Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 15 May 1897 — Page 3

WASHINGTON NOTES,

THE CUBAX QUESTION AGAIN DISCUSSED IN THE SENATE.

The heniite Sugar Schedule Will Not Bo Accepted by House—Minister Donby to be Recalled—Notes From tho

Nation's Capital.

The Morgan Cuban resolution was discussed at considerable length In the Senate Monday. For tho first time since the debate began the opposition sentiment expressed itself. The speeches were not of a kind to stimulate the galleries, being in the main calm and dispassionate reviews of the situation in Cuba. Mr. Hale maintained that it would be unwise to embarrass the President by the adoption of these resolutions at a time when he was investigating the subject. He intimated also that the adoption of the resolution would lead to the withdrawal of the Spanish minister and the termination of diplomatic relations between Spain and the United States. The Senator said few real Americans were imprisoned in Cuba. He had never heard of a genuine Yankee being among them They were are Sanguillys, or Delgados! or Ruizes. Turning to his associates, Mr! Hale said that no one ever heard of a Burrows or a Smith or a Frye as a victim of one of these alleged outrages. The Senator said the real motive for the Morgan resolution was shown in the recent statement of Mr. Morgan that the passage of this resolution would prevent Spain from making a loan and thus prevent her from putting down the insurrection.

Mr. Gaillnger dissented from this statement. saying the question of a loan was but one ground on which the friends of Cuba had favored the recognition of Cuban belligerency. There were, he said, other and higher grounds. Mr. Morgan also dissented.

Referring to the reports that another Spanish loan was being negotiated, Mr. Turpie said: "Spain is now on its last legs, financially. Shall we fill up her treasury are we charged with supporting and maintaining the Spanish credit. Is it our duty to support the armies and navies of Spain on land a^d sea in her vain efforts to subject the patriots of Cuba once more to the oppression Jf the •Spanish yoke? I think not. But the Senator from Maine says that if we pass the resoution the Spanish minister will ask for his passports, break up diplomatic relations and go home. I do not attach much importance to that consequence.

Ministers have heretofore received their conge and gone away without destroying the political, geographical or physical equilibrium of the American hemisphere. I do not attach the slightest importance to the fact that the Spanish /minister may be instructed to ask for his papers, to suspend diplomatic relations and to go home." ,. -v.", .•

One of the best tariff experts at the capital is authority for the statement that the differential duty on sugar in tho Senate bill is three-fourths of a cent per pound. When Congress fixed the differential at one-eighth of a cent in the Wil-son-Gonnan bill it created a tremendous scandal, the recollection of which will not be effaced for years. The sugar schedule in the pending Senate bill is such a complicated affair that its real meaning is hidden from every one except the experts, and even they differ in their conclusions. It can be stated as practically a certainty that the Mouse will never agree to the Senate sugar plans, and as the true inwardness of the proposition develops, opposition in the Senate grows 'o such a degree as to. threaten its passage through that body. Although the Senate sugar schedule is manifestly in the interest of the Sugar Trust, there have been as yet no Indications of a scandal like that which shook the country three years ago. Sugar stocks have been Wore or less affected by the gossip over the schedule and by the announcement of results, but the range of fluctuation lias Hon quite moderate. Tne limit since the

fl,)d

Means Committee began on

the House bill five months ago having wen less than ten points, with a maan Sure of 114 to 115.

M. Ttockhill, whqse place as Assistant Secretary of State has been tilled by Jh? appointment of Judge Day, seems to slated for appointment'as minister to Uima, vice General Charles Denby, of Inana,. who has held that mission for "he years. General Denby was ap-« Pouited minister to China May 29, 1S85, by

Cleveland. He was born In Virginia, »"t was appointed from Evansville, Ind. lif-n Mr. Harrison became President

Republican party demanded that Mr. iJenby be recalled and the twelve-thou--and-dollar-a-year position be given to of tho faithful. Hon. Henry W. air. of educational fame, was one of most urgent in demanding the recall

Minister Denby, and he solicited the appointment for himself. After a great Ml of consideration President Harrison ominated Mr. Blair, and the Senate conniu him, but this had been scarcely ti'vi°.

1V ,Kn the

Chinese Government pro-

against the appointment of the Hampshire man, and refused to ree»smze him. Mr. filair-started for China ^ay of California, but, owing to pronounced position of the Chinese errmiont regard to his appointment,

Hlalr was recalled, and President CMn.

flirected Mr

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to r!. i°

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Denby to remain in

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Cleveland

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nmnslon

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Gary's personal

In reply to a Senate resolution as to We.efL'eefc'of the present rate of the Internal revenue tax on distilled spirits, on the collection of revenue, etc.. Secretary Gage on Monday replied that, according to the tables of previous years, the highest revenue rate would be 70 cents per gallon. He recommends a rate of 90 cents, and if the reduction be made a return to the bonued period of three years. Among other changes he recommends is that a special tlx of not less than $500 or more than $1,000 per annum be imposed on the industry of distilling, to be determined by the capacity of tho distillery that only stills having a capacity of twenty gallons or more shall bo entitled to registry and permitted to operate. The secretary says the present rate of tax has had the effect pf greatly increasing illicit distilling.

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There were two significant features of Monday's developments of the Universal Postal Congress. The first was the positive announcement from the Corean minister here, Mr. Chin Pom Ye. that the little kingdom would join the Union, and the second a decision that was reached after a long discussion, to reduce the rates of international postal orders on a sliding scale basis after reaching a. certain amount. This matter does not affect the United tates. The action will not effect the postal orders for less than 100 francs, or $20, but will cheapen the cost of all issued for more than that sum. Despite positive announcements from Pekin some months ago, there is some doubts, now as to China's joining the Union, though its delegates are in attendance! but without vote. Orange Free State also has not been heard from. A scheme is being urged, and may be submitted at this Congress for report at the next, providing for an international telegraphic service at the postoffices of some of the leading cities of the various countries.

"DARK AND fj LOODY GROUND."

Another lctlin of tho Famous Kentucky Mountain Feuds.

Lexington, Ky., special: Captain W!Iliam Strong, leader pf the faction that bore his name in the Strong-Amos and Strong-Calahan feuds which have cost more than fifty lives in Breathitt county, was found on the roadside near his home Mondfiy shot to death with seven bullet holes in his body. Two weeks ago ho met Ed Calahan, leader of the opposing faction in Judge Day's office at Jackson where they shook hands and declared the feud ended.

Strong was seventy-two years old, a captain in the Federal army. After the war the Amos family and their friends tried to exterminate Strong and his friends, 'ihey beseiged Strong and his house three days, when Strong's nephew, with a dozen other soldiers, came to the rescue. A few nights afterward Strong and his men met the Amos faction in an open meadow in the moonight. A fiercc battle ensued, which resulted in the deaths of one Amos and the wounding of-several more. Only one of Strong's men was wounded. The Amos family removed tc Kansas after several more of their men were killed. "When the Ku Klux rode in Breathitt county last year Capta.n Strong denounced them in unmeasured terms, and when it was told him that the Calahans were the leaders he made war on them. In this war three men have been killed, and the authorities, realizing that Breathitt county would witness another bloody "mountain war, summoned the leaders on both sides to appear before County Judge Day, with the resuit that peace was supposed to be restored. Strong's friends will never rest till this murder is avenged.

OWVTION TO BISMARCK.

The Prince Reviews a Parade and Makes a Speech.

Fricdrichsruhe special: Three thousand men were in line in a torchlight parade given this evening in honor of Prince Bismarck. A heavy rain was falling, but in spite of this Prince Bismarck appeared upon the balcony and witnessed the procession march past. The crowd then gathered in front of him and listened to a brief address by Dr. Semler. congratulating him upon his recovery from his recent illness. Despite the rain, everybody uncovered when Prince Bismarck began his reply. He changed his familiar cap for a cuirassier's helmet and the incident was greeted with a storm of cheers.

He spoke deliberately and distinctly, and with much of his olu vigor. He re

ferred to the fact that it was just fifty

years ago when he entered parliamentary life, and added: "One of the advantages of becoming old is that one becomes in-

different to hatred, insult and calumny P°

while one's capacities for love and good

will is increased." In concluding he ex-

pressed his love for all who had done

him the honor of the evening, called for

cheers for Hamburg, and then left the I

Count Herbert Bismarck, Count Von

Rantzau and Doctor Schweninger re-

ceived numerous floral tokens on behalf

of the Prince. Everybody was delighted

to see the venerable ex-chancellor look-

ing so well.

TORTURED BY ROUUERS.

One Woman ?tr ick with a Club and Another Feet Burned.

New Philadelphia, O., special: Mrs. Elizabeth Balliott and her two daughters, Elizabeth and Emeline, who live on a farm near this place, had a terrible experience with masked burglars last night. There were four of the robbers. They battered down the front door with a rail. Mrs. Balliott and Elizabeth, who sleep together down stairs, were bound, ana when they refused to tell where their money was hidden one of the robbers struck Elizabeth on the head with a club, injuring her most seriously. Then tho robbers went up-stairs. They asked Emeline where the money was. She refused to tell, and the robbers applied a torch to her feet, burning thAn terribly. She then told them there was money in a trunk in her room. Tho trunk was broken open, and when the robbers had secured about $75 hidden In it they took their departure. The women remained

bound until this morning, when they gave the alarm. No trace of the robbers has

'men found.

WASTED WEALTH.

THE BIG CARVER

tfon T,ie

OIIj WETJIJ

COUI"t-h°use

c!l

wer

opelle(i on

balcony and sat In a tent erected in the awarded on May 20. Sculpturo work has park to witness the further proceedings,

ALEXANDRIA A SERIOUS MENACE TO THE GAS BELT INTERESTS.

Fort Wayne's Now Court House—A Swindriijslclftn—A Murderer's Prodiction—Indiana Items.

Wanted Wealth.

Kokomo special: The prospecting for oil since tho opening of the big gusher at Alexandria is a serious menace to the manufacturing interests of the gas belt. The oil men care nothing for gas and the flow of gas that invariably follows the opening of wells is permitted to go to waste—blow oft in the air. This condition of affairs is making life anything but pleasant for State Natural Gas Inspector

C. Leach and he is racking his brain to devise ways and means to stop the waste. He went to Anderson this evening to confer with Prosecuting Attorney Scanlon, and it is expected that suit will be instituted in the Alexandria case at once to stop the waste if possible. According to the estimates of gas men the waste of gas Is ten times more than the value of the oil at this early stage of the latter's development and the gas Is much more useful. The oil benefits nobody but the Standard and other foreign corporations, whereas the gas is used by more than a million people In and near the gas belt and the factories using the fuel employ 60,000 operatives. The loss of the gas would be a public calamity, it Is argued, and the substitution of oil would be of no benefit whatever.

State Supervisor Leach is In full sympathy with the gas interests and win do everything flossible for the preservation of the gas supply. The new law permitting oil prospectors to keep their wells open two days after drilling, seems to give the oil men an excuse or a "loophole" for evading and totally ignoring its provisions. In any event the oil "men payno attention to the law. It is to their Interest to waste all the gas they can in order to get it out of the way of the oil, which lies directly under the gas stratum.. j.c Is a critical situation for the gas belt and early decisive action will be required to save the fuel from total destruction.

Fort Waynn'R New Court House. The new court-house which is to be erected by Allen county is perhaps one

of the finest public buildings In the State. For half a dozen years or more the question of a new court-house has been one that has bothered this county, and at last, when it was decided to erect one, therc^was no small opposition to the project. Last year Matthew Ferguson, J. II. Stellborn and Sylvanlus Baker decided that a new court-house was not a desirability, but a necessity, and so the scheme took shape. The now building was selected from among a number of designs proposed by many architects. When finished it will have cost in tho neighborhood of $1,000,000. The building will be of the Gracco-Roman stylo of architecture, and will be built of the finest blue Bedford stone, with marble trimmings. The location is in tho heart of the city, and it will stand for a century as a monument to the present genera-

proper will be 134

by 272 feet, but in auaition there will bo a power station three squares away,

furnish, through a tunnel, the

to run the elevators, make the

cIectrlc

Hffht and heat the building. Bids

were

°Pened in February, but the com

ss one

rs believed they were too high

and rcadv

°rtised, the new bids to bo

May 15, and the contract to be

been rov

'ded for on the outer panels of

the aTld

usts o{

ayne

after

there will be carved the

George Washington, Anthony

Little Turtle and Gaptaln Allen,

whom the county was named. The

scenes

some of the historical battles

fought in this locality will also be carved on the panejs. One of the great features of the building will be the court-rooms. There will be four of them, all inside rooms with corridors and office roms between them and the streets. The light Is perfect and comes from the roof, without any side light whatever. The light from the dome is carried through the corridors and rotunda to the Innermost corners of every stairway. The wood used in the interior finish will be of white oak, but there is so little wood in the design that the building is as nearly noncombustible as modern skill and knowledge '. can make it. The columns and pilasters in the basement will be of the Doric style I of architecture, on the first floor of Ionic architecture and on the third floor Corinthian in style. The interior columns will be of scagliola and the interior walls will be of white marble throughout.

A Swindling Physician.

The story is told at Bourbon that a traveling physician, claiming Columbus, O., as headquarters, called upon various people throughout Adams county afflicted with incurable diseases and agreed to cure them or no pay, conditioned that thay take his medicine the

bank &nd pay

able to the doctor vtosjf a cure was ef-

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fected or the conditions were shown tc be violated. The medicine proved to b« so horrible In taste that no patient could swallow it, and a forfeiture of contract followed. James Teeters, a farmer, paid over $2,000 for his experience, and ther? were other patients, swelling the totai harvest reaped by the physician to something like $5,000. 1

A Murdcrcr'HPrediction.

"When the verdict was brought In In the Sutherlin murder case, at Plymouth, one of his lawyers said to him: "Well, Bin. guess you will have to go, but we feel sure that we can have the verdict reversed in the Supreme court." Sutherlin replied that of course he would have to go for the present, and then added that "four of tho witnesses who tesiitled against me swore falsely, and before I como back for a new trial they will all be dead." The four alluded to were John Hill, Charles Hanes, Taz Mitchell and Dan Rohrer. Why he should make such a prediction Is a mystery, but It is a queer coincidence that two of them are already dead. Hill died the week following the trial, and last Sunday, at Monterey, Hanes was killed in a game of base ball by being hit in the temple by a pitched ball. •T-/:':

INDIANA 8TATE ITEMS.

A gang of traveling burglars were atrested at Ft. Wayne. Lime jugs are being used to kill fi3h in White river, at Anderson, and the State Fish Commissioner has been summoned.

Anderson special: Jacot) Clem, who piloted many Madison county DurUcards to North Dakota, returned here today. Ho tells of the disappointment of the majority of Indiana emigrants, who would return if they had the money. Clem says he can not conscientiously advise additional emigration to that region.

Miss Myrtle Dauglierty, of Warsaw, sued Nell Pinkerton for $10,000 for breach pf promise. The case ended, last week, by the young lady getting a verdict for $1,250.

Alexander Cooper, of Edinburg. is in jail for stabbing 'William Gaddis, Moilday, in the mouth and In the side. Cooper could not give bail. Gaddis's condition Is critical.

Frederick Stumpp, a meat dealer of Washington, was found hanging dead to a rope in his slaughter-house, Monday.

FT. WAYNE COURT-HOUSE

He was 50 years of age and had $8,000 life insurance. The suicide is a mystery.

Eleven business houses were destroyed by fire at Bloomfleld, including the handsome new opera house, a small structure, but well equipped. The total loss aggregates $uO,000, with $10,0u0 insurance.

A monster ape, or something of similar appearance is reported to be at large in the woods near Sailor, In Elkhart county.

The superintendent of the Grant county Infirmary is charged with being cruel to the inmates.

Andrew Hall, of ICentiand, for 25 years a leader of tho Republican party In his county and at one time a member of the State Central Committee and of the Legislature, is dead. lie had often held county office.

Chas. Romlnger, of Hope, aged 87, Is dead. He was the last of the pioneers living who purchased their land direct from the government in Haw Creek township.

An old log house, In a good state of preservation, stands in Democrat township, Carroll county. It was built in 1S39 by Alexander Morrow, the oldest living resident of the county, aged ninety-three There has never been but two deaths under Its roof, and never a birth, which probably cannot be said

house of its age in Indiana.

any other

George and Kicliard Edwards, of Eminence, who murderously assaulted John" Avend, after a trial at Martinsville, covering several days, and an all-night session of the jury, have been sentenced to three months in jail, with a fine of $50 each. The fight was the result of a family feud, dating back to 1895.

James Kennedy, of the state prison, who was taken from Jeffersonville on the transfer train, died last week, of consumption. He was the old saloonkeeper of Jackson county, who shot a man In a quarrel over 15 cents. He was carried on a stretcher when the transfer train was loaded, and he looked like death at the time. He was buried in the prison graveyard at Michigan City.

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A NEW GAS FIELD.

Greatest Gnsher On Record Brought In at Petersburg, l'lko County.

Petersburg special: This has been tho most eventful night in the history of Petersburg, and, in some respects, of southern Indiana. It marks the beginning of the development of the enormous natural gas resources of this section. The great gas well drilled in recently was tested, and found to have a pressure of 565 pounds, which Is 215 pounds greater than any ever discovered in Indiana. The final test was made the occasion for a brilliant illumination and celebration. Tho town was wild and everybody has the gas fever.

RACE WAR IN GEORGIA.

Ulootly Riot Follows Refusal of a White Man to Wait on a Ncjjro.

Wavcross. Oa.. spedaJ: A race war at Delmar. little town near here, resultei in blood shed Monday. C. A. Demory. a storekeeper, refused to wait on William Simmons, a negro politician of some repute. Simmons attempted to brain him with a scale weight, whereupon Demory shot and killed him. About 4 o'clock the store was .attacked by a mob of negroes, who kept volleys of bullets pouring through the thin sides oi the „ullding until S o'clock at night. They seriously wounded Demory. William Horsell. James Boyd and two brothers named Williamson. The sheriff and a posse from Valdosta drove them away and placed a guard about the wounded men for the night. A number of the negroes were wounded, but none were Killed so far as can be learned.

TO ASTONISH LONDON.

A Section of a California Big Tree Shipped to W. W. AHtor.

San Francisco special: The Germar ship Maria Hacklield, loading here for London, took on board yesterday a piece of cargo consigned to William Waldorf Astor. It is a great slab of redwood—a cross section of one of the big trees of California—fourteen feet four inches in diameter. At a utnner party given some time ago in London Astor spo..e about the great redwoods. Some of the hearers were skeptical. This nettled Mr. Astor, and to prove his assertion he offered to wager that he could procurc from one cross section of a California big tree a table large enough to accommodate all of the forty guests assembled, iliere is not a blemish in the whole piece. Heavy wire cables were bound around Its outer rim and heavy planks protect it from being split.. It is three feet thick and weighs auout nineteen tons.

WAUjICD IP A 1.1 VIC.

Seventeen Hermits Immured So They Might Receive a Martyr's Clown.

According to a dispatch to the London Dally News from St. Petersburg, a terrible crime, the result of superstition, has been committed at Tirespol, in the government ol Kherson, where are a number of hermitages inhabited by sectarians. Recently seventeen ol the hermits disappeared, and it was believed that they had emigrated in fear of the impending day of judgment. But a hermit named Kowalind has confessed that he walled them up alive in response to their earnest entreaties that tney might receive the martyr's crown. The police examined the' spot and verified the confession.

Soars Aloft and Sails Away, Roosts and •Waits For Another Day.

Nashville, Tenn.. special: Friday at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition ground:Prof. Arthur Barnard, physical instructor of the V. M. C. A. of Nashville, began journey In an air ship constructed by himself. The officials of the Expo/lion and the people attending the Exposition witnessed the ascent of the aerial voyager. Tho ship moved off in perfect order, and passed out of sight in a few minutes. The ship sailed west and landed at Watkins. fifteen miles west of the city, in good shape. Other trips will be made from the Exposition grounds.

Mr. T.vnor lifts a 'Place.

James M. T.vnor, of Indiana, has been appointed Assistant Attorney-General for the Poslofiiee Department. Mr. Tyner at once took the oath of office and entered on the discharge of his duties. James M. Tyner has been in the postal service at various times for thirty-five years While a young man he was a merchant at Cambridge, Ind., whence he removed to Peru, where he engaged in the same business. In 18fil he was appointed special agent of the Postoflice Department, which position he held until removed by President Johnson. He was then elected to Congress from the Peru district for three terms. President Grant appointed him Second Assistant Postmaster-Gener-al, promoted him to First Assistant anc finally made him Postmaster-Gener-al. lie was again First Assistant Post-master-General in the Hayes administration.

Condensed Dispatches.

A Chicago man sued his father-in-law for $100,000 for alienating his wife's at fections.

The European powers are discussing Uie question of mediation between Greece and Turkey.

E. Kellogg Beach, a retired capitalist of Chicago, committed suicide last week because of ill health. .!•/

Five are dead and five dying as a result of drinking water from a poisoned spring In Kentucky.

Judge Stull of Auburn, Neb., sent the Mayor and City Council of that place ]all for contempt of his court.

Pension Agent Spencer of Indianapolis Is booked for removal in tlti near future for "pernicious political activity."

Tho leau.ng London papers bitterly denounce the United States Senate for tho rejection of the arbitration treaty.

Robert Clogston, aged and eccentric, said to have been a banished Russian nobleman, committed suicide at Eureka, Kas.

The Senate agreed to the amendment to the sundry civil bill revoking President Cleveland's order establishing extenslvo forest reserves.

The Main street electric car line of Cincinnati has voluntarily reduced fares to three cents between 5 and 7 o'clock a. m. and 5 to 7 o'clock p. m.

The United States revenue cutter Bear has sailed from Seattle, Wash., on her annual cruise to tho Arctic. Aboard tho Bear is the coast and geodetic survey party, which is to make a survey of the Pribyloff islands, at the head of which is W. W. Duffield, son of the chiei 'S%the United States coast and geodetic survey service. With him are Fremont Morse, G. R. Putnam and George L. Putnam and six college boys, mostly from Chicago.

SALISBURY'S SPEECH.

Tho British Premier Unofficially Discusses the Eastern Question.

The annual meeting of the Primrose League took place at Albert Hall, London, Tuesday. The audience was largely composed of the nobility.. Mme. Albant sang the national anthem. Tho Marquis of Salisbury was enthusiastically received. The premier dwelt at length on the Graeco-Turklsh war and the concert of Europe, the main object of which, ho said, was to prevent an European war, adding that the belief prevailed that all danger of such a war was -naly dissipated and that the peace of Europe apart from ti.,» local 001111101,' had been placed, on a better basis and had better hopo in Its future than ever before. Her Jiajesty government, tho premier also said, would do its best to end the bloodshed. in his concluding reference to the war tho Marquis of Salisbury said: "The opening of the Eastern question was gieatly dreaded, but It has become liktt a nightmare. There has been great terror that any outbreak in the southeast of Europe might lead to a general blaze, but it is to be hoped that the danger, is past, and that we may look calmly on the larger interests involved. It may bo thit Turkey has exhibited proofs of strength which none suspected, and perhaps a better future Is open to the dominions of the Sultan. Their government may improve, or maybe the empire will collapse, as many have feared. In either case we are justified in believing that all .changes will be conducted under the sanction of peaceful deliberations."

The Duke of Marlborough proposed a resolution congratulating the Queen on the growth of the empire during her long reign and on the growth of patriotic 'and fraternal feeling in the various portions of Her Majesty's dominions. Tho resolution, was adopted.

GRAKCO-TCRK1S1I WAR.

The Moslems Seem to Have the Best of tho Fight.

A London cable says: The situation in Thessaly, the chief scene of the GraecoTurkish war, as it appears this morning, is: The main portion of the Greek army is entrenched at Domokos, awaiting the arrival of the Turks. General Smolenski's brigade of Hellenes is at Almyros, south of Volo, having retreated from Velestlno, where it made such a gallant stand. The Turks havo probably occupied Volo, although reports on this point are conflicting. Edhem Pasha's army of Moslems has established headquarters at Pharsala, and will probably proceed to Domokos. where a great battle may be fought if the Greeks mako a stand.

The Turks have full control of the road leading from Thessaly to tho valley of Spherchlos and Lamia by the Mochluka pass. No obstacle exists to prevent them from advancing and cutting off all communications with Domokos and Lamia.. At no point during the retreat of tho Greeks from Pharsala on Wednesday was there anything like a rout, although tha ranks were mowed by Turkisn shrapnel. The Turkish lines advanced quietly and irresistibly, the gaps closing up instantly as if tho men were not only indifferent, but actually unconscious of the fire.

RUSH OF MliXItAN CATTLE.

Prospective Duty Results In Unprecedented Importation*.

The prospective duty on Mexican cattle, as proposed in the pending tariff bill, has resulted in an unprecedented rush of Mexican cattle into the United States. Tho reports of the Kansas office of tho Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture show that the Imports of Mexican cattle for the month of April were 72,011. the greatest in the history of this country's cattlo trado with Mexico. The imports for March gieatly exceeded the imports for ny previous month, but the March figures were exceeded in April by over 27,000 head. The Importation of 72,644 head in April is compared with 14,905 in April a year ago. About two-thirds of the cattlo imported were entered at Nogales and El Paso.

Henry Jones Hanged.

Henry Jones, colored, the Indianapolis murderer serving a life sentence, who killed a fellow convict at the Prison •North for which he was sentenced to death, was hanged at the prison at midnight May 7. Jones was tho second man to be hung under the law requiring aii executions to be conducted at the Prison North.

THE MARKETS.

INDIANAPOLIS. May 12, 1897. $.89

WHEAT IOUN OATS HAY—Choice Timothy $9.50 CATTLE Shippers 3.50

Toms ..

.26% .22

10.00 4.50 3.60 4.60 3.00

Stoekers 3.00 Heifers 3.60 Cows 1.90 Bulls 2.00 IIOGS 3.SO

& 3.75 @3.92%

POULTRY Hens ^.06% Springs .15 .03 .09 .OS

.03 .09 .OS

Old Hen Turkeys .07 .06%. .40 .08

BUTTER, Choice Country ..

EGGS FEATHERS —Geese, per lb.

WOOL—Unwashed: Medium

BEESWAX HONEY ...

HIDES

TIMOTHY SEED, per bush.

PORK, per LARD, per

PORK, per LARD, per 100 lbs

PORK, per LARD, per

.06%. .40 .08

.30

.07% .80 .17 .11

.17 .11

.30 .14

.25 .12

.30 .14

....

.25 .12

.30 .14

.06 .07

CHICAGO.

WHEAT .. .93% .24% .17% 2.90

.24% .17% 2.90

3.55 8.60 .3.97%

8.60 .3.97%

NEW YORK.

WHEAT ... .811-3 30

.811-3 30

OATS .23 BALTIMORE].

CORN

OATS

.23

WHEAT ... .80 •29V4 .27

.80 •29V4 .27

TOLEDO. ?-r

WHEAT .. .92 .25 .13

CORN

OATS

.92 .25 .13