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VOL. XXXVIII XO.
OMAHA, MONDAY. MORXIN'O, MAY 3, 1909.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
STOCK MARKET
BECOMESFIRMER
SpeculfttiYe Sentiment is Unsettled
Earlier in Week, but verie.
Waive Extra Pay
FIRST DAYS OF
ADAMH0BR0R
Describtion of Massacre of Armenians
Written by Miss Elirabeth
Uebb of Illinois.
or Risk Losing
Jobs as Officers
Indicate Return of f
This it Outlook of Fire and Police
ct.
SITED
TARIFF DEBATE
TO BERESUMED
Indications that General Discussion
Will Extend Well Into Next
Week.
BORAH AND PILES TALK TODAY
Former Will Advocate ' Income Tax,
Latttr Tariff on Lumber.
BRADLEY SPEAKS TOMORROW
Captains and Lieutenants at
Present.
As the Board of Fire and Police Commis
SMALLEB, ISSUES ARE.-
ATTACK ON GIRLS' SCHOOL
Withdrawal of Support I em
Open to Quid Decl.7
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MONEY SITUATION BIO y.'v.
Withdrawal of Gold for Export
Causes Rise in Rates.
IT EASES LATER IN WEEK
Funds Came from Interior and After
.Month. End Renalremen ta Are Met
Rate nertlne Rise in Meet
I of t.eod KtTect.
.i;V YORK, Mty 2 -The speculative
s'.ntirnent s reflected In the rtlon of the
stock market underwent mmc unscttlc
ment !n the early part of last week, but
prior reroveiics later Indicated a reinstate
ment of confidence. It Is quite generally
rH.gnizcd thai the present position la
much to the money stttintlon and the wav
ering; of prlcea wan traceable to this in
fluence to a large extent. The close of the
preceding: week had presented a hardening
In the rail money rate to S per cent, the
highest since the first week In January
of thin year. The bank statement made It
clear that the demand for credits In con
nection with the syndicate subscriptions to
new bond Issues had encroached on supplies
to an extent that had made bunkers more
cautious In extending accommodations for
speculative purposes. The withdrawal of
2.W.00O gold for shipment to France polnte 1
to a new force of depletion of banking sjp
plles. At the same time It was known that
reparations must be made for financing
the May 1 payments and It was supposed
that an advance (n the call money rate dur
lng the week might be expected.
tfmaller Stocks Affected.
!' I . . . ...
i ue eiiecr wae manireit. especially In a
number of stocks of comparatively email
volume and subject to control by stock
market pools, which had been violently
moved upward in the recent past. With
drawal of support left them open to quick
declines of small sales. Suspicion was
aroused towards the market aa a whole fey
this evidence of artificial conditions in
special stocks. In some Instance there
were blunt denials made by officials of
rumora of intended dividend Increases,
which had been used In forcing up prlcea
in such cases. The final stages of the
transfer of sovereignty hi Turkey caused
On-e uneasiness abroad which was reflected
In t ha local market.
A heavy tone developed In the coaleta, who
pointed -aut that ;a large surplus of anthra
cite remained to be sold in the event of
.the expected settlement with the miners
of a wage agreement. The revival of the
tariff revision measure contributed to thu
depression. Another factor against the
market wa the unfavorable weather con
ditions for the wheat crop, which gained
influence from the renewed upturn in the
price of wheat.
Money Market Easier.
A powerful factor in Boothtng these ap
prehensions was the casing of the money
markot. The Increased requlrementa here
hade the effect of attracting funds from
nutslde wo-irces and of putting a slop to the
gold export movement. Not only did the
call Ioho rate recede, but time loan rates,
after being marked up a fraction, reacted.
The stack market was prompt to respond
to this evidence that the- easy condition
of the money market waa not to be dis
turbed Immediately.
A decisive factor In the latter Improve
nienta of speculative aentlment was the
conviction that conditions In the steel In
dustry were undergoing a turn for the bet
ter. The publication of the United Statea
Steel earnings for the first quarter of the
year helped to this feeling, a-s those earn
Ingrs proved somewhat better than the pre
liminary estimates.
Steel Prleea Advance.
Of greater effect, was the report of
atlffening of prices on several of the stee
products. Reports were somewhat confllct
ing as to the extent to which this had
gone, but tiutt the policy of indiscriminate
price cutting to secure new business hart
been abandoned, was known. The effect
to follow this tentative policy in bringing
in a demand waiting for a definite turn
In the situation waa awaited with great in
terest. Great importance would be at
tached to tha development of new demand
for ateel products to a point which wojld
overbalance the offerings. A new stage
in the progress of restoration of normal
tiwde conditions would be rerogmaed in
auch a condition. The hppef jlness in this
matter was helped by the placing of a
number of order for railroad equipment
of various kinds by several of the im
portant railroad system.
Black Hand
Plot to Kill
Detectives
Confession of Sicilian Arrested in
Chicago May Throw Light on
Assassination of Petrosins. j
CHICAGO, May t A Sicilian captured by j
the police bere tonight In the tearch for
the ajsallanta of Letectlve Gabriel Longa
bardla. head of the "Rlack Hand" squad,
who narrowly escaped death last nuht.
told a story that may throw some light
upon the murder of Lieutenant Joseph
Petrontno of the New York police and also
may prevent a similar attempt upon the
Ufa of a New Orleana city detective of the
ham of Pentonio.
Three three detectives Pttroslno. Ionga
bardU and Dantonlo according to the
Sicilian ttory. were marked for death by
Vthe Black Hand society eral month ago.
They have been active eneinle of the so
ciety for msny years. Petroeino was killed
In Italy after a most careful plot had been
laid fed- htm. Longabardia baa been
watched for weeks The New Orleans plot
la stUI In the dark.
Two New York Italians, whose identity
la known to the police, came here aeveral
week rffo and opened a little grocery store
it tie Italian fuarter ot tne west aide.
sioners certified to the extra pay for cap
tains and lieutenants of fire and police,
there was nothing left for the council to
do but pass the appropriation ordinance
Including the raise In pay. but before
another month has passed the council hopes
to have some agreement with the excise
board. To this end the council will to-
orrow night pass a resolution calling
upon the excise board to adopt some rule
governing payment of men on the forces
entitled to more pay tinder the new char
ter amendment.
Councilman Sheldon, chairman of Hie
finance committee, says, as far as he
knows, no suit will be filed to compel the
city to pay the salary Increases. The only
thing to be done Is for the men to sign
waivers of the Increase of pay or submit
to the Inevitable discharge of many mem
bers of both the fire and the police forces.
If the present forces axe retained Intact
and the Increase In pay, as provided for
by the charter, Is made, the departments
will find themselves aeveral thousand dol
lars short at the end of the year.
Arrest Follows .
Easter Burglary
Frank Mclnerney Said to Have
Entered Saloon and Seen by Pro
prietor at the Time.
Charged with having committed buig
lary on Easter Hunday. Frank Mclnerney,
820 North Twei.ty-ftrat street. Is locked
up in the city Jail. He was arrested Sun
day afternoon by Detectives Ferris and
Dunn.
According to the po'ice. the young man.
who la a plumber and works with hla
father, waa caught In the act of robblnR
Peterson's salnon, Twenty-fourth and
8prague atreeta. The place had been
closed for Bunday. but the proprietor had
happened In upon he alleged burglar,
according to the detectives.
Peterson tried to cutch the Hunhaih
prowler, hut failed, and an the man hats
been at large tjntll now, the police be
lieving that they have i the right itwii.
Arthur Johnaon, an elevator conductor,
who lives at 3925 North Twenty-aeventU
street and was with Mclnerney Sunday
when the arrest waa made, la also held
by the officers. However, be. Is pot
thought to be connected with the saloon
burglary.
Parents ..of . both . young men. . express
great surprise at. therfrrests, for neither
one has been In such Irouhle before and
do not bear reputations that would ex
plain the occurrence, according tu their
parents.
"Mother. I'm In Jail," was the atartline;
remark made by one over the telephone
soon after they were booked at the po
lice station.
Eagles Will Be
Good Listeners
Visitors Coming: to Omaha Will Want
to Know About Things Out
West.
"There is one possibility Involved in the
coming grand aerlc convention of the Fra
ternul Order of Eagles that should not be
overlooked by Nebraska and other states."
said a member of the committee on pub
licity and promotion. "That Is the possi
bility for putting before a great multi
tude of men and women from every corner
of the country the natural and acquired ad
vantages of this gTand mid-west section.
Men of means will be numerous among
the delegates and visitors, and there will
alto be thousands of mechanics, farmers
and retail merchants in Omaha at that
time.
It Is not often that such a chance pre
sents Itself to make a good Impression,
lnn we want it to be known that the joint
committee will do everything possible lo
encourage a legitimate allowing, by ex
hibits or by moving picture shows, or In
any other attractive and entertaining man
ner, of Industrial and educational features.
"There are so many things of educa
tional value In any given part of this coun
try of which other sections know nothing,
that the committee has no doubt a great
' deal of good could be accomplished by pre
senting the same In a public way during
auch a convention week as Omaha will
have September 13-18. And we will draw
1 all the more people If we can promise
them public exhibitions in a pleaaing way
ot the resources and solid attractions of
the various western states."
Missionary Says Sultan
Is Meanest Man in World
"A man who will burn the nails 'roin
the hands of his own dttuhter and tiy
to make her tell something of wiiicn
she knowa absolutely nothing may easllv
be put down as'the meanest man in the
world." said Dr. Chceneegaozyai.i (John
Baptist), former official photographer to
the sultan and at present In thU coun
try studying to become a medical mis
sionary lo his owp Turkey. He lias be
come an American cltlsen and will return
with the protection of the star and
atrlpes.
Dr. Baptist was speaking at the men'
meeting at the Young Men Christian as
sociation Sunday afternoon and the Ure j
assembly room was crowded with young '
men anxious to hear from the capital I
where history la being inude. Ilia sub
ject urn, "Tho Meanest Man in tin I
World." I
"luring lie thirty-three er the op
posed sultan was In power he has killed
230.000 Armenians. 23.000 Greeks, k.6jl
Uulgariana, (3.000 Turku and many others.
Ilia palace ha rightly been calied a
laughter house. Hla reign ha been on
Dolliver and Cummins Ask for Tim
Wednesday and Thursday.
LONGER SESSIONS TO BE HELD
Brinnlar Tadar the ea Will
Meet at 11 O'clock -PhlHnnlne
Tariff Hill Will Be Rfpsrlti
" to Itense Tharsday.
WASHINGTON, May I The general
debate on the tariff In the senate is ex
pected to continue during the present
week and It la now helleved that it will
extend well through next week.
The committee on finance Is disposed
to allow the widest latitude In the gen
eral discussion on. the subject, but la at
the same time prepared t to proceed with
the consideration "of the schedules which
have been passed over whenever there Is
n cessation of the speech-making.
Senators Borah and Piles will open the
battle on Monday, the former In ad
vocacy of an Income tax and the latter
in support of a high duty on lumber.
Senator Bradley baa given notice for
Tuesday and Benators Dolliver and Cum
mins, both of Iowa, have Indicated that
they would make -general speechea
Wednesday or TMirsday.-
Beglnnlng tomorrow the tcn ite. will
convene at 11 o'clock dally and If neces
sary the sessions will be prolonged some
what later In the day than ordinarily.
In the house the Philippine tariff bill
probably will be reported on Thursday,
but it will not be Immediately taken up
for consideration. No other business will
ba attempted during the week.
(raiser Sqaadroa Reports.
The American armored cruiser squadron,
composed of the North Carolina and
Montana, which left Gnantanamo, Cuba,
April 23, under orders from the Navy de
partment to hurry to A-lexandrctta, Tur
key, to protect Americana there durlng
the present disorders, waa 1.150 miles
west of Gibraltar last night, according to
a cablegram received at the department
today.
A wlreU.s dispatch from the North Car
olina was received last night ahoaid the
Chester, which, with the Birmingham, le
coaling at St. Vincent enroute to Mon
rovia, Liberia, from New York, with the
members of the United States Llberian
commission It gave the position of the
North .Carolina, and rJdontana as latitude
33 decrees and M minute north, and
longitude 29 degreea and BO mlnutea east.
Thia position la about 1.000 miles north
from St. Vincent. The vessels are travel
ing at the rate of fifteen and a half to
sixteen knots nn hour, and at that speed,
officials of tho bureau of navigation say.
the sq-iadion should reach Gibraltar o.i
Tuesday or Wednesday next. They will
receive orders to continue to eastern
Meditcrrnnean woters.
Body of Kwang Hsu
Begins Journey to
Western Tombs
Pageant Oyer Two Miles Long and
Eighty-Mile March Will Take
Four Days.
PEKING, May 1 The body of the late
Kwang Hhu Saturday began Us Journey to
the western tombs, 80 miles away for final
Interment. The ceremony was one of un
usual oriental splendor and dignity.
The procession started from the precincts
of the Forbidden City at U a. m. The
march to the tombs will take four days and
the entire route Is to be over the great
highway fsiiclally constructed for the
pimage of the imperial coffin. The coffin
In which the body is to be interred Is mas
sive and heavy. The inside is lined with
typress wood, then comes a covering of
catalpa wood, which In turn is encase. in
rhinoceros hide, while the whole Is covered
with a stout shield made from the hide of
the waler buffalo. Theie were 128 catal
faWiue bearers and It took the pageant,
which waa two miles long, two and a half
hours to get clear of the Forbidden City.
The route for the first four miles wan
lined with Chinese officials and guarded
by Chinese troops. The special envoys to
the funeral and members of the diplomatic
corps witnessed the procession from a
point within the imperial city. The United
Statea was represented by Minister Rock
hill, and Great Britain by Sir John Jordan.
The regent accompanied the catalfaque
as far as the city gate, whence he re
turned to the palace.
of suspicion and fear and his entire
relltiue Is one large horde of spies He
had 25,000 official spies in Constantinople
alone.
"While he had everything known for
hie pleasure In the palace, he waa a most
unhappy man, as he waa always In bodily
fear of assassination. His 300 or 4i.O
concubines were not looked upon ta ba'l
in that country, as It haa always been
the custom of the country. He had one
wife to whom he waa married in hla
youth, and her children are eligible for
auccession to the throne.
''Someone had to pay for hla i-nmense
bodyguard and hi wive and concubines
and eunuchs and soldier. When he went
to church Jo.onn solditrs guarded him.
"He shot hla private physician in the
wiixt because l.e hurt Mm while making
an examination. lie killed hi private
secretary brcauke he told of some plena.
He killed all who interfered with i.is
plans, but he had a wholesome rupect
for the other big European powers, lie
killed i MO Armenians in Constantinople
In uue diiy because the Armenian pai.i
arch would not come to hi palace."
' X3Ma fiL lit iV J MENTION THE I
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BUSINESS
INTERFERE
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L. yV ruaci - .
? THINGS THAT REMIND US OF SUMMER.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
BLIGHT OF DAF1LMAN1SM
Cowboy Mayor and Regime Con
demned in the Pulpit.
MINISTERS SAY BURY IT DEEP
Many Cleraosnea ' Warn .Their
Congregation to Vote for Men
the City Will Not Be
Ashamed Of.
I.
Ministers in many churches of Omaha
Sunday used the city election as the central
thought of their dlsconrs'-s and several re
ferred In forceful lanmitigs to the "blight
tf Dahlmm anl ra!lmnpim." They urged
their people to reh'ike the sort of adminis
tration Dahlniati represents by turning him
and hi organisation out of office at th
polls Ti.esdny. One niii'ister spoke of this
Pahlman regime as a "spectacle" the peo
ple of Omahn have hid to wlt.iess for three
yeers. Another said "We do not want a
lawless man for mayor" onott'er that
"Dalilmanlsm during the last three years
has been opposed to every species of moral
progress " All p'.caued for tho Independent
Fire and S'olice bo:ird.
Rev. Nathaniel McGlffln of the Lowe
Avenue Prewbyterlan church. Fortieth and
Nicholaa streets, devoted much of hi ser
mon to the ImiKjrtance of the Flro ani
Polloe board. He said he objected, as a
inatter of principle, to dragging party poll
tlces Into the pulpit. He had something to
say, however, of the mayorship, and said
It in these words:
"We do not want a lawless man for
mayor, nor do we want an irresponsible
Fire and Polloe board. We want In office
men of conviction and courage and nie.i
who will make a greater Omaha by makiii i
a better Omaha. Tou cannot make any
city great by prostituting the law. It 'r
a sound and decent moral principle that
a man should never support a ticket that
Is not out and out for law enforcement."
Dablanaalam a Specraele.
"There is no desire on the part of any
good cltixen to ask why the interests of
any clnss should be conserved at the ex
pense of any other class." said Rev. Hi R.
(Continued on Second Psge.)
You will remem
ber that Sherlock
Holmes, in the Co
nan Doyle stories,
was constantly finci
ing out things
through newspaper
advertise ments.
The want ads tell
many things.
Many people claim that this
page is of more interest to
them than any other in the
paper. The fat that the
advertisements are classified
alphabetically makes them a
greater convenience as a
source of information.
H you read tha waiU ad yet
today?
Ballots Ready
for City Contest
City Clerk Works Sunday to Get
Tickets Printed in Official Form
,..... for Tomorrow, ...i-
Ballots which will tell the story tomorrow
are printed.
By hard work City Ciatk Pan Butler was
enabled to show samples of the ballot Sun
day evening. The ballots are a little more
than four feet In length, the two bond
questions and straight ticket circles taking
the first fourteen Inches. Some fifteen
inches of candidates names who want lo
be police commissioners, stretch the ballot
out to presidential election ballot length.
Those candidates for police commission
ers who have received the endorsement of
their parties appear on the ballot with
"republican" or "democrat" after them;
also the words, "by petition." A vote In
the circle oppusite a party's candidate Is a
vote for the four having the parly name
opposite. Thla precaution, It Is believed,
remove any possibility of contest In the
matter.
The same arrangement has been used by
the city clerk to clear the atmosphere for
candidates for city engineer. George W.
Craig, for Instance, as the republican can
didate, aim haa "by petition" following
his name.
SONS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION ELECTION
Wlllard ffet-or of Iowa la Chosen
Third Vice President
General.
ANNAPOLIS. Md., May 2. The annual
election of officers of the Sons of the
American Revolution was held today,, re
sulting as follows:
President general. Judge Morris B. Beards
ley, Bridgeport, Conn.
First vice president general. Dr. C, N.
Geyer, Denver, Colo.
8cnd vlco president general, Peter F.
Pescard, New Orleans.
Third vice president general. W'illird
Sfoor. Iowa.
Fourth vice president general. George C.
Eergeant. California.
Fifth vice president general. Major Moses
Veale. Philadelphia.
Beoretary general and registrar general,
A. Howard Clark, Washington, D. C.
Treasurer general, John H. Burroughs,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Custer County
Issues a
BROKEN BOW. Neb.. May 2. i Special.)
Representative J. W. Tayloj ot Custer, is
on tne rampage and bilterly scores leading
democrats and populists for making re
marks of a personal nature at a conference
held last week. Mr. Taylor's forcible pro
test i given out aa follows:
"The lambasting I received from C. W.
Bcal, Rosa Moore and W. B. Eastman at
the last Saturday conference of the demo
cratic cojnty committee is the straw which
breaks the camel's back. Justice Is tio
longer a virtue. Everybody knows that
the democratic legislature was completely
helpless In the grip of the corporations. In
surance companies and breweries, and fell
far short of redeeming Its pledges. Good
honest democrats, many of them In the
hojsc. admitted by explanations to b'
printed in the house journHl, that our
paity could not redeem Its pledges because
of the influence of corporations. And be
cause I resisted snd exposed this :nfHiene
I am criticised severely: First by the
World-Herald nd laat by these three men
who claim to he friends of the people.
"I. for my stand, known all over the
state for right and the people, am to be
SACRIFICE OTHERS FOR JIM
Democrats Decide Time Haa Come to
Desert Everybody if Necessary.
TRIED TO LEAVE NAMES OFF
To Red nee Competition. Ttenabllrana
a Well a Democrats Have Been
Asked to Withdraw for
Mayer's Xake.
While the democrats In their extremity
are keeping up their noise to the last min
ute, the republicans have practically closed
flir.li- Lvwnlrlnv rnmrtalffn Tim Himnr rritH f
are leaving no stone unturned to get votes
by hook or crook for Mayor "Jim." the rest
of the ticket being lost sight of In their
effort to nave the mayor.
To this end they are keeping up the
spcech-muklng lo the end and are adver
tising a mass meeting tonight in Crclghton
hall as well as other meetings.
The republicans will hold but one meet
ing tonight. In Polish hall In "Sheely
town." Nick ParRacscwskl. facetiously
named the "mayor of Sheely" by Mayor j
Dahlman, has cooled toward the mayor and
his followers since they attempted to drive
him off the ticket, and he Is out urging
people to go to the republican meeting to
night In hla part of the city.
Dargaczewskl Is a petition candidate for
the police commission who did not take
kindly to the overtures the Jims made to
him to pull out for the sake of the mayor.
He was one stumbling block In their pro
gram, for the slogan of the Jims the last
few days is: "Sacrifice everybody for
Jim."
The democrats did not stop at simply
trying to get petition candidates of their
own faith lo pull out. but directed (heir
efforts at republicans as well. One of
these names taken off without authority is
that of Sam Scott.
Keott Wa to Re Forgotten.
"I learned late Saturday that my name
was not on the list sent to the printer."
hays Mr. Scott, "and I Immediately went
to the clerk's office and found that It wa
so. They tried to tell me that I had tele
phoned thrm to take my name, off, but
they knew this was not so, and even If it
was so It could not be done, as the clerk
(Continued on Second Page.)
Legislator
Hot Statement
cslled an insurgent, a trwiior. arid such
men as Ransom. Tanner. Howell and Gills
are lauded for noble work. If such is com
mendable, then I want and court yo.ir op
position. If such is democratic, then 1 am
not a democrat, and I am sure there are
many others of the democratic members
Just like me. I know I can say without
fear rf the charge of egot'sm that I was
the storm center against the corrupting In
fluences In that leglnlature, hence have the
opposition of the bosses, pie hunters, brew
eries and corporations; but I am content
with such opposition for I know the every
day man will like me better for such ene
mies. "Our party has for ten years made fair
profession, and at the first opportunity
resorts to. such foul practices. Our party
has been trailuied. the people betrayed and
now vui want to whitewash It. The course
of pai tisaushlp 1 I hat the king tan do
no evil. Th" Independent voter la tiio man
for me. He cans nijre for Ills country
than for his party and hereafter, I am
going to work for the beat men and meas
uien, and I shall take ptirticular pains to
discover that they are not corporation hire
lings or brewery tools."
Missionaries Shot While Trying- to
Put Out Fire.
IN SEEMING STATE OF SIEGE
Guard Furnished by British Consul
Soon Deserts.
FIRING LASTS ALL NIGHT
Americans Who Went to Caa mler
Home Rflira tn SchoolNative
bt While Mr. Chambers
Tried to Protect Him.
A DANA, Mjy J. via Constant! lople -Miss
Elizabeth S. Webb, a nilsslonaiy of
the American board from Bunker Hill,
111., has written a narrsllve of her ex
periences for the mission board duili.s
the first da of the niHusacres in Adanri,
when the girls' school to which she wj
attached was In the greatest danger ami
thi lives of tiie Mtudints wet threatened
from all sides, tihe says:
Our friends came to the erhool s
usual on Wednesday, April SI. Although
we heard that there whs a good deal of
unrest in the city, we went on with our
preparations for a school on W rt:il:iincm
which was to be held the next day. iinni
firing began In the city and before noon
things were In such a disturbed condi
tion that we were afraid to send the day
scholars home. Tho girls were too e
cited to study, as there a ronnUol
sound of firing. We ourselves tried to
go on with our annual incetlntf. but the
reading of the reports was interrupt) ;1
by IhiS screaming In the streets and the
shooting.
'Mr.' Chambers attempted to o to tne
government buildings for a guard, but
he found It Impossible to get tlirougn
the mob and wa forced to return. Two
or our Turkish children were present and
we thought It would be possible to send
word of our dangor by a Turk who had
come to take them home. Aceordinnly
notes to their father Hnd to h s-ovunor
were written, but there were no ic
uponscs. "As night came on fires began to tl.iie
up In all directions and we were featfu".
that the rioters would break Into the
school buildings. Finally ubout 9 o'cloilv
there came a. knock at the gate and in
walked the English consul. Ybu -n
imagine our relief at sight of hliil. Ha
had heard of the dlstrubances and hau
come from Merslna to Investigate. Tne
consul Is Major Daughty-Wylle. He could
stay only a moment, but he left three u
his own -uaid of Turkish oldlcr U
take care of . ...
In Seeming Mate f Sir;.
"All through the night wo actually
seemed to ho In a stnte of slcgc. The three
soldiers kept firing their martinis and the
fir was returned from tho minaret Ikhisis
nearby . In the morning our guard dis
coveredwhether It was a new discovery
or nut. 1 don't know that the men in the
minaret houses, whose fire they had been
returning, were Turkish Soldiers and that
others who had been firing upon us wer.
friends whom we knew by name. After a
good deal of parleying the firing on our
building stopied for the time being. Finally,
In spite of the faet that the consul hnd
said they must remain until he returned,
tho guard Insisted thnt they should leave
We urged tlicin to stay, but they climbed
the wall and ran away.
"In the meantime the fires about the city
had Increased and the sound of shooting
could be heard from even' point. At last
the consul passed. He was able to apari
only one man, but thought this one would
be enough . Soon afler the oonsul left us,
fires broke out In the adjacent streets, and
unless something was done speedily our
school building must bo destroyed.
We had hung Turkish flags an all aldea of
the building, but thla did not atop the
thousands engaged In the rlota from firing
their weapons, although apparently they
were not directed against us.
Two Missionaries ht.
"If our building burned, the Chambers
house must burn also. Then where could
wc go for safety? Our only safety seemed
lo be to check the flames. We women and
girls carried water, while the men cut
down the fence and an old house In the
corner of our yard. A shed on the et
side of tiie street was aliio torn down and
we thought in this way that the progress
of the fire could be sUyed. About this
time we were horrified to learn that Mr.
'Rogers and Mr. Maurcr had been shot. It
seemed that they had been fighting the
fire and were not with the other men cut
ting down the sheds. They were brought
into our dining room. Mr. Maurer already
was dead and Mr. Rogers only lived a few
minutes. The Rev. Stephen R- Trowbridge,
who wus near them at the time, escaped,
although a bullet took off hla hat.
rwhcnif.l.::B..bv' now Is the etas tao ao
"A new misfortune overtook us. our guard
of one man disappeared: thlnga looked
pretty dark. I came to my room, where
the girls were seated quit ty waiting. For
me to tell them what had happaned woull
only caune a panic, so I said: 'We have
done all we can; row let us pray.'
"Belore I had finished playing the bugle
of the consul's guard and the Turkish of
ficials with whom he was patrolling
founded in the street. 1 'nfortunatcly he
could not spare a Ri.aid for us, but prom
ised to send one Immediately. To add to
the misery, there were the dead on the
floor below and the widow of one of thtin,
Mr. Rogers, with her Infant 10 weeks old,
lo comfort.
"The flames we had been fighting finally
died out, but flrr could be aeen In all
parts of the city and the sound of shoo:
lng was constant. The British consul had
promised us a guard, but the afternoon
and evening passed and none came, W
could not understand It. The following dey
we learned, that Major Daughly-Wylie had
been shot In the arm.
The greatest danger, of course, waa for
the girla. nud we derided to take Ih'MTi
to Mr. Chamber' house. Seemingly with
out fear they n.arrtvd out In order, two
nud two. a rum the sir. ct to the house of
Miss Wallace, the English iur.u-. then
through a hole in the wall which had been
opened for emergency and through the
yard out into the street ag.iln. where they
reached the Chajnber' gale.
"I cannot describe the crowd, the noisw
and confusion In this house and yard.
Refugee coaered everywhere. Both houto