Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1895 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, r THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1895. A.

is bound to come unless the United States backs down, and I do not think It will. It wt!l be the greatest calamity to humanity theft has ever occurred."

- English Mason for Pence. NEW YORK. Dec ' 2S.-The World tomorrow morning will publish the following cablegram from the Free Masons of Spalding. England: "Spalding (Unconshire) Free Masons wish peace and pood will to the United States brethren." This is indicative of a general movement on the part of the Masons of England to prevent ill feeling from arising between Great Britain and America over the Venezuelan controversy. The World this morning published a similar expression of sentiment cabled by the Free Masons of Manchester, England. Patriotic Pjthlnnw. CINCINNATI, Dec. 23. Leaders in the order, of the Xnights of I'ythias here held a quJet meeting Monday night and organized a volunteer regiment of infantry that will hold Itself In readiness In case of war. Among thoe present were theater manager James Fennessy, Col. Daniel Dalton and Capt. Billy Sargent. To-night they published a notice that all Knights in good standing are invited to enlist. HEBREW ANARCHISTS. Secret Meeting of an Orgrnnlzntlon of Jewish Itcvolnf lonUts. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. The seventh convention of the Hebrew Anarchists took place to-day In the American Star Hall. Fifty delegates, twenty of them from neighboring cities, led by delegate Press, of Boston, comprised the convention. The utmost secrecy prevailed and not one of the Anarchists delegates would condescend to divulge his name or even the city or town which he had been delegated to represent. It is known that delegate Katz. of this city, presided and Secretary Isidore Itudash read the annual report, showins the strength of the Anarchist forces in this country and the receipts and disbursements. A large sum was said to be in the treasury, part of which will be expended In maintaining a monthly journal for the spread of the most advanced ideas on social science. HELD UP ON A STREET CAR. . Jockey Club Employe Itoblied nnd Three Slen Shot. 8AX FRANCISCO. Dec. S5. Three masked robbers held up a Mission-street car returning from Ingleside to-niht and robbed Richard Clarke, an employe of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, of the receipts of the day, aid to aggregate $3,000. Clarke and two other mea were shot by the robbers, but it Is believed none of the woun.ls will prove fatal, although Clarke will probably lose one of bis legs. AMERICAN MIXED DR1XKS. 'An KnIUh Visitor Thinks They Are Strangely Complicated. New York Herald. In spite of the English being our cousins, they are all very marked strangers when they pay us a visit. It is not merely their broad talk that marks them as such. It is their peculiarly loose clothing, their flattopped derbys, the extraordinary bag3 and portmanteaus wrth which they travel, and, above all else, their straighforward mode of getting what they want and going straight ahead, regardless of anybody in the way. One who was here to see the yacht races amused his American friends by his peculiarities of speech. "I like your observation trains very much indeed." ?aid he. after he had taken a ride on a Thirdavenue rpen car. "Your overhead carriages" (meaning the elevated cars) "are deucedly stuffy, but your observation trains are as cooling as a bath." When he saw Colonel Waring's men he a!d h knw what they were without asking. "They are unemployed bakers men, aren't ty? And the city employs them to keep them from rioting." 11a raid he never heard so much damning and helling In all lis Ufa as he has heard over here, where gentlemen swear too mucn. At least, he raid he thought they did nit Tie fell under tne rearrui influence of the heat, "and Blnce then I find myself damning and helling, tov said he. "I didn't think much cf the pcl'ce you boast so much about," said he. "They slouch about like idlers. nd too many of them are as pot-bellied s monks In the comic pictures. Tnen egain, you ve pot me noisiest city in tne universe and there's no place in it that isn't Just . noisy as every other place. I3ut yorr .iotel3 are simply magnificent, and all 'na people are as friendlv as if I had known them all my life, and I am tolerably happy in spite of finding fault ell the; whiK "Yon roust admit that your drinks an comp:.rJC and training to -one's intellect," he went on. "Now, In England w drink Scotch and soda or brandy and r.ola. and the only thins we have to romcmber 1s which of the two wc started the day on. Hut here your drinks are all named after popular heroes like John Collins or Is It Peter Collins? and Jim Rickey, and what's that very satisfactory drink that's named after you, Mr. Itemsen? Upon my word. I always have to call up an American to tell the barman what I want." Feminine Trlnniphn In College Town. Elizabeth Stuart Ptelp3, in McClure's Maga- , r.ine. Legends of the feminine triumphs of past generations were handed breathlessly down to us. and cherished with awe. A lady of the vt age, said to have once been very handsome, was credibly . reported to have refused nineteen offers of marriage. Another, still plainly beautiful, was known to have received and declined the suits of nine thfologues In one winter. Neither of -these ladles married. We watched their whitening hairs and serene faces with a certain pride of sex. not easily to be understood by a man. When we began, to think how many tlrres they might have married, the Bubject assumed sensational proportions. In fact, the maiden ladles of Andover always, I fancied, regarded each other with a peculiar sense of peace. Each knew and knew that the rest knew that it was (to use the Andover phraseology), net of predestination cr foreordl nation, but of free will absolute, that an Andover girl passed through life e.lone. The little social fact, "wh!?h Is undoubtedly true of most, if not all university ttcwrs. had mingled effects upon lmprp5?lonnble girls. For the proportion of masculine society was almost Western in Its munir.ee nee. Obituary. NAPHT7A. N. II.. Dec. 23. Mrs. Hannah L.ovett died at noon, aped 105. She was born In Kllmore. County Kerry, Ireland. She va the mother of twelve children. A brother died in Merrimac. Mass., a few years ago, aged 105, and of eleven brothers and sisters all but one. who was killed, lived to be over ninety. CINCINNATI. Dec. 2T.-Mr. William F. Thome, aged seventy-three, died early this morning. He had for a Ions; time been a lernllPK business mn and prominent citizen. CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 23. Marshall B-gelow. of the American Consular Court, died to-dav after an illness which culminated In dropsy. Pnron" Davie' Sinter Killed. NEW YORK. Dec. 23. William Hall'.nger. according to an Interview which will be published to-morrow morning, has identified the body of the woman found horribly mangled on East Fourteenth street last Saturday as that of Mrs. Cassle Davies itobinson. a sister of "Parson" Davies. the well-known sporting man. Evidence continues to accumulate tending to demonstrate that the woman was murdered for a small amount of money supposed to have fceen in her possession. Investment Company Fnlls. DES MOINES. Ia.. Dec. 23. The Lewis Investment Company made an assignment yesterday to Nelson Hoyal. No schedule was e?w4 Pr.ilHon T n w 1 1 caused by the refusal of local banks to further carry the company's paper. He places the liabilities at St.flC0. of which at Sl&O.W). consisting of firm mnri.,., , - - ' " rj - .... ' i ii r i 1 fiiiij Des Moines, Omaha and Stcux City real es- . w - ii i4ir. in? failure was surprise. Victim of Coal Gns. HtTMM ELS TOWN, Ta.. Dec. 23. John II. Baulsoaugh and his wife, who reside near fiwatharaat. were found dead in their rooms this morning from the effects of coal ras from a defective stove Pipe. Mr. Baulsbaugh was a director of the Hummelstown National Itank for many years. An only son survives, Hiram, who holds a prominent no3'.tloi with the Enuitable Llfs Insurance Company, of New York. Case Involving $U,(MH).K)0. KALAifA ZOO, Mich., Dec. 23. Judge Buck, of the Kalamazoo Circuit Court, today, decided In favor of the defendants in Che ejectment case of the executors of the estate of Lucy W. S. Morgan vs. WilfreJ Eames. This case is one of se ver! pending la Detroit, and In Watertown. N. V.. court. mr.d involving an estate valued at ?2,()u,00. Frauds are alleged la tha settlement of the ciiate. .

12,000 SLAUGHTERED

DRUSES IIEI'OIITED TO IIAVB DEES ANNIHILATED II V THE TITIIKS. Important Battle orSnfdlch-Town of Zeltoun, Lonic Held hy Armenians, Captured by Soldier. CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 24. via Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec. 25. Advices received here to-day from Beirut report that a severe fight has taken place between the -Turkish troops and the Druses near Suedlch. The fight took place on Dec. 2L and, according to the official report, the Druses lost 12,200 killed, while only seventy Turks were killed and fifty mounded. ! The representatives of the powers yesterday entered a. protest before the commission which controls the execution of the reforms and Sir Philip Currle, the British embassador, demanded the immediate recall of the Kadi of Moosh, who is accused of inciting the Mussulmans to disturbances. It Is reported from Marsus that disturbances have occurred there between the Mussulmans and Christians. The outbreak, however, was soon quelled by the authorities. This disturbance is believed to explain the arrival of the missionaries and Christian families at Mersina on Dec. 17. Advices from the Island of Crete say there have been no fresh disturbances there. Zeltonn In the Ilnndn of Turku. LONDON, Dec. 23. Advices received at Rome to-day from Aleppo say that the town of Zeltoun, fifteen mllea from Marash, which has been held by the insurgent Armenians for some time past, has been captured by the Turkish troops. It Is added that the Inhabitants of Zeltoun fled to the mountains. The Dally News 'has a minutely detailed letter describing the Kharput massacre, the writer of which declares 'that the evidence leaves no doubt that there was a well understood pflan ordered directly from YKdiz Palace to plunder and burn all the Amer ican bullJings, and to render the further stay of the missionaries impossible. A dispatch to the Times from Constantinople, under date of Dec. 25, says: "Last evening handbills were profusely scattered and thrust Into the windows, and carriages, and into tho pockets of pedestrians, announcing the Imminent deposition of the Sultan. The Jewelers of Stamboul, fearing a commotion, closed their shops for the wfrole day. As an outcome of the meeting of the embassadors to concert means to prevent the massacre of the inhabitants of Zeltoun, for which the palace thirsts, and which it attempts to Justify by publishing mendacious statements of atrocities committed hy the Zeitounlls. Baron Callce, the Austrian embassador, went to the Porte to-day and imparted to the Grand Vizier the earnest hope of the powers that no extreme measures wvjul l be taken against the Zeitounlls. M. Neildoff, the Russian embassador, had an audience with the Sultan to-day. It is understood that Russia declines to Join the powers in any really effective measure against the Porte. Izzet Pasha is under arrest at Seraskierate. Armenian Priest Arrested. WASHINGTON. Dec. 25. The Turkish legation received from the Sublime Porte the following telegram, under to-day's date: "An- Armenian priest belonging to the revolutionary committee was arrested at Marash. Ills whole correspondence with the chief of Zeltoun insurgents was found on him. Plllilnry Now Ahead. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 25.-Play In the International chess tournament was resumed to-day, when Pillsbury (white) beat Larker in a Roy Lopez, after forty-five moves. Tschigorin was not well, and did not play with Stelnitz. Present score: Pillsbury, 4,'8; Lasker, S3; Steinltz, 1ft; Tschigorin, '2. BOTH BILLS READY. (Continued from Flrat Pnjre.) revenuo Incident to radical changes In the tariff. This situation resulted In the United States being asked larger sates than usual for any bonds It might rh to float. The Russian government for tn years had been accumulating gold, in maiV cases at great disadvantage, owing to the hostility of the money lenders of central and western Europe, and much gold was purchased in the open market by secret agents of the Russian government. The purpose was not only to provide a proper reserve in the Russian war chest, but also to "provide against a contemplated change In the Russian monetary system by raising the silver rouble to a parity wit it -gold. The pro cedure In this case was similar to that or Secretary Sherman when be accumulated the $100,000,000 exdd reserve as a preliminary to declaring tne treasury ready to redeem In gold the greenbacks issued during the Taking cognizance of the situation of the United States government, with which It has always been on terms ot closest friend ship, and Between -wnicn and itseir mere were no conflicting interests likely to arise, Russia, through Prince Cantaeusene. then Russian minister to "Washington, notified Secretary Gresham that Russia stood ready to part with half of her store of gold, if so much were necessary, to the United States in order to protect her old-time friend In the family of nations. This tender was made about eight months after President Cleveland assumed the presidential office for his second term. At the time the offer was gratefully acknowledged, but as the capitalists of other nations gained an Ink ling of the. ract that the tender , nad oeen m?de it was found that the terms on which gold could be procured In the open market, as a coTiseouence of Russia's tender, were so favorable as to render it unnecessary to tax the friendship of Russia. At present, so it Is understood, the Russian offer still holds good, and about the only new phase of the situation Is that this fact has been made known freshly to the European gold brokers. WILL GST nOTH CONTRACTS. Newport Nerra Company to- Construct Ilnttle Shin" ? nnd (J. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. Secretary Her bert has practically concluded to award the contract for the construction of battle ships 5 and 6 to the Newport News Dry Dock and Ship-building Company, of Virginia, at their bid of $2,250,CCO for each ship. It was found on a careful Inspection of the law authorizing the construction of ships that the department could not go be hind the face of the bids; so it was not pos sible to allow tne othej- bldJers to scle down their bids to meet the low b!d of the Newport News company save with their consent. While it was the inter lon of Con gress to have one of the shins djIU on the Pacific coast if the terms were reasonable, in order to carry out this Intent Secretary Herbert would be obliged to declare that the dinerence between the Newport News d.u or s:.J,oix) ror one ship and the Union works, of San Francisco, bid of J2.74O.00O ior one snip was only a reasonable difference, which he could scarcely do In the race or tne decision made bv hU nredeces sor. Secretary Tracy, that this difference should not in any case exceed 3 per cent. GOJIEZ NOT CHECKED. . (Concluded from First Pnjce. to surrender. He does not believe that tney can enect a retreat without destrue tlon. The Captain General was accorded an en thusiastic reception on his arrival here by the city authorities and by a committee representative of all the political nartles. Fo far as can be learned, he expressed unabated ronfldence in the success of th Spaniards, and believes that the hour of the destruction of the insurgent forces is at hand. He brings news that a battalion from the city of SanctI Spirltus, In the province of Santa Clara, has arrived at Union Derries. in Matanzas, about fifteen miles south of the city of Matanzas. and a battalion from Holguin. in the province of Santiago oe uuoa, is on us way to Guana bana. The Spanish army, he says, for whom these reinforcements are comlnir for ward, are in an advantageous position about Matanzas. Nothing Is said of the presence of the insurgent forces west of Muanzas. between that point and Havana. It is not thought probable that It is the intention of the irsurgents to engage In a rltched battle, and much anxiety is felt to know whether they have actually Initiated a retreat, and whether the elusive strategy they have hitherto employed wiU eerve to

open a way for them In either direction

they choose to go. There was a puo.ic meeting held here Friday evening, as a demonstration of sympathy - for uenerai Campos. The Insurgents Retrentlnir. NEW YORK, Dec 26. A dispatch to the World from Havana, Cuba, says: It can be positively stated that the Insurgent raid Is ended. Gomez and Maceo are retreating as rapidly as possible into Creniamo de Zapata, the "Swamp of the Shoe," on the southern border. There are too many troops In this country for them. After the engagement with the column led by Gen, Campos at Coliseo, on the evening of Dec 23, Gomez moved in a nearly southern di rection a distance of twenty rnues, ina occupied Navajas, a point on the southern division of the United rail way system. about twelve mUes nearly east of Union de Los Reyes, an important center. Maceo movea wesiwaru to Sabanilla, a town on the railway from Matanzas, to Union, distant about six miles from the latter place. General Suarez Valdez. moving across the country with equal rapidity, occupied Union de iys ueyes last night. The object of Gomez and Maceo was to destroy the rich sugar estates In the country to which they moved. Some fine ones are there. The Santa Rosa estate. near Union, was visited bv President Cleve land when he made a tour o: Cuba after his flrat term. The insurgent leaders ap pear to have no other purpose than to pre vent sugar making. A ISontnn Cuban' View. BOSTON, Dec 23. Mr. Joseph Fuentes, the Cuban party leader here, on reading the dispatches on the proximity of the Cuban insurgents to Havana, said: "The Cubans in Boston have expected this and even better news before now. I do not believe that it is due to any trick on the part of the Spanish to make an opening through which the Insurgents can creep and then fall upon them. Gomez is too thorough a strategist to leave his rear unguarded. Tills war Is costing Spain in the neighbor hood of from JJ.00O.000 to J4.000.COO a week. and if she prolongs it 3he will soon be bank rupt." Cuban Shot by a Spaniard. TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 23. Andrew Hernan dez, a Cuban, was shot late last night by a Spaniard in Ybor City. A party of Cubans were out strolling, when a Spaniard cried: "Vive Espana.1 ' The Cubans re echoed the cry for Cuba, whereupon the Spaniard shot into the crowd. Hernandez was shot in the abdomer, causing a slight injury. Threats ere njie during the day by both Spaniards and Cubans, and trou ble was feared to-nlht. The vigilance of the police probably rtetted It. A negro also was a victim of the shooting. Stray bullets Inflicted a mortal wound In his head, from which he die to-day. SHORT-LIVED STRI K E RENEWAL. OP 8T11 E ET-RA 1 1AV A Y TROUBLES AT PHILADELPHIA. Cars Stopped and Stoned, bat the Riot ers Quickly Dispersed Old Employes Given Preference. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23. The streetrailway trouble broke out afresh to-day, but was quickly quelled, and cars are again running as usual.. While It lasted several cars were stoned and their windows smashed, but nobody was hurt. The diffi culty occurred on the GIrard-avenue lines. the ex-strikers charging that the division superintandent, in sending out cars this morning, violated the agreement of Monday, giving preference to the new, or nonunion men. The old employes gathered together, and, after watching the cars going out for some time with imported motormen and conductors, started a revolt. Obstructions were placed on the tracks and a mob of ten thousand people gathered and began to stone the cars. A squad of mounted police was called to the scene in a short time and the mob' was dispersed after a few arrests had been made. The Second and Third-street line was also in trouble for a little while from the rame cause, but peace was restored on both branches By the company agreeing to put the old men to work. On the other lines cars were run almost altogether by old men and there was no trouble. All cars were running aa usual to-night without molestation. About 2 o'clock this morning the brick stables attached to the handsome country residence of John Lowber Welsh, president of the Union Traction Company, in Germantown, were burned to the ground, entailing a loss of J2O.00O. The bitter feeling existing against Mr. Welsh because of his attitude during the strike leads to a general belief that the fire was of incendiary origin. Mr. Welsh does not think so, however. He says It was probably due to the carelessness of a servant employed in the stables. The police are Investigating the, matter. OUTCOME OF AN OLD GRUDGE. Two KentnrklnnN Meet on the Streets of Tteren. and Shoot Each Other. BEREaT Ky.. Dec. 23. There was a desperate nght In this place last night between two factions, in which "B1U" Johnstone was killed instantly and "Less" Mitchell so riddled with bullets he will . die. The two men met on the streets. IMitchell approached Johnstone and threatened to blow hla brains out- Both men drew their weapons simultaneously, and, standing face to face, within three feet of each other, began firing. Each fired four shots. They then ran each in a different direction toward their friends. Mitchell dropped on the ground before he had gone fifty steps While on the ground four shots were llred by unknown persons. When Johnstone was reached It was found he was dead. It Is supposed the shots came from the friends of Mitchell. Mtlchelrs body was round a hundred feet from the scene of the shootin;?, with three bullets In ii. He was still alive, but cannot live. The shooting is the outcome of an old grudge between the two men. Crnp dame End In Murder. STEUBEN VI LJE, O., Dec. 25.-Duringr quarrel over a crap game amons th4 colored laborers at Hloomfield tunnel, on the Panhandle railroad, James Rice drew a re volver and fired five times into the crowd. One of the bullets passed through the heart of Joseph Jackson, killing him In stantly. Rice came from Tennessee and has a bad reputation. Last night he shot another negroe named James Hamilton in the groin, inflicting a bad wound. The muf' der almost resulted In a riot, and great ex cltement prevailed for a time. Shooting Scrane" on n Trnln. NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Dec. 23.-On the south-bound train from Evansvllle, Ind., to this city a shooting scrape occurred near Earllneton. Ky.. nnd two men are reported to have been killed. It Is impossible to get particulars, as the train Is behind time, but It seems there was a general fight in one of the cars. A Jealoun Laborer's Deed. OTTUMWA, la., Dec. 25. This "morning John "Wlnnegar, a laborer, shot and fatally Injured his wife and then blew out his own brains with a revolver. Wlnnegar was insanely jealous of his wife. He recently escaped from an asylum. Murder at CIiicao. CHICAGO, Dec. 25. During a quarrel In a butcher shop over the changing of a fivedollar bill. William Dayton shot and fatally wounJed Joseph Cohen, and seriouslywounded Matthew Cohen. Dayton .was arrested. Cnpt. Ilnrr and Ills llrlde. NEW YORK, Dec. 25. On ths Allan State line steamer State of Nebraska, which arrived last night from Glasgow, were Capt. Charlie IJarr und his English bride. Captain liarr, when seen on the upper deck of the Nebraska at quarantine this morning, declined to talk on the controversy over the America's cup. He did not think there was any great prospect for races between the big single-stickers during the coming season. Mrs. Rarr is a decidedly pretty young lady of blonde type. Wealthy Michigan Man Missing. CINCINNATI. Dec. 23. Alex. Knopfel. a wealthy Bay City (Mich.) broker, is mvsi teriously missing. He and his wife have been traveling South. He has been ill and slightly unbalanced. They were on their way home from Jacksonville, and stopped off here, registering at the Eurnet House. Tuesday night, about 11 o'clock. Knopfel left his room and walked out an I has rot been seen since. His wife missed him, and has had the police hunting her fcusband ever since.

THE SICK MAN'S ARMY

FOnCES THE SILTAX CAX MUSTER IX CASE OF WAR "WITH THE NATIONS. Some of Ills Men Are Good Soldier, but Others Would Be Worthless Against Civilized Troops. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The interest at present felt In Turkish af fairs generally Is intensified with regard to the Turkish means of defense against the aggresiions of Europe, for although the existing difficulty may be smoothed down without an outbreak of war, still any un toward incident, when affairs are In so critical a condition, may be productive of serious results. The Turkish empire has long been denominated "tHe Sick Man of Europe," but this expression must be understood to apply only to the political state, for Individ ually and collectively the Turks are about as healthy a lot of people as exist on the globe. The government Is weak and Inefficient, as despotisms grown old are wont to be, but that is no sign that it is near the end of its days, for these Oriental despotisms have a trick of hanging on to life sometimes for centuries after they ought to die. The Greek empire at Con stantinople lived for five centuries after Its territory had been reduced to the region immediately surrounding that city, and it is not at all impossible that the Ottoman empire may not follow Its example, and it probably will unless the powers show more unanimity in regard to disposing of its estate. But those who suppose that Turkey will fall an easy prey to the rest of Europe are reckoning without their host, for, lazy and degenerate as they are, the Turks are marvelous fighters, and when their fanaticism is roused they show a degree of military aggressiveness that has more than once dumfounded their opponents. ' During the last three centuries they have waged a dozen wars with surrounding power?, and, on each occasion, their opponent were forced to confess that, had the Moslems been properly commanded, the resuit would have been extremely doubtful. Their weakness has always been the miraculous stupidity of the Ottoman generals. Whenever they have been led by trained oftlceis of other nations than their own, their record has been good. It has always been clear of cowardice. Their fatalistic creed makes them strangers to fear; to them everything is "Kismet," or fate, and if commanded to go forward to attack a battery, where certain death seems to await every assailant, they neither hesitate nor falter, considering -that, if U is their fate to be killed at such a time and place, there Is no use trying to avoid it. Besides this, they are a hardy race, capable of enduring great fatigue and hardship without breaking down, of marching long distances without food or rest, and all these qualities, In a soldier, are invaluable. The Turkish army, therefore. Is a factor to be considered In the discussion of the fate of the Ottoman empire, for if the Turks should make up their minds not to be divided up into parcels without a struggle they are capable of offering a very effective resistance to any proposed plan for the partition of their country among the powers of Europe, f The area of the Turkish empire is about 1,600.000 square miles, or a little over onehalf that of the United States, and the population Is nearly 40,000.000, or about twothirds that of our own. These figures, however, do not furnish a definite Idea of the strength, or. more properly, of the weakness of the country, for comprised in the enumeration cf Inhabitants are the people of all the races that were conquered by the Turks, who constitute more than one-half of the whole number. Christians wiUiln the limits of Turkey are regarded as aliens, or. rather, as enemies, whom both the government and tha Mussulman population would be glad to see removed or exterminated. They are not liable to military duty, but. instead, pay an exemption tax of about $1.50 a head per annum. THEORY AND PRACTICE. Theoretically, every .Moslem in the dominion of the Sultan is a soldier on furlough, liable at any time to be called on to serve his master in field or garrison, but such Is the corruption prevailing in every part of the Turkish administration, both civil and military, that any one can secure an exemption who is able to pay for it. There is, moreover, a system of conscription organized by law that is supposed to be carried out In every part of the empire. It Is based on the military system of Germany, for since the last Turco-uusslan war the army of the Porte has been entirely reorganized by German officers, who naturally adopted the plan prevailing In their own country, and with which they were most familiar. The military system consists of the Nizam. or regular army, two classes of Redlfs, or Landwer, and the Mustaflz, answering to the Landstrum of Prussia. At the annual conscription tne ranks of the regular army are supposed to be nued by the men or the lew. who must serve six years with the regular army and first reserve. Then they pass into the seconi reserve, to be called out only on emergencies. Here thev remain eight year, subjected to annual drill at their nomes, tnen become members of the third reserve for six years longer, thus passing iweniy years euner in tne army or in some of the reserves. This Is the svstem. and. in wcrklr.ff order, it would furnish the government with an army in time of war of nearly LOOC.OOO men. But, like everything else In Turkey, theory is one ininK ana practice quite another, and, as a matter of fact, there are very few dis. tricts where the system has been Dut in running order, and none where the conscripts of the year do not ruy exemption from 'service whenever thev are nbio tn An so. In one case in a military district near nmyrna, tne population made a contract with the enrolling officers that. In consideration of a lump sum. paid down in cash, the district should be exempt. The money was pala, and the conscrlDtine officers fictitious rolls, ani went back rich and contented to Constantinople. In anotner. the conscripting officer was prevailed on to enroll the population of th nrisons? n a v.ir.i all the beggars and poverty-stricken wretch es iu ue muna in me district were entered as conscripts, while the able-bodied men escfrei. In reality, the Turkish army is composed Of young men. unable, under the oppressive system of taxation, to make their living on the farm or in the workshop, who. therefore, entered the army voluntarilv, and such conscripts as could be secured in those districts of Asia Minor and European Turkey, where the military system has been put in working order. There is another class, comprising widely different races of men, who resemble each other In nothing but the fact that they are all alike, savages. The Turkish IrrWula ra are all cavalry, and probably not since ine nme or Atuia has a worse lot of imeves. roDoers. cuttnroats, murderer anu ail-round desperadoes been srnt tn. gether. Turks from Anatolia. K Armenia. Circassians and Georgians who prefer a wandering life of rapine and murder to the iron discipline of the Russian military service. Persians, the rieacpnrtanta of the Parthlans so much dreaded 2,0ft) j ears ago, Aracs rrom the Red sea coast. Druses from the mountains of Svrfn nnd Palestine, negroes from Egypt, fugitives from justice of every surrounding country, escaped jail birds, anybody is welcome to their bands who has a horse and arms and can ride, steal and shoot. These are the men who are now making Armenia a desert. The only discipline thev reenimlM is obedience to their leader; they have no system of drill, and the terror they Inspire is due solely to their well-deserved reputation as butchers. When thev waee war it is not war, but extermination, for tney maite not tne fcllehtest distinction be tween the armed and defenseless, killing an aiiKe wun equal reroclty. To them an expedition is a raid, during which neither man, woman nor child is spared, and what property cannot be carried off is burned. BANDS OF CUTTHROATS. Our American Indians were gentlemen compared with them, for the Indians did occasionally spare the children, adopting them as members of their tribes and ralsing them aa members of their families, but to the natural savagery of their dispositions, the Turkish irregularities add a re ligious fanaticism of the most exaggerate type a fanaticism that causes them to re gard the murder of a non-Mohammedan as a religious duty, an act extremely laud able in tr.e eight or Allah and which will entitle them to much credit, both in this world and in the next. Principles. If thev can be called, such as these render the Turkish irregulars objects of the utmost terror to defenseless villagers subject to their raids, and have at one time or another made their name a terror word from Vienna to Teheran. Along the frontiers of Hungary and Poland they were equally bMed and feared for 2v0 years: the Podo tt tht nftcanth ana

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tnem; the inhabitants of southern Russia for a century and a half had an annual fast day to Insure Immunity from their raids. To the regular troops of any civilized power they are contemptible. They are armed with antiquated flint-lock, smoothbore muskets. rix or seven feet long, pistols of equally ancient pattern and sabres. One cowboy, with a Inchester, a pair or gooa revolvers and a horse fleet enough to keep him from being overwhelmed by numbers, would be more than a match for a dozen of them .They are brave enough in their ferocious, brutal way. but the worthlessness of their weapons render them a scoff to any organized body of troops. During tne war of 1S76. one regiment of Russian foot drove before it. in headlong rout, over 6.00.) of these marauders. A company of forty Russian frontier guards has been known to disperse a band of 700. Worthless for fighting purposes, ther are valuable only when murder and pillage are to be done. They are picturesque objects in their Oriental costumes, with belts stuck full of pistols and daggers, but In a soldier plcturesqueness Is a quality of very smau .consequence. In actual warfare, therefore, with any civ ilized power, Turkey must reiy on the Infan try and artillery, tne enecttve rorce oi these two arms being less than 400,000 men. Such a force as this could offer a strong protest to the partition of the Turkish empire, but even after its resistance was overcome the trouble would not be at an end, for before the division could be performed a campaign in every neighborhood would be necessary. The fanatical natrea entertained by Moslems for everybody and everything Christian is almost inconceivable by the Western mind. When, at the close of the war of 1S76, Bosnia was assigned to Austria, an army of nearly l0),ouo men was needed to complete the transfer of the territory, although there was not a Turkish regiment in the province. The Moslem population rose en masse, the women fought side by side with their husbands with guns, pistols, swords, hatchets, and even pitchforks. Military operation had to be carried on against every village, and a year elaosed ere there was complete submission and order was restored. In case a partition or Turkey were attempted, population uprisings might be expected in every province rrom Amania to the Euphrates. They would all be ineffective of course but they would all be bloody and costly. A knowledge of the fact that Turkey is by no means neipiess, even with a bankrupt treasury and corrupt ad ministration, has probably something to do with the general willingness to give tne unspeakable Turk a little more time. Nobody believes he will reform, but his army Is too big and its nghting reputation too weir established for aggressive operations to be thoroughly undertaken. DISASTERS AT SEA. Many Vessels Wrecked . Alonar the Const of Great Brltnln. LONDON, Dec. 25. The heavy gale has continued all around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, and many small wrecks have occurred within tne sight and knowl edge of those. on shore, and, besides, much wreckage has been stranded, telling of further disasters of which details are not yet known. The greatest anxiey is felt for all vessels due and unreported, or that are known to be at sea in the neighboring waters. Several gallant rescues are report ed to lighten Jthe dark page of disaster and death. The trawler Sunrise took refuge at Aberdean in a much-damaged condition, five of the men on board having been drowned. Friends of the crews of the distressed vessels gather on the shores, and there are heartrending scenes among the helpless lookers-on at the havoc wrought by the sea. In Kingston bay the bodies of the crew of the life-boat which yesterday went to the rescue of the unknown three-masted vessel which was flying signals of distress, but which wa3 capsized before reaching the ship. are coming ashore. The crew of the unknown shin which has been helpless in Kingstown bay since yesterday has not yet been rescued, owing to the continuance of the gale. The lifeboat will make a fresh attempt to-day. The StrathnevlH Im Safe. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Dec. 25. The long-delayed steamer Strathnevis Is being towed In and Is now near Cape Flattery. Movement of Steamer. NEW YORK. Dec. 25. Arrived: Teutonic and Cevlc, from Liverpool. Sailed: Friesland, for Antwerp; Paris, for Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON. Dec. 23. Arrived: AUer. from New York, for Bremen, and proceeded. DUNNETHEAD. Dec. 25. Passed: Venetia, from Stettin, for New York. LIZARD. Dec. 25. Passed: Stuttgart, from New York, for Bremen. SUNDERLAND, Dec. 25. Arrived: Durango, from Baltimore. ENGLISH 3IOXKY. Vast Sams Invented Here American SecnrKlen HelU Abroad. New York Herald. Several prominent foreign bankers esti mate that the investments of foreigners in American railway securities alone amount to Jl.SOO.COO.OOO, of which more than one-half represents English investment. These fig ures, or course, rerer to the nar value of securities, and the cash value is considerably less. i Here are the names of several of the rail ways whose securities are largely held in England. The list is a very lone one. but In the case of the companies here men tioned the Eng.isnmen have a larce inter est and in certain cases a controlling interest: New York Central, bonds and stocks. $157,000,000; Louisville & Nashville, $130,00).COO: Lake snore, f.uuo.uco: CnJcago. Milwaukee & St. Paul, $mooo,00; Wabash, $133,000,OJO; Pennsylvania, $200,000,000: Union Pacific. $233,000,000; Philadelphia & Reading. $181.OUO.OOO; Northern Pacific, $213.000,00'; Erie, 3,000,000; Chicago & Northwestern, $18 -000.000; New York. Ontario A Western. jTO.oui.ooo; southern Faciflc, U5,wu,OJ0; Atc.iison, ropeica & Santa Fe, $331,000X00; Illinois central. 5Ul.WU.W0: Halt more & Ohio. J104.000.000: Southern railway. $44.ooo.ooo. Another important line In which English capital cuts a very important figure is the insurance business, which, as is well known, has numerous ramifications affecting many minor kinds of business and coming home to thousands of citizens. Thes concerns always have numerous loans out, and any . sudden contraction would produce Irreparable injury. Here are the names of a score of such compa nies, with comDined assets of $47,000,000, which have grown rich out of the revenues derived from the American public: British American, Cheledonian. Commer cial Union, Imperial, lAncash!re, Lion Fire. Liverpool and London and Globe, London and La Lancashire Fire, London Assurance, Manchester Fire, North British and Mercantile, Northern, Norwich Union Fire, Palatine, Phoenix, Royal. Scottish. Union and National Sun Insurance, Union Society and Western. The office buildings and other property Interests held by Englishmen in New York and all the large cities, especially by corporations, which derive a handsome profit amounting to millions annually, can only be approximately determined. This item alone is said to amount to $500,000,000. Another Important factor Is the laree amount of money deposited with foreign banking houses subject to order, and the bulk cf which is loaned on stcck collateral In "Wall street. It was the calling of these loans yesterday that was the chief factor in precipitating the crash in securities. Brokers who represented the army of investors and speculators who had loans out on a multitude of stocks and bonds had to look elsewhere for the money or see the securities sold for what they would bring. There was never Fuch a scramble In the history of the Stock Exchange when. without warning, the foreign bankers called in all the loans under directions from the powerful Influences across the water. Money had been loaning most of the summer on call at 2 per. cent., and often for 1. Up the rates jumped to 15. then 25. 40, 50 and 75. They didn't stop until they reacnea t, an necause John Hull had decided to recall less thanone one-hundredth of his credit in this country. The effect of recalling 2a or 50 per cent, can hardly be Imagined. Tho amount of this so-called "loose" money in New York and other cities is a matter or guess, fceveral of the foreign bankers whom I saw yesterday refused to go Into particulars. It is said, however. tnat jiw.wu.tw is a low estimate. Of course, it Is onlv lelt here as long as englishmen have the assurance that they can draw it out In gold whenever they choose. They cegan to pun up stakes pretty live ly at the time of the panic, because they were afraid that we would go on to a silver basis. Some of them are now dis trustful about our currency situation, and the danger of International complications has induced many of them to withdraw their credits .while they have the chance. But the most vital part of the British investments In this country Is the commercial credits, in which all trade relations between the two countrle are involved. Millions of dollars worth of goods are bought on credit or upon the partial-payment system, and if Englishmen were to demand the Immediate payment of these debts general commerce would be temporarily paralyzed. This Item runs up. Into the hundreds of millions. But foreign bankers are still inclined to take a hopeful view of the situation, and thev believe that some method of relief will be discovered at an early date.

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COPVtWGHT, 1136, BY THE SANTA CLAUS KILLED. Prof. Sannder Mlntaken for n Durglar and Shot by Ilia Xephew, JACKSON, Miss., Dec 23. Charles R. Young to-nigrht shot and killed his uncle. Prof. Lawrence Saunders, mistaking him for a burglar. Prof. Saunders, who for many years has been teacher In the State deaf and dumb institute, was disguised as Santa Claus. Visiting his sister's home, he knocked for admittance. Charles Young asked who was at the door, and, receiving no replj. fired, the ball passing through th door and killing Saunders instantly. Prof. Saunders i a brother of World's Fair Commissioner Saunders from Mississippi, and is wellknown throughout the entire country. THE ART OP SHOPLIFTING. Some Old nnd "Sevr 3Iethodn Employed by Store Thletes. Kansas City Journal. 'Stealing," said the retired shoplifter, "is one of the fine arts. It brings all of one's Ingenuity to the surface, it keeps the faculties awake. It develops the sense of hearing and increases one's knowledge of humanity. I have read with a great deal of disgust the newspaper accounts of the blundering shoplifters, who have tried to operate in Kansas City during the past two weeks. My soul grew faint and I felt that the profess.on had taken a step backward. "In the good old days," continued the retired shoplifter, "we had the art down to a fine point. We led the shop-owners and the detectives a merry chase. We wera professionals, but It almost gives me heart failure when I read o" women entering stores and clutching wildly at whatever is nearest them, trusting all the while to blind luck to escape detection. "Now, that woman who was caught last Friday and sentenced to ten days In the county Jail by Justice Case was a slight improvement uoon the scores of others who have been making a fizzle of lifting goods. She wore what is known as the "shoplifter's skirt,' but even this artifice Is considered obsolete by the professionals. This consists of an etra skirt of generous proportions, which Is worn underneath the outer skirt. It is provided with a long silt at one slie, opening Into a capacious pocket. Skilfully managed, a pocket of th1 sort will accommodate a great quantity of goods. "I can remember when we used a small babv, wearing a lovely dress. This proved a Kaffir gold mine at first, as the baby served to avert suspicion. But in these days a baby arouses suspicion. I have used the 'baby device as it is termed. The Infant Is carried tenderly on the left arm, with its feet and the bottom yards of its dress hanging aimlessly over some choice goods. The right arm would be, of course, disengaged. After a few moments I would walk away to another part of the establishment, and a keen observer might notice that some things that were on the counter before had disappeared. "But the baby has lost its prestige, for the shopkeepers are onto It," said the retired shoplifter, sadly. "Only a silly novice would attempt to use one now. After the baby came the garter. Ah, that was a sharp trick and it took a long time for the shopkeepers to find it out. The garter is made of strong elastic, clasped below the knee, and Is provided with a number of hooks, on which the stolen articles are hung. Of course, the garter had Its drawbacks. It was cumbersome a woman can t always be arranging her stockingsand only light goods can be carried on it. Still, I have walked off with gold watches and bracelets suspended from the hooks of my garter. . , . --Now, the glove trick Is more convenient. In working this trick a pair of gauntlet gloves are carried in the left hand, so disposing them that the wrist opening of the upper glove Is flapped open like the moutn of a small bag. As the lifter approaches the counter usually the Jewrtry countershe picks up a ring and examines it intently. Gradually she moves It about until she holds it directly over the opening of the glove and about a foot above it. When the clerk turns his head she Cets the ring fall Into the opening and examines a second ring, which she picked up with the first one, but has heretofore kept concealed under her fingers. Then she lays the second ring down, saying she does not like it, and walks away. ' "The umbrella trick is a good one for a crowded store, but it has outlived Its usefulness. Now the false bottomed shopping bag is a genuine bonanza, for it is something -new. Besides, It is clever. It is made expressly for lifting purposes. The bottom 1st composed of two flaps of stiff leather, working on little hinges and open in the middle. These flaps are neatly flrted together and re held down by a stiff steel spring. The lifter, with one of these hags, takes a seat In front of the counter, lets the bag lie in her lap. with the bottom pointed toward the counter. While .the clerk's attention is attracted elsewhere the lifter shoves the article she wants to steal through the flap3, which are pressed back Into their proper place by the steel spring. The bag may be comfortably filled wlihout opening the clasp. "There are many tricks by which the argus-eyed detectives in the big stores are outwitted," continued the retired shoplifter, "but it requires more than ordinary care to successfully lift goods unless you have made a long and careful study of the business. You see, the novice does not generally know that the big store rely upon women to catch the Uf:ers. They believe the detectives are all men and pay little attention to the women. As a matter of fart, I know of stores in Kansas City where the detectives are all women. They dress like ordinary shoppers, carry hand-ba. or umbrellas, go from counter to counter and price goods, sometimes even making a purchasebut all the while their eyes regard the women nearest them. If they detect a woman stealing, -they abruptly leave the counter and po to the floor-walker and give the information. He walks up to the woman who has been seen to take the goods and tells her In a low tone of voice that he wishes to speak to her privately. She is taken to a private office-and a woman is called to search her. If she objects a message is sent for a policeman, and he takes her to the Central station, where she is searched by the police matrons. Usually the guilty ones acknowledge their wrongs, amid tears, and are permitted to depart, with the injunction never to re-enter the stores." Eaqnfmnnx Rains. Outing for December. "By far the most interesting ruins on the coast were those we found near the entrance to Nachvack bay. It was evident from their appearance that they had never been visited by desecrating strangers, and even the natives disclaimed all knowledge of them. Upon a narrow strip of heath, at the foot of a precipitous ravine, cutting the crest of the mountainous cliffs which overhang the sea. ha-lf buried In shingles and weighted with a heavy covering of turf , and moss.

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YEAR'S) number of 5r 1 Home Journal CURTIS BUSHING COMPANY are the well preserved remains of what wa once the residence of a populous tribe. The main entrance had been formed bj settlng upon er.d the lower Jawbones of a. whale. This led into a broad p.isa?ewav from which smaller ones brarch-d at irregular Intervals, and which terminated at the various family apartments, cr habitations. WhaCes bones enterej largely into the construction of the whole, no o:hrr material having been used for supports. Nachvack Is far beyond the northern tree limit of the coast, and these were doubtless th best substitute for timbers which cjuld b procured. The vertebrae- of whales hadt been used as ytools ani for various other purposes; the framework of kayaks and. komatiks, pkin boars ar.d sledjres were of' bone and horn: the weapors and Impiemr ntR were of stone, bore, horn and Ivory. Enough of these were present to iave filled a ship, but not a scrap of iron or other metal could be found. Another I'ne for Balloon Sleeves. Harper's Weekly. A use for the balloon sleeves, that even the sombre prophet Ezekiel did not think beneath his fulminatlons. was shown by Mrs. Mary Morrison some davs ago at Port Townsend, in Washington. .The lady had crossed over from Victoria, and while in transit had attracted the suspicious ?ye of a customhouse officer by the exceedingly bouffant appearance of her costume. Upon Investigation it was found that five cns of opium were concralfd In her sleeves. Her daughter, .a girl of twelve, who accompanied her, was allowed to step outside, where she relieved her feelings by a burst of tears, and her person of twelve tins of the precious drug, which the w?Utralned child dexterously threw Into a vacant lot. Mattlievr Arnold nnd llarnnm, Mr. Herbert Woodfleld Paul, in the Forum. When Mr. Arnold returned from tho United States full of dellfiht at the unbounded courtesy and hospitality with which he had been received, he told with glee and ,?uio a story of the late Mr. I'.arnum. This great showman, he said, had invited him to his house In following terms: "You, sir, are a celebrity. I am a notoriety. We ought to be acquainted." "I" couldn't go." he added, "but it was very nice of him." COBLENTZ'S Oxygen ToSacco Care Is MiM Dally Successmile It Cures a Bad Habit It Builds Hp the Health The Host Successful Tcbacco Cure E?cr Discoiercd. The use of tobacco is the cause of the most of the Ills that affect the human body Users of the weed, as a rule, know this. Their physicians have warned them to abate the use of tobacco or give it up altogether, but the enthralled victims still persist in their pernicious habit. They 8ay they feci that they ought to give it up. but that they cannot. Now, here Is a medicine to help you give up the practice that ia daily undermlntnp your health. It is an aid to your will power. It will help you to keep the resolution. If you will Just follow the directions that go with It. There Is nothing about It detrimental to the health, but, on the other hand. It will restore your shattered constitution. Oxygen Tobacco Cure Is an enemy to tobacco. It combats it in all its forms. No difference In what way you have used tobacco, if you will just once start In the use of the Oxygen Tobacco Cur;, half the battle is fought. It will help you to do the rest, and each succeedlnr; trial become easier, until-finally the habit is gone nd you are a new man with new health, a new constitution and brighter prospects for a long, useful life. From ten to thirty days Is not. Ionic to give to try to get rid of a habit that you know to be disgusting and pernicious. Oxygen Tobacco Cure will cure you in this time. Thousands would give ten times as much time if they thought they could be cured. Rut they are afraid to start In for fear of failure. t But even the extreme limit thirty days is not long to give to the trial of a medicine that has thousands of testimonials of cures behind it, and not a failure against it. Just give it a trial. But beware of Imitations ani substitutes. There are none. Take Oxygen Tobacco Cure or nothing. No other cure is so cheap ant' Jn to convenient a form. NATIONAL TubeWorks UroDgbt-lreiPlpefcrGu, Steam and Fit:r. BofW Tube. Ca: and Mall, able Iron KlUlnufblark a4 ralruilzed). alvea. Step Corks. Engla Trtminlng. Meair (jftugtt, Plj Totk ttp Cutter. VUe. ffrrm rule ani Li'ra, tTrmbe, fcu-am Tr', rump. Klub n Mdi Ho-. r.e;ttnff.Hat Lit Metal Soldf r. Wbil as Colored Wiping Watte, ao4 ail other iui'U uU la rotitietlna with Cat. Mm and Vatr. Natural ciaa Mi I' pi ie a penalty. MeantbtAtmjr Api-anruj for I'at lie bulMtur. Store-ruotaa, VI 111. .SUoia.h artorie. La-m. lne. Luiutr lry-lfouoa, ttc Cut and Thread to order anr ais Wrtxirbt-lroa 11 pe. frni i tacit to It loc&ea diameter. MIGHT & JILLSOS, '3 and 17

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