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VOLUME LXXVIIL—-NO. 178. SAN FRANCISCO MOI\DAY MORNIN NOVEMBER 25, 1895 PRICE FIVE CENTS. TURKEY WANTS TIME, Reform Machinery to Be| Put Into Operation { at Once. REQUEST FOR LENIENCY. Declares It Will Take Several Months to Restore Peace. QUIET AT CONSTANTINOPLE. The Threatening Crisis in the Orient Believed to Have Been Safely Passed. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov. 24.— The Czar yesterday gave a cordial audience o the Ttalinn Embassador. In the course of the conversation his Majesty said it was necessary to accord Turkey time to put into effect the reforms the Sultan has | promised. LONDON, Exc., Nov. 24.—The repre- sentative of The United Press in Constan- tinople, telegraphing under date of yester- day, says that advices from Morsovan bearing date of November 22 show that the American college at that place is now carefully protected by the authorities, a condition of affairs that is no doubt due to the energetic representations that have been made to the Porte by the Hon. A. W. Terrrell, the American Minister, who has been indefatigable in his attempts to se- cure the safety of American citizens and their property wherever located in Turkish dominion. The representative of The United Press adds that he has received advices from Erzeroum, dated November 16, wuich show that the promise made bv the authorities to return to the Armenians as much as possible of the property they lost during the troubles there 1s of no value whatever, no attempts being made to keep it. The Governor says that the supply of bread | that is daily given to the 5000 persons who would otherwise starve must be stopped before long. Should this supply be cut off there would be many persons who would die from actual starvation, as they have no of procuring food for themselves. kis, the naturalized American, who was thrown into prison near Erzeroum some time ago, is still deprived of his lib- erty, but Simonjan has been released on the demand of Minister Terrell. A number of cutrages have been perpe- trated on the inhabitants of Sehilkani for giving testimony against the Governor, who has threatened to sow the site of the town with barley. The Governor, to whom Minister Ter- rell referred in his warning to the Porte that Turkey would be held responsible should a hair on the head of an American be harmed, has been removed from office. The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Constantinople saying that all the foreign Consuls at Erzeroum have signed a joint report disproving the Tarkish version of the massacre there. ROME, Irary, Nov. 24—Embassador Pansa has telegraphed from Constanti- nople the substance of an interview he re- cently had with Hilil Rifaat Pasha, the Grand Vizier, who said that the Porte would require at least three months to sup- press the ‘Armenian uprising at Zeitoun and to set the reform machinery working. The Grand Vizier requested Italy and the other powers to co-operate to restrain the Balkan States from an ill-timed anti-Turk- ish agitation. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 25.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Vienna says: A high political personage said yes- terday that England is abandoning her former position in regard to the Armenian question. The British Government has seen that it has made false calculations in regard to the grouping of the powers, and Sir Philip Currie has received new instruc- tions in this sense. BERLIN, GeiMany, Nov. 24.—Reports received from Constantinople by diplo- mats here show that the situatian in the Turkish capital is quieter. It is hoped that further measures on the partiof the powers will not be needed. ATHENS, Gereece, Nov. 24.—The Turkish Minister here has received a dis- patch recalling him immediately to Con- stantinople. e TRANQUILLITY PREVAILS. The Porte Announces ZThat Quiet Has Been Restored. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 24.—The Turkish legation in this city has received from the Porte the following under date of to-day: “The Syrian Latin and Syrian Catholic Bishops of Ourfa, together with some lead- ing men of their communities, have wired to the Grand Vizier as follows: : In consequence of the events that took place at Ourfa the local authorities adopted wise asures, thanks to which peace was secured. . leading Mussulmans of our city and all our leighbors continue to entertain with us the most cordial relations. 3 The following is a copy of the telegram sent by the commander in chief of the Fourth Corps of the imperial arny. I transmitted immediately to the military nmanders your fresh instructions. Order already been completely restored in the six provinces. Prompt military measures hav- ing been taken for the repression of the dis- orders which occurred in the province of Sivas, I most firmly believe that within a short time peace will be restored in this province also. “The leading Armenians of Erzeroum paid a visit to Marshal Chakir Pasha and to the vali of Erzeroum and expressed to them their regrets for the disorders pro- voked by the Armenian revolutionists. They at the same time presented their thanks for the measures taken concerning the treatment of the wounded, the care of the destitute and the safeguard of churches and schoole. ‘“‘The Armenian rioters of Marash fired on the Mussulmans and set fire to many vpoints, but, thanks to the measures taken, order was restored and the fire was mas- | humanity. islands of the Archipelago, Erzeroum, Moussoul, Khudavendikiar, Adin, Treb- izond, Tripoli of Africa, Bitlis, Casta- monni, Koniah, Diarbekir, Bassorah, Mamouret-el-Aziz, Aleppo, Bagdad, -Syria and Beyroot and at the Sandjaks of Ismid, Zores Tchataldja. The authorities of Sivasand of Amassia have begun to return to the owners ali articles of which they were robbed. “The assertion to the effect that the fire at Karpoot had been set by the imperial troops is absolutely false. One Mussulman was wounded at Aintab by a gunshot fired from an Armenian house. —_— APPEAL FOR ARMENIANS. Americans Asked to Remember the Op- pressed Race on Thanksgiving Day. NEW YORK, N. Y., No menian Relief Association 1ssues the fol- lowing Thanksgiving dzy appeal: To the people of the ed States: The song of gratitude rises from this happy land for the continued prosperity and the thousands of blessings vouchsafed to our homes through the liberty God has given us to enjoy. The homes of Armenia are desolate, and the land is dreuched with blood; and they that re- main are not only in great terror, in daily ex- pectation of being slaughtered, but are facing sure destruction under the snows of winter now almost upon them. A querter of a million of souls are destitute and helpless through the fanatical fury of Mohammedan mobs ana the soldiers of the Sultan, whose constant thirst is for the blood of Christian men, women ana children. We ask the people of the United States to re- member Armenia out of the gratitude and compassion of their hearts on the glad day of their Thanksgiving, and to send such aid as they are able, which shall e thousands from death and also defend the cause of jusgice and All contributions may be sent to the treasurer of the Armenian Relief Assocta- tion. STRED WITH THE SHIP Captain Colley and a Portion of His Crew Lost on the Belle O'Brien. Survivors Picked Up on the Irish Coast Say the Vessel Undoubt. edly Foundered. LONDON, E~craxp, Nov. 24— The chief officer and five of the crew of the American ship Belle 0’Brien, Captain Col- ley, from San Francisco, June 19, for Queenstown, have landed in a small boat at Kerry Head, south of the entrance to the river Shannon, Ireland. They were in an exhausted condition when they reached the shore. The chief officer, after he had somewhat recovered, reported that he and the men with him left the ship on November 18. It was then 130 miles nosth-northwest of Kerry Head. Three other men embarked in the long boat, but were Jost sight of shortly after leaving the ship. Captain Colley. his wife, and four of the crew were left om boara the ship, which was taking water fast. Itis believed that the vessel has foundered. A dispatch to the Central News from Queenstown says that two boats containing nine persons from the Belle O’Brien are missing. Captan Colley and his wife and six of the ship’s crew remained on the sinking vessel, The violent northeast gale has caused the suspension of the Folkestone-Boulogne service. The mail steamer, which was unable to make Calais, returned to Dover. Other steamers from the Continent report fearful passages, and several casualties to fishing-boats and small boats of Lowestoft and elsewhere. The bodies of nine persons have been washed ashore near Finisterre, Fiance, and it is feared that a serious shipwreck has occurred somewhere in the British Chan- nel. —_——— POPE LEO IS AILING. Has Been Compelled to Take to His Bed Because of a Serious Attack of Rheumatism. ROME, Itary, Nov. 24.—The represen- tative in this city of The United Press learns that the Pope is suffering from an attack of rheumatism. His condition ex- cited no alarm. Dr. Lapponi, his body physician, is in attendance upon hi His secretaries were engaged in the Vati- can this morning as nsual. PARIS, Fraxce, Nov. 24.—A dispatch to the Journal aes Debats from Rome as- scribes the Pope’s illness to the sudden coldness of the weather. His Holiness is not confined to his bed. LONDON, Exc., Nov. 24.—A dispatch received by the Central News this evening from Rome says that the Pope’s condition is more serious than it was this morning and that sonte concern is expressed among the Vatican officials. ROME, Itary, Nov. 24.—The Pope at- tended mass to-day in his private chapel, but afterward, acting on the advice of Dr, Lapponi, he went to bed. e BODIES FOUND IN THE WILDS. Two California Miners Meet Death While Prospecting in the Sierra Madre Mountains. MAZATLAN, Mex., Nov. 24.—The bodies of five men, two of whom are recognized as being Americans, have been discovered northwest of here ina wild section of the Sierra Madre Mountains. The bodies are supposed to be those of members of a gold prospecting party, which left here several weeks ago. The two Americans were from Califor- nia, but they were not known. The others were Mexicans. It is supposed they lost their way in the mountains, and died from starvation and exposure. e WRECKED IN A TEMPEST. Many Vessels and Their Crews Lost on the Mediterranean. ROME, ITavry, Nov. 24.—A violent tem- pest prevailed over the Mediterranean to- day. The Italian brig Giuseppe was wrecked at Calvi, Corsica, and four of her crew were drowned. Many small vessels have been lost. A number of arownings are reported from different places along the coasts. e The Baron of Tablry Dead. LONDON, ExG., Nov. 24.—John Byrne Leicester Warren, third Baron de: Tabley, died to-day. He was born April 26, 1835, T Will Evacuate Licotung Peninsula. tered. Perfect tranquillity prevails at the Klruv.mc(-z of Kossovo, Scutari, Janina, Adrianople, Monastir, Salonica, Crete, the LONDON, Exc., Nov. 24.—The Japanese will evacwate the Liaotung Peninsula on November 30. DUMAS' DEATH NEAR. The Passing of the Noted Author a Question of Hours. FRIENDS ARE HOPELESS. Reports From the Chamber of the Sick Man Give No En- couragement, HIS CAREER AS A WRITER. Inherited Genius From the Creator of “The Three Guardsmen” and “Mdnte Cristo.” PARIS, Fraxce, Nov. 25.-It was ru- mored at midnight that Alexander Dumas, the distinguished author, was dead. The report proyed erroneous, but M. Dumas’ | condition is desperate, and death may re- | sult within a few hours, The most san- small family, where for the first time he experienced the novel sensation of being let alone. “‘Here,"” he says, ‘I began to grow just as a plant does when it 1s taken from the pot which cramps its roots, and reset in the free earth.” In telling his own story he says that later on, meeting one of his oid perse- cutorson the street, the latter held out his hand to the now tall, strong lad, *“with the generosity of 8 man who forgives the injury he has done.”” But Dumas refused the hand, remarking: - “My excellent friend, I am now taller than you by a head; if you ever speak to me again I will break your back.” At the time of the boy’s birth the elder Dumas was in the house of the Duke of Orleans, admired for nothing except his beautiful handwriting, and earning barely enough to support his mother and himself. On these lines he had no desire to support a son besides. But later on when his re- markable novels began to clear the way for a substantial income, he willingly recog- nized the boy. Mirecourt tells as an in- teresting anecdote of the circumstances. It seemed that Dumas chanced one day to surprise the boy absorbed in a book which the latter, finding his father was by, wished to conceal. It was the famous book known as “‘Emile.” “What the devil do you find so interest- ing in that?”” demanded Dutas. ““A great deal,” returned the lad with an unusual degree of assurance. “Ifind that Emile was very courageous.” “Indeed! do you think so?” “Why, ves; when a father refuses to give his name —’ ““What, then,” cried Dumas, as the young fellow hesitated. ALEXANDER DUMAS, THE YOUN HISSED BY IRISHMEN, Anger Aroused When the Name of Gladstone Is Mentioned. DENOUNCED BY FINERTY. British Statesmen Declared to Be Less Merciful Than the Turks. ERIN’S SONS READY FOR WAR. Proclaim a Willingness to Enlist Against England in Venezuela or Elsewhere. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 24.—A ratifi- cation meeting of the Irish National Alli- ance was held to-night in the Grand Opera-house to indorse the proceedings of the Irish National Alliance convention held in Chicago in September last, and the programme enunciated there. In addi- tion, the memory of the Manchester mar- tyrs was honored, it being the anniversary | of their death. GER, WHO IS REPORTED DYING AT PARIS. guine annonncements from the sick- chamber are that at best the invalid has but a few days more of hfe. His friends are without hope. Alexandre Dumas, the younger, son of the late M. Alexandre Davy Dumas, nov- elist and dramatic writer, was born in Paris, July 28, 1824, and received his edu- cation in the College Bour bon, where he distinguished himself. He was early in- troduced into the society of literary men, actors and actresses, and was conspicuous for his wit and precocity. At the age of 17 he composed a collection of poems, “Les Peches de Jeunesse,’ a work of small literary merit. He traveled with his father in Spain and in Africa, and on his return wrote ‘‘Les Aventures de Quatre Femmes et d'un Perroquet * »xb- lished in 1846-47. Dumas had early the sense to perceive | that he could not excel as a poet, and | succeeded best as a dramatic writer, by his objective instincts and a microscopical power of delineating and magnifying the worst side of society in his dramas. He may be said to belong to the sensuous school of French literature. His principal work of fiction, *‘La Dame aux Camelias,” became one of the best known produc- tions of the day. A dramatic version was played in 1852, after having been inter- dicted by M. Leon Faucher, and, repro- duced in Verdi's opera, “La Traviata,” created a still greater sensation. M. Dumas, who had written many dra- matic pieces, was considered by the pablic the greatest dramatist of the demi- monde. A new comedy from his pen entitled “Les Idees de Madame Aubray,” was produced at Paris early in 1867. His ‘Visite de Noces” was brought out at the Gymnase Dramatique, October 10, 1871, and “Le Princesse Georges’’ at the same theater on December 2,1871. In 1872 he published a pamphlet entitled *‘I'Homme Femme,” which caused a sensation. It repeated the thesis of his novel I’ Affaire Clemencean,’” and a dramatic version of it was produced at the Gymnase on January 16, 1873, under the title of “La Femme de Claude.” M. Dumas was installed as a member of | the French Academy, February 11, 1875. His drama,.*Joseph Balsamo,”” based on | his father’'s romance of “Cagliostro,”” was presented for the first time at the Odeon Theater, March 18, 1878. He published in 1880 “Les Femmes qui tuent et les Femmes qui votent,” in 1881 “La Prin- cesse de Bagdad” and in 1885 “Denise.” The history of the younger Dumas’ ca- reer is “Frenchy” in the extreme. From the beginning the boy had everything against him. He was the natural son of a | poor seamstress, and was consequently not | considered a fit associate for the children of the neighborhood. Shut out from all sports except that of fighting daily with this or that tormentor, or, worse still, with three or four together, insulted from morn- ing till night, no wonder little Dumas early learned habits of observation and reflec- tion—habits that placed an old head on very young shoulders, After the little fel- low bad stood it as long as he could he was taken from sehool and placed ina “Why, he takes it,” continued the lad, quietly. **So you wish to take mine; that’s plain enough,’” shouted the elder. “Go ahead. and don’t talk any more about it.” D umas has seen life in all its lights and shades. With his father’s example before him, he went in when quite young for a good time, became familiar with the life of the demi-monde, soon grew tired of it, and got out with a debt of 50,000 francs. But he was plucky as well as honest, and he set himself squarely to work to pay it off. He sold his carriages and furniture and sublet his lodgings. Chased from Paris by his creditors, he withdrew to Fontaineblean, where he hired a mean, unfurnished room in a tenement. Here, in an incredibly short space of time he wrote the novel and the play, “La Dame aux Camellias,”” which not only freed him from debt but gave him a name in the world. Dumas, profiting by the example | of his father’s prodigality, determined to hold his expenses well within his income. A wise economy put him on his feet, and he has kept there ever since. He became a man of immense wealth, all the fruit of his own labors, but he cared little for it. His house was practically a museum of art, and aboutonce a fortnight during the Paris season he threw it open for his brilliant soiree. Like most French houses, it was set back from the street, the little walled garden being entered through a lodge. The vestibule of tiled marble was broad and ample, filled with fine statuary and paintings. Just asone came in he found himself confronted by the merry face of the “good old Titan.” Dumas pere, of whom his son used to say that he had so much vanity that he was capable of get- ting up behind his own carriage in order to make people believe that he had a negro. In spite of the unprecedented success of the “*Three Musketeers,” and the stack of novels that followed, the son inherited practically nothing from his father, for the latter, owing to a unique custom of keep- ing his money in bowls arcund his desk, where his friends could help themselves, never had anything to his credit, Itis re- lated that on one occasion Dumas was to give a dinner, but, being very hard up, was forced to borrow the money from a friend. “Here are two Napoleons,” said thé latter; *‘they are all .I .have just now, but, I tell you, I have some luscious pickles that will hit your dinner-party squarely.” Dumas accepted the gift with alacrity. On leaving the house he found the servant putting the pickles in his car- riage, when, with his usual courtesy and entirely unmindful of his own situation, he promptly tipped the fellow the two Na- poleons! In his latter days the giant in- tellect of Dumas the elder became 8o ex- hausted that he-wouid advertise for plots, buying them outright, and working them over in his own peculiarly fascinating style. Dumas married 4 Russian lady, the widow of Prince Narishkine, and had two daughters, Colette and Jeanine. He was a grandfather, too, and his friends were continually finding him with the little child on his knee. l William Lyman, president of the Irish National Alhance, was chairman, and a great many prominent Irishmen were on the platform. Mr. Lyman, in being intro- duced as chairman of the meeting, was accorded a great ovation. He asked every Irishman present to stand by the Irish National Alliance, shoulder to shoulder. He paid a tribute to the memory of Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, the Manchester mar- tyrs. Ex-Congressman John F. Finerty of Chicago, the orator of the evening, was then introduced to the meeting. Mr. Finerty compared the condition of Amer- ica before the Revolution with that of Ire- land, and said that the sympathies of the two countries were the same, but their op- portunities were not equal. He stated in teply to the editorial criticisms that had been published on the new movement— that Irishmen were not yet in the field and should not be looking for sympathy from foreign countries until they were actually fighting: “If we are not yet in the field, we intend to be as soon as we can get there.” There was great cheering at this remark. Mr. Finerty attacked English adwminis- trations generally. “England,” said he, *‘keeps the Turk in Asia and in Europe, and if she took her hands off Russia would drive the Turk out of Europe in three months. “Fifty years ago there were in Ireland 9,000,000 people. To-day there is about half that number, and I ask, Where is the balance gone? Why should the Turk be branded as a murderer and the English- man escape the appellation after such a record in Ireland? There are in America to-day 15,000,000 of Irish and of Irish de- scent, who were driven from their homes by the scorn and the scourge of England to the protection of ‘this glorious country, and who will never allow civilization to forget the wrongs that Ireland suffered, despite the criticisms of some American editors.” Mr. Finerty eulogized Allen, O’Brien and Larkin, the Manchester martyrs. “You may ask,” said he, “what good has the shedding of the blood of the Man- chester ma.tyrs and the blood of the men of '68 done for the cause of Treland? I will reply by saying that the shedding of these martyrs’ blood has sown the dragon’s teeth from whence spring new genera- tions ot Irish rebels to battle for Irish lib- erty.”” In the course of his address he referred to thedisestablishment of the Irish church in Ireland by Mr. Gladstone as one of the results of the execution of the Manchester martyrs. Mr. Gladstone’s name was hiesed. The speaker alluded to England’s land-grabbing propensities, and touched upon the Venezuelan question. “I venture to say,” said he, “‘that Con- gress will meet in a short time and that we will hear from it if John Bull tries to do any land-grabbing in South America. And if there is ever a call for volunteers to fight England, either in Venezuela or else- where, I do not believe that there is a sin- gle able-bodied Irishman in this country who will not enlist.” Responsive cries of ‘Yes” came from all over the building. In conclusion the speaker said that victory would crown the efforts of the new movement and Ireland would soon take her place among the nations of the¢ earth. The meeting concluded with the reading by John P. Sutton of resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, arraigning the English Government for barbarous ferocity to the victims of its power; denouncing its statesmen as more hypocritical and less merciful than the Turk, and deserving an equal share of execration from every lover of humanity, and calling the attention of the Irish race all over the world to the necessity of taking such means as circum- stances may direct to accomplish the re- lease of their imprisoned lefiow-connu-y- men. GOTHAM'S TRAGEDY IN LOW LIFE. Andrew Timko Stabs His Stepdaughter, Shoots at His Wife and Then Kills Himself. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov.24.—Andrew Timko, a Hungarian of 235 East Third street, ended a week’s debauch this morn- ing by stabbing Mary Thouckuk, his 15- year-old stepdaughter, with a knife and cutting her with a hatchet, firing two shots at his wife and then killing bimself with a revolver. Timko and his wife, it is said, quarreled several times recently over the advances he had made to the girl, which she and her mother repelled. Last night the fam- ily attended a christening, and when they returned home this morning Timko was very drunk. Soon all retired, Mrs.-Timko sleeping with her daughter and her has- band with his son in another room. Later Timko went to his wi‘e’s room and stabbed the girt in the back. She sprang from the bed and ran into the kitchen, followed by her stepfather. There he caught her by the hair and dragged her toward the stove, against which a small hatchet was standing. Mary, seeing him take hold of the weapon, was nerved by terror, and broke away, but not in time to escape Timko’s blow with ihe hatchet. It struck her on the left shoulder, cutting off a piece of flesh. / The girl then ran out of the house and took refuge with a neighbor. Timko tried to follow Ler, but his wife graspsd the hatchet and held on, The enraged man threatened to kill her, but she wrested the weapon from him and ran out. As she went Timko fired twice at her with a re- volver, but the bullets missed their mark and lodged in the wall. Timko then returned to his room, and in the presence of his son fired two bullets into his head, dying shortly afterward. The girl was later removed to Bellevue Hospital, where it was said she would probably recover from her wounds. The body of the would-be murderer and suicide was removed to the morgue, Mrs. Timko stating that she was too poor to defray the expense of a funeral. CONTEST ON THE LINEOTXPE. George W. Green’s Great Record in a Typesetting Match. CHICAGO, IrL.,, Nov. 24.—In a type- setting match, here to-day between George W. Green of Boston and Eugene W. Tay- lor of Denver, in which lineoty pe machines were used, Green set 78,700 ems of matter in seven hours and Taylor put up 78,027 ems in the same time. . When all correc- tions were made and the imperfect lines thrown out the score stood Green 70,700, Taylor 64,027. The match was brought about by a challenge from Green to set type with anybody for $500 a side. At 6 o’clock this evening a telegram was received from Lee Reilly, now working in Boston, offering to contest with the win- ner for any amount of money. Green will leave at once for Boston to make a match with the challenger. WESTERN MEN TO' MEET Omaha Ready to Welcome the Trans-Mississippi Con- gress Delegates. Representative Statesmen of Sixteen Commonwealths Will Con- sider Live Issues. OMAHA, NeB, November 24.—The eighth annual convention of the Trans- Mississippi Congress will convene in this city to-morrow morning and hold a four days’ session. Assistant Secretary Utt has received notice of the coming of ninety delegates from Utah, sixty from Iowa, twenty from California, fifty from Minne- sota, fortv from Missouri, thirty from Kan- sas, twenty-five from Wyoming and large delegations from the other sixteen trans- Mississippl Btates and territories. Neb- "raska, it is expected, will have seventy-five delegates present at the convention. Among the delegates there are very few who have not a State reputation and a large number are men of National renown. A majority of the business ‘men ap- pointed on_ the different committees were at the Commercial Club to-day, where badges were distributed and final arrange- ments made. The reception and’other committees were on duty to-day and a large number ot delegates arrived on after- noon traine. The badges will all be fastened with an Ak-Sar-Ben pin. Those for the delegates will be white, while those for the different committees will be red, blue and gold. The decoration at Creighton Hall, where the congress will convene at 11 o’clock and at which the business sessions will be held, with the Ak-Sar-Ben colors and mottoes and ““Old Glory,” was almost com- pleted last night and will be finished be- fore the congress meets. An afternoon session will be held at which committees on credentials, rules and order of business and permanent organization will be appointed, and one of the subjects for discussion will be taken up. The election of officers will take place on Tuesday morning. To-morrow evening a short business session wil1 be held, followed by a reception to the dele- gates in the city hall. - HIS CORPSE GUARDED BY A DO0G. The Body of a Man Who Had Been Brutally Murdered Found in a Skiff. PARIS, TEX., Nov. 24.—The Federal offi- cials to-night received a telegram from Arthur City, Ind, T., giving information of a mysterious murder, or, possibly, series of murders. A boat was found adrift on Red River near that point this afternoon, unmanned and without a pilot. No living person was visible, & half-famished dog being apparently the only occupant of the Loat. Several inhabitants put off in another boat to investigate. When tbey drew alongside & shocking sight met their gaze. A man lay upon the deck with his head almost severed from his body, and blood was spattered over the deck, indicating a desperate struggle. Owing to the rapid current and because the dog, which was famished to desperation, showed signs of fight, the boat could not be boarded. Points lower down the river were notified and the hoat will be secured by morning. A force of Deputy Marshals has been rushed to the scene. The man upon tbe deck had the appear- ance of having been dead for several days, and the investigating Dart{erepons that other bodies are on the boat beyond doubt. L CHURCHMEN IN A QUARREL. Rival Factions Contesting for the Pos- session of a Church. TECUMSEH, Ngsr., Nov. 24.—There is determined contest between the two fac- tions of the Catholic church here, one supporting Bishop Bonacum and the other remaining true to the pastor, Rev. William Murphy, who has been dismissed and excommunicated. Both sides held services to-day, Father Murphy retaining ession of the church, while the hop's newly installed pastor spoke at the opera-house. To-morrow both factions will appear in the District Court to settle the question of right of possession of church property. The struggle promises to be a very bitter one, all oti.er cases on the docket being set aside to give this precedence. far bt Father O’Connell appointed. ROME, ItaLY, Nov. 24.—The report that Rev. Father William H. O'Connell had been appointed Rector of the American College here is confirmed at the Vatican. PREPARING FOR WAR, Venezuela Making Ready for a Struggle With England. EAGER FOR THE STRIFE. The Populace Is Crying for an Invasion of British Guiana. RECRUITS ARE BEING DRILLED, Americans Having Mining Interests in the Disputed Section Offer Their Services. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 24.—A dispatch to & morning paper from a special repre- sentative in Venezuela reveals a remark- able state of affairs in that country. The dispatch says that from present appear- ances open collision with the British Gov- ernment is a matter of the near future, Over all the country the greatest enthu- siasm is manifested for the .approaching struggle with England, and a mulitary fever has taken hold of the populace. So intense is this feeling that constant cries are being made for an advance into British Guiana. The National Guards are drilling daily, and a large number of recrunits have been gathered at tbe garrison towns and are re- ceiving instructions. The forges all over the country are working day and night, and other warlike conditions indicate that Venezuela has determined that a struggle is inevitable, and that in spite of the odds she will uphold her dignity by engaging in a war against the powerful aggressor. The dispatch also says that the English will not find it as easy a struggle as they anticipate. In the first place, it is a very difficult country for an invading army to traverse, and the Venezuelans have locked all the strategic points and are prepared for the struggle, even so far as to be able to pour troops into Guiana at once. A ‘large number of Americans having mining interests in the country have joined the Government forces, and have offered their services in case of war, and, in fact, have had considerable to do with the firm decision of President Crespo, for with the large prize at stake it is to their interests to do so. SUORED BY THE PSTOR, A Young Woman Who Taught Dancing Gives Offense to a Preacher. Denounced as a Fool and a Tigress During the Progress of a Sermon. CAMDEN, N. J., Nov. 24—Some of the members of the First M. E. Church are deeply grieved over what they say was an uncalled-for denouncement of an esti- mable young woman by Rev. Dr. J. B. Graw, pastor of the church. The young woman'’s offense consisted of teaching her younger sister and several of her girl friends the art of dancing. Miss Carrie Mead is one of the members of the Broadway M. E. Church. A few weeks ago her sister Edna, a girl 15 years of age, asked Miss Carrie to teach her and one or two of her young friends to dance. Miss Mead consented,and her dancing lessons began. Last Sunday night Miss Mead accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Murray, the parents of one of the young girls she was teaching, to the First Church, and had the misfortune of hearing herself de- nounced in flaming language. In the course of a sermon. directed against the theater and dancing and other terrible evils, Rev. Dr. Graw said he had heard of a young lady who had formed a dancing class, and was taking the pure and iunocent children of the Sunday-school and teaching them the terrible thing. = He likened such a young lady to the tiger, with its soft, smooth fur and its deadly claws lurking beneath. Continuingin this line the preacher said: “If that young lady is in the congrega« tion, all I have to say is thatshe is a fool.” Miss Mead was so astounded that she could scarcely speak after the meeting, but since then her brother, Alfred Mead, has taken the matter up, and says Dr. Graw has not heard the last of 1t by any means. The preacher said he had no apology to make. At a public meeting in Camden on Thursday night last Dr. Graw took occa- sion to speak of the incident. He said he had been called upon and told that he bad made an error, “‘but so long as I live,” he #aid, “I shall preach the truth.” rmepias CIGARETTE-MAKERS IN A RIOT. [Enraged at the Introduction of Machinery Into a Factory. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov. 24.— The introduction of machinery in La Ferme cigarette factory led to a serious riot Saturday. The employes, who be- lieved that the use of machinery would throw many of them out of work, smashed the machines and hurled the fragments out of the wirtdows. They also threw a large quantity of cigarettes and manue factured tobacco into the streets. The police, aided by firemen and headed by the prefects, suppressed the riot and arrested a great number of the employes and their sympathizers, who aided them in the demolition of the machinery anda the destruction of other property. Madrid’s Council to Be Dissolved. MADRID, Searx, Nov. 24.—In view of the charge made by Marquis Cabriana that certain members of the Municipal Council had used their official positions to their private advantage tbe Government has decided to dissolve the Council. For Pacific Coast Telegrams sce Pages 3 and 4. 4