Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 April 1897 — Page 2

- THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL; THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1897.

Joining fields cme a roar, developing Into a fierce rustalned yell, rolling from the distant rear with lishtninff spc-d. Soon in the midst of this yell could hs distinguished cries of 'The Turks are upon us,' In a few momenta a dozen horsemen and as many riderless steeds appeared on the left at full pallop, the men shouting with frenzy, Run! run! Turks are here! Into the night air rose this agonizing roar, fairly paralyzing imagination. It will remain In my memory forever. AWFUL. STAMPEDE. "The stampede w;us Immediate. The animals were inched into a gallop and men. women, children and ?oldiers joined pell mell in a mad rush, many who fell io the ground being trampled to death. Vehicles were overturned, mixing up bedding, furniture, ammunition, horse?, donkeys, . oxen end buffalos. "According to one story the horsemen . who so suddenly appeared and caused this fearful stampede were really Circassian .cavalry, which dclouchMl from Boughasl. but this report Is not generally believed. !eside our carriage two infantrymen appeared with faces blanched from terror. They Jumped upon the steps and we tried tt keep them out. One of them thereupon leveled his rifle In our direction. But their combined weight on the steps of one side of the carriage overturned It. smashed It to pieces and the London Times correspondent and myself were thrown out. I was pinned by the leg under broken timbers, as the pandemonium around increased. "In a perfect insanity of terror, soldiers. Irregulars and armed peasants began firing their rifles In every direction. From the front and rear,, from right and left the bullets whizzed; but the -reports of the tirearms were scarcely heard above the roar of human beings and the terror of the maddened animals. "Even in the Shipka pass or In the hottest part of the fearful righting at Plevna I never witnessed such wild firing. The whole plain was lit by the flashes of the rifles in the hands of the terror-stricken soldiery and peasants. "Eventually the Times correspondent and myself succeeded in fretting--inside a ditch by the roadside and thus proceeding slowly in this manner we succeeded in pushing forward for a time, when we were thrown down by a rush from behind and trampled 'on by scores of people. As I succeeded in rising to my feet an irregular, who was rushing past deliberately turned, raised his rifle to within three Inches of my head and fired. I ducked Just In time and fell to the ground, thus saving my life. 1 had lost my companion In the meanwhile and walked on In the ditch already mentioned, or else plowed my way through the thick of the stampede. ""The mad firing continued for fully half an hour. At the expiration of that time buglers were heard sounding 'Cease firing'.' but It was a long time before the continuous rattle slackened down to single shots. The pandemonium had spread several miles. A TERRIBLE SCENE. "When I returned to the road, stumbling over dead and dying1, the scene was terrible. The way was strewn with ammunition boxes, broken carts and furniture, the bedding of soldiers, blankets and tin pannikins. The latter rattled undtr the horses' fee-t, blankets became entangled in them, and the horses, frantic with alarm, galloped about among the t flying crowds, many of them riderless and deserted. Guns and ammunition, wagons and carts added to the obstruction. .Their traces had been cut In order to enable the drivers to mount the horses attached to them and seek safety in flight. There were many struggles between the , fugitives for the possession of the horses. In this manner the affrighted crowd struggled on for several miles, presenting a most vivid picture of disaster and despair. Some Greek officers, it is true, did their duty. They , ordered the buglers and trumpeters to ceaje firing and rode about calling on -' the?-fleeing soldiers to halt. Hut others of the , Greek officers lost their heads and pushed onward as terror-stricken as the soldiery. One brave officer tried to bring his men to their senses by. presenting a .revolver at them and shouting: 'Stop, stop," but he might as well have called on a whirlwind to stay In Its course. "General Mavromlehaelis, who had evllently reached Larissa some time before, rode back some distance in order to arrest .the stampede. Two miles from the Larissa road is situated an embankment, where the generals succeeded In Inducing half a company Of foot soldiers to fall In. but thousands continued the pell mell rush for Larissa. There was a block at the brldre across Salambra river, at the entrance of Larissa. Another terrific scene was theie presented, guns, men and horses struggling In a fearful mass. "In the streets of Larissa there was indescribable confusion. Troops of all artns were mixed together and threw themselves down In utter exhaustion, heedless of the calls of the trumpeters and bugles summoning them to fall in. The inhabitants rushing about the streets Intensified the confusion. The mere mention of the Turks was sufficient to create a frenzied rush. When the moon rose and the neighborhood of the town could be made out with some distinctness matters became calmer and at dawn the excitement had been reduced to a restless movement from street to street and an anxious discussion of the future. HUNDREDS KILLED. "Some estimates of the number of deaths which occurred during the stampede and Indiscriminate firing say that from o to 600 persons were killed, but. your correspondent thinks these figures are exaggerated, though people declare they have seen many wagons bearing the dead to Larissa. The five newspaper correspondents who were in the stampede all had miraculous escapes from death. "The first hours of daylight were spent by tho Greek officers in assembling their scat- ' tered troops and sending them to Phersala. The troops continued the march without any refreshment, and it la alleged that many of them had not tasted food since Friday morning. "When It became known that Larissa was to be abandoned there was another panio. The women and even their children went alout drawing their hands across tht-lr throats, showing what they expected of the Turks, anil In an incredibly short time the roads leading to Phersala and Volo were crowded with people, vehicles and animals, the lattt-r Waring all kinds of household effects. A special train of trucks took to Volo about three thousand people of every degree, the passengers hanging on to roofs and platforms like a swarm of bees, but the majority trudged along cn loot, and, many of the refuges threw anxious looks back at Larissa and th Vale of Tempo, fearing every moment a rush from the Circassian cavalry. "lly 1:30 p. m. Larissa was emptied. Instead of following the troops to Phcrsala. the correspondent. In order to Ret off Ms dispatches, pushed on to Volo, where there was a panie almost equaling the one wit- . nessed at Larta. Futjittvcs were arriving at Volo every few minutes ami they preut rumors- that the Turks would enter the place in a few hours, in the absence of steamers there was a general rush for calquf s. on board of which the well-to-do classes went to Kuhoea or othtr islands. Your correspondent hirtd a caique and wtnt on board of tt with a newspaper companion. AJr. Holdall. In a minute there wa.s a great commotion, crowds of people shouting to u.4 to come out of th boat. Then a number of men made a rush on Iwjanl f her, threw 2lT. Holdall out and pushed tin correspondent ashore, it seems that the lower da!t-.M. panto stricken, determined that if they could not escape from Volo no one else should do so. and they cried: 'We all miJst die together! To such an extent did this feeling of panic spread, that a government steamer which was embarking wounded soldiers for the Ilraeus was obliged to leave Volo harbor, owiog to the fact that the frantic fopulation threatened to make a ruh on xard the steamship, which would probably have resulted in great lo.ss of life. As it was the wounded soldiers were, taken on board the steamer In small bouts and the vessel sailed for the Piraeus In a hurry, leaving two Kngl'.sh nurses and six wounded Creek soidlers on the quay. The nuraes and two wounded men were taken to tho Urltlsh consulate. The excitement ' continued all day Sunday. I secured a caijue on the following day and proceeded to the Island of Euboea, whence, by caiqulng and driving, your correspondent

reached Athens to-day. having been five days without taking his shoes or clothing off." a c;exkiioi (iiicr.K.

$0,00,(MH) Subscribed to the Hellenic Wnr Fund 1- M. i. Averoff. PARIS, April 2$. A newspaper of this city says It learns that M. G.- Averoff. the Greek millionaire, who was instrumental in reviving the Olympian games, subscribing 1.000.000 drachmas towards the expense of the restoration of the Stadion. and who offered the Greek government at the outbreak of the trouble with Turkey to provide the Greek army with 4).f0 uniforms, has subscribed a total of 30,0r,000 francs (K000.00O) to the war fund. DEFEATED IX KIM II IS. Greek! Routed by Turku While Advancing; on Jnninn. LONDON. April 2. A dispatch to the Dally Mail from Patras. dated Tuesday evening, says: "Tho Greeks have suffered their first great reverre In Epirus, and the situation has changed with startling suddenness. When I last telegraphed the Turks were In full and disorderly retreat towards Janina and the Greeks were joyously advancing. For some unaccountable reason, the absurdly inadequate force of only 1,000 men was detached from Phllllpiada to seize Pentepigadia. On entering Penteplgadla some irregulars by mistake fired upon the Greeks. During the confusion which followed 3,000 Turkish Infantry arrived from Janina and instantly attacked the Greeks. A desperate and bloody hand-to-hand encounter endued. The Turks uttered demoniacal yells and showed the greatest ferocity, whllo the Greeks, who had boen without food ail night long and were hopelessly outnumbered, were taken at considerable disadvantage. "An hour after the fight began two companies of Turks occupied a hill on the Greek tlink and opened a deadly tire. The Greeks broke In confusion and !!ed in panic. With the greatest difficulty their officers rallied them and led them back to the front, where they renewed the battle against overpowering odds. Major Commundaro commanded them. AH day ho fought In the front line. Two horses were shot under him. and he was twice wounded, but ho seemed to bear a charmed life. A Greek lieutenant, an Italian volunteer and live privates rushed upon the Turks. Five of the seven dropped dead before they got anywhere near the enemy and the sixth was wounded. Another private, when the Greeks lied, fought the Turks from behind a rook for five hours until he was killed: At 7 o'clock in the evening the lrek ammunition failed. The men were faint from want of food and the retreat call was sounded. A second Greek force of infantry, cavalry and held artillery, advancing by anothtr road, arrived an hour too late. This also r treated in great disorder. The Turks now hold Pentepigadia. which might, however, be attacked by artillery. The Greeks are grwtly depressed and discouraged. The retreat is much discussed here, and no one can explain it, except upon the hypothesis that there was a risk of the Turks disembarking a force at Prevea and so cutting off our escape. The Greeks have suffered a reverse, but Greek honor is not lost." MTl'ATIO.N AT ATHENS. L,e?tliitl v A i'nill- Ijicknt i Quorum K In k 1'nlnre Attacked. ATHENS. April 20. The extraordinary session of the legislative assembly convened for last evening and adjourned because a quorum was not present was awaited with the greatest anxiety. A dense crowd gathered In the vicinity of the Chamber to get the first news of such action as might be taken. There was, however, no disor der. Many of the ministerialist deputies declare that they will vote against the government on the question of confidence. Tuesday evening crowds stoned the pal ace, broke its windows, and cned, "Down with the King! Down with Prince Constantlne! Give us a republic!" Some pistol? were fired among the rioters and many officers were mobbed. The opposition depu ties have issued the following address to the people: "Fellow-cltlzens In the critical period through which the country is passing summoning of the Chamber Is nccessaryl The opposition believes It to be Its duty to address to all citizens a recommendation and a request to do all in their power to contribute to the maintenance of order, which Is Indispensable, not only for the safety of all, but lecause it constitutes an indispensable element for safeguarding the honor and rights of the nation. Let us not forget that an enemy is treading the soil of our country and that our army Is confronting it. At such a moment any one attempting to disturb order would be nothing but an ally of the Turks." This address Is signed by all the opposition deputies now in Athens. The French minister here, M. F. Fa IJoure, has telegraphed for the French war Bhip La. Touche Treville to return immediately to the llraeus. Tho merchants on Hermes street have organized a private guard to protect their stores, and patrols have been placed in the streets near the bourse and telegraph office. The address of the opposition deputies, however, had a calming effect uicn the people, a better feeling now prevailing here, and there is little prob-ioiilty now ot a dynastic crisis. Tne British minister here, E. H. Egerton, paid a long visit to the King yesterday, and the newspapers connect the incident with the possible intervention of Great Britain in the war between Turkey and Greece. The Italian government has ordered Admiral Canevaro, the Italian commander in Cretan waters, to send the Italian ironclads Sardegna and Umberto and the Italian cruiser Montello to the Piraeus in order to protect Italian subjects in the 'event ot a revolution. DISCl'SSIXG MEDIATION. The Power llnve ot e Determined to Intervene. LONDON, April 2S. The following semiofficial announcement was made at Paris to-day: "Pourparlers between Paris, London. Rome and St. Petersburg, with the view of attempting mediation between Turkey and Greece, have been active and are now assuming more precise form. It is hoped that the opportunity to mediate will arise before long. Germany and Austria are kept Informed of the progress of the negotiations and do not disapprove of them." A dispatch to the Dally Mall from Paris says that M. Hanotaux, the French foreign minister, had a five hours Interview to-day with the Turkish embassador. It is understood that the subject under dlreusslon was the terms upon which the powers are to base their intervention between Greece and Turkey. The Dally News's correspondent at Paris says that M. Hanotaux. in the co'.irse of the conference, urged tho Turkish embassador to advise the Sultan to hold out the olive branch to Greece, adding that if the Turkish troops went further France would be compelled to come forward as the defender of the Christian cause. In that event, said M. Hanotaux. Turkey would have the most reason to regret the intervention of the jHUvers, which would not serve as prop for the Ottoman empire. It is understood that M. Hanotaux expressed the earnest hope that the Turkish government would not mak the serious mistake of increasing the difficulties of the tsk of Europe. The French newspapers urge tho powers to intervene betwe.n Turkey and Greece, especially as th fate of the eireelc dynasty Is now involved and as Turkey has every reason to be satisfied with her - victories, while 5 recce must aeeept the Inevitable. The newspapers of Vienna, St. Petersburg and P.uda-lVsth comment on the meeting of the Kmperors of Itussia ami Austria as leing evidence" of an agreement of the powers to speedily bring to an end the war between Turkey and Greece. Greek AVII1 Sot He Impelled. CONSTANTINOPLE. April 2S. It is now believed the Greeks probably will not be expelled from the Turkish empire at the expiration of the fortnight's notice, beginning on Saturday, April 10. the day tho Turkish troops were ordered to cross the frontier. Anions: the reasons for refraining from their expulsion is the fact that the Turkish povernment has not the means to exjel so many people from the country. Great lirltaln. Russia and France have officially notified the government that they will undertake te protect the Gr-cks In Turkey. Three steamers which have sailed from here with many Greeks em toard are returning te this country. fluent ion Pnt to Huron Hanffy. BUDAPEST, April L'S. In the lower house of the Hungarian Diet, to-day, Count Apponl. the opposition leader. Interpolated the premier, Paron Hanffy, as to whether. If the territorial statu quo and the granting

of autonomy to Crete are the guiding principles animating the powers, the moment has not arrived to "end the aimless and politically detrimental war." and whether the object of Emperor Francis Joseph's visit to St. Petersburg is "to modify the condition of our alliances, or, without modifying, conclude an arrangement with Russia on the eastern question?" AVnnt Prince George to He King. PARIS. April 28. The Matin to-day declares that tho supercesslon of Prince Constantine, if maele by a royal decree. Is equivalent to his renunciation of his rights to the crown. Continuing, the Matin asserts that the replacing of the premier, M. Del3-antils, by M. Ralli. the opposition leader, will not serve to arrest the course of popular indignation against the royal family, adding that the ministerial crisis therefore only precedes a dynastic crisis by a few days. King George Is credited with desiring te abdicate in favor of his second son, Prince George.

Ttirklwh General Decorated. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 2S. The Sultan has decorated Grumbkoff Pasha and other generals of the Turkish army operating on Grecian territory with high Ottoman order.-". Sixteen battalions of the Second Army Corps at Adrlanople have been armed with Mausers and transferred to Salonlca, to which point 1T.".0J Mausers and S0.0U0 cases of Mauser ammunition have been forwarder. Iltiftnlnii !Vuren. ST. PETERSBURG, April 2S. The first detachment of the Red Cross Society of Russia, consisting of two eloctors and twenty Sisters of Mercy, with tho means necessary for establishing a hospital with fifty beds, has started for the seat of war. II ATT L K F 1 1 . L I) S OF THKSSALY. A Ilexion Which linn lleen the Scene of War for Arc. Springfield Republican. Tho country over which Greece and Turkey are now fighting has been for ages a disputed region. In which numerous battles have been fought for the control, sometimes of Greece, sometimes of tho whole ancient world, so much smaller than the modern. When tho Romans. In the third Macedonian war, made their successful campaign against Perseus, ending In the battle of Pydna, between Tempe and Salonica, they had previously passed over the spurs of Olympus, north and wst of Tempe, and descended by way of Skotlna through dense Olympian forests, described by Livy, into the plain near Platamona, on the coast of the Salonian gulf. Later by 120 years, when Caesar chose Epirus and Thessaly for the scene of his final campaign against Pompey and the aristocratic faction, he entered Thessaly by way of Kalabnka. and capturel Gomphi (now called Stagous) and all the Important places in that country except Larissa, before he fought his decisive battle near Phcrsala Larissa being held by Sclpio for Pomieyt who there formed a junction with Sciplo. before marching down into the valley of the Apidanus. a branch of the Peneus. near Phersala. where he gave battle to Caesar and was beaten. The battlefield. , near Phersala. but not in its immediate vicinity, is almost due south from Larissa, about twenty miles; and along that road Pompey ran away, through Larissa and Tempe (the latter pass about twenty-three miles northeast of Larissa). which his forces still held, and embarked on a wheat ship for Egypt, where he was assassinateel. Caesar. In his account of this campaign, makes the river Hallacmon. now the Vistritsa. the boundary between Thessalv and Macedonia so that all the recent fighting has occurred In the territory of old Thessaly. and not. as yet in Macedonia. Platamona. where the Greek tfeet has lately been engaged, was anciently Herakleion, and both it and Katerina. fifteen miles farther north, are unimportant harbors on the guir of Salonlca. in Turkish territory, but in old Thessaly. It is Important for the Greeks to hold them, as giving them an opportunity to out the Turkish base of supplies off from the army a danger to which it Is more and more exposed, the farther It advances Into Grecian Thessaly. It is absurd, however, to say, as some of the dispatches do. that if Larissa Is taken there will be no defensible points for the Greeks until Thebes is reached: for the high range of Othrys lies between Thessaly and Thermopylae, then comes that famous pass not so defensible as formerly by three hundred men. but a very strong position for an army-and with Its flank protected bv the Greek fleet from the Malian gulf while beyond Thermopylae are the ridges of Oeta and Parnassus, the lattlefield of Chaeronea, and other places where a Turkish force, could it get so far. would have small chance to got back again, ami still less to go forward. The command of the sea is of great use to Greece in such campaigns: since by it they can send In men and supplies, while the Turks would be dependent on a long line of communcatlon by land, easily cut at half a elozen points and. once cut, defeat or starvation woulel be before them. Although the conditions of modern war aro very unlike those which confronted Xerxes and Sylla. Caesar and Mlthridates, still, the main facts are the same: elefensible posts are what they useel to be, and the great military maxim that armies, like snakes, move on their bellies that is, must bo fed in order to move at all Is as much in force now as when Caesar sought (and failed) to starve out Pompey near Durazzo. The easy assumption that Greece must be conquered because a few editors and correspondents. Ignorant of history and geography, choose to say so. may "be set aside at once. - Ilintorlc. Ground. Phersala, the little Greek town to which the army of King George has fallen back from Larissa anil Intrenched Itself, Is now the decisive position of the war. On this historic ground, twenty centuries ago, was fought another decisive' battle between Pompey and Caesar. The road from Larissa to Phersala, or Pharsalos, as it is call eel bv the Greeks, runs over a low and undulating plain. There are no trees or hedges upon the plain and but few signs of cultivation. The town nestles at the foot of a great, shaggy limestone hill upon which stood the Acropolis of ancient Phersala. In the battle which was fought on this plain two thousanei years ago Pompey deployed his forces so that his right angle was protected by tho rugged bank of the river. Sciplo. commanded the center and Pompey the left wing. Caesar, at the head of his legions, was opposite Pompey and Marc Antony held Caesar's let. Pompey, after the battle, retreated to Larissa-over the very road along which the Turks are expected to march against the Greeks. FOREIGN MISSIONS. Meeting: of the "Woman Society of the Presbyterian Church. ALTOONA. Pa., April 2S. The annual meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church began in this city to-elay. Mrs. C. P. Turner, president of tho board, presided. The home secretaries submitted their reports through Mrs. YV. H. Danielson, of Philadelphia. The treasurer's report showed receipts of I12S.C04. which covered the expenditures, leaving a balance of $11.40 in the treasury. The presentation of missionaries by Mrs. C. M. Thorpe', of Philadelphia, was an interesting feature of the. session. Responses were made py Mrs. Isaac Boyce. of Mexico; Mrs. J. M. Gohen, India; Mrs. J. C. R. Kwlng. India; Mrs. J. H. Howell, Brazil; Mrs. lr. S. G. Jones. India; Mrs. Gerald Dale, Syria; Miss Ella Kuhl. Hrazil; Miss M. L. Cort. Syria. "What the Foreign Post has Brought t's" was responded to by Mrs. Wni. II. Danielson. The morning session concluelod with roll call of Pre'sbyterlan societies and the appointment of committees. Conference of Methodist Illfthop. PROVIDENCE. R. I.. April 2S. The semiannual meeting of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church was opened at the Matewson Methodist Episcopal Church to-day. The meetings are being held behind . closed eloors. Those present are Rishops Thomas Rowman. St. I.ouis; R. p. Foster. Norton: S. M. Merrill, Chicago; K. Ci. Andrews. New York: H. W. Warren, t'niverslty Park. Ool. ; e D. Foss. Philadelphia; J. F. Hurst, Washington; W. X. Ninde. Detroit; L. 1). Walden. Cincinnati: V. F. Mallallen. Huston: C II. Fowler, Rurfali; L. D. Vincent. Toieka, Kan.; L. X. Fitzgerald. St. Louis: J. P. Newman, San Francisco: C C. MeCabe. Fort Worth, Tex.; Earl Cranston, Portland, Ore. 4 The Woman In the Cone. CHICAGO, April 2S.-Mlss Sarah Louise Ervln. "the woman in the case." has been summoned to appear lefore the grand jury to tell what she knows about the recent failure of the Globe Savings Hank and the elisappearance of the funds of the University of Illinois. Miss Ervln was President Spalding s private secretary. llomyii DefenNt Completed. ATLANTA. Ga.. April 2S-Captaln Romeyn completed his elefense before the court-martial to-day. Lieutenant O'Urien waa the last witness.

CONDITION OF LEVEES

SITUATION ALONG THE LOWER PART OF THE MISSISSIPPI. Sloujthlngr of the Embankment Inevitable If Wind and Rnlu Should Continue. NATCHEZ. Miss., April 2S.-A brief but severe wind and rainstorm at noon to-day created consternation on the Louisiana side of the river in this vicinity. The wind being from the southeast carried the wash directly from the Louisiana shore, but the heavy rain was beglnnln-g to have Its effect on the new and soft upper portion of the levees when it ceased. The weather remains overcast and threatening and should the wind veer to the eastward, sloughing of the levees would.be inevitable. The rains all caused a rise of half a tenth in an hour and the river now stands at 49.70, twotenths rise since Sunday. Reports from Clayton and Greenville, on the Tensas, indicate a rise in the channel of about ten Inches per day with only three feet of the second bank remaining above water. At each stage of rise new outlets to sloughs, lakes and low lands are reported and filled so rapidly that stock remaining uncared for is frequently cut off and drowned. This spreading of the water checks the rise, but 1 will continue steadily until the last shelf of bank Is covered when the vast territory to be covered will hold the depth of the flood in check. The fact that the lower Tensas basin has been exempted from overflow so long after the breaks in tho Biggs and Reed levees is not encouraging to planters as the enormous volume of water which filled the lands In the upper basin has no outlet except through the lower valley and will prolong the overflow there. The New Orleans & Northwestern Railroad still maintains train service through the bottoms, but the steady rise of water will cut this last line of land communication through north Louisiana by Thursday or Friday. The United States engineers are paying close attention to the Cowpen Point levee, which was recently constructed to prevent the river making a cut-off leaving Natchez inland and carrying away Vidalia and a fertile portion of Concordia parish. Louisiana. This leve?. which Is constructed em sanely loam, has four feet mere water on the upper than on the lower side with a severe current around' tho upper end. Should it give way the force of wash across Iake Concordia and against the opposite levee would almost certainly demolish it and create tho cut-off which so much money has been spent to avert, x. At and Xear Xew Orleans. NEW ORLEANS. April 28. The river rose during the night and evidently means mischief. The little crevasse down among the Buras orange groves yesterday showed that the stream still holds many terrors. But the Indian summer weather Is holding out and each day finds the banks better prepared for the crisis. Over at Pike's Peak levee, on the opposite side of the river, rive hundred men are at work. The labor Is all furnished by the planters and will bo augmented by a convict camp In a day or two. The plan, here Is to build a revetment of timber in front of the levee three feet higher than the present crown and to till in behind this fence with sacks of tightly packed earth, making the barrier stronger and larger In every way. This is a. sample of the work being done everywhere. The. improvement is becoming apparent and hopes are consequently high, elespite the predictions of the engineers that the water will rise one or two feet more. In New Orleans the panic which was in the air a week ago is almost entirely allayed and there is talk of the citizens committee disbanding before the end of the week, leaving the defenses to the levee boarel, as before. llnffalo Gnat OH in Demand. GR.VILLE, Miss.. April 2S. This morning, for the first time since the Hood reacheel Its height, the river at Cairo went below the danger line. While this is gratifying to everybody in the delta, the people are by no means out of the woods, as it will be at least two weeks before the water falls at Helfa to any great extent owing to the outpour from the St. Francis ba-sin. Even when that begins there will be a long and weary wait before tho water leaves the overflowed lands and planting can begin in earnest over the larger portion of the delta. During this period of suspense all eyes will be anxiously turned toward the valley of the Arkansas river, that treacherous stream being now the main point of danger for the lower delta. Buffalo gnats, which always follow an overflow, have already put in their appearance In great numbers and "gnat oil" is already in great demand. Itullway Sitnatfon Improving. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., April 2S. The situation among the railroads is imrovlng in this section. Connection was established with Maryville. Mo., this morning and the first train from there since last Friday arrived to-day. The river is still so high, however, that passengers cross by boat and take the train on this side. The other roads are beginning to open branch lines also. The Hunt Levee Crevanne. KEOKUK. Ia., April 2S. The crevasse in the Hunt levee to-night is three hundred feet in width. Major Meigs, the government engineer, asserts that It will take a week to stop the break. The loss to property owners is estimated at from $230,uoo to J3OU.00O. WAR ON THE' FEDERATION. Knight of Lnbor Will Fight the Ills Organization of Toller. WASHINGTON, April 23. The general executive board of the Knights of Labor to-day formally declared war against the American Federation of Labor on account of the action of the National Brewery Workers' Union, an affiliated body of the American Federation of Labor, and adopteei an address to the members of the Knights of Labor throughout the United States. This address. wrhich will be printed in the otticlal journal of the oreler and a copy sent to each member of the organization, accuses tho officers of the Federation of Labor of misrepresentation and of endeavoring to wrong the members of the Rochester Brewery Workers' Local Assembly of the Knights of Labor. Voted Against Aceeptlng a Cat. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 2S. At an adjourned meeting of the representatives of the miners in the employ of, the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company held here to-day the question of accepting a reduction ef wages ; for coal mining was voteel down. Pratt City Camp voted eighteen for a reeluction of 2.M cents per ton. The vote against reduction was: Blockton, 11; West Pratt. 4; Blue Creek. 9. A committee was appointed to investigate the subcontract system at Pratt City -by which the miners claim the company has broken faith. At present tt looks as if .the request of the company for a reduction or change of contract between the company and miners will not be acquiesced in. OBITUARY. Col. Jeioif K. 1'eyton, Knonn nit the Father of Centennial. HADDONFIELD, N. J.. April 2v ColoneJ Jesse E. Peyton, who was known as the r "father of centennials,-' died at his resi dence here to-day. ' Jesse Enslowe Peyton was born In Maysvilh Ky.. in 113. In about 1S42 he went to Philadelphia and entered the wholeaJe dry-goods business. He brought with him letters of Intnxluctiou from Henry Clay and other prominent Kentuckians, and subsequently, when Clay became financially embarrassed. I'eyton. ralsttl fumls sufiiclnt to liquidate the debts of the Whig leader. Peyton first attracteti public attention in lStW by his efforts In behalf cf the Union. At the suggestion of President Lincoln he visited Kentucky to elo what he eiuld to In duce that State to hold her place In the Union. He was told by prominent men of the State to go home and let Kentucky affairs alone. In 1M.1 Colonel Young, of Kentucky, recruited a regiment, and. on the suggestion of Secretary of War Cameron. Jesse Peyton lecarae quartermaster. His was the first regiment of cavalry that reacheel Washington after the outbreak of the war. He never saw actual service, but fitted out Youngs Kentucky cavalry and the Eleventh Regiment of Pennsylvania, and paid all the expenses eut of his private purse. It was principally due to the efforts of Colonel Peyton -that the-Centennial Exposition was held in Philadelphia In 176. tie advocated this as early as 1S05. He also suggested tho centennial anniversary of

Bunker Hill and the Yorktown. Va.. celebration. For several years Cosonel Peyton had been at the head of a movement for "a reunlcn of the human family in Jerusalem In liOO." and this project, which will celebrate the birth of Christ, would have been the crowning efforts of the promoter's life. A widow and three children survive him. Lieut. George Alien Calhoun. NEW YORK. April 25. The remains of Lieut. George Allen Calhoun, United States army, who fell dead in West Thirty-ninth street, yesterday, have been removed to an undertaking establishment at the request of an uncle of the deceased. Howard M. B. Giles, of East Orange. N. J. Mr. Giles said to-elay that no disposition would be made of the remains until he received a reply to a telegram that he had sent to David R. and Josephine Calhoun, brother and sister of the deceased, who are In California. TO BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT.

Turkey Munt Vny for Outrages on AmericunK and Their Property. NEW YORK, April 28. The Journal says: Turkey Is to be called to account for the pe-rsecutlon of missionaries in Asia Minor, the burning of the college at Harpoot, the death of Rev. Egbert S. Ellis, of Rev. C. H. Wheeler, the banishment of teachers and other cruel acts. The appointment of James B. Angell as minister to the Sublime Porte has no other significance. He has the enthusiastic approval of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Rev. Charles C. Creegan, secretary of the board, said yesterday: "President Angell will obtain redress for the wrongs done to our missionaries, teachers and agents in Armenia, not as missionaries but as American citizens. He will not commit the diplomatic error of claiming special rights for our missionaries as religious men, but he will claim the rights to protection of life and property which every American must have everywhere if our national dignity is to be maintained. The board has no political ambition, nor any desire to have political Influence, of course. It has no credit for the appointment of President Angell. but it Indorses it cordially. He Is expected to arrive here within ten days and ho will de part afterwards for his post at Constantinople. The college at Harpoot has been one of thrt most efficient agencies of evangelization in Asia. The institution was full of students and hael reached the height of its prosperity when the massacres occurred. I have read somewhere that there is an estimated loss of $V.CJ0 on the buildings alone, but this will not represent the extent of the damage tione. There were books and implements; there is a cessation of work for a long time; there are personal damages inestimable." i 4 9 HARDSHIPS OF SAILORS. Suffering of the Survivors of the ItrlKnntliie Vnlllnnt. ST. JOHNS. Newfoundland, April 28.Anxlety is felt at St. Pierre as to the con dition of the four survivors of the wrecked French brigantine Vaillant, which struck an iceberg on the Grand Banks on the night of April 14 and foundered almost immediately. Three of them are in a coma tose condition and it is feared that one will not live through the night. Their physical and mental sufferings are terrible. It was found necessary to amputate the arms and feet of three; their ears and noses were shockingly frozen and the flesh pre sents a ghastly and leprous-like appearance. As if this were not wretchedness enough, their reason is temporarily, if not permanently gone. As they lie in their cots they rave In distracted recollection-of their awful experience. It is scarcely possible to get any definite notion of the incidents of the disaster, but It seems from what can be snatche! from their Incoherent ravings that four dories were overturned at the moment oi tne Lr Tnn rf tho mn on hoard of thft , A V V- . . v ... ....... - ' - rncpiuxl r.rrv ucro taken from the water almost drowned. They were the first to perish. The thirei wno aiea was a young fellow, about eighteen. Four boats are irnrktt-n tr hnv pnt snfelv awav from the ship, but the captain's boat was the only one afterwards seen by the occupants of tne rescuea eiory. ine intense cum mauw It almost Impossible for them to do anythinc in h wav of naviiratintr the dorv and they were compelled to drift helplessly. Tne most nornrymg incident oi me experience was the cannibalism to which they ivom Hrti-n t-v th nan of huntrpr. The dead body which they used for food was frozen so stiff that tney were scarcely a rue to hack off the flesh with their knives. For two days the life of the survivors was sustained In this way. Everything that is possible is being done to find the missing boats. Outgoing vessels will make a close search of the waters north and south of St. Johns, but there is little hope of further rescues. I Movements of Steamer. NEW YORK. April 28. Arrived: Southward from' Antwerp: Mississippi, from Lonelon: Munchen, from Bremen; Anchoria, from Glasgow; Majestic, from Liverpool. Sailed: Westemlaml, for Antwerp. ROTTERDAM. April 28. Arrived: Maasdam. from New York. Sailed: Amsterdam, for New York. QUEENSTOWN. April 2S. Arrived: Teutonic, from New York, for Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON. April 2. Sailed: Havel, from Bremen, for New York. PHILADELPHIA. April 2?. Sailed: Pennland, for Liverpool. LONDON, April 2S. Arrived: Massachusetts, from New York. MARSEILLES. April 28. Arrived: Olympic, from New York. LIVERPOOL, April 28. Arrived: Catalonia, from Boston. CHERBOURG, April 2S. Arrived: Spree, from New York. OKLAHOMA CALAMITY. (Concluded from First Paflce. party composed of A. E. Woodliff, Peter Carr, Henry Schaeffer, Charles Justin, James Tompkins, Rev. Father Hall and others immediately set to work rescuing the unfortunates. In the home of Thomas Palmer the latter's wife and several children were rescued from the tops of bureaus just as the water was creeping up to their feet. They had been screaming for help for some time and It was with difficulty that they were removed to the Improvised rafts of the rescuers and taken to dry land. The families of Mrs. Hall, Thomas Potter, Colonel Severy and Mrs. Black -vere rescued, from their homes in a similar manner. In each instance the water had swept through the windows and was gradually ris.ng. During the trip a raft of railroad tie went to pieces on a submerged wire fence and the entire party was precipitated into the water. They were Ml saved. A little child of Frank liolman fell '.nto a washed-out crossing and was drowned. M. A. BIckford, a milkman, uoarly lost his own life In trying to s.ive the Mttle cue. The ice plant was flooded and Hurry Bradford, the manager, narrowly escaped drowning. Lightning played havoc, striking the spire of the Presbyterian church and totally wrecking it. The xchoolhouoe for colored children v.as struck at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the structure shattered and about fifty pupils more or less seriously injured. Among the more badly injured are: Eva Clauston, Hertha Turner, Charles Waters and Beuiah Clauston. The latter was paralyzed. Several other houses were struck by lightning, but no one was killed. Further west lightning killed much stock. The electric light wires went iown and The town was in darkness list nlsrht". rteports from surrounding towns are m-a-ger, as telegraph wires are down and trains have all been stoppenl on account of washouts. It Is known, how-iver. that ms.ny homes have been washed out in towns adjacent to El Reno and it is feared many lives have been lost. We: of here Frank Thompson and the sixteen-year-old ion cf Hiram McGriffln were downej. Much L.Ivp Stock I'erUlttMl. KING FISHER, O. T.. April 24. Hardly had the stream and lowlands In this vicinity declined to their normal conditions from Saturday's terrific rains before they were again flooded higher than ever by what seems to have been a ve'rtlable cloudburst, which washed bridges out. carried prit trees, houses, fences and everything portable) down stream. Several persons are reported to have ben drowned, tut It is im

possible to get particulars from the country districts at this time. It is known that large numbers of stock of all kinds perished. Trains are behind schedule time on every road and business generally 1 suspended. The weather service is predicting more rain and the clouds are lowering with prospects of an additional heavy downpour. Small Tornado In Knnn. SOLOMON. Kan.. April 2.-A small tornado passed Just west of here at It) o'clock this morn?ng. Telegraph poles were Mown down and wires badly wrecked. No other damage Is reported as yet. A heavy wind Is also reported from Cawker City, which blew off tin roofs, but no particulars have been learned. ICY BOLTS FROM CLOl'DLAM). Forty-One People Killed by Hnll Weighing "Over Three ronnda. SAN LUIS, Mexico. April 2S. The Rio Verde valley has bex-n visited by a terrific hailstorm, which not only ruined the growing crops, bul caused great loss of life. Reports have been received here of the killing of forty-one persons by hailstones. On one hacienda twelve farm hands were killed. Some of the hailstone weighed over three pounds. SUMMER ADVERTISING. More About the eee!ty of Extensively Ail vei t isinp: Summer Good.

City people turn countrymen with the uprising sun. r Country people go into some other countries. Change is necessary. Dwellers by the salt water neeel the mountain air. Interior residents are renovated by the tonic of the ocean. People are now beginning to think about where they will go next summer. They aro planning for the summer exodus. They are buying the things they v need, or else thinking about buynig them. Comparatively few people buy anything away from home. It is obvious that not only will they buy before they go what they need while they are away, but they will buy before they go what they will nee'el before they go away. Spring days are buying elays, and there is every natural reason why they should be. The change of climate makes change of clothing necessary. A general renovating Inside , and out requires an expenditure of money. Spring-day buying is active. First, because buying has been Inactive, and activity always follows inactivity. Second, because the climate change requires the expeneliture of money in the purchase of necessary clothing, and other things. Third, on account of the anticipated absence from home. Spring advertising has been almost as profitable as holiday advertising, and in many places more so. Holiday buyers do not buy expensive goods. Spring buyers "stock up," as it were, with needed articles. Nobody ever leaves home on the spur of the moment. Absence from home never occurs except after consideration, and often reconsideration. The spring buyer Is buying to-day. The summer buyex is either buying or contemplating buying. Extensive spring advertising pays. First, because people are obliged to buy for their immediate wants. Second, because they arp buying in advance ofuse, or else considering the articles they propose to buy later on. Good spring advertising has direct and indirect returns, and immediate and future profit. A part of spring advertising is really summer advertising, and a part of spring advertising ought to be summer advertising. Practically everything which Is to be used in summer should be advertised from now J until summer arrives, for the advertising before the moment of purchase Is often more profitable than the advertising during the purchasing season, with the exception, of course, of advertising for perishable goods, which must be advertised and sold within the same twenty-four hours. NATH'L C. FOWLER. JR. (Copyright, 1S97, by Publicity Publishing Company.) GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Tribute from Prince Ilfnmnrck to General Grnnt. LONDON, April 2S. The m Paris correspondent of the Times will give to-morrow some Interesting notes of a conversation he had with Prince Bismarck in the summer of 1878 as to General Grant's visit to Berlin. Acording to M. De Blowltz, .Prince Bismarck said: "It was a keen pleasure to me to see General Grant. Naturally I was eager to visit him. because, after all, an American ex-President Is big game. I expected that Grant would make a great deal of fuss. On the contrary, his manner was exceedingly modest; in fact, rather timid. He seemed ready to ask questions and impressed me as studious and observant and altogether as a very tactful man. Grant was quite my idea of what a great citizen returned to private life ought to be." International Art Kxlilliltlon. VENICE, April 2. The international art exhibition was opened to-day. The Crown Prince Victor Emanuel, Prince of Naples, and the crown princess. Princess Helen, daughter of Prince of Montenegro, arrived at the exhibition in a state barge, accompanied by the Cabinet ministers and local officials in ornamental gondolas and barges. The royal party received an ovation and was saluted from the guns of the war ships present. There are many American and English exhibitors. Herewy Charge Rejected. LONDON, April 2S. At the meeting of the Presbyterian synod, held to-day at Sunderland, the business committee decided to reject tho petition, containing charges of heresy, which had been presented against the Rev. John Watson, D. D. Ian MacIaren.) The only way in whi-'h the petitioners can row revive the matter is by moving an amendment to the committee's reiort, but such an amendment vould have little chance of adoption. Turku Wreck n Churcli In Cyprun. LONDON, April 2S. The secretary of state for the colonies. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, has received a dispatch from the island of Cyprus announcing that thirty persons were injur d in an explosion at a church at Faraguska. It Is believed -the explosion was the work of Turks. Several men have been arersted on suspicion of being connected with the affair. ItnKMlun Troop Reviewed. ST. PETERSBURG, April 28. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria and the Czar were present to-day at a brilliant review of the troops of the St. Petersburg garri son. Queen Victoria Leave Mec, NICE. April 2S.-Queen Victoria started at noon on her Journey from Ciemez to England. Wuuinii'H YYlilMt Lrairnr. rJIILADKLPIIIA. April 28.-At to-dayfs ietlnsr of thf women's whist congress the m utile omv sc. -.v- W4AXLlIt O llll Xjt'itgUC was adopted. Annual meetings will 'e lil. ... I 1 . . m m'iu,wun an annual election or omcers. "W. W. r." ncmvtfl In an rt ai:. mondi was adopted as the device of the uue-;mu Uir; VJ 1 KZ 'k til The annual dues were fixed at fcl'J. May lie Settled Out of Court. DETROIT. Mich.. April 2S. It is more than probable that the sensational Edward Henkel will case will be settled out of court. The respondent. Mr. Henkel's sec ond wife, has offered deceased's tirst wife and her children cash in settlement. and it will probably be settled approxl mately on that basis. Churned with Fraud. NEW YORK. April 2. The governors of the Stock Exchange to-day expelled Chas. rveukirch. a member of the exchange, on

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.v -.J Si isclutcly Paro R3YAL BAKING POWXH CO., ITW VC. The new device of sliding adjustment applied to Wavcrley bearings is a beautiful mechanical principle, and so simple that a child can understand it. Do not invest in a bicycle until you have seen it and had it explained. It makes the Wavcrley run easier than any other, and that, with strength and grace, is all there is to a good bicycle. InJiana Bicycle Co., Pennsylvania and Ohio Sts. Riding School. Cyclorazna Blig. charges of fraud. Neukirch is a member of the firm of Theodore W. Meyers & Co. Charcres of collusion with the E. S. Dean. Company were the grounds of removal. Y. M. C A. to Meet In Denver. SEL.MA. Ala.. April 2. The committee having the question in charge toTday selected Denver, Col., as the place of meet ing? or the Y. M. -'. A. convention In 1S:'"J. London, Ont., gets the conference of secre taries. Refunded Iepolt. NORFOLK. Va.. April 2S.-Rurruss. Son & Co.. bankers, who failed y-sterday for $340.1 M), to-day paid over between $2".x0 and 530, taw tc depositors who placed money la the bank yesterday. tjCUMKM) fur u Statue. BOSTON. April 2H. The will of the late John W. Foster, of this city, tn.iue-att:s $30,000 for the erection of a statue of William Ellery Chennlnsr. of lioston. The Vampire. Veres written r Kudyard Kit-line for th picture by Philip llarne Jones ia the new jaliry.) A fool there wai and he Made hi iTSjcr (liven as yeu and J), To a rag and a Jfne, , And a. hank ot hair. OVe called hr Woman Who Did Not Care), Lut the foci he called her Ills Lady Fair, (Even as vou and I.) O the years we wa te. And the teare we waste. And-thc work of our head and hanl Belong to the woman who did not know (And now we know that fhe never cuuld know) And did not tn-ierftand. A fol there waa and his coh1 he fjent, Even as ?m and I.) Honor, and faith, ani a pure Intent, (And It wasn't the a?t what the lady meant), l.ut a fool nr.:st follow his natural tx-nt, i liven as you nnd I. O the tel we bet. and the Fioil we loft. And the excellent thinira we luanned. iieUii to the wonian wno didn't know why (And now we know that fhe never kneV whj), And did not understand. The ford was tripied to tils foolish hide, (Kven as you r.nd I). Which she might have seen when the threw hint aside, (Ihit it isn't on record the lady tried), i-o Home of him lived, but the moa of him died, (Kven as yru and I.) And it ipn't the hame, and It Isn't the blame That etlnc like a white-hot brand; It's r-cmlng to know that she never knew why, (Seeinjs at last she could never know why), And never could understand. To climb that frightful mount- . am peak, the Mat terhorn, a tourist has to hire a reenter licensed RH-ide who has spent a life-time in makinjr ascents of this particular mountAO.WI. IlliUUl .11111, 7 the authorities will not permit tne ascent. It would be suicide. But when a woman who suffers from some disease or weakness of her sex risks her life by consulting an incompetent, uneducated person, there is no authority to prevent it except the authority of common sense. The derangements to which women's delicate and intricate organism is subject can only be 6afely prescribed for by an educated, experienced physician. Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician of the Invalids1 Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., has given a life -time to this study. No physician living has a wider practical experience or greater eminence as a specialist in women's diseases. His " Favorite Prescription " is the most perfect cure for these troubles ever invented. It is the only remedy which reaches and removes the internal source of the difficulty in the true, natural and scientific way. Any woman consulting Dr. Fierce, either personally or by letter, will receive, free of charjre. the professional advice of a skilled specialist No mere nurse, however excellent she may be as a nurse, ha the knowledge or skill to prescribe remedies for complicated diseases, and no sensible woman will risk her life with so unsafe a guide. Women will find the most valuable knowtedce about their own physical bcinfj in Dr. Fierce' i .008 -page free book, "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser." It will 1jc sent, paperbound, absolutely free, on receipt of si one-cent stamps, to pay the cost of mailing only. Address World's Dispensary Medical Association, ButTalo. N. Y. If French cloth-bound, erabossed bindini; is derri red, Rend io cents extra (thirty-one cents in all), to pay the extra cost of this more handsome and substantial binding. NATIONAL TubeWorks WrojM-fraa Pipe fcr Gis, Slum and Wa'.e;. i:ilT Tub-. Ciint anl Ma.llbt'lf Iron HtUnc( Mck and iralvaiilz'st). Valves. Mop (VhU. 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