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'Supreme Effort to Deal Fanatic,
a Really Effective Blow.
BRITAIN POURING IN TROOPS.
London, Slepft. 28. -. It is ender-
tirtood that tee operation in Somali-
land will very shortly be renewed,
with, of course, Gen. .Ggertou in
command. The intention of the Gov-
ernment is to crake a supreme
effort to deal the Mullah a really
effected blow, although; in well -
Informed circles little hope exists
of catching him, unless the British
force has specially good fortune.
The plan of campaign, contrary
Ito expectation, will be similar to
that wvfliich failed last year, and
I the base of operations from which
the third brigade will start will
;again be Obbia, in Italian Somali-
; sand. It has been recognized the
, the plan of campaign which mad
Obbia the base is the best ; it wa
spoiled in the first instance by
lamentable lack of transport.
The British, forces will co-operat
with those of Abyssinia ; the Em
peror Menelik is extremely well
disposed and will help the British
In every possible way. Active oper-
ations will probably begin this
month, and for some time past
. elaborate preparations have been
made for securing sufficient trans-
port. For instance, 10,000 donkeys
have been purchased in Aden for
carrying water to the troops.
Troops have been poured into
Somaliland, and all kinds of appli-
ances—including mule wagons from
the Cape, and even traction engines
—have been accumulated at the
bases. It is to be feared that th.e
traction engines will not be of
much use, seeing that practically
nothing but camels or mules can
ascend the steep paths which lead
from the maritime plain.
Th.oupandfs of camcils have been em-
ployeid in laying in a sufficient stock
of rations for. the, garrisons up coun-
try, and in accumulating supplies for
the tw,o columna, each of 2,000 rifles,
.mainly mounted, wviiieh are being
formed. Two thousand ponies are to
be purchased in the Ogaden country.
Much importance is attached to the
co-operation of the Abyssinians, and
'.he preisence ,of a large body of Men-
�lik's trooper Bolding the. wells a' Gal-
adi and Mudfug will be of great help
to our operations, as the Mullahs
retreat to his favorite resort at
Wardair will be closed, and lie will
have to stand and fight.
Than only question appears to be as
no whether the Mullah, who Bas
taken advantage of the cessation of
hostilities to lay in further supplies
of arms and ammunition, will remain
In the Noga,l valley, where he was
when last heard of, until our prepar-
.atlon,s are completed;,
'.1•lh,cu'e is no doubt, however, time cheapest e,nd most effective way
0f securing Permanent plaice would
be to construct a light railway from
Berbera to Bohotle, for which the
route hap already been surveyed and
tfo'tu to present no serious obstacles.
The cost of the expedition now pre-
eparing is estimated at £50,000 a
month, and a few. month's of this ex-
penditure would soon exceed the cost
of the light railway.
A rumor comes from Jibuti, under
date Sept. 6, That the Mullah looted
Illig last month, killing a large num-
ber fipeople, and capturing 500
ponies, and many camels
and sheep.
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IS MJI.ED IIY ASSASSINS.
Clique of Murderers Has
Control of Servia,
THE KING MERELY A PUPPET'
London, Sept. 28.—A de�p;atch, Irons
Belgrade to the Times says that al-
though King Peter recently declared
to the officers of the Belgrade gar-
rison that there was no discord in
'the army, and that there was a full
agreement between It and the peo-
ple, the facts are otherwise. The
correspondent says that in reality
the new conspiracy is a far more
dangerous one than the Government
could dare acknowledge. Out of a
total of some 1,503 officers, at least
1,000 are believed to be concerned
in the movement, and, excepting per-
sonal friends and relativen of the 68
assassins of the late King Alexander
and Queen Drage, there are probably
few elervians who do not at least
empathize with them.
The revolution, the correspondent
say's, has led perhaps to worse cor-
ruption and tryanny thap ever ex-
isted before. The clique of assassins
hold all the chief civil and military
offices, and the keys of the arsenal
and treasure chests. Any man who
crosses them is doomed. The King
•himself is surrounded and ruled, and
many are now losing hope that he
'will ever be able to shake himself
free. Minister Gentcliitch, in whose
'house the murder plot was hatched,
and who conducted the secret nego-
tiations with Ding Peter, is openly
stated to possess an incriminating
letter which is always kept hanging
over the royal head and is constantly
found most useful. Gentchiteh, with
(Col. Masc.hin, one of the principal
assassins, have hitherto been supreme
lin the Minstry, while Coi, Mishitch,
;though not actually M'nfster of War,
'has ruled the War Office, and Col.
oppov tch, the first aide-de-camp has
stated as Chief warder in the palace.
The regicides, indeed, seem. to be
ibetgfnning to realize that they have
cone too far. Col. l+Tiehitch no long -
o.r op�enJy swKa,ggeriligly boasts of hid' ASK GOVERNMENT tiverticipationimlrrdere, and is eare�ful to explain that
he only arrived on the scene when
all was over, He professes to re-
gard the new conspiracy of the TO Assisi. HE�,work aP. a few foolish young officers,I
but the fact is, the Government has
been afraid to arrest the senior of-
ficers incriminated in the new con-
spiracy, as they fear the allowing
ow. wic e irea .i
of h i sp d 't was, and has
only taken hostages from among the
most influential well-to-do young-
er officers connected with it. Col.
igeshitch has bcea removed from the
War Office, and is now professor
of strategy at the Military College.
This and other indications point to
the fact that the regicides are be-
ginning to recognize that they must
really moderate their attitude. The
elections will take place on the 21st
and there can be little doubt that
the Radicals will carry the clay. But
eervia. seems to be singularly lack-
ing in strong men, with respectable
characters, and it will be interest-
ing to see whether anyone will ap-
pear who will dare stand up against
the reigning clique, and what will
be the fate of King Peter.
CANAL TREATY DEAD.
Reported Columbian President Given
Power to Negotiate Another.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 22.—When
tee State Department closed. to -day
it was agreed that the Parvenus Canal
treaty was dead, although eight
tours yet remained within which the
Colombian Congress might take af-
firmative n.etion upon it.
Noticing, however, has been received
during the day which gave the
slightest hope V a favorable issue.
A report is current that the Co]one-
bier, Congress in secret session has
clothed President Marroquin with
full power to negotiate a treaty. _11
that report is true, Piesident Marro-
quin, who is a friend to the treaty,
could proceed untrammeled by the
fear of future reckoning with This
congress.
Iii. any event President Roosevelt
must now take the next step. He
can proceed by the Spooner Act and
take up the ;Nicaragua route or he
can allow the matters to 'drift for
the present in the hope that a way
may yet be found to straighten out
the difficulties in the path of the
Panama route.
ELECTRICITY FROM HEAVENS.
Prof. Shoemaker Will Attract it From
Pike's Peak, Col.
Denver, Sept. 22.—Icor three month
F. X. 13choonmaker has been conduct-
ing experiments on Pike's Peak to
determine if the statements of Prof.
Whitney as to his ability to draw
electricity from the sky are well
founded. He will say to the capi-
talists who sent him here that the
plan to take electric force in unlim-
ited quantity from the heavens is en-
tirely practica.ble. He has investi-
gated all the sixty statements made
by Prof. Whitney concerning condi-
tions ou Pike's Peak, and finds them
all true.. He will recommend that
machinery be brought at once, con-
nection made between earth and sky,
and the harnessed electric fluid used
to do the work now performed by
water and steam.
SAY MEN ARE TOO FLIRTY.
A Sad State of Affairs at Union City
Mich.
Vnion City, Miele, Sept. 28.—Un-
ion City, located on the Air Line
division of the M. C. R., midway
between Detroit and Chicago, has
in the corporate limits by actual
count 29 widows who possess
worldly goods in amounts ranging
from $3.,000 to $200,000. All are
well educated, accomplished and
agreeable in disposition. The mar-
riageable maidens outnumber the
wealthy widows to a large extent.
The reason there are so many eli-
gible females in this city is (10e
largely, say the ladies, to the fact
that th'e male population (married
men and all) are too flirty and the
ladies have little use for them.
CANADIAN ROUTE SHORTEST
Enables U. S. Miliers to Meet Prices
of Plour Made in England.
Minneapolis, Sept. 28.—Indleations
that it is cheaper to send flour
to Europe be the Canadian route
and that foreign vessels are going
after business from tee milling cen-
tres are plenty. In addition to the
diversion of grain, northwestern
millers are allowing flour to be
thus sent abroad in order that it
may compete with the flour that
is sent so cheaply from the south-
west by way of the gulf ports.
Otherwise northern millers could
not compete. T.he Atlantic sea-
board rates are too high. The solu-
tion of the problem of competing
with cheap wheat sent abroad and
there milled seems to lie in the
Canadian lake and rail route.
The American line, the Great Lakes
and St. Lawrence Transportation
Company, is putting some of its
boats into the trade.
Shot by Stage Revolver.
Bloomington, Ina'., Sept. 28.— Ey
the accidental 'discharge of a pro-
perty; ,revolver of the "Two Little
Vagrants" Company, to -night, Silas
Canada, a 15 -year-old boy, was
wounded fatally. Bridge Nichols, who
Bae •charge of the 'local' properties,
was handling the weapon behind the
scenes before the curtain went up,
when it was discharged accidentally.
The bullet. glanced on the floor, event
through the wall, and entered the
head of Canada, who was on the
pavement going to the play. Nichols
did (fiat know the weapon contained
aytbing, and he is frantic with grief,
Lake Superior Employees
Think Premier Could Help.
MEN BECOMING EXCITED.
Provisions Are Stunning Short and
General Stampede to the Sault
Looked For—Insurance Men Afraid
of lncendiarishn—V1'liat Will the
Stockholders Do?
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont„ despatch.;
—"I wish that i could got out of
town, for I am worried to death,"
said Mr. William Coyne, assistant
general manager of the Lake ' Su-
perior Company, to -day, and Mr.
Coyne is besieged on every hand
at his office, on the street, and :at
his house at ail hours of the day
and night, by men who want to
know, when they may expect to be
paid the .wages due them. The
The worst of it is that he does
not know, any more about it than
do his tormentors. In the mean-
time the amen, through their law-
yers, are trying to discover what
their rights are, but in this they
are not getting much. comfort. So
mixed up is the situation that no
two legal lights will agree upon
an opinion.
Meet, the Government to Act.
In their extremity the employees
are calling upon the Ontario Gov-
ernment to come to their aid. This
they decided to do at a crowded
meeting held to -clay, when a reser
lution was passed memorializing the
Uovernment to anake strong repre-
sentations to the company or the
mortgagees to provide the funds
required for wages. in the event
of the demands in the matter not
being complied with, it is pointed
out in the resolution that the (gov-
ernment would have it in its pow-
er to cancel the liberal concessions
that have been granted the allied
companies' on account of their con-
ditions not having been complied
with. It is believed that if the for-
feiture of these concessions were
threatened by the Government the
moneys would be advanced by the
mortgagees rather than take any
than ces.
Men Becoming; Excited,
The men in the camps are said to
be becoming excited, and difficulty.;
is experienced in keeping them in con-
trol. 11'o aggravate the situation the
provisions are running short, so that
a general stampede to town may be
looked for any time, and already,
many men have walked in, sbme of
them from as far as 40 miles away,
and they all have blood in their eyes,
They are chiefly French-Canadians
and Scandinavians, as determined a
set of individuals as can well be
found. Officials, reeving this, are vig-
ilantly guarding everything.
T.he Ontario Governmennt, has
placed an official in charge of the
lumber at the saw mill, end further
shipments have peen prohibited. The
department has an unsatisfied claim
of $76,000 for timber dues.
Many more liens were taken out
to -day by local creditors, and the
Local fraternity are kept busy search p
Ing to discover property that is not
covered by. the Speyer mortgages. A
lien was placed on the Gertrude Mine,
and the veneer mill is now liberally;
plastered.
When the allied companies' plants
are offered for sale it looks as if
the 'United States Steel Trust would
be active bidders for it. Three Steel
Trust agents arrived in the Sault to-
day, and are taking an inventory of
the plant. It is stated that some
more iron men are expected tomor-
row. . .M
Will Sell Assets.
New 'York derpiatelt: Charles Hi
Tweed, of Speyer & Co., s>a.,id•to-daffy
that the Coneolida,ted Lake Superior
Company would probably be notified
to -qday of the ileci;sion of the ,syndi-
cate to sell th•esecurities pledged un-
der the collateral note of $5,050,030.
This action on the part of the byn-
dicate was forced by the failure of
tee directors of the company to pro-
vide, pnayment:s of the note.
"Toe reviler coarse of procedure,"
added Mr. Tweed, ''is to Dell the se-
curitiz]s at public auction, and this
we will do. Time- could be sold pri-
vately, but w,e will probably follow
the usual course, I (-ain't say now, just
when the sties will be held, but it
will be advertised, perhaps to -mor-
row."
The reports current in Wall street
to -.ay that the United States Steel
Corporation would bid for the Consol-
idated properties were authoritat-
ively denied. A d!rectorof the Con-
solidated Coln a,ny said that no plans
were Under way to redeem the pro-
perties, and the hopes of eleventh
hour intervention had been aban-
doned.
Mr. Orvis, a direct or of the coin-
piany owed to -day ; "The Philadelphia
etookholdesre have already taken
erteps to get together," he said, "and
will probably do ,something."
"Whet will be the nature of their
clam ? 'Will 'they raise a fund and bld
Pe the properti es to
"1 think them meat to try fleet to
pay Speyer Bet Co.,"the replied.
It was ,sta,tesd that bebides the $5,-
050,000 due the Speyer isyndicate
there are, varieuis prior nano which
will have to ba leaesdied, whicb will
bring the entire amount of Indebted -
nese to be satisfied by"the sale of
aetis up to a figure between ten
send eleven million slollars. Among
these are the seu,ms due to employees
far w!agels for a month and a half,
Insurance Men k'loek to Soo.
Every fire insurance company in
Canada carrying mercantile risks
et Sault Ste. Marie, and nearly all
of them do, have sent one of more
of their most experienced men to
look after their interests there,
which they believe have been ser-
iously threatened as a result of
the closing down of the works of
the Consolidated Lake Superior Co.
At least one hundred r•epresenta-
tivecl of both tariff and non -tariff
companies have quietly and most
unostentatiously, within the last
few days, arrived at the "Soo," and
they Immediately commenced a
most searching examination of
every risk that h'as been under-,
written. They will remain until
the present crisis is over.
Tile influx of these insurance ex-
perts, who are practically for the
time being detectives, is a result
of the fear entertained thlat law-
lessness and incendiarism may fol-
low the closing down of the big
Clergue enterprises.
For months past the fire insur-
ance companies have been antici-
pating the present crash, and they
predicted the crisis almost to a
day, as is evidenced by the fact
that pin Sept. 18, one day before
the statement was issued by Acting
Manager Coyne, saying that the
plant of the Consolidated Company
would have to be closed down, a
new schedule of rates for the new
mercantile insurance went into ef-
fect. This new, rate is an advance
of 25 cents on every $100 of in-
surance carried. Despite the in-
crease, however, considerable new
business has been underwritten
within the last few days.
Already some undesirable risks
have been canceled entirely in the
town cin the recommendation of
agents. In other cases, the amount
of the insurance carried bias been
reduced. In fact, one of the larg-
est and most conservative of the
old line companies, who carry an
immense amount of insurance at
the "800," have canceled every pol-
icy it field.
POPE OF THE ICOR,
ibe New Pope Created a Poor Curate
a Bishop.
Rome, Sept. 28. — Tlie nomination
of Mgr. 3a.artarecur'ate 01, the par-
ish of Castello, near Venice, to p,ro-
viear•-ge_ieral of that city, is one
of the many traits which character-
ize the new Pontiff, and which is rap-
idly earning for liim the title of the
"Popo of the poor."
Wbee the holy father had decided,
to nominate Cavallari he telegraph-
ed him' to come to Rome.
The simple curate came on, the very
next train and was immediately re-
ceived. by Pius 1., wi.o smilingly ask-
ed Itim if he could guess wily he had
been sent for.
When Cavallari said' that be bad
no idea, the Pope said;
"I am going to make you a bishop
next Sunday."
The good priest nearly fainted and
stammered :1
"But, holy father, I have no
clothes but these you see me wear
and I am; not prepared—"
To understand the situation it
must be said that the salary of the
priest at Castello never had ex-
ceeded $20 a month, and that the
poor of his parish bad seen more of
it than be 'min.self.
Pius X., who knew this very well,
ptressed a button and said to els
chamberlain, who came in response
to his call:
01You will see that a complete out-
fit of episcopal robes is made for
my dear old friend here, to whom
I will confide the care of my poor
at Venice.
"Sec that nothing is irnlssing and
serld the bill to me."
NEW TEST FOR MARKSMEN.
Extensive System of Novel Targets
Tested in Berlin.
Berlin, Sept. 28.—An extensive sys-
tem of targets thalt fire with blank
cartridges upon a firring line using
real targets was tested to -day. The
targets, which are shaped like the
bodies and heads of men armed with
rifles, machine guns and artillery,
appear and disappear at the will of
the commanding officer on touching
an electric button. The problem of
the firing line is to make as many.
hits as possible on th•eee targets,
which at the same time simulatethe
conditions of actual war by keeping
up a hot blank cartridge fire upon
the prectisers.
MORPHINE FIENDS,.
The Sad Story of an Engaged Couple
• in New York.
New Pork, Sept. 28.—A young man
and a tall, beautiful girl walked into
the office of one of the New, 'York
hospitals late yesterday afternoon.
She leaned on the arm of the man
and seemed scarcely, able to Welk.
Item companion wins visibly nervous
and his face wap pale and drawn. A
,physician was su.mmonele and the
young maxi said:
"This young w.omia,n hs belen 'tak-
ing a great delal of morphine—much
more than to good for her. I am a
pshysicie,n, bent I want you to care
for her, She Is a, physical wreck
from the use of the drug, largely
taken by hypodermic injections, and
1 fear for her life unleps she has the
best moddeal'attention at once."
Tele young woman gave her name
ale Dara P. Leisse!1. She 'aid Ohs was
a typewriter. An attendant was
(ranee to take her to the drug Ward..
weep eche turned tb her companion,
with an inquiring glances and geld:
'Why, aren't you going to keen,
your promise ,Doclou know you-
agne;ed to borne with nue, and you
are every bit ap bad as I am."
Her companion ,shook his hexad, Miss:
Legatee turned to the hospital physi-
cian, and said :
"We are engaged to be married,.
and the doctor promleed me that if I.
wvoulcl come here for treatment, lie
would become a patient at the same
timet I don't 1va,nt to part with. him.
I can't bea,r the thought oe being
here alone, You Isee, if we are both
cured together. we evill be oo happy,
when we come out well and strong
again."
"The little girl is right,' assented
her companion, "I did make that
promise, for I knew sh.e needed treat-
ment. I didn't intend to etey, but I
guelsts I heed attep•tion es much as
she does. I have been taking the drug
pretty freely for some time. You had
bettei' examine me, too, doctor. We
both ought to quit, but It is an awful
sable
"Yee'
you will stay here, too," re-
plied the doctor. i
The second platient was registered
ars Dr. Abraham L. Lewis. Both the
man and woman, it is alleged, gave
addrelsises at which neither was
known.
JUSTICE IN KENTUCKY,
At Last a Man is Sentenced to Death
For a feud Murder,
Cynthiana, Ky., Sept. 28. Cu;rtie
Jett has been convicted of the mur-
der of Tom Cockrell, town marshals
of Jackson, on July 21, 1902. The
jury to -night returned a verdict of
guilty a,nd fixed the punishment at
death. The trial had lasted eight
days.
Jett's mother had gone away un-
der the impression that no verdict
would be reached. The reading of
the verdict did not affect Jett. Af-
ter the death' sentence had been.
read the prisoner was. given in
charge of deputy sheriffs, ' Jett'e
lawyer will file a motidn for a new
trial to -morrow, and if the motion
is overruled he will appeal, •
This Is the first death sentence
to be passed in any case arising
out of the Breathitt county feud.
Scores of murders, house burnings
and assaults had happened in that
county, and justice there was par-
alyzed. Judge Marcum, after living
for months guarded in his house,
never daring to go out on theehigh-
high?way except when sheltered by
the bodies of women relatives, went
to the court house at Jackson to
file some papers. He was shot is
the back
Jett was accused of the crime,
and, aroused by the criticism of
the whole country, Kentucky un-
dertook the punishment of the mur-
derer. Jett was tried and the jury
.disagreed. Then a change of venue
was had to Cynthiana and he was
convicted and sentenced to impri-
sonment for life. The juries in Ken-
tucky have the power to fix the
punishment.
Now Jett Is convicted and sentenc-
ed to death for another murder,
ACkES OF TALK.
One British Delegate's View of the
Canadians.
London, Sept. 28.—Mr. Thos. Crooks
a Burnley delegate to the Empire
Congress of Chambers of Commerce
at Montreal, in a letter published
in the News, writes—
"The congress is intensely disap-
pointing to me. Such floods of elo-
quence, nearly all 'protection !' A re-
mark, however silly, of 'protection' is
cheered to the echo,while the sound-
est free trade argument is received
in silence. " * * * Nearly all the
time has been taken up by Canadians,
who talk by trio acre, trying to per-
suade us that placing a tax on corn
will not raise the price of wheat.
What they want is an advantage
over the United States in selling
wheat. They hate and fear the
States, but they can see nothing
else. Am longing for a change from
the crowd and heat and economic
heresy of Montreal."
MONTREAL PORT'S RECORD.
Cattle Shipment to Date Passes the
100,000 Mark.
Montreal, Sept. 2S.—For the first
time fry the history of the port of
Montreal the cattle shipments be-
fore the close of the season of navr-
gatiou passed the 100,000 mark. Th
official report of the Goverrrment
trisector, as compiled this afternoon„
showed that the shipments to nate
bad totalled 110,356 cattle and 32,-
502 sheep. The remarkable showing
is better shown when compared to
the shipments mole up to the same
date last year, which totalled 52,-
522 cattle and 29,904 sheep.'
SJ.ould the presort increase be
maintained till the close of .navi-
gation the shipments of 1903 should
total over 150.000 cattle. last year
the total shipments were 77,156
cattle; in 1901, 73,791, and in 1900,
92,180.
Owing to the closing of the ports
of Portland and Boston, on account
of disease„ 10,456 cattle have corse
to this port from the United States.
Who Wants Independence ?
London, Sept. 28. — The Scotsmen
says that the assumption that Can-
ada is in a position to stand alone,
and that undue interference or prey-
sure from the Home Government
might lead to a declaration of in-
dependence, is foolish in the extreme,
and savors of ingratitude to boot.
C .na+dlah independence would involve
a Canadian flet and army on a scale
scarcely less than those of the United
$trees. and that is a large order. m