Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-30

the court with debris Eight persons
were taken out Of the ruins and removed
| to the hospital Ssyeral others were
buried beneath heaps Of brick mortar,
timbers. etc. IL is feared that 1t may not
be possible to get them out alive.
Rev. J. W. Wellman, a Congregational
minister Of Wesfpnrt, Ct. engaged
horse and carriage Of Liveryman Eli Mead
of that place, to drive to North Salem,
n. Y, and back, "A miles. When Mr..
Wellman returned, Sunday, the horses
eyes could not be opened, and 1t showed
signs of brutal treatment. The owner
Will have to kill the animal, and he de-
mands its value Of the clergyman.
Adgices from Aleppo say there has been
continuous fighting In Morash, 30 miles
northwest of Aleppo, for the last three
days, between the Turks and Armenians.
No details OF the disturbances are yet OBJ
tainable. The situation in the Asiatic
provinces generally excites uneasiness. A
number of railway officials at Illgun on
the Angora Railway, including German
and British subject have been captured
by brigands. The number of captives
and the amount of ransom demanded for
them are as yet unknown.
The newspaper Ell Liberal of Madrid,
says the statements made by Captain Gen
eral Campos in the interview telegraphed
there to the Imparcial has been badly re-
ceived in military and political circles.
where 1t is thought that certain things
contained in the interview would better
have remained unsaid. 1t is reported that
cX-Premier Sagasta remarked after read
ing the interview, This Is not the time
for words, but for action" Gen. AZcar-
raga, minister of war, is arranging co
mobilize more troops for service in Cuba.
j. Arthur Brand, the owner of the
yacht Spruce Nv, Is having very troub
lesome experience with the loca. custom
house officials regarding the duty on his
boat. 1t Is claimed that as the Spruce
" was British boat, it was no more
| than matter of courtesy that the boat
| should be allowed to come into this coun-
try tree of charge, returning after the
raee Two hundred dollars was paid the
custom house officials with the under
standing that the amount should be re
funded upon Brands arrival in Europe.
The amount has not yet been given back
to Brand.
NDle NlSub IOllCe olllCtT I1euIy
Dugan of East Braintree, Mass, was
walking along Front street at 3 A. NJ,
Tuesday morning, he came upon four
strange men and asked what they were
doing at that time of night, when all four
pulled rsvolvers and fired at him, one
bullet entering his left leg just below the
knee He pulled his revolver and returned
the fire, when the men ran. In their flight
they dropped bag of burglars tools.
Citizens removed Officer Dugan to his
home and, later he was sent to the Massa-
chusetts General hospital. No burglaries
have been reported as yet, and it Is sup
posed the gang was just about to make
some breaks when held up by the officer
Judge W. W. Chaplin struck terror to
the saloon keepers and hotel men at De
trot, Mich, by his announcement that
! he will hereafter send to jail without op-
ton of fine, any yiolator of the liquor
law who comes before him and he grew so
| vigorous In his talk to one offender, whom
be sent to Jail for so days, that he said he
would send his own father to Jail II he
were convicted of such violation. AS a
result, Sunday, was very dry day, all
the hotels refusing liquor to their guests
and creating a general drouth. The
hotel keepers promise TO combine and
with the Liquor Dealers Association to
see to it that it is impossible for a man to
get drink in Detroit on Sunday.
The military commander at Baiburt,
Turkey has telegrsphed an account Of the
trouble at that place He says that 10
shots were fred from the Armenian quar-
! ter of the town upon number OF Mussul-
mans, several of whom fell, MORALLY
wounded. The Mussulmans then closed
the shops and took arms to defend them
selves A conflict ensued in which a num-
Der on both sides were killed or wounded.
| The officers Immediately sent police, gems
'armes and troops who claimed the dis
| turbance. 1t Is officially announced that
here have been disturbances at Marash
and Zeitoup, where the Armenians, with
out provocation, attacked the Mussulmans
/ The commander of the fourth army corps
telecrapbs that Major Bakir Effendi of the
Ssth Regiment of the Hamadic Cavalry
was burned alive on Oct. 4, in church at
Diadn. An inquiry into the case has
been opened.
/ The Paris journal DIES Debats. the Dix
Neuvieme, Steele and other moderate
papers deplore that the French Chamber
of Deputies did not accept the statement
of the ministry regarding the Southern
Railway scandals, instead Of voting the
government down. The result is, the
journals say. that the Chamber has
afforded the country spectacle of incon-
sisteucy and recklessness the consequences
of which it will probably be the first to
regret. The Radical and Socialist press
arc delighted at the result The conserva-
tive papers declare that the ministry has
fallen on the question of public morals, a
majority of the Chamber of Deputies hav-
ing become exasperated at seeing the
ministerial ways inclined to hush up pub
lie scandal AS journals Of all shades of
opinion appreciate the difficulty the sttua-
ton presents for. the President and the
future cabinet.
The London Morning Pest. Tuesday.
printed more than two columns of a trans.
lation of the report made by Nazim Pash.
Turkish minister of police, on the receh,
riots in Constantinople 1t consists largely
Of detailed accusations against tte