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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , , , , . NORFOLK NEBRASKA FltlDAY APiUL 80 1'JOl ' ) SMITH COLLEGE GIRL MURDERED MISS HELEN AYER MARDEN SLAIN BY REJECTED LOVER. HE THEN COMMITTED SUICIDE Porter Smith of Chicago , Graduate of Dartmouth , Shoots and Kills Girl In Senior Class at Smith Because She Broke Engagement. Noithnmpton , Mass. , April 29. En raged because she had broken her en gagement with him wild refused to re new it , Pdrtor Smith of Chicago , who was graduated from Dartmouth college - lego last year , today shot and fatally wounded Miss Helen Ayer Mnrdon , a senior nt Smith college , and then committed suicide. Miss Mnrdon Is a daughter of Frank Mnrdon of Somervlllu. The shooting occurred shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. Miss Mnrdon died just before noon. INSANITY INJJAINS FAMILY Aged Father of Prisoner Testified In Son's Behalf. Flushing. N. Y. , April 29. Gen. Peter C Haines , retired , the aged father of Capt. Peter C. Halns , Jr. , who is on trial hero for the murder of Wil liam E. Annls , was the first witness for the defense today. While his father was testifying the prisoner sat with his face toward the jury and paid no attention to him.N General Halns testified to many evi dences of mental irresponsibility on the part of his "son during his youth and also in later years. Ho said his own father died of "senile insanity. " TEN HURT IN TROLLEY CRASH Plttsburg Car Beonmes Uncontrollable and Dashes Down'Hill. ' Plttsburg , Pa. , April 29. Ten per sons wore Injured , five of them ser iously , early today , when a Home stead , Braddock and East Plttsburg trolley car became uncontrollable on a steep grade on Forest street , near Beeler , In the Squirrel hill section. E. B. McMasters , the motorman , sustained a fractured skull and prob ably will die. The car dashed down the street hill , Jumped from the track and was smashed when It struck a steel trol ley polo with sufficient force to break It In two. v What caused the accident Is not ? known. k i Asks United States to Intercede. Nashville , Tonn. , April 29. Dr. S. H. Chester , secretary of the Foreign Mission board of the Southern Presby terian church , has gone to Washington to ask the government to Intercede In h behalf of the two Southern Presbyter ian missionaries In the Congo Free I State , Central Africa , shortly to be tried by the Belgian government at Ii Leopoldvllle , on the charge of slander ing the government. One of the missionaries is Dr. Mor i risen of Virginia , and the other is a well know negro missionary , Dr. Sheppard. It is said the mission of Dr. Ches ter to Washington Is to request the United States government to intervene if under the provision of the treaty of 1891 , which provides for the arbitra tion of any disagreement coming un der the treaty. I Coal Peace Three Years More. Philadelphia , April 29. The agree ment between the miners and oper ators Insuring Industrial peace In the anthracite coal relons for another period of three years was signed here today by the representatives of the employes and the men. Honor Andrew Carnegie. Plttsburg , April 29. Founders day was celebrated today at the Carnegie Institute in honor of Andrew Carnegie through whose generosity it was es tablished. Count Von Berastorff , the German ambassador , delivered ono of the principal addresses. Union Pacific Merger Hearing. Salt Lake , April 29. In yesterday's hearing of tha government suit to dissolve the ajlegcd Harrlmnn railway merger , testimony was Introduced to show that a discrimination in rates was made against Salt Lake City. Stephen M. Love , traffic manager for the ZIon Co-operative Mercantile Institution , testified -thrtt the rates are very much against the Salt Lake Jobber and in favor of Pacific coast cities. Mr. Love , who was a member of the state senate in 1901 , when a bill was before the Utah legislature per mitting the railroad company to merge or hold the stock of other railroads , also testified that among other things promised by the agents of the Union Pacific at the time was the double- tracking of the Union Pacific from Omaha to Salt Lake , the buildIng - Ing of a cutoff from Evonston , Wyo. . to Salt Lake and the building of mag nificent terminals in this city. Shah Grants Amnesty. Teheran , April 29. The snnh has granted amnesty to the Tabriz revolu tionists and has ordered that no oppo sition bo offered to the advance of the Russian troops , SNOW IN PENNSYLVANIA Heaviest Snowfall of Winter In Parts of That State. Plttsburg , 1'n. , April 29. The henv- IcHt fliiowfnll of the winter In Western Pennsylvania shortly before mid night and this morning at Bradford the snow was ten Inches deep and still falling. Snow shovels , stored away for the summer , had to ho brought out. All [ .Baffle experienced delays. Telegraph " 4 * telephone wires have been broken. Htsburg the weather Is mild and ' % 'nderstorms early today wore st. i of summer. Bribe Officials. Wnslu ' ' Vprll 29. John A. Henson - son of Si. ( / , anclsco , charged with bribery of gieminent officials in con nection with westoin land Irregulari ties , was acquitted by a Jury In the criminal court hero this afternoon. WILL GO AFTER HASKELL AGAIN U. S. ATTORNEY ORDERS VIGOR OUS PROSECUTION. TELEGRAPHS THE PROSECUTORS New Grand Jury , Drawn In Conformity With Judge Marshall's Ruling , Will be Asked at Once and Muskogee Town Lot Deal Probed. Washlng'ton , April 29. After con sideration of the reasons given by the court for Its action In quashing the Indictments against Governor Haskoll and others In Oklahoma , involving the alleged land irregularities , the attor ney general today telegraphed instruc tions to the United States district at torney at Tulsa to proceed with a vig orous prosecution of those cases. 'l e district attorney Is Instructed to apply to the court for a new grand jury drawn in conformity with Judge Marshall's dtclsion and to present the cases to the grand Jury. > RIOT LEADER SHOT DEAD Unknown Italian Leading Striking Bookmakers , Is Killed ) Flshklll , N. Y. , April 29. An un known Italian was shot and Instant ly killed in a clash between a rioting mob and the employes of the brick yards of the Watrous company on the outskirts of this village today. The brick yard workers have been on a strike for several days. Two hundred men , armed with clubs and stones , left the yard of O'Brien and Vaughey In Flshklll today and marched to the yard of the Watrous company , three miles up the river , which had been reopened after the strike. Fore man Patrick Qulnn and three other men employed at the Watrous yard met them. The mob , throwing stones , advanced upon the four men , where upon Foreman Qulnn shot and instant ly killed the mob leader. The other rioters then disappeared. Preacher and Woman Arrested. St. Louis , April 29. The Rev. P. R. Campbell , recently pastor of the Chris tian church at Stamping Ground , Ky. , was arrested hero last night in com pany with Miss Josephine Hosley , a member of his church , on advices from John Richards , marshal of Stamping Grounds. Campbell's wife and boy , four years old , are living with Mrs. Campbell's parents In Louisville. The Rev. Mr. Campbell told the police he was about to return to Kentucky and tell Miss Hosley's father ho would marry her when his wife obtain ed a divorce. SAY LUMBER DUTY IS HIGHER STILL SENATOR NELSON DECLARES NEW SCHEDULE GOES UP. SAYS BILL IS FULL OF JOKERS The Senate Occupied Itself with Fur ther Discussion of the New Tariff Bill Mr. Rayjier Made Speech Con demning Protection. Washington , April 29. Considera tion of the tariff bill was resumed by the senate today. After Mr. Rayner had made an ex haustive speech In opposition to the general protective tariff policy of the republican party , Mr. Nelson took the floor to present his objections to some of the schedules. Ho manifest ed especial satisfaction over the dis covery by himself of what ho said were numerous "Jokers" In the lum ber schedule. While supposedly the rates of duty on lumber were lowered , ho said , they In fact were higher even than the Dlngley rates. HOGS UP TO $7.25. High Price Was Paid In South Omaha Thursday Morning. South Omaha , Npb. . April 29. The price of hogs reached $7.25 per 1,000 pounds on the South Omaha market today. RIVER FILLED WITH BODIES DEAD BODIES OF MEN , WOMEN AND CHILDREN FLOATING. BEING CARRIED DOWN TO SEA Conditions In the Country Around Ad- ana are Terrible Belated Cablegrams - grams Tell of Dead Bodies Covering Fields Disease Appearing , Adana , Tuesday , April 27. Condi tions in the country surrounding Ad- ana as a result of the recent fanati cal Moslem movements upon the Christian population are terrible. Dead Ijoifles are lying out on the fields. Numberless Armenian farm houses have been burned. Conditions are more unsanitary and dysontary la appearing. River Fillsd With Bodies , Merzlna , Asiatic Turkey , April 27. Tuesday. The liver that empties Into the sea here Is carrying down many bodies of men , women and children. They undoubtedly were thrown Into the river from the country above into city. The Fire at Adana , Constantinople , April 29. A tele gram received here today from Adana says the fighting which began there last Saturday , continuing for two days , that a terrible fire was destroying the Christian quarter of the city and that further efforts were being made to stamp out the Armenian population. Each Woman Wounded Four Times. Adann , Asiatic Turkey , Saturday , April 24. The emergency hospital hero contains 300 patients suffering from wounds , many of whom are wo men. The average number of wounds to-each patient is four. There is great and immediate need for food and medical supplies. Prac tically the entire Armenian population of Adana , 15,000 people , is homeless without bedding or clothing , and the food supply in the shops is exhausted. Shot for Screaming. Some of the wounded Armenian wo men have told Miss Wallace , an Eng lish nurse who is caring for them * , that they were shot by the Moslems because they screamed when they saw their husbands killed before their eyes. eyes.Many Many Armenian girls were carried off by the Turks as booty. A large number of mutilated bodies have been found in the houses of the city. Dur ing the first five days of the disor ders , while fighting , Killing and plun dering was going on on all sides , the vail of Adana kept the Turkish troops in the government house day and night under orders. .On the sixth day he ordered them to stop fighting which could have been on the first day. American Missionary Talks. Stephen Trowbrloge , an American missionary , said today ! "One man is responsible for the disorders here , J.ho vali himcelf. He had it in his power to suppress law lessness and massacre , but deliberate ly refrained from doing so. Heatd simply 'we are not responsible. ' " " The better class of Turks in Adana , " Mr. Trowbrldge continued , "the members of the committee of union and progress , are deeply griev ed and saddened at these dreadful events. Some of them are ready to Join us In relief work for the Armen ians. One bey has already opened bis house to refugees. " Americans Seize Guns. The American missionaries allowed no armed 'Armenians to enter the mission premises. They confiscated all weapons at the entrances to ( heir houses. During the four days not n single shot was fired from the mis sion buildings. Immunity was secur ed for the Armenians who had taken shelter with the Americans upon the condition that they would give up all their arms and this stipulation was strictly carried out. TROOPS TO RELIEVE AMERICANS Two Battalions of Turkish Soldiers Will Protect Missionaries. Merzlna , Asiatic Turkey , April 29. Two battalions of Turkish troops ar rived hero today. It is understood a strong detachment will at once be * sent up country to Hadjln to effect the relief of American women mission aries there who for nearly a fort night have been beselged in their mission by a horde of fanatical Mo hammedan , tribesmen of the surround ing country. Armenians Need Food. Washington , April 29. Food medi cal assistance and shelter was much needed by both Armenians and Mo hammedans in the disturbed districts of Asiatic Turkey , according to a dis patch received from Ambassador Lelsh man at Constantinople and the Amerl- lean Red Cross society has under taken to aid the sufferers. It already has sent $1,000 by cable to the Am bassador for relief work and Miss Mabel Boardman of the executive com mittee says that the Red Cross would bo glad to receive and transmit con tributions from the people of the United States to the American ambass ador to bo used In relief work ut his discretion. The ambassador is working with Rev , W. W. Peel , representative nt 1 Constantinople of the American board of commissioner ! ) for foreign missions , and who has an admirable organiza tion for distribution of-vcllcf , but needs funds to make It effective. The ambassador , in a cable message says : "As distress among the pop ulation Is very great , 1 am convinced that the Amorlcnii Red Cross could not hotter fulfill the noble purpose for which It was founded than by such n contribution. " Adana Completely Destroyed. London , April 28. A special dispatch from Morzlna , dated Monday night , says : "Two Turkish regiments which landed hero Saturday , proceed ed to. Adana. where they resumed , lat Sunday night , the wholesale murdering of Armenians and the burning of their property. Thousands were burned to death , while those who attempted to escape were shot down by the troops. The destruction of the town of Adana Is complete , The loss of life in the whole pro vince of Adana Is estimated at 30,000. The losses of European In property arc enormous. The British and for eign warships hero are Inactive. Four Germans previously reported as hav ing been killed at Bakdjeh have arrived - rived safely at Merzlna , All the Armenian population at Bakdjeh have been massacred. TORNADO IN SARPY COUNTY DOES MUCH DAMAGE TO PROP ERTY , KILLS SOME STOCK. TERRIFIC STORM HITS CHICAGO Fierce Thunderstorm Raged for Sev eral Hours In Chicago During the Night , Detonations Seeming to Shake the Skyscrapers. Omaha , April 29. A tornado which did much damage to property and kill ed some stock Is reported to have swept over Sarpy county last evening. It formed near Avery anil traveled northeast for several miles. No loss of human life has been reported. Brule In the western part of the state Is reported damaged by wind. FIERCE STORMlN CHICAGO ' Two Buildings- Struck by Lightning. Harder Storm to Follow. Chicago , April 29 , A terrific thun derstorm struck this city shortly after midnight and raged for several hours. It was accompanied by detonations which seemed to shako the skyscrap ers In the downtown district and two buildings were struck by lightning but no damage was done. The storm is said to be the forerunner of one which Is raging in the middle west and which has prostrated wires In Kansas City. Worse weather is expected within twenty-four hours. Wind Throughout Iowa. Des Molnes , April 29. Storm reports - l ports from various sections of the state indicate that a severe wind , ac companied the rain which fell during the night In the north and central parts. Much damage Is reported In c Hamilton county to buildings and outt t houses. On the Alexander farm , south c of Webster City , a large cattle barn was blown down and fifteen head , of blooded cattle killed. One Dead In Kansas Tornado. Wichita , Kan. , April 29. The tornado - nado that struck Dpuglas , a small town twenty-five miles southwest of this place , last night , caused but one death , that of Lewis Ayres , aged seventy-four years , and thj damage done was confined to a strip of coun try ten mllesNong and two miles wide. Heavy hail accompanied a twisting wind. Telephone communi cation with Douglas was re-established this morning and disclosed that the damage was not as serious as first reported. Iowa Bank Wrecked in Wind. Des Molnes , April 29. A terrific windstorm approaching a tornado In violence wrecked the Bank of Chls- helm at Chlsholm last night. The wind reached a velocity of sixty miles an hour and tore dow.n telegraph and telephone poles for miles southwest of here. Lightning and hall did much dam age to property In Perry , Ottumwa , and Creston. Snow In Iowa. Des Molnes , la. , April 29l Snow fell In Iowa In the north and central parts. Mason City reports an Inch , Webster City the same , while Slbley wired that snow was still falling. Washington , April 29. After a con ference at the treasury department by Secretary MacVeagh , Solicitor of In ternal Revenue Maddox and Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue Williams , it was decided to postpone the assessment of ? 82,777 against the Cudahy Packing company , levied on oleomargerlne , until the company had a hearing before the department. The payment under the assessment was duo yesterday . The date of hearing has not yet beee fixed. Rain Last Night. The heaviest rain of the spring fell last night , starting at about 10:30. : By midnight the rain was virtually over. Hail accompanied the storm and some wind was In evidence , though not enough to result in any considerable damage. A little over four-fifths of an Inch of water fell. NEBRASKA NEXT IN 2-G FARE WAR PRESIDENT OF ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM - TEM MAKES STATEMENT. MISSOURI MATTER IS SETTLED "The Fight In Nebraska Is the Next One We Will Have , " Says B. L. Win- chell , President of the Rock Island , Discussing the Passenger Fares. Kansas City , Mo. , April 29. "As far as Ave are concerned the two and n half cent fare In Missouri is settled. The fight in Nebraska Is the next ono wo will have , " said D. L. Wlnchell , presi dent of the Rock Island railroad sys tem , hero last night. Mr. Wlnchell was returning to Chicago cage ' after an Inspection trip. BANK STATEMENT GAL ED Comptroller of Currency Issues Call for April 28 Statement. Washington , April 29. The comp troller of the currency today issued a call for n statement on the condition of nil national banks at the close of business on Wednesday , April 28. GHILLIOGTHE GOES "WET" Liquor Interests Win Victory In Red Hot Campaign. Chllllcothe , Ohio , April 29. In the local option election , characterized by disorderly scenes throughout the day , at times bordering on rioting , Ross county voted "wet" by a majority es timated at 2,000. The city of Chllll cothe gave a "wet" majority of ap proximately 1,800 and the county out side was carried by a small majority by the same-forces. TO BUILD 31-STORY HOTEL New York Is to Have the Highest Hotel in the World. New York , April 29. New York is to have the highest hotel In the world , if plans filed with the bureau of build ing are carried out. They call for a 'thirty-one story structure 376 feet high , at the southwest corner of Madi son avenue and Forty-second street. This will overtop by ten stories any hotel structure In the city. The company behind the project will expend $2,000,000. Election to be Contested. Brldgewater , S. D. , April 29. The annual municipal election at which Jacob Tschetter was elected mayor over his , opponent , C. A. Ruy , by a majority of 1 , to be contested on the ground that ballots were cast by unqualified voters. * Beach Hargls Guilty. Irvine , Ky. , April 28. Beach Hargis was today found guilty of murdering his father , Judge James Hargls , and was given a life sentence. Miss White Weds Count. Paris , April 28. Miss Muriel White , daughter of the American ambassador to France , was married in the mairie of the eighth arroe Ment of Paris at noon today to Count Hermann Zchrr- Thoss , nn officer of the royal Prussian Cuirassiers. This simple civil ceremony was per- termed in person by Roger Allen , the mayor. Oldest E-Governor Dead. Battleboro , Vt. , April 29. Frederick G. Holbrook , former governor of Ver mont , the oldest ex-governor In the country , and one of the last of the civil war executives , died here , aged ninety-six years. YESTERDAY'S ' JASEBALL SCORE American League. At Boston. RHE Boston 12 10 2 New York 2 59 At Cleveland. RHE Cleveland 1 4 3 Detroit 8 12 0 At Washington. RHE Washington 3 8 0 Philadelphia 272 Chlcago-St. Louis postponed. National League. At Philadelphia. RHE Philadelphia 182 Brooklyn v. . . . G 6 0 At St. Louis. RHE St. Louis 8 1 3 Plttsburg ! 2 G 3 At Cincinnati. ' RHE Cincinnati 5 8 2 Chicago . - 6 10 0 " At NewYork. , RHE New York 5 8 0 Boston 3 8 & American Association. At Columbus. RHE f Columbus . . . . . . . . . .6 11 4 Indianapolis 3 11 12 At Toledo. RHE Toledo 8 12 3 Louisville 4 84 St. Paul-Kansas City postponed. Milwaukee-Minneapolis postponed , Western League Season Opens. Omaha , April 29. The Western League baseball season opened today with the Omaha team at Denver , DCS Molties at Pueblo , Lincoln at Topeka , and Sioux City at Wichita , CONDITION OFJIIE WEATHER' Temperature for Twenty- our riour , Forecast for Nebraska. Condition of the wt-athpi ua record ad foi the twonty-foui hour ? ending at 8 a m. today. Maximum OS Minimum . . . 38 Average 58 Barometer 29.40 Rainfall 83 Chicago , April 29. The bulletin Is sued by the Chicago station of the United States woathot bureau gives the forecast for Nebraska as follows : Rain turning to snow and cloudy to night , with temperature nearly freez ing Friday morning. Friday clear. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Bun sets (1:50. ( : rises 4:55 : : moon seta 8:11 : a. in MILLION DOLLAR ELEVATOR FIRE ILLINOIS CENTRAL GRAIN ELEVATOR - TOR "B" IS BURNED. FIREMAN KILLED ; MANY HURT Firemen Doing Heroic Work are Pin ned Under Falling Wall That Gave Way Without Warning Lightning Caused Fire Many Alarms. Chicago , April 29. Ono fireman was killed , another is missing and eight were seriously injured in a lire which destroyed elevator "B , " of the Illinois Central railroad hero early today. The conflagration , which was discovered at the height of a violent electric storm , completely consumed the ele vator and Its contents. The loss Is estimated at $1,000,000. The blaze , fanned by a gale which swept In from the lake , spread to the Illinois Central docks , to train sheds , and freight cars and It was with great difficulty that the firemen checked the fire from a general spread over the lake front yards of the railroad com pany. The elevator , its bins choked with wheat , oats and corn , was a mass of flames "by " the time the first fire companies reached the scene. Firemen Caught Under Walls. Although a heavy rain was falling the building hurned like a tenderboxf and firemen of truck No. 3 were caught under a falling v/all which burst out without warning. Lieutenant Patrick McElligott was buried beneath the debris and In stantly killed. Eight others were trapped and ser iously Injured. They were hurried to the emergency hospital. One fireman had an arm cut off. Fireman James Cooper Is missing. Lightning Caused the Fire. The fire , it is believed , was caused by lightning. For hours the electric storm which burst over the city short ly after midnight , created iavoc. Frequent alarms of fire kept the department l partment busy In several sections of the city and It was in the midst of the bombardment of lightning that the elevator was discovered on fire by a watchman. Fire Chief Horan responded on the first call and immediately sounded a general alarm. ' Sky Red for Miles. The sky for miles around was bril liantly illuminated by the blaze and huge burning embers spread over the I city driven by the high wind. Many times freight sheds of the Illinois Central and Wisconsin Central were on fire and to save them from destruc tion necessitated a heroic and stubj j born battle on the part of the fire men. men.The The destroyed elevator was 125 feet high 75 feet long and 50 feet wide. Elevator "A , " a similar structure- was also threatened but the fire tugs operating fiom the -river saved It from destruction. 2 DAKOTA TOTS BURN 1 DEATH LITTLE BOY AND LITTLE GIRL CREMATED NEAR STURGI8. PARENTS WERE OUT IN FIELD William Reihman's Home Caught ( Fire and Burned , Cremating a Two- Year-Old Boy and a Four-Year-Old Girl Father Was Injured. Sturgls , S. D. , April 29. The house of William Relhman , two miles south of Sturgls , caught fire and burned to the ground , also burning to death a boy two years old , and n girl four years old. c old.The The father and mother and two other children were out In the field planting potatoes when the flro was discovered and could not got there In . tlmo to save their children from cre mation , as the building was ablaze and the flro beyond control on their arrival. The father made several attempts to rescue his children but failed and was liadly burned about the face and head. The charred bodleg were recovered. u ABDUL HAMID'S ' MAN HANGED FORMER SULTAN , WITH HIS 1t WOMEN , AT SOLONIKI. HIS CHIEF MUTINEER LYNCHED Nndrl Pasha , Second Eunlch of the Old Palace Under Abdul's Regime , IB Hanged to a Bridge and Allowed to Bo Stared at by Throng. Salonlkl , European Turkey , April 29. The deposed sultan of Turkey , Abdul Hnmld , arrived hero last night from Constantinople. Ho was accompanied by two of his sons and a suite of sev enteen persons , Including eleven wom en of his Imrom. The party wan es corted quietly to the villa In the suburbs set aside for their use. Ex-Sultan's Right Hand aMn Hangod. Constantinople , April 29. Nadir Pashn , the second eunlch of the pal ace , under the regime of Abdul Hnmld , was hanged at dawn today on the Gal- ntti bridge , the great thoroughfare that connected Stnmboul with the quarters of Gnlatn and Pora. The body was allowed to swing until 8 o'clock in the morning and thousands of people stopped to look nt the great nublan ' whose name was a terror un der Abdul Humid. The dead man's face showed nn undershot Jaw and thick heavy lips. In life ho had been fully six feet and four inches tall. Nadrl was executed after a trial by court martial on the charge that ho Instigated the mutiny of troops on April 13. Ho was reputed to bo Intensely am bitious , subtle minded and insensible to the sufferings of others. Ho was ono of the trio that formed Abdul Hnmld's private cabinet under the old regime. The other members of this cabinet were Izzet Pasha and Fehein Pasha. The former , the sultan's secre tary , is now in hiding In London and the latter , who was head of the sultan's spy system , has been assassin ated somewhere in Russia. Nadir Pasha came to the imperial palace as a slave and grew up In 'that ' hothouse of intrigue. Since the depar ture of Izzet Pasha and Fehlin Pasha , Abdul Hamid has relied entirely upon Nadir , who Is regarded as having been the chief conspirator In the events on the 13th of April. Taft Recognizes New Sultan. Washington , April 29. Mehemuicd IV , the new sultan of Turkey , was officially recognized as the reigning ruler of that empire by the Washing ton government. This action follow ed the communication of the fact from the throne of the new sultan to the. state department by H. Kiazlm Bey , the ' Turkish ambassador , and similar information ' from American Ambassa dor Lelshman at Constantinople. The following dispatch according recognition , signed by President Taft , was forwarded to Constantinople for presentation by the ambassador : "I shall offer to your Imperial ma jesty my hearty congratulations on your accession to the throne with such universal acclaim , voiced by the people's representative and at a time so propitious to the highest as pirations of the great nation over which you rule as tno august head of a constitutional government. I as sure you of the friendship of the government and people of the United States who earnestly wish for your majesty's happiness and for that of the people within your dominions , and add my own wishes for your ma jesty's health and welfare. " Deposed Sultan a Prisoner. Constantinople , April 29. The de posed ruler , Abdul Hamll II , Is to be kept a prisoner In a house with wall ed grounds on a height overlooking Salonlkl , which has lately been occu pied by the Italian commander of the- Internal gendarmerie. He is not to be put on trial , as has been widely re ported in Constantinople , for he la c6nsldered to be above the law. It was thought wise to keep the de posed sultan In European Turkey , re * mole from the capltol. His household will bo administered for him upon a generous scale and his life will bo safeguarded as he earnestly besought when notified of his dethronement. Mutinous Garrison Quiet Now. Erzerum , Turkish Armenia , April 29. The garrison here , which showed signs of disaffection a few days ago , has changed its attitude on learning of the deposition of Abdul Hamid and the appointment of the new sultan and is now tranquil. GOVERNOR HEARS COMPLAINTS Trlpp County Settlers Send Word Regarding Gambling. Plorro , S. D. , April 29. The governor Is receiving numerous complaints of the manner In which affairs are being conducted at Urcgory and Dallas so far an the now settlers coming to those places on their way to Trlpp county is concerned. The complaints charge that not only arc town run wide open , so far as sa loons and gambling Is concerned , but .Imttbo games for relieving the new settlers tlors of their money are openly winked at by the authorities. Attorney Gen eral Clark has taken it upon hlmsoif to look Into such violations of law in the past , and the authorities of Gregory county may find that ho is taking * nn active part in their affairs the complaints continue.
