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<W^.!K8BSf?ia WHOLE NUMBER 16,340.
RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1903.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY OF PftY'S NEWS.
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, Sept. ?.-Forccaet for
(Thursday rind Pridny!
Virginia?Partly clout'y Thursday, show?
ers nt night or Friday! light to fresh oast
to south wind?.
North Carolina? Generally fair Thtirs?
Hay atid Friday! light east to south -winds,
Richmond people hud a dnllwhtful day
yesterday, cool, and the sun wan partially
obscured much of the time! a shower foil
In Lho evening. ,
STATE OF THE THERMOMETER.
? ?. M.'... 74
? M.73
S P. M.77
? P. M. ?2
? P. M. 74
32 midnight . 74 ?
Average . 76 2-3
ITIghcet temperature yesterday. 79
OLowost temperature yestorday. M
Mean temperature yesterday. 72
Normal temperature for September.78
Departure from normal temnertauro..., OC
(Pr?cipitation aurine past 24 hours.00
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
| September 10, 19(8..
Bun rise?.fi:4S f HIGH TI?B.
fiun sot?.6:2? Morning.*..?:41
?Moon rises.8:28 | Evening.7:00
RICHMOND.
Judge B. C. Minor dies after long and
trying IlliiesH?Two Rlchmonders lease
?xtenslve coni lands In Kentucky-Hon.
J. C. Wyeor may run for Congress?
President John Skolton Williams, of Sea?
board, hurrying work of completing Bir?
mingham link-Corporation Commission
leave on tour of Inspection of the South?
ern Railway-Committees on Elks' moon?
light excursion appointed-Governor
Montague Invited to Chicago-Cornmls
elonor of Agriculture K?lner goes to Bo?
ton-Investigation may not go on to?
night-Gentleman saves himself from
injury by Jumping on fender of street car
?Ladles Sacred Heart Church give trol?
ley party to-night?Rev. R. M. Maxwell,
of Atlanta, ivlsltlng city-Union Theolog?
ical Bemlnary opens with good attendance
end bright prospects-Henrlco schools
open on Soptcmbor 14th: sessional exami?
nations have been abolished-Henrlco
candidates may not contoRt nominations of
? ucccsBful opponents-Heptasophs meet
to-night to be addressed by high officers
>?Electric power plant on Johnson's
Island will shut down to-dav and new
plant Installed-Well-to-do negro to open
large department store-Lynchburg
ladles to aid In building Virginia house
lit the St. I-ouls Exposition-Rules for
disposing of franchises adopted by City
Coiincll-Two distinct movoe made for
cheaper gas-Sympathy for Justice
Criltchfleld?'Alleged counterfeiter ar?
rested for selling old-time "shin piasters"
??Letter received from Rev. David Hep?
burn neceptlng call to Fulton. MAN?
CHESTER?judge Clopton Is re-elected
City Attorney, defeating Mr. Pnge by but
one vote-Cemetery Committee arranges
to Insure new residence of cemetery su?
perintendent-Will sell telephone fran?
chise-Interesting entertainment to bo
given to-night.
VIRGINIA.
Mr. Moeel?y will only run for the House
In Danville tiUtrlct ?? ? Democrat?-Rev.
Dr. AV. G\ Taylor .accepts the call to the
First .Baptist Church of Petersburg-An
flphteen-ycar-oid girl spends nicht In Pe?
? teraburr-".?atlort-TiOTii&--^.R<|fgletratluh in
progress, In many,uectlona of the State
Stato Female'Normal School opens with
fine' attendance-?Striking marino engi?
neers report Old' Dominion Steamship
Company for violating rules-Unique
iodder-pulllng contest In Nansemond
county on tho Sabbath?Former Mayor of
Lecsburg sues Washington Star for $20,000
li?Assignment made by Suffolk grocers
Newport Now? Heptasophs hold memorial
service In honor of Dr. Joseph Charles
I-?Row In colored B. P. O. E. results In
eult between deposed member and exalte?!
rular-Barbecue, tournament and ball In
Amelia;-Large number of weddings In
the State-Death of Mr. T. B. Slaughter
In Northumberland county.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Mrs. John Gloason. of Davlo county,
killed by lightning-Report of Insurance
Commissioner Young for August shows
healthy Increase-Chorlos E. Mangum
?ues two railroads for twenty thousand
damages for personal Injuries-Weldon
' to vote on the question of saloon or dis?
pensary October 20th-A man after
knocking two others down Is cut'ln nine
places-Davidson College with the
largest matriculation of now students In
Us history-Work begun on the exten?
sive Improvements on Capo Fear River
Mrs. Bayesen. wrongly accused of lar?
ceny, dies from the shook-Essex Stay
ton confesses having killed Abraham Lit?
tle?J. S. Clommons, said to .have discov?
ered telegraphy, heard from.
GENERAL.
Turkey may be forced Into war with
Bulgaria by the gonoral irritation through?
out tho Ottoman empire; Turkish embassy
urges withdrawal of American cruisers,
claiming thoy Incite the people-Ohio
campaign opened by tho Democrats with
speeches by Johnson and others; the Issue
denned by them-'Major Dolmar lowers
tho trotting record of Cresceus, making
a new record for the New York Stata
track-A flying automobile bursts a tire
In Michigan and takes a wild plunge,
killing a spectator; chauffeur escapes with
Injuries-Hearing In the ease Involving
the estate of Mrs. Maybrlck Is deferred
Sensation promised in the arreet of a
prominent man, not In the postal service,
In connection with tho postal frauds
Mrs. Junto Stewart Boyeson, Chicago wo.
man accused of theft In North Carolina,
dies from shock duo to the humiliation
New York riflemen win the national cup
and first honors In the Sea Olrt shoot
Clark Howol), Atlanta editor and Na?
tional Democratic Commlttoemnn, de
rlnros for Gorman for tho Presidency
Favorites win In tho trots at Charter Oak
Park and In the running nt Harlem tracTt
?Results of bnse-ball games In both the
big leaguos yesterday-Mexican gold
mines declared suporlor to those of South
Africa by British oxperts?Aged Mexican
Jurist dead.?Miss Roosevelt to take a
unique and thrilling trip In a submarine
boat-His Eminence makes a now track
renord at Shoepshead Bay, going a mile
und an eighth In 1:52 1-5?Negro murderer
rescued from a mob In Chicago, which
nought to lynch him, a rally of police
raving him,
ALLEGED SMUGGLER
PUT ON THE RACK
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, September 9.?The exami?
nation of Joseph Wahrman, a dealer In
leaf tobacco, to-day, before United States
Commissioner Rldgaway, on a charge of
huylng smuggled tobacco, brought out
the fact, If the confessions of two sailors
errested Monday, are to bo believed, that
thoro are a number of tobacoo mer?
chants In New York engaged In Illicit
trafilo In tobacco.
Sunday night, two treasury officials fol
lowed two sailors of tho Koenlgen Luleo,
giving the names of Thome and Schoen,
who, thov Bay, delivered smuggled to?
bacco to Joseph Wahrman, To-day when
tho two men were arraigned before the
commissioner, tho two sailors made con?
fosslons and testified In behalf of the
government and against Wahrman. The
commissioner htld Wahrman for trial In
$1,600 ball, which was furnished.
Wahrman denied tho charge most em?
phath'ully and Insisted ho was a victim
of circumstances. ? The sailors wore pa?
JUDGE E. G MINOR
ANSWERS: "HERE!"
JUDGE EDMUND CHRISTIAN MINOR.
Distinguished Jurist, Veteran.
Citizen Passes Away at
Norwich, Conn., Where
He Went for Health.
Remains to Arrive
To-Day.
A telegram received here late yester?
day afternoon announced the death In
Norwich, Conn.., during the dny of Hon.
Kdmund Christian Minor. Judge of the
Law and Equity Court of this city.
While owing to the protracted Illness
of Judge Minor the sad Intelligence was
not altogether unexpected, yot this did
not tend to lessen the gloom "which It cast
over the .community, for Judge Minor was
?widely known and greatly beloved by all
classes, of cltizenn,
Tho (Ustlneulsbe.1 Jurist- was etrlcken
while ' at .hie poet of duty last spring,
and In the meantime has been ..a great
sufteror, though he had considerably Im?
proved recently, and up to a few days ago
his friends were hopeful ol his ultimate
recovery. As soon as Judge Minor was
able to travel some months ago he went
to Buffalo Lltnla Springs, the famous
old resort In Mecklenburg county, In
search of health, and there hla condi?
tion gradually grew better.
FELT MUCH ENCOURAGED.
Several weeks ago under the advice of
his physicians, Judge Minor returned
hero and went to Norwich In tho hopo
that the fresh cool breezes of the east
might still further Improve him, but .In
this his friends were disappointed,' and
yesterday the end came peacefully. When
Judge Minor passed through tho city on
his way to .Norwich not long ago ho came
down on Main Street, and was, warmly
greeted by his friends, who entertained
the strongest hopes of his recovery. He
was bright and cheery, though still quito
feeble, and said he hoped to resume his
duties on the bench later In the tall,
The remains of Judge Minor will arrivo
here this afternoon, and the funeral ar?
rangements will be announced slater on,
During Judge Minor's long Illness, his
placo on the bench of the Law and
Equity Court has been filled by Judge
John H. Ingram, of the Corporation Court
of the city of Manchester, who was desig?
nated by Governor Montague to serve,
and while, of course, no more will be
made looking to naming his successor
until the burial of tho dead Jurist, It Is
llke?y that Judge Ingram's name will
be presented for the place at the proper
time. Mr. -W. A. Monoure, who came
within a few votes of succeeding Judge
Wellford on the circuit bench le also men??
tloned, and It Is likely that the Bar Asso?
ciation will hold a .meeting and recom?
mend a candidate to Governor Montague,
(Continued on Seventh Page,)
CLARK HOWELL
IS FOR GORMAN
Georgia Editor Favors the
- Marylander for Presi?
dential Nominee.
'(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
ATLANTA, GA? Soptomber 9.-Clark
Howell, D?mocratie national committee
man from Georgia and editor of the At?
lanta Constitution, has come out for Gor?
man for President. To-day, speaking of
the chancos of the Marylandor capturing
the Democratic nomination, Mr. Hotvell
said:
"Sepator Gorman's staunch Demooracy,
his splendid capabilities, his knowledge of
men and measures gained through long
experience In publio life, ought to make
him satisfactory to nil elements In the
party, As yet nobody knows whether the
man from Maryland will be a candidate
for the nomination In the sense of seeking
it, but the present trend of Democratic
thought Is clearly In his direction.
"Senator* Gorman can hold a seat In
the Sonate au lung as he chooses, and in
that body he will continue to bo tho lend?
er of his? party. If he were ?to consult
only his personal comfort, ho might pre?
fer to remain whore he is. But If the
party manifests a deaire that he load
the fight In 1004 he will doubtless accept
the responsibility, for he Is, first of all
things, a Democrat. Conditions 'eeora, to
be arguing strongly the wltdom of tho
nomination of Gorman."
WAS SELLINO
OLD NOTES
Young Negro Arrested for
Counterfeiting Shinplasters,
TELLS "OLD MAN'S" STORY
Says Paper Money, Twenty Five Cents
Face Value, Was Found in Aged
Man's Tumble - Down
Barn,
A bright, Intelligent negro, name'd R,
E. Harris, Is under arrest and Is detain?
ed at the Second Police Station for the
United Sta.tes authorities on the charge
of "uttering" counterfeit money.
The arrest was made by Deputy U. M.
Bland and Co.lonel W. S. Beach, of the
rei/enue force, and was upon a warrant
sworn out by Mr. Bland.
The alleged counterfeit money In ques?
tion consists of sixty-four bank not?e,
vulgarly knwn as "shinplasters,". of
tho denomination of 25 cents each. Harris
was said to have made various attempts
to dispose of the paper at, above or below
the face value. In several Instances lie
did dispose of notes at 30 cents each to
persons who took them In as ? mementoes
of the time of a quarter of a contury
ago. Others are sAld to have been disputed
of at 20 cents per piece.
Harris, when seen by a Tlmes-Dlspatch
man last night, said ho had made no effort
to utter the money for goods or as cash
payable, but that he had been tbld by
several persons that the notes were good,
and others had expressed their doubts.
"The notes that I disposed of," he eald,
"were sold to people who were Interested
In collecting old bills. I did not attempt to
spend the money, for I was not eure
that It was good. I simply showed the
notes to people, and some offered to buy
them from me."
He said whon he first sot possession
of them that he went to the paying teller |
of the First National Bank, who wa?
quite certain the bills were good; then
he saw some of the officials of the Broad
Street Bank, who expressed similar
opinions. After that he showed them to |
Mr. Andrew Welsh, of the Passenger and
Power Company, who was Interested,
but did not think the notes good.
At "Old Man's" Dcor.
Harris said he got the "shlnplatem?
from an old man who wag at work tear?
ing down a building on Cary Street, be?
tween Eighth and Ninth Streets. The old
darkey found them In the building. They
bore no evidence of having been usdd,
and were all of same date, and apparently
made from the same plates.
The officers are now looking for the
old man. To the practloed eye, the notes,
one of the officials said last night, "were
easy counterfeits, easily detected.
Harris is a harbor, recently employed
in a shop on Seventh Street. He formerly
drove a laundry wagon.
He said last night that he anticipated
no trouble In proving his innocence of any
crime more than showing a lot of old
notes to friends and acqualntances.
On the othor hand the officers feel sure
they can prove he did endeavor to utter
the worthless bills,
The cape will be called before 'Squire
Graves this morning, and Harris will
probably be turned over to the United
States authorities, who will give him a
hearing before one of the commissioners.
MISS ROOSEVELT IN
SUBMARINE BOAT
(Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
NEWPORT. R. I., September 0.
Snme time to-morrow Miss Roosevelt will
go down to tho bottom of Narragansott
Bay In the hole of the submarine torpedo
boat Mocoasin, piloted by Lieutenant
Penny, hor commander, accompanied by
Lleutenant-Commandor Fletcher, the
commanding officer of the torpedo eta?
tlon,
MUs Roosovelt has expressed a dosine to
take tho trip In this deep sea fighting ma?
chine and hor desire will be gyatifled by
Lieutenant-Commander Fletcher.
The Moccasin will mako a dive of twen.
ty-tlve fuet and then make a submerged
run of ten miles along the bay with a
torpedo boat flotilla acting as convoy.
Just how long Miss Roosevelt win re*
main below the surface depends uuqb hw
?wn wish In the matter,
MARTIN'S
ATTITUDE
ON PRIMARY
Any Nominating Plan
Will Be Acceptable.
THE SENATOR BOWS
TO THE PARTY'S WILL
Ex-Governor Tyler Will Run
if a Primary is Held.
JONES THE LOGICAL
PRIMARY NOMINEE
The First District Congressman's Orig?
inal and Unremitting Struggle for
the Primary Plan?The Minority
Nominations Now Possible.
Richmond's Advantage
Over Washington.
Tlmes-Dlspatch Bureau,
No. 1417: G Street, N. W.,
Washington;" D. C, Sept. ?, 1903. ?
The attitude of Senator Martin towards
tho primary method of selecting candi?
dates for the United States Sonate is
being discussed, by politicians In Wash?
ington as well as In Virginia. There
is doubt manifested in some quarters
as to how Senator Martin regards tho
primary method. It Is true that he has
not recently expressed any opinion on the
nubject for publication, though many of
his friends have openly, declared their
cpposltlon to selecting candidates in Oils
mnnnor. .?':-. ?
SMI, it le hardly fair to say that Sena?
tor Martin'has never expressed any opin?
ion going to show his attitude towards
the primary plan. In 3890, when the once
celebrated, but now well nigh forgotten,
May conference was about to be held In
Virginia, G asked Senator Martin, In the
course of oonyersation.^to define hi's atti
tlde towards the proposition to select a.
Democratic candidate1 for tho Soneto by
means of a primary-election.
"I can do so In very few words," he re?
plied. "Any method which the Democrats
of Virginia may select will he entirely
satisfactory to me."
If Senntor Martin be opposed now to
such a method of choosing a crndldate, It
will be seen that he has changed his
mind since he was chosen the last time.
MINORITY NOMINATION POSSIBLE.
Mr. Willis B. Smith, a lawyer of Rich?
mond, who is In Washington for a day
or two, says the primary recently held
In Henrlco demonstrated that a man
could be put In offlco who was pot tho
choice of a majority of the voters, or
rather that a. man could get the nomi?
nation - of the Democracy without a
majority of the Democratic votes, a thing
not possible In a convention. He cites
an Instance where one candidate received
a plurality and was declared the nomi?
ne, though the two candidates opposing
him received topether more votes than
ho did. Everybody thinks there Is going
to Jbe a fight over the primary plan In
the State convention to be held next year
to elect delegates to the Democratic na?
tional Convention.
MAJOR TYLER'S PLANS UNKNOWN.
A gentdeman from Southwest Virginia
said yesterday that It was not known by
the closest friends of ex-Governor Tyler
whether he would be a candidate for the
Senate against Senator Martin. (Sov
ernor Tyler has snld In the most em?
phatic manner that ho would run if tho
primary method of choosing a candidate
Is In operation In lOO?. But he seems to
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
ACCUSED OF THEFT;
DIED FROM SHOCK
Prominent Chicago Lady Sue
cumbs Under Peculiar
Circumstances.
(By Associated Frees,)
LA PORTE, IND., September 9.?Mrs.
Jane Bteart Boyeson, of Chicago, died to?
night at Ashevlllo, N. C, aa a result of
nervous shook following accusations of
theft. The news readied hero In a tele?
gram to friends.
While Mrs. Boyeson was at a hotel near
Spartanburg, S, C, the room of a guest
from Augusta, Ga., was robbed of 1600
worth of jewelry. The landlord accused
Mrs. Boyeson. She was not In good health
and the charge resulted In hoi? physical
collapse. Before the end came oho insti?
tuted a $50.000 liamage suit against her
accuser In the Federal Court at Churles
i*W? , . ,.,
Mrs Boyeson had rton? considerable news?
paper work, and was a musician of mark?
ed ability. She wus a member of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
the Chicago Woman's Club, and other
organizations.
fEXANS ATTACK
BIO CORPORATIONS
(By Assoolatod Press.)
AUSTIN. TEX?. Septombor 0.?Attorney
General Boll filed eult In tho District
Court to-day against the Wells Pargo
Express Company and the Pacific Express
Company, to canuol and annul their per?
mits to do business In Texas, owing to
allena failure to maintain general olile??
in tho Stato, as roqulrod oy law.
Suit was also filed against the American
and the filled States Express oom
nanles rpstralulng them from doing busi?
ness in the State on account of r*Vf
failure to lake out permit? and maintain
?enera? o/ncc?
MAY SWEEP SULTAN
INTO BULGARIAN WAR
HOW LONG WILL THE CHAINS LAST?
OHIO BATTLE
HAS BEGUN
The Democratic Campaign
Opened by Johnson.
INJUNCTION THE ISSUE
Johnaon Protests Against This Govern?
ment by Court Mandat?! and Ar-?
ra?gns Hanna as the Cham?
pion of Monoply.
(By Associated Press,)
AKRON, OHIO, September 8.?The Dem?
ocratic State campaign's opening meeting
was held In this olty to-night, addresses
being delivered by Tom Lv Johnson, can?
didate for Governor of Ohio;. John H.
Clarke,? candidate for United States Sen?
ator, and Henry George, Jr., of Now
York. The attendance at the meeting
was? estimated at 3,000.
Mr. Johnson In his speech sold In part:
"The city of Cleveland, furnishes an ex?
cellent Illustration of the Issues of the
Democratic party In this campaign. Cleve?
land has become known aa the most com?
pletely enjoined city in? Ohio. Since I
have been Mayor fifteen injunctions have
been Issued against the city In the Inter?
est of tho owners of valuable special priv?
ileges, like the stroet railway and the
gas and electric light companies, and af
tei each Injunction the Democratic plu?
ralities have been larger than before.
A SHOT AT MR. HANNA.
"Senator Hanna, who. Is financially In?
terested In some of these public service
corporations, with the aid of Attorney
General Sheets, haa been able to prevent
tho city from compolllng the' public ser?
vice corporations to pay their Just sharo
of the taxes, and has so far blocked the
establishment of a three-cent fare street
railroad to compete with his five-cent
fare monopoly.
"Senator Hanna is standing for vindi?
cation. He stands for vindication on that
variety of municipal ownership whloh,
through tho ship subsidy, proposos to pay
Into the pockets of Mr. Hanna's friends
from ten to fifteen million dollars annually
In ship subsidies. He stands opposed to
allowing the people of Cleveland to ex
prete their will as to whether they de?
sire an electrlo plant. I will be satisfied
with tho verdict of the .voters."
REMOVAL OF TARIFF THE REMEDY.
John H. Clarke referred to Sonator Han?
na's "stand pat" policy, and said: "While
Senator Hanna has thus boon urging this
do-nothing policy there hns boon wocked
out unrestrained In our country tho great?
est Industrial revolution of modern times,
which has placed every branch of bufi
ness and manufacture In tho' control of
a form of monopoly which all the world ,
oxcopt Mr, Hanna agrees to call a 'trust.'
"As to the remedies In tho way of con?
trolling trusts, the first Is tho taking of
the tariff from all articles, the manufac?
ture or sale of whloh Is controlled by a
monopoly, and tho second tho limiting of
the capitalization, of nil corporations on
gaged In Interstate commerce strictly to
the value of the property Invested,"
Mr. Clarko favored granting Immediate
Independence to tho Filipinos.
NEGRO BADLY HURT
Falls from Wagon and Is Pierced by
Standard,
About 2 o'clock yestorday afternoon a
negro man was driving a wagon loaded
with wood along the pike about six miles
beyond Manchester, whon he mot with
a painful, if not serious, accident.
Tho front wheel of tho wagon struck
somo obstruction in the road and the man
was thrown, falline across an upright
Standard of the wagon, whloh plorced hie
body sorno six Inches. It was with somo
dllltculty that the man was ablo to extrl
cate himself form his painful position.
When he did succeed In so doing he came
to Manchester for medical treatment.
The man's name was Ben Brown, and he
lives In Chesterfield county'
ONLY TO RUN
AS DEMOCRAT
Mr. Moseley Will Not Be a
Fusion Candidate.
THE CHATHAM MEETINGS
Great Interast In the Gathering There
?n'v'SatiiVd?y. of th? Anti-Saloon
People and tho Republicans?
No Combination.
(Spedai to The Times-Dispatch.)
DANVILLE, VA.; September 9.?In an
Interview with a representative of The
Times-Dispatch this afternoon, Mr. E.
G. Moseley, of this city, emphatically
stated that he would' not consider tho
offer of the nomination on .the citizens'
ticket to oppose Colonel Bison, for tho
Senato In case there Is any coalition with
tho Republicans In any form.
Mr. Mosoloy said further that he would
accept tho nomination provldod another
good Democrat who was favorable to tho
Mann bill could not be found, but that In
case he was elected It would bo as a
Democrat, and that he would affiliate
with the Democrats on all questions. The
only Issue Is the Mann bill, and Mr.
Moseloy Is confident? tho meeting at Chat?
ham will put up a man In opposition to
Colonel Rlson. When asked If ho thought
a split Demoaratlo ticket would not givo
the Republicans a chance to eloct their
man, he expressed himself as not .be?
lieving there was any ohanco for Repub?
lican success, and that a good Democrat
favorable to the Mann law would sweep
the county.
The coincidence of the two meetings to
be held hore Saturday has caused tho
rumor of afllUatlons, but Mr. Moseley
emphatically states that he will oppoee
anything of the kind.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
IN NORTH CAROLINA
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
WINSTON-SALEM, N. O, September 0.
During a sovore electrical storm at Coolee
mee, a cotton mill town In Dnvfe county,
last night lightning struck and Instantly
killed Mrs. John Gloason, an estimable
woman of that town.
DASH OF AUTO
AT TERRIFIC SPEED
Tire Bursts While Running a
Mile a Minute. Killing a
Spectator.
(By Associated Press.)
DETROIT, MICH., September 0.?While
Barney Oldflold's racing automobile was
running nearly slity miles nn hour at
the Grosso Point track this afternoon In
tho ten-mile open ovont, one of the front
tires on the machino burned 'through und
exploded, throwing tho cur Into the fence
and injuring Frank Shearer, a spectator,
so terribly that he died In an ambulance
on route to the hospital. The car went
fifty feet through the air, and oldfield,
who kept his seat, had ? marvelous es?
capo from death. Ho received sovorul
cuts about the body and hud one rib
broken,
Oldfield had Just 'time to twist his brake
and head for a spot bot ween two trees.
Shearer was standing against the fonoo
at tlirs point and tho car struck him
stjuaroly, breaking both legs In sovorul
places and fracturing his skull. Ho was
'thrown seventy-flvo feot and never re
coveror consciousness. Oldfield has pres?
ence of mind enough to throw himself
backward, on the flat deck of the car,
whloh went crashing through a low tree
nnd wns completely wrecked. Shearor's
brother was standing near him and had
?? sarrow escapo,
Seriousness of Turkish
Situation Emphasized
WAR WITH BULGARIA
NOW NOT UNLIKELY
the General Irritation In
Turkey May Force It.
MASSACRE STQRIES
ARE EXAGGERATED
So Says the Turkish Embassy?Hope
Expressed,that American Warships
Will Leave, as Their Presence
Tends to Incite the People.
The Port Acts Ener?
getically.
(By 'Associated Press.)
LONDON, September 9.?Except that
the consuls in Sal?nica are again asking
for the protection of warships, there, is
little direct news this morning from the
seat of the Macedonian troubles, but,
thero Is a plentiful crop of sensational
statements, Impossible to either deny or
conllrm. Among the latter Is an asser?
tion made In a Sofia dispatch to the
Secolo, of Milan, to the effect that it
has been decldod to mobilize the Bul?
garian army. This la contrary to the
avowed policy of the Bulgarian govern?
ment, but cannot bo regarded as un?
likely, with Turkish troops concentrated
at Goektepe, five miles from the Bul?
garian frontier.
According to a Sofia dispatch to the
Dally Express, the British agent there
has already notllled Bulgaria that Great
Britain Insists that she prevent the pas?
sage of the bands into Maced?nia.
Little credenco Is attached to a story
published In the Vienna Die Zelt, that
Turkish troops have been ordered to
cross the Bulgarian frontier.
Count Goluchowskl, the . Austrian
Chancellor, had a long conference with
Emperor Francis Joseph at Buda Pest
yesterday, and common dlplomatlo . ao
tlon by the Powers against Bulgaria la
again said to bo" In preparation.
SITUATION SERIOUS
ON BULGARIAN LINE
(By Associated Press,)
LONDON, Septomber 9.?The official an<|
press reports from the Near East to?
day emphasizes the seriousness of the
eltuatlon there and confirms the be?
lief of the authorities that, owing to
the general Irritation throughout Euro?
pean and Asiatic Turkey toward the
Christians as a result of the Macedonian
rpjvolt, tlio Sultan mny be swept by the
uncontrollable sentiments of his Ottoman
subjects Into a war with Bulgaria, do
splte tho unwillingness of the Porte te
participate In such a conflict.
The Turkish officials express gratifica?
tion at tho Russian-Austrian proposal
for coerclvo diplomatic action on the
part of tho powers at Soda. Thoy are
confident It wl?! be acceded to by Prance,
but whether It Is adoptod or not the
Sultan's hand line already been greatly
strengthened, ns he le In a better position
to act than hitherto.
PORTE WILL ACT WITH ENEROS".
There Is no question In official circle?
hero that the Porto will take enorgetla*
menaui'03 to suppress any trouble " at
Beirut. The announcement Is made of the
arrival at Beirut of Nusslm Pasha. Th?
Nail ot Syria, who Is expectod hy the
Turkish ofllolnls to promptly restore or?
der. That tho task Is ditlicult Is shown
by the fact that there have been further
riots at Beirut. France may order war?
ships to that point to protoot nor Inter?
ests, hut (?onnaiiy has assorted that ah*
will not do so. ?
Great Britain, whoso missionary Inter?
ests In Syria ore practically nil, ha?
not ah yet sent ?ny vessels to Beirut, re?
lying upon the American warships to pro?
tect tho consulates.
MASSACRE STORIES EXAGOBHATB?V
Tho Turkish embassy Issued noothe?
statement to-day, declaring that the re?
Dort* of maoaucres enisnut? from tha