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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
2. 7. SWEENEY'S MISSION.
His Petition Asking the Release of
Armenian Exile.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-The Rev. Z.
T. Sweeney Of Columbus, Ind, who was
consul-general to the Ottoman empire dur
ing President Harrison's administration.
was in the city today. He came bearing
a petition representing 100000 Christian
women, the Christian woman's board Of
missions, praying the sultan for the re-
lease of Sahag Mahdissian, an Armenian
life exile at Moorzouk, in the oasis of
Fezzan, in the desert of Sahara. Mr..
Sweeney presented the petition yesterday
to the secretary of state, asking his friend
" offices in forwarding it to Minister Ter
rell at Constantinople and requesting him
to present ii to his majesty in behalf of
the ladies. The story Of Sahag's supposed
offense is as follows:
Some years ago he was teaching for the
American missionaries in an interior town
in Turkey. A young man of the village
came to him with writing in Armenian
and requested him TO translate it into
Turkish. Sahag did without inquiring
as TO the motives of the writer. The man
took 1t and wore it upon his breast in the
market place. 1t was passage from the
scripture proclaiming the coming kingdom
of Christ. The Turkish officials naturally
concluded that it meant the overthrow of
the Ottoman empire and arrested the
young man for conspiracy. The trial de-
veloped the fact that Sahag translated the
paper and, although shown TO be perfectly
innocent of any conspiracy, he was con-
demned by the Turkish courts and he and
the young man sentenced to life exile in
Africa. They were carried to Trlpoll,
where they were forced to accept the Mo-
hammedan religion. He was sent by cara
van TO Moorzouk, twenty-one days jour
ney. The young man died from the cruel
treatment, but Sahag is still living. When
Mr.. Sweeney was consul-general at Con-
stantinople he opened up communication
with Sahag through the kindly offices of
British consular officer, who forwarded
money TO him by private merchants. The
Turkish government refused to allow
Sahag's friends to send him money or in
any way communicate with him through
the postoffice department. News of the
terrible straits into which the poor fellow
was plunged reached his friends in Turkey
and through them the Christian people of
America AS a result the above petition
was signed and it is sincerely hoped by
the petitioners of America that the per
sonal attention Of his majesty will be
called to this case and that Sahag will be
released.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
BAD BLOOD BETWEEN PUGS.
Critic and Dixon Barely Escape a
Collision.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1S.-The bad
feeling which has existed of late between
Young Critic and George Dixon came to
a head today. Dixon is filling an engage
ment at the Lyceum theatre in this city.
At the matinee today Critic leaped over
the footlights, excitedly pulled a five-dol-
lar bill from his pocket and throwing
il at Dixon's feet challenged him to
cover it. Dixon laughed at him, and
under the persuasion of his friends
Critic subsidized but the lull was
only temporary. After the show Critic
and Tom O'Rourke, Dixon's manager,
collided in a neighboring saloon and not
words were exchanged. Critic ted
O'ROur1e that he was "only fit 10 manage
nggers anyhow" whereupOn the Austria
Ian was staggered by vigorous blow in
the face. Serious trouble was only
averted by mutual friends Of the men.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
BLUFF FAILS TO WORK.
Tramp's sO-CaIIed Bomb Proved to-
BE an Orange Wrapped I'm Paper.

TOLEDO, Dec. 2o.-At noon a stability
attired young man entered the Second ma
tional bank and walked directly into the
private Office Of George W. Davis. Inquir-
ing if Mr.. Davis was president Of the bank
and receiving an affirmative reply, the
stranger said:
wen. I'm a poor man and want some
money"
you can't have it, SIR Mr.. Davis re-
The stranger pulled from his pocket a.
round package and, holding il above hiSs
head shouted:
This is a bomb. II you do not give me
money I'll smash it on the floor and kill
both of US"
Mr.. Davis jumped to his feet and or
dered the man out Of the Office. The noise
brought the clerks TO the rescue and the
man was secured and tax en- TO the station
house. where he is held on suspicion. He
gave the name of Sam Brown, born in
Russia, but residing in New York City.
The bomb was a large orange wrapped in
paper. 1t was bluff and did not work
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
FIVE INSTANTLY KILLED
Fatal Boiler Explosion at West Bay
City, Mich.

WEST BAY CITY Mich, Dec. 1S.-By the
explosion of the boiler in Russell brothers
planning mill and box factory this morning
five persons were instantly killed, several
others injured and one missing. The dead
are:
JOHN CALCUT, fireman, aged twenty Lone
GEORGE PFUND, seventeen.
ALBERT RAIN, sixteen
JOHN BRANN, fifteen.
AL HEAVENBACHER, seventeen.
The injured
FRED WILDAUER, leg bruised.
CHARLES DODGE, back injured.
ROE HUDSON, face badly cut.
One boy is still missing and is believed TO
be buried in the debris. The explosion oc-
Cured while the mill was shut down for a
few moments, the boys fOcking to the engine
room TO eat lunch. All the bodies were
terribly mutilated and almost unrecogniza-
BILE. The cause Of the explosion has not been
determined.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
MASSACRE OF ARMENANS
THE MOST INHUMAN TORTURE PRAC-
TICED BY THE TURKS.
Limbs of the UnfOrtunates Cut or
with Saws and Children Thrown
Into Burning OiI-Priests Massacred
and Many villages Destroyed.

BERLIN, Dec. 19.-The Cologne Gazette
today published letter from Armenia tell
ing Of fresh horrors there including twen-
ty-three villages laid in ashes, eleven other
villages pillaged and forty priests mas
sacred.
The letter says that the Turkish gar
risons at ErZeroum. Irisa, Van, TigranO-
certa, Babert and Moosh. altogether about
sixty-thousand men, were sent against the
Armenians. The commanders of those
troops announced to the inhabitants of
the villages: we are ordered TO put you
to the sword for openly defying the gov
eminent"
The attack began on Aug. IS. The
Turks We're repulsed in the first instance.
The massacres began Sept. 8. Those Ar
menials who submitted Internationally
were bound to stakes and then their limbs
were cut off with saws. In other cases the
victims were disembOweled and their eyes
gouged out Children were thrown into
burning oil and women were tortured and
burned to death. The troops plundered
and burned the churches. Among those
who fell victims to the savagery of the
soldiers were forty priests, who were bru-
tally massacred.
The British consul at Erzeroum was pre-
vented from going to the scenes or the
atrocities on the ground that it was not
safe for any Armenian. he being an Ar
menian, 10 approach the places where the
troubles had occurred This did not deter
him from making an attempt to learn the
truth, but as he was trying to approach
one Of the devastated villages he was ar
rested.
Among those who witnessed the atrocities
was a Spaniard named Ximenes. The
Turkish authorities approached him and
offered him large brides to induce him to
deny in the English papers the truth OF
the reports Of the outrages. They also
sought to bride him to go to England for
the purpose of delivering lectures on Ar
menia in which he was TO dwell upon the
contented condition of the Armenians.
Senior Ximenes rejected the offers made to
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
OUT OF THE ORDINARY,
The Man in the Case Brings Suit for
Breach of Promise.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 19.-At Man
chester, in this state Robert Edgar has
brought suit for breach of promise and 5000
damages against Sarah Edgar, his cousin,
claiming that she became engaged to him in
Ireland, that he paid her passage over and
that she refused marriage after all the prep
arations had been made, including the Ii
cense The defendant is twenty-seven years
old and the plaintiff ffty-four, a widower
with several children. IL is said to be the
first case on record in this state of a suit
of the kind by male plaintiff.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
Exercises Mt Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 22.-Forefat Tiers
day was celebrated with $50 paltes turned
at a banquet at the Grand tonight. Presi-
dent w. w. Peabody being absent. owing
to sickness in his family, Frank A Love-
land presided Harland p. Lloyd respond
ed to 'Forefathers' Day" Judge S. N.
Maxwell to THE New England Home"
Congressman c. II. Grosvenor to THE
Western Pilgrims Progress Charles b.
Wiley to THE Little Red School House"
and L. c. GOodale to "Our Native Land"
There were descendants of New England
ancestry present from all parts of Ohio
and adjoining states.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
Robbers Thwarted by Young Lady

LAWRENCE, kas.. Dec. 21.-This morning
about O'Clock an attempt was made to rob
the Union Pacific depot at Bonner Springs.
The office was in charge of Miss Fannie
Nesbitt, night operator. The robber entered
the office stealthily and made a demand for
the money Miss Nesbtt was supposed to
have. She refused. to hand it over, where
uDon the robber made a vicious attack on
Miss Nesbitt. In the struggle that followed
the robber struck her over the head with a
revolver and then departed without securing
any booty Miss Nesbitt was very roughly
used, but sustained no dangerous wounds.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
CeIebated at Portland.

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 22.-The 274th
anniversary of the landing of the pilgrim
fathers on Plymouth rock was appropri-
ately celebrated by the Congregational
club of Oregon and it's invited guests. the
New England society of Oregon, at the
First congregational church in this city,
After an excellent repast in New En-
gland style, Mr.. Elliott led in prayer The
speaker of the evening, DR.. Charles Brown,
D. D., pastor Of the First congregational
church, San Francisco. recounted in a most
effective way the brilliant and masterful
career Of Samuel Adams in the birth throes
of our country from 1864 to 1776 Follow
ing DIR. Brown, Gen. o. o. Howard made
q brief address.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Dec. 2O.--The north
bound cannon-ball. which left here on the
st. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern rail-
road at s o'clock last night, was wrecked
about midnight at Walnut Ridge. Running
at full speed, the train struck a COW, derail-
ing and piling in a heap the engine mail
car, baggage car and one coach. Engineer
Stansbury and Fireman Trendley were
caught in the wreck and severely. though
not fatally. hurt The passengers were
shaken up, but none of them injured.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26

shelter Of the eastern wall Of the drilling
grounds. Then they opened fire on the
Chinese pits guarding the entrance TO Port
Arthur. A battalion moved out OF the
Plateau above the drill grounds and knelt
in a semi-circle, sending vo-ley upon voIley
across the stream against the rifle pits
Another detachment crawled along through
sheltered road TO a wall on the southern
side of the drill grounds. For fifteen min
utes their three skirnish lines kept up
fire and the plucky Chinese were driven
from the position. Finally a small column
covered by the skirmishers advanced across
the bridge and marched along the road lead
ing 10 the town. AT the same time Marshal
Oyana ordered the reserve center to move
down the valley. and thousands Of them
came pouring along the roads behind the
troops already on their way to the town.
Not shot was fired in reply, the battle
was over as far as Port Arthur was con-
cerned. Even Ogunsan was silent and
deserted. The soldiers had made their es-
care and The fri2lienel inhabitants were
covering in the streets.
No Quarter shown.
As the troops moved on they saw the
heads of their slain comrades hanging by
cords, with the noses and ears gone. There
was a rude arch in the main street deco
rated with bloody japanese heads. y great
slaughter followed The Infatuated soldiers
killed every one they saw. No attempt
To take prisoners was made. Women and
children were hunted and shot as they fed
to the hills with their protectors. The town
was sacked from end 10 end and the in
habitants were butchered in their own
homes. The van Of the second regiment
reached Fort Oguns3n and found ii de-
serted. Then they discovered a junk in
the harbor crowded with fugitives. a pla-
toon was stretched across the end Of the
wharf and fired into the boat until every
woman, man and child was killed. The
torpedo boats outside had already sunk
ten junks filled with terror-stricken peo-
pie.
l am satisfied that not more than 100
Cinnamon We're killed in fair battle at
Port Arthur and that at least 1000 I'M
armed men were put to death.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
Prize story from Colorado.

LAMAR, Col, Dec. 21.--The annual rab-
bit hunt continued today. Parson UzzelI
and Henry o. Wills of Denver killed 300
each. The total number killed is estimated
at 1000, breaking all previous records. The
rabbits will be shipped 20 Pueblo, Denver
and other points in the state for charitable
distribution. The cunning party consisted
Of 200 men.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
Canada,s New Cabinet.

MONTREAL, Quebec, Dec. 2l-The new
cabinet was sworn in today at the temporary
residence of Lord Aberdeen. the governor
general They were sworn in the following
order:
Premier-The Hon. Mackenzie Rowell
Minister of Fisheries-The Hon. John Cos
tigan.
Minister of Justice-Sir Charles Hibbard
Upper.
Minister Of Trade and Commerce-W. b.
Ives.
Secretary of State-A. s. Dickey.
DIR. Montague, without portfolio.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
DEBS WILL APPEAL.
The Case of the A. II. Officers to CO
to the Supreme Court.

CHICAGO, Dec. H.-It was decided late
tonight by the attorneys for Debs and the
other officials of the American railway
union to make an appeal from the decision
of Judge Woods The case will be carried
TO the United States Supreme court
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
JAPS' REVENGE
Description of the Battle at
Port Arthur
And the Bloody Scenes
There Enacted.
STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS
Merciless Butchery of All
Glasses of Chinese
At the Hands of the Fren-
zied VictorS.

The Victorious Troops Alleged to
Have Horribly Mutilated the Bodies
of Their Slain Enemies-WrOuEht
I'D to n State of Frenzy Because Of
the Acts of the Chinese-War Cor
respondents Estimate That Two
Thousand of the Latter Were Put
to Death.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
Hart sentenced to Hang.

DEFIANCE. O.. Dec. 20.-Charles Hart
pleaded guilty TO numbering the two Good
children at Paulding, O., and was sentenced
April.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
HONOR THEDAy
Anniversary of the Landing
of the Pilgrims
Is Celebrated in Many of
the Cities.
BANQUET At NEW YORK
WatterSOn on "The Puritan
and the Cavalier"
Tribute to the Late Henry
w. Grady.

The Day Is Appropriately Celebrated
ut Cincinnati, Portland and other
Cities-rhe Exercises i'm Honor of
FOrefathers' Day of Patriotic
Ordcr-The Various Speakers and
Their Subjects.
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OBJECT IN t
HarriSOn'S Friends Said to
Be Scheming
In Order to Advertise Their
Candidate.
STATEMENTS AND DEN|ALs
For the Express Purpose, 1t
Is Alleged,
Of Making the Ex-Presi-
dents Name Prominent.

Reed. Mckinley and Allison Each
Anxious TO Get to the Front I'm Time
to Head on the Other-The AutOcrat
from Maine Is Counted on to Give
the Other Aspirants for Presidential
Honors n Hard Fight.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26

Torpedo boats were going through the
waves and sinking junks loaded with men,
women and children endeavoring to escape.
The water was filed with drowning In
habitants. The massacre had begun At
last part of he troops moved from be-
hind the walls OF the camp and under
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-21

may be Impressed by nature with ma
ternal instincts, she is burdened with
the experience Of her friends and
avoids repetition Of them in her own
case.
We might quote improper dressing of
the body as one cause for the decline
of maternity, but when we look upon
the corseted waists and bouffant hips
of bellies in the days of our grand
mothers we fear the argument will not
hold.
The ehighly-strung, nervous tempera-
ment of American woman renders
child bearing so serious matter that
many avoid maternity-out of sheer
fright.
In no other country in the world is
the experience attended with so many
dangers to health, and consequently to
happiness. Men who note this fact
from observat ton are averse to seeing
their wives pass through the ordeal;
and the great expense which is en-
tailed by large family of children is
also most important factor in with
holding men from becoming fathers.
Gifted people or those OF high mental
endowments are frequently childless, or
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-21

f.ir- flowers; from these flowers, de-
veloped some one piece of fruit
a elimination Of all the most remark
able qualities Of past generations-a
genius, to startle. please or uplift the
world. He achieves the object for
which he was sent into existence;
through himself, not through his off,
spring, is he to bestow benefits upon
the world. He Is the extreme develop
ment Of human culture-a seedless
fruit.
All that is strongest and best in his
nature he gives to the present time.
He is splendid lover, friend and COM
panion but he is not meant for
propagation. At most his children will
be but pale weak shoots of the present
tree. He is the grand climax in the
harmony which nature has been
composing for generations, and his
children will be but faint echoes of it.
The highly educated American men
and women are all more or less cul-
minations of former generations.
Talent is becoming almost universal
amongst us; and as q consequence
large families are diminishing. Mean
while see no reason why there should
be such public concern over private
matters of this kind. Save in the
cases when malpractice has abetted a
crime-an objectionable crime for
which the mother and the physician
must be called to account hereafter
the world is not going to suffer
through this decline of maternity
among the upper classes. Out from
the ranks Of the poor and unlettered
will spring statesmen, or actors,
musicians, poets, scholars and reform
ers, who shall keep the great machin-
cry of the world in motion, and who
shall, in their turn, according to nat
ural law, die without noteworthy Off
spring, and give place to others to rise
from unlooked-for resources.
Did great brain produce greater
brain; did genius produce greater
genius from one generation to another,
the earth would soon groan under the
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-21

'It makes me tired to see the manner
in which these newspapers are rum"
said the man in the smoking-car, as he
took off his glasses and let his paper
drop across his knees.
The man who sat next to him had
one lock of hair-an oasis in desert
of scalp-which he spent most OF his
time in smoothing, rehectively.
81 s'pose that you could give 'em
all points," he said, deliberately.
I'm sure of it. Couldn't you?"
mo, I don't think l could"
'Do you mean to say that you
couldn't tell the editor how to run his
raper?" exclaimed the kicker, in a tone
that had absolute dismay in it.
'l do. indeed" replied the man with
the oasis, earnestly.
"Well-I must say there are not
many like you"
81 know it. I used to be like you
are. But now I'm trying to run a
newspaper myself and I'll tell you, my
friend, I'm not sayin' word. Not
word. d."-Washington Star.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-21
He Surprised Them.

Whether he lives in Detroit or not is
no matter. In any event he is pain
fully close aud he would sooner give
up drop of blood than dollar. The
day after New Years he met an ac-
quaintance.
"Ah," said the acquaintance, "have
Q good time yesterday"
Pretty fair. 1 broke fve-dollar
bill for the benefit of the boys IN my
store
SIS that so? I guess that explains
the remarks / heard the boys making"
what did they say?"
''They said they thought you could
get job in museum as a strong
uan.H-Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-21
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you where il pays 10 advertise.
II yon have anything 10 BUY, SELL,
TRADE OR RENT, try these columns.
IS Payable strictly in Advance.
No advertisement taken for less than loc.
One line advertisements charged same
rate as two lines.
Prices given under classified heads in this
Column applicable only 20 local advertise
ments. No foreign advertisements taken at
above rates.
Answers to advertisements sent in care OF
the EAGLE Office should Ee called for within
ten days after Insertion When advertisers
wisl, replys forwarded TO them stamped envel-
opes must besent.
Reference to former advertisenlt nts should
give description and date OF insertion or copy
OF the advertisement should be sent.
Not responsible for advertisements given
Cr discontinued by telephone
Classified advertisements viii be Scents
FER line each insertion; average seven words
10 line. agate Measurement.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-21
Delicious Tame Ducks.

Tame ducks are excellent stuffed
with potatoes mixed with sausage
meat To make the stufing, toll and
mash four potatoes OF good size, and
while they are hot add one ounce OF
bntter, one-fourth of pound Of saus-
age meat, half a teaspoonful of sal.
and a quarter teaspoonful of pepper.
Fill the body. rub the breast Of the
duck with onion. lay on it slice Of
salt pork. turn quarter OF a cupful Of
water in the pan and roast in quick
oven. Wild ducks are best without
stufting. French chestnuts boiled and
rubbed through a colander makes a de-
hc:oas filing for ducks st Louis Re-
bic.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-21

When she was introduced 20 him sha
called him Mr.. Gilderslreve
After she was well scquaintsd with
him Charles" was the usual term.
When they became engaged she a.
dressed him as Charlie
As the engagement progressed be be-
came 'dea."
Jus. before tho wedding she called
him dearest"
During the honeymoon she called
him darling
To her friends s5e alluded 20 Mr..
Cildersieeve.
One year after marriage she called
him: Say. you" while in speaking %
him he was that husband Of mine
Judge
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-21

oppression of tyrant, of colossal intel
lectual power, as it now groans under
the tyrants of inherited thrones and
fortunes.
1t is well for humanity at large that
genius cannot be entailed. Time is do
ing away with thrones, and may God
speed the day when great wealth. too,
shall reach its limit with each genera
ton, and monopoly of human rights
become an impossibility!
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-21

the parents of noticeably mediocre of
spring.
This is source of surprise and re
gret to the unthinking observer, who
says: "What strange pity that the
people gifted with brains and blessed
with money should produce no chill
dren while the hard working middle
classes and the very poor ore so pro-
life" But let She fault-hnder dig deeper
into the subject and he viii change his
ideas
When the seed Is planted in the
earth it produces a plaat--the plant
Produces flower. the flower fruit ano
the fruit seed again: yet the effort o;
horticultural science is TO produce a
seediess fruit-delicicus TO the eye ana
palate but useless beyond that.
Nature achieves this result FREQUENT
~ IN human beings The exceedingly
commor-plaee man in some past gen.
Grafton has been distinguished only as
productive original seed. His sons and
daughters were sturdy plants The
gEauSs aillzsaz less. numerous,-exsrz