WAR CLOUDS LOWf R
Outlook is For Swift Beginning
of Hostilities
CNLY SMALL NATIONS INVOLVED
London Hears New* From Several
Sources That Two Crises Are Im
pending Which May Force Hostili
ties in the Near Future.
London, By Cable.*—Events which
threaten to change the political face
cf Europe are crystalizing with light
ning rapidity. Almost over night the
horizon of the Near East, which
seemed gradually to be assuming a
peaceful appearance, has become
crowded with war clouds.
News has reached here from sev
eral sources that two definite strokes
are impending which cannot fail to
bring matters to a crisis, and perhaps
force an immediate war. One is the
proclamation J>y Prince Ferdinand,
of the independence of Bulgaria,
which will incuude Rumelia, taking
for himself the title of "Czar." The
other is an announcement of Austro-
Hungary of the practical annexatiou
of the provinces of Bosnia and Her
zegovina as appendages of the Austro-
Hungarian crown.
Either action will be equivalent to
the leasing up of the treaty of Berlin
while Prince Ferdinand's course
seems almost certain to precipitate
a war between Bulgaria and Turkey.
Before these possibilities the quar
rel over the East Rumelin section of
the Orient Railway sinks into insig
nificance. Both armies are'reported
to be quietly and swiftly mobilizing
near the borders. Bulgarians are
said to beJuiying munitions ani
horses on an extensive scale.
Bulgarians have faith in their
army, which has reached a high state
of efficiency although it is perhaps
lacking in officers and the war, for
which Bulgaria has lo*g been sus
pected of preparing, could be fought
"with more advalffage for her tiow
than when the Turkish government
had time to reorganize its forces,
which have become enravelled by the
corruption and neglect of the old
regime.
The Emepror of Austria, it is un
derstood, has despatched a letter to
the President of France, setting forth
bis intentions regarding Bosnia and
Herzegovina, although the contents
of the letter are kept secret, and he
is sending similar notes to the other
powers.
It s&ms incredible that Emperor
Francis Joseph, who always has been
a serimulous observer of forms,
should reveal his plans to the rvjlers
of other nations before he has com
municated them to his own Parlia
ment. One explanation is that the
letter was not intended for delivery
until Tuesday, when identical notes
would be presented to the other
powers.
Austria is suspected of encourasra
ing the recent Bulgarian-Turkish
trouble for her own interests, but
the British government has made pro
posals to the two countries looking
to the settlement of the railway c^s. j ,
under which the other powers have
agreed to give support to the plan,
which contemplates the temporary
restoration of the wav to Turkey "to
save her face," and then transfer
ence of the company to the Bulgarian
government.
The English press expresses sur
prise that Austria and Bulgaria
should plot against Turkey and asks
if the great powers will submit to
having obstacles placed in the way of
the regeneration of Turkey.
General Wright Selected.
Washington, Special.—President
Roosevelt will designate General
Luke E. Wright, Secretary of War, as
the government's official representa
tive at the Southern commercial con
gress, which will convene in this
city December 7th and Bth just prior
to the national rivers and harbors
- congress.
Roosevelt to Take Stump.
Lincoln, Neb., Snecial. —That Pres
ident Roosevelt fully intends to take
the stump in favor of the candidacy
4 of Mr. Taft was the information re
ceived at Fairview from the East.
It was said that the advices cam,)
from persons on whom reliance could
be placed and wore to the effect that
Mr. Roosevelt is planning to make
at least six speeches in the course of
* a trip from the Atlantic to the Pac
ific. the concluding speech to be de
livered at San Francisco with numer
ous short speeches en route. Mr.
Bryan, however, refused to make any
eomment on the subject.
Young Man Killed at Oil MOL
Vienna, Ga., Special. Millard
j. Sheppard, the night foreman at the
Vienna Cotton Oil Company, was
caught in a belt at the mill early
Saturday morning and instantly kill
ed. The body was badly mangled,
one arm being torn from the frame
• _ and nearly every bone being broker,.
* prominent Doolev count/ family' and
bad a large circle of friends here.
ALL EUROPE IS EXCITED
Print* Ferdinand Declares the Inde
pendence of His People and Takes
For Himself the Title of Czar—
Within a Few Days Austria-Hun
f*xy Will Proclaim New SUtas of
Bosnia and Herzegovia—All Eu
rope Stirred.
London, B.v Cable.—ln the ancient
capitol of Tirnovo the independence
of Bulgaria was proclaimed Monday
ivitli the Czar of the Bulgarians as a
ruler. Czar of the Bulgarians is rec
ognized to mean more than Czar of
Bulgaria, because it is a distinct in
timation that he regards his country
as having soverigntv over all the p«o
--ple of that blood in the near Enst
Within a day or two
which has been working with Prince
Ferdinand in this preconcerted plan,
will proclaim the new statue of Bos
nia and Herzegovina. f
All Europe Stirred.
The question which has been stir
ring the frhole of Europe more deep
ly than any similar question within
.the memory of the present generation
is, does it mean wart From all the
capitals come reports, indicating that
it means, first of all, another Euro
pean congress of the signers of the
treaty of Berlin to consider the situa
tion and probably to revise the treaty.
Turkey caught in a moment of weak
ness is the victim of this situation
while some international animosities
have been stirred up, probably no
power is willing to make war.
Reports from the emancipated Tur
kish press to London indicate that the
"young Turks" will swallow this bit
ter pill as best they can and, if they
do, naturally the Bulgarians while
willing and eager for war, will have
no cause on which to base thq be
ginning of hostilities.
From the British standpoint the
whole affair has been a surprise be
cause for the first time in years the
British government felt itself, with
apparently an understanding of
France and Russia and complete
friendship with Italy, to be in a posi
tion where it dominated European
politics, rese,rving out of this consid
eration the almost open enmity be
tween itself and Germany.
Probably never in the history of
Europe have politics taken such
amazingly kaleidscopic revolutions
as during the past week. An entang
ling situation wfll come when the
signatories of the Berlin treaty meet
to consider what action shall be
taken regarding the violations of the
treaty. Great Britain lias served
notice that it does not recognize the
right of any of the parties to this
treaty to violate its provisions with
out consulting the others but Eng
lish diplomats know that the confer
ence will resolve itself into a scram
ble among the powers to pet what is
in European politics, "com
pensating advantages" which Aus
tria, backed by Germany, Las already
obtained.
The officin 1 statement issued by the
British foreign office says:
"His Majesty's government cannot
admit the right of any power to alter
an international treaty without the
consent of the other parties to it
and therefore refuses to sanction any
infraction of the Berlin treaty and
dwlines to recognize what has been
done until the views of the -other
powers are known, especially those of
Turkey which is more directly con
cerned than any one else. " ■>
Wright Makes Three Flights.
Lemans, France, By Cable.—Wilbur
Wright, the American aeroplanist,
made two short flights with passen
gers. One was with M. Bollee, who
weighs about 21 fi pounds, and the
other with M. Peller, vice president
of the Aero Club of the Sarthe, who
weighs 176 pounds. These demonstra
tions of the machine's ability to
carry weight were entirely satisfac
tory. Mr. Wright made another short
flight in the evening accompanied by
M. Pellier.
Canadian Campaign,
Ottawa; Ont., Special.—From the
Atlantic to the Pacific, Canada is
now in the thores of the political
campaign proceeding the general par
liamentary elections on October 20.
The nominations will take place a
week before election, on October 19,
and from now until that date Can
adians will have little rest from the
importunities of the politicians.
Sole Survivor Rescued.
Mobile, Ala., Special.—A message
received here by the collector 1, of the
port states that the Belgian steamer
Tiflis arrived at Port Arthur, Te.v.,
and reports picking up at sea a raft
having on board Alexander Sjohotm,
sole survivor of the crew of the Am
erican schooner Benlah McCabe, and
one dead body. Sjoholm reported
that his companion died from
tion and starvation. The raft was
picked up two hundred miles south
west of the Bahamas.
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Supposed Incendiary Fire.
Spartanburg, S. C., Special.—The
cotton house of W. A.- Wood, near
Greer, a crib and a lot of farming
implements and road machinery were
destroyed by fire. Three bales of cot
ton were stored in the building, but
the fire made such great headway tiiat
it was impossible to save them. It
is thought the building was set on
fire.
A FATAL EXPLOSION
Powder House Blown Up at
Spencer, N. C. Shops
TWO DEAD: SEVERAL INJURED
Two Men Killed and Many Others
Injured Thursday Afternoon by
Blow-Up of Powder House at
Southern Shops—Buildings Wreck
ed and Much Property Destroyed.
Spencer, N. C., Special.—Two men
lulled outright, two so badly hurt
that they can hardly recover and fif
teen or mbre slightly injured, with a
destruction of thousands of dollars'
worth of property, is the result of a
terrible blow-up Thursday afternoon
of the house in which the Southern
Railway Company kept stored its
powder and other explosives used in
connection with the work at itfc
large shops here. The plant is bad
ly wrecked and work is at a stand
still for some time.
The dead are Charlie Leyton, an
unmarried man about 45 years of
age, whose body was tmangled and
Starred almost beyond recognition
and George Gould, colored.
Those believed to be fatally injur
ed are:
Fletcher Stafford and James T
Cobbel.
Those slightly injured are:
W. F. Kaderly, master mechanic,
knocked unconscious; 0. H. Kadie,
•hop Superintendent; W. W. Kluttz,
Ernest Kluttz, Robert H. Kluttz,
George Hunevcutt, C. R. Trexler, J.
W. Crowell, Karl Lentz, Fred Loflin,
Will Loflin, E. D. Whitmire, J. M.
Ellis and R. G. Koontz.
There may be others who received
minor bruises and contusions, but
their names could not be learned.
The explosion occurred %t 5:30
o'clock and the shock was terrific,
being felt for miles around. The
house in which the explosives were,
was a metal structure Bxßxß feet and
was practically full of powder, dy
namite, torpedoes and fusees, nearly
a car load in all. A caboose standing
on the track which ran within a few
feet of Hie house had caught on fire
from some unknown cause and an
alarm had been turned in. The
Southern's fire company, composed
of volunteer men from among th#
shop force, responded immediately
and three men had got a hose in hiura
and were plying water on the burn
ing car when the powder magazine
was touched off. Other workmen, re
sponding also to tho fire alarm, had
gathered and these were the men who
were killed and injured. Leyton was
employed in the round house, a short
distance from the scene of tho explo
sion as flue blower, but he had go!
close enough that his body was bad
ly burned and his face blown off,
death being instantaneous. The ne
gro was Leyton's helper in the round
house. Stafford and Gobbel, wdrc
two of the three men who were hero
ically working to - save the road's
magnificent shops from being burned
to the ground. The third man was
Koontz, who was more fortunate and
escaped with a slight injury to one
arm, « splinter or bolt being blown
through the limb.
Had the awful blow-up been a few
hours earlier the fatalities would no
doubt have run up in the scores and
perbajjg^hundreds.
Deaths Remain at Two
Spencer, Special.—Up to Friday
night there have been no further fa
talities as a result of the explosion
of the powder magazine of the South
ern aßilway at Spencer Thursday af
ternoon at 5:50 o'clock, and most of
the twenty injured in the accident
are resting well. W. F. Stafford, a
member of the Are department, it is
feared, cannot recover. It is said
both eyes were blown out, his skull
fractured and face and body fear
fully lacerated. J. T. Gobbel and
Will Loflin are also in a desperate
condition.
The work of clearing up the debris
from the wrecked building was pros
ecuted Friday with a big force of
men and conditions ire rapidly Be
coming normal, though the town has
been in n decided state of confusion
since Ihe great «xplosion. The loss
to property is variously estimated at
from $75,000 to SIOO,OOO.
All the injured are being cared for
at the hospitals in Salisbury and at
their homes and the Southern offi
cials are doing all in their power to
alleviate their suffering. A number
of those least injured was able to be
ont Friday. Since the early morning
telegrams and other messages have
poured into Spencer inquiring about
friends who arc in the employ of th«
company.
It was learned that many familie
in Spencer suffered greatly from the
shock and a number of dwellings wa?
damaged. Several women have been
in a hysterical condition since the
catastrophe. K
One Killed and Others Injured i;
Care-In.
Lynchburg, Va., Special.—ln a
cave-in of an excavation for an of
fice building here Dilley Robinsoi
was buried beneath the earth and
killed. Charles Clements sustained t
fractured leg and injuries abont tb#
body. Clement Morris and Frank;
Nicholson were bruised about the
body. All the men were negro la
borers.
HIE NEWS IN BRIEf
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Items of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Liva Items Covering Events of More
or Loss Intereit at Home and
Abroad.
Foreign Affairs.
Tlie fleet is nearing Manila and the
bis I'debration will be held.
A total of 50,000 are believed to
have perished in the flods in India.
Australia invited President Roose
velt to stop there on his way to A£-
rica, but he said it was impossible.
Warning a ferry captain for the
wreck in which 140 persons were
•rowued, a Smyrna mob burned the
steamer company's offices.
The American fleet is anchored in
double column off the Luneta in Ma
nila May, but only are allowed
to g-u ashore on acoount of the cholo
ra.
In the South.
The Fredericksburg Fair ended af
ter nn especially successful season.
The Fanners' Union of Greenville
®ounty, S. C., severely denounces the
■P-ealled efforts at night riding.
Miss Louise Lansdale, the actress,
has withdrawn her SIOO,OOO breaeh-of
promise suit against Blaine Elkins.
Mr. Grossman, of Manchester, Va.,
pleaded gtiilty of arson and was sen
tenced to Ave years in the peniten
tiary.
l'r. Detre defended his inoculation
of Washington children with tuber
culin (uid showed the seientitlc import
ant- of the experiments.
W. E. Glasscock, candidate for
Governor of West Virginia, is ex
pelled to resign his place as revenue
collector.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railway is
giving very low rates to people from
the Northwest who desire to come
South with a view of making homes.
The Brownsville case comes before
the I'nitcd States Supreme Court on
the appeal of one of the negro troop
ers who was discharged by the Presi
dent."
Vice Presidential candidate John
W Kern spoke in Ashcville, N. C., on
Monday to an audience of 10,000 peo
ple. Tie went, from Ashcville to
GreensbOufi and Winston-Salem.
National Affairs,
(lovcnior Crothers, of Maryland,
visited the tuberculosis congress.
Commander John B. Bcrnadon, the
"father of"smokeless powder,, in the
I'nited States Navy, is dead.
Miss T. B. Small, of Cambridge,
Md., was appointed in the first group
of women nurses for the navy.
Political
New York suffragettes will try to
register and vote.
Bryan remained at home and said
that reports are encouraging.
Representative Lonirworth declares
-that' he never' advocated (be election
>f Roosevelt to the presidency in
MM
Judge Taft "hit in high places" in
Wyoming and Colorado winding up
the day with .1 big meeting in the
Denver Auditorium.
Vice-President Kern, in a speech
I at Birmingham. Ala., denounced the
nse of tho so-called Cleveland let
ter indorsing Taft as a vile stigma.
Chairman Mack, of the Democratic
National Committee, attacked Treas
urer Shelton, of the Republican com
mittee, for his alleged trust connec
tions. * «
The Scherr faction of the West
Virginia RepuMirnns gave out a
statement at Parkersburg, roasting
the manner in which Glasscock was
named for Governor.
' Migcell&neouii.
Six boys were killed in a railroad
wreck in Ohio.
Attroneys for the Standard Oil
Company have i,'iven their side of the
bribery charges
Taft made 15 speeches, establishing ,
a two days' record of 31.
An order for 220 steel passenger ~
cars for the Hi.rriman lines has been
placed.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., donned
overalls and, befjan work in a carpet
factory.
Mrs. Howard Oonld made addition
al charges against her husband who
is suing for divorce.
A New York jeweler has lost at
least 950,000 in diamonds by theft,
and the amount may be much larger.
The American Bankers' Associa
tion came out squarely against any
bank-guarantee plan.
Lincoln Greene, traffic manager of
the Southern Railway, detelared in
Atlanta that reductions in the work
men's hours were "cruel."
Charges that Mrs. Howard Gould
drank Were made in her divorce pro
ceedings, which were adjourned.
Adequate armor and peace will be
'arguments before the North Carolina
Peace Conference, in Greensboro, Oc
tober 11-17.
Three persons were killed by a
powder explosion at Spencer, N. C.
Bryan issued a statement on his
arrival home charging Taft with mis
representations as to publicity for
campaign contributions.
Lewis S. Chanter, when notified of
his nomination by Democrats for gov
ernor of New York, declared Chair
man Conners had "bertayed a confi
dence" by outlining a Democratic
policy. .
JamessJl. Vahoy was Nominated
for governor of Massachusetts by
Democrats/
Tlie League of American Munci
• Tecnessean's Brutal Crime.
Bristol. Tenn., Special.—A special
from Johnson City says: L. A. Bay
less, a magistrate attacked his broth
er-in-law, Rerney Bayless, while the
latter was asleep in bed at his homo
in this city and almost literally chop
ped his head off with an axe. Tie
then attacked Bnvless' wife, fatally
wounding/her. Turning the weapon
upon his own wife, who was
house, ho struck her several blows,
inflicting probablv fatal injuries.
Bayless was arrested and half an
hour later was found dead in his cell,
having hanged himself.
\
Negro Burned to Death.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.—A. A.
McLenahan, a negro, was burned to
death and several others had narrow
escapes when fire destroyed the two
story building on the southwest cor
ner of Third avenue and Eighteenth
street. Tlie nesrroes were sleeping in
the building and McLenahan was try
ing to raise a window when he WHS
suffocated. The flames spread so
rapidly that he could not be rescued
Five NegToes Drown In the Tennessee
River. v
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.— A
row boat containing five negroes cap
sized in the Tennessee river and all
the occupants were drowned. Throe
of the victims were men and two wo
men. The party had rowed across to
Moccasin Bend, and while returning
one of the women became frieghtenod
'and in attempting to jump from tin
boat the light craft was overturned.
But one of the number could swim.
The other four clung to him and all
sank.
Another Death Added to Tennes
seean's Victims.
Bristol, Tenn., Special.—A third
death was added to the list of victims
of Willianm Bonis, who at Johnson
City killed his brother-in-law, fatally
injured his sister-in-law and his own
wife, and " then committed suicide,
when Mrs. Bonis died Monday. His
sister-in-law, Mis. Bayless, is still in
n critical condition and may not re
cover.
Coat of Thaw Trial. *
New York, Special.—The total cost
to New York county of the prosecu
tion of Harry K. Thaw for the shoot
ing of Stanford WJii-to has been $54,-
837, according to papers submitted by
District Attorney Jerome to Justice
Mills at Newburgh. The purpose of
Mr. Jerome's application to Justice
Mills was to have the approaching
trial on the question of Thaw's ment
al enmlji ion transfe.rred fturn West
chester to New York county.
HOTELS AND COTTAGES BURN
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Fire Raging ».t Winthrop Beach—On*
Woman, Guest of Hotel, Missing.
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out in the summer colony at. Win
throp Beach at 11:30 o'clock Friday
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flames, and a large number of th(
cottages I'wsrhv nro tl>r»>n toned.
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