Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1895 — BUTCHERY BY TURKS [ARTICLE]

BUTCHERY BY TURKS

HORRORS OF THE DEATH-PIT AT JELLYGOOZAN. Victims of the Recent Storm—Canadian Towns Alarmed Over the Proposed Waterway—Fatal Accident on ■ Lake St. Clair Steamer. Awful Sight in Armenia. The commission which has been investigating: the atrocities in Armenia traversed the devastated villages and arrived at Jellygoozau, where 11*0 houses were found to have been burned. The people ■were shelfeied in miserable huts. Ample proof was found of the truth of the stories told regarding the massacre of Armenians end the fact that their bodies were thrown in large numbers into a pit where the Turks endeavored to conceal their crime by pouring barrels of petroleum upon the bodies and setting fire to the oil. The flames, however, failed to consume the mass, and a stream was dammed and diverted from its course in order to wash away, the half-burned bodies. But even this failed to obliterate the terrible evidence against the Turks, and the local authorities were compelled to remove the remains piecemeal. The villagers had removed the bulk of the bodies and interred them in consecrated ground before the arrival of the commission at Jellygoozau.

SEVERAL LIVES LOST. Many Boats Succumb to the Fury of the Gale. Lake Michigan unleashed itself Monday night in one of the worst storms known for years, and only most fortunate ckeufnstauces prevented a repetition of the series of wrecks and disasters that occurred May 18. 1894. The list of boats lost is a large one, and in all thirteen lives are known to have been sacrificed. The sliipping list follows: Quickstep, wrecked off Karine; Willard, from Alpena; J. B. Kitchen, wrecked at Middle Island; Viking. driven aground with three consorts at Sand Beach, Mich.; unknown steam barge, ashore six miles north of Sand Beach; steamer Unique, wrecked at St. Clair; three schooners, wrecked off East Tawas, Mich.; schooner Reindeer, reported stranded at Black River; unknown schooner, wrecked off Racine; three-mast-ed schooner, wrecked near Milwaukee. MAY SUET OFF THE CANAL, Canada Looks Unfavorably Upon Wuterway from Lake Michigan. Pressure is bring brought to bear on the Dominion Government to take steps to preveut, if possible, the construction by Americans of a waterway from Lake Michigan to the Ohio river. In the House of Commons George Cockburn, member for Toronto, asked the Government to act with the Chambers of Commerce in Cleveland and other American cities in protecting the interests of the lake cities. John Haggart, minister of railways and canals, stated in reply that the Government would protect Canadian interests in every way possible, and would communicate with the United States Secretary of War on the subject.

DEATH CAUSED BY STEAM. ffhe Engineer and Coal-Passer of the Unique Lose Their Lives. An accident occurred on the new river steamer Unique, in Lake St. Clair, which caused the death of two men and possibly ft third. The Unique left Detroit, for Port Huron. When about nine miles from Belle Isle an explosion in the boiler room was followed by clouds of steam and soot driven through the hatches with terrific force. Engineer George Robinson was thrown overboard and drowned. As soon «s possible the officers of the boat went below and found a crack about an inch and a half long in one of the boiler flues. This caused the explosion. On the floor of the boiler room was Anthony Case, a coal passer, who had been killed outright. There were about forty passengers on the boat. BCHOOLHOU.-E BLOWN UP. Mysterious Boiler Explosion at Sleepy Eye, Minn. At Sleepy Eye, Minn., shortly after midnight Tuesday, an explosion occurred in the new $24,000 school building, and in an instant' the structure was in flames from foundation to tower. In the basement was the village electric plant. The loss was $32,500; insurance, $23,500. The cause of the explosion is a mystery. The engineer left sixty pounds of steam on at 11:45, and a quantity of coal had just been fttored in the basement. Four hundred and fifty pupils attend the school.

MOVING UPON CHINA. Salvation Army Proposes to Invade the Celestial Empire. Another army is about to invade China, but the campaign will be conducted on different lines from that of the Japanese. The Salvation army is going to try to conquer the orient and bring the millions of Chinese into the field of Christianity. The leader of the movement is Fong Foo Sing, a young Chinese who is a member of the Salvation army in San Francisco. Say the Mine Was Salted. The syndicate of capitalists living in Haverhill, Mass., who bought the Good Hope mine, near Riverside, Cal., nearly a year ago for $250,000, have come to the conclusion that they have paid too much for the property.!/ They now desire the courts to aid them in throwing off SIOO,€OO from the purchase price. The Eastern men claim that when they* bought the property they were duped outrageously by means of the old device of “salting.” Schultze $500,000 Short. A Tacoma, Wash., dispatch says: Facts have come to light w-hich indicate that the late Paul Schultze’s defalcations amount to nearly $500,000, making his total embezzlement the largest ever known on the Pacific coast. Another Defeat for the Kaider. The German Government met with another defeat Monday, when the reichstag rejected the whole of the proposed tobacco 'tax bill. Bavarians Settle in South Dakota. W>rty families of Bavarian stone worker* arrived at Edgemont, S. D.. and settled on a large tract of land previously purchased for them. The colony is to be added to as rapidly as accommodations can be arranged. The men will be employed in the local stone quarries. Bay He Embezzled. Tba mystery of the disappearance of Charles & Smith, bookkeeper for MeQiaachiin k. Co., of San Francisco, who •agioerred the late Senator Fair's $3,000,€os wheat deal, is clearing and the firm MW assert* that the young bookkeeper

GOES TO THE BOTTOMBig Freight Steamer Cayuga Sinks Near Mackinaw City, Mich. The Cayuga, of the Lehigh Valley Transportation Company, one of the finest and largest freight steamers on the great lakes, sank early Friday morning opposite the Skillaguilee light, near Mackinaw City, Mich., after colliding with the steamer Joseph L. Hurd, bound for Chicago with lumber. According to the first advices received from Mackinaw City, a heavy fog hung over the lake at the time of the collision. The Cayuga, laden with merchandise, was bound from Chicago to Buffalo. Both vessels sank, but both crews were picked up by the Minnola, of the Minnesota Line, except the stjtward of the Hurd, George Johnson, who was drowned. The Cayuga disappeared beneath the waves, but the Hurd did not sink completely, owing to her cargo of lumber. The Cayuga wont down in fifteen fathoms of water about midway between Skillagallee and Waugoshance lights. She had on board 1.500 tons of flour from Milwaukee, valued at $70,000, and 30,000 bushels of oats, valued at SB,500. In addition there were a number of minor items, which will bring the total value of her cargo to about $90,000. The lost steamer was in command of Captain Graser, and this was his third season. The Ilurd, which is on old-timer in lake business, was commanded by Captain Charles E. Wilson. This is the first season she has been in commission for several years on account of dull freights.

COMPTROLLER ECKELS’ REPORT. Shows a Healthy Improvement in Business Throughout th 6 Country. Washington dispatch: Comptroller Eckels reports a healthy improvement in business in all quarters, a condition that is reflected in his advices from the banking interests iji every State in the Union. Evidences of revived activities are not confined to any line of business or any dozen or twenty lines. They are general and far-reaching, as reflected in the demands for banking accommodations. Tens of thousands of men who have been lying low during the period of depression are coming out of retirement ready and anxious to embark in qew enterprises or extend themselves in fields already occupied in perfunctory, half-alive fashion. The inquiry for funds is especially attive from manufacturing interests, thus confirming what has been said about a general revival in the industries —a declaration that is often received with open skepticism, but which, nevertheless, has substantia! foundation in facts. Merchants are preparing to Spend money in their trade and in increasing their facilities in every way. Construction projects that have been held in abeyance for a couple of years are being dragged into light. VICTIM OF A CONSPIRACY. Gov. Brown Cluims His Son’s Death Was the Result of a Plot. The sensation attending the Gordon double killing is not over yet by half, says a Louisville dispatch. The prosecution will attempt to prove that Arch Dixon Brown’s death was due to a deep-laid plot to assassinate him; a trap, as the prosecution believes, fostered and planned by one, who, for reasons best known to himself, was afraid to do the work and used Gordon as the tool to carry out his designs- ’l’hese statements come directly the prosecution. James A. Scott, the Frankfort attorney employed by Gov. Browh ffii prosecute the case, said: ‘“Gov. Brown is now firmly convinced that a well-planned trap was laid for his son and that information was furnished of his coibing by some one in Frankfort to another man in Louisville, who, for some motive, advised and actively assisted in what Gov. Brown considers a foul assassination.”

BLOODY feud may HESULT. Rival rational Courts Convene at the Chickasaw Nation Capital. A Denison, Texas, dispatch says: The natioual courts have convened at Tishomingo, the capital of the Chickasaw Nation. A i serious state of affairs exists which may precipitate civil war. There are two sets of officers throughout, from judge down, and a clash seems certain, ns both sides are obstinate. The factious are heavily armed. A single shot fired will mean a bloody feud. The Governor's offers of mediation have been rejected. Smart Money Is Raised. Managua, Nicaragua, dispatch: There is no longer any doubt that Great Britain will receive her smart money on time. The £15,000 to be paid by Nicaragua to Great Britain lias been raised by popular donations. Three German mercantile firms have given about £2,000, and the whole amount will be ready to be paid in London in a few days. The raising of the money, however, has only increased popular feeling in Nicaragua against Groat Britain and the feeling is now very bitter, indeed, more so, if possible, than when the British landed at Corinto. The general opinion seems to be that the Central American republics will form a combination, possibly secret, against Great Britain, and that everything possible will be done to exclude British goods from Central America. This feeling will probably result in commercial gain to the United States. There is no doubt, however, that the action of the three German firms in subscribing so liberally to the indemnity fund will prove a good stroke of business to them.

’ „|. Race for the Pennant. iFolfowing is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: Per Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. cent. Pittsburg .... 18 12 0 .007 Chicago 19- 12 7 .032 Boston ...... 15 9 0 .tUHfe Cincinnati ... .19 11 8 .579: Cleveland ....10 9 7 .503 Baltimore ....13 7 0 .538 Philadelphia .. 15 8 7 .533 New York.. ..15 7 8 .407 Brooklyn .... 10 7 9 438 St. Louis? 21 7 14 .333 Washington ..15 5 10 .333 Louisville ....10 5 11 .313 ' ’'MU WF.STEKX LEAGUE. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. cent. Minneapolis ..10 8 2 .800 Indianapolis . .10 7 3 ,7y() Grnndßapids.il 0 5 .545 Toledo .11 5 0 .455 Detroit ......10 4 0 .400 Kansas City., 10 4 6 .400 Milwaukee ...10 4 G .400 3t. Paul 10 4 6 .400 End of the War at Hand. The end of the Cuban war is at band. The rumor is confirmed in all well-inform-ed circles. The chiefs of the insurgents aav.B abandoned their cause in despair. Cap*. Gen. Martinez Campos has ordered that the work on the port of Santiago b* begifn at o nee. Railways and telegraph be built, rebuilt and improved, through Manzanillo, Bayamo, Puerto Principe, Santa Cruz, San Luis and SoJealousy Prompts a Doable Crime. About .five miles south of Wellborn, Texas, Matt Baisy shot and mortally wounded his wife, then went across the country ten miles and shot Gus Roya, severely wounding him. He was jeaious. The murderer escaped.

CANNOT FIND THE WEALTH. Securities of the Late J. 8. Crouse Were Well Concealed. James S. Crouse died at Syracuse, X. Y r ., about five year* ago, leaving a fortune in bonds, mortgages and rq/jroad stocks. Few of them were found among his papers. Mr. Crouse kept his securities in a trust aud deposit company’s vault,' but when the executors of the estate examined his box nearly all of the securities had disappeared, He feared before his death that a committee would be put in charge of his affairs on account of his habits, and his relatives believe that he secreted his papers. To this day they have not lieen found. The widow has received dividends on certain railroad stocks regularly, bnt she has not had possession of the certificates. Thursday Mrs. (’rouse vacated the homestead, and she employed a force of carpenters to explore every nook in the house in the presence of detectives, hoping to find where the securities were secreted, but no strong box was found. Mrs. Crouse and her two sous don’t know whether they are really wealthy or not.

BIG SALES OF BONDS. • * Foreign Exchange Demoralized by European Purchases. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The event of the week is the demoralization of foreign exchange, caused by enormous sales of bonds abroad. Besides a sale of $10,000,000 Manhattan and other railroad bonds through the syndicate large purchases on foreign account have been made for some weeks, so that the aggregate probably exceeds $50,000.O<A) since the sale of governments. Safety for the summer means much for all business, uud the syndicate deems it so fully assured that it distributes 40 per cent, of the money advanced by its associates, which relieves a large amount to stimulate operations in securities aud products. Crop prospects also have greatly improved and this is of still higher importance, as it will do much to determine the character and volume of all business after summer uncertainties are over. In addition business is reviving, although the gain in great industries is retarded by many strikes.” , t- 1 GOT THE SOO,OOO LEGALLY. W. W. Taylor Had That Amount to His Credit in a Chicago Hank, w. IV. Taylor, the absconding treasurer of South'Dukota, drew SOO,OOO in currency from the American Exchange National Bank of Chicago Jon. 8, just three days before his embezzlement was i?lado public. When he obtained the money lie. said he would take It developed in the trial at Pierre that Mr. '4,’aylor was accompanied by H. M. Benedict, his brother-in-law, when he got the cash. Mr. Benedict is now being prosecuted for larceny by Attorney General Crawford, of South Dakota, and, as soon as the larceny case is completed, he will be rearrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud. R. M. Orr, assistant cashier of the American Exchange National Bank, said: “Mr. Taylor drew SOO,OOO from our bank Jan. 8. He had the money to his credit and obtained it legally. That is all there is to it.” Czar Prepared for War. A dispatch from St. Petersburg states that up to Sunday it was believed that Japan would refuse to give up Port Arthur. Orders were given to mobilize 110,000 troops in the Irkutsk and Tomsk tricts and a credit of 20,000,000 roubles was opened. It was in view of this attitude of Russia that Japan immediately yielded to the demands made by Russia, France and Germany.

Tested a Chime of Bells. A number of musicians and clergymen were present Friday at the test at Baltimore of a chime of bells which has just been completed for St. James’ Catholic Church, Chicago. There are twenty bells in the chimes, the largest of which weighs 5,150 pounds, aud the smallest 150. Their total weight is 40,000 pounds. It is the largest musical chime of bells ever east in this country. Old Sol Lets Up. Between 2 o’clock Friday afternoon nnd 0 o’clock Saturday morning the temperature in Chicago fell 43 degrees. The highest temperature of Friday was 80 degrees. One man was prostrated by the heat. The fall in Temperature of 32 degrees in twelve hours at Fort Robinson, Neb., brought on a snowstorm Frainy morning which lasted half an hour anil made the hillside white. Ohio Preacher Wins. The award of sooo for the prize essay offered by the trustees of Darmouth College, Hanover, N. H„ under the will of the late Richard Fletcher, has been assigned to Rev. Washington Gladden,, of Columbus, Ohio. His subject was: “In What Way Ought the Conception of Personal Life aud Duty Be Modified?” Validity of Bonds Established. The South Dakota Supreme Court has rendered an opinion which establishes the validity ot the $98,000 bonds issued, to cover the shortage in the schqol fund caused by the Taylor defalcation. The bonds were sold to Mason, Lewis & Co.; private bankers, in Chicago. Victims of the Trolley Moloch. Two children were instantly lulled by the trolley cars in Newark, N. J., Friday and another seriously injured.