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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-07
NeW.YEAR'S DANCES GWEN
I,nurovements In the Warm Springs valleys
A Greenbrier Murderer.

Il fsreenbfltI
WARM SPRINGS, VA. January g.
(speclal )-There were several dances
given in the Valley on the night OF Jahu-
orv Let one OF these, given by Dr. anu
Nrs.P p. Parrish, at the Healing Spi'Ne''
was we'll attended. - H.,
The Virginia Hotel is open at the no
Strings. and has a good huhioer VI
,,o.ts This hotel will be kept open our
ing the entire winter
The cheapness OF labor ana materiaiS
hos boen taken advantage OF by seVerai
~ our citizens, and some new puiiuius9
orc beInp erected one OF these MIDWAY
hatween this and the Hot Springs Il pe-
inc built for n summer clearinghouse
Another Is a much-needed addltioh ilauc
Nv Mr.. S. W. Anderson TO MS Popuia'
summer-hOuse. 49,. ..,,,.,ra 90
,r,ha work OF renovating the sewerase
-, tho Warm Springs Hotel is progresslhs
thoroughly. under the charge OF 'he II
',Irio Hot Springs Company. Mrs. NJ T.
I,,,hank,e lease does not expire untll the
1,,,,ips, october. and IL Is. therefore, NOT
,u,alv that any extensive improvements
nm he made at this point until tiii'
time. ,r,,,,,r
REWARD OFFERED.
Cards are being circulated IN ms county
by the County Court OF 1reelioi ~. is :
county. offering reward OF cow 10, ,ns
capture OF Keenas Douglass VINO H ~
. man IN that county on December ZS'h'
NJ douglass was tried and acquitted IN
mis- county last fall on the charse Vi
shooting "A negro at the Hot springs
Our people are very anxious that Ju1se
vvin,on, Mclaughlin, the present judge
" this circuit. shall he elevated to the
Snnrome Bench. They have implicit con-
edsnce IN him. and believe him TO DO
lust and discriminating, fearless ana I'M
martial. with integrity incorruptibie'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-07

Athletes and men who take ordinary
outdoor exercise. such as walking. run
ming, bicycle riding. jumping. swimming
tennis, ETC.. are often the subjects OF acute
troubles. The experience OF an ex-cham-
pion walker Will be Of interest to all who
are afflicted. Harry Brooks writes;
mo. 324 EAST NINErEKSTu STREET.
INV YORK, April 2, 1885. J
"Eumerous statements relative to the
merits OF different plasters having been
brought to nv attention take this oppor-
tunity 10 state that have used Allcock's!
Porous Plastefs for over twenty yesfs sn9
{nrthermore state that wssvery Nick With
cstarrh OF the kidneys, and attribute my
recovery entirely to Allcock's Porou,
Plsstsrs.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
THE ARMENIAN OUTRAGES.
The Porte Taking Advantage of News
paper Censorship to Lie About Them

Boston. Deoce mber 30.-Offcial letters re-
Gently sent out from the rooms of the Amer
lean Board of Comm missioners for For eign
Missions containing accounts relative to
the European Turkey mission, W ere open ed
by the Turkish officials. The letters were
subsequently delivered but with the Turk
ish word examined" written upon the en-
velope. This indicates that the Turkish
government is attempting to assume all au-
thority over the mails of foreigners. When
the reports of the massacre of Christians in
the Sassoun region OF Eastern Turkey after
n,ore than a month of suppression on the
part of the Turkish officials, became public.
the Ottoman government was alarmed at
the widespread publications in the Ameri-
can and English press. Under pressure
from the foreign powers the Sultan agreed
to send commission to investigate and re-
port upon the outrage. In view of this
promise Of the government representatives
of the European powers at Constantinople
decided to wait for the report before TAX
ing any positive action. But after this de-
cision by the powers and while they were
waiting for the departure of the Sultan's
commission which had been appointed and
which was to make full and impartial in
ysstigations of all the affairs reported by
the English consul as well as by many indi-
yiduals from the Sassoun region the Turk
ish government came out with the follow
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
AN OREGON HOLOCAUST.
Forty Dancers Burned to Death at Christ
mas Celebration.

Ashland, Oregon, Decem ber 29.-Ad-
vices were received here last evening
from klamath Falls. Oregon, of most
horrible and fatal accident at Silver
Lake, Lake county, Oregon, caused by
the overturning of lamp at gathering
on Christmas evening, in which over 40
lives were lost ard 16 persons badly in
jured, five of whom will probably die.
The gathering had assem- bled in the hall
above Crisman Bros store. and con-
sisted of children, who, with their parents
and relatives, were having a grand time
and enjoying what Santa Claus had
brought them.
4 The Lake View Examiner, in its report
of the horror, says that some one at
tempted to get where he could see and
hear better by jumping upon bench
in the middle of the hall. In doing so
his head struck a lamp Ranging from
the ceiling, causing the oil to run ont
which Immediately caught fire. While
trying to take the lamp down it was
setting fire to the building. From that
hold. The building, two-storied struct-
ure, including the post office and the en-
tire stock of goods of Chrisman Bros.
was consumed. Further particulars
are as yet unobtainable.
Silver Lake is over 100 miles from
Klamath Falls. and the stage with Lake
View papers brought the news to this
place. The catastrophe has cast a deep
gloom all over the community. Some
thing will be done to aid the suffering
community
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
Carlisle and the Architects once.

Washington. December 30.-Secretary Car
.lisle has decided he will not appoint sup
ervising architect OF the treasury until about
the middle of January. at which time he
thinks now the reorganization of the archi-
tect's office which goes into effect Tues
day will be in smooth working order. When
the new architect is installed he can de-
vote himself to the technical and scientific
or of the O flce. Charles E. Kemper,
the chief clerx and for the last two months
acting supervising architect. has resigned
the position and is appointed by Secretary
Carlisle executive officer in the bureau. He
will have absolute charge of the office
force.
All old chiefs of the division, with the en-
ception of. Fred Knowlton of Maine and f..
W. Coombs of Kansas, are retained. These
two are dropped only because their divis-
ions are consolidated with the others.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
AUGUSTA NEWS.
New Corporations-A Dry Goods Firm As
signs.
Especial to the PRESS. }

(Speclal TO 6ne EREOO.J
Augusta, December 29-On the corpora
tion books at the State House today
were the following new corporations:
Th @ Morse. Truesell & McLoon Com
pany, organized at Rockland for the pur-
pose of manufacturing and selling all
kinds of machinery and tools. Capital
stock 10, 900, of which $2700 is paid in.
M. A. Morse of Rockland is president, and
A. c. McLoon of Rockland is treasurer.
Certificate approved Decembe 80.
The Boston Switch Manufacturing
Company, organized at Portland for the
purpose of manufacturing and selling
electrical apparatus and machinery relat-
ing to the same. Capital stock, $1,000,
of which nothing is paid in. Charles
H. CLARK of Cam bridge, Mass, is presi-
dent and Robert W. Frost of Boston,
Mass, is treasurer, certificate approved
Decem beT 30.
Lehman & Spaulding, dry goods deal
ers in this city, assigned today for the
benefit of their creditors, to Hon. H. M.
Heath of Augusta. The liabilities and
assets cannot yet be ascertained.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
Wreck Of an English Bark Yester-
day.
VAIN ATTEMPT OF THE LIFE Saw
ERS TO SAVE YHE CREW.
The Bark Broke in Two and the Crew
We're Washed From the Rigging-The
Sea Was too Rough for Life Boat
Twenty-Six We're Drowned.


Twenty Six We're Drowned
London. December 30.-The British bark
Osseo was wrecked in the gale at Holy head
early this morning and the entire crew of
twenty-six men lost their lives. The Osseo
was driven ashore back of the Holyhead
breakwater. Her signals of distress were
first heard by coast guard about O'Clock
in the morning. 1t was pitch dark and great
waves were washing over the breakwater
but in spite of the danger of being washed
into the sea the guard proceeded along the
breakwater and, having rigged up rocket
apparatus. began firing life lines in the
direction of the wreck. The faint light of
the rocket disclosed the fact that the yes.
sci was breaking in two amidships. The
mainmast had fallen, crushing the lives
out of several of the crw. but few sur
vivors could be seen olinging to each half
of the vessel. Their piteous cries for help
could be heard above the roar of the storm
After many failures the coast guard sue
ceeded in firing the line over the wreck, but
by that time all on board had perished.
The. life boat vainly tried again and again
to approach the wrech. Not a vestige of
the bark could be seen today and no pros
pect of any salvage. Several bodies washed
ashore. The Osseo was a bark of 1899 tons.
She arrived at Falmouth, December 15,from
Taltal and was ordered to Androssan.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
Festivities Will Begin in Earnest
This Week.
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. CLEVE-
LAND WILL RECEIVE.
On Thursday the First State Dinner of
the Season win Be Held-Cabinet Din
ners Will Follow in Quick Succession
Mrs. Blaine at Washington.

Washington, December 30.-The festivities
of New Years Week in Washington. accord
ing to all indications, will be marked by
more than usual brilliance. There has been
no change in the customary White House
program. The President and Mrs. Cleve-
land, the latter assisted by the ladies of the
cabinets will receive the diplomatic corps,
the officers of the army and navy lot whom
many Of the highest rank are now in the
city,, judges of the supreme court, Sem
ators and Representatives in Congress.
and others. in the beautifully re-decorated
portion of the White House from IL a. m.
until p. M, Mrs. Cleveland's mother.
Mrs. Perine, VIII participate in the recep-
tion. The scene is certain to be brilliant,
with the usual accompaniments OF tropical
plants rom the White House Conservatives
and excellent music by the Marine band.
Secretary Gresham will give the custom
AIRY noon day breakfast to the diplomatic
corps in the Arlington Annex, the house
formerly occupied by the Bristish minister.
The wives of the cabinet officers and fam
lilies of the justices of the supreme court
will subsequently, hold receptions.
Notwithstanding the hard times, ''open
house" will be very generally kept in soci-
ETY. circles in Washington. X
The widow of General Grant indicated to
the Union Veterans Legion OF this city, in
response 10 a request to appoint an hour
New Year s day to receive them. that she
was not prepared at present to emerge from
her ten years. seclusion. but in a year or
two from now. hopes to meet the comrades
of her late husband.
Mrs. James G.. Blaine has resumed the
occupancy of the big house on Dupont Cir
Gle. which her late husband built at a cost
of nearly $50, ,0e0, and subseo uently leased to
E. L. Lester till it was rendered tenantless
by fire. Mrs. Blaine it is said, will not re-
main in Washington, her stay here being
simply for the reason her large houses have
remained so long untenanted. they have
become a serious drawback.
Thursday President and Mrs. Cleveland
will give the first state dinner Of tine sea-
son. Cabinet dinners will follow in quick
succession, Postmaster General and Mrs.
Bissell leading off.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
A MASS OF ICE.
~ MASS 0F ISE
Sufferings of Crew on Disabled Vessel

Sufferings of a Crew ON n Disabled Vessel
They Rode out the Storm.
Chatham, Mass, December 30.-A three
masted schooner was sighted at daybreak
this morning that resemblsd drifting mass
OF ice. The vessel which had lost her main
mast and mizzen top-masthead with sails and
apparently in bad condition, was boarded
by Captain Doane and the crew of the life
saving station. She proved to be the
schooner Ella ElanZa of Turks Island, Hal
flax, for New York. with lumber. The poor
fellows on board had been through terri
lbe experience. Captain Glass reported he
left Halifax Sunday and was caught in the
snow storm early Thursday morning. .The
schooner was driven before the gale under
short sail and the mainmast broke off and
the topmas st went over. Alter daylight the
crew succeeded in getting stays rlgged to
keep the foremast and mizzenmast secure.
The gale shifted to the westward with
freezing temperature. The vessel was driv-
en- to sea. The crew managed to keep above
water until the weather moderated, al
though terrible cross sea was running.
The members o. the crew were frostbitten.
They made things secure as possible and
worked in under the land, arriving off
Chatham this afternoon. About 1000, 900
laths were lost from the deck. The vessel
proceeded this afternoon after making tenn
porary repairs and clearing away the ice.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS REPORT
Business Fell Off Last Year-Gross Earn
ings s., 100000.

Augusta, Me-, Decem ber 29.-1he an
ers is completed and submitted to the
Governor and Council.
The mileage of steam railroad in
Maine on June 80, 1894, was $50. 59s
miles. This shows an increase of II ,6S5
miles over Ethat of. 1898.
The street railway mileage in Maine,
June 3oth- wasrr80.3 80 miles. being 4. 25
miles more than ins1S93. The increase
in mileage is made by the addition of
the Bath street railway, which makes
its first return this year.
The gross earnings for transportation
of passengers and freight on steam rail-
roads, az shown by the returns made
to the shoard.for tbs year. dossnot indicate
that railroad corporations operating
railroads in Maine b ave suffered go Sc
riously on account OF the business de-
preston which has prevailed during the
past year, as those in other parts of
the country. The earning of several
railroads were slightly increased over
those of last year, while others show a
considerable falling off.
The gross transportation earnings of
railroad corporations for the year end
ing June 80, was Sc. 974, 351. 90, as against
81, $50, 51O.35 in 1898, decrease OF $55S,
159. 30.
The passenger and freight train mile
age shows falling off from 1898.
The number OF passengers carried one
mile in 1894 was 100, 73O. 347, while in
1898 the number was 126, 941, ,946
The mum ber of tons Of freight carriep
in 1894. was 3,722, $40, against 4,1ss, 1894
tons in 1898.
g /
In 1891 the gross importation earnings
were 81, ,0l2, 77S. go 1892, 81, ,131, ,4s2.45. 4
In 1891 the passengers carried were
s, 502, $40; 1892, 6, 1906.
TheItons of freight carried in 1891 were
1916, 1858; 1892, 3,51S, 993.
The passengers carried one mile in 1891
were 120, 523, 90 in 1892, 126, 267, ,S45.
The mum ber of passengers carried on
street railways during the year was
s,141,3 ,378, as againsts7, GOO, 062 in 1898.
n During the past year the Commission
ers have made careful examination OF
all the iron bridges in the State. Being
somewhat in doubt as to the capacity
and safety OF certain from nrsuperstructures
which had been erected to carry lighter
rolling stock than is now being run
over them, the board employed Professor
George FSwain of Boston. the bridge
engineer of the Massachusetts Railroad
Commission, to personally inspect the
same and report to the board in writing.
Professor Swain suggests that the bridges
aforesaid should be strengthened in GER
tain particulars, which is now being
done by the corporations operating the
roads. All are now in safe and salts
factory condition.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
BRIEFLY TOLD.

British steamer Yoxfor, Palerom for
New York, putin to Gibraltar.with some
of her plates slightly damaged, having
collided off Sabinal Point, Almeria, with
the French bark Marie Louise. The
Marie Louise sank and five of her crew
were drowned.
AT meeting yesterday of the MEM
bers of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, it was
decided to reorganize under new name.
DIR. I aim age was not present.
EARTHQUAKES continue to be felt in
Sicily. The town of Rom stta, in the
province of Messina, was greatly dam
aged.
At Stamford, Conn.,, Lee On, China
man. employed by his brother. Lee Wing,
a laundry man, had quarrel with the
latter Saturday, and became ulorose and
despondent. Lee On mixed raw opium
with his food at supper time, and soon
after became unconscious. He died
yesterday morning.
W. W. Thomas, Jr., ex-U nited States
minister to Sweden. was given a recep-
tion in Y. M. G. A. hall at Providence
saturday night, by the Swedish -Ameri-
cans of Rhode Island. Governor Brown,
Mayor Olney, and President Williams of
Brown University, attended.
A special from indianapolis says State
Treasurer Albert Gall was caught for
S65, 900 in the failure last year of the In
dianapoIis National Bank, and has
turned over all his property to the trus-
tees for his creditors.
At Chicago, at meetlng'of represen-
tatives of several labor organizations,
an appeal was formulated and addressed
to all labor organizations asking for con-
tributions of money to :pays thefexpenses
OF carrying up the contempt case of Debs
and the other officers of the American
Railway UEion to the United States
Supreme Court.
At Nashua, N. H., the mercury was
four degrees below zero Saturdaysnight,
the lowest point of the winter.
At Boston, Hon. George M. Stearns
died at his residence in Brookline, at
IL. 10 this morning, of congestion of the
lungs. he had been in feeble health
for some time.
ri At Portsmouth, Nh, Captain Hand,
of the steamer Charles f. Mayer, arrived
several days overdue, reports the vessel
experienced one of the worst gales ne
had encountered since he has followed
the sea- He was obliged to put the craft
to sea in order to escape the violence
of the storm.
At Indianapolis, Ind, A Fitzgerald,
president of the Irish Land League, died
yesterday, aged 65.
AS John Hunter, of the Valley Cottage,
and Jacob Trucer, of South Brooklyn,
were walking along the West Shore rail
road:track north of West Nayck station
last night, they were struck by the Chi
cago limited express and instantly killed.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
62.-vO

braska in order to investigate the reports
in circulation of the destitution in that
portion Of the state. The results of his
search through the counties of Buffalo,
Dawson. Lincoln, Keith, Perkins, Hitch
cock, Chase, Hayes, Dundy and From
tier, may be summarized az follows: In
those counties, particularly in Keith, Per-
kins, Chase, Hayes and Dundy. the desti-
tuition is extreme. Almost two-thirds
of the peope in these counties are depen-
dant upon charity for existence. There
is little or no fuel. Remarkably fine
weather is all that has prevented loss of
life by exposure. There is no money in
the county treasury to help the destitute,
because in fifteen counties of the state
almost no taxes have been collected
since June.
The shiftless have left the country and
only farm owners remain. There is al
most no water there. No crops were
raised at all last year, except in the oc
casional irrigated districts, and ditch
irrigation is not possible in some of these
counties, because there are no streams.
Most of the destitute live in sod houses
There have been only three crops raised
in.nine. years.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31

ing Official statement of the case, which
statement was printed in all the papers Ut
Constantinople. All papers printed in Tur-
key are under close oensorship,and no pa
per could refuse to print the statement un-
der penalty of immediate suspension
Hence the Chr istian periodicals were COM
PEELED to print what they knew to be false.
The statement follows:
"Some of the recent European papers
have stated, contrary to the truth. that a
few Armenian villages have been de-
stroyed, and in the meantime persons have
been massacred by the Turkish soldiers in
the region of Sassoun. Others in order to
magnify these reports have asserted that
the news of the outrage was prevented
from leaking out by the obstacles the gov
er1ment put in the way of travellers from
that district.
1.-The subjects Of the Empire of Sassoun
district are quietly engaged with their busi-
ness.and the people travel wherever they
wish to in perfect safety. Some Armenian
bandits being induced by agitators began
lately in and about Sassoun to disturb the
peace and comfort of the people by murder
ing ,plundering and blocking the highways.
In order to puI an ,enu 10 such disasters, the
government employed the necessary means
and consequently ordered out q sufficient
body of Imperial soldiers of the Fourth
Army corps. Thus the extension of the re-
volt being checked. the troops wele with
drawn to their headquarters.
"There was no Interference by the
Kourds, but as stated aoove, some Armen-
ian bandits having ventured to disorderly
actions, the ublime Porte having been no.
titled by the reports of the authorities of
thu Fourth Imperial Army corps.and also
by the Governor at Bitlis. undertook to in
vestigate as to the facts; and subsequently
a commission OF inquiry composed Of Alb
dollah Pasha, Eomer Boy Medjid Effendi,
and Hafen Tevfk Pasha, were appointed
who will start this week by the steamer to
the scene of the trouble.
''Tn general the Sublime Porte will never
allow such outrages to be perpetrated, as
published in foreign papers,upon the sub
jects.'
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
WILL GUARANTEE BANK NOTES.
Newfoundland Banking Scheme Goes
Through by a Majority of One.

ST. John, N. F., December 230.-The gov.
ernment CARRIED the bill for the guarantee
ing of pank notes through the council last
night by majority of one. There has been
considerable opposition TO the passage OF
the measure and an attempt to defeat il
failed a few days ago through the premature
pub1ca tion of the plot. Dissatisfaction with
the bill is SO general here the note holders
have dec Id ed to call mass meeting
at which a resol ution will be adopted peti.
tioning the governor to refrain from at
taching his signature to the measure. The
Union banks shareholders will hold a meet
ing tomorrow and the first business on the
progra m 70 be transacted is the removal of
the present board Of directors and the ap-
pointmeut OF q new one. The condition of
the Union bank, IL is said. is very satisfac-
tory TO its leading shareholders. The Bank
of Montreal will assist in every way and
the Government will provide for special
legisl alton.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
Weather Observations.

Agricultural Department Weather Bureau
for yesterday, Dec. 2S, taken at p. M.
18th meridian time. the observations for
each station being given in this order
Temperature, direction OF the wind. state of
the weather:
Boston, 26 degrees, W, clear: New York. 26
degrees, ", cloudy; Philadelphia, 2S de-
grees, SW. clear; Washington, 2s degrees
SW, snow; Albany, 20 degrees, s, cloudy;
Buffalo, % degrees, NV, cloudy; Detorit,
IS degrees. NV, snow; Chicago. IA degrees,
NV, snow; st. Paul, 12 degrees. W. cloudy;
Huron. Dak.. IL deg1 ees, SW, clear; Bis
marck, Is degrees. NV. clear, Jacksonville.
"A deerees E. cloudy.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
MORE ROOM NEEDED.
An Urgent Call for an Enlargement of the
Insane Asylum.

Augusta, December S0.-The annual re-
port of the Insane Hospital shows that the
past year 179 men and los women have been
admitted to the hospital and 1853 men and
liz women have been discharged leaving
$50 patients now IN the hospital. The ger
cent OF reooveries is $40 to III the previous
year. Superintendent Sanborn reports an
incresase in suicidal tendencies among the
patients, which is attributed to the grip.
The superintendent thinks the elimination
of patients has been carried as far as pos
sible and that tine state must Immediately
make additional p1 DIVISIONS for the care of
the insane. The trustees report they
have found 1877 patients upon cots arranged
in tiers in the hospital.