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KARS.
where the First Important Rattle
viii Likely Iake Pace.

tst. Louis Republican
The first important military operations
seem likely 10 occur Il. or near kars.
lhis strategic point, which has more
imam once been fought for by hostile
armies, is the capital OF the Turkish
province OF Armenia, and is near the
turkish border, 10 miles northeast of
ErLeroum. 1t stands on broad table,
land, six thousand feet above sea level.
and the climate therefore is much colder
all seasons than that of the surrounding
country. The population is roughly cs-
tlnated at $4,000, mostly Armenian ira
ders, who carry on an active traffic with
the ncighboring communities on both
sides Of the frontier.
In 1898 kars was taken from the Turks
by the Russians under Gen. Paskieyitsch,
but subsequently, restored TO its original
owners. During the Cremean war il
was beseged by the Russians under
Mourayieif, and CALAMITY defended by q
Turkish force commanded by the Eng
li,h Gen. William Fenwick Williams
afterwards better known as "the hero o
karS." The siege began on the 10Th o
June, 1855, and continued until the. lattcl
part of November the same year. On the
18th Of September sharp battle oc
Cured on the heights above the city, il
which the Russians were defeated bu
as no assistance was at hand the advan
tage then gained would not be FOLLOWED
up. and Gen. Williams, alter eXhaustin!
his supplies, was compelled to surrende
two months later. England rewarded
him with a baronetcy and pension O
$1,000 a year for life. One cannot he'll
wondering what honors and emolu
ments he would have received had IA
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SECRETARY SCHURz seems 10 be about
the only member OF the cabinet, who Is
earnestly working tor civil service. reform.
He has under consideration a plan for
the reorganization of the pension service
which il carried into effect will be great
saving to the o1lment. The scheme
contemplates the uooltion of more than
one halt of the present pension agencies,
the consolidation of the dis
tricts. and reduction in the
amount of fees allowed. The amount of
money annually appropriated for the
payment of pensions is $4,000, 900, a
sum greater by several millions than the
entire expenses of the government in the
year of lS46. Notwithstanding the enor-
nous increase in the business of the pen
sion service, the system adopted
when the government first be-
gan to pay pensions is still
maintained. Secretary Schurz has
given the subject much thought; and has
finally come to the conclusion that more
than one-hali the present number of PEN
sion agencies can be dispensed with with
out detriment to the service. There are
now some sixty-eight agencies, drawing
I dollars each, exclusive of fees, which
| in every district. as the figures
show. amount to more than twice the
salary. For instance, in this. the Salem
district, the salary of the agent Is S3,OOO'
and the fees amount to oyer $4,000. Sec
rotary Schurz's plan is to reduce the
number of agencies from sixty-elght to
twenty-five, consolidate their districts
and reform the fee system. Reform in
the pension service has long been re-
garded as necessary, but no former Sec
rotary of the interior eyer attempted to
inauguratc the reforms so much needed,
and which would result in SO great a
saving to the government.
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Crossing the Desert

Is generally an eventiul episode in life;
whether it be as pilgrim to worship the
prophets shrine at Mecca, or as a part o..
caravan OF merchants. Th9 dangers of
the destructive simeon, attacks OF prcda-
tory robbers and the agony of dying
from thirst are dIssipated on reaching
one of those gardens OF the dese.t, an
oasis. Partaking of that which recuper-
ates, they meet their future difficulties
with recruited strength and renewed en-
ergies. SO with modern life. dangers
from disease threaten all humanity, but
If We make use Of remedy which allevi-
ates accute attacks of sickness, thus pre-
venting their becoming chronic. we shall
realize that necessary and refreshment IN
travelling LIES desert which has been dis
covered in the HONE STOMACH BITTERs.
J-lm.
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THERE is a bitter prospect before the
poor people of Europe in view OF the
war between Russia and Turkey. and
the complications that are likely to
ensue. The first effect of the war Is
the enormous rise in breadstufis, which
even before the war were unusually
high, but now tue cost of living In every
respect, will be greatly increased. An
upward tendency in all the
neces saries of life in Europe has been
marked and rapid since
the war between France and
Germany, good authorities estimating
the advance at from 20 to 100 per cent
There will no doubt be great distress
among the poorer classes in the Russian
and Turkish provinces, and we hay
cause TO be thankful that the broad a
lantIc rolls between Us and the desola
ton and ruin which follow wars wakes
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floor OF new and rldely con-
sructed house of oak rlanks, WIN
only one room, and that scan.'iy
furnished. Strange to say the inquest
was conducted in an odd manner, lle
body not having been stripped iVr eXam-
lnation, and no surgeon einpio!eu W
ascertain the course of Zach shot, Dep
uty Coroner Prickett, With the ioilowihg
jurors held the inquest: f. NJ Mosourg,
foreman, j. G. Huntly, Clark IL. White-
more, j. NJ, Green, james MayDery' y.
X. llorst,, &. +. Prictett, i. 'rehshaW,
j. Schwartz, G. Baxter, G. W. irichett,
and A. q. Harwood. Upon examination
by the foreman it was found ttiaI uuiiv.
had entered the head near the lelt Tempe
and lodged in the base OF the skuii. "a
wound was found Oh the ioreheau' Us II
produced by the mlzzle OF pistol
Another bullet hue was fouhu III
the right arm, about TOUR ihCHe,
below the elbow whi,h ranged doWhWaru
toward the hand. On his person was
found S1.10, and some otiier papers.
The principal witness having apscohueu.
others being called, testified TO the ioi-
lowing facts: 1t is known the TWO men,
Hightower and Kendrick had quarrelied
several times. 1t il reported That hen-
drlck had some 500 on his person on
Saturday. For a few days last week
Hendricks vile had beel away. she re-
turned on Friday night, and while relat-
ing to her sst,r as to where she had
been, etc., Kerdrick crowded under the
house and eayesdropped. Afterwards
some quarrel ensued. On Saturday
night one CT the witnesses heard
Hightower say Hell is "A poppin',
inferring that something serious would
occur. Another one-oi whom he bor-
rowed a revolver lin say on
| O'cl,by iuOrnmg ----------ro1r HE fls,
only what Jane mad Tod some parties
after the shooting, could be got at re.
garding the fatal quarrel. Jake told
some one after coming out of the house
that he had killed kendrick in selt-de-
Tense that Kendrick had come at him
with knife Showing the scar where
he received cut and caught him
by the neck. lie said lie stood
it as long as he could, and then
he shot several times, but remark
ed: "By God! I'll never tell yot
where the fatal shot came from
George Bridley saw Carrie Cox, thu
murdered mans sister-in-law, drop pts
| tol as she came out of the house, whicl
he afterwards picked up. lie produces
| it as evidence. He said he heard Jake tel
| Carrie Cox that she had done the work
| The evidence was very scattering, bu
plainly shows that it was probably con
certcd plan TO rid themselves of him
The coroner's verdict was as follows
ave, the jury, find. after examination
that w. a. kcndrick came to his dealt
| by two pisto, shots from the hands o
Jacob Hlgbtower, on April %, about II
O'clock" Pet Hightower's presence
within halt-mile of the place at tn
time of the tragedy, and his strange con
| duet since, does not iavorably reflect upo
his official integrity, although it ma
prove not as bad as it seems. The mul
dered man will be taken care of b
friends and buried tomorrow.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS.

Chicago, May 2. The schooner We
locipede was capsiZed near Racine on the
30th. The crew consisting of three per-
sons were lost.
New York, May .. Tweed has
written letter to his attorney in which
he stands by his confession, and declares
that it lie true in every particular.
Bloomington, May l. The Central
| Illinois medical association assembled
here on tuesday, and will remain in ses-
| sion three days.
| Philadelphia, May 2. The board of
directors OF the Pennsylvania railroad
to-day declared a quarterly dividend of
"a per cent.
Harrisburg, Pa, May 2. The DEM
ocratic state central committee nave de-
cided to hold the state convention in TINS
city on August Sth.
Alton, Ills. May .. Henry Plow'
man, "a cattle dealer, OF Nerdin, Ills.
7 was shot last Friday night at SHERWOOD
4. La, and died the next day. lie was
: son of Hon. j. Plowman.
e. Augusta, Me-, May .. The Repub
: lican state central committee last nigh'
y chose Senator Blaine as chairman, max
k ing the eighteenth consecutive year OF
h his craftsmanship.
Chicago, May =. The lOcomotiy
engineers OF the Illinois Central haV
TO been notified of the.intention OF the com
- pany to reduce their pay ten per cent
after the first of the month.
/ Salt Lake City, May 2. An action
II has been brought by the district attor
ct new to test the citizenship OF George q
"a Cannon, the delegate to congress IRON
Utah, who, it is claimed, holds illega
. naturalization papers.
q, Peoria. May2. The citizens of Peori
le are agitating the question OF enjoinln!
10 the city from paying 100000 OF bill
=, payable illegally issued, it being none.
10 borrowed from the banks and priyat
D. individuals.
to Harrisburg, Pa, May 2. Governo
il Hartrantt has issued warrants tor I'll
execution, June 2lst,of Andrew Lanaha
IL of I,uzerne county, for the murder o
en- Captain Kelley of Wilkesbarre, also 70
the execution on the same day OF Ill
"Mollie Magures'' Edward Kelley
Michael J. DOYLE, and John Donohue,
gs Carbon county, and Thomas Munley,
IL Schuykill county.
ar PHILADELPHIA, May 2. A suit 10
$3.50, OOO, 900 has been commenced in III
~ Philadelphia courts by the heirs OF 20
ed Henry Becker, who died In Phlladelphl
OF in lSOl. Inc properly ciaiiheu cohsis'
y of five or six blocks of buildings o
III York avenue, and extends from Vine
lar Green streets. In addition to the proI
ed erty in Philadelphia, there is a block
= houses on Third street in New or
city. The heirs also lay Claim to Tn
VI claim to the entire town OF Beckeryllle
e. Berks county. Pa, about forty mile
d. from Philadelphia, and considerable
part of the country Whereabouts. Tn
nj property claimed in Philadelphia include
IL three churches, dozen manufactures
ia one of them an immense sugar refinery
and live blocks of dwellings. Anon
these are the residences OF ex-Mayor TO
and City Treasurer Pieresol.
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"OLD BEN WADE"
lie stands by the Sentiments of His
First Letter ana Uses PlaiE Ian
Suage in His second.

CLEVELAND, o., May 2.--The Lsader
tomorrow morning viii contain the fol-
lowing letter from Hon. b. +. Wade:
JEFFERSON, April 30, 1871.
To tie Editor of::::the Leader:--I notice
in your paper OF to-day two articles re-
latlng to myself, copied from the New
York Trtbttte. The first purports to
come from Mr.. Ward Lahore, OF Wash
iugton, formerly marshal of the Iii strict,
stating, in substance, that some time dur
ing Mr.. Lincoln's administration a
conspiracy was formed by
the Republicans in congress OPP
posed to his administration TO depose
klm from the presidency and put either
Mr.. Fremont or myself in his place as a
dictator; that a written memorandum of
the compact was made al the time; that
a copy OF it was in the possession OF Mr..
Chase, and by him shown TO Mr.. Lin
coin. Now desire TO brand the above
statement in all its parts as a willful and
malignant ialsehoCd, and il Mr.. Ward
Lahore ever made such a statement as is
alleged to any one, | pronounce HIM a
liar. | saw the article in the Tribune
last week. and had ii related only to
myself should not have condescended
to notice so silly lie, but when | find it
copied into respectable journals, and as it
duplicates many members of that brave
old congress that carried us triumph
antly through the war, most of
whom are in their graves, !
thought such scandal upon them
should not 60 uncontradicted. The
second statement. relating to Mr.. Painter,
| is as follows: "Mr. Wade is credited
with saying, in explanation of his ia
nous letter, that it was confidential and
was made public by a person totally de-
PRAYED and utterly destitute OF honor. :"
| This is also utterly false. Although the
letter was private, ii found its way TO the
| public in manner which entirely eXcul-
| pates Mr.. Painter from all blame. Nor
| do | blame HIM tor lis publication, as it
contains only sentimente which ] stand
by now. do not regret its publication
and in all the hostile criticism in the pa
pers and otherwise which it has called
forth, no one has as yet denied that il
contained the exact truth. In vindica-
ton of Mr.. Painter will say that have
known him for many years, and he is az
honorable a man as have ever been ac
quainted with.
Respectfully yours, etc.
b. +. WADE.
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The Moody and Sankey meetings
were closed in Boston on Monday even
ing. The great evangelists do not appear
to have met with very great success in
Boston, and Mr.. Moody has expressed
much disappointment at the outcome OF
their labors in that city. The attend
ance at the meetings was far
short OF what they expected
them TO be, and the collec-
tiOns OF money tell far short of the an
ticipations Of the leaders OF the move
ment. Moody is greatly disappointed,
ana says he will visit Boston again and
see if he can't get up a little more en-
thusiasm among the faithful OF the staid
old city.
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IRIS now almost certain that the great
er number of the members of the Chi
cago whisky ring will receive complete
immunity, civil as well as criminal. 1t
has come out that previous to the trial
the district attorney promised them that
If they would make clean breast of the
secrets of the ring, they would be given
complete immunity. This they did, and
District Attorney Bangs now t'ns that
it would be breach Of faith : enforce
the collection of the fines aga l. them,
notwithstanding Secretary ST tman's
orders to do so.
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Black

The story is told now that Black
Hills country is greatly overestimated
that thusands of men are now wandering
about the country ont of employment
and in destitute circumstances. The
placer grounds have all been washed
and nothing remains except quartz,
which contains fine gold in small guam
titles. Thousands OF men who went &c
the hills in the hope OF getting rich arc
now friendless, and would Willingly
work for what they eat, but can
not find employment at that. Notwith
standing all this, thousands are Hooking
to the Hills daily, only to find that the
have been deceived, and that the Blac
Hills country is not place for'men will
out capital.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

HE IsRAELITEs ASK PROTECTION.

road
THE IsRAELITES ASK PROTECTION.
WASHINGTON, May 2,-Simou Vote,
recorder of deeds TOR the District ct Co
lumbia, and other prominent lsraelites.
called upon the president to-day aud
asked him to take action similar TO that
taken by President Grant TO protect the
Israeltes in Roumania. The president
expressed his sympathy with the object
and said he would use his best efforts 10
comply with their wishes.
RECRUITS FOR CUBA.
Information has been received of the
sailing OF five hundred soldiers tor Cuba.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
The foreign trade for March and for
three. quarters of the current fiscal year
is as follows: Merchandise imports in
March, S47 ,4SS,ol3: exports, SAG, 953, $40.
For the nine months ending in March
the exports were Sl70,035,7S2; imports,
S314 ,S5i 800; excess OF exports, Sl55,-
230,S The specie imports exceeded
the exports S5,3Sl,l9
Secretary Schurz to-day appointed the
following government directors for the
Union Pacific railroad company: John
G. 5. Harrison, of Indiana; Francis Il.
Brewer, of New York ; James +. VIII
son, OF Iowa; Joseph II. Millard, OF
Nebraska, and Daniel Chadwick, of Con
nectlcut. .--. vncsnv,- conditions.
Debility and health are irreconcilabl'
conditions. Weakly people, that is t.
say people who lack the vitality requi
sit tor a vigorous discharge Of each anC
all of the bodily functions, are invaria
bly, afflicted with some, though 1t ma.
be a triiling, disorder OF the system
Atony, or a want of muscular and mel
vous vigor. is accompanied by poverty
the blood and leanness. \ certain wa
to overcome it and prevent the aggr;
waited maladies to which it must ult
mately lead is to use Host tiers Ston
ach Bitters, which promote digestion an
assimilation of the food, and thus al
the means of furnishing the body with
supply of blood of {. Equality essential
: ity proper nourishment. invlgoratio
through the instrumentality OF II
: matchless tonic protects the feeble iroi
host af bodily ills which Turk in an
bush for the debilitated. The bitters ar
an article viii a it is most desirable
keep cons.a ~ on hand. 4.30.1t
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COMPLICATED.
The Jackson County Nurder-EsCape
of the Murderer-A woman at the
ItOlGom of the Murder.


BOttom Of the Murder.
\ special telegram from Carbonate to
the Chicago Tribune OF Wednesday, gives
the following particulars of the High
towcr-Kendrick murder, which took
place near that place on Sunday last;
To-day's developments in regard to the
Observation-Disclosures tragedy seem to
make the case very complicated. The
escape OF Hightower, coupled together
with the mysterious manner IN winch
City Marshal Hightower is acting, throws
Il suspicious cloud over the affair. Last
evening about G o'clock Marshal High
tower engaged a livery rig at this place,
saying he wished to take his brother
Jake, the one who did the shooting, and
the two women witnesses to Murphys'
boro, the county seat. lie has not been
seen since, and reports from Murphys"
boro say that he has not been there. IL
is generally thought now that both the
women and Pet were accessories to the
deed. Your correspondent accompanied
the coroner's jury to the scene OF the
tragedy this afternoon, and found
the body lying were it had fallen,
twenty-five hours before, on the
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a Ca-d.

To all who are suffering from the
errors and indiscretions Of youth. ncr-
vous weakness, early decay, loss Of man
hood, ETC., will send recipe that will
cure you, free of charge. This great
cmedy was discovered by a missionary
in South America. Send a self-ad-
dressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph L.
Inman, Station ID. Bible House, New
ri CITY, =. 30-Gm
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SECRETARY OF STATE EvARTs, to
whom was assigned the duty of prepar-
ing the proclamation calling an extraor'
binary session OF congress, will submit
the document to a meeting OF the cabinet
to re held to-day for final action. The
objects for which the extraordinary ses-
sion is called will be specifically stated,
namely: to make appropriations for the
army, to meet the deficiencies in the
navy, and for representation at the Paris
exposition, and such other special OBJ
jects as the president may think fit to
enumerate. The object of this recital Is
TO limit the subjects OF discussion by con-
greas as far as possible, and thus shorten
the session.
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THE sale of tobacco yesterday at the
Farmers tobacco warehouse in this city.
was attended by an unusually large
number OF buyers, and though the num-
Der of hogsheads sold was not so large
as the week before, the sale was one OF
the most successful, so far as prices go,
Of the season. The bidding was spir-
tied, and all offerings were taken with
an eagerness that speaks well tor the
Cairo tobacco market. The prices OBJ
tanned were in almost every instance sat
isfaotory TO oil portios
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AS THE time for the converting OF the
extra session OF congress draws near,
candidates for the minor offices in the
gift OF the house are becoming numerous.
Adams, the present clerk Of the house,
will be candidate for reelection. Cald-
well, another aspirant for the clerkship
will put Ia his claims, but it is generally
admitted that Adams, who is very popu.
lar with the old members, Will
be. the successful man in the race
Gen. Corse' iamlliariy known as Hold
the-Fort'' Corse, Of Chattanooga. il
candidate fer sergeant-at-arms agalns
John q. Thompson, OF Ohio. Jane
Stewart, present incumbent, and A. NJ
Corwine are candidates for postmaster
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OLp Ben WADE, in letter to the
Cleveland, Ohio. Leader, endQrSes ri:
former letter in which ,,yIIcv. He says
nominees Hayes sgr, ~ ,no nanor. haye
tbafnfcnted on his letter, and some Of
them have been very severe on him in
their criticisms, not one OF them has yet
denied that 1t contained anything
but the exact truth. The
"old man. has been stirred up, and
is very bitter in his opposition to the
presidents concilatory policy.
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TIE South Carolina legislature will
not 90 through the motions of electing a
United States senator, as 1t is generally
understood by the Democrats OF that
state that Butler, elected by the Hamp.
ton house at its former session, will be
given his seat.
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Chr 8ulletin

DELEGATION OF Jews called on Pres
ident Hayes on Wednesday and asked
him to take action for the protection OF
the Jews in Roumania. Tie president
promised to use his efforts to comply
with their request.
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aud g. b. Maddox, whose testimony be-
fore the committee on privileges attract
ed considerable attention at the last ses-
sion, wants TO be doorkeeper.
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finally succeeded In whipping tho Rus
slams, instead of the Russians whipping
him.
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May Drink! May Drink

1t the Thalia Saloon, opposite the
BULLETIN office. ca.
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THE WAR.
Austria Becoming Uneasy and
Threatening.
The Battle at Kars.--The Turks
Defeated With Heavy Loss.
Turkish and Russian Forces Face
TO Face.
A RUSSIAN VICTORY.

NEW YORK. May Gable dispatches
say in the Caucasus the Russian army
crossed the frontier at three different
points. The corps under General Oklo'
bicco, Georgian by birth, encountered a
body OF turkish troops and took posses
sion OF their strongly fortified camp.
Russian loss, thirty Killed and captain
OF battery wounded. The corps OF
General Lorliomelicki, native OF Arm
enia. in marching on kars attacked the
the Turkish cavalry, taking prisoners q
colonel and six other officers. Two
sQuadrons Of the Karrapapas tribe
brought into submission by the Turks
laid down their arms, Offering their ser
vices to the Russian army. Fifty men
were received and the others were dis
banded.
AFoRIREss TAKEN.
LONDON, May "A dispatch from ;
Russian source announces that the Rus
sian troops have taken the fortress o
Bayazid, in Armenia.
DECLARATION OF WAR.
A Vienna correspondent, commenting
On Rounanian troops returning to kala
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