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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1895, ALL HOUSES PILLAGED Thousands Reported Killed in a Second Massacre at Marash NO CHRISTIANS SPARED. The American Theological Semi- nary Burned and Two Students Shot. RAIDS OF THE FIERCE KURDS. Now the Powers May Soon Make a Naval Demonstration in the” Bosphorus. LONDON, Exc., Nov. 28.—The corre- spondent of the United Press in Constanti- nople telegraphs under date of November 97 that a second terrible massacre has oc- curred at Marash, and that the houses there have been pillaged without regard to whom their occupants might be. It is reported that thousands were killed and vy hundreds wounded. The Ame n Theological Seminary was plun- dered and burned, and two of the students at institution were shot, one being wounded. Hotels and boaraing- houses were also plundered. The Christians at Marash ana in that vicinity, thousands of whom are destitute, have appealed for aid. A dispatch received in Constantinople from Aleppo under Monday’s date says an outbreak is apprehended at Van, and reliable telegrams from other sources say that outbreaks continue with the purpose of wiping out the Armenians. It is impossible to rely for aid from Sas- soun, these advices state, the relief work there having céased. The Kurds are again attacking the people under the be- lief that they are acting under orders from the Government. the Russian Embassador to ad an audience with the Sul- g which he warned him that if serious disturbances should occur at Con- stantinople the foreign fleets would pene- trate the Dardanelles. The Sultan admit- ted to M. Nelidoff that the powers had a right to the admission of a second guard- to the Bosphorus, but renewed his re- ht. He urged that the promised re- forms were progressing, and that the ap- proach of an era of reform was shown by the appointment of six inspecting Judges, of whom three were Christians. Despite assuranc of the S , the arrests of Arm nsin Constan- inople have been renewed, though there stance to on the part of the Armenians in Thousands of them, how- orted to have been frightened m. ever, are ref into conversion to Moslemi e telegraphs under t news has been received from on November 13 a force of Armenian e attack upon the fort dynamite was used by the Armenians with Twenty thousand Turkish )s are said to be advancing upon Zei- om all sides, it being the intention, derstood, to raze the place to the November17. The Government jited all telegraphic communica- place and it is impossible to ormation in regard to the re- assacre. TANTINOPLE, TurkEY, Nov. 28. e the assurance given to Sir Philip 1 Embassador, by Tewfik h Minister of Foreign , that each power will be permitted d an additional guardship to the yrus, the Sultan has not yet granted requisite permits for their entrance through the Dardanelles. The hesitancy Itan in the matter, it is under- stood, is due to his fear that the move- ment of the powers to increase the number of their guardships in the Bosphorus is merely designed to mask an ulterior dem- onstration of the naval force. Itis thought, however, that the Sultan 1d to the demands of the powers in v f the unanimous pressure they are bringing upon him; otherwise it is prob- able that the powers will send gunboats into the Bosphorus without waiting any longer for the Sultan to issue orders per- mitting them to enter. w Bayard’s Address Printed. LONDON, Exc., Nov. 28.—The address entitled “Individual Freedom, the Germ of National Prosperity and Permanence,” which was delivered by Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, United States Embassador to Great Britain, on the occasion of the meet- ing of the Edinpurgh Philosophical So- ciety on November 7, has appeared as a printed article in the December number of the “Humanitarian,’ 8 magazine pub- lished by Mrs. John Biddulph Martin (Victoria Woodhull). — Anaconda Copper Mine. LONDON, Exe., Nov. 28.—Hamilton Smith, a well-known mining expert, has made a favorable report relative to the An- aconda copper mine. S with a low range of prices profits ought to be realized that would give in 1896 a divi- dend of $250 per share. Mr. Smith was appointed to examine the mine by the Anglo-American Copper Syndicate formed some months ago. R Wanted a Quiet Funeral. PARIS, Fraxce, Nov. 28.—Alexandre Dumas, whose death was announced last cvening, left instructions_that bis funerai be quiet and without military hogors or epeeches. It is believed that the Govern- ment will assume all expenses of the funeral. Condolences were received from many, including the ex-Empress Eugenie. S ey 4 Jabez Balfour Sentenced. LONDON, Exc., Nov. 28.—The court sentenced Jabez Balfour this morning to {ourteen years’ imprisonment—seven years for each conviction. Brock was sentence(‘g 10 nine months’ and Theobald four months imprisonment and Wright and Dibbley were discharged. i A KL A Brazilian Cruiser Wrecked. RIO JANEIRO, Braziy, Nov. 28.—The Brazilian cruiser Uranus has been wrecked and her commander and five others drowned. Sy R Councilmen Indicted. MADRID, Separs, Nov. 28.—In conse- quence of the charges made by the Mar- . gnis Cabriana , indictments have been / tan to the con-| He says that even’ | general again. found" against fifteen members of the Municipal Council. Important and scan- dalous revelations are expected. = GUARANTEES . T0 THE VATICAN., Crispi Says Any Modification Would En- gender Discord. ROME, ItaLy, Nov. 28.—In the Chamber of Deputies to-day Premier Crispi, in reply to interpellations regarding the law of guarantees to the Vatican, declared that any modification of the law would en- gender internal discord and cause a feeling of doubt to prevail abroad regarding the policy of Italy toward the Papacy. Commenting upon the resurgence of Catholic clericalism in several parts of the world, the Premier said it ought to mspire a feeling of apprehension as to human progress. Nevertheless, he believed that special laws were needless to defend the rights of the state against the abuse of the clergy. Signor Crispi expressed confidence that a perfect settlement of the troubles in the East would be effected if the rights of the powers, including Italy, are safe- guarded. S T T0 CHECK PUBLIC BETTING. A Delegation Paid a Visit to Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper. TORONTO, Oxt., Nov. 28.—An influen- tial deputation representing the principal Protestant denominations, the Roman Catholic Church and professional and busi- ness classes, headed by the Anglican Bishop of Toronto, to-night waited on Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, Minister of Jus- tice, who is in the city, and asked hisaid in checking the evil of betting, which they urged had grown to serious dimensions, and promised, under the influence of the approaching extended race meetings at Windsor, Newmarket and elsewhere, to become still more widespread. The Min- ister of Justice, after listening to a number of speakers, promised to bring the mat- ter to the attention of the Dominion Par- liament at the next session. FOUGHT FOR THE FLIG Lively Riot Caused by Tearing Down Old Glory in a To- ronto College. American and British Boys Badly Bruised During the Battle for Supremacy. TORONTO, Oxt., Nov. 28.—The stars and stripes caused a mimic war here to- day and its defenders came out winners. The early days of the present century were renewed at the Ontario Veterinary College when a number of American students, headed by a New York boy named Shaw, produced an American flag and hoisted it in the main assembly hall just after Dr. Smith had finished his lec- ture. The flag was raised in honor of Thanksgiving day. No sooner was the emblem hung when a tall Canadian named Lindsay seized ir, tore it from its fastenings and threw it on the floor. Ina second Shaw sprang at him and knocked him down. Lindsay was up in a jifiy and he and Shaw clinched. The American was thrown against a desk and his face badly cut. Then the boys took sides and a hot Ameri- can and British battle followed. For twenty minutes a bloody and brutal serim- mage raged, one of the most exciting fea- tures being around the blackboard, where a couple of American boys were trying to mark out a flag with chalk. Here W. W. Richards, a big Californian, who claimed Jim Corhett asa pugilistic mentor, and Ben Agnew, a burly fellow from Huron County, Ontario, championed their respective nations, and fought for the cause, while a few of the smaller fel- lows looked on. When it was seen that the Californian was being worsted Ameri- cans came to his rescue, and the fight grew The boys fought in pairs and in squads all over the lecture-room, and blood flowed freely. Faces were badly gashed, and eyes were blacked. School friendships were forgotten in the hot- blooded, boyish, patriotic row, and class- mates pounded each other vigorously for the honors under which they live. The college authorities finally quelled the riot, but only with considerable difficulty, for fully 150 boys and young men were en- gaged, about 80 of them being Americans. Dr. Smith, with the assistance of the faculty and a number of older students, finally succeeded in quieting the disturb- ance. St ok Otto Ehlers Drowned. HAMBURG, GErMANY, Nov. 28.—A dis- patch received here from Auckland, N. Z., says that the German traveler Otto Enlers has been drowned while taking his expe- dition across British New Guinea, and that twenty natives belonging to his escort were also drowned. All of his diaries and sketches were lost. To Command China’s Navy. LONDON, E ov. 28.—China has in- vited Captain W. M. Dangen to assume the chief command of her navy, from which position he retired owing, it is said, to the machinations of aclique of anti- foreignersat Foo Chow. AU Turkish Embassador to Great Britain. CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEey, Nov. 28, —Costaki Effendi Anthropoulos has been designated as Turkish Embassador to Great Britain in succession to the late Rustem Pasha. THREE PARIS BOHEMIANS, The Publisher Made $10,000 Out of a Three-Dollar Song. One day three friends were walking on the boulevards of Paris. All three were young, and all three were poor, says the Philadelphia Footlights. “Should I not like a good breakfast?” said one. “I should like any breakfast,” said an- other, “‘even if not very good.” “And I, also, the most simple of break- fasts, so long as it was a breakfast,” said the third. “‘How much must it cost?"” asks the first speaker. “T'wodollars at least,” says number two. “I've got an idea; come along,” says number three. And zll three went to a well-known publisher of music. *8ir,” said the young man with the idea, “we have come to ask you to buy a song, of which this gentleman has written the music and that gentleman the words, and, as I am the only one of the three who has a voice, I will sing it to you.” fJ“ihe publisher made a wry face, but he said : *Sing and I will see.” man sang. “It is a very simple ditty,”’ said the ublisher; “outasI want a lot of songs or a cafe chantant which is going to open I will buy it and give you $3 for it—$1 apiece. The three friends looked at each other. They did not expect so much. They took the money and left the manuscript in the publisher’s hands in exchange. And with those $3 they went to break- fast like three Erinces of bohemia, as they were. Now the composer of the music was Mariposa, the author of the words Alfred de Musset and the singer Dupres! As for the song, 1t took all Paris, and from the cafe chantant it went to the theater and to every aristocratic salon in Paris. The publisher made $10,000 by this song. Then the youn’g ARE LOSING GROUND, Insurgents of Cuba Kept From Further Advance on the Capital. GENERAL CAMPOS’ PLAN. Troops Being Sent Constantly Eastward Against the Op- posing Forces. STEPS T0 CHECK ALL MUTINY. Dissatisfied Spanish Soldiers to be Dealt With in a Summary Manner. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 28.—A special to a morning paper from Havana says: Word has been received in this city that the Gov- ernment campaign is being rapidly pushed forward, and that General Campos’ plan for a constant forcing eastward with rear headquarters in this city are proving very effective, and that the 1nsurgents are rapidly losing all the ground which they have gained in the direction of the capital. Simultaneously with the opening of the direct campaign a strict regime has been introduced mn regard to the mutinous spirit shown by the soldiers of the gar- risons and the Spanish citizens who decry the efforts of the army in their attempts to put a stop to the war. A private letter from an American plan- ter to the Herald states as yet no damage has been done to the crops, and that the tone of both the Spanish and insurgents toward all American planters is a most conciliatory one. Bands of guerrillas have occasioned some damage, but their actions cannot be laid at the door of the insur- gents, as all culprits caught in the act of firing the plantations are severely pun- ished. 1n his last report to the Spanish home Government it is understood that General Campos brought this spreading feeling prominently to the notice of the author- ities of the War Department, and that the stringent methods taken are the result of an order from them. At all eventsit is a risky matter now for a person to make any casual remarks concerning the army or the administration of affairs, trial and im- prisonmeut being sure to follow. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 28.—Cap- tain Wiberg of the Danish steamer Horsa, his chief mate. Jens P. Pedersen, and his second mate, H. Johansen, were arrested this morning on a warrant issued by United States Commissioner Bell, charg- | ing violation of the neutrality Jaws under | section 5286 of the Kevised Statutes. Bail |in the sum of $1500 was entered for each for their appearance at a hearing to-mor- row morning. No action will be taken against the steamer. The Horsa cleared this morning, Captain Wiberg making affi- davit as to the correctness of his outward manifest. The vessel will not sail, how- ever, until after the hearing to-morrow morning. A number of the crew have been subpenaed as witnesses and will probably be detained. The Danish Consul, J. H. Wallem, at the request of Dr. Jose Cegonseta, the Svanish Consul at this port, gave a hear- ing this morning to Captain Wiberg and his crew off twenty-four men at the con- sulate. The hearing was private and lasted only half an hour. At its close Consul Wallem said to a reporter: “We examined Captain Wiberg and several men, asking them the direction taken by the steamer after leaving this port and whether she had taken on board or landed men or munitions of war. The captain and his men all declared that the vessel went direct to her destination, war were taken on board or landed at any place.” When asked if tne Spanish Consul was satisfied with the result of the examina- tion he said he did not know. He was evidently not satisfied, however, as it was after the hearing that the warrants for the | arrest of Captain Wiberg and Mates Peder- sen and Johansen were issued. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 28.—The warrant was given to Deputy Marshal Myers, who made the arrest on board the Horsa. The newspaper representatives were not admitted on board the'vessel or cven upon the pier upon which the Horsa was lying, but according to the statement of the captain, as recounted to the re- porters by Assistant District Attorney Kerr, who is acting as counsel for the ar- rested men, Captain Wiberg demanded if the warrant was signed by the Danish Consul. To this the deputy replied, “No.”" “Don’t you know that this deck is Dan- ish soil,” asked Captain Wiberg, *“‘and you have no right to take me off this ship?’’ +I'll take you dead or alive,” replied the deputy. At this juncture the captain ordered the Danish flag hoisted on the Horsa, and when the national colors under which the vessel sails were up he advanced toward the deputy. “You propose to take me deaa or alive?'’ he asked. “Yes,” answered the deputy. “Well, if it is a question of force,” saia Captain Wiberg, “and you insist on serv- ing this warrant and arresting me, 1 will go with you under protest, but somebody will have to suffer for this outrage.” The captain was then arrested. Captain Kerr, counsel for the accused men, indi- cated both by his manner and speech that some one would be called to account for the arrest and detention of the men. “It is a serious thing,” said he, ‘“‘to ar- rest a man, and Dr. Uongosta’s position as Spanish Consal will not prevent his being made to answer for this outrage to the full extent of the law. To assert as he did, that the captain and his officers prepared and set on foot a military expedition against the Spanish Government, and that they did it within the jurisdiction of the United States, is one thing, but to sub- stantiate it is another, and he has not the slightest proof for his assertion.” Captain Kerr said that the hearing had been tixed for to-morrow, so that the crew would be present, and that an effort would be made to dispose of the case to-morrow 0 that the crew need not be detained. REBELS WRECKED A TRAIN. Many Spanish Soldiers Killed by the Use of Dynamite. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Nov. 28.—A cablegram to the Times Union from Key West, Fla., says: Advices from Cuba via the steamship Vivette state that near Cinen Rojas on Port Antony, and no men or munitions of | November 25, insurgents commanded by Leonico Vidal, wrecked a train carrying 200 Spanish soldiers and a quantity of arms and ammunition. The insurgents placed a dynamiie bomb on the track and it exploded with terrible force. The loco- motive and the car next to it were torn to kindling wood and the other coaches de- railed. The engineer, firemanand thirteen soldiers, who were in the coach next to the engine, were killed by the explosion. Eighteen soldiers were alsokilled when the rear coaches were derailed as they went down a high embankment. About fifty soldiers were wounded, some of them mor- tally. The soldiers who were uninjured were so horrified that they surrendered to the insurgents without resistance. The arms and ammunition captured were val- ued at many thousand doliars. Perico Delgado, the insurgent chief re- parted killed near Banes, is alive and oper- ating in the Vuelta Abajo district at the head of 800 mea. In an engagement at Banes, with 300 Spanish troops, Delgado’s men were victorious. Thirty Spaniards were killed and sixty wounded. The in- surgents lost twenty Kkilled and thirty wounded. In the Vuelta Abajo district hundreds of men are leaving the tobacco plantations to join the insurgents. The planters complain that the Spanish au- thorities are unable to protect them, PRAYED FOR INGERSOLL Members of the Christian En- deavor Union Joined in the Task. It Resulted From the Lectureon “Foun. dations of the Faith” and Sam Jones’ Comments. CLEVELAND, Onro, Nov. 28.—Between 5000 and 6000 people in Cleveland offered silent prayer at noon to-day for Robert G. Ingersoll. Itcame about likethis: Atthe quarterly meeting of the Cleveland Chris- tian Endeavor Union of two or three nights ago the Mayyou Mission requested all the Christian Endeavorers in the city to pray for Robert G. Ingersoll on Thanksgiving day, and asked President Denis of the union to name the hour. Denis complied by fixing noon, and asking every En- deavorer to pray wherever he might be. To-day at a number of churches union meetings were held and adjourned at noon. It was noticeable that at every one of these many Christian Endeavorers and Epworth Leaguers, who also joined in the prayer, remained in their seats and bowed their heads in silent prayer for Ingersoll before leaving the place. In a number of churches the ministers, themselves En- deavorers, made open supplication for In- gersoll. At the Salvation Army union meeting, in the First Labor Church, Staff Captain Parner uttered fervent prayers for Inger- soll and the audience writhed and groaned in concert. This all results from the attention at- tracted by Ingersoll's lecture the other day on “The Foundations of Faith,” and the subsequent comments of Evangelist Sam Jones, who said: “Ingersoll I respect as a fat, good-natured. man, who makes $1000 a night talking against Christ, when we can’t make $100 talking for him. I would not pay $1 to hear him on the mis- takes of Moses, but I would pay far more to hear Moses on the mistakes of Ingersoll.”” MOKLEYS WIOW DEN Did Not Live Long to Enjoy the Property so Bravely Fought For. The Demise Recalls the Interesting Story of Her Litigation in California. BALTIMORE, Mp., Nov. 23.—Mrs. Eliz- abeth L. Moxley, widow of John Smith Moxley of San Francisco, died in this city | vesterday from a cancer of the stomach. She was 67 years of age. Since the death of her husband three years ago Mrs. Mox- ley has been pleading with the courts of San Francisco to give her, as his legal widow, part of the fortune left by him, and last September she succeeded in get- ting a verdict from the Supreme Court of California awarding ber half of the estate, which wes valued at $250,000. The other half was awarded to Elizabeth Harring- ton, also known as Elizabeth Moxley, to whom the whole estate had been deeded by Moxley. Because of the law’s delay Mrs. Moxley died without receiving any share of the estate for which she had bat- tled so long. Mrs. Moxley was a Miss James of Balti- more, a daughter of the late Tudor James, and was married to John Smith Moxley in Baltimore in 1849. Three weeks pfter the marriage Moxley caught the gold fever, and leaving his wife went to California to seek his fortune. Mrs. Moxley addressed letters to her husband in different parts of California, but received no reply. Three vears afterward Moxley returned to Balti- more, but not to his wife. One afternoon Mrs. Moxley met her hus- band on the street, but he refused to go bome with her. Soon afterward Mr. Mox- ley returned to California and his wife never saw him again. After returning to California Moxley amassed a large for- tune, and three years ago he died in San Francisco, leaving a fortune of half a million dollars to klizabeth Harrington. Mrs. Moxley immediately instituted the suit which resuifed in part of the estate being awarded to her. Mra. Morgan Injured. - NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov.28.—Mrs. E. D. Morgan, wife of the weil-known New York yachtsman and financier, while rid- inf across the country near her home at Wheatley Mills, Long Island, this morn- ing, was thrown from her horse. One of her legs was broken below the knee. Mrs. Morgan was on a steeple-chaser, and while attempting a fence the horse struck the top rail and fell, throwing Mrs. Morgan to the ground. R AR Suicide of @ Money-Lender. WATERTOWN, N. Y., Nov. 28.—Charles Paridee of this place, a money-lender, committed suicide at the farm residence of William Pennock, near Great Bend, this county, last night. He lad loaned $3000 10 a cattle-buyer who recently failed. Par- idee was believed to be worth $100,000. —eanns It appears that a species of true croco- dile is found in Southern Florida on both coasts. It is hardly distinguishable from the alligator, except by the shape of its head, though it grows bigger and attainsa length of cighteen feet. — —————— It is said that the largest diamond in the world was found a short time ago in the mines of Bahai de Pernagus, Brazil. The §em is reported to weigh 3100 carats, which s 2129 carats heavier than the largest ex- isting diamond, TURKEY AND PRAISE How Thanksgiving Day Was Observed Abroad and at Home. AMERICANS IN LONDON. Distinguished Men Attended the Banquet of the American Society. UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES On This Side of the Atlantic the Poor Received the Usual At. tention. LONDON, Exg., Nov.28.—The American Society in London gave a Thanksgiving banquet at the Holborn Restaurant this evening. The dining-hall was elaborately decorated with the arms of the various States of the Union, flags and palms. Over the president’s chair there was a canopy composed of pumpkins and fruits, surrounded by a model of the statue of Liberty. Opposite the seat of the chair- man there was a portrait of Washington, decorated with stars and stripes and the Union Jack. About 400 guests were pres- ent, about half of whom were ladies. Many beautiful toilets were displayed, but, it was noticeable that only a few decollette gowns were worn. The menu was strictly National and opposite each dish upon it was printed an appropriate quotation from Shakespeare. James H. Roosevelt, secretary of the American embassy, presided. Richard Watson Gilder and John J. Collins, Amer- ican Vice-Consul at London, sat on the right of the chairman and Robert Barr and Harold Frederic on his left. Secretary Chamberlain read a letter from Embassa- dor Bayard, who is visiting the Duke of Leeds at Hornby Castle, in- Yorkshire, re- gretting his absence and hoping he would have another early chance of dining with the American colony in London. The sec- retary’s vain attempts to decipher the re- mainder of the letter caused much merri- ment. Letters were also received from all the American Embassadors and Ministers in Europe. The chairman, in toasting the Queen, congratulated the society upon the happy innovation of having ladies share in the festivities, instead of watching from the galleries. The hospitality enjoyed here, he said, in no wise lessened the love felt for the United States. Mr. Gilder proposed a toast to President Cleveland. He drew a parallel between the customs and institutions of Great Britain and those of the United States, and incidentally deplored the loss of Mr. Wilson from Congress. The driving from public life of such a man, he said, would not have happened in England, and he in- stanced the return of Mr. Morley to Parli- ament. He paid a high tribute to Presi- dent Cleveland, and said that he knew of nothing nobler than the fight Mr. Cleve- land had made for honest money and civil service reform. The toast to the President was drunk standing, and all joined in singing the *‘Star-spangled Banner.” Among the other toasts were “Thanksgiving Day” by Robert Barr, “The Folks at Home” by Moncure Conway and “The American So- ciety’’ by Harold Frederic. Orchestral music was played and Na- tional songs were sung during the evening. s AN IDEAL THANKSGIVING. New York Charitable Inititutions Did Not Forget the Poor. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 28.—The crisp air and swfishine made to-day an ideal Thanksgiving. The churches of nearly all denominations were opened and the attendance at them unusually large. At the various charitable institutions the day began with religious services, after which an elaborate dinner, with turkey as the chief feature, was served. The Com- missioners of Charities and Corrections provided turkey and cranberry sauce for all under their charge, including the un- fortunates in prison. The Children’s Aid Society, the Five Points Mission and the hospitals were Iiberally remembered to- day. Quite a number of notables now in the public eye were in the city instead of at their homes for Thanksgiving. Promi- nent among them was ex-President Ben- jamin Harrison. Having finished the business on wkich he has been East for the past fortnight. he took the afternoon train for Indianapolis, and so had his turkey on the westhound train. This morning, with his son, Russell B. Harri- son, he attended the Westminster Presby- terian Church. Ex-Senator Warner Miller and his eldest son dined at the Fifth-avenue Hotel. Setlegina o . OBSERVED IN WASHINGION, President and Mrs. Cleveland Attend the Church Services. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 28.—Presi- dent and Mrs. Cleveland followed their ususal custom to-day of attending Thanks- giving service at the First Presbyterian Church, of which their favorite minister, Rev. Byron Sunderland, who married them, is one of the copastors. Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage, who was recently ap- pointed a copastor of the church, preached the Thanksgiving sermon. A large crowd was present. On their return to their country home Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland stopped for a few minutes at the White House. They spent the rest of the day quietly with invited guests. All the mem- bers of the Cabinet, with the exception ‘of Secretary Morton, who is int Chicago, had their Thanksgiving dinners at their homes in this city. Secretary and Mrs. Olney had their daughter, Mrs. Minot, and her son as guests. Logan Carlisle dined with Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle. Attorney- General Harmon celebrated his first Thanksgiving in Washington by a family eathering. The Attorney-General, Mrs, Harmon, the Misses Harmon, Mrs. Ed- mund Wright Jr. of Philadelphia, a mar- ried daughter; Master Wright, Eugene Harmon and scveral relatives of Mrs, Harmon from Hamilton, Ohio, were there. The other (M_iet_otflcer;md_no guests, FOUR PRISONERS ESCAPED. Dug Their Way Through the Wall of a Kansas Jail. COLUMBUS, Kaxs., Nov. 28.—Last night. between 6 and 8 o’clock, four prisoners dug through the south wall in the county jail with a piece of iron, wrenched from a bunk in one of the cells, and escaped. Early this morning Will Parvin, a boy sentenced to the reform school, returned, but would give no information as to the whereabouts of the others. Amos Vallier, an Indian, charged with the murderof Joe Big Knife, an Indian policeman, confined in the jail awaiting trial, informed the Sheriff of the escape of the other prisoners. The fugitives are Sam Barton, C. J. Allen and George Walker, Indian Territory horsethieves. PR .- SET FIRE 70 HER CLOTHING. A Sick Woman’s Terrible Method of Com- mitting Suicide. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 28.—Mrs. 8. D. Smith of 1307 Garfield avenue, made a horrible attempt at suicide this afternoon. She filled e pail with kerosene oil. and car- rying it upstairs, saturated her clothing and alounge. She then set fire to her clothing and laid down on the lounge, and was terribly burned before assistance reached her. She was 50 years of age and has a daughter of 20 years, named Mrs. Nelson. She had been quite sick of late, and although apparently sane, has been very disconsolate. The doctors say she cannot live. Her husband was seriously burned in attempting to rescue his wife from the flames. ey FOUND OEAD IN A HOTEL. Close of the Career of a Well-Known Kan- sas City Merchant. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 28.—Between 9 and 10 o’clock this morning Rufus Suits, formerly a well-known merchant on Main street, was found dead in bed in the Mid- land Hotel, where he had taken a room for a day. Mr. Suits lived with his daughter, Mrs. Edward Fulton, at 1622 Tracy avenue. Mr. Suits owned the place, and since Mrs. Fulton’s return to Kansas City four months ago, she has been with her father. Mr. Suits left his home early last evenin and remarked to his daughter, I will return after a while.” That was the last seen of him there. Mr. Suits had lived in Kansas City about twenty vears, and nearly all of that time he had been in the suit and cloak business. His former home was Troy, N. Y. He came of a well-known family, his father owning extensive farming properties. In Troy Mr. Suits established a cloak and suit house. When he came here he opened another store along the same lines, the firm beingrtbe Kansas City Cloak and Suit House. he location was at 719 Main street, and there it remained for many years. He was well known to allof the town’s old merchants. CAUISE OF THE CORDNE, The Schooner Yacht Being Fitted Out for a Scientific Ex- pedition. Plans to Observe the Eclipse of the Sun From the Coast of Japan. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 28.—The schooner yacht Coronet, owned by D. Wil- lis James and his son Arthur Curtis James, which defeated the schooner yacht Daunt- less in a midwinter raceacross the Atlantic in 1886, and which has sailed around the world, is being fitted out for a scientific expedition to the coast of Japan. On the afternoon of August 9 next, at 3| o'clock, there will be a total eclipse of the sun which will not be visible 1n this part of the globe, and it is for the purpose of observing this phenomenon that the ex- pedition is being fitted out. The chief observer of the expedition will be Professor David Todd, the eminent as- tronomer of Amherst College, who has been sent out by the United States Gov- ernment at various times to distant parts of the earth to take astronomical observa- tions. 3 The yacht will sail from New York early next week around Cape Horn bound for San Francisco. Here she will be met by the members of the expedition early in April and the long cruise to the coast of Japan will begin. The Coronet will touch at the Sandwich Islands, after which there will be no interruption in the voyage. NORTHERN LAKES. They Have a Mysterious Submarine Current. Little Shuswap Lake is stated to have a flat bottom, with a depth varying from 58 to 74 feet, measured from the mean high water-mark. The deepest water found in the Great Shuswap was 555 feet, about six miles northward from Cinnemousan Nar- rows, in Seymour Arm, though the whole lake is notably deep. Adams Lake, however, exceeds either of the Shuswaps, as its average depth for 20 miles is upward of 1100 feet, and at one point a depth of 1900 feet was recorded. In the northwest corner of this lake, ata depth of 1118 feet, the purpose of the scien- tific explorers was defeated by the presence of mysterious submarine currents, which played with the sounding-line like some iant fish and Iirevemed any measurement geing taken. It is a complete myster: how the currents could have been create: at this depth and scientific curiosity will no doubt impel other public or private en- terprise to send a second expedition to the scene this summer to endeavor to solve the riddle. As’'the height of the surface of this lake is 1380 feet above the sea level its present bed is therefore only 190 feet above the sea, although distant 200 miles from the nearest part of the ocean. Dr. Dawson and his associates believe that the beds of some of the mountain lakes in the region are many feet lower than the sea level.— Vancouver World. ———————— DID SHE GET THE BALLOON? Child Asked a Fow Questions. A handsome young woman with a beautiful little girl of four years satina crowded Market-street car yesterday. “You've got on mamma's dress, haven’t you, Aunt Alice?”’ remarked the child. Aunt Alice flushed and called attention to a balloon man on the corner. “Yes, the last time mamma wore that dress downtown she bought me a balloon. ‘Will you buy me one, Aunt Alice?” *Yes, if you’ll be good.” “Oh, I'll be good. Do you like mamma’s hat? It makes you look awfully pretty, Aunt Alice.” “There, be a good girl. See that woman out there with a little girl.”” There was a period of silence and Aunt Alice breathed a sigh of relief. Then the child inquired : *Did mamma say iZon could wear her pin, Aunt Alice? She wouldn’t let me wear it, 'cause she was afraid I would lose i’ “Yes, of course. Do be quiet, Nellie.’ “Wil you buy me a balloon then?’ “Yes,’ *‘And I can carry it?” “Yes."” “All right, then take mamma’s parasol. Idon't want to carry it any longer, ‘cause I couldn’t carry it and the balloon too. Haven’t you got any best dressof your own, Aunt Alice?” Aunt Alice yanked the little girl out of the car by the arm and the chances are :h:t she got no balloon.—Atlanta Consti- ution, The Angelic ———— Ja%an claims the oldest wooden building in the world. It is a log storehouse in Yara, which is now used to shelter some of the Mikado’s art treasures. An age of 1200 years is claimed for it. Some of the logs are nearly woin away by the weather. 3 DESERTED THE WIFE, Discovery of a Man Who Was Mourned as Dead. IT IS A STRANGE STORY. After a Quarter of a Century Mrs. Ela Learns That Her Hus- band Is Living. HAD AMASSED SOME WEALTH. Fraud and Perjury Committed in Escap- ing From the Injured Spouse. TERRE HATUTE, Ixp., Nov. 28.—A suit just filed here to annul a divorce granted in February, 1872, brings to light a strange story of the desertion of a wife and the procuremgent of a divorce by the husband, whom ffie wife has mourned for dead for a quarter of a century, but who is just now found living in wealth in New Hampshire. According to the complaint of Mrs. Sara Ela of Chicago she was married to Robert L. Ela in Quincy, Ill., February 15, 1871. They moved to Kansas City and lived a bhappy wedded life, so far as she knew, for six months, when he said he was going to Leavenworth, Kans., to seek better employ= ment. She heard from him once or twice, and then never again directly until a few months ago, when she was astounded to learn that he was living in Concord, N. H., and had fallen heir to a fortune of $50,000. Moreover he disowned her and said he had been divorced from her. Sheemployed a Boston attorney to protect her rights, and he was here a few days ago to examine therecords of the court in which the husband said he had obtained the di- vorce. It was found that the divorce was granted February 17, 1872, and that it was on the ground of cruel and inhuman treat- ment. Under the Indiana law at that time Ela must have made oath that he had been a resident of the State more than a year. According to the wife’s complaint they haa lived for six months of the preceding year in Kansas City. The notice to her of the suit for divorce was by publication in the local newspapers, which of course she never saw. She says that she learned indirectly about five years ago that he had died in Califor- nia, and it was when she learned that she might be the heir to property left by his New England relatives, and began inves- tigating the matter, that she first knew that he was alive and had obtained a di- vorce from her. Neither he nor she has ever remarried. Personal service of the new suit is to be served on him in Concord in a few day: Embezzlement of a Telegrapher. DENVER, Coro., Nov. 28.—Richard S. Haines, a telegraph operator in the em- lov of the Northern Pacific Railroad at a akota station, was arrested here to-day upon a fugitive warrantcharging him with the embezzlement of $1500 from the com- pany. He was located here by a special detective of the company, who will take the prisoner to St. Paul. NEW TO-DAY. EAGLESON & C0.'S GREAT STOCK e 0 —— WINTER Underwear DIRECT From the Mills and sold at about WHOLESALE PRICES. 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