Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 30, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 April 1897 — Page 2

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IVOJANA.

THL NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

mileage and stationery.

A MKfAl. cable dispatch from Athens, on the l.'th. Nui.lt!. great l'anllelhnic m h i i t v had decided t give Um signal for a gasend uprising f the Qreeh race in tlM tt..uiuii MBpiffc Tilt. Transv aal government ha MP" pressed the publication of the .lohunn.slnirg Mar. th- leading newspaper in Um Kami, in ensepicu-e "f that innrnala wUI at Uai aAmlnMtea; tion.

Thk immigration lull of the last sessJoa of MMtWi which was vetoed by President Cleveland, was reported from UM tOMMittaif 1W immigration, Ml Um v!-'d. ami placed on the calendar of the senate. TM senate eommittfli on appropriation:., on the Mth, ordernd the agricultural bill reported just as it recently Mated Um house, and as it was sent to the presiilcut near the clo.se of the last Conjure ss. Tui:oiKRK F. Swayzr, of New Jereey. lias U-en appointed chief clerk of the treasury department, vice Logan I anisic, resigned. Mr. Swayze was formerly chief clerk of the treasury depart meiitThe l'nite.1 States weather hur.au, on the 17th. gave out the startling information that in square miles of the Hat. of Arkansas w as under water and that the Mississippi river would continue to rise.

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Tin? duke of L'eds will )m- appointed ' Tm senate Dot in s. un .hi the 20ih

to succeed the earl of Aberdeen ai ''"' h""" ' "aff -ultur.il sad Iii t!r. I rsss. -"w t priulion hills w. re c..iisiil.-rsl un.l pusscl. w It a governor- n. ral of the IK.iumioii of , ,. l.Xl., I ,,, ,f oaepawapa. without ehaa Canada, the latter returning to Kn- TMjfamiapli sNad if Ma HHU M tta viand in l!'JS. dlsn bill, oamloc the uiisoulteor asphalt ImuU la Ihs rncuni-ahtfis? reservation. In t .ih, to o the ilth President MeKinlev ap- entry un.ier the Isars! laws, was trloaaa tnu proved the joint r,s.,! ut ions of congress s )1'r"1 reiim.,,,, niakinj M 'Ktiot.s f M j mileufc-iv taiu.ii. rv an4 pay uf session cmployei authorizing the payment or session em- lroiIM,,,.: offered and seised gloves of congress, and providing1 for t Thr noane rtjiiiiiesil la IM Ml

I in the senate, on th" tSM. ilurinif un open scslateS of forty minute nearly AW hills wre 111tro.lu.sst atn I muiiy ni hers were rcporte it back ! fr.nn .vniinlMo.'s am. tir the latter the free iMMWMMi bill and the liiunU'raiK.n hill with I the provision a to Canatllal labOf .Itininaie.l. Th four irrcut appropriation bill the airricul- , turn! Um In.lian. the rosary civil and the irenj cral .IctUieiicv Weis? refer re. I to the committee Ii a.r.priuns. A v ohf..a was uirir.-.l to WtH'H uiv.n the president for correspondence j In the Dr Kuiz cae In the bouse the tariff I bill was raw4 t'v the . irrU und its discussion I openisj bv Mr. inmrlev. followed by Mr Wheeler (dem. via ' in oj.TL.s tion. Other speeches for

and against followe.t J;i'id at ftlve.-eloek the U;-' t.mli a r . . ss until eik'ht. when the debate as o .lit niu.si. In the senate, on the SM, a IWMiwtlM offered by Mr Ali.-n (pop . N' t. . diis-. ting the comnutiee on civil service to liiipuir.' Into the dismissal of certain employes of the bureau of Ml mal indusirv. led to a Ion: discussion aud teuer al dmiuaolatloa of the dvii service law. and was. after MMOdamt, Ti.l. .jii.-.t. Three bills wen- passed. aniotiK" them one to supply tea 14 to flood sufferers: and several were mtroilucisl In the house fie .Ichat i the tariff bill was continued, several sjweches lieintf in.!. favor of and in Opposition to tha postsl in- a one. The st nate joint resolution appropriat lau ft:, m to enable the secretary of

war to purchase lents for the houseless vtctirtisof tre- Mississippi valley B. is was agreed to. A li o -u.U..' session devoted to a discussion f the laftfl oil . was held. In the senate on the '.Mth. the agricultural bU was iVpotMi back in the shape in which it passed the l.ous... an-: was p .ic---: .m :'ie c ie ndar. Mr. Allen introduced a bill for the NpMl und antiulm. nt of the civil s.-rv;ce law and of all executive orders issuisl under it. A bill to restrict the exhibition of kinetoscope illustrations of prize lli.t.ts was referred to the ju.il-

1 c arv committee. The senate then went into executive session . In the house the third :... s general debate on the Dlnirley tariff lu.l was parttetpaMd in bv a larte nunr- rof 1WH

ers on iHith sides of the h.us. N.. ;ber business occupied the attention of the bKly. In the senate, on the Mfth Mr Hoar as rankIn. memu r of t ie committee on privileges and elections, explained that he had not called a meet .11 nf that c immitte. to consider t he ease of John A. Henderson, of Florida. KppOiBtad tj the trovernor to All a vacancy, on account of the numerous vacancies in the committee N' ariy three hours w. re spent in executive session on the arbitration treaty without m.ikinir material pr.nrr-ss. The bankrupU'y bill was

then taken up und read in full, as was a sui.stl-

1" II state department was notitied, on the J-Mli. that Wu Tino; Fan,.', tlie nw Chinese minister to the I nitcd Mates left home on the MMMMT UaaUo March is. and is due in San Francisco abOsil April 1. m Thk admirals of the combined tleets ju l retau waters, on the 17th. made a

formal proclamation of the intention of tute offered hv Mr Nelson (rep.. Minn.), after

the DOWWft to confer up o the isian.1 an autonomous government, subject to the su.. raiuty of the sultan. : : . . . i A VKitv serious situation exists throughout the central and western

districts of the island of .lamai. a. in coiisi ipience f the extreme scarcity of water, which is MMMtaC wi. I. spread vurt'eriug among the inhabitants. Mi iiktaky Ul is, on the 17th. sent a letter to I onimissiouer Lamoreiix of the general laud otliee, win m- action in the Chicago lake front case was an-

which the senate adjourned In the house, it

lnunt' the last day of theireneral dis -usvion on the arliitration tn-aty. taopfOMWMMg wrreunBWaatlylateri'stlntf. A larire number of speeches on iMith sides were mad A nicht session was held for general i'eliat- of. the treaty. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Tin: .lapunese consul in New Yorkcity, in a i imuiiieation to the ('nitcd As-sociat.'d Presses, said that he was authorized by his government to state that not withstanding the recent udoj)tiou by Japan of a gold standard of OITBBCT. she will continue the us' of

nulled and s-v. rely censured, offering ailver, and that all silver bullion now

to Mr. Lamoreux an opportunity to de

fend himscif,

A IUI I. to create a new state out of the counties of New York. Kings, IJichmolid. QnWIIM. SutTolk. West.-iiester and Putnam, was introduced in the New York legislature at Albany on the I'M. Provision for submitting the question to a vote w as made. It was stated iu Constantinople, on the -'th. that in the event of a bliK'kadc of (ireek prts by the war abips of the powers, the admiral commanding the british iqaadrofl was under instructions t acquiesce therein, but the llritish fleet will take no part in the actual biockad'. Thk vckly statement of the New York city associated batiks for the wyaakaadadoa Um -'"th showed the following changes: Reserve decrease. S...M.".;.; loans, increase, .si:.;.;,iK); js-ei-. increase, Jott. KM; MgaJ tenjer. de. teas . $.'.. u bi, u.M; deposits, increasv, 51. &.', :;ou; circulation, decrease. IHI. M I'KKsniKNT DwK.ltr o Yule college and the several iiicmticrs of the fueuliy united in a p 'ot .! aa'.iist the action ofthe v. a, s and in .nis committee in placing I)mi, and s icntirie upparatus for cdii atioiia 1 institutions n the dutiable list, aft.-r having MM free for many years, and th.- paragraph was ModiAad. It is said. on what is ragaatMd as good authont .that President Kruger of the Transvaal and PreaidMl St-vn of the tlrange Kree tat have agreed upon a federal union of the two republics as a result of the form r s visit to Maya, Jsuch a union is regarded in Cape Tow n with much concern, as it would seriously complicate the situation.

BlXYMTKH S'ovi:i. the newspap-r Mm.'sMindent who was imprisoned ill das in tuba, arrived in N-w rk. on the vlod. on Iniard the si.-;iucr Segnranea. from Havana. Mr. fcWVnJ was tu the liest of h. a th, and st . . d that a great deal of sympathy h,' been wasted on him. as lie had DO u . atod with great consideration and kit. iv A m Miiu.i) sailors from the I t .' states .steamship uu Francisco arri in Koine, on the J 1st. and atMttdad tin ji.jp s mass. The re tor of the American college accompanied tht tn. N hen mass was over the pp addressed the Muh i .. assuring tin-in that lie sincerely appreciated their homage, lie concluded by bestow ing upon them I Inpapal blessing.

DtRl.NO the first week ofthe extra Mssion of the fifty lifth congress the tariff bill was reported, and an order regulating its discussion adopted. Four appropriation bills also. In. h failed to Ih-coiihi laws in the hity fourth totigresa, necessary for the pro cattoa ol -iiportant parts of the pu I. lie service, and carrying a total of ..v., .ev.ntytwu million dollar, were passed by the houaa.

in the poaaeMlon of Iiis government w ill be coined into subsidiary coins. TllK payment of Cherokee freedmen that has been going on at Ilay.l.n 1. T., for some time, has IsH-n finished, and the pay station moved to Fort tiibson. where the payment was begun on Um Od, There has been MO,000 puid out. leaving a balance of iBM,OM still due the Indians. ricoTT JaCKSOX and Alonzo Walling were baaged from the same gallows, in Newport, K.J., on UM -Mth. for the Marder of IVun Bryaa, of OraeMMaUa, ind. Tn liritish stea.ner Editor, from rernanibuco. F. l.ruary Js, f,,r Liv.-i-psl. was totally wrecked off South stack iioht. near Holyhead. Wales, on the --d. All of her crew were saved. I hk Hawaiian government, according to cx-Miuister Thurston, is MM fronted w i I h t he danger of Is-ino- owar run by Japanese, who are docking into the islands in large numlx-i-s under the operations of immigration companies. At a Baal conference with the Cretan chiefs f Aerotirl, on the IVtb, the Cretans absoiiitc!;. refnacd to accept the pr..Msed scheme of auiojoiuy and da eiarcd that th. would ti;'lit uadist it. i . tVI Uli Ai '.i H P ted jifouiptly in relieving Um r). hmI sufferers of the Mississippi valley by the use of v. ss -ls lielonging to the war department. Tur. opening sale of seals at Cincinnati, on the 'id, for the IHMUlMJ enraeuicnt of the Metropolitan Opera Co. waa the largest ever know n for a similar engagement in that eftjr. More than :ud people were in line at 7 a. in., m arly MM having held places all night. One purchaser alone paid S70o for scata. und over fUMW was realized froiu the ale. 'Sthe24dUM senate continued the nominations of o n. Clayton. ()f Arkansas tobe minist r to M .eo: Win. M. Os'iHirne, of Massachusetts, to lie consul lö n. ral at Lotldott! .lohn K. (iowdy, of Indiana, to be eonstil-gi neral at Paris and Joseph N. Britfham, of Ohio, to he nssistunt m-cr. tury of MJi fin ill I nm M. A. I'i i :.in. a m iciiinist at the pars r mill ist Wi-lcrv liet. Mich., was ean.-ht on u ihafl lstween t . o K-Ht-ers n the id, and üteraliv torn to pieces. His heal and arms were Wrenched off and he was otherwise horribly mangled. Till b.xly of (ieorg Johnson, a Swede, Mjnd '. was found hang.ng from the limb of :i tree in Forest park in M. Louis OB UM J ld. .Iohtis.ni MM out of employ iii. nt. atd it i suppoaed that bnssliiig ov. r the fa. , that he could not send to Sweden for ids sweet heart to come over and get married led to the self-niur.ler. Mil RAM .1. rBMI, the rhlraifO politician and west side saloon haapo, who shot anl killed his wife about two years ago. w a sen l need, ou the 4M. to

the pc.iitentiary for life. Tjik widow af the WMOa le Hit s. cre.liU-d with the intention soon togive tl.S. O.tHiO to divers benevolent crlerprtsca in America.

Tnr inagarlne of the Uoek Olvecrine

Co., loeaMd a mile and a half from Ucll-viilc. N. Y blew up, on the ?Jd, and ShiHiter Youngs, his team of horses; and wagon w ere blow n to atoms. IVut 1 l.i i U and Thomas Meyer, who were ut ork M feet from the m.i räaine, en: quite badly hurt. ! in . . I. hrution of the centenary of Ftnp. ror Wil.i.iin I., who was born March '.!'.!. IT'.'T, was observed through.rt I . crman v as a nut iouiil holiday.

Two , no, i ia stores, a meat market, a war. house hicI a residence were I ui lied at Andrew s. Ind., on the '22d. The tire is uppoaed to have been incendlary; loss hhi. Fred Keevef Md I avi.l Olive we v burned, tin- lai ter fatally. TUM family of Louis IVreit, an insur gent chief, consisting of two sisters and eight children, have la-en captured by Spanish troops and placed in the prisou for disorderly women in Havana. In a wreck ou the Cleveland ,v Marietta railroad at Kagle Hill, (., ou the .Mth, Fireman Dye was pinioned U-twe.-n the . limine and tender aud death seemed certain to him from the tiain. s ofthe wreck, but with rare presence ol mind and nerve, he called upon a miner. Kd Jones, to take his pocket knife and cut his arm off, which was done, saving him from a horrible deuth. Catt. rami ki, C. Lr.Mi.v. juilge udrocute general of the navy, went to Pittsburgh. Pa., ou the -4th. to receive the honorary ilegrcc of doctor of laws fron: the Western I niversity of IVntisy 1 vatiia. TU Cuban insurgents captured Hoiguin, in Santiago de I aba, on the -1th. The tow n is a very important one and the news of its loss has cast great gl'ioiu over official circles iu the city ol Havana. TU president promptly signed the joint resolution, w hich passed congress on the -.th. authoriin g the secretary of w ar to furnish tents to the sufferers of the Mississippi river Moods. I'ii.vk Bl i I I is. the prisoner of many aliases, who is wanted in Australia for half a dosen murders, has volunteered a queer confession, declaring mill nideavorinir to prove that, ten years ago, he killed a fellow soldier at Walla W alla. Wash., for Which he is amenable to the United states. Thk engine iu mill No. Sol the Edgar Thomson st- 1 works at Pittsburgh, Pa., ran away, on the .'-'.th. reSUlUng in the hurst mg of the immense By wheel. Havid Hugo, engineer, whose legs wen crushed, is dead, and George I. McClelland was fatally injured. TaiBI V in. n were injured ou board the British nrst-class cruiser Theseaa, on the Mth, while practicing outside the harbor at M ilta. by the explosion of torpedoes w hich w ere being lowered into the ship's launch. Bon anti trust bills introduced by the Lexow trust est iga ting comm ittee have been pttaad ly the New York assembly w-vVuit amendment. Tiik pot gave an audience, on the nth, to a Dumber of Americans who an on their way home from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Atter celebrating mass his holiness pronounced an allocution, highly praising the Catholics of the United states, and distributed souvenir medals anioiur the pilgrims. TUM Austrian cruiser Satellit arrived in Suda bay. on the J.'.th. having in custody a Greek steamer with 10 volunteers on board, and a (ireek sailing vessel la len with ammunition intended for the Cretan insurgents. Both wen- captured by the Satellit while they w.-rc attempting to run the blockade.

LATE NFWS ITEMS. In the s.-nate. on the yth, during ihc opening session the civil service otniiiission w as au'ain subject, d to adverse criticism aud ridicule by Mr. Galliuger. and the printed circular of the commission upon which he based his strietur.-s was referred to th. MUittee on civil service and retrenchment to investigate the w hole subject, lies ohtti ms of inquiry were offered anil adopted as to the future dl -.position of the Union Pacific railway prop, rty ari'l as to the am -t and imprisonment f American sailors ha Cuba. After a protracted RiecuUre session the senate adjourned until the !7th In the bouse consideration of the tariff bill under the Beeminute rule began, but soon l.d to a d -l.-t'e based on democratic charges that republicans favor, d trusts anil did not want to legislate against tin in. During the afternoon secral chanffCt of duty Were made in the bill. .L-iiN I). It'., iv l l- K I I Kit's represelita tlve at the recent meeting of the l!essemer Iron association, in Cleveland. O., made a Bffht against a reduction of the watfesof the miners. It wasstat. d, after the inci ting had adjourned without reaching an agreement, that the wa'. snf the men in the Rockefeller mines would not lie cut, no matter w hat other- d'ul. TU president and Mrs. McKinley at tended the last indoor cavalry drill at Fort Myer. Ya. They drove over w it I. Col. and Myron T. Herrick, of Cleveland, w ho are stopping at the White House. Sc. -.-1 i Cm I- r and Mrs. For Ut were also of the party. Fut iiKs t!irough"itt the I nit. I States, as reported by It G. Htm A- Co., for the week ended oil the 27th. aggre fated äs against S.v. for the correspoodlng week last year. For Cauda the failures were u. against ..'. last yenr. A USTIKO of railroad lawyers was held in Chicago on the 30th to dlscu .i. the snprerne court's decision in the Trans Mia ouH ease and to determine what are the best methods for the companies to pro) vs' in connection with It TU new gunboat Wilmington did not start for h r s .. , trial run over the Lonir Islan 1 s rtttd course, on the Srtth. a third postponement being necessary onaeeo.inl i t!i.. heavy sea t hat was prevailing. A I Lupa.. Ind.. on the i'i .dit of the VMh. as the result of an old feud Is1tween Jacob Leeds and lllan. hard Thoinss, the latter was shot and instantly killed hy Leeds.

INDIANA STATE NEWSL

Pit W A. lt sn, foi iiici'y a promIncut Indiana physician, dial In Naplc, Italy, of typhoid fever. Al Mar. on w neu Phiueas Howard was called for as a witness in the Kv-siis-l rum bribery Maa it was learned Ihut he had gone to Iowa. He MM 1 be the s'nr witness for the täte oka WtUU s young woman ho died uii-i-r suspicious circuuistanowi at lt. d ford, it in thought w as killed by a criminal operation. The remains MarO taken up and a post mortem exannual. on held. Li in u X. T. Swn .M. has resigned as pastor of the ( hristian church, at ( olnnbna, w ith wh Sh he has hern connected for '.'6 years. lie will cuter politics Loi 17 1 uii li, of Tipton, had the grip and now the sklfl i peeling off hi, body. No pain accouipanics the transformation and physicians are unable to explain t lie cause Muiik liiun I, out) witnesses were exam me. 1 at thr tr al ul County ireasurcr I. olds. I 'eca tur, wherein the county oon niasioners sued to recover tJ.uuo Stolen township funds. Mm Naomi .io m s, aged su, was run over and horribly mangled by a train St Ft W ay nc Ai Bonrbon, Jfoba rYilliaina, nn his death bed, told how Frank .lames and Hob Younger, tha outlaws, once uure in hiding a his house for several weeks. A Ml IK is hands high and weighing 2,000 pounds was sold by W. W. Hamilton, of Qmewiburg, t s BoohesMfi N. V, uiau. The Mttlt is said to Ih; the largest in the world. si uihKus along the Chicago S uithsaatern railroad hare decided to pull out all sw itches and rofUM to return to work until their salaVies are paid. AlDttt J. si oir, a bright young lawyer st udent at l)c Fa uw university, has been declared insane, because he w rote letters to about IM women soliciting their hand in marriage. I U police force stopped a prize tight between Kid Rand and ( bar las Parry, at M kddlatown, QUO KlhCHNUt, of Valparaiso, has invented a MOtOff that runs without steam or electricity. A r K.wood .Ltn.es Fuiicher attemptel to shoot his wi:c beOattM she mud. application :'or divorce. John CBAItM k.h, a J-year-old loy. fed in a cellar and broke his neck, at Princeton. Mil R S Cot IE has starten a tobacc. factory in MaJison, cvpecting to employ sixty or seventy hands. TU Ogden-Boas Blectriasl Manufacturing Co has lef ii located in Madison and will employ 10u hands. It will manufacture telegraphic and telephone ginca '1 Bl otlier morning a trump wan ba.l-i-injured, one MÜS north of llreenwocmI, IroM lading from a north-bound freight. He gave his name as Frank F"i r. ;nd saol he lived inT. rre Haute. Be was taken t Indianapolis by the trainmen. A sm ai.i. cyclone struck Davies con nty at 4 o'clock the other MOTBlag. '1 he north wall of the Swan Pond school building n a- torn out and the stone cross on St. Simon's church steeple blown off anil broken. A large amount of cornice on the courthoUSS Was torn off Many trees were uprooted nml w indows broken. A ( Vi i.unk puss-d over Princeton, the other night, but was too high to do much damage. One large building was completely demolished. .lollV MaktIN. arrested the other toning for MMtltag M0 from Com niissioner Morris, at Madison, got live years in the penitentiary. Thk old national bridge built in IMI at Slehmoad, has baan closed to traffic and will not Is? Opanad. Uitirri KWRKKRT, of South Pend, Sged 91 .ears, has never ridden on a railroad or street car in his Ufa. Tn Dtt rollers at the Cathedral glass-works. Anderson, went on n strike the other morning, and the factory was closed. '1 lev demand shorte; honrs. It throws MD men out f work. At Kokomothc family of John Goyer. including nine personal became ill while at the breakfast table. Three children were lying at the point of death a few days ago. They were poisoned from a brau ipooa la u gfaww dish. 1 he ipooa whs one that had bean loat and aecumulnMd verdigris Iii V lystig on the ground. Tin frietnls jf Congressman George W, Steel in the Wat.-ish district are quietly coaching n boom for him us the successor of Senator lavi'l Turpie in l-'.e.i Gov. Moi st, of Indiana, disregarded politics in hi .i Is. ng aptiointnients to Tar;.ous boards of control sndpoiice commissioners. Kepu t.l ica ns. gold (b iiiocrats, iverit-s and women were tianied. tiEo. W. I oOMMSi cx-congressman, has refused the appointment to the position of director of the state reformatory at Jeffersonvilta, At Kokomo, Paul ltrossart Is held on the charge of bigamy. BUAIMI I'AimtANKs has decide.l to rOOOMMUd Win. I). Page, for postmaster at I't Wayne. Mr. 1'age is editor Of the News. At BanrjvUla, Um four-year oM child of Mr rind M s David Shuler was burned t death by its dress catching lire from a orate. Mus Ham v, widow of Rev. I r. WiU liam Daily, formerly president of Hloorn ngioti slate university, died at Nt- Louis. I iu. lud anapolis man who rejristered at the Pondennin hotel, Chtengnt aa Win. J. Johnson and e irninit ted suicide, has baan ktentiftad as vm. J. Dorey, of Indianapolis, an expert machinist, who traveled about setting up team plants A brother is n wellknown druggist of Indian ..polis. He was a man " family. William Watkom, who, by the espiosion of a e, union at (Irrstes the day McKinley was inaugu ratcil, lost an eye, one arm. seven lingers and a lag, is recovering At Wsshingtnn Henry inkan's little child was given opium by mistake for medicine and died.

THE TURKS DEFEATED

aftev ' i.-' DaaneeaM i iui.iihk Neat "u -in., see s HnMn fae tna InsarwoaMi ln Olive I In in Iroiii Theft si roiiit liol.l Inder lire- from I lie i Is nt h. I l.-.-i id ni. i, nasi it ii: hi i r.iis tenstea, ('(M t, March 'J5. The fighting in th- vi. inity of Malaxa eontiniicd IhrOttglloii t the day. It was especially desperate at three o'clock this after uooit iu t ha fttluge of T-sicalaria, w here Uic insurgents set tire to a number of Turkish houses. The insurgents are now occupying Malava. The liuropean war ships hell.. I them this afternoon, the Bring lusting ten minutes. The insurgents, however, held their ground close to the ruins of the blockhouse. frOM which they drove the Turkish garrison la st night, and did not sc. iu to greatly mind the hon bard neat, hen t he Tut kish trOOpS ' aeuat. 4 the block house they set lire to it in order that it might not f wish a Rheltor to their enemies. It had been, iiowt'v. r, badly wrecked by the lire of the rebels. It is evident that t he Turk ish troops here an- no match for the insurgents. A body of troops made an attempt today to ga i Ii t he heights above N'erok- ( iura, wlu-rc the Keratldi blockhouse is situated. ith this position und the one at Malaxa in their possession Um insurgents would be able to completely blockade Caiioa from the land side. The troops had gone only a little distance when they were attacked l insurgents, who drove t hem back. hater Snot her attempt was made to reach tho heights, but this, too, proved unsuccessful. A body of insnrgenta made an attack upon the Turkish cordon at llaicpa. the Turks had a number of mountain I'tuis, ami the lire from these prevented the insurgents from coming to atom quarters. It was this alone which saved tho Moslems from defeat . Mont -var lia and llal. p.i are both within range of the guns of tha insurgents, who continue to shell both places. Th;. evening part of Malaxa was blown up with dynamite and the rest of t he tow n is burning. The Turkish war ships iu !juda bay arv' bombarding the insurgents, but their tire appear to be wholly ineffective, Malaxa is oi f the towns mentioned by t lie foreign admirals in their prOO lamatlon Issued on Tuesday thai must not be attacked by Gree'i troops or insurgents. The admirals declared that the fortifications, which were needed to "maintain security and quiet," must not be tired upon; otherwise they would us,- fore- against tin- sttackera. It was the disobedience of the insurgent , to this proclamation that lad UM foreign war ships to bombard thcin. These vessels fired ninety sheila, Ihre of which fell within the forts. A ftcr t he place had been evacuated by its Turkish garrison, which nuin berad 4 MMtt, the troops scattered in any direction that led to the coast iu order to scape from their pursuers hno of them reached Kerok-Ourn and Is managed to make their way to Suda. The others have not been beard from and it is supposed that thev wer killed. The Mussulmans here, and thev coin prise almost the entire population, arc in a state of great excitement. Thej oar that the insurgents, elated b t heir capture and dMtrvction of Ma lava, will attack lleratidi. A force of MM) Highlanders wer landed at Can. lia to day, ami their ajv pearance in the city caused t he most Intense excitement. The populuc w.-re evidently ignorant of their com ii):r until thev were in the town.

The Turkish troops were alsj at b loss to account for their presence, ami apparently thought I hat 1 they wer- about to be uttackt.il. ' The Turkish otfioers had much ditlienlty in preventing their Men fum lining on the llritish troops. Tha gar rison troops rushel to the shore from nil directions, loading their rifles athey ran and littcrimr threats against the llritish. The hitter remained perfectly cool and eventually the irritation was calmed. All langer, howcv r. Is not OraV. The Turkish troop- ; do not appear C grasp the fact thai 1 the pres. nee f the foreigners E practically the only thing that Mive.s them from annihilation. Swarms i of Turkish soldiery, armed to Um teeth, arc parading about the streets, giving VOtoa to their fierce hatred of all intidalll, Th slightest spark- may at any I moment produce a fatal outbreak. II. MMISll Will lake So teilte Pari Iii Iii Illoclot.le. Coxstaxtisopi.k. March v5. It is stated here that in the event of a bl.s k- '' ade of (ireek ports by the warships of the powers. th' admiral commanding th- British iqnadron is ander instrao ti'.ns t acquieeee therein, but the british fleet will take no part in the j Sctual blockade. It is reported that the Turkish Mttad ron. which sailed fnun Hallipolil Wednesday ostensibly for Smyrna and j Salonica. has been ordered to cruise in the Aagea n Mi Baptareg (;re-i MoataMe RaanaMi Cank. March fit, Tha Austrian I cruiser Satellit has arrived in Suda bay. having la omdodyaOreek iteamer with ! M volunteers n board, ami a Orrah

sailing vessel Inden with SmmunitiOBl Intemdad for Um Cretan insurgents. These vessels were captured by the s.it. nit n bile they wer, attempting to run t be blockade. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS He I t arn Orr! Id it du und -ceriieL Said tn l.e laMMMA Lomdoii, March M. Tha Veneanehui iOBBul general hare, lienor Viiiam-ma. aoaflnns the statement that the. Jnaa Piet ri. recently appointed Vi n. m Ian Minister to gpaia and Uarmaay, had lieen a creiliti-d in that capacity to Croat Britain, deaptte the continued assertio is to the contrary, and adds that Senor lternabie Planus had been in 'initiated secretary of legation in London, thus practically re-establishing diplomatic relations.

THE GREAT FLOODS

Tho situutkm Growing (W, AlOMJ tho Upper Rivem. Ms r. naast Daaasst Usss 1 Mrtlj it.- w.i lu MMMfipai i ..u. r fiaaaasna an. I I .i.ii.i.i I,.,.

I ti Lot-is. Ma,,.,, ,7. TmrlMryoM wad by a-ateror Uteaatenod a-ith sub.

atrldod i..t,, thr. parts. Pkim Min........

'' "o lue ! . ft i ami Nebraska ami South Dal ,t , , . Um ureal Um ri vara and utroaaw sm rudn. Tha CaMberland and Tennea sc.- und ti..- Ohio at Kadocsh are fall. Mg, Cairo shows a station,,,-, v:vi und fron, that point t., bjelow M, mpj, . -h,.re u slight fall is noted Iba bitimtion ,ay K. .s;ii(, l(, Ur proved; temporarily, at h ast. ;,.;,v Um Mississippi Stat,- line, howevor ths full affect of the ti i b, JttM ,. h. BlMf to be felt. Mississippi, lower .- kansasatul Louisiana. i t he south, an the l.H-aliti.-s now thai ire la the g.vatMl langer. The reside,,, , f, , Calra b. Meuiphis probably win have almost, stationary water tint,! tl. DurtherU freshet reaches then, Friday added to the gravity of tha situation along the Missouri, upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers, and the streams that feed them. st. Ji seph is.rts a fall, but a higher gUge st Pierre, s. n.. indicates that the danm

is not past. 1 1- low lands along tbj Iowa. Illinois and upper Ml banka are sabmerged. farmers hsaj bagtta to use boats as a mean-. ,,f transportation. Already anxiety s gariling tin-levees la manifested. Tat melting snows have toftened these ea bank luents. nakiag worV of itreniruV cuing and repair nooessary.

All this w at. r from I lie nor I b

iiiiiii-

west must, of course. ,-. aeh I

dsted districts before mant dsys hsv pasand, rOTena's gaugi showed i further rh

yesterday. Weather OWrvcr i ills at

that place diM's nt cM-ct stationär water for ten daj a 111 sent yesfe rdar to Washington a warning f probable disaster in the Tens I'asin. on the At. hiifalaya and beim ilatofl Roug S'... I . r., , ....

io.s.-w .lie aus. I II ii v.'i'S HI Helena

are expected to hold unless rough weather Interrupta the snaosssion of st;n shine and still nights. A I. Boara Bncieeer : . i mitk sttisa i ii. i v.i. Mkmphm. Tenn., March M. Therirer M night stands M.M, - - fhl decline

for hm M hours. Reports fron south

am river points this evening sre not

altogether reassuring. The situatii a

at ILdeiiais proooanecd ticklish, and

at l recn vi I le decidedh precarious, the

l'v''s at th'sc points showini; nigni of MMUUHibttUJ to the water press

ure. Large forces are employed j

upon them daj and night, stati cMfi

victs being at Ureenvillc In force, Cuv. McLuurin also went there thin even

ing iu response to a telegram. There

was a small break in the .;m as dis

trict last night, but it is riewed with:

no particular concern. A number

other Mississippi points report, tht

levees somewhat critical, wüll WSteM

crowded over them in place,, arhilc Ml

others thev arc sloughing off.

Helena r iterates U) night the chargl

that iKshn h-vecs bad ell rut, part. .

declaring that they saw the 1. ree boarl

eni'ilieer do the cllttin I he m.i r.

w itness against the alii fed lerea eat1

(nur .'iiiritii.cr s::vs he 1. rot. stid. but

- r. I w ithout avail, and stisxl on the SM

and saw his cribs ami out nU afflie

of his llvo-atoek, fowls and 1 whoW

effects swept away by UM aster, tatel

let UirOUgfa the levci s. Th. -Tow ii r Masai Us. Ms. J fawM Ion Wilier Level, lull ISWMM"

Ja usus. Miss.. March . --' :al

i .. iti ii.... tin- nor

ir-'lll .ire. iiviiic s.iys i.... : I I. rtneili'' till' '-'

ri sri'ven iii.-iit-.v ni;-ii-hours endlna at ni S ester laj wm

.. .. ;.. i in- i.,v n of fireea

lll'l , ., i "iiiiui;- - villc. between which n I the riref w protection levee. I I. ' Um h'e l of the water, but the natu

bare contidence in their ammj "' "

c fort. A letter from breenww-

ti,

but

C 1... li ve, s sc. Ill '

n v.-.. .. f,l Um wah r is within ttl inhi i um .in A hw-nh would m :.n

.1.. . . I. ........ .t;,m .if mi IS Ol Oil

III. HHBH wort b of property in the pr St ' "'

where eropa of cotton nn already Is-en plant.-d.

i rasaat antes ruht ,:h""r

:.. M.:ch 37. A

S A A S s Ml. " "

corn have

llIT

t iie

patch from ValdostS, lia.. MVS rnpldlte with which the VVi i

Kit I UP i.nntrv aboil

a; the rate of

IO...I,

.IT. i..:. .tawM nAl n thmi there w

... I aaaatrV Iii'"'1

.. I , IVPlll I 1 1 IM

I n ll I e"'" - - -- 11. aslaAM nsr

r... i ! 1 1 hour and ... 11

feel during the night. M HM OWT . ..... IH.nl si st. ... Bl '"

tracKs oi . ... ,

a iar i -

,,i that

n

COll-

. I I

ai .1 1 ..oi nml w asiie.i a

. , .. i. ill..,-.. All trafli.

ui an' "nun' UtM u. ntof this city i'M.n'" -Seven waslioiitsar- rep. .r.cl beta, ...! .. ..i Until rnmerv . I "c

V li .si ii ... . - - , .. , . . .i ... ...!... .... I H it 1 1 r.m. Is Oi H "

si rn. i ion 1 1 ...s " working night and My l"

..in. i .. r.'- . .. . . i ixitniun. on., o

. .lisp at. n iron. . .. 1 it nt :-v .1

ports the Mirroiii.on.M .tsi.i. 1 ... m ms the outsi.i'

llli'l ,'liuitia.i , . liccO

t resi les

world, 1 o" - w.i ihed away.

SY0IL

ENCHANTS HIM.

The gMMan i aWteM Natter) toW ... u l...wailt.

rr s,i s,,i Ilie irw . M.ire 1 27. I Bl

.skw i oni j.urg to has a dlspateh from M . ;

the effect tnai. im are the v ning MM and Ma ()f teainad, owing t.. the .

Nicolas f.r NIM y.m rheoM tatiforahv Um VK hi, iavaiw

is mi. I u M - , ,ir.a wife ill order tO Worship ; of M.ss sand- rson, who is p engagement at a theatre in t

Durg.