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THE FLOOD
Waters of Mississippi Still
Rising Hundreds in
Great Peril.
IT WAS A NIGHT OF ALARM
An Island with 2,500 Per
sons on It, in Danger.
Long right Agnliiht the Wnter-OIIs-sissippi's
Levees (Jetting Weaker,
but mi Armv of Men Is Struggling
to Snvo Them.
New Orleans April IP.. A special
from St Joseph, La., Indicates that
the Dav Is Landing levee has not yet
given way, but the people there despair
of holding It. The hi caking of th
levee would mean the Hooding of Da
vis Island, whete .',500 people are In
grave pet II.
Last night was full of nlarms, hut,
dawn came without a single bleak In
the Louisiana line. The river Is rising
steadllj and weak spots In the levees
nre developing with gi eater lapldlty.
Thi Pecan Giovo levee in St. Bernard
has been found full of eraw fish holes,
nnd while It may be held this season,
it will have to be lebuilt. A number
of leveps across the liver have been
found defective', but an at my of men
nnd a mass of mutilal ate holding
them I p the stream, on the New Oi
lcans side of the liver, danger spots
have developed, hut prompt work Is
telling thirc.
CAMPING ON THi: LEVEES.
Tho planters along tho Bayou La
Pouiche ae camping on t.ie banks
aril marshaling th"ir foices for j.io
tectlon, and a weak levee line has been
held against what seemed certain in In
The gnat lesson has been to build the
lev ees higher and stronger and trust
less to the last moment, nnd the le
rult will be the oiganlzatlon of new
levee hoards and gieatcr activity In
the future. Still a greater lesson has
been that even the stiongest levees are
insufficient unless the base of the banks
aie properly declined.
The people behind the levees are
learning the lessons with full Intent to
prollt b them, but nre woiklng hiul
to prevent the newly acqulied knowl
edge proving too costly before It can
he put to use. It will he several dajs
before the highest water leaches
here, and by the end of tho
week the crisis should be passed, but
ndvei.se winds on the Gulf ma back
the water up nnd delay the praed-for
relief The liver washed over a num
bei of the New Oilcans levees yester
daj, ''Ut theie Is neither gieat dan
gei noi damage.
STEAMEU LOAD Or REFUGEES.
uksburg, Mls, Apill 13 The
etianur Like Palmyia has nnlved
with two h.iiges, boat and barges all
Joal d with lefugeos and the stock
from Sunllower liver. The people com
lnir out nre mos-tlv the fnnilllps nf
plantir, only few negioes being on
boaid The boat will return to that
section tudnj loaded with supplies. Her
passengeis lenort a very bad state of
affairs tlteic, but nothing like vhat
had been nppuhendtd, theie being no
loss of life The people have looked nf
tei themselves In tiue overflow style,
getting on lafts In some Instances and
Into the gln in otheis. There is gieat
loss of cattle, however.
Old planters sa the present ovei
flou is the vvoist they have ever known,
nnd tlu'ie Is much depression on ac
count of the fact that it will be Impos
fiil'it to make a crop in this section.
Th Queen and Crescent route has
bun tcmporailly unable to transfer
tin ns at this point, but will resume
thin week. Passengers, mails nnd bag
gage have been ferried over as usual.
HEAVY RAINS IN FLOODED DIS
TRICTS. Washington. Apill 13 The following
repoits have been lecelved today fiom
the depaitiucnt of ngilcultuie weather
bureau ofllclals In chaise of Uvei dls
trbts St Louis Mo. Steady fall nt St.
Li uis to about 27 feet by Thursday
MIsmuiiI will fall slowly and upper
Mississippi change but little south of
Keokuk, it will Use slowly to the noith
vvord, Cairo, 111 River stage this morning
49 2, a rise of 0 2 of a foot since Mon
day momlng River will remain prac
tically stationary until Wednesday.
Memphis, Tenn Flood situation
prai tlcally unchanged, river neaily
jEtationaiy heie Slightly Increased fall
nt Helena. Heavy rains throughout
this section last nlsht.
VIoksburg, Miss. High water record
broken heie today with stage at G1.3
and rising. Piivato levee at Davis
Bend, this county, very weak, nnd
probnbl vv ill succumb. Water causing
much inconvenience to warehouses
along tho levee heio.
New Orleans, April 13 General rises
below Vkksbuig. Cievnsse reported at
Davis Island nnd the entire Island un
der watHi, has neaily 3,000 Inhabit
wits, "0 per cent colored, no life or
stock lost, nil lemoved In tafety. City
leyees being stiengtherted dally and
work continues along tho lino.
Heavy inins occuned during tho past
tvventy.four hours in the basins of the
Central and Upper .Mississippi and Ar
kansas rivers Mid light rains In the
Ohio vnlley.
CHANGING ITS CHANNEL.
Omaha, Neb., April 13The Mis
souri river Is changing Its channel past
Omaha and in doing so threatens to
destroy property to the value of sev-'
eral million dollars Last night the
river hroko thiough Its bankB about a
mile above where It left tho old than
nel twenty years ago and Is today run
ning two broad sti earns across which
were yesterday fertljo market gardens.
Theie stienms run Into Florence lake,
a relic of a former cut-off. From Flor
ence lake tho water Is pouring Into Cut
Off lako and It now Becms only a
question of a few hours until East
Omaha Is moved Into Iowa and nil the
ptoperty In line of tho Hood Is swept
aw ay.
LEVEE GIVES WAY.
Vlcksburg, Miss., April 13. A despatch
was received tonight from Ashewood,
La., that the levee nrounrl Davis Islnnel
gave way at 11 a. m , today. The Island
will be entirely (submerged In n few
hours.
NEW JERSEV ELECTIONS.
Lnrgo Democratic Cains .Undo in
Somo hcctlons.
New York, April 13. As a result of
a decision of the Supreme court hand
ed down a few days ago declaring un
constitutional the election law passed
by the leglslntuto ln t spring, munic
ipal elections which should have been
held In Match were hold today In a
large number of cities and towns In
New Jersey.
Incomplete returns show more or less
Democratic gains. There was little ex
vitement and a light vote was polled.
In Pnterson, Newark, Orange, Eliza
beth, Hoboken nnd Jersey City large
Democratic gains have been made.
At Tienton and Rnhway the Repub
licans have elected their nominees for
tho principal olllces but have lost
ground In the board of freeholders.
OREGON AGROUND.
Another of Uncle Sam's Big Battleships
Has nn AccidentSecretary Long
lias Ordered an Investigation.
Washington, Apt 11 13. Woid reached
the navy department today fiom Com
mander A hltlng.ln chaige of the Puget
Sound naval station, Washington, that
the battleship Oregon has grounded
while approaching the dock Into which
she was about to go to have her bot
tom scrapeel and painted. The despatch
added that the cshol had bent her
frames (or ribs), nnd bottom plating In
the vicinity of the forward 'turret, but
It did not In any other way Indicate
whether the damage 'sustained had been
seilous. This will bt determined by a
thoiough investigation which Secretary
Lcng had ordered to he made by Naval
Constiuctor Capps, who was the gov
ernment lcproentatlvc at the Union
Iron vvoiks nt San Tranclsco nnd who
had been nont to Puget Sound with a
gang of men fiom the Male Island
navy yard to scrape and paint the
vessel. His ordeis nre to report tho
amount of damage done and the esti
mated cost of icpalr. Tho Impicsslon
at the navy depaitment i.s that an
accident occurred Home tlm yesterday
aftornoon and that later In the day
the ofllceifa of the vessels piobably suc
ceeded In getting the vessel off the
giound and Inside the dock. The Ore
gon had been In the water for over a
year and had been waiting for the
spilng tides to take to tho dock. She
was in command of Cantaln Barker,
who had Just been lelleved from duty
at the Marc Island navy yard and
was on his flist voyage In the Oregon
The Puget Sound dock Is tho only one
on the Pacific coast large enough to ac
(ommodate a ship of the size of tho
Oiegon.
The opinion of Commodore Hlchborn,
of the consti action huieau, fiom the
Information at hand is that the dam
age to the ship Is not sciious and even
should some of her frames bo bent that
neccstarlly will not lequlie more to
be repalied at the dock. Should this be
necesaiy however, It would requlro
considerable time, as mechanics would
have to go theie fiom the Mare Island
yaid.
The Otegon Is a first class battleship
built by the Union lion woiks, of San
Frat.cisco. and has cost tho government
nearly t0.000.000. She Is 318 feet lon
on her load water line, r,i feet 3 inches
extreme breadth, is of 10,228 tors dis
placement and had a crew ot 173 olfl
ccis and men
CRASH OF CARS.
Three Workmen Severely Injured in the
Accident Engine Had Left the
Train (her a Flying Switch.
New Yoil;, April 13. A train or pas
senger cais ran Into a car in which
several woiknitn weie sitting in the
Pennsylvania lallroad yards at Waldo
avenue. Jersey Cit , early today.
Three of the woikmen were seriously
hint. TIih train was side-tracked by
a locomotive, which made a "Hying
switch ' PlatformH were damaged and
windows bioken. The Injuied are:
SMITH, JOHN, 48, of No 234 Hay street;
hurt on tho head and breast.
HASBACH, GEORGE, 21 eais old. of No.
170 Hopkins avenue, cut abovo the
eo and his nose broken.
SMITH, CHARLES, 32 years old, of No. 203
Third stieet, bruised on tho body.
The Injuied were taken to the depot
In Jersey City and attended by Dr.
Falson. They weie taken home. Dr.
Falson said all would recover.
SUICIDE FOR LOVE.
Rosn Robinson's Parents Ohjcclcd to
Her Young .linn,
Cumberland, Md., April 13. A young
lady named Rosa Robinson committed
sulcldo at her home near Maysville,
W.Vn , by taking strychnine.
She Is bald to havo been engaged to
a young man to whom her patents ob
jected, whlcji Is pieaumed to havo
caused the act. She was 20 years old,
and belonged to a good family.
I'lills Ilplr to n Illg Fortune.
Nl'.es, Stlch.. April 13. William O, Shee.
merhorn, a farmer, residing near Three
Oaks, recolved a letter Satuiday from the
stato department ut Washington that ho
U a Joint heir to u fortune of $80,000,000
which cornea from Germany. There are
ovor 100 heirs to the eatato In the United
States. Sheormerhorn Is In needy clrcum
stances, Mnrvlnnd Heirs to n Turldisli Estate.
Baltimore, Mr,, April 13. John Racusin,
a wholeealo grocer, has nBkcd Senator
Wellington to invoko tho aid of tho state
department toward Ills securing his share
of the estate of nn unolo in Turkey In
Asia, who died recently, worth $50,000, Ru
cubUi claims to bo a legal heir, and is
afraid he wllV not get his Inheritance un
less tho state department ulds him.
THE SILVER MEN
ARE REJOICING
Appointment of a Bimetallic Commission
Was a Surprise.
IT WAS NOT EXPECTED SO SOON
General View of the European Situa
tion Not liright--Gcriunn Hankers
Mill Oppose tho Schomc--Sciintor
Woleott Anticipates Littlo Trouble
In the United Stutcs.-Mr. Steven
soil's Appointment Approved.
Washington, April 13. The announce,
ment that President McKlnley hns se
lected Senator E. O. Woleott, of Colo
rado, ex-Vice President Stevenson and
Geneial Charles J. Paine, ot Boston, as
a monetary commission to go to Europe
to further the cause of International
bimetallism, was a surprise. Such ac
tion was expected, but not so eaily.
The general belief has been that until
the tat iff bin had become a law noth
ing would be done on the currency
question either In congress or out of It.
The naming of the commissioners
wns the subject of considerable discus
sion about the capltol today. Almost
without exception the selections were
commended. Senators, legaidless of
paity, weie pleased with the selection
of ex-Vice Piesldont Stevenson. It ap
pears that this selection was the presl
dent'f own, no one appearing to utgo
his appointment, Tho piesldont defied
a Democrat who stood high In his party
and who was an earnest sliver man.
He sent for Mr. Stevenson nnd after
talking the subject ovei with him de
cided to make him a member ot the
commission. President McKlnley de
sired that the subject of International
blmetalllm should be lifted above par
ty politics and that the men selected
should be those who would woik In
hatmony toward bringing about nn
agreement. It wns also belleveil by the
president that tho name of Mr. Steven
son would give the commission groat
weight nbioad.
PAINE'S HACKERS.
Among the earnest advocates of the
selection of Mr. Paine were Senators
Hoar, Allison and Chandler, all o
whom talked with the president on the
subject, and lecommended him ns a
man who would materially aid the
cause ot bimetallism.
It has been generally conceded for
sometime past that Senator Woleott
would be one of the commIsIonei, as
his hardest work since the election has
been In the direction of bilnglng about
an Intel national agieement. Senator
Woleott is very hopeful of success. He
looks forwaid to haul work, but says
from what he learned while nbioad last
year he l.s most sanguine of lesults.
Senator A oleott believes that In the
selection of the commlt-sion, and espec
ially In naming Mr. Stevenson, a sil
ver man, and one vv ho supported Mr.
Brjnn, President McKlnley has con
vinced everybody that he i.s an earnest
bimetallism Bimetallism at homo and
abioad, he says, will be promoted by
this selection.
WILL UPHOLD SILVER.
Senator Woleott said today that gold
staudaid countrleu would oppose any
fuither depreciation of Sliver, and that
effoits were now being made to prevent
any further fall of silver in India;
alao that the demand for gold by Japan
In establishing a gold .staudaid would
oauei diain of gold fiom Europe,
which would be resisted b gold coun
tries In the United States Senator Woleott
nnticlpatcs little opposition to bimetal
lism. What opposition theio Is, Mr.
Woleott sa s, e-ome.s from the German
bankets of Now Yoik, who are already
fighting bimetallism and whose oppo
sition the commission will meet when it
goes to Euiope.
It is not thought probable that this
commission will go abioad for some
time. Mr. Woleott Is a member of the
fenate finance committee and Is busily
engaged In assisting in the revision of
the house tarllf bill. Until the bill Is
through the senate, Mr, Wolcott'H ser
vices on the committee will be needed.
Hence it is not piobable that the com
mission will begin active work for some
time. It Is the general Impression here
that Vice-President Stevenson will
accept the place on the commission, and
it Is probable that he has already been
consulted on the matter General Paine
is opposed to the United States undei
taklng to coin silver excepting by In
ternational agieement.
THE KNEIPP CURE FAD.
X Ilnrcfoot Sanitarium to Ho I'.stab
lishod .Near Hnbjlon, I,. I.
New York, April 13. A $100,000
Knelpp cure Banltailum, tho flist of a
large number of the kind to be uullt
In the country, will be erected near
Babylon, L. L, at West Deer raik.
The Knelpp Cure company Is at t he
head of the enterpilse and It Is In
tended ti elect r.Diltaiiums In eveiy
stato In tho union. Negotiations are
now pending looking to the building of
institutions at Boston, Asheville, N. C,
and other places.
Tho puie Knelpp euro will be taught
In all Its branches and President Hen
ry Chailes predicts the lapld spicad of
tho populailty of tho cure. lie says
tho "My water cure" of Father Sebas
tian Knelpp, seciet chamberlain to the
pope, will be given. Paddling about In
tho wet grass l.s only one fentuie of
the cure. In addition to the water
euro there la tho herbal treatment,
Knelpp diet and the wearing of medi
cated underwear.
TRAGEDY AT POTTSDAM.
An Aged Woman Burned Alivc--Fire
Stnrtcd from n Spark.
Potsdam, April 13 A tragic fate be
fell Mrs. J. Holmes, an octogenarian
resident of Holmes Hill, near Potsdam.
Mrs, Holmes was ono of the early set
tlers of that locality and tho village
where she lived was named In honor of
her family. For many years she had
been addicted to the use of tobacco
and vvhllo smoking her pipe, yesterday
sho fell asleep and a spark which
dropped from her clay pipe set fire to
her clothes.
When she awoko her garments were
a mass o- flames. Her screams at
tracted the other membeis of tho fami
ly, who hastily cxtinsulshed the Jlames,
hut not until tho greater part of her
body's surface had been burned to a
crisp. The old lady died jesterday In
awful agony as tho lesult of her in
Juiles. SEATS FOR I7.C00 PROVIDED.
Arrangements lor Spectators nt Dctll
cntiou nfGrn-.it llontimriit.
New York, Apill 13. Plans have been
completed for seating 17,000 people near
the Grant monument duilng the dedi
cation ccremonler nn April 27, and tho
work of erecting the stands will be be
gun Mem day.
The plans provide for three large
stands. The principal one will be built
about the tomb Itself nnd will face
south. It will contain the speaUeis"
platform, the official reviewing stand,
nnd w 111 be occupied ry the guests of
the city, President McKlnley. the diplo
matic corps, the higher ofllclals of the
army and navy, the governors of
etntes, nnd other distinguished per
sons. It will havo seats for 3,200.
SPANISH -VICTORIES.
Twenty-three Cubans, Including n Lieu
tenant, Killed Gen. Wcyfer Sends
Two Rattalions in Pursuit.
Havann, April 13. Captain General
Weyler, on ni living at SanctI Splrltis,
learned that Qulntin Bendeia, tho well
known Insuigcnt lendei, had passed tho
military line across tho province of
Pueita Pilncipe, from Jucaro to Moron
and the Island of Turlguano, before the
Alfonso XIII battalion occupied that
Island. The Insurgents succeedeil In
parsing through the swamp lands be
tween tho island and Moron. The cap
tain general has ordeied the Alava and
Vlnya battalions to pursue the enemy.
A skirmish with the latter has alieady
taken place at Plcojo.
The Insuigents left eight men killed
on the field, among them being L'euten
ant Dainlan Bonzalez, ns well as 1,000
cartildges, live Mauser lilies, a quan
tity of medicines, medical stoies and
the diary of Qulntin Bandeia, com
mencing on lbruary 3, at Vontus and
Casanovas, province of Santiago de
Cuba, and ending on Apill r nt Llan
nba. Bandeia was aecompanlcel by
only 150 men. The Barcelona battalion
has killed fifteen men in a sklnnlsh,
and It Is believed the latter formed
part of Bandeia's band or of dispersed
groups foimerly belonging to the force
commanded by Geneial Maximo Go
mez. The troops, in the engagement
with Bandeia's insuigents, had fifteen
men wounded.
The Spanish ciulser Relna Mercedes
sailed from this poit yesterday with the
chief of staff of the marine depart
ment, Frigate Captain Marenco, on
board, Is going to Inspect the coast of
Cuba.
JEFFERSON DINNER.
William Jennings Bryan the Orator at a
Celebration of the Great Democrat's
154lh Anniversary.
Washington, April 13 The one bun
dled and llfty-fourth nnnlversary of
Jefferson's birthday was cele-brated to
night at tho Metiopolltan hotel by a
subset Iptlon dinner given under the
auspices of the National Association oL
Democratic cluhs. William J. Bryan,
of Nebraska, the late Democratic can
didate for president, was the guest
of honor. Senators, representatives
and others conspicuous In the councils
of the Demociatlc paily weie piesent,
many of them fiom a distance Cov
eis weie laid for 200, and mnny were
denied seats for want of space at the
table. Governor Chauncty F. Black,
of Pennsylvania, the piesldent of the
association, pieslded. Upon his light
were Mr. Bi.van and Representative
McMlllln, who acted as toastmaster,
and on the lpft Senator Jones, of Ar
kansas; Repiesentatlve Bland, of Mls
soiu 1; Lentz, of Ohio, and Representa
tive Sibley, of Pennsylvania, and An
dievv Lipscomb, of Virginia.
Mr. Bryan was greeted with a lusty
cheer as he enteied the hall. The
toasts were proposed and bilefly le
sponded to except In the case of Mr.
Bryan, who spoke nt length to the
toist, "Thomas Jeffeison: We cele
brate the nnnlvorsaiy of his birth not
In the splilt of personal Idolatry, but
from regard and leverence for his po
litical principles."
POSTMASTERS APPOINTED.
Tift) -eight rourlh-Class Ofliccs Arc
Supplied.
Washington, April 13. Fifty-eight
fourth class postmasteis weie appoint
ed today. Of these thlit -eight were
duo to resignation, ono to death, six
teen to removals at the expiration of
four years' .seivice, nnd tlnee removals
for other causes. The changes Include:
Pennsylvania, Aldon Station, Charles
E. Moore, vice John Kennedy, removed;
Cross Grove, B. I. Wagner, vice Henry
Houser, leslirued, Fnrmers Valley, .1.
C. Stull, vice Patrick II. McGIll, resign
ed, Modena, J. Piatt, vice Israel Ten
nis, reslgntd, White Deer, Cyrus Leln
bach, vice Chailes W. Bilntzsghoff, ie
signed. Republican Victory in Now .Jersey.
Trenton, N. J., April 13 Tho election
hero today resulted In a Republican vie
tory. Welling G. Slckel was elected major
over Henry VanUovecr, Democrat, anl
Linton Sattcrthwnlt, Citizens League, by
a phuallty of about 2,500 Satterthwuit
received ubout 2,000 votes out of a total of
12,000. C. Harry Baker was re-elected tax
receiver by 2,000 over Harrison F. Eng
lish, who was nominated by tho Citizens'
Loaguo and endoi&ed by tho Democrats.
Lost His Horses by Sleeping.
Now ark, O, April 13. A Pennsylvania
freight train, cast ot Newuik, killed L.
D. Miller's two UorFcs, but lot Miller ort
with a broken leg. .Miller was nsltepMnd
his team was ulng the track for a road,
having traveled r.inrly-a mllo on tho rails,
Nominations Confirmed.
Washington, April 13The cnato1n ox
ocutlvo session toda contlrmed the nom
inations of Alfrc 1 E, Buck, of Georjn, to
bo minister to Japan; nnd James Boyle, of
Ohio, to bo conul at Liverpool.
StrongN Veto Povveiless.
Albany, N. Y,. April 13. Tho senate to
day passed tho Giooter Now York charter
bill over-Maor Stiong'a veto, 31 to 10. The
assembly, took similar action yoeterday,
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MEETING OF THE
M'KINLEY CABINET
Gossip Concerning Term of Assistant
Treasurer Jordan.
CALLERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Business in Congrcss-Tlic Appro
priutiou Bills 'J' hat railed to Bc
coino Lnws nt Lnst Session Will He
Taken Up mid Passed Agniii--IIor-gau's
Speech on Culm Concluded.
Wn3hington, Apill 13. Tho cabinet
meeting today was short and unim
portant. The term of Assistant Treasurer Jor
dan In New York expires before the
end of the month and the-question of
his successor was discussed by the
president and Secretaiy Gage.
Ellis II, Roberts, vv ho held the place
during the Hanlson admlnlstiatlon, Is
a. candidate, and the retention of Mr.
Jot dan Is also under consideration.
There were a large number of calleis
at the white house before the cabinet
assembled. Among the more promi
nent were Senators Piatt, ot New
York; Quay, of Pennsylvania; Hnnna,
of Ohio; Pioctor, of Vermont; Spooner,
ot Wisconsin; Hlklns. of West Virgi
nia, and half a hundred members of
the lower house.
Senator Fairbanks and Repiesenta
tlve Johnson, of Indiana, who was one
of the unsuccessful candidates for the
assistant secretaiyshlp of the navy.
Mr. Hlllott Is willing to take some
thing "equally ns good" and would bo
glad to be appointed to an audltoishlp
or the place of register of the treas
uiy. Repiesentatlve Pickler, of North Da
kota, who was strongly pressed for
commissioner of pensions, was at the
white house. Rumor new connects his
name with the position of commtsslon
ei of Indian affalis, but thy Wisconsin
delegation, who have been uiglng W.
A. Jones, say that this place lias been
pie-einpted by the latter.
IN TIIH SENATE.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, today
concluded his long speech on tho ie-,o-lutlon
declatlng that a state of war
exists In Cuba, lie did not usk for a
vote on the lesolutlon, but announced
that he hoped to secuie a final vo.o at
an eaily day
The bankiuptcy bill was taken up at
3 o'clock, Mr. Lindsay, of Kentucky,
defending the measure against criti
cisms made ngalnst it. Dining the
day Mr Davis, of Minnesota, m il-man
ot the committee on foreign lelatlous,
gave notice that he would endeavor
on Thuisdny to pioceed with the arbi
tration tieaty in executive session.
An 'agreement has been reached
nmong the leaders of the arlous par
ties In the senato under which the
npptopilatlon bills which failed to be
come laws at tho last session of con
gress will he taken up nnd passed.
The Indian bill will be called up by
Senator Pettlgrew tomorrow, and as
soon as It Is disposed of the igiioul
tLral nnd sundry civil bills will bo con
sidered. The general deficiency hill
has not yet been reported.
LIL HAS MADE NO REQUEST.
Tho Kx-Quecn's Secretary Denies n
Report Published in Washington.
Washington, Apiil 13 A local paper
this morning published a statement to
the effect that ex-Queen Lllluoknlanl
had requested President McKlnley to
Interfere nnd lequlre a new election of
a piesldont for the Hawaiian lepubllc
In which ovent sho would be elected
president by a practlcplly unanimous
vote of the people.
The prlvato secretary of the ex-queen
thlsafternponmakcj a public statement
that the entire stoiy Is without foun
dation and that Lllluoknlnnl has asked
and proposes to ask no International
Interi entlon In her behalf.
' STUDENT'S FOOLISH ACT.
A Cornell I'rosliiunii .llnrrics n oung
Woman of Unsavory Character.
Ithaca, April 13. L. J. Campbell, ot
Warwick, N. Y, biought his college
cireei' to it, sudden close when he left
for his home accompanied by hb fath
er, who was well nigh crazed by tho
ectlon of his only son and heir who
had been sent to Cornell to obtain a
practlcnl education, having entered Sib
ley college to tako a course In mechan
ical onglneoilng. This was his fresh
man year, ho being only 18 years of
nee. Young Campbell became infatu
ated with a yountj woman named Jcs-
m
slo Coombs, aged 22, who cam" hero
fiom Buffalo some four weeks ago and
took up her res!flenco In a house ot
111 repute On Filday last the young
man insisted upon the girl accompany
ing him to Owego, which is about 40
miles fiom Ithaca.
The girl states that she was only
pei-suaded to accompany him when ho
threatened to blow out his brains if
she refused. She also furnished the
money, somo 514, to pay the expenses
of the trip. Arriving In Owego the
couple weie mairled nnd returned to
Ithaca. Aflei his leturn young Camp
bell requested a chum to write to his
father, telling; him tho full particulars
of what was done, with the result that
the distressed parent arrived In Ithaca
estrday morning. The Interview be
tween the two wns very affecting, and
It was with the greatest dlfllculty that
the lad was pi evented from shooting
himself, so great was his mental
stre-s.
The father finally prevailed upon his
on to pack his effects nnd return to
his liomo. The newly wedded wife
was left uehlnd.
SHIPS OUT OF C0AMISS10N.
Tho Crews of Old Vessels Will Ho
IMnccil on Now Boats.
Washington, April 13 With the ap
proaching completion of tho battleship
Iowa and of a number of the small gun
boats tho need of moie men to man the
vessels of tho navy Is made apparent
and to meet the needs of the service
It not being possible to increase the
number of Tailors, Secretaiy Long Is
about to put out of commission several
of the big oiulsers so as to bo ablo to
use their men to make up the crews
for the newly acquired vessels.
Tho ram Katahdln Is aliady out of
commission and as soon as the- Giant
monument ceiemonles are over In New
Yoik the tripple screw ciulser Columbia
piobably will be laid up. Her sister
ship In the fleet,, Minneapolis, will
follow to dock. She Is now In Europe,
hut will come bnek In a shott time.
With the ciews of these vessels the de
partment will have nearly a thousand
men available foi tho other ships. Cap
tain Sands, of tho Columbia, was in
consultation today with Secretary Long
on the subject.
KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
Wilbur !lodcn, Who Avenged His
Sister's M tongs, Is .llurdcrcd.
Louisville, Ky., Apill 13. A special
fiom Mlddlesboioiigh, Ky , says; News
has been received lit to that the body of
Wllber Bayden, who shot and killed
Thomas Hayden, the betiayer of his
(Bayden's) sister, was found hanging
to a limb near the Tonncsee line-.
After killing Hnydcn, Bayden c-s-caped,
nnd as, ho had many lntluentlal
friends to nkl him, ev ery one thought
ho would eeape fiom the country, but
tho Haydens, It Is thought, followed
him and oaptuied nnd hanged him.
- - -
Cignrctto Conspiracy Cnso Ends.
Montreal, Apill 13 Tho action ngalnst
tho American Tobacco company of (Cana
da for Lonpplraey, taken by V. M. Fortlcr,
tho Canadian tobacco manufjctuier, has
been dismissed by Judge Dugas, who holds
that the company has a perfect right to
lnlst that tho dealnrs who wish to han
dle Its cigarettes shall not hundlo the
goods of any other mnnufactuiei.
Lnrgo Lund Owner Assisns.
Wooster, o April 1". John Auston, the
laigest land owner in P'vln township,
inailo an assignment this evening to Fred
crltk Haller. Assets, JW.000; liabilities,
f 20,100.
THE NEWS THIS 3I0UNINU.
Weather Indications loJaji
Showers; Coaler,
1 (aonetnl)-Grcil.s and Turks Resort to
lnrbarlsm.
MUslshlppI Itiver Still Causing Incal
culable Damage,
Sivcr .Men Are Jubilant.
Business Tiansictcd In Congress,
2 (State)-Stuto Capltol Bill Ready for
the Governor's Signature.
3 (Sports) New Points on the National
League Race.
Trout rinlilug on tho Pocono,
4 Editorial. '"IMl'TJ
Washington Gossip, ,
5 (Story) "Manager of Hearts." T
C (Local) Six Lurid Bear Tale?.
Hearing Evldcnco In tho Dambroslo
Murder Case.
7 (Local) The Commissioners and tils
Constables.
Wost Side Board of Trado's New Otll
con. 8 West Sldo and City Suburban.
9 Lackawanna County Nows. ;
10 'Events In Neighboring Countlev ""r
Whitney's AVeekly News Bud3Ct. ,,r
rinancial and Commercial. "'(
BARBARITY
Cretans and Turks Resort
to Fiendish Acts The
Reign of Terror.
COMPROMISE IN THE AIR
Turkey Is Becoming Friendly
to Greece,
Xon-Com missioned OfTicor Impaled"!
Outside tho Port nt Cntien--Turkislt !
Troops Arc Lining tho Country to
Waste iu tho Vicinity of Hpircus..
I'ropnrntions nt Artn.
London, April 13 The 'A1tlien? corre
spondent of the Dally Chronicle eayat
that compromlso Is evidently In tho
air. Tut key Is showing hersolf excep
tionally friendly to Greece, and It h$
believed in diplomat'? circles that they
two parties, If left alone, would sottla '
the affair in ns many days.
Advices1 from Uplrcus represent tha
situation there ns a lelgn of terror.
Tho Turks nro laying tho country'
waste with fires and swords. Tho Valv
o Jnnlna has ordered every Christian
to give tho Turkish army ten sheep ana'
a bullock.
Canon, April 13. Whllo fifty Turkish.,
soldiers were landing to lelnforce thqf,
forces at Klssamo the Greeks fired om
the boat. Several shots struck an Aus
trian boat, which was assisting, where
upon two Austrian and ono Turkish!
gunboat bombarded tho Greeks and!
lepulsed them.
It is said that tho Cretans' recently
impaled outside the fort a Turkish non
commissioned ofllcei' whom they liai
captured.
It Is an open secret hero that by the
end of the present week nt least 10.0001
Greek "Irregulars" will bo In Mace
donia. Albania and Eplius, thus j eaily
making successful steps In a warlike;
direction befoie, possibly, a shot Is fired
In leal earnest between tho "regular"
forces of either country, Greece, It will
thus bo seen. Is gaining advantages
eves)- hour and Is pushing forward
her ii regulars under tho pretense of;
ma.ntalnlng the status quo In obodl
enco to the representations of the powd
ers. Tho Turkish minister nt Athens, yes
terday, called the attention of M'.
Skouzes, the Greek minister for foreign
affairs, to tho departure from Greeeu
of fuither "Irregular" forces into Ma
cedonia, complaining of their being
able to "evade" the Greek troops. Tho
reply which he lecelved was Rlmllar to
tho one pieviously mado by the Greek
piemler, M. Delannls, namely, that
Giceco might make the same complaint
ns to the vigllanco of tho Turkish
tioops, "unless there was a suggestion
of connivance between the two armies."
The next Important movement vvhlcls
will be heard of will be fiom tho Greek!
headquatters at Artn, where tho banksi
and piluclpal stores, etc., aro closing
and lemoving Into tho interior and ev
ery other preparation possible Is being;
made to get out of haim's way beforei
the war begins in earnest. j
2,000 MORH READY. '7,
At Aitn, It Is well known here, a)
foice of about L',000 men, organized by;
the Hthnlko Hetalrla, has either started
for Tutklsh teultory or Is making tho
final preparations for so doing. This)
body will bo divided Into six separata
detachments, each ably directed and
having a separate destination, with tho
view of raising the Hag of the, Cross. In
a ceitaln locality, lnci easing Its num
bers as much us possible and harassing;
the rear of tho Turkish force which
will be dliected fiom Jnnlna against
tho Greek icgulars who will operate
amongst the Tuiks fiom Arta. Tha
Greek government has given "strict
oi dors" to stop tho departure of "Irreg
ulars," but, It Is semi-ofllcially ex-
plained the Greek commander at Arta,
Colonel Manos, is "unable to spare men
to Intercept them," Nobody ever ex
pected he would bo ablo to "spare?
men" to do so.
Reports fiom Arta also show thatj
should open hpstllltles break out In tha
near futuie tho Greeks will probably
be ablo to snatch at least' several tem
poral y -victories from tho Turks, as thi
Greek positions are much sttouger than
thoso of the Turks, who, owing to tho
recent heavy lalns nnd boad roads, will
havo much dlfllculty In communicating;
with the base of supplies nt Janlna,
even If tho Greek "Irregulars" aro not!
In their rear for the purpose ot prevenU
lnc them from so doing. ,
SAVED BY A BICYCLE.
Editor Pickett Hents Dentli Himself
in n Record-Brcnding Knee.
New Haven, Conn., April 13. Colonet
Chailes W. Pickett, editor of tho Now
Haven Leader, had a lively race to
day for his life on his bicycle against
tho action of poison In his sybtem and
the blcyelo won.
Colonel Pickett had taken an over
dose of arsenic solution by ml.stake. Ha
cw allowed about 100 drops; 25 will kill.
When ho discovered his error ho
mounttd his wheel, scorched to tho
neaiefct physician's ofllco and procured
nn antidote In time to iwo his life, Hu
Is considered out of danger.
.Undo HI by Wild Pnrsiiips.
Lima, O, April 13 Thrco school chil
dren, named Tucker. Barkalow and Ians.
nto wild parsnips this afternoon and It is
feared two of them cannot recover.
The Herald's W cuthor I'orccnst.
Now York, April II In tho Mlddl
states and New Buglauil today, partly;
cloudy, mild weather will piovall, with
fresh to brisk southwesterly otnl westerly
winds nnd neaily stationary temperature,
precodod by rain In tho northern districts,
followed by fal weathor. On Thursday.
In both of theno suctions, fair weather w III
piuvall, with slightly lower followed by;
higher temperature and wontorly, winds.