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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1903)
NOTIQIlf books', Periodicals, Map;a2ii.C3. &C, fro Hollo bs Taken FrsnTha Liijify' vviiiiout p-vmhsioii. Any i'iij : .m;J cniit of i ctf will be liable to piwcunon. 1873 1903 VOLUME LVI. ASTORIA, OKKGON, Wi:i)NI.HDAY, LI'TEMI$ER 0, 1903. NUMBER -m. A Good. we Pure Prepared Paint Sold Only By Fisher Bros NEW HAMMOCKS Large assortment of unusually hand some goods just received. 75 cents to $5.00. N . GRIFFI r THE ELEGANT LINE OF FALL THE BEE HIVE Pleases the eye We sell the highest grade of clothing at figures which please everybody. . Perfect style, tailoring, fit and quality here combine with honest prices. . Atrial Convinces Agent for the famous Dunlap Hat STOKES N. Plumbing Troubles Imperfect plumbing make mil trouble. If you have tin imperfect job, hotter lis it. We'll rimkc it rigtit for yn. -'Whether t is icjinir or new work we repoml uoiiiptly, do it well midget your Hppruvul with our pity. W.J.SCULLEY 470-473 Commercial. Phone Black 2243 Nothing Pleases T n well aa nicely laundered linen. We have- the neatest and most aanltary laundry In the state and do the beat work. ... " r ; ALL WHITE HELP. - Corner Tenth and Duane streets. 'Phona 1M1. - r" TKe Troy Laundry - C BEE HIVE "Corsette Wrappers and House Dresses Are Perfect Fitting, Btyliah and OomfortabU Lid. intra Bat Light Corset Stayi and : Laoet to Support Form NO HlGHEB IN PRICE THAN COMMON WRAPPEK MILLINERY 8TREET 1IAT3 WAR IS NOW INEVITABLE BETWEEN BULGARIANS AND TURKISH TROOPS Atrocities Are Continuing and Between 30,000 and 50,000 Inoffensive Persons Are Massacred. Revolutionists Arc Out With the Declaration That Wholesale Exter terminalion of Christians Will Be Necessary to Bring the Powers to Realization of the Necessity for Im mediate and Effectual Interference. wmaoii, ipt, . Everything seems tv, Point, lo new land terrihlo develop ment In Macedonia, pn top of the nppntllnp no'VHiritit of tho result of Turkish methods of "restoring order In th vilayet tit JJmiKntir" cornel a threat by the Itmui gnu tu resort to reprisals (Hi Uw sum m.uW. - Th ' wonting paper comment upon lh slgnllltam'e of the new that Itus slti itit'l Auntrlfi are seeking to persuade thi! p'Wi'ts to wrrt Bulgaria u show ing the belief ihut war in Inevitable. -JN0 further new regarding the out break fit jiclrut hu been received here. A dispatch tu tin- Standard from Con ataniimtple, daid Huittlii says: "The Turk lire much dlturb'l by the pres once of American warships at Beirut and are making every effort to have them recalled." The same correspond ent on thn Beirut outbreak, says: "With the slightest encouragement disorder might result In the whole of Lebanon rising In revolt. Today ha been foretold us the date of the rising ligutnst foreigners, and many residents of Constantinople are keeping to their louses." The Wnrta correspondent of the Morn ing Leader any that by the end of the week th'J Insurgents will have had 30, 000 rllles smuggled into them, and then real fighting will begin. A MonuMIr dlspuich to the Dally Mall aaya the Monastir irte has informed Hllml Pasha that it haa received a threat from the Macedonia committee that the Insurant intend to murder the Brltlah conaul, or a Journaliat or an American missionary. McGregor notified the Turkish authorities that he will hold them responalble for any murder by either Turki or Bulgarians. A Sofia dispatch to the Dally News aaya the revolutionary committee to morrow will issue to representative of the towers a circular note forwarntng them of coining events. The note Is Intended to Justify the future actions of thu Insurgents and will point to the- probable loial extermination of Chris tians a necessitating the employment of the same atrocious measures by the revolutionary s against the Turks and will contend responsibility f"r such deeeprate acts will rest with the powers. THOUSANDS MASSACRED. Sofia. Sept. tt. Macedonian Inti-iior organlxntlon estimates that l."0,ooo wo men, children and o!d men are hiding It) the mountains' and forests of Mae-- donla. Turks are burning the forests In the districts of Leron and Kosbre unfl ktlllDK fiiKltlves who attempt to to tonne, to the plains. Tu Vlnch village of Gopesh, three hours distant from Monastlr. lias been burned by the Turks, who are reported to have thrown several of the Inhabit anta into the fire. Thirteen thouand Turkish soldiers are assembled on the frontier at Pa lanka Kratovo and Gobiiianl, and are plundering -the surrounding villages. The people have not complained, fear Ing they may be murdered. In the dis trict of Debrltsl. vilayet of Monasttr, aotdtera are reported to be naked and starving and to be robbing all around All reporta from the vilayet of Mon astir agree In describing the situation a appaling. . Between 30,000 and 60,000 Bulgarian inhabitants are believed to have been massacred by the Turks. Refugee In the mountains and for eat are dying of starvation by the thousands. The Turka are apparently determined to sxtermlnate the entire Bulgarian population of the Vilayet. It la reliably reported that the Turg' lah force In Macedonia number 35,000 and It la considered Impossible that uch force could have assembled mer ely to crush th rebellion. It Is feared the sultan Is meditating an attacg on Bulgaria. CONTROVERSY OVER ESTATE Settlement Deoends on Time of . Death of Heirs. New York, 8ept g.-Dlspoaltion of an estate Involving a large fortune de pends upon the date of the death of Arthur Beckwlth, an artiBt, wno De- longed to a prominent family of this elty. He disappeared from the San ford Hall Asylum at Flushing, L. I., In 1894, and never has been heard of since. Owing to compllcetlona between the heirs and the state on the question of th! amount of tho trans fer tax, counsel has instituted proceed ings In the Surrogate' court to have the date of death aattled. The controversy also Involve the tute of Leonard Forbc Bockwith, his brother, at one time chief engineer of the aubway commission. Both men were declared to be Incompetent and left large property interests. Eaeh In herited estates of about half a million dollars from their father, Leonard dying intestate In 1896. According to the petition of the ad ministrators of the estate of Arthur Heckwlth be, :n h, escaped from tn asylum at Litchfield, Conn., and was two year later discovered In Havana. Cuba, living In squalor; He was !n 1SD3 placed in the Sanford Hall Asy lum at Flushing, pending proceedings begun In January. 1SS4. to have him adjudged Incompetent. He again es caped. In January, 1902 he was de t tared legally dead. It la now sought lo have hla death placed before that of Leonard. In which case the Utters belrs will get most of both fortunes. LADY CURZON'S COUSIN DEAD Heiress to Fortune is Killed in Carriage Accjdent Hageatow n. Md., Spt 8. Mrs. Fran ces McGraw, wife Of Aaron K. McGraw, haa been killed in a driving accident near Sharpsburg. ' She was a niece of Levi Z. Letter the Chicago millionaire and therefore a cousin of Lady Curzon, wife of the vlcory of India. Mr. McGraw, hie wife and one of their children drove out to view a New Jersey-Antietam batHefieid monument about two mile from Sharpsburg. They started back to town and had pone but a short distance when the horse shied, and the wagon was upset. All three of the ' occupant were thrown out. Mra. McGraw landed on her head and her neck waa broken. The whels of the wagon pasaed over the child, badly bruising It. Mr. Mc Graw was rendered - unconscious but soon recovered. He was slightly In jured about the head. MOTOR CYCLISTS ORGANIZE Every State in Union Represented In New Association. New York, Sept 8. Motor cyclists to the number g 87, representing almost every state In the union have met at Manhattan Beach ar.-i organized na tional protective association under the name of the Federation of American Motor Cyclists, with officers as follows President. R. G. "Betts, New York Motor Cycle Club, New York City; vtce president for eastern district, Dr George H. Perry, New Haven, Conn, vice president for southern district, N. N. Austin, Daitonla, Fla.; vice pres ident for western district B. B. Bird, Chicago,; vice president for pacific dis trict, Don E. Campbell, San Francisco secretary, E. L. Ferguson, New York City nnd treasurer. Dr. G. B. Gibson. Westborough, Mass. ... A constitution was adopted, which provides for territorial divisions and ofBcerj, which may ultimately become state divisions. A general convention is to be held annually between July 1 and September 1. The principal object of the organization will be to secure legal recognition of the motor bicycle as bicycle, and to free it from the restrlc tlve automobile laws which now arply to it In some states. WILL EXPLORE ANCIENT CITY Chicago University Representa tives to Go to Babylon. , Chicago Sept. 8. President Harper has secured the consent of the sultan of Turkey to an exploration of the country In the vicinity of ancient Bab lvotv according to the advices Just re' ceived ut the. University of Chicago. This marks the successful tsaue of an attempt begun In July, 1900, when ap plication was first made for University exploring parti js to enter the district. It is understood that a party has been formed and that it will leave the uni versity this fall. , : The place where the exploring parties will have special privileges Is Tel Ibra him, long regarded as a part of Baby. Ion In this vicinity are supposed to be the ruin of the temple in which Nebttchanneter offered sacrifices, and tho explorers hope to find the tomb of Abraham. resident Harper met w ith the oppo sition of the German government, which wa trying to secure excavatlnp prlvbeges In Ihe same place. I DIES TO SAVE HER HUSBAND Chicago Woman Receives Bullet Intended for Him, Chicago, Sept. J.-Itushlng In front of her husband to protect him from an attack by ait armed man, a young wife last night received a bullet in her right side and physicians say she will die. Mrs. Ida Recksteln, 35, year old, I the victim, and after shooting her Ru dolph Moppe a aaloonkepper.wa set up on by a crowd of union cornice workers who knocked Wm down and were beat ing him over the bead when the police appeared. Not until the police had drawn their revolver and charged on the crowd did the union men release Jloppe. He wa then unconscious but later recovered. ' '' " 5 ' The shooting followed a quarrel be tween Hoppe and Recksteln at the rooms of the tatter. Rectatein la said to have struck Hoppe and the saloon keeper then drew bis revolver and fired twice at hi antagonist without effect. A be fired the third time Mrs. Reck steln Jumped in front of her husband. Frightened by what he had done, Hoppe ran down stairs and went to his saloon. He opened the cash regis ter, and after taking the money hur ried Into the street, where he was met by the cornlceworkers. who had been celebrating labor day. They had heard ihe shooting and called for ven peancc. KILLS HERSELF WITH WEDDING GIFT. Chicago, Sept. 8. Mrs. Helen Worth- lngtou Purlnton, wife of Colonel Hoi man Greene Purington, prominent In Mamntc and National Guard circles. committed aulcide last night at her home by shooting herself In the mouth. Desponlency over continued 111 health. coupled with the dread of a dangerous surgical operation, which her physi cian had told her was inevitable. Is thought to have been the cause of her act. The weapon with which she tcok her life a heavy army revolver of calibre was a, wedding present given her by her husband's Knight Templar comrades on the eve of her departure for the Phllioolnes with Colonel Pur Inton three years ago. NAMES ARE KEPT QUIET Six Indictments Returned by Pos tal Fraud Cases by Federal Grand Jury. LEOPALD STERN !IS LOCATED Is Now. at Toronto, Canada, but lieftises to Slake any Stat iiient of His Caw. Washington, Sept. 8. The federal grand jury in this city today returned seven Indictments in the postal cases involving six different persons. AH the indictments were kept oft the pubile records and the officials refused to dis cuss the names or details of the indict ments until the parties indicted are arrested. It is exnected the arrests will occur tomorrow morning, and that the postotfice department will have some announcement during the fore noon. Se.-eral of the persons Indicted live outside of Washington. They will be arrested as soon as bench warrants can be served. two otner important events occur red today. Leopold Stern.the 'Baltimore contract or who left Baltimore before he could be arrested, was located at Toronto, and ' the long delayed surrender of GeorgeW. Beavers, former head Of the salary and allowance division, to the New York authorities took place. The postal officials have been searching for Stern ever since he disappeared from Baltimore and finally received word from the Canadian authorities that he Is In Toronto. " TURKISH DISCLAIMER. Washington, Sept 8. A cablegram from the Turkish foreign office to the Turkish minister here give the follow ing version of the trouble at Beirut Sunday: Some Christians of the city of Beirut attacked four Mussulmans. During the melee which followed four persons were injured Three of these were sol diers. Two persons are dead, one of whom is also a soldier." . The minister called on Secretary Hay during the day and gave him the con tents of his dispatch. Late tonight the minister received a dispatch from Constantinople characterising as "ab solutely false" the published reports that there was no security in Constan- tinolpe.' :. vfi i .' i , ' ";?- V , f THURSDAY'S RIOT Aj, BEIRUT. Washington, Sept 8. The state de partment has received a cablegram from Minister Leishman at Constanti nople saying that a riot occurred Thursday night at Beirut In which seven Christians were killed and several wounded. Two house occupied hi Christians were pillaged by soldier. The panic waa general. TO RESTORE THE S0CKEYE Effort Will be Made to Establish Hatchery Plant on the Frazer River KERSHAW TAKES UP MATTER Will Urge l'ion Secretary Hay Importance of Oaliilng As sent ofrauadian Govt. Whatcom, Sept. 3. State Fish Com missioner Kershaw left today for Washington, D. C, where he will urge upon Secretary Hay the importance ot gaining the consent of the Oat taw a governent to the establishing of sockeye salmon hatcheries on the Fraser river, the only spawning ground of this spec ies After a conference with Secretary Hay he will go to Ottawa, by invitation of the minister of marine and fisheries where a suitable bill will be drafted by them which the minister will urge be fore the Canadian parliament ' .'. SANTOS DL'MONT AT RIO. New York. Sept. S.-Santos Dumont, the aeronaut, has arrived here from France, says a Herald dispatch from P.lo Janeiro. He Is visiting his native country In order to recover his health. A lotig procession of carriages contain ing representatives of the state and municipal authorities and all the scien tific literary societies was drawn up along side the quay and the Inventor was escorted through the streets by an immense crowd. CIGARETTE LEAGUE NO MORE New York, Sept. 8. If there ever was a national anti-cigarette league. It has dropped out of sight says a Tribune dis patch from Philadelphia. The address given as the headquarters in this city Cots, Steels, llatresses and wm furniture ...the Seaside. See Cur New Line Of led Rooin "Suites Elegant Iron Handsome Tables and Chairs Prices guaranteed the lowest Robinson's Furniture te THE REGATTA IS OVER! But the Success of That Event was in no Manner Greater than that of the ,'. . ' - .-'"- 'l' --Ji t .ut.'! Snf -'tH ;. CARABANA, SYMPHONIE ' 1 " . 1 'i 1 . i AND MANRARA B0QUE Carried at TRULLINGERS the onl; two cigar stores in the city Agenls for the ' ',' Give us your order or Portland Safe & Lock Co: and Best I'Loh-j- n ,- , graph and graiihoj.ijo;.,.. . Call and see samples. records. Agent for Portland Sail & Awning Co. . Sails, Tents, Awnings, and Cut r.s. Two stores, Commercial St P. la a vacant building, anM persons employed In stores In the vicinity are weary of telling Inquirers-- thai they know nothing of the league. " At the irtwtofllee there is a etaefc of letters several feet 'high addressed to the league and they are continuing to come at the rate of thousands dally. The postal authorities have tried vainly to stop the stream of correspondence for which' there Is no claimant. Some one with an endless chain scheme to stop cigarette smoking is aaid to be responsible for the flood of letters. brother arrests brother, Trenton, N. J., Sept, 8 Stephen Kar nts is In Jail here, accused by Ms broth er Francis of having attempted to cause hi death. The brothers had quarreled over property in Hungary. While out walking Francis says Steph en dealt him a blow ever the head from the rear with a heavy club and threw him Into the Delaware river. The cold plunge revived the unconscious victim and he hurried home where the story was quickly spread. Stephen returwd leisurely and, when - questioned ; said Francis had secured work in a neigh boring town. Then a dozen men pitch ed onto Stephen and were threatening to end his life When he was resu-id by the police.-. Francis is in the hospital In a aerlous condition. WARLIKE DECLARATION. London Sept. , 8. A dispatch to fiews dgoncy from Constantinople says the Turkish government is preparing a circular to '.he powers, calling atten tion to tha attitude of Bulgaria, and declaring Intention of the government to pursue the armed Bulgarian bands in Macedonia, and even into Bulgarian territory. - - . RIOT AT BEIRUT. Constantinople, Sept. 8. A consular dispati h from Beirut, received at one of . the embassies here, states that a fierce brawl occurred there yesterday be- tween parties of Mussulmen and Chria tians. It was due to a shot fired by a Mussulman upon a Christian employed : at the American' college. The Christian was wo-irtded The fight broke out w hile the Vail was on board the United States cruiser 'Brooklyn, returning Ad miral Cotton's visit. No further details have been received. In diplomatic cir cles here, the affair is regarded as be ing serious and. renewal of the dis turbances is feared. Stoves, Cheap Everything fer ;! nes I A. TniUiii