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THE Roseburg Plaindealer Published Mondays and Thursdays. PLAINDEALER PUBLISHING CO. H.H. BROOKES, Editor. MARY K. BROOKES, Proprietor Entered at the Post Office in Roseburg, Ore., as second class mail matter. Subscription ?2.00 per Year. Advertisi Hates on Application. AUGUST 20. 1903. NOTICE TO TIMBER LOCATORS. The Semi-Weekly Plaixdealek will publish your timber location notices for $2.50, cash with notice. Bulgaria Appeals to Europe. The Bulgarian government has made a strange appeal to European powers to stop Turkish outrages. The Bulgarian government guarantees the absolute truth of every statement and challenges the Porte to disprove a single cnarge made m the memo randum. The memorandum begins by stating that during the past three months the Ottoman government has taken a series of measures with the alleged intention; of inaugurating the era of promised' reiorm and ot assuring peace anil tranquility to the Bulga rian population of European Turkey, but which have had the contrary effect of, further exasperating this population and reviving the revolu tionary movement. Instead of pro ceeding solely against persons guilty of breaches of the public order the militarySand chic authorities have sought every possible pretext to per secute, terrorize and ruin the Bulga rian inhabitants alike in the large cities and in the small villages. Wholesale massacres, individual murders, the destruction of villages, the pillaging and setting fire to Bouses, the arrests, ill treatment, tor tues, arbitrary imprisonment and ban ishment, the closing and disorgan izing of churches and schools, and ruining of merchants, the collection of taxes for many years in advance such proceedings, the memorandum says, are the acts of the Ottoman ad- ministration as Monastir, Uskub and Adrianople. The memorandum relates in detail; a number of such cases in each vila yetl .Beginning with the vilayet of Salonica, it states that in the town of Salonica its-jlf, :1d Bulgarian profes sors of the Z-l .rsity, the students HaS shopkeepers, in fact, all the in telligent Bulgarians in the city have " een cast into prison. One hundred nd twenty soldiers entered the vil ige of Gorna-Ribnitea May 19 and ortured to death five men and two omen. During the first three weeks. of July 25 villages in the district of Tikvesch were subjected to the dep redations of the Turkish soldiers and bashibazouks. The villagers were beaten and tortured, the women vio lated and the houses plundered while the administrative authorities took no action. In the vilayet of Monastir, artillery bombarded and razed the flourishing town of Smerdesch, 300 houses being left a heap of ruins. At the beginning of July two Greek bands, with the connivance of the authorities, plun dered Bulgarian houses. In the vilayet of Uskub, the entire Bulgarian popu lation has been systemtically perse cuted since last May. In Palanja, Kolischini, Koumanovo and Gostigar, the prisons are filled with Bulgarian priests, schoolmasters nnrl merchants. During June the oldiersand bashi-bazouks terrorized he inhabitants of the Schlift district, orturing the people with red-hot rons. Similar atrocities perpetrated in the vilayet of Adrianogle are cited. Altogether the memorandum gives particulars of no less than 131 in dividual and general cases of excesses and outrages committed by the Turk ish authorities. In summarizing the specific details of the outrages mentioned, the memo randum declares that wholesale mas sacres were perpetrated by regulars and bashibazouks in the town of Sal onica and the villages of Balevet, Banitza, Echourilove, Karbinza. Mog- hila, Smerdesch and Enidje, while the scenes of carnage, pillage and incen diarism were everywhere terrible. At Smerdesch over 200 Bulgarians were shot, killed with swords or burned to death. Over 250 houses and the churches and schools were set on fire and pillaged, the property being sold by the soldiers and bashi bazouks in neighboring places. Simi lar scenes occurred at the village of Gorba-Ribnitz. Igoumentz, Dobrilaki and Nikodon. The villagers there abandoned their homes and fled to the mountains. Over 300 men, women and children fled from the Sanjak of Kirkkliz. It is difficult, says the memoran dum, to obtain the exact number of Bulgarians who were imprisoned, mostly on the flimsiest pretexts, as when they were released others were immediatelv arrested. The estimates obtainable give for the villayet of Salonica, 900 prisoners; for T'skub, 500; for Monastir, 350, and for Ad rianople, 500; a grand total of 2500. As information is lacking from many districts in these villayets it is thought that without exaggeration the number of prisoners may be placed at even three times this total. Not e Miracle. Dear Brothek Brookes: I have read your account of the sup posed miracle in Cottage Grove last Fri day, and also your kind invitation to me to explain the miracle away. Thank you for your kindly consideration. The case is evidently a miracle or it is not a miracle. If it is a miracle, as you claim, then other miracles may be per formed by this woman. If your theory is correct, now since she has exhibited the required amount of faith, we may expect other and greater works at her hands, for Jesns said, "He that be lieveth on me, the works that I do shall he do also ; and greater works than these ; shall he do; because I go to my Father." Personally I hoped it would prove to be a real miracle, for laying aside all per sonal opinions as to what Scripture teaches on the subject of miracles, a per son in a community able to thus heal the sick would be a great boom to the afflicted. If this is a case of actual miracle, we shall wait other and greater miracles by this woman, and according to your theory, we have the right to ex pect them. I am sorry to say however, there are certain facts which utterly shatter all claims to the miraculous in this case. Mr. W. C. Conner, of Cottage Grove, and editor of the Lane Countv Leader ivrites me as follows: "She is a very devoted Christian ladv and a strong be liever in the efficacy of prayer. On Thursday night she prayed all night, and still unshaken in her faith, she re tired to her room just before going upon the operating table, for final prayer. She soon returned shouting and clap ping her hands, with the statement her prayers had been answered and sight re stored. At first the doctors suspected she had become deranged from brooding over the coming operation, her illness, and her radical religious views. But she soon became calm and perfectly ra tional ; and a test was made by placing a handkerchief over her right eye, and then displaying articles before her which she readily enumerated. It was found the cloud or covering over the eve and become ruptured, and bad passed to either side of the pupil. The doctors explain the result as due to tho intense strain and excitement under which their patient had been placed the past few days, causing the rupture; and seek to substantiate this '.claim from the weak and nervous condition of their patient at the present time. Soon after the excitement under which she had been laboring had passed, she was stricken with nervous prostration, and complains of pains in the head and re gion of the eyes." All this is interesting. But when we comDare this case with the miracles of the Bible, we find it "totally lacks tho miraculous element. The miracles of the prophets, apostles, and of Chris were never incomplete or poorly done. In the case of palsy, leprosy, fever, issue of blood, deaf, dumb; blind, woman bowed down, tho withered hand in all these cases restoration was immediate and complete. The rule of recovery was "immediately", "straighway", "spake plain", "saw clearly", "every whit whole." But notice this case of boasted miracle. In spite of her faith and prayers, this poor woman, since her "restoration", has suffered from nervous prostration, and pain in her eyes! Imagine Christ leaving Bartimeus with nervous prostra tion and aching eyes, after opening his eyes blind from birth. When ChrLt or the astles healed anyone, that one was made "every whit whole", "im mediately". This difference between the miracles of the Bible and this case proves this case not a miracle. If the surgeon's knife had ruptured that covering over the pupil of the eye, we would expect pain in the eyes and suffering as a natural consequence but f God did it by miracle, we have the right to exjcct her to become from that moment "every whit whole". But what does this failure to heal by prayer prove? rothing airainst the Bible itself. It simply proves erroneous the theory that holds all things possible to us by prayer, if our faith is strong enough, and that makes a prayer a farce by teaching miracle is theoreciallv pos sible to us, while it is in fact practically impossible. If we have enough faith but we cannot have enough faith, so the world suffers on. This failure ought to turn the atten tion toward a better theory of prayer. The theory I advance is that miracles have been performed by .persons .en dowed by the Lord with "gift oMieal ing and miracles", spoken by Paul ( 1 Cor. I2-.S.9). These "gifts" are first re quisite, and are to be employed accord ing to Jesus' instructions. If the "gifts" are lacking miracles are impossible. The failure of prayer to heal is more easily explained under this theory, than under the other. This theory of prayer does not hold out a false hope to anyone, but the otner does. But will the failure of this woman to heal herself, as apostles healed sufferers; ' and will this explanation correct the er- rooeous view of the Plaindealeb in this matter? I do not hope for any change. Cordially yours George H. Bennett. The astericka denote that a lot of per sonal matter was left out. We will re view the communication in our next is sue. Editor. War News From Turkey. Sofia, Aug. IS. A fierce battle is re ported to have occurred in the neighbor hood of Monistir. Three Turkish bat talions attacked a thousand insurgents, and after the fight had raged for six hours the Turks were repulsed with the loss of 210 killed and wounded. The in surgent loss is not given. Sofia, Aug. IS. Reports received from Constantinople, and believed to be authentic, confirm the previous state ments to the effect that when the Turks recaptured Kruslievo thev slaughtered the entire Christian population, with-j out exception, and it is pointed out that among those killed were the employes of the government tobacco establishment, j which were under European control,) and the proceeds from these establish-J ments were assigned to payment of the Turkish debt. Constantinople, Aug. IS. The Rus sian squadron of warships which left Se bastopol yesterday is expected to arrive off the Turkish coast this afternoon to support the demands made on Turkey by Russia, in connection with tho ass assination August 7 of M. Rosetkovoski, the Russian Consul at Monastir. The fact that Russia is about to make a naval demonstration in Turkish waters has been kept a profound secret here, the public beiug entirely ignorant of the Russian movement. The notification received here of the sailing of the equadron was an unwel come surprise to the Turkish govern ment, which had pretended to believe that the Rostkovoski incident had been -1 1 ...I . t. .a nf 1ia rtlliWl- ' parties. The most recent advices received here from Monastir were forwarded Sunday night and announced that the fighting between the insurgents and Turkish troops in tho vicinity of Kruslievo con tinued and that many refugees from neighboring villages had congregated at Monastir. Several villages inhabited by Greeks, it was said, had been get on fire by the insurgents. According to advices received at one of the foreign embassies at Constant! nople no less than 800 Mussulmans havo been massacred throughout the district of Monastir by insurgents, whose move ments continue to gain ground. Enmer Rti8hdi Pasha, who is nominally in com mand of tho Turkish troopcoperating " the Monastir district, is seriously ham pered in his efforts to surpass tho msur rection by the fact that the instructions he receives from hero are constantly changing and that when a movement is undertaken a counter order from the palace alters the whole situation. No Straddle Here. The Republicans of the Third Sena torial District of Iowa comprising the counties of Davis and Appanoose at their convention adopted the substauce if not the words of Congressman Cousins' re cent speech in their resolution on the subject of Protection and the Dingley law, and the Des Moines "Capitol" says the Republican papers in the Third Dis trict are printing it in double measure with a border around it without any apologies and thereby showing both their courage and their good sense. Here is their rtfolution: Roolved. That we congratulate the entire country on the business growth that has been made since the enactment of the Dirgley Tariff law, ! a Republi can Congress, and for the Ian i-ix years we have witnessed a return to prosperity in nil lines of business. Ijbor has been employed at good wasre-. farm lands have almoit doubled in value, mid a fair market price ha- ! en obtained for our farm products. !.! the American work ingmen have t e-u employed in tne worfc'-hopi of o ir country ; that money ha been plenty :ir the reasonable rate o interest, and we close the present fiscal year with the largest foreign commerce in the hittorv .i the Unit-d Mates; that we declare "Sir fealty to the rarty of Pro tection, at: ; j.ledae anew our trust in ih principle of Protection to American in dustries ui.it products. That we believe the Protective Tariff iaws as patted by our Republican Representatives in Con gress a '..e ."-eiiate have been the About Prescriptions I 'est of medicines 'ks. The best materials and thorough .lent are the prominent features of our iption department. o:cr vte & Co.'s Bath soap is a wiuner. Don't :r o come to our store and see our fine line : Toilet Requisites. Fullerton - Phone 451. ROSEBURG, ORE. mighty bulwark of American prosres, aud have made the United States the greatest commercial nation in the world, and we condemn the Democratic cry of Tariff reform as un-American and a di rect thrust to destroy onr present pros perity and an attempt to again bring to the entire business community the hard time we suffered nnder Grover Cleve land's administration, when our laboring men sought support in public charity and the entire business of the communi ty was paralyzed by a financial panic without a parallel in the history of the countrv. Blacklist not Illegal. The Labor unions in St. Louis have lost the fight with the Western Union Telegraph company. On Monday, Judge Rogers, in the United States Circuit Court, handed down an opinion sustain ng the deniurrr of the Western Tele graph Company in the labor injunction case of Boyer et al against the company. In the written opinion Judge Rogers sustained every point urged by Attorney E. Smith, representing the defendant company, holding that the company has the absolute right to dismiss employes because they belong to the union, or for auy other reason ; that there can bo no conspiracy to do a lawful act; that the so-called blacklisting may be maintained and given out for the use of others. Italy Expects War. A Rome diepatchv of; Tuesdays date save - ' ' .'T The memorandum of the Bulenrinn government to the powers regarding the situation in Macedonia has produced a great effect here. The general impress ion is that the Bulgarian government is no longer able to hold back popular feelings which, unless it is repreeted in time, will lead to a war with Turkey The fate of Bulgaria in that event, it is thought, would probably be the same as that of Greece in the last war with Tur key. The Italian government is ex changing views on the subject with Vienna and London. Certificates Granted. Those that successfully passed the Teachers Examinaton and received their certificates are: FirstGrade H. J. Robinett, Roseburg ; Margarette Howard, Oakland; Ray Henderson, Roseburg; JIazie Mulkey, Myrtle Creek ; Dean Cochran, Peel ; Mrs. Dean Cochran, Peel; Geo. Sawyers, Galesville; Ethel L Riddle. Riddles; Anna B. Clarke, Milwood; Emma Agee, Wilbur; Ella Roadman. Wilbur; Addie j Stewart, Azalea ; M. A. Blundell, Riddle ; Leon a Kabat, Rotebunr. Second Grade Ellen Pikw, Oakland; j Alice Larkins, Oaktai.d : Jfi Waltert, i Oakland; Marie 0pr. W iibar; Hat tie j Fisber, Kellonr: Loin Gray, Oakland; V:..iet Browu. Rv-ebnrt: Vi lor Boyd, O.ikian-i : Mattel Mahn, Yonralla ; Ger . irmi Haniptoo. Rorebon:; Pjniine De-I-tunay, Kello-r..' i Third Gradi Sylvia Gr. -'"f hensj j Alp a Turner, Rftsebnrg; Itesfcte Kidder, i Roseburg; Defdatnona Wixn. Brock way ; Grace iruobe. Oakland; tmrna Appleuate, Yoneatla: Emma Parks, Yoncalla ; Denny Houser, Oakland. The raitor to Democracy. I'itcl.furfc Tillman ha paid I.i -e-specte to Gruver Cleveland in the folic sr- are cone too good for Richardson Near Depot. ing word?: "Grover Cleveland may think he will be nominated for Presi dent, but he won't. The 6.000.000 voters who stood for Brvan in the last campaign will not accept a man who re- tusoil to rite the ticket. Cleveland has the word traitor written on his brow. Should the Democrats nominate Cleve land, it would be a confession in bank rnptcy, and a confession of treason, in decency, dishonor and degeneracy. Gor man, l'arker and others are mentioned, but it means nothing. Accident at Elk Creek. On Monday at tho new Elk creek bridge bring erected, the treisling onder tho bridge gave away and fell burying a young man by the name of Marqnam of Tiller, and Mr. Tharpof Oakland, underneath. Mr. Tharp received serious injury to nia back and hip and his jaw- ootiewas broken. Mr. Maronani had his jaw broken and one of hi feet crushed. Both are getting along as well as could be expected. Death of a Pioneer. Johnathan Hodeon, who lived Coos river near Marshfield, died on on Aug. H, 1U03, aged S2 years. Tho fune ral services were conducted by the Rev. F. G. Strange and the body laid to rest in the cemeiorv on Coos river. .oJi"5'.150" crosi the plains in 1S50 with an ox-team and returned from Oregon to New York in 1S54 bv war of Canu Horn. Hereturned overland in 1S5S and settled on TWr Lburtand inlS59 lie went to Coos countv wap the undo of our well known citizen, b. Hodson, the ox-game warden.