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NATIONAL CAPITAL TALK
Philadelphia Will No Doubt Secure
the Big Convention.
PITTSBURG NOT IX THE RACE
Important Financial Measure Intro
duced in the Senate-Senator Call
Denounce Spain- Democrats arc
' Weary of the Responiibillty.
Washington, D. C. Dec. 5. It looks
now as though Philadelphia can have
the Republican national convention If
It wants It. It Is believed that neither
Pittsburg:, Chicago or Kan Francslco
are In the race at all. The reason that
Pittsburg Is not likely to set It Is that
there will be too much local sentiment
In that city for McKlnlcy to suit other
candidates, and the men on the national
committee tire not breaking their sus
penders for Ohio's governor It is gen
erally conceeded that the convention
will rot go to that city. The boom for
Philadelphia vas started here today,
and tho sentiment Is hourly crowing;
stronger among; the committeemen, who
are In the city. Chairman Carter say3
that the convention should not go fur
ther west than Chicago, and as that
city Is Indl'ferent as to whether It gets
It or not. places Philadelphia In an ex
cellent position. Cincinnati, which Is
the delegates and camp followers is
objectionable for the same reason that
Pittsburg too much local JIcKinley
sentiment.
Neither New York or Washington
wants the convention very bad. At
least they are not after It. That leave3
Philadelphia the only available city In
the east, and she can have It If any
effort Is mode by herself In that direc
tion. Her hotel accommodations are
ample.
Senator Quay Is still In favor of Pitts
burg, but It Is believed that when he
finds that the smoky city Is no longer
in the rm e he will throw his Influence
to Philadelphia. The Pittsburg boom
ers are expected here not later than
Sunday, but they willfln d that they
wlil have a stronsr natural sentiment In
favor of Philadelphia to overcome.
W. R. B.
THE SILVER COINAGE.
A Schema to Redeem I.egnl Tender Notes
with White Metal.
Washington, Dec. 5. Two Important
financial measures were Introduced In
the senate todal and were referred to
the committee on finance. The first
was Introduced by Mr. Mills. Texas. It
provides for the coinage of the silver
bullion now In the treasury Into half
dollars, quarters and dimes; and pro
vides that when the gold reserve ex
ceeds $100,000,000. legal tender notes pre
sented for payment may be redeemed
In silver or gold, at the discretion of the
secretary of the treasury; but when the
gold reserve Is below $100,000,000 legal
tender notes must be redeemed In stan
dard silver dollars.
The second measure was Introduced
by Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire.
Its title is "To provide. In connection
with other nations, for the unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at the ratio
of 1 to 16." If it becomes a law it Is
only to take effort and become operative
when similar laws shall have been ad
opted by the governments of England,
France and Germany.
A resolution declaring It unwise and
Inexpedient to retire tne greenbacks
was offered by Ml. Oalltnger, New
Hampshire, and was similarly referred.
Senator Call Denounce Spain.
A resolution was offered by Mr. Call,
Florida, and was agreed to, calling on
the secretary of state for all corre
spondence relating to the trial, convic
fori and sentence of General Sangully,
"an American citizen," for alleged com
plicity In the war against Spain by
Cuba.
The resolution offered last Tuesday
by Mr. Call for the recognition of the
Cuban revolutionists as belligerents was
taken up and referred to the committee
on foreign relations, after a speech In
which Mr. Call spoke of the manner In
which the war Is carried on by Spain
as "merciless," and declared that if
such a condition of things were per
mitted by the American government
the affirmation of the Monroe doctrine
was vain and carried with It no weight
or respect
The senate at 1.36 adjourned till Mon
day next.
Willing to Lose Control.
The Democratic senate caucus thlS
afternoon authorised Chairman Gor
man to appoint a committee of nine to
assign the Democratic members to tho
committeeships. The drift of the dis
cussion, and especially the remarks of
Hi nators Vest and Blackburn. Indicated
a willingness to permit the Republicans
to apsume the responsibility of the com
mittees, and throiiirh that channel, of
the legislation of the present congress.
It is understood that no protest 7111
be entered against the proposition of
tne Republicans to take full control
of the committees Including chairman
Chips. Senator Quay's Two Dills.
Among the bills Introduced in tho
senate today were the following by
Mr. Quay, Pennsylvania: One amend
ing the renslon act of June 27, 1890, so
as to grant a pension of $8 a month to
the widow and (2 a month for each child
under 1C, of soldiers and sailors, who,
being dependent, on either the widow
or children of men who served ninety
days of more In the ormy or navy; and
one directing the uecretary of the treas
ury to re-audit the claim of the state
of Pennsylvania for indebtedness In
curred In lk'64 In suppressing the rebel
lion. '.
SHERMAN'S COMMITTEES.
The Silvor and Ant-Sllver Men Are All
ItecrtcnUcd. "
"Washington. Def. 6. jr. Sherman,
chairman, reported to fjl associates
the names of the members who had
been selected by him to form the sen
ate committees for the Republican side
of the chamber and apportion tr. mem
bers according to their servloe and for
the beet Interest of, the country and the
business of the body. When the cau
cus met some of the younger element,
which now has quite a foothold In the
senate had some apprehension as to
what Mr. Sherman might do and for
thut reason, went Into the caucus cham
ber Intending to over-ride him if they
found any evidence of an intention to
"snub" tbs young members; or it the
silver element of the senate was un
duly discriminated against
As soon as Mr. Sherman read his list,
suspicion was disarmed. The commit
tee named by him consisting of the fol
lowing was accepted without a dissent
ing vote:
, Mitchell, (Oregon) chairman; Teller,
(Colorado); Cullom. (Illinois); Piatt.
(Connecticut); Quay, (Pennsylvania);
Chandler. (New Hampshire); Petti
grew, (North Dakota); Bear, (Iowa);
Pritchard, (North Carolina).
This commttttee Is divided evenly on
financial lines as nearly as any com
mittee of nine could be divided. Messrs.
Mitchell, Teller, Pettigrew and Prit
chard are pronounced silver men, and
Messrs. Cullom, Piatt, Quay and Bear,
antl-sllver men. Mr. Chandler, a bi
metalllst and friend of silver, but not a
radical, holds the balance of power.
There Is a sufficient amount of old
fashioned conservatism, on this com
mittee to prevent it from going astray,
but It is true, nevertheless, that the
young men would have liked one or
two others, as, for Instance, Dubois or
Hansbrousfh. It was also thought that
Mr. G:illinger, of New Hampshire,
would have been better for the purposes
of the radicals than Mr. Chandler
There was no word of complaint, how
ever, and the committee will meet next
Monday after adjournment and endeav
or to assign the new senators and ad
Just the committeeships of the older
ones, as to make everybody happy, a
task that Is not easy of accomplish
ment. W01LPSAVE A MILLION.
If Philadelphia Would Be Business-like
In Her Eloctrlo "Uclitlng a Vast Econ
omy Would Rcsult-lho Lexow Com
mittee nt Work.
Philadelphia. Doe. 6. The Andrews
senatorial committee this afternon re
sumed the Inquiry Into the city's system
of electric lighting. The only witnesses
examined were Prof. William D. Marks,
president of the Edison Electric J.lght
company, and Arthur H. Lea, a citizen.
Prof. Marks stated that he probably
could supply the city with electric arc
lights at $100 per year for each light and
said that a municipal electric light
plant could not be run any cheaper than
can a private one. When Lawyer Freed
ley askpd the witness directly If his
company would be prepared to old for
the 5.300 lights of the city at the rate
of $100 for each light. Professor Marks
replied; 'If this question related to
the whole city In one system I would
be only too glad to furnish 6,300 arc
lights oMSO volts each for $330,000 per
annum." The Edison company cannot
bid for city lighting, the witness con
tinued, because it 1h forbidden from so
doing by an ordinance authorizing the
company to use the streets of the city.
Arthur H. Lea then resumed his tes
timony. The establishment of munici
pal plants, the witness declared, and the
distribution of the current for private
lighting purposes In the same manner
that the city now sells gas to private
consumers, would effect a savlpg to tne
municipality of $1,000,000 per year, the
sum now paid to the "Electric trust"
for the city's electric lighting. At 4.40
o'clock the committee adjourned until
next Wednesday.
THE BLuiMDTHE GRAY.
Opposing Veterans of the Late War to
lie Brought Togethor In New York In a
Grand Fraternal Parade.
New York. Deo. K Tn
call signed by Mayor Strong. Chauncey
m. uepew, judge Martin T. MacMa
hon, Andrew C. Dickinson, Charles A.
Dana and John J. Gurnett. nhnut trv
well-known New York men met In the
governor's room at the city hall today
and organized for a reunion and pa
rado of the veterans of the civil wnr
both the blue and the gray. In the
streets of New York, on July 4, 1896.
n win uring together at tho cele
bration those who are left of the men,
and the leaders who took part In the
"bitter BtruEtrle." and unite for the nrt
time in tne north, the blue and the grey.
DRUMMER'S SUICIDE.
He Had Spent $2,009 on an Aotreas and
Then shot Himself.
St. Louis. Mo., Dec. 6. Sylvester S.
Brown, a Jewelery salesman for a New
York house, was found ln his room at
Westerman's Hotel last night, having
hot himself twice In tho head. Brown
came here ten days ago with a variety
actress whom he was engaged to marry.
mo bought $2,000 worth of furniture and
finery for the girl,- promising to pay
when ho received a draft for $4,000 he
was expecting from New York.
The girl then refused to marry Brown.
He was arrested Friday for making
threats against her, but released at her
request. He registered at Westerman's
Hotel yesterday, and was still waiting
for his draft.
STERN FORFEITS BIG BAIL.
Twenty Thousand. Dollars Falls Into the
Bavarlnn Treasury. '
Munich, Dee. 6. The sum of 80,000
marks ($20,000) being the bail given
by Louis Stern, of New York, for ap
pearance to undergo the penalty Im
posed on him for lnsultlnsr Baron Von
Thuengen, deputy rommlr.sloner of the
Spa, at , Klssengen, last summer, has
been declared forfeited. Mr. Stern's
respite having elapsed, and he having
in the meantime failed to surrender
himself.
Mr. 8t9rn was sentenced to two
weeks' imprisonment and to pay a fine
of 600 marks ($120.) . .
A. II. ANDREWS it CO. ASSIGN.
Well-Known Firm of Fsrnltnr Manu
facturer Is Kmbarrnssd. ' .
Chicago, Dec. 6. The extensive desk,
seating, office furniture and folding bed
manufacturing firm of A. H. Andrews
& Co. this morning made an assign
ment in the Circuit court confessing
Judgment for $25,767 In favor of the
Olobe National bank.
Tho liabilities are. estimated at $300,'
000; the assets at much less.
DRIVEN TO SUICIDE BY FEAR.
Illinois - Woman lissome Demented
Through Dread' of Gypsies.
Metropolis. III., Dec. 6. Mrs. Fred
Marcus, of Benton Precinct, near this
city, committed sulolde this morning
by Jumping Into a cistern. ',
' About a year ago a band of gypsies
passed through the neighborhood, and
by some means secured a lock of Mrs.
Marcus' hair. This co preyed upon her
mind that aha b:car demented, - -
THE WELLSBORQ MYSTERY
New Developments in the Case of
Charlotte Howell.
STATEiMEXTS OP THE DEFENSE
Major Merrick Withdraws Ills Motloa
for the Diseharge of the Alleged .
PoWoner and Is Willing That
the Trial Should Proceed.
Wellsboro, Pa., Dec. 6. When the
trial of Mrs. Charlotte Howell, charged
with the murder of Elisabeth Knapp,
was resumed this morning Major
George W. Merrick, counsel of the de
fendant, asked leave of the court to
withdraw the motion ho had made yes
terday for the discharge of Mrs. Howell
from custody, for the reason that r.o
case had been made out against her,
and to open the case for the defense.
Yesterday the counsel for the defense
rr.adrt a long argument In support of the
motion, but this morning he stated that
the district attorney had quoted some
evidence which he had forgotten, and
he therefore concluded that It would
be necessary for the case to go to the
Jury.
I.'pon his request being granted, Mr.
Merrick then opened the case for the
defense and cited several cases where
persons had been hanged on circum
stantial evidence. In reviewing the evi
dence of the commonwealth, nearly
every witness was named, and severe
ly handled by the counsel. He said
that while some had merely been mis
taken in their testimony, others had
lied as to questions of fact. The de
fense, he said.' claims to be able to
prove that Mrs. Howell was not the
person who poisoned Miss Knapp, and
that the testimony submitted will
show that William Rightmlie, the
girl's discarded lover. Is tho real cul
prit In the ease. It will also be shown
said Mr. Merrick, that many of the
vulgar and threatening notes sent to
Miss Knapp were found by Chauncey
Howell In his yard at times when Mrs.
Howell wns In bed, and it would have
been impossible for her to write them
or deposit them outside of the house.
Another Development.
Another strange phase of this re
markable case developed today. The
defense offered to present forty-eight
letters which are alleged by the prose
cution to have been written by Mrs.
Howell. Some of them are written on
the backs of letters received by Miss
Knapp. The defence proposes to show
that these letters were stolen -rom the
house and that the real author of them
thus sought to make evidence against
Mrs. Howell. These letters are a por
tion of the lot which the commonwealth
asked to have admitted last week, and
which the court ruled out. The defence
also offers to prove the dying declara
tion of Mis Knapp accusing William
Rlghtmlre of being her murderer and
also a remark made by the deceased
the day before her death, asking Mrs.
Howell to burn up the box of rat poison,
because some one might nay that she
(Mrs. Howell) had poisoned her.
This afternoon testimony for the de
fense was given by several witnesses In
contradiction of Dr. Brown and John
Brahaney on all the main points.
There was also some expert testi
mony by Dr. Boom, of Philadelphia, in
regard to the care of organs of the body
which are Intended for chemical an
alysis tn cases of poisoning. He stated
that In this case proper care had not
been taken in sending the organs from
Miss Knapp's body to him for analysis.
DIED WHEN UNDER THE KNIFE
The Patient Expired While His Finger
Wns llelng Ampntnted.
Pottsvllle, Ta., Dec. 5. Ether was ad
ministered last night to Frank Y. Hipp,
of Silver Brook, who was taken to the
hospital to have a finger amputated.
While the operation was In progress
Hipp died.
His finger had been crushed In a
mine.
PISA INVEST1G ATION.
Several Wltnenics Are Examined by the
ItoorJ of Trnstec nt Fnrnhunit.
Wilmington, Del., Dec. S. The board
of truntces of the State hospital for the
insane, at Farnhurst, held an Investi
gation to-day. All the members of the
board were present and a number of
Hancker, the superintendent, made a
statement relative to the death of Louis
Pisa. Dr. Hancker stated that he wan
away on, October 6, when Pisa died, and
when he returned to the hospital, Dr.
Hammond, the assistant superintend
ent, told him about it, and said that, as
far as the post mortem examination
went, the doctor believed that Pisa had
died from heart disease.
Ex-Attendant Oaks, David M. Wap-
les, Robert Kenyon, Dr. Harry P. Clay
ton and other witnesses who were ex
amined at the coroner's Inquest also
testified before the board. Dr. Hanck
er suggested that a general supervisor
be employed to look over the entire
male department. The board thought
the suggestion a good one. and will take
action on It at the next meeting, when
a further Investigation will be made.
KEOGH IN THE LEAD.
He Defeats the Boy Wonder at the Syra
. ene Pool Watch.
Syracuse. N. Y., Dec. 8. Tne sensa
tion of the day's play In the pool tour
nament was the defeat this evening of
Eby, the "Boy wonder," by Keogh, of
Scranton.' by the score of 625 to lt.
The other series resulted: Sherman
126; Stofft. Ill; Walsh, 12G; Horgan,
112; Clearwater, 126; Sutton, 47.
Standing to dato: Clearwater won 2,
lost none; Keogh won 2, lost none; Eby
won 2, lost 1; De Oro won 1, lost 1; Sher
man won 1, lost 1; Sutton won 1, lost 2:
Stoff won 1, lost 2; Walsh won 1. lost
2; Horgan won 1, lost 1 ' '
, SATOLLI CARDINAL.
Ceremony of Investltare Has Been Post
poned. Baltimore, Dee. 6. The ceremony of
the Investiture of Mgr. Batolll with the
Insignia of the cardinalate wbivh had
been fixed to take place at the cathe
dral In this city on Sunday, the ltth
Inst., has been postponed. The date
upon which it will take place will prob
ably be made known tomorrow.
Tht postponement was mads neces
sary as a result of confirmation re
ceircd at tho headquarters of the dele
gation In Washington t the) effect tfaat
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the messengers bearing the beretta only
sailed from Genoa today. As the steam
er Is not due In New York until the
lth, and may even be delayed beyond
that date, the charge in the date of
the ceremony was Imperative.
BARBARA AUK'S CASE.
Her Trial Hs Been Poatponed-Reeorder
Goff Gives Ills Opinions in an Inter
.view Lantcrman Witnts Libert. .
New York, Dec. 5. Surprises continue
to be the rule In the case of. Barbara
Aub and W. L. S. Langerman. It was
confidently expected, and the district
attorney bad so stated, that Miss Aub
would be arraigned In court today to
plead to the indictment for perjury
found against her by the grand jury
on her confession that she had lied on
the witness stand in saying that Lan
german had forcibly assaulted her.
The corridors of the criminal court
building were jammed with the expect
ant curious, who wanted to see what
the young woman looks like now that
she has become the central figure In
this most sensational case.
For en hour Barbara stood In the
prisoner's pen at the enff of the bridge
connecting the Tombs and the court
building, waiting to be brought to i.ie
bar. With her wa9- Mrs. Foster, the
"Tombs Angel," who Is ministering to
her comfort.
Assistant District Attorney Towns
end, who had charge of the prosecution
of, Langerman. said that thegirl would
be arraigned as soon as the Indictment
was filed. The grand Jury entered
Part I. of General Sessions at 11 o'clock
and filed the Indictment with Judge
Cowing. It recites In the usual form
the fact of the girl's confession, and
charges her with perjury. A few min
utes before this Colonel Fellows, the
district attorney, who Is directing the
case of the prosecution against Sheriff
Tamsen In Part II., openly announced
that Barbara Aub would not be ar
raigned today.
Lawyer Levy, who had been engaged
by Miss Aub's aunt, went to the Tombs
to see her today. There he met with
a repulse that staggered him. When
he Informed the girl that her aunts had
engaged him as her lawyer, she calmly
replied:
"I am very much obliged to my aunts
for getting me counsel.but I do not need
any lawyer." ,
She Insisted that she did not want any
lawyer, and Mr. Levy went away to see
the women who had employed him.
When all this was golns; on Langer
man's counsel was busy in another di
rection. Lawyer Halre applied for a
writ of habeas corpus and a writ of cer
tiorari before Justice Andrews of the
supreme court, ordering, the production
of Langerman and all the papers In the
case. The writs are returnable to-m'or-row
at 10:30 o'clock..
Recorder Goff In an Interview has re
plied to some of the questions that are
being asked by the press and the public
about his conduct In this case. . He de
clares that the rBon" he did not com
mit Langerman on the evidence In his
possession, that he had been guilty on
several , occasions of the offense with
which he was charged in the Aub case,
was that the evidence was not of such a
nature that he can compel a complaint.
He could not, he said, overcome or over
rule the modesty of . the 'women , who
were his Informants, and besides, Lan
german had not succeeded In his evil
purpose In'any of these cases. In one
case he had Instructed the district at
torney to Investigate but he had been
unable to secure any legal proof. ,
The recorder said he was not of
opinion that his remarks to Langerman
were unjustified or had a tendency to
blight the character of an Innocent
rnp. ft denied that he had charged
Langerman with crimes, but merely
torn i.im that were It not for the dis
inclination of modest women to sub
ject themselves to the ordeal of inquiry,
he might have been called upon to an
swer for other cases.
He said that he had not the slightest
evidence one way or the other as to
whether undue Influence was used upon
Barbara Aub. Her confession, he said,
was made after she had been repeated
ly cautioned to reflect well. It was
made In the office of his law partner In
Broadway, and In the presence of four
women.
"Her statement," he said, "was made
very slowly. Each sentence of It was
taken down In shorthand and read over
to her by the stenographer. Then each
sentence was transcribed by him on t.'H
typewriter and again read to her. When
the statement was completed it was I
read to her once again as a whole by
, the stenographer. Then I directed that
it should be given Into her own hands
j and that she should read it herself,, tak-
Ing all the time she wanted In doing so.
: This she did. She read it carefully.
' Then she was sworn again. After the
oath she signed her name to It."
The Recorder adde that he did not
put one question to her In the nature
of cross-examination, and that her con
fession was absolutely voluntary.
, Tenth In a Burning Uotel.
Hortonvllle. Wis., Dec. 6. The Green
ville hotel, located six miles east of hem,
burned te the ground this morning. Will
iam Rcuter, an employe of the hotel; was
uffooated and taken from the burning
building dead. . Several members of a
medicine troupe escaped death by jump
ing from the second floor windows, clad
only In their night robes.
Salisbury's Reply.
London, Dec. The papers here will
tomorrow publish a statement which says
It has been learned that the reply of Lord
Salisbury to tho recent note ef Secre
tary of 8tate Olney relative to the Vene
inelan qut'on, which reply Is now en
route to Washington, discusses at length
the history of the question for forty years,
and Intlmlates that Great Britain doe
not depart from the view that the Schoom
ergh boundary mark the minimum of
the territory she posseiies In that region.
FIMbniterers at Work.
Sop t tie, Waah., Dec' (.The Hawaiian
government - ha Information diacloaing
beyond a doubt a scheme to inaugurate
another big filibuatering expedition on the
Paclflo coast. Charle T. Wilder, Ha
waiian consul general, has been on Puget
Bound'for a week, making Investigations.
Chairman Wright III.
Allentown, Pa,. Dec. $. Democratic
Btato Chairman Robert E. Wright wa
suddenly atrlcken ill at noon today while
trying, a case In court, and ha Is now con
fined to hi home. HI physician doe not
apprehend any serious termination to Mr.
Wright's illness. ,
' Matched with Slippery Bob.
New York. Deo. .-Peter Maher, the
Irlah champion heavy-weight, ' and Rob
ert Fitsalmmons, eaamplon middle-weight
of the world, were snatched tola morning
ta Dht to finish near SI Palo, Texas,
es eo. 14, &, tar a parse of IN, aw,
SLATJCBTER AT E8ZER0II
Latest Authentic Account of the Mas
' sacrc of Christians.
THEIR PROPERTY DESTROYED
It Is Estimated That One Thousand
Christians Perished at the Hands of
Moslems-Attack Was Simultaneous.
The Only Hope for Armenians.
Boston, Dec. 5. A letter descriptive
of recent events In Erieroum. Asiatic
Turkey, has been received In Boston
from a correspondent who says that the
city Is quiet and that the government
Is trying to reassure the people, and he
adds it did this prior to the massacre
until the people are In a state ot ner
vous panic. The strain 'to which they
have been subjected has been wearying
and the future is uncertain. The doors
of the houses were beaten In and ine
houses plundered of everything and
many of the poor people have not even
money enough to get the doors repaired,
and they are afraid to sleep behind
broken doors.
About 700 houses and 1.E0O shops wore
plundered of all that was in them. Tne
number of killed can never be known,
for there are many strangers In the
city, but It must be very near 1,000 if .t
has not passed it. The number of
wounded in tho hospitals Is over 100,
and many remain In hiding. The very
large proportion of killed demonstrated
the fact that the attack was with In
tent to kill, and which Is confirmed by
the awful nature of the wounds.
The present condition of the people is
about rs bad as that of the Hassoun
people after the massacre. There, no
houses remalner. but the people could
get to districts where they could oe
housed and scantily fed. Here no dis
trict has escaped and the stories irom
villages of the outlying districts are
heartrending. The attack seems to
have been almost universal and very
bloody. The wanton destruction of
property that could not be removed was
very marked. Everything In the way
of provisions was destroyed.
In Erzeroum alone there are between
two and three thousand people who are
destitute of fuel, bedding and food, and
the majority have only the clothes they
have on their backs. The Sassoun af
fair Is forgotton In this thousand-fold
more dire calamity that has befallen
the country.
Example of Constantinople.
The wave started at Constantlonpla
and has so far swept through Trebl
sond, Balboort. Erzlngan, Erseroum,
Bltlls, Harnoot and most of the Inter
vening districts. Of the districts aside
from tho cities that have suffered are
Vegung, at the west; Kemakh. Erzlng
an, Terjan, Blaboort. Kooroo Chal,
Ezroomslaln, Kcepo, Passan, Kharcos,
Alashglrd and Byazid. The entire
Erxeroum proUnee has been deluged
in Christian blood, and the bulk of
Christian property plundered or de
stroyed. The government Is making a
show of distributing the plunder col
lected from the barracks to the rightful
owners, though this attempt Is rather
farcical. A few will get something
back, a good many will get nothing.
The government Is giving out bread to
the destitute. How lopj this will con
tinue Is not known. The English con
suls have done everything for the
safety of life and property. The consul
has suggested that the various gover
nors be made personally responsible
for the safety of the foreigners, both
consuls and ministers.
Only foreign occupation will estab
lish a beneficial change. If Europe de
lays longer the suffering this winter
will be most harrowing.
The Turks declare that the Armen
ians made an attack on the government
house and so the affair began. This
declaration Is absolutely without foun
dation. There was no attack ever con
templated by Armenians. The first man
Ehot was an aged priest who was at the
government house to present a com
plaint to the governor. He had been
robbed In his own house In the village
of Tivnlg, and only got off with his life
by giving a note for $.'00 for five, days.
He was an inoffensive old man and
would be the last man In the world to
offer an attack.
The Attack Slmnltancons.
The attack was made by Moslems af
ter leaving the Mosque after the noon
hour of prayer, and It was simultan
eous all over the city. The Armenians
were In their places of business the
most of which were simply death traps
In case of any sort of attack. The sil
versmiths row was ert off at either
end and not a man escaped and the
shops were not only plundered but
wrecked. The more violent Armenians,
the Hunchagtsts, had determined to
keep perfectly quiet till the scheme of
reform was well tried.
Those who were forced to give up
plunder are bitterly complaining that
they were told to plunder and now are
forced to give ur what they got be
sides having ruined their Armenian
neighbors and friends. The scheme of
reform has now become an Impossibil
ity. The only hope of this land Is for
eign occupation. This part ot the
country will undoubtedly fall to Russia.
GERMANY'S NAVAL POWER.
Mors Crullers Needed According to Ad
miral Werner.
Washington, Dec. 6. United States
Consul Monaghan at Chemnlts, Ger
many, has supplied the State Depart
ment with advance notes of an article
to be published by Admiral Werner up
on the defenceless condition of German
commerce In the event of war.
The admiral cites figures to show the
vast magnitude of this commerce, for
tho protection of which the government
has made the Insignificant provision of
four fast modern cruisers, arrtl argues
for an Immediate allowance of 100,000,
000 francs ($20,000,000) to build new crui
sers. -
CONSPIRACY AT CANTON.
Details of the Frustrated Plan to Capture
the Chinese City.
Boston. Dec. 5. Mall advices received
by rellabe persons In this city from
Canton, China, this morning, give de
tails of the attempt to capture the city
of Canton for the purpose of establish
ing an Independent government T"je
writer says that from Information furn
ished by the United States 0nsuL the
authorities of Caatea,w7a able to cap
tur bw towU f. pistols and ammu-
nltlon labelled "Cement," sent from
Hong Kong. On the same steamer
from Hong Kong came four hundred
revolutionists, seventy-five of whom
were captured. This put an end to the
conspiracy. It Is said there are thous
ands in sympathy with the movement.
The Hong Kong papers speak of it as
a "oatriotlc movement" and worthy of
support.
The writer says that the movement
has Involved the Christians to a con
siderable extent, and great excitement
prevails, especially Inside the city, near
a chapel which has been used, without
the knowledge of the missionary, as a
sort of rendezvous for some of the conspirators.
PLUM FOR JUSTICE FULLER.
Ho May Accept a Position at $80,000
Salary.
Washington, Dec. 6. A report Is pub
lished today to the effect that Chief
Justice Fuller, of the Supreme court of
the Vnlted States, would resign and
take the oosltlon of general counsel of
the proposed new railroad combination,
composed of all the lines operated be
tween New York and Chicago and St.
Louis, at a salary of JjO.OOO a year.
Ex-Becretnry Whitney was credited
with having brought about the arrange
ment. An inquiry at the residence of
the chief justice this evening as to the
authenticity of the report met the re
sponse that the story was absolutely
untrue and without any foundation
whatever.
CIllRCHIM'S FIRST FIGHT.
Aids the Royalists of Spain to Beat Off
the Insurgents in a Fierce Engagement
In Cuba
Havana, -Doe. r.. It is reported that
the Collaxo expedition landed last Sat
urday. The Insurgent leader, Lacret,
moved out of ClencagH Zapata and en
camped near Jaguaramus. Columns of
troops were dispatched to disperse
thorn. The Insurgents have blown up
two small bridges with dynamite on the
Santl Spliltus Hallway.
A column of troops fought the band
of Zayas in the villas wltlj a loss of
twenty dead and wounded. The insur
gents boarded the small scnooner Julio
near Cayo Fiances and hanged the
captain on the mast.
Generals Suares, Valdes and Navarro
met Gomez and Maceo near Claga ae
Avila and Jlcoleo. After a short and
fierce flsht the Insurgents were forced
to retreat, with a numerous loss. The
troops occupy the insurgents' positions,
their loss having been insignificant. It
Is reported that Lieutenant Winston
Churchill of the royal army, son of the
late Lord Randolph Churchill, took part
In the ngagement.
In nn engagement In the province of
Manzlllo the troops lost three prisoners
and four missing, but all reappeared
after the ncounter.
General Suarez Valdes hns tele
graphed to Captain General Martlnes
de fnmpos. complimenting Lieutenant
Winston Leonard Churchill and Lieu
tenant Spencer, both of the British
aim, and following the operations of
the Spanish troops, for distinguished
behavior nearClcgodeAvlla, When Gen
eral Suares met and defeated Mazlmo
Gomez, who Is said to have been com
pelled to retree.t with numerous loss!
At the same time, as already cabled,
General Navarro Is reported to have de
feated Antonio Maceo at Jlcolea., In
both cases the Spanish troops occupied
the Insurgent positions with Insignifi
cant loss.
The schooner Sultano. aftrr having
been looted by the Insurgents at Santa
Cruz del Sur. was set fire and burned.
Hartford, Conn., Dec. 5. There is a
very strong suspicion here that emis
saries and agents of the Cuban revolu
tionary rarty are here for the purpose
of buying arms of the Colt's Patent
Firearms company, and to see If Pratt
& Whitney's DCOIlle hnve nnv n..l.ln
guns that can be put together on short
notice.
Several forelfm looklns" men. appar
ently Spaniards or Cufcans, are said to
have held n. conference In a hotel last
evening, but Inquiry at all hotels failed
to develop any clue.
BIG RABBTT HUNT.
Six Thousand of tho Hunnles Killed, a
Grent Feast Following.
Wichita, Kan., Dec. 6. Tho annual
Kiowa county rabbit hunt took place
to-day, and the event is being celebra
ted to-night near MulllnvlUe with the
usual grand ball and banquet. One
hundred and slxty-flve farmers and
cowboys on horseback participated in
the hunt and nearly 6,000 rabbits were
killed.
They will be shipped free over the
railways and consigned to humane so
cieties In Chicago and Cleveland,
RAILROAD HANDS KILLED.
Three Men Bnrled Under a Train Wreck
on the Norfolk nnd Western.
Blueflelds, W. Va.. Dec,' 6. By a
wreck of coal trains on tho Norfolk and
Western railroad at Llci Branch three
men were killed; A double train with
pushers was going- up a steep grade,
when the first sertion broke in two.
The pushers were forced back and
collided wlta the engine of the second
section, y
ONE MAN CHOSEN.
Major McDowell I Busy Selecting HI
Appointees.
Washington, Dec. 5. Clerk McDowell
of the house was kept busy today try
ing to select the appointees for the vari
ous clerkships at his disposal. Among;
those decided upon was E. A. Hemp
stead, a newspaper man of Mcadvllle,
Pa., who Is to be newspaper clerk at
$2,000 per annum.
Mr. Hempstead was Indorsed by Sen
ator Quay, . Representative Grlswokl
and State Senator Andrews for tne
place. . ' ,
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RICHNESS OF THE GOLD FIND,
ill Land in . the Vlotnlty Has Boon
Gathered In fey Prospcotor.
Sallda., Col., Dec. 5. The strike of
gold here has becomo a certainty. It
Is estimated that least 300 people
are in the hills. and that all avail
able land In th vicinity of the strike
has been staKtd off.
Assays nm from 15 to $25 at the grass
roots, s y . . .
. Ho Wvorco for Mrs. Addloks.
'' Wilmington, Del., Dec. 6. Alexander B.
Cooper, the comminloner to take testi
mony In the caae of Rosalie . Addlcks
against her husband, J. Edward Addlck,
for divorce, made a report this afternoon
adversely to tho petition of Ifrs. Ad
dicta, ., ,?
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Young Burglars Rent to Prison.
Lancaster, Pa,, Dec. 8. Edward Welsh,
Frank Fltskey, George Howard. Oeorgo
Miller and Frank Welsh, sons of well-to-do
parents, who were convicted of rob
bing the store of Amos Hershey Bro..
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terms In prison ranging from a year aad .
a half to six years and a half. They wouLi
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