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Newspaper Page Text1 OREGON MIST. '' ST. HELENS. OREGON, Firm a v. nnTmiF.ii. ?. inrt xr n ii i.'t v ;.'cc mv jr i " o.. n.n-... . . . , , - . . . ... I'uMHT Pli'. t'oav.vAitiiii J. B. GODFREY. iTTOILYJCr-.W-M) ln Estate aci Timber Lands So A IIHTIt ACT MAIlICi tt IIKI.KSH. ORKOOM '"srHV'GRU'im'lC' SrWUXEY-.tT-LiU wlia B K 1,'tlfl, r itrt.KN. i i wM'iO. Il.lt twel parannel ellamlnn laalltafal ..ii.t .iiiimiad i " HI .r.m. la all il,.mi. aiet I wwN' tura, W.II.POWKU., jnOHXEY-tT-UU i.ri tr iiimmi T AtioannT. Ir. Kilwiii IIosh, Hi y si cum ami Surgeon nT. llr.l.r.H, OKWiUS, Dr. II. it. rnir, Vhysician and Surgeon bl Hr.LK.NS. UKKUOJi. Watts & Price, - DKA! kK IN- floor and Feed Choice Groceries Staple Drj Goods Best Qoalilj Shoes Hardware and Notions K('tHMM, Oregon. Steamer JOSEPH KELLOGG I....1 rtt;.fl on Tw4r, Tkutsdaf sad el Mar I m tmt If , fe'eme. Camllt AWf, tit ft . Arllal r.Kti.i. l U;uttf, M Steamer NORTHWEST ! Portland Monday, Weduaal.v "', nights at al 10 n, lof ih. em lita infiKnttiml ilntt and To wn", fra-litHtf ilia latter blare at 10 a. m nn ih IoUukihc .lay. Itrttirnlng. tli lai Iratae Toledo at noon, end Cat-la It.xH al 6 3ilii itta afternoon, ""', Ihiirmlata ami ttuwla, Portland early In tha morning, .autfwt st .iM. ,,. . llotMAH. Al.al 13 E S rX l.itwtlallr rearlese. aaalaiaailr Maaahllran. Kia from ill lit world Wall rltian, original eUirlae An swers to queries Article, a Health, I ha Home, N.w Pooka, ami on Work About lb I aim and Oarden. The Weekly Inter Ocean Ii a member o( tli Associated Prese, tli only Western News paper receiving th. entire tele graphic news service of tha New York Hun auj apodal rani ol tbe Naw York Worlddally ro puita from ovr 2,l00 apacial corraapoudauU throughout tba eoimlry. YKAR Q fSj E DOLLAR akaarlba lor Tka OHMJO.I iniaT " ika Waahlr laiar aa aik aaaara tar l.0. I How About Your Title? fi R. 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Ju.t k.ty.u...t lor th. coming M..1... Tb Journal to . lrg. aibt pRga p.p.r lull ol Uletrapbio mw. ol th. wl.ol. world. Bam pi. copy lurnl.hed Ir.. upon Inquiry at tblf offlc. itvtitorr lit In n rrm i n . a ii ; JOHN A. HI-XK DKAI IN IK Watches, Diamonds, Silieri are, ....JEWELRY.... Ki'pairiiij; a Sfcitilt j. Morrla at. Vat rat rim. POHTUHB. rOI rORTLANO DAILY Steamer Iralda ft . .a, Mtihr. KAII.HDALi Tlllk Uith R.lul.f il.llM'lr.pi aundti)or tan (. M A H 4.p.rn (.on, m H.l.iia al I rlork. a.lurulu. la.M f-arlltuil al W t t , aiiltlKi .1 at. Ualau. al t a Passcmers and Fast rreijlit roKTUSD I.ANMNU, TAYLOR ST ASTORIA A COLUMBIA RIVER IX RAILROAD COMPANY, aratioKa aat. f a 1 aa I aa m I M I M i m l M a. a ta 1 i I aa t at 4l ID 11 a w ua I H Ml it aa a.' i II it at i la :i ill ta at n 7 tl ir aa li a Mi it l II an fa l a i a. a l.t rrt!a4 At II to I I J tl (labia to a Kklalar ... . friaiald... ....Ma. ..,... V4lltr . I lalkaiila. . .. Ma?.hlan4.. . , aaaiawuiM.. .. ciiioa ... . . . 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Aaraaaaanllai a atalak aa Jlaaor lalloa aar -l-ailal II aatri I II aataw daallal ofjmow rraa wnvuiar u aaill ira miwi -vr ,- Palaal UAaa lkraa ta. "" Scienttfic j.raer.can. A aaaalr lllaalrataa aair. Mraaai rjf rtilallon ai aar aMaoilla !"h Taraia. a Jii, lnr ia..nlla. IL JaSa r al I awKlj.lara. II wllb u. and wa will Ind a r ir. m a . a. ST. HELENS. EVENTS OF THE DAY OATHRRED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprckanalvo Ravlcw of tha Import ant Happanlnga ol tba Paat Week, Prcaantaa la Coadanaad Form, Moat Llkaly to Prova Intcraatlng to Our Many Htadrra. Th. Preihylery ol New York haa con limi ted i porUhle church lor mimioD work. A anrura atorrn haa aweit tmrthnrii coaat ol Portugal, fiihernian war. drowned. tvar the Nlxtoon Threatened damage Iroro foreit firee in th. norlhweatern aectlou ol .Maine haa Iwen aveiti by heavy rain. KirehiiKi are atrikinii torror to the hnarta ol all Harlem, N. Y. They start hlaxea in tli. bHMWianU ol lluu. The American i'eaoier Kierr. Iim aailed Irom Kydney, N. H. W., tor Han Kram i.ro with '50,000 in gold. Ten varum, were Iniured. two eri oualy, in trolley rar runaway at Chi- raito, A K"en griptnaii wan reaponai ble lor the accident. The International aper company, at itumlord i'allri. Me., reluaua to accede Ui the demand, ol the union, and 700 men ar. Idle. (round haa been broken at Pueblo, Colo., (or au electric line from that city to lleulah Hpringa and acrona the moun tain, (or a diatance ol fcO milea. Th. city ol Dreaden will entablinh horn, .or drunkard.. Anan hlaU are aaid to hare (ormu-lat.-d a pain to awanalrmte th. aultan ol Turkey. The Chicago utiivenlty dvairt'. a grant toexplote in Hahyloni. and not tilhylon a previouslT announced. Kkllled mechanic in the New York building tradea to the numbur of 1,000. 000 will (orm a gigantic combine. Tli. centennial ol th. founding of Chicago waa celebrated by th. burning of much ml Bre and other nre worlta. At New Haven. Conn.. . teat will be made to aerertain th. minimum amount of lood reijulied (or the maintenance ol health A Merlin trolier car company ha. aucceeded in running ita can 117 inilea per hour and hope, to atuin ipevd of 126 milea. A New York indue ordered a father to wh t hia tr-rear-olil aauginor in court. Khe had con lewd to aieanng una 11 articlna. Tho Warner liveatm'k comnany baa bean awatdod land in diinute with uatt-r, by The laid ia in rwH-retary Hitchcock. Kaat.rn Oron .long Uie'wlira of Warner lake and haa been In ixintroveray lor aooui so yeara. The Onuron branch ol th. Masonic Knlirhla Teninlar met In Albany thin fear and a lively tim. had by all. The following ollioem wore elected : Georiro II. 1111), of Portland, grand eomni.no r; J.. ?. itoiiey, oi nuajwie, nfjmi; grand commander; I) 0, Alger, ol Al- hanj , grand gnu.raliaainio: Ueorge H. Ilurctt, ol Salem, gland captain gen eral; F. J. Miller, ol Albany, grand enlor wartlen ; F. A. Paine, ol.KuKene, grand junior w.rdeni B. u. v Iilto lionae. of Portland, grand treaaurer; Jamea F. Koblnaoti, ol Kugeue, grand recorder. At Saniter. Cal.. clevet thief ub- itituted a brick for $1,500 In coin. Turkey haa appointed a commieaion to Inaugurate reform. In Macedonia. Receiver Bcobey of the Olympla land offli i etiarged with being abeent without leave. T. Manuel Hermann, btothet ol the Oregon coiigrweman ha. reaigued (torn ollii In th. penaion wivice. Great preeeure la ling brought to bear to have I-ord Milner reconiider hli refniial tc enter the British caninet. Premier Balfour hold, that the beat eolotlon ol the Balkan problem 1. for the power, to eupport a RuMC-Au.trian agreement. The .triklng carmen at Newark, N. J., have returned to work. The com pany haa promised to consider the change, demanded. No trace b. been found of the men who attempted to hold up the O. R. A N. train near Portland. The wounded man who wa captured continue, to improve. Austria fear. KoMuthi.t revolution In Hungary. Odd Fellow, will erect a 1,000,000 temple in Baltimore. Lord Milner I. Delieved lo have de clined to enter the Brltl.h cabinet. In a recent battle between rebels and Turkish troop the latter lost 600 men. The Bhenango, Pa., tin plate mill, the largest in the world, is to shut down. Mr.. Jefferson Pavls, widow of the preitdont of the Southern Confederacy, I. In Buffalo, seriously 111. Russia and Austria have again warned Turkey and Bulgaria against war, and declare massacres must cease. Russian soldiers are persecuting the Jew. of Gomel. The people were beat en and their houses robbed and burned. The hunt lor the men who held op the O. R. N. train near rornanu uaa so far failed. Ho trace whatever can be found of the bandit.. The wounded man refuses to give any partisniara aa to who his confederate, are. GNKOON IS CMANOINO. Forestry OKIclala Find Reserves Now Wanted. Ar Washington, Sept. 30. "Contrary to what appear to be a popular belief, th'Te is a steadily growing sentiment Htnong the people ol Oregon In favor of (orent reserves," sold H. I). Langllle, the Oregon man who is now forent in ipertor in the bureau of (omtry, and who has lust returned from a summer .pent In eiamining land that have lN-en withdrawn in that state. "I npent a large part of th. summer conferring with people living in the vi cinity of various withdrawals," he continued, "and I find they generally indorse the reaerve policy, and want more reserves established in Oregon. I talked to farmers, to lumbermen, to stoi kmen, and, in fa t, to all classes, and tlieovajarbelminhg sentiment fav orable to the reserve policy was ery gratifying." Mr. l.angilfekpent several week, in the Kogiie river country and the re mainder of the season In the vicinity ol the other withdrawals in Oregon, save that in the Blue mountains, which he visited a year ago. In Sooth western Oregon he found the people divided, half favoring a reserve, bait opposing. In Eastern Oregon, th. eentiment wa strongly in favor oi new reeerves at all localities where withdrawals bave been made. He believes the examinations made this year by the various representatives of the bureau of forestry who have been in Oregon, will furnish sufficient data lo guide the secretary of the interior in marking the bo.ndaries ot the prop aed new reeerves. WAR CLOUDS LIFT. Bulgaria Takea Near Hop. In Macedonia Porte Lessens Apprchcnslona. Bofla, Bulgaria, Sept. 30. The situ ation here is much brighter today, and the war clouds appear to have lifted. The porte's assurance that the 32 oat Lai ions recently ordered to proceed from Mouastir to Adrianople will not be moved has lessened the apprehensions of the Italgarian government. Further rati.faction is derived from the fact that M. Natohovitch is going v Con stantinople in the capacity of Bulgarian diplomatic agent. He conducted the negotians with the porte last June, and alter their failure returned to (soda. The committee appointed for the pnr pose at the lime ol ye.terday's demon stration of 15,000 Macedonians in this city waited on Premier Petrol! today and asked him if the government in tended to do anything to help the Mac edonians. M. Petroff replied tbe min istry was acting iu what it conceived to be the best interests of Bulgaria, and would continue tbe same policy. The spokesman ol the committee told the premier his reply would not be Batisfcat ory to tbe people, and the committee thereupon withdrew. Tbe Dnevnik, commenting on the situation, says: "Although the Bulgarians remain quiet, it is not a true indication of the national feelings, but it i. owing to the approaching elections." The pler adda it will "jSt be long belore everybody aj-j (J try to lorce to govetuuiiifitt o take acticn." MAD RUSH TO DEATH. South Carolina Train Strike! Curve at Very High Speed. 'Charlotte, 8. C, Bept. 30. While running ' h8D rate of speed, a south-bound fait mail train on the Southern Railway jumped from a tres tle 75 feet high, north of Nanville, W. Va., this afternoon and was-almoet de molished. Of the crew ot 16 men, in cluding mail carriers, nine were killed and (even injured. The trestle where the accident oc curred is 500 feet long and is on a sharp curve. Engineer Brodie, who was a new man on tnat division, came to the curve at high speed. The locomotive had only gone about SO feet when it sprang from the track, carrying with it four mail cars and an express car. The trestle, a wroden structure, also gave way lor a space ot HO feet. At the foot of the trestle i. a shallow stream with a rocky bottom. Striking this, the locomotive and car. were reduced to a mass of twisted iron and steel and piece, of splintered wood. All the dead men were mutilated. No one on any of the cai. bad 'made an effort to jump, and the bodies ot all those killed were found in the wiecc- age ol the different car. to which they had been engaged. A crowd aoon gain ereu. come wumva among lueui fainted at sight of the crashed bodies. All the express matter in the express car wa. destroyed. Threatened Strike ol Coal Miner.. Altoona, Pa., Sept. 30. President Patrick Gilday, ol District No. 2, United Mine workers, I. authority lor the statement that a strike of the 15, 000 men employed by the Pennsyl vania Coal & Coke company, the new- Iv formed soft coal combination In tbe central Pennsylvania field, i. threat ened. Ha hsa given the officials until October 3 to agree to carry out the pro vision, of the Altoona wale. Thoma. Watkins, who wa. a member of the Anthiacite Arbitration Commission, I. vice-president of the company. Caaal Board Haa No Hop. Now York, 6ept. 30. A Colombian senator who appears to have reliable Information says, according to alteram dispatch from Bogota, that , the com- mission appointed to arait a new prop osition for a Panama canal will report It to be useless. Tb. senate will ex amine the legality of the canal com- oanv's extension of time on th. con- - w .a .Mil I tract of Mancini Caldron before taking any n.w action on the canal propo- sition. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON MODERN PRUNE fJRADINO. Oraat Progreaa' Haa Been Mad. la the Industry. The great progress that nai been made In tbe prune Industry In this state in the last few years Is Indicated by the machinery which ha. been put In operation at the Willamette Valley Prune Association', warehouse' la Salem. In one corner of tbe ware house stands an old-fashioned hand prune grader, of the back-breaking type. It waa capable of handling ten tons of fruit a day if a gang of men could keep It going steadily. In tbe center of the warekouse i. a massive power grader, 42 feet long and ten feet high, the most up-to-date machine (or that kind of work. Its capacity Is 100 tons a day. In former year, the .runes were loaded on truck., taken up to tbe second floor on an elevator and emptied Into the grader by men wno lifted the aack. of prunes to the hopper. Now the grader stand, on the third floor. A continuous chain carrying cup. run. from tbe base ment to the top of the grader. On any floor prunes may be dumped Into a hopper and they are carried up to the grader without further effort. From the grader the prunes run through a steam process from which they emerge Into another hopper and from this they drop into boxes all ready for packing. From start to finish manual labor Is reduced to a minimum and nearly all the work Is done by machinery. During- the pas sage of the prunes through the grader and processor they are cleaned of all dirt, are made uniform In moisture and are placed In the boxes bright and clean. wheat trade at standstill. No Sal. Oa Hi. Peadletea Market and No SblpaMBt. to Coast. The wheat market of Pendleton and vicinity Is at a complete standstill. No sales have been made for nearly a week and no shipments of moment are being made to the coast. This state of affairs was caused by the sudden decline In prices. Club Is quoted at 67 cents per bushel, while blueatem is selling at 70 cents. This Is a drop of 6 cents per bushel on both classes of wheat. The mills bad boosted the price. They were lust out of wheat, and If they had not paid high prices they would have been forced to shut down. Some of the mills south of her. had to suspend operations because they did not care to pay Buch a fancy price. The mills are now well supplied and are buying but little, only in cases where there is storage room. The export buyer seems out of the market The farmers will not sell at the present quotations, aad the buyers ill not offer higher money. There are about 900,000 bushels of unsold wheat in the county. Never waa there such keen activity among farmer, in storing wheat. The buyers sa ythat about 3000 sacks are Jm'Wiifi" in Fendieton daily, which Is 1000 sacks above the average dally delivery. This rush of wheat to the warehouses is due to farmers fearing a wet season, and also to get this work off their hands so fall seeding can be started. By the middle of next week al) the grain of the country will have been placed under shelter. The weather is ideal for the finishing of harvest. Most of the grain which was standing when the recent rain, came will not be threshed, but will be cut for feed. Installing Mining Machinery. The Crystal Consolidated Mining company Is at the present time ener getically placing machinery that has been contracted for some time. They are now installing a 50-horse power boiler and engine and sawmill. They have also placed an order with the Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, for a stamp mill. This will .oon be completed and will be on the ground early next month. The company Is also building a wagon road from the new Champion Creek road to the Mountain Lion claim, a distance of 7500 feet, the cost of this road will be about $4000. This company ha. a large amount of ore in sight and will run the mill continuously during the winter months. Stat. Veterinary Board. The members of the Oregon state veterinary board, created at the last session of the Oregon legislature, will be named by Governor Chameblaln in a few days. The board will consist of five competent practitioner, of veter inary medicine and surgery. Two of the men to be appointed will serve for a term of two years and three for a term of four years and after the first two years the term of office of all members will be four years. The members serve without compensation, but receive their traveling and other expenses. Selling Off Rang. Cattle. Some cattlemen of southeastern Oregon say the range this season is the shortest In many years. J. C. Franks, superintendent for J. D. Carr, one of the cattle kinga of the coast, says they are reducing the herds on the Carr ranges as fast as they can find sale for the cattle. They have already disposed of many hundred., and there are many more to be sold, notwithstanding that the management has purchased range laads during the present year costing about $5t),0d0. Slaughter of Phaaaaot. There la urgent need for vigorous enforcement of the game law. of th. state, so far as they are designed for the preservation of the Chinese pheas ant. For the past Sve week, these . . v vu 1.111,1 In mintlAaa " . k. witl.m.ria valley, al- II UlUUn D a a a,aM " -- r out the season for killing of this .aroe joea not open until Thursday, October 1. A BIQ SHEEP CENTER. Thousands are Leaded ai Pendleton for AU Parts of th. Wast. Pendleton I. one of tbe greatest uheep shipping centers of the Pacific slope, railroad men say. About 100, 000 sheep have been shipped from and through that point this season. A great many more will be shipped be fore the winter season comes on, as the fall movement has Just become es tablished. The O. R. t N. 'reports that 300 cars had been shipped from and through that point, while it was ascertained that the W. C. R. had handled 200 cars. Tbe cars, as a rule, are loaded with about 240 sheep each. These shipments are auch heavier now than they were last year at this time. Tbe shipments of the entire country will greatly exceed the ship ments of last season, for the reason that there are more sheep In the country, and feed Is exceptionally scarce and sheep raisers ara forced to sell. The season is now fairly opened and h.avy shipments will con tinue for the next month or so. Most of the sheep bave been ship ped to Portland on the coast and Seat tle and other Bound points. Some have been shipped as far east as SL Paul. Heavy shipments have been made to California points. No rea son Is assigned for this extraordinary activity, beyond the fact that a scarc ity of mutton prevails In th. Utah section. Many sheep of Montana, this year, have been killed by severe storms, and there Is not tbe usual sup ply there. THROWS THE LAND OPEN. Effect of Ruling Relatlag to Timber aad Stone Entries. Tbe ruling by the department to construe strictly the testimony taken in timber and stone entries In regard to speculation will have the effect of throwing open again a greater part of the timber land which baa been en tered upon under the act of June 3. 1878, and for which patents have net been Issued. There would be no pos sible way to enter the land then ex cept by those who have forest reserve lieu land script to place, and this would have the effect of throwing the best lands of the public d.main into the hands of corporations which have bought up all available scrip to us. for good timber lands. This is the exact result congress most desired to svoid. Only a small percentage of the entries under this act kave been made by adjacent homesteaders, who enter such lands to reserve to them selves and successors" woodland for the future. Pokegma a Village of Teats. Southeastern Oregon can boast of a city built entirely of tents. Pokeg ma Is the name of this unique village, which Is located among the towering pine, near the summit ot a mountain range. It 1. the terminus of tbe Klam ath River railroad, a branch of the sQIUiefa Pacific. The branch t. con structed for a distance of 25 mile, and was laid for th. purpose of tap ping the timber belt -of this section. People have rushed in to secure laad and many timber locations have al ready been made. In fact all the best of th. land has been taken. State Normal School Opea. The work at the State Normal at Monmouth has begun. Many students are In attendance and the work of get ting located Is being rapidly pushed. An unusually large number of new faces are appearing and th. addition al facilities for the accommodation of student, provided In anticipation of an Increase will be fully required. As the real work of the state normal Is better understood, the new students represent many who have had much experience In teaching and who come for special training. At State Agricultural College. Registration has been in progreaa at the Agricultural college today. Th. total has reached 250. The total at the close of the first day last year wa. 327. There is a vast contingent of new students, and it Is certain now that the freshman class will be larger than usual. MRTLAJSi MARKETS. TCaeat-Walla Walla, 74c; blua- tarn, 71c; valley, 7Ie. Flour Yallay, $3.S(BS.86 per bar rel; bard wheat straight., $3.75(94.10; hard wheat, patent!, $4.J04.50; graham, t3.3SC3.75; whol. whsat, $3.6594.00; rye wheat, $4.50. Bar lay Feed, $19. 0(980.00 par ton; brewing, $21; rolled, $31931.50. Oat N.. 1 whit., $1.10; gray, $1.051.10 ft oaatal. Millituffa Braa, $31 par ton; mid dling., $35; shorts, $21; chop, $18; linsead dairy food, $19. Hay Timothy, $14.00 per ton; clover, nominal; grata, $10; cheat, nominal. Butter Fancy creamery, 25(J27Xc per pound; dairy, 18930.; .tore, 16 (916c Poultry Chicken., mixed, 12(1 lSXe per pound; spring, 14fll4)ic; bans, 129130; broil.ni, $3.60 per dexen; turkey., live, 109 13e per pound :draaed,1416c; duck., $494.60 perdoaon; gweea, $690.60. Eigi Oregon ranch, 4e. Potatoea Oregon, 06975c per aack; tweet potatoes, 2)c per poand. Wheat Sacks In lota of 100, 6M& Real Groe. .teen, $3.769 4.25; dressed, 097e per poand. Veal 8X9 par pound. Mnttoa Groe, $3; dressed, 69 6Kc; lamb., gross, $3.60; dressed, So. Hogs Grose, $5.6096.76; drsaawd, Sc. Hop 1903 crop, lie per poand. Wool Valley, 17918c; Eastern Oregon, 12916c; mohair, 86937 DEAD LETTERS INCREASE. Receipts for Year Just Cloaed Ware Largest la History of Nation. Washington, Sept. 29. The annual report of the operation, of the dead let ter office for the fiscal year ended Jan 30, 1903, has been prepared and will be embodied in the forthcoming repcrt of First Assistant Pastmaater General Wynne. The report states that it i. made to appear that there ba. been a large and steady increase in it. annual receipts, which is due, it is said, to the great and constant increase in th. vol ume of matter passing through tha mail.. The total receipts for the year were something over 10,000,000 piece., the largest in the history of the office, ex. ceeding those of the preceding year by some 850,000 pieces. Of the aggregate number, 8,895,705 piece, were opened. The money found in opened letter, amounted to $48,6i4, but thi. ram in eluded money (generally coin) found loose in the mail, or in postofBoe. and consigned to the dead letter office. Commercial paper found, such aa draft., check., money orders, etc , rep. resented a face valne of $1,493,563. TRIES TO STEAL OIRL. Oldest Daughter of Ooveraor of Nebraska Nearly Abducted. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 29. It devel oped today that an attempt wa. made last night to kidnap tbe 8-year-old daughter of Governor Mickey. White four of the governor's children were playing in front ot the mansion an un known man came along and tried to carry the oldest girl away. The other children clung to hi. clothe. ' and screamed. The man was so badly frightened when he saw neighbor, coming that h. dropped tbe child and ran, Uoterner Miccey say. tbe warden ol the penitentiary, Mr. Beemer, reported to him twioe that a kidnaping attempt had been prohesied by the convict.. One convict said some time age such plan bad been formed a. a way of get ting revenge upon the governor for hi. refusal to interfere when William Rhea wa banged last cummer for murder. A convict today .Aid that one of hi. fel lows soon to be released had been as signed to kidnap one of the children to "teach the governor a leeeon." BREAK THEIR WORD. Turk. Kill Refugee. Who Had Been Promised Protection. Monastir, Turkey, Sept. 29. Snow has fallen on the higher mountain ranges, and the refugee, must either leave their hiding place, or .offer the greatest hardships. The Turkish troop, continue to slaughter refugees who return to their former homes at the invitation of the guToruuieui, woicn promised mem pro tection. Near tbe village of Zelatan, in the neighborhood of Resta, troop, found 15 returned refugees working in a field. They bound their hands, drove them into a djtfiuuid maetacred 14 of tte peasants. One of " uTSS VT.,T.gd hi. wounds. A refugee woman snbae quently discovered the bodies and car ried the survivor before the lieutenant governor of Rosna, who refused to hear hi. story. One hundred and twenty Bulgarian., including lour priests, who had been exiled by the Turkish authorities, left Monastir yesterday. AMERICAN FLEET WILL STAY. Beirut 1. Quiet, but LeUhnua Say. Af fairs Are Uncertain. Washington, Sept. 29. Rear Admia rat Cotton, commanding the Enropean squadron, cables th. navy department that Beirut is quiet, and that the ease ol the American vice consul i. .till pending. Withdrawal ol the American warships seems unlikely lor tbe pre, ent, in view ol the cablegram received at the state department today Irom Minister Lei sh man at Constantinople, stating that although hi. advice. Irom Beirut indicate that the sitoation i. quiet just now, nothing like permanent order has been established. Minister Leishman says that the state ol affair, there may yet be regarded a. uncertain. Nab' Counterfeit Money Men. Marietta, Wis., Sept. 29. Official, yesterday near Koss, Mich., on the Wisconsin & Michigan railroad, con fiscated one of the largest and most complete counterfeit money making plants ever taken in this country. They also captured the leader and took him to Marquette, Mich. The outfit of the counterfeiter, was a complete on and consisted of dies for the manu facture of silver from 10 cent, npto $1, and gold from $5 to $20. The coin wa well made and hard to detect, both .li ver and gold being used. Arbitrator Is Named. The Hague, Sept. 29. The czar ba. appointed M. De Martens, professor of international law at tha nnlmnlia f St. Petersburg, to be the third arbitra tor in the claims ot the allied power, aeainst Venezuela for preferential treat ment, in place of the Portuguese ap ooiutee. whose illness haa nnolnrU bis serving. Professor DeMartens wa. one ot the arbitrator, in the Pious fund rlaima. Tha nrnfoaani. hmm k awarded the Nobel peace prise. Arrive to Study American Ways. New York, 8ept. 29. Among tb passenger, who arrived tonight on board the White Star line Arabic, from Liv erpool and Qaeenstown, were Sir David Barbour, Lord Ribblesdale, George Gibb and Sir Dickson Poyoder, mem ber, of the subcommittee of the roval commission on London street traffic. who came to thi. country to study th American street railway system.