The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 14, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME XCIV-NO. 106. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALBANIANS USE SWORD AND TORCH Fiendish Soldiers Are Beyond All Control. Entire Christian Popu- lation of Monastir May Perish. Bultan's Bulldogs Seem Bent Upon Exterminating the . Bulgarian Element. TRO0PS OUT 10 PROTECT PREMIER French Peasants!| Show a Dislike for Combes. Demonstration at Un- veiling of Renan Memorial. Head of Ministry in His Ad- dress Bitterly Assails the Clergy. RESE S 2 SOFIA, Sept. 13.—The Albanian and Turkish troops in the vilavet of Adriar ple appear to be pursuing their usual tics of burning and plundering the vil- g the peasants, instead of making an attempt to break up the in surgent bands. Very little news is filter- ing through from Monastir, ports agree that the position of the Christians is desperate. The Turks are making a clean sweep of the whole -1 garian element The Albanian soldiers in the vilayet of Adrianople are said to be entirel control. At Kostursco the influe beys complained to the officers of the ex- | cesses committed by the troops. The of- | ficers wesented the criticism and told the soldiers that the beys were friends of the all re- revolutionaries, whereupon the soldiers | burned the beys' farms. | The Turks ha burned the villages of agik and Orikler, in the & grad. They beheaded Bulgarians at Almagik in the presence of heir familles. Twelve thousand troops are assembled | trict of around Malkotonovi and a: gaged in aging and burning the ages. The | everywhere is fleeing to the | All the Turkish e district of Losengrad lages en route, robbed burned the village of | in plundered the vi egares Korakes Another body of Albanians going to Vasiliko, on the Black Sea, was attacked | by Band and 1s reported to have suf- hes A band led by the insurgent chlv{. Atamsoff was surrounded by Turkish cops at Kokusho. After six hours | ting the 1 rgents cut their wi the soldiers by throwing bombs. he urks lost twenty men wgements for revol Macedc for some inex Eastern who into six under ZontchefY, the Dar- - WAR WILL BE DECLARED. Bulgaria May Have Servia’s Aid in Fighting Turkey. NDON Rumor, from Vien- busy this mc elsewhere d w 1 the more But even this Christian Europe h; ow Pri -dinand which the es with pow- ia if she no intervenes ger n Christi s threaten B ded th: s sacred dut event the being done to death more the die will be cast and Bul- | In a couple | days do her duty official communication will be | the ong these lines, and iwith the v measures will be | taken, and countermanded only if the powers immediately intervene. This is s last word. The moral resp: will fall upon Christian E even if the material consequences have to be endured by Bulgaria.” A dispatch from Constantinople to the Stuncara says large forces are being col- to the north and northwest of Con- tantinople, where, in the event of war. st fighting is expected to oceur, and ugh allusions to any plan of cam- sign is strictly censured, it may be as- med that German advice during recent neces: re has not left Turkey unprepared From Vienna comes the semi-official & ment that Austria has again pro- sed to the powers to admonish Bul- but that so far nothir- has come the proposition. The Neuse Pester | J 1, often well informed, accuses ssia of openly assisting the Macedon- revolution , even sending them ms, her object being gradually to ex- ude Austria form influence in Balkan af- The paper even alleges that the Austrian Government has asked Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Foreign Minister, explain this ambiguous dealing. The Morning Po#t correspondent, who is Continued on Page 3, Column 3. | unveiling of | and other personages was born PARIS, Sept On the occasion of the memorial to Ernest Renan, the historian, at his native town of Tre- guier, Brittany, to-day, some demonstra- tions were made against Premier Combes in the villages through which his car- riage passed on the way to Treguir from Portreaux. Shouts of “A bas Combes!” “Vive la Liberte!” were galsed by the peasants. At the ceremony, at which and speeches were delivered by Anatole France and others, Premier Combes, in | expressing his thanks for the excellent reception given him at the function sald: “I heard a few hisses. Let me compare them to the melodies played on the flute behind the »r's chariot in olden times to remir em people, they m govern by the people.” During the delivery of the speeches the antagonists of Premi threatening, trying conque Combes because so to force the barrier twenty-tWo | ang shouting denunciations of the Mayor | | of Treguir | ties being 1 police .and authori- troops wus ordered out: The soldiers forced the hostile crowd back and restored quiet . PEASANTS WELL ORGANIZED. The Premier was accompanied by Sena- tor Chaumie, Minister of Public Instruc- tion, who delivered a eulogy many Republican Deputies for Brittany The memorial took the form of a bronze statue representing Repan seated in a characteristic- attitude, while behind stands a golden figure of Minerva holding up a sprig of laurel tachment Among the decorations around the statue | were ornamental mottoes inscribed “Vive Renan,” “Long live free thought,” etc., which particularly incensed the Catholics. vice in Treguier Cathedral to take place at the same hour as the unveiling of the | with the articipation of d and other Clerical Deputi Abbe The Clerical party had thoroughly or- ga d its demonstration and the peas ants from the surrounding viliages as- , armed with cudgels by their women folk the picturesque costumes of Brit- Some of the b nds were headed by he Republican vil- gathered at Treguier and along h priests. lagers als the route taken by the Premier, and the two hostile parties raised cries and coun- cries. During the ceremony of the the Clericals did their best to own the voices of the speakers with Down with Renan.” “Down | shouts of with Comt lic , to which the Repub- qually noisy vocifera- | tions TROOPS PREVENT A CLASH. The presence of a strong force of troops | prevented a free fight between the fact Another demonstration took place Combes visited the rival demonstration and counter- when Premier house in which Renan and during the disorder Baron- erpodson was hustled by the crowd An anti-Clerical who drew his revolver was arrested and the husband of the Bar- oness was roughly handled A bancuet of 2000 “Blues,” as the Re- publicans are called in Brittany, followed the unvelling exercises, at which Premier course of a long speech, time was not d of Brittany of the clergy. Cor in the ted that the the peasa would off the yok He de- fended the policy of the Government, B had only to repeat the history of few months in order to demon- that the clergy had persistently the law, supported the un- thorized congregations In their rebellion against the civi! authorities and stirred up the population to a religious war. bes pre ant when nts > last te ated ————,—————— Snow in Yellowstone Park. YELLOWSTONE PARK, Wyo., Sept 13. Six inc of snow on the level has fallen throughout Yellowstone Park dur- ing the last forty-eight hours. TRANSPORT'S LOSS IN GALE 1S RUMORED ONDON, Sept. 14.— | An unconfirmed | rumor is current that a transport carrying a British regiment to In- es o+ dia foundered in a gale which swept the British coast last Thursday. — . at, raised by the | to restore order, a de- | of Renan, | | latter arranged for an expiatory ser- | WHERE FARMER — | 1 {1 | B 1 0 r ol l h L ~—, ! i I | H 1. i1 1 L 2 JAPOLRA, A CHLE o< V) coseme i/ i i ,' | TERNA LLOSTA— CAHTIOREN NDANAPOLE SEES JRGHI SOURSING St Several Hundred Sober Citizens as Vouchers. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 13.—A tor- vedo-shaved airship about thirty fect s o long and containing two men passed over this city this afternoon. It came from the northwest, circled over the southern part of the city at a height of 700 feet and disappeared in an easterly direction. Several hundred persons watched it, many of them with fleld glasses. Noth- ing 18 known of it here. b, Edgar A. Perkins, president of the State Federation of Labor, who lives in Irving- ton, a suburb of Indianapolis, says he watched the machine for ten or fifteen minutes and that it appeared to the eye to be twenty or thirty feet long; that it | made a half circle over Irvington and then went east in a straight line. He says he distinctly saw two figures, one of them a man with a vark hat on, who sat in the center of the car under a can- opy and was apparently working the ma- chinery. James Agnew, a resident of Irvington, gives the same informafion. Inquiries of a dozen towns east of Thdianapolis have failed to find any person who saw the machine. Except by those who claim to have seen the machine the subject has not been taken seriously /;’ofl”/ i ) ) (/H.i RoErR Fresrno CREEA_ \TCENE f e AugpEme /, 7 g W ,// ,A{I s PURSUERS SEARCHING PASO ROBLES HILLS ’S ASSASSIN MAY BE HIDING Deep Mystery Envelops Crime. County Astir Over Night Tragedy. Motive More Than Mere Robbery. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. ASO ROBLES. Sept. 13.—The assassination of Charles P. Kuhnle, a = wealthy German tarmer, on the road about seven miles from this town last night has aroused the populace to a pitch of excitement ‘and the authorities to a degree of activity scarcely ever paralleled in San Luls Obispo County Constables are searching the hills in every direction. The Sheriff and his as- sistants are directing the vigorous man- hunt and there seems no possible chance that the murderer can very long elude his. numerous pursuers. It is reported that bloodhounds may be used to track the fugitive If they can be obtained in time. The men now in chase of the manslayer are Sheriff Ivins of San Luis Obispo County, Deputy Sheriff McFadden, Con- stable Gano of Paso Robles and Marshal Plerce of Paso Robles. When the news of the murder reached San Luis Oblspo the Sheriff hurried to the scene with his deputy. He made a careful investigation of everything connected with the mysteri- ous crime and then set out in the direction of a point where, according to reports, he entertained a hope of intercepting the assassin. MYSTERY OF MOTIVE. The motive for the crime is involved in mystery. The authorities appear to be satisfied that Kuhnle was not killed for the money he had in his pocket when he was riding to his home with his wife. It is true that his purse was taken from him, but the Sheriff is inclined to be- lieve that this was done merely for the WEALTHY FARMER IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY WHO WAS THE VICTIM OF AN ING HOME AT NIGHT WITH HIS WIFE’AND HIS CHILDREN, AND AVIEW OF THE SPOT WHERE THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER HELD UP THE VEHICLE. VENEZUELA IN SEARCH OF TROUBLE Castro’s Quest Ex- tends in Many Directions. PORT OF SPAIN, Island of Trinidad, Sept. 13.—British Government officials who have returned here from Caracas report that the Venezuelan Government has re- fused to now pay its share of the fees of the foreign umpires in the matter of the claims against Venezuela, amounting to $5000 and their expenses. The conduct of President Castro in such circumstances is inexplicable. It is understood that several of the forelgn umpires have referred the matter to their governments, suggesting that Washington should interfere as be- ing, in their view, morally responsible for the Venezuelan Government. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Sept. 13.—From every section of Venezuela troops were sent last week in the direc- tion of the Colombian frontier and toward Maracaibo. Mauser rifles, artillery and ammunition in great quantities have been stored at Maracaibo and seven new bridges have been bulilt near San Cristo- bal, near the frontler of Colombia, to al- low of the.rapid concentration of troops. President Castro has asked the President of each State in Venezuela to send two battalions withih two weeks. A leading Venezuelan citizen, who Is now here, in an interview regarding these military movements in Venezuela, sald he believed these were only precautionary measures regarding Colombia, which, now the country is free from revolution, has reinforced recently its army on the Ven- ezuelan frontier near Cucuta. Other Ven- ezuelans say a Venezuelan war with Co- lombia is inevitable in the near future, as a consequence of the sympathy Presi- dent Castro extended to the Colombian rebels during the recent rebellion, and also because of the question of navigation on the Orinoco. President Castro’s great idea, they say, is a war with Colomblia. —_— e BODY OF MURDERED MAN IS FOUND ON PLANTATION Father of United States Senator Sim- mons Meets Violent Death in North Carolina. NEWBERG, N. C., Sept. 3.—F. C. Sim- mons, father of United States Senator F. M. Simmons, was killed yesterday on his plantation a few miles from Pottersville, Jones County. He had been mjssing since yesférday morning. Simmons had been shot several times with a shortgun. Bruises about the head indicated that he had been clubbed also. A neg®® named Daniets has been arrested. ASSASSIN WHILE DRIV- v SRGIN purpose of disconcerting the authorities as to the nature of the assassin's real motive. According to Mrs. Kuhnle's statement the conduct of the assassin w-s not that which might be expected from a bandit intent solely on robbery. It is belleved here that some former employe on the Kuhnle property who had been discharged allowed his resentment to get the better of his reason and satisfled his desire for revenge by playing success- fully the role of the midnight assassin ‘This, however, is not much more than conjecture, but in the light of distress- ingly inadequate developments it serves the purpose of the hour. Shortly before 12 o’clock to-night Sheriff Ivins reported that a number of valuable clews had been found, but that the as- sassin had not yet been located. Ome of the members of the posse is on the way back to town from the mountains, and it is hoped that he may bring with him news of the capture or the surrounding of the murderer. Mrs. Kuhnle said to-night that when the assassin stepped out of the brush and ordered her husband to alight from the buggy his voice was husky and his enun- clation so indistinct that she thought the command was addressed to her. She started to leave the vehicle, but was told by the desperado that the man, and not the woman, was the person wanted. “Then my husband got out of the bug- gy,” she said, “and the stranger told him to walk to the rear. He didn’t obey, but tried to make his way to the front. Soon I heard a shot, and then two more.” The peopie here are very much excited over the assassination and are convinced that it was not the work of the common- place road agent. Threats to lynch the assassin if he be captured are being made by some indignant citizens