Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 4, 1895, Page 1

[ — THE OMAHA DAILY ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. TURKEY IN A STATE OF WAR Outbreaks Have Not Been Confined to the Streets of the Capital, ARMENIANS THREATEN MORE TROUBLE Evidence Accumulating to Show that the Outbreak Was Carefolly P oand that n General nt. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. the state of excitement prevailing here a 3.—To add to third slight earthquake shock enc:d yesterday. This, with ing and bloodshed, the imprisonment of about 500 Armenians, the Killing of Ar- menfans in cold blood, and the presence of troops In arms at all points, I well caiculated to excite even the most phlegmatic Turk. The rioting and bloodletting which began on Monday was rencwed on Tuesday evening, in spite of all the precautions taken by the authorities of this much disturbed city. On Tuceday the principal rioting was the work of Mchammedan theological students, who chased and beat with bludgeons every Ar- menlan they m:t. During Tuesday night a mab of Softas and Turks attacked the house of a leading Armenian, Kassim Pasha, storm- ing the building and threatening its destruc- tlon and killing several persons who were un- able to escape from it in time. This mob also sacked a cafe frequented by Armenians, and twenty of these unfortunate people who were found there were beaten to death with | bludgeons, To the disgrace of the authori- ties not a single pcliceman appeared on the scene, and no attempt was made to save the lives of the Armenians. ARMENIANS PANIC STRICKEN. Naturally the Armenfans of Constantinople and its vicinity are panic-stricken and put no faith in the assurances of protection from further violence at th» hands of the Turkish mobs. Many of them sought refuge in the churches, where they were earnestly ad- dressed by thelr clergy, who enjoined them to be calm and to give the Turks no further pretexts for attacking them. The Armenian churches ar the greatest unensiness prevails, and’ the most of the other religious denominations ex- press the fear that the fanaticism of the Turks muay extend in other directions, The Armenians have the sympathy of th foreigners here, but tho fact that they are armed, in spite of their pacific announ ments, s condemned by their best friends and lends color to the statements of the Turkish offieials, who claim that the Ar- menian agitators organized a revolt against tho suitan’s authority, and that the attempt to present a petition to the grand vizier, on Monday last, which led to the first rioting and bloodshed, was nothing inore than a pre- text which was to serve as the signal for an Armenian outbreak. That the Armenians contemplated some such attempt to call at- tention to thefr grievances has been known for a long time past, and the Assoclated press correspondent months ago drew atten- tion to this, saying that he had conclusive evidence that the Armenian revolutionary committes was preparing a demonstration at Constantinople, and that any number of Ar- meniang were willing to thus sacrifice them- gelves for the uitimate benefit of their un- happy compatriots. SITUATION VERY GRAVE. On the other hand, the partizans of the Armenians assert that the latter only armed thems:lves in order to defend their lives against the Turks, The authorities have stationed troops and wolloa ar every threatened point, and it is asserted this morning that there 18 no annger of any further disturbances. This, how- ever, is not generally believed. The introduction of the religicus element into the disturbance makes the situation moro grave than it otherwise would have boen, although the outward cause of the Armenian outbreak is said to be the long de- lays {n the negotiations between the powers and the Porte on the question of reform in Armenla, which delays have increased the despair of the Armenians. Prominent Tur- kish offlcials, however, claim that the present troubles are the outcome of the sentiment which prevails throughout Burope, particu- larly in England, in favor of Armenians. Owing to the critical situation here the envoys of the powers met at the Austrian embassy today, and the German warboat Lorely has been ordered at the disposal of the German embassy. It is now known definitely that at least five Armenlans wero killed after they had was experl- the riot- now watched by the police, but | rise In wrath and demand that it ceate. Then Armenia, her people hope, may get her free- dom, and the Turkish empire may be torn limb from limb and thrown piecemeal to its expectant neighbors, “But it will be the helpless women and children who will suffer. They will be tor- tured and butchered by thousands. The revo- lutionary leaders expect that it will be so, and in fact they count upon it as the chief factor In the success of their cause. They argue that it {s no worse that a few thou- sand Armenians should be killed at one time than that they should be kiiled separately during a perlod of a few months or years. The Armenian people at large probably do not know of these plans in detail. The Ar- menlans are encouraged to believe that the revolutionary leaders have a secret under- standing with the Russian government, but this is unlikely. ““As the time for the revolutionary up- rising approaches the words of the Armenian Catholie, Mgr. Khrimian, have an addad glgnificance: ‘Armenia is in sore distres but her sufferings will soon be at an end.' Referring to this dispatch of the Associated press the St. James Gazette says: “Monday rioting 18 a strange commentary upon th dispatch.” MORE FORCE THREATENED. The Constantinople correspondent of the Standard under date of Wednesday telegraphs to his paper: The Armenlan patriarch was yesterday invited to attend the porte, but he dectined because his followers were not allowed to accompany him. He remained at the patriarchate, with several hundred arm Armenians. The authorities have summone him to surrender, giving them until 3 o'clo in the afternoon, when the building will be stormed. police, however, do not appear to have ar- rested or interfered with. Great consternation prevails at the palace and the sultan has not been in bed since Monda It is felt that a crisis has ar- rived, and there is much anxiety lest other revolitionary factions shall join with the Armenians, Since the Greek revolution, Constantinople has not fallen into such ter- ror as Is now reigning. Telegraphing at a later hour, the corre- spondent says: The police have not yet at- tempted to claar the patriarchate, and it is hoped that they will not resort to force, as a most fearful massacre would inevitably re- the powers Intervene, They are convinced that their lives will be taken. The metro- politan_archbishop of Erzeroum has tel graphed to the British premier, Lord Salls- bury, to that effect. MRS. GLADSTONE'S WORDS, LONDON, Oct. 8.—Mrs. William E. Glad- stone, in opening a bazar at Chester in ald of the Armenian fund yesterday, said: ‘No words of mine are necessary to commend to you the frightful need of help; thank God you are fully aware of the details, and T plead to you in behalf of the poor Armenians to help allay sufferings. We cannot, as my husband says, dictate to the government as to the time, but the whole country walts with the greatest anxiety the arrival at some cf- fectual agreement which is properly guar- anteed.” The Dailly News says of Mrs. Gladstone's plea: “That the feeling of the country to- ward the Armenians is still unchanged is shown by the generous resolutions of the congregational council yesterday and the re- newed demands for redress expressed by In reviewing the Incldents of the past two | policy its officers have mapped out. Th2 days it appears that the police have gener- | State department, howevyer, 18 silent. ally not been supplied with ball cartridges |~ The officers ~of the Manoa com- and have been mnstructed only to use the |pany are loath to admit that a flat of their swords and the butts of their |desire to embroil the United States I Most of the violence to the ~Ar-|in the internatlonal dispute prompted menfans has been committed by students | the Venezuelan government's concession. and the low classes of Moslems whom the | President Bowman, in an interview, denjed sult. The Armenians are huddled together | dispute with Venezuela to a board of inter- in the church with barely standing room. | national arbitrators. The adoption of the They have to depend for food upon such | Livingston resolution by th last congre scraps as are brought to them. has evoked no response. The decree lisued It is estimated at the patriarchate that ::lt’m'lyI:fl'l“)'v(r';;'f\mi:sv by the British govern- over 200 Armenians have been killed. s as fc s g A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from COLONTAL OF . DOWNING aglustantinople, dated Thursday, s: I | STREET, Oct. 21, —Whereas, ~Tho recelved intelligence from Erzeroum, Khnouss [ boundary line between her majesty’s colonies TS of ‘Armenia today that | Of British Guiana and the republic of Vene further disturbances may b expected unless [ Zueld Is in dispute between her majesiy’s measures are taken immediately to calm the !‘““,"‘”l‘!‘,?‘!“ and the government of Vene- people who are emigrating wherever they ‘““.h-m-l‘ Th Ik Kot YaaWloags ot can. 1 have the authority of the principal { ner ‘majesty's government that grants of Armenian, ecclesiastics for saying that d1s | land within the territory claimed by her ma- MAY QU—ARREL WITH ENGLAND | State Department is Now Standing on Tick- lish Ground. SOME HISTORY OF THE DIFFICULTY Americnn Syndicate Proposes to Take Immediate Possession of Territory in Venezueln Claimed by the British Government. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—The Venczuelan question is the new topic of interest at the national capital today. That the American syndicate holding an alleged concession from the Venezuelan government proposes to take possession In the immediate future Is a fact that seems to be generally conceded. The land claimed by the American syndicate I8 within the limits of the territory claimed by the British government. That the British government will protest against the action of the American syndicate seems equally certain. The one question uppermost today in Washington circles’ is *“What does the United States propose to do about it?” It is claimed that the American syndicate has received some Intimation, directly or in- directly, from the State department that has encouraged it to proceed along the lines of emphatically that the grant had been made with the idea that the United States could be brought into the controve He claimed that the grant had been made in 1883 to a zen of Venezuela and had been purchased th: company before the trouble arose ry. ENGLAND'S WELL KNOWN ATTITUDE. With regard to the position of the British government no uncertainty exists. As long ago as in 1886 an official statement of Eng- land’s position in Venezuela was sent out from Downing street. Since that decree England has not changed her ground. Within the past year she has refused to submit ber by with Great Britain over this terri jesty's government as part of the said colony have beon made or purported to have been mad: by or in the name of Venezuela, notice is herey given that no title to lands or to any right in or over or affecting any lands within the territory claimed by her majesty’s go ernment as forming part of a colony of Brit- ish CGuiana purporting to be derived from OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1895. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. e | HE TOOK A SHOT AT THE COLONEL. Lieutenant Pague of the Fifteenth Foot Almost n Murderer. CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—Colonel R. E. Crofton, commanding the Fifteenth Infantry at Fort Sheridan, narrowly escaped death, or at least a savere wound, at the hands of Lieutenant S. 8. Pague of company F, Fifteenth in fantry, this afternoon. The lieutenant fired three shots at the commander. One passed through the fold of his overcoat, just over the right groin, and the second and third pavssd close to the body. Pague a few mo- ments before had escaped from the hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for mental derangement, occasioned, it is said, by over indulgence in lquor. At the fort tonight it was stated that the lleutenant was not responsible for his act and that his meeting with Crofton was a chance one, The shooting occasioned great excitement at the fort, both because of the general good favor in'which Pague is held by his comrades, who regret exceedingly his mental trouble, and because it was the second time that an officer of the Fifteenth infantry, while suffering from dementia, has attacked Colonel Crofton, Lieutenant Pague gome time ago spent several weeks at a liquor establishment. On his return it.ap- peared that the treatment had been greatly beneficial to him. A few weeks ago, how- ever, his comrades and superior officers no- ticed that his actions were strange and nol those of a man mentally responsible. It was then concluded that the treatment had affected brain. During the visit of Gen- eral Merritt to the fort recently Pague's as- tion was 8o bad that he was ordered sent to the post hospital for treatment, This afternoon, while the attendants were busy in another part of the hospital, Lieuten- ant Pague escaped from his room. He went immediately to his home, in a distant part of the post grounds, and secured a revolver, walked out on the parade ground and fired the shots at Colonel Crofton. The shots brought several officers to the spot, and before he fired again he was seized and disarmed. According to the officers who took him in custody, he did not seem to have realized what he had done, and a few momenta after did not seem to remember that he fired any shots at all. Lieutenant Pague s about 40 years old. He graduated from West Point about 1870 and has seen active service in the west. He is considered an able officer. it GHTERS DEFEATED, FRE INDIAN Department Declares the Pine Ridge Rey 1 Rates for v es Stand, WASHENGTON, Oct. 3.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A party of sixty Rosebud Sioux In- Qians, who are now In Washington with But- falo Bill's “Wild West” show, epent several hours at the Indian office this morning. Sev- eral matters were considered by Acting Com- missioner Smith, the most important of which was the question of freight rates be- tween Rushville and Pine Riige and Rosebud agencies in South Dakota. In presenting their case the Indians urgad that a reduction of rates ome-half by the agent was unfair. They requested that the action of the agent be rescinded, but were informed that the course pursued was in accordance with in- struction from the Indian office, and that as long as white men were willing to do haul- ing for one-half what has been paid Indians the department will not reeail fts action. Officials of the Indian office believo that the Tndians will agree to the proposition and us through the government of Venczuela, or any officer or person authorized by that gov- ernment will be admitted or recognized by her majesty or by the government of British Guiana, and that any person taking posses- slon of or exercising any right over any such lands under color of any such title or pre- tended title will be liable to be treated as trespasser under the laws of said colony QUESTION NOT A NEW ONE. This is the decree that faces the Manoca concession, the holders of which, it 1s report- ed, were to meet at New York to endeavor to commit this government to a support of its claims. Contrary to popular belief, the issue which they propose to raise is by no means new, as is fully disclosed by the correspond- enca had in past years on this subject by the State department with Great Britain'and Mrs. Gladstone in her husband's name.” SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3.—The steamer Cella has arrived from Salvadorean ports. Captain Johneon reports that the little re- publie, the cortroi of which Is o ardently desired by is In a state of feverish unrest. been thick Rumors at all the ports at which the Celia stopped of the coming of Bzeta to capture Salvador. been arrested on Monday and it has caused great indignation, Regarding the death of the Turkish ma- jor, Servet Bey, witnesses of the affair as- gert that the Armenians did not use revolvers until he had ordered the police to fire upon them. When Servet Bey fell, there was a frightful tumult and the police charged the crowd with revolvers and swords. Ac- cording to a police report only twenty per- sony were killed and eighty wounded during the rioting on Monday, but more reliable re- ports place the number of killed at probably over 200, News has been received here from Damas- cus that the French consul at that place had been attacked by a mob, grossly insulted, and pelted with mud. The French embassy has complained to the Porte and has demanded prompt redress for the outrage. HAVE FAITH IN KIA MIE. LONDON, Oct, 8.—The critical condition of affairs at Constantinople is the sensation of the day here, and all the dispatches from that cily are read with the greatest eager- ness. Many important messages are known to have been received at the British foreign ofico from Sir Phillp Currle, the British ambassador at Constantinople, ‘and the fecl- ing here is mot entirely favorable to the Armenians. The appointment of Kia Mie Pasha as grand vizier, recently announced, is regarded at the forelgn office as a hapy clreumstance at the present juncture of af- fairs. He has the reputation of being one of the most broadminded and enlightened statesmen of the Ottoman emplire, and he 35 looked upod as being the right man in the Tight place. It Is true that during his last term of office Kia Mie Pasha, by a certain faction at least, waw looked upon as cher- ishing undue auglophlle ideas, but the hope is expressed here that he will be able to succesfully grapple with the situation and suppress the disorders at Constantinople be- fore matters reach a stage which would call for the interference of the powers. In spite of the assurances to the contrary of the Armenian committee of thls city, the bellet prevalls in officia) circles here that the rioting at Constantinople was really a delib- erately planncd uprising, brought about by the Armenian agitators, who are desirous of forelng the hands of the powers in order to bring about direct Interference upon the part of Great Britaln, France and Russia in the administration of Armeuia The St. James Gazette polnts out this after- noon how the events which have just occurred at Constantinople were correctly foretold by the Assoclated press, which, in a dispatch pub- lished here on April 19, told how the patri- otle party of Armenia had been found fo menting a general revolt and that the lead- ors promised that the chief attack would be made In the city of Constantinople itself, and that the bulk of the fighting would be borne by the Armenlans resident therein. The As- sociated press added at the time that the leaders had even gone so far as to declire that the first attack would be on the palace of the sultan and that the relgn of Hamld uld come to & sudden end. Finally, it stated that there were men who be- dieved that in the overthrow of the sultan the Armenlans would be encouraged by the younger and more progressive generation of Constantinople Turks. HOPE FOR INTERVENTION Tho dispatch of the Associated press from its correspondent alsg sald: *“The purpose of the Armeniau piotters is not to bring Turkey 1o terms in a falr Oght, but to obtain a set- tlement of the quarrel by the intervention of the European powers. Before the revolution is three months old the powers, it is be- A warm reception awaits him. “They are up In arms there said Captaln Johnson, “At Acajuta, La Libertad and La Union the beach is full of soldiers and at the new ports there were thirty guards, all wait- ing for Bzeta. They told nie that the friends of Ezeta were suffering for his acts. No less than half a dozen very wealthy men were in the chain gang, but what charges were made against them I could not find out. Gutierrez, president of the republic, had an Interview with the president of Honduras and Nicaragua while T was in Salvador. The president and his generals, about twenty-five in number, came back overland to Eli Triumpo and 1 carried them to La Libertad. What the conference was about I don't know.” According to Captain Bustamente, Ezeta's alde was shot and there was no boiling oil poured on him. It is said that Ezeta has many friends in Salyador, but that they are afrald to open their mouths lest they be imprisoned. These men have firm faith in their leader's return. They think he can get the assistance of Diaz of Mexico and with this backing Barrlos of Guatemala will not dare oppose him, so that he will be able to march through Barrios' country and get into northern Salvador. PERU obj INCLIN TROUBLIE, tx to Chlll Ceding Territory to Holivia, NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—The Herald's cor- respondent fn Sucre, Bolivia, sends important information in regard to the provinces of Tacna and Arica. The Peruvian minister In Bolivia bas data, unofficially communi- cated, that Senor Plerola’s government, in view of Chili's reported intention to give the provinces of Tacna and Arica_to Bo- livia, proposes to demand from Chili an agreement to place those provinces in the hands of a friendly foreign power, which shall act as a protectorate until the result of the plebescite is known. Peru intends also to urge that the votes cast must be those of Peruvians or the hold- ers of franchises, or residents in the proy- incew for the last two years. This, it Is said, Is to prevent stuffed ballot boxes, it having been repocted that many frauduient voters were to be imported through the in- stigation of Chilian officials. Should Chill not agree to this proposal, the Informant as- serts, Peru will refuse to accede rights in the provinces. The Peruvian government, it is maid, only awaits the publication of the acceptance of the Chllian_ treaty by Bolivia before making its demand through the Pe- ruylan minister In_Santiago. Peru considers that the purpose of Chill in glving away what does not yet belong to her an inexcusable violation of the treaty batween the two countries. Two-thirds of thé citizens of Arica and Tacna are Peruvi- an Marlposn Wreek Holds Togeihor, ST. JOHNS, N. F., Oct. 8.—The latest re- port from the Mariposa wreck shoys her to bo still holding together. The weather Is calm and the salvors are busy taking out the cargo. Indignation is increasing here over the charges of piracy made against New Foundland fishermen in connection with the wreck. The government will probably take prompt steps to secure a retraction of the talsehood Heavy Snows In Scotland. lleved, will be compelled to interfere, for the cruelty, atrocity, the outrages, the blood- lust and buichery of the struggle will be B0 horsible that Christian humanity will EDINBURGH, Oct. 3.—There was a heavy snowftall yesterday evening about Loch Ran- noch, accompanied by & heavy gale of wind. | There are seven inches of snow ob Ben Nevi Venezuela, and the decree above quoted was expressly drawn to fit the case of the Manoa RE N OF ERROR T SALVADORE, company Ssat. In September, 1583, Venezucla granted to BEtats S E LIS dn _the Chain|c ¢, Fitzgerald in behalf of the Manoa com- Gang for Unknown Crimex. pany the exclusive right to colonize such national lands as were included within a tract which on the side of the Orinoco river ex- tended as far as the boundary of British Gui- ana as defined by the Venezuelans, The p pose of the concession was to develop agricul- ture, cattle breeding, mining. Within a fe months and before the company had actuall ntered upon the possession of its conc: sion, British offieials notified Mr. Fitzgerald that’ the colonial government exercised au- thority and jurisdiction over the territory including this concession, and that any per- sons disregarding or acting in contravention of the laws of British Guiana, and within these lmits would be llable to prosecution. Ono month later, hearing that the Manoa company proposed to set up a saw mill at the mouth of the Barima river, a British commissioner served formal notice in two letters that no such thing was to be permit- ted, and two months later than this the British legation at Caracas addressed the Venezuelan government directly on the ques- tion, requesting it to take steps to prevent the Manoa company from asserting claims or interfering with British territory and threat- ening to Instruct the British government to employ police to prevent it. This was supplemented by a suggestion that in view of the pendency of the boundary dispute it was fmportant that such incidents caleu- lated to cause grave inconvenience should be prevented. This last action was taken fn 1885, and apparently prevented the exercise by the American concessionaires of any as sertion of their claim from that day to the present time, although the facts were fully known to the State department. DENIALS FROM THE COMPANY. NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—A meeting is in progress at the Astor house between repre- sentatives of the Manoa Limited and the Orinoco company. The meeting is for the pur- pose of electing officers for the Orinoco com- pany, which has been recently incorporated in the state of Washington, and also for the trapsfer of a lease or deed of the property of the Manoa company in Venezuela, President J. A. Bowman of the Manoa com- pany when seen today by a reporter of the Assoclated press said: “In 1883 the Ven- ezuelan government ceded about 14,000,000 acres of land in Venezuela to one of its cit- izens, Mr. C. C. Fitzgerald, C. M. E. “In 1884 Mr. Fitzgerald sold this property to the Manoa company, of which I was the first president, and I hold the same position now. The country is rich is asphaltum, iron, timber, rubber and gold. Two or three years after the concession the British government made a claim for a big strip of the seaboard of that property, to which I claim it has or had no right whatever. “Last June this concession was reafirmed by President Crespo and his cabinet so far as to relieve the title from a cloud which seemed to stand over it, owing to some legislative blunder. This cloud having been removed glves us a clear fleld for our work, and we expect to make final arrangements with the Orinoco company, so that its representatives can go ahead with active operations in all the industries down there. Our meeting today has absolutely no International significance, Our dealings so far as the property is <con- cerned are directly with the Venezuelan gov- ernment. If Great Britaln has a claim on | that government It 15 not for us to luterfere and embroll the Amerlcan government in fu- ternational hostilities, which some papers are trying to make out, There is no truth in it whatever,” BAYARD GOES VISITING. LONDON, Oct. 3.—Inquiries made at the United States embassy here today show that no instructions have been received there from Secretary Olney to notify the British government that unless the Venezuelan ques- tion is submitted to arbitration within ninety days the United States government will en- force the Monroe doctrine. No such instructions as these outlined have been recelved, and nothing whatever is being done through the United States em- bassy here in rd to Venezuels. The United States a ssador, Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, and the secretary of the United States embassy, Mr. James R. Roosevelt, are At present visiting in Scotland. accept work when they find that white men will work for half prieé and the% the govern- ment will stand firm In its declsion. The usual rate for hauling freight (o agencles is 1 cent per hundred pouads _but Sloux Indians have been reeqlyiite ¥ twice that amount from Rushvii%d] S e WEST MAKES KIS FINAL ¥ Anticipates Utnh Will De & State Be- fore Another Year. WASHINGTON, Oct. Governor Caleb W. West of Utah has submitted his last an- nual report to the secretary of the interior. Before another report can be made the ter- ritory will become a state. The,report 18 de- voted almost wholly to statistics, showing the resources and conditions of the territory. The population Is, according to the census of 1895, 247,324; property valuation, $97,042,- 51, Referring to the prospective admissjon and enclosing a copy of the constitutiom.that has been framed, the governor says that it a source of satisfaction that after much strife, beginning in 1886, Utah is about to enter the union as a great and prosperous state, with a homogeneous, thriving, con- tented, peaceful and happy people. The gov- BLAZING PILE OF RUINS Immense Warren Manufacturers of Rhode Island Wiped Out by Fire, MORE THAN A MILLION DESTROYED Three Big Mills Swept Away in Spite of the Combined of Many Departm Fire Fighters, WARREN, R. I, Oct. 3.—One of the larg- est fires that has ever occurred in south- eastern New England broke out in one of the mills of the Warren Manufacturing company, situated about an eighth of a mile from the center of this town, just after midnight, and before it was gotten under control had swept through three large cotton mills, two ware- houses, small sheds, freight cars and other property, causing a loss which is estimated at more than $1,000,000. The fire started in the wash room near the engine room of No. 1 mill, and spread with great rapidity through the luilding. Within an hour after the blaze was disco ered the flames were roaring through all three mills. The magnitude of the fire at onca became apparent to the local depart- | ment and help was immediately summoned from Bristol, Fall River and Providence. An engine from Bristol, one from Fall River, and two steamers, two hose carts amd three com- panfes from Providence responded, arriving on speclal trains. The sceno when these out-of-town com- panfes arrived was appalling. The whole of the southern part of the little town seemed to be a mass of roaring flames, threatening not only the tenement houses of the manu- facturing company near by, but endangering the business part of the town some dis- tance off. Almost immediately after the additional force had set to work the water supply began to give out, and the combined departments consequently worked under a heavy disad- vantage, and although the automatic sprink- lers were turned on in all three mills and six inches of water stood upon all of the floors, very little progress was made. A car- load of tar and another of cotton standing on a track near the mill yard, becoming ignited, furnished admirable food for the fire in its sweep through the great plant. The heat was insufferable, and soon it was impossible to get within 800 feet of the build- ings. At 10 o'clock the flames were threaten- ing two warehouses containing $100,000 worth of sea island cotton and completed sheetings. TOOK A NEW START. AL 10:30 the fire caught anew and soon be- came a roaring farnace. A few minutes later the flames jumped from these bulldings to the adjoinipg lumbr yard of R. A. Martin, and his getire stock of coal, wood and dressed lumber were food for the fire. Shortly be- fore 11 o'clock the walls of two of the mills fell in and the dwelling houses occupied by the operatives also caught fire, so that it seemed tg be spreading in two directions. By the most persistent and arduous efforts, however, the firemen gained control of. the conflagration at mlidnight, but all that was left Of the big factories, warehouses and tene- ments was a blazing pile of ruins. The entiro contents of the plants were destroyed, with the' exception of fifty bales of cotton from the_warehouses, which, after taking Jured by fiying bricks, but none were seri- ously hurt. Providence firemen were caught. They es< caped by crawling down the water pipe and then Jumping a distance of seventeen feet. Two were slightly injured. The losses are estimated as follows: oo BEXTENT OF THB LOSS. Warehouses and factories, $800,000; mate- rial, $300,000; lumber yards, $15,000; tene- ments, $10,000; total, $1,125,000. The local fire service was ridiculously in- adequate. The Warren Manufacturing company is one of the largest cotton manufacturing corpora- tions tn the country. John Waterman of Warrew {s the principal owner and Warren and Pro; ma pecple are the heaviest stock- Tiold three mills destroyed were each 700 feet long, five stories in height and con- tained in all 87,000 spindles. Sixteen hundred crnor says that he expects that the constitu- tion will b2 adopted and that favorable action will be taken by the president. As the people will elect their own representation in_eon- gress soon he refrains from making any re- commendations as to legislation, saying that uch officials will be in a position. to do what is best for the state. 3 e Increase in the Gold Ontpat. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—The Treasury de- partment received information that the gold production of Siberia for the curremt year will largely excecd that of Jast ygar. In- formation ‘has also been recelved ‘to the effect that the gold production of th Af- rica during August was the lnrgesvig: any single month in its history, Mr. ston; the director of the mint, |5 of the .opinion, based on unofficial data, that the gold pro- duction during 1895 wiil show an Increase over last year of from $5,000,000 to $7,000,- 000. Colorado, he thinks, wiil show ‘anm in- crease of from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000. Ari- zona, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah and Alaska are also expected to show slight in- creases, with Montana and Idaho about the same as last year. s Convention Ignored Mayor Swift. CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—Those who had pre- dicted that the republican convention today operatives, comprising nearly all the work- ing force of_the town, were employed. Thus the prin 1" means of support in the town is taken Jay, but as Warren is Waterman's home ft expgeted that ho will rebuild the plant. Bfe insurance of the whole company’s property ounts to $960,000, divided as fol- lows: the three mills, $850,000; on the raw cottdh and completed sheetings, in ware- houses, $00,000, and om _dwellings occupled by operagjves, $10,000. As this insurance is al company of ‘all mill owners in d, the middle and central states d upon to pay a proportionate share of #ffe loss, which will amount to $500,- 000, $3,009 on each shareholder. ‘When the roof of the warehouses fell {nurfle road: MUDDLED DAILY. scept Northern Pa- Restgnatio SEATTLE, Wash: ~As C. W. Bun for Oakes, Payne and Rouse, the deposed North- ern Pacific recelvers, was aboul to step on his train eastward bound he was confronted by a deputy United States marshal, who sur- prised him with a citation directed to the receivers. It cites them to appear in court here at 10 a. m., October 31, to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt in having disobeyed the order to appear be- fore Judge Hanford yesterday and give an accounting of their stewardship. The im- pression prevalent s that the Jenkins re- celvers have allowed themselves to be placed in a serious predicament. The experience of the commonweal armv before Judge Hanford is yet too fresh to have passed from the public mind, and many people are Inclined to draw a parallel between the two cases. The com- monwealers, who insisted on riding on a train without paying their fare and were cap- tured after a severe fight with deputy ma shals, were given sentences ranging from thirty days in the county jail to ninety days in the United States prison at McNeal island. Judge Hanford is known to be no respecter of persons, and there would be little surprise it he should severely lecture the receivers and then imprison them. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 8.—Judge Gilbes day confirmed the appointment of A. leigh as receiver of the Northern railroad, so far as the company’s properi in Oregon is concerned. Mr. Burleigh fur- nished a $1,000,000 bond, with J. O. Simmons and C. 0. Dolph as sureties. NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—Judge Lacombe of the southern district of New York today refused to confirm the apointment of the new recelvers for the Northern Pacific Railr company of to accept the resignations of the old receivers, Messrs, Oakes, Payne and Rouse. The application for the removal of the old recelvers was made by Herbert B. Turner, representing the Farmers Loan and Trust company, and C. C. Leeman, who appeared for the general resrganization committee, Gen- erals Burnett and Bristow and Henry St ton, caunsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad company, opposed the application the ground that the old celvers had mot reporte counted to the court, as or Jenkins to do monthly. Pacific asked for a postponement of the case, owing to the absence of Brayton Ives, pr dent, and Gencral Silas Pettit, counsel for the company. The confirmation of the appointment of Mr. Bigelow was also opposed, on the ground that he was an intimate friend of Mr. Payne and his bondsmen, a statement which Mr. Turner denied. Judge Lacombe declded as follows: “The court does not see its way clear to accept the resignations of the receivers upon the papers now before the court. The case is too grave to be disposed of hastily. The appointment of other receivers would only tend to increase, rather than diminish, the present difficultics. If there should be an irreconcilable divergence between the judges in the west, it would then be proper for this court to act. Any action that might tend to delay the coming together of the judicial minds of the west would be prej- udicfal to the interests of the company. I have such confidence in my brethren that I cannot believe they will continue to disagree. T therefore postpone further hearing to the next meeting day, October 11, but in the meantime will be accessible should excep- tional circumstances require earlier action.’ MILWAUKEE, Oct. 9.—Receiver Bigelow of the Northern Pacific road has returned from St. Paul. He been in consultation ry for the past few to- Bur- Pacific The Northern filing §500,000 bonds. He sald in regard to the appointment of Mr. Burleigh by Judge Hanford and the operations of that part of T don't wish to say anything more than that I have no doubt that the road will operated as If under one receivership.” Hoy is was to be done, whether by traffic ar- rangément or mutual agreement, Mr. Bige- low dld not care to say. That was a ques- tlon, he stated, which was beyond him, and a matter for the court to decide, PROJECTED RAILWAY d to Be Ready i1d from Hastings to Denver. DENVER, Oct. 3.—The latest rumor in rallway circles declares than an agreement has been reached between the Missourl Pa. cific, Wabash and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul roads by which the central branch of the Missourl Pactiic will be extended to Den- ver from Stockton, or Lenora, Kan, next year. If tha project is carried out the line will be the shortest route to the Missouri river, and the Wabash and the Mil- waukee will send business directly through to_Denver from the east. The situation has been somewhat com- plicated by the receipt of a telegram this morning from J. A. Hanna, who is now in New York City, saying that he has positive information that a company in that city will build a railroad from Denver to Hastings, Neb., at once. Bids for construction have been’asked for. The officers of the company are C. S. Brice, president; Robert B. Les, vice president and manager; A. S. Conger, EXTENSION, It was a singular fact that Presldent B. A. Swift “of the corporation was burled this afternoon. iest Wagner Ready to Compromise, ST, JJOSEPH, Oct. 3.—Father Dominick Wagne?, the priest who Is-‘in jail here chatged with abducting Maud ‘Steldel, the 15year-old girl who was spirited away to Clieago by a relative of the priest, has not only offered to marry the girl if the charge dgainst him be withdrawn, but has agreed to fransfer to her all his property, which is said to amount to about $7,000. The relatives secretary; W. A. Reed, treasurer. It is believed that the two projects referred to will simmer down to one when all the facts are known. The Missourl Pacific has two lines ~ extending through morthern Kansas, one terminating at Stockton, In Rooks county, and the other at Lenora, in Norton county. In addition to these lines the Mis- sourl Pacific operates another line to Hast- ings, Neb. It Is believed here that the extension most likely to be made is from Hastings. This lina ‘was constructed to Hastings from Su- perior in 1887, At present it has its terminus at Prosser, a small station northwest of of the Steidel girl insist that the property would resuit in siot and bloodskied because of the strife between the city and county factions were very much digeppointed. The county men were in full control, and Mayer Swift's forces were wholly ignored, not gnly on the committee, but also in the nomina- tlons which were made. Being all one-sided there was no cause for war, and none oc- curred. Tomorrow the democcats will hold thelr county primaries. - Al HU R Burned a Boy at the Stake. EAST LIVERPOOL, 0., Oct. 8. —Ths_6- year-old son of Andrew Vandyn Was burped at the stake yesterday by five companions and 5o badly injured that he cannot recover. Some men happened to see the performafice and ran to the boy's rescue, hut his clothes had taken fire and he was badly blirced, dnd the physiclans say it s impessihle for him to live. A wild west show exhibited hers about a month ago, and sinea that time the boys of the town Imve been playing Indlan: e — Armes Must Stand Trinl. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—It has been defl- nitely decided by the War department to ap- point & court martial to try Gaptain Armes for his conduct toward Gemeeal Schefield. Charges and specifications en sileh the trial will be based have been prepeved by Gen- eral Licber, the Judge advocate general of the army. Charge one is that of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discl- piine. Charge two s that of “‘gapduct unbe- coming an officer and g-nflaz: e Missourl Bank Goes to the HARRISONVILLE, Mo., Oct, 8 ers and Merchants bank of Cre Mo., has made an assignment for the it of its creditors, The statement flled shoWs assets to the amount of §124,000 Nabilitics amounting to $60,000, mostly papers. The officers of the that the suspension is only that the depositors will be p cashier of the bank, D. B, nated as assiguee. X 1. rm- Mahone Does Not I WASHINGTON, Oct, 3.1 no change in ex-Senator Mahl up to midnight. The atte; have falled to notice any hold out no hope. shall be trgnsferred before any marriage ceremony 18 performed e Kansas Law Held Good. TOPEKA, Oct. 3.—The supreme court today handed down an upanimous declsion holding that the judiclal apportionment bill passed by the last legislature abolishing four judicial districts is constitutional. G. P. Afkman brought suit to compel the secretary of state to file his nomination papers a candidate in the old. Twenty-eighth district, which was abolished. Afkman argued that the bill was uaconstitutional because he said it legislated the present judges out of office. Hearne Will Ask for a Change, HANNIBAL, Mo., Oct. 3.—The attorneys for Dr. Hearne and wife, charged with the murder of Amos J. Stillwell, Mrs. Hearne's. first husband, served notice on Prosecuting Attorney H. Clay Heather today of thelr mtention, on October 9, of making an ap- plication for a change of venue. If the ap- plication is granted the celebrated murder case will be tried at Bowling Green, Mo, Was n Case of Sulcide, CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 3.—The autopsy of Elliott F. Rogers, the instructor at Har- vard, who was found dead in a laboratory at Harvard last night, shows it was a case of sulcide, Medical Examiner Darrel having found a large quantity of cyanide of potas- slum in the stomach. et Rich Golad Strike at Hill City, HILL CITY, 8. D., Oct. 3.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A rich strike of gold ore was made last night in the Hazel fraction lode, joining the Golden Slipper mine, Palmer Guich dis- triet. The ore l“llemblau the Holy Terror and-is fally as rich. i ———— . Riots Over Civil Marriages. BUDA PESTH, Oct. 3.—The passage of he efvil marriage act has led to disturbances Bfrezténa. The reglstrars were ejected by b ‘and their books were torn up. A “who incited the populace to violence o rested. B e ostmasters Appoluted, , Oet, 3.—(Speclal Tele- A postoffice has been established at Black Hawk county, Ia., with William a ’Dotmuur. Hastings. PROM ENT RA Disappenrs Very Mysterlously While Enroute to Montreal, CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—A special from Mon- treal, Que.,, says: Detectives and Central Vermont raflway employes have been dili- gently searching for the last few days for James Russell of Galesburg, Ill., late me- chanical superintendent of the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy rallway. Mr. Russel was lost Monday between Bos- ton and Montreal, or rather between St. Johns, Que., and the latter place, which are only about twenty miles distant. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter. At White River Junction he went into the smok- ing car, leaving his ticket with his wife. At St. Johns the conductor told her he was still there. When the train arrived in Montreal ho was missing. Mrs. Russell and her daugh- ter aro nearly frantle. Telegrams were at once dispatched to all the stations along the line, but all day Tues- day and the greater part of yesterday were spent In fruitless endeavors to locate the missing man, Mr. Russell is 50 years of age, with dark hair ‘and moustache, slightly tinged with gray. He had no money in his possession, but wore a valuable watch and chaln, ROAD MAN LOST. ROADS FAILED TO GET TOGETHER. Can Do Nothing Toward Restoring Rates Without the “Katy.” CHICAGO, Oct. 8.—Utter failure attended the efforts of the executlve officers of the western roads to secure an agreement for the restoration and maintenance of freight rates. The meeting was unable to agree to anything. There was only a partlal rep- resentation of the roads present, and It was deemed inexpedient to do anything until a full attendance could be secured. One of the absentees was the Missourl, Kansas & Texas road, and the Missourl Pacific stated explicitly that it would not be a party to any agreement to which that road was not alio & party. Under these oclrcumstances nothing remained for the meeting but to ad- Journ, It did so with the understanding that Chairman Midgely should use his utmost en- deavors to bring about a general understand- ing among the roads and learn from them when it would be ceavenlent for them all to | attend, ENDORSE THE REFORM MOVE Democrats Decide to Forget Party in the County Campaign, RESPOND TO CALLFORBETTER GOVERNMENT Senti t Bxpressed at the Primaries Yesterdny Overwhelmingly in Favor of Nonpartisan Bffort to Bleet Competent Oftictals, The: democratic primaries to select dele- gates to the county convention, which will be held tomorrow atternoon, were held in the wards and precinets of the county yesterday, afternoon. The before the voters at the prie maries was whether the candidates and purs poses of the Citizens' league should be ens dorsed, aud as a result a large wan brought out In every ward where there was a contest. While there was a good deal of talk on the streets there was an absence of any bitterness, and the contests at the polls, while lively enough, were marked by issue vote friendliness. In every instance where there was a contest the candidates who were in favor of endorsing the Citizens' movement were easy victors, with the exception of the Third ward, and there the Citlzens (upportcre captured seven of the eleven delegates to the convention. Of course there was opposition to the moves ment in favor of good government on a none partisan basis. Pete Birkhauser, Dan Angell, wurchill Parker, Jim Winspear and other A. P. As talked and worked for a straight democratie ticket, Republican A. P. A's aided and abetted their efforts wherever it was possible, the entire plan being to divide the democrats if possible and get a straight democratic ticket in the field for the purpose of helping out the deryish candidates named by the so-c publican convention last week: With the delegates elected to support a straight democratic movement in the con= vention Jeff Bedford and Frank Johnson are candidates for the nomination for. the clerk of district court and are about on a level in the contest, and in none of the delegations is there any marked opposition to any of the candidates named by the Citizons' league, First ward del are: George 1. Ber= trand, Andrew John Brandt, Bd J. Dee, Frank Fixa, Peter McCann, Charles Kauffman, John Sheena John Lang, Jacob Bauer, John Powers. These delogates favor union with the Citizens' movement In the Second ward the ticket favorable to a coalition with the Citizens' movement was successful. The delegates are George J. Holmes, Frank Jelen, Adam Sloup, John Au- drit, Ted Wirth, Frank IHynck, James D. Murphy. Jacob Burkhard, Frank Kelly, An- n Sadil, Peter Loux. 'Sloup received 330 votes and Sadil 255. The delegation favors the Citizens' movement. There was a lively but friendly fight in the Third ward with two tickets in the fleld, one pledged to the support of a straight dem= ocratic county ticket and the other ticket unpledged, but acknowledged as favorable to the Citizens' league candidate Tho “straights” captured four members of the delegation and the unpledged the other seven. The delegates elected are Pat Horrigan, Aus drew McAndrews, Henry Osthofl, . Willlam Shields, E. Gall, R, Mullen, B. F} tricie Ford, Dick Burdish, Gus Carey ‘Roth- ery. . Tourth ward felegates elected test are: P. H. Carey, Laurance Way, Joseph Gillen, P. C. Heafey, W. H. Ijfmied. J. Mahoney, J. A. McShane, Jerry _Mulvihill, J. B. Sheean, W. S. Shoemaker anfl Lee W. oon-~ Spratiin, They are Citizens' league. In the Fifth ward only one tick; . pre= sonted and there s no. conjsRREe:. There were only fifty-one votes .east, and all supported the ticket composed of Wiliam 1. J. Dunn, C. H. Hawkswortl,-Harry Hayward, W. 0. Lester, Fred B, Lowe, Wii- liam McKenna, R. B. Montague T. F. O'Brien, P. B. 0'Donnell and James Leagy. The delegation is sald to be In favoer of the Citizens' movement and will support the Citi~ zens' ticket, with the exception of 0N office, that of the' clerk of the disirict eoust. As nominee for this the delegation will gupport Frank Johnson, although it is not pledged for him. > Democratie politica were quiet in the Sixth ward yesterday, as only the caucus ticket wag the fleld. Seventy-two votes were caste he delegates are pledged to favor a demas rat for the officz of clerk of the districk court. For the other offices they favor up= port of the Citizens' league ticket. ~ For clerl of the district court Jeff Bedford will bava the support of four delegates, Frank Jm; son of four, and Harry Miller of thrae, ~The delegates elected are: Fred Barker, Wi H. Chadwick, J. H. Connor, L. R. Cottrell, W S. Felker, Dan B. Honin, J. E. Reagan, George Schroeder, Joseph Sherry, Willlam Sievers and 8. 8. Watt. R Seventh ward—A. 8. Ackerman, Georgs Byers, M. Hogan, W. K. Jacobs, J. F. 2 mer, . L. Magnus, M. Murphy, Joe Now William Ronan, James Schnefderwind, A Smith. The delegates are unpledged and aret divided on the questfon of nominating &* . straight party ticket or endorsing the nomi's, nees of the Citizens' league. § The Efghth ward registered a big majority 4 for the caucus ticket, which ia for endorsing the Citizens' ticket. There were 286 votes cast, and the majority in favor of fusion was nearly two to one. Thig was a surprise to the opposition, ag it made a hard fight all the afternoon to beat the caucus nominees. The delegates elected are: Thomas J. Coates, J, A. Counor, J. P. Connglly, Jamés Donnelly, jr., J. H. Davis, James Norton, D. J. 0'Cal han, John McGorry, John McGreal, J, Schmidt, A. C. Wakeley. In the Niath ward was seen one of closest contests of the day. The result in doubt until the votes were counted, nelf side daring to venture a positive clal victory. The count developed that the fus ticket won by a close majority, its lowest d didate only recelving three more votes U the highest of the opposition, There 176 votes cast. The winning delegates al W. N, Babcock, John 8. Brady, Augusf Cooper, Arthur E. English, W. A. L. Gibbd C. S. Montgomery, T. J. Mahoney, C. Smythe, Charles L. Smith, Jacob Willlam Leigh M. Woodward. At the democratic primaries fn Sou Omaha the following delegates to the coun convention were selected: First Ward—W. B. Cheek, J. H. Fleming, George Parks. Second Ward—James B. Brady, Fra Crawford, F. J. Franek, John McNulty, ¢ Third Ward—John Fanning, Martin Haj nigan, John Jackman, Willlam Martin ourth Ward—Edward Doyle, Joe Duff Dennis McLain, James Murphy. There was no contest in the First ang Third wards, but in the Second and Fourtf wards two tickets ware in the field. Votin was slow all the afternoon, but braced up towards evening. At 4 o'clock yesterda: afternoon none of the wards except the Sec ond had over forty votes on record. Chicago Precinct—Dclegates chosen a favorable to Oftizens' league and are: Petel Hofeldt, B. B. Baldwin, Herman Korner, Henry Bull, Dan Cannon The democratic primary election at Valle last evening was well attended. H. G. Bur presided and George Soltenberg acted as sec: retary. The following delegates to the count convention were chosen: H. B. Burke, W B. Weekly, George Soltenberg, Willlam' D Bols and B. Everway. Oliver Cowing and George Soltenberg were nominated for jus tices of the peace; W. E. Weekly, assessor, L. O. Talcott and H. . Burke, constable For road supervisor, Charles Miller wa chosen for the First district, John Vies for thy Second district and J. E. Burke for the Third alstrict, b POPULISTS ALSO E. H. Doud FALL INTO LIN Declare for Good Government in Coi a f Clty Afa The populist primaries for the selection g delegates to the city convention October were held from 7 to 9 o'clgck last_evenin | (Continued on Second Page) |