Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 23 November 1894 — Page 3

n i -hi irii'r -irTi —i —" J GROCERIESII =°“°— GROCERIES II VIIVVhIUMV V V (SUCCESSORS TO DONOVAN A COFFEE.) Thia established j 1J I j Ivorythlng business IM^WvW’ Sp' ,n,he,,ne tiouae enjoys x 'fl&A ■ • trade AJBSjEjMi hou..how •eoond |U l/Wha? neoe ” ,tle * to none are to be In the city. 1 fl MWP* MB? ,ound tho '/ ms'lmrloFFOß 25 S || SUGARS, SYRUPS, & CANNED GOODSI|f of all kinds such as Asparagus Tips, (Club House Brand) Extra French Peas, Deviled Crab, Kippered ** Herring, Lobsters, etc., etc., sold at * RQCK bottom prices. • 25 pounds of Light Brown Sugar for SI.OO Osmblx Z’aeld. fox* ’Butter and Bfgs. Eut Side ot Second Street. Pecatnr, Ind. Daniel Schlegel, r DEALER IN , LIGHTMNG RODS, SPOUTING, ROOFING, AMD Tinware of all Kinds. SWPijirtiiil ■ aid Menfliilfloie too*. Front St., near Jefferson Street. Decatur, - - - Indiana.

z»kEr.ie, Lines. Schedule in efiect June 17,1894. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAINS WSBT. No Limited, dally for jjg p. m No. 8, Pacific Express, dally for ( M Chicago f . ' No. 1, Express, daily for Chicago j. 10:45 A. M No. 81. Local, dally, except Sun-1 1O:4S M day I TRAINS RAST. No. 8, Vestibule Limited, dally fori p M New York and Boston f 8 W 1. M No. 2, Express, daily for New I j. 55 p, M York.. — I No. Express, dally for New No. 30. Local, daily’except Bun-> day 110:45 A. M. Train No. 12 carries through sleeping oars to Columbus. Circlevill, Chtllicathe, Waverly Portsmouth, Irontor, and Kenova, via Coium bus Hocking Valley & Toledo and Norfolk A . Western Lines. J. W. DeLong. Agent. W G. Mac Edwards T. P.A. Huntinmon. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. Took effect Septemoer S 3. 1894. ; GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. 7 , Cincinnati.. Ive 4 55pm 8 05am 8 30pm Richmond 7 35.. 1100.. 1135 , Winchester.... 8 34.. 12*00.. 1320 am Portland 914 .. 124?pm12 54 Decatur 1012.. 14f.. 144 Ft.Wayne...arr 1055 .. 2 35.. 220 “ “ ...Ive ....... 2 55pm 230.. 740 am Kendallville 4 05.. 332.. 859 .. Rome City 4 22.. 3 48.. 8 09., Wolcottville 4 28.. 3 54.. 9 05.. Valentine..., 4 40 9 17 .. LaGrange ... 450... 4 12.. 927.. Lima. 503 941 .. Sturgis 520 .. 4 80.. 9 56., Vicksburg Sl?' - - J? 2 ? 1 1053.. Kalamazoo, arr 640 .. 540 .. 1104 . « ..Ive 720 am 7 20.. 5 50-.. 1120.. Gr. Rapids..arr 9 15.. 9 15.. 720 am 100 pm « K ..Ive 10 25.. 740.. 125. D„ G.H.&M.cr 10 42.. 7 55.. 140.. Howard City M .... 11 45 .. 9 05.. 2 45. Big Rapids .... ........ 12 35am 10 00 .. 340 ~ Reed City 105.. 10 35.. 3 45.. Cadillac arr 210 .. 1140 .. 515 .. •• ....lveUls.. 220.. 1150.. 520.. Traverse City 145 pm 710 .. Kalkaska.. 8 47.. Petoskey 540.. 350 . MackinaoClty "40 ■ GOING SOUTH. Y STATIONS. No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 No. 8 MackinaoClty. 915 pm 740 am I fedkastat...... 12 27.. 1120 7 17.. I Traverse City 1105 700 ■ Cadillac ....arr 2 00.. 105 pm 850.. I •• ....Ive 210.. 125.. 655 pm 855.. ■ Reed City..... 3 20.. 2 85.. 7 48.. 9 57.. ■ Big Rapids 850.. 3 05.. 8 35.. 1030 I Howard City.. 425 .. 8 55.. 9 35.. 1120. 1 D-.G'.H.&M.cr 5 55.. 5 00.. 10 40.. 1225 pm ■ Gr. Rapids .arr 610... 5 15.. 10 55.. 12 40.. ■ “ “ ..ive 650 am 540.. 1140 pm 215.. ■ Kalamazoo.arr 8 40.. 785.. 135 am 3 58. ■ •• ..ive 845 .. 745 4 00.. ■ Vicksburg 0 08.. 815 4 80. ■ Sturgis.. 956.. 910 5 20.. ■ Lima 1010.. 928 5 84.. ■ LaGrange... .1022.. 936 ...... 544.. ■ Valentine 1081.. 944 5 58.. ■ Wolcottville... 1042 .. 954 603'.. ■ Rome City..... 1047 .. 959 6 08.. ■ Kendallville... 1103 .. 10 16 6 28.. ■ Ft. Wayne., arr 1215 .. 1125.. ........ 780 .. ■ •• ..Ive 1285 pm 1145 .. 545 am ■ Decatur 125.. 1287.. 630 ■ Portland.. 214.. 141 am 780 ■ Winchester.... 249.. 225.. 809., I Richmond..,.. 8 45.. 8 20.. 915 pm ■ Cincinnati quo/ 6 55.. 12 01 ■ Trains 2 andi d run dally between Grand I BMpIdB QL.LOOKwSdD, Gen. Faw. Agent I

BOHNEBmEINAfIT. Mrs. Thomas Williams of Knox County Falls Into a Fireplace. MURDER MYSTERY SOLVED. Man Killed Last Month at Elkhart Was Heir to a Fortune In Germany—Jollification Over Watson’s Election to Congress—Death Caused In a Singular Way. Notes on State News. Petersburg, Ind., Nov. 15.—Mrs. Thomas Williams, living in Knox county, about nine miles from Petersburg, met a horrible death by burning yesterday. She was subject to fits, and while putting wood on the fire fell into the fireplace. She was found by her husband and son, who were away from the house at the time of the accident. Mm. Williams’ head was turned so badly that she could not be recognized. LOOKING FOR, LYNCHERS. Friends of a Zionsville. Man Shot by Joseph Conrad Organized'For Vengeance. Lebanon, Ind., Nov. 15.—A lynching party is looked for here. At Zionsville Joseph Conrad shot and fatally wounded John Martz, one of the leading citizens of the county. Conrad had been paying attention to Mrs. Martha White, a widow. Martz had occasion to call on her several times during the past week on account of a real estate deal between them. Conrad became insanely jealous and, meeting Martz on the street, shot him down. He was arrested soon after and brought to Lebanon by a circuitous route to avoid a party of Martz’s friends, who were waiting on the regular road, prepared to lynch him. The crowd finally returned to Zionsville and notified Mrs. White, about whom some disagreeable stories have been told, to leave town within 48 hours under penalty of being blown up with dynpmite. It is reported that a crowd Os 300 or 300 men is gathering with the intention of coming to Lebanon to lynch Conrad. WITHOUT A SCRATCH. Remarkable Escape of a Baby Dragged a Half-Mile In a Ranaway. Kokomo, Ipd.,Nov. 15.—Charles Murphy, a farmer residing five miles north of here, had' a frightful runaway, his ' 2-year-old son being in the buggy with ; him. The rig was overturned and with ' the occupants entangled in the top ' frames the horse ran a half-mile over a rough pike before being stopped. < -Neighbors came to the rescue, expecting to find both dead. Mr. Murphy was pulled out of the wreckage unconscious and terribly injured, but strahge to re- ; late the baby came out without ,a 1

COOKED THEIR FLESH. Horrible Accident to Workmen In a Mnncie Mill. FIVE MEN BADLY BURNED. Their Persons Drenched With Hot Mud and Scalding Water—Three Shota Fired at a Reporter—Drank Poet .Killed by • Train—lntereating General Newe of the Side. Muncie, Ind., Not. 16.—Last’ even-, ing the large mud drum under the boilers at the Muncie muck bar mill burst and five men were drenched with hot mud and scalding water. This stuck to them and cooked the flesh. The victims are: i John Gainer. Valentine Gibson. John Curtis. ■- * ’ Lensy M. Tyler. John Bowers. All over 40 years and married men. The flesh on their hands, faces, breasts and legs is cooked a»d when Gainer’s clothes were removed the flesh dropped off in places. lie cannot recover. The other men are suffering terribly but will not die. The mill was slightly damaged. SNORING MAKES HIM MAD. .Evidence That John Hoffman Is Insane V on the Subject. Fort Wayne, Nov. 16.—John Hoffman, who shot his roommate, Hubert, Alles, through the neck at St. Joseph’s hospital two weeks ago because Alles snored in his sleep, was removed from the hospital to the jail yesterday. Hoffman bewune frantic at the jail because , he heard some of the prisoners snoring. I He threatened to batter his head against the walls of his cell unless the somnolent nasal exercises ceased. The physi-, clans are now of the opinion that Hoffman is insane on the subject. To Urge a State Soldier*’ Home. Indianapolis, Nov. 16. — The committee appointed at the last encamp-, ment of the Indiana department of the G. A. R. to look after the state soldiers’ home project /has been called to meet next Monday afternoon at the office of i James R. Carnahan. The meeting is to consider plans for the campaign in favor ' of the home which the committee will conduct before, the coming legislature. 1 The request for an appropriation will be renewed. Too Drunk to Protect Himself. Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 16.—Henry Olinger, a noted poet of northern Indiana, went to Palmer and drank to ex«cess. He started for home on the Chicago and Erie tracks. Within a half ; mile of Hurlburt the fast express came along. He stepped off the track’, but was so intoxicated that he fell back and was literally ground to pieces. Shots Fired at a Reporter. Greenfield, Ind., Nov. 16.—An attempt was made to assassinate Dr. S. S. Boots, a reporter of this city. While he was walking upstairs to The Tribune and Herald composing room one shot was fired, and after he had reached the room proper two more shots were fired, which came near him? It is difficult to learn the cause of the assault. Complaint For Damages. Wabash, Ind., Nov. 16.—Peter Speed has filed in Grant county suit for $lO,- | 000 damages against the Pan Handle Railroad company. Speed was riding on a train at the invitation of a brakeman. The conductor demanded his fare. Speed refused to pay and was thrown off, receiving, as he alleges, permanent injuries. Scarlet Fever Among Feebleminded. Fort Wayne, Nov. 16.—There are now 10 cases of scarlet fever at the Indiana home forifeebleminded children, ' north of this city. There are over 500 inmates and nearly all have been directly or indirectly exposed to the contagion. A temporary hospital for contagious diseases has been secured. Young Lady Shoots Herself. Muncie, Ind., Nov. 16. —Residents of Monroe township are much excited over an, attempt at suicide of Miss Mary Baney, who fired a buljet into her left breast with suicidal intent. She is 20 years old.' Her recovery is doubtful. For Tapping a Till. Fort Wayne, Nov. 16. — Harry Hamil, a prominent Elk and at one time proprietor of two of the most fashionable saloons here, was arrested yesterday for tapping a till for S2OO. Child Fatally Burned. Huntington, Ind., Nov. 16.—A . little daughter of William Kemp, several miles from this city, was fatally burned by her clothing catching on Are. Injured In a Singular Way. Morristown, Ind., Nov. 16.—Arthur Jones, 17 years old, was thrown from the depot platform by a fast train running by. His injuries are fatal. Exouie For Desperation. Elkins, W. Va., Nov. 19.—The Italians employed on the Roaring Creek and Charleston railroad, about 400 in number, it is alleged, have not been paid for three months past, and many of them are on the verge of starvation and may become desperate. They have already torn up the > switches at Wormelsdorff, and other depredations are feared. General Gibson Nearing the Knd. Tiffin, 0., Nov. 19.—The condition of General Gibson has become much more critical and it is evident that the end is near. Ho can no longer talk above a whisper, and even that exertion tires him so that he seldom attempts it. His wife, daughters, their husbands and children are with him. French Editor Dead. Paris, Nov. 19.—M. Francis Magnard, editor io chief of The Figaro, is dead. He was 58 years of age.

K FINANCIAL PLAN., Said That President Cleveland In Going to Spring a Surprise. LjyGUESSES CONCERNING IT. Expansion of the Currency to Be Accomplished Through Changee In the Banking System, Says the Rumor—Bynum Will Not Leave Indiana—October Import* and Exports. Washington, Nov. 16.—Mr. Cleveland remains at work upon his message. , The story which is circulated in treasury ;■ circles, based upon the information that , has been called for, is that the president is going to surprise the country when congress meets with some radical financial views. He is going to duplicate tho sensation which he caused with his tariff reform message, in his first term, with another proposition. If the treasury people,are to be believed, Mr.-Cleve-land is going to roconimend radical changes in the banking system of the country, which will expand the currency, give it elasticity and take the wind out of the sails of the 16 to 1 silver theorists. / In a general way it is supposed that he will favor a national bank currency, based on other accepted securities besides government bonds. It is said to be the president’s opinion that the present system is extremely | vicious, and that it is responsible to a great extent for the financial distress of the country. The details of the proposed 1 plan are withheld for the present. It is understood that the general plan embodies many of the features of the plan for the amendment of the national bank- • ing act adopted at the convention of j bankers recently held in Baltimore and ‘ commonly known as the “Baltimore plan." The president is said to be favorably impressed with that plan for the improvement of our currency system, because it provides for a currency that would be gauged by the needs of the country, expanding when mdbey was in demand and contracting with the re- , inoval of pressure for it. STORER OBJECTS. ’’X He Thinks Congress Should Be Advised I of Plans of Mediation. Washington, Nov. 16.—Representative Bellamy Storer of the house comi mittee on foreign affairs intends presenting to Augress when it reassembles a resolution of inquiry as to the action of Secretary Gresham in suggesting to China and Japan that this country will act as mediator in the settlement of the present war. Mr. Storer says that he has no desire to embarrass the executive | branch in any- policy it wishes to puri sue, but as a member of the committee on foreign affairs he says such a polity as is nowyeoutemplated should properly , have the attention and judgment of congress. In examining the treaties of 1858 between China and the United States, under which this government hits suggested its willingness to mediate, Mr. Storer says the language does not con- ’ template mediation by the president or executive branch alone, so that it would be proper and perhaps essential that the congressional branch of the government should act in case such good offices are to be exercised. BYNUM COMING BACK. No One Authorized to Say That He Would Locate In Washington. Washington, Nov. 16. —Congressman Bynum was asked yesterday what he intended to do when his term in congress expired. I Tam going back home and go to I work,’’ he replied. i "It has been stated that you would ! locate in Washington.” "Nobody ever heard me say so,” was the congressman’s reply. “I guess in that statement the wish is father to the , thought. Some of the people who make that statement would doubtless like to have me leaVe Indianapolis.” Imports and Exports. Washington, Nov. Ift—The total i value of exports of merchandise from United States during October was $81,558,372, of Which $82,291,250 was domestic and $1,267,122 was foreign. For October, 1893, the exports amounted to $87,675,481. The imports during October amounted to $59,681,674, of which $30,498,553 were free and $29,183,121 dutiable. The imports in October, 1893, wire valued at $51,735,322, of which $20,080,844 were freq and $22,654,478 ' dutiable. Important Patent Sult. Washington, Nov. 16. —Argument is in progress in the United States supreme court today in the case of the Bate Refrigerator company vs. Schwarz, Child & Sulzberger. The case is considered a very important one, as its decision is expected to decide the important point of how far the life of a patent in this country is affected by the existence of patent rights in foreign countries. — Dr. Robinson, Formerly of Yale. Washington, Nov. 16.—Dr. J. J. Robinson, LL. D., who has resigned from the Yale law school, with which he has been connected for 20 years, will become dean of the new school of philosophy of the Catholic University of America at Washington. Sad Case Os Insanity. Dallas, Tex;, Nov. 16.—Ed Webster, son of wealthy parents in New York, was brought here yesterday a raving maniac from Childress. He was sent out to a ranch for his health three weeks ago and was a guest of Colonel W. E. Hughes on his great Pan Handle cattle ranch. He had just drank a cup of hot coffee and fell over in the fire, stark mad. He is restrained by being sewed in a strong sack. Prominent Woman Hangs Herself. Newport, R. L, Nov. 16.—Mrs. Hannah Weaver, aged 48, was found dead in the attic of her home yesterday, she having hanged herself. She was one of Newport's most prominent ladies. Her

wholly destroyed and some persons were burned to death with kerosene in their own homes. Beginning of the Trouble. London, Nov. 17,—A dispatch to The Standard from Varna, Bulgaria, says that despite the Turkish government’s silence, facts have oozed out which leave no doubt that a massacre of Christians has occurred on as important scale as the butchery at Batak, Bulgaria, which sent a thrill of horror through the civilized world. The trouble began with the refusal of the Armenians to pay tax, on the plea, probably well I founded, that the frequent Kurdish raids have impoverished them. Now comes the horrible part of the story. The governor of Bitlis resolved to make an example in order to prevent a repetition of the revolt. He ordered the troops to fire upon the defenseless people. The order was executed with alacrity. The soldiers only rested from their labors when 25 villages were destroyed and thousands of their inhabitants killed. Turkey’s Ollicial Statement. Constantinople, Nov. 17.—An off!-. cial account of the Armenian troubles asserts that Armenian brigands joined with insurgent Kurds and burned and devasted several Musselman villages and that regular troops were sent to protect the peaceable inhabitants. These troops restored order and tranquility. The Armenian women at present with the | Kurds belong to the families of the brigands went of their own accord. Respecting the villages alleged to have been destroyed, it was the Armenians who carried off all their belongings before becoming brigands. BATTLE IN THE STREETS. Two Brothers With Shotguns Attack Two Other Men. Lula, Miss., Nov. 17. —There was a pitched battle on the main business •street of Lula yesterday, as a result of which two men are dead. J. W. Boyd i and his brother Bob stood in a doorway nntil they saw J. W. Harmon and A. H. Lawrence approaching. Then the brothers, each armed with a shotgun, stepped forth and opened fire on the others. Harman had time to draw his pistol and fired twice at the Boyds, but without effect. Each of the brothers had his man. picked out and at the first volley both of the men fell. The elder Boyd mounted a horse and rode away, while the other escaped on foot. They sent word later that they would surrender to the sheriff but to no one else. The tragedy is the result of an old feud. There had been feeling between the elder Boyd and Harman for several months and Thursday Hannan beat Boyd severely with a pistoL Harman was mayor of Lula. Lawrence was a jeweler and J. W. Boyd is a plantation overseer. «* SHOT HIS LANDLADY. Queer Method of Settling a Rent Delinquency by a Chicagoan. Chicago, Nov. 17.— J. J. Higgings, an electrician, shot and killed Mrs. Kate I McLaughlin, his landlady, and afterward shot himself through the head,! dying almost instantly. Higgings had j roomed at Mrs. McLaughlin’s house for some time, and falling behind in his rent had been threatened with eject- ■ ment. After killing the woman Higgings left the house, but returned and wat standing on the sidewalk in front : of the place when he heard the patrol, wagon coming. Rather than be arrested ( he sent a-bullet through his head. Tried to Shoot Her Assailant. Birmingham, Nov. 17. — Mrs. Lot Paine of near Bessemer attempted yesterday to shoot Charley Foster, a negro who had been brought for her identifi-; cation as her assailant. She was pre- ; vented by the sheriff and her husband made a futile effort to kill him. A mob was persuaded to let the law take its I course. The penalty in this state is death. ’ Triple Shooting Affray. Elmira, N. Y., Nov. 17.—Martin V. Strait, a well known flour and feed dealer, yesterday afternoon fatally shot, his wife, put one bullet in the body of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Whitford, which may cause her death, and then inflicted wounds on himself which will undoubtedly cause death. The shooting was the result of domestic difficulties. Boy Convicted of Murder. Atlanta, Nov. 17.—William J. Mey- ’ ers, the boy still in his ’teens who was charged with, the murder of Forest L. Crowjey, was found guilty yesterday afternoon. There was no recommendation for mercy. The prisoner took the verdict without apparent emotion. His father, who sat beside him, quivered’as though shaken by a chill. Serious Charges. St. Paul, Nov. 17.—Serious charges ai* brought against S. Douglass Ryan in an action brought against him by the Minnesota and Ontario Lumber company. The defendant was general manager and is charged with appropriating to his own use over $200,000. TERSE TELEGRAMS. The province of Messina had a severe earthquake. ' South Dakota is predicting repeal of prohibition laws. New Yorkers admit a scheme to control the silver product. Pugilist Charley Mitchell is coming to America. Wants another fight. Dr. A. B. AuRk 8 fell from a railroad bridge near Charleston, W. Va., and was killed. . American Baseball association is looking for an eighth city. Meeting i§ being held in Chicago. G. S. Worden-\was convicted of train wrecking during Wie strike at Woodland, Cal., and sentenced to hang. Flour mills are to close for six weeks out of the three months from Dec. 10, with a view to reducing the supply and forcing up the price. Chapman Coleman of Kentucky, for 90 years in the diplomatic service, is relieved by the appointment of new secretaries of legation in Berlin. Tom Collins, negro, is charged with an attempt to assault Mrs. Cain and then her daughter in Atchinson, Kan. He is under heavy guard to prevent lynching.

!MOSTjWRRIBLE. Sickening Details of the Slaughter of Armenians. KURDS PLEDGED TO KILL ’ Women and Children the Victims of Greatest Outrage. HUNDREDS OF THEM DEBAUCHED Then They Were Stabbed to Death With Bayonets, In Many Instances Children Being Impaled on Their Breasts—Others Hacked to Pieces With Swords. Attractive Young Women Huddled Into a Church and Murdered After Violation — Startling Sequel to Refusals to Deny Christ—Letter From An Armenian—Turkish Denial. London, Nov. 17. —The chairman of the Armenian Patriotic association, G. Hagopian, has sent the following letter, received from an Armenian whose name is not given’ because it would jeopardize nis life, to the Earl of Kimberley, the ‘ secretary of state for foreign affairs. The letter is dated Bitlis, Oct. 9, and the authenticity of details is vouched for by Hagopian: “The so-called rebellion of the Armenians in 1893 was a got-np affair for the repression of which the chief magnate got a decoration. This year the Kurds carried off Armenian oxen and I the Armenian appeal for their restoration was refused. A fight ensued —two Kurds were killed and three were wounded. The Kurds immediately carried their dead before the governor, declaring that the Armenian soldiers had overrun the land, killing' and plundering the Kurds. This furnished a pretext for massing the troops from far and near. The troops were commanded by a pasha and a marshal and were hurried to the district. The pasha is said to have hung from his breast, after reading it to his soldiers, an order from Con;tantinople to cut the Armenians up, I root and branch, and adjuring them to do so if they loved their king and government. t; Atrocities Practiced on Women. “Nearly all those things were related here and there by, soldiers who took part in the horrible carnage. Some of them, weeping, claim that the Kurds did more and declare that they only obeyed the orders of others. It is said that 1(A) fell to each of them to dispose of. No compassion was shown to age I or sex even by the regular soldiers, not I even when the victims fell suppliant at their feet. i “Six to ten thousand persons met such a fate as even the darkest ages of dark- ( ened Africa hardly witnessed, for there women and tender bajies might at least have had a chance of a life of slavery, wliile here womanhood and innocence ' were but a mockery before the cruel lust ! thit ended its debauch by stabbing ' women to death with the bayonet, while ; tender babes were impaled with the weapon on their dead mother’s breast, or perhaps seized by the hair to have their heads lopped off with the sword. In one place 300 or 400 women, i they being forced to serve vile purposes I by the merciless soldiery, were hacked to pieces by sword and bayonet in the , valley below. Young Brides Slaughtered. “In another place, some 200 weeping and wailing women begged for compassion, falling at the commander’s feet, i but the bloodthirsty wretch, after ordering their violation, directed his soldiers to dispatch them in a similar way. In i another place some 60 young brides and the more attractive girls were crowded i into a church and after violation were slaughtered and human gore was seen fldwihg from the church door. “At still another place a large company, under the lead of the priest, fell : down before them, begging for compassion and averring that they had nothing to do with the culprits. But all to no purpose. All were called to another place and the proposal was made to eral of the more attractive change their faith, in ■which case their lives would be spared. They said: ‘Why should we deny Christ? We are no more than th&se [pointing to the mangled forms of their husbands and brothers], kill us too.’ And they did so. A great effort was made to save one beauty, but three or four quarreled over her and she sank down like her sisters. But why'prolong the-sickening’ tale?— There must be a God in heaven who will do right in all thesb matters, or some of us would lose faith. Shocking Admissions by Soldiers. “One or more consuls have been or - dered that way* to investigate the matter. If the Christians instead of tho Turks reported these things the case would be different. But now we are compelled to believe it. The magnates are having papers circulated and are 1 trying to compel the Christians to sign them, expressing satisfaction that justice has been dealt to the rebels and thanking the king and the chief magnate himself. The Christians of Bitlis wuT not sign, though it is said that in some of the outlying districts some of the Christians have signed. The circulars have not yet been offered to protestants and as yet the protestants have not been thrust into chains or blackmailed very much, though lately things are beginning to look that way.” Another letter says that some of the regular soldiers themselves admit that they killed 100 persons each in a fiendish manner and that rape was followed by the bayonet. Twenty or ’BO Armenian RrillMea, it would seem, have teea ’ ft