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PRICE TWO CENTS. WEDNESDAY EVENING.' SEPTEMBER 9. 1903.
C.E.FLANDRAU
DIES IN ST, PAUL
Pioneer of Minnesota and a Member
of First Supreme Court
Passes Away. .
He Had Been 111 for About Two
.Years With Kidney
Trouble. ' -
Wis a President of First Minneap
olis Board of Trade and
i ' , City Attorney.
fudge Charles E. Flandrau died at his
residence, 385 Pleasant avenue, St. Paul,
at 8 o'clock this morning. For two years
he had been suffering from a kidney ail
ment, which slowly undermined his vig
orous constitution, and in the past week
his illness took so serious a turn that his
end was known to be a matter of a few
days. All the members of his family were
at his bedside when the end came.
The state thus loses a prominent cltl
sen and a pioneer settler who was closely
connected with many of the stirring in
cidents in the territorial and early state
hood history of Minnesota.
Born in 1828.
Judge Flandrau was born July 15, 1828,
in New York city. His father, Charles H.
Flandrau, was for many years a law
partner of Aaron Burr. The judge's
mother was the daughter of General Alex
ander Macomb.
After attending school in Georgetows
and "Washington young Charles E. Flan
drau ran away to sea at the age of 13
and passed three years before the mast.
When 19 he began the study of law in
his father's office at Whltesboro, N. Y.
He was admitted to practice In 1851. Com
ing to St. Paul in 1853 with Horace E.
Bigelow, he hung his banner to the breeze
i*#JUDQE CHARLES E.\FLAND1HAl?.J
- n Third street as the junior half of Bige
low & Flandrau. The following year, con
vinced that Rock Bend, now St. Peter,
was going to outgrow St. Paul, Mr. Flan
drau occupied the first house in the new
settlement. A few months later he was
made deputy clerk of the district court
Jsrd
n was then elected district attorney
Nicollet county. He was sent to the
territorial council In 1855. but resigned
after one year's service. His next office
was that of United States agent for the
Sioux of the Mississippi. In 1857 he served
as democratic member of the state con
stitutional convention.
Member of Supreme Court.
While a member of the convention he
was appointed associate Justice of the
state supreme court. He held this post
until 1864. While on the supreme bench
he Instituted many reforms in the organi
zation of the judiciary and the system of
practice, and acquired a deserved reputa
tion for sagacity and high principle.
It was during the Sioux outbreak of
1862 that Judge Flandrau added military
lustre to his civic reputation. As com
mander of the volunteers defending the
town, of Now Ulm, Judge Flandrau con
ducted a fierce fight that lasted forty
hours, saved the town, and rescued many
women and children from massacre.
City Attorney of Minneapolis
After a brief absence in Carson City,
Nev., Judge Flandrau returned to Minne
sota and formed a law partnership with
Judge Isaac Atwater of this city. In 1867
Judge Flandrau was elected city attor
ney of Minneapolis. He was also chosen
president of the first board of trade or
ganized here, and represented that board
at the important commercial convention
held in St. Louis, in 1868, to advance the
interests of navigation on the upper Mis
sissippi.
Two years afterwards, Judge Flandrau,
going again to St. Paul entered the Arm
of Bigelow, Flandrau & Clark, and be
came subsequently the head of the reor
ganized firm of Flandrau, Squires &
Cutcheon. Of late years Judge Flandrau
has practiced alone. He did not finally
retire frdiri his profession until six months
ago.
Ran for Governor In 1867.
J%dge Flandrau was always an influen
tial democrat. He ran as an unsuccessful
Candidate for governor in 1867 and, In
1869, he was named chairman of the state
central committee and delegate to the na
tional convention. He advocated his
party's principles for a short time as
editor-in-chief of the St. Paul Globe. He
was a chairman of the commission that
framed the present city charter of St.
Paul.
The first wife of Judge Flandrau was
Miss Isabella R. Dlnsmore, whom he mar
ried in 1859. They had two daughters,
Mrs. T. R. Sslmes and Mrs. F. W. M.
Cutcheon. The second wife was Mrs.
Rebecca B. Biddle, wedded in 1871. Her
son is now prominent in the diplomatic
service. The children of this second mar
riage were Charles M. Flandrau and Wil
liam Blair McC. Flandrau, both of St.
Paul.
Judge Atwater'* Tribute.
"I am greatly surprised, for I had no
idea that Judge Flandrau's condition was
so serious,' 'said Judge Isaac Atwater,
when Informed this afternoon of Judge
Flandrau's death.
"It was onl ythree months ago that he
was In here to see me and while he was
accompanied by an attendant for safety's
sake, he was feeling perfectlyl well and
I did not look to see his death some so
soon."
"He was one of the finest men I was
ever acquainted with," said Judge Flan
drau's one-time colleague on the state
supreme court. "I first knew him in 1853,
and he was one of the best and ablest
lawyers we had in that early day. He
was in every respect a most true and
worthy man and his word could always
be relied upon to the last extremity.
"After we left the bench we practiced
together at Carson City, Nev., and later
here In Minneapolis, and he was one of
the most popular and successful lawyers
before and after leaving the bench that
,, the state ever knew. He was always as
Continued on Second Pace.
HARD AFTER A
DEPARTMENT
Mining Congress Men Would Like a
Place in the President's -
Cabinet.
Secretary Shaw Believes a Bureau
in Department of Comnteroe
Will Do.
Sessions Transferred To-day From
Deadwood to Lead and Reso
lutions Presented.
Lead, S. D., Sept. 9.The American
Mining congress transferred Its sessions
to-day to Lead, about four miles from
Deadwood. The sessions were held in the
miners' union hall.
It was decided this morning to read the
resolutions which are to be submitted by
the congress for action. Among them
was one, submitted by Edward F. Brown
of Denver, to petition congress to pass a
law forming a department of mines and
mining which should have the same stand
ing as the department of commerce and
labor, to be administered by a head reg
ularly appointed by the president and who
should take his official place with other
members of the president's cabinet.
Deadwood, S. D., Sept. 9.The Ameri
can Mining congress yesterday began the
actual work of its sixth annual session,
Interest centering in the talk by Leslie M.
Shaw, secretary of the treasury.
Alluding to that portion of President
Richards' annual address, in which he
urged the creation of a department of
mines and mining, Secretary Shaw said
he was heartily in favor of the govern
ment's doing everything it can, short of
paternalism, In support of the mining in
dustry.
He would not, however, have this con
gress adjourn with the Idea that he ad
vocated the formation of a special depart
ment for mining, with representation in
the cabinet. Its needs could fully and
properly be attended to thru a bureau
which should form part of the department
of commerce and labor. Other Important
industries had been taken care of in the
same manner. He said:
Importance of Mining.
It is an error to rate the importance of oar
many industries according to their relative pro
ductiveness. Our factories and workshops pro
duce $18,000,000,000 gross in 1900 agriculture,
14.000,000,000 forestry, |2,000,000,000, and
mines, $1,000,000,000, about equally divided be
tween metallic and non-metallic products. Yet
it must occur to all that manufactureapparently
our greatest 'wealth-producing Industryis de
pendent upon iron, copper, lead, cine and other
metals, and equally upon coal and other non
metallic minerals. Our manufacturing Interests
would dwindle into insignificance but for our
mines.
Manufacture is equally dependent upon agri
culture for cotton, flax, wool and other prod
ucts of the field and herd. Our -commercial. In
dustrial and financial supremacy is, therefore,
not dependent upon any one fact, or interest,
or condition, but upon all combined.
.We produce practically 80,000.000 tons of iron
-grW-HMf.unsetr-as any other" two enintris an4 jiteZ
thfrd of the world's output.
We produce 40 per ien of the world's output
of iron and steel. During the first half of
1903 we produced nearly 10,000,000 tons of pig
Iron.
We produce more coal, than Great Britain
more than twice as much as Germany, and near
ly double that of all countries except Great
Brltnln and Germany.
We grow three-fourths of the world's cotton
fiber, and our ability to produce this staple is
far above the present product.
A people's prosperity Is not measured by its
capacity to produce more than by its capacity
to consume, and this capacity to consume is in
turn dependent upon the earning capacity of the
individual, and the earning capacity of the in
dividual is again dependent upon native and ac
quired ability. So If America be great it la
because God in his wisdom stored the mountains
with the richest minerals, overlaid the vallays
with a most fertile soil, and then gave It to
people competent, in some slight degree, at
least, to Improve their opportunities.
President's Annual Address.
President J. P. Richards, in his annual
address, said the ultimate aim of the
organization must be to place the mining
industry as a whole upon a line commen
surate with its importance. The con
gress must arouse so much Interest thru
out the whole country, must be the means
of giving the public so much valuable in
formation about mining, that the people
will at least realize the Importance and
dignity of everything connected with the
proper development and utilization of this
great source of raw material. Ha said:
It is common knowledge what the department
of agriculture hns done for the farmer. We
say that the mining prospector' has Just as good'
R right to scientific Information from the gov
ernment concerning mineral formations, the
character of various ores and their proper treat
ment, for he, too, Is a producer of the raw ma
terial, and this co-operation on the part of the
government may give him Just the industrial
chance that he needs.
Obligation Upon the Government.
It is stated upon scientific authority that, even
with all the improved procetses lately invented
and successfully applied, not more than one
fourth of the valuable gold-bearing material In
this country can as yet be utilised. Many ex
tensive districts are still undeveloped, because
the ore is too low grade or too refractory to be
worked with profit.
These problems will, of course, be solved, the
necessary processes and treatment will be discov
ered and in all probability this will be done by
scientific experts in the employ of private capital
ists, who will thereby be enabled to tax
such mining districts at will for years to come.
I do not decry the enterprise of private capi
tal it is worthy of Its reward but I simply
ask, why should not these researches and investi
gations in the field of mining, as well as in
agriculture and horticulture, be pursued at the
public expense, by the people and for the people,
and the results achieved be made free to the peo
ple forever.
Other addresses at the afternoon session
were by Edward F. Brown of Denver
on "incorrectness of Government Mining
Statistics," and by Nelson H. Dartoh,
Washington, D. C , on "Work of the
Geological Survey in the Black Hills."
At last night's sessipn the following
papers were read: Dr. J. E. Todd, state
geologist of South Dakota, on "Geology
of South Dakota " Dr. James D. Irving,
Washington, D. C , on "Ore Deposits of
the Northern Black Hills," and James
W. Abbott, Denver, on "Good Roads for
Mines."
Secretary Rides on a Pilot.
Shooting thru Spearflsh canyon on the
pilot of a Burlington engine for a distance
of twenty-five miles at the rate of forty
miles an hour, up and down steep grades
and around many sharp curveB, thru all
kinds of weather, encountering repeated
flurries of snow, showers of rain and
bright sunshine, a walk of seven miles
up a steep, rough and muddy mountain
road and an inspection of the tin deposits
were some of the features of Secretary
Shaw's sightseeing on his last day in the
Black Hills district.
Secretary Shaw said that before com
ing here he had Intended to ask the dele
gates to go on a hunt for tin, adding that
he had not dreamed that there was a
deposit of that mineral so close at hand.
He hoped that In some place In our coun
try we should be fortunate enough to dis
cover this most necessary metal In com
mercial quantities. It was, he said, the,
only necessary mineral we lacked. The
secretary left Deadwood last evening onl chased and it Is expected the line will be
his return east. .-, 1 in operation within sixty day*.
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A SENSATION
IS PROMISED
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Man of National Reputation to Be
Indicted in Connection With
Postal Scandal,
Geo. W. Beavers and August W.
Machen Were Among Those In
dicted Yesterday.
Washington, Sept. 9.One of the per
sons indicted yesterday by the federal
grand jury in connection with the postal
investigation, is George W. Beavers, for
merly chief of the division of salary-and
allowances. It is understood that the
charge is conspiracy.
Another of the Indictments is against
August W. Machen on a new set of facts,
involving him with Beavers. The charge
Is conspiracy.
While the officials refuse to disclose the
names of the four remaining persons who
were Indicted yesterday, It is said that
none of them is or has been connected
with the postofflce department, and that
one Is a man of some prominence.
It was stated at the city hall to-day
that the climax of the Investigation is
Admiral Cotton Is Said to Be Prepared ''To Land"It Is to BeHoped It Will Be in the Right Place.
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to come shortly when a person not con
nected with the department, but equally
as well known as the postmaster general
himself, undoubtedly will be indicted for
complicity in the postofflce frauds.
The 'grand jury began hearing the evi
dence In this particular case to-day, and
it is stated that when a report is made
it will in all probability conclude the in
vestigation in "Washington.
Cases Will Be Pushed.
New Tork, Sept. 9.Seventeen addi
tional Indictments against persons said
to be Implicated in the postoffice frauds
have been turned over to Charles J. Bon
aparte of Baltimore, who has been re
tained by the government to aid in the
prosecution of nearly two scores of its
employes.
Mr. Bonaparte has Just returned from
his vacation at St. Andrews, N. B. He
has received the formal drafts of indict
ments against George W. Beavers, Au
gust W. Machen, Congressman Edmund
H. Driggs, Maurice Runkle, George E.
Lorenz, George F. Miller, and Thomas
W. McGregror. He declares the cases in
which indictments are returned by the
grand Jury, will be .pushed as rapidly as
the evidence at hand will permit.
HE MURDERED MRS. KENT
Death in the Prison at Bismarck of
Thomas Swidensky, a
Lifer.
Other Addresses.
Special to The Journal.
Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 9.Thomas Swi
densky, a life prisoner at the state prison,
sent up in 1896 for the murder of Mrs.
Myron R. Kent at Mandan, died this morn
ing after a year's illness of inflammatory
rheumatism.
Swidensky confessed to having commit
ted one of the most sensational murders
in the history of the state, and charged
Kent with having Instigated the crime
and paid him to do the deed. Kent, whose
real name was Pancoast, was twice tried
for the murder and both times convicted
and sentenced to death. His sentence was
commuted to imprisonment for life on\the
eve of his execution by Governor Allin.
The murdered woman was formerly
Julia Laird of Minneapolis, and Frank M.
Nye, the attorney, and Detective Hoy
were both active in the prosecution of
Kent.
So far as known, Swidensky made no
statement before his death, altho the
prison officials have expected that he
might throw some further light on his
connection with the crime. He is the
first life prisoner to die in the peniten
tiary. The coroner's inquest was held
this afternoon, In accordance with the
law. ':".y:'i
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GRINDING m
V
Elevators With Capacity of 37,000,-
000 Bushels. Hold Only
780,000 of Grain.
All the grain markets of the country
looked Inquiringly at Minneapolis this
morning and asked for an explanation of
some local statistics, for there was a run
of 1,267 cars of wheat into this market
yesterday, and Jn the face of this, local
elevator wheat stocks decreased by 100,-
000 bushels. With so much wheat in,
it was not expeeted elevator stocks would
decrease again. But it would appear that
not only were the 1,267* cars sold to con-
^ ' WHERE HE WILL "LAND'
sumers, but the demand for local con
sumption called for 100,00 bushels be
sides. There are only 780,000 bushels of
wheat in Minneapolis to-day. The time
of year is here when ordinarily the ele
vator stocks should be Increasing every
day. But they are not increasing.
In public and private elevators, great
and small, Minneapolis boasts forty-five
houses, with storage capacity for 36,995,-
000 bushels of grain. The men who oper
ate these houses would like to put some
wheat Into their bins and carry it on
stbrage, for that is their business. In
past years thes elevators have cared for
the surplus wheat and have at times car
ried as much as 25,000,000 bushels. But
this has not been the case for several
years. This seasori the elevators are bare
of wheat, and It looks as tho they will
get nothing for a time yet, as the con
sumptive requirements are too great. Mill
ers are taking all the good wheat that
comes, and are buying it in the country
to arrive in twenty days, and until this
demand has abated, the Minneapolis ele
vator man Is out of It.
Better Weather Predicted.
Predictions are for better weather
which will mean larger receipts again.
Flour Business Good.
The flour-mills are doing a good busi
ness now and are selling fair qualities
of flour every day to Europe. This de
mand is expected to increase from now
on. All the grain trade, the millers, and
the elevator men would like to see a
heavier movement of wheat into Minne
apolis.
A WILD TIME
AT SLEEPY EYE
Hft: MEAT
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Nearly 1,300 Cars Came In Yester
day, but Didn't Go, Into
Elevators. *
The Millers Took It All and 100,000
Bushels Extra to Make
Flour.^
Jealous Barber Shoots Up the Place
Wounds a Woman and Defies
' the Marshal.
Town Was Terrorized Until an Un
known Tramp Thresher Shot
the Crazy Man. .
Country Mills Buy.
Various reasons are given for the mod
erate movement aside from the bad
weather. Country mills are buying more
grain to grind and the farmers In some
localities are holding back wheat ready
for the market.
December Wheat Up.
A year ago to-day December wheat was
64%c and to-day it closed at 80%c, while
May a year ago was 64%c and to-day is
83%c, cash prices being about the same
relatively. Grain men had expected that
a price range 16c to 20c over last year
would draw in the new wheat with a.rush,
but this effect has not been noted as yet.
CUT ALL TO PIECES , * -
Young Man Who May Have Been a Sol
dler Run Over by Several -
Special to The Journal. '^^:-?-^',:::
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Sauk Center, Minn., Sept. 9.The body
of an unknown man was found on the
track three miles west of Sauk Center
this morning. He had been run over by
trains and his body dragged for several
yards and was cut to pieces. A badge
found on his clothing indicated that he
had- belonged to the Fourteenth Minne
sota regiment .iHrappeared to have been
a well dressed-young man. -The remains
were' taken to Melrose and the coroner is
making investigation,
Frank Wedert, 12 years old, was acci
dentally shot and killed while In a boat
on a body of water nine miles from Sauk
Center*
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^-Trolley to the Capitol.^?ns^
The city council last night granted a
franchise to the state of North Dakota to
operate a trolley line from the city to the
state capitol.' Materials have been pur-
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Sleepr Eye. Minn., Sept. 9.Charles
Kimball and Mrs. M. J. Toomey were the
central figures In a tragedy enacted here
late yesterday afternoon. Kimball is a
member of the barber Arm of Hammond
& Kimball. Mrs. Toomey is an attractive
divorced woman about 30 years ,of age,,
and Is the daughter of a well-to-do farmer.
Kimball, for two years, has been boarding
at the home of Mrs. Toomey, and was, it
is said, very much infatuated with her.
Instead of going to his shop as usual yes
terday morning, he remained at the house
of Mrs. Toomey. and it was at this time
it is reported the trouble began. Kimball
accused her of paying her attentions to
another man.
The quarreling continued until noon,
when some of the boarders came home to
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dinner. Mrs. Toomey, it is said, nodded
her head at one of the men, motioning to
ward Kimball, and winked, meaning to
Infer that Kimball was very angry and
ugly. The boarder recognized her mean
ing and winked in return, at the same time
nodding his head, meaning he understood.
Kimball saw this performance and evi
dently thought a flirtation was going on,
for he jumped out of the chair and began
ordering all of the boarders out of the
house, threatening to shoot any one who
dared to remain. A second invitation
seemed unnecessary, and immediately
boarders were streaming from every
available door.
Shot Her Twice.
The quarreling, it is said, continued un
til about 5 o'clock', when Mrs. Toomey
started for the house of a neighbor across
the street, Kimball following her with a
revolver in hand and ordering her to re
turn. She paid no attention to his com
mand and entered the house of her neigh
her, secreting herself in' a bedroom.
Kimball followed, and rushing Into the
bedroom began firing his revolver at Mrs.
Tfcmey two bullets taking effect, one In
the shoulder and one In the arm. He then
took her In his left arm and with the re
volver In his right hand, started to cross
the street to her home.
By this time a crowd had gathered, at
tracted by the shooting and excitement.
City Marshal Franz ordered Kimball to
drop his weapon and throw up his hands,
and Kimball replied with two shots at the
marshal neither of which reached their in
tended victim, but came very near hitting
some women in the crowd. . **
Crowd Intimidated.
The marshal started for one ot the hard
ware stores three bloeks distant to get a
rifle. In the meantime Kimball had be
come perfectly crazed, and had given
orders In a loud voice to the crowds in
every direction that he would shoot the
first person who made a move toward him.
During this excitement Mrs. Toomey suc
ceeded in getting away from him and
rushed into her house, locking the doors.
Kimball then very deliberately took a
drink from a bottle he had In his pocket
and began, making a speech to the crowd,
ordering them again to stand back, and to
advance at the risk of their lives. Sev
eral times some person ordered him to lay
down his weapon, but each time he replied
.with a bullet from his revolver.
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Tramp Saves the Day.
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No one seemed anxious to expose his
body and take chances with Kimball, un
til an inoffensive-looking stranger, who
proved to be a tramp thresher, stepped up
and took the marshal's rifle. He walked
straight toward Kimball, who was .to-
ward the opposite side of the street, and
Commanded him to surrender. Kimball
shot again, the bullet passing thru the rim
of the stranger's hat.
Quicker than a flash the stranger raised
His rifle and firedKimball dropping in
stantly to the ground, throwing., his re
volver some ten or. twelve feet away as he
tell. The bullet had taken effect in the
top of his head.
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16 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK
VALI O F BEIRUT
IS SUPERSEDED
The Porte Relieves Him of All Duties and Sends
the Vali of Syria to Carry On
His Work. -'*
Christians Flee From Beirut Into Lebanon ami It Is Feared that a
Massacre Will Occur Thero as the Drust* Are Under ArmsNews
From ^Interior Turkish Points Evidently Is Being Suppressed*
London, Sept. 9.Official and press re
ports from the near east to-day empha
size the seriousness of the situation there
and confirm the belief of the authorities
here that owing to the general irritation
thru European and Asiatic Turkey
towards the Christians, as a result of the
Macedonian revolt, the sultan may be
swept by the uhaccontrollable sentiments
of his Ottoman subjects into a war with
Bulgaria, despite the unwillingness of the
Porte to precipitate such a conflict. Turkish
officials express gratification at the Rus
sian-Austrian proposal for coercive diplo
matic action on the part of the powers at
Sofia. They are confident It will be acceded
to by France.lbut whether it is adopted or
not the sultan's hand has already been
greatly strengthened as he is in a better
position to act than hitherto.
There is no question in official circles
here that the Porte will take energetic
measures to suppress any trouble at
Beirut. The announcement is made of
the arrival at Beirut of Nazim Pasha, the
vali of Syria, whi is expected by the
Turkish officials to restore order prompt
ly. That the task is difficult is shown by
the fact that there have been further
riots at Beirut. - *
France May Send Ships.
France may order warships to that point
to protect her interests, but Germany has
asserted that she will not do so. Great
Britain, whose missionery interests In
Slria are practically nil, has not as yet sent
any vessels to Beirut, relying upon the
American warships to protect the con
sulates.
A high diplomatic authority repeated
to-day that Russia has not dispatched, at
present at least, any vessels of her Black
sea fleet to Turkish waters. He asserted,
however, that when Russia submits to the
Porte her proposals for the pasification of
Macedonia she may dispatch her Black
sea fleet to Turkish waters and it may
make a much longer stay there did the
Russian squadron at Iniada bay.. He
addeil that Turkey could not be expected
'to inaugurate reforms until order was re
stored.
The St. James Gazette this afternoon
say a an ararngement has bee arrived at
between Great Britain and Austria, which
will come into operation under, certain
eventualities.
The Turkish embassy issued another
statement to-day declaring that the re
ports of massacres emanate from the. Bui
- garlan side and are purposely exaggerated' ^g^tiato&ip^ are
in the hope of securing European, inter
ventiou*''tt reiterates disbelleT'* in the ^Mic'ieoionia.
seriousness of the Beirut situation and
adds :
"The Turkish government therefore
hopes the American warships will depart
as speedily as possible, as their presence
only tends to incite the people. From
Constantinople the embassy is Informed
that there is no reason for the assembling
of the American ships at Beirut."
FEARS OF MASSACRE
Christians Flee to LebanonThe Druses
Are Under Arms.
Paris, Sept. 9.The following telegram
has been received from Cairo, Egypt:
"Disquieting rumors are current in re
gard to the situation in Syria. Bedouins
arriving here from the Arish desert say
the Druses are in arms, and fears are en
tertained of a massacre in Lebanon."
Official reports from Beirut show the
growing gravity of the situation there.
Another Christian was killed yesterday
Turkish soldiers are making common
cause with the Mussulmans in the at
tacks on Christians a number of houses
have been pillaged one French shop was
completely destroyed and the French resi
dents, becoming terrified at these depre
dations, have abandoned their homes and
sought refuge at the French college,
where between 400 and 500 refugees are
now gathered.
The American naval commander, it is
asserted in the dispatches received here,
proposed to land marines at Beirut, but
the foreign consuls believed the step in
advisable, as it might lead to an increase
of the excitement prevailing and precipi
tate a crisis.
The vali of Beirut has proved himself
to be weak and incompetent to deal with
the situation, and therefore Nazim Pasha,
the vali of Syria, was ordered to assume
the direction of, affairs in Beirut. Nazim
Pasha, who has already arrived at his
new post, is displaying great energy. The
consuls express the hope that he will be
able to stem the disorders.
The nearest French warship to Beirut
is in the Gulf of Volo, Greece, but unless
Nazim Pasha speedily restores order and
completely safeguards French citizens,
France will act decisively by dispatching
warships from Toulon.
ASK FOR WARSHIPS
Foreign Consuls at Beirut Decide to Re
quest Protection.
Constantinople, Sept. 9.Consular ac
counts, received here from Beirut, totally
differ from the Turkish government's ver
sion of the recent outbreak there. The
vali of Beirut was not on board the United
States flagship Brooklyn when the first
brawl occurred, but was in the country.
Contrary to the official version, consular
dispatches say the Mussulmans first at
tacked the Christians, and the troops
which intervened sided with the Mussul
mans. One of the pillaged houses be
longed to a French citizen. Tho there
has been no further disturbance at Bei
rut since Sunday, great uneasiness,
amounting almost to a panic, prevails
among the Christians, many of whom have
left Beirut and sought refuge in Lebanon.
Ask for Warships.
The foreign consuls at Beirut met on
Monday and decided to make serious rep
resentations to the local authorities, look
ing to the preservation of order. They
also decided to telegraph to their respec
tive ambassadors or ministers at Constan
tinople, demanding the recall of the In
competent vali of Beirut and requesting
that warships be sent for the protection
of the Europeans.
Nazim Pasha, vali of Syria, was or
dered from Damascus to Beirut, where he
arrived yesterday. The porte announces
that Nazim Pasha was sent to Beirut with
two battalions of troops to take tempor
ary charge of affairs there. The vali of
Beirut, it is also announced, has not been
deprived of his authority, but he will
"probably remain inactive at his post"
during the stay of Nazim Pasha at Beirut.
-Asked Cotton to Land Marines. ^'.,-
While recruiting was In progress, the
Beirut advices further state, an appeal
was made to Rear Admiral Cotton to land
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Medical assistance was then hurried.
Mrs. Toomey, who was nearly dead from
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marines, but he replied he could not In
tervene In a quarrel among Ottoman sub
jects.
It is considered probable that France will
send warships to Beirut, and her example
is likely to be followed by other powers.
Several of the diplomats here drew the
serious attention of the porte on Monday
to the situation at Beirut, demanding that
measures be taken to prevent a further
outbreak and insisting on the recall of the
vali who was in office when the outbreak
occurred.
No further consular dispatches have
recently been received from the vilayets
of European Turkey. It is believed here
that the rigorous repression exercised by
the Turks in the vilayet of Monastlr will
result in uniting all the Christians against
the authorities.
Troops at Adrlanople.
The porte intends to concentrate 50,000
to 70,000 troops at Adrlanople.
It is said that 2,000 insurgents have
been surrounded ot Klrk-Kilisseh, three
miles from Adrlanople, and official circles
here momentarily expect news of their
surrender or annihilation.
Notwithstanding the large number of
troops concentrated at Adrlanople the
regiment of Haminich cavalry to which
the sultan presented colors, will leave here
this evening for that place. It is alleged
that the dispatch of these troops can only
have one meaning, namely, massacres in
which the Kurds are destined to play the
same part as the Circassians did before
the Russo-Turkish war.
Sixty battalions of redifs on a war foot
ing are waiting at the different mobile
stations in Anitota, ready to start at a
moment's notice. Fierce Battle Raged.
The only news from the Interior to-day
is of a severe engagement with a strong
insurgent band which - occupied a position
near Lake Aniatovo, - in the vilayet of
Constantinople. The fight lasted until
nightfall.
The Bulgarians who were arrested here
on the eve of the anniversary of the sul
tan's accession have been released.
MASSACRED NUMBER 50,000.
Famine Adds to War's Terrors in Mace-
doniaThousands Dying.
Sofia, 'Bulgaria, Sept. 9.The. Macedo
nian intwlor ^ojrganizitfoji -estimates that
hiding in the mountains and forests of
The Turks are burning the forests in
the districts of Leren and Kostur and
killing fugitives who attempt to escape
to the plains. The Vlach village of Gop
esh, three hours distant from Monastir,
has been burned by the Turks, who are
reported to have thrown several of the
inhabitants into the Are. The bashl-ba
zouks have destroyed the village of Stoi
lovo, near Malketernovo. Thirteen thou
sand Turkish soldiers are assembled on
the frontier at Palanka, Kratoyo and
Gotschanl, and are plundering the sur
rounding villages. The people have not
complained, fearing that they may be
murdered. In the district Debritsl, vila
yet of Monastir, the soldiers are reported
to be naked and starving and to be rob
bing all around.
The general staff of the Insurgents has
issued a circular, ordering the bands not
to molest the peaceful Turkish Albanian
villages. The order concludes: "There
will always be plenty of time to take suoh
measures."
Famine Adds to Terrors.
Famine prevails in the dlstrlot of Kru
shevo, and the population is going into
the adjacent districts. All reports from
the vilayet of Monastir agree in describing
the situation as appalling. Between 30,000
and 50,000 Bulgarian inhabitants are be
lieved to have been massacred by the
Turks, and every Bulgarian village in the
vilayet has been destroyed. The refu
gees in the mountains and forests are
dying of starvation by thousands. At
present it is Impossible to obtain precise
figures.
The revolutionary headquarters estimate
that 80,000 Bulgarian men, women and
children have been killed*, while at least
the same number of refugees are slowly
perishing of hunger. In official circles
these figures are regarded as an under
estimate, and officials Incline to the be
lief that the number of the massacred
exceeds 50,000.
Porte Is Optimistic.
Rome, Sept. 9.A communication re
ceived from the Italian ambassador at
Constantinople says the Turkish minister
of foreign affairs has assured him that
the most energetic measures will be taken,
to punish those responsible for the recent
conflict at Beirut. The minister added
that there need be no fear that any such
incident would reoccur and asserted that '
the porte was confident that the insurN
rectlon in Macedonia would be "sup
pressed in one week."
- New York, Sept. 9.The Greeks of New
York city are organizing to give financial
aid to the opponents of the Turkish army
in Macedonia. A committee which has
the matter in charge is said to have al
ready raised more than $5,000. " "'\'3
MAMMOTH STILL LIVES
Scientist Declares He Saw Fresh
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New York Sun Special Service. ^
San Francisco, Sept. 9.Dr. J. P. Frls
zele, a government employe, who has been
in the arctic' regions a number of years,
said last night that while he did not wish
to make himself ridiculous to the scien
tific world by statins that at least one
living specimen of the supposedly extinct
mammoth family is still roaming at large
on the American side of the Arctic
regions, yet it was a fact that he had seen
comparatively fresh tracks in the island
of Uniak, about four miles from the main
land.
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Conditions at Beirut Improve.
Washington, Sept. 9.The navy depart
ment has received a cablegram from Rear
Admiral Cotton dated Beirut yesterday
saying that there were no serious disturb
ances in Beirut Monday night. The sit
uation there in improving and public feel
ing is growing quieter. .- -
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