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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
MASSACRE AT ZEIT0UN.
Belief that the Surviving Arnenians
Have All Been Slain by
the Turks

Constantinople Dee 27.--It is officially
announced that most obstinate fighting
preceded the capture of Zeitoun by the
Turks. Senliotticial advices from Iei-
tom say that the Armenian1s lost 25O0
killed during the engagement and that
only $50 Turks were killed. p AL
The narrow pass between the hills
leading out of Ieitoun is said to be
crowded with Armenians, men, women
and children and it is feared they will
be massacred. The ambassadors of
Great Britain. France, Russia, Germany,
Italy and Austria sent their dragomans
to the palace today in order to make
presentations with the view of prevent
ing the Armenians from being massacred
and pointed out the gravity of such a
deed. Little hope is felt, however, that
the representations of the ambassadors
will avail and the general belief is that
the surviving .Arlnenians of ZeitOuIi have
already been killed. . .e
The financial situation continues to be
very bad Various projects of the porte
to raise money by granting monopolies
for the sale of petroleum, alcohol, etc,
have collapsed for the present, although
it is believed that negotiations on the
subject will shortly be resumed. The
porte, however, has succeeded in collect
ing 100000 from the various vilayets,
which money was devoted to paying the
months salaries of the officials here. But
nothing has been said about paying the
soldiers and others who are in arrears
and in consequence tie feeling of discon-
tent in the army, which has frequently
been referred to recently, is understood
to be on the increase and the situation
is by no means a bright one.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
(To be con tinued.)
A Remarkable Will.

The leading newspaper in Vienna
prints the amazing last will and tesla
ment of a wealthy old eccentric who
died lately at Hadersdorf- amKamp.
81 bequeath the whole Of my property,
movable and immovable," says he, ito
my six nephews and six neices, but
under the sole condition that every one
Of my Eephews marries woman nam
ed Antonio, and that every one Of my
nieces marrieS a man named Anton"
The twelve are further required to give
the Christian name Antonio or Anton
to each first born child, according as
it turns out to be girl or boy. The
marriage Of each nephew and niece Is
also to be celebrated on one Of the st.
Anthony's days, either January II, May
10 or June Is. Each is further required
to be married before the end of July,
1896 Any nephew or niece remaining
unmarried to an Antonio Or to an An
ton after that date forfeits half Of his
or her share of the property.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
He let it Go.

An old lawyer tells good story about
a case he had, but which he didn't keep.
An Irishwoman sent for him in great
haste one day. She wanted him to meet
her in court, and he FASTENED hither with
all speed. The woman's son was about
to be placed on trial for burglary. When
the lawyer entered the court the old
woman rushed up to him, and in an ex-
cited voice said:
"Mr. B, Oh want We to git con-
tinyuance for me by Jimmie
Every well. madam" replied the law
yer. II will do so if l can, but it will
be necessary to present to the court some
grounds for a remand. What shall
say?'
''Shure, ye cen jist tell the court that
Oh want CONTINUANCE till Oh can git a
better lawyer to spake for the by
After telling the woman that she
would have to get another lawyer to take
up the case, he hurried back to his Of
NIGHTS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
Feat OF q Wire-wound Gun.

''That's a big piece" said the man in
military trousers and sweater, who was
experimenting the transfer of a great
1O-inch gun from the wharf to Fort
Hamilton. "But the world has never
known what was accomplished with the
Andrews wire-wound gun. When we
went down to prove the gun we all
thought it would be a failure. !, We set
the target, 1O-inch nickel steel plate,
mile from the gun The missile smashed
the plate, went through twelve feet of
solid pine lumber behind it, then through
seventeen feet of sandbank, then trav-
eled three miles down the shore, ricochet-
ted on cliff, went six miles out to sea
on an angle, cut the bottom out of
big three-masted schooner and sank her
where she lay. The newspapers, of
course, obtained the fact that the schoon-
er was sunk, but, say, we concealed from
the press the great performance OF the
gun. It was too big a thing to let out"
Now York Sun
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
BLISSFUL IGNORANCE.


De turkey am foolish bird; case when
chop de wOOu
l drap de ak agin de log, an dab she stuck
an stood
Dat turkey come along, he did, skase
could trus' de Jacks
An sot hissef fob roostin' on de handle of
dat ak.
l tot i'm. .Mistah Turkey, yoh is actin
mighty fine,
Aoh done got pas Thanksgibbin, but dahs
Christmas day in line
He jes'. winked haughty-lke an showed is
tail in gohgeOuS stacks
An sot hissef fob roostin' ON de handle oh
de ak.
l sho'ly laughed, I did, ter see dat turkey
actin so;
But human folks is like i'm, as we all hab
cause ter know.
Dey prinks in high persitions wifi a pride
dat won't relax
An all de time a-roostin'. on de handle oh
de AK Washington Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
Fashion Led by Men.

tailor accentuates the fact that the two
most prominent names in the gowning of
women are mems names-Redferh and
Worth. 1t is the contention of the mod
ern woman that the reason women have
not equaled men in the various avoca-
lions Of life is because they have not
been given a fair field. Men have re-
piled that in the domain of cookery wom-
en- have had control for centuries. but
that all great cooks have been men. To
this may be added the still more convinc-
ing fact that the field of deyising fash
ions and costumes for women should be-
long exclusively to women, if any calling
does Yet in the last quarter of CEN
fury it is admitted that no two names
have reached such a pitch of pre-emi-
nence in the confection of women's cos
tunes as the names of Redfern and
Worth.-Argonaut.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
M'KINLEY IS AHEAD.
The Presidential Race as Viewed
by the Ohio Mans Lieu
tenant.

u p Z s.. ~
Cleveland, O.. Dec. 27.-Mark A.
Hanna. Gov. AIckinley's political lieu
tenant. who has just returned from q
four weeks trip through the East in the
interests of his candidate. today dis
cussed the chances of the various Scandi-
dates as they now appear. Said Mr..
Hanna: asa q asssasf
II hold Mckinley to be the leading
candidate. The people want him and
the people generally demand him. His
chances were never better or brighter
than they are today and III my opinion ne
easily leads Really. the only aggressive
candidate besides Mckinley is Mr., Reed;
very much so. Mr.. Reed is the only
strong opponent Mckinley has. that
is, I mean generally throughout
the, country; Allison is not
to be regarded at present SO mucn =
candidate as he is factor. He is, of
course, strong in his own section, and
may become candidate before the
convention assemblies, but at the present
time regard him as factor only. Nor
ton is strong in his section, but | do
not regard him as a candidate. He is
sectionally strong and that is all. he
is a most estimable man and man
whom we all respect highly, but l do
not regard him in the light of cam
didate. Of Harrison l know no more
than what l see in the papers. In my
opinion he is not candidate-that is an
aggressive candidate. l feel quite sure
he would engage in no scramble for the
office Of do anything that would not be
in strict keeping with his dignity and the
dignity of his position. All of them are
receptive candidates of course, as any
man would be, but in my opinion at the
present time the only aggressive candi-
dates are Mckinley and Reed"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
Fire COMPANIES of Womcn.

Wasso. Sweden, has a feminine fire
department. Its duties consist OF fill
ing four great tubs which constitute
the water supply in cases Of fire. They
stand in two continuous lines from the
tubs to the lake, about three blocks
away, one line passing the full buckets
and the other sending them back.
Whenever the fire alarm sounds they
are obliged to come out, no matter
what the weather may be, the daughter
of the house as well as the serving
maid, and often their skirts freeze like
bark from the water and the cold. Il
the men are away they not only carry
the water. but bring out the hose and
ladders and work the pumps.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
Bank Failure at Even, Mich.

: Ontonagon, Mich, Dec. 26.-The Ex-
change bank of Even, Mich, closed it's
doors owing to hard times and failure to
realize on securities. The liabilities are
$4,000 and the assets are $1,000. The
village of Even had just sold some bonds
and had deposited the proceeds of the
sale in this bank and had begun issuing
checks Oh the deposit when suddenly the
bank closed. The funds of the town
ship Of Mcmillan are also in the bank.
Many poor people who had deposited
their all in the bank will undoubtedly
lose oyervthing
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
Built a House In a Bottle.

A few years ago the writer saw a
genuine curiosity which had been made
by little blind boy in Chicago. 1t was
house, made up of forty odd pieces of.
wood, which was placed on the inside
of a very communicating four-ounce
medicine bottle. 4 The general verdict
of all who examined the wonder was
that it would puzzle man with two
good eyes to put the pieces in the bottle.
to Say nothing of the task of glueing
them together SO as to make, them re-
scmble a house.-St. Louis Republic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
INDICTMENTS DISMISSED.
Death and Lack of Evidence Upsets Some
of Lexow Committees Work.

L6XOW
New York, Dec. 26.-Indictments which
grew out of the LexoW committee the early
part of the year were dismissed in the
court of oyer and terminer today in the
following cases: The former police cap
tain, Michael J. Murphy, dead; Police
Sergeant George G. Liebers, Hugh Clark,
Charles A. Parkerson and James w. Jor-
dan the Sohn Hoeh
Smith, and Roundsman Michael A.
Downs and Policeman James A. Larkin.
Dictrict Attorney Fellows announced
that the testimony against the men
named was so weak that he would not be
justified in putting the county to the ex-
that the indictments against Capt. James
X. Price and his former wardman Schiel
will be dismissed on Tuesday next.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
CHAPTER XVIII.

ssLove-thirty; love-forty; game and
set. 1t is most discouraglng, declared
Diana Knollys, giving vicious hit at the
ball remaining in her hand, and sending
it high into the air.
..NIiss Knox improves every time she
n,avs" said Barry Larron.
..And 7 grow worse. Jane, you are one
oe +hosa provoking creatures that do ev-
ory+b;nr better than any one else.
lane smiled and shook her head.
suThat is a misstatement which l shall
ro+ ba vain enough to contradict; though
7 MIGHT ask, what about painting, draw
ing, music
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
Killed by q Constable.

st. Louis. No.. Dec. 2f.-Henry Lar
son of Pine Lawn. suburb Of this CITY.
entered the house of Constable John
Hansen during the lattar's absence last
night for the purpose Of robbery. He
was taking liberties with little girl left
alone there when Hanson appeared and
arrested Larson. On the way to the
city. Larson assaulted the constable and
broke away. but had not gone far when
q shot from Hanson's pistol killed him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02

All the electric car lines of Genoa
have been stopped by a decree of the
syndic on account Of the frequency, Of
accidents. The hills of Genoa are very
steep. and the people of stha town orc
so much alarmed at the possible cons.,-
quences of a runaway that thoy threat
cned violence
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
Rubber Company Assigns

St. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 27-The Peter
Rubber and Supply company assigned
for the benefit of it's creditors The
liabilities are said to be $4,000 and the
assets about $47 900 worth of stock on
hand and $4,000 worth of outstanding
accounts. 0 lam q - sa
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02
Christmas Talk.

Johnny said a fond mother to her
boy, (which would you rather do, speak
French or Spanishgpy a.
II would rather" said Johnny, rub
bling his waistband and looking express
Turkey.", Texas Siftings.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-07
THE CONTROL OF TIE ELEVATED SYSTEM.

The propositions. first TO buy control OF and next
lease the elevated railway system OF New-York
ether OF which was accepted were told about In
ne Tribune IN December last There has been TO
iange In the situation since
lne original proposition was to purchase at 14O the
.o'uinss by the Gould estate and Russell Sage OF
ne STOCK or the Manhattan Railroad Company
men owns the elevated lines. 1t was not accepted
nc you'd estate did not care to sell. Then, near
~ ~ close OF l@0. the proposition was made 10 lease
a., system but nothing came Of It. The PROPOSE
LIE were made by lawyer. but whom he repre-
'eo was not stated. 1t was believed at the time
c' a' ne was employed by the Metropolitan Traction
r.'pAhy. which owns the Broadway cable road.
. view was supported by the fact that the Metro
,s.h 'ah Traction syndicate subsequently asked for
os oesehtation in the Manhattan Board Of Direct
t,.s,n 'ne ground that IL had acquired large own
rhIp IN the companys stock
not n, s.sSestion yesterday that the lawyer acted
Xene ene Metropolitan Traction syndicate. but for
derbilts van q Co. who I'm turn acted for the Van
H. sai6 vSouid not be substantiated j. =. Morgan.
uiyinS snst II his father had any intention OF
Ceoress" me elevated roads he was not aware Of II.
mad * company. said: II do not care to say who
ir oner for the Manhattan. but 1t was not
ork csr csnssr Webb. third vce-president Of the New
cay thai ~ Railroad. denied emphaticay yester-
NAnhst,ssae. 'anderbilts were negotiating for the
the sIleb,nn elevated road He said: There is not
made nest no 81 foundation for the report. We have
running care to assume the responsibility of
New-York tribune., 1896-04-07
4 STATUE or PETER COOPER.

TO BIZ ERECTED IN THIS CITY AS \ MEMORIAL
OF THE GREAT PHILANTHRopIsr
\ handsome memorial statue OF Peter Cooper Is
soon 10 be erected In the little triangular park In
from; Of Cooper Union. at the junction OF Third and
Fourth aves. AMI the Bowery. II Will bc OF bronze
resting on q canopic1 pcdiSta or granite and Ten
ne ssee marble and viii cost about $3.50" when
amount has been raised =. pubic subscription The
design for the statue is by Augustus 81. Gauicns
OF No. l4s West Thirty-six;h-s-. and was selected
by citizens committee. Of which ex-Mayor Frank
lin Edison Is the chairman. The pedestal was de
sNned by Mr. White. OF MoKim Meade White,
No go Fifth-avc. The statu-. wh!cr Is about eight
feet high represents Mr.. Cooper seated in .arge
armchair. with his right hand resting on the head
OF cane and his left arm OF the chair
The height Of the pedestal below the statue VII be
about ten feet. and the canopy will be abou, ii,
feet above the statue. making a total height Of
about twenty y-four feet The little park is 10 he
remodeed that II Will be IN harmony With tho
statue.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-07
REAL ESTATE.
BUSINESS AT THE EXCHANGES.

The most interesting feature in real estate yester-
day was the endeavor made at the NewYork Real
Estate Salesroom to create boom for the property
in Grand-st.. lot 69lxls feet adjacent to Attorney
St. on the theory that the projected new Brooklyn
oridge would have it's New-York terminal within
nrder oeck or w9 Of Atorney-st and hence that the
ne attempt fell fiat, brokers and buyers evil
matter of most uncertain future. The property was
pa IN at nominal $4,000 by the firm which had
Augustus F. Holly. who has had charge of the
sale OF the Holy Trinity Church property at the
e. and Who Is trustee OF the church. sad yester-
day mat the eae OF the property had finally been
the abrOgation Of conditions controlling prop
cry tor other than church uses. The price agreed
mas before given 1t at $4,000. The name of the
purchaser is kept secret Whether he represents,
yelop
Seaon e. wssmann have sold the seven-story
6udlng at the northwest corner. Of Fifth-aye, and
Thirtcenth-st for Uttinger & korn. lot 5l.72xl0o,
for siSOOoo The first floor of the building Is occu-
pied for po'toflce substation by the United States
iovernm Mt while the rest of the building is used
BY SE d. appleton & Co.; the publishing house. No
doli.ng Whtehouse have sold No 80 William
\ Robinson, OF Petersburg. Va, 70 the Commercial
Assurance Company, which owns the adjoining prop
ety in Pine and William sts. The company has a
extend this In connection with It's present building
as 70 make twelve-story building for the whole
Philip 4, smyth sold to Patrick sheahan. for sa3,
Vn No 81 East Seventh-st.. fve-siory prick t,ne-
:, ny deed OF conyeyancce fled Yesterday in the
icrs to the Sa;ona A fc Insurance '' COMPANY ' Of
Hartford. Conn, the property. No. Park Row ex-
The consideration paid Is not mentioned hut the
purchaser ASSUMES ,, MORTGAGES on The property
held by The NewYork Herald and the "Mercury'
Printing Company.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-07
ouAIR OF MUSIC FOUNDED
,ro,-s GIFT TO COLUMBIA UNI
EERSITY.

o,ow MOTHER OF ROBERT CENTER.
,.-s THE ESTATE or HER DEAD son
TIE INSTITUTION FOR THAT PURPOSE.
- columbia University will be pleased to
f''" fh,, through the generosity of Mrs. Elizabeth
fno" rraIov chair OF music has been established
Nary Isnoge and that the funds given for that
N '"e sra sufficient to create a permanent foun-
purpose ,he branch. which has many advocates
dto" $50 who are interested in the institution.
anoHs :. the estate of Robert Center. and the
me 81" Mrs Ludlow made public al
letter =, the trustees o. the college held il.
mee'ns Vail Yesterday Mrs. Ludlow says in her
hsm"o, :, she desires 10 give Robert Centers
kte' ,h, college. for the purpose of endowing
tsAV. sor, Center Fund FOR instruction In Music.
me ~ be invested, and the Income is to be
The '. me payne Of the salary OF professor.
used iO ,.uousbips or scholarships in music, or in
~ ober manner as, IN the ,ndsmeh' Oh the
such o"', Al tend most effectively to elevate the
trustees, ~ musical instruction In the United
sIanoai- "a afford the mos; favorable opportunity
Sales ,., euch instruction of the highest order"
Of ac'U. scceoted the gift and adopted the fol-
,ax,pr rssoluton; .. Ma -,
s grateful hanks Win iIr her her s ana
ard 'ssi sssrihsr expression os appreciation on the
trustees Roher .Tu center eI Fund for in
a..
be dese,ss0 a. Music Founded by His Mother"
. nronertv comprising the estate is valued at
i"' ,,.nnN consisting of real estate in this city
'',' p,,rlvn and Of securities. The trustees have
anu .t.nrs for some time past Of establishing
p'., =, music and Mrs. Ludlows generous gift
,u now make this poss!oi!i'y'
- ,.,sses received also gift OF $1,000 for the
."s.sa a, books fcr the library from AN anon
p"..." p'~ nerson" anu from Mrs. Charles B. Atwood
,oIrec,on Of books photographs and prints for
~. department OF architecture
r,-nsI,us Comstock presented to- the college
,,,u of his eat-grandfather. the Rev. Dr..
r,v,s who was governor of Kings College from
IN "a I774 an. a portrait OF his grandfather the
p.v Dr George Oelve. who was graduated from
Kings College IN l''i
Tho University received an invitation from
p-,ceton 10 take par; in the 10th anniversary on
o,,ohsr % and the trustees appointed Presiden,
ssh Low to represent the college on tndt occasion
r.. foIlowing appoin tmen;s were announced: Win
nssmsry and physics Samuel 4. Tucker. o be
sss,s,ant In toxicology and Charles y. Gunn 10 be
assistant in architecture.
The original charter Of Kings College provides
,,st the senior minister OF the Dutch reformed
rSmrch shall be x-oicio trustee OF the college,
~ison In keeping with il. the Rev pr. +. i. Coe;
Who Is now the senior minister OF the reformed
Chnrch was yesterday chosen trustee TO NJ the
nsee formerly occupied by the Rev. Dr. T. W.
Chambers. . -, -,
examinations for appointments TO the vacancies In
hOspitdlS.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-07
ICE COMPANIES CONSOLIDATED.
WHETHER OR NOT THE PRICE WILL AD-
VANCE To BE DECIDED TODAY.

VANCE TO BE DECIDED lO-DAh.
The Kn!ckerbocker Ice Company and several other
concerns have melted into the single organization.
the Consolidated Ice Company. and the business of
mpply,ng 100000 worth of ice 70 New-York and
B-ooklyn this summer is now controlled by {. W.
Morse who has been contemplating this extensive
move FOR some time. In one day The official list IN
the Knickerbockor Company disappeared. Robert
Macay for twenty eight years associated with the
concern first as vce-president and then as pr5si-
dent disposed OF his large interests in the company
10 Mr. Morse and yesterday the knickeroocker was
under the new management. completely absoroeh ny
the Consolidated. Edmund 4. Smith. the treasurer
OF the Knickerbocker. retired as an official. while
the trustees Oren bennett, Alfred b. Maclay. James
Shindler, Robert X Mccullough. Harvey i. Far
rington and Robert VI. Bull. all servered their of-
cial connection, and majority of the stock was
fod 10 Mr.. Morse littis O. Reeve the secretary
OF the Kncke-bocker. is now secretary OF me on
soidaed. the office of which Is al NO. ~ west
Twenty-third-st
A meeting OF the stockholders OF the Consolidated
&c Company will be held to-day at the twenty
ihrd-s office to elect the executive ofhcers MI
Morse. who the largest stock ana tne con
trolling interest is expected to be chosen president
tn, price of ice for the coming summer VIII oe
tstennined by the executive officers to be elected
NIL Be a marked advance the accompaniment oi
move 10 corner the ice market. 1t Is known that
some stockholders in the knckerbocker. who soli
out 10 the Consolidated, are now regretung their
se,,on in view Of the profitable increase In rates
now believed 10 be contemplated.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-07
A GOLD SHIPMENT.

TIE SPREE TO TAKE OUT $s0o.~o. DESTINED
PROBABLY FOR RUSSIA.
The nrst shipment OF gold to Europe since the
oyernment bond issue IN February viii be made
, .day on the steamship Spree The shippers will
/. He,delhach Ickelheimer & Co. and the amount
{, their consignment will be 10000. The gold was
obtained yesterday from the National city BANK
where the firm keeps Its account The bank Is a
special depository for gold paid in for Government
tonds but the gold taken from the bank lor eh-
Fort d:d not come out o. the Government deposl.
bl, cut OF the banks own holding, wnich aScoin-
Ing 20 Saturdays bank statement eAceeu'" s4''
5000 IT,,
Ii was said ,ha, the gold would first 20 to Ger Ger,
rsry. but destined finally ior hussa' "niJn nn,n
tass The contract with Hedelbach. lckelhemer
4 Co was reported 10 be for gold laid down IN
Germany" the buyers assuming the subsequent
fhnn ~