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TWELVE PAGES. FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING , NOVEMBER ' 17 189 < 1 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. < -ft r BUTCHERED THE ARMENIANS 'Eorival of the Atrocities Perpetrated on Christiana Ij the Turks. APPEAL MADE TO CHRISTIAN EUROPE Moilcra Soldiers Kill All Who Fnll Into Their 1'owcr , Sparing Neither Women Nor tlio Aged Claim to Act tin der Order * from the I'orte. LONDON , Nov. 10. The chairman of the Armenian Patriotic association , 0. Hagoplan , has gent the following letter , received from an Armenian , whoso name IB not given because - cause It would Jeopardize Ms life , to the earl of Klmberlcy , the secretary of state for foreign affairs. Tlio letter la accompanied by one from Hagoplan , In which he says : "I liavo no reason to doubt the authcntl- city of the details. They will l > o born out by fuller official reports which have been or which will spon bo received from the Drltlsh agents In Armenia. The events reported - ported are of the re-enactment of the Bul- garlan atrocities with all their most sickening details of flendlsh lust and atrocious cruelty on unarmed Christians and defenseless , Innocent women and children , deliberately planned and ruthlessly executed under orders received from Constantinople. . " llagoptan concludes by saying the time has come to abolish In to to the existing admlnlstra- tton of Armenia and replace It by another roglmo approved by Great Britain and the other signatories of the treaties of Berlin , and worked under their Immediate supor- ; vlslon. ' The letter of the Armenian thus prefaced Js dated HIttlls , October 9. After saying that the magnate appears to bo a second Nero , the writer continues : "The so-callcil re- belllon of the Armenian in 1893 was a got-up affair , for the repression of which the chief magnate got a decoration. This year the Kurds carried oft Armenian oxen and the Armenian appeal for their rcstora- tlon was refused. A light ensued , two Kurds were killed and three were bounded. The Kurds Immediately carried their dead before the governor , declaring the Armenian soldiers had overrun the land , killing and plundering the Kurds. "This furnished a pretext for massing the troops far and near. The troops were com- inandcd by a pasha and a marshal and were hurried to the district. The pasha Is said to have hung from hla breast , after reading to his soldiers , an order from Constantinople * lo cut the Armenians up root and branch 'and adjuring them to do so if they loved their king and government. KILL AND SPARE NOT. "Nearly all of these things were related hero and there by soldiers who took part In the horrible carnage. Some of them weeping claimed the Kurds did more , and declare they only obeyed the orders of others. It Is said that 100 fell to each of them to dispose of No Compassion was shown to ago or sex , ever by the regular soldiers , not even when the victims fell suppliant at their [ eet. Vj "Six to ten thousand persons met such t 4fate as even the darkest ages of darkened Africa hardly witnessed , for the women and tender babes might , at least , have liad a chance for .a life of slavery , while hero womanhood was but a mockery before the cruel lust that ended Its debauch bj stabbing women to death with the bayonet while tender babes were Impaled with tin same weapon on tholr dead mother's breasts , 01 perhaps seized by the hair to have theli V heads lopped off with tha-sword. \ "In one place 800 or 400 women , alter belnf forced to servo vile purposes by the merciless - less soldiery , were hacked to pieces by swore and bayonet In the valley below. "In another place some 200 weeping am walling women begged for compassion , fall ing at the commander's feet , but the blood thirsty wretch , after ordering tholr violation directed his ( soldiers to dispatch them-in : similar way. "In another place some sixty young bride : and the more attractive girls wore crowdei Into a church , and , after violation , wer f slaughtered , and human gore was soon flow Ing from the church door. "At still another place a largo company * under the leadership of their priests , fel down before them , begging for compasslo : and averring they had nothing to do wit : the culprits. But all to no purpose. Al * were called to another place , and the pro posal was made to- several of the more at tractive women to change their faith , I which event their lives were to be spared They'said : 'Why should wa deny Christ "Vyo are no more than these , ' pointing to th mangled forms of their husbands and broth crs , 'kill us , too , ' and they did so. ' CONSULS WILL INVESTIGATE. "A great effort was made to save on beauty , but three or four quarreled over he and she sank down like her sisters. "But why prolong the sickening tale There must bo a God In heaven who will d T right In all these matter ; , or some of u \yould lose faith. One or more consuls hav been ordered away to investigate the mattci If the Christiana instead of Turks reporte these things In the city of lUttlls and th region where I have been touring the cas I would bo different. But now wo are compelled polled to believe it. The magnates are ha\ ing papers circulated and are trying to com pel the Christians to sign them , cxpressln satisfaction that justice has been dealt ot to the rebels , and' thanking the king an the chief magnate. The Christians of Bll tils will not Blcn.Mhouch It Is said that I I some of the outlying districts Christian have signed. The circulars have not bee ottered to Protestants , and as yet tl : § ' Protestants have not been thrust Into chain or Blackmailed very much , though latcl things arc beglnnls to look that way. " Another letter cays some of the regular so m dlen > theniBelves admit they killed 100 pe : I sons each In a flendtsh manner , and that a : sault was followed by the bayonet. Twcnt or thirty Armenian villages , It would seen f have , been wholly destroyed , and some pe : sons were put to death with kerosene In the own houses. TURKISH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. CONSTANTINOPLE , Nov. 1C. The folloj ing oQlclal account at the Armenian troub J , was Issued today : Sorao Armenian brigand \ provided with arms of foro'ga make , joint f an Insurgent Kurd tribe for the purpose < - > committing excesses. They burned and d vaatated several Muiselman villages. As t Instance of Ue ferocity of the Armenians la reported they burned alive a Mussulnu notable. Ilegular troops were sent to tl scene to protect peaceable Inhabitants again these depredations. The Ottoman troops n only protected and respected the mlimlssl portion of the population and the women ai A. chlldreli , but they .re-established order ai F ' tranquillity. It ls not true that the Kur Gclzed the furniture , effects and cattle of tl fugitive Armenians. The latter took their c ' fects to the mountains before revolting. T Armenian women at presentwith the Kur belong to the famines ot the brigands ai went ot their own accord with their husban to the Insurgent Kurds. Respecting thu v lag alleged to have been destroyed , it w the'Armenians who. carried off all their b longlngi before becoming brigands. _ Viceroy Arc-cited for Murder. N SHANGHAI , , Nov. 16. A dispatch fro Chung King * ( Shun King ) , gays that t : viceroy of Se-Cltuen has "ben arrested upi order * from Peking , charging him with inu dcrlng a Taratr general. The crime la Va to have been committed In order to cov tnormcxu defalcations In the provincial o counU. . , MoU formed to Lynch the Murihal. IIASSILLON ) b * "Nov16. . Ed Morgi fine ot the gang charged -with having outrng B woman at Pike nun. and who was shot ir \ hl Justwai burltd yesterday. At t V funeral Morgan' * father and brother took oath to kill Just , and Mrs , Morgan swore ( o avenge It either were killed In the attempt. A mob ot Morgan's friends has been organ ized to lynch Just , but as yet no one has xbeon found to make the start. SArtiDiiv A I'LVvurunnVAST. Vhonch llndly Injured She Awakened the Iitnmten of n llnrnlug llotcl- WICHITA , Kan. , Nov. 16. Fire broke out In the Patterson house at Harper this morn ing at 4 o'clock. A furious gale was blow- InK at the time and ther ewero thirty-seven guests In the house. Two dining room girls , Maud Schemcrhorn and Mattlo Harper were nearly suffocated , and Miss Schcmerhorn , who Is only 1C years old , broke a window , threw Miss Harpef out and followed her , lacerating her flesh. Miss Schemerhorn then gave the alarm and a dozen guests were taken from the building more dead than alive. Twenty other houses caught fire , but the cutlzens and flro department succeeded In extinguishing the . flro before the loss amounted to much. Miss Harper was rendered unconscious by the fall. Miss Schomerhorn , although herself badly Injured , dragged her limp comrade to a place of saf ety , then , breaking In a window of the hotel , crawled through and proceeded' to perform a most herolo act. Though her feet and hands were bleeding from cuts' received from broken glass , she bravely made her way through the blinding smoke on her hands and knees , never stopping till she had aroused every guest In the houso. When the man. In the last room opened the door in response to her cries , ho found her halt suffocated In a pool of blood from her lacer ated limbs. Himself half smothered by the smokes ho picked her up , and groping his way , finally reached tlio street. ' Miss Schemcrhorn was placed under a physician's care. She will recover. When the guests learned of her heroic act a contribution 'vas taken up for her. iivxonnns Destruction Wrought by the Flames In the Colorado Mining Cnmpi. BOULDER , Colo. , Nov. 16. The telephone lines to Gold Hill , Ward and other mining towns west of this city are down today and thcro Is no communication with those places. People who have ridden In from Gold Hill , however , report that the forest fire was checked by last night's storm and this en abled the flro flghters to extinguish the flames just west ot Gold Hill. So far as reported no lives have been lost. The property dam age is estimated at $1.000.000. Several hun dred people have been made homeless. Although all the larg r mining camps were saved , the fire did great damage to the for ests , ranches and mines In its line of travel. The burnt district reaches from Lett Hand at the mouth ot Alamakee gulch on the north to Sunset on the south , a territory about five miles long and four and one-half wide. Fred Ehlcr. a ranchman , was severely burned while fighting the flames. The terror stricken Inhabitants of Gold Hill are returning today from Big Horn moun tain and Horsfal shaft , where they sought shelter , and are moving their household fur niture from the mining tunnels , where they stored It , back * to their homes. Dcnth > In the forest Fires. MEMPHIS , Nov. 16. Details from the forest flres comes In slowly and In many of the cases Indicate only nominal damage. In general the 'fighters , , have been successful In warding off the flames. The general situation In Arkansas Is unchanged and no serious losses by the flro are reported. At Oakland , Tcnn. , Jeff Uayner and wife ( colored ) were busy In the fleld when their house caught fire , and , before they could reach it , their little ones , aged 7 , 5 and 3 , respectively , perished. FJIOX CllETE TO WlXXOff. i 1 German Congregational ficmlnnry In Iti No\v Home In lovvn. WILTON , la. , Nov. ' G. ( Special Telegram. ; The German Congregational seminary fotmerly located at Crete , Neb.- was dedi cated here amid great pomp and splendor Fully 10,000 people witnessed the exercise ! and many hundred dollars were subscribe ! to further the Interests of the college. Thl : town donated to the association $75,000 buildings Included. The faculty consists of Kov. E. Mannhardt , Union Theological sem Inary , German and Greek ; Albert Morrer , A B. Oberlln college , Latin and English ; Wll llam M. Dehn , A. B. , Hope college , natura science ; Miss Anna Brammeler , A. B. , Na tlonal Normal university , mathematics ; Mis ; Llda U , Peck , Oberlln conservatory , muslca department ; J. B. Harris , principal of busl ness department. XRW8 run THE Changes In the Regular Service as An nounced Yesterday. WASHINGTON , Nov. IS. ( Special Tele gram. ) The following army orders were la sued today : Major Henry C. Hoxbroucli Fourth artillery , and -Captain. . M. Lancaster Third artillery , will meet nt Fort Monroe Vn. , to consider suggestions for modlflca tlons of new drill regulations for light ar tlllery and to decideas to changes , If any to be made. They will embody their con elusions In a report to the War department Folllowlng Is the detail of the genera court-martial appointed to meet at Wes Point Monday , November 19 , for trial o prisoners : Captains William F. Spurglr Twenty-first infantry ; William n. Gordor ordnance department ; Charles F. Mascr assistant surgeon ; First Lieutenant Kdwl li. liabbltt , ordnance department ; Wilds I ItlchardHon , Klglith Infantry ; Austin 1 ! llrcwn. Fourth Infantry : William S. Beddlt jr. , Fourteenth .Infantry ; Peter E. Traul First cavalry : Richmond P. Davis , Secon artillery ; William Welgcl. Eleventh In fantry ; Clement A. F. Flagler , corps o engineers ; Second Lieutenants Mntthcw C Butler , Jr. , Fifth cavalry : Charles S. Brom well , corps of engineers ; John S.Vlnn , Ses end cavalry , judge advocate. Second Lieutenant Samuel G. Jones , Jr Fifth ciivalry , will proceed to MOntgomer for duty with the Alabama , state troop : Second Lieutenant Thomas F. Sclile ; Twenty-third Infantry , Is granted a. leav of three months. Captain Hernanl A. Byrne , promoted froi first lieutenant , Is assigned to company I Fourth Infantry , vice SchlndPl , deceased. First Lieutenant Wllllom 1C. Jones , prt meted from second lieutenant , is nsslgne to company O , Sixth Infantry , vice Byrne. Second Lieutenant Otho w. B. Far , Se < end artillery. Is granted two months e > tended leave. Want Some Kxnro Company Money. NEW YOrtK. Nov. 15. The amended con plaint was filed In the United States coui today In the suit ot Malcolm Anderson an Itoger W. Woodbury against Thomas ( Platt and the United States .Express con "pany. The plaintiff had a clxly-day optlo on n piece of mining prcperty In Colorad called the Rlalto. The necessary maps an other things for the proper transfer of U company were put In an envelope addressc to Malcolm Anderson In this city for exi cutlon. The package wan lost In transmit Dion , and was not recovered until the optic expired. In consequence of ( his it Is clalnu the complainants lost $100,000 to be mat on the option , and judgment for that omoui is asked , in lYrnmdccl to Leave Chirk. DENVER , Nov. 16. Gertrude Hutchln r _ granddaughter of Commodore Ilutchlns , wl married Clarence W. Clark on two day acquaintance , has been persuaded by hi friends to leave him and go-to relatives I the caBt. Clark Is in Jail awaiting a hea Ing on charge of larceny. n , llarllncton Clothlne Storenurnetl. . BURLINGTON , Nov. IS. Fire ttils eve t > y ing caused $75,000 damage to the Boiti tie clothing store. OswolJ Plstorlous , aged 1 in w > suffocated. Insurance30,000. | . KNIGHTS OF LABOR FINANCES Assets of the Order Foot Up to Almost One Hundred Thousand Dollars. TWO-TERM ELECTIONS VOTED DOV/N / Main Interest Xoir Centered on the Selec tion of Ufllcerx I'onrdcrly Arrives on the Sccno but llofuscs to Tulle. NEW ORLEANS , Nov. 16. The Knights of Labor held their usual session today and the proceedings were dry. The reports of the executive board , of the finance committee , bt the recording secretary and financial sec retary were presented and referred to the general committee for distribution to the proper subcommittees. The report of the special committees appointed at the last session of the general assembly to call a convention of the chiefs ot the national labor organizations ot the country in St. Louis In Juno of this year was read and was also referred. Without transacting any further business the convention adjourned until this afternoon. There will bo the usual public meeting tonight. The first business of the afternoon session was to jecelvo the report on the financial condition of the order , and It was reported there was now In the grand treasurer's hands the sum of $9,000. A schedule of the prop erty In the possession of the order was also presented. Among the Items on the schedule was the Knights of Labor building In Philadelphia , valued at $60,000 ; official Journal and plant , $15,000 ; Canalburg , Ind. , coal mines , $10,000 ; real estate at Homer , N. Y. , $24,000 , and other smaller properties , aggregating about $95,000 In all. The committee on law made Its report , which was referred to the committee on dis tribution , to be presented to the subcommit tees , and a few minor changes were made In the preamble of the order , but the motion to "elect grand officers for two terms of two years each" was defeated by a large major ity.A A congratulatory telegram was sent to the national grange now In session at Springfield , 111. Interest Is- now centering In the election of officers , which will not take place until the latter part of the session. Adjournment was taken until 5:30 : p. m. NEW ORLEANS , Nov. 16. Ex-Master Workman Powderly refused to talk to a representative- the Associated press today concerning his plans. Ho reached the city last night , and declined to see reporters , and this morning he said he could not speak for publication at this time , and was unable to say what his relations would bo toward the convention of the Knlghta ot Labor. Pri vate business brought him here , he said. Powderly's friends are quietly working up a boom for him , and they are feeling the pulse of the assembly with respect to the suggestion of Powderly's name for the posi tion now held by Mr. Sovereign. It Is evi dent from the conversations held with dele gates that there Is much objection to theSe So vcrolgn administration , end Powderly's friends say that the ex-master Is now aa strong as ever with the rank and file of the organization , and that ho stands a very good show of getting the vindication which he Is seeking slnca he was turned down. FOVll JIltVTAE ASS.tVLTS. Neck of a Negro at Atclilson U In Serious Dancer. ATCHISON , Kan. , Nov. 16. Considerable excitement , which may end In a lynching , has been caused ) here by the brutal nets ol a negro this morning. Between 4 and 6:3 : ( o'clock ai negro entered the homes of foui highly respectable white ladles living wlthlr four blocks of each other , and outraged them. The fiend was evidently acquainted with the habits of the male folks , as al each place they were absent at the time The victims arc Mrs. Michael Cain , Miss Rosa Cain , Mrs. Grossman and Mrs. Ben jamin Poston. Searching parties arc. look Ing for the negro In every direction am Summary justice will surely be meted cute to him If captured. It was finally learned the fiend was Ton Collins , a negro hostler from Fort Leaven worth , who has been In Atchlaon the pas three days on iv spree. He was traced t < Leavenworth. arrested and brought bad here this evening. Ho was secretly takci to the county Jail , where tonight he 1 : under n , heavy guard , It Is now though the law will bo allowed to take Ita course Mrs. Cain Is In a precarious condition to night and may succumb to her Injuries Her daughter and two other women nisi suffered Injury , but will recover. Mra Cain was asleep when the brute entcrci her room. When she made nn outcry h drew a knife across her throat , cutting > slight gash. Her screams had awakcnei her daughter , who fled the house li ) he night clothes. The villain , desisting In1 hi nttempt to Injure Mrs. Cain , made for th door at the same time , and Mrs. Cain , be Moving ho was pursuing her. Jumped throng ] a window. AHhoush. the1 neighborhood hai been aroused by this time , Collins made ai attempt to injure. Miss Cain and in trylni to choke her into submission caused th blood to flow from her mouth. Some of th neighbors came upon the scene and h fled. Immediately the alarm was given am a searching party organized , but Collln was lucky enoupthi to have a start , anil es caped , as noted , to Leavenworth. HI capture by the officials later was all tha saved his lite. _ DOHEITIU TIt.lOEDT. 1'romlncnt Xcnr Yorker Shoot Ills \\lte , lie . , HIatcr anil Himself. ELMIRA , N. Y. , Nov. 1C. Martin J Strait , n , well known flour and feed dealei this afternoon fatally shot his wife , pu one bullet in the body of Mrs. Willlar Whlteford , which may cause her death , an then turned ! the revolver on himself an tried three times to put a bullet throug his own heart , falling to strike that orgar but Inflicting1 wounds which will undoubl edly cause his death. The shooting was th result of domestic , difficulties. The Whltt ford and Strait families until a few week ago lived In the same , house on Hudso street , the women being sisters. Strait nn his wife fell to quarellnK and separated , hi : hoon burled their dllllcultles and again r < Mimed marital relations. About three week ago they agin fell out. Strait tried In val to retain the gcod will of his wife. Thl morning1 he sent a note by a messenge boy. The boy returned with the repoi that there was no answer. Strait purchase two revolvers. ICarly In the afternoon h saw his wife and sister-in-law In the bus ness section shopping. He followed thei across the river toward their home. Th first Intimation they had of his npproac was when he began firing. The first sin being at Mrs. Whltford. It struck her I the side and she fell. His wife whecle about with a cry and lie- fired three bullel Into her , all xtrlklngr her In the. stomuc and abdominal region , and passing clct through her. He continued Khootlng- tint ono revolver was emptied , nnd then i > r < duced the other and tired three bullets Inl his left side In an endeavor to reach h heart. In all he fired ten shots , and the calmly seated himself on a horse block. . crowd gathered , but as he still held tl gmaklnK revolver , hesitated to approach. "Come one. " said Strait , "there are enl three of us. " He and his victims wei helped to the house. To the police Stra said : "I am sorty this has happened , bi they drove me to It. " Mm. Strait died tonlKht. The physlcfai say Strait and Mrs. Whltford cannot ri cover. _ Sued 3Ir . Janica Itronn Putter. CHICAGO , Nov. 16. Mrs. Jan es Brow Potter appeared as defendant - a suit ! the superior court today. Miss Margar Van Zamlt , nn actress , tiled 8 suit again the star , who ls at present playing at tl Schiller theater , asking for 11.018 .front Mr Potter for expenses attendant upon a tr to India , nnd costumes. An attachmei was placed in the hands of the sheriff , ar the company In which Mrs. Potter Is no playing will be garnlaheed. Large Confectlomry Dealer ! Fall. NEW HAVEN. Conn. , Nov. IC.-The fir of 13. II. Douglas & Sons , confectioner for the appointment of a recclv today. Their asset * are $150,9 } $ .And liabil ities $100,000. They glvfe as roamms for the action that business lids been poor for the past year. - " > ' * ' jiAiisii.t forest Limn Cemetery AtaoMajfon Wanta Money for a llnrlnl fxtt. NEW YORK , Nov. 16. ( Sifcclal Tele gram. ) The Forest Lawn Cemetery associa tion of Omaha has employed Lawyer Louis F. Wilson hero to collect a Judgment against Rev. William J. Harsha D.V-f formerly pas tor of the First Presbyterian church of Omaha and now pastor ot the First Col- leglato Dutch Reformed church here , which the cemetery association secured ! against the revercned gentleman for a lot Je gave for a grave for a poor person , but for which he never paid. * Officers of the Forest Lawn Cemetery as sociation were naked yesterday concerning the truth of a dispatch from Now York stat ing that an attorney had been employed thcro to collect from Rev. t > r. Harsha , formerly pastor of the First Presbyterian church here , a bill duo for the purchase 6t a. lot. They eald that the story was substantially correct. Dr. Harslia purchased the lot for which the association Is now. endeavoring to collect payment January 10 , 1890 , the agreed prlco being $55. Some time after that date ho signed a note for the Amount , but although the note Is long past 'duo ho has failed to pay It. The association recently sent the note to the New York attorney and aoked him to endeavor to collect the some from Dr. Harshn. The attorney writes that the doctor has agreed to pay the claim on January 1. No suit lifts as yet been commenced , and the officials" Forest' Lawn gave their attorney specific Instructions not to commence a legal action , . sxoicai XOT HE rihiR. Threatened llllrznrd In Wyoming Canted I.lttlo Diimngo to Stock. CHEYENNE , Nov. 16.-Speclal ( Tele gram. ) The storm In Wyoming was not as severe as first Indicated. Lofts than two Inches of snow fell , but the temperature dropped from three to fourteen degrees be low zero In different sections of the state early this morning , nnd It has not moder ated any tonight. Cattle were In line con dition , consequently there- Will be no loss , but the sudden change will cut stock down In flesh very rapidly. Somntlilnt : of Wyoming' * ) ISx | > rngn < . CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Nov. 16 , ( Special.- ) It coat the people of Wyoming $204,531.76 to run the state government during the year 1894. The money was expended ns follows : Wyoming1 university , $3,797,03 ; Interest on state Indebtedness , $19,200 ; maintenance of the capltol bulldlnp , $3,152.30 ; 'Insane asy lum , $11,583.63 ; nawllns penitentiary .build ing fund , $23.210.06 ; Hock Bprlijgs Miners' hospital , $23,161.47live ; stock sommlsslon , $1,985.19 ; olllrers' unlades. Incidental ex penses , etc , $112,485.07 ; total , $ aH.Ii8L76. MILT.S WILL snuf. Millers TaUo this Method Kneeing the 1'rlco of Flour. ( , CHICW3O , Nov. 16. The initial Meps lookIng - Ing towards the curtailment , o JJe ) Hour output by a six weeks' surpen lqp of the merchant mills of the country verc taken at a meeting of millers nt > ttie twlltortum today , The meeting eom-lfited | of twelve me' , win wore ch en by votva'fdjiwhoic selection 500 millers , representing , n dully output of 350,000 barrelH. wern. , Invited to take part. The committee Vies unanimous In agreeing that the prlr.6 of' ' Hour was below a profit yielding point , .and that Pome concerted action by the Iradanak ; eces ary to bring up the price to n Tirolltnxilnt , , , 'me reduction ot stocks was iesaruedsvas the best method tending to an "fpjtr "e , iiutn.e price , An agreement was tue.lv'jormed to shut down mills for six \ secKSMlhlii three inonth < < , beginning : Uecembe.r'lO./T e agree- rnent will be In force when mills represent ing ft production of 150,000 barrels a day have signed the same. SHUT JiOH X iS 'SUE STItEET. " * ' _ _ . Two Mls9lsslpplnnrl.le < ln Wnlt With Miot- gang for Their Far * , LULA , Miss. , Nov. 16. There was a pitched battle In the main business street 'of Lula today , ns the result of which two men are dead. J. W. Boyd and hls brother , Bob , stood In an alley until they 'saw J. W. Harman and A. H. Lawrence approaching on their way to dinner. Then the brothers , each armed with a shotgun , stepped forth and opened fire on the others. Harman hail time to draw his pistol nnd fired twice at the Boyds , blit without effect. Each of the brothers had his man picked out , and at the first volley both of thelc men 'jell. ' The elder Boyd mounted a horseand rode away while the other csceped on foot They sent word later they would surrender to the sher iff , but to no one else. The tragedy la the icsult of an old feud. Itnnlc I'reslilnnt Under Arrtst. BALTIMORE , Nov. 1G. A special to the News from Bristol , Tcnn. , says : J..E. Crnn- dnll , president of the National bank of John ston City , was arrested today by United States Marshal Condol on a writ charging him with making false statements an to the condition of the bank's finances. He. was released under $50,000 ball. The bank at Johnston City failed several days' ago , but the failure created no particular excitement. Mr. Crandall's arrest has caused a sensa tion. tion.WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON. Nov. 16-r-The ; arrest of President Crandnll of the Johnston City Na tional bank was made at the direction of Comptroller of the Currency Eckels. In his last report made to the treasury , early in October , the president reported hla bank \o be In a solvent condition and the treasury Is assured It was not. The United States district attorney has been directed to prose cute Crandall for violating the law which requires a truthful Btatpmcnt of the condi tion of the national bunks to bo made live times a year. YThltwortli Milken n Mntcmrnt. NASHVILLE , Nov. IG.-Qeorge K , Whit- worth , clerk nnd masjer bt the. chancery court , who shot nnd killed Chancellor Alli son on Wednesday last , is still alive , but cannot recover. An ante mortem statement made by Mr. Whltworth wan given to the public today. In this statement MK Whit- worth says that before Judge Allison's first election as chancellor the latter told him he would not appoint him unless he ( Whit- worth ) wculd agree to divide the fees of the office. This , Whltworth eays , he agreed to do , and in addition the cum he loaned JudKo Allison at different 'times amounted to $20,000. Ho says he. endeavored to get Judge Allison , to secure this amount to ae- 'cure himself nnd protect hl bondsmen , nnd when he learned that Judge * Allison , would not agree to a settlement he , .determined ta * kill him. - Killed III * landlady nnd'lltnuelf. CHICAGO , Nov. 16. J. J , Hissings , an electrician , shot nnd killed Mrg.j-McLaugh- lln , his landlady , nnd afterwards } shpt him self through the head-dvUir "almost in stantly , lllgglngs has roomed .ati.Mrs. Me- Laughlln's house for some timennd falling behind In his rent , had been "threatened with ejection. Tonight he called'Che ' womar Into a bed room , and after u hard struggle threw her to the floor andfired several shots Into her body. After , killing tin woman HlKBlngs left the house'but re. turned , and was standing on ttie sldewalli In front of the place when Jie'Jieard thi patrol wagon coming , nnd rather-than tn arrested , he sent a bullet thraughhls head Itnldvrlu Wants Ilia Judgment , ' $ ct Ailde. CHICAGO. Nov. 16.-Lucky E > ldwln hai " filed a bill in the circuit court ifo "preveni the enforcement of a Judgment < ? f * 3'428' r * ' covered against him. by- John W. McCIci land , In , which garnishment proceedWi have been taken against the Wnshlngtor Park club. Baldwin claims It Ift Illegal-be cause no notice was served on him. Me Clelland Is a race horse trainer , and wan u one time In the employ of Baldwin. Thi suit was brought for salary for servicci and reimbursement for moneys faaid out foi the horse owner. t Noted Kdllor und lenkteur'Defid. NEW YORK. Nov. H.-FranclS A. Tnl died today In Bloomfleld , N. J. , In Jjls 73 < year. He came to thl city In 1841 oni worked at the case with Walt Whitman and eoon became proofreader. ' He read tli original proofs of Poe's "Kaven1' and "Tn < Bells. " * For norne tltna he was on thi editorial staff of the American WJiltr lie view , and ho acted ao propfrtader con trtbutor'and associate editor ol the . ' "Am ri can Cyclopedia. " He was one of the prin clpal editors of the Century dictionary : r havlnc charge of the work at the etart , INCASE A CONTEST COMES Independents Are Preparing for Vigorous Action , Defensive and Offensive. WILL SHOW FRAUD IN FAVOR OF MAJORS Ample KTldunce of Qrosi Irregularities on 1'art ot Klcotlon Itonrd * In Interest of the Corporation Candidate for the ( lovormirslilp. LINCOLN , Nov. 10. ( Special Telegram. ) A new element has recently been Injected In to the election contest. It U based on the evident fact that the newly elected republican state officials from lieutenant governor to the last candidate on the ticket are not at all anxloua for a contest. They are not whooping for a recount. On the contrary they are well satisfied to let the matter rest. And one of them remarked , an illegal ballot thrown out for Majors would bo lost to the state ticket. Th ro Is ample evidence ac cumulating that thousands of such ballots were polled at the election in Nebraska on November C. At Independent headquarters at the Llndell preperatlons are being made to meet the pro posed contest with crushing evidence of fraud on the part of the railroad managers of Tom Majors' political Waterloo. A representative of The Bee today called on J. A. Edgerton , secretary of the Independent state central committee , and Inquired in regard to the outlook. Mr. Edserton said : i'JiKlRO Holcomb Is elected goVcrnor of Nebraska by over 3,100 plurality on the face of the returns. How any one with ordinary political sense and shrewdness can expect to mnko a successful contest against such a plurality Is more than I can understand , " his talk I regard as purely In tht nature f a bluff. WHERE CONTEST TALK ORIGINATES. "It is not supported by a single prominent epublican leader of any reputation for politi cal sagacity. It Is my understanding that he meeting of leading republicans held In his city n few days ago decided to abandon ho Idea of going Into a contest. All the resent talk Is Instigated by a few Jim Crow awyersho are trying to work up a case , few tin horn gamblers who want to avoid payment of their election bets and a ew cheap John politicians who want a Job nd want It badly. " "How about the cfliarges of fraud published n the Lincoln morning paper ? " "They are certainly too allly for serious consideration. In the first place that paper digresses upon the large number of votes lolled for governor more than were polled or the other state officers. The facts are hat the official canvass now being made ihows that there were nearly as many votes lolled for the other state officers as for gov ernor. Naturally there would bo a few people , who would vote for governor who would not vote for the rest of the state Icket. The claim that ballots were thrown nit because marked with a lead pencil would operate AS much against one side as the other. A contest opens up both sides ot the question , and each aide la allowed all benefits accruing as well as disadvantages. The : lalm that In certain places persons voted for lolcomb twice and both votes counted is * ully as nonsenslca ! . I have failed to learn of a single- place In the tate wliere republi cans'uld not have a representation on the tlecf Ion boards. In -number - of cities I mow that they had * every member of such ward 9. "There was never a fairer election In the state , as far as the friends ot Judge Holcomb yero concerned. The independent commit tee had barely $1,500 , hardly money sufficient | o pay postage ; let alone to corrupt voters. The" democratic committee had 'less. On our lart it wan the , most economical campaign in Jie history of "the state. We couldn't have Bribed any one if wo had had thedisposition. . The machine and the funds with which to run It and purchase votes were all on the other side. " "What do you consider the aim of the Majors managers In crying fraud , since the returns show them to have been defeated ? " SAMPLES OF MAJORS' WORK. 'TITb Majors' managers of this state are In very poor shape to cry fraud. It Is much like the cry of 'stop thief indulged in by the pickpocket to throw off suspicion from himself. It Is done to divert attention from their own frauds , of which wo are securing Incontestable proof. To say nothing of the Immense amount of money used by the rail roads and the republican committees in the late campaign , It is enough to call attention to a few Majors tactics on election day. On the Dcadwood branch ot the D. & M. a train load of railroad men was brought down from Wyoming and voted at Alliance and other points along the route wherever republl- cans had the election boards. On the main line ot the same road a gang of Russians was brought In from Colorado and voted at McCook and other points. When their voles were challenged and the Judges asked them questions In taking the oath they would answer , 'Yah , yah , republican. ' That was all they could say in the English language. They had been taught the one word , 'republi can. ' That , however , was the open sesame with the Judges ot these precincts. These facts the Independent committee is able to prove , ag-well as many others. Aside from this , It Is common talk In many of the western towns that many republicans who hadbeen out of the state for three and four years were brought back and voted. " "Do you intend to Inquire into the alleged frauds 'in Lancaster county ? " "Yes , If the contest Is brought. In the city of Lincoln there were the grossest frauds practiced at the polls. In this city republi cans had almost the solid registration and election boards. The total registration was nearly 1,000 more than it had ever been In Its history. Whole squadrons of men were registered from vacant houses , vacant lots , freight yards , the government square , etc. Even dead men were registered , and their names voted on by Illegal colonized tramps. I am reliably informed that there was a train load of 250 railroad men from Wyoming brought Into this city the night before election and scattered all over town and voted. A large number of Russians took out their first naturalization papers the same day they registered. Most of these illegal voters were permitted to deposit their ballot ! In the box. Our committee has the names ol many of them , and , should the contest be brought , they , together with a great manj -others throughout the state , will go to th < penitentiary. These are but a few samples of the frauds committed , whloh wo are pre pared to prove if It becomes necessary tc do so. We were disposed to let these matter : alone until the Majors gang began to tall contest. We wanted to avoid expense. Bui you may give notice in The Dee that If 41iej really desire to unbottle this thing we wil have all the money necessary and are pre pared to spend it In defense of the legall ) elected governor of Nebraska , Silas A Holcomb. " * ABOUT THE LINCOLN VOTE. Some Interesting Information Is gleane < by a comparison of the votes ot Lancastei county since 1891. WIUi a steady decreasi In the population of the city of Lincoln , ai astonishing increaseIn the vote polled a the last election Is discovered. Nearly two thirds of the Increase between the votei of 1J3 * and 1894 occurs In the city. Hon are the total votes cast in four electlom : Yar. City. Country issi , , liu75 42 IWi , , 11,703 4,10 littl tJ.H.tl 0,2 It will be seen that the total Increase 1 : . the city of the vote of 1692 over 1891 wai SC There was a corresponding decreaie in th vote In the country ot 19. In 1893 there wa x decrease of the city vote from that ot 189 of 1,347. The decreaie In the country wt 363. In 1891 the vote In the oily ot Ltncolc notwithstanding a steady filling off of popu lation , jumps to 0,608. the largeit vote evn polled , tin Increase of 1,450 , The Inciete for the corresponding yeari In the countr wai but 811. There li no doubt that thl THE BEE BULLETIN. Weather Forecast for Nebraska Fair ) Wanner ; Winds Shifting-to South race. 1. Tnrkiih Ontragon In Armenia. AVImt the Sovereign Knight * Arn Doing. 1'opullatB 1'rop.ircd for n Contest , Jtcault uf Itunntnirn Tainted Candidate. 8. Odlclat Vote ot the State. Now American Aisoelntlon Meet * . 3. Foreigner ! 1'car Amcrlcnn Flimioler * . Japan's Aimrer Antlclpnted. Trim tu Control Silver' * 1'rlco. 4. Editorial anil Comment. 0 , Turn Lincoln Women Who Wmit to Die. Destitution AUrncti Attention , 0 , Council 11 luffs I.ocnl Matter * . Hour Hooneri Secured Town Loti * 7. Worts of Vim W. C. T. U. M'cBtorn 11 nil u Not Going Kim. 8. Dny'a Work Instead of Contract ! . O. What Ilolconiu'a Title Itests On. 11. Commercial nucl Flnnnclul Xc . Feature * of the Hvo Stock Trade. Dun and llrnilatreot on Ititilne * * , IS. Stnrle * of Sumo Sure Soldiers. IVhen Webster Wni it Warbler. remarkable increase Is the result ot Illegal colonization and Illegal registry by the B. & M. railroad politicians. It Is stated on the best ot authority that in one Lincoln ward the registration lists show forty-two voters registered , giving places of residence on vacant lots. The names of four dead men appear on the list , while the names of seventy voters appear as residing In one house , or at the same street number. Investigation shows the place to bo a small cottage. A committee has been quietly at work checking up the registration lists and gathering evidence of fraud. Papers are now all ready to cause the arrest of parties Impli cated when the proper time arrives to strike the blow. WHAT THE SCHEMERS HOPE FOR. "Whom do you really believe are the main agitators of a contest ? " was asked of Mr. Edgerton. "As I said before , I do not think any repu table republican leaders are In a scheme to steal the governorship , " ho answered. "They must realize that It would be the death knell of the republican party In this state If car ried to a successful conclusion. It Is headed by a few cheap strikers , who flatter them selves that each one Is a statesman out ot a Job. The plan Is this : A contest will be started on some sort of a trumped up charge. It will be carried to the legislature. TJiero a committee will appointed to recount the ballots. An attempt will bo made to have this committee made up of men of the same stripe as those who are Instigating the steal. Then , while this count Is .progressing , enough genuine ballots will bo drawn out and enough forged ballots Introduced to turn the scale In favor of Majors. It Is a bold plan , but It won't work. If persisted in .it can only result In sending a tow of the conspirators who engineer It to the state's prison. Wo are not disposed to bluff In this matter. But we are prepared to maintain our rights. Silas A. Holcomb Is as honestly elected governor of Nebraska as was ever a man elected to an office In this country. And the men who elected him will see that he takes his seat. " Government Will Untie on Till Votcil Ont. ST. JOHNS , N. P. , Nov. 1C. The last bye election In Gcorages ended today. Mr. McCarty , the government nominee , was ilected by a majority of 644- votes.The arltcs fn the legislature now stand , ; Gov ernment , fourteen ; WhUcwjurltes. twenty- one. One scat has been petitioned against. The Rovcrnhienl has mailo rlo announcement Ha intentions , but as constitutional usage permits it to meet the legislature and of ficiate until It Is disposed of by a vote ot ivant of confidence. It Is likely It will take his course. It Is thought acceptance of of fice by the Whltcwayllcs will by no means rove a bed of roses under the present con ditions. Eckels Writes on Currency tecl lntlon. NEW YOniC , Nov. 1C. A 'Washington dispatch to the Evening Post says : Comp- roller Eckels has written an article for ttio North American Review entitled "Experi mental Currency Legislation. " In which ho will show that nil the financial legislation of recent years has been with a view to cor recting temporary Ills rather than to obtain ing permanent results , but that the effects of these espeiImonta 1ms been to eliminate certain factors from the general problem which confronts the financial law makers of the future. St. l.ouli Company Were Agent * . ST. LOUIS , Nov. 10. In the federal court today in the case of the St. Louis Bank Note company , charged with having printed warrants for the state of Mississippi In si militude of government notes , a nolle pros- equl was entered , the district attorney holdIng - Ing that he hud no Jurisdiction , but that the case should he tried In Chicago , where the warrants were printed by the llrm for which the St. Louis comi'inauied ns agents. Trlnil to Cheat the Hangman. MOBKHLY , Mo. , Nov. IB. Reason For- bush , the notorious Howard county mur derer , made a desperate effort to escape from the Huntsvllle jail today. He knocked down the sheriff who went to feed him , took his revolver and attempted to kill tne ofllcer with It. l-'orhush was recaptured after liclnff filled with bullets. He was to have been hung nt lluntnvllle next wecic. He will doubtless die- from his wounds. Jliink Nut in Hail Shape. SAN BERNARDINO , Cal. . Nov. 16. Bank Examiner Wlghtman has made his report to the comptroller of the treasury at Wash ington on the condition of the First Na tional bank. The report has not been made public , but unoltlcl.il sources say the condition of the bnnk was found favorable , and If justly managed will not only puy depositors , but will leave the capital unim paired , _ Two Switchmen Killed. ST. LOUIS , Nov. 1C. James Floyd was killed today In the Belt railway yards In East St. Louis , where lie was at work as u switchman. Both his legs were cut off and death resulted Instantly. Floyd wax hurt by fulling1 In front of a moving switch en gine as he attempted to step on thft foot board. J. A. Benedict , another switchman , was run. over by freight cars and fatally Uurt- John Turk Uoti a Ilruvy Verdict. DENVER , Nov. IC.-The Jury in the United States court today returned a ver dict In the suit of John Turk against the Colorado Contra ! Consolidated Mining com pany , nwardlnir the plaintiff damages to the amount of (116,000. The action was brought to recover the profits of the ore taken from the Allumll lode during the litigation relative to that and other prop erties In the vicinity or Gepreetown. Shot by lloboers. SACRAMENTO , Cul. , Nov. 18. This even ing two masked men entered Beer's saloon on the upper Stockton road , clt-ht miles from I'IUB city , and demanded , of the bar keeper , a man named Cornelius , money in the vafe. He refused to comply , when they shot and killed him. Warden Senlenreil to lie Hanged. WOODLAND , Cal. . Nov. lO.-S' G. Wor- den , who was convicted of wrecking a Southern Pacific train near Sacramento , In which the engineer and four United Statex soldiers were killed , was tonlxht sentenced to be hanged February 12 , 18M. Tonrert lliirk Into Tort. MILWAUKEE , Nov. 16.-The stenmei Oadea and consort San Dlcgro , which were ashore this morning a few miles south , ol this city , have been released and towed Into port. Considerable coal was jeltonlzcd front both boats. Movement ! of Heneolne V Mell , Nor , 10 , At Rotterdam Arrived Rotterdam , froir N w York. At Liverpool Arrived Cevlc , from Nev At Hamburg Arrived Moravia , from N TI York , At New York-Arrived Alter , fron Bremen ; Schiedam , from Amsterdam. A t Liverpool Arrived Oermanlc , fron New York. TATTOOED MEN NOT WANTED Moral Taught by tlio Result of the Keconl Election iu Nebraska. CORPORATION CONTROL IS REPUDIATED Campaign of Allied Capital Unable to Cruil ) Public Sentiment Apuliist Men Morally Unfit tu Hold Illch OOlce A Great Victory , The further away the recent election gets the greater the magnitude of the victory achieved by the overthrow of the cohorts of corporate monopoly and boodle rings appcnra With the exception of Nevada , every state north of the Ohio river and north of Texas gave the republican ticket majorities almost phenomenal In proportions. In New York ; the republican candidate for governor wai elected by an unprecedented majority. Even In New York City , the solidly democratic- stronghold , a republican mayor was elected by a majority reaching almost 45,000. In Ohio , Pennsylvania , Indiana , Illinois , anil , In fact , all of the great states or the north the republican victories are BO brilliant as to attract general comment , 'in Nebraska , two congressional districts were wrested from the populists , and the state legislature- fi'i strongly colored with republicanism that the opposition will hardly have sufficient repre sentation to fill places on the committees. Every republican candidate for a state ofllco except governor was elected by a large and handsome plurality. Tomi Majors seema to have been the only republican candidate of any prominence north of Mason ana Dlxon's line who was Indignantly rejected by 1 the people. For this reason the people's victory over the confederated corporations stands out In bold relief. COMBINED CORPORATION COERCION. The colossal proportions of the combina tion that supported Majors can scarcely bo underrated. Every railroad m the state , excepting , possibly , the Rock Island , was tied up with the Burlington czar In his deter mination to force Majors upon the people oC Nebraska. The whole power of the Bur- llungton railroad was brought to bear upon the people of the state. Employes of that road were coerced Into voting for Majors ; People In the western part of the state whp are at the mercy of that corporation were Intimidated and browbeaten in the most shameless manner. The bulldozing of the railroad forces was almost Intolerable , and the people In the extreme western part ot the state might well Imaglno tnat they were liv ing under a military despotism , Instead of In I a free and enlightened country. On the other railroad lines the attempt to coerce voters and Intimidate employes was not st > marked , or so bold , but the mailed hand was there , even if H had been clumsily concealed beneath the kid glove. General officials and subordinates from their headquarters went out over the length of the Ellihorn , Union. Pacific and Missouri Pacific roads to Instruct men how to vote. They left no stone un turned to cast the entire railroad vote , of tha state to Majors , In the hope ol forcing hla election In spite ot U\o \ Indfguant uprising ot hqncst voters of all parties' . j But the Burlington wag.-tho head and frqr\t \ of the combination. Never in tha hlslpry of this country was therq such a display ofj autocratic power over employe * as was exert clsed by the Burlington czar'over 'the mqrt dependent upon him. From the headquarter ! } at Omaha and the shop. ' ) at , Plattsmouth to- the Colorado line employes were dragooned f Into the war under the Majors banner. Rail JI road employes everywhere along the whole system in this state were given plainly to understand that their places or their wages depended upon the -way they cast tholr votes , and.all were given a gentle hint that any man showing a disposition to vote for Judge Hol comb would encounter serious trouble it he persisted. EASY ENOUGH TO RIDE. Free passes were Issued by thousands. Every railroad capper in the state had bun dles of passes for distribution among peopla who could thus bo bribed Into support ot Majors. These passes were used In a number ot ways. Students in attendance at tha State university at Lincoln were furnished tree transportation to enable them to go homo to vote , provided , of course , that their votes would bo pledged In advance for Majors. Every township in the stnta was ransacked for the names ot voters who had lived In the state at any time within the past five years. Thcso absent voters were sent for from wherever they could be found. Men were brought from the Pacific- coast , from Texas and from as far cast as the New Eng land states upon conditions that they would vote for Majors In return for the free trans portation given them. In many parts ot the state , and particularly along the line ot the B. & M. In the Republican valley , the registration laws -were completely abolished and the way opened for the voting of the men from the gravel trains and the emigrant excursions. These emigrant trains were run nto the state a tow days prior to election day and the strangers Induced by small rewards to vote for Majors , oven at the risk of punishment It their crime against the bal lot box should be discovered. The forces' from the B. & M. extensions In Montana and Wyoming were brought back to Nebraska to vote , and were Judiciously distributed along the line of that company's road between Omaha and McCook and given the privilege ot casting their votes for Majors and drawIng - Ing pay from the railroads. This may have been a llttlo hard on the contractors , but they wrtl probably be reimbursed. Tha same thins was done hero In Omaha , and men employed by contractors from this cltyj were brought hero and voted. LOCAL EFFORTS TO AID TOM. Allied with the railroads were the fran- chlsed corporations of the city ot Omaha , the leading banks of this ! city , the stock yards and packing houses of South Omaha , the Standard Oil company , and many wholesale houses , Thcso various forces were organ ized Into an allceed Business Men's associa tion , and the amount of money contributed by this powerful agency could not have been less than $100,000 , and probably reached nearer $150,000. This Immense campaign fund was expended with a. lavish hand , not only in Omaha , but In every part of th state where the use of money promised to aeslrt In the election of Majore. In Omaha for several days before election the streets were black with the thousands of professional workers v < ho had sold their pretended In fluence to the Majors campaigners for not less than $10 apiece , and many men who claimed to be able to handle whole blocks ot voters received all the way from $25 to $300 each. In addition to this , they were promised more In the event of the succeii ot their efforts. It Is believed that th pledges contingent upon the election ot Majors - jors reached $100,000. On the other side , the fight agalnit corpora tion rule In Nebraska politic * was fought en tirely by volunteer force * . Neither the demo cratic or the populist parties hadi a campaign organization worthy of the name. While th republicans had complete and well supplied commissary and quartermaster departments and a paymaster general well provided with funds , the men who assisted the opposition had to pay their expenses. Their cpcakera had to pay their own railroad tares and theln own hotel bills. The democratic and popullsS committees had scarcely funds enough , ta pay for stationery and postage with which to conduct the ordinary campaign correspond ence. WAS A GREAT PIQIIT. It cannot be denied that the republicans made a most magnificent campaign. Ntv n In the history ot politics in Nebraska was th state canvasicil ra well. With an nbundonc * of means at Its disposal the republican com mittee was able to engage a Urge coip * ot trained ipeakcrs. H was tnabltd to eiUtilltM a literary bureau with paid wrlteri. ETW $