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VOLUKE XCIT— NO. 88.
REVOLUTIONISTS SLAY SOLDIERS
AND TURKEY PREPARES FOR WAR
LONDON, Aug. 26.— A" dispatch t from , Constantinople
says that all the remaining* European reserves belonging
to the:Second; and Army corps, sixteen battalions
of reserves in? Asiatic Turkey, 'and thirty-six- battalions of _.re
serves;vvill be': called to the colors.* ".This will bringi the.number
of Turkish troops, on a war footing in Macedonia; up; to nearly
350 battalions, whichwould-be an : army of 322,700 men,
which ¦ is almost double the force , employed during ¦: the Avar
between" Turkey and Greece.' The Turkish Government", has
apparently, decided to use all "possible energy to repress rebellion.
Eumer Rushdi Pacha, commander, of ; the Turkish troops in
Macedonia; has been recalled. . Ibrahim Pacha has been 'ap
pointed to succeed him. . - ' ,:.,__
Continued on- Page) 3,' Column 5;
j WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.— The re-estab
lishmeht of the South Pacific station and
thie maintenance in those waters . of a
cruiser .' squadron Is ' the plan which the
Navy Department " expects to bring to
fruition within a year. The fleet formerly
maintained there was practical'!' with
drawn several -ryears ago . and now the
Pacific squadron's radius of action In
cludes'.in addition to the United States
and ; Mexican 'coasts, the coast of ; South
'American^ countries as far south as Chile,
while* the South Atlantic squadron is sup
posed to operate as far aroun.l the Horn
as -Valparaiso. This is . hot satisfactory,
and the '.'United States flag flying from
formidable 'warships . has not '. been seen
as much, on the South American Pacific
coaat, as 'the 'Government -thinks it would
be i_ at- a , time when relations . with . South
American, republics and the United States
are so' close and cordial. 1 ; I
¦T^.Within -.the* next year, the Denver, the
the; £>es 'Molnes, the Tacoma.
'and* possibly the Chattanooga and .the
,Galve8ton f f protected cruisers of 2100 tons
burden,' eighteen knots ¦ speed * and effec
tlve armament, will be In commission.
•These ,; ships : will be easily handled, ad
mirable^,- craf t'-for; South American -'ser
vice i should : the* .department decide : to dis
tribute them on: South Atlantic .and ' Pa
cific' stations.' /¦-'.; . . ' ;\
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa. Aug. Si-
Two cloudbursts, one at 5:30 this after
noon and the other, at 9:30. to-night, have
destroyed hundreds'" of thousands of dol
lars* worth of property in this city. The
storm at 5:30 turned the streets of the
cjty Into torrents, and hundreds of fami
lies in the lower districts of the city were
removed from their homes with difficulty.
Many business houses were flooded by
the first storm, and the damage to stocks
will amount to thousands.
The storm at 9:30 raised tne water high
er than the one earlier In the evening,
and many houses that were not touched
by the first flood have been badly dam
aged, so that the loss in this city alone
Is now estimated at half a million dollars.
The ¦ rainfall ' here far the twenty-four
hours ending at mldight will amout to
six inches. Onawa reported 4.75 inches at
noon, with all streams out of their banks,
and. rain still falling.
The Northwestern Railroad Is not run
ning a train in nor out of the city and
reports washouts between Ida Grove and
Battle Creek, Iowa, and between Maple
ton and Castana. Iowa. The Rock Island
and Milwaukee are both tied up and not
running "trains In nor out of this '-'city.
Both roads have bad washouts a Short
distance east of this city.
Great Destruction
by Two Cloud
bursts.
Cruiser Squadron
¦MayBe
7tained;
WATER POURS
IN A FLOOD
UPON A CITY
NEW NAVAL
STATIN FOR
THE PACIFIC
EUROPEAN RULERS- WHO ARE SOON TO MEET AT VIENNA AND
AMONG OTHER THINGS DISCUSS THE ALARMING SITUATION EX
• ; ISTING IN THE BALKANS, WHICH THREATENS A TERRIBLE WAR.
NEW YORK. Aug. CS.— Charles. R. Flint
to-day announced that he Is organizing' a
new combination pf the box board Indus
trie? of the country. The new concern will
take in the" United Box- Board Company
and some fourteen other companies
Box-Board Combine Planned.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 26.— The Governor
to-night denied the application 'for a re
prieve ; of Joh'n E. Sexton. ' sentenced ' by*
the* El Dorado County Superior Court, to
two years' Imprisonment in the State
prison at San Quentin for extortion. The
application was made in order to permit
Sexton to appeal to tne ' Supreme Court
before being taken to" the State prison. : «
Denies Application for a Reprieve
Tvo Members of a Religious Order
Prepare to Start for-
Mclckei.
fc'RACUSE. N. Y.. Aus. 2C.-S!ster
Ceta of Louisville, Ky., is at the Fran
ci» n ; Convent In this city, making prep
»ra.ons to accompany Sister Mary
Leoida to the Hawaiian Islands, where
***** will work among the lepers.
ttSTERS WILL DEVOTE
LIFE WORK TO LEPERS
Wai Wu Pu Telegraphs Decision to
Open Two Ports to For
eign Trade. ••
SHANGHAI, Aug. 26.-The Wai Wu Pu
(Foreign Board) has telegraphed to the
Treaty Revision Commissioners notifying
them of the decision to open Mukden and
Tatungkao to foreign trade October 8. S
TREATY COMMISSIONERS
RECEIVE NOTIFICATION
.SOFI A.v Aug. . 26.— The j Macedon-^
ian committee i has ¦ issued - a black - border
ed list of seventy ? villages . which have
been pillaged and destroyed In the vila
yet of M6nastlr.\to which. are added/ In
stances of .' revolting/ outrages perpetrat
ed- on .women. -The .publication; of -this
sheet ; has . created-, a • sensation. - . , . '¦
i No news « has ¦•, been - ; received; in
'circles ito-day from . interior of < Mace
donia. The .revolutionists at Kisch^vo are
reported tb'have six ¦quick-firing, guns. In
a fight whlch^ has.' Juiit oecurredln
dlstiist " the- ' " : Insurgents J defeated ¦¦•'• and
alsuurhtftred on entire detachment of
SALONICA,\Aug. 26. T The telegraph
, wires have been ! cut between ; Sa-j
lonica ' and | , Vardor, twenty-five'
miles southwest of 'this. 'city.: *,- ¦']
eighty soldiers. A Turklshxourier.carry
lng*40,000' francs, intended for the .'pay 'of
the -troops, -has -been* captured- by. insur
gents, near Surovltchovo.7 The, rebels have
blown up an; iron -bridge over, a deep;ra
vlne on '. the high road between ' Losengrad
and Demirdzehahd.
¦ An lmmense^maoa^meetlng of Macedon
ians' took •" place 'here, to-day .',,, The'- pro
ceedings 7 were most enthusiastic. • V 1% ¦ was
resolved * that < a : memorandum- should ' be
presented to • the representatives 'of 'the
great' powers ait' Sofld^urglhg their/- gov-
ern'ments to' take* action, ; *¦; * ' " ', . r ¦
'•- The' recent- visit of,' the-. Russian squad
ron. ;to Turkish waters.' was -much- com
mented > upon ¦ at the* meeting, y It Was > de-
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 26.— Because or
continued disasters resulting in loss of
life, .100 men have quit work In the Tread
•well mine on Douglas Island, Alaska.
Forty returned on the steamer Dolphin,
which brings the news of the wholesale
desertion of the mine employes. The
men intimate that the most famous
quartz property in Alaska Is "hoodooed."
In support of , this contention they cite
that seven miners met violent deaths
within a week at Tread well.
Continued Disasters Frighten Miners.
Wires Are Cut Near Salonica ;and
LONDON, Aug. 27.— The' Dally Tele
graph's correspondent at Brussels says
t is quite certain that an agreement was
signed some months ago between France
<nd Kinsf Leopold for the protection of
he Congo Free Elate against any attack
»pon its independence.
POWERS WILL PROTECT
ORANGE FBEE STATE
Certain That France and Belgium
Have Signed an Agreement
to That End.
Emperor Gives Expression to Dis
pleasure at King's Treatment
of Countess Lonyay.
VIENNA, Aug. 26.— The Weiner Allege
me!ne Zeitung Bays Emperor Francis Jo
seph has refused to receive. King Leo
pold, who proposed to come to Vienna.
The quarrel is due to King Leopold's
treatment of his daughter. Countess Lon
yay. whose first marriage- was with the
Emperor's second son, the late Duke Ru
dolph.
FRANCIS JOSEPH REFUSES
TO RECEIVE LEOPOLD
German Army Officer Shoots Himself
and Then Jumps Into
a River.
BERLIN, Aug. 27.— The body of Count
von Baudissen, an army cfHcer at Berlin,
was. drawn frcm the river at Hamburg
to-day. The Count had shot himself and
then jumped into the water because of
unrequited love.
UNREQUITED LOVE CAUSES
THE SUICIDE OF A COUNT
NEWARK, N. J., Aug. 26.— Cortlandt
Parker Jr., acting United States District
Attorney for this district, to-day received
instructions from the Solicitor \ of the
Treasury to take the necessary steps to
have released from the custody of Sheriff
Cordell of Union County the United States
cruiser Chattanooga at the Crescent ship
yards at Elizabethport. The Sheriff seized
the cruiser under writs of attachment Is
sued out of the Supreme Court of thl3
State.
SEEKING THE RELEASE
OF CRUISER. CHATTANOOGA
Treasury Department Instructs'Dis
trict Attorney to Take Neces
sary Legal Steps.
LONDON. Aug. 27,-The Daily Mail's
correspondent at Belgrade cays King Pe-
Xer is determined to suppress the mili
tary malcontents with an iron hand. On
Tuesday, three army colonels, two cap
tains and a newspaper editor were con
demned to death for participation in a
plot which was discovered and rendered
abortive. Despite this, however, says the
correspondent, the King is obviously In
the hands of the recent regicides, who
are causing a reicn of terror.
PLOTTING ARMY OFFICERS
CONDEMNED TO DEATH
King Peter Is Determined to Sup
press the Military Malcon
tents of Servia.
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.— At midnight fire
started In the freighthouse of N the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad,
situated at Polk and Sherman streets.
The flames had secured quite a start' when
discovered, and by the time the first en
gine arrived the building, which Is 250 feet
long and two stories high, was a mass of
flames. The firemen from the first had
little hope of. saving the structure or any
of its contents. The loss Is principally on
outgoing freight and is estimated at $500,
000.
Rock Island Road Suffers a Loss
Amounting to About Half
a Million.
CHICAGO FREIGHT/HOUSE
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 26.— The
announcement Is made here to-day by a
member of the special board appointed by
the ordnance department to make rifle
tests at Buffalo that the United States
Government will in a few days issue
formal announcement of the adoption of
the improved Sprir.ifteld rifle and the dis
carding of the Krags. The decision was
reached after a long series of tests by the
board, and the report was accepted and
approved by the ordnance department.
The weapon adopted will be seven
pounds In weight, whi'.e the Krag now in
use weigh* nine. The Krags will be dis
tributed to the militia of the various
States.
on a New and Lighter
Weapon.
Ordnance Officers Prepare Report
msW EIFLE SELECTED
FOB AMERICAN TROOPS
The Nunlvak's crew claim they were
told that no hard work would be asked
of them on the trip down. Captain Tyler
refers to them as "a bunch of kickers."
The Nunivak was formerly used as a
revenue cutter on the Yukon, having been
purchased at St. Michael by the W. D<
Hoflus Co. for use on the Puget Sound.
The men have refused to leave the ship
until they are paid off.
TACOMA, "Wash... Aug. 26.— The Nome
miners who returned last night from
St. Michael as members of the crew of
the small Yukon steamship Nunivak tell
stories of hardships and sufferings during
the seven weeks that the Nunivak was
slcwly working her way through the
Bering Sea and- down the Alaskan coast
to Puget Sound. From July 3 until last
night the steamer. had been at the mercy
of the weather and\ieavy seas. Accounts
agree that on several occasions food was
short. Two anchors were lost overboard.
At another time one of the vessel's life
boats was cut loose and sent adrift. One
of the crew was compelled to jump over
board, swim to the boat and bring it
back. Several times the Nunivak ran on
mud fiats close into the shore and dur
ing the change of tide was high and dry.
When she left St Michael she had' but
three days' provisions aboard, necessi
tating stops at Good News Bay, where
supplies were procured from a fishing
schooner; at Lagoon, where the larder
was replenished with ducks and a supply
of claims; at Sand Point, at Prince Will
iam Sound and at Juneau. In False Pass
both anchors were- lost during a terrific
storm. The boat put back and the an
chors were found In shallow water by
dragging.
Sailors Agree on Story That on Sev
eral Occasions There Was a *
Food Shortage.
CREW OF THE NUKTVAK
TELL OF HARDSHIPS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.— Public Print
er Palmer late this afternoon issued an
order that all per diem and piece work
employes of the Government printing of
fice must immediately take the regular
oath of office*, which embodies a vow to
support the constitution of the United
States. Palmer admits that the order did
not originate with him, but that he was
directed to promulgate It. He will not
discuss the matter in detail, but says
that the initiative came from an official
high In position.
By those familiar with the situation
this is held to mean that instructions to
the Public Printer came from President
Roosevelt through Secretary Cortelyou
of the Department of Commerce and La
bor. This order by the Public Printer is
the direct outgrowth of the Miller case.
Heretofore only salaried employes of the
Government printing office and a number
of minor officials on the per diem scale
have been required to take the oath of
office. Hereafter every employe of that
branch of the service will be required to
take the oath. This means that there
will be no rocm for doubt left- In the
minds of-emplfyes-otfihe bureau. that-Jo
all possible trade 'difficulties which .may,
arise in the future, the constitution ofj the
United States Is to be 'the first ; consid
eration and the constitution of the labor.
unions Is to be held of secondary consld-i
eration.
Special Dispatch to The CalL
General Velutini, Venezuela's Minister
to Paris, has, it is understood, signed
"ad referendum," an agreement covering
these points. Persons here who know
President Castro's character, declare that
his hatred for everything foreign in the
way of "control" will lead .iim to reject
the agreement and the question Is asked—
If he does so, how will the foreign claims
against Venezuela be paid?
The Banque de Paris and its associates
would receive for obtaining the consent
of the various creditors and furnishing
45,500,000 francs In cash, ten per cent, pay
able in scrip of the entire sum of 218,000
000 francs.
This 12,000,000 would beconie collectable
In proportion to customs receipts by
agents who would have an international
character and wouid be. appointed with
the concurrence of all; the powers inter
ested in the loans now existing and would
be deposited in a special bank • of , new
loan.'". Tlio' sum of 138,000,000 francs would
be^ handed to. the holders of former, loans
and the* balance - out, 58,200^000 francs,
would "be purchased by the Banque\de
Paris and its syndicate at the rate of
eighty per cent and be transmitted in
gold to thie Venezuelan Government, giv-.
ing the latter 46,500,000 francs which would
put It in a position to pay the awards of
the mixed tribunals.
Venezuela's debts amount to 258.000,000
francs, quoted at present at from twenty
three to thirty per cent. It la proposed
to offer to holders of the different debts
the opportunity to exchange their scrip
at two-fifths of -its value tor the scrip of
a new debt, which Is to bear interest at
5.48 per cent and to be redeemable in
fifty years. The amount of the new debt
to be created under the proposed plan
would be about 218,000,000 francs, for the
service of which 12,000,000 francs would
suffice, a sum inferior to that now carried
on the Venezuelan budget.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.— Information
has been received here that the Venezu
elan Government Is negotiating with the
Banque de Paris for the unification of
Venezuela's entire public debt, both for
eign and domestic, including all unpaid
interest.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Instructions Believed to
Have Come From the
President.
Castro May Reject Proposals
and Vex the Foreign
Governments.
Negotiations Are Be
i gun With a Bank
in Paris.
Direct Outgrowth of
Trouble With
"Union.
The superstitious lower class Is agitating
for tie expulsion of Professor Krull of
Munich, who predicted the eruption, de
claring that he has the "evil «ye,"
The alarm In the villages was somewhat
quieted by the Mayor affixing notices de
claring that there was no danger. The
chief cf police of Naples has gone per
sonally, to make a tour of the villages
-.jncuafl -Vesuvius in crdf-toiroaasure the
peasants and superintend any measures
of protection which may be deemed neces
sary.
feet below the central cone of
"Tesavtus the volcano opened like a huge
mouth, oat of which belched a fiery
etresm of lava, which ran down the side
of the mountain and at first seemed to
menace the observatory. This building
however, is protected in the direction of
the stream by a rnound of lava twenty
teet high, which was thrown out during
the eruptions of 1S35 and 1300.
The eruption occurred without any
"tarring whatever. There was no earth
quake, detonation or rain of ashes — noth
ing but a clear stream of lava and red
hot stones, which were thrown to a height
of 700 feet, producing an extremely beau
tiful effect seen from Naples. The stream
ol lava, which is fifteen feet broad, at 11
o'clock had covered a distance of 2700 feet.
It deviated later from the direction of the
observatory, which is no longer menaced.
The only danger is for the new electric
tramway up the volcano, which, however,
has thus far not been touched. The erup
tion already seems to be decreasing, and
it is hoped no damage will result from It.
The spectators far enough away not to be
frightened stood entranced at the specta
cle, but those nearer the volcano were
seized by panic when the eruption began
and rushed down from the sides of the
mountain and from the adjacent country
to the villages of Portici and Resina,
which are built over the ruins of Hercu
laneura.
_ _ APLES, Aug. 26.— The people of
JwL i Naples and the environs wit
/ %/ nessed a remarkable epectacle
• V 8 t noon to-day. One thousand
Spectators Flee
From a Scene
of Peril.
Effort Now Being
Made to Merge
the Bills. \-
Order Is -Issued
by Public
Printer.
Red' Hot Stones
Hurled High
in Air.
VENEZUELANS
PLAN DEBT
UNIFICATION
MUST SWEAR
TO SUPPORT
CONSTITUTION
Peculiar Eruption
of the Italian
Volcano.
VESUVIUS BELCHES FIERY LAVA AND ALARMS TOWNS
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