarkajr and the Jtalk.-.n Btataa sball be settled by the efforts of diplcima- y or by tlu- arbitra ment of tho sword is still in the bal? ance. lf anything. lt mlght be said tbat tbe scales swnng slightly to-day ag4ln4l paaca ln tbe sense that every liour's dolay In Interventlon by tho powera ineraaaaa tbe dataaar of bos tillties. Tho word now rest.s wlth <Jroa1 Brltaln. All the powers have accepted with some modlflcatlons the French I'romier's plan for lnterventicm. but lt is 'indecstood here that Oreat Britaln hesitates ln going so fnr as to assttme wlth the other powers responsibility f,,r securlng from Turkey broad re? forms in Macedonia. oreat Brltaln- p**_c**a-__-.tloa ib causing some uneaslmss and some , ritlclsm in Farls. Such papers as "I.e Temps" assort that they cannot under stand Oreat Rritnin's lnck of sympathy in the needed Turkish reforms, when, in 1S70. that country rose up ln a body agalnHt tho so-.alled Rulgarian atro.i t|aa cf that year. Britiah Support Expected. Even wlth England's stip|*ort, and this Is expected to come to-morrow, the crisls ls not removed. The great ques tion remains as to whether the powers can obtain reforms from Turkey exten slve enough to satlsfy the mllltant lial kan States. BepOTla received here give the Bai* kan Kovornmenl's irreduclble minimum as complete natlonal autonomy for Macedonia, wlth Christlan govern?rs of the provinces. the ereation of a locai nillltla and the wlthdrawal of theTurk ish troops. Turkey ls descrlbed as wishlng to be eoneillatory and mod? erate, but conslderable doubt is ex pressed as to whether Turkey would ever accept such demands as theae. Austria has given adheslon to the plan formulated by the Freneh and Russian foreign mlnlsters to deal with the Balkan sltuatlon. Austrln, how? ever, suggested n slight change ln the wordlng of the proposals, whlch met wlth. the lmmedlate approval of both IL Polneare and M Sazonoff. The only effect of the amendment is more sharply to defUM the intentions of the powers and present a more preclse statement thereof. Il Is understoo' that the proposals do not include a demand for the au? tonomy of Maoe-donia, but urge the adaptntion of the provisions of Article 28 of the treaty of Berlln, providing for a larger measure of home rule. It ls belleved here that the propoaala as now outllned will remove any lurking suspiclons ln Knglnnd that the Conti? nental powers posalbly were contem platlng a settlement wholly at the ex pense Ot Turkey. The Propoaala to Turkey. The Freneh government ls confldent that all the prellmlnarles will be com pteted in time to permlt Russia anl Auslrla as the mandatories of Kurope to present a collective note to Sofla, Helf-rade, Athens and Cettlnje to-mor? row, or at the latest on Tueaday. As soon as this is done Turkey wlU be In vlted to glve guarantees which will render effectlve the promlse that Ku? rope will take upon her shoulders the responslblllty for tho reallzation of the reforms. The feeling prevalls In offlcial eir clea that this guaranteo offered by the powers ought to satlsfy the Balkan States. if. as they profess, their sole motive in mobillzlng agalnst Turkey was to force the reforms provlded for ln the treaty of Berlln. At the same tlm** it ls reallzed that whlle the gov ernments ln the coalltlon may be wlll Ing to accept thls guarantee they are feeling niore and more the pressure of the rnllitarism which they themsehes have been unable to represa SAIL TO FIGHT THE TURK $15,000 Raised Here to Defray Volunteers' Expenses. At a meeting marked by riotoua entbu slasm. more than two IbOUOinl Creek. Kumanian and ltulgarian leaMenlB Ol N_a> York and va inlty Katbeted ln Atn Btardam Hall, In Weat <4th str.et. yester? day afusrnoon i" Rledge their livea and dollara eatned In America to ald ln tbe ov.-rthrow of the Turkish Kmplre. \Vb>n tba Blraiuai Hadonna, of tbe Fahte Une. salls to-day It will have aboard i-lghteen hundred men, 'ba majorlty ol them Creeks, ready lo aacrlflce IhotfUBBlVBa for i .'.i country, 'i'o defray tbe __paaeea ?>f tlie volunteers a volunttiry collectlon was taken at Ibe m-etlng. M-f- tb.m |1.\ '-.'. it arafl said. was Bubecrlbed on tne Hl ot. Iti Hpite of UM fad tbat it will be BOBM time to-day before ll i* bnown Brhetberj M led QreeOfl irlll fonnally derUre ?ur ,?. ti,.- Ottoanaa Emptrai tbe creek.* of tlu clty aie birong in tbe bellef tbat Ih" eall to anna arlll ba floundet. ln tiieir enthusiasm to bfl Bflnong tl.e flrst !?? I ?? npond, arhan rolla arara rormed yeaterday men falrly trampM on one anotbor M Hib\ tbelr -Uthaturefl Tboaa nbo were not in a pooltton to i-aii foi QreBBa Ifl t. bnmedlate foture were aejually eaKT i, ,,: tributc to tba generpl onpanaa fund. Preeldenl Pupniiotl_Blpe?te>, organlaer ot ti,.. Pan-Hellcnlc Untoa in America, prc Hl,\,.,\ ?t Ihe i "tiiiK yeaterday after noon. addreeeee wera B_ade bj <'onmii , ,i Botaaal, the a-v Dr CulueundlB and otbera. NEW AVIATION RECORD Frenchman Makes 570 Miles, World's Furthest in One Day. Paris, Oet ,; Tha irench avlator Plerre Daueourl to-day won tbe Poaa i merv CUP for tbe longe.st st ratghtaw _> fllght between sunrise and sutiset He (covered a dl.-tance eetlmated at about I flve hundf-4 and aeventy hiHes. a Ifl* 'world's record for a single days fll?ht DaUCaurt started at -59 o'clock ln the moralag from Valene-efltnaob aaar tbe ! l:< lifian berder, and llew illrectly to Ular >,U/. ,|,;,i the ?-outhwesteiii extremity Of Franee. arrivlng there at C.'iS p. m i He made three fltope to replenlsh hls tanka A caah pii/e of $ 1.600 goes wlth the | oup_ FRANCO-GERMAN AMITY Frenchman Advocates Entente Before German Association. Hddelfa it? Oel I A' ,h'' brst meeting of tba Qefaaan -.National Ceawdbatlon ka* Hociation to-day Baron d'Hotoumellefl de Ctmatant, ibe Frem-h dfll^pet-B, advoeated B llaiMM OlIIIMII entente, wlih b. \w nrged, would powerfully prmnote norld poa< ? Tbe meetlag araa beld In Unlverelt* Hall, two hundred delagnl-a being pree ent. lncluding tWtmtJ profesnors of ln ternatlonal law. Thfl association voted .ItMnOfl wltb tbe Aaflerlean and Freneh organlaatianfl for oeeaalonal eo-operatlan. LONE ANTI-AMERICAN Porto Rican Delegate at Cadiz Fetes Sounds "Sad Note." Cadla. Spaln. Oet I Kxtenslve celehre tions were held to-day In honor of the centenary of tl.e S,-*lsh Cortes. Th. onlv discord was furnished hy a Porto Etieaa flBlagalr who, in the course of his speech. declared tbat tbe Independent party of Porto Flioo ?raa _?_?*__? laoae santly to free tbat -oontry from Vankee domlnatlon " Hfl DTged tbe South Ameri? can republlcs to come to tbe ald of Porto nieo Ex-Premler Moret . haracterlzed the ut terance of the delegate as "the only sad note*' of the ffttcs_ FALLS DOWN 400-FOOT 8HAFT Brooklyn Laborer Was Employed in Aqueduct Construction. John ''larv, a Inlor. r. employed In tho conatructlon of th" OBt-WH Aqueduct at Shaft 24. wblcb Ifl at I'ort Oreene Park. Hrooklyn. fell lnto tbe shaft yeM-rday and was kllk*d. , CIhivs body dmpped ? dlstance O. about four hundred feet. atrlking many rrnas beama In Its dlBDlUt He was ln the employ Of the Holhrook. Cabot A Kollln corporation. waa married. and about fony yeara old. KEK Of NEAR-PANiC Berlin Hardest Hit, Small In vestors Losing Aggregate of Millions of Dollars. LONDON MORE OPTIMISTIC Premier Asquith's Orave Words as to the Balkan Situa? tion May Bring Prices Down To-day. I B>- ('able to The Trttiun- 1 I.ondon, Oct. 6.?The chief lnfluence on the European stock marketa last neak was, of course, the Balkan situa? tion. In the eurlier part of the week a conditlon nlmost of panic resulted on tho Contlnental bouraes from the fear of war. Berlin. Vienna and St. Pr-tera btirg belng the chief sufferors. Berlin felt the effects most. though Vienna la nearest the seat of trouble and Austria and Kussla nre the coun trles most ln dnnger of becoming ln volved. In Berlin small Investors lost millions of dollarn through the hurried throwlng over of securities, and the re stilts ln Vienna and St. Pctersburg wore only less sorious than in the Oar? man capltal. The panic began on Tuesday and lasted through Wednes? day, since when a tendency toward stondiness and recovery was manl fostod. owlng tc. news of tbe endlng of the war between Italy and Turkey and |0 the growing belief that the trouble ln tlM Balkans would be strlotly local I'.ed lf it cannot be prevented. Paris nnd London held more optl mlstle views than the other "European centres and consequently suffered less. The situation ln London ls chlcflv 0-4 of waltlng to see what wlll happen, as lt Is not felt that there is much danger of Kngland belng drawn Into tho war. Premier Ascpiith's grave 4tat44B4ntOH Saturday. however. may produce 4 dlf? ferent feeling when the market re opciis to-morrow. At pn.ent. and tak? lng for granted that the situation In the Balkans will not produce serlotis re ?Ulta lor tit?- peace of the WOTld. lt Wiima tbat ibe chief fhctOT ln thf Bne* iish marhota daring tha B-xt t*m months will ba the turn whb h Urltlsh polltlcal events will take Apart from the Balkan*". eOttdlUOM lhro_ffho-l tho worid nr.- fuii or prom* Iaa <'t"ps aro abundant and trade ls showing a<-tlvity. Tho earnings of tall* wayse\orywhore ;ir* unpro< edented and proiits m all des.nptions of enterpris.-s I are unii.uaiis lana, but in Bnglnnd at | all events thero is much UB44alnaaa over politics. whb h I'remi.-r Aaqulth'a upoorh on Batnrdaj aill nol tatti to allaj *~lthou( atatlng any deflnlta polk > tic Pr.-mier toreahadowed a sa i erai atta.-k on existing latereeta, baaed on ( hangos oi som. klnd in tho land laws. At th<- same time be acknowl edged ' at tbe new poMcj* was uii f. lined. prhleh mtant tbat tb-* _utloo_ is for a penod of expetrltnant if the paaoant got/arnaaanl ramalna m iM.wer. It ls not unllkely. therefore, that in tli.se condltlons BTttlah lnT4atOM wlll turn to Amorh.i t<> place tbeir money. and Arm rlcan tlnuc i--rs will bare un excellent opportunity la B ahort time tO soll again on thls side pf tho 004441 tho so. tirities wbUb Europe throw ov.-r board so frecly during Ibe panic last week. The situation in the money market also deponds ehleily on the otitcomo of the Halkan dlthVultles. A week ago Amerba wns the chief centre of intor est. and at tho ...innlng of the wo.-k lt seemed as though the American de mandH for gold, whlch liad apparently begun with a rusb. would be heavy. The Muddeii c'.evclopment of the Bal? kan i rlsis, however, with Europe notl Ing American s.w uritles. Jumpod the '-x change to a polnt where Arnc-rlca could not afford to buy gold. Thls aaved the Hituation tomporarily from that Quar? ter, but lf the Halkan crisls passee without real war Amerlea may again come into _M market for gold, while on tbe other hand Europe may demand gold ln case dlplomacy fulls. From every polnt of vlew much de pends on the sltuatb.n in tiie N*o.,r Kast. Tbe bank rate romaln.H at 4 i*?r ? ent. but lt ls by no 0444141 improbablo that an advance to f> wlll 4400-44 necessary ln vlew of the new situation. Heavy wlthdrawala of gold for Egypt, whi--h ls now actlvely in the market. with puiuliaaaa of bar.goM ?>y Ajnorlea and tbe outflow of cash |0 the country Bl tho end of September. brought tho reaerve down t\-;,:*?KW> to $18-. U15.0Q0, whlle tlu. atock of gold aaa 1*4 ducad to l-M^-Ot-OOl The pro-H.rtlon ef tho reserve to llabllitiea bas fallen from "il.''*> per cent to 48..14 per cent. Deaplte general condltlons money re m.iin.d easy, wlth ov.-rnight loans at laaa tban '1 por I ont and weekly flxtures at L,'4. DlHCOunts hardenod a trlfle, two montbd1 billB belng quoted at b% per eaat, three months' bills at Wk\ und four and six months' paper at .'1 I.VHi. MONOPLANE FALLS; 2 DIE Aviators Drop 600 Feet at Johannisthal Meet. BerHn. Oataber aV-Arlatkai waab ?' johanniethal was eoaeladed to-day, two moro deatba belng added to tbe long Us* of fatalltles that have occurred atnontr Kuropean aviators during tho last two niontbs. A monoplar.e. drlven hy Err.st Alig nnd carrylng a mech.inlclan. sudd-nly feU from a belght of 4? feet when a wlnjr collapaad The maeb-nlelaa wns thrown from UM machlne at a belght of 4.10 fe^t snd his body landed aa Iha ir-und clear af the niaihag. Ang feii arttb the monc plaaa and was bUtod insiantiy. Tbe aeddent was wltnessed bv a b\r. assembly AHg qualltled as nn avlator laal btar. _ Tho denths recorded above raise to 101 ,he number nf avlatlon f-taWI-i aim Soptember. IV*. when the flrat of the series occurred. Thia year"s fatalltie. are wlthln seven of the aggregate number re? corded ln 1908, 19?, 1?1? ??-** **?** OF Revolutionists Fire Volley at Lieut. Col. Long's Command, Five Shots Taking Effect. LEONYIELDSTOU.S. FORCE Department of State Believes There Is Now Little Danger of Further Loss of American Lives. (From Thf TrlhiMns Rureau. 1 Waahlngton. Oct. 6.?The town of I^eon, Nlcaragua, has surrendered to the Amerlcan forces, according to a dlapatch recelved to-nlght from San Juan del Sur. There ls reason to be lieve that no lighting occurred, but do talls of the surrender are lacklng. Aside from the bare posslbility that there hns been another elosh with the rebels at Leon, there ls now llttle danger of further loss of American llves or extenalve dainage to foreign property in Nlcaragua, according to offlcials of the Department of State. It Is auspected that Juan Irias, the <*<>sta Hican agitator, was in command at Leon, but tho feeling provalls here that the rebellion is vlrtually at an end. Dlspntches to the State Department to-day told of a brief engagement be? tween marines and revolutionists at Chichlgfilpa preeoding the battle of Barranca Hlll. Kivo marines were sllghtly wounded und thirteen rebels were killed ln tho st-irmlsh. The marines in command of Lleuten? ant Colonel Charles 0, Long, whlle at temptlng to obtaln arms and dynamlte near Chlchigalpa, were surroiinded by a band of revolutionists, all well armed wlth machetes and rlfles. The rebel leadera are pabi to have given an order that the American force slKukl not be molOBtod. out Um revolutionists disre gnrdad the lnstructions and flred a vol lev at the marines. The fire was promptly returned wlth dcadly effect, tho rabeli ?osttarlnc la all dlractlona, leaving thirteen of their number dead and a number wounded. ln his report of tha erig.Tgenv'nt at <'bichlgalpa. It* ar Admiral Southerlaud Btatea thnt tbe dve marlnea were only sllghtly arounded, and that all of them will surely recovcr. The marines were from the Denver. Four borabe aure dlacovered bj the marlnea ln their Beaycb follouing thal BklrmlBh it Ib prdoumed that they, ...... re ta hnve been uaed to deetroy i railroad brldgaa, .\s a precnutlonary move, orderal irere laaued to-day for the naarlnea al ever. naval Btntlon along the Atlantic i oaal to be In readlneeu to saii at short i noti< e. Whiie lt is not expected that an addltlonal force win be needed In Nlcaragrua, the state and Navy du partmenta wish to be prepnfvd tor anv i .rgenc) it is poeatble thnt when the- goutb Carollna and tlie Vermont, bou al tha Norfolk Navy Zkrd, leasve f. r Keu Vork. arlthtn the next few daj -. the inniinaa nill be lefl be? hlnd. Mena Revolt About Ended. BeAor Caatrlllo, the Nlcarag inn ntln Uiter, aharea ihe bellef of tho stat" F> partmenl oflldnla thnl tha revoluUonl begun h\ Oeneral llena three montha agu is practlcally ended and thal peace arlll be raptdly roetored following tho capture ?>f Leon, He said to-nlght thnt he dOCi not look tor any fighting al Leon. bul rather believes that the rebels there will lnv down their :irius. I He reieiv.d no di~pat.hes to-day ? i an cxtt'ineiy gratllled over the outcocne of the rnvolutlon and ahare j with my countrymeii tiie feeling of | everlaaUng appredaUon tor what tho Unltad Btatea g.rnmeni bas done townrd pr__ootlng ponce In Um rapub Hc," sald Bflflor Caslnllo. "I anti. I pate that witbin a bu daya peace arlll agala roign la Nlenn__r___M pr-sideiit Taft to-day leleuraphe.l to the Navy Department from Dalton, Ma^,, c oiiiplino-ntlng the marines and Bfltilora upon their Bfdendld behavlor ln Nicaragua and expnssing liis .iviii pathy for the bereaved famlllaa and coinia'i.s of tlie men who l"st their li\efl. NOW TO BE NON-PARTISAN Civic Education League No Longer Anti-Suffrage. Tbe LaagUO fOf tbe Civlc Ivlucatlon of Women, arbleb Mrs. Qilbert Jonea found.-.i ulid of irblab she la tbe head, lsn't goiriK to bo anti-suffrage any more. lt _a_ gtVen over all Ita antl-suffrago activitl-s t> tba Twi ntletb Century Club, and wl11. to QUOtO ita announcenient, Just Issued, devote Its full energks "to thfl <l.vei,.p rinnt of a strictly non-partlsau. nnn-po uticai orgaalaaUon, arboaa purpoaa win be to eoUeet, study and dlBBemlnflU among women tbe facta of our dally cMc life." lu order to do thla efl'eetlvely the league has BOeured for Its executlve BBCTfltary .\iiss a. Deaaei-L w-bo haa beea *e1tb lha Bureau of Ifunldpel Raaaarcb two yeaTa and knows all about how a elty BhOUld bfl run. Tbe laague'fl beadQuartera arlll bfl at No. 4 West 47th street, and anybodv who wants informatlon on graft or mlll: BtatiOHfl or what Is Um matter wlth tbe police force or BB] thing like tbat can Ju.-t drop In and ask. IfeeUflga wtll be beld bere .-very Thurs? day afternoon, and there win ba exhlbiu from tlme to tlme. and from October -1 t<> ",] there will be n budgol cxblblt. Just llke the Htv's. onlv smaller. Af the renuest of one of tbe ni' mbers a eonferanea ba augenlefl bas been arranged. And from tlme to time the BflU flfllfflBllala - beg pardon. the non-partlsan leaguera will ludulge ln personally conducted tours to Infant mllk station*, tbfl aldernianic cbamber and other plaees of edticatlonal Interest The above ia only a sniall part of the league's wlnter progrnmme. and It will readlly be seen that there ls r.o room for the study of anti-suffrage. BROTHERS DROWN IN CANAL. Rooheater, Oct. 6? Hy tbe overturntng of a small launch tn the barge canal four mllea west of thls cltv thls afternoon. two brothers. Charles .1. and John Manz ler, were drowned. They were of a party of six In the launch. one of them fell Into the water. and ln the effort to rescue him tha baal waa eapalzed. F-flflB Of the men reached the bank ln safety. The bodlen of tho brothers were reeovered. Hoth llved ln thla city. For High Balls take Abollinam j "THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS." a It blends perfectly with all Whiskies It makes them more wholesome Or Rather, Some Squash; In Faet, 87 Pounds of It. TEDDY'S rjAS A STREAK Three Big Vegetables To Be Feature of Washington Market Centennial. Ta f t .BJ OO 'too-ovclt ._2W) Wllaon . IM These are tho latest market quotatlons on the Presldentlal candldat?s, as em bodled ln three btijje, round squashes whlch will be the chief attractlon to be seen al Washington Market's centennial clebratlon this week. As surely as the. noonday campaign orators ln Park Row llll tha hur.gry multitudes with promlses of prosperity and full market baskets, so do these three fat aquashes promise pioH and plenty for all. There are many more plos to be ex? pected from Taft. That ls plain to even tha most preludlced Democrat, for Taft irelgha olphty-seven pounds, Wilson I thlrty-tlve pounds and Roosevelt slxty | pounds. The quality varles slightly, too. Taft squash is worth almost slx cents a pound, Wilson more than four cents, whlle. ' Toddy" squash brlngs only three cents :i pound, a QUOtatlOB which ls accounted for by tbe big yellow stroak ln It. While thaaa PraaMen_al squashes are drawlag buge ere*a*?a to tbe madaal raapa table stand. no better known than t*ea * 11 rt before fame was tbus polltlcally throat upon it, there ls a rival attrac? tlon in 4 far corner of the market ln the form of a larj'e red sandstone tablet draped aitb tiags. Thia ls DO less than the origlnal corner st"ne plaoad in tba old Washington Mir a.t hi yeara ago. it aaa lent tbe -aar* bei b* the New Vork Historical Bodety for tbe centennial celebratlon. wblcb be* glna next week Taeeday. The tabatrl roads as follows: "gABHOMTOM MAJtK-T. _rectad b| the Oarporatlaa of the nty ut New Vork on the Sth day of October, A U. 1S!'_ padat tht *tu[i,-rlnten(lan< ? ot Petet UtaU .. "1 John t'Hii. M Tltti-. M.rk.t . 1,. Men, Committee. \'n; istui M lAwrenea, John axatae, '), Iti. haM T'lrmnr. | Inspectora. Tiie wboie marketplaee. from cblckens down to baa* l.ooks. bas been reoelvlng such a scrubling und paltiting and prlmp* Ing aa lt has probably nev.-r had bedeea la all Its one hundred years. It had a laiapla treatment last spring, in honor of the Houaewiree^ Leagaa so tt in in a 88844484 pr. pared for tho pres.-nt drastic troiitmenf. Handstands ar4 being holste.l up over tha |44 lioxes, .tuffed eaglea atid owls ptrodnoad from cold storage. and aro md every other corner one bumps into ? boy runnlng witu a oundi? of fiags. ta be tu. ke.l up over rome fancy cheese*. OT . xtta sidnv applaa Mayor Qaynor bas praaataed to be pres ,tit on tl.paalni day, along wlth otber eit.v otllclals. r nrada** win be hca?aalMaf day-not Hoifaewlrear Leagaa day, piease gataoa, Thls 44444144 Is for all the housewivvs Of tbe clty and surruundlng towns, not for tbe more tlftv thous.ind or so wbo b.long to the lo4gue. It ls not that the marbetinen lore the league less, but tbat tbey lovu moia amanen more. The ieag;e is not |ealon:| not .'.t all. It ls most i azloua f" i oop.rnto. to the end that tbe market may bo bootned and the clty -<o tba oecaaalt** of other aenrfcata up? town As Mrs. Charlea H. <*rr:ffln sa'd yeste day?aad Mrs (Irltlln ls chalrman of tho HO?eewtreaf l.engne committee for tho e.-lelpr.itlon ?"Washington Market ls all ri^lit, but lt |8 ehaurd to expect a woman who llv"? uptown tO spend a whole morn? lng marketing down here. The women demand __-_ota aearer their homes." Mrs. Qrlflhl wlll bo ln charge of a booth during the e.-l.-bratlon. at which Hooaewtrea1 league buttons and ntora turo wlll be iiispensed to all eoiners. Mrs. Jullan Heath wlll be enc of tbe speakers 04 hotisewlv.'s' day. fhe booth wlll be womaned by Mrs Orl?In'a comndttee, amoni whom nr" Mrs. Egbeii Carraarajr. Mrs. a. B. Hader, Mrs. T. S. Frost. Mra. If. H. Kell, Mrs. w s Parrlah, Mrs. B. r. O'Connor, Mr*. John I-'ulton BBd Mrs l. Skidmore. LINE TO TORREOM CUT Mexican City Again Threatened with Isolation. Mexleo Clty, Oat _?Oac4 aaare To*r**4a, the clty s,. lon-,' lsolated by tbe Mad.-ro rovolutlon and ln the early part of the preeenl rising, ls ln hnndnent dan?or of 4gala boing eai ofl from tbe worid at large. _e**eral brldgaa aa the maln Une of tbe Mexi'ali Central were destroyed south of tba city last nlght and on Frl? day otber btidgea were daatroyed to the nortb. Further north. between Ortlz and Bachimba. tba bridgaa have been cut. ii.ii.ral llueita. in command of the ftderal troops, is at Jlmenea The line bataoaa Torreaa and Durango was cut sunie days ago. The lnternational Rail? road to Monterey and the line to S.ilttllo aro still belng operated. but lf the rebels are to the north and south of Torreon theae appaai ta be at thoir mercy. Advlces from Sonora say that flve hun? dred rebels aro menaelng Colon la and .Tuarez. They have ralded varlous vil ltges and are charged with mlstreating women. Advioes from _?6?40044 say that the Ameriran mlnlng camps at AgVtHUa, Achltan and Cocoytita conalder thernselves li danger from rebels in the vielnlty. The American Ambassador bas made urgent representations on thls score to the Min? ister of Foreign Relations. Oa 444444- *- the growlnx seriousness af tlre *dt*lf****** ln the State of Mexleo Oeneral Angelsa has been ordered there ___ Cuaroavaca wltb the 11th lnfantry. HURT GIBSON'S U_ District Attorney's Office Prom ises Startling Developments from Alleged Tool of Lawyer. WAS "MOTHER," SHE SAYS Counsel for Accused Man De clares He Can Tear Her Story to Shreds and Thinks Her Little Short of Crazy. Deacon Murphy, Asaistant Diatrict At? torney, talked for three hours yeHter-lay, wlth the womau known aa Mra. Roae Guerra, who waa arrested aeveral days, ago by Oonstable James B. Callahan, of kuzerne County. Penn., at Wllkes-Barre, on the fluppositlon tbat ahe was th* woman who poaed as Mrs. Petronel'a Menschik, mother of Mra. Kosa Szabo, for whoao murder Burton W. Oibaon, the New Vork lawyer, is held. Whlle he would not dlseuss the detalla of hla oonference, last night, he lntimated that startling developments mlght be expected. through the testimony of the new wltneea wlthln a few days. Mrs. Guerra. as she waa known In the oas.- of Hugh Trainor, a rich awnlng mariufaeturer, who aued Glbson a number of years a>*o for the return of |-t,(>0 which he alleged tbe lawyer obtalned from him bv fraud. told a long story of lu r rela? tlons with tbe ao need man bodara ahe left Wllkes-Barre wlth Mr. Murphy. ghe added aeveral materlal detalla to this story yesterday, the Assi-tant Dlstriet Attorney said, but he eonvey.d th" ini pression that there was htill nio-e Bbfl could tell that would mak" extr* ni'-ly in terestlng reading. It la thou..l.t that bar entlre story will be brought out oa tba witness stand. Waitfl for Verification. Mr. Murphy*. raaeoa'foi bldlag th.- fur? ither d.tails which he learned yeati fv..is tbal u arould be neceaaavp to rerlfy j them before they could ba BOOd Ifl I 1 legai peaeaadlnc. "The womaa. Btory, I whlle aatmordlnarj aad astraeaely mt. r icsting, ls one tbal BflUBl I.mi! ? [cheebed ap before furtbar actioa oaa be taken along lines Indleated by tba atau? ment." he said. "lf her _tor> PfOVd true in it-i andraty she w.Il be a vei> raluabtfl witn-ss." The As>istant Distri. t Attorney dflfldod that the woman was ander arrcst. but said that she was Ii.-iiik carefully caied lor. He nf?aad to make known h.-r h.d irg place. saylng be bad laft tbe traln with her at aa ObOOUrB atation ln New .lersey on Saturday afternoon and brought lar into thls Btate. He decllned to sav whether she was actually In the city or not, but remarked that be bad no Inten tion of takhflg her to Middletown, <!oshen or Newburg. An Important step In establisiilng h?*r ehaln of Bvtdenee wfll bo in uer ldentm ctitlon as the woman who pos.d as th** mother of the dead MrB. Szabo, and in the character of the mother algned papers tUrnlttg over to Glbson the administra? tion of the eatate. Donald I.yon, of No. H Nostrand avenue. Brooklyn, waa the notary before whom she appeared in the i gulse of Mrs. Menschik, according to her | story, and she will doubtWs be brought before hlm in the course of a few days to determlne whether he Is able to lden tlfy her as UM BBBM woman. Mr. Mur? phy refuses to say flrbflU or where thfl laaatlni would take place. The man who ought to be able to identlfy her as the Rose Guerra of the Trainor eaaa ls Joseph Young. of No. || Wllllam street. ber attorney at the time. Ac<*ordlng to Gibson's vcr-don of that cplonrta Trainor brought the woman to hla offlce and slgned over to her notea BgliegnUnf in value $_4.00i). Mrs. Guerra admltted. according to the story ebe told ln Wllkes-Harre. that she knew Trainor, but the awnlng flaakae daa_ad yeoterday that he had ever been acqualnted with the woman Gib?on Attorney Ridicu!?? Story. Robert H. Klder, attorney for OftttOn, ranaarfcod reaterday thal be iriehod Mr. Murphy would put Mrs. Guerra on tbe stand.- He was convinced that bfl woul>l be able to tear ber testimony to shreds, he said. He declared be bad already 'ti veflttgatod ber Btory, add betlaved *>he was little more than a crazv woman The HBBtfltanl Distrlct Attorney, BU UM otber hand, was rst Bfl CUt-ldenl thal Mrs. Querra was mentally aound, be far, he sakl. she bad slgned no arlldavk of her statement, but he aspected BO difflcuity in obtalnlng ber rdgaature aad oath when the tlme OBBBB. 9e said be expected to me,-t Aaalatanl Distrlct At? torney Rogers, of NeW Jersey, in a dav or two, and to make plans foi lla* ven'1 catton of the woman's AftdBUCfl. Hat Btory was BOrraOt, be sald. in the fe>, polnts of whlch be alieady h.ld (jOllubfl ration. Isidor Wasservog.l. Asslstant Diatrtd Attorney. was with Mr. Murphy yester? day when he Interrogat'd tbfl woman. lt is understood that tbelr inuiiiry wa* mainly into, h.-r bnOWtedga of tbe crime. with which QfbOOU ls now charged. ln caae UM lawyer escapcs this charge, how I ever, lt Is posslble that her testimony 1 may be used in an attempt to ftjfltan upon j hlm one of tbe other crlmes with whlch 'his name ls associated. Aicording to Igood authority. Mrs. Guerra will not be j taken before the grnnd Jury at Middle? town. Her importance {o the prosecutlbn ls auch that they are not runnlng any chancea of the defence learnlng the full I nature of her teatlmony untll it ia ready for ii-.-. WANT A BETTER ROOM? Conault The Tribune- Room and Board Regiater. No. 320 Tribuns Build? ing,?Advt.