The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24
The POWERS JEALOUS
MUTUAL SUSPICIOUS PREVENT
THEIR BRINGING TURKEY
TO TERMS.
ARMENIAN STUDENTS DROWNED


board with Leaden Weights Attach-
ed to Their Feet. Du Maurier to Get
$50. 900 For His New Novel, ssThe
Martians,,-.The ssTrilby' Craze.
LONDON. Nov 23.-The sudden fit
of energy which urged the Sultan OF
Turkey into doing something towards
suppressing anarchy in Asia Minor, a
result of the Marquis OF Sallsburys
mansion house speech, seems to have
spent its force and Abdul Hamid is
said to have relapsed into his usual
lethargic state. Reports of fresh mas
sacres have reached here from many
parts of the disturbed empire and IN
brief, the eastern question, does not
appear to be as near solution as 1t has
during the early part of the week.
There has been little chance in the
nature of che problem before the pow
ers however. Their mutual suspl-
cions are acting as drags upon them
and delay decided action upon their
part. though the belief still prevails
that nothing short of drastic meas
ures will bring the Sultan to terms for
anv length of time. This step, how
ever, will not be adopted until all hope
of loyal enforcement of the reforms
which Abdul HaTnid solemnly pron1is-
ed to adopt is gone.
A story is published to-day taken
from d private letter from CONSTANT
NOBLE according to which a diyer,while
recently engaged in assisting the work
of driving paes for a new pier at the
Golden Horn, on reaching the sea bot
tom was Mortified to fn.. himself sur
rounded by the bodies of a number OF
men apparently standing upright a.
round him. Upon investigation the
diver discovered that they were the
corpses of students, many of whom
were known to him personally, who
were recently arrested by the Turkish
police and afterwards taken out in
boats and drowned in the Bosphorus
for taking part in the recent disturb
ances at Stamboui All the bodies had
leaden weights attached to the feet,
which kept them erect The diver
said there were from forty to fifty
bodies III that spot alone.
The annual bicycle show is drawing
larger crowds than ever before. For
the first time, several American bicy-
Gle firms are exhibiting this year. Hart
ford Toledo and Chicago companies
making NICE displays The critics say
the American wheels are notable for
their extremely narrow handle bars
and skinny" saddles and the claim Is
made that the Transatlantic ma
chimes are far too light to be durable.
According to the Daily News Harper
brothers, OF New York are To pay Geo
Du Maurier $4,000 for his next novel.
which is the identical sum which Ben
jaInin Disraeli lord Beaconsfeid) re-
ceived for sEndymioR."
Mr.. James +. Egan. who YVES recent
ly released from prison after serving
about ten years for his connection
with the dynamite conspiracy of 1884,
sailed for New York on "wednesday on
board the TeuIonic. to visit the Lead
ing citiessof the United States, in order
to obtain aid for the families of the
Irish political prisoners
The business of ''Iriiby" at the Hay
market continues phenomenal. and is,
without exception, the largest which
the popuIal Theatre has known in IS
years. A tour of the leading book
stores in raternoster row shows that
the large editions of the novel s.Irii-
by are now nearly exhausted and still
larger editions are already in the
press.
In view of The demand it is under
stood that Du Manrier's new novel,
The Martians' which is already in
the press will be withheld for a time
and the story will first be Published
serially in America.