.URGE BUS!
A TWO MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
Several large Establishment is Fittiburg
Destroyed.
The most disastrous Are that hat visited
Pittsburg sine tlia great Are of 1845, except
ing during the riots ot 1877, destroyed mil
lions of dollars worth of merchandise and
prope-ty Monday morning. A couple of
minutes before midnight a burst ot flame
leaning from the roof of the Dili: warehouse
f T. i'. Jcuklns, at Penn and Liberty ave
nues and Cecil uiley, gave the advance warn
ing of what was t) be a night of destruction
t the lire demon.
It wait a battle with fire, such as lias not
been seen in 1'ittsburg for many years. A
whole block was kI.Ih.c ut one time, and on
the four sides of ii tliere w-rc fights with the
Names that had beeu Ignited in dtlier
itlurc. The great estnblishiueuts of T. C.
Jenkins, the wholesale grocer, and Joseph
Home A Co., the dry Roods linn, were al
most completely wiped out, togetier wi:h a
number of smaller establishments and tunny
dwelling houses. Ouo enilie block and a
portion of another Were completely In nshes.
The total loss is estimated at l.doO.OOO.
The buildings completely destroyed were
those of T. I'. Jenkins, Joseph Home A t o.,
the Home ofllco building, J. Hnucb's build
ing on Llbeitv street; tlm building ot J. J.
Hail, on Liberty street, the J. W. Scott A
t o. structure uud the dwellings ut W2, 04
and iOt! 1'enn aveuue. The buildings of I lie
Surprise Clothing Company, the Methodist
ltonk Concern, the l)uiuesne theater, heebie
A 1'urkcr und 1. 11. Voight were badly dum
aged. The (Iro started In the collar of the Jen
kin building about midnight. The Humes
were discovered leaping up the elevator
shaft, which is located near tne eastern sido
of the store, by Night Watchman William
Hunter, who was making his rounds on the
third lloor. He had smelled smoke In the
cellar In tli vicinity of n greut plleot bar
rels Illicit with waste paper, and the sweep
ings (roni the, store, lie searched for llatnes,
but had been unable to discover any.
Wbeu lie reached tho third story :$n rain
titcs luter the tlames were running mildly up
the oiled side of tile shaft, mid iuiiueuse col
umns el smoke were pouring Into the store.
The elevator stiult is separated on each floor
Iroin the store proper by tight fireproof
floors, uud the watchman imagined tliose
would confine the fire to the elevator shaft.
He rushed for the lire extinguisher, but an
air ilrnft, which runs through the side of the
building, to ventilate the different depart
ments, tanned the I! nines, nnd he soon found
ho was tumble to copu with the conflagra
tion He escaped from the building with
the greaiest dilllculty, as the store, rapidly
tilled with smoke, and utmost suffocated
him.
About the same time Officer Milton Iiitiley,
the patrolman on the beat.dlscoveriM smoke
issuing from the windows on the Liberty av
enue side. Ho hastily turned in an alarm
nad rushed to the rescue of Watchman Hun
ter, whom lie supposed was lost. The Fire
Hepurtment quickly responded, nnd when
Chief Humphreys discovered the nature of
the blaze he sent in additional alarm! for tho
other districts.
Tim Jenkins building is ft great seven
story affair, running irum l'enu avenue
through to Liberty avenue, nnd from Cecil
alley almost to fifth street, severul three
story residences being to the east. It was
erected lu 1SS7, and was of brick of heavy,
slow-corn bustlou construction. It was filled
from cellar to roof with great quantities of
oil in barrels, sugar, molasses, hour, collee
uud groceries of nil kinds.
George Atkinson, of No. 13 engine com
pany, who was killed by fulling walls, would
probably be alive ut the present moment
had it not been for the cable pit in the car
ham of the l'enn-ave , line on Cecil alley.
TVithrother members ot his company, be
entered from the Penn-ave end of the barn
to Ught the flames Jwtte gin ttK).nlley, when
the tlremea heard the cracking of the alley
wall of the T. ('. Jenkins building. They
knew it was coming down, und oil of them
started to get out from under tho shed. At
kinson was the lost of the party, and blinded
by the smoke nnd dust from the II ying debris,
stumbled into the cnblo pit. An Instuut Inter
the wall came down and lie was crushed
l-etii-alh tons of brick and stone. Tho others
eeooped with a few minor injuries.
The latest estimate, of the principal losses
follow:
Joseph Home A Co J9O0.000
T. C. Jenkins 500,000
Home ofllco building 100.000
1'hii ps building 1,000
L. II. Voight 2,000
8. lluck H.OOil
J. Hall, Jr 10,000
Scoble A Purkor 3,000
Hall llros 1,1OH
Oakdnle Manufacturing company... U,00(i
Itoesou Taper company 2,000
Harmony Creamery company 1,000
1. W. Scutt 25,000
DECLARE THE WAR IS OVER.
Reports Mad to London Papers Girl
Leading 2.000 Irregulars.
Captain Itebbek, of Klrg George's person
al stuff, wired from Athens that tho right
wing had retreated behind the old frontier
linn to avoid being circumvented. Captain
Kabbek adds:
"The Greek army nt F.pirus, after defeat
at l'outepegodlii. lias retired to Arta. All
hope of continuing the war Is now virtually
abandoned. The fleet bas returned to Volo
for the protection of the Inhabitants."
The Athens correspondent of the London
I'ally News fays:
''1 hey are also nngry at the neglect of the
government to call out the exempted re
serves, who are for the most part reluttves of
ministers, deputies and aristocrats.
"A baud of 2,000 Irregulars is about to
start for the front, their Btaudnrd-bearer, a
lii-year-old girl, Helen Conatiinliuidis. dress
ed In the same uniform as the men."
The London Times published a dlspntch
from I.uriesa, dated Wednesday, which says:
"The t uristiiins who are returniug here
ill say that during the battle at Milounn
Crowu I'riuce Colistanllne was at Karadoe,
at the font of the pnss. The (ireuk army Is
described as behaving on that occasion like
a disorderly mob. All discipline was flung
to tbn winds and soldiers fired even on their
own officers, o terrible wr.s the panic,"
FIHDISQ THE BODIES.
Ghastly Discovsrits ai flooded Riven
Recede.
The river at Memphis, Teun., continues to
fall, and the waters are receding slowly
from the overflowed counties In Arkansas
across from the high bluff ot Memphis. As
lb river recedes the bodisx of many victims
of the flood are found. Each day the body
of some person is discovered, half-eaten by
fishes, and its quickly burled in the mud.
In the Mississippi county, Ark., far in the
back country, where the water from the first
big break in the levee line rushed almost III n
solid wall, tho bodies of a farmer and his
wife and two children were found. The
water during the time of the flood there was
about 80 feet deep. At llosedsle, Miss., the
slowly lulling waters uncovered the bodies
of Joe Drown and his brother, William, who
were drowned somu days ago on the Charles
rU-olt pluntutlon.
THE HASHVILLE EXP0SIII0K.
President McKinley Formally Starts the
Big Tcnnesist Bhow.
At few minutes after 1 (Saturday Presi
dent McKinley, lu the White House, about
700 miles distant, pressed the electric button
which set the machinery ot the Tennessee
triennial exposition moving.
TRADE REVIEW.
Leaf
European War tear Sit Vet List
Zaeagk.
In spile ot moderate Improvement In most
ot the great Industries business I disap
pointing. Expectation of a speedy end of
the war in Europe through Turkish victory
have helped to depress grain. Demands ot
Australia and China have caused export ot
6,500,000 gold, merchandise and Imports are
greatly increased and final action ot con
gress on the revenue questloa seem more
remote.
I Wheat rose last Saturday nearly 2 cents,
I but bus fallen since that day about 3 cents,
i This Is largely tcause European markets
did not sustain the expectations ot a great
foreign demand after the outbreak of the
war, and because events appeared to fore
shadow speedy pence, but the tidings from
wheat growing states, the receipts from
farms and the enormous exports ot corn all
bad influence. .
The exports of gold would not have much
influence it there were not an extraordinary
increase in merchandise import and some
decrease in exports from New York.iarge tor
the last week, and 5 per cent, for April. Im
ports have Increased about (iO per cent over
last year for the week, ami for foar Weeks
have been 30 per cent, greater. At Botfam
Imports of wool hare been extraordinary,
anil at Philadelphia they have amounted for
the month to 1 1.278,000. The thought thai
this abnormal Increase may continue as long
as action on the revenue bill I deferred
tends to affect exchange, but the main Influ
ence at present Is the exceptional demand
for reconstruction of the Austrian monetary
system and for Japan.
Of the gn at industries the Iron and steel
manufacture is slower In advancing now. as
it was much the quicker in the winter. Part
ly because the increase In production In pig
was then rapid, partly because enormous
contracts taken when the different pools
broke down went mainly to the larger con
cerns, and perhaps even more because possi
bilities of new development, remain, there is
greut hesitation now in placing orders. Ite-
rorts of pending negotiations between the
llinois Steel and Minnesota Iron Companies
point to au important change as possible.
LITEST HEWS fM V1SI61.
CHINA'S NEW REPRESENTATIVE
Wa Ting fans; and hi Salt Arrlvs is
Washington.
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
The City of Guthrie Swept by a Valley
Torrent.
Wednesday morning a mighty wave of wn
ter six feet high and a mile wide swept
down Cottonwood valley and struck Guth
rie, O. T. A deafening roar went up as the
water crushed houses and drove the people
from their homes. At the first rush every
'out nnd bridge were swept away. All West
Guthrie is submerged, ntnl 20 of tho business
houses had ten feet of water lu them. The
tlver was 80 feet iibovo ordinary level.
Several men who were trying to swim tho
current to reach four women and a baby in
a tree were cnrrlel away. A woman wading
from her home with a buby on her head was
swept away mul lost.
It Is believed that more than a score ot
negroes were drowned in the negro settle
ment, and persons who escaped from tho
flood estimate that fully CO people have been
drowned.
Nine people wero seen to drown: two wo
women nnd a child were carried away on a
bridge: one nuiu nud two women on a house
roof when it went to pieces, nnd they per
ished. Scores are missing. A girl in a tree
for hours gave up and fell Into the water.
Hundreds of men lire building boats ut the
lumber yards. Qus Plutt and Georgo Willis
swum the main current, cut a llatboat from
its moorings and saved 70 persons, making a
landing several miles below thn city. It is
believed that many were caught in bed lu
small houses and drowned. ,
Minister Wu. the new Chinese Minister
who will supersede Yang Yu, baa arrived
with his retinue, and caused quite a flutter
in diplomatfc and official social circles at the
national capital. He is quartered at the
Arlington, aud the picturesque dragon flag,
which adorned the hostelry across from the
White House, during Li Hung Chang's visit,
once again floats at full mast.
Wu was born in Hein-bui, and educa'ed in
Canton and London. He spent four years at
Lincoln Inn, the famous law school in Lou
don, aud after taking the collegiate course
there returned to Chiua, and has made a flue
record there as a lawyer. He was a member
ot the legislative council In Hong Kong, and
later became legal adviser to the govern
ment. The position he has. as director ot
the Imperial Hallway ot North China, Is his
pride. Ten years ago he attempted to start
a railway in his country, with LI Hung
Chang's advice, but, as he say "the time
was not ripe for anything so progressive.
Ignorant nnd untraveled officials objected.
Ko we waited patiently, worked siowly until
after the war between CHina and Japan,
then the Emperor and high officials realized
the vat change railroads would make every
where, and now three hundred miles are
completed between Pekiu and Tsln-Tsln,
all standard gauge, which Is four feet eight
nnd a half inches wide, and a letter received
Monday tells me if floods do not prevent in
June everything will be In line working
order." The Minister's admiration for our
country is intense. He is an enthusiast ovor
progression, and It is probable his stsy hero
will result In wonderful changes in bis coun
try. He is accompanied by his wife and
their one child, a son of 10 year of age,
whose name is Wu Chu.
CAPITAL ROTES.
The comptroller has Issued a certiflcnta
authorizing tho Ohio national bank, of Co
lumbus, to begin business with a capital of
40,000.
The president Is receiving almost daily In
vitations from friends and admirers asking
him to spend his summer outing ut di fforent
resorts. Ho will remain at the white house
until congress adjourns.
Doth bouses ot the Iowa legislature hnvo
passed a law aksed for by James Wilson,
secretary of agriculture, authorising the gov
ernor to select one or more counties where
hog cholera is worst, Inspect all hogs, kill
those affected, and keep diseased hog.1) out.
The federal government pays all expenses.
A 2.000,000 DOLLAR FIRE.
DANGER FOR CIVIL SERVICE.
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Secretary Long aad Foitmaiter General
Gary Recommend Change. -
At the investigation ot the civil service
system by the Senate committee, letters were
presented from Secretory of tho Navy Long
and Postmaster General Gary, recommend
ing that the civil service laws should be con
tinued, but should bo modified, although
they recommended no changes.
V. W. l'ulmur, public printer, stated that
the only persons not included in the clasul
lled service in his office are charwomen and
laborers, and said: "As applied to this of
lice, which is simply a great manufacturing
plant, Involving vnrieii branches ot skilled ;
labor of high grodo, the civil service rules j
are an obstruction nil her thun an aid to
efficiency ami economy. The civil service
rules as promulgated for enforcement here
should be module 1 rudically, suspended or
repeiiled.
James M. Miller, a one-nrmed Union
veteran, testified that he had been, with live
other veterans, discharged In 1H!M from Ills
place in the treasury department under the
auditor of the Interior department without
reasons given. Two of the vacancies made
had been (Hied by F. J. Troop, a brother-in-law
of Auditor l'iuokwell, and J. C. Orr, his
fnther-ln-law, tho latter a confederate
veteran. Doth of those men had been placed
in olllcn without examinations, contrary to
law, ami ha I beeu promoted to 1 1, MOO sala
ries. Senator Clinton inquired how Ihe
auditor's relatives hud got iuto office, and
Mr. Miller answered: "Under the adminis
tration of Logan Carlisle, who eoemed to run
the department. Where there was a will
there was a way tor everything."
ATTACKED THE MISSION.
Grave Bumon ot Trouble on the Gold Coait
of Afrioa.
Grave naws has been received ns to the
mission of Lieut. Henderson at Wa. It is
reported that Chief Snmory tins attacked the
mission. Authentic, details have not yet
been received, but a serious disaster Is (cur
ed. The object of Lieut. Henderson was lo
make treaties with the duels In Hinterland.
He had a-iarge escort. Ferguson, a colonial
official, who accompuuied Lieut Henderson,
Is known to have been severely wounded.
Wa Is considered to be witbiu the sphere of
British Influence.
BRIEF MENTION.
Twenty-six Spanish have been sentenced
to death at Barcelona.
At Lima, Peru, a violent earthquake shock
was felt Saturday morning.
Oscar Wilde was released from an English
prison after servl.ig two years.
Of 00,000 I'itlander In Johnnesburg, only
2.000 have become citizen of the Mouth
African republic
At Larlinore, 8. D., August Norman, a
farm hand, wantonly murdered the lour
children ot his employer.
Pilchard Hon Lawrence, grandson ot
nicbard Hoe, the printing press manufac
turer, committed suicide at Danville, ill.,
by cuttlug his throat and Jumping into the
river.
At Coshoma, Miss., two colored girls and
a negro were drowned by the overturning
of their bout. ,
Suu Antonio, Tex., announces the discov
ery of natural giu lu au arteeluu well, s Thu
How is very strong.
President C. W. Spalding aryl other of
Seers Of the defunct Globe band In Chicago
were indicted for various frauds.
The earthiinkes on West India Islands
continued for several days and caused ninny
deaths and the destruction ot a vast amount,
of property. , .
John Wanomaker, of Philadelphia, I a
candidate for moderator of the Presbyterian
general assemble, which meet at Winona,
lud., this month.
Newport Newt Has a Conflagration at
Early Morn.
Tire broko out In the Chesapeake A Ohio
Itallronil Company's pier No. S nt Newport
News.Ya., nud before tho (lames wero check
ed dumagn to the extent of (2,000,000 bud
been done.
Two of thn company Immense piers wero
destroyed, three vessels burned to the water's
edge, a tugboat entirely destroyed and eight
persons injured, somo of them seriously. The
Humes were discovered iji pier 0 about 4:16
Tuesdoy morning, and spread with such ra
pidity lhat It was Impossible to make nny
headway ngaiust them. A fierce nortb wind'
fanned tho flames furiously aud swept them
across the docks to pier 6, which was soon
also burning furiously.
The llrltlsh steamship Cllntonla, which
was loading with oil, tobaeeo and general
merchandise at pier 0, was soon ablaze.
Tugs pulled ber out Into tho middle of the
river, where an Ineffectual battle was waged
nt terrible odds against the Humes that was
ruging In her Inflammable cargo. She wus
burned to the water line at 10 o'clock, Tues
day night. The Norwegian steamship Hoi
veig, which was loading grain nt pier 6,
next caught tire. The crew munuged to
escape by climbing down the hawsers to the
pier.
Meauwhile thn Cbesapenko A Ohio's tug
Wanderer, which had caught lire, was burn
ed to the water's edge. Tho German sailing
ship, J. I. ItischolT, taking on staves from
the north side of pier ti, also caught. The
flames obtained such n hold on her that they
could not be conquered nnd she went to the
bottom.
The crew of this vessel lmd a very narrow
escupe from being cremated. They wero
aroused by John Anderson, one of the crew,
and were only rescued with tho greatest dil
llculty, utter tliu captain nml uouiswnui mm
beeu "badly burned. The heavy north wind
and the heroic efforts of the lire department
saved the large grain elevator of the Chesa
peake A Ohio Company from destruction,
the lire was rapidly spreading across the
eonvevors that connect the elevator with the
piers, but with tho aid of a locomotive nnd
an immense chain the conveyors' supports
were pulled out, the conveyors themselves
torn down and this danger averted. At 1
o'clock Tuesday afternoon thn fire had spent
its fury uud was well under control.
ALL TREATIES ANNULLED.
The Ports Argnei That War Ha Med Them
Void.
The question ot protection ot thu Greeks
In Turkey is still unsettled. Tho porte ur
gues that the war has virtually annulled the
treaties between Turkey and Greece, nnd
t lint Grecian subjects, therefore, lose the
right to their foreign certificates of protec
tion. W. M. Cnmbon, the French umhasio
dor, In an Interview with Tewflk Puabu, dis
cussed this subject.
At a council of ministers a proposal w.is
submitted for the sanction ot the saltan to
grant the Greeks an extensive extension of
time for quitting the country. It Is proba
ble Hint this will be accepted as atneau9of
surmounting the dilllculty.
The armament of the entlrs Turkish nrmv
wilh the Mauser rifle has been decided Upon,
and the troops ut Constantinople have
already been supplied with the weapon.
A METEORIC FLIGHT.
TERRORIZED."
Frofeuor Brooki See a Beautiful Sight
While Obierving Mercury.
Prof. Brooks, director of the Smith ob
servatory, at Geneva. N Y., while taking day
light observations of Mercury, observed
through the large telescope a wonderful
flight of daylight meteors. They were In
tensely white, many of them having appear
ance of Vega or some other bright star.wheu
seen through a large telescope in daytime. i
Ihe direction of motion was toward the sun.
During the passage of the meteors, which
lasted for half an hour, over 100 were seen,
at times two or three meteors pasting
through the telescope field together.
Suggested by the Prinoti.
The Princess of Wales hag written to the
Lord Mayor of London pointing out that lu
the scnemes to commemorate the diamond
jubilee of Queen Victoria In June thn poorest
of the poor.the tenants of the London slums,
have been overlooked. Hho says:
"Might I plead that they also should hnvo
a share In the fetes ot that blessed day, nud
so remember to the end of their lives that
greut nnd pood queen whose reign, by th
blessing of God, has beeu prolonged for CO
years. Let us, therefore, provide these uu
fortunntn ones, these beggars nnd outcasts,
with n dinner or some sunsiantlal meal dur
lug the week ot the jubilee commemoration.
I have great pleasure Id heading a subscrip
tion list tor that purpoeo with X100."
Greek Fortes Demoralised and the Treasary
Depleted.
The event of the past week have served to
further alienate spmpatby from the Greek.
The story from Larisea of the fearful stam
pede to and from that city after the fighting
at Tyrnavo la the sensation ot the day. AU
the newspapers in Loudon are glowing with
praise of the dispatch, saying It was ihe
finest description of eveuts yet received from
the front. The fact that the Greek officers
were equally affected with the private by
the pauio is regarded as proof that the
Greeks are utterly demoralised ind iu capable
ot withstanding the steady advance of the
Turks.
It is the general impression that M. Balli
is aiming at something higher than the
premiership and that his acceptance ot that
office is held to have placed him in an in
vidious position. A great victory might
make him a popular idol, but a deleut, which
Is more probable, would cover hi in with
odium and be wou.d be overturned as a fulse
prophet.
Tbn statement thnt Greece will carry on
the war to the last gusp Is not regarded as
of any Importance.
Greece is already reduced to military and
financial extremities und further efforts must
soon be abandoned. The Greeks will await
a decisive encounter at Pharsalos and they
are then expected lo appeal to t-e powers.
The conditions of peace which Greece will
have to accept are stated to be, most prob
ably, as follows: The Greeks will be allowed
to retain their present frontier provfded the
island ut Crete is immediately evacuated
Turkey will be permitted to Impose a war
indemnity upon Greece.
The Turks will doubtless raise some diffi
culty when they nre called upon to re
turn to etntusquo, but tho pressure of the
powers will inuuee them to consent.
MOWED THE TURKS DOWN.
Greeks did Awful Execution at the Battle
of Velettino.
Additional news tram Volcsilao, the scene
of the late battle, snyj:
The charges of th? Turkish cavalry were
firmly withstood by the Evzones, posted on
Knruutusi bill. An entire Turkish regiment
was decimated. Four Turkish squadrons
which attempted to charge were received
with u combined rifle nnd shrapnel fire,
which mowed down severul huudred. Thu
Greek irregular co-operated with the regu
lar troops of Greece. Fifty Greeks wore
killed aud a mujor und Ave subulterns wero
wounded.
A detachment of Turkish eavnlry from La
rissn upproached the railway betweeu l'liur
sala ana I'omokos, which town is nljout ten
miles south id I'hursnln, uud in tho Greek
rear. Tho Greek artillery opened lire on the
enemy's cavalry ut long range, nnd after a
heavy cannonading forced the lurks to rc
tire. Tho Greek cavalry pursued them.
READY FOR REFORMS.
Weyler Says Four of the Six Provinosi
Are in Shnpe to Reo jive Them at Once.
General Weyler wired from Havana his
opinion Hint the state ot four ot the provin
ces of Cuba out of six fully jiutlllcd an at
tempt to carry out thn reforms agreed upon.
As the Minister of thu Colonies has complet
ed the preparation of all the regulations, the
full text of the reforms was sent to
Havana by thn mull steamer Friday, whoso
departure hud been postponed 24 hours for
thnt purpose.
Queen Cbrlststlann was deeply moved and
much pleased when the Ministers, in council
at the palace, Informed her thnt lu conse
quence of the intelligence wired by General
Weyler they had decided to reaommend her
to sign the decrees, which she did, and they
wllLbe published in the Mudrid aud Havana
Gazettes, putting in force depoltehj' oflio
rule reforms in the provinces ot iL'ana,
Pinnr del lllo, Matunzs and Hanta Clara.
The decision of the cabinet was so sudden
that it caused profound surprise and very
conflicting feelings In Mudrid. Most of the
people surmise that General Weyler nnd the
government must be in possession of data
unknown as yet to the pubilo that will justi
fy the step.
What the Reform! Conjiit Of.
Tho full scheme of the reforms planned
for Cuba begins by declaring that the As
semblies of the six provinces ot thn
Island shuli have the right to elect their
presidents, nml that the mayors nnd deputy
mayors of the cities uf the provinces shall be
chosen from among the membets of the as
sembly. The provincial assemblies ure given
large powers lu the mutter of taxes, appro
priation for the municipalities nud prov
inces to be mudo separately. To olfset this,
tho Governor General is given the right of
Intervention nnd the power to suspend the
operation of laws almost ut will, making the
so-culled reforms a mockery.
It is provided that 20 members of the
Council of Administration shall be elected
by tho people, but the president of the body
is the Governor General, uud his rulings nre
to he binding at nil uicetingH.
The Cortes, to be composed of person
who have lived ut least two years on the is
land, is given tho right to determine the
amount of tho Imperial expenses, the total
budget: but to thu Governor General is given
the right to determine how this sum shall be
raised.
To the Council of Administration, under
the leadership of thu Governor General, is
given thn right to tlx tiie rules for imposing
customs duties, to determine the duties on
exportation und to arrange ull classification
ot imports.goods from Spain always to bo ad
mitted free, und those from other countries
taxed, llesliles this, thu Couueil of adminis
tration Is "to be consulted" upon all trestles
affecting Cuba.
It Is also provided that all clerks In the
gubllc departments must have resided on tbn
hlnud for two years. The appointment ot
them, however, Is left to the Governor-General,
who is to be u Spaniard.
TERSE TELEGRAMS,
The New Hampshire Dunking company ot
Nashua, N. II., suspended. The amount due
depositors is S-l!l,J3i
John A. llantcy. tho defaulting ex-Stato
treasurer of Nebraska, was arrested on a
charge of embezzling lMO.OOO.
William P. Nlcholls, president of tbn de
funct Hunk of Commerce, was convicted of
the embezzlement of $20,000,at New Orleans,
Lu,
General Miles received thn consent of thn
president to Ills projected trip to Turkey and
Greece. He will tie gone two or three
months.
The gold production of California Inst
year was (17,1H1,&02, and Increase ovor 1HVS
uf (1,847,215, nnd ot silver tl:'2,4;)tl a de
crease of ti7.aoj.
The president has decided hot to Interfere
in the case of Joseph Ilunlop, proprietor of
the Chicago Dispatch, who was sentenced to
two years' Imprisonment for sending obscene
matter through the mulls,
Thomas Itedmoud, alius "Texas Tom," a
follower of the nice tracks, wus sentenced in
Chicago to II (o lmprlsoumeut, for the mur
der ot John Htuart.
Harry D. llutler.of Chicago, got Into n dis
pute with bis wife and had begun to abuse
iter when a boarder, Harry Ituudall, inter
fered, und fatally shot llutler.
A column of Spanl-li troops commanded
by Col. Kstruoh, which has been operating
agniust thn Insurgent In the vicinity of
Mulutn, Gunjnbon and Charcos, province of
Plmir del Itio, has captured live lusurgeuts
camps.
A story come from .the Kentucky back
woods lu effect that five hold moonshiner
living lu a mountain cave have been killed
by armed citizens who went gunning tor
thorn.
WILL NOT ACCEPT ORDERS. )
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The Army t to Rserg salted aad Strsagth-sned.
The hero of the hour in Greece at present
I M. Balli, who ha teen chosen to succeed
M. Delyannl as premier. In an interview
M. Italli is credited with taylng that he
would not accept any definite mandate from
either the king or chamber, and would not
be hampered by a program. He will be
guided solely by data supplied by a careful
study ot the situation.
M. Italli further says his policy will be to
reorganize the army and raise it to Its maxi
mum strength, equipping and forwarding
numerous recruits and voluutoera from
Athens, to the front, re-establishing order In
the interior and obtaining a satisfactory so
lutlou of the foreign questions affecting
Oreeee. As soon ns M. Kalll takes the oath
of office It is his intention to proceed to the
Greek headquarters at Pharsaila and en
deavor to Infuse courage In the hearts of the
troops.
Dispatches from F.pirus announce that the
Greeks succeeded in regaining some of the
ground which they lust during the previous
two days.
The advisability of intervention Is being
considered by the powers, and their decision
may end the war. According to nn official
nnnouncemeut at St. Petersburg, where Em
peror Francis Joseph, of Austria, has beon
visiting the czar, the powers favor a return
to the status quo, with the retention ot the
reighing Greek dynasty.
It is said also that Turkey, although eager
for the annexation of territory, will not be
allowed any conoesslons as the result of her
conquests, aud that Greece will be required
to evueuute Crete.
WAR BULLETINS.
Outline ef the Situation of th Contending
Force.
Athens, April W. The king summoned M,
Delyannls, the Premier, on Thursday, and
called upon him to tender his resignation.
His mnjesly subsequently entrusted the op
position leaders with the task of forming a
new cabinet,
Tho Greeks have occupied the heights of
fentepigudia, nortb ot Arta. and about half
way between that place and Jauinaln Eplrus,,
nud entrenched themselves there.
Advices from Lurlssa say during the stam
pede of the soldiery nnd populace from thut
city on approach of tne Turks, there was a
seiious encounter between Italian volunteers
and Greek soldiers, during which many ot
the latter wero wounded aud several children
wero killed.
Tho Frankfort Zcitung publishes a dis
patch from Constantinople saying that owing
to the Greek Foreign Minister having made
the request to tbu I'ueslnnMlnlster at Athens,
the Ambassadors of Great llrltaln, France
and llussla at Constantinople have asked
the Turkish Government io grant Greece an
armistice.
VICT0RT CONFIRMED.
Greek Won a Deciiive Triumph Great
Los to Turkish Tioops.
The Turks attacked Velestiuo junction
Tuesday night last wilh four squadrons of
cavalry and a buttery of horse artillery. Tho
largo force of Greeks there easily beat the
Turks off, but not before they had displuced
half -a dozen rails and cut the telegraph
wires. Tho 'latter were repaired, and on
Wednesday the train service wus resumed.
Fighting was renewed Wednesday night,
but without special results. On Thursday
night the Turks assembled In great force in
tb direction of Veleslino, and, as it was sub-.
pocted that they were also between this point
and Trlkkala, a general attack was believed
to be imminent. Fighting, however, ocjured
only In the vicinity ot Velestlno.
The Turks mndu an attack before dawn,
but were successfully repulsed. Three times
in the course of the morning was the attack
repeated, but encb time from a different di
rection, and each time the result wns a re
pulse. Apparently it was intended that
theso attacks should be simultaneous, but
this plan fulled owing to the lack of proper
organization. The Turks, however, pushed
the attack with the utmost determination for
six hours, uud only nbundoned thu ullempt
to seize thu juuctiou about noon.
TURKS BEPUL8EO.
Their March on Volo Checked by th Ore
dan. A special dispatch from Volo, the port of
Thessnly, announces that tho Turkish ad
vance forces have attacked the Greeks at
Velestiuo, about eight miles west of Volo,
nnd on the railroad connecting the latter
fiiace with Larissa nnd Pharsslu. Tho Turks,
lowever, were repulsed with heavy loss and
driven buck as fur us Telierlls.
Gen. Smolensk!, on hearing of the attack
upon Velestlno, mudn a forced march from
Phnrsula to support the Greek force at Ve
lestiuo. The following semi-official announcement
has been made: "Pourparlers between Par
Is, London, Home and St. Petersburg, with
the view of utlempting mediation betwern
Turkey ami Greece have been very active
and ore now assuming mora precise form.
It is hoped the opportunity to mediate will
arise before long. Gcrmanyaud Austrlaare
kept iuformed of tho (.rogress of the negoti
ations and do not disapprove of ihem."
TURKEY'S PEACE OFFER.
Greece to Surrender Thenaly and Pay In
demnity. The terms of peace which Turkey has of
fered Greece have reached the Washington
legations. They are as follow:
The restoration ot the boundary fixed by
the treaty of 18111, which gave to Turkey
ail of Thessaly, including Its extensive sea
coast.
The evaluation by Greece of Prevesa and
other points in the province of Epirus.
Tbo withdrawal of the Greek troops from
Crete nnd the acceptance of the plan of auto
nomy offered the island by the porta.
The payment of war indemnity large
nnough to cover the expense ot the mobiliz
ing of the Turkish troops.
CRETAN BL0CXABX RELAXED.
Foreign Admiral Inform th Insurgent
of th Fall of larltta.
A dispatch from Canea say that the admi
ral of the foreign fleet vbited the Insur
gents nt Akrolrl and had a prolonged confer
ence with the leaders.
Admiral Cauevaro informed them ot the
fall of Lnrlssa and of the retreat of the Greek
army. They were greatly moved and asked
to be allowed lo go to Greece to Ught for
King George.
The admiral then announced tbelr Inten
tion to relux the blockade whtch, they said,
wo not intended to starve the Islanders into
subjection. They assured the insurgents
that they would be permitted to come Into
the town, provided they came unarmed, to
purchase anything they might need, and,
moreover, thnt they would be furnished with
with nn escort to guard them against any
fear of Mussulman attack.
Thousands of Aorei Leased.
Lenses eoverlng several Jhousund acre ot
oil Inud In the northern part ot Madison
county. Ind., have been filed. The big well
which bas created such a furore i running
1,000 barrel a day. Nineteen derrick are
being put up within tight of tbi gusbw. ,
HEAVT GOLDSHlPJijjJj
Tfcy Oesur Ivery Spring aad tk i
. Can Slant It XaU
. Tna total shipment ot gold to r.
the week endfni? Ttf. t I.
.- - -vMiitm j
der, Peabody ft Co. will ihip -T V,
Ing th grand total of announc
uipmeois irom April 27 to Slav 4
A dispatch from WashinaW
withdrawal from the Nw Vort 1
vimonisM irom me jitw lork T
of f 4,000,000 in gold col. and buT
treasury department, old cmcUu'
pertinent calllns? att.nii,,. ..""l
during the last 20 years and more .L!1
been an annual outward moveoWT
-i T . ",7 ' . J""'"'?. uiuul.i"
or ay, and endiai',,1
a enrreHiinn.ii.. a a
meet during the winter month. W,J
nlng in April or
summer, ami
j uo itui tora years, nowever k.
maraeu oy aonormai gold movem,7,
on abnormal conditions, whi.i. i. .
. -Several reasons are given for o,. J
gold export movement, of which iZ
heavv Importations to tak .i t
projiosed new tariff law I reMM?
welahtiesL BMw k
The custom receipt for April I
21.454.731. as comnan.1 .i.?
Aprll. WW. The duties pn,t. of If l11
stitute only a fraction of theM
goous imported, lor which eetii..,
be made in gold. The mon". H
American tourists abroad, which h J
estimated a hisn as i :V Ann a. .
la another factor In id. .'.i, '",
demand for foreign bills on this 'L
forVomemonthi '"'
Another factor is the heav. Bni
gold on Austrian and Japan.
During thn first ten davs o,.
month the Dank of England al0 K
5.000,000 to Japan aad Awri. '
The apprehenelon of a gerii Uf
m on 17 Mm nnv.n M.nt 1
deo talon of thn an r.rmt n
- -1 vvmi rUJilriaf
road trafflo combinations. It li th0 JS
vw kv. viiuiuiiini j v-nUKCg Jo (k.
Cht noeefcflitv of Bhirtninir
ever the cause, no alarm I. r.u7. . .
come, the present stock of gold la itTJ
urv. lC3.354.Ca8. belne reLr,t..i ' 1
to meet any emergency without Intkl
uujiMiiug uui tiemi at uumeorittr
BLUE AND GHAT.
A Rotable Bipner Party Givej Ii
York.
One of the most pleasing
great gutherlug in New York cltj,
small dinner party given bv .
Grant Wilson at his home inlunJ
r tk .... . i..i.i... , ... "'-
iuu. .u "um, isniuCT oeing a re lulu J
surviving classmates of tieiisralo!
nneaainn vena nnit fis ihu
'ir3fQtl
union and confederate caun
struggle of 30 odd yeurs ago. 1
General Wilson und for gussu CF
v Miipbuourr , AUKnr, iienerul JtJ
lleyuolds. General Win. Il Franklin J
Kamiiol C. French, llev. Lr. (leorifdJ
unierai nimon u. nuckner, imtt Ii
street nnd Admiral Dnniei Amm-n. DJ
guests firs mentioned nre tho mrn4
oi u:o ciass ot which Ueneral lirutd
member at West Point, itritjiug iJ
goiuer at mis lime was a hn. loijm
Ished by General Wilson. nml hetuL
ed when acceptances of ins inriuua
been received from all live.
General Wilson's pleasure at thru
of General Grunt's early cointti
less genuine than tbu satlsfuctluutbiisj
all his guests felt when the dUuial
confederate gonoruls, alike waralwl
orunt, uppenre I in response to b;
tions. At the gathering Ben- toll
anecdotes which could have bra af
out at no other time. The uciotiJ
covers of the blue and gray pra(M
interesting stories ana they mngm
a completeness that would'havHtaM
slbie under other circumstances,
LOCOMOTIVES FOB CHlft
First Big Shipment Beady to hl(
the Orient.
As the result of a contract eotrnda
the Baldwin Locomotive Worki, olta
pblu, with the Chinese GovrrDCfUl
nre now 13 locomotives, nearly tou
aud almost ready lor i-liipinenl, tUK
the company s shops. J Ms isicot
oi any magnitude ever nwivfjir
by any American mm.
Tho contract for these locomolli
includes four passenger, fur frrtf
four shifting engines, was iwirnt I
months ago and they huue twnntK
upon general designs nirnirlirf
nese Government, while tnuTinosi
wero prepared bytliellrru. Intft
they resemble the ordinary Atn'W
motive, although there nre !'
thut are distinctly English, Y""'
which is the mounting of thntriMi
instead of being mounted upon itm
trucks like thn tenders of ttiwl
glnes. are mouuted upon tlinn prl
two wheels each. 1 ho tend'tHM"!
er.
A LAE0R WAS.
Knight of Labor Decl.rei IuilfV
Federation of LiH'.
The irennral executive board dlM
of Labor huvn formally declared wl
the American Federation ot ii
count of the action of th Sailor J
Workers, an affiliated body otiw-l
Federation of Labor, and a.iot-'"
to the members of the Kuighl
throughout the United Htslm. J
Thia .1.1 .. vhicli will be enn
offlclul Journal of the ordered "I
to each member of tne or?wr.i
the officers of the Federation iM
misrepresentation nnd of Mjn
w.ni.ifli. munihHri fit itlS Hotf
er' assembly of the KulgbufWi
Bushnell Will Oppon M
Governor Bushnell. of Ohio,
ed himself as a candidate to "
llunns. This stand has ""
Hunna to the gravity of tli't!
is writing to each o( the li'P
leaders in Ohio. Ills W".
onen war will be didarsJ T v,
tratlon against Henutwr l'"'"1
ter' friends are stlrrlngj.
For the murder of a tr" ''M
cntiu ana a gin in uio '""-af
hood, the assault of two t'.l
k. . . .k.i. .L.tlnn-t'"!
being oonsumed In the nroTJ
groes were lynobed byth'MJ
rlated mob of negroes, ihs 'XJ
negroes, at Bunnyshlc,"!.
w... Hut IUf
It I .eml-offlclally I'J
reason Xo believe tnai
between Turkey and rT".,
position of affaire Is reK
practicable, botnuree---
resolved to continue the sw
art) thus obliged to statsl
the combatants Is finally
TTmI
Seven Burn.4 n "j
j ne nome or a logg'us
- t.. tin. mo' A
county, Kentucky, wai b urt
night, sire, ewoni -. -
ana a neignoor s i-"""i y .
the second story, ami ""ii
nrf .laiwihlnr wlin OCClifl
were burued to deatlu
- x-enuij"-- -ir
The directors of ' j
mining und smelting
meeting, decided to PrW(i,r
gold on the mountlo Jf
The gold -rein found '"."JTi
aid to b thick -?)
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