Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1895 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1895.

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The Cincinnati Enquirer concludes a lengthy editorial review of the govern--ment'e Morgan-Belmont syndicate bond transaction by expressing a doubt "if any corporation in the United States, in the hands of the most reckless and incompetent dictatorship, was ever obliged to make a showing to its stockholders of such woeful Imbecility and bungling methods in the conduct of its affairs." The President's letter to the New York Democrats Indorsing the State ticket and platform has led to urgent demands upon, him from the Democrats of Ohio and Kentucky for similar letters. They forget that as a citizen of New York he could, with some propriety, show an interest in the politics of that State that would be entirely out of place In any other. Their anxiety 'shows a sort of "lUlp me, Casslus, or I sink" condition. In his book. Senator Sherman evidently. lakes great delight In quoting Senator Stewart against himself on the sliver question. In his speech Feb. 11, ISTl.'Mr. Stewart said: "I want the standard gold, and no paper money not redeemable In gold." Nine days later Mr. Stewfcrt again declared that "gold is the unlveral standard of the world," and, further, that "everybody knows what a gold dollar is worth." This was when the now wlwr Senator of Nevada was urging the perpetration of "the crime of 1STX" All thf circumstances go to show that Holmes's tearful appeal to be permitted to e his pretended wife was part of a well-conceived play to create public sympathy and perhaps win that of. the court. When the woman to. whom he insisted Ije had been legally married was placed1 on the stand she Ignored his presence, ind her Manner aa well an her testimony showed that, having dlcov v

ered his true character, she abhorred him. Her conduct was that of an honest woman who had been basely and cruelly deceived.

I'UILIO MKKTirYGS FOIt CTIIA. Popular sympathy for the Cuban Insurgents, which for some time past has found expression through the press, has now reached the mass-meeting stage. This Is a sure sign that the feeling is general and the movement spontaneous. Mass meetings as a means of voicing public sentiment are distinctly an American institution. They represent the American habit of free speech and the right of the people to form and express their opinions on all public questions without regard to government dictation or repression. Mass meetings to express sympathy with the Cubans' in the gallant struggle they are making for liberty have been held at Chicago and several other cities and towns in Illinois, at Denver, Col., at several cities in Iowa, and at pome places in this State, but the most significant meeting yet held was one at Washlngon on Thursday night. A public meeting called for such a purpose in the national Capital would, of "course, attract the attention of the Spanish minister. In Spain, where genuine freedom of speech does not exist, and where there is no such thing as public sentiment apart from government control, the people do not hold mass meetings or express their sympathy with any cause without permission of the government. There, as in all monarchical countries, the government Is everything and the people are nothing. It was, therefore., natural that the Spanish minister should regard the holding of a mass meeting in Washington to express sympathy for Cuba as a quasi-committal of the government to that position. In this mistaken view of the case he actually went so far as to enter an Informal protest against the gathering, claiming that such a meeting at the capital of the United States would be understood abroad as representing the official sentiment of the government. This would be the case in Spain and other European countries where the government takes upon Itself to suppress or permit popular assemblages as it sees fit, but it is not the case in the United States, where the people think for themselves, and, in matters of public policy, are apt to be much in advance of. the government. The Washington meeting was large and ' enthusiastic, and the audience cheered to the echo some stirring speeches In favor of Cuban independence. The members of the Union Veteran Legion and of the local Grand Army post were present, and many prominent citizens, including not a few officeholders in their private and unofficial capacity. The meeting adopted, with suitable preambles, the following: , That we, the citizens of Washington, the capital of this great Republic of the West, cannot view with indifference the .struggle of any nation, especially a nation on this continent, to-secure constitutional rights, or a republican form of government; that wo . extend our hearty sympathy to the island of Cuba in her present effort to follow our example; to throw off the tyrannical yoke of Spain and make herself Indeed the Gem of the Antilles. Resolved, also. That while. we would discountenance all filibustering, ani. would not have our free soil converted into a rendezvous of freebooters or buccaneers; that while we would discountenance all violation of International law, we shall gladly hall the day when our legal authorities can see their way clear to grant to this Island belligerent rights and afford her a fair chance to set up a government patterned after that which has given to this Republic her happiness anl.'glory. From an American standpoint there Is nothing out of the way in these resolutions, and they fairly express popular sentiment throughout the country. But n doubt the Spanish minister regarded them as highly incendiary and very offensive, and hastened to send them , to Madrid as new proof of the bad faltn of this government. It 13 . to be hoped the mass-meeting movement will spread and grow. If the government is restrained by. international considerations from expressing sympathy with the Cuban Insurgents the people are not, and. If they, will, they can make the expression so pronounced by the time Congress meets that It will challenge official recognition. The government is not responsible for public sentlmerrf'or the expressions of , mass meetings, but through these t can be forced to act. ' A CEItTAIX HEMEDV. A few people who question the wisdom of the movement to unify the country base their doubts upon the fear, that the people of the South either do not reciprocate the advances of tlie North or are not sincere in their professions. To sustain their view of ' the matter, these Northern people cite the purpose of the political leaders in some States to st aside the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution by devices showing that they yet hate the Union and are yet lighting to avenge the lost cause. In Mississippi, they say, more than 150,000 colored "voters have been disfranchised by the adoption of a "constitutional provision which was never submitted to the people. They call attention to the fact that a constitutional convention in South Carolina is trying to devise a constitutional proposition which will deprive IK) per cent, of the colored men of the voting age of the right of suffrage. They further Insist that in most of the Southern States fair elections do not exist.' All these charges pre true. While the elections In Mississippi and South Carolina are not attended with the violence of a dozen or twenty years ago. they are no less farces. Even the people who perpetrate the crime make no secret of it. In some States there has been an improvement In late years. In Tennessee last year the votes were so fairly received and counted that a Republican Governor was elected, but was counted out by the Democratic Legislature in violation of the Constitution of the State. In Virginia and Alabama the matter of fair elections is an issue, and in a short time the demand will be sogenernl that the present vicious system will be cast aside. In North Carolina the fight for fair elections won last. year. In Georgia there has been an Improvement from year to year. It will not be fair, however, to hold such men as Generals Gordon, Longstreet and Henry Watierson responsible for what Mississippi and South Carolina do. Indeed, in the latter State the movement to disfranchise the colored citizen is opposed by the old element of the South to which Longstreet arid Gordon belong. It Is the Tillman element, or the Popu-Hstlc-Democratic faction, which is attempting this outrage. That element is everywhere hostile to Northern men and influences. It U the vicious, lawless.

lynching element, and it hates the Gordons and other men who are sincerely desirous of bringing the. two sections of the country together. , Fortunately there Is a penalty, for the outrages which such States as Mississippi. South Carolina and Louisiana have committed against popular government and impartial suffrage. They are not as prosperous as other States. Capital and intelligent immigration avoid States controlled by ballot-box stuffing, because it is well known that when the fountain of popular government Is 'polluted by crimes against suffrage that government itself is Inefficient, unscrupulous, and consequently life and property are not secure. Futhermore It is a greater crime in the popular Judgment to-day to suppress suffrage and to disfranchise citizens than it was a few years ago. This is illustrated by the fact that the proposed action . of the South Carolina constitutional convention to disfranchise colored voters has called forth a very general protest, whereas the perpetration of a similar outrage by Mississippi four years ago attracted very little attention. . - With the unification of the country by Inculcating the spirit of nationalism and Americanism the sectional solidity of the South in the past will yield, and with it will go the evils und the dangers attending ballot-box crimes. A 3IATTKR OF XATIOXAL, IXTKKKST.

In this era of railroad development and competition it seems somewhat strange to hear of an enthusiastic mass meeting being held in favor of canal improvement, and least of all places in New -York city, yet that has Just happened. On Tuesday night the large hail of Cooper Union was tilled to overflowin? with an audience which listened by turns to speeches by prominent citizens of the metropolis and to music by sev eral brass bands, and actually grew enthusiastic over the question of canal improvement. The meeting was called in the interest of a proposition now pending in New York to issue- bends to the amount of $3,000,000 for the Improvement of the Erie canal. Few persons know how much New York owes to this inland waterway, or how Immensely beneficial it has been to the interior of the State and Indirectly to the great grain-growing section of the country. In fact, it Is not too much to say that the Erie canal first gave New York Its commercial supremacy, and has. done more, for the city than has any other line of transportation. Beforc.it was constructed Philadelphia was the commercial and financial metropolis of the Nation. The opening of the canal sent New York forward by leaps and bounds, and gave it a commercial supremacy which it has since maintained against all competition. It is scarcely exaggeration to say that with the exception of the New York Central and Erie railroads every other important transportation route on the continent was planned and built, for the purpose cf diverting commerce from New York. The Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific railways and the Canadian canal system were built at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars to take business from New York to Montreal, while other trunk lines in the United States were built in the Interest of Philadelphia, 'Baltimore and other cities. But all the time the Erie canal has been the controlling factor In the situation, in that during the season of navigation It has always made a lower freight rate to New York than could be made to any other Atlantic port by any competing line. The railroad differential is always against New York, but the canal is strong enough to control the direction of business. For the improvement of such a transportation line and making it adequate to the demands of modern commerce, the expenditure of $9,000,000 would seem to be trifling in comparison with the benefits to be derived. All the speaker's at the meeting Tuesday night dwelt upon the necessity of improving the canal commensurate with the Improvement in railroad transportation, so that it would still be a controlling power in the transportation question. Mr. Albert Fink, former manager of the trunk line pool, and high authority In such matters, once said before a legislative committee: . "The Erie canal regulates the freight rates on all the railroads east of the Mississippi river, not only on the road3 whose tracks run parallel with the canal, but upon those which run In an opposite direction." In thus exercising a controlling influence over transportation rates and holding the railroads to a lower standard the canal has been of Incalculable benefit to the entire country, and the people of the West are almost as much interested in its improvement as are those of New York. MawaaaaBaaWBBaaaaaawaiaaawaaaa)aBaaaaaaaaBaaBB Of course, a class of newspapers will continue to reiterate the statement that not a factory in the country is idle and that employers are increasing wages without being requested to do so; nevertheless, it Is stated on the authority of one of the largest woolen manufacturers of New England that 33 per cent, of the woolen mills In the United States are already closed and that others are rapfdly following. With the iron industry it is different. Under the fostering influence of protection the iron industries of the United States are In' better condition to meet foreign competition. But what is still more important is that the duties of the iron and steel schedules are, for the most part, protective. On the other hand, the duties on "woolens were made to suit the Importers. They are not protective, and. at the same time, they do not yield revenue. But while the woolen mills of the United States are closing, the mills in the English woolen centers are running day and night to fill American orders. The country is not in a condition to purchase as much clothing as It was in 1892. As a matter of fact, with somewhat lower prices than prevailed at that time, not nearly so many goods are sold, simply because the people who work for wages are not so f unemployed nor so well paid. Nor is this statement mere guesswork; it is made after consulting leading, dealers. It is given out that Senator Quay and others will insist that the next Congress shall legislate to restore the woolen and pottery interests and to obtain revenue,' leaving the responsibility of defeating such a measure with the President by the exercise of the veto. If the records of the Pension Bureau could be 'got at, the public would be surprised at the harsh injustice which

is perpetrated upon pensioners. A few cases, however, reach; publicity which may give an idea of the policy of injustice which has been adopted by the bureau. One of these is that of George Gilbert. He was receiving V1 per month under the law of 1S90. Previous to the enactment of that law he received 4 per month. A few days ago his name appeared in' the list of pensions granted under the head of "renewals and increase.' His $12 per month had been cut off and he was turned back to the $4 of the old law. Congress having declared that no pension shall be less than $6 per month, his Increase from $4 to G.was made by Congress. . His disability is the loss of an eye and an injury to the left side, causing inability to perform manual labor. Another case: Under the law of 1S90 Joseph Cramer was pensioned at the rate of $12 per month his disabilities being rheumatism and disease . of the heart and rectum all progressive ills. On Feb. 4 he was notified that his pension had been reduced to $5 a month. March 27 following he died, being worn out with disease. Still another case: It is that of a clerk in the . employ of the Pension Bureau at $l,200,a year, find yet he is receiving a pension , $12 a month under the act of 1890 for' disease of the eyes, and he is said to be endeavoring to get $30. He entered the service six weeks before the end of the war and was not in the field. He is taid to be able to do full manual labor, even If he were not earning $1,200 a year as a clerk using his eyes. Here, in three cases, Is rank injustice to two deserving men and barefaced favoritism to an employe" who saw the most of his service after the war was over. ! - .

The ruling of the court at Philadelphia excluding from the trial mow in progress there all evidence as to the murder of the Pietzel children was dbubtless a disappointment to the prosecuting attorney, but could hardly have, surprised him much. He probably hoped to get the evidence in on the theory, that the different murders wera parts of one plot, but he must have felt that the chances were against him. The decision of the court excludes some sensational evidence and probably' weakens the Philadelphia case against Holmes, yet in strict law it was doubtless correct.' , : , . DUIWLCS IX TIP Alll. ile Asked Mildly. ' "Henry," said Mrs. Peck, "I am going to get a bicycle." ' . . "Dear me," said Mr. reck, mildly, "Isn't one man enough for you to run over?" Safe. "' "Did you know they are going to bring charges against you?" said the kind friend. "Let 'em bring 'em'SEerfully said the alderman. "They can't collect nothing off of me.' Couldn't A fToril It. "When I entered politics.' sali the Populist gentleman, "I actually couli not afford to get a shave." ; "Oh, come off," said the other gentleman. VI know you had a law.v'practlce bringing you In a good living." .a .. "I mean I could not poiVucally afford it." Of Divided Mind. "I see that the doctors say that it Is bad for the baby to be talked to all the time," said the thin man with the side whiskers, "and I suppose I ought to tell my wife about it.". , . ... "Of course you oughr."said the faUman. "And then," sail the thin man with the fide whiskers, "she wilt have to do her talking to me." He fclghed. " . . aaaaflBBaaBBBaaBaMaamaMBakaaiaBaaaaMBaiaBBBHBBwaaMW ( ADOL'T PEOPLE AAD TIIIXGS. The Emperor William is allowed a salary of over $3,000,000 a ' year: ' ; 5 " The letter "O" sounds. .odd for a name, but there Is a distinguished family in IJelgulm whose name Is O, no more and no less. i Mrs. E.ma Louise Oreutt, who has won some favor with her novels' and sketches, lives at Chlcopee, Mass. "' Her maiden name was Fuller and she traces her ancestry back to Kobert Fuller,1! who settled in Salem in ltS. A number of her relatives have been well known ia newspaper and literary work. 1 Mrs. Eunice Ituss Davis, the only surviving member of the 'Women's Anti-slavery Board of Boston and the oldest woman Abolitionist in the United States, observed her nincty-lifth birthday, anniversary at her homo In Denharu. Mass., Saturday. Her father was a white man and her mother a full-blooded Narragansctt Indian. LI Hung Chang Is not as fearful of assassination as other men' In his precarious position would be. He considers his narrow escape from death in Japan the fulfilment of a prediction made to him by a Chinese mystery monger years ago that he would dodge death narrowly many times and live to be over ninety years of age. Thomas Nelson Pago went to Washington for a brief term of . residence, but nas decided to make the. capital his permanent home. The new nouse which he is building on New Hampshire avenue is likely to be one of the show residences of the city archltecturAlb'. The site cost $20.00(1. and the house itself will be constructed regardless of expense. ltudyard Kipling evidently never was intended for a lion. He frankly spoke, in a moment of confidence, to a woman friend, of his disgust at the adulation he received when he lived in I-ondon, and his literary star had but lately arisen. When he absolutely could not stand It any longer, he sal J, he deliberately quitted his pleasant quarters and went down into ;the slums, to live among the pecpie, and to see' life In earnest. In contradistinction to the rarefied air he was called; up. to breathe in Belgravla. Mr. C. E. BorchgrcvlakV who claims to have been the first man to set foot on the great antarctic continent, has left London for Norway, but' will return to England before the end of the year. He Is engaged In making the preliminary arrangements for a voyage of exploration to the antarctic and It is considered probable that he will leave. Europe early next summer for Melbourne. The question of iunds is the first consideration, but it Is said that a well-known South African millionaire v.ill pay his expenses. According to the Kennebec (Me.) Journal there U a smart youhg woman In that State "who, besides doing the housework for quite a large family this fall, did the milking and took all the care of two cows,. the hogs,- chickens, horses, etc., picked fourteen bushels of apples, put them In the cellar, pulled two" stacks of beans and hauled three large loads of pumpkins, and, after digging and picking up fifteen bushels of rotatoes. pulling thirty bushels of beets and turnips and twer.ty-five heads of cabbage, put them all in the cellar herself." Surely the men will not object to this type of the new woman. With ApoloKtcn filler. It'B comin round the time o year that crops Is glttin" rir-e; The katydid's auit hollerin and the quails begins to pipe; The punkin-vlnes amongst the corn la all a-turn!n' black; . ( And the "shelbarks" "at's a rattlln down would fill a gunny sack; The wild goose honkln o'erhead is makln for the South; . ' The autumn rains Is now set In to break the summer's drouth; ' ' And now's the. time us "Hoosler" folks get round the fire and set A-wonderln: ef Jim ftiley's got , . A New .7 - . Jiook Yet. Flagstaff. Aria.

E AWFUL BUTCHERY

DETAILS OF THE 31 ASS ACHE OF AltMEX1AX AT TREHIZOXD. Unarmed Christians Shot or Cut Down lu tlie Street Without WnniInjtr liy Cruel Turks. FOUR HUNDRED MASSACRED ATTEMPT TO BlTt.V THE A.MEHICAX COLLEGE AT 3IAIISOVAX. MtiNHalmuns Saltl to De Discontented with the Itule of the Snltnn nud tu lie Preparing; to Revolt. NEW YORK, Nov. 1. The following statement Is taken from private letters received by a gentleman in this ctf in regard to the recent disturbances in Trebizond, Turkey: "The excitement in Treblzond began about Oct. 2, when an attempt was made on the life of the cx-Vall of Van. He was shot and wounded by an Armenian revolutlonls1., who has not yet been capiurcd, and Is supposed by the government to be concealed somewhere in the city. The excitement of the Turks was, of course, greatly Increased on hearing the condition of affairs In Constantinople. They seemed to Infer that all the Armenians were banded together and In armed rebellion against the government. The Turks themselves represented that they were afraid of an attack from the Armenians, and even in some cases took measures to put their families In places of safety. On Friday n!ght, Oct. 4, there were extensive movements of armed men on the streets. AJxmt 11. o'clock they seemed to disperse, and nothing specially worthy of mention occurred through the night. On Saturday. Sept. 3, th excitement in the town was very intense. The consuls had a consultation, and, going In a body to the Vail, earnestly pressed him to arrest those who were exciting the people to acts of outrage. The Vail declined to do so, but promised in his own way to do the right thing. "Until Monday, Oct. 7, matters seemed to be quieting down, when an Incident stirred up the excitement anew. On the previous Friday night the son cf a leading Turk of the town was wounded on the street some say by one of his companions, others that he was shot by an Armenian whom he was . trying to arrest. On Monday, he died, and the funeral revived the excitement in an intensified form. loud and many were the threats of massacre that night, and hundreds of the Armenians rushed to places of safety. The next morning, Oct. 8, all dispersed In the hope that the danger was past. Men went to their shops and were encouraged to open them, as they hadinot done for two or three previous days. Suddenly, like a clap of thunder In a clear sky. the trouble began. Unsuspecting people, walking along the streets, were shot ruthlessly down. Men standing or sitting quietly at their shop doors were Instantly dropped with a bullet through their heads or hearts. The aim of the Turks was deadly, as I have heard cf no wounded men. Men were slashed with, swords until life was extinct. They passed through the quarters where only old men, women and children remained, killing the men and larsre boys. They generally permitted the women and younger children to live. For five hours this horrid work of inhumam butchery went onthe cracking of musketry sometimes like a volley from a platoon of soldiers, but more often single shots from near and distant points, the crashing in of doors and the thud-thud of sword blows sounded on our ears. "Then the sound of musketry died away and the work of looting began. Every shop of an Armenian In the market was glutted, and the victors in this cowardly and brutal way glutted themselves with the spoils. For hours wagons loaded with bales ,of broadcloth, cotton goods and every conceivable kind of merchandise passed along without molestation to the homes of the despollers. Their intention, evidently, was to impoverish and as near as possible blot out the Armenians of this town. So far as appearances went the police and. the soldiers distinctly aided in this savage work. They mingled with the armed men, and, as far as we could see, they made not the least effort to check them. Apparently they took care to see that the right ones that is, Armenians were killed; also, that an offer of surrender might be made to all who were armed. To all found without arms no quarter. This talk of surrender would seem to be on the supposition that all were in an attitude of resistance. One poor fellow, who was called on to surrender, thought he was called on to give up his religion, and when he refused he was hacked to pieces in the presence of his wife and children. "While I write this down the town Is In a great stir because news has come that the village Armenians, thoroughly armed, aro on their way to attack the town. The real fact, however, seems to .be that the massacre is extending to the villages, but the constant effort J to. show that" this affair is only the quelling of an insurrecton like Sassoun. Not one of the perpetrators of these outrages has been arrested or disarmed, but all have moved about with . the utmost, freedom to accomplish their nefarious purposes. On the other hand, many of the Armenians are in prison. While I write this the walls of the newlybereaved fall on my ears. Some in suspense wait to know the fate of their missing one3. others rejoice at greeting them again. Throngs fill the schools that are under foreign protection and the consulates. There is no telling how many have perished. Four hundred is a moderate estimateprobably the figure would rise much higher; and how far tho massacre will sweep through the villages remains to be seen. THE AMERICAX COLLEGE. Attempt to II urn the Inktitotlon at Mnrovan Terrell Action. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 1. Advices from Marsovan, Asia Minor, show that the trouble which was anticipated by the United States embassador, Alexander W. Terrell, In a dispatch to the State Department at Washington in August last, has culminated In an attempt to burn the American college there. It Is added that the would-be Incendiaries have not been discovered. The agitation against the Americans at Marsovan be?ran about a year ago, when a number of : pupils of the American College were expelled because their fathers were suspected of being implicated In the Armenian movement. This caused suspicion to fall on the professors of the college, five In number, and two of whom are Americans. Mr. Terrell notified the authorities at Washington that Garabed, a naturalized American, has teen assassinated at Marsovan, clcse to the church door, as he was going to attend religious service. Barabed was one of the students who had been previously sent away from the college at the request of the Turkish authorities on the ground that he was connected with the Armenian revolutionists. He was the chief man of the Protestant community at Marsovan and chairman of tho Council of Thirty, which Is held responsible for-the peace of the city. Garabed, however, i said to have been mur-

dered by the revolutionists because he had given the government information regarding their plans. At the same time Mr. Terrell notified the State Department at Washington that revolutionists had marked the professors at Marsovan for slaughter long before the Sassoun atrocities were committed. President Tracy and Professor itlcgs. of the Marsovan College, were specially disliked by the revolution! ts. and thdr lives were threatened for having consented to the expulsion of the Armenian students upoctfNl of being in symjathy with the revolutionary movement. Eventually a Turkish g'.uml was furnished to th college, at the r"iuet of Mr. Terrell, and all danger seemed to pass away, especially In view of the fact that the United States authorities lial previously compelled the Turkish 'government to pay an Indemnity as a result of the destruction of one cf the school buildings at Marsovan. j Look Dark for the Sultan. VARNA, , Bulgaria, ; Nov. 1. According to advices received here from Constantinople, a most serious condition of affairs exists there. There seems to be no doubt that the report of the discovery' of a plot against the palace on Monday evening last is correct, and three Mussulmans are said to have been arrested at Stamboul In connection with It. In addition, several houses have been searched and a quantity of . arms has been seized. Considerable alarm is reported to exist at the Yildlz Kiosk In consequence of thefact that the Albanian guards refuse to do duty there any longer. It is supposed that the guards were Influenced

by- the Mussulmans' committees. There seems to be little doubt but that eight of the soldiers were executed and twenty-four others were sent to different prisons. In Anatolia the feeling cf discontent against the rule of the Sultan is becoming so marked that Important events are expected to take place shortly. The fusion of the Mussulman and Armenian committees Is believed to be Imminent, and It Is said on good authcHU- that a Joint revolutionary manifesto wH! shortly be issued. The Turkish, so vernnurt i aware of the serious aspect which affafrr. are taking, and it is evident thr.t the desperate efforts are being made at Constantinople to rale money with which to priAiJt for the calling out of the army ref ry . AVon'f Let i re fjrnud VUler Benign. LOXDOy. Ncv. 1. A dispatch from Constantinople to f!i Times, which will be published to-i-nrrc tiys that, having put the Armenian-questkc on the track of settlement, KauJl Pa; hi has aked the Sultan to relieve him of the grand vlzlershlp, which has exhausted him and which demands tho physical and mental energies of a, younger man. The Sultan. In reply, peremptorily declared that he could not dispense with his services. The dispatch adds that official news has been received in Constantinople of fresh dliturbances in Erzroum, Orfah and Zeltur.. Fifty persons have been killed and wouu.'.ed ai Erzroum. The Constantinople correspondent of the Daily Nev s says: "There is no teason to doubt the existence of a Turkish revolutionary ci;nmItteo here. Although it Is difficult to iscertaln whether it receives support It 1.4 quite certain that many decent Turks - roT.t. the. persecutions of the Armenia.1: The aspirations ot. the young Turklit- varty to restore a parliamentary regime are, however, doomed to disappointment." . AT THE HORSE SHOW. A Place Where Humanity la Most on Exhibition. Brander Matthews, in Harper. From one. ot the shouting and Insistent venders he bought a ticket and he walked through the broad entrance hall, the floor cf which slanted upward. He passed the door of a restaurant -on his right and he glanced down a staircase which led to the seml-subten .mean stalls where . ihe horr.es were tethered. A pungent, acrid, stable odor filled his nostrils. Then he found himself Inside the Immense amphitheater, under the skeleton ribs of Its roof picked out with long lines of tiny electric bulbs. Morton had a first Impression of glittering hugeness and a second of restless bustle. From a gallery behind ; him there came the blare and crash of a brass band playing an Oriental march, but even this did not drown the buzz and murmur cf many thousand voices. The vast building seemed to Morton to be filled with men and women, all of them talking, and many of them in motion. He. found himself swept along slowly In the dense crowd that circled steadily around '-lYc high fence" which guarded ' the arena wherein the horses were exhibited.' Vhls crowd was too compact for him to approach the railing:, and he could , not discover for himself whether- or not anything was to be seen. A thin line of more or less horsy fellows fringed the fence, and seemed to be Interested in what was going on. The most of the men and women who filled the broad promenade between the railing and the long tier of private boxes paid little or no attention to the arena; they gave themselves up to staring at the very . gayly dressed ladies in ( the boxes. It struck the New England college professor . that the most of those present made no pretense of caring for the horses, as though horses could be seen any day; while they frankly devoted themselves to gazing at the people of fashion penned side " by side in tho boxes, and not often placing themselves so plainly on exhibition. Some of those who were playing their parts on this narrow and elevated stage had the self -consciousness of the amateur, and some had the ease that comes of long practice. These latter looked as though they were accustomed to be stared at, as though they expected it of right, as though they were there on purpose to be seen. They seemed to know one another; and it seemed -to. Morton that they were apparently all members of a secret fraternity of fashion, with their own signs and passwords, and their own system of private grips: and they wholly Ignored the people who had not been initiated and who were not members of their society. They nodded and smiled brightly to belated arrivals of their own set. They kept up a continual chatter among themselves, the women leaning across to talk to acquaintances In the adjolnimr compartments, and the mn payirg visits to the boxes of their friends. Now and again some one In a box would recognize some One In the circling throng below; but for the most part there was no communication between the two classes. To. Morton the spectacle had the attraction of novelty; ltwa so novel, ' Jndeed, that he did not quite know what to imike of It. It disconcerted him not a little to see pecpie of position presumably, and obviously of wealth, willing thus to show themselves off. dressed, many of them, as though with special Intent to attract attention. As a student of . sociology. - he fcund this inspection of society in the narrowest sense of the -word almost as instructive as It was Interesting.. At times the vulgarity of the whole thing shocked him, more especially once when he could not but hear the loud voice of one. overdressed group of women, who were discussing the characteristics of one "Willie." "He's a -wretched little beast!" tald one of these ladies. - "You mustn't tay that,": rejoined another, a tall woman with gray hair: "you know he's my corespondent." And at this stroke of wit the rest of tbe party laughed repeatedly. ' But few of those on exhibition were as common as the members of this group. Indeed. Morton was struck with the fact that the most of tho men and women who were beliJif stare! out of countenance were, apparently, people of breeding, and he wondered that they were willing to olace. themselves In what seemed to him so. false a posit. on. Many of the girls, for example, who wore striking costumes and extravagant hats, were themselves refined in face ani retiring In bearing: the v were stylish, no doubt, but they were well-bred also. It seemed to Morton that style was, perhaps, tho chief characteristic of these New York glils style rather than beauty. . - The average of good looks was high, and vet, as it happeneJ. -he was ablo to walk half around tr.e huge building without seein? half a dozen women whom he was prepared to "declare hanlsome. Th girls appeared to be strong. healthy, lively, tjulckwlttel and charming, but raredy beautiful. They reemed to him. moreover, to. be eraphaticaliy .sunerlor to the men who accompanied them, superior not only In looks, but In manners an l Intell'gence. Morton noted, to his surprise, that some of thesp men were quite as conscious of thir clothts as any of the women were; and he caught, also, more than one remark showing that ihe appreciation of the woman's clothes was not confined to the womn themselves. The Xew Laureate. . Chicago Tribuno. A declledly second-class poet. Utile read In hl3 own country, and still less read in this, is Alfred Austin, who according to the cable dispatches is to be the i.w poet laureate of England. He may . be classified with sir Kdwin Arnold and Sir Lewis Morris as being a scholarly versifier, with little inspiration to boast of and no extraordinary klll at his art. but he mrst b given the credit of b-Ing r.re modest than either of the puahlng gentlemen wi:h whom one ha grouped Mm. But If not a first-class poet he Is a tlrstchis Tory, who. ha don his party lone and valuable service, and If now ho ha been made poet laureate, as the "Bookman" avers, then the honoris net In recoxnitfon of his standlnj a a writer (respect-

able as that standing Is). bJt -imply as a polltl.-al reward. Americans should not be shocked at this, as they are likely to be thinking how :nvn like Tennyson and ord!worth "he who tittered nothing base" have exalted the ofiice of laurect; but let them read the history of the post In question and tliy. will find that it was anciently little better thoueht of than the of the court fod, and that for gfnenutlon3 it waB a political top thrown tt disreputable ryhrntster. In appointing Mr. Austin the Tories have fov.c.cd the latter day liteiary traditions of the io?t. but have not debased It to the level it occupied early in the Georgian era. for tho latest of the laureates, while, not to t mentioned in the same lrp.th with his Immediate predecessors. Is Infinitely superior to his remote ones, being a gentltmti and a scholar. What is more he is a working journalist and one may infer front hi record that he is higher in his profession than in the world of poetry. And linallv his excellent social status counted for hl:n in the present manor. A Muslrnle. The programme, she Informed me. was a, charming one, indeed. From the splendid Wagner overture (which nothing could exceeJ) To the lovely little scherzo and the minuet for string?. And the latest bit of Dvorak, which ma do her sigh for wings. Throughout the fcrieg concerto her emotion) was intense; It seemed to me at times she held her v

ureai. i in aeep Fii'pense: j She raved of opus this and that, of Schu- ! bert. Bach and Li.ezt. xjceinoven. rirahms, TnchalkowsXI, and a, score whose names I missed. But when at lai-t 'twas over and I. led her down the stair - I noticed that beneath her breath sho hummed a little ulr. It was not upon the programme, being ' commonplace and tunev. And I wondered at the sudien drop frota Bach to "Annie Rooney." U. L. fv:-;ster, in Judge. PACKAGES E MAIL Warn in fir the I'dMI.- Agalitat Iiinfllcleut Post it k on Them. Washington Star. First Assistant Postmastrr-gcneral Jor.e sjiys that the Potftollice Department has already begun to experience gome indications of the approach of the holidays in the matter of packages containing presents, these being packages sent abroad thus early in order to reach their . destination in ample time. As the time gets ne-arer he says that the dead letter office will have a large numler of these package which have been missent. Mr. Jones, who appreciates the sentiment contained In a Christmas gift, hopes by a circular he ha issued to lessen the number of package that go astray each year. The circular urges persons -who mall such" packages to be careful and see that the proper amount of postage has been paid and that the. article has been properly addnvned. Hh has just had occasion to addresn a letter to a person in South Africa telling him that a certain paokage is held for postage. The package has been sealed, or there would be enough postage to pay its way. Ae It is. the man in South Africa can, by remitting a dollar and a half, receive a S0-cent necktie. There was In the postofilce not long ago a package of photographs. They were unsealed, and without writing the postage would have been 11 cents, but the age of a child was written on one, and It was over Another instance recalled by. Mr. Jone3 is the case of a nackago In tin addressed to a man in Ireland. The postage was over 53. It was a can of cranberries. Mr. Jones says he scarcely hope to educate the people, but he. hopes that his .circulars may sav some packages and presents from going astray, and for that reason he sent .them out to be posted In every office, asking people to look more carefully into tha regulation relating to postage, and set that their parcels are properly mailed. THE FOlil III ADRED SHOCKED. An Invitation to the Dnral Wedding Advertised for Sale. New York Special. . 1 ' Society, and particularly the set tliat moves in the Vandcrbllt circle, was thrown on its beam ends to-day by the appearance of the following advertisement in a morning paper: "VandeTbilt-Marlborough Wedding Churc.ll erard for sale for highest bid received befpre Monday next. Address A. K, Uox " While almost everybody looks - upon the startling "for sale" as a silly Joke, tixj inner section of the Four Hundred are inclined to believe that some of the invitations to the ducal wedding have gono astray, and that a number of obJctlonable persons will gain admittance to fiower-fillrd St. Thomas' on bogus cards. Those who view the matter in an alarming way ar talking of the possibility of bogus invitations to th house getting into the. hauls of unscrupulous persons, as the cards to tha reception are plain, Just as the church ones are. There would bo little likelihood, however, of any unbidden guest getting beyoni the threshold of the Vanderbilt residence, as tho detectives on guard will tie wldo awake and well posted as to the personnel of the bidden guests. Of course, the Yanderbllts are greatly annoyed by the incident, and It Is stated this evening that they have engaged the keenest hawkshaws here to run down the advertiser. The family is already experiencing the full effects of social notoriety. All day long gaping crowd stand in front of the mansion and watch every one who comes and goes, many audibly commenting on anything that appear to their persistent curiosity. This continuous performance will last until the rice 1 thrown after the Duke and Duchess on th wedding day. It'c worth a long walk to ce any day. The Little Red Schoolhutme. Boston Advertiser. . And you would like to know, Hon George Fred, why It was painted red. a color that offends your artistic taste. Instead of white, the color of that milk which reminds you of human kindness, and that -wool which you have helped to make free, and which protects from cold the sleek sides of . Hon. J. K. Russell' ewe- lambs? Tie reaeon ts. O Mr. Williams, that our forefathers, your own among the others, wo presume. eouM not afford the white nalnt. The red paint was cheaper. It sufficed to preserve the Dreclous building and even to cive It a The.nty abov that of most of the other buildings In thp eyes of the mm ami women to whom fife Is so verv real, and, toil ro very needful, and cternltv o very near, that thev did n-t have a chance to 'vjuirf such a cultivated taste a you enjoy. The refv, (t Is. o mee of Ddham. that the little red scheK)lhoue stands for the . loving and loval thought of American patriots, for the heroism, the self-d-s!al. th v'ocerltv. the faith, tbe fa mil v nffetlon. tb love of freedom, which in early davs. amid poverty and Tivatton. maintained with a resolution a firm as Milford rranit that inituton. tl. free, noMsectariin public chonl. which 1 h very reck ad corner stone of our llbrtv, and of all tbt eivs oowr ani rattr to the hvtnn "America." and makes us Iov. to sing "My Country, 'tis of Thtc." KelloKg'ft Guesjie. Washington Special. Ex-Con greF man William Pitt KeHo." of Washington ani New Orleans, who bis the name of being one of tbe h?st election euesstrs in the country, siid this a?t"-nxn that. In his opinion. Maryland wooid ro Democratic: that th Republican hid "a bare fighting chance of electing a Oivernor n Kentucky, but not a Senator: that if Hi mllton county went Republican, which he thought would be the ctse. Bufthn!l would be elected Governor of Ohio and a Lee'lature elected that will chone a Republican to succeed Brie: that Tammany would carrv New York citv. but not b a maicrlty large enough to overcome the Re-nublk-an majority it would me-t ht iMrlem. and that in conseouenee th Empire State would snd o ?eoir.l!cn to Senate in th place of Hill. On the presidential outlook the Sentr sM be thought at th nresent moment Reed's chner were the best, ard Allison r.evt. T th? remark cf a bvt.-Wr. that r-e had heard that the Illinois Republicans had made a deal with Hred r Allison, "cr both." he inter1ctM with a iugh: "Yo" hit it there probably both. That's a Illinois trick." Matthew Subject. Philadelphia Inquirer. Governor Matthew, of Indiana, say h proposes to d.uss the for policy of the administration in Ma forthcoming address at the Atlanta Kvporilon. The Covernor evidently intends to mke a few choice remarks upon nothing of any account. Three Hot I lei Make a etv Woiunn. Washington Post. "Since taking three bottles of yiur sersaparilla," writes a rts.dent of M.ilne to her druggist. "I am a new woman. " Now that the pitent medicine makers have engaged in the busings of turning thnm ut. the new woman will be mofi? common than ever. .ot n Kleker. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. It would have-peen eminently fitting for Colonel rolt to have kicked Mr. ,faa Alen wher It would hare hurt him most. Ilavir.-i failed to do so It become evident that this Celt In not kicker.