Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, The (Newspaper) - September 14, 1903, Cedar Rapids, Iowa VOLUME 212 CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14 1903 PRICE FIVE CENTS POWERS THE FIGHT Agreement Concerning the Turko garian Petersburg Paper Demands Consulate Attacked Paris Sept foreign office advices from Bulgaria show the is growing more serious owing to reports that Turkish troops are Hearing the border If the ad- vance there will be a oral of Bulgarian forces preparatory to meeting eventualities The note to the powers has been received here and is now under consideration It sots that in the event of hostilities between Turkey and Bulgaria Russia and Austria will not give support to either parties but will hold each of them to it strict accountability for their actions It is expected will adhere to the at- Demands Intervention St Sept today demands active inter- vention in Macedonia ami proposes as a solution of the difficulties the at- taching of officers bf powers to all Turkish repressive expeditions with authority to prevent sary cruelties Fired on French Consulate Berlin Sept dispatch to the from Sofia Turkish troops have raided the Bulgarian frontier near and driven off three herds of sheep The dispatch adds that Turkish diers at in Turkish territory lired on tlie French ate breaking the windows A party of Turks bivouacking near with them twenty Bulgarian and girls Five hundred fugitive women and children have arrived at States marshal in this city United today Parole Law Commended Fort Madison Iowa Sept don Jones of the Fort Madison pays a high compliment to Cummins in his biennial re- port just in which he com- mends the working of the parole tem He declares that the of the system is in large measure due to the great care luken by the ernor in handling the matter The penitentiary gained 35 in population the biennial period The earnings from convict labor in the term was which is slightly less than in the preceding term The discipline of the penitentiary has been lent QUIET REIGNS AT Washington Sept navy de- today posted the Admiral Colon telegraphs from Beirut Sept that he exchanged very satisfactory visits with the ernor general The governor general has personal charge of vice con- case The late chief of police has been deposed Twenty-eight sons including principals in of last Sunday were ar- rested Beirut is The of Ihc new governor general inspires confidence The former ernor general left Sept 12 for Con- Republicans Iowa Sept the re- publican county convention for county S Jacobsun was for K J Hook superintendent of schools TO R treasurer George Mizener LOEB ON THE CARPET Oyster Bay L I report that President Sept Roosevelt has objected to the presence fair Thomas Lip ton at a banquet which the president himself was to given by the Corinthian Yacht club in the club house on ter Island September IS has been It seems that the dent had been assured that the tion was for club members only and that there were to be nn other guests The apparent slight was ex- by Secretary to President Loeb who said he had written the letter that caused the Mr spent a bad hour with the president last night Yacht club officials however clarc the responsibility rests with them and they are anxious to show that the president and secretary were innocent of the whole transaction They say Sir Thomas being an honorary member of the club needed no invitation and that President Roosevelt therefore would be only guest of honor FLORIDA SWEPT BY HURRICANE i Property Damage Very Car Load of Dynamite Ex- Sensation in Pennsylvania Refuses to Pay Fees Jacksonville Sept gers arriving by Fatal Wreck in Minnesota Minn Sept east bound passenger train on the Great Northern railway was wrecked ono mile west of this place An un- known man stealing a ride on the truck of a day coach Several wore none fatally hurt The went into the ditch was killed entire train from Tampa report the property loss there by the hurricane one millions dollars No wires were working south of Jacksonville this morning and the details of the hurricane which swept over the southern of the state Saturday are incomplete So far as known seven people were killed the bodies of five washed up near Miami on the east coast and two- near Boynton on the west side of the state Passengers arriving today on belated trains report that on the east coast many vessels were wrecked Above Miami it is reported seven or eight vessels are ashore The erty loss in the of Tampa is about a million dollars West Tampa is Hooded by rain No loss of life is reported in Tampa although several persons were hurt by railing trees Much injury was done orange groves and gardens The disturbance this morning is sweeping across Alabama and The Earlier Reports Jacksonville Fla Sept sonville has been cut off from the and eastern Florida points y wire for the last three days as a of the severe storm Nothing can be learned as yet re- arding the loss save that the was most destructive It is that three steamers and ve schooners are ashore at Fort lauderdale twenty-five north f Miami and that a number of have been washed ashore wrecks off the coast with great loss of life Buildings at Lemon City Miami nd other points on the east coast rere blown down In Dade county mch damage has been to the range groves pineapple plantations nd other fruit interests The hurricane seemed to strike ight across the peninsula he orange belt and hitting Tampa the west coast It Is rumored hat great damage was done streets electric light and tele- hone systems almost blown down and some ives lost It -is impossible to veniy he report as no lou has been had save in a few lashes A COLD WAVE COMING WILL BIT THE CORN CROP 1 he Chicago Kept 14 s ily and surely oust ward the fro weather that now centers i Dakotas is roach ing out to thi the crop Iowa Illinois ami the wheat oC the entire central The frost is to reach tomorrow or Wednesday 1L envelop Iowa tonight and may roach as far down ay Kansas un- less checked by an unlocked in conditions This is the announcement made by the wea t her of Li c ia I s Illinois likely not feel the f nil cilf 1 I effect of the drop in temperature be- All o fore Wednesday The humidity the past few days then give way to bracing cold ail the mot c severe because of its early ance An of high pressure pan led by freezing temperature and frost has been hanging over the kotas since has been pre- vented from moving eastward by storms moving from the southwest which have kept the Mississippi ley warm anil rainy it moving and at observation time last evening it had affected western Iowa A difference of twenty degrees in temperature was noticed between eastern and western Iowa At DCS Moines the was 70 degrees vt hile at Omaha it fallen to 50 and was still down A greater difference was ob- served in Kansas The temperature at Wichita in the east was 84 de- grees while at Dodge City in the west it was only The two were only on the edge of the re- gion by the high ature pressure and the observation towns to the north and west reported much lower temperatures Some of the low temperatures re- ported at observation time Bismarck N D 34 Cheyenne Wyo Huron S D 30 Helena Mont Zander 38 Rapid City b D Winnipeg Canada iQ EARFUL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION Bay City Mich Sept thousand pounds of dynamite in car exploded in the west side yarus of the Michigan Central yesterday killing two men in- uring three others and wrecking a long distance around The dead are as K Boucher switchman Clarence Hopper switchman The injured were John Crackle conductor William Noble fireman and Robert Roblin engineer The explosion of the dynamite it believed was caused by the dis- charge of a cartridge -a quantity of ammunition forming part of the con- tents of the freight car which held the dynamite Three hundred houses in the immediate vicinity had neys torn off windows smashed and were made uninhabitable The shock was felt for five miles were at Essexville three miles distant The railroad yards were a mass of wreckage THE DOCTOR SAYS THEY MUST COME OFF INCLUDED MANY TOPICS money question the democracy ever will be in INTERURBAN COMPANY NOW INCORPORATED Iowa City Iowa Sept City Kalona and Washington Railway company has articles of incorporation at the Washington county court house The new corporation will build an line between Jowa City and Washington with Kalona as an Intermediate point The company in- for with the lowing President Geo man Washington secretary Willard J Welch Iowa City treasurer C M Ivack Washington NEGRO MURDERS WHITE MAN Oskaloosa Sept Henry white was killed by James Lobbins colored near Buxton He was hit on head with a scantling St Unions Protest St Louis Mo Sept a lengthy discussion the Central Trades and union voted unanimously to protest to President against his action in reinstating W A Miller in the government printing office Uenisnn Iowa Sept speech of 1 K Sullivan democratic date for governor at the opening of the campaign here covered a wide of topics including the monopoly labor Philippines and historic attitudes of the two great parties The aids in erecting lie said ami is the basis ot all The trouble is and has been that our people have not yet given the trust question serious attention it deserved The inevitable consequence of combinations is the elimination of competition He insisted that the tariff should be for revenue only and declared that any other theory ot levying tion is contrary to the letter of the constitution and the spirit of free in- Speaking on the Mr Sullivan said ever has been and favor of a stable and sound currency jit is as much opposed to a trust money as it is to a trust in the ducts of labor It is the fundamental principle of the democratic parly that money should bo under the control ot the general government and in tities sufficient for all practical poses He denounced the proposed system of asset currency and Dt you fully appreciate that system ot statesmanship which wishes to en- graft on the law of our country statute permitting the bil to be based upon the assels of sonit defunct bank is unwilling to have a ten-dollar based upon thi silver bullion of our asset would you That bank in the hands of a receiver 01 silver bullion in the vaults of tlv United Such is the lion of the Fowler is along the same line but step in advance The republicans say they with pride to the course they have pursued in the Philippine islands Tin pride they may feel is not the I wish I do not believe an Ameri can army should be stationed any where for the subjugation of a fre people not even in our own lam The people in the Philippine arc able to govern Another Servian Plot London Sept special from the Bulgarian frontier reports an- other Servian military plot discovered at fifty-nine miles from Belgrade Several more officers have been arrested inland themselves ROOPS flAKE WAR ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN 11 News From Scene of Conflict in Turkey Tell of Terrible Atrocities Sofia Bulgaria Sept anlar ami Turkish collected i ne vilayet of Adrianople appear be pursuing their usual tactics of Urning and plundering the villages nd killing the peasants instead of miking an to uu tile bands Little news is filtering through rom but all reports hat the position of the Christians is The Turks are making a leap sweep of the whole Bulgarian The Albanian soldiers in he vilayet of Adrianople are stated o be entirely beyond control At the beys complained to the officers the ex- committed by the troops The resented the criticism and old the soldiers that beys were riends of revolutionaries soldiers burned beys The Turks have burned the ages of and in he district of They be- leaded twenty-two Bulgarians at in the presence of their ilies Twelve thousand troops bled around and are en- gaged in pillaging and burning Tile population everywhere is to the forests and tains All the Turkish population in district of has ed arms even the boys having re- UNION MAN AND GONE Sioux City Iowa Sent Young president of the Cooks anc Waiters is missing and so ii of the union's money A nev president has been chosen for tin union which has assessed a ina o against its former president which will bar him from affiliating with any other union Two Grafters Xew York Sept han and George H of the Columbia Supply company indicted at Washington in connection with the postal scandals to a Report on Inebriate Law Ues Iowa Sept Applegate of the state how at Ml on th inebriate department that of the admitted to this department wen away without leave and S-l were pa There have been reports reg from 54 of The superintendent again commends Ithe law as he has in other reports but like the other superintendents urges that there be separation of the insane and Transport Reported Lost London Sept unconfirmed rumor is current that a transport carrying a British regiment to India foundered in a gale which swept the British coast last Thursday FOR HISTORIC NOVEL Berlin Sept letter purporting to have been writ ten by a Bulgarian statesman ap in the Journal Th writer asserts that a subterrDiieai leads from the castle a where Prince Ferdinan lives lo the through which th prince can escape by water whe convinced that his position is no Ion ger tenable It is added that Prin cess Clementine mother of Ferdinand King Edward at Vi enna and told her son was a deplorable arid in dange of his life and begged the king have a vessel in readiness to carr him away from Bulgaria King Ed ward it is further asserted assure Princess Clementine that Princ Ferdinand would always find an asy lum in England ABE NOT RADICAL Omaha Neb Sept members of the Omaha union met Sunday at Labor Temple and dis- the attitude of Bishop ell and other members of Ro- an clergy toward the oath Ihc union The was quiet id a disposition was shown to treat le matter as a mistake n the part tlie A committee was amed to visit Bishop Scannell and oint out 10 him that from the of the the ot the meaning given to it by the ishop The printers also petitioned national officers of the union to liter a disclaimer tind ordered that t be made public that they do not jok upon their oath as one to Inter- ore in any way with any member's COUNTERFEITING IN A PRISON Philadelphia Pa Sept of United States coins by rive convicts has been going on In penitentiary under the oC the officials This tion coining directly after the charges of gross irregularities in the tobaccc department of the prison has ed an investigation extending to ery department Warden Daniel W Bussinger anc he overseer of the cigar department ave been temporarily relieved from uty and the prison is in charge of chaplain It is stated however lat none of the officials at the is charged with collusion in the The utmost secrecy has thrown round this latest development every being made by the members board of Inspectors the prison and the secret service men keen the facts from becoming The government detectives ave been at work on the case for ome time and so have some of the board ANAMA GOVERNMENT AT LAST WAKES UP Panama Colombia Sepl has awakened to the of the situation on the and is about to take ic steps to check the movement secession It- is currently reported that troops arc coining to Rodolfe Aguillera the first man to publish articles in f the secession of Panama is to be prosecuted SUPPOSED BANK ROBBERS ARE UNDER ARREST Sioux Falls S D Sept nen who are believed to have bee in the sensational robbery jf the Minnehaha county bank a Valley Springs are now in custod f the authorities of this county Their identity has not been fully eS The robbers are believe o be expert eastern am the state and federal authorities well as the casualty companies have been anxious for capture they were considered dan erous men Grand Jury After the Belleville III Sept Sep tember grand jury impaneled will make a of the lynching of the negro schoo leacher David S Wyatt on June who shot a school but did not kill was strung on the public square by mob Relief Committees Do Much Good Kansas City Mo Sept joint flood relief committee of th two Kansas Citya has completed its work It has distrib ASTRO SAYS HE WILL NOT PAY Port of Spain Island of Trinidad government officials have returned here from Caracas that the nent has refused UD to how to pay Is share of the fees of the foreign in mailer the claims against Venezuela amounting to 00 and their expenses The conduct President Castro in circumstances is inexplicable It s understood that several the umpires have referred natter to their governments that Washington should interfere in view morally re- sponsible for the Venezuelan nent Fall The better grade garments which we are showing this season are so far superior to the average ready-made garments that we are daily gaining new customers who heretofore only patronized the merchant tailor The utmost care regarding de- tail is used in making our clothing and the high standard is at any cost These suits arc all The ials are the same as in custom made clothing but the great ference is in the price We offer during our great Rebuilding Sale the greatest values in new stylish Fall Goods ever shown Men's Fall Suits Worth to Men's Fail Suits and PROS 310 SECOND SPECIAL SESSION NOV NINTH Oyster Bay Sept mature consideration and consultation with of both the senate the louse President Roosevelt has the suggestion that congress be called into extraordinary session in October The extraordinary session which he announced many months ago would be held this fall will be called to present plans to meet on November 9 which was the date tentatively fixed some time ago It is not expected that the formal call for the session will be issued until alter the president shall have returned to Washington Insurance that insures J S Anderson Son MASONIC TEMPLE i nnn x x x ENV ELOPES MORE SOLDIERS ARE WANTED Des Moines Sept H E Ely of the recruiting service for Iowa has received a telegram from the war department in which he was instructed to make extra forts to immediately secure desirable recruits in Iowa especially for the In- fantry service of the regular army He had some months been di- to cut down the and take only a few recruits He is now instructed to recommend at once ot new offices and gel men In accordance with this he has directed the immediate opening auxiliary offices in Fort Dodge Burlington LeMars and Sioux City and as soon as these places have been worked all cities in Telephone 693 Billheads Statements all other printing prices CEDAR RAPIDS PRINTING CO Y M C A Leaders in the Grocery Section California hams Fancy No 1 per mostly in cash to the state of over will be visited people of has helped j The of the order is to families There Is still cure recruits to fill the gaps In in the treasury j regiments which Pope First Reception Sept pope day held his first of any importance over persons for most part working people from the quarters around St Peter's be- ing admitted to his presence nila short of were men sent to the Heavy Snowfall in Dakota S D Sept is a depth of three feet of snow in the mountains and it is still tailing It is the heaviest fall of snow ever known at this season of the Special Coffee 3 Ibs of our lar J and M coffee and 5 Ibs H and F 0 I lated sugar O I lUU Swift's wool soap 10 bars for 5 Ibs navy beans 6 bars German Mottled soap West Side Fair's best Fair's flour per bars Swift's Pride patent soap lb baked ginger snaps 10 lb sack yellow corn meal Our regular tea per lb Rockwell's Cocoa can FRESH MEATS Round steak per Ib Sirloin and per Ib porterhouse steak Shoulder steak Ib lOc 3 Ibs Choice rib roast per Ib Choice meaty pot roast per Ib 80 Choice Ib meaty boiling pieces per Choice short rib bolls lb Fresh lb cured cottage hams per Bacon per lb Choice pork roasts per lb WEST SIDE FAIR H JOHNSON Prop Nsw 195 Third