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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-13
BARON ROGERS WINS THE ASHLAND.

Lexington. Ky. Oct. MISUNDERSTANDING the
cold damp weather. 1000 people attended the troi-
ting races here to-day. Owing to rain last night.
the track a little heavy when the races were
called at noon but by o'clock T. was in fair condi-
ton The mos, important race or the card was the
Ashland Stakes worth 5000. for 2ll troters. Fat H.
outsider In the betting. won the first heat in
2l3al The second heat went to Baron Rogers he
beating Pat l. out by length. Baron Rogers easily
won the two other necessary heats. The West
Stakes worth 5000. for 22s class troters. went 10
Walter S. the favorite. Emma Offut winning the
first heat The third was unfinished. owing TO
darkness. Lynn Bourbon having won Two heats
Axtellod the favorite being second in the last one
John r. Gentry will not attempt TO lower his
record Tomorrow as announced, but Will be
sent Terre Haute.
Following is summary,
THE ASHLAND STAKES. s4.oOo-2:1l CI.ASs-TRoT-
TING
Baron Rogers. tr. h.. by Baron Wilkes. dam
by Ashland Chief lCursi. ................... 3
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TO-DAY AT MORRIS PARK.
OPENING OF THE FALL MEETING OF THE WEST

OPENING OF THE FALL. MEEliNd or ihh VIDA
CHESTER RACING ASSOCIATION
The autumn meeting of the Westchester Racing
alton will begin at Morris Park to-day. An
excellent card of six we-hed races should attract
a large crowd Of spectators to witness the con-
tests Two stakes are be decided. The Nursery
Handicap Stakes for two-year-olds Is expected to
furnish lively speculation. as several we'll
known two-year-old named as probable start
ers The Jerome Handicap. for three year-olds. at
a mile and q quarter In which The Winner. Gold
crest and other well-known three-year-olds are
candidates. will probably prove an attractive
race. The Westchester Racing Association mas set
a most excellent example to all other racing or
ganizatiors by literally advertising its races IN the
daily newspapers
Here the entries:
TO-DAY'S ENTRIES AT MORRIS PARK.
FIRST RACE-Purse 5000; penalties allowances. The
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and Inheritance 10 and IL Pharisee. 10 ana =; MIL
waukee, 20 and 8; Milan. to and TO 2
Won easily by length and a half head oe'"ee"
second and third Milan broke and did not nnish
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DRESSMAKING.

ARTISTIC DRESSES made from imported
models for $40: elegant inter, evening
waists a speciality; home or out re-
modelling. WILSON. 90 coiumous-aVe.'
near 1lst-st.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

city.
FURNISHED ROOM or boarding house;
elegantly furnished: steam heated: best
location: all rooms occupied and furniture
FOR sale. Inquire Of GERMAN, doctor
once. ia 2d-ave.
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COMFY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB OFFICERS.
At meeting Of the Board Of Directors of the
Coney Island Jockey Club held yesterday. the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the coming year:
Lawrence Kip, president; w. X. Vanderbilt and
John G. Heckscher. vice-presdents j. II. Bradford,
treasurer: G. Fellowes. secretary. and j. II. Alex
ander D. Butterfeld F. Gray Griswold. II. C. Pell
and George F. Wetmore. with the president. vice
presidents treasurer and secretary ex-oficio. Ex-
ecutive Committee.
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WAITRESS or CHAMBESMAlp.,g.,,,
Young girl. left on account OF ,s -
going 10 Europe. good reference. 81 -
| 18th ST., ring Dcnnings bell
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FOURTH RACE-THE JEROME HANDICAP: for three
year-ods; value 81 500 one and one-quar'er miles
the hill.
W NJ wallacs's br. The Winner. by Favor
Happy Sally ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .lIo
W. Iakeiands ch. c. Goldcrest by Bend Or-Prneess
J. NJ Murphy's b. Soufie by Rayon dOr-Saucy 80
Kentucky Stables b. Rondo by Pirates OF o-
penzance-Song i"'
Santa Anita stables br. c. Ramiro. by Gano-Cnhan
queen nv 'n,amh,e.tIara u rs
s)Ouh
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DOMESTIC SITUATIONS WANTED.

ATTENDANT.-Want by capable and
trustworthy woman. a place as attend
ant TO invalid and make herself useful,
seven years reference from present EN-
piOyer, where she can be seen. r.. q. =,
1872 Union-st.. between Hoyt and Bond sts
BROOKLYN.
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SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE
MISCELLANEOUS.

. MISCELLANEOUS.
LIBERTS EAU DE NIOLET~TE, Liberts
eau de quinine. Libert's eau de cologne,
Lberts viOlette eXquisin are the most De
licious, cost the lowest. JAMMES, ~?
Broadway.
THE LITTLE SHOP seeks your patronage:
draperies, window shades. divans. boxes
and general hOusefurnlshing upholstery,
also repairs. GEORGE LOCKHAKT. Deco
rator, I2S West 23d-si.
THE MOST unique Partisan tcwelry: best
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est handkerchiefs, the newest things in
silverware. at lowest prices. JAMMES'
800 Broadway.
WESTLOTORN co. Detective and Law
Agency. III Broadway.-Ahsolute d.
vorces procured: investigations made, PR
vsie Information and legal evidence fur-
nished; daily habits. eApert detec.lNea -,
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HELP WANTED.
BUSINESS CHANCES.

BUSINESS ChANCESs
A RELIABLE LAWYER gives prompt as
distance. business oil personal cifieuiues
damages, estates, private consultation iiee'
hank references. West 14th-st.. 9th moor.
PARTNER wanted with $500, 20 open
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CAPITAL PROCURED for merchants.
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TO-DAy'S ENTRIES AT MORRIS PARK.
FIRST RACE-Purse 500; penalties and allowances II

THIRD RACE-THE NURSERY STAKES for two-year-
olds: value $1,000: handicap Eclipse Course.
]. c. Gains ch Typhoon ii, by Top Gallant-Doly
stockwell stables br. Challenger by Martenhurst-
J. r. & F. y. Keene's b. I. Rhodesia. by WISDOM
A. ". & D. II. Morriss oh. c. The Frar. by Friars
Balsam-Lizzie Baker ...::....: LII
-Mavourneen j"
J. NJ. Murphys br. C. George Rose. by George Kinney
A. II. e. u. II. Morris's ch. 4. Casseopa- by Friars
G. Anderson's CHI G. Hammock by Turcosiser Louise 100
Santa Anita Stables b. Celoso. by Emperor OF Nor
folk-Paola ioo
'Charles Browns b. C. Try Again. by The sailor -
~ f. seagrams br. T. Princess Fiavia, by Prince
sS Trowbridges CHI T. Minnie Aphonse. by Wood a.
lands-Kemper w
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WORK WANTED.
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refined family: cheerful: fond OF children
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brooklyn.
MANICURE. Young lady wishes few Gus
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elite only - Yves, 2ithst. near u way.
TEACHER. Young North German lady
desi'es few more scholars for German.
French and music. highest references;
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wears finest New-York city testimonials
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-11-20
FRED FUNSTON IN CUBA
He Describes. HIS experiences as
CAPTAIN OF ARTILLERY.
An Exciting Scene aud a Narrow Escape

The K. c. journal of Nov. Is, con
tains an interesting letter from Fred
Funston, which we quote below al
most in full. The letter is daled
September 80, 1896, "In Camp, Prov
ince of Puerto Principe, Cuba" and
says:
have had very hot time in the
ten days just past, which l will tell
you about first. got my command
as captain of artillery in the army IF
Maxine Gomez, aud we did lot of
aimless marching about the country,
finally bringing up, the 2lst inst, be-
fore the town of Coscomo, defended
by three Spanish forts. The infantry
and cavalry of the force surrounded
the town and cut off all communion
with the outside, and during the
night we built sort of fertilization
of mohOgaRy rails about 900 yards
from the White fort, and installed
therein a l2-pound Hotchkiss breech-
loading rifle. l had with me only a
part of my battery snd a detachment
of ten men, half of whom were Ameri
cans. The Spaniards did not know
of our presence until, just at day
break, Old Ephraim gave roar and
sent n she'll crashing into the fort
Pretty soon there was h to pay
Every Spaniard opened on our position
and the air was alive with bullet
that bUZzed like humble bees gone
mad.
"They ratified on the barricade and
many came through. Most of them
shot high, however, aud the trees
over our heads were shot up badly
But we gave them as good as they sent,
and shell after shell tore through the
walls OF the fort, bringing down tons
of rock aud cement. 1t was awful
1 did the aiming of the cannon and
every time L stepped before the gap it
seemed that every man IN the fort
shot at me. One bullet split open the
sole of my left shoe, and half an hour
later one of my men who had been
opening a box of shells handed me
the screw driver and as he did so fell
dead shot through the heart From
this position we fired fifty eight shells
and on the next three days shelled
the main fort from position on the
opposite side of the town, distance
1900 yards did some dandy target
practice at that distance. The Span
iards kept popping away atus. and we
were seldom without the hum of the
festive bullet in our ears. On the
morning of the fifth day the infantry
having advanced their position close
to the forts, we carried Old Ephraim
within 800 yards of the White fort,
and in half an hours time hot work
tore down what remained of it. The
Spaniards. plucky devils, hung onto
the badly shattered main fort, and as
the artillery ammunition was ex-
hausted, we were compelled to retire,
and were sent to a plantation to re-
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main until more could be brought up
from the depot in another part of the
| island.
ave have been here four days, and
will probably be for three or four days
more before We return TO the siege.
In the mean time, the infantry and
cavalry keep the town invested.
think that when the shells get here
we will make short work of the badly
damaged remaining forts.
"There is something about this
business that l like; it is so redhOt
aud interesting. L an so busy during
the time the fighting Is in progress
that don't have time to get scared;
l don't feel any fear until it is ali over,
and then | get scared at what has
been gone through l hope that
will live through this nasty business
and get through sll right.
Later. October Is Did not get an
opportunity To send my letter aud so
add this postscript. Am still alive,
but in rather rocky health. We got
some more shells and returned to Cos
como and punched up the forts some
more, but in the mean time big
Spanish column hat come out from
Puerto Principe Ia raise the siege,
which they did with nPatnesI and dis
patch On the 9Th inst Wa had =
big fight with the column, known as
the battle nf San Miguel. A = there
was no ammunition for the artillery,
we fought as cavalry, and much 10
my horror I got mixed up i'm some
Light brigade business
"Just at daybreak, three hundred of
us charged body of spanish intan-
try. For five minutes the scene was
PERFECTLY inde@cribs ble-a perfect
hellbroth Of smoke. horses aud men,
with desfrhing noise My horse.
was shot dead under me- forty yards
from the Spanish line and | cut my
saddle off and got out One of my
American artilIerymen who rode next
Ia Dt-a was shrt through both legs and
had his horse killed. 1t was a hor-
rihle affair and both sides were glad
to quit.
"Tnis iS a hard life-riding all the
tim end eating only once or twice
dav | get horribly tired of the fare
-heef. hppf beet. with few plsntains
Have not tasted bread fnr two months
"Snmahnw dnr't helie~e | am go
ing Ia got killed in this business
"Wa are NOW in camp near Guayma,
n ovinre If Puerto Principe, with
0O0 nsnU
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together. When the mans head is IN
der water he must either speak OF
drown.
have seen in Constantinople an un
fortunate Armenian bound and thrust
into cesspool in the yard of the prison
The ordinary procedure of the Turkish
officials is to leave the victim until he
sinks and is suffocated or else makes &
sham confession.
Iron hands are made with a screw AT
the back to go round the forehead
trunk and limbs; then the ends are
screwed together and the unhappy Ar
menan forced to speak. The man is
kept for a few days, until the marks
have worn off. and it isimpossible to say
that he has been tortured.
Another method of torture is to sever
the skin of the scalp and insert living
vermin beneath it. Men have been
known to GO mad under this frightful
torture.
This form of torture is one of the
most prominent in the whole list. and
is probably used oftener than any of the
others: 1t consists of lashing the bare
soles of the feet of the prisoner, who
has been previously fastened to the
ground. so that he cannot move I
muscle. The whip is laid on until the
flesh is cut and bleeding. and the victim
seldom goes through the ordeal without
losing consciousness.
The alleged father of the present sui
tan was put to death by this method:
A large v-shaped wedge with sharpened
e,ige is raised ten feet from the ground
The victim is held suspended in the air
straddIing the wedge. Huge weights
are tied on each foot and at the word
of command the rope holding him is
cut The weights pull him down and he
is split in two halves.
II is common occurrence when q
prisoner refuses TO tell what is wanted
of him TO cut off limb. and with the
stump bleeding and sore thrust him
into prison 10 reflect. and if he decides
whether or not he prefers to change
his mind or suffer another amputa-
ton. The mutilated prisoners often die
under this treatment from blood pol-
soning. caused by lack of attendance
and care.
The favorite death for women of tbs
harem who have incurred the displeas'
ure of their master is for the guards tC
sew them UP in a canvas sack. While the
poor woman is begging for mercy two
or three fierce Turkish cats are thrust
into the bag and it is then taken to Z
bridge near the palace and thrown into
the Bosphorus. The cats in their ter
ror fight fercely and the wretched
woman gets the worst of il until deatf
by drowning supervenes. Many sucf
CHASTITY relics of the sultan's despotisn
have been picked up by sailors of YES
sells cruising in the vicinity.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-11-20
HIS SCIENCE WAS OFF.
Professor Figured Right, But Did Not
Allow for Errors.

Professor Figured Right, But Did Not
Allow for Errors.
One night u young man in Divinity
hall at Yale undertook, with toy rifle,
to hit a lamp. but his aim was poor,
and the ball passed through the win
COW OF an eminent and venerable pro-
fessor CT science and imbedded itself in
the wall
This was the opportunity for the pro-
lessor and for science, says the Hart
ford Courant. He, too. set to work
and captured the curve, and with the
exact skill of infallible figures he traced
the ball right back to the room of an in
nOcent colleague, VINO didn't even
know the rife had been fired.
The unfedged minister fatty denied
all knowledge of the affair. But men,
even ministers, have been known to
make denials in self-defense, and the
professor had the proof with him. There
was the bullet, there were the marks OF
its course, and there was the computd-
ton worked out.
1t looked as if a pulpit career was tC
be nippedi in the bud. But the guilty
student heard what was going on. He
called on the professor, confessed the
offense, pointed out that the man of
science was 200 feet out in his computa-
ton, and advised that the matter be
dropped right where it was. And that
was done.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-11-20
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

8 bars Silk Soap for 25c at Malcom's
Hutchinson NeaUs: lola has . mi
litia company which will come il
handy on the 4th of July and to Civ,
grand balls.
Our line of Xmas novelties are going
Co be far ahead of any thing evel
carried in lola before, remember thu
place. J. Culbertson.
Hon. Ben Goodno, of Bronson
whose POpulist brother defeated hin
for the Legislature, was in town last
Friday. He takes his defeat with the
good natured and fraternal Observa'
ton that "the Office stays in the fami.
~ anyhow"
Geo. r. Peck, the we'll known Kan
san, was quite seriously injured by
falling down an. elevator shaft, in
Washington. The arm and fingers
of the right hand.were broken aud a
continued and severe pain i'm the side
induces fear that rib has been br0k-
en- or some internal injury sustained.
Mr.. Peck has not recovered sufficient
ly to be removed 10 his home in Chics-
go.
About fifty ladies organized them
selves into a Law and Order League
Thursday Nov. II, and elected the
follOuyit,,r oAiooro. DroS MrS Chos
F. Scott; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. NJ. p.
Jacoby, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Williamson, Miss
Ruth Brown, Mrs. L. Root, Miss Eula
Faddis, Mrs. l.. S. Faust, Mrs. Tell
Evans; Secretary, Mrs. Emerson;
Treasurer, Mrs. l.. F. Palmer. The
aim and object of this League is to
cooperate with, and assist the officers
in enforcing the law and preserving
order, so on Wednesday, Nov. Is,
thirty members of the League called
on Mr.. Bennett to assure him that be
could depend or their hearty support
and assistance in anything he should
undertake and to ask him to commu-
nicate to them how it might be posi-
BILE for them,tO best help him. MIR.
Bennett assured the League that their
presence and support would be of the
greatest assistance to him and prOmit-
ed to communicate plans aud methods
of work by letter to the League. The
Declaration of Principles, the letter to
Mr.. Bennett and the names of the
members of the League which were
handed to us have been unavOidabIy
crowded out of thississue, but will APP
pear in next weeks paper with furth-
er comment.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-11-20
Canada's New Men,

Peter Brossoit. of Belle River, Can,
distinguished himself some time ago by
carrying off prizes at the county fair for
embroidery, crochet, beadwork, etc.
and the papers published paragraphs
on 'Canada's New Man" He is a rival
in a town in Ontario. In preference to
playing marbles, shiny. or other boyish
sports, a youth of that town used to sit
with girls and surpaSs them in the use
of the needle. One day he appeared
with a pill box in hand. and exclaimed:
I've made the most delightful little
pillow sham" He brought forth min
nature piece of work eXquisitely fin
ished. He not only did plain sewing
and fancy work, but tried his hand at
the family millinery. His fine embroid-
cries were noticeable at fairs, and we'd
ding presents to his girl friends were
the work of his fingers. He is now in
terested in decorative art and earns his
bread by embroidering and hanging
portieres, lambrequins and other in
terror decorations.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-11-20
THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK
Punishments Inflicted by Him on
Armenian Prisoners.
a Few Of the TOrtures which Are Not
Quite so Horrible In Their Ex-
treme Barbarity as to Be
Unprintahle.

The following Is an account taken
from the British consular reports of the
various fortunes and punishmeDts in
flicted on the Armenians by the sultan
OF Turkey. Some OF them are 50 horri-
bic in their extreme barbarity that they
are unprintable:
The twitch is made of two pieces of
wood with cord passed through one
end and forming loop. This used to
be employed in England to hold a re-
fractory horse if it was necessary to ad-
minister medicine. When an Armenian
is safely in prison and will not speak
out the twitch is applied in exactly the
same way until the cord cuts into the
flesh and the blood spurts.
Two pieces of fat board.with couple
of notches on each side of the board, are
fastened together just like a pair Of
nut crackers and then used to compress
certain parts of the body.
Eggs are boiled hard. and while in
tensely hot are inserted under the ann
pits and between the legs of the OBJ
stinate Armenian. His arms and legs
are bound tightly and the eggs changed
when they begin to cool.
Washers are the little tougs used TO
lift pieces of charcoal from open fires in
mangols. These tongs are made red
hot and Applied TO the body in the same
way that Edward II. was done to death
in Berkeley castle.
At the Turkish prisons in CONSTANT
nople the chair torture is in daily force
as applied 10 recalcitrant Armenians
who will not speak out regarding the
whereabouts of their fellow country
men who are wanted by the officials.
There is cell in every prison, in
which is a pit capable of holding water.
An armchair is placed in the pit and
the back of this chair is made to lean
forward by means of screws. An Ar
menian is put into the chair, and band
of iron. the ends of which go through
the holes of the chair. is fastened across
his abdomen. The winter is then let
in and the chair screwed forward until
the mans head and shoulders are forced
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-11-20
HE REFUTED THE LIE.
Turned Over Only Five Times After He
Jumped.

Turned Over Only Five Times After He
Jumped.
Bill Haw was an awkward, ungainly
young man, whose life was spent on a
Kansas farm, says the New York World.
He lived near the little station of Hack
hey and on one occasion came from a
nearby town on the train. 1t dashed
up toward the platform at a high rate of
speed. The engineer tried to apply the
air-brakes to stop the train, but they
refused to work. lie whistled for the
hand brakes and the brakemen and the
conductor began twisting them as if
their lives depended upon stopping the
train.
Bill saw that something was the mat
ter and concluded that he was the cause
of it. The train was past the station,
and he feared he would be taken past
his home. Standing on the lower plat
form he gave wild leap off the train.
In describing Bills descent after
ward the postmaster at Hackney, who
had seen Bills fight through the air,
said: Il thought some one had thrown
saddle off the train. Bill rolled off
all in 4 bunch. When the dust settled
down Bill emerged from the confusion
with his clothes nearly torn off him,
his face and hands skinned and an APP
pearance of terror on his face. He
actually turned over eight times after
he jumped before he stopped"
"That is lie!" exclaimed Bill, who
had listened to the narration. 81 never
turned over eight times. 1 turned over
five times. l reckon l ought to know.
/ counted 'em."