The News and Observer. tdoe VOL. XXXTX. NO. 95. SICK MAN OF THE EAST MATTERS PULI ITCAL IN TURKEY ARE DAILY GROWING DARKER. BAHRI PASHA MADE COMNDER After Removed as Govt roof on Account ol his Cruelty to the AinieD iaus be has Been Given Control ol the Turkish s'roops»«Great Indiana tiou Prevails in Diplomatic Circles and a Sweeping «*ut ol the Present Cabinet is Contemplated. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 21.—blat ters political do not look as bright to day as they did yesterday. The pro fessed determination of the Sultan to act energetically in repressing the dis orders in Asia Minor had a decidedly great effect here and elsewhere, and the troubles which threatened to cause the disruption of the Turkish govern ment were looked upon as almost end ed. But a further jarring has occurred and it is once more Bahri Pasha who is the disturbing element. This notorious official made himself so conspicuous by his cruelty to Arme nians and mal-administration of his district when Governor of Van that the British ambassador. Sir Philip Cur rie, insisted upon his removal. After considerable correspondence on the subject, plain evidence of the Pasha's unfitness for his position having been furnished to the Sultan, the latter re moved the Pasha. llahri. however, brought the strongest influence to bear upon Abdul Hamid, protested his innocence of the charges brought against him, claimed that his removal was brought about by the intrigues of the Armenians, and eventually lie was not only forgiven, but was decorated with the order Osmanieh and compli mented upon his efforts to suppress disorder. Soon afterwards it was rumored that Bahri Pasha was to lie appointed to command the large force of Turkish troops being concentrated at Marash for a movement upon Zeitoun, whien is held by the Armenians who had cap tured the Turkish garrison, consisting of about 400 men. This report raised such a storm of indignation in diplo matic and other circles here that the plan was abandoned, if indeed it had been formed. Now, however, the storm has burst again, for Bahri Pasha lias been appointed military com mander of the Alepho district. Ihe hail impression which this has pro duced can hardly be exaggerated, for the diplomats feel that it will be al most impossible to prevent him from pursuing the same tactics at Alepho as he did at Van. Upon receiving the news of Bahri Pasha’s appointment to the military command of Alepho, the representa tives of the powers held a meeting and discussed the matter from all its stand points. The result was that they have joined in a note to the Turkish govern ment saying that they cannot answer for the consequences which might en sue should the Armenians of Zeitoun be massacred after their surrender, which the Armenian patriarch, at the instance of the representatives of the jjowers, is endeavoring to bring about in order to prevent further bloodshed. Alepho is situated about seventy-five miles distant from Marash. which is about 15 miles from Zeitoun, is the capital of the Yiliayet of Haleb, in which both Marash and Zeitoun are situated. It will thus he seen that while the Sultan, alarmed at the dis approval which the rumor of Bahri’s appointment to the immediate com mand of the Turkish troojis at Marash, refrained from confirming it, he has made him military commander of the Alepho district, which will give him control over the commander of the Turish troops at Marash. A dispatch received here from Ale pho says that the greatest alarm still prevails there. Frequent councils of the ministers are being held at the palaces and some plain language is said to have been used by the Sultan. That a sweeping out of the present cabinet is contemplated nobody doubts; indeed, people are astonished that it did not take place when the Sultan underwent his change of mind as a result of the assembling of for eign fleets. The British fleet is still at Saloniea and the British and Italian fleets are at Smyrna and about 200 miles from Saloniea. Smryna and Sa- Jonica, however, arc aland an equal distance from the entrance to the Dar danelles. The United States Minister, Mr. Alexander W. Terrell, at the request of the American missionaries at Khar put, lias prevailed upon the Turkish government 1o telegraph orders to the Turkish commander there to furnish the missionaries with an escort of troops to conduct them to the nearest poiid on the Black seaeoast, possibly Trebizond, in order that they may em bark for this city. T< rrcll has also ad vised the, missionaries in each dis turbed district to retire from their posts fora time, so that their presence may not I>«* made the excuse for fur ther disorder. It is believed that this suggestion will l>«* adopted in several cases at least. TRYING TO Ql ELL THE RIOTS. Tte s' til* iti wdl Hold his Official* to 5 ecount for Tin m WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. That Sul tan Abdu ‘l,larnid 11. is making efforts to quell the disturbances in the pro vince' of Turkey and intends to hold his subordinate officials strictly to ac count for future disorders, seems to be confirmed bv the following cable re ceived by the Turkish legation here to-day: *‘All news about plots against his imperial majesty, the Sultan, are absolutely and entirely false. “I transmit you below the text of three telegrams that have been sent to the valis and to the military com manders of those provinces where troubles lately took place, and I beg of you to give them the widest pub licity. “First telegram addressed to the governor's general oi the villages of Trebizond, Erzeroum, Bitlis, Van, Diarbekir. Mamonretoul-Aziz, Sivas, A day a and Alepo. dated November 15: “ ‘The commanders ol brigades, in de tailing flying columns for the repres sion of disorders, will send out a pro clamation to the people in order to ad vise. those who are in arms against the legal authorities of their count tv to give up their seditious plans and to abstain from all acts directly against his imperial majesty, the Sultan. Ihe commanders will have to deal imme diately, and by force of arms, with all persons who disobey this injunction. They will also try to prevent, in plac ing troops at different [joints, all movements on the part oi the rioters attacking boroughs and villages. It murder or insurrectionary acts were to take place suddenly within the sphere of evolution of a flying column, said commanders will have to pursue immediately and without giving am preliminary warning to the authors ot these crimes. "Our august sovereign’s determina tion is that order shall he restored immediately in all parts; that the life, the honor and prosperity of every one shall be safeguarded and that all acts contrary to justice shall be prevented. You will watch day and night to se cure the realization of said imperial determination by putting a stop to dis orders.” Second telegram addressed to the valis of Van, Bitlis Erzeroum Alepo, Diarbekir Trebizond. Sivas. and Mam ouretoul- A/iz. dated November li. “‘Although repeated instructions were given to you with the view ol adjusting in your villayet. all necessary means for prevent ing all possible troubles and all shedding of blood, and of for bidding as well that one class of the population attack the other, or that acts contrary to justice should occur such cases continue, however, to take place. One of the most important du ties of the valis being, according to the formal orders of 11 is Imperial Ma jesty. the Sultan, and to secure public peace in the provinces, I hasten to warn you, that if after the receipt of the present telegram there should oc cur acts like fires, seditious movements perturbations of public order or shed ding of blood, such an omission of du ties could not by any means be forgiv en and would carry with it a grave and absolute responsibility. Such res [jonsibility falling also on the Montes sarifs and Eaimaeams. you must also put yourself in accord with the com manders for the adoption of the nec essary dispositions. lon will princi pally look with the greatest care after trie protection of the consulates and foreign subjects in order to place them out of any danger ami to avoid any motive for complaint on their part. All guilty parties should be arrested and punished according to law. You will telegraph every twenty-four hours to the Department of War, to the Grand Yizirat and to the Imperial Palace the situation of the villayet.’ ” “Third telegram, addressed to the Marshal of the Fourth Imperial Corps and to tin* military commanders of Alepo, Bitlis. Adanx. Trebizond, Sivas, Mamonretoul-Aziz and other parts of Asiatic i urkey. dated November 17, orders the imperial military authori ties to put themselves in accord with the valis and Moutessarifs in order to secure public peace and see that the officers and soldiers of the imjjerial army act according to the military reg ulations, abstaining carefully from all acts tending to cause complaint.” A TENNESSEE LYNCHING. A Negro Murderer Taken From Jail and Hanged bv a Mob. KNOXVILLE,Teim., Nov. 21. ( has. Ilnrd, a negro, who murdered Jasper D. Kells, a young man, near Harri man. Tenn., a few days ago, was taken from the jail at Warlburg, the county seat of Morganton county, and lynch ed at midnight.. A mob of 200 masked men gathered at a point three miles from the jail and marched in fours to the prison. A de mand was made of Jailor Langtry to “open up.” This he refused to do and the door was broken open with a sledge hammer. When the mob was on the inside the jailer wits placed under the [joint of pistols and guns and finally gave up liis key s. The negro was taken from his cell and a rope placed around his neck. He was dragged to an oak tree, one hundred yards distant, where he was swung up. Lynched tne Wrong Negro. BRYAN, Tex.. Nov. 21.—Rev. .J. E. Horne, of Madison county, Texas, brought news of the lynching of a negro in a remote part of that county last Tuesday night. He was accused of riding a horse over a little white girl in the road, inflicting serious in juries on her. Later developments go to show Hint- the mob got hold of the wrong negro and the guilty one has made his escape. A It g Failure tn Roanoke. ROANOKE, Ya., Nov. 12. -Knock Brothers, doing a general dry-goods and millinery business, executed a deed of assignment yesterday. Their liabilities to the first and second classes of preferred creditors amount to over 120,000. RALEIGH. N. C.. FR SYMPATHY FOR CUBA I. (’., Nov. 21. Dr. G. W. Sanderlin delivered an ad d ress yesterday on ed ucat ion before the Columbian Baptist Association now in session at Brookland. Dr. Whitner, president of the Columbian Univer sity, and Dr. Green, ex-president, were the other speakers. Hon. Harry Skinner, of Greenville, arived in the city to-day to make ar rangements for a place of residence during the coming session of Con gress. Rev. \V. E. Edmundson and bride, leave to-night for Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Edmundson was successful in getting his time extended. He will visit in North Carolina and Atlanta before returning to San Francisco. Mrs. 11. I*. Dortch, of Goldsboro, and Mrs. Dr. .las. McKee and Mrs. Boggy Little, of Raleigh, are visiting at ('apt. W. A. Turk's. Mr. R. W. Watson, of Warrenton, who holds a position in the Senate, re turned to Washington to-day, after a few weeks’ visit to his home. Mr. J. C. Buxton and Mr. E. J. Buch anan and wife are here. I ASTERN FIELD TRIALS. Close Competition Yesterday in the All-A ye Stake. NEWTON, \. (’., Nov. 21. The all age stake of the Eastern Field Trials club was concluded to-day. The com petition was very close and the dogs were notably of a high order of merit. 'The winners are: First, N. T. De pau’s. [jointer dog Jingo, a dog strong in ail the details of the competition; second, the setter Harold Skim pole, owned by W. B. Henze)l, Pittsburg,and third was divded between the setter dog Tony Boy, owned by N. T. Harris, Louisville, l\y„ and the pointer Tip poo, owned by Charlottesville Field Kennels, Charlottesville, Ya. The sulj serintion stake begins tomorrow. It has the following starters: Charlottes ville Field 'Trial Kennels, Tippoo and Deiui A vent and 'Thayer’s setter Cyno sure and Topsy Bod, Manchester Ken nell Company’ s Gleams Pink, Stod dard and KidvvelJ’s Tony Boy, X. T. Depaus’ setter Jingo, \\. A. Titus' set ter Miunie 'l'. The l nited States trials begin next Monday. A Big Fire in Chicago. CHICAGO. Nov. 21. — The Excelsior building, at Canal and Jackson streets, and an eight-story brick structure im mediately adjoining it. were com pletely' destroyed by lift* this after noon. Not less than thirteen valuable, manufacturing plants located in the two buildings were lost, inehiding the Shober-Carquev ille Lithographing Co., the Charles Etnereli Ffather Com pany and the large establishme.nt of Strauss, Eissendrath & Drom. 'The to- - tal loss is not less than $020,000.