TU.E MORNING ASTOMAN. ASTORIA. , OREGON.
U SUNDAY, JAHTJA.Y it, too.
DENY iOllO IllfJ
TO MODIFY RULES
The Harvard pwUions for eut
rml m, for the protection of the pty
m making a fair catch, allowing no
p.rr to take ft step in any direction
before tli hell U In play allowing aot
more than four men behind tbe line
Standard Oil People Deny Tur-j
National Intercollegiate Rules
Committee to Confer.
nd k ittita live yard, of it and prohi
biting Inlrrferrni llh player after
he ha. kicked the ball. ar excellent ex-
rcD'$ Statemcnli
cpt (bat to th should be added that
unoVr ao clrruiiMtkiMK fhall there be
las tliau til aira on tbe Him of ecrim-
MAKE TURRELL OUT A UAR
TEN YARD RULE 1$ FAVORED
p.
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Vniin Ifpreetatativti Will Rtcom
maid Changes With View of Opening
up tbt Game, m to Inerseae Value
cf Swift Light Men. .
BOSCIAH OPERA COMPAMY.
The JWIan Comic Opera Ouipeay at
(ha conclusion of their engagement at
th. Grand Opera, Seattle, mill coma dl-
mt to Astoria fur three performance
of tba test opcraa in Ihtlr repertoire t
commencing Friday, February . Sousa'
ii.lrn.ILl military comic onera. "M
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NEW YORK, Jen- IT.-Tba National
Iiib-nulkKiaM Rulil dammit. Mill
meet (hla morning at 10 o'clock at lb
hotel Netherlands. The fourteen mem
brr of tha committee art all expected
U be In attendance and tha vetlima
iimiitwe pnulmed at lb organise
tUm meeting u" "'ka ego, a III re
port, recommending audi changea aa nf
feet th Tarloua topics t'l nhieh thry
weis aeslgiwd la study sad deviae
mean to oorrert tba abuaaa develop
tli( limW tha old rules, llrsidc tliese
trrominendatlont, William T. Iti-ld, Jr.
f Harvard, will offer tha nude adopted
by tha Harvard special committee In
lit i.tiiaty. John C, Ml and raul I
fVhiat a ill off.-w tha reapeetlre rules
sugiPMtrd by Pmr) IvanU and Aa'
nnilU along line previously suggest
ed, ami by tha three western represea
tali who f mvmbrra of tba aon
frrm of Ulna unlvoraitk Prifor
Jamn T. f tha l'uirlty of
Nrhraka Ir. Harry I. William, u(
tlw riiirliy of Minnpta( and" Dr.
AUmta A. SUiiif. of tba I'oltarnity o(
Cll'iv Tliwa thrwi man wfra tha only
ntrmliar of tha commit le to arrlva In
Xcw Yrk laat'slKht,
Cii.tr to lining fr tha rat. tha
thrra aaatrrn nprMttatlvra aara In-
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riank Waltara, Principal Taaar, Boatlaa
Opara Company.
Capital a ill U tha opaning bills to ba
loluwad by Gilbert and 8ulllaa'a Tba
Mika-lo," at tba Saturday mallnaa aod
lUWa'a brauliful ballad opara, "Tha
Itohimilan filrl", rWturday algbt.
In th lattrr opara ara thoa wonder
ful w. hHlb- which aa dua nol witbrr
nor pu'toiu aula" TIm-b You'll ll-n.rml-r
Ma." "Tba Fair Land of Po
lan.1." "I Divamt I llt In Marble
Illalla." and "Tba Ili-art Bowwl Poaa."
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Chlaf Cavnaal for OU MtfuUa Saya ka
Ram AakaA Tonall to Sign Wrong
Kama to PPr of Any Kind ait
Win b Banawad Mtxt Tueaday.
XEW YORK, Jan. 27-f-amue a T.
Oodd, chlaf counarl of tha Standard Oil
Company, danlrd abaoluMy yesterday
tba aUtemcnt of F. A. Turrelt of De
troit, to Attot) (ienaral Iladlry of
Mhaourl, In ClefUml Thuraday, that
Mr. Podd ha pariuadrd Mr. Tarrcll to
Ign bia nama F. A Tarrrll to tba In
corporation papara of tba Rrpubllo OU
Company. Mr. Dodd aaidi .
I want to dear that aaaartloa moat
amphatirally. To tha bt of my raeol-
Ixrtlon I bava nam aran tha man tn
my lifa and wrUlnly I narar aked bim
lor any ona alaa to aign a wrong nama
to a pawr."
If. U. Tilfitrd, with whom Turrall
wkl ba waa in tba habit of tranaacting
bualna at No. 20 Droadway, aa sot
in tiia fity yaatardar. but it waa aaid
at bia offlca that Turrrlt waa Hot known
them. Vn ona (ould ba found in tha
Standard Oil building who would ad
mit b had avar area or beard of Tw-
rail befora bia appearand at Cleveland
Tha Ukln of testimony In tba a-
Niri auit alll ba returned in tbia city
next Tuelay. It la expected to put
M. Roger on the aland again at that
time, Tba prorata nerrera ara atlll buy
trying to arnr varioua Standard Oil
but aa yet it ia aaid, without aue-
, John D. Rockefeller had not bean
ed up to a lata bour lat night.
bate aeen only newapaper report,"
riot Attorney Jerome aaid yeater-
"and I can't act on aurh informa
. Whan tba attoraey-cenerai of
onrl come hei next week I aball
1a4 to art oa any information be
hare whirb abowt a crime to hare
committed in Xew York county.
An iarvo uuivMia aoouiu B BU
thorlty to disqualify any player and
a player tair dluatlftd, ahould be
liH-liglbla fiv a year.
Tha tan )ard proportion auggeated
by Valtar lamp ia atrongly approved,
aim it plarea an undue bandirap on
tba weaker team ami emphalaea the ad
Tantaga of tha ttronger.
To maka the game open and Im teaae
Urn alua of light, awlft men, It would
anm advllle to allow tha quarter
liark to maka n forward 0a to any
pt.vei of hi team not on tha ruh Una
ahen tha ball aa napiied provhlrd ba
diva ni pa. the Ull ahead of tlw line.
owra. Tba prk-ea for thia engagement
ara 11.00 for reeied aeata for tha
evening prrformanraat maAlnee, adulta,
.VI cent i children, 83 eenta. laa ra
ired aeat aale opena Thuixlay, a.
. ana
m. at lloenera canity atore. tn cur
Uln will rie promptly at 8:TW. Car
rlag.-a may ba ordered for 10:43.
Men ara Judged by tha company they
kaep, but It ln't aa aa.y to aiaa np a
woman by her bat Judga her by tha
amount of Ilolllater'i Rocky Mountain
T iho taka. S3 centa, Taa or Tablet.
Frank Itart, drnggiat
AHirUAl COIfYINTIOir.
- Heaa Stack G rowan Aaaodatlon ta
Maat ia Daavtr.
DENVER, Jan. 87. Pre.klrnt M.
Markeniia of tba Ameriraa Stork Grow
ra' Aaorlation, la comphting arrange
majnta fof tha annual convention of
that aoriation to ba held here Jan
uary 30. II and February 1. Una or
tha moat Important matter for conaid
ration at tha meeting ia the advance in
tha chargea for tha aala of liva atork
at tha Miaourl river market, which ia
aroulng tha antagonitra of livestock
thlppera in tha MrVat, Other question
for conalderation ara the endowment of
Preeblrnt Rooaevelt'a railroad policy
extending the twenty-eiuht-hour law
Your hairs WILL talk! " It doesn't matter how you try
to silence them with heavy veils and broad hats, the ends of the
hair will stick out and call to every passer-by, "See how dull
and brittle we are! bhe neglects us snametuuy.
Every woman ahould bava beautiful and abundant
hair, for nature hviably reward thoae who labor iittrl-'
ligently to praat-rva and beautify it.
II your hair oily or etk-kyt ia it dull or hit rl-!
Kara you dandruff t If ao, yo ahould ue Xewbro'a
nerpit-ida at once. It killa tha germ or microbe that
rauoea dandruff and fallinir hair, after wkicii, tua bair
amw a. Bktura intended. It stopa itch inn of tba
aralp almoat luUiitly and givra th awuram-e of a cure
from the very 8rt application. It tntaii no oil oa
prpa., and ia unurpae for its daintine. It makca
tha hail light and fluffy and givea it a aimrn gioaa.
i-iu v viw. "
8nd tea canta ta itampa lot lanpia tom ninrMv vv, vnmi w
T. F. LAURIN, Special Afjent.
and Inrreaaed foreign market for meat
product a. All indication point to a
very large attendance of livestock producer.
UNABLE TO AGSEC
Uonal and religioua inatitutiona. To hi
brother, Jautea Palmer of San Francis
co, ha bequeathed f 1200 a year. This
brotlier contested tba will oa tha ground
that Ma Palmer waa influenced by
clergymen in executing tba will. The
case will ba triad again.
France Aahbnry Palmer Will Contest
Ifot Decided.
NEW YORK, Jan. 87. Tha trial of
tha contest of tha will of Franola As
bury Palmer ended but night when a
jury in tba .Supreme Court announced
that they could not agree on a verdict.
Ma Palmer who waa president of the
Broadway National Bank for more than
50 years, left aa estata of soma tS00,
000. Ilia will provided that the greater
part of the estate hould go to cdnca
Insurance in Congress, inaurgent in
the New York legislature, inaurgvnts in
Santo Domingo and Mr. Bryan loose in
the Philippines! The European war
clouds are not ao ominous I
A little love, a little wealth,
A little home for you and mej
It's all I aek except good health,
Which comes with Rocky Mountain Tea.
Frankl Hart, drnggiat.
'; Germany 'has apolngiwd to' Braill '
Catro baa backed doa bt-foro France,
and the Sultan of Turkey baa gracious
ly agreed to reform. New York Com
mercial. With what fine indignation can a man
repudiate tbe monsteroua imputation
that he waa driving bia automobile at
twenty-five miles an boor, when it waa
really running at only twenty-four and
a half miles! New York Tribune.
A campaign for woman' righte has
been actively begun in Chicago. Among
tbe experimente that Chicago ia under
going under tbe present administration
there ia no reason why thia should not
ba popular.
THE TURKISH JANISSARIES
MOST REMARKABLE BODY OP FIGHT
ING MEN IN HISTORY OF THE WORLD
If any term stand for the fighting fore of h Ottoman Turk, it is!
that of JanU-aiy. Taka up a page of Ottoman hUtory anyaheie bcftweeiv the
fourteenth and tl nineteenth centuries, and tha Janta-ance ngure in u ir
some deed of reckless bravrry, warrior teal, military rapidity or the hor
rible cruelty borne; of tba lifa that ia fed on battle and elaugliliT. They were
tlw firt atanillng army in the modem world, and niitidutcd tha beginning of
evi-a the French royal army by more than a hundred year. What I" not giwr-
ally known I that thought they acre tbe aoldiers of Mohammedant.m, tne icr
rll.le right srmy of tha Sultan for punUhlng the foes of Mam, for prcding the)
faith of tha Arab prophet and widening the bound of Moalam power they acre
for the Ural three hundred year of their organired exi.tence, entirely Chris-
tian loiti. NoSrr has thai cunning of tha eniprc imiu:er u.nteu a inon. in
genloua way of feeding Ha forces from the ranks of the conquered than that
which gave birth to the Jaiiiuariea.
It waa In the reign of Kmlr Orchun, who ruled the Ottoman trilwa In Aia
from 1320 to 1330, that the conception grew into reality, when Alaeddin, hi
irother and Grand VlsUr, carried out tha Idea of an army entirely . Chris
tian children chosen from their captives and instructed at once in the profen
ion of arm and of tha MoaJem faith. For till purpose, ona thousand of tha
finest Christian boys ware selected thai first year and one thousand every year
succeeding, and' trained aaiduou.ly. Aa'they were taken at a tender age from
their trembling par rat U and were at once aurrounded by Moslem Influences and
fired 1th Moslem Inspiration, they soon forgot their Christian faith and grew
1o manhood, anient and terrible Islamites. Their life waa filled with color and
imrvement. They were well paid ami fod;; high oMre was open to them. They
wre forbidden to marry or to wear a beard, but wer not denied tha pleasures
f the eensea, save aa the Koran forbade. They were trained as infantry, which
was a remarkable piece of military foresight at a time wlen th weight of prac
tice and tradition counted the mounted noWle aa the! perfect warrior. Soma
IJit of tha apirit of tha epa may be caught in the story of it beginnings.
uk.. th. flr.l thousand boys had been trained for a time, Orchan marched
1hmi before tha IVrvWh Radji Bega!ech and asked th holy man to give a nam!
at . at a . a A 1 . I I iL . - -
ead a blessing to the oorpa. Laying nia nana unon uio neaa oi a, nn.
hoy tha Bowing sleeve of hla mantle falling over tha lad'a shoulder, ha said:
'iTbe troop whkh thou haa created shall be called Yenl Toherl, (tbe new wet
Vwra). Their facaa shall ba while and ahlnlngi their right arms shall ba strongs
" their aabrea keen and their arrows sharp. They shall be fortunate' in light,
and they ahall ever march from the battlefield as eonpuerors." From tbe
worda Yenl Tcherl tba western nations have faahionAl Uia single word Jsnis-
'"''Filled ilh enthusiasm, tha young soldbta aver after this scene wore aa
part of their uniform) a cap of white felt like that of the dervish, With a atrip
of woolen hanging down behind to represent the eleeVe of tbe holy man. But
their uniform and camp outfit carrb-d other aymbola. They were children and
tha head of their new organlwtion waa specially the Emir, and later the SulUn
Padishah hlraaelf, and ao they called him lovingly their h-l nure. They
took the titlea of their corps officers from their kitchen. Their- Asa or oimand
er was calledTcholadji barhi. or head soup helper, the colonel wna Achtchi
liachi, or head cook, end the captain waa Sagga-haohi, or water server. They
wore tlieir spoons in their cap. Their camp kettles were sacral In tleir ee.
They used them aa drums, beating on them witfe wooden spoors, thus giving
rise to the world kettle drum, an origin wa) Ignore when we hear it modern
equivalent In a great orchestra. When the Janissaries overturned their kettles
it meant revolution.
Tha conrse of study of the young Janissary lasted seven ycr. Unque
tinning obedience wa th first and foremost tenet of their euiriculum. They
carried at flrat a bow and aheaf of arrows, a yataghan or short snord and a
khandjar or cuUas. Later they carried muskets and a pistol. The standard of
the Aga of the Jsnlsfaries was of pure white surmounted with horsetails. In the
three centuries of their original formation it la calculated that they furnished
half a million Christian-born aoldiers to the Moaleum aultans. They were kept
in the highest etate of dMplin and phrsk-ial fitness and always counted at least
10,000 in active life with, tha colors.
It waa the custom of the Turkish commanders In the great battles and
sieges of the time to boh! the Janissaries in mem. The battle opened with
the edvance of the Arabs or light Infantry, whoae lives were sacrificed witnout
a thought of compunction. Tha flpahis and aoldiera or cavalry were used for
flanking and harassing, but at tha supreme moment tha Jsnisoaries were flung
upon the enemy in a terrifflc charge and in hundreds of great, fightn the charge
meant awe-ping victory. Then followed awful slaughter, looting, ravishing and
nenielesa horrors at the maddened Janissaries Indulged their lut for blood and
plunder.
The growth of such a corps aa long as conquest was possible and com per,
tlvely eaay only added to the power and vigor of the Sultan'a rule, but aa the
Turk at lat faced Europe and victory waa not alwaya certain, the Janiasariea
became a menace U tha throne. They were certainly In the flower of their
strength and uecfulneee to the Turks when Mohammed 11. undertook tha tremen
dous task of beaeiging Constantinople in 1453 and overturning the Greek Em
pire, which- represented a thousand years of the rule of the Censers on the
banks of the Boaphrous.' In the memorable, epoch-making siege, which b tie
cluminating point of tha late Central Lew Wallace's historical rorveuce, Tha
Prince of India," and which ia presently to be put on tbe stage at the Colonial
Theatre in Chicago in the dramatisation by Mr. J. t C Clark, the Janissaries
figure for much in the world-shaking event It waa one of their number who
first mounted the wall that had been unsurmountcd by a foe for oenturies; it was
The Janfauariea who madly followed bim and gave up the city to slaughter and)
rapine. That charge of tba Janissaries ba remained a blood red mark ia
history.
After Constantinople had become Turkish, and Turkish power tpread over
not only what is known now as Turkey in Europe, but over lands in the Bal
kans the Soutliern Russia, long since won bark from thai MuvU-jn, an well aa over
all Western Asia, the JanUaaries became an imperiura in iinperio, and the Sultans
no longer called their soul their own. Their discipline fell awnyj they became
fractious, insolent, overbearing, lawless. Mohammed II. had increased their num
ber to 12,000 end later they were still further' increased. They no longer re
mained unmarried. They shortened their terms of service, but werr Janissaries
in tha fields and towns, whether penioned or waiting service. They coerced
Seliin to raise their pay until he had almoat to empty his treasury to satisfy
t-hem. He raided the corps to 20,000 men, eetablishe the corps of Invalids, and
nominally enrolled himself in their first regiment. He Battered thorn in every
way. At the camp of another regiment be took a cup of sherbet and pledged
them saying "We shall meet again at the Red Apple," which wis the tempting
wsy they referred to the dream of taking the city of Rome. ?y tbe time of
Otlynan II. (1618) the Janisai1ea had become the chief curse of the Empire, and
tyrannised over Sultan and people, and from that on to theia awful extirpation
in 1826, their history waa written in tbe dethroning and murder of Sultana, the
dcjNwing of political and religioua chieftains and tbe continual rie of the their
exactions. They were allowed to marry. They were recruited from Moslems
at well as Christiana. Their camp at Brousa became) a centre of disturbance
to the whole empire. ATI attempt to and their power had failed until Mahmoud
II. took bis measures with great skill and running. Suddenly a fetva or royal
sentence waa read from tha pulpit steps of the Mosque of Achmet, denouncing
tbe crimes of the Janissaries and ordering tha extinction of the corps. And blood
ily and to the letter it wan carried out. An overwhelming attack waa direct
ed upon the Etmeidan quarter, which had been a home for tha sedition of the
T.nla.TH fnr Mtntiirios. Tfc flaht was bitter but tha Kill tin's will nravailcf
and the corpses of 20,000 Janissaries choked the streets of Etmedian when day
light came on the following morning. In their barracks alone 8,000 perished in
blood and flames. The Mosque of the regiment was leveled to the ground, and the
bodies of 200 leaders lay in front of the ruins, and so tbe name of tle Janissary
passed into history, with the crimson stain upon .v that it had made its own,
from tha beginning. 1