Show OSMAN PASHA DEAD Hero of Plevna and Greatest Turkish Soldier of Recent Times Gone New York March 21A dispatch from Constantinople announces the death of Osman Pasha the hero of Plevna and tho greatest Turkish soldier of recent times He was GS years old His defense of Plevna against an overwhelming Russian force In 187C gave Osman foremost prestige Tlio In trenchments he caused to bo thrown up arrested for four months the advance of the Russians In three pitched battle he overcame the finest iroops of the Czars nrml sOn s-On July J 1 JK7G he inflicted a loss of 3000 kllkMl and wounded on his assaIl tints The next battle cost the Russians Rus-sians 170 officerS and 7130 men and the three days stubborn assault of Skobo lore later on when the Russian grenadier grena-dier 1 got within 500 yards of the trenches but failed to pass tho fatal lire one ended In a Russian loss of from 38000 to 20000 It was resolved to starve out the army of Osmium which originally numbered num-bered about noOOO men and an armor arm-or 120000 Russians completed tho In calmt1nt AL length fortyfive days after the close sloge had been established and 114 days aftor his own arrival at Plevna Osman determined Qn a des notalo Atwmjjttt t out his way through The strug lo vAis of the fiercest sort ljit nninvhbur bayonet lighting ended i I In thu Turks being driven back and 1 the JJefcmlur of Plevna surrendorrid vltli the lnr of uar |