The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-30

| fit from ii in the provinces. Armenians
| who nave been convicted of disorder will
| be confined in fortresseS while MusSui-
mans viii be released.
| LINE DRAWN AT MAZHAV BEY.
| Constantinople, Dec. 29-The Porte
has granted the demand of the ENJOYS
| Of France and Italy that their cr1go-
mans he s~rsent at the MIA q Maznev
By, WIZ : charged with ye ng respon
sible Tor the murder of Father Salvatore,
al Italian PRIEST. who was killed in the
convent of J:nidjekele al Marash in
| 80 by Turkish troops commanded by
MaZhay Bey. Italy demands the pun
| ishment OF Nazhay Bey and the Turk 81
z 'veinE.ent has promised &c Tut him ~
| trial, but the representatives of the pow
ers suspect this will be nothing more
| than farce. Some days ago when IT
was proposed to include Mazhay Bey in
the general amnesty, the French ana
Italian ENJOYS requested their govern
ments 10 send fleets 10 Alexandria in
view of this possible miscarriage of JUS
| tice, which Italy and France are~resolv-
ed at all hazards shall not happen.
ADMIRAL MILNE DEAD.
London; Dec. 29.-Sir Alexander Milne.
admiral Of the fleet, who once was i'll
command Of the North American station,
is dead The admiral was born in 1866,
and while in command of the North
American station he received the Prince
of Wales II Halifax upon the occasion OF
the latter's visit TO Amrica. Sir Alexan-
der was the only admiral of the American
station who has ever officially visited
any fthe United States ports since the
war of 1912, when ne arrived in New
York harbor in 1868 at the time of the
civil war and was subsequently cordially
received a. Washington.
COUNTY KERRY'S BOG-SLIDE.
Dublin, Dec pa family of ten per-
sons and number OF cattle were en-
quilted yesterday by the subsiding Of a
bog of 100 acres near Castle Island.
County Kerry. 1t is stated that other per
sons were drowned at the same tint aud
place
During the past night and this morn
ing the bog-slide continued unchecked,
copious rainfall helping the movement.
The mass OF bogs is a mile and a half
wide, roars like the ocean, carriers away
bridges and roads. destroying houses and
farms, sweeping through the Flesk val
ley and ernptyiqg peat, carcasses of cows
sheep and donkeyS and debris OF houses
into the lake of Killarney.
The people living in the direction n
which the bog-slide is coming have fled.
ana the police, searching for bodies, are
arriving on al sides.
Lord Kenmare has caused a Gordon Of
guards to be drawn around the slide n
order to prevent loss OF life.
Great excitement prevails in the viciEi-
ty and all houses there are open to re-
ceive the hundreds of people rendered
homeless by the disaster.
Dublin. Dec. 29.-The destructive
movement of the bog land at Castle IS
l., ,iert,+
have been found a mile distant from the
scene Of the disaster.
PURE WATER AT WORMS.
Washington, Dec. 2S-Now that the
cities of our Atlantic coast and those de-
irving their waters from the great lakes
are generally discussing the subject Of
the liberation OF drinking water, a spe-
cial report from United States Consul
Mason at Frankfort upon the new syS-
tenn of filterage practiced at Worms.
Germany, is very timely. The foundation
of this system, which is illustrated in
important details in the report, is the
drawing of the water through hollow pla
ques composed of sharp sand fused with
broken glass, forming a porus material.
The figures adduced by the consul show
a wonderful economy in first cost, IN
space occupied and in cost of mainte-
side by side. and long series of analy
sis shows that in efficiency they are
practically identical so far as regards
the chemical purity Of the water. The
percentage of bacteria left by the plaque
process is somewhat greater than in the
sand filter when the latter is clean, but
the water is certified by high authorities
10 be thoroughly purified and fitted for
drink
JAPAN'S MERCHANT MARINE.
Washington, d. c., Dec. 29.-"Japan
has now a larger carrying trade on the
broad Pacific than the United States and
the Americans who are near enough to
watch the shifting of the scenes of this
rev and rapidly developing contest FOR
commercial supremacy find little matter
for pride in the present tendencies"
This is the statement of United States
Consul Bell at sydney contained in re-
port 10 the state department upon the
opening of the new Japanese steamship
line between Yokohoma and Australia.
He describes the pioneer ship of the new
line as she appeared in Sydney harbor
and gives some interesting statements as
to the splendid development of the Japa-
nese people.
MEXICAN HARBORS.
San Diego, Cal, Dec. 29.-The Mexican
government, recognizing the increasing
Importance of its west coast commerce,
is determined to improve the harbor Ar
rangements have been made TO raise a
considerable sum of money for this i'm
pOriant work, in addition TO the 81. 600. coo
for the Improvement of Coatzacoatl and
Santa Cruze. the eastern and western ter
minus of the Tehauntepec road.
The move to Improvement of the har-
hors is also caused, it is said, by the rapi-
dity of railroad building toward the Next
can Pacific coast, which will open I'D fer
tile country, and develop a large COM
merce through the ports below Mazat-
land.
In accordance with the governments
plan, an eminent engineer. Arthur Wort
nowshi, has been sent u the western
coast to inspect al. the harbors and de-
termine which shall be improved. and
70 what extent. WortnQwski has been in
Mexico about thirty years. much OF the
time in the employ of the government on
large works.
JEALOUS OF THE GRINGOS.
San Diego. Cal. Dec. 9.-Americans
throughout Mexico are watching with in
Jerest the movements of the authorities
IN the case Of Carlos A. Miller. an Ameri-
can citizen and resident of Cuajinicuila-
pan, state OF Guerrero. He is in Berlin
prison. City of Mexico, charged with the
Murder OF Mexican engineer named Ed
uardo Zepada at Ometepec or Oct. 6.
Miller claimed from the first that the
local officers al OTnetepec and in his own
town with the unpronouncable name had
conspired to bring murder charge
against him and encompass his ruin and
death, il possible He claims that he
knows the identity % the murderers, and
offers. if released under guard. to fur
niSh evidence Of a wholesale conspiracy
in The state OF Guerrero not only 20 do |
away with him. bu; 10 defraui the gov
eminent out of a large amount