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ACCUSED OF MURDER.
Jerome COncell Charged with Ixillins z
His Wealthy Adopted Parents.

BALTIMORE, Nov. THE police to-
night announced that they have discovered
most damaging and convincing evidence
against Jerome Concell, the nineteen-year-
old boy who is unaer arrest, charged with
the murder Of his adopted parents, Capt
Frederick Lang and his aged wife. The
victims lived in the suburbs OF the city,
and Captain Lang is supposed to have been
worth 100000. The house was entered on
the night oe Nov. 4, the two old people were
literally pounded to death with a hammer,
and the house was rified. Suspicion fell on
young Concell and his brother both OF
whom. were arrested on election night. The
brother will be released, but the police
claim that they have found bloody clothes
belonging to jerome, and that he wore
shoes which fitted perfectly the tracks left
by the murderer. 1t is also asserted that
gunny sacking was used by the murderer
to muffie his footsteps, and that portions
of this material were found clinging to the
shoes of the accused The boy maintains a
stolid demeanor, and does not seem to real
ize the enormity of the charge against him.
The victims were buried to-day.
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"MADMAN" AND "LUNATIC."
some of the Pleasantries Indulged In
by south Carolinians.

COLUMBIA, s. c., Nov. THE dispen-
sary law for the first time was made an is
sue in the debate in the constitutional con-
vention to-day on the proposition to give
the State the same right to change the
venue as is accorded defendant. This was
introduced solely TO secure dispensary con-
yictions when IL was found impossible to do
so in cities like Charleston or Columbia.
The convention, by vote of II 10 81 re-
fused to adopt that provision, but by a vote
of 72 to 50 IL gave the Legislature permis-
sion to allow the State to ask change In
cases to be prescribed by II. which means
that il will be allowed in dispensary cases.
In the continuation of the change OF
venue debate tonight the convention was
regaled with spicy debate between Sem
ator Tillman and Major Barker, Of
Charleston. over the dispcnsary law and
the alleged hatred Tillman has for that
city. The debate got pretty hot, Barker
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DIsQUIETINa RUMORs.
Situation i'm Asiatfc Turkey--The
Powers May Intervene.

Powers May Intervene.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. THE Turk
ish Minister of Foreign Affairs has prom
ised to give the ambassadors of the powers
a definite reply within two days as to
what steps the Porte intends to take
for the restoration of order in Armenia
and to provide for the protection of Chris
tians in that part of the Turkish empire
This was the point especially alluded to
by the ambassadors on Tuesday last, when
they called separately and represented
that the present state of affairs in Ar
menia could not be allowed to continue
and that If adequate measures were not
shortly taken to bring about the restora-
ton Of order the powers would be COM
pelled acting in concert. to take their
own steps in the matter. No combined ac-
ton of such grave Importance on the part
of the powers has been taken for years
past ard the fact that the Porte
reminded of the intervention of .he cow
ers in Syria at the time of the massacre
of 1860 is considered direct waning
to the Sultan that Europe will ihrer-
vene TO restore order in Armenia unless
the Turkish G government acts promptly:
uation becomes more and more alarming
and adds to the difficulty of she task he
fore sne Porse anf ro pr oel"s fhe
the most disqueting rumors are coming,
and that they are based on facts is shown
Dy the mODlllZdtlOI OI twenty Ddtt1ilDnS
of Redifs out of the sixty available and
the steps being taken. to dispatch them
promptly as possible. to that part of
Asatic Turkey. This lends color to the re-
port that the ArmenianS are receiving sup
port from unexpected sources and that
the Turkish government may soon be face
to face with an open and widespread re-
volt against the rule of the Sultan. Ar
rests OF Armenian and Turkish suspects
are constantly being made here and else
where. But in this connection few facts
are obtainable.
Possibly the most grave turn I'm recent
events lies in the fact established BEYOND
any doubt that the dissatisfaction against
the rule of the Sultan has extended TO
the Turkish army and navy and that the
palace officials are Well aware Of this
fact and are in state OF the Greatest
ALARM Nobody here would be astonis,ied
to hear at any moment of an outbreak
in the palace itself, in fact, people who
are we'll versed In Turkish affairs assert
that this Is among the immediate rroLa-
bilities and that only a prompt show
of force on the part of the European fleets
can avert IL.
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SHOT TWO BROTHERS.
Plantation Tenants Killed by n Prom
fnent Alabama Farmer.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. Near Rox-
ana, Lee county, to-day, j. Hayes. one of
the most prominent farmers in the State,
shot and killed Michael and Henry Harper,
brothers and tenants on his plantation.
Hayes and the Harpers had quarreled
about the payment Of the rent, which fell
due month ago, and had not been paid
Twice before. when Hayes attempted to
collect the rent. he was driven from his
field by the Harpers with shotguns, they
claiming that he had not lived up to his
contract. To-day he visited them third
time and demaned the overdue rent and
when they attempted to again drive him
off he pulled his pistol and shot Henry
through the head and Michael in the breast.
Hayes has not yet been arrested He
claims self-defense.
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WASHINGTON, Now THE above dis
patch was shown to DIR. Rocker tonight
and he dictated the following statement for
publications:
81 have not seen the interview in ques-
tion, but simply gave the history of the
case as it stood. / never used any such
language as 'recalcitrant or 'obstreperous
priests / said to the correspondent that
here nothing was known of an appeal by
Bishop Bonacum to the civil authorities,
and the last official information received
on the case was that the priests had been
cited to appear for investigation; what
charges I did not know. They had refused
to appear. Having refused to appear, the
delegation was informed that the case had
been decided against them by the diocesan
investigating commission by default: that
the reported further action of the bishop
with regard to invoking the aid of the civil
authorities to dispossess them was not
known at the delegation, except through
the newspapers. In answer to the question
whether the bishop could invoke the civil
authorities or not, / said that. under proper
circumstances, he could do so. but that i
did not know whether these circumstances
were verified in the present case or not.
'"The delegate in the case" (Mgr. Sa-
tollD, added Dr. Rocker. has never OFF,
cially had the matter brought to his atten-
tion."
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been established beyond dispute that the
Turkish troops took part in the recent mas
sacre and pillage OF Armenians there, and,
ii is added, clear evidence Of this fact viii
be placed before the representatives Of the
powers. Private accounts represent the con-
dition Of the Asiatic provinces Of Turkey as
being deplorable in the extreme. A veri-
table reign OF terror is said TO exist, and
bloodshed and robbery are OF daily occur
renee. The police of this city are kept busy
night and day. watching every body and ev-
erything. To such an extent is this system
of police surveillance carried that two
servants in the employ of English mer-
chants here have been arrested while re-
turning from the postofflce with letters and
newspapers The latter were seized by the
police. in spite of the protests of the
servants, and were carried away to the
police station for examination. The English
merchants promptly complained to the Brit
ish charge d. affaires, the Hon. Michael
representations to the Porte on the SUBJ
ject.
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AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE.
Mr.. Bagaley Seeking Divorce from the
Daughter Of n Countess.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 7.-Waterman p.
Bagaley, the son Of a former wealthy Pitts
burg manufacturer, to-day filed a cross bill
for divorce from Mrs. Olga Bagaley, daugh-
ter of the Countess Alfieri. Of Milan. Italy.
The bill sets forth that he and Mrs. Baga-
ley were married at Milan Sept. "a, 1882.
after he had secured a divorce from his
wife in this city, which he afterward found
to be irregular. In 1894 the couple came to
America and visited his aunt, Mrs. Will
liams, Of this city, to whose influence over
the Countess he attributes in large degree
The bill also shows that Bagaley became ill
from the effects of the use of morphine,
and at one time was confined in the insane
ASYLUM for a short time. He charges his
wife with desertion and adultery, and with
being the mother of child whose paternity
he denies
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TWO ANGRY PRIESTS
OPEN LETTERS FROM FATHERS
FITZGERALD AND MURPHY.
DIR. Rocker, Secretary of the Apos.
tOlic Delegation mt Washington,
Severely Criticised.

OMAHA, Neb., Nov THE following
open letter to the editor of the Bee, from
Rev. Fathers Fitzgerald and Murphy, the
Nebraska Catholic priests leading the fac
tion which has had so much trouble with
Bishop Bonacum, was made public to-day:
"Our attention has been called to an in
| terview gwen through DR.. Rocker, secrc-
tary of the apostolic delegation. TO your
Washington correspondent, and published in
last Sundays Bee. In the interview DIR.
Rocker makes gratuitous and false state
ments relative to the present difficulties of
thrust himself in so frivolous a manner
into this controversy, in which other
priests who are virtuous and learned as
he and more highly esteemed by their fell
low-citizens regardless of creeds, than he
may ever hope to aspire to. are contending
against immense odds, for the fair and i'm
partial hearing which the churca guarantees
to everyone. In this matter there is not
now and never has been any CRIME charged
against us by any authority, civil or &C.
clesiastical: therefore, the Language used by
the Rev. Dr. Rocker. calling US recalci-
trants and 'obstreperous priests IS most
indecent and unbecoming the dignity of Il
secretary of a Cardinal in petto' and an
apostolic delegate. 1nis language is on a
par with the shameless accusations pub
lshed recently by Bishop Bonacum, in tie
ST. Louis Republic, in wh:en by insinaation,
he asserts we are men of liccntious lives.
Our fellow-citizens in the West. and es-
pecially in Nebraska. feel aggrieved nj this
unr1SnteOuS manner OF llnpeuiHS 'n3 Dtnefl-
cent action of the churcn, and lepriving
men useful to mankind of their inhere ut
rights. Yet we are not surprised at this
conduct of Rev. DR.. Rocker since he i'm
peaches the integrity of Mgr. Satolii HIM
self in the following:
Mgr. Satolli informed Bishop Bonacum
that he would have TO proceed against these
recalcitrants under the laws of the council
of Baltimore and subject them to trial for
alleged disobedence of church laws, etc.
Here we see the Judge of appeal acting
as counsel or against the defendants Nor
does he stop here, but insults the dignity of
the State of Nebraska by directing the
tyrannous bishop of Lincoln to invoke the
civil law and disodge them, just as /
would do If a tenant failed to pay rent for
my house in which he lived I"
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STUART STILL HOPEFUL.
Thinks He Can Yet Pull on the Cor
bett-FitxsimmOns Fight.

DALLAS, Tex. Nov. 7.-After a lull in
the pugilistic excitement for few days.
matters have taken a new and fresh start.
Said Ian Stuart tonight: II leave for FL
Paso in the morning, and I think the place
and time for Corbett and Fitzsimmons TO
settle their difficulties. which have agitated
the public mind for the past four or five
months. will be found and fixed between
move individually and alone. and intend TO
offer such purse and protection that
neither man can refuse TO accept IL he In
tends or wants tn tight The whole sport
ing world IL I'm q mood to see this cham
pionship matter settled In the ring"
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Cuban Sues for $4,000.

NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-Louis Marx, OF Ha-
vana, who is said to be an American, has
begun, through his counsel. an action for
$4,000 damages against Cipriano Munoz, a
cigarmaker of this city, charged with def
amation Of character. The suit Is based
on an article which appeared in the New
York Herald the day following the arrival
I'm this country of Mr.. Marx. Mr.. Munoz.
in the interview. is alleged to have said
that Marx, while in restaurant In ha-
vana, offered $500 for the head of Gen. An
tonic Maceo. Mr. Munoz positively denies
having made such a statement. What he
did say was that he had read such a story
while he was in Havana. 1t was printed in
the 'Diarie de La Marino,' the organ of
the reformist party In Cuba. He said he
so told the Herald at the time. and told
the reporter so to state IL the story to
be used. The matter appeared as the plain
statement of Mr.. Munoz. without reference
Tn the paper.
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denominated Barker as a "lunatic" They
cooled OF before they got through and
though no one expected a personal diff
Guilty 1t was with pleasure that the con-
vention saw the two men grasp hands
and when Senator Tillman locked arms with
the Charlestonian and said they had shak-
en- hands across the bloody chasm and
henceforth would be brothers in the same
commonwealth the convention burst forth
in loud applause The result OF the debate
is that the Legislature may grant the
State a right to change the venue, but
by an amendment passed tonight the
change cannot be asked on any case un-
til the grand jury shall have presented a
true bill
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Only Twenty-six Counties Ont Of
Eighty Carried by the Democrats
for Campbell Last Tuesday.
BRADLEY's VOTE swELLED
HIS PLURALITY FOR GOVERNOR
WILL PROBABLY BE OVER 1900.
How the People of Massachusetts
Voted ON the Suffrage Question
Both Women md Men Pleased.

COLUMBUS. o.. Nov. THE Republican
State committee tonight figured the Re-
publican plurality for Governor in Ohio at
s5,s4s The Democrats carried only twenty
six of the eighty-eight counties I'm the State.
No effort has been made TO figure the total
vote cast, but IL is believed TO be one OF
the largest in the history of the State. The
official count Will not materially change the
net results. Following are the pluraiities
1x-o
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Six of a Family Perishcd.

NEW YORK. Nov. six members of
one family perished by fire, in their home
on the top floor OF the four-story tenement
house, at No. 311 Van Brunt street, Brook
lyn, at / o'clock this morning. The names
OF the dead are: Charles Ryan. his wife
Ellen and their daughters. Johanna. twenty
years old, Sarah, seventeen: Maggie, four
teen. and Lizzie, twelve. The fire started
from gas jet In hall on the ground
floor. IL burned out Finnegan's saloon on
the ground floor and reused Margaret
Welch and her four children on the second
floor. The stairway being on fire, they went
10 the windows from which they were res
cued by policemen. The fire quickly got TO
the third floor. which was unoccupied. Az
ter the flames had been extinguished, a
searci. of the building was made and on
the top floor were found the dead bodies of
the Ryans- Their position showed plainly
how they had struggled for their lives. Jo-
hanna and Sarah were found in the rear
room near the staircase. Their bodies were
lying together. Maggie's body was found w.
ing within few feet of the window on the
King-street side OF the house The Others.
Ryan, his wife and Lizzie. the youngest
girl, were found In the front room. Ryan
had stopped to slip on his trousers The
others were In their night gowns Vain ef-
forts were made TO resuscitate them. None
OF the bodies was even scorched By the
flames. Each member OF the family had met
death by suffocation. The building was a
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B. F. PITEZEL'S ESTATE.
@. T. Moreland Wants to Administer
1t for BENEFIT of Creditors.

FORT WORTH. Tex. Nov. TO. T
Moreland has filed application for letters
OF administration on the estate of Burton
T. Lyman, or b. It. Pitezel. as was his
real name. for the benefit OF creditors.
This Is the man for whose murder Holmes
has just been convicted in Philadelphia.
Recently attorney Hudson filed application
for letters OF administration on the estate
or Minnie Williams. deceased. She was the
owner OF the property that was decided TO
Lyman by alleged fraudulent deeds and
one of the many persons Holmes Is accused
OF numbering.
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Kurds ON the Warpnth.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 4. - Advices
from Aeppo say. that the Kurds belonging
to the Hamidieh Cavalry Regiment have at
tackled and plundered a caravan near that
place. 1t Is further stated that the Kurds
in the province have Joined I'm an anti
Christian movement. and that the American
missionaries have been advised not to ex-
pose themselves 10 dangers while the pres
ent excitement lasts. AT the instance of
Mr. Herbert. the British charge d affaires.
all the consuls in the disturbed districts will
be provided with guards.
Trustworthy reports which have been re-
ceived here from Erzroum state that it has
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08

PARIS, Nov. 7.-At meeting here to-day
of delegates representing Armenian colonies
in various parts of Europe it was resolved
to address a supreme appeal to the six
powers which signed the Berlin treaty, urg-
ing immediate Intervention TO stop "the
methodical determination of the Armenians
which is being carried out by the Ottoman
government"
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Poles May Fight spaniards.

CLEVELAND, o., Nov. THE Poles of
this city have started a movement look
ing toward the sending of about three
hundred recruits to join the Cuban army.
The force will be composed entirely of
Buffalo. A meeting will be held here
Nov. ii. when 1T is proposed to formulate
plans for getting the men to Cuba
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FORTY DEAD BODIES
THIRTY-THREE RECOVERED AND
SEVEN STILL IN THE RUINS.
Awful Result Of the Explosion I'm the,
Detroit Journal BuiIding-Thc
Engineer Responsible.

DETROIT, Nov. 7.-ITne work of rescuing
bodies of the victims of Wednesdays explo-
sion in the Journal Building went steadily
on all day and tonight. The list of missing
decreases about correspondingly with the
number of dead bodies taken out Over
thirty dead bodies have now been recovered
and identified, but the number changes fire.
quently on account of new and CHASTITY dis
coveries brought to light i'm the ruins. The
number killed will approximate forty.
To-day's developments demonstrate con-
clusively that negligent care of the boilers
was the cause of the catastrophe. Official
inspectors and competent engineers exam
ined portions of the wrecked boilers to-day
and pronounced the cause low water, re-
sulting in a superheated condition of the
fiues, which was followed by the dangerous
injection of cold water. Engineer Thomp-
sons carelessness is strongly condemned.
The engineer of the Free Press Building
states that ne had previously warned
Thompson against leaving his boilers with
out having any assistant to watch them
Some occupants Of the building give similar
testimony. Thompson insists that he saw
both boilers ten minutes before the explo-
sion, and that they contained plenty Of
water and sixty-five pounds pressure of
steam. The portion of the building still
standing was officially examined to-day and
found to be out of plumb. wrenched by the
shock and otherwise defective. 1t will
doubtless be condemned. The bodies recov-
cred from the ruins to-day those Of:
ERNEST PARKINS. mailing clerk OF the
Journal.
EMMA. LIcHTENBERG. employee of Hill
ROSA BRETT, remains frightfully burned
CATHERINE MILLER, forewoman Hill
er's bindery.
LUE FRETZ. employe of Dunlap & Co.
ANNA WIEDBUSCH, employe of Hitler 5
JOHN F. DERBY, carpenter.
JOSEPH BRADLEY, carpenter.
GEORGE j. KILLER, proprietor Killers
bindery.
ADoLPH scHRIEBER. jr.. hookbinder in
JOHN GORDON. electrotyper, employee of
Evening Journal
kITTIE LEONARD.
ROSA MORGAN
JOHN BREITENBACHER
JENNIE NIEBAUER, sixteen years DID,
employed in Killers bindery
BERTHA WIEDBUSCH. nineteen years
ANNA uHL1K. presswoman, Killers
bindery.
No bodies have been taken out since 6
O'Clock p. m, but the work is unabated
Mayor P1ngree scolds the fire department
for being slow in extinguishing the fire
and for primitive methods in cleaning the
ruins. He says the entire Journal Build-
ing must come down and criticises the
owners regarding the construction of the
wrecked portion. There is much talk of
arrresting engineer Thompson, but no one
has yet made complaint. Suits against the
owners OF the building may follow, as
the tenants cannot collect insurance. ac-
cording to their policies.
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death trap The only staircase was at the
rear. There were no fire escapes. The police
and fire marshal are making an investiga-
tion. 1t is probable that the circumstances
OF the fire will be brought before the grand
jury for Investigation.
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rinanciai Pnuic Avertcd.

CONSTANTINOPLE,. Nov. 1.-The result
of the conference of yesterday between the
ministers and Sir Edgar Vincent, governor
of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, at which
means were canvassed for the bettermeEt
of the financial situation in Turkey, are
seen in an official announcement issued to-
day that the Ottoman Bank will suspend
for month the payment of gold for bank
notes in order to give time for the CONVEX
sion into pounds Turkish of the gold which
is coming to the bank from it's branches.
Meantime the public offices accept the bank
notes instead of gold. The action of the
government in prolonging the concession to
the Ottoman Bank for twelve years has
had a reassuring effect on the public, and
the run on the hank, which threatened to
upset the financial situation in the whole
empire and to spread with disastrous effect
beyond, has abated. 1t is hoped that the
worst of the panic is now over.