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Arizona republican., 1895-03-31

Trains 103 and 1O4 connect at Ash Fork with trains and 4 CD A. & P. R. R. Trains 121 and 122 connect at Ash Fork with trains and on A. & P. R. R.
 R. R. COLEMAN, Supt. G. W. VAUGHN. v.Pres and Gen. Mgr.
Arizona republican., 1895-03-31

cause loss of will A man who had re- ceived a violent blow which destroyed part of the frontal convolutions lost all will power. When an operation was performed and the pressure of the skull on the brain was removed he completely recovered.
Arizona republican., 1895-03-31
Call For City Warrants.

I will pay upon presentation the following numbered city warrants of the issue of 1894 interest cessing this 22nd day of March, 1895: Nos. 505 to SIS, both inclusive.
 l. M. CHRISTY,
 City Treasurer.
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THE RAILROAD TRUST.

The Agreement HetwosR tho loads-Al
of Them Hound by the Association IIulOG
HEw YoRK, Nov lO,-The articles Oi
organization OF the Joint Traffic Asso'
clatiOu were to-day unanimously APP
proved by every party 70 1t, and it was
agreed to make them effective January
/, 1899.
The articles OF organization OF tho
Joint Traffic Association, as agreed
upon by the different roads, are a.
follows;
"The purpose OF this agreement Il TO
aid In fulfilling the purposes OF the inter
state commerce act, TO cooperate with
oach other aud adjacent transportation
associations; 10 establish aud maintain
reasonable and just rates, fares aud reg
ulalions on state and Interstate trallici
to prevent unjust discrimination ana
to secure the reduction and concenlri'
tion OF agencies, and the introduction
OF economies In the conduct Of freight
and passenger service"
The roads which have agreed to bo'
come members Of this new traffic aslO.
citation are;
Baltimore 4 Ohio; Baltimore & Ohio
SouIhwasterni CentINl Railroad OF Now
Jersey; ChesApsake & Ohio; Chicago K
Erie; Chicago 4 Grand Trunk; Cleve'
luud, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis;
Delaware, LackawRnna & Western; De.
troit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee,; Ere
Railroad; Grand Rapids 4 Indiana;
Grand Trunk OF Canada; Lake Shore 4
Michigan Southern; Lehigh Valley;
Michigan Central; New York Genital
& Hui.on River; New York, Chicago 4
st. Louis; Nav York, Ontario d Vest
ern; Northern Central; Pennsylvania
Company; PcnnsyIyanla Railroad; Phil.
adelphia & Reading; Philadelphia, WI.
mlngton & BalIimore; Pittsburgh &
Lake Eric; Pittsburgh & Western; Pitts.
hurgh, Cincinnati, Chicago K st. Louis;
Terre ilaute x indianapolis (VandalIa
liucl; Toledo, PeoriR Il Western; Wa.
bash Il West Shore.
The affairs OF tho association shall bo
administered by board OF control, u
board OF managers and board Of atbi-
traitors.
The association will have Jurisdiction
over all traffic, passenger and freight, to
aud from Or through the western termi-
nal Of the trunk lines. Traffic to or
coming from Florida, Georgia, North
and South Carolina, Virginia and West
Virginia is excluded from this agree.
msnt, as is also coal. coke, iron ore, mill
cindor, limeitono and petroleum, crude
and refined.
The board OF control shall be com.
prised Of presidents Of the roads be-
longing 10 tho association.
All applications for dilersntiRls aud
for changes in rates, tares and rules
shall be made to the board OF managers.
Any violation OF tho agreement by any
OF tho contracting parties shall bo pun.
ishable by q fine no. exceeding $1,000,
but whero tho gross receipts OF the
transaction excesd 5000, the offending
party shall forfeit q sum not exceeding
such gross receipts. This agreement
will bs signed at the heAdquarton Of
the different contracting roads before
January /, 1896, they oil having agreed
10 IL
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rELEoRApHIc BRIEFS.

John Phillips, colored, Of Nashville,
cut his wiies throat from car to earGnd
fatally wounded Joe sallor. Cause,
jealousy,
Five Of tho throatrns on the Midway
at tho Atlanta exposition have beon
closed by tho police on charge Of i'm.
morality.
Forest tlros arc reported to DO raging
on tho LttlO Kanawha, this state,
Much damage has boon dOno to iOncing
aud barns.
Tho interior department. has decided
that when a pension has been pro-
cured iraudulOnily tho attorney In tho
cnso must roiund tho ioc.
Henry Grasse, OF New York, has hlod
with Governor Morton charges Of mia'
conduct and incolnpoLoncy against
Sheriff Iamson, Of New York county
Tho bethlehem Iron Company has
received no official nows that II has
boon awarded a Russian arnor plate
contract, stories 10 tho contrary not.
wthStanding.
Tho tunOrhl oi DR., >. i. smith, tho
author Of "Amcrlcn," our national
hymn, occurred yesterday nj Newton
Centre, Mass, aud wRs attended by
thousands Of people.
Tho South Carolina constitutional
convention inserted aclau'O establish.
inp an Industrial, mechanical aud nor.
nal school for tho nogroOh Al1o That
diapOyNrY profits ahall DO applied to
tho school fund.
CitISonu In tho vicinity OF Delaware,
Ohio, nto ioTrorizol by a llonOH and
two lOopardI that O'Capnl from circus
Bomo timu ago. Tho nnimnld RrO killing
tho 1.-Two stock on tho iarm', aud gon.
oral hunt Ia bolng oRani1cI.
Senator liutrow', oi Michigan stated
In IN Interview In New York last night
tliat Cuban bcllrcrCntq may bo roCog.
ni1od Ivy Congtoib; lhaL tho Monroe
doctrine will bn affirmed, and that II
looks like tho Democrats will rcnom.
inui0 Cleveland
A aiory comes from Coumbul, Ohio,
10 tho cllpct thnt Ht q recent mOnllng VI
leading Republicans there II WA M.
nonnrul that twenty .onn national com.
nltlcumun favored san l'fNnuIWo Tor
tho convention. The railroads hayO
agreed tO mako u so round ttlptnIc,
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ODD FELLOWS GRAND LODGE,

MOrgautown In Holiday AttiTs-DedlCA'
lion Of Ihs New Temple TO-dny-Grand
Ennampmont AIsstIng,
Special D snatch to he hielligen,tr
MoRd4NTowS, W. Va, Nov. l0.-Mor'
gantown has put on a holiday attire in
which to welcome the delegates to the
grand lodge OF the Independent Order
OF Odd Fellows, which convened here
to-day in session to continue four
days. Preparations have bOen in max.
ing by the local committee for month,
and the visitors are being royalty vel.
coined and treated. All the business
and most OF tho dwelling houses arc
decorated with bannera and bunting,
aud the three links and All Seeing Eye
ara to be HOen on every hand.
The now thirty thousand dollar tenn
pie built by Monongaia lodge has been
thrown open, and is covered inside and
out with ombIems Of the order. This
handsome structure will be dedicated
tomorrow with imposing ceremonies,
which wall be participated in by all the
lodges OF this state and many visiting
lodges from Pennsylvania. There arc
about 200 delegates present already, and
many moro will come in tomorrow
morning.
The Grand Encampmsut OF the order
held their meeting to-day and the rsgu.
lar routine business was transacted.
Tho grand scribe reported that there
are iorty.one OncampnentI in the state,
with a total membership OF 1878.
Four encampmentI were instituted
during tho year. The receipts for dues.
rents, etc, wore $3.50, aud 1904 was
disbursed Tor the relief aud burial Of
patriarchs and for special relief.
L. 5. Hollis, grand patriarch, SUBJ
mitted hiI report, which shows that
part OF tho order to be holding its own.
lie states that the financial depression
iS responsible for the ANAL increase In
membership Of tho oncampmenL Dur.
ing the year enCampments were organ
ICED at Norwood, Auated, Austen and
Wayne court house, whose membership
will moro than offset the number who
have dropped out OF tho others.
Tonight there was public reCsp-
tion given in tho hall OF MOnongaia
Lodge by tho ladies' ot Harmony lodge,
Daughters Of Rebecca, which was
largely attended. Among the important
questions which will come up at this
meeting OF tho grand lodge will be the
establishing OF an Odd Fellows home
somewhere in the state. aud tho intro.
dnction Of an insurance feature in the
order. The following officers were elect. i.
Cd by tho grand encampmcnt for the
ensuing year:
G. S. Simpson, Of Illumination, grand
patriarch: q. D. Lucado, OF Charleston,
grand high priest; IL. B, Curry, of Vol.
cano, grand senior warden; w. W. Dun.
nington, Of Weston, grand junior war
den; Charles Yeager, oil Wheeling,
grand inner sentinel; Thomas +. Stuart,
OF Huntington, grand outer sentinel.
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WASHINGTON, D. O., Nov 10. Tho
Turkish legation received from tho su'
blmo porto telegram quoting a lottur
ne proof that tho rlUts which tUOI;
place in certain parts oi AnGLolla wcrO
duo 10 tho revolutionary idtriguos oi
certain Armcniana Tho lOttOr iunS:
"'bgIn OriNGg-'rho puFsnit Oi bio
projects requires always big sacrifices,
Tho blood already Bhol has moved tho
cIyllzoI world. lhO silOncO oi your city
,spolla onr business Our ononlOs arc
n dull n1 beast. II IL necessary
to nut in evidence tho iOrOclty Of
their nature. II Ia necessarily Ia
begin again tho work, When our Conr'
npopuA onmradoi will attack our ono.
mica at iIofr plhcca Of Worship wo will
certainly BuCCued."
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and the exchapge-at the tools Of
wealth, and not OF waste, England's
taxes arc 10 per cent OF hor earninglj
Frances II per cent; Germany's 10Y
per ceht, while ours arc only 5 por cent,
England spendS one.sixth OF her local
taxes, and ons-lWsith OF all her rev.
enuea for poor relief, and only one.
seventeenth for schools. Tho UniIod
SIatos spends One.sirth oil all hGr ma,
tiOual and local income for schools, and
tho demand for pooE relief is only q
beggarly item. Tho contrast is the kOy
OF tho future,
"And wo arc only at the Threshold
OF our development, Most of the
growth | have briefly portrayed hai
come within twenty years. Who shall
grasp tho advancement Of the mex!
twenty or thirty years. picture tho
dazzling destiny Of the next century,
our spirit, II not our aas, will rule tho
hemisphere"
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nlrrnl4s il cuBA.
Two Defeats for thr inaurECnta, Accord.
Ing tn OniOIni Dispatches,

Two Defeats for tia InaurECnts, Accord.
Ing tn Oniclai Dispatches
HAVANA, Now 1O.--Colonel Hlubia has
defeated tho insnrs6nt forces com.
mandod by Gonoa at Monte Oscar,
according to an official dispatch.
Tho spaniardS captured all tho
insurgcnt positions, Gomez tried
TO turn thcrlsht flank Of tho Spanish
OOlumnsi but, ailOr an hours fighting
was compelled TO rctroat with heavy
losses. a column Of troops statlOd In
pursuit OF him IN tho dtOclonoi BnOna
Vista aud pincIro.
lllO official ndviccs said that Brign.
dict General Hat H. Oliver afterwards
mot tho main body oi Insurgents, nun.
brrinV 5000 infantry and cavalry, and
attacking the luaurgcnls compelled
thcm To rdlrOnt to San Antonio.
Tho Insurgents wcfo afterwards
pnnucd to lgulmas aud Dam
aHCup, unl woro forced 10 ford tho
flyur Hasa lIu troops continued IN
pursuit. Of tho cnamy. Tho latter lost
many killed. aud wounded.
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TIE MAssAoILN Ar KnAnpur
Details Of tho Terrible Bloohshsd--niIn.
Istsr Terrell Succeeds In saving tho Lives
Of tho Am sTIrnn NIiasi0hnriNs.

Details Of ths .1orFiblp BiBodShsd--AiIn. p.
lister Terrell Succeeds In saving tho Lives
of tho Am mstlrnn missionaries.
tCopwighicd, 1876, BY ne AEio.idtci PrnL)
CoSsrASrfxoPLE. Nov. IS, VIA SOFIA,
BubGARtA, Nov 1D.-In response to tho
kilograms sent to Kharpus by tho
United States minister, Mr. Alexander
W. Torroll, inquiry into tho burning
and plllaging OF tho American missions
thero (exclusivOly announced by tho
Associated Press on Saturday mornngl,
tho port0 has furnished Hnmo iniorma.
ton 10 Mr. Terrell. and additional facts
hayo boon obtained from other SOURCES
by tho United sLatus minister. As MI.
Terrell will communicate direct with
tho state department at Washington on
the subject, tho facts In his possOsslo on
cannot DO given out horo. hut enough
IL known OF The disturbances nj Ktafput
to enablO tho AssOclAtOd Pross TO giyo
tho following general outline Of tbs
occurfenceI;
Tho trouble between tho Kurds aud
Mussulmana At KhhrDut had boen brow
ing Tor sono time. On ono hand It was
claimed that tho ArmGninna lncited by
tho agents Of Lh0it revolutionary COM
Inities had bson nrinins lhom'nlyo0,
holding secret meetings and preparing
iof revolt against tho turkish nuLll1rl.
ties. Tho crisis was to DO DroclpitnloI
BY nm attack upon tho MuSSulmnh'
quarter
A second YNrBion Of tho affair Is that
tho Turks, acting undr Instructions
from tho YildlS Kiosk officials, II not
from tho sultan himself, deliberately
planned 10 massacre tho Arlnonlnns OF
Rharput Tho Kurls, who wGro not
armed with flllos. wDro pfOyilpl with
Weapons similar 10 thoip h8od by tho
Turkish soldlofy, and ammunition was
plcnlIinlly distributed Gnon, them At
4 slgnal agtBOd upon quarrel was
picked With some hrm0nianB aud an ni'
tack mon their quarter was COM
inoncOd,
wRng PREPARED,
TlW ArmsnlanS llowoyor had been
anticipating an outbreak Tor some tlmn
paat, aud had armed themselves a. well
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DERlN, Now lo.-A dispatch from
SOin, Bulgaria, saws that the sultan OF
Turkey, Abdul Hamid, has beOn POis'
uued.
1t has been known that tho sultan
has existed in q stato Of alarm, which
has been telliag terribly upon his much
weakened uOryeI. Rumcrs Of the dis
covery Of plots acalnas Abdul Hands
life have been so frequent that they had
Ceased to ar attention. and
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BosroN, Mass, Nov. l0.-Tho AsIo.
ciNtod Press dispatch conveying tho in
formation that the missionaries Of Bitlis
had been conducted to Van by a guard
OF troops, wa' received with much salts.
faction by tho American board here.
Tho board is In constant tOlegrRphic
correspondence with tho state depart.
mont at Washington and with their
missionaries in Turkey, and Ia doing
everything possible to secure tho onec.
tual protection OF those connected with
the board, especially tho missionaries
OF kharput, waoas homes and suppliOs
have boon destroyed aud who are In the
midst OF terroTizing conditions.
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CHICAGO. Nov. lO.-Tho flro at the
Standard Oil Company'a wOrkI at
Whiting, Ind, was brought under con.
troll tllia morning. No livos wOro lost,
according to tho complny's reports,
and tho damage amounts to about Sj0,-
OyO. Tho tank in which II started con-
tanned about $4,000 barrels OF naphtha.
Tho fro, It Is thought, wos caused by
the explosion OF accumulated gas In tho
tank.
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BosroS. Nov ia telegram received
by tho Armenian Board this afternoon,
BY way Of Philippopolis. qtatos that tbs
mission loss at Kharput Is ono hundred
thousand dollars. Boidors wore pro.
toctod by soldiers who iircd on tho mis-.
sion hohloS and Joined In tho plunjer,
Special malice was shown tho misSioua.
rios. A sholl burdt in Barnums house.
The missionaries now protected. Troub.
les aro reported H1 beginning in Mar.
shoun, Van and Ainiab.
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THE oLGvNn M DISASTER.
Tho Coroncr's Inquu"- rho DrnwbrldEo
KNrpcF's Testimony.

Tho Coroncr's Inqurs,-rho DrnwbridEo
Keepers lrStlmuny.
CLEVELAND, Ono, Nov, l9-ThO cor.
onor'a inquest In connection with tho
terrible street car accident at tho central
viaduct was commenced to-day. Neatly
tho cntiro morning was devoted to the
examination OF Captain Charles Bren.
nor, who was in charge Of tho draw.
bridge on tho night OF tho accident.
Ills testimony was to tho elect that tho
bridge gates wOrO closed and II rod light
displayed over thom when tho car came
up, lie stated TINT tho electric cut.oil,
which is supposed to shut oil tho cur.
ront on tho trolley wires Ave hundred
foot from tho drnwbridgo whom tho lat
tor IA opOn, had boon out Of order for at
ldast ton days. Bronncr toStlllcd that
it was dark, rainy night; that ho frsI
noticed thu car when II was about forty
lcOt from tho gates llo yelled nt tho
mOtorman, who jumpOi TO tho bridge
Just In timo to save himsoli from going
over with tho car.
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CSclSSArr, Nov IRA dispatch from
Ironton, Ohio, says tina. Miss Cnmp'
bell who attained notorloty fcw yoNtn
ago In breach Of promise case, claim.
ing sl0j,O)l damages from Atbucklc,
the r1llOc dealer, died this morning In
Dr. Gtny'' shnltatlum Nt Hanging Rock.
Miss CampbOla nHtcr iS tue vito Of
Ox.Mayot Willlam Means, oi Cincinnati.
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CAUSED HY A FOG.

a brooklyn lirldsc Colll'lun with Very
Serious Results,
Nrw YonE, Nov l0,-DurinE donse
ioe which hung over tho 'riyOt carly to.
duya brooklyn bridge train ran into
tho ono uhcad Of IT, Thomas Cooper, a
conductor OH one Of tho trains, lost
both foot mud may dlo from shock,
George Grnunlt, a sindOnt, was no badly
injured that hO died iow minutes
lntUf,
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Lo.DoS, Now lO,-Tho odesya corro'
spondont Of tho Daily Nova says that It
is reported in official clrclos that in
view Of tho possible disruption Of Tur
kew, Russia aud England arO nogotiat.
ing an agronmUnt which will Rivo tho
car free hand Tor tho occupation OF
annexation Of Anatolia, whllo England
will hnvo tho right TO establish u pOr.
pancnt protoclorato Ia Egypt
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STARTLING RUM0R
That the Sultan Of Turkey Has
Fallen o Victim OF PoIsonsrs,
REPORT REMAINS UNCONFIRNED
And Comes from Bulgaria, by way
OF Berlin, aud May be Untrue,
sTORYOF THEKHARPUT MASSACRE

Obtained by Ambassador TorrIIl.
Assurances That all tho American
Missionaries ars safe, Although
tho Mission Houses wOro Destroyed.
ABomb Exploded In One OF Them,
Matters Continue TO Grow Moro
Serious Daily aud Roports OF Now
Disturbances are Constantly Com.
lug from the sOonos of tho Christian
ReVolts.
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CoNGltEssMAN DoLLIvEE
To 10 married. Thl. Evening to n Sweet.
hrnrt OF Ills BoyhOod.

To Be Married This Evening to n Sweet.
henrt of Ills Boyhood.
Mason CRY, IA., Nov. 19.-Congress-
man Jonathan P. DOllivor, Of tho Tenth
district, aud Miss Louise Pearson will
be married Wednesday evening at Fl,
Dodge. The Ovent is attracting unusual
attention from the prominence OF both
parties. As an orator Dolliver has n
nationa! reputation, and has doubtless
addressed moro poople from lecture
platform than any person Of his age in
tho United States Mr.. Dolliver, who
spen; his boyhood in MorGantoTn, w.
Va, and tho bride.elect have been nc.
quaintOd with each other since child.
hood. Miss pcarsons mother died when
she was fourteen years OF age, aud since
this time she has been making hor
home with hor uncle. The marriage
will DO an elaborate affair, and many
friends OF tho bride and groom in this
and other sta,os will DO present. Tho
services will DO held in tho frat Pros.
byterian church.
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NOTABLE SPEAKERS
At tho Annual Dinner of the New
York Chamber of Commerce.
CARLISLE ON SOUND CURRENCY

Tho Secretary of tho Treasury Says
That Ambiguous Party Platforms
should bO Done Away with-A
Fight for Honest Money on Square
Issue WIN wln-Tho RotIremont OF
Legal Tender Notes Necessary
to Complete Currency Roform.
Charles Emory Smith on tho Dc.
voIopmont of tho Country
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WORK OF BOYS.
A Dastardly Deed Done by Four
Young Men Cost Three Lives
ON The new YORK CENTRAL ROAD,

Several Persons IpJuTed-The Boys
Tear Up Rails and a Passenger
Train is Thrown from tho Track,
With FrIGhtlpl Results-No Cause
Assigned for tho Act-The Wreokers
Under Arrest and Threatened with
LynohIng-A Young Lady to Whom
Ono of Them, Confessed Detained
US a Witness.
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Spt,ial DIDdish to n: h.:gtIsassr
HUSriSuroS. W. Va, Now ia
colorei man named Garter met with
irightiuI accident up tho Norfolk &
Western railroad near Wclch last mid.
night. He icll of oil a train on to the
rails. Both lower ex.remitieI wcro ter.
ribly mulilatod, aud no cannot survive.
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Attn Plrs m Lnwel l. 4 iicnvy LuaA 0f PRO.
pNfiJ,
lowrtb, Mass, Nov 90 "A fearful
cou1 CITATION In thu lower part Of tho
bn,Iurm district IL t1rlnt' nni ito
'probabl1 loss Will bo $4,000. Explo'
ntona bbyn taken plnc,, Nlu oal W lllp,
lanltulas cannot bo obtained ~ lbia
hour
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ruf West vlr5nlh aud Western rpnnsylynula,
thrtatcnlnl. WonihoE with mlli W inuW 0ud a
cold wnvOj high westerly winds
tOr Ohh snow In tho mltnlnt. followed by
ht tWUalhct colder, noHhWciIcllJ winds,
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sSosial DtpI,et 70 he h'ea1ta.sr
WASHINGTON, Nov. ia patent was
granted to-day to William Q. Boswell,
Of Clarksbnrg, ior q car coupling.
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ThE SULTAN or TURKEY,
some Of his ministers, 1t 10 said, had to
10 kept constantly guarded by soldiers
to give them courage enough to transact
the business Of their respective olliccs,
Throughout the night OF Saturday
last, November 10. which was most
critical day for the Turkish empire, the
sultan was engaged, sitting close to the
Telegraph instrument In tho Hildiz
Kiosk, personally debating Instructions
to the different provincial governors TO
do their utmoat to restore oTdor in their
districts. This indicates that the sultan
at last had his eyes opened to tho char.
Hctsr OF his advisors and that he finally
determined TO take the relns Of govern.
meat 10 his own hands.
ms CAREER.
Sultan Abdul.Hamid. Servant Of tho
Praised, !" is tho thirty.iourth monarch of
the immediate line. He is the fourth
son Of Abdul Mejid. aud wa, born Sop
iemLsr %, 1912. His education was so
neglected that on reaching manhood hc
barely knew the Turkish alphabet He
came to the throne August 81, 1876, anu
at once had to mcot tho Bulgarian up.
rising. HiS'next menace was the Rus.
sian invasion, and tho Turkish empire
was saved to tho sultan nnlJ by tho in-
teryentiou Of the European powers.
These tronbleS were followed by other
complications, 90 that the reign OF tho
sultan has been ono OF fear and tumult
from Its Inception. All his life he
cherished dream Of the reSLoration Of
the ancient powor OF Turkey, but all
the time realized that conditions con-
fronted him which compelled submis.
sion to the diethtion OF tho European
powers. lie was given credit Tor some
reforms, Auch rs reducing the burden OF
taxation. and snppressing governmental
extravaganza, but these very conces-
sions 10 the people brought him tho III.
will Of his advisers, and rumors Of
plots against his life worO common
sometimes charged to the army, at
other times to organizations In tho Tur'
kish capital, and still again to inmates
OF tho royal palace itself.
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ThU ArmsnlanS Ilowoyat had been
anticipating an outbreak Tor some i'ma
padl, aud had armed themselves a. we'll