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Description of the Battle at Port Arthur And the Bloody Scenes There Enacted. STORY OF Ml EYE-WITNESS Merciless Butchery of All Classes of Chinese At the Hands of the Frenzied Victors. The Victorious Troopi Alleged it Have Horribly Mutilated the liodles of Their Main Enemies Wrought lp to it State of Frensy I Jem use of the Act of the Chinese Wnr Correspondent's Estimate Thnt Two Thonnand of the Latter Were Tut to Death. NEW YORK, Dec. 19. The World tomorrow will print the following special advices from Its correspondent, James Creelman, who was with the Japanese army, dated Tort Arthur, Nov. 2i, via Van Couver, Dec. 19: The struggle for the emancipation of Corea has been suddenly turned Into a headlong, savage war of conquest. It Is no longer a conflict between civilization and barbarism. Japan for the last four diys has trampled civilization under the feet of her conquering anny. The taking of Port Arthur and the possession of one of the most powerful strongholds in the world was t great a strain upon the Japanese "character, which reltpsed lh a few hours back Into the brutish state from which it was awakened a generation ago. Almost the entire population found in Port Arthur has been massacred and thj work of butchering the unurned and unresisting inhabitants has been continued. The streets are choked up with mutilated corpses. In spite of the vastness of the battlefield and the strength of the batteries massed in this mighty chain of land and box forts, the taking of Port Arthur is jobbed of Its dignity aa a battle by the fact that a large and well trained army attacked a mere ribble. There was a great deal of artillery thunder and scientific maneuvering of the troops among the cannon-crowned hills, but the Infantry fighting was incidental and the "butchers' bill," as the hardened campaigner would call It, was Insignificant. The Jananese lost about fifty dead and 250 wounded In carrying a fortress that would ccwjt them 10,000 men had it been occupied by European or American citizens. China is now at the mercy of the Island empire. In a few days the fierce Sennal troops will be ready to leave Japan to Join Field-Marshal Oyama's army, and then the third and final movement toward Fekin will begin. Up to the moment Port Arthur was entered I can bear witness that both of Japan's armies now in the field were chivalrous and generous to the enemy. There was not a stain on her flag. Council of War. Shortly before the battle the fieldmarshal and his staff met Gens. Yamaji,.Nishl, Noghi and Hassagawa with their staffs for a council of war. It was decided that part of Yamaji's division phould make a great turning move on the flank of the Chinese and attack the left, while liassagawa's brigade should follow with an attack from tne east on the forts forming the Chinese right. The rest of Yamaji's troops were to move straight down the Sulshiyeh valley and with field and siege batteries to attack the Chinese front from the north and move into Port Arthur. Meantime the Independent column, marching along the east under Lieut. Matson j-i,. w r.ia rn'.l -iiiily move against the ea3tern fort? Hut while th ccunctl of war xas proceeding the Chinese began to realize 'that the Japanese hd established their mountain batteries on the hills commanding the left center of the Chinese position and decided to move out of Port Arthur and dislodge them. Then began a tremendous artillery fight. Within a few minutes regiment after regimen! c uUl be seri rr d in clouds cf -I ist t'p. h-:nl of tne vcüey into V.v ravine ' tl - sarn't of the Japanese ar:Il!ery posi:ion. The air was filled with shells, and the Chinese gradually concentrated their Are until the trees began to disappear from the western slope. The Chinese rmrched out cf Port Arthur in three columns. One descended from the Two Dragon forts and the other two came out of the Port Arthur valley. Torn with Sheila. The ground was torn with shells as they marched forward, but they never faltered for a moment. Within a quarter of a mile of the Japanese artillery the Chinese line spread itself out and wheeling to the left went straight for the hills to carry the batten's by charge. The fire became too hot and they lay down on their faces with their banner poles stuck in the ground, a magnificent target upon which the crack Japanese gur-ners trained their pieces. Within three minutes two shells struck tha line exactly and tore great gaps in it. Instantly every flag dropped and the Chinamen took to their heels, but in a few minutes they reformed and prepared to receive the Japanese infantry hurrying down under the shelter of the batteries. Just behind the heroic band of Chinamen was another Chinese line on a knoll with three field guns which checked the Japanese advance and enabled the broken line to make a safe retreat. The garrison scrambled out over the hilltops and Itassagawa's men came sweeping around the rough mountain to find the fort a mass of flames. That ended all hope of defending the seven forts. The Chinese fled along the ridges and down the valley roadä. liassagawa's troops were in possession of Shoju and Nerio hills. Away to the right could be heard the Bound of Noghi's flying column trying to force it3 way across the neck of the little peninsula, where a small force of Chinese had made a stand and were defending the way to the three forts. Stretched in a line parallel with the coast In front of the harbor were eight or nine Japanese warships, and the peninsula forts were shelling them clumsily and withouJ effect BeRlanln of the Massaere. Torpedo boats were going through tha waves and sinking Junks loaded with men, women and children endeavoring to escape. The water was filled with drowning inhabitants. The massacre had begun. At last a part of he troops moved from befciad the waUs o" tha camp and under

I shelter of the eastern wall of the drilling i grounds. Then they opened fire on the 1 Chinese pits guarding the entrance to Port

j Arthur. A battalion moved out of the j plateau above the drill grounds and knelt in a semi-circle, sending volley upon volley acros3 the stream against the rule pits. Another detachment crawled along through a sheltered road to a wall on the southern j side of the drill grounds. For fifteen minutes their three skirmish lines kept up a fire and the plucky Chinese were driven from the position. Finally a smali column covered by the skirmishers advanced across the bridge and marched along the road leading to the town. At the same time Marshal Oyama ordered the reserve center to move down the valley, and thousands of them came pouring along the roads behind the troops already on their way to the town. Not a shot was fired in reply, the battle was over as far as Port Arthur was concerned. Even Ogunsan wis silent and deserted. The soldiers had madi their escape and the frii.irenel inhabitants were cowering In the streets. o Qnurter Shown. As the troops moved on they saw the heads of their slain comrades hanging by cords, with the noses and cars gone. There was a rude arch In the main street decorated with bloody Japanese heads. .V great slaughter f:llowed. The infuriated suldiers killed every one they saw. No attempt to t.'tke prisoners was made. Women and children were hunted and shot as they fled to the hills with their protectors. The town was sacked from end to end and the inhabitants were butchered in their own homes. The van of the second regiment reached Fr.rt Ogunsan and found it deserted. Then they discovered a Junk in the harbor crowded withfugitives. A platxn was stretched across the end of the wharf and fired into the b"at until every woman, man and child was killed. The torpedo boits outside had already sunk ten junks filled with terror-stricken people. I am satl.fied that not more than 100 Chinamen were killed in fair battle at Port Arthur, and that at least 2,000 unarmed men were put to death. WHISKY TRUST'S G1RGULAB imiECTons say liEonr, vmz.vtiov IS NKCKMSAUY. Stockholders Are Given Three rinn for Their Approval Assets anil I.lfthlllttes of the Concern Outcome of the l(oo Wurrnnlo Case Is Still l'uoertuln. PEORIA, 111., Dec. 18. The circular adopted by the directors of the Distilling and cattle feeding compiny at the meeting held in this city last week was sent out to the stockholders of the company tonight. It is a lengthy document cont-l.iing a statement of the condition of the company and declaring reorganization necessary, three plans being submitted for the approval of the stockholders. A statement of the company's assets and liabilities on Dec. 1, 1S04, Is as follows: Assetsi Stock of spirits, alcohol and whiskies, $329,732.54; stock of grain, cooperage and other materials, $300,301.12; good book accounts, $376,270.49; value of flro Insurance, $40,000; cash In the treasurer's mands, $409,202.43; cash In plants, $263,732.36; making a total of $2,321,298.94. Liabilities Bill3 payable, $156,505.20; rebates due to the trade, $1,011,317.21; expense item and other debts to Jan. 1, 1S9.", $56.000; surplus cash and cash assets, $1,097,476.53; total. 52.321.29S.94. This statement does not include the distillery plants or permanent properties encumbered by a ded of trust securing the $1,000,000 bonds already sold and those deposited with the Central trust company of Xer York for guaranteeing the rebates. The circular then enumerates the plants owned, leased or controlled by the company. In the seven years the distilling and cattle feeders' trust and the Distilling and cattle feeding company, its successor, have been in existence 260,522,624 proof gallons have been marketed and the amount of dividends paid $6,118,SfiR.20. The company has about the same working capital it started with, but the needs are greater and the Schufeldt distributing house requires about one-half the capital. The directors predict changes in the future, say that spirits and alcohol will be sold in the open market as a basis and that It will be necessary to practice the greatest economy for the company to hold its present rank. Already the directors have practiced economy by reducing salaries and the number of employes. The directors are unable to make any reduction in the fixed charges for thirty plants which are ldla and useless, but entail a heavy expense for rental and taxes. The quo warranto proceedings are next ppoken of. It Is the Judgment if ouster of the lower court is sustained the company cannot proceed under its charter, but will be compelled to liquidate and reorganize under another charter. The outcome of the case it. Is Impossible to predict. The directors emphasize the fact that the money Is not needed to pay debts, but for legitimate addition to the business of the compiny, which should bring in a satisfactory return on the investment It is difficult return on the Investment. It is tion3l working capital that will be required. BAD HL00D BETWEEN TUGS. Griff o and DJxon Barely Escape n Collision. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18. Tha bad feeling which has existed of late between Young Griffo and George Dixon came to a head today. Dixon is filling an engig?ment at the Lyceum theatre In this city. At the matinee today Griffo leaped over the footlights, excitedly pulled a five-dollar Mil from his pocket and throwing j It at Dixon's feet challenged him to cover it. Dixon laughed at him, and under the pehsuasion of his friends Griffj subsided, but tha lull was only temporary. Afteil the show Griffo and Tom O'Rourke, Dixon's manager, collided in a neighboring saloon and hot words were exchanged. Griffo tcld O'Rourke that he was "only fit to manage niggers anyhow," whereupon the Australian was staggered by a viperous blow in the face. Serious trouble was only averted by mutu.il friends of the men. DEBS WILL APPEAL. The Case of the A. It. V Officers to Go to the Supreme Court. CHICAGO, Dec. 21. It wa decided late tonight by the attorneys for Debs and the other officials of the American railway union to make an Appeal from the deci.Mon of Judy Woods. The case will be carried to the United" States Supreme court. i Prise Story from Colorado. LAMAR, Col., Dec. 21. The annual rabbit hunt continued today. Parson Uzzell ! and Henry O. Wills of Denver killed 300 each. The total number killed Is estimated at 10.000, breaking all previous records. The rabbit1 will be shipped to Pueblo, Denver and other points- in the state for charitable distribution. The gunning party consisted of 2W men. Only two weeks more to . get Dainty Work. See our offer on another page.

EOF THC MOST IXIH'MAX TOItTi nn PRACTICED nV TUG TUIKS. Limbs of the I'nfortnnntes Cat Off 'with Saws and Children Thrown Into Burning Oll Priest Massacred and Muny Villages Destroyed. BERLIN', Dec. 19. The Cologne Gazette today published a letter from Armenia telling of fresh horrors there, including twenty-three villages laid In ashes, eleven other villages pillaged and forty priests massacred. The letter says that the Turkish garrlsons at Erzeroum, Irisa, Van, Tigranocerta, E.nbert and Moosh, altogether about sixty-thousand men, were sent against the Armenians. The commanders of those troops announced to the inhabitants of the villages: "We are ordered to put you to thi sword for openly defying the government." The attack began on Aug. 18. The Turks were repulsed in the first instance. The massacres began Kept. 5. Those Armenians who submitted unconditionally were bound to stakes and then their limbs were cut off with saws. In other cases the victims were disemboweled and their eyes gouged out. Children were thrown into Imming oil and women were tortured and burned to death. The troops plundered and burned the churches. Among those who fell victims to the savajrery of the soldiers were forty priests, who were brutally mas?acred. The British consul at Erzeroum was prevented from going to the scenes of the atrocities on the gn. und that it was not safe for any Armenian, he being an Armenian, to approach the places where the troubles had occurred. This did not deter him from making an attempt to learn the truth, but as he wa. trying to approach one of the devastated villages he was arrested. Among those who witnessed the atrocities was a Spiniard named Ximenes. The Turkish authorities approached him and offered him large bribes to induce him to deny in the English papers the truth of the reports of the outrages. They also sought to bribe him to go to England for the purpose of delivering lectures on Armenia. In which he was to dwell upon the contented condition of the Armenians. Senor Ximenes rejected the offers made to him. DASTARDLY ATTEMPT. Bandits Try to Illotv I p a Train with Dynnniite. DAVEXPORT, la., Dec. 22. At 3:30 this morning the safe in McClunn & Henderson's drug store, at West Liberty, la., was bljwn open and $120 secured. The burglars boarded a west-bound Rock Island & Pacific train, paying fare to Iowa City. Meantime the robbery was discovered and the Iowa City police were telegraphed to watch out for the men. They, however, landed in the outskirts of the town, boarded an east-bound passenger, paying fare to Davenport. Conductor Donohue thought the men looked suspicious and telegraphed to the Davenport police to meet the train. At West Liberty the train was boarded by the marshU, deputy sheriff and deputized citizens. The party asked that the suspiciouä passengers be pointed out. The conductor advised thit they shadow the men to Davenport befjre attempting capture, but thä advise was refused. Three officers approached the pair with revolvers In hind and said they wanted to search them. The robbers parleyed till one raised a window and threw out money and papers. Thn each drew a brace of revolvers and held the officers off. Conductor Donohue ran to the express car for weapons, and on the way tied a knot in the bell cord, bm the robbers managed to pull it and the train slowed up. The robbers then fired a volley over the heals of the passengers, retreated to the rear platform and jumped off. One threw a stick of dynamite, which struck the train midway under the smoking car. The explosion smashed the windows and put out the lights in two cars, but injured no one. They evidently desired to derail the train to facilitate their escape The men then fled to the timber. The train had run nearly to Moscow when the miscreants took to the officers. Eight officers were awaiting the train in Davenport and five would have boarded it at the city limits. The marshal returned to West Liberty, organized a pursuing party, and a posse of fifteen men, armed with Winch3sters and s-hotguns, started out. The posje found the robbers near Moscow, who, seeing that they were surrounded and resistance useless, surrendered. They were taken to West Liberty and lodged in jail. CASHIER EMBEZZLES $27,000. John K. Dlelby of Home, X. Y., Speculated In Stocks. ROME, X. Y., Dec. 18. The greatest surprise Romans have had in many years was caused today by the new3 that John P. Bielby, the trusted cashier of the Central national bank, was a defaulter in the sum of $27,000. The shortness in the accounts was first suspected about two weeks ago by National Rank Examiner J. Van Krauken of Schenectady, who visited the Institution at that time. On Monday of this week he unexpectedly reappeared and continued his investigation and made the above discovery. Hlelby admitted that he had taken about $27,000 and says that he speculated In stxks which caught in a downward market and took the bank funds to recover himself. Most of these funas were also lost. Samuel Gillette, the teller of the hank, woo is also the mayor of Rome, disappeared Monday evening and his whereabouts are not known by his wife. Hielby, however, says no one Is at fault besides himself and that Gillette had nothing to do with the defalcation. Cielby's method of covering up the defalcations, which have extended over about a year and a half, was to receive funds from depositors and conceal the record of such receipts from the bank examiner, making the liabilities of the bank seem to be less than they really were. This was carried out mainly by means of cer;ificates of deposit. The bank is secured by Bielby's bond for $20,000 and securities he owns in New York to the amount of $8.000. These securities will be turned over to trie bank. Canada's Xew Cublnet. MONTREAL. Quebec, Dec. 21. The new cabinet was sworn In today at the temporary residence of Lord Aberdeen, the governorgeneral. They were sworn in the following order: Premier The Hon. ' Mackenzie Rowell. Minister of Fisheries The lion. John Costlean. Minister of Justice Sir Charles Ilibbard Tupper. Minster of Trade and Commerce W. R. Ivej. Secretary of State A. S. Dickey. Dr. Montague, without portfolio.

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Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims Is Celebrated in Many of the Cities. AT Y Watterson on "The Puritan and the Cavalier." Tribute to the Late Henry W. Grady. The Dny Is Appropriately Celeltrnted nt Cincinnati, Portland nnd Other Cllien The lOxerclae In Honor of Forefn tliers' Day of a Patriotic Order The Various Speakers nnd Their Subjects. NEW YORK, Dec. 22. The eightyninth dinner of the New England society was held this evening. Covers were laid for 200. President Elihu Riot presided at the main table. At his right sat the Rev. Henry A. fctlmpson cf the F.roadway tabernacle. Amid loud applause Henry "Watterson aro.-e to respond to the toast, "The Puritan snI the Cavalier." Mr. Watterson stid: "Eight years agj tonight thera stood whero I am standing now a young Georgian, who, njt without rcas.in, recognized tho 'significance' of his presence here 'the first southerner to speak at this board' a circumstance, let me add, not very creditable to any of us and who, in words whjse eloquence I cannot hipe t? recall, appealed from the new South to New England for a united country. He was my disciple, my protege, my friend. Ho came t nie from the southern schools, where he had peru-cd the arts of oratory and Liters, to get a few hints In journalism, 33 he said; needing so few, indeed, that a little later I sent him to one of the foremost journalists of this foremost city, bearing a letter of introduction, which described him as 'tho greatest boy ever born in Dixie, or anywhere else.' "llj Is gone now. But, short as his life was, Its heaven-born mission was fulfilled; the dream of Its childhood was realized; for he had been appointed by God to carry a message of peace on earth, good will to men, and this done, he vanished from the sight of mortal eyes, even as the dove from the ark. I mean to take up the word where Grady left it off; but I shall continue the sentence with a somewhat larger confidence, and perhips, with a somewhat fuller meaning; becauset njtwlthstanding the puritan trappings, traditions and associations which surround me visible ilusiratlo:is of the self-denying fortituda of the puritan character and the i somber simplicity of the puritan taste and habit I never felt less out of place in all my life. "To tell you the truth I am afraid that I have gained access here on false pretenses; for I am no. cavalier at all; Just plain Scotch-Irish; ono of those SeorchIriah smtherners who ate no lire in the green leaf and has eaten no dirt in the brown, and who, accepting, for the moment, tho terms puritan and cavalier in the sense an effete sectionalism once sought to ascribe to them descriptive labels a. once classifying .m l separating North and South verbal redoubts along that mythical line called Mason and Dixon over which there were supposed by the ; extremists of other days to be no bridges , I am much disposed to say, 'A plague o' bth your houses!' "Each was good enough and bad enough, in its wa whilst they lasted; each in its turn filled tho English-speaking world with mourning; and each, if el.her could have resisted the infection of the soil and climate they found here, would be today striving at the sward's point to. square life by the iron rule of theocracy, or to round it by the dizzy whirl of a -petticoat! It is verv orettv tcj read about the Miypole In Virginia and j very edifying and inspiring to celebrate : the deeds of the pilgrim fathers. But there ! is not cavalier blod enough left In the ' Old Dominion to produce a single crop of first families, whilst, out in Nebraska and , Iowa, they claim that they have sj , Stripped Nw England of her puritan etocV as to spare her hardly enough for farm hands. This I do know, from personal experience, that it is impossible for the stranger-guest, sitting beneath a bower of 1 rcses h the Palmetto club at Charleston, or by a mimic log-heap In the Algonquin club at Boston, to tell the assembled company apart, particularly after 10 o'clock in the evening! Why, in that great, fintl struggle between the puritans and the cavaliers which we still hear sometimes casually mentioned although It ended nearly thiriy yeara ago there had been such a mixing up of the puritan babies and cavalier babies during the two or three generation preceding it that the surviv- ; ing grandmothers of the combatants could i not, except for their uniforms, have picked out their own on any field of battle! A Retrospect. "Turning to the Encyclopaedia of American Riography, I find that Webster had all the vices that are supposed to have signalized the cavalier, and Calhoun all the virtues that are claimed for the puritan. During twenty years threa statesmen of puritan origin were the chosen party leaders cf cavalier Mississippi: Robert J. Walker, born and reared in Pennsylvania; John A. Quitman, born and reared in New York, and Sargent S. I'rentiss, born and reared in the good old state of Maine. That sturdv puri tan. John Slilell. never eaw Louisiana until he was old enough to vote and to fight; native here an alumnus of Columbia college but sprung from New England ances- i tors. Albert Sidney Johnston, the most resplendant or modern cavaliers from trig to toe a type of the species the very rose and expectancy cf the y.oung confederacydid not have a drop of southern blood in his veins; Yankee on both sid?s of the house, though born in Kentucky a little while after his father and mother arrived there from Connecticut. The ambassador, who : serves our government near the French republic-; was a gallant confederate soldier and is a representative southern statesman; but he owns the estate in Massachusetts, where his father's fathera lived through many generations. "And the cavaliers, who missed their stirrups, somehow, and got into Yankee saddles? The woods were full of them. If Custer was rot a cavalier, Rupert was a puritan. And Sherwood and Wadsworth and Kearny and McPherson and their dashing companions and followers! The one typical puritan soldier of the war mark you was a southern, and ,not a northern, soldier; Stonewall Jackson "of the Virginia, line. And. if we should care to pursue the subject further back, what about Kthan .llen and John Stark and Mad Anthony

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Wayne, cavaliers each and every one! Indeed, from Israel Putnam to Buffalo Bill, it seems to me the puritans have had much the best of it in turning out cavaliers. So j

the least said about the puritan and the cavalior except aa blessed memories or horrid examples tha better for historic accuracy. "If you wish to get at the bottom facts, I don't mind telling you in confidence that it was we Scotch-Irish who vanquished both of you some of us in peace others of us in war supplying the missing liik of adaptability the needed ingredient of common sense the conservative principle of creed and action, to which this generation of Americans owes its intellectual and moral emancipation from frivolity and Pharisaism its rescue from the 'Scarlet Woman' and the mailed hand and its crystallization Into a nation il character and polity, ruling by force of brains and not by force of arms. "Gentlemen Sir I, too, have been to Roston. Strange as the admission may seem, it is true; and I live to tell the tale. I have been to Boston; and, when I declare that I found there many things that suggest the cavalier and did not suggest the puritan, I sh.ill not ssy I was sorry. But, among other things, I found there a civilization poifcet in its union of the art of living with the grace of life: an Americanism ideal In its simple strength. Gradv told us, and told us truly, of that typical American, who, in Dr. Talmage's mind's eye, was coming, but who, in Abraham Lincoln's actuality, had already come. In some recent studies into the carter of that great mn, I have encountered many startling confirmations of this judgment; and from that rugged trunk, drawing its sustenance from gnarled roots, interlocked with cavalier sprays and puritan branches deep beneath the soil, shall spring. Is springing a shapely tree symmetric In all its parts under whose sheltering boughs this nation shall have the new birth of freedom Lincoln promised it, and mankind the refuse- which was sought by the forefathers when they fled rom oppression. Some Things Iluve Changed "Thank God, the ax, the gibbet and the stake have had their day. They have gone, lt us hope, to keep company with the lost arts. It has beim demonstrated that great wrongs may be redressed and great reforms be achieved without the shedding cf one drop of human Mood; that vengeance docs not purify, but brutalizes; and that tolerance, which In private transactions Is reckoned a virtue, becomes in public affairs a dogma of the most far-seeing statesmanship. Else how could this noble city have been redeemed from bondage? It was held like a castle of the Middle Ages by robber barons. Yet have the mounds and dykes of corruption been carried from buttress to boll-tower the walls of crime have fallen without a shot out of a gun, and still no lires of Smithfield to light the pahtway of the victor, no bloody assises to vindicate the Justice of the cause; nor need of nny. "So I appeal fron Ihi men in silken hose who danced to music made by slaves and called it freedom from the men in bellcrowned hats, who 1-nl Hester Prynne to her shame and called it religion to that Americanism which reaches forth its arms to smite wrong with reason and truth, secure in the inower of both. I appeal from the patriarchs of New England to the poets of New England; from Kndicott to Lowell; from Winthrop to Longfellow; from Norton to Holmes; nnd I appeal in the name and by the rights of that common citizenship of that common originback both of the puritan and the cavalier to which all of us owe our being. Let the dead past, consecrated by the blood of its martyrs, not by its savage hatreds darkened alike by kingcraft and priestcraft let he dead past bury Its dead. Let the present and the future ring with the song of the singers. Ble.sed be the lessons they teach, the laws they make. Blessed be the eye to see, the light to reveal. Blessed be tolerance, sitting ever on the right hand of God to guide th? way with loving word, as blessed be all that brings us nearer the goal of true religion, true republicanism and true patriotism, distrust of watchwords and labels, shrams and heroes, belief in our country and ourselves. It was not Cotton Slather, but John Greenleaf Whittier, who cried: "Dear God and Father of us all. Forgive our faith in cruel lies, Forgive the blindness that denies. "Cast down our Idols overturn Our bloody altars make us see Thyself in Thy humanity." Col. Watterson's address was listened to with rapt attention, and at its conclusion he received a perfect ovation, his auditors rising as one man and cheering him loudly. The other speakers wvre the Hon. Charles A. Boutelle. the Rev. Dr. Edwin C. Bowles and John Dalzell. Celehated at Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 22. The 271th anniversary of the landing of tho pilgrim fathers on Plymouth rock was appropriately celebrated by the Congregational club of Oregon and its invited guests, the New England society of Oregon, at the First congregational churcn In this city. After an excellent repast in New England style, Mr. Elliott led in prayer. The speaker of the evening, Dr. Charles Brown, D. D., pastor of the First congregational church, San Francisco, recounted in a most effective way the bri'Iiant and masterful career of Samuel Adams in the birth throes of our country from 1764 to 177G. Following Dr. Brown, Gen. O. O. Howard made a brief address. Exercises at Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Dec. 22. Forefathers' day was celebrated with IZO paltes turned at a banquet at the Grand tonight. President W. W. Peabody being absent, owing to sickness in his family, Frank A. Loveland presided. Harland P. Lloyd responded to "Forefathers' Dsy," Judge S. N. Maxwell to "The New England Home," Congressman C. II. Grosvenor to "The Western Pilgrim's Progress," Charles B. Wiley to "The Little Bed School House" and L. C. Goodale to "Our Native Land." There were descendants of New England ancestry present from nil parts of Ohio and adjoining states. FIVE INSTANTLY KILLED, Fatal Boiler Explosion at West nay City, Mich. WEST BAY CITY. Mich., Dec. 18. By the explosion of the boiler in Bussell brothers' planing mill and box factory this morning five persons were instantly killed, several others Injured and one mls3ing. The dead are: JOHN CAI.CUT. fireman, aged twenty-one. JKOItfJK I'Fl'NL), seventeen. ALBKUT KAHN, sixteen. -JOHN BRA NN, fifteen. AL HEAVENBACI1ER, seventeen. The injured are: FKKI) WILIOAl'KR, le orulsed. CHARLES DODGE, back Injured. BOP: HUDSON, face badly cut. One boy 1 still missing anl is believed to be buried In the debris. The explosion occurred while the mill was shut down for a few moments, the boys flocking to the engine room to eat lunch. All the bodies were terribly mutilate 1 and almost unrecognizable. The causa of the explosion has not been determined Cannon Halt Train Derailed by a Covr LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Dec. 20.-The northbound cannon-ball, which left here on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern railroad at 8 o'clock last night, was wrecked about midnight at Walnut Ridge. Running at full speed, the train struck a cow. derailing and pibng in a heap the engine, mall car, baggage car and one coach. Engineer Stansbury and Fireman Trendley were caught In the wreck and severely, though not fatally, hurt. The passengers were bhaken up, but none of them injured.

OF in COLD-HLOODKD CR I MR COXSIMMATED AT TOI'EKA. The Woman the Victim of Assault The Ilody Mntilatrd-ot I)lrrerrl for Several Days After the Terrible Crime Was Committed. TOPEKA, Dec. 20. The body of Mrs. A. D. Matson, stiff and cold and lying in a pool of bier own blo:d, was discovered in her home, at Fifteenth and Monroe-sts., at 3:30 this afternoon. To all appearances the woman had been dead about ten days. It Is undoubtedly a case of cold-blooded murder, with robbery as the Incentive. Mrs. Matson lived alone and it was generally supp.ised she had considerable money about the house. A criminal assault had preceded the horrible murder. The only person -who seems to know anything about it is a' deaf and dumb colored man named George Knight, who saw two men, probably on the evening of the 11th, enter the window of the murdered woman's huse and afterward saw them run away. No intelligible account can bo arrived at from Knight, except through his brother, who is the only person who can understand him. The two will be brought tcgether tomorrow at the coroner's inquiry. Tho first inkling of tho murder was made known this afternoon by a milk boy, who had noticed the can cf milk he had left on Mrs, Matson's steps ten days ago had been untouched. He immediately nude known his fears to the police and an investigation followed. Officers dispatched to the scene were unable to gain admittance, and breaking in the rear door soon learned the cause therefor.' In a little back room, lying on her back and in a pool of blood, long since dried, lay the murdered woman. Two sacks of potatoes had been rudely thrown over her, while a bundle of rag and eld clothes half covered her body. Investigation showed the must brutal treatment had been dealt the woman before her life had been taken. Her clothes were thrown up over hr head and clotted blood hell them to the lloor. The entira top of her head was crushed in. evidently accomplished by some heavy, blunt instrument. She lay on her back with her arms a: her sils, her hea l turned to the right, h&r right limb straight out and the other drawn up a little. When news cf the horrible find became known the most' intense excitement prevailed and detectives immediately put uion the case. The neighbors in the vicinity are all colorel and they say they have not seen Mrs. Matson for two weeks. Mrs. Kobinson, who lives across the street, says that she last saw Mrs. Matson about two weeks ago and she was coming from the direction of her house. She saw no ono around the house at any time and never heard any noise or disturbance of any kind there. Mrs. Matson was a member of the Topeka equal suffrage association and a prominent suffrage worker. For many years she was a member of tho city board of education from the Fifth ward, and took an active interest in the city schools. Sh? was at one time a city teacher and was very well known locally. She was generally supposed to have considerable money and owned five or six houses on the East Side. Her husband left her four or five years ago and took up a homestead in California, where he has since lived. Z. T. SWEENEY'S MISSION. III Petition AnKing the Release of an Armenian Kille. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. The Rev. Z. T. Sweeney of Columbus, Ind., who was consul-general to the Ottoman empire during president Harrison's administration, was in the city today. He- came bearing a petition representing 200,000 Christian women, the Christian woman's board of missions, praying the sultan for the release of Sahag Mahdissian, an Armenian life exile at Moorzouk, in the oasis of Fezzan, in the desert of Sahara. Mr. Sweesey presented the petition yesterday to the secretary of state, asking his friendly offices in forwarding it to Minister Terrell at Constantinople and requesting him to rresent it to his majesty in behalf of the ladies. The story of Sahag's supposed offense is as follows: Some years ago he was teaching for the American missionaries in an interior town in Turkey. A young man of the village came to him with a writing in Armenian nnd requested him to translate it into Turkish. iSahag did so without inquiring as to the motives of the writer. The man took it and wore it upon his breast in the market place. It was a passage from the scripture proclaiming the coming kingdom of Christ. The Turkish officials naturally concluded that it meant the overthrow of the Ottoman empire and arrested the young man for conspiracy. The trial developed the fact that Sahag translated the paper and, although shown to ba perfectly innocent of any conspiracy, he was condemned by the Turkish courts and he and the young man sentenced to life exile in Africa. They were carried to Tripoli, where they were forced to accept the Mohammedan religion. He was sent by caravan to Moorzouk, twenty-one days' Journey. The young man died from the cruel treatment, but Sahag is still living. When Mr. Sweeney was consul-general at Constantinople ho opened up communication with Sahag through the kindly offices of a British consular officer, who forwarded money to him by private merchants. The Turkish government refused to allow Sahag's friends to send him money or in any way communicate with him through the postofiiee department. Xews of the terrible straits into which the poor fellow was plunged reached his friends in Turkey and through them the Christian people of America. As a result the above petition was signed and it is sincerely hoped by the petitioners of America that the personal attention of his majesty will be called to this case and that Sahag will be released. OUT OF THE ORDINARY.. - The Man In the Case Brings Suit for Breach of Promise. NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Dec. 19. At Manchester, In this state, Robert Edgar has brought suit for breach of promise and $2,0X damages against Sarah Edgar, his cousin, claiming that Ehe became engaged to him in Ireland, that he paid her passage over ani that she refused marriage after all the preparations had been made, including the license. The defendant is twenty-seven years old and the piaintiff fifty-four, a widower with several children. Jt is said to le the first case on record In this state of a suit of the kind by a male plaintiff. Robbers Thwarted by u Vonng Lady. LAWRENCE, Kas., Dec. 21. This morning about 3 o'clock an attempt was made to rob the Union Pacific depot at Bonner Springs. The office was Ini charge of Miss Fannie Nesbltt. night operator. The robber entered the office stealthily and made a demand for the money Miss Nesbitt was suppose! to have. She refused, to hand it over, whereunon the robber made a vicious attack on Miss Nesbltt. In the struggle that followed the robber struck her over the head with a revolver and then departed without securing any booty. Miss Nesbltt was very roughly ued, but sustained do dangerous wouuds.

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ECT I IT Harrison's Friends Said to Be Scheming In Order to Advertise Their Candidate. STATEMENTS Iii DENIALS For the Express Purpose, It Is Alleged, Of Making the Ex-Presl-dent's Name Prominent. Reed, McKinley and Allison Eck Anxious to tict to the Front In Time to Head Oft tlie Other The Autocrat from Maine Is Connted on to Give the Other Aspirants for Presldenvlal Honors a. Hard 1'lKlit. BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL WASHINGTON. IX C, Dec. 20. No question seems to agitate the publio mind in Washington more than the possible candidacy of Benjamin Harrison for the presidency in 1M6. The constant assertions by pmminen: politicians who visit him that he will or will not be tho republican nominee in 1S?G and the prompt statement by Mr. Harrison that he has authorized no one to speik for him are beginning to be accepted hero as a political maneuver of the friends of the ex-president to keep his name prominently before the people in order that no other candidate may gain any more prominence than tho Indianapolis gentleman. The statement given out by Mr. D. M. Alexander of Ruffalo that Mr. Harrison would not accept the nomination in '96, and also that of Mr. George W. Turner, editor of the New York Recorder, to the same effect, created something of a sensation among the cx-presidenfs admirers ln the house and senate, as it was believed by them that the statements were well founded. Tie prompt denial of them, however, by the ex-president left these gentlemen In a somewhat uncertain state cf mind. Why a man with the standing that Mr. Turner of tho New York Recorder has should openly make an assertion to be denied the next day by the cx-p.-esident is not understood here. "I cannot understind why these storiea should continue to be going the rounds o the pres.i and shuild bo denied promptly by Mr. Harrison," said a prominent Indianlan, a great admirer of the ex-presldent, to The Sentinel correepondt-nt. "It begins to look as though there was some underhand work being performed; Instead of a fair deal the cards are apparently being shu fried under the table and dealt Out la accordance with the wishes of the dealer. I am for Mr. Harrison's candidacj', but I do not like the manner in which his name Ü being used." To the average politician the agitation of Mr. Harrison's candidacy is looked upon as a little premature. Resides it is not believed by those best pjsted that he will stand any considerable show for the njmination. The names of ex-Speaker Re'd, Governor McKinley and Senator Allis n are all being mentioned here wl as much prominence, if not more, than that of the ex-president. While Mr. Harrison-' administration was satisfactory to the members of his party generally he did not nut. the desires of the politicians throughout the country. Their applicants for positions were "turm-d down" and their wishes were not regarded as highly as they desired. While this might, to the average mind, seem to be decidedly in Mr. Harrison's fav r. yt, to those who are familiar with political nominations, this Is one of the most important reasons why he will probably bo defeated. Th political bos.ses throughout the country, great and mall, will be against his nomination, and their opposition to any candidate means hl3 downfall. On the other hand the politicians of the East and North are quietly discussing the name of Reel, and it seems to meet with universal favor. The name of McKinley is also being discussed and the same is also true cf Senitor Allison. Of these three gentlemen the chances seem to be at the presen; rather favorable to Mr. Reed. His famous rulings in the Fiftyfirst congress and his general popularity among the politicians will, it is believed, make him a very formidable candidate for the republican nomination in '96. Tne prospects of each of these gentlemen are seen in a different light by their respective adherents and followers as they glance Into the political kaleidoscope. The Harrison supporters can see nothing but the Indiana lawyer, statesman and president; the Recti followers nothing but the ex-speaker and the man who delights in tormenting his political adversaries with his biting' sarcasm: the followers of William McKinley nothing but the originator of the famous McKinley bill and the man who resembles Napoleon, while the Allison men can see their candidate ascending high, upon the political horizon. The question of the republican nomine of the party in '96 is decidedly premature and will be governed entirely by the developments" cf the next year. It will not l at all surprising If some new candidate should come to the front and carry oft the plum, as has been so frequently the case. BLUFF FAILS TO WORK'. Trump's So-Cnlled Iloml Trored to Re an Ornnise "Wrapped In Taper. TOLEDO, Dec. 20. At noon a shabbilyattired young man entered the Second national bank and walked directly Into the private office of George W. Davis. Inquiring tf Mr. lavis was president of the bank: and receiving an affirmative reply, the stranger said: "Well. I'm a poor man and want some m"Vou can't have It, sir;" Mr. Davis replfed. The stranger pulled from his pocket l round package and, holding it above ht hea. shouted: "This 1 a bomb. If you do not give m money I'll smash It on the foor and kill both of us." Mr. lavis jumped to his feet ani ordered the man out of the oftlce. The noise brought the clerks to the rescue and the man was secured and taken to the station house, where he Is beld on suspicion. He gave the name of Sam Brown, born In Russia, but reslvfcng In New York City. The bomb wan a larce oranpe wrapped la paper. It was a bluff. and did not work. Ilnrt Sentenced to Hans. DEFIANCD, O.. Dec. 20. Charles Hart pleaded guilty to murdering the two Good children at Paulding, O., an! was srntenceo' . to be hanged on the second Friday li April.