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MOOSHIR OUT TO MASSACRE.
SCORES OF BURNED VILLAGES AND
7,398 CORPSES.
The Carnival of Blood Opened by
the Muasucre of 240 of the Leading.
Townsmen of Shiuik Who Went <o
Meet Him to Beseech Hint for
Mercy—Their Bodies Subsequently
I;laced in the Church nnd Burned.
Boston, Mass.. Feb. 20.—The Globe pub
lishes the following from Moosh, Asia
Minor, which, it says, is the first descrip
tion by an eye-witness of Mooshir Pasha’s
"march of blood.” Mooshir Pasha is the
military governor of the city of Erzerjan,
and started, by order of the sultan, into the
Sassoun district last September. Innum
erable burned villages and 7,293 lives was
the price of this official visit.
Moosh, Asia Minor, Jan. 7.—The number
of our dead countrymen in the four towns
visited by Mooshir Pasha will not be far
short of 7,500. This is from the bodies
counted and known to have perished. We
cannot tell how many others there may
he.
The first town entered.by Mooshir was
Shlnik. It contains four villages, Shinlk,
Mezra, Koojock and Dopy. When our
people here heard of the arrival of the
pasha, Fr. Johannis, with 240 of the lead
ing townsmen, went to meet him to be
seech him to have mercy upon them. They
were surrounded by soldiers long before
they could get to Mooshir Pasha and
every one was killed. Their bodies were
put in the church and burned. Then they
proceeded to burn the villages. The num
ber killed from Shinlk proper numbers
1523, and 317 from the rest of the villages.
Those who escaped are now in the villages
eurr&Unding this town, but the villages
are themselves very poor, and many go
hungry.
1 Moorshir Pasha left Shinlk to go to the
next 1 town In the Sassoun district. This
town is Alyan, and has fourteen villages.
The people heard of his coming, and how
that he had twenty-four companies each
<sf too men, besides twenty-three cannon.
They knew that it was useless to appeal
to him, so they fled to the village of Chi
because of its rocks and steepes and there
could better escape him. They stayed in
the mountains almost twenty days, and
When Ml food was gone and there was
nothing left to do, they fled as best they
could. Two thousand bodies were left
behind at Chi.
Gall Gazan was next, and because the
town has twenty-two villages around it
Moorshlr Pasha brought Kurds, Ahmldle
and irregulars numbering 80,000. The
town was deserted, for the people, with
ail the food they could carry, had fled
to the mountains. They stayed in their
fastnesses for thirty days, and at last,
with a frenzy born of hunger and de
spair, they made a terrible rush down
the mountain sides and attacked the
tyrants Instead of waiting to be killed.
Patriot Vartan was like a god, and
killed nineteen men with his own sword
before he fell dead. Fr. Bedras was a
soldier too, and encouraged his children,
and when he was at last killed, his body
was cut in pieces and given to the dogs.
Alpag was the last town that the blood
thirsty tyrant visited, and this place con
tains eight villages—Verien, Chaden,
Moodcvar, Euklk, Kalaxaz, Coroop, and
Davlof.i*., The people had for the most
papl made their escape, but when Moo
shlr and his soldiers went their way
1.305 bodies were found even here. Many
more were burned, but their number can
not ba known
All the bodies were left where they
ware butcheix-d and, those who would
travel this district must risk their lives
through the pestilential odors that go up
from so many dead. All who escaped
from the Sassoun district came to the
villages of the plains of Moosh and hun
gry. destitute, and broken-hearted they
look for hope and help and sympathy
from the civilized world to whom the
news of the‘r terrible lot may come.
London. Feb. 20.—A dispalch from Con
stantinople to the Standard says wit
nesses recently examined by the Armen
ian commission of Inquiry at Moosh
have been anti-Turkish. Five testified to
having been witnesses of massacres of
Children.
ST. LOUIS’ SMALLPOX.
Eighty-Five New Case* Reported
Up to Noon Yesterday.
St. Louis. Mo., Feb. 20.—At noon to-day
eighty-five oases of smallpox were report
ed and this.number is expected to be in
creased when the complete returns arc
received to-night. The health authorities
are beginning to realize the gravity of
the situation and are making energetic
efforts' to check the spread of the dis
ease. Two cases of smallpox were dis
covered yesterday in schools for colored
children and tho schools have been
ordered closed.
So far the disease is mainly confined to
colored people, 'but tt is feared the con
tagion will spread to the white people
through the medium of porters, coachmen
and waiters, who frequent the infected
districts r
The dally supply of vaccine was ex
hausted an hour after being received. It
1* estimated that an average of 2.000 per
sons are vaccinated daily.
CUS'i^M~lloljSE — ANNOYANCES.
Tourists to the Holy Land Not to Be
HantMtd Hereafter.
. London. Feb. 20.—A dispatch to the
Standard from Constantinople says that
in consequence of the action of the cus
toms authorities at Jaffa American tour
ists to the Holy Land have been greatly
annoyed and hindered. Complaint was
made by many tourists to United States
minister Terrell, upon whose representa
tions the porte has recalled the director
of customs at Jaffa and tourists will be
able to Visit the holy places a great deal
ujore readily in the future.
DILKE’S ATTACK ON ROSEBERRY.
The Premier Reseats That None of
Hi* Colleague* Defended Him. ,
London, Feb. 30.—The Blripingham Post,
the organ of Mr. Cuthbert, says that
Lord Roseberry's reply resents the fact
that none of his ministerial colleagues
in the House of Commons defended him
against the attacks made upon him by
8 r Charles LMlke and Mr. Labouchere
during the debate on the Chamberlain
amendment to the address. Lord Rose
berry Is said to be especially resentful,
inasmuch as the attacks mentioned were
avowedly made on behalf of Sir William
Vernon Harcourt.
A Massacre In Brasil.
New York. Feb. 30.—A special from Rio
Grande do Sul says: "It is reported from
Montevideo on authority of the rebel ad
miral DiGama, that the government
forces in the town of San Gabriel massa
cred the inhabitants DaGama has been
personally ill command of the rebel forces
for the past few weeks. A number of
aold’cn have oen arrested for tnsub
ord'naiion and sixteen by order of the
guveruor have been shot.”
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‘‘How WejQou Look”
Friends Surprised at the
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VOTE FOR MEW BATTLE SHIPS.
THE HOUSE ALSO FAVORS NINE
MORE TORPEDO BOATS.
The Conn tract! on of a Cable to Ha
waii by the Government Not Yet
Finally Disposed of by the House.
Information as to the Dismissal of
Old Soldiers From Government
Positions Since 1593 Called For.
Washington, Feb. 20. —So far as the
House Is concerned the navy will be fur
ther Increased by the construction, of
three battle ships and nine torpedo boats.
At the cloee of the four days’ delibera
tion on the bill making appropriations
for the navy and naval establishment for
the year ending June 30, 1896, the House
passed the measure practically as it was
reported by the committee, after having
refused by a vote of 199 to 67 to recommit
the bill, upon motion of Mr. Sayers, with
Instructions’ to strike out the provision
for the battleships.
An amendment offered by Mr. Sayers
was agreed to, providing that the Sec
retary of the Navy should not contract
to pay a higher price for armor plate or
gun steel than is paid for the same arti
cle by private parties or foreign govern
ments. It was also provided that two of
the nine torpedo boats should be con
structed on the Mississippi river.
Efforts £y Mr. Cannon, rep., of Illinois
to make the bill carry an appropriation
of 820,000,000, or of $5,000,000 toward de
fraying the cost of the battle-ships, were
unavailable. In this connection a letter
was road from Secretary Herbert stat
ing that if the construction of the battle
ships was authorized in the pending bIM,
there would be expended In the year end
ing June 30, 1896, on that account only
$513,200.
The naval bill being out of the way the
House spent an hour or two discussing
the Hawaiian cable project upon the re
port of the conference over the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill.
Mr. McCreary, dem., of Kentucky op
posed the construction of the cable as a
government enterprise, and moved that
the House Insist upon Its disagreement to
the Senate amendment authorizing the
President to contract for laying the cable.
Mr. Hitt, rep., of Illinois, one of the con
ferees, moved that the House concur tn the
Senate amendment and forcibly advocated
the construction of the cable. He read
from the annual message of President
Cleveland in 1886 and 1888 to show that as
far back as that period the President ad
vised congressional action to secure tel
egraphic communication with the Ha
waiian Islands. The matter was not dis
posed of when 'the House adjourned.
A bill was passed over tho unfavorable
report of the committee of the whole, hav
ing been previously passed by mistake,
and recalled from the Senate to increase
the pension of Thomas Corrigan.,
A resolution introduced, last December
by Mr. Pickier, rep., of South Dakota and
referred to the committee on civil service
reform, was called up by its author, that
committee not having acted upon it, and
passed. It directs the Secretary of the
Treasury to inform the House how many
old soldiers have been dismissed from that
department since Marek 3, 1893, and the
reasons for their removal.
An unfavorable report was made by Mr.
Richardson, dem., of Tennessee, from the
committee on printing, upon the joint
resolution authorizing the publication of
the dairy tests made at the Columbian’
exposition, The tenor of the adverse re
port was that the matter was In no sense
or connection a government affair, and
that the expense would be about SBO,OOO.
The House, at 5:15 o'clock, adjourned till
to-morrow at 13 o’clock.
FIVE FROZEN TO DEATH.
A Whole Family Found in Their
Beds Stark in Death.
Irondale, Mo., Feb. 20.—From Beaufort
I Mountains, eight miles south of this
j place, comes the report of a sad incident
which happened in that section during the
recent blizzard. A wood chopper named
John C. Warner, his wife and three chil
dren, were found frozen to death. The
places where the bodies were found is an
isolated wood-chopping, three miles from
the nearest farmer and five miles from
any town. The finding of the bodies was
purely accidental. James Rollins, a young
farmer, was tracking a deer, and while
passing through the clearing noticed a
small cabin, nnd, being attracted to it.
pushed open the door, and was horrified
to see. on rude beds, the forms of five
people, all still in death. It is supposed
the summons came while they slept, as
all were under cover and showed no
signs of pain or a straggly Rollins at
I once notified his neighbors, wno made cof
fins and buried the entire family on the
■ hillside. They may have been dead two
or three weeks, but it is probable that
they died on Friday night. Feb. 8. when
the thermometer registered 15 degrees be
< low in this community.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1895.
A SET-BACK FOR HAYWARD.
AN ATTACK ON ADRY’S SANITY
RULED OUT BY THE JUDGE.
Attorney Erwin Ask* Mr*. Hayward
Whether She Ever Knew of In
sanity tn Her Family, Bat the
Court Will Not Allow Her to An
swer-Two Men Skating? on the
Lake Testify to Hearing Two Pis
tol Shot* Fired.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 20.—The Hay
ward trial was called to order promptly
on time this morning for a change. The
defense called Frank Sprlngstead, who
stated that he accompanied Miss Brown
(the witness of yesterday) to Lake Cal
houn on the evening of the murder. While
skating he heard two shots fired. While
walking up Lake street after they had
finished skating they saw two men talk
ing. They passed on ahead. The witness
thought their conduct was strange be
cause they came from a neighboring Ice
house. They reached the lake about 7:30
o’clock and heard the shots fired fifteen
minutes later. This contradicts the tes
timony of Mrs. Naegale, who swore the
shots were fired at 8 o’clock.
Horace L. Wells, paying teller of the
City Bank, testified to changing bills of
a larger denomination, for SIOO ones for
Hayward.
Louise Ireland, the nedee of Miss Ging,
was then placed on the stand. She swore
that Hayward was at her rooms at 7:30,
o’clock on the night of the murder. The
Saturday before the murder Hayward vis
ited Miss Ging, not leaving until after 11
o’clock.
“You didn’t hear them say anything
about letters she had written him, or about
money matters?”
“No, sir.”
The witness told Mr. Erwin that she sat
with the two and overheard all they
said.
The Insanitary theory put up by the de
fense received a blow this morning. Mrs.
W. W. Hayward, the mother of the de
fendant, was on the stand, and Attorney
Erwin, for the defense, asked: “Mrs. Hay
ward, have you ever known of insane
persons In your family?”
The witness started to answer, when
the state Interposed an objection, the
court sustaining it.
Mr. Erwin stated that he wished to
show that Adry Hayward, the brother of
the defendant, was insane and had made
his statement, which he believed to
be honest, to Elder Stewart, while under
a delusion.
Judge Smith stated that It was for the
court to rule upon the competency of a
witness to testify. When Adry had gone
on the stand, the defense had not Intro
duced evidence to show that he was not
competent and the court had declared him
competent Therefore, testimony could
not now be introduced to show Adry In
sane.
The defense took exception to the ruling,
claiming that they have the right to at
tack the credibility of the witness, Adry-,
by proving Insanity.
The court did not allow Mrs. Hayward
to testify in this relation, however.
The defense state that they will not
attempt to prove the legality of the evi
dence, but will rest upon their exception.
A BIG BLAZE AT HAMILTON.
The Principal BneineM Block* In
the Town Swept Away.
Utica, N. Y., Feb. 201—At 8:30 o’clock last
night fire was seen In the furniture store
of Rowlands & Beal, at Hamilton, vil
lage twenty-nine miles south of this city,
and the seat of Colgate University. The
one engine in the village was frozen up,
the water pressure of a new system of
water works was miserably small and the
fire swept the business portion of the
town. A stiff breeze fanned the flames,
and before aid could be sent from Utica
and the surrounding villages, forty busi
ness places were totally destroyed. The
burned district includes all the buildings
facing the park and fronting on Eaton,
Broad and Lebanon streets.
In this district was the Smith block,
erected at a cost of $60,000; the Tripp, a
three story brick building; the Davis, a
three-story brick; the Tripp opera house,
the Shores brick building, the National
Hamilton Bank, the postoffice, the en
gine house, the Masonic hall, the Ham
ilton Sentinel building, the Rowlands
building, the Mott brick building, the
Dodge estate stone building, the Banning
estate brick building, Bonney & Meldon’s
brick building. Haskell’s building, the Rice
building and the Smith estate building.
These are the principal structures and
in them were many stores and offices.
Practically nothing was saved. Merchan
dise and goods, which were removed to
the street caught fire and burned or were
spoiled by rivulets from melting snow.
It will be long before Hamilton recovers
from this conflagration. All of the busi
ness blocks were destroyed.
Conservative estimates place the loss
at $200,000, with a nominal Insurance,
SAVANNAH AXD WESTER.Y,
A Claim That the Road T» Earning
the Interest on It* Bond*.
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 20.—Wilson, Colston
& Co., bankers, have issued a statement
in answer to inquiries concerning securi
ties of the Savannah and Western
railroad In the event of the aban
donment of the reorganization plan
of the Central railroad of Georgia. The
Central operates the Savannah and West
ern under lease. The bankers say the
receivers’ report for the twelve months
of 1894 shows for the Savannah and West
ern gross earnings of $1,175,025, and net
earnings of $367,349. The Savannah and
Western bonds Issued are $7,755,000, and
: there are $1,000,000 of first mortgage un
j deriving liens. Os the total issue $1,628,-
| 000 are pledged as collateral, leaving about
I $6,000,000 of bonds in the handn of invest
| ors. ”Jrt will be seen, therefore,” say the
bankers, “that the Savannah and West
ern is actually earning nearly the entire
amount of the interest on all the bonds.”
EMMETT WOMACH PROMOTED.
——————
He Is Made Chief Clerk of the In
terior Department.
Washington, Feb. 20.—Emmett Womack
. of Covington, Ga., was to-day appointed
i chief clerk of the interior department
‘ and superintendent of the patent office, at
. a salary of $2,750, to fill the vacancy made
i by the resignation of Joseph Daniels of
North Carolina, who goes to take charge
i of the Raleigh News and Observer. This
. Is a promotion for Mr. Womack, who
• was a law clerk in the office of the
[ assistant attorney general. Ever since
i the resignation of Mr. Daniels there has
i i been a great deal of guessing going on
I in the department as to who would be
> the new chief clerk, and at least six per
sons, holding high positions, were named
for the place. The secretary thought
that such a place required a lawyer, as
> there are many complicated cases con
tinually coming before that office,
Mr. Womack and Secretary Hoke
Smith have
years past.
' A KENTUCKY MIRACLE. 1
I -
JUDGE JOHN M. RICE TELLS HOW
HE WAS CURED OF -CIATICA,
Circuit Judge, Congressman and.
Assemblyman.
(Prom the Covington, Ky., Post.)
The Hon. John M. Rice, of Louisa, Law
rence County, Kentucky, has for the past
two years retired from active life as Crim
inal and Circuit Judge of the sixteenth
Judicial District of Kentucky.
He has for many years served his native
county and state in the legislature at Frank
fort and at Washington, and, until his re
tirement was a noted figure in political and
Judicial circles. The Judge is well-known
throughout the state and possesses the best
qualities. which go to make a Kentucky
gentlemen honored wherever he is known.
A few days ago a Kentucky Post reporter
called upon Judge Rice, who in the follow
ing words related the history of the causes
that led to his retirement. “It is just about
six years since I had an attack of rheuma
tism ; slight at first, but soon developing into
Sciatic rheumatism, which began first with
acute shooting pains in the hips, gradually
extending downward to my feet.
“ My condition became so bad that I even
tually lost all power of mv legs, and then
the liver, kidneys and bladder and in fact,
my whole system, became deranged.
“In 1888, attended by my son John, I
wenttoHot Springs,Ark.,but was notmuch
benefited by some months stay there. My
liver was actually dead,and a dull persistent
pain in its region kept me on the rack all
the time. In 1890 I was reappointed Circuit
Judge ? but it was impossible for me to give
» attention to my duties. In 1891 I went to
the Silurian Springs, Waukeshaw, Wis. I
stayed there tsome time, but without im
provement.
“The muscles of my limbs were now re
duced by atrophy to mere strings. Sciatic
Sains tortured n>e terribly, but it was the
isordered condition of my liver that was I
felt gradually wearing my life away. Doc
tors gave me up completely.
“ I lingered on in tnis condition sustained
almost entirely by stimulants until April,
1893. One dav John saw an account of
Dr. Williams’ Dink Pills for Pale People
in the Kentucky Post. This was something
new,and John prevailed upon me to try them.
I remember I was not expected to live for
more than three or four days at the time.
The effect of the pills, however, was mar
velous and I could soon eat heartily, a thing
I had not done for years. The liver began
almost instantaneously to perform its func
tions, and has done so ever since. Without
doubt the pills saved my life and while I do
not crave notoriety I cannot refuse to testify
to their worth.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
contain all the elements necessary to give
new life and richness to the blood and re
store shattered nerves. They may be had of
ell druggists, or direct from the Dr. Wil
lianas’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N.
Y., for 50c. per box, or six boxes for $2.50.
BLOWING UP OF THE FORT.
A Hong-Kong Dispatch Reports the
Killed at 2,000.
London, Feb. 20.—A Central News dis
patch from Pekin says: "The general
opinion among high officials is that Li
Hung Chang was only reinstated In
favor in order to render him an accepta
ble envoy to Japan. It is reported that
he will be made the scapegoat when the
mission is ended, whether he is success
ful or not.
The correspondent of the Central cable
at Pekin says: Mr. Pethick, formerly
United States vice consul at Tien Tsin,
has gone to meet Li Hung Chang, to con-
with him upon important matters.
TheTemperhr demands a full exffianatlon
of the defeats with which China has met
during the war and also wants to know
the amount and disposition of the war ex
penses.
A dispatch from Foo Choo reports that
numerous secret societies are being
formed whose objects are unknown. It is
supposed, however, that they are polit
ical organizations.
Japanese warships are in Formosa
channel waiting to intercept vessels
with contraband cargoes.
A Central News dispatch from Tokio
says that Admiral Ito reports from Wei-
Hal-Wei, under the date of Feb. 17, as
follows: “To-day the entire fleet entered
the harbor. The forts on Liu Kung Tao
Island, the torpedo stations and the war
ships Chen Yuen, Chi, Yuen, Katang Pin,
Chen Pien, Chen Chun, Chen Pia, Chen
Nan, Chen Si, and Chen Long, together
with the government buildings were
ceded to us and our crews were sent to
prepare the ships for sailing. The Chen
Yuen will temporarily be sent to Port
Arthur and the other vessels will be sent
to Japan. All of the forts are now’ held
by crews from the Port Arthur naval
station. The Ywang Chi was given up as
a conveyance for the remains of Admiral
Ting.’’
A Hong Kong dispatch to the Globe
gives an account of the explosion of the
magazine at a fort at Tokoa, Formosa, by
which 2,000 persons were killed. This is
obviously an exaggerated version of the
report cabled Feb. 6. which gave the
number killed as fifty and stated that
many were injured.
The Central News correspondent in To
kio says; “A dispatch dated Kai Ping,
on the 17th, says that about a thousand
Chinese troops attacked the Japanese out
posts at Kumo Cheng in the morning and
were repulsed promptly. The Chinese re
treated precipitately, leaving thirty dead
op the field. The number of wounded had
not been ascertained. The Japanese suf
fered no losses whatever.”
The Morning Post has a dispatch from
Tokio saying that the supplementary war
budget calls for 100,000,000 yen, Instead of
10,000,000, the sum reported yesterday. This
grant will make Japan’s total war ex
penditure 260,000,000 yen.
SUICIDE FOLLOWS DISGRACE.
A Woman of the Town Had Died in
the Rooms of the Suicide.
Norwich, Conn., Feb. 20.—Gustave Ge
duldlg. a florist, who was with Mrs. Ade
laide Davidson, a woman of the town,
when she died suddenly in his room on
Shetucket street. Monday, from alcohol
ism and epilepsy, committed suicide last
night by tailing poison. He had a family
and was mortified by the exposure which
the woman’s sudden death brought upon
him.
He was seen on the street weeping
Monday evening, and on Tuesday was
nervous and excited. He went home Tues
day night and taiked over his business
| with his family, with whom he had not
! sustained pleasant relations, and after
i retiring took a dose of poison. A physi
cian was called this morning at 5
o’clock, but when he reached the house
Mr. Geduldlg was dead.
Nominated by tlie President.
Washington, Feb. 20.—The President to
day sent to the Senate the following nomi
nations :
Joseph R. Herod of Indiana, to be first
secretary of the legation in Japan.
William Crichton of West Virginia, to
be secretary of the legation in Brazil.
United States Consuls—Frederick Elli
son of Indiana, at Belize, British Hondu
ras; Julio Harmony, at Carunna, Spain;
William W. Masterson of Kentucky, at
Aden, Arabia; Samuel W. Thorne of Penn
sylvania, at Asuncion, Paraguay.
LOOTED A BATCH OF LETTERS.
THE EPISTLES . SENT OUT BY A
BANK AND LOST.
The Finder Discovered Them on the
Street nnd Forthwith
Negotiate Their Contents Just
How Much He Realized Not Known
Yet—He I* ‘Under Arrest on a
Charge of Forgery—Out of Uncle
Sum’s Clutches.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 20.—John D. Gil
more of this city was arrested to-day
for stealing from the mails and upon a
charge of forgery. He was held In $1,200
ball to answer to the latter accusation in
the Delaware county court, but as the
letters he stole had never been mailed
the former charge was dropped.
Five valuable letters sent out by the
First National Bank of Williamsport, Pa.,
last night disappeared, and the bank
charged that they had been stolen from
the mails. The letters were addressed to
the correspondents of the bank In New
York, Philadelphia, Wilkesbarre, Elmira,
and Shamokin, and represented a great
deal of clerical work, the cash and time
items aggregating $60,000.
Gilmore picked the letters up on. the
street, where they had been dropped, and
tried to deposit one of the drafts with
the Delaware County Trust Company of
Chester, Pa., under the name of D. S.
McDonald. The receiving teller’s sus
picions were aroused, and Gilmore was
requested to leave the draft for collection.
The Williamsport bank was notified and
his arrest followed.
In addition to this the Delaware County
Trust Company preferred a charge against
him of attempting to obtain money by
false pretenses. A similar charge was
made against him by the Central Trust
Company of Camden, N. J., through
which he collected one of the missing
drafts for SSOO.
Gilmore admitted that on Jan. 14 and
15 he forged the name of W; H. Painter,
cashier of the West Branch Bank, to tw’O
sight drafts on the Farmers and Mechan
ics bank of this city. One was in the
name of D. S. McDonald and was for
$460, and the other for SSOO, was in favor
of F. P. Schade.
Gilmore was until recently a clerk In
the West Branch Bank of Williamsport.
It is not yet known how much money Gil
more realized.
SILVER SHELVED.
No Furtlier Action to Be Taken bj
the Present Congress.
Washington, Feb. 20.—Unless the silver
question Is revived when the sundry civil
appropriation bill is reached the country
will probably be spared further agitation
on the subject so far as the Senate is
concerned. Os course, the allowance
must be made for Senator Stewart of Ne
vada, who is liable to break out with a
silver speech at any moment during the
remaining hours of the present congress.
It appears to be generally conceded by
democrats, republicans and populists that
nothing further can be accomplished this
session that will help the financial ques
tion, so they are contented to devote their
time and energies to the passage of the
general appropriation bill and such other
urgent legislation as can be accomplished
without protracted debate. Senator Dan
iel to-day delivered what might appropri
ately be called "Silver’s Valedictory,” af
ter the friends of free sil
ver, under the able lead
ership of Senator Jones of Arkansas,
surrendered the field to the advocates of
sound money on the plea that the ap
k propriatlon bills, must be passed, even if
silver legislation had to fail.
The senator from Virginia had a bril
liant audience to listen to his eloquent
utterances, for it was generally supposed
that a lively and interesting discussion
would be brought on by the consideration
of the Wolcott declaration in favor of
silver. Senator Daniel’s elocutionarj r
gifts are well known, but he never used
them to a better advantage than he did
to-day in a brief speech to justify his op
position to the repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act and his advo
cacy of silver as a money metal. In florid
language, for which he is noted, he re
called the predictions he made more than
a year ago, when he was opposing the
passage of the repeal of the Sherman law.
TRAIN ROBBERS ON TRIAL.
The Case of the Aquia Creek Ban
dits Now Before a Jury.
Stafford C. H., Va., Feb. 20.—The trial
of the Aquia creek train robbers, Mor
gan or Margonfield and Searcy, was be
gun to-day. Morgan was first placed on
trial.
The last count in the indictment against
him, charging conspiracy to rob was
quashed. The other counts were upheld.
The defense then entered a general and
special demurrer to the Indictment. With
out any argument this motion was sub
mitted to the judge, who reserved his
decision till morning and then adjourned
the court till to-morrow morning at 9
o’clock.
To-night a heavy armed guard occupied
the cell with each man and guards patrol
the outside of the jail, while lanterns
hang all around it and light up the whole
premises.
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FRED. DOUGLASS DEAD.
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The Colored Orator Succumbs to
Heart Disease.
Washington, Feb. 20.—Frederick Doug
lass, the well-known colored orator, died
suddenly at 7 o’clock to-night of heart
disease at his home in Anacostla, a su
burb of Washington. He was a promi
nent figure in the woman’s convention thjs
afternoon, where he occupied a seat on
the platform. He was apparently In ths
best of health at that time.
Frederick Douglass was born a slave
to Capt. Aaron Anthony in Talbot coun
ty, Maryland, in 1817. After tys Bth year,
and until he was 11, he lived in the house
of Capt. Anthony’s daughter, Mrs. Auld,
in Baltimore, where he was taught to
read and write. In 1836 he planned to es
cape from slavery, but the plot failed
and he was put in prison. Shortly after
ward he was taken by his master into a
ship yard, where he learned to caulk ves
sels. From the ship yard he escaped in
1838., and wen.t to Massachusetts, where
he married. At New Bedford, where he
worked as a stevedore, he began to pose
as an orator. Shortly the abolitionists of
Boston heard of him, and the abolitionists
of Rhode Island heard of him, and he was
in demand to inflame the northern mind
with regard to the institution of slav
ery. In Indiana in 1844, after one of his
speeches, Douglass was set upon by a
mob and badly beaten. The next year
he wrote a pamphlet, and the Massachu
setts Anti-Slavery Society sent him to
Europe, where he was “ransomed” from
his Maryland owner for £l5O sterling, and
became a free man in law as well as in
fact. Two years later, having returned
to this country he began the publication
of a paper at Rochester, N. Y. He was
implicated in the John Brown raid, and
ran away to England a second time, in
1850. On the outbreak of the war he as
sisted in raising troops in Massachusetts,
but did not go into the army himself. At
the close of the war he had risen to the
distinction of being a lyceum lecturer, and
was in great demand at the north. In
1871'President Grant sent him to San Do
mingo as a member of a commission look
ing to the annexation of that island to
the United States. The same year he was
appointed a member, of the upper house
of the territorial government of the Dis
trict of Columbia. In 1872 he was a presi
dential elector for the state of f?ew York.
In 1878 President Hayes appointed him
United States marshal of the District of
Columbia. While in that office, his first
wife having died, he married a white wo
man of New York. In 1881 he was by
President Garfield appointed recorder of
deeds for the District of Columbia, and
in 1889 President Harrison appointed him
minister of this government to Hayti. He
resigned in 1891. He was probably the
most widely known member of his race
in the World, and spoke to a greater num
ber of people, in the aggregate, than any
other colored man.
WHISKY MAY %IE ADVANCE!?!
Representatives of All the Distiller
ies in Session.
Chicago, Feb. 20.—The receivers of the
whisky trust, the members of the New
York stockholders’ committee and repre
sentatives of the distilleries owned by the
trust, were in conference all day and
until 10 o’clock to-night, With brief inter
mission. No definite agreement was
reached on the question of advancing
spirits 2% a gallon. The conference will
be resumed to-morrow afternoon, when it
is believed an agreement to advance prices
will be effected. Early in the day a com
mittee, composed of Receiver McNulta,
Henry Hergel and E. W. Wilson of Pekin,
Ill.; Angel Meyers of Philadelphia, Samuel
Woolner, Jr., of Peoria, F. A. Bensberg of
St. Douis, and S. M. >Rlce of New York
was appointed to formulate a plan of re
garding future prices and report to the
conference.
To-night the committee asked for further
time and were given until 2 o’clock to-mor
row.
SHOT AT BY NEGROES
A Boy Ha* a Narrow Escape From
Being Killed by Highwaymen.
Rome, Ga., Feb. 20.—Two unknown
negroes shot at the 10-year-old
son of W. R. Harper, a prom
inent farmer of Chattooga county,
near Summerville, late yesterday and
came very near killing him Instantly. The
boy was on his way home from Summer
ville, and when about three miles from
there he overtook two negroes walking
slowly. The negroes commanded him to
halt when the boy became frightened
and made his horse go faster. The ne
groes fired twice at him, one ball going
through the crown of his hat. A posse
of citizens headed by Deputy Sheriff Hen
ley started in pursuit and it is hoped tVlll
soon succeed in capturing the negroes.
If caught they will no doubt be dealth
with quietly but firmly.
MURDERED FOR HER MONEY.
Miss Carrie Lawrence Found Mur
dered nt Old Allendale.
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 20.—The News
and Courier's Allendale, S. C., special
says: “Miss Carrie Lawrence was found
murdered to-day at her home in Old Al
lendale. Robbery is supposed to have
been the motive, as she lived alone and
was supposed to have had money in her
house. There is no clue as to who com
mitted this terrible deed. The community
is very much shocked and no stone will
be left unturned to bring the murderer
to justice.”
MRS. BOURKE COCKRAN DEAD.
She End Been 111 With Consumption
for the Past Two Yearn.
New York, Feb. 20. —Mrs. Bourke ■
ran died in her apartments at the Holland |
house late this afternoon. She had been !
ill for the past two years.
Mrs. Cockran came here from Washing- i
ton, -with her husband, four weeks ago, '
•to obtain medical treatment. Last Tues- :
day she had three severe hemorrhages
and eteadily sank. Her husband was with
her at the time of her death. Mrs. Cock- I
ran was 31 years old. She had no chil- i
dren. I
REICHSTAG IN A BIG RUMPUS.
’ RICHTER CHARGES GROSS IMMOR
ALITY IN MECKLENBURG.
♦- - .
1 He Throws the Deputies Into an Up
roar by Asserting That the State
Would Have Been Extinct Long;
’ Ago But for the Illegitimate
Births—The Member From Meck
lenburg Resents the Slur With
Great Warmth. .
Berlin. Feb. 20.—The Reichstag wad
s stirred deeply to-day by a debate on Dr.
- Pachnlcke’s bill for the introduction of
j popular representation in all the federal
, states. The bill was aimed mainly at
> Mecklenburg, where the same mediaeval
" conditions prevail as before 1848.
Eugine Richter, the radical leader, made
t a scathing speech concerning the grand
- duke and his method of government. He
1 said that Meckleriburg would have been
- extinct long ago but for the great num
i , ber of illegitimate births. The social dem-
■ I ocrats and radicals cheered loudly, and
f ■ the conservatives protested.
3 Herr Von Oerlzen,Mecklenburg’s member:
s of the federal council, sprang to his feet,
1 and trembljng with indignatjon. denounced
- “Herr Richter’s indecent language.” A
3 deafening tumult was evoked by the word
i “Indecent.” From the left of the cham
" ber came a chorus of shouts for order
- and from the right repeated cheers for
> Herr Oerlzen. After ringing the bell fully
i two minutes President Von Levetzow je
l stored comparative quiet. He then,
i gravely reproved Herr Oerlzen for his
I language which, he said, was entirely
i contrary to the traditions of the House.
; The cheering from the left was followed
I by the vote. The bill, although supported
i by the socialists, radicals and the major*
ity of national liberals, was rejected.
WAGES ON THeFsOCTHERN. , g
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1 A Settlement of the Differences
Looked for Soon.
Washington, Feb. 20.—A settlement of
' the differences between the Southern
Railway Company and its employes is
looked for in the next few days. F. S,
Sargent of Peoria, 111., chief of the Loco
motive Firemen’s Brotherhood, and E. E.
Clark, of the Order of Railway Conduc
tors, arrived in Washington this afternoon,
and held a secret meeting. Chief Arthur
of the engineers' brotherhood is expected
to-morrow, with other chiefs, and as sgon
as they all arrive a conference with Vtca
President Baldwin of the railroad company
will be arranged.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 20.—Third Vice Presi
dent Baldwin of the Southern railway. j
who arrived here to-night, said in an
terview concerning the rumors of a
on the part of the employes of .the
pany, that the grievance committees
as yet .made no Feply to the cOmfW'SI
statement, which was given to them
eral days ago, proposing a system
equalized wages on both systems of
road. He says positively that the aver
, age proposed wages to conductors, fire*
men, trainmen and engineers, in each and
every class, run higher than the wages
paid at present In answer to the crith
i cism by employes that the Southern is
trying to make a dividend on a capital
ization almost double the value of the
road, Mr. Baldwin says the capitalization
i of the company was reduced last July
over $40,000,000 and that the road is bonded
on a lower basis than any other railroad
in the world with similar mileage. Hs
says he does not feur any trouble with
the employes.
A~ FERIt V BOAT '' SINK.
She Was in Tow of a Tng From. New
York to Jacksonville.
Jacksonville. Fla., Feb. 20. Th® steam
i ferryboat Idaho, which left New York
two weeks ago for Jacksonville in tow
of the tug LukenbiU was lost Monday;
afternoon off Hatteras. A heavy sea was
running snd the boat was swamped and
quickly sunk,, the captain and crew bare
ly having time, to get to* the tug boat. The
tug proceeded on her . wgy south and
landed the crew at Mayport at the mouth
of the St. John’s river. They came to
Jacksonville to-night. Captain Tuttle, who
was in command, lives in Jacksonville
and went to New York to bring t!>e ves
sel south. The other men are Ernest H.
Mayer, Charles Slgardson and C. Brum
back, all of Brooklyn. The men lost all
of their clothing except wha,t they had
on, as the vessel filled and sunk so quick
ly that they only had time to save them
selves. * <
The Idaho had been recently purchased
by Archer Harmon, president of the Jack
sonville Ferry Company, to ply between
Jacksonville and South Jacksonville. She
was built in 1864 and could not stand
much of a sea. For over a week after
she started she was forced to anchor in
side the Delaware breakwater and for
several days remained at Norfolk. She
left Norfolk last Sunday end was only a
little ways south of Hatteras Monday
afternoon wljen lost.
PIAWTH ROCK PANTS.
Effort* Made Three Week* Ago <•
Raise Alonej- at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 20.—1 t came to light
to-day that an effort was made about thfea
weeks ago by one of the traveling auditors
of the Plymouth Rock F«.nts Company to
get <I,OOO worth of checks cashed by J. B.
Redwine, but tailed. The name of this
agent is remembered by Redwine as M.
M. Knapp. Redwine was told by Knapp
that he wanted to go to Cuba. An effort
was ma le by F. J. Tay to mortgage the
stock of the local branch In ttys city. A
man claiming to the local manager went
with Tay to Redwine’s office and stated
that Tay was manager of the general of
fice.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 20.—Four more
attachment? have been gotten out against
the Jacksonville branch store of t|ie
Plymouth Kock Pants Company. Two are
in favor of the National Bank of the
State of Florida tor $917,95, and $647.95
• respectively. The other two are in favor
■ of the Merchants National Bank, each for
I $852.05. ,
Free Coinage in England.
j London, Feb. 20.—1 n the House of Com
' mons to-day Robert L. Everett, liberal
member of Woodbridge.Suffolk,gave notice
of his intention to move resolution that
I an international agreement to restore the
,■ free coinage and full legal tender power
• of silver is desirable.