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Twenty-one years ago we started in business in Greenfield. Experienced many ups and downs during that time, but by straightforward, honest dealings, we have es-tab-lished our present business, which is surely an evidence

jlj^j that the people of Greenfield and Hancock county appreKgjJ ciate these methods. During the coming Holidays we shall

exhibit the best and choicest stock of

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we ever had, and having adopted the cash in hand system ^ve

enabled to offer you Christmas goods this eai at unheard of prices.

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means everything in our stock,

including Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silveiware, Cut Glass, Diamonds and Novelties. All goods full) wairanted and engraved free of charge as heretofore.

L. A. DAVIS,

JEWELER.

O The Old Reliable.

Removal Sale.

jU In order to reduce stock before removing to our new room on If

And Why She Had Good Reason For IJeWm ing Incensed Against ifc. A suburban woman not long since purchased an alarm clock. It was a fat nickel plated little affair with the customary gong atop. The woman got the clock because she felt an overwhelming desire to play the role of the early bird.

That night, therefore, she set the timepiece according to the specified directions. But for some reason or other the clock failed to go off. The woman gave jt a second trial. Again it played her false. She took it to the suburban jeweler. He said the clock was outrageously out of order, hinted darktyat the dishonesty of any individual who would palm off such an article as perfcct goods and prescribed a course of treatment which he would be gracious enough to administer for the sum of 75 cents. The clock's original cost had been $1.50.

The niglit that it came back from the suburban jeweler the woman wound it up with a feeling of unassailable security. This time the role of the early bird •would be hers for certain. Tlio next morning, however, it failed to go off, just as before. The woman took it back to the suburban jeweler, who received it with an "I told you that clock was terribly out of order." Encore, 75 cents.

North State street, we will give

SPECIAL BARGAINS

In all departments of our

BIG FURNITURE STORE.

This is a discount sale that discounts, and will save you big money. We have too many goods to move, and every one needing furniture this fall should call at once. It will my you to do so. Our Undertaking Department is complete Service the best. Prices reasonable.

West Main Street.

HER ALARM CLOCK.

Time passed, the clock, like the cat

I In the canticle, "came back," and the woman woke up (some hours later than 't A ghe had intended) only to find that it hadn't "gone off" again. She now tooJr the troublesome timepiece to the city jeweler from whom she had first purchased it. He declared the clock to have been all right until "ruined" by the suburban jeweler, but consented to repair it—also to charge $1 for so doing.

The woman then bore it home in triiS,_ nmph. -'tf*-'

H. ROTTMAN,

JN'ext morning, though, tne same oia drama was enacted, and the woman was once more unable to assume the role of the early bird. Had she been a man she might have sworn. As it was, she confided her woes to the breakfast tableful. "Why, that clock's been going off all the timo," observed the woman who occupied the neighboring room to the clock owner., "It's waked me up every morning regularly. The trouble is it hasn't waked you."

Whereupon the woman felt more incensed against *he clock than ever. To think of its having so little discrimination and discretion as to wake up the wrong person !—New York Sim.

Queer Facts About Air.

The Celebrated chemist of the sixteenth century who argued that it would be impossible for us to live on the earth's surface if the atmosphere should suddenly increase to twice its present thickness co«ld not have been far wrong, after all—that is, if the experiments of Dr. Arnott are to be taken as conclusive. In his observations on atmospheric pressure at the bottoms of the deep mining shafts of Europe, Professor Arnott has found that the change between the readings of a barometer at the bottom of a 4,000 foot shaft and one at the surface is great enough to warrant him in making the statement that air at the bottom of a shaft 20 miles deep would be as dense as water. Figuring on the same ratio, he finds that if a hole could be sunk 40 miles into the bowels of the earth the density of the air at the Bottom would be as great as that of quicksilver.—St." Louis Republic.

A knife that has been used fox cutting, onions should at once be plauRBfltwo or/ three tim^g into the earth to free it from' the unpleasant smell.

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INFERNO OF CRUELTY.

Worst Story Yet Told of the Horrors at Bitlis.

TEE ELY SISTERS RETURN.

Violation of Women and Children by the Turks One of the Commonest and Most Horrible Features of the Affair—A Tale

Almost Too Revolting to Relate—What the Missionaries Saw. BUFFALO, Nov. 29.—Misses Charlotte E. Ely and Mary A. C. Ely have just returned home after a long period of missionary labor in eastern Turkey under the direction of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions. Their absence has covered a space of 27 years, and so soon as affairs in the disturbed districts have quieted down they will return to Turkey.

The Misses Ely were stationed at Bitlis, about 55 miles from Moosli, where the most horrible of the atrocities occurred. At Bitlis there was no wholesale murdering, but many prominent Armenian merchants were tin-own into prison on false accusations, and some less illustrious victims never saw the light of day again after they had once entered the prison walls—they were secretly made way with.

The vali, or provincial governor of Bitlis at that time, was Tahsin Pasha, who is known among the missionaries as "the fiend." He it was wlSTmade the threat that he would sow the place where the city of Bitlis once was with grain. According to the Misses Ely the Armenians were imprisoned because they would not sign a paper saying that the English consul and the American missionaries had incited the Armenians to rebel. Speaking of the Sassoun massacres, a large part of which occurred near Moosh, Miss Mary Ely said: "The massacre was undoubtedly planned by the porte. The immediate provocation came about as follows: The Kurds were in the habit of raiding the flocks of the Ai-mcniaiis. The Armenians. impoverished by repeated acts of robbery, banded together for the purpose of recovering their flocks from the Kurds. "When the two parties met. of course there was fighting. Two Moslems were killed and several Christians. Then the Kurds mutilated the bodies of their slain conn try in on. After that the corpses were" carried to the headquarters of the provincial governor at Bitlis and shown to Vali Tahsin. 'See what tho Christians are doing to us,' they exclaimed to tl'.e Vali."

Miss Ely said that after the first collision a series of retaliatory conflicts took olace. That was a yea?* ago last Aiurust. Boifii afterward Tahsin Pasha went in person to Galigozen, and ordered tho massacre of the Armenian Christians. He wore, suspended by a cord around his neck, an imperial edict from the port° commandiiig him to "chastise" the C'-ri.-Mians. This was rea*$ to the Turkish soldiers who had been massed at that pi:ico from all that part of Asia Minor. "Before the reading was completed," continued ?Jiss Ely. "as if unable to delay the diabolical deed, Tahsin Pasha, gave the order to 'smite' the Christians. Then i'ollowed a almost too asvlal to describe. So terrible were the orders given by the officers that some of the better ones among the common soldiers begged, that they be not compelled to carry them out. Others actually refused to execute such barbarous commands, and were told that if they did not obey orders they would be shot to pieces from the cannon's mouth. "Some of the good soldiers, however, protected Armenian children, hiding them in fields of grain and among the rocks in the mountains."

The returned missionaries say that it was hard to pick specific instances out of such an inferno of cruelty, but mentioned the following: The soldiers would toss children up into the air and catch them on their bayonets when they came down. At other times they would stand a number of children in a row, each Turk would take a child by ,he hair and then they would see which one could cut off his victim's head the quickest. When Tahsin Pasha started out on his mission of butchery, he took along with him a large quantity of kerosene oil for the purpose of removing by fire all vestiges of the dreadful work which he contemplated. This oil was afterwards used to saturate the clothing of living beings, and then the match would be applied.

At this point Miss Charlotte Ely remarked: "I saw one boy with the whole side of his face burned away, fie told me that he had been attacked by the Turks, and then thrown on a heap of coals, being left for dead."

Miss Ely was asked about the treatment Of Armenian women by the soldiers. "The violation of woman and children by the Turks was one of the commonest and one of the worst features of the. whole horrible affair. In one instance scores of them were shut up in a church and kept there all night by the soldiers. In the lAorning they were all murdered. One witness told me that he sav the blood flow over the threshold of the building."

Tempestuous Voyiiffe.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.—The Red Star line steamer Illinois, Captain Beynon, reached this port yesterday, a week overdue. The Illinois left Antwerp Nov. G, and two days later she was seen southeast of Start point, since when up to her arrival to the Delaware capes Wednesday she had been buffeted by a succession of hard gales, reaching at times hurricane force and swept by mountainous seas. The ship was kept on her course throughout the entire time, but some days made scarcely a wile an hour.

A Majority Signs the Protest. GOSPORT, Ind., Nov. 29.—About one week ago a remonstrance against a saloon license was presented to the residents of this town, and at the present jltime it has been signed by a majority of the voters. It is expected that this will have a salutary effect on the hoodlums.

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GREENFIELD INDIANA FRIDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 29, 1895. PRICE, TWO CENTS

INTERIOR REPORT.

Secretary Smith's Recommendations on Treatment of Indians. WASHINGTON*, NOV. 29.—Secretary Hoke Smith of the interior department has made his annual report to the president. It reviews the varied work of t!m department, beginning with the Iiulia service and calls attention to the stirenforcement which has been given to civil service reform, both as to these places covered by the classified service and those to which the rules of this service do not apply. The secretary dwells upon the necessity of eliminating politics from the management of Indian affairs, and of conducting each reservation upon strictly business principles, the object being to make every Indian who remains upon the reservation selfsupporting and ready, as soon as possible, to assume the duties of citizenship r.nd be freed from the paternal care of the government.

The secretary is of the opinion that if the resources of each reservation are treated intelligently and the Indians required to labor in those pursuits, which are adapted to particular reservations, in a few years practically all the Indians can be made self-supporting.

The secretary recommends the reorganization of the bureau as follows: First, that instead of a single commissioner of Indian affairs, the Indian service be placed in charge of three commissioners—two of them to be civilians—to be appointed from different political parties, and one to be a detailed army officer.

Second, that the tenure of office of an Indian agent be conditioned alone upon the faithful discharge of his duties, and appointments and removals be made by the president upon the recommendation of the three commissioners of Indian affairs.

That the classified service be extended over all the subordinate positions, both at the agencies and at the schools. The reduction of 20 per cent, which the law required to be made in connection with the Indian contract schools, has been strictly carried out, and the secretary adds that there seems to be no reason why such rediietion should not continue from year to year uutii the system of government aid to sectarian schools shall terminate.

Referring to tho. subject of allotments, the secretary says there are a number of changes which should be made in the. present allotment system which require congressional action. According to the present law, an Indian becomes a citizen of the United States upon receiving his allotmc?it. In many cases he is ready to receive hind before he is prepared for the couseqiiences of citizenship.

Allotments should be made long before reservations are opened. Each Indian should he settled upon his homestead and be self-supporting before citizen si'. is conferred upon him. When citizenship is conferred the governmeu ought to lot him alone and allow him to take his place, sunounding him with no more restraint and giving him no more help than is accorded to other citizens. Under the present system Indians to whom allotments have been made and upon whom citizenship has been conferred, still receive enormous gratuities and need every dollar they receive. Upon each reservation a part of the Indians will bo ready for citizenship before others and all are ready to own land and work it before they are read}'for citizenship. The law should be changed s. that allotment can belnade upon the recommendation of the agent to those who are ready for it, and patents should be issued Liter with the approval of the secretary of the interior to those Indians showing themselves fitted to receive the lands so assigned.

The secretary also recommends that I general authority, v, th i" :val of the president, be given Indian bureau, to sell parts of Indian rt servations, the money to be used exclusively in the improvement of allotted lands, or for the purpose of furnishing agricultural implements and cattle to the Indians who may reside upon the remaining lands.

Referring to the Uncompaghre reservation, the secretary calls attention to the fact that through the geological survey an examination has been made of the Gilsouite beds, which seem to be of very great value, and he recommends legislation which will allow these deposits to be sold or leased to the highest bidder.

The report reviews the Jackson Hole disturbances and gives an account of the active means taken by the department to secure justice for the killing of the Bannock Indian oil July 15 last, and also to preserve peace between the Indians and the whites. He commends the peaceful course of the Indians under circumstances so extremely aggravating on the part of the whites.

DAVID FRIDAY INSANE,

And lioUomu LOKOS His tilift l-'or a I'rce Library. IxdiaN'.vPOLTS, Nov. 2D.—The heirs of David Friday, the well known clothier I of Kokomo, Ind., who died in Europe, won their suit in the United States circuit court, Judge Baker granting a decree setting aside the deeds by which certain property for a site and $10,000 for a building for a public library, known as the Howard Free library, were given to the city of Kokomo. The gift was made ill May, 1888, with the provision that no sectarian literature was to be. admitted to the library, and the building to be constructed according to a certain plan. After that he became insane, but some months later was declared sane and ratified the first deed. I He then left for Em-ope, whore he was in several sanitariums and wher?, he died. The suit to set aside the deed was on the ground of insanity and that it had also never been fully completed. Sidney G. Strieker of Cincinnati represented plaintiffs and C. C. Shirley, Hilton Bell and J. F. Elliott the defense.

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An Ill-Fated Family,

LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 29.—At Harrodsburg yestei Hay Wiley Landers, aged 70, was run over by a switch engine and killed, making the fourth victim of Engineer Jerry Pannel. Landers was father of 19 children. A daughter was killed by lightning, a son by a train and a wm-in-lfiw was murdered recently.

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REPUBLICAN.

REMHIHC A CRISIS.

Italian Chamber Discusses Turkish Situation.

REMARKS OP BARON BLANC.

Each Foreign Squadron in Turkish Waters Was aJDoor to Civilization—The Catholic Situation Also Discussed by Premier

Crispi—International Policy of the Government—Latent Anarchy. ROME, Nov. 29.—Important statements were made in the chamber of deputies last night by Premier Crispi and by Baron Blanc, Italian minister of foreign affairs, concerning questions of Italy's internal and foreign policy and especially her attitude toward Turkey and, incidentally, the attitude of the other powers.

Premier Crispi's statement was along one and was largely devoted to the government's internal policy. He defended at length the Italian anti-socialist laws, and he assorted that, in practice, socialism differed little from anarchy. He admitted that the public security was not ideal, but said that it was improving.

He said that although he formerly opposed the law of guarantees, he now upheld it. This law, he said, could not be revoked without leading to internal disorders and foreign complications. The Vatican now en.^yed great freedom. The revival of Catholic activity throughout a great part of the world, he argued, was a matter for serious consideration, showing that liberty existed permitting religious societies to be reconstructed on a more solid basis.

Regarding Turkey, the premier stated that the powers are in accord, and he was confident that the peace would not be disturbed. If it were disturbed, however, Italy would not repeat her old mistakes, and would see her rights safeguarded.

Bacon Blanc, the minister of foreign affairs, followed the premier with along explanation of the Italian position on the Turkish question. He denied that Italy had attempted any isolated action on this question, and asserted that her endeavors throughout had been devoted to converting concerted action by three powers into concerted action by six powers. While the European situation was good, the minister went on to say, the condition of affairs in the Turkish provinces remained troubled. The porte had addressed to the powers remarks—if indeed they might not bo called reproaches—hoping thereby to delay matters at the risk of again aggravating the situation. "The porte will commit an error." Baron Blanc concluded by saying, "if itthinks the present situation can be solved by diplomatic discussions of past events when we are face to face with the atrocious deeds that have provoked universal horror, and with the peril of latent anarchy, to an outbreak of which at any monteafc Europe can not it-vivo herself exposed."

Each foreign squadron in Turkish waters was door to open to civilization and beneficent influences those obscure regions were mixed, races were still ueprived of the guaranties promised by Turkey to Europe.

Tho poiio would make a- mistake in exorcising. won in regard to the additional Hardships asked by the powers, the privilege accorded to it by treaties to restrict- naval protection in tho pacific interests of the powers.

Baron Blanc was greeted with cheers as he concluded his statement.

ERZEROUM CHRISTIANS

Advised to Embrace Islamisin to SaveTht-ir Lives. LONDON. Nov. 29.—Tho Constantinople correspondent of Tho Daily News telegraphs to his paper that the embassies there have learned that in the massacre at Marasli on Nov. 18 a thousand persons were killed. The Christian quarters of the town were burned from three points.

A letter received here describing previous massacres says that before it commenced the town crier ordered the Christian shops to be opened under a penalty for refusal. It was then thai the pillage and murder began. Tho writer of this letter, who had been a great philo-Turk, adds that there was no sign of either arising or of resistance on the part of the Christians.

The Daily News correspondent in Constantinople also says that the embassies hear from their consuls that .11 possibility of rendering assistance to the Sassounitos who were the victims of tho outrages at that point has been ended, and that the Kurds are. wiping them out of existence and have destroyed all the buildings which have been erected by the expenditure of- the English relief fund. A similar story comes from the Van country, where the disturbances continue as badly as over.

A Vienna despatch to The Daily Telegraph says that the proposed naval demonstration by the powers against Turkey is now regarded as futile as a restraining influence. The latest news received from the interior of Turkey has a depressing influence upon the diplomatic* circle. Reports have been received that renewed attempts to massacre the surviving Armenians at Erzorouni, have resulted in eight being killed. Some of tho priests, iu sheer despair, are advising their flocks to save their lives by embracing Islam.

]toil ltd For Turkey.

'""WASHINGTON, NOV. 2!).—A telegram just received at the navy department stated that the crusier Minneapolis passed out through the Chesapeake capes at 1 o'clock yesterday bound for Turkey. She probably will make the. trip in about 15 days, touching perhaps first at Gihrultn. for mail.

Pennsylvania Beats Cornell.

"PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 29.—Tho University of Pennsylvania football eleven yesterday afternoon defeated the Cornell team by a score of 46 to 2, thus winding up the football season with a clean record of victories to her credit.

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A NEW SWINDLE

la Which Two Millions Is the Alluring Bait. BOSTON, NOV. 29. The Standard prints lengthy details of an alleged attempt to swindle Elias Brewer, an elevator builder of this city. It appears from the story that the would-be swindlers, writing from Farragona, Spain,, explained certain peculiar details in ihev Panama canal affairs, by which oneman

is convicted and $2,000,000 secured and. hidden in a trunk. They wanted -.? Brewer to take charge of a bean-: tiful daughter of one of the swinlers and asked him to send for the young woman, or send tliewherewithal, or take her to America, in consideration of which the $2,000,000' would be placed in his charge, and of ifc $500,000 was to be his payment. Aftercorrespondence with one Antonio Roderigue at Farragona, Mr. Brewer was. asked to forward money to get the trunk out of the power of the authorities and to aid in smuggling the girl out of the country. Mr. Brewer was contented with simply writing letters. Finally, when Mr. Brewer reeeived a letter saying that his Farragona correspondent?: was dead, he wrote to the police authorities there for particulars, and the story? was branded as a fabrication.

MORE COAL STARTS.

Fifteen liargcs Lost by the Wreck XearSewicUley Tlie Iron Age Aground. PITTSBURG, NOV. 29.—Nearly 5,000,000 bushels of coal was started down thoriver yesterday, making a total goingout on this rise of about 15,000,000. Then river is now receding rapidly and as there is no present prospect of mora?* water, the tows with seven feet boats:will of a necessity have to tie up along', the route before reaching Cincinnati.

A wreck at Dead Man's island nearSewickley caused a loss of about 230,00C bushels, involving the sinking of barge?-, being to wed as follows: By the Torna-.?: do, 5 the Relief, 1 the Dauntless, 4 Percy Kolsoy, 3, and Cyclone, 2. Tut Relief grounded a barge and the othei-. mentioned following close in her wake., wore piled up one after another mro a. confused mass. The channel, howevei. was cleared sufficiently to permit, tlici tows leaving here to pass through.-, safely.

The Iron Age, towing eight barges of iron and steel, destined lor Cairo, is aground at Freedom and up to late houi had not succeeded in getting off. Her cargo represents about §240,000.

V: TWO INJURED FATALLY.

An Exploding I.amp Causes a l'anic at a.: Church l-'air. A WOORTER, (j., Nov. 20.—During thorw progress oi a church fair here an iiu-= mense crowd was packed into the city oiio of th iire to the

armory wlu'i: a lamp iu booths cx^lado.l. drapeiies of Miss Myrtle tendant. anu a 3MS'" W::single exit in wh: -li and ehiliiiv .'. w-'i-e r-.-v. -.'! persons jx.ny.or •..•or-'-windows, .many Ixuug,, glass.

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MOONSHINE

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Ill Which Four Stills and a .Lot »1 Mountain Dew Were Couliseatcd. SEROKXT, Ky., Nov. 29.—Kid Greer of Magoffin county, headed by J4 other revenue officers, made a raid on the "shiners" of Bottom Fork cieek. Cumberland mountain, near the Virginia border line, in this count} cutting up four of the stills, destroying 1,000 gallons of "mountain dew" whibkyand capturing Will Breeding, one of 1 lie most noted mountain "shiuei»." The revenues had a correct map of cv( i} hollow, crook and path in this section of the Cumberland mountains. They gov to Elldiorn creek today, one of the most« rugged places in eastern Kentu(ky where every man makes "mountain dew." Much trouble is expected there

St riit hucvis st it I I'nhearil I join. VICTORIA, NOV. 2U.—The Northern Pacific, steamship Taeoma. hi( ln.s just, arrived from China, had a SOMIIO experience in a typhoon off the coast ot Japan. Four days after lea\mi Yokohama tho ship encountered a inn inane, in which Inn- deckhouse, sto.'e-, hernial and lifeboats were swept away bv heavy seas. Immense quantifies ot oil worn poured on the water -which saved ihe ve. sel from further damage, although the gale continued several hours.

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Taeoma brought no news of tbe missing ship Strathnevis, winch is now sovei*wecks overdue.

Two KnocKouts.

BAT/ITMORH, NOV. 20.—A biar orowfc went to the clubhouse of the EureUq Athletic club last night to hoe nlo\e contests between Joe Gens ol' tins city and George Siddons of New Orleans and. Jack Ward of Newark. N. J., against Joe Savers of Boston. Both a fi'ans resulted in knockouts, Gens putting his man to sleep in seven round'- and Warddoing the same thing thioe.

Sighted a Derelict.

Plymouth, Nov. 20.—The HamburgAmerican line steamer Furst Bismarck. Captain Albers. which arrived here yesterday from New York, reports having passed on Nov. 17, in latitude 50 north and longitude 11.45 west, the derelict vessel Taurus. The seas were washing over the decks of the abandoned vessel,, the hatches were all open and her topmasts were carried away.

Chicago Opera House Leased. Chicago, Nov. 29.—Kohl & Middle ton announced last night that they had concluded negotions lor tho lease of the Chicago opera-house and would take possession Dec. 16. They take the house for five years at a rental reported to b» is *4«e neighborhood of $85,000.