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THE WAR IS ON.
Turkey Ends All Dip'.omf.ie
With Greeet.
Relations
Assim Ilcy.thc Turkish minister to Greece,
has handed to M Skour.es, the Greek .minis
ter of foreicn uffuirs, tbe following note:
"In consequence of the aggressive attitude
of Greece, diplomatic relotions between the
king of Hellene ntiil his i in rial majes
ty, tlx- Suitan i f Turkey, and tin Ir respective
government nn hereby broken off.
The Greek Minister at 1'onstnutluople and
the I i reck ou-uis have been ordered to cpiit
Turkish territory. Fur the same rtiuon the
Turkish cotsuls in Greece lmvo been recall
ed to Constantinople. Within n fortnight
from the time i.I this announcement nil
Grek siih;ects must !i-ao Turkish territory.
Ottoman subject- now on Greek territory
have been invited to liuve it within the sumo
period.
GREECE AND TURKEY.
The Irrepressible Conflict Demanding
Settlement.
The actual fighting already reported be
tween Turkish and Greeelnn forces nud the
declaration by Turkey that a !-t.it of wnr
exists does not preclude a last attempt of the
powers to reac h n truee and au amicable nr
raiiKi'iiient for the future, but it i.i improb
able it will succeed. The Turkish govern
ment dt-lures 11 state of war exists by the
aetion of Greece, while the Greek govern
ment proclaims that the expected luvusion
of Greece by the l urks is the beginning ol
the war, with the Turks as the aggressors.
Itoth sides are anxious to make it appear
that the other in the aggressor. They are
playing for position In view of the declara
tion o! the powers that the aggressor should
not be the gainer, whatever the Issue of the
conflict. Hut events will determine that. It
was merely a bit ol intimidation, in the in
terest itf pence.
' he Kuropean powers were, and still are,
sincerely desirous of averting war as en
dangeriug the pence (,f the continent, jtm,
like th "Irrepressible onfliet" in America
preecoding the eivil war, the question at is
sue will not down, iheviireof a kind, as
concerning Grt rce mid Turkey, that I'lin be I
settled in only one way, just as it wits with
slavery nud secession in the United states.
It np pears to be conceded that cm hind, by '
the force of superior numbers, the Turks j
wiii at first be siicvcs-tul. while the Greeks
will eotumaud the sea and will be able to
blockade Turl.ich ports, promote Christian
revolt in outlying Islands and provinces ami i
cut off supplies. T in- pressure of the powers
on Greece by their Interference in Crete and I
and other ways will bo withdrawn ns soon i
as the war is fairly on. There, must be neu
trality or participation In the war. When It
breaks out friendly concert anil peaceful pres- I
sure must end. This will leave (i recce open to
the active sympathy unil muterial aid that i
will pour in from nil parts of F.urope. While :
at the onset the Turks may have the ndvant- 1
age on laud, a few mouths may change, all '
that, (ireeee will be on trlnl" before the '
world, and the courage and traditions of the
people and the aspirations of a glorious I
nationality may soon change the scale. The i
ultimate success id the Greeks and the driv- I
lug of the Turks from Luroptt are the re- i
suits hi: try teaches us most likely to cotnc I
about. I
TURKEY BACKED BY TOWERS.
Germnny Especially ii Eager for War, a- d !
Blamei Creeoe. j
The war was declared by Turkey with the '
couulvanc of the powers, especially of Gcr- 1
many, who etlgmutiy.ed tho Creek' raids as !
insupportable provocations nnd casus v belli, j
Consequently dreece wil( lie ifickcd on ns
the aggressor, Militarv experts believe ,
Greece will be defeated 6n land but victori
ous at sen. Nevertheless, no matter how
disastrously the war may end for dreece,
she will lose nothing.
Turkey's Apology for Wr.
An ofllc da I communication to the newspa
pers stat-s that the imperial government has
spared no puins to preserve the pein e, but
that Greece, liavlug sent troops to Cn-te m
defiance ol the wish of the power, and hav
ing U'gua hostilities on the frontier, has
compelled Turkey to defend her integrity
and to retaliate by nn act of wnr. The min
ister of war has given explicit orders to F.d
hem Pa.-dia. in accordance with lh" imperial
Irado approving the decision of the council
and adopting the plan of operations formu
lated by the militarv commission. The trade
throws tlm entire responsibility for the war
upon Gre.e. IMhcni Pasha Is authorized j
to take immediate action, defensive or olTcn
slve. In accordance with this pluu and In the .
exercise of his best judgment. j
The Greek Government has addressed a j
note to Asslm Hey, expressing surprise nt i
the allegations contained in his note to M.
Skour.es, and pointing out facts proving that ,
Turkey is the aggressor. The Government I
disclaims all responsibility for any events !
that may now occur. j
WAR BULLETINS. !
The remaining Turkish fort at l'revcsu nns
been destroyed by the lire of the Greek war
ships, and the position of the Turkish forces
becnine uutenaole. Four thousand Greeks
landed at once to occupy Prevesa. Prevesa
was a Tvrkish fortilled position north of the
entrance to the gulf of Arta, It was protect
ed by several forts, which the (ireek
bombardment has reduced to ashes.
Two thousand Albanians who started Into
H i.u .1 .l I i . , I
Greeco with the expressed Intention of reach.
lag l.arissa, have recmssed the frontier nud
are now ruvnglng F.pirus.
Firlug recommenced Monday morning be.
tween the (ireeks and Turks at several points
along the frontier.
Cob M;inos. at the head of J5.000 Greek
troops, luis crossed the river Arakphos, on
on the frontier of Eplrus, and entered that !
part of South Albania, lifter having driven :
dack the 1 urkish advance posts.
A dispatch from the Greek hcnd.iunrtcrs
I.iiris.-a, says that three important positions
were occupied near Menexu Monday by the
Greek trmps.
Prince Nicholas of (ireeee. Ihe third son of
Klug George, has beeu ordered to the front
In command of a buttery of artillery.
UNCLE 8AM F0ROINO AHEAD.
Official Statiitici Show That He Ii Gaining
on John BulL
The bureau of statistics of the State De
partment lias just received from the printer
the annual "lleview of the World's Com
merce," a volume introductory in the com
mercial relations of the United States with
foreign countries. I
Frederic F.tuory, chief of the bureau of '
statistics of the state Department, says the 1
figures establish the significant fact that the .
foreign trade of tint United States lost year '
showed a steady Increase Iu the export of
manufactured goods, the percentage of such
ox ports rising Iroin J4.'.'3 ror cent In lsciij to .
'J5.01 last year. .Meanwhile the percentage j
of agricultural expoits d' Cllned slightlv, :
from (i7.5H to 07.31. ' ,
Mr. Krniiry llnds additional confirmation
of the relutivety rapid advancement c,l the 1
forcigu trade of the United States Iu some
figures presented to the P.ritlsh I'arllann til
by the llritish lloard of Trade, showing that
while Great llritaln still retains her b ud :
ever oiuer cwuniries in exports of manu
facturers, the United States is advancing at
ttOft rapid pace tbau the mother country.
FOUGHT THE WHOLE DAY.
Battles on tha Greek Iron tier Utwhieh the
Losses oa loth Side Wert Heavy.
A fierce battle began Friday morning at
Karya, north of Tyrnavoo, at.d S hours' ride
from Elassola, Macedonia. The Sixth army
corps was the Turkish force engaged. The
(ireeks crossed the frontier Thursday even
ing and on Friday morning became eugaged
with four Turkish batlu:lcs. which drove
them back after some sham lighting. The
Creeks then took up a position on a crest of
kills and at intervals of about two hours re
newed their attacks, the Turks standing on
the defensive. The correspondent saw M
l urk loh wounded brought to the rear and
the bodies of live Turkish officers.
1 Li re was a hot battle In Milouna pass all
Saturday night The O reeks encountered
several Turkish battalions, which repulsed
them, and at the pottit of the bayonet res
cued the force garrisoning the Turkish block
house, which the (ireeks had encircled before
euteriug the pas. Neshad l'nslia. com
manding the tilth division, occupied Mount
1'arua with a great force, while Hairi l'asha
commanding the sixth division, prepared to
enter the Tchaishuu pass, and lluldar Pasha,
with the fourth division, occupied the,
Milouna pass. Indole dawn Kdheru l'asha
rode out to direct the disposition of theso
divisions.
A general crgacement ensued Sunday
morning, over 140,000 men being eugaged.
The combat turns on the possession of the
(reek block house, which was most obstin
ately di fended. Several vigorous attacks
wero made by the Turks without success, but
about 11 o'clock, by a magnlllcent dash, they
took the block house at the point of the bay
onet. The (ireeks are still defending their
positions on the summit of the hill. The
Turks are lighting like lions, the Turkish
artillery doing splendid execution under the
, cummand of lliza I'usba. lliipii Pasha was
killed.
' The (ireeks have captured the Turkish
positions from Nezeros to Koutrn on the
Macedonian frontier, and the Turks are in
full retreat toward the interior, where their
forces are massing. The batteries at Meuexa
ceasea tiring at 11 o clock to-night.
hi the fighting on the frontier, the Turks
have occupied Ana and Kuilouna, but they
have not succeeded In taking Kata. The en
gagement at Milouna pass was of the fiercest
character, and the losses were heavy on both
sides. The Turks destroyed two pieces of
(ireek artillery. The (Ireeks captured an
entire battery from the Turks.
The Turkish batteries at Uivern, on the
north shore of the liull of Arta, where, ac
cording to the treaty of Herlin, the Turks
had no right to erect fortifications, fire on
and sunk the (ireek steamer Macedonia as
she was entering the (iiilf of Ambriicin. The
ship was tun ashore in shallow water and
her crew esenj ed. but the captain was se
vereiy wounded. Six hours previously the
Turkish forts lit l'reversa opened n hot lire
upon Actium, which wits garrisoned by 500
men. The Turkish lire completely destroyed
it, several of the garrison being killed and
wounded. The (ireek commander commu
nicated by teiegraph with Athens and was
ordered to open lire on l'rcvesa. and the
same instructions were sent to the (ireek
Meet In the (iull of Ambrueia.
MANY VILLAGES CAPTURED.
Various Important Strategic Points Occu
pied by the Greeks.
Turkish reports that the Greek irregulars
have been driven out of Macedonia are false.
The report of the capture of Kipurbythe
(ireeks is conllrmql, Greek Irregulars have
won victories at various points. Chief lav
ells has taken Sitovon, a town of consider
able strategic Importance. Au ltnllan force
under Colonel Cipriani has captured Zlovof.
After sharp lighting another column of
Greek Irregulurs drove the Turkish regulars
before them and took tho Macedonian vil
lages of Anakontra and Kannkoutra.
The Greek irregulars now hold all of the
four roads lead nor fr, tilt t)l( 'I ll tBII I 1 11 II ftVl
tier in the direction of (irevenii, the Turkish
enter. The rouds of Thessr.ly lire excellent i
for military operations, but on the Turkish
' side of the frontier the reverse is the ease.
' F.very strategic point has been occupied by
I troops.
j At i'rikliala there is another Greek army
, corps numbering about ii.ooo men. In ail
the Greeks nave about HO.OnO regulars unci
j some ilO.nOO Irregulars on the frontier; tuit
they count a great deal on reinforcements
to their armies through risings in F.pirus,
Albania ami Macedonia.
I 'l'he Turks, on the other hand, have about
! I.MUhIO good. well-eiuipped troops In line.
, (Jf these 44 battalions are lleilifs raised in
I lloiimella, in all about :i),000 men, who lire
i divided Into two reserve divisions.
At Monastir Hying columns have been
formed to watch the Servian frontier, and ail
the supplies possible are J(.ng pushed for
ward to the three Turkish divisions at Flas
. noun, Greveuu and Jumna. Tho Turks are
weak In cavalry, having only about H.huo
mounted men on the front!' r. They an1
however, very strong in urfillerv and Infan
try. The transport corps is well organized,
field telegraphs have bivn laid between nil
Important points, artesian wells have been
bored at F.iassoini and the broken bridges
in Macedonia have been repaired as much as
possible.
Tho Turkish forces nt Salonic.'i have con
structed a line of redoubts round the gulf
and down the Aegesn cons', of Kateiinn.
Krupps anil Armstrong guns have been
mounted behind those defenses, and a line
of 30 torpedoes has been laid across the
bay from Cape Koru. The discipline of the 1
lurklsli troops is beyond praise. 1 he Greeks
however, are not iu anything llkt ihe state
of efficiency of the Turks, although they
may at preseut seem to bo uuiinnted by more
warlike enthusiasm.
THE HIGH WATER CONTINUES.
Miiiinippi Levies Ara Still Holdine. B ut I
D i
Breaks Aro Expected.
I The gravity of tho situation nlotig the '
Louisiana levees Is not lessened. The water
, Is still tearing out the leveo nt Delta, La.. I
i and so great is the overflow that tho gauge
at icksbiirg, several miles north of Dolta,
shows a decline. Other breaks are expected,
but from meagre reports received at an ;
early hour thu levees were still holding, !
though caving at several points.
1 he encouragement for lh" people In this
section is the full at Cairo, which has been
comparatively rapid. At Memphis there Is a
slight fall, oue-tentll of an Inch. '1 he water
in the St. Francis basin is slowly falling, as
it is in the Deitn. Destitution urouud Nat
chez and Vlcksburg Is increasing.
A dispatch from New Orleans says: Tho
river here has come to a standstill practical
ly, belug l.y Monday morning. The situn- i
IO. (i nt f 'a..lll,.n ...... A...l.t......l .11....- I.. I
tion at Carrollton was considered distinctly
alarming, and telephone instructions were
hurriedly setit for men and materials with i ration of neutrality. Our commercial Inler
which to arrest the rapidly soltetiitig levees. 1 ests with (ireeee and Turkey are very small,
"in we" mrii irtcsiinsT 111 roilKU inc SItChH
1,1 the biilkhcading. A force of men were
put to work driving pickets nnd in tilling
bulkheads, nnd It was reported that any im
minent duug'T of n collapse of the levees at
Carrollton had been arrested.
CUBANS NOT YET SUDUED.
Weyler Preparing for Further Days of War
Iu view of the approach of the r.iln. sea
son, ("apt. Gen. Wejler has ordered the erec
tion of an inllrmnry on the trochu aud the
extension of thu military hospitals, New
hospitals wilt be constructed ut Trinidad,
Snsilda, Isabella und Sngiia. The captain
general has ordered the demolition of nil
bouvs Inside the cultivation zone, on the
fieory thut the peasants will remain at night
in the block houses and remove their fami
lies to the towns. In this way, says Weyler,
the regulars wiii not be exposed to tha risk,
in eases of insurgent aggrvssisn, of shooting
women aud children.
utis fii mum cipiiii
NOMINATIONS.
Th President of Xichigaa University for
Minister at ConstaatinopU.
The President sent these nominations to
the Senate: James IS. Augcll, of Michigan,
the be Minister to Turkey; George D. Mclkle
Jofau, of Nebraska, to be Assistant Secretary
of War: John 11. Wight aud John W. Iloss to
be Commissioners of the District of Colum
bia: Seligmnn liros. to be special lluauclul
agents ol the Navy Iepnrtnient at London.
Ir Angell is president of the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor, which position he
has held since 1H71. lie was the first great
coilegiiite instructor to put into practice the
co-education of the sexes. Jr. Angel I was
bom in Scituate, It. I., in 129, and during
the war was editor of the Providence, (K. l.,
Journal. From lHuo to 1K71 he was Presi
dent of the Fuiverslty of Vermont. From
June, lSeo, to February, 1882, he was Minis
ter to China, lie represented the United
States In preparing some of the treaties with
China for the exclusion of Chinese laborers,
and was one of the representatives of this
this country in negotiating the New Found
land treaties, which failed of ratification by
the senate. Dr. Angell is a Congregational
ism and his nomination was sought especially
by the members of this church, which has a
greater number of missionaries in tba Turk
ish fluid then any other denomination. It is
expected by them that he will give especial
attention to the protection of American mis
sionaries in Turkey.
The Senute conllrmed Warren S. Ileese,
.Tr.,of Alabama, to be United States Attorney
for the Middle district of Alabama: Thomas
11. ltnrnes, of Arkansas, to be I'nited States
Attorney for the Western district of Arkans-
us: Pliuv L. Holier, to bo United States At
j torney for the Northern district of ludluu
I Territory: I.. O. C. Dana, to be postmaster at
Colorado Springs. CoL
The nomination of ex-Congressman Meikle
john to be Assistant Secretary of War was
brought about by the declination of James
Martin, of Vermont, to whom the place hud
been otfered. Mr. Meiklejohn lias served
two terms in Congress, representing the
Third district of Nebraska, lie is about 40
years old and a native of Wisconsin. He has
been prominent in politics in Nebraska,
having been a member of the Legislature
mid Lieutenant Governor of the State. He
has been chairman of the Jlepublicun Stutv
committee in Nebraska.
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY
Recommends Hearty Participation in th;
Universal Exposition.
The President sent the following message
to Congress urging It to make suitable pro.
vision for adequate representation of the
United States at the Paris exp ositton:
"I transmit herewith for the consideration
of tho respective houses of Congress a report
of tho Secretary of State representing the
appropriateness of early acllon liiordr that
the government of the United States uiiiv be
mauled to accept the Invitation of that of the
French republic to participate in the unlver-
sin exposition to no li"l'l in 1 arts In l'Jvo.
The recommendations of this report have
my most cordial approval, nud 1 urge upon
the Congress such tinjely provision for this
great international enterprise as will
littiuglv respond to tho Widely testilled
wish and expectation of our iuveu
tors nud producers that they may
have adequate opportunity again, as in the
past, to fortify tho important positions they
have won ill the world's competitive llelds of
discovery nnd industry. Nor lire the tradi
tional friendships of the United States and
France and the mutual advantages to ac
crue from their enlarged .commercial Inter
course less important factors than the Indi
vidual Interests to be fostered by renewed
participation In a great French exposition,
especially when it is remembered that the
present display is projected with a degree of
completeness nnd ,m u scale of magnlllcence
beyond any of the F.uropcuu exhibitions
that have marked the close of the century.
"It is proper that 1 should emphasize tile
need of early ac tion, for, If the present ses
sion puss without suitable provisions being j
made, the postponement of the matter for j
nearly a year longer could not l ilt operate I
greatly to the dlsiidvantiige of the United i
States, la view of the elaborate preparations j
already making by other governments and ,
f the iliiinter that further delay may result ,
in an iiiaileUate allotment of space to this
country as well as an ii mpletc orynniza-I
tion of the American exhibit." j
UNCLE SAM IS PREPARED, j
But No Emergency Requiring a Show of '
Force Anticipated.
Up to this time there has been, so far as I
could be learned, no consultation with re-
gard ta reinforcing the fleet of the United i
States in Mediterranean waters. Should tho
presence id ships of war of foreign nations
lie rccpiired in Turkish or Grecian waters to
protect their citizens as a result of the Im
pending conllict, the United States could
assemble a formidable Meet it" necessary.
In the Mediterranean squadron lit this time
the Navy department has four ships, the
cruiser San Frniicls.cn, the lliig.-hiii on the
station, the cruls-r Minneapolis, and the
cruiser ( Inciiinall, all modern vessels of hluli
type, nnd the smull gunboat Itnncrolt. Tin
Detroit U on her way to tho Mediterranean I
from the China station, nnd now probably is !
somewhere near the lted Sen. I
Another addition to thu licet will soon be 1
made by the presence of the Paielitli. which !
I is getting ready to join tho F.tiropcan
station. Other vessels that might be used
f"r l"'rT'L'u la I''llrrT" ' necessary nro tho j
M ,, I ,... l ii ft, I, it, Ami M f, !.... I 'I'..
Montgomery. Mnrblehond. Maine ami Texas.
all of which are new on the Atlantic coast.
The opinion exists, however, that the pre
sence of any number of war vessels will not
bo necessary.
NEUTBALITY.
The Unitsd Stttse WiliNot be Involved in
tho European War.
Secretary Sherman was seen at his resi
dence nud shown the Wnr bulletins,
"It is no surprise to me," said thu secre
tary of state, "as recent events have seemed
to make war inevitable, an I I have expected
t n lit result to come. Fort unutely the scene
of the reported conflict is fur from us uud
tho United States him little or no concern
with the war. We will, of course, observe
the strictest neutrality between the parties.
t'l.:- . . j , . 1 ....
This is a national result from the couuitions
prevailing and will require no specillc decile
so that there is no ground for dlHiiibance iu
that connection. Last year our exports to
Greece umouuted to only 4020,727, uu insig
nificant sum, barely 1 per cent, us compared
with the total exports. Turkey exported to
to the United States t'J,(il9,000 last year,
showing a similar lack of Important com
mercial dealings between the United States
and Turkey.
That being the ease our commercial, geo
graphical and political isolation from these
countries leave us quite free from any possi
ble entanglement in thu cr.ullict."
Bread Food Commieiion.
Senator llunsbrougli.of North Dakota, has
Introduced ii bill authorizing the appoint
ment of a commission to introduce and pop
ularize thu bread foods of the United States
among the peoples of the Orient. It provides
that the Commission shall consist ol three
persons to be appointed by the President
and to bo under the direction of the Hecre
arr of Agriculture.
DUE TO WAR SCARES.
Dan Say Ortees tad . Turkey Arc Hiking
. Business Bad.
An undeclared war between Greece and
Turkey has been more responsible than any
other single cause for the changes In busi
ness this week. Actual fighting with facta
which seem to make a formal declaration of
war by Turkey inevitable have affected grain
markets much and stocks slightly. The pro
gress of Mississippi floods does not cbauge
the price of cotton, and the settlement of
the more important labor difficulties has re
vived w orks suspended last week. The tem
porary decrease In exports and large in
crease in imports at New York (2.08 per cent)
for the mouth caused questiuiis about the
financial future which have not much in
fluence as yet. The Increase In imports, t'J,
yui.lM), or over 16 per cent from last vear.
nud t IT, 100,000, or per eeut from Feb
ruary, If long continued, may embarrass
some branches of business, but can hardly
exhaust balances balances remaining from
the unprecedented excess of merchandise
exports, f .123,381, 51'J in nine mouths ending
with March.
The wheat market, after its decline of Oc
last week, was prepared to rise with pros
pects ol l.uropeuu war ana increased pur
chases of exports, and has risen 4.37c- since
last Friday. Kx ports for the week are very
smull, and for two weeks but little greater
than last year, while corn exports contiuno
over three times last year's uud for two
weeks 0,033,015 bushels, against l,'Ji,10.l
bushels lust year, the price udvunced less
than lc. Western receipts of wheat are
larger for the week, and for two weeks us
large ns lust year, aud the government re
port Indicates a considerable larger yield
thun thut of lH'.'U, which has sufllced to meet
an extraordinary demand. Cotton has
scarcely changed during the week of unpre
cedented Hoods, thouuh this year's crop will
be mat "rlally diminished unless the water
soon subsides. Lut there are numerons in
dications thut in other parts of the South a
Urge acreage , being planted.
The output of pig iron increnses, though 15
furnaces stopped In March, as others with
larger capacity started, and tho weekly pro
duction April 1 was 173,79 tons, against
Ki'J.'JNU tons last year. While 20 per cent
below the greatest ever known, the output is
o'J per cent lurger than October 1, nnd stocks
unsold increased scarcely any, though tho
largest on record. The demand for nails
and wire continues heavy ami in spitu of
heavy transactions In the past, in structural
work and rails Is still fair, while there Is
much doing in machinery for export to
ltussin, Japan and South Africa, lint bars
and most other Mulshed products nre In nar
row demand,' and Pessemer pig is lower at
i'J.'.K) or less at Pittsburg, with gray forgo
.05 there mid only t5.75 at llirmlugham.
Delay In mnklng contracts for lake ore re
tards demund for products, but hurd ore
begun to sell nt 12. 10 for cLApln.
Print cloths sell slowly without 'change.
Woolen mills nro doing a little mor", though
giiich machinery is Idle, and there is scarcely
any buying of iii!ilitlos recently udvunced.
Speculation In wool turns largely to foreign,
and Imports of 4o,lU bales tho past week
and 15,2411 tho previous wrek at lloston
alone huve not prevented higher quotations
for tho bee:er grades of domestic. Sales
at the three chief markets were 0,000,000
pounds.
Failures for tho week linvo been 207 in the
United States, against Tli last year, and 3V
iu Canada, against .'10 lost year.
TRAGEDY ON A B0ADSIDE.
Two Women Killed and a Man Wounded
in New York Statt.
At Sacketts Harbor, 10 miles from Water
town, N. V., Mrs. Wilbur Crou.'h uud Miss
May Dailey wore murdered and George Al
len Is close to death's door. Thursday eve
ning Allen engaged a rig of a livery man,
went to thu barracks of the Ninth infantry
uud look riding Mrs.Crouch and Miss Dailey,
two servants employed by Lieuteuuut An
derson. lietweeu 3 nnd 4 o'clock next morning
they were on the road leading to ilrowus
viile, when, according to Allen's story.
Crouch leaped from the roadside uud began
firing. Tho horses rnu back to ihe livery
burn. One of the women was between the
bush board and the wheel, with her head
hanging nearly on the ground. Tho other
was lying on her side. The clothing of both
was badly torn.
lu the rig was found a six-chambered re
volver, witii four loaded cartridges and two
empty chambers. The revolver Is the prop
erly of Allen. According to Allen's story ho
was thrown out of the buggy and fell into
.Mill creek, lie crawled to the kitchen door
of the quarters.
Crouch was arrested, but there was nothing
about his iippeaiiince to point tuwurd his
guilt.
The coroner's jury decided thnt Crouch
killed the women, and ho was taken to the
Jeffersou county jail for safe keeping, lie
appears to be eonlbleut that his innocence)
Will be established.
Allen wns shot live times. After the shoot
ing Allen says be was driven n long distance
by Crouch nnd ullerward fell out. Ho has
been keeping company with Miss Dailey, and
they wero to have been married Saturday.
UBS. TILT0N DEAD.
Tho Ones Well-Known Woman Passes
Away.
Mrs. Klizalicth I!. Tilton.tho wife of Henry
Ward lleeohcr's necuser, died on Tuusduy
last nt her home iu lirooklyn. The news of
her death was not made public until Thurs
day. Since the famous Ileecher trial she had
lived in strict retirement, lu recent years
she hud sbared her home with her widowed
daughter. F.vcu the fact of her death was
kept Bceret, nnd there were no external signs
of mourning about the house where the body
lay. Theodore Tilton, her husband, is iu
Paris, where ho has lived ever since thu
Ileecher trial.
For a long time Mrs. Tilton was almost
totally blind, but less than a year ago she
underwent a dilllcult operation and regain
ed her sight. Then, about n month ago, sho
suffered a paralytic stroke, from which she
was slowly recovering, when lu the latter
part of Inst week she was again stricken.
Few were admitted to thu funeral. Mulnchi
Kxcter, a preacher of the Plymouth Ilreth
ren, to which sect Mrs. Tlliou belougctt, of
ficiated. TERSE TELEGRAMS.
Col. John Hay Htubassador to the court of
St. .lames, sailed for F.nglmid accompanied
by his wife and eldest daughter.
Py n dynamite explosion in n miue near
Johannesburg eight Ktiglish and twenty-six
native miners have beeu killed.
Jefferson Levy, present owner of Monti
cello, Jefferson's old homestead, has written
llryan n let er refusing to sell the old place
to the Dcmocrula or any uuo else.
There hns been n great decrease in the
virulence of tho bubonic plague. Ouly 300
cases nud 13'J deaths from the disease oc
curred last week in llombay, compared with
300 casi-s and 32.1 deaths during the preced
ing week.
The policy of plncing women on the boards
of trustees of Insane asylums was inaugurat
ed by Governor Plngree by the appointment
of Mrs June Kinney, of Port Huron, to tho
board of the eastern asylum for the lusaue at
Pontine, .Mich.
At Kuoxvllle, Tcnn., Ihe court, has nnmed
Major Daniel A. Carpenter and John W. Con
nors ns receivers and instructed them to
wind up tho alTalrs of the Southern building
and loan association, without cost to the
stockholders.
Two deputy marshals were killed In a fight
near Pawnee, Indian Territory, with ft gang
of ou t aws. The marhsls are said to have
had Outlaw Ed. Newcomb under arrest when
attacked by four memtiert of tba gang, who
attempted to liberate him.
STATE Of rams. Ill HI.
RAINY SEASON HAS BEGUN
And Gen. Gomel Showl Signs at Takitf Ad
vantage of tha Fast
Stories of starvation of whole villages of
paclHuoa are now coming ' in from every
province. The rainy season has begun aud
tho condition of the people 1s pitiable.
General Weyler has directed that tba crops
in the military rone of Sancti Spirltus be
torn up. He ordered them planted only a
few weeks ago. There is nothing else for
the people to eat General Weyler formerly
allowed the paclflcos of Santa Clara to live
outside but close to the forts: now he orders
them to desert their little farms and come in
aud starve, lest the soldiers.Uring at the reb
els, kill them.
The death rate in Sagua is growing alarm
ingly. Coses of yellow fever are said to ex
ist in several pluces iu the interior. There is
no doubt that a great epidemic of that dis
ease will soon be swept over the island. The
doctors hern say the existing conditions
make it certain. "General Weyler's policy of
concentration and starvation has created
these conditions. The United States may
feel the effects if tho fever germs go there in
sugar to be shipped.
Tho Insurgents are very aotive now in
Havana Province. They " recently sacked
Yeredanueva and ( i lbadelagua, ' fortilled
towns on the Havana railroad. They also
whipped the Spaniards badly near Ilatano.
General Weyler remains in the Held in a
eomfor'.uble house In Santa Clara, paying at
tention to the police officials for allowing
gambling In the towns. He seemed greatly
shocked by his discovery of a fact which
everybody knew. Menuwhile,General Gomez
is reeling preparatory to his rainy season
campaign.
The guerrillas killed Ml paclflcos at
Gunnc, near Cape San Antonio, In one
day, by General Molquizo's orders. Others
have been slaughtered at Han Juan, San
Luis, Coutes, Gabalo, Guayabo and Luis
Lago. Near 1'inar del lllo city nn old man
was chopped to deuth, and four women,
eight children and a negro woman, more
than CO years old, all members of Ihe family
of Pedro Acanda, wero cut to pieces with
machetes.
GOING BACK TO SPAIN.
40,000 Troops to Leave Cunt Not Knowa
What It Mesne.
According to information received from
trustworthy sources in Washington the
withdrawal of ut least a part of the grea
army that Spain lias maintained for several
years iu the island of Cuba will begin when
thu rainy season sets in, within a few days.
The initial movement will bo the depart
ure of 10,000 Spanish troops from Havana
for Spain, nud within u short time after
that 30,000 troops, it is understood, will
follow. Whether this movement is to be
construed in favor of or against the In
surgents it is not possiblo now to sav.
The Spanish insist positively thut It means
only that little or nothing remains of the in
surrectlon: that Gomez has only about fifty
or a hundred follows und that to watch these
under the conditions in which the campaign
nas neen necessarily conducted a few tbous
and men are quite as effective! ns the army
ol tsu oou men winch lias been maintained lu
Cuba. The Cuban contingent, on the other
hand, insist that the Spanish financial re
sources are exhausted, and thut the troops
are to be withdrawn because of lack of
money to keep them In service.
PROBING THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Senator Pritchard'i Committee Will
Begin
An Inquiry.
The Senate Committee on Civil Service, of
which Senator Pritchard is Chairman, do-
elded to enter a thorough investigation of
the extent to which the civil service law is
euforced and tho effect of tho enforcement
In promoting thu public welfare. Circulars
uru to be sent to the various heads of depart
ments asking replies to the following ques
tions: To what extent has civil service rules been
promulgated in your department?
To what extent, iu your opinion, should
Collectors of Internal lteveuue und United
States Marshals ho Included iu the elossitled
service '
Should the existing rules of tho civil serv
ice bo modified '
Should the civil service law be amended,
continued or repealed?
'i he Investigation Is to take place under
the authority conferred by the Alleu resolu
tion und will be conducted by a sub-committee,
consisting of Senators Pritchard, F.lklns
nud Chilton. The committee will make
special investigation of the effect of the
more recent civil service orders of President
Clevclaud.
REVOLUTION IN HONDURAS.
United States Consul Little Reports That
One Ha Broken Out.
United States Consul Little telegraphs
from Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras,
that a revolution has broken out, nnd that
the Lepubllc is now under martial Inw.
Minister llodrlgiiez, the minister of the
Greater Hepubllc, of Central America, has
received no telegram regarding the reported
uprising.
There are two ' parties in Honduras, as
there are lu the other two republics of the
Greater lie public, the Liberal and the Con
servatives. At present the Liberals are in
the supremacy iu Honduras, having regain
ed powed by the overthrow of President
Vazquez. Tho present executive Is Presi
dent lionllle.
The government of Honduras is much less
stable than that of the other two countries.
There is always a great deal of social and
political agitation there, but it is usually
kept under cover until a revolution breaks
ouu
PROBABLE DOUBLE MURDER.
Fatal Result of a Drunken Brawl at
Bellalre, a
A terrible fight took place In a bonthouse
south of llellalre, O., in which Mrs. Wil
liams, Charles Horner, a man named Pee-
Iiles and one nnmed Williams took part All
lad been drinking. Williams accused Hor
ner of insultlug bis wife, and a fight ensued.
Wheu Peeples weut to separate them, Wil
liams struck him a heavy blow across the
luce, breaking bis nose.
Peeples and Mrs. Williams ran outdoors,
followed by Williams, who dealt his wife a
heavy blow over the head, knocking her
down. He then dragged her back on the boat
Upou entering ho turned on Horner and
struck him three times over the head and
face, knocking him insensible Peoples snld
thut Mrs. Williams and Horner ara both
dead. Williams then untied tho bout, float
ed down the river and escaped.
Holman Dangerously II L
William S. Holman, of Indlann, Is lying
dangerously ill at his home In Washington,
aud small hopes of his recovery are enter
tained. He hud a bad full ten days ago, and
his present condition is tho result ol shock.
The first that any of his colleagues in the
House knew of bis sickness was wheu it was
unnouuced on Saturday that he was unable
to preside over the Democratio caucus.
Mr. Hollman Is 75 years of age and is serv
ing his lth term iu Congress, the longest
House career of auy member. Thore have
been many representatives who have served
longer continuously than Mr. Holman, but
none who have bis record of actually taking
hi teat ta a 16th term.
CHINESE TRAFFIC
Nei
Ut af TnatiM ta UtAt w
! iationa. l
I ft. I I A . . . .
ulna im to navi! nmw im Af -
great fcaUoor ot tb world whit
ome measure eniftoclpaU htt tv
vunum TC8tri-i.uii bu ur now
1 i
enable her to adjust her own .... f
nation's needs. Ut
Much ol the credit for securing ih,
of the commercial powers to the
of these treaties Is due to Li Hiu,
who employed to the best dvantsi!ktt
portuniiies afforded by his tour of JL
Still the change would have lsvn i
ferred hud not the war with t'hioa
unsuccessfully with Japan so involv!'
former in debt as to oblige her foti
tors to recognize the fact that ('hit
be given powers to raise addition,!!
nues.
At present the percentage of dutt
muy. bo collected on rood in.. .
China from any great commercial n,e h
limited by treaty and the amount of n.,"
thus derived Is entfrelv ltiuuni '"''lu
the present enlarged expenses of the i" b
government Efforts have been md. ,
crease the revenues by the irainii "
"Lekinir" taxes nr li.tiM ,.r.n ...
clgn goods passing from ouu l hln-"
however, have always been bitteru'rij1.'
bv forehrn merchants and hnr- ..!.. nl'',t
so much trouble that on both sides tt, "u
disposition to abolish them.
Tho ouly recourse apparently u ,. ,
crease of the tariff ratn und .1.. " 10
compllshed ouly by consent of thernl
which hlftvn trMidlMu trith i .. lv"!1
maximum tariff rates. It huiipens thuD
Urst of these treaties to run it-
require renewal is that between Cnm, J?
npmu iiuu tins win serve ns ttio modfituT
which the other treaties will be fushjT''
thev are renovjtteri A I ratllii i ...... I
have bwn inlttatml bet warn tlm u'
.rnments and tm-auso the .ntt,,!
111. ta.l Mtataw um almlln. .. . I. " l I
i rnuiiin til U1UA () Kmu
ery step. Cn,Ji"J
VICTIMS OF THE FLOOD.
Fifteen Bodies Found Floating About
via utvie uomeitesd.
Ilcfugcps from Davis Island on thegl
mem steamer Jonn Ji. atolgs and ths.t(tt.l
er Atlanta report the drowning of ui4J
soue, an coiurru, on navis Island, tts;wl
day evening. Homer Moore. I'etc ( .
nud wifo aud Henry Garland til
drowned on the hurricane i !. I
tlnn fl. -ii.... I'M I
wu. iwsi in-, tt-iiu nre tftioittd
drowned on other parts .( the uumA
women nnd children from tb Paliinl
iniii'c. x uo lOrtt Ul SIOCIL Oil Till' IMufcJ k
been very great. The steamer Florec
mains at the island to rescue pi-oilfui
ferry stock over to the Louisiana ruitmt
ii vtan iiioukui Mini an on rnvi .;u!
had escaped ufter the crevasse, l i.t lit
H .v.,.. ,,n iinniici ujii gig
Ilrierfleld plantation, which was the h'.tutf I
teiienioii navis. lue surviving inhatiual
are huddled In tents on the top ottliufstl
From appearances this overtluw will b I
worse tiiun ever Known Detore, I
Nineteen feet by April 20,mivs the Went I
llureau, as far as New Orleans is ci owrwl
It will probably come sooner. It
mean any uanger to me city, luit wawr.l
cover the wharves The railroads aretlmii I
elevntinir their trAcL'a uml clmt..,-.
. ... , ..., lw5 u
been built at depots, but the steuuilioa:.
I'iniii iiitib no provisions nave neen rtuifc I
i he entire whurf front will probably Until
uc rcuuiu uuu raiseu.
CUT HIS THROAT.
Eastern Bank Robbers Xill a Trouilm!
Cashier.
While resisting the entry of two Aupml
and determined robbers, nudduriiiRalmel
but (utile struggle to protect rljJ.i'Oil
more id money and securiticsjiu the cnav,
ments of the open vault of the 0r-at Tais I
.Mitiomn uanK ut nomcrswortit, Y ll., toll
ler Joseph A. Stiokncy was struck d"wnuil
brutally murdered near the desk wiii.'tsl
bad occupied for years. After kliluig.iui I
ney, the murderers ransacked the vault ui I
lied with all the cash it contained, mitttl
exception of a ii gold piece.
can bo estimated, about ?i'.,oPfl iva-uic
but it is possible that the loss vill o i..-;;ti
bly exceed this sum, us no otic but tli'd
cashier knew the exact amount that ru
tho institution ut the time. Tli rdMI
after knocking Stickney down ivitluUii l
jack, cut bis throat, lho most pmaMl
feature of tho robbery Is the fact that I
000 lu bonds of the United Sl;it-s, sari I
were kept In one of tho drawers f the t9f
vault and which tho robbers e i.lcnicy I
ami ned hastily, wero not taken XrltWl
any of the negotiable paper and s intw-
the bank in fact nothing is niissiig'i'tPI
the cash.
A GIGANTIC FRAUD.
Bogus Banking Firm Worked tin Gnifl
yard Insuranoe Scheme.
C. Linford Woods.of the ban kins' to I
Linford Woods Co., Pittsburg, In unJ
rest and charges aro made that a mosUii!
tic insurance fraud has been perpetrat! "I
nenrlv nil the Inrire Ifimminco coml'ic!'.
thelinst. Including the New York JJ
Iteserve Fund, Fidelity Mutual J.ifou
uuce Company of Philadelphia, l'roraj
Savings Insurance Company of X'W "
aud others. It is charged that In the W
borhood of 100 policies have U-entaW
on the lives of men, aged ami il'i'f i1
many cases; In others on men dying ot
sumption and all manner of disco."-
ford Woods is said to have been mw
ficiury iu most of the policies and
which his name was not mcntiou'-dih'P'
cios are alleged to have been assign"
him ns creditor of tho person insureu- '-s
policies olaimed to be lu the hsodio"l
tective G. 11. Perkins nre said tu sgfCI
suverul thousand dollars.
TWENTY-ONE SAILORS SAVE1
Crew of. tha Sent Brought S!lf
Fort.
Capt Haavlg, Mate Helliscn nJ
men of the Norwegian ship Sents, wo""
supposed to have been lost it J
uiuuui uuu tuik ui xuii-'i
British steamship Bnowflake. No ,
lost, but all experienced a dlitresUM
The abandoned ship was recently g
at London as having been s'B1'1 X i
steamer Idaho, nud It was oem -
on board wore lost.
ev i - t .u.-.-. fnr Cuba.
A party of 91 Chinamen ""''"'ij js
ireui oy ine Canadian raenio ""
China via Vancouver. They are
work on the sugar plantation "
1l.au .pu tliuu uru iwilnc OVIT lit Wa i
- J J p""-r. - , , ,h bat il
of the Spanish Government, win '"Jvil
agents to Cllua to luuuco imuo
Cubtt. Tm T...1 Act
A bill for the repeol of the act f
national monetary conference, inw
President McKinley appointed
cott, Paino and Stevenson, nnd
the statue books authorizing
Stutes to participate iu such conK"
Introduced by Keprcsentatlve M '-t
crat, of Washington. Mr. L"u?75r
Jcot Is to prevent the expense oi
slon, which he believes will "?Pif
log. These monetary eomrols"0" g
have roil i&OO.OOO and nothing " ,
tbarn.