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WAR WILL BE
CONTINUED
Intervention Between Tur-
key and Greece Is
Impracticable.
THE POWERS STAND ASIDE
Must Await the Defeat of One
of the Combatants.
More righting in Tliossnly-.Tiirkish
Cuvul ry Reported to Ilnvc Occupied
Volo--Crcclis Defend Vclostlno.
If Volo Falls the Army's I'osition
"Will lie Dcscrntc--Osmnn l'nshrt
on His Wnv to Jnnlnn with Thirty
Thousand Troops.
London, April 30. It is scml-offlclal-ly
stated that there is reason to believe
that 'European Intervention between
'Turkey nnd Greece In the present posi
tion of nftalrs Is regarded as wholly
lmprneable, both Greece and Turkey
hnvlng resolved to continue the war,
The powers are thus obliged to stand
aside until one of the combatants Is
Anally defeated.
Athens, April 30. It Is announced
thot the Turks have been completely
repulsed at Vclestlno.
General Smolensk! has asked the
crown prince to congratulate the
troops.
London, April 30. The Evening News
this afternoon publishes a. dispatch
from Constantinople, dated today, pay
ing that the Turkish cavalry occupied
Volo yesterday evening.
Rome. April 13. Dispatches from
Athens announce that advices received
at Athens from Volo say that a terrible
panic prevails there, nnd that It the
place tails into the hands of the Turks
the situation of the Greek army is des
perate. . Athens, April 30. The-courage of the
Greek army Is. reviving1. The crown
prlnco Contfantlne Is visiting the vari
ous camps and inspiring1 confidence
and hope. General Mavromlchall, late
chief of the Greek staff, has left the.
Greek camp nnd Is returning to Athens.
In the direction of Trlkkala the
Greeks have two battalions of 'Infantry,
several batteries of artillery and a
squadron 6t cavalry.
The Turkish authorities are striving1
to urevent tho excesses of the Turkish'
soldiery In the towns. The Turks have
destroyed six guns found at Larlssa.
It Is announced that the headquar
ters staff of the Greek army at Phar
salos has been completely changed.
General Macrls and Colonels Saponut
zakls, Mastropas and Antonaldes have
resigned and started for Athens,
The action between the Turks and
Greeks which began yesterday at Val
estlno, about ten miles west of Volo,
was continued today. General Smol
ensk's brigade Is fighting bravely, and
lias repulsed repeated charges of the
Turkish cavalry.
Constantinople, April 30. The Valll,
of Salonlca telegraphs that a band of
Greeks has been rounted by the Turk
ish troops near Pravlshte. Ten of the
Greeks were captured.
St, Petersburg, April 30. Count
Maurleff, the Russian minister of for
eign affairs, and Count Goluchowskl,
the Austrian minister for foreign af
fairs, have dispatched Identical notes
to the Russian and Austrian represen
tatives at Belgrade, Servla; Sofia, Bul
garia, and Bucharest, Roumanla, and
Cettlnje, Montenegro, expressing satis
faction at the correct attitude which
the governments of those count! les
present during the present crisis, ndd
ing that this attitude harmonizes nil
the more with the wishes of the two
sovereigns', the czar and Emperor
Francis Joseph, as they are firmly de
termined to uphold universal peace and
the principle of the status quo.
Athens. April 30. -At a cabinet coun
cil held today it was decided that the
minister of war, Colonel Tosamodos
and the minister of the Interior, M.
Theotokls, should proceed to Pharsalos
in order to ascertain the condition of
the Greek forces there.
TURKS RESTORE ARMS.
Constantinople, April 30. The Turk
ish government Issued the following
announcement today: "Edhem Pasha
telegraphs that the first division occu
pied Trlkhala on Wednesday. 200 con
victs were released nnd armed on the
previous day and 20,f)0o rifles were dis
tributed among tho Inhabitants by the
Greeks, who also permitted the pillage
of arms and ammunition, The Turk
ish commander ordered the arms to be
.restored under severe penalties,"
London, April 30. The Dally Mall
publishes a dispatch from Larlssa dated
Wednesday which sayst "A battle has
been proceeding near Trlkkctla, upon
which the Turks are fast advancing.
They are Miperlor in force and hope
to cut off the Greeks there. It Is re
ported that they have already occupied
Trlkhala nnd Volo; but there Ib no
official continuation an to tho latter.
"The inhabitants are relurnlns hero
rapidly; business Is being resumed
and confidence is restored. It is the
general opinion that the war will con
tinue; but nil agree that the morals
of tho Oreeks have been ruined by a
shameful fhjht and that they nre not
likely hereafter to offer serious resist
ance.' TROUBLE AT ATHENS.
Insults Are Heaped Upon .Members
of tho Itoynl Family.
London, April 30. The Standard's
correspondent at Athens says:
"Last evening as the Crown Princess
Sophia was returning from a visit to
the. ambulance hospital, she was hissed
and Jeered by the crowd which forced
her to return to tho hospital. Tho roy
al carriage was then summonsd and
the princess drove to the palaco at the
top of tho speed of her horses.
"The royal arms have been stripped
from the carriages in order that the
occupants may drive about unrecog
nized, and thus avoid similar experi
ence. As another Indication of popular
feeling, I may point out that many of
the tradesmen who have been wont to
display the royal escutcheons in front
of their shops have removed these,
"While a pi lest was offering pravcra
for King George and the royal famllv
in one of the prominent churches today
(Friday) he was Interrupted by pro
tests from the congregation. The ring
leaders were arrested, but tho disorder
was so great that many women fainted
In terror."
Athens, April 30. During tho la-st
twenty-four hours the Turks have al
most been forgotten. Nothing Is
thought of but the cabinet crisis. M.
Delyannls has -countersigned the de
cree dismissing his ministry.
The new cabinet Is composed equally
of members of M. Raid's party nnd of
followers of the late M. Trlcoupls, the
latter holding the most Important port
folios, War, foreign affairs, finance and
the Interior.
AT A1ERCY OF THE TURKS.
Volo Ilns Not liucn Cnpturcd Yof
Lnrissn in n Nominal Condition.
Larlssa, April 28. (Delayed In trans
mission.) Volo has not yet been cap
tured, but the town Is practically nt
the mercy of the Turks. The Greek
tactics are difficult to understand. It
Is asked hero why, If the Greeks in
tended to retire to Pharsalos when the
Turks entered the plain, they did not
destroy the telegraph lines, bridges nnd
food supplies, as well as unexploded
mngazlnes, and why they did not take
the guns, Instead of leaving here al
most everything necessary for a great
army.
Inasmuch as they lost their heads, It
Is not thought likely that they will of
fer an effective resistance nt Pharsa
los to the victorious Turks, whose mor
als, discipline and conditions are splen
did. The people of Larlssa are gradually
returning. There Is not tho slightest
disorder. No one Is allowed In the
fctrcets at night without a permit. Im
mediately Volo is occupied by tho
Turks, Edhem Pasha will transport
supplies here from that point. The
Turkish transport service Is excellent.
Wo are now over 100 miles from the
base of Turkish supplies, yet there has
not been the slightest hitch.
There Is great activity in the Turk
ish camp, but military considerations
prevent me from Indicating the move
ments which are proceeding.
Athens, April 30. Midnight. A tele
gram Just received here says that a
great battlo has been fought nt Veles
tino between a Turkish force of S.OOO
and General iSmolenskl's brlcade. The
dispatch states that the Turks were re
pulsed with enormous losses.
RETREAT AT EPIRUS.
Greeks Arc Abandoning All the Posi
tions They find Occupied.
Athens j April 30. The retreat In
Eplrus Is confirmed. Tho Greeks are
abandoning all the positions they had
occupied except Salagora. Phllllplada
Is among the places evacuated.
The new minister of war lwfore
starting for Pharsalos, submitted to
King George for signature a decree
recalling the chief of staff, Colonel
Sapountzakla, whom the Delyannls
cabinet, despite Its promise would not
recall because the crown prince had
declared, that he would consider such
a recall a personal affront to himself.
London, April 30. A dispatch to the
Times from Larlssa, dated Tuesday,
says:
Volo surrendered last evening (Mon
day) to a force of Turkish cavalry. The
garrison yielded up Its arms without
resisting.
Tho railway between Volo and La
rlssa is being restored, the Greeks
having torn up the rails during their
flight on Saturday. Eleven large
guns were captured by the Turks on
their way to Volo and all the wnr ma
terial In the town has fallen Into their
hands.
WHOLESALE HANGING.
Six or Seven Negroes Are Lynched
(or Terrible Crimes Committed
Down In Texas.
Houston, Tex., April 30. For three
murders, assaulting two girls and
burning down the humble home of their
victims and incinerating the bodies, six
perhaps seven negroes last night
suffered the death penalty at the hands
oi a mob of their own race.
Last night nt 12 o'clock a mob of
rc-groes took from a room at Sunny
Side, Tex., where they were guarded,
Fayette Rhone, aged 21; Will Gates, 35;
Lewis Thomas, 20; Aaron Thomas, 13;
Jim Thomas, 14; Benny Thomas, 15, the
four latter being brothers, and Will
William's, all negroes, and hanged the
flist six named to nn oak tree. The
seventh was hanged, but has disap
peared. Several shots were heard
shortly after the mob took them from
the room and he may have tried to es
cape. Tho negroes all confessed to
having murdered Henry Daniels, an
old negro, his stepdaughter Marie, and
a 7-year-old child, burning the bodies
of tho two eldest by Betting fire to tho
cabin where the crime occurred, and
throwing the little one's body Into a
well. Old man 'Daniels had tho pro
ceeds of a robbery which the Thomas
boys had committed, and they demand
ed It of him under pain of death. They
outraged the grown girl and the 7-year-old
girl and then killed both.
British Geologist nt Cumbcrlnnd.
Cumberland, Md April SO. Sir Archi
bald Qeike, director jrencnU of geological
surveyu of Great Britain, accompanied by
a party of distinguished American and
Canadian eeologlsts, arrived yesterday
morning. They visited the mines In the
vicinity, and last night Governor Lowndjs
tendered the party a reception.
illnimlnucliter Verdict for Dulln.
S.stervll!o. W, V., April 30.-Robert
Dulln, of Washington county, Pa,, who
has been on trla at Mlddlcbolirne for
th killing of William Polndexler, was to
day convicted of manslaughter and sen
tenced to three year In tho penitentiary.
An appul will likely be made.
ARDUOUS WORK OF
MAKING A TARIFF
How the Endless Wcnryloz Task Is
Accomplished.
PLACING THE FINISHING TOUCHES
Days nnd Nights of Ceaseless Jug
gling with i'li;iircs--Intcrriiptcd nt
All lIcnriURi--Tho Siiu-Coniinittco
Still Itcccivo Suggestions.
Washington, April 30. Of nil the
tasks that fall to the lot of a legisla
tor that of framing a tariff Is the most
arduous and tho most exacting. Elev
en Republican members of the ways
and means committee of the house
worked nt It nil winter, nnd came to a
tlnal decision with regard to some of
the mo3t Important schedules only, on
the very night before the bill was re
ported to the house. From that day
to this four KepubJIcan members of the
financo committee In the senate have
been at work with even closer applica
tion. They are revising the production
of the house committee and getting It
Into shnpe. They have had It In hand
now over tlvo weeks, and It will be at
least a week more before they will daro
to launch tho bill Into the troubled sen
ate sea.
The four senators who are devoting
themselves to the thankless task nre
Allison, Aldrlch, Piatt and Wolcott.
Two of them nre from New England,
one from the middle West nnd one from
the far dlstnnt regions of mountains,
wool and silver. These men are the
wheel horses. They do the drudgery,
sltupnUhts with schedules nnd experts
and wear away the days In listening
to a never ending procession of claim
ants for consideration. There Is one
other, also n New England man, who
would be a member of the group if he
were a little younger, and who Is cog
nizant of every step that is taken by
his associates. This is Morrill, of S'er
mont, the father of the senate, whose
mental grasp nt 87 Is as strong as that
of any of his colleagues, but who has
been spared by them tho killing work
of petty detail. His counsel la of the
greatest value, and no Important step
Is tnken in the preparation of the bill
unless he has first given his advice.
It 13 fitting that this should bo so, for
Mr. Morrill Is not only the father of tho
tennte, but the father of Republican
tariff legislation as well. It was he
who framed the (list Republican tarijt
measure while nt the 'head of the ways
and means cpmmlttee ,at the outbreak
of the war, and every tariff since that
day has been based on tho Morrill bill
as a foundation.
Senatois Allison and Aldrlch spent
the day In placing the finishing touches
to the tariff bill. They were the only
members of, tho sub-committee In the
city. The bill has been completed In
all essential particulars and now only
remains to be put in shape for pre
sentation to the Democrats. The sub
committee Is still, however, receiving
suggestions from other senators.
Messrs. Quay, Penrose, Foraker and
Smith being among those who called
today.
The members of the sub-committee
declined to reveal the changes agreed
upon to the enaorlal callers. In
deed, senators generally are as ignor
ant of the amendments agreed upon
as is the general public and It Is safe
to say that the report will contain
many surprises.
LIVELY AT HONOLULU.
Looked nt First ns Though the Japanese
In Hawaii Would Try to Take Mat
ters Into Their Own Hands.
Honolulu, April 30. The nrrlval of
thtt Philadelphia and the news from
Japan of the popular rage over the re
turn of the Japanese immigrants have
combined to make things lively here.
The Japanese native press Is calling
upon the government to send a war
fleet to Honolulu. At the Instance of
Count Ohuma, the navy has decided to
send a warship to Hawaii with tho
double view of pacifying Japanese resi
dents and demonstrating Japan's de
termination to the Hawaiian republic
that her subjects must be treated fairly.
The Japanese foreign office has In
structed the board of emigration at
Kobe to 6 top the departure of emi
grants for the 'islands at present. The
greatest indignation Is expressed over
the refusal of the Hawaiian govern
ment to land Japanese emigrants who
came here on the steamship Shlnshu
Maru. Two of the Influential newspa
pers in Yokohama advise that tho
Shlnshu Maru be sent back to Hono
lulu with ull the rejected passengers In
company with several warships, and
that a demand be made upon tho Ha
waiian government to permit the eml
grants to land. Should the demand be
refused, they say, Minister Shtmdmura
should bo Instructed to open strong ne
gotiations. It also suggests that the
Japanese government should demand
compensation from Hawaii.
The Chuwo says that a telegram has
been received by the Japanese authori
ties to the effect that England has sent
an Intimation to tho United States gov
ernment that she objects to the pro
posed annexation of tho Islands. Not
much stock Is taken In this story here.
Another report Bays that the United
States legation at Toklo Is carrying on
voluminous telegraphic correspondence
with Washington, and the opinion Is
expressed that tho Philadelphia matter
has already caused a rumpus In diplo
matic circles.
The cruiser Philadelphia arrived In
port on the 17th Inst, from San Diego
after a pleasant run of nine days. Her
arrival caused much excitement on tho
streets, ns the report had been current
that her mission was to reseat the ex
queeu on her throne. As days have
gone by and nothing 6f interest has
occurred aboard the cruiser other than
formal visits of the various diplomatic
agents or the occasional court-martial
of deserters, the foolishness of this re
port has become npparent.
Admiral Bcardslee and his officers are
as reticent an they were while tho ship
was coaling at San Diego, but It has
leaked out that the true missions of
the Philadelphia la to protect American
citizens and their Interests In the
Islands in case of trouble with Japan.
The llrm action of the Hawnllan gov
ernment, not only In refusing a permit
to tho Shlnshu Maru immigrants to
land, but subsequently In turnln back
from these shores nearly 1,000 other
Japanese: who had sought admission
here, convinced tho local Japanese that
the Hawaiian government was In car
nesjtand knew exactly what it was
about.
COTTON BUSINESS GOOD.
The Mills Are Better Employed nnd the
Demand Is Apparently Increasing.
Wheat Is Depressed.
New York, April 30. R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
In spite of moderate improvement in
most of the great industries, business
Is disappointing. Expectations of
speedy end of war in Europe through
Turkish victory have helped to depress
grain. Demands of Austria and China
have caused exports of 6,000,000 gold,
merchandise Imparts are greatly In
creased und final action of congress on
the revenue question seems most re
mote. Wheat lost last Saturday nearly two
cents but baa fallen since that day
about 5 cents. This Is birgely because
European markets did not sustain the
expectation of a great foreign out
break of war and Ik cause events ap
peared to foreshadow speedy' peaee.but
the tidings from wheat growing states,
tho receipts from firms and the enor
mous exports of corn nil had Influence.
The exports of gold would not have
much Influence If there were not an
extraordinary Increase In meichandlHc
Imports and some decrease In exports
from New York, for the last week and
five per cent, for April. Imports have
Increased about sixty per cent, over
last year for the week and for four
weeks have been SO per cent, greater.
Reports of pending negotiations be
tween the Illinois Steel nnd Minnesota
Iron company point to an Important
change ns possible. Prices of Mcsabl
ore have not yet been established
though ore better than Faynl has been
sold at $2.45 to $2.S0 und pig Is weaker.
Bessemer at ?9.50 with one sale of
2,000 tons for $9.23 at Pittsburg, and
grey forge at $S.uOj Nulls are about
five cents per keg lower, and tin plates
five cents per box, and eastern quota
tions are frequently shaded to secure
business. A heavy sale of lake copper
l reported at 11 cents and lead Is a
trllie weaker.
There Is more business In cotton and
woolen goods nnd a little better tone
in prices, somo cotton and'somc woolen
goods having slightly "allvanced with
out general change The mills are
rather better employed and tho demand
Is apparently increasing, though not
enough In wool to Induce manufactur
ers to purchase.
TO TELL THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
James AI. Gordy, the Convicted Nur
dcrer, .Mnkrs n Confession.
Georgetown, Del., April 30. James
M. Gordy, the convicted murderer of
his wife, Mrs. Lawls, of New York,
was visited today by Rev. R. F. Col
lins, of the Methodist Episcopal church
and Rev. J. H. Ewell, a Methodist
Protestant minister, to whom he made
the following statement:
"I am innocent of the crime with
which I am charged and for which I
am sentenced to die. Fourteen years
ago, I Joined the Methodist Episcopal
church near Gumboro, near which
place I was born. On the day "on which
I am to hang1 I will tell a complete
history of my life."
Gordy then went on to say that he
desired certain hymns to be sung and
that he would further place where he
pall-bearers and the place where he
desired to be burled. He requested
that the sermon over his body be
preached by Rev. A. Green, pastor of
the new Methodist church.
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CUBANS STARVING TO DEATH.
Refugees Driven to the-Towns Unuulo
to Get I'o'oil.'
Havana, April 30; Advices from Car
denas, Matanzas, 'ShnCtl " Splrltus. and
other towns In tha western provinces
report the greatest suffering among
refugees. At Matnn7as a-liu't was forc
ed open the other day- and a family of
five, consisting of a mother and four
children, one of thema-'lnere, babe, was
found dead, all of them hiving actually
starved to death. Fifteen or twenty
deaths have occurred in the last week
In the streets there refugees dying in
the roadway.
At one place the correspondent saw
a group around a big kettle, in which
were the remains of four or five big
Berpents, which had been killed and
SKlnned, and which were being boiled
for the htarvlng persona to eat.
The situation at Sanctl Splrltus is
said to be fearful, over 500 persons hav
ing died there from actual starvation.
Those in the camps are so weakened
that they cannot fight for their food,
and tho stronger always get the lion's
share.
Grnnd Lake's Return.
St. Johns, N. F April 30 Tho steamr
Grand Lake, which arrived today from
Halifax, eaw nothing of the mls.f.ng boats
of tho foundered schooner Valllanl, It is
now believed that all fcre lost. Tho .Man
tiff, the last of the eeallng Heat, put Into
port this of tornocn badly damaged. b'ho
had several fest of water In her hold, nnd
as only ono pump waa available, her ciew
had tho greatest dlfllculty to keep her
afloat.
Dim Lumont'N Prospects.
New York, April 3. In Wall btriot to
day the Impression prevails that Daniel
S, Lamont will )o elected president of the
Northern Pacific Railroad company in a
short time. This assumption Is based on
tho belief that certain Interests are wor.
Ing tu that end,
Accidents to Colorpd .Urn.
Cumberland, Md Atril 30. An un
known colored man was struck by a train
on the Raltlmoro and Ohio railroad at Or
leans and Instantly killed. Another un
known colored man fell In attempting to
board a freight In Cumberland and was
dangerously hurt,
llurglnrs Sentenced nt Cumbcrlnnd.
Huntington, W. Va., April 30. Edward
Jordan and Ed low Jackson were each
entenced to tho penitentiary today for
a 'term of two year. for burglary, Jor
dan is but 14 years old, and has escape 1
from the Btato Refcrm school three times.
SECRETARY. GAGE
WILL CALL IN BILLS
New Silver Certificates Are to Be
'Destroyed.
THEY WERE EASILY COUNTERFEITED
In Addition to Doing Easy to Imitntc,
it is Snid That They Are. Very Un-populnr--Tho
Dills Woro Consid
ered Triumphs of High Art, but
They Lnckcd the Snfc Guards for
tho Prevention of Counturfbitlnc.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Washington, D. C. April 30. Secre
tary Gage has decided to call In and
destroy tho last Issue of the $1, $2 and
$5 sliver certificates. He claims that
In addition to being easy to counter
felt, thfy are decidedly unpopular. It
cost the government about $25,000 to
make the plates for the three notes
named.
They were, considered triumphs of
high art by Secretary Carlisle and
Claude Johnson, the superintendent of
the bureau of engraving and printing,
but as a matter of fact they lacked
many of the safeguards for the pre
vention of counterfeiting nnd for the
protection of the commercial commun
ity. Engravers are now nt work on
new designs, and are expected to com
plete them In a short tlm
BREAKER BURNED DOWN.
It Was Owned by Canavnn & Stokes
and Was Erected Less Than
a Year Ago.
The little coal breaker of Cannvan &
Stoken on the bank of the Roaring
Rrook between Gibson and Myrtle
streets was entirely destroyed by a fire
which broke out about 1 o'clock this
morning. The damage Is estimated at
SS.000 and Is said to be fully covered
by insurance. It was impossible for
the firemen to do anything toward
staying the progress of the flames as
there are no lire hydrants in the vicin
ity and it was difficult to get any flrc
apparatus near the breaker.
No cause is assigned for the origin
of the fire. The watchman, John
O'Harn, raw tho reflection of the Green
Ridge fire jand went up on the hill
above the breaker to locate it. When
he was returning he saw flames burst
ing from the windows of the screen
room of the breaker.
The 'breaker was built less than a
year ago and was supplied with coal
from a drift that ran Into the hillside
nnder Nay Aug park. The coal pre
pared was disposed of entirely to tho
local retail trade. None ot it was
shipped by rail. The colliery has been
Idle since Tuesday when the twelve or
fourteen hands went on strike because
their money had not been forthcoming
on the regular pay-day.
The office and oil and powder houses
which were within fifty feet of the
breaker were saved as the wind was
blowing the flames In the opposite di
rection. TENNESSEE EXPOSITION.
President McKinley Will Touch a But
ton In the White House and
Start Machinery.
Nashville, April 30. Four thousand
two hundred men are at work today,
putting tho finishing touches on the
Tennessee centennial exposition, which
will be open for the reception of vis
itors tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock.
A heavy rain fell last night, and tho
skies are overcast today, but the of
ficials are working with undnmpened
ardor, for the weather man predicts
fair weather for tomorrow.
The city is gaily decorated, and ev
ery Incoming train adds to the throng
of visitors. Director General Lewis
says the first day's crowds will find
more In perfect readiness than they
can see In twelve hours. The Inaug
ural attendance, the conditions being
fair. Is variously estimated at from
35,000 to 50,000.
Work on exhibits will ho continued
In nil the buildings under electric light
tonight. The ceremonies at the open
ing tomorrow will be very simple.
The civic iarade will occupy the early
morning hours In the city, ending at
the groundb, where brief addresses
will be made by exposition, state and
city officials. Exactly at noon Presi
dent McKinley, seated In the white
house, will touch the button, which
will, by electric current, set tho ma
chinery of the exosltlon In motion.
This exposition Is nearer ready for the
opening than any other ever was.
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
Goods Rushed Tliroue.li to Avoid the
Proposed Ilich Tnriir.
New York, April 30. The receipts of
duties at tiie custom house today
amounted to J2.40S.829, which is tho
second heaviest day this year. Tho
largest amount was on March 15, when
$2,nC7.U7f was paid In. Tho total pay
ments durlni; April amounted to $17,
711,302.97, as compared with $17,6i3,586.
03 during tho month of March.
There was paid today on goods with
drawn from bond $1,277,006, and on
stralgh't Import entries $1,131,223. Pay
ments on sugar aggregated $COO,000. On
tobneco most of which was drawn from
bond, the total payments were nbout
$600,000.
IN PUBLIC PUBLIC PRINTING OFFICE
Probability That 3,000 Positions
Will lie Mndo for Itcpuhlicnns.
Washington, April 30. Tho govern
ment printing olllce, with Its three
thotiband places, will probably be plac
ed outside of tho restriction of the civil
servlco law by the opinion of the nt-tomey-general.
In that evnut posi
tions! will be available to many men
who are now seeking patronage and
finding It not, because of the obnoxious
civil sen-lea law. Public Printer Pal
mer has called the attention of the
attorney-general to an net approved
Jan. 12, 1S93, which provides for the
employment of workmen In the govern
ment printing offlco who uro skilled In
thelt branches as shown "by trlnl of
their skill under the direction of the
public printer."
This law lias been referred to the
attorney-general with the request that
he give an official opinion concerning
It. In order that the public printer may
bo cnarled to Ignore the sweeping or
der nf President Cleveland, and here
nfter, under the act quoted, employ
people after a "trial of their skill un
der the supervision of the public print
er." It Is understood that tho attorney
geiioral believes and will officially say
that under tho law quoted the public
printer will be at liberty to make ap
pointments regardless of tho civil ser
vice law and executive orders of Presi
dent Cleveland. There arc many men
In Washington who came hero expect
ing high positions and have been dis
appointed, who would be very glad to
receive appointments as laborers or
watchmen In the government printing
ofl'.co.
LEFT TO FATE BY LOVER
An Unfortunate Young Woman Seeks
Death by PolsonDcscrted in a
Strange City, Without Funds.
Trenton, N. J., April 30. Deserted by
the man she trusted, disgraced and left
penniless n a strange city, many miles
from home, a handsome girl gulped
down a deadly draught of laudanum
at the Trenton house. The unfortu
nate is Miss Dorothy Armour, of Pitts
burg. Pa,, and she is being cared for at
the Florence mission, where she lies In
a precarious condition, as the result of
her attempt at suicide.
Miss Armour anlved at the Trenton
house on Tuesday afternoon with a
well dressed, good-looking young man.
The latter stopped at the office and
wrote upon the register: "Harry O.
Malnes and wife, Pittsburg, Pa."
The couple were assigned to room No.
13 by what seemed fate. They seemed
devoted to each other. The girl was so
attractive and refined looking that she
drew marked attention, and when It be
came common rumor among the hotel
habitues that the pair were bride and
g'room, ndded Interest nttnehed to them.
On Wednesday morning the 'young
wqraan appe'ared in thfe dining- room
unescorted, and when Proprietor Katz
enback made Inquiries ho learned, that
"Mr. Malnes had gone to New York on
pressing business, but would return
later," Wednesday evening the young
woman, feigning Illness, requested a
waiter to purchase a drachm of laud
nnum, which he did. Later In thV night
moans were heard from No. 13 by a
passing porter. The door was broken
open, and the young woman, known as
Mrs. Malnes, was found lying uncon
scious on the bed. Dr. A. C. 'Burroughs
was hastily summoned, and after sev
eral hours' labor he succeeded In par
tially reviving her. She was then re
moved to the mission.
From what can be learned the young
woman Is highly connected.' Despite
the efforts of the police and Proprietor
Katzenback to conceal her identity
and the story, It was learned that the
young couple had eloped and came to
this city. During Tuesday night there
was a scene because the young man
refused to carry out his promise to
marry the girl he had brought with
him. She was without funds or friends,
dishonored and heartbroken. Believ
ing her lover would return, she re
mained until Wednesday evening, and
then, becoming convinced that she
had been deserted, the young woman
determined to end her life nnd took
the laudanum.
The police are anxiously searching
for the missing young man.
BOAT COLLISION.
A Dominion Lino Hont Runs Into n
I'lat Crnft.
New York. April 30. The Old Domin
ion' line steamer, Guyandotte, outwe.rd
bound for Norfolk, when off tho bat
tery this afternoon, collided with a
Pennsylvania Rnllroad company float.
The float wns loaded with freight cars,
which weie dumped overboard by tho
foice of the collision.
Onei of the men on the float was
drowne l. No injury was apparently
sustained by the Guyandotte, and she
1 roceedtd on her voyage.
Gored Twice by n Hull.
Huntington, W. Va.. April 30. An in
furiated bull attacked George Morrow
While ho was patalng through un open
fli", Bering him twice. The vicious ani
mal woeld have killed Morrow bad not
neighbors shot It.
TIIE NEWS THIS MOUNING.
Weather Indications Todiy:
Rain; Cooler; Southerly Winds.
1 (General) Tho War Between Greeco
and Turkey Will Bo Continued.
Floods Check Business West and
South.
Silver Certificates to Bo Called In.
Arduous Work Is Tariff Making.
2 (Sport) Scranton Again Victorious
Over Syrnc-uk,
3 (State) Investigating Destitution In
tho Mining Regions.
4 Iklltorlal.
Washington Gose'p.
5 Social and Personal.
Religious ami Charitable.
G (Local) City Assessment Under Dis
cussion. Two Jer.ninss Cures Argued.
Thirteen Bad Democratic Votes.
7 (Local)-Bulldlng Permits for April.
8 (Local) West Side and City Suburban.
9 Lackawanna County News,
Financial nnd Commercial.
10 (Storj)-"Tho Wedding of Kato Came.
gte."
The Best Ten Short Poems,
11 Interests of Women and the Home.
12 Sights of tho City of Msxlco,
Honor to Ilo Paid the Cnbots.
Amoi. York Smith.
13 Mlw Kaiser's London Letter.
The Story of American Coals.
11 Tho Journal of a Scmmer Journey,
Now TUilnga In tho Way of Wheels.
15 Notea from Gwal'a
Resume of Rocent Inventions.
10 Neighboring County News,
FLOODS STOP
ALL BUSINESS
Trade Stopped in the West
and South Oklahoma
Under Water.
DANGER AT ST. LOUIS
More Levee Breaks Near New
Orleans Enhance Its Peril,
Rcstigouchc Snimon Strcniiis Ilnging.
Houses WnshcdAwny nnd Bridges
I)cstroyctl--Scrious Stntc of All'uirs
nt LI Reno--No Riillrond Trnllic in
or Out of tho City Since tho Mood.
Whcnt Uninjured, but Corn Will
Need to no Itcplniitcd-OIany Calls
for Help.
El Reno, Okla., April CO. The flooii
of the North Canadian river ls falling
almost as. rapidly as It rose, and thl.t
morning the wnter has so far receded
frpm the bottoms that the farmers aro
returning to their homes. All bridges
have been swept awny, however, and
as the highways are practically Im
passable, it will be some day before
ordinary business can bo resumed.
There has been no railroad traffic In
or out of the city since the Hood. It la
believed that generally wheat has not
been Injured by tho excessive rains,
but corn will mostly have to be replant
ed. Oats and potatoes are unhurt ex
cept in plnces where the Hoods washed
awny the soil.
Oklahoma City, April 30. Owing to
washouts and destruction of bridges by
floods neither the Santa Fe or Choc
taw railroads have run any mall trains)
into or out of the city during the past
sixty .hours. Both roads promise to re
sume traffic on Sunday next.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, April 30. The river Is
19,4 feet,, but the highest water Is still
far off, and tho engineers predict that
from 20 to 21 feet will be reached. There
was a third break In the Buras Leveo
nenr the Gulf, but all the crevasses aro
being leisurely closed. Up ut Bayou
De Glazes, In the Atchafalaya district
there were two small breaks, but they
were closed with wonderful rapidity.
The levep in front of tho telegraph
ofl'.co at Gouldsboro, the Texas and
Pacific terminal across the river,
ploughed and cracked and looked
if it did not have another day's exist
ence. Tho railroad forces went to
work at once, built a wooden break
water in front and filled In behind, and
by night It was comparatively safe.
A crevasse that would inundate tho
three towns of Gretna, Gouldsboro nnd
Algiers, the residents not only helped
repair yesterday, but arranged for an
alarm signal, which would send tho
whole population to the rescue. Thero
are a number of other low and weak
spots on the La Fourche side, and tho
levee and railroad officials and Captain
Derby, of the United States engineers,
made a tour of the line nnd decided
to raise the entire system three feet,
the government forces going to work
today.
On this side ot the river the Pont
chartraln supply train has been going
from G In the morning until 7 o'clock at
rilght, answering tho many calls for
help. The planters aro more than
awake, and work Is going on In every
direction. The situation on Bayou Lo
Fourche has once more become serious,
DANGER AT ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, April 30. Tho river gaugo
registered 29.U feet today, Just one
tenth below the danger line, a rise of
1.2 feet during the twenty-four hours.
Points above here, on both the Missis
sippi and Missouri rivers, show a de
cline, but local Forecaster Frankenilcld
suys thnt these will continue here un
til tomorrow morning, when the gaugo
will show 30.5 feet of water.
For a day or two the river here will
remain statlouaiy. The Mlssout! will
fall slowly, and tho upper Mississippi
will fall, except at Clarksvllle, south
to where a further slight rise will occur
today.
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MORE BODIES RECOVERED.
Guthrie, Okla., April 30. Five more
bodies were recovered todny from tho
debris left by Wednesday's disaster In
West Guthrie, being those of Georgo
Owens, Mrs. Charles Rufllns, Henry
Simmons, Mrs. Watson nnd child.
Scores of organized searching parties
are at work, but progress Is slow,
since tons of debris must be dug over
in the search. It Is believed that tho
rushing wnters of the Clmmurron river
concents many corpses. The Clmmnr
ron Is two miles north of this city and
when the Hood came tho waters of
the Cottonwood Joined It. The Clm
marron's bottom coutnlns quicksand
nnd It is ono of the mysterious sti earns
In the country. It Is literally Jammed
with wreckage and the bodies of dead
animals. Farmers are fishing out and
carrying oft tho wreckage by carloads.
Over 1,600 homeless people nre being
cared for by tho city.
Division Superintendent Dolan, of
the Snnta Fe railway, states that traf
fic will be open to tho south by tomor
row morning. Over four miles of the
Santa Fe roadbed was washed out.
The bodies of the deud will be burled
tomorrow.
The Hcrnld'N Mouther rnrrrntt.
Now Ytrk, May l.-In the Mlddlo States
and New Bngland today, purtly cloudy,
cooler weat)'r will prevail, with fresh
variable winds bromine northerly, fol
lowed by ruin and possible squalls on tho
coasts north of Cape May this afternoon
or tonight. On Sunday, In both of theeo
rectlons, partly cloudy to fair weulhor
will prevail, preceded by rain on ttio Now
Kngland coasts with northerly wind bo
coming variable and Jowcr, followed tyi
rlsintr temperature.
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