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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1895.
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PULLMAN SUIT ENDED
Decision Regarded as a Very
Important Victory.
IS FAVORABLE TO THE COMPANY
Til Poelllon of the Company Waa Fully
Huatalned In Kery Particular,
Kaoeutlng One.
Chicago, June 4. Several mouth
go Attorney-General Malonoy begun
quo warranto proceeding against the
Pullman Palace Car Company, for the
purpoao of taking away the company's
charter and toruiiuating It oorporato
existence. In hi information the attorney-general
wit op that the oompany
"had violated it ohartur by buying
real eittato and building the town of
Pullman, by erecting and operating the
Pullman building in this city, by man
ufacturing brick, and in other way.
Judge Baker handed down a deoUion
today favorable to tho oompany and
all it interests, but one.
The opluiou i a long and exhaustive
one, fully oouHideriug each of the usur
patiou charged and discussing the law
applicable to them. He lay down that
under it implied power, the oompany
had full authority to do all that it waa
claimed that it had done, except a to
the itook in a umall subsidy company.
A to the fundamental quctlon of the
right of the oompany to build and own
the town of Pullman, tor the purpose
for which it wa built and owuod, the
position of the company wa fully at
tained in every partioular.
The duolalon in regarded by the Pull
man official a a very important vic
tory for tho oompany, and a complete
Justification of it action in the estab
lishment aud ownorship or the well-
known town which bear the name of
its foundor.
Incidentally, Judge Baker ha in
structed that the oompany exceeded the
power grantod by ita charter in buy
ing twenty-three acre of land which it
ha not used in it business. The com
pany, howevor, had and ha the right,
Judge Bakor doolded, to construct the
big office building at Adam street and
Michigan avenue; to soil liquor to its
patrons in dluiug-ears; to supply water
and gas to its tenant in tho towns of
Pullman; to build house and rent
them to ita employe; to erect ohuruhos
and school building in Pullman and
to own laud for switching and car pur
poses. The ruling of the court (loos not
affect the company to any material ex
tent. The interests touched are said
to be worth no more than $50,000,
which ia an insignificant sum to a cor
poration with $36,000,000 capital and
$35,655,000 surplus.
The decision in, in effect, a declara
tion that corporation may engage in
any business which may be considered
an advantageous or necessary adjunct
to the business specifically set out in
its charter, without violating the law
or exceeding ita oorporato powers.
Thus the oourt holds that the oompany
had the right to oreot an office build
ing which would be largo enough to
aoooinmodate ita business for years to
oonie, no matter how considerably the
increase, and had the right to rent in
the meantime such portions of the
building as wero not roquirod for the
company's own use. The sale of liq
uor in the dining-cars waa declared to
be a desirable and necessary accommo
dation for the oomfort and oonvenienoe
of persons traveling in the oars. The
construction of the town of Pullman is
said to be a part of a general plan of
operations implied in the oompany
ohartur, and therefore fulls within the
nower and province of the corporation.
The case will be toKen to we Illinois
suoreme oourt If that tribunal sub
tains Judge Baker the oompany will
go on with its business undisturbed,
and with its methods of busmen prao-
tloally unchanged by the suit of the at
torney-goneral. . ,
Maw Bahrlai Sta Bill.
Waahlnirtmi. June 4. It is stated at
the British embassy that uie new enr
ing sea bill, which Sir Edward Gray
announoed in the house of oommous
yesterday, is on perfecting the phrase
ology of tho present act Without al
twriiiD- nr aztandimr the substantial fea
tnraa nf Mm nrasnnt sot. it will not. it
is said, enlarge the sone or extend tne
olosed season, as they are fixed by the
Purl a award, and are not subject to va
riety until a new award is made. Of
this, both governments seem to agree,
hnurnvnr. thnt. the TirOtoOted SOI16
should be extended from sixty to 8,000
miles, a expert testimony estaDiisnes
it as a fnot that the female seal goes
fa I mi tuliln thn sixtv-mile limit, and
oan be slaughtered without regard to
the government patrol.
A change in this partioular oannot
be effected, however, until tho govern
monts have a further conference. Sir
Julian Paunoefote, the British ambas
sador, sails Tuosdav next for his .sum
mer vaoation in Great Britain. He
will probably be in London when the
Behring sea bill ia introduced and de
bated, but he does not anticipate that
the debate will be of any significance
on tne general sudjooc
The Cattlemen Are Determined.
Denver, June 4. The cattle-growers
nf Kairlo. Routt and Garfield counties.
in Northwest Colorado, at a joint
meeting have adopted resolutions posi
tively forbidding sheep-owners from
rlrivinir throunh the counties. The
nnttlnmnn are well oretuiizod and do
tormined, and there will be serious
tmnhla If Jiuik Edwards, of Wyoming,
persists in his purpose of driving his
flook of 40,000 sheep south to the Bio
Grande railway, instead of north to the
Union Pacific
DENVER'S BIO, EXPOSITION.
Ths Hliic. and Industrie, of th Trans
Mlealaalppl Country.
Denver, June 4. The managers of
the proposed mining and industrial ex
position have issued a statement to the
public setting forth what ha already
been accomplished and what it is pro
posed to do. They say:
"The results to date of the canvass
for subscriptions justifies the statement
that ample financial aid will be ob
tained, and the selection of the site
ends the important work of tho com
mittee and warrants the announcement
that the success of the exposition is now
practically assured. Active work will
begin at once.
"Hince the national mining and in
dustrial exposition, held in Denver in
18H2, which proved a great factor in
tho subsequent development of Colo
rado and Denver, there has been no
exposition of tho resources and indus
trial progress of the trans-Mississippi
country, biuoe that time the country
west of the Mississippi has increased in
populaltion 60 per cent; it has added
llvo new states to the Union; it has
built 96,000 additional miles of rail
r&nd, and has given to the world un
told millions in the products of the
mines, farms, fields and factories. This
great region is the producing belt of
the world. It constitutes two-thirds
of the area of the United States, and is
the home of 117,000,000 of the nation's
most progressive people."
Among the reasons urged for holding
an exposition at this time are:
"First to oommomorate the close of
the oentenuial of the purchase of the
territory of Louisiana; second to cele
brate the progress of tho trans-Mississippi
country in its mining, agricultur
al, educational, manufacturing, histor
ical and industrial advancement in all
their departments; third, to celebrate
Colorado's twentieth anniversary as b
state."
FISCAL YEAR'S DEFICIT.
Treaaury Ofllalala Confident of a Ouort
Showing This Mouth.
Washington, June 4. Treasury of-
cials aro now confident that the fiscal
year, which ends one month hence,
will show a deficiency of not more than
$44,000,000, and possibly not more
than $43,000,000, which is at least,
$5,000,000 loss than was expected only
a tew weeks ago, and $3,000,000 or
$4,000,000 less than the present fig
ures. It is shown that the pension
payments during June will be at least
$25,000,000 less than for May, and
that the payments on account of inter
est will also bo reduced $1,500,000.
With an increase in the internal reve
nue of $3,000,000 on account of special
liquor, tobaooo and oleomargarine li
censes, which must be paid before
July 1, and very material reductions
in pensions and interest payments, it
is confidently expected that next month
will show a small surplus, with the
deficit further reduced to at least $44,
000,000. July, however, is likoly to
see the deficit increased by at least
$10,000,000, for that month's interest
payments will aggregate about $7,000,-
000. Disbursements in every branch
of the government are usually much
heavier in July than in any other
month, so that unless they aro increas
ed, the deficit August 1, next, will not
be likely to fall much short ol $55,
000,000 for the thirteen months.
OUR METAL PRODUCTION.
The Great Deereaae I.aat Year Compared
With the Year Before.
Now Vnrk. Jnnn 4. Aonordinir to
the Engineering and Mining Journal,
the total value ol tne mineral ana
metal productions of the United States
in 1803 and 1894 was: 1893, $615,
840,800; 1894, $553,372,903, a decline
of about $02,573,904, or 9 per oent
Thla irrttot. f ill liner nff waa however, due
far more to lower prices than a les
sened quantity or tne product, inus
the value of the ooal production de
nlinnri last vimr ftlH8.78S.828. or 7 rjer
oent, while in quantity it fell off only
8,220,970 short tons, or a l-s per cent.
Thin amnll rhwliiiA in the volume of
the coal produot is substantially the
measure ol the whole mineral output oi
iha nmitirxv.
Thn conrwr ontout increased 8 Dor
oent, from 322,250,788 pounds in iouo,
to 858,504,314 pounds in lay 4, tnougn
in value it deolined no less than
tt.ftRA.KOO or 4 1-2 ner oent
The production oi goio increased
from $35,955,000 in 1893 to $39,761,200
in i HH4. lint the oommeroial value of
silver produced deolined from $47,-
811,400 in 1893, to f 81,400,081 in 18if4,
a fall of $15,907,929, or 84 per cent
Thie waa nnrf.tv una to tne renuoea De
duction, but the price also declined
tmm 7.02 ner ounce in 1893. to 63 in
1894. Other mineral industries made
a highly satisftiotorv rooord in 1894.
With revivuig prosperity and pnoes
the product will reap tne narvest wnion
was planted in hard times.
Spokane Haa Another Sensation.
Spokane, Wash., June 4. A sensa
tlnn wiih rlevekmed todav when it be
came known that the trustees of the
Soottish Rite in Free Masonry had
sued William Eiogler and jlouis aieg
lnr. his father, for nearly $1,500.
William Ziealer was treasurer. It is
nluimed he refuses to make a settle
ment with the order. Louis Ziegler is
mm nf the most nromiiient Masons in
thu WnrthwAst. the owner of the Zieg
ler block and a pioneer of Spokane. He
refuses to discuss the matter, but says
there will be a defense and a strong
one.
No Coal Strike.
Johnstown, Pa., June 8. The Cam
bria Iron Company today advanoed
wages in all departments 10 per oent
This will increase the payrolls $20,000
a month.
TARIFF. RETALIATION
The Colombian Republic Will
Claim Damages.
HER EXPORT TRADE 13 RUINED
It Waa Beduoed From Million to Al
moat Nothing- by Her Failure to
Enter Iteclprocal ttelatlone.
Washington, June 8. General Reg
nifo, the representative here of the re
public of Colombia, expects to be au
thorized by this government to present
a claim against the United States for
damages sustained by Colombia by rea
son of President Harrison's prolcama
tion of tariff retaliation. Secretary
Blaine effected reciprocity treaties with
most of the South and Central Ameri
can republics, but Colombia and a few
other refused to make such treaties.
They were warned that if they held out
against reciprocity they would be re
taliated against This failed to effect
any arrangement Thereupon, at the
suggestion of Secretary of State John
W. Foster, who had succeeded Blaine,
President Harrison proclaimed dis
criminating tariff rates against tho
coffee, hides, sugar and molasses of
Colombia. This practically ruined the
trade of Colombia, as her coffee and
hides could not be sent here against the
competition of Brazil, Moxioo and other
countries which enjoyed freedom from
duties under the reciprocity treaties.
These exports to the United States
reached about 6,000,000 pesos, a peso
being worth about 45 cents, but im
mediately after the proclamation they
fell to nothing. Colombia protested
against the retaliation, claiming that
the most favored nation clause of the
treaty with the United States protected
against the tariff discrimination. Sec
retary Foster and the Colombian minis
tor, Senor Hurtado, carried on a sharp
and very personal correspondence, and
the minister finally left Washington
with the statement that he would not
return until a settlement was effected.
No settlement was ever made, and the
submission of Colombia's claim for loss
and damage sustained will be the re
sult WHOLESALE LYNCHING.
Three Negroea Killed and a Fourth
Terribly Beaten.
Burlow, Fla., June 8. Tuesday
night Mrs. Timberlake, a young widow
who lives with her father in the west
ern portion of this oounty, was assault
ed by a negro while in bed with ner
little daughter. Four negroes were
arrested for the crime. Last night they
were taken from the guards while en
route to this place to be jailed, by fifty
men who wore black masks and carried
Winchesters. The masked men disap
peared with the four negroes into a
swamp, where three of them were kill
ed and the fourth almost beaten to
death and odered to leave the country.
The crime for which the negroes
were lynohed was a peculiarly brutal
one. About 1 o'clock Tuesday Mrs.
Timberlake was awakened by a noise
in her room. She reached for the
matches, which were on a table near
the bed, and as she arose a negro
grasped her by the throat In the
struggle her night clothing was torn to
shreds, and her lower limbs and
breasts fWghtfully bruised. The negro
kept his hand tightly clasped on the
woman's throat, and she soon lost con
sciousness.
About this time Mrs. Timberlake's
little daughter, who was sleeping with
her awoke and began to cry out,
"Mamma, mamma, as if she had an
inkling that something waa wrong.
Mr. Pipkin, the father of Mrs. Timber
lake, whose room adjoined his daugh
ter's was aroused by the crying of the
child. He called to his daughter, but
received no reply. Alarmed by the
silence he rushed to the door to find it
locked. He burst it in, and as he en
tered the room he saw the negro crawl
ing out of the window from which he
had entered.
Mr. Pipkin struck a light and saw
Mrs. Timberlake in a frightful condi
tion. She was nude and lying in
blood which had flowed from wounds
inflioted by her assailant The little
girl, who had crawled upon the uncon
scious form of her mother, was orying
and was smeared with blood. Soon
Mrs. Timberlake revived and told the
story of the assault
Officers were notified and the search
for the negro was begun. A rain had
just fallen, and it was easy to track the
brute. All day a trail was lollowed,
and late in the afternoon it led to a
oabin in which were found fonr ne
groes. They were arrested, and the
guards started to this place witn tnein.
When the guards reaohed a lonely por
tion of the road, masked men surround'
ed them, and at the muzzles of Win'
cheaters ordered the negroes turned
over to them. The guards were out
numbered ten to one and complied.
The masked men then disappeared
with them into the woods, where three
of them were killed and the fourth
beaten nearly to death. Not a menv
ber of the mob is known, and the de
tails of the killing is not obtainable.
The negro who was beaten has been
heard from in the western part of the
country trying to make his way out
He is terribly frightened, and refuses
to talk about what happened to his
companions, saying the lynchers swore
they would kill him if they ever heard
of his talking.
N Transcontinental Aaaoolation.
Chicago, June 3. The transoontl
nental lines have abandoned their at'
tempt to form a passonger association.
It was annouoed as there would not be
satisfactory attendance at the next
meeting, wMoh was scheduled for June
6, the meeting would be indefinitely
adjourned.
ENO OF THE CONTRACT.
Ihe Pullman Company Sues the Mil
waukee St. Paul.
Chicago, June 8. The suit of the
Pullman Palace Car Company against
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
railroad for $70,000 came np before
Jndge Seaman in the United States
court this morning. In 1882 the two
companies enetered into a fifteen-year
contract which the road was privileged
to end at the expiration of five, eight
or eleven years. The railroad fur
nished $300,000 and the Pullman com
pany $100,000 for the building and
equipment of forty-five parlor and
sleeping cars to be ran on the road.
The Pullman oompany was to take
charge of the operation of the oars, and
each year render an accounting and
make a division of the profits accord
ing to the interests of each. The con
tract provided that at the end of five,
eight.or eleven years the railroad could
pay the Pullman oompany $100,000 and
become sole owner of the cars and the
srvioe. At the expiration of eight
years, in 1890, the railroad gave notice
to the Pullman Company of its inten
tion to buy out the latter.
The Pullman - company claimed
$105,555 for their fourth interest, and
the railroad insisted on deduoting sev
eral thousand dollars for damages to
the cars. This was not allowed, and
now the Pullman oompany sues for
$70,000 damages, the St Paul road be
ing willing to. compromise for one
fourteenth of that sum.
In addition to the suit now on trial
there is one by the railroad oompany
against the Pullman oompany pending
on the chancery docket, asking for an
order compelling the Pullman oompany
to render an accounting for the ex
penses of operating during the eight
years the oontraot was in force. The
hearing will probably take a week or
more. '
ROUTED BY THE REBELS.
Cuban Inaurgenta Meet With a Sueees-
aion of Diaataters.
Havana, June 3. Colonel Zamora,
at the head of 300 troops found the in
surgents occupying positions between
Plazuela and Rincon de Calient. An
engagement followed, in which the
troops captured the insurgents position,
the enemy leaving four dead on the
field, carrying away their wounded.
Lieutenant Fernandez, operating in
combination with Colonel Zamora, at
the head of another detachment of
troops, after opening fire upon the in
surgents, charged on their position at
the point of the bayonet and oompelled
the enemy to retire. The insurgents
lost two killed and several wounded.
The regiment of Isabella, the Catho
lic, came across 850 insurgents be
tween Baylou and Manzanillo. After
an engagement of an hour the insur
gents were routed, leaving fifteen dead
and eight wounded on the field. Among
the killed was the insurgent leader,
Guerra. It is reported the insurgent
chiefs, Reuty and Vega, were also
killed. Nine Spanish soldiers were
killed. , .
An Outrage on a Farmer.
Toledo, O., June 8. A shocking
outrage has been perpetrated upon Joel
Handst, a farmer living in Richfield
township, Henry oounty. Numerous
depredations were made on his farms,
bnt no one was punished. Becoming
suspicions of his forbearanoe, his ene
mies began to associate his name with
several mysterious disappearances of
farmers during the last year, and a
band of masked men finally went to his
cottage in Whiteoap attire. Handst
was praying when the marauders made
a forcible entrance. He continued in
a suppliant attitude while his premises
were being ransacked. Not finding
their suspicions verified by anything,
the maskers deliberately cut off his
right ear and half of the left He
made no resistance. His wounds were
dressed by his wife, who takes the out
rage as coolly as himself. The sheriff
is investigating the case, but Handst
will not prosecute it
A Kentucky Battle.
Louisville, Ky., June 8. A battle
coourred on Straight creek, fifteen
miles from here, in which Long John
Helton was killed and Jim Belcher and
Charles Johnson were badly wounded
Those on the other side were George
Taylor, Jim Taylor, Joe Arnett and a
woman named Sarah Griffith, who oan
handle a Winchester with the best of
men. The Helton crowd was sur
rounded and fired upon from ambush.
They returned the fire, and some of the
Taylor crowd were wounded and car
ried to the mountains. The battle
grew out of a series of lawsuits and a
controversy between Johnson and Tay
lor over the possession of some prop
erty.
Infant Ineurance Crimea.
Washington, June 3. Touching the
evils of infant insurance, United States
Consul Chancellor at Havre, has sent
to the state department a report on the
praotioe in France and England. The
conclusions are that it is most injurious
in its effects and tends to infanticide
and other crimes. Malnutrition is a
common means of destroying such
children, and another frequent cause
of death among infants is "suffocation
while in bed with their parents. " It
is said more than 10 per cent of aooi
dental deaths are of children who die
in this way.
Aotlon Agalnat a Aelsed Sealer.
Viotoria, B. O., June 8. Hon. E. C.
Pooley, Q. C, a leading lawyer, has
been instructed by the British govern
ment to take aotion against the schooner
Shelby, seized by the United States
ateanier Corwin, for being in prohibited
sealing grounds with unsealed fire
arms. It is not known whether this oi
illegal sealing will be the charge, but
probably the latter, as England refused
to renew the regulations regarding the
sealing of firearms.
GEARY LAW IS UPHELD
Lem Moon Sin; Has Been
Barred From Entry.
RIGHT TO FORBID ENTRANCE
The Chlneee Kxeluelon Law A Armed by
Juetlee Harlan In the United
Sta tea Supreme Court
Washington, June 1. The supreme
court of the United States made a most
important ruling upon the admission
of the Chinese exclusion laws today by
affirming the refusal of the United
States district oourt for the northern
district of California to grant an ap
plication for a writ of habeas oorpns
made by Lem Moon Sing, who was
barred from entry by the collector of
the port of San Francisco.
Lem Moon Sing was engaged in bus
iness, a member of the wholesale drug
firm of Kee San Tong & Co., of San
Francisco, and in January, 1894, went
to China, intending to return to his
business. During his absence the ap
propriation act of August 18, 1894, was
passed, containing an item of $50,000
for officers to enforce the Chinese ex
clusion act and expenses of exporting
Chinese. He returned in November of
the same year, and the collector at San
Franoisco refused to admit him, al
though he furnished the testimony of
two reputable witnesses, showing that
he had been engaged in business as a
merchant for two years before leaving
the country.
Application was made to the district
oourt for the northern district of Cali
fornia for a writ of habeas oorpns,
based on these facta and the further
point that he was not held by any ju
dicial process. The writ was denied
and an appeal taken to the supreme
oourt
J us tee Harlan, in the opinion de
livered by him for the court, rested the
case upon the statute providing that
the decisions of the immigration or
customs officers refusing admission to
aliens shall be final, unless reversed on
appeal to the secretary of the treasury.
Justice Harbin quoted several former
opinions of the court to the effect that
every sovereign has the power, inher
ent in sovereingty and essential to self
preservation, to forbid the entrance of
foreigners."
GOING TO THE NORTH POLE.
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This Time the Voyage Will Be Made
by Balloon.
Stockholm, June 1. It is announced
that King Oscar will subscribe 30,000
kroners to the promotion of M. Andres'
project for reaching the north pole by
balloon, thereby making the expedition
a oertainty. M. Andre, the celebrated
Swedish aeronaut who proposes to
take the voyage, is chief engineer of
the Stockholm patent office. He has
made a number of aeronautical ascents
with the assistance of the fund which
is controlled by the Swedish academy
of sciences. He always ascends alone
in a balloon of 30,000 onbio feet, built
in Paris, under the direction of M. de
Fonrvrelle and Count Wrangle, first
secretary of the Swedish legation in
Pans. M. Andre in 1893 crossed the
Baltio sea from Stockholm and landed
on a deserted island, forming a part of
the French archipelago. His Arctic
proposition was explained by him in
detail at a sitting of the academy of
sciences at Stockholm recently. In the
oonrse of his leoture he expressed the
belief that in view of the favorable
conditions which the polar regions
afforded for aenal voyaging and the
great progress lately made in aeronaut
ics, a balloon could make the voyage
from Spitsbergen over the north pole
in about thirty days. The cost of the
enterprise would be about 130,000
kroners, or $36,000. :
Three From Seattle.
Seattle, June 1. There were three
instead of two Seattle men on the lost
stamer Colima. The third was Win
dom T. Spcarin, a surveyor, who left
with his wife for San Francisco, in'
tending to go to Central America or
South America. Two years ago he was
special inspector of surveys, for the
United States land office, and had to
wait for approval of his work, agreeing
to pay his employes when he was paid.
The latter assigned their claims, and
Spearin was sued and judgment was
obtained, with interest and costs.
When Spearin received the money,
about $2,500, he tendered the original
amount, but deolined to pay interest
and costs. The tender was refused,
and Sparin kept the money and start'
ed for Central America with it, only
to meet his death. .' ,
The Illinois Central to Build.
Sioux City, June 1. A report is
current in railroad circles here that a
new oompany has been formed in the
East to bid in the unfinished Paoific
Short Line bridge at the receivers' sale
on June 10. The company is said to
be backed by the Illinois Central rail'
road, which is rumored to be desirous
of entering Nebraska at this point by
means of a bridge, and ultimately of
building a line to San Franoisoa The
local offioers of the road and the re'
seiver of the bridge company profess
tgnoranoe of the design, but the report
rests upon good authority and is gener
ally credited.
Fifteen Killed Outright.
Guayaqnil, Ecuador, June 1. The
boiler of the Ecuadorian gunboat Sucre
exploded tonight, killing the com'
mander and fourteen men, and injur
ing seventeen more, thirteen fatally.
At the time of the aooident she was
carrying troops to Maohala to attack
the rebels. ...
IN EASTERN TURKEY.
There I Much Talk of a Religious War
of rent Proportions.
Julfa, Persia, June 1. The special
correspondent of the Associated . Press,
who is investigating the situation in
Armenia, has furnished the following
correspondence:
The Turkish government is taking
prompt measures to prevent the upris
ing of Armenian revolutionists next
month. All roads leading from Persia
to Van have been closed by order of
the Turkish government, the intention
being to shut off communication be
tween the revolutionary leaders in Per
sia and their agents in Armenia. One
Armenian caravan that tried to get
through to Van from Khoe was seized
by the Turkish officials.
Wthin the past week the Turkish
consul at Sauteh Bulsk, in Persia, tried
to cross over into Turkey with an
armed escort of twelve men, but he was
turned back by the Kurds, who bad
possession of all the roads. At the
same time the Turkish officials in the
towns near the border were ohased out
of the oonntry by the Kurds. They
took refuge in Ravendus, where they
are now. The Kurds have warned
them not to return. The Armenians
hope that the Kurds and Turks will
get into a fight and exterminate each
other. '
A reasonable explanation for this ac
tivity with the Kurd may be found in
a letter from Sheik Abdul Kahr recent
ly written to his brother in the moun
tains of Kurdistan. Abdul Kahr an
nounoed that the sultan had appointed
him to command the Hamadie regi
ment of regular Kurdish cavalry, to
gether with a force of regular Turkish
troops, and that there was to be a
great war during which he and his
troops were to capture the Russian
city of Kara. ' . '
Many well informed persons in
weston Persia believe that Asia Minor
is on the verge of a great religions war,
which the sultan of Turkey is forcing
upon the world in order to retain his
prestige among the Mohammedans.
As eight months have passed since
the Sassoun and Moosh massacres and
nothing has been done in consequence
by the Turkish government, the Moss
lems of Persia are beginning to believe
that nothing will be done, and that Eu
rope's protests oonnt for nothing. As
a result the Persians are beginning to
talk of having a massarce of Christians
on their own account Were it not for
the strong hand of the Persian govern
ment and the good will and protection
of the shah, the Christian population
of Persia would be murdered within a
week.
The situation in Armenia has grown
worse, and the Christian people of east
ern Turkey are at present in greater
peril than they were the week of the
massacre. The village of Baloolan has
been attacked by 400 Kurds and several
men killed. The village is almost
deserted. Another attack is looked for
daily, as the Kuros have sent word
that they mean to remove Baloolan
from the face of the earth in revenge
for the death of one of their men.
They will undoubtedly carry out their
threat
ROBBING UNCLE SAM.
Burglar Attempt to Blow Open a Poat-
Oflloe Safe.
Jefferson, June I. An attempt to
rob the postoffioe at this place was
made last night The burglars had
supplied themselves with drills, oold
chisels and sledge hammers from an
adjaoent blacksmith shop. They gained
entrance to the building by prying out
a window on the side. After opening
the outside door from the inside, it is
presumed, the burglars went to work
on the safe by knocking off the knob
on the combination and drilling a hole
through the door, by which they in
tended to blow the safe open. Mr.
Roland, the postmaster, has been work
ing on the safe all . the morning, but
up to noon has not succeeded in getting
the door open, so it is not known yet
whether the robbers succeeded in get
ing it open or not It is supposed they
were scared away before they had ac
complished their aims, by the barking
of a dog belonging to Dr. Hawk, who
lives next door to the postoffioe. There
being nothing else about the store or
postoffioe disturbed, it looks as though
the robbers made a hasty exitj leaving
their tools behind and their work only
half done. - r
All About the World Fair. '
Chicago, May 81. George R. Davis,
director-general of the world's fair,
will complete his report in about a
week. It will consist of from seven
teen to twenty volumes, each volume
containing about 500 typewritten
pages. It is in duplicate, one copy to
be furnished to the national commis
sion and one to the board of directors.
It will contain about 81,000 illustra
tions in the shape of unmounted photo
graphs. Whether the work is pubished
in printed form will depend upon con
gress. Mr. Davis has been engaged
since January, 1894. His principal
assistant was Professor Pea body, chief
of the department of liberal arts. Re
ports from all the heads of departments
are embodied in the text, which treats
of the great enterprise from inception
to end. . - ( r
Dlrnberger Lowered the Mile Record.
Louisville, May 81. F. M. Dim
berger won fresh laurels today. . He
lowered the mile record for flying start,
paced, the time being 1:45 flat The
former record of 1:48 8-6 was held by
Tyler, made at Waltham, October 27,
1894. The "quad" team that paced
Dirnberger was oomposed of O'Connor,
Terrill, Cobura and Hamilton. Dirn
berger hung on to the "quad" until
they reaohed the stretch, when they
gradually pulled sway from him, fin
ishing first by about fifty feet Dim
breger finished good and strong, and the
feat was 'accomplished with apparent