The News and Observer.
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VOL. X KXiX. NO. Br.
MOCKING THE POWERS
TIIE SULTAN AGAIIM POSTPDNIS
HIS ANSWER TO THEIIt
DEMANDS.
TROOPS AREJHMG !V!33JLIZ£D
The Porte Has Simply Replied to the
Communication Sent by the Ambas
sador** That Information Regarding
the Scheme for Iletorni in Armenia
Would be Forwarded to the Repre
sentatives ol the Powers “Without
Delay ’’-Talk of Deposing the Sultan.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 12.—Each
day shows the situation of affairs here
to be more threatening.
The reply of the Porte to the com
munications sent to it after the meet
ing of the ambassadors yesterday has
been awaited with interest as in the
note the representatives of the powers
used much stronger language than
heretofore, and positively insisted up
on being immediately informed as to
what steps the Turkish government
intended to take for the restoration
of order.
The Porte to-day, replying to the
indentical notes of the ambasadors of
Germany, Austria and Italy, simply
said that information regarding the
scheme for reform in Armenia would
be forwarded to the representatives
of the powers “without delay.”
In other words, these three ambas
sadors, at least, have obtained no sat
isfaction at all. It is not yet known
if the notes of the ambassadors of
Great Britain, Russia and France have
been replied to, but it is presumed
that they were also assured that their
requests for information regarding
the proposed reforms would be com
plied to “without delay.”
Surprise is expressed even by the
diplomats of this city, who expect al
most anything from the Porte at the
action of the Sultan in sanctioning
the official note issued yesterday, as
cabled exclusively to the Associated
Press, expressing Abdul Hamid’s
thanks for the “energetic measures
taken by the imperial authorities,”
in “suppressing” the disturbances in
Asia Minor, asserting that “order has
now been restored in all the districts
recently the scene of riots and con
flicts,” and adding that “precautions
have been taken to insure the mainte
nance of order.”
This really looks like mocking the
ambassadors, and as second in impor
tance only to the snub administered
by the Sultan to Great Britain in de
corating Bahri Pasha and giving him.
the command of the troops going to
Zeitoun, after he had been removed
from a governorship at the instance of
the British Ambassador, Sir Philip
Currie—for his ill-treatment of Ar
menians.
As to order being restored in the dis
turbed districts, it need only be said
that the mobilization of about 150,000
troops to be sent to these districts is
progressing as actively as the Turkish
government can push such an under
taking, hampered as it is by lack of
funds and the incompetency of its
officials.
Advices received here to-day an
nounce fresh disturbances at Marash,
Bitlis and Sivas, with-their attendant
massacres.
It is also announced that a battalion
of Turkish troops w hich was in garri
son at Zeitoun and which recently dis
tinguished itself by surrounding and
shooting down a number of Armen
ian insurgents, was later beseiged in
its barracks the Armenian*, to
whom the soldiers eventually capitu
lated with arms and ammunition, bag
asd baggage.' It is added that the Ar
menians now occupy the quarters at
Zeitoun previously * occupied by the
Tarkish aoldiery.
The Armenians, it is further stated,
have garrisoned all the important po
rtions in and about Zeitoun and are
gathering ammunition and provisions,
throwing up fortifications and in ev
•ry way preparing to hold the place.
Considerable anxiety is felt in Amer
iaan circles here on account of the ab
sence of the news from the districts
where the American missionaries are
stationed and the United States Am
bassador, Mr. Alexander W. Terrell
has telegraphed to Commissioner
Darnham, at llarpul, asking him if
the commission is safe.
According to advices to-day from
lladjin, several villages in that region
have been attacked by rioters who
massacred the inhabitants and plun
dered their property. It is feared that
the disturbances will spread to Ilad
jin.
It is stated this afternoon in Euro
pean official circles here that as a re
sult of an additional exchange of views
between the powers, through the rep
resentatives here and at the different
capitols it is bc.icved that a joint
court' of action, involving a display
of naval and possibly military force
has already b<-en decided upon. Re
cent events having clearly demon
stated that the Sultan has no inten
tion of really carrying out the scheme
for reform agreed upon some time ago
after so much delay and annoyance.
The rumors so persistently circula
ted for many weeks past as to the
probability that the Sultan will be
lie deposed were repeated on all sides
to-day and it would seem that they
may have been revived by some de
finite statement on the sub ject having
been overheard at one of the embas
sies.
No further details have been re
ceived here of the recent massacres at
Dlabekir; but from all accounts the
bloodshed must have l>een terrible in
the extreme. A large part of the town
was burned.
.tfnre Rintiif' in Armenia.
WASHINGTON, Nov. I*.—The
Turkish legation at Washington re
ceived from the Sublime I’orte the fol
lowing telegram under yesterday’s
date:-'
“The Armenian rioters of Zeitoun
attacked the village of Tehoukour
llissar, killing thirty-five Mussulmans,
carried away with them arms, cattle
and belongings of the Mussulman vil
lagers of Dungheil, and murdered flu*
secretary of the tax-collector of Zei
toun. The wife and four children of
this functionary are missing.
“According to fresh advices from
Diarbekir, the Armenians are alone
responsible for the recent disorders,
which originated solely by the rebels
firing on the mosques at the hour of
prayer, and by their attacking in arms
the Mussulmans. The fire which
broke out in Diarbekir was started by
Armenian incendiaries, for 90 per cent.
of the shops destroyed, as also every
article of merchandise burned, be
longed to the Mussulmans.
“The Vali of Adana advises us that
about two hundred Armenians, dis
guised as Circassians, attacker! the
Mussulman villages of Zeitunbeli and
Narl, committing all sorts of depreda
tions.”
M \ R HI AGE AT HILLSBORO.
Mr. Tljob. fidib Weds tfi-" Isalrlla
Davidson Graham.
Special to tlie News and Observer.
Hillsboro, N. C., Nov. 12.
Not in a long nine has Hillsboro wit
nessed such an interesting social event
as was the marriage this afternoon at
St. Matthew's Church of Miss Isabella
Davidson Graham to Mr. Thos. Webb, of
Nashville, Tenu. Tne decorations of
the church were in elegant taste and ar
tistically arranged, the predominating
colors being white and green. Both the
church and the altar w T ore massed in
chrisanthemums and evegreens.
Promptly at 4:45 p. in. the strains
of Mendelssohn’s wedding march
pealed forth, and at the same time the
ushers, Me-ers. H. W. Webb undKJtfm.
Ruffin, marched up ths aisle.' They
were followed by the bridesmaids and
groomsmen in the following order:
Misses Sudie Clark and Alice Collins
Messrs. Paul C. and George M. Gra,
Imm, Misses L zzie and Henriett.
Collins, Mes rk James Webb and Law
rence Williamson. Next came the maid
of honor. Miss Mary Arthur Collins fol
lowed by M ss Annie Graham, and last of
all, the bride on the arm of her father. She
v.as met at the altar by the groom on thy
arm of his beat man Mr. Alva Webb,
and the ceremony wa* then performed
by the Rev. B. S. McKenzie, rector of
me etiurcn. The bricai party left the
church to the strains of the wedding
march from Lohengrin, and went irom*
diately to the steiion where the bride
aud groom took the train for Atlanta
After visiting the exposition, they will
go to their future heme in Nashville.
The bride is the daughter of Maj.
John W. Graham, of this place, and is
well known in the -tate The groom is
Th- son of the !a : e V.r. Thos Wefib, of
Hii sboro, but for the p'>>t lew yea-.- he
h s r.;a* e his home in Nashville, To m.
A BIG TOBACCO BREAK.
Capiialif-O lutestlfaiisg New Method
of Waking Acetylene Gas.
Special to the News ami Observer.
Winston, N. 0., N v 12.
Tobacco dealers say Win.-ton bad the
largest break of leaf to day since the
market was estabah* d. i' u•!y five hun
dred wagons were here besides a vast
amount shipped tn rcil. ’Jany thousand'
of dollars were paid out to farmers.
An Opera Company, which w:- bi”*ed
to appear here to night, cancelled i f p en
geg mt nf. the r anager saving he could
not aey Evangelist Fife.
G<“ rge Walle, of Philadelphia, was
snt to Spry, Bock in hun cou- ty, by a
pai *y of capitalists a tew days ~go to
inve= +i gate the new gas invented there
by col Morehead. Mr. Walle was here
last night on lbs return home. He
thinks the new discovery will be the gas
of the future, and that Col. Morehead
and his afefeOC.ai.es Lave struck a bo
nanza.
Conductor Wrst Probably Dying.
S|»«*ial *• the News and Observer.
Chester, S. 0., Nov. 12.
Conductor K T- West, of the Seaboard
Air Line, took charge of train No. 44 at
Monroe tc-aight, for Arianta. Just tbit
.-ide of Catawba, as he was passing
through the tram, he fell in a bunch on
one of the seats, and was (bought to be
dead; later he revived a little and was
taken to the sleeper, and it is tnought
now that he will die. He lives in At
lanta and has a wife and child.
Captured by it Canadian Cruiser.
Sandusky, O. Nov. 12 — While a fleet
of American fishing boats were engaged
n hfting their nets near North Bhi-s
Hard, yesterday, the Canadian cruiser
Petrel suddenly appeared. The b ats
scattered and an but two succeeded in
eluding the Canadian. These two boats
with their crews of two men *«ch were
t; k n aboard the Petrel. Over two
miles of seine nets were confiscated.
Ihe crews of the boats that e-ciped ad
mit that they were fishing iu Canadian
waters
Assignment ol C. .11. Luring.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 12.
Surprise was created in business cir
eles this evening by the announcement
that C. M. boring, considered to be
financially one of the solid men of the
northwest, had made an assignment.
Two years ago he was worth SBOO,OOO.
The statement filed with the deed of
assignment shows the total assets to
be $755,000; personal liabilities, $105,-
000; liabilities on account of endorse
ments, $205,000.
RALEIGH. N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13. 1895.
TO RAISE MONEY i OR UIBAN-.
A Fair to be Held m New Yotk by the
Daughters of Cuba.
New York, Nov. 12.—0 n December
2, there will be opened in Masonic Te
mple, a fair, held under the auspices of
the Daughters of Cuba. The object of
the fair will be to raise money with
which to aid those who are wounded
while fighting in the cause of Cuban
independence. All of the prominent
Cuban sympathizers in this city arc
interested in the affair w hich will last
a week and every effort is being made
to realize a good sum for the wounded
patients.
Arrangements are being made for a
mass meeting to be held in this eity —
the latter part of this month in favor
of the Cubans now lighting for inde
pendence from Spanish rule. The list
of speakers who are all Americans will
be made public within a few days and
by next week all arrangements will
have been completed.
A private letter received in this city
to-day states that the Cuban Gen.
Gomez is now near Santa Espiritus
with a large force of men and is
planning a gradual advance on Ha
vana.
His men are reported to be well arm
ed and in excellent health with plenty
of food and ammunition.
Gen. Campos will not be Recalled.
MADRID, Nov. 12.—The Minister of
W ar, Gen. Ascarraga, declares that the
rumors circulated in connection with
the proposed retirement of ('apt. Gen.
Martinez de Campos from conducting
operations against the insurgents of
the Island of Cuba, are entirely with
out. foundation. The government has
never for a moment considered the
question of recalling Campos and he
retains the entire confidence of the
Ministry and Queen Regent.
The Minister of Justice, Senor Ro
mero Beledo, in an interview, express
ed his entiru approval of the military
and political course followed by d<*
Campos and added that lie believed in
spite of the war the liberal reforms for
the Island of Cuba which were approv
ed months ago by the Chamber of
Deputies could and should be vigor
ously carried out.
SOUTHERN 1)0 .uK.K 1 N SESSION.
Meetirg of the Sou hern Surgical and
Gynecological Axmhlh)ion.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-The South
cun Surgical and Gynecological Asso
elation opened its annual meeting
here to-day with ,*i large attendance of
surgeons, mainly from the South, but
with representatives from all parts of
the country. Dr. H. C. Busey, of
Washington, delivered an address of
welcome, which was responded to bv
the president of the association, Dr.
Louis M. Tafiany, of Baltimore. The
papers read to-day were by Drs.
Brown, of Alexandria, Yu.; Vander
ver, of .Albany; Grant and Roberts, of
Louisville; of DanvilieVa.;
Gaston and Noble, of Atlanta; Lewis,
of New Orleans; Brice, of Philadel
phia; Kelly, of Baltimore; Tuber
Johnson, of Washington; Rohe, of
< atonsvilie, Md., and (dirtledge, of
Louisville.
At noon the association attended)
clinicial operations at Columbian Uni
versity. They were entertained to
night by the local medical fraternity
with a banquet.
MONSTER FLY-WHEEL 111(18 I N
One Man was Killed tad Three Others
Injured.
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 12.—The Mon
ster 20-ton fly wheel in the power
house of the Albany Railway burst this
afternoon and the hurling fragments
inflicted injuries from which John
Phiehl died this evening at the hospi
tal. The others hurt are: Charles
Myers, Supervisor-elect, leg and ankle
bruised; Lewis Thuis, head and left
breast lacerated, may die; John
Faust, head and legs injured.
One of the pieces crashed through
Charles Myers’ saloon across the
street. In this were the dead men and
other injured. Another piece, weigh
ing two tons flew across the house
tops for two blocks and tore off the
roof and side of Elizabeth Metz’s resi
dence, but injured no one.
A twenty foot gap was made in the
power house.
The property loss will reach about
$50,000.
CHILDREN BURNED To DEATH
Thirty-One Bodies Taken From a
Burned School Building.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Nov. 12.—A
special from Grenada, Mex., dated No
vember 10th, says:
“A school building here in which 150
children were present caught lire and
before anything could be done, the
whole building uas ablaze'and in spite
of the heroic, efforts of the people the
building was destroyed. Thirty-one
charred bodies, including the teacher,
have so far been taken out. The fire is
believed to be of incendiary origin and
two boys, who have been severely pun
ished by the teacher and suspended
from the school, are beleved to be the
authors of the crime. They have been
arrested but so far have not con
fessed.”
Charleston Miiuiciptti Nominations.
Chari.FsroN. S. G, Nov. 12—The
Deaic-rat < p, m?»ry tr.-fi:,y resulted in
the t> >t i ax..ii r.‘, ! J. E- g- r Smyth, for
Mayor against ex-Mayor George Brian,
the rr* ■ ojt < '■ lector of (Jus*oros His
maj >ri y w»> 540 out of 2 858 to*os
8m y h’ opi near of :he neoi-ral e'ecti u
I>• n oth, W i i •
A. I*. A candidate. The election will
be th h- !test and most hitter ever
foughri' this city.
MISS WHITNEY WEDS
EX.SKfBETARY WILLIAM (.
WHITNEY’S I) AUG HI Fit
MARRIED
TO ISR. ALISIERIC PUGH PAGET
The Ceremony Performed nt Noon in
St. T homos’ Church—Bishop Potter
and Kev. Dr. Brown, Rector oi ihe
i liurch, 01ficiated»-The President
and Secretaries Gain out and Herbert
Were Present—A Breakfast at the
Whitney House Alter the Wedding.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—The marriage
of M iss Pauline Payne Whitney to Mr.
Almeric Hugh Paget was solemnized
at noon to-day at St. Thomas’ church.
The bride, w ho is the daughter of Win.
C. Whitney, former Secretary of the
Navy, is known favorably in society
in New York, Washington, London
and I’aris.
The groom is the youngest son of
the late Gen. Lord Alfred Paget, who
was personal aide-de-camp to the
Queen and grandson of the first Mar
quis of Anglesea.
The first Marquis of Angelsea mar
> ried a Miss King, of Georgia, and Mr.
Baget’s brother. Col. Arthur Paget.,
married the only daughter of the late
Mrs. Paran Stevens in 1878.
The floral decorations were on a
grand scale, and the scene within tln
ch urch was a truly beautiful one.
The family and immediate friends
had seats separated from those re
served for the guests by a floral gate
built in Gothic lines extending across
the center isle. On the right sat Pres
ident Cleveland and Secretary Daniel
S. Lamont, and Secretary of the Navy
Herbert, snd in the seats immediately
behind the Presidential party were
seated Governor and Mrs. Morton, Sir
Julian Pauncefote and members of tlie*
British Embassy; I)r. Chauneey M.
Depew and specially invited guests.
On the left were seated members of the
Whitney household, Lady Colebrook
and Miss Alice Paget, sisters of the
bridegroom; Lord Westmeath and per
sonal friends of the bride.
In honor of the importance of the
occasion Edourd de Reske, who lias
never appeared in a church before as
a soloist and Mine. Nordica, sang
Faure’s duet “TheCrncifix,” from Men
delssohn’s “Elijah.” Just before the
hetrothal service Mme. Nordica sang
Gounod’s “Ave Maria.”
Frank Ondrecek render*.*: Laud’s
on the violin. Handel’s Lar
o was performed by Franko’s Orches
• ra, accompanied by the harp and or
gan, and a delightful musical program
was presented before the arrival of the
bridal party. This included the bri
dal music from Lohengrin, which was
sung by the regular church choir un
der the direction ofDr. Geo. W. War
ren.
Socn after 12 o’clock, to the strains of
the wedding march the bridal parly pro
ceeded to vhe chancel in the following
order: Ushers—Gould Hoyt, John 0.
Furman, II Maitland K rsey, W. Cut
tiug, Jr., Winthrop Rutherford, Jared
Howe, Crawford Livingstone and the
bride’s brother, Mr. Harry Whitney.
Then came four little flower maidens.
Following the-n came s,x bridtainaids,
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, Miss Emly
Vanderbilt Sloane, Miss AzuU Barney,
Mies Beatrice Bend, Mias Susie Dimmock
aud Miss Edith Blake Brown. Miss
Vanderbilt was in white; Miss Sloane in
pink; Miss Barney in yellow; Miss Bend
in heliotrope; Miss Dimmoek in blue and
Miss Brown in green.
Mias Whitue}, who entered leaning on
the arm of her lather, made a beautiful
bride, her wedding gown of ivory white
satin was perfectly plain, without lace
or embroidery, save for a heavy silk
cord whicn ran aronnd the edge. The
cersage was finished with a stock collar
of pleated satin covered with point lace
finished in rosettes at either side and the
very full sleeves were finithed from ihe
elbow to the wrifet in gauntlet style,
with a narrow frill oi lace at the
wrist. The waist was seamless. A
cluster of orange blossoms was fast
ened at the left side on the waist
line and the veil was made from a
splendid piece of point lace which was
worn by the bride’s mothir, and which
extended almost to ihe train. The bri
dal party were met at the chancel steps
by tie groom and his best man, Mr.
Gerald Paget. The bride and groom
wire met at the chancel steps by Bishops
Bolter and Leonard and che rector, Dr.
John Wesley Brown, where the charge
was read by the rector of the church,
Bishop L ouard performing the betrothal
service, and Bishop Potter officiating at
t,e marriage teiemony proper at the
altar rail.
Immediately after the ceremony the
newly wedded pair were accompanied to
the vestry by the President and Sir Ju
nan Pauncefote who subscribed their
names to the marriage register as wit
nesses While the brid:l party were
signing the register Mme. Nordica sang,
and the little flower girls presented fa
vors to the specially invited gmsts.
A reception was held immediately
after the ceremony at the residence of
the brir-e’s father, 2 West 57th street, to
which 400 guests were bidden. In th*
inner hall an immense Ik.-11 of white
flowers was hung beneath which the
bridal couple rec ived (he congratula
te* s of ihtir friends. The wedding
break fa-n ws served a- small tables sei
iu the o.di room and diningroom Tin
bridal p.t iy was seated at a crescent
s; s d r bl j arranged across the bay
window.
The bridal couple w ill pans part o* the
honeymoon at Mr. Wnitney’s country
seat at Wvstbury, 1,. 1., and later will
slowly tour through ti,* ; K yicrn States
en r* u pto St. Paul, Minnesota, where
I Mr. Paget and his bride will m ike their
future homo.
A IIIG~£iPRESS ROBBER Y.
< u* nty Thousand Dollars Taken from
an Agent by Two Masked Men.
Colorado mouno-, Col., Nov. 13.
The Weils, Fa*go Expr ss Company has
given out tie following rflicial state
ment regarding the robbery at the Santa
Fe depot about 1 o’clock last ti ght:
“Twenty thousand dollars was sent
frem Denver to the First National Bank
of t olorado Springs early in the after
noon. This money was in currency of
small denominations aid was received
about 4 o’clock and too late to be deliv
er* dto the bank. The package contain
ine the money was placed in the depot
safe and both doors locked. There was
nothing to indicate i s value. Evidently
the thieves knew of its existence.
When train No. 8 tame in about 9:43,
there were other packages aboard with
cut reney to the amount of $35 0( 0 con
signed to the same bank. These pack
ages were delivered to tie agent and
placed iu the saf*- with the other. Af
ter the train bi d departed, the eg >nt,
Geo ge Krout, was met at the door bj
two masked umn with drawn revolvers.
The package containing ihe $20,000 was
demanded and the agent was compelled
to open the saf*. and give it up. The
agent said nothing about the remaining
packages ar d the robbers left at once.
A nosse with bloodhounds is in pursuit.
The express company’s officials be
lieve that the robbery was committed
by A. J. Gray, alias Sam Wells, and J.
G. Stuart, alias C. J. Slarr, who were
arrested for the theft of $1(5,000 from
the express wagon at (’ripple Cr.ek,
April 11, and w, o recently, in company
with Tom McCarthy escaped from jail
in this city. R. T. Montgomery who
was a prisoner at the.time of the escape,
notified the police at Denver several
days ago that Gray and Ntuart plotted
when in jail to rob the express company
again. The officials of the company
believe that the robbers had an accom
plice in the bank.
THE OLD DOMINION IU .SOLID.
Gen. Fitz Lee Think-* it Will Stay in
Democratic Column.
W ASHINGTON, I). C., Not. 12.—Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, was in the
eity to-day and left at 3 o’clock for
Richmond. Gen. Lee lias no fear that
the sweep of Republicanism will be
able to include the Old Dominion w-ith
in its course aud thinks that the State
will not only be Democratic in the
Presidential campaign but that it will
also send delegates to the National
Convention in favor of a sound money
nominee.
“The tendency of public opinion in
\ irginiii, ’ said Gen. Lee to a reporter
to-day. “is tow ant sound currency. No
one can hop*! to nominate any other
than u sound money Democrat at the
National Convention, and 1 do not fear
that an effort will be made to do so.”
I HEY RODE 'I HEM oN RAILS.
Kent inky Farmer** 'take Monnon Eld
ers Out oi the Slate.
ASHLAND, Ky., Nov. 12.—A report
from White Bost, Bike county, states
that two Mormon elders were taken
from a church there Sunday night and
ridden out of the State and into West
Virginia on rails. The elders, who
have been at work in West Virginia,
for some time crossed the Tug river
in defiance of the warnings of the
farmers and were exhorting a large
congregation to accept the Mormon
faith, when they were assailed by a
band of men who rode them out of the
State, but subjected them to no other
indignity.
AN IJM.tIEvsE BLOCK OF GOLD.
It Weighs 2,435 Ounces and is Valued
at $11,857.
NEW YORK, Not. 12.—The Bank of
Montreal in this city has received
from Kootenai, British Columbia, the
second largest block of gold that has
ever passed through the New York
Assay office. It is in the form of a
sugar loaf, weighing 2,435 ounces, and
is valued at $41,857. The gold comes
from the Caribou mine. The bank has
also received from the Horse Fly mine
in the same section, a gold brick,
weighing 1,511 ounces, valued at $20,-
154. The metal is virgin gold of green
ish tint, similar to Australian gold.
South Carolina Railroad Laws.
C* lvmbta, 8. 0., Nov. 12. —In con
sideration of the sirti'ie on corporation
iu the Constitutional Oonvemion, see
tions were adopted giving employes of
railrords the same rights as passengers
to recover damages when injured in the
service of railroads through the negli
gence cf the company or their employes.
By another section all railroads operat
ing in this State, are required to secure
charters from the State, although they
are chartered in * ther States.
Shoe Mauluctur* rs on a Strike.
Rochester, N Y , Nov. 12.—Two hun
dred and fifiy employes of Harding A
Todd, shoe manufacturers, in this city,
struck to day. They claim that, they
were forced to work by the week instead
of by the piece as has been the custom
and that 79 men were laid off and re
fused wo;k unless they would leave the
Union.
Football Yesterday.
Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 12. —
University of Virginia 60; Richmond
College 0.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BVTTLKSIUP TEXAS
The Injuries H -re Sustained in the
Dry Do kat New Yotk.
WASHINGTON, Not. 12.—The bat
tleship Texas has come to grief in the
dry-dock at New York, and has sus
tained injuries, the extent *f which
are not known here at present. The
ship went into dock a week ago to be
cleaned and painted and k* remove an
accumulation of sea-weed which had
grown in the pipe gratings te> the cir
culating pumps. On the Bth inst. Cap
tain Glass reported to the euiawand
ant of the yard that on tlH‘ regular
weekly examination of the vessel made
that day several frames in compart
ment “H” were found to be distorted,
apparently from straining of the ship
on the keel-blocks.
As a measure of precaution, six feet
of water was let into the dock to light
* n the load on the keel-blocks. On the
11 tli inst. further straining of the ship
was reported, and then the dock was
flooded to a depth of eleven feet, as far
as the water could be admitted with
out danger of disturbing tha position
of the Texas on the blocks.
The department was not altogether
satisfied, and has now called for fur
ther particulars, regarding thn reports
so far made as preliminary, ft appears
from these reports that about twenty
of the bottom frames and brackets of
the Texas are buckled from a quarter
of an inch to an inch and a half, whil*
the cement lining of the doable bot
tom is cracked in many places. fYketh
er it w ill be necessary to undertake to
repair these frames and remove the
dents in the bottom cannot be told
until a further examination in made,
and to do this it may lie neeessary to
remove all of the weights of the ship
in order to draw off the eleven tert of
water safely, otherwise the strain
might again become excessive and ir
reparable injury follow.
HIKED UIE IMiIA.NK MILLED
It i* Reported That the Broves nre
Making lip!y
DURANGO, Col., Nov. 12. — Deputy
Sheriff Joseph Smith anil Stanley Day,
son of Indian Agent David Day, ac
companied by six Indians frnua the
Ute Agency, started to-day lor the
Canon, near Dolores, where it in re
ported two Indian braves, Koe-K-Now
and Ac-Ca-Witseounsin, and a squaw
have been murdered. It is conjectured
that the murders were committed by
Indians, as no reason for the killing
of the Indians by whites nan be as
signed. Should the killing be traced
to whites it is thought trouble may
ensue.
The report of the killing of two
Southern Ute Indians and a squaw
near the head of Lost Cutijh, Col., was
confirmed in dispatches received at the
Interior Department to-day. Agent
Day telegraphed Indian Commissioner
Browning this afternoon that he ap
prehended no danger, however, de
spite the story that the Utes were
making threatening demonstrations.
The farmer at the agency and eight
Indian police have gone to the scene
of the murder, and will make a thor
ough investigation. The affair took
place one hundred miles away from
the agency, and the investigation par
ty cannot reach there before to-mor
row night.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR MEET.
'lhe Nineteenth Annual Convention
Now in Session.
Washington, Nov. 12 —The nine
teenth annual Cnnventk n of the Genera :
Assembly of the Knights of Labor began
here to-day. The sessions will continue
for about ten days but all business trans
acted at the meetings will be guarded
with the utmost secrecy, not even the
Knights of Labor, other than the dele
gates or alternates, being allowed ad
mission. On the coming Saturday even
ing a grand reception and banquet will
beheld, on which •ccasion addresses
will be made by prominent K'lights.
Meetings will probably be held from 9 a.
m. to 6 p m. daily with one hour inter
mission for dinner, the evenings to be
devoted to committee work
One of the important subjects to be
discuss*d at the convention will be th*
attitude of the members of the order to
Presidential politics during the next
national campaign. While* the Populists
have embodied mai y of the principles cf
the Knights iu their platform the latter
think that, in view of their votiug
strength, the recognition should go
further. A large number of delegates
are in the city.
fishth Annual IG«i>ti**t Coßgre**.
Providence, It. 1., Nov. 12.— Th*
eighth annual Baptist Congress opener
in the Central Baptist Church hereto
day with a largoJit tendance of delegates
from all parts of the country The see
sions are to continue until Thursday
night the one general subject to be dis
cussed during the congress is that of
Mission ,especially home missions. Evan
gelical work will also receive consider
able attention.
New I*r* sid* nt ot Newberry College.
Columbia, S. C.,Nov. I?.—At a meet
ing h re to-day of the trustees of the
Newberry College, Hon. George B.
Cromer was unanimously elected Presi
dent to succeed the late I)r. Holland.
Mr. Cromer is a young lawyer of fine
standing and his election is universally
commended.
Wauls to Succeed senator Gibson*
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 12 Congress
mau George L. Wellington, chairman of
the Republican State Committee, to-dav
announced his candidacy for the United
States Senate to succeed Senator Charier
H. Gibson.