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and being we'll informed, you. will not
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HARD TIMES IN AUSTRALIA.
A Great IasrsAss In CPiaes, saa Destitatioa
ths PIsA OF ths CrI1aiaAIs.
Frs.s tAs Sta ESaaei.eO ChroaieI.


Frsss hs STA EFaHeiaeO Chroaieis
VANCOUVER. March l3-Adviess from Austria
LA By the steamer Warrimoo show an alatm-
ing Increase in casualties. crimes. and acute
distresa The police are unable TO cope with
desperate houssbreAkers. who swarm In the
large cities. A few thaI have been arrested
give as an excuse that famine drove them to
deeds OF violence Several OF the policemen
attacked By burglars at sydney are dying. The
suTyiyors have been pr9moted anu given
on one day last week at sydney besides a
score OF petty Tobbsries. ths City Hospital Was
robbed Of all Its Valuables BY nurses: Mer.
$4,000 by smploYessi +. COxoh., merchant.
was robbed By an emploJss Of large sum
Three Young MoIsH sssssssasd 10 PisssgE az.
ham, Post once clerk. smbszzlsd sZOo from
Tbs Gavsfnmsnt's claim is that the unsm-
ploysd problem ls too complicated to solve.
10 SYDNEY $500 each week Is spent IN sldlng
500 families. Five Thousand men IN south
special session OF Parliament 70 discuss
means to aid them The GoVe5nor refused.
Then they waited on Premier MnEst9n bpt
thsT had refused to break . yard and halt OF
more D'if Ss dsisgs alton said they would not
TkogsSads .is slssPI1s a the 0PssnR siT ana
Iishsas and EaroPsAls aasTrsllsd ovsT =
division OF labor. and bloody row occurred;
The most tEAsis sHie,ass out 81 bas9 Gns'
SSffBrisbsas' shot himself; William d conhOT
Jumped from the fourth story and dashed hls
StstY E6silsG iisIyiR s.ss ga fEgsf ahs
mar al III woTt' ssid good ~ to hIs family
and exploded cartridge II hs mouth
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Uanatural Natural Gas.


TOLEDO, O.. March IA rather remark able
gas phenomenon has Just besn brought to
light at NilIistoR. Ottawa eOuuty q email Yil-
lARe twelve miles east OF thiN City. There Is.
less than twenty rods south VI the WillistOn
Railroad station. plot Of sArth that has been
torn up for a radius Of 200 feet By some un.
usual Internal eommotiOn. From this place
natural gas lie issuing The place at which
the gas escapes Is no lower than the rest Of
the surrounding field. There u no swamp
within hall mile % H..
common cOai~oil barrel stood lnSsrts ed over
one OF the fountains. aud small hole was
bored through the TOP OF the barrel. A piece
OF iron tubing Was Inserted. and large can
Was placed around the tube to break the force
OF the wind. A match Was applied. ADD & nAms
four feet high burst from the snd OF the tube
Il Was natnral gas that had worked its way up
from the Irsntoh rock, Loo fact bsioH the
surface. The flame Was blue as lndlgo. There
was enough gas coming through the tube to
supply three ordinary cook stnVsA Every
where from the ground gas Was escaping
through cracks and oreylees
There Is no oil or gas well within two miles
Of the scene The whole village 10 having =
lever OF excitement. aud those living near the
Held are expecting 10 be blown Up OF LuTnsd
up every minute. The people claim that the
area Of the field is spfsaiinR Ii vas onlS
twenty or thiTty feet In diam tsF at hTst nov
Il IL several hundred Ieet The gas coming
through the earth Is as strong al Que poInt AZ
the other sudEilE from thp EnOqRt " JSAl
tsss nHss b sseADiRS dAllL
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Joseph Royal whose name has come before
a. tLolle prominently as an advocate OF
Ia Issi5aa lhdspendenee, was born In hontIsal
Il ie5i, ant was educated ct the Jesuits' Coll
Eelh mat city, where hs nun bered among
Prns.e Ru2 re. p ates HonOre MsreieI, !efterHSTd
Sboal hinlstsr Of Quebec Jossph Robidou1.
shS mas been leader OF the French Canadl.
SiIdgs o. the Quebec Supreme Court
In is511 1bIa turned early 70 nsEspApeE york,
Ss Sg,I: In s33 La Rsggs Cansdielne. and [s
S Ss.,saH Monte In 1857. u Ordrs WAS the
~ Esmin Niger, seTaphln ChsrTlsr, then at
fstsssSsSll 81 the bar Of MobtIsal, and Charles
sTat,.ge. the most brilliant Oh the French
ciNNSfs q canada This fact will give an ldss
Sesis, hoyAFs independenes OF character an
1851 aPtHfIeeiAtioh Of political events: In
Of th ne loihed N; Theirs In his snuhclatlQn
Is.tns, var padsItake0 By Napoleon III.
sbits =, austria, alleging that by helping the
aSfi6no ~ hitaiy fTanes would create powerful
sTiss ne snst would be an enemy 10 the future.
Ia S,n ptetely b0fns out b. faets.
tie A., ~ ,ahd0iJtlis which still sxists vas
important GAd seEleuB TsTlsH pab-
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TWO CANADIAN LEADERS.
uoyoRE MERTbR. OScs PRIZE MIN.
ISThR, and LJEUh.SOT. ROHAL

~. FORMER n Borr rs,itis'sn Asa sHuiu
Ie,dsr OF Msh-rfis 1afs. TIE Cs-paiGns
,rd the H-nors tvou-N. Rcy.rs Jour,
,.r.ne wsrh sss Political EEp-rtsros.
tr4,w,. March 23-Ths publication Of
Jo.sph Royals pamphlet Ia favor OF Canadian
indspendenee makes timely some account Of
The two eminent men who have done 90 much
Tor the Province OF Quebec. and hope TO do still
mors-Honore Mercier for four years Prime
Minister OF the province. and Joseph Royal.
two typical French. Canadian leaders Of moot
interesting personality.
Hopors Mercier Prime Minister NJ the PROV
,nce OF Quebec. q Count OF the Holy Roman
Empire. q Chevaller Of the Legion Of Homer, q
Knieh, OF the Roman Order Of Gregory the
Great, was born At fbetvills. Quebec, on Oct.
is. 1910. the son Of 4 farmer whose family had
iens been settled In the province. When IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-04

instructions from the London Armenian
committee money is, even now secretly
subscribed in Caucasus with the view of
creating more troubles at Mouch and
other places. 1t was the Armenians of
the Talourie district who started the re-
volt. attacking Mussulman villages tho
Inhabitants of which had great difficulty
In sheltering themselves in their winter
quarters near Diarbckir. Regular troops
were Immediately sent to the spot.
"These troops never employed more than
seventy or eighty Kurds, who were Of the
Djasfcr tribe and served as guides in those
hilly regions, according to the custom
that all armies follow These facts show
that far from committing any atrocities
the regular troops succeeded in restoring
peace and order. A further proof thas
there was no persecution of any sort Is
eveinced by the fact that peaceful Arme-
man villages, not partaking in the rcvo-
lutionary movement, although surround
ed by villages the inhabitants of which
were in open revolt, were left in perfect &C.
curity and unmolested during and after
the military operations"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-04
THE DEVllTRY OF A kURD.
Brutality and Diaboiism That w ould Dis
grace an Apoche Indian.

Selo, the hey of 1nitzoun, a Kurd, with
a detachment of Kurdish cavalry, went
with the Turkish soldiers to the village of
Semal and forcibly took the Armenian
priest from his church. They then bound
him on u donkey, which they drove dis
tance of few yards. The soldiers then
fired at the priest and killed him and the
beast he was bound to. In the same viii
lage the Turkish soldiers entered an Ar
menian house and violated woman and
her daughter, the latter being II years of
age From this village Selo forcibly took
eight Armenian girls and sent them to his
harem at InitZouu.
Further atrocities were committed by
the Turks at the village of kelichusen.
Before dawn this place was surrounded
by soldiers and while the inhabitants were
still asleep it was set on fire. The brutal
soldiers entered the residence OF a man
named Arakcl, who was asleep with his
his wife, and tortured them both in a ter
rible manner with red-hot irons. At Kelie-
husen soldiers killed the Armenian priest
MargOs while twenty other inmates of "a
house were burned TO death, the soldiers
preventing anybody from escaping from
| the burning dwelling.
/ The chief of the village of Chcneg was
captured by the soldiers and bound to his
| two daughters All three were then
scalded to death with boiling water. A
detachment of twenty-five regulars Of the
Turkish cavalry, after committing mex
pressible horrors at the village of Seb
| ghank, went to the village school and
ravished the girls found there. The
cavalrymen then devastated the building
Ibo Bcy, a notorious Kurd brigand of the
village of Djibran, and a colonel in the
regular army, went with detachment OF
Turkish troops to the Armenian village:
OF Bahlou, HatcZgent, and komk. After
driving out the men they collected the fe
male children of Bahlou together, about
200 in all, and after ravishing them killed
them all with guns and swords
The Kurdish regular troops from klzar
and Bahran entered the Armenian vii
lages of Aliaaozig and Aghteg, killed th'
inhabitants and wrecked their houses
The number of villages devastated in thi
manner is said to be over thirty-twO
Khadjik, who was the principal spokes
man of the Armenian refugees, told tn
whole story in n most convincing manner
Dr. q. Thoumain, a well-known Ar
menian, has just received u letter writer
on Sept. ~ from Todorian, a village nea
Erzeroum, which fully confirms tn
atrocities related above.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-04

NAsHiNGTOs, Dec f-Complaint of ir-
fEiiuirtics conducted through the United
states and English mails has been made
To the postoilicc department by the
British embassy, and u a result Post
master General Bissell has directed the
i"'tmasters ut New York, Boston, Phila-
deiphia and Baltimore to return to send
er- AL registered letters addressed to the
International Patcntees agency, or to
either W. II. Mum, Percy Willis or
Henry Martin, constituting the agency.
The agency has addressed circulars to
latcntccs throughout the country repre-
~Htlnc that 1t will have inventions
patented by both the United States and
lL' British, government. 1t is complained
tAlL U dos not live up to its promises.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-04
The Retirement of Gen. Swain.

WASHINGTON, Dec. i.-Thc announce
ment of the presidents intention to retire
Judge Advocate General Swain this
month has caused much speculation in
military circles as to the succession. I'm
der ordinary circumstances General
Swain would not retire before 1895 if he
cared to remain on the active list, and in
deciding to avail himsc!fof the privilege
of arbitrarily retiring an officer of this
rank upon reaching thcage of 62 years
without the officers application the presi-
dent has adopted a course which, while
perfectly legal, has very few prccedents in
the history of the army. Swaims sue
cessor will probably be. Colonel Licber,
who has been doing all the duties of tho
office since Swaims suspension.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-04
RYAN CONTRADIcTED FlATLY.
The Witness Swearing That Ryan Had Of
fered Pay for Silence.

The Witness Swearing That Ryan Had Of
fered Pay for Silence.
Ryan persisted in his denial Of any
knowledge of the green goods business
but was led by Goff TO admit that he had
met Applcgatc in Taylor's hotel in Jer-
sey City. Applegate was then called and
testified that he knew Ryan AS green
goods man, and had met him in Taylor's
hotel and other places, which he said were
resorts of green goods men. He said also
that Ryan and other green goods men had
offered him $50 and $40 week to keep
away from the Lcxow committee. After
ward Ryan and Wilson paid him 500 to
sign some papers in which he agreed not
to appear against Captain Meakin. Law
yer Flanncry drafted the paper, and was
with Ryan and Wilson when he signed it.
Lawyer Flannery, who was in the court
room, was about to leave when the wit
ness mentioned his name but Golf called
him back and he was put on the stand.
He denied that any compensation had been
offered Applegate in his presence for sign
ing the affidavit. He also testified that
ne received no fee from Police Captain
Meakin, but did all he did through friend
ship for Mcakin. Applcgate was recalled
anu StilO blthb It toih hC
would be rewarded for signing the atfida-
Wit.
Ryan recalled, refused still to give any
testimony about the green goods business,
and on leaving the court room was ar
rested for refusing to obey subpoena to
testify. He was held in $500 bail, Ex-
Assemblyman Michael Callahan being
| his bondsman.
Charles Harris. alias Michael Newton,
| was then called. He was recently released
| from the Erie county penitentiary. He
testified that the Hon. Paddy Diver
had sent him to the island on one occasion
for two months for being drunk and dis
| orderly.
The witness also said that in 1892, just
before the presidential election, he was
paid 30 conts by Jimmy" Diver to regis
| ter as Patrick Ryan from the Information
al hotel. The next day he was told thai
| Asscmblyman Michael Callahan wanted
some voters. In this instance he regis
tered under All alias from the Grand Cen
trail lodging house. Assemblyman Gala
han maid him 81 for this. Harris ex
plained that after all he did not vote. H'
was arrested and sent to the Erie county
prison before the election
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-04
The tsi.i L. Aimed at kOlb.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. "A bill has
"HH Introduced in the house which is in
''hIcl toput a stop to Kolb's performances
ana prevent all possible danger Of n dual
sl''rnmcnt. Briefly the bill makes it
cram. punishable by fine and imprison-
n'At Tor any person to take the oath of
',''.' aud attempt to discharge the duties
% ,N'H office without first having bee n
g'.'ared elected thereto by the person or
-"y having authority to so declare the
''"It 1t makes the penalty for violating
al! %. its provisions a fine Of not less
.''h $50 and not more than $4,000, and
va. offender shall be imprisoned in the
rhit'ntiary of this state for not more
Ain twenty-five wears.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-04
LExOW RESUMES.
The Narrative Of "Greater New yo,r, =.
Continued.

NEW YORK, Dec. AFTER months re-
cess the senate investigating committee
mas resumed its probing into the corrun-
tioh OF the police department of this citv
oihce senator Saxton's resignation from
.he committee, almost Immediately after
ms election as lieutenant governor. il
.o"'es the committee with only six MEM
oers' Father Ducey appeared in the court
room promptly. The fact that his rev.
crchce ignored Archbishop Corrigan's
oruer not to present himself at the ses
sions OF the Lexow committee was a tonic
Oh interest. In response to a reporters
question Father Ducey said: For in
formation of any kind l shall have to refer
you to Madison avenue'-where Arch
bishop Corrigan lives.
Labor Leader Burns Looks On.
The chamber was well filled by the time
hccorder-elcct Golf arrived When the
committee was called to order there were
present Senators Lexow. Bradley, Robert
son, and O'Connor. Among those who
We're present in the chamber was John
burns, the English labor leader who was
accompanied by Samuel Gompers Evelyn
Bells name was called, and as she did not
respond Goff asked that she be declared in
contempt. A request by Commissioner of
street Cleaning Andrews that he be fur
nished with "a copy of the committees rec
ord was refused.
Admits Commission of Perjury.
August l.. Lewis admitted under exam
nation that he had committed perjury in
swearing that he was the owner of sa-
| loon of which Nine Schaude was the real
owner. The latter was under the ban of
the excise board and could not procure
| license in her own name. This witness
| did not recollect having heard Mime.
Schaude say that she was obliged to pay
the police big money for protection.
Michael Ryan admitted that he had torn
| up n subpoena to appear before the com
mittee some time ago. He refused TO an.
swer questions which implied that he had
been green goods dealer; he was, he
said, speculator-speculated in every
thing, his latest deal having been il
horses He would not admit that he haG
secved time in the state prison.
| do you remember" asked Goff, '.that
| Applegate testified that you We're at the
head of one of the biggest green good.
agencies in this city?' Il do not He
refused to admit anything that was i'm
piled in the questions, knew nothing per
sonally Of the green goods business ant
had never paid the police anything fo
protection. This he swore to most posi-
lively, being pressed by Golf, who wa
evidently laying the foundation for i'm
pcachment. While this witness was OF
the stand DIR. Parkhurst came in ant
stayed few minutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-04
STORIES OF BLOOD.
Told by a Party of Armenians
at Athens.
RAPINE AND SLAUGHTER RUN RIOT.

" noic villages wiped On the Map and
Their Inhabitants Butchcred and Out
raged-Armenian Girls Carried on to .
kurds Harem-Priests Shot to Death,
Villages Fired and HOusefulls of People
Roasted Alive-Other Atrocities.
ATHENS, Greece, Dec. "A representa-
tive of the Associated Press has succeeded
in obtaining additional details confirming
the statements previously made regarding
the Turkish atrocities in Armenia. The
representative met twenty Armenian
refugees who have arrived here from Ar
menia after journey full of hardships
and suffering. Securing the services of a
first class interpreter he gathered the Ar
menians together at a convenient place.
and after having relieved their pressing
necessities the interpreter questioned the
refugees concerning the terrible events of
which they had in number of cases been
eye witnesses
First Party Tina. Has Escaped.
This party OF Armcnians is the first that
has escaped from the districts where
the massacres occurred, and it is believed
that even worse remains to be told, as the
lasted for long time after this party
fled. Most of the persons who told the
story given below escaped from Moosh,
Bitiis and Sassoum, taking with them
what little they could carry and making
their way with the greatest difficulty to
| the Russo-Turksh frontier and going to
Erivan and Etchmiadzin. Several Armen-
| ian women escaped from the villages with
| this party, but when near Erzeroum they
| died from the effects of sabre wounds in
| tlicted upon them before their escape.
Massacred Whole Village.
About four months ago the Turkiah au-
| thorities learned that the inhabitants of
| Vartemis, n village outside the frontier of
| Sassonn, Were sending for the necessa-
| ries of life to the village of Daivorig. Such
| communication between the two villages
| being prohibited the Turks massacrcd
nearly all the inhabitants of Nartemis.
| This was the second massacre to occur.
| The first took place about year ago. One
| of the refugees, a man named khadjik,
states that his uncle and aunt Were both
killed, the latter being violated previous
to being put to death. An Armenian
priest named Kevont was killed for refus
| ing to celebrate Turkish rites in his
church mt Vartemis.
| The Way the Turk Takes Revenge.
Delvorig, it appears, is the largest vii
lage in the province of Sassoun, and its
inhabitants, when they learned of the
horrors perpetrated by the Turks al
Nartemis, attacked and killed twelve
Turkish soldiers, sent into the village by
the Turkish commander. When the
Turkish commander heard of the death OF
his soldiers he determined upon aveneinf
it in the most bloody manner possible. 4
strong force of Turkish troops was sent Il
the village with artillery, and the mas
sacre began. Guns kept up Il continuous
fire upon Dalvorig, until practically no
one stone was left standing upon another
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-04
Dr.w Hi, Check for 81, 100000.

SAN Francisco, Dec. 4.-Considcrablc
interest has been aroused here over the
check for 81 sos, 900 which Claus Spreck-
els. the sugar king, drew on the Nevada
hank The check was made payable To
the California bank, and it was thought
that possibly Spreckcls had transferred his
account from one bank to the other.
Spreckels said that this was not the case;
that nc still had large deposit at the Ne
vnda bank. When asked how large that
deposit was Spreckels said he thought he
could draw several checks without ex-
hausting his account.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-04
THE DEFIANCE OF JUDGE PARKER.
Directed Against the supreme Court of the
United States.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. - The supreme
court room is packed these days by law
yers who are attracted by the application
for a writ of mandamus against United
States Judge Isaac c. Parker, of the west
ern district of Arkansas, who has fla
grantly defied the mandate of the highes:
tribunal of the land in a man ner beyond
precedent Some months ago man
named Lafayette Hudson was arrested on
the charge of assault with intent to kill
in Judge Parker's court, which, owing to
the large number Of people he has con-
demned TO death, is known throughout
the state rs "Parkers slaughter pen"
Hudson was convicted and sentenced to
four months Imprisonment in the Kings
county. New York, pcnitcntiary.
In August the case was taken to the su-
preme court, and Associate Justice White
granted writ of error To operate as u
supersedeas. and ordered that the con-
victed man be released upon bonds in the
sum of 81, 900, the bonds to he approved by
Judge Parker That member Of the
judiciary, however, did not see things the
same way, and when the bond of 5000,
| signed by men worth SjG,0Jo, was pre-
sented to him for approval he not only
refused to approve il and discharge the
prisoner, but entered upon his records n
statement that ii was the finding of the
district court that the order made by the
supreme court of the United States was
without the authority of law and there
fore invalid, and therefore he refused to
approve the bond or to allow the defendant
to go at large on any bail.
A similar application was made against
the same judge growing out OF the case of
Famous" Smith, a aCherokce Indian, who
was convicted of murder in Judge Park
er's court and sentenced TO death. The
supreme court Of the United States re-
versed the verdict and sentence, where
upon Judge Parker ordered the Indian 20
be tried agaip on the same evidence. This
was clearly a defiance of the supreme
courts orders. Judge Parker, who is con-
siderable of u fighter, has cent n defiant
message to the effect that if the supreme
court allows argument in the Hudson case
hc will come here and defend his action il
| person.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-04
Estimates
Grand totals. s4ld4aC.p :

The changes of interest these estimates
present, as compared with the appropria-
tions for the current fiscal year. are Is fol-
lows: In the Legislative branch-Salarics
and expenses are increased about s225,oo0,
public works, about s40o,OJ0; public print
ing, about s750,000. Treasury department.
Salaries and expenses are increased
about $i00,0Oo; territorial governments are
Decreased about $4,000: internal revenue
increased sSl1, 100, of which si69,6oO is ON
account of the collection of the income tax
provided for by the act of Aug. II. 1894.
The estimates for public works are nearly
S4,U00,0oO in excess of the present appro-
priation, of which about S3.0oU0O is for
the continuation OF completion Of public
buildings.