The Syracuse Journal, Volume 5, Number 30, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 21 November 1912 — Page 2

The Syracuse Journal GEO. O. SNYDER, Publisher. Syracuse, - * • Indiana. NEW YORK SLEUTHS HAVE CLEW TO UNRAVEL A MYSTERY. TAKE POSESSION OF HOUSE — Where They Believe the Woman Was Murdered W'hose Body Was Found in a Mill Pond Near Georgetown, Conn.—Other News of the Day. New York, Nov. 16. —Detectives ! have taken possession of an apartment ■ in a house on East 40th street, where | they have established, they believe, ■ that some time last week the woman ! whose.body was found last Saturday | in a mill pond near Georgetown, Conn., was murdered. Coincidentally it is declared the vic- ' tint instead of being Grace Carbone, a companion of Genevieve Cavaleri in white slave traffic, has been identified by the housekeeper of the place on East 40th street as Carmelina Geracei, < a woman of about 40 years, who had been in this country less than five | 'months. Discoveries in the house indicate that the woman was murdered by nails being driven, into her head. Scattered about the room were found bloodstained wire nails, which fit four holes : that pierced the woman’s skull behind : the right and left ears. There was also a hammer, similarly stained, lying nearby. Three men who are believed to have been in the apartment when the body was shipped are missing, as also is a 16-year-old girl who was known as Carmelina Geracci’s sister-in-law. Body Is Filled With Bullets. .. Ocala, Fla., N0v.15. —Unusual means were employed here in the lynching of “Pfeech” Neils, the negro arrested for the murder of Mary Stevenson, aged eighteen, and her grandfather, J. B. Berges, aged eighty, at Mclntosh, Fla. After taking the negro from the jail, the mob of more than 200 marched him to the outskirts of the town, where he was set free and ordered to ‘ beat it.” After he had run a few’ steps the contents of scores of guns were fired into his body, literally .shooting him to pieces. River Steamer Sinks. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 1G. —The steamer Sadie Lee, of the Lee line, plying between Memphis and Vicksburg, Miss., struck a snag at Dennis Landing, Miss., in the Mississippi river and sank. All of the passengers and crew reached shore safely. » German Journalist Dies. Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 16. : —Simon Hirsch, first vice president of the Indiana German alliance, died at. a local hospital yesterday. Mr. Hirsch was a veteran journalist. s>even Rescued From Mine Shaft. Frisco, Utah, Nov. 16. —Two girls and five men were rescued from the Horn silver mine, after fourteen hours’ _ entombment three hundred feet below' the surface of the ground. J. K. Sowers Found Dead. Columbus, 0.. Nov. 16. —John K. | Sowers, president of the Sowrnrs Lum- I ber Company, was -found dead in bed yesterday with a bullet wound in his head. Seeks to Murder the Prosecutor, Marietta. Okla., Nov. 15.—Ben Hall tried to shoot Senator Clint Graham, the prosecuting attorney, immediately after the clerk had read a jury’s verdict pronouncing Hall guilty of having killed J. A. Parker. 4X7. Italian Pays Death Penalty. Columbus, 0., Nov. 15—Rocco Klawetch, an Italian, w’as electrocuted in the penitentiary here for the murder robbery of,three fellow countrymen at Kelly’s island, near Sandusky, 0., in September, 1911. Attempts Suicide in Crowded Theater. New York, Nov. 13.—Turning from the spectacle being presented on the stage of the Hippodrome, a man in the gallery stepped to the head of a stairway leading to the lobby, and shot himself twice in the stomach. To Spend Million in Missionary Work. New York, Nov. 12. —An appropriation of more than a million dollars for the foreign missionary work of the Methodist Episcopal church was voted by the general committee in session In Brooklyn. To Meet at Indianapolis. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 14. —Indianapolis was selected as the place for holding next year’s meeting of the annual congress of the American Prison Association by the executive committee of the congress.

Ten Drown When Mayflower Sinks. Ottawa, Ont., Nov. l t 4. —Ten persons were drowned when the steamer Mayflower foundered or was wrecked in the Madawska river, a few miles from Marry’s bay, according to word brought here yesterday. Jury Secured to Try Miss Farley. Columbus, O„ Nov. 12.—The jury in the case of Miss Celia Farley, charged with the murder of A. E. Zollinger, was completed yesterday. The jury visited the scene of the crime. Five Thugs Rob Indianapolis Clerk. Indianapolis, Nov. 10.—William F. Williams, clerk at the Illinois hotel, was overpowered by five young men, who took s2l from the safe in the hotel office. Williams was unable to give the police a good description of the men.

BULGARS PUSH ON TO TURK CAPITAL Now Control Water Supply of Constantinople. ARMISTICE NOT YET SIGNED Cholera Epidemic Increases Rapidly and Demoralizes Sultan’s Troops— Greeks to Join Servians at Monastir. London, Nov. 18.— Notwithstanding Turkeys request for an armistice which is nosy being considered by her allies, I Bulgaria is steadily pushing her army I to the gates of Constantinople and I the fall of that city is believed to be but a few days—maybe hours —off. Dispatches from Sofia state that the I Bulgarian forces have reached the city of Kilios on the Black sea at the- entrance to the Bosphorus and within a ; few’ miles of Constantinople. They : have also occupied Darkos at the Black sea entrance to the Tchatalja lines, and so control the water supply of the Turkish capital. In addition the Bulgarian force sent against the apex of the slightly triangular Turkish line has smashed the i center of the defense at Tchatalja. Thus the Bulgars, driving the routed Turks before them, are within a fewmiles of the summer resort of Therapla. The ravages of cholera are increasing hourly among the Turkish troops In the field and among the wounded in Constantinople. There is now a total of nearly 8,000 cases. The dispense has increased the demoralization of the Turkish troops and it is not believed that they can hold out more than three days more at the most. The Servians have practically cleared the region surrounding Monastir of Turks, isolating the force with in the city. The Greek army has left Salonika and is marching to join the Servians for a combined attack on Monastir. According to a dispatch to the Morning Post from Constantinople, Bulgaria demanded the surrender ,of the Turkish army at. Tchatalja w ithin 48 hours, and when that time elapsed Klamil Pasha, the grand vizier, called at the Russian embassy and discoursed on the subject of peace in the presence of Jj. Popoff, first dragoman of the Bulgarian legation. According to the Vienna correspondent of the DailyTelegraph the Bulgarian terms of peace, as laid before the Turkish government, consist of seven stipulations: The surrender of the Tchatalja army and as withdrawal, guarded by Bulgarians. The evacuation by the Turks of Adrianople, Scutari, Monastir and Janina. Payment of a war indemnity. The surrender of conquered territory. The internationalization of Constantinople. The opening of the Dardanelles and the making of Salonika a free port. M’CREA AND INGALLS QUIT. Officials of Pennsylvania and Big Four Roads Tender Resignations. Philadelphia, Nov. 15. —James McCrea, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, resigned on Wednesday, to I take effect Jannary 1. t The resignation was presented at a special meeting of the board of directors. The directors immediately elected Samuel Rea to the position. Mr. Rea has served as vice-president for years. { Mr. McCrea in his letter of resignation said he was approaching the age of sixty-five years and felt that he needed a rest CALIFORNIA VOTE NEAR TIE Roosevelt Leads Wilson by 56 Votes Governor Ahead in Idaho. San Francisco, Nov. 16. —With one precinct missing and nine counties remaining to be canvassed officially, California gave Roosevelt a plurality of 56 over Wilson. The final result remained, however, In the keeping of three populous counties, which had not certified to their returns. Boise. Idaho, Nov. 16.—Woodrow Wilson had a lead of 415 votes over President Taft on the latest returns. The vote now- stands: Wilson, 32,826; Taft, 32,411. About 50 districts have not reported. THREAD MAGNATE IS DEAD. William C. Clark Expires From Blood Clot Caused by Accident. Newark, N. J., Nov. 16. —William Campbell Clark, president of the Clark Thread works, and probably the best known man in the world in the thread industry, died at his home here last night from the clogging of the intestinal ducts by blood clots. Death was primarily due to an injury sustained tw-o years ago when Mr. Clark injured his hip by jumping from an automobile.

Blind Banker Takes Millions. Paris, France, Nov. 18—Augustin Max, known throughout France as "the blind banker of Paris,” surrendered Friday to the police and confessed he had misappropriated $2,000,000 of his clients’ money. $30,000 Stake Horse Wins. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 18.—Bashti, Harry Payne Whitney’s $30,000 stake horse, won the feature race at the Jamestown track Friday when he ran a mile in 1:39 2-5. Bashti went out In front from the start. Buchanan Medal to Colonel Gorgas. London, Nov. 16.—The Royal society of England recognized the sanitary ad.xninlstration of the works of the Panama canal by awarding its Buchanan medal Thursday to Col. William C. Gorgas, United States army. Alfonso Names New Premier. Madrid, Spain, Nov. 16.—Count Alvaro de Romanones, president of the chamber of deputies, was selected by King Alfonso Thursday to form a new cabinet in consequence of the assassination of Premier Canalejas.

WILSON TO CALL SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS Announces He Will Assemble House and Senate For April Following . His Inauguration. New York, Nov. 18. —Gov. Woodrow Wilson issued a statement on Saturday in which he announces that immediately after his inauguration as president of the United States he will call an extraordinary session of congress to convene not later than April 15 for the purpose of revising the tariff. His statement follows: ' “I shall call congress together in extraordinary session not later than April 15. I shall do this not only because I think the pledges of the party ought to be redeemed as promptly as possible, but also because I know it to be in the interest of business that all uncertainty as to what the particular items of tariff revision are to be should be removed as soon as possible. “The list of members of congress and prominent Democrats throughout the country who had expressed themselves on the subject showed that the sentiment in favor of the calling of an extra session w-as widespread—l might say, almost unanimous. The extra session will have the advantage of givin us an early start towards effecting the reforms to which the Democratic party is pledged.” . The president-elect gave out his statement just prior to embarking on his vacation in Bermuda. He sailed on the steamship Bermudian at two o’clock Saturday afternoon. The Bermudian is booked solidly and the presi-dent-elect was assured by the officials of the line that there are no politicians among the passengers. The president-elect will spend four weeks on the island, returning to New York December 16. He was accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and the Misses Jessie and Eleanor Wilson. Miss Margaret Wilson, the elder daughter, remains in New York to continue her study of music. LEE M’CLUNG IS OUT. Treasurer of United States Hands in Resignation to President. Washington, Nov. 16. —Lee McClung, treasurer of the United States, tendered his resignation to President Taft on Thursday, and it was accepted. That Mr. McClung voluntarily quit was announced by the president. Carmi Thompson, private secretary to President Taft, it is believed, will succeed Mr. McClung, whose resignation becomes effective as soon as his successor is appointed. The treasurer declined to discuss his retirement in any way, but it was rumored that his resignation cam© as the result of continued friction with Secretary MacVeagh. Mr. McClung was one of the treasury officials named by Assistant Secretary A. Piatt Andrew as having IlfcX " Carmi Thompson. been in continued controversy with <he secretary of the treasury, when Mr. Andrew, in a letter accompanying his resignation, declared that the secretary and his associates were not in harmony. The treasurer of the United States is not appointed for a fixed term. According to his commission he serves until his successor is appointed. The resignation of Mr. McClung means that the money and securities, for which the treasurer is responsible, must be actually counted and receipted for. MUTINY ON REVENUE CUTTER. Miami, on Its Malden Voyage, Encounters Two Exciting Experiences. Washington, Nov. 16.—The new revenue cutter Miami began her career as a guardian of the shipping of the Atlantic coast on her maiden voyage from Newport News, Va., to Key West, Fla., with mutiny among crew and the rescuing of another vessel.

Tries to Shoot Prosecutor in Court. Marietta, Okla., Nov. 18—Benn Hall tried to shoot Senator Clint Graham, prosecuting attorney, in the criminal court room Friday after the clerk read a jury’s verdict pronouncing Hall guilty of having killed J. A. Parks. Eighteen Autos Burn; Loss $30,000. Springfield, 111., Nov. 18. —Eighteen automobiles were destroyed here on Friday, when Stuart Allen’s garage burned. The total loss will be about $30,000. Only half was covered by insurance. Boston Has Death Mystery. Boston, Nov. 16—Mystery surrounds the death of Miss Marjorie Powers of this city, whose body was found in a partly filled bathtub at a West end hotel Thursday. Miss Powers was twenty-eight years old. Sneed Veniremen Locked Up. Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 16.—Judge James W. Swayne ordered the 110 special veniremen summoned from which to select the Sneed jury, to be kept under lock and key Thursday The order raised a storm of protest

FIFTEEN KILLEO IN TRAINI WRECK Monon Passenger Crashes Into Freight on Siding. BRAKEMAN TAKES THE BLAME Father Only Survivor Out of Family of Five, and He Is in a Hospital in a Serious Condition— Wreckage Catches Fire. I Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. 15.—Fifteen persons were killed and 16 more seriously injured on Wednesday, when Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton passenger train No. 36 struck an open switch and crashed head on into a freight train at Arlington avenue, Irvington, a suburb of this city. The passenger train was an hour late and w’as said to be making 40 miles an hour when the collision came. “I and some others are to blame,” said Carl Gross of this city, head brakeman on the freight train. “I left the switch open and expected one of the other brakemen to close it The switch was not closed, the wreck occurred and I am to blame.” Gross did not mention any names in connection with his statement. The dead are: Albert Allen, Los Angles, Cal.; C. Burg,, fireman of passenger train, Indianapolis; Ben Boyle, had ticket for Chicago; John Chaney, Jackson, Ky.; Mrs. Clifton Chaney, Jackson, Ky.; Chester Chaney, five months old, Jackson, Ky.; Willie Chaney, five years eld, Jackson, Ky.; Lily Chaney, two years old, Jackson, Ky.; C. F. Grundhasfer, 4440 Darrow avenue, Cincinnati; C. Imholt, actor,Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. C. Imholt, actress, Los Angeles, Cal.; Joseph L. Palmer, Etawah, Tenn.; William Sharkey, engineer passenger train, Indianapolis; Earl Wiggins, conductor of passenger trMa, Indianapolis; Bert White, brakeman on freight train, Indianapolis. Out of a family of six, the Chaneys of Jackson, Ky., on the train, only one was saved, and he, Clifton Chaney, is at Deaconess hospital badly injured. His father, wife and three children were among the killed. They were on their way to a logging camp in Wisconsin. The wreck caught fire, but was put out before any damage was done. Most of the dead were found in the wreckage of r he first car, which telescoped the baggage car. SURGEONS SEE PATIENT DIE. First Fatality Occurs During Sessions of North American Congress. New York, Nov. 18. —The third annual session of the clinical congress of surgeons ended Friday in the Waldorf-Astoria. It has been in many ways the most successful congress held. More than 150 clinics have been held daily, while nearly S’,ooo operations have been performed [for the benefit of visitors. ’Out of all these the first fatal termination came, when George Hart died on the operating table of the New York Polyclinic hospital before a group cf distinguished surgeons. The death occurred during a demonstration of the newly-discovered stovaine as a local anaesthetic. ECHO IN LORIMER CASE DIES. Bribery Charges Dismissed Against Representative R. E. Wilson. Chicago, Nov. 16. —The last echo of the Lee O’Neil Browne bribery scandal was probably sounded in Judge Kersten’3 court on Thursday, when a charge of perjury against Representative Robert E. Wilson was dismissed. The prosecution was dropped on the motion of Assistant State’s Attorney Victor P. Arnold. The charges against the representative grow out of his testimony in the Browne trial, wherein he denied having handed out money to four other representatives in a bathroom in the Southern hotel at St. Louis, as payment for the election of William Lorimer to the senate. MAYOR LUNN IS SENTENCED. Socialist Official of Schenectady Fined SSO or Fifty Days in Jaff. Little Falls, N. Y„ Nov. 18. —George R. Lunn, Socialist mayor of Schenectady, was found guilty of violating the city ordinance recently in refusing to • move when the police interrupted a ■ speech be was making to striking mill employees. He was sentenced to pay ’ a fine of SSO or pass fifty days in jail. NEVADA SENATOR DEMOCRAT. Pittman Wins Over Massey, Republican,. by 89 Votes. Reno, Nev., Nov. 18. —The complete . official count in the Nevada election • gives Key Pittman, Democrat, a plu- > rality of eighty-nine votes over Judge } Massey, Republican, for United States senator. Congressman Roberts, Re- , publican, was re-elected to congress by a plurality of sixty-nine.

Kicked in the Nose; Dies. Burlington, N. J.. Nov. 16.—Ten-year-old Amos Pestridge died at his home near here Thursday from injuries received in a football scrimmage. He was kicked in the nose and a blood vessel was ruptured. Tries to Murder; Then Suicides. Champaign, 111., Nov. 16.—James. Cain, rejected suitor of Miss MargMet Lowry, after attempting to kill her with a hammer Thursday, committed suicide by jumping in front of a train. Both were of good family. $60,000 In Jewels Stolen. Paris, Nov. 15. —Creeping through a temporary partition connecting a jewelry shop with an adjoining building in course of construction, a thief secured $60,000 worth of jewels and made off undetected Wednesday. Former Gov. Yates Is 111. Springfield. 111., Nov. 15.—Ex-Gov. Richard Yates was in a very serious condition Wednesday from an infection in the right leg, resulting from a pin scratch. Blood poisoning Is feared.

BODY OF SPAIN’S PREMIER ENTOMBED IN PANTHEON Business Throughout Nation Is Su» pended During Ceremony—King and Princes Follow Hearse. Madrid, Nov. 15. —The body of Spain’s premier, Jose Canalejas, who was assassinated Tuesday, lies in the pantheon where it was entombed with much ceremony. All business was suspended not only in Madrid but throughout Spain during the hour of the ceremony. King Alfonso, accompanied by Prince Charles of Bourbon-Siciles and Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, walked behind the hearse from the chamber of deputies to the pantheon, while 250,000 persons stood with uncovered heads In tribute to the dead premier. The members of the diplomatic corps and an official from every department of the government attended the funeral. The press of all shades of opinion condemns the assassination and lauds Senor Canalejas as the finest type of Spaniard, who, in addition to being a great statesman, had devoted himself to the amelioration of the condition of the poor. Manuel Pardfnas, the assassin, died, according to the police, without mak- . ing any statement. The exact motives for the deed, therefore, remain a mystery. The present Liberal cabinet will ; continue to hold office under the tem- : porary presidency of Foreign Minis- , ter Manuel Prieto until the signatures have been affixed to the Moroccan treaty with France, which will be in a short time. SCHRANK ENTERS GUILTY PLEA. Roosevelt’s Assassin Declares He Only Meant to Wound Colonel. Milwaukee, Nov. 14.—John Schrank, who attempted to assassinate Col. Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee during the campaign, pleaded guilty to the charge of attempt to murder on Tuesday, Schrank told the court he had hot Intended to kill Roosevelt, but only to wound him “as a warning.” Municipal Judge Backts appointed the following commission to inquire into Schrank’s sanity: Drs. F. C. Stud- — wl 1 * I WMh.: Jwks ''' <7 / W ® phi isii John Schrank. ley, superintendent of a sanatorium; William F. Becker, former head of the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Winnebago. Wis.; D. W. Harrington, a nerve specialist, and Richard Dewey, : all of Milwaukee. The court appointed I Joseph Flanders, Milwaukee attorney, > to represent Schrank in the sanity hearing. “NITRO” IS TRACED. Powder Man Says He Sold McNamara 500 Pounds. Indianapolis. Nova 18.—George H. Phillips, assistant superintendent of a powder company on Friday, described to the jury in the dynamite case how James B. McNamara bought '• 500 pounds of nitro-glycerin, a part of which he used to blow up the Los Angeles Times building. ■ Phillips testified that on September 23, 1910, seven days before the Los Angeles explosion, he delivered to three men at the powder company’s wharf at Oakland ten cases of the exj plosive, each case weighing 50 pounds. One of the men, said the witness, was . McNamara, another was a man “with a bad left eye” and the third “looked . like a Mexican.” r “ ' . SIX KILLED IN POWDER BLAST. Two Thousand Pounds of Dynamite Explode at Aetna, Ind., Packhouse. Gary, Ind.. Nov. 14.—1 nan explosion of dynamite, which destroyed pack- • house No. 3of the Aetna Powder company at Aetna, Ind., three miles east » of this city, six men were killed, two i being blown to atoms, and about thirty • others were more or less seriously in- > jured on Tuesday. i Between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds of ■ new dynamite exploded, damaging i other buildings and scattering debris over a mile of territory.

Woman Suicides In Denver. Denver, Colo., Nov. 18.—Clutching tightly in her lifeless hand a draw>ing by Nell Brinkley of “Somebody’s Sweetheart,” an unidentified woman chloroformed herself to death in a room at the Olympia hotel Friday. Ettor Murder Trial Delayed. Salem, Mass., Nov. 18.—Owing to the continued illness of W. Scott Peters, counsel for Arturo Giovannitti, the trial of Ettor, Giovannitti and Caruso for the Anna Lopizzo murder wai postponed here Friday. Counterfeiter Gets Prison Term. New York, Nov. 15. —Allison M. McFarland, acquitted of wife murder, pleaded guilty to counterfeiting in the United States district court Wednesday and was sentenced to one and one. half years in jail. Ship and Crew Go Down. San Francisco, Noy. 15.—A wireless message received here late Wednesday afternoon says the steamer Wasp, from Aberdeen, Wash., bound for San Francisco, went down With all hands. ( ' !

Panic-Stricken Turks Fleeing Constantinople ! I, H i ' -1 'jK f ms i X XX '. '' * s •ara»'- - - if'J Panic-stricken inhabitants of Constantinople with their household effects before the great Mosque of Sultan Sulcimaalch, ready to flee from the city -as the Balkan army is storming its doors.

TERROR REIGNS INJJRK W Famishing Swarms Retreat in Disorganized Mass to Constantinople. AS SEEN BY CORRESPONDENTS Soldiers Claw Each Other for Food— Wounded From Tchatalja Seek Refuge in Capital as Bulgars Push Their Advantage. Paris, Nov. 13. —Jean Rodes, a staff correspondent of the Temps, who has reached Constantinople from the war zone, sends a vivid picture of the misery of the Turkish soldiers and the disorganization of the Turkish army. “We have witnessed the failure of thq. Tlurk as a soldier,” says Rodes “We have seen him dying of hunger, worn out by fatigue, wrecked by suffering, and running away after having abandoned his place in the combat. “I have never seen a more poignant picture of human distress than that presented by these unhappy men, thrown into one of the. most terrible wars in history without food, without medical attention, almost without chiefs, almost without arms. At Seidler Psaw a soldier whose right hand had been severed hold out to us, begging for medical help, the bleeding stump around which he had tied a piece of twine. “I saw long lines of famished men who came to our tent begging for a crumb of bread and staggering away without a murmur of complaint when told that we had none to give. I saw a thousand wounded leaving a trail of blood as they dragged themselves toward Tchorlu. I saw hundreds of others fall by the wayside dying from wounds and fatigue. Soldiers Fight for Food. “At Tchoriu a column of terrible in appearance, staggered through the streets in a driving rain and wind storm. No one paid any attention to them. They had no shelter, nothing to eat. From a near-by bakery an officer threw out handfuls ' of bread and the soldiers fought for the loaves. More than half of them got nothing, and turned away, ragged, pallid, and weak. “All the houses were closed. Practically all the population had fled, and those who remained barricaded themselves within, trembling with fear. The soldiers knocked vainly at the barred doors. “Groups shivering in the cold tried the doors of stables to seek refuge; even the stables remained inhospitable. Refugees smashed their way into shops and devoured all they found, Including raw vegetables and candles, and sucked at pieces of greasy wood. Calls It image of Inferno. “I never saw such an image of in-

Maybe She Has. Gladman—l think my wife has decided to give up bridge and afternoon teas. Sadman—On what do you base your idea? Gladman —I found a button sewed on my shirt that had been missing for months. The Result. "No shams for me!” declared Jones. The result in the house was a pillow fight.

Smoke or Ride, Whlchf In the early days of the London. Brighton & South Coast Railway the regulations against smoking were strictly enforced. The Mechanics* Magazine of September. 1842, records that "a foreign gentleman was recently smoking a cigar in a train coming !rom Brighton to London. The guard wanted him the practice was not allowed. Nevertheless, he continued to smoke, and finished bls cigar. At the next station ho was asked for big ticket .and ordered out of the 1

GENERAL SAVuFF General Savoff, commander-in-chief of the victorious Bulgarian forces in Thrace, is a native Bulgarian and received his military education in Paris and St. Petersburg. ferno. One of the most miserable of the wanderers succeeded in getting into a house where we were staying, drenched to the skin and teeth chattering. ‘Take all my money; take my clothing, if you will,’ he cried, 'but 1 beg of you to give me some bread.’ “I questioned him. He said he came from. Asia Minor and had not eaten for eEght days. I gave him a slice.of bread and a chocolate tablet, and he went away to join the remnants of the retreating army, of w-hich this was the end. “Thus did the Turkish soldier appear to me. He seemed to have no ■understanding of the great drama in which he was participating, but his infinite misery and his horrible animal distress were enough to break one's heart. “I do not know whether the accusations of a massacre are exact, but so far as I have observed, I can affirm that not only have the Turks committed no excesses but I believe that no army in the world under such frightful circumstances would have been more moderate, more docile.” Properly Qualified. The Youth—Sir. I came to ask your consent to my marriage with your daughter. The Old Man—ls your income suffi. cient to support a wife? The Youth —It is; and, in addition to that, it is sufficient to enable me to stand an occasional touch from my wife’s father. The Old Man —Say no more, young man. She’s yours. Bless you, my son.

Onward and Upward. "So you are going to be a grand opera singer?” “Only for a little while,” replied th© ambitious young vocalist. “Just long enough to get a reputation which will enable me to establish a business in educating people in how to reduce weight and become beautifuL” The Alternative. “Will they hang your client?” “Not if we can manage, to hang the jury.”

coupe; and the guard, addressing one of the officers on the platform, warned him that that person was not to be allowed to proceed to London by any train that night So there ho was’ left** —London Chronicle. A Sure Bet. 1 haven’t heard from my son, who is touring Europe. I am somewhat worried.” "What is his next stop?" "Monte Carla" "Then you’ll hear from hint**