Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 44, Petersburg, Pike County, 12 March 1897 — Page 2

SntrgifeflEottntgilrmottat MU M«C STOOPS, Editor sod Proprietor. PETERSBURG, INDIANA.

Mxj. McKutlet said, on the 1st, that he felt better than he had for a fortnight. He seemed to have completely recovered his health and spirits. The display of fireworks in Washington, on the night of the 4th, in honor of the Inauguration of President McKinley, was the most magnificent ever witnessed in that city. Secbetabt Ouatr has definitely concluded not to accept the professorship of international law at Harvard, tendered him by President Eliot, but will resume bis law practice in Boston. It was announced at the regular meeting of the New York chamber of i commerce, on the 4th, that ex-Presi-dent Cleveland had declined the offer of 4 a complimentary dinner in his honor by the chamber. The Greek consul in London received a telegram from Athens, on the 6th, Stating that 40,000 Greek troops had j been called out, and were to be dis- j patched to the Turkish frontier with j the least possible delay. The inauguration of Mr. McKinley as president, and Mr. Hobart as vice- : president of the United States olAmer-1 ica, attended by a brilliancy never be- J fore witnessed on such occasions, took . place In Washington on the 4th. Ik the parlors of the Ebbitt house, in j Washington, on the Sd, President-elect j McKinley was made the recipient of a j beautiful diamond-set badge as the official emblem of the Sigma Alpha Ep- j •lion fraternity, of which he is a inemYniztlU has appointed as minis-1 ter to England Dr. Juan Pleiris, who is J now in Europe as Venezuelan minister j • to Germany and Spain. This is a prac- j tieal resumption of diplomatic relac | Hons between Great Britain and Vene- j sue la. Db. J. J. KorroVH, past assistant sur- j geon in the United States army, re- j turned from Havana, where he was ! to inspect quarantine conditions, j ■ays there are 6,000 cases of smallpox in Havana, and that 150 deaths occurred j there in a week. The new United States revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch, built by Cramp A Sons, for service on the Pacific coast, made a successful trial trip on the Dsl- J aware rivet on the 4,th. The vessel is i the most complete of her kind in the | treasury service. ---- During the month of February the ; coinage executed at the mints of the | United States amounted in monetary ! ▼mine to 911,757,WS.0L The total gold j oolned was 617,850 pieces, valued at 910,163,000. The silver dollars coined numbered 1,840,000. It is charged that Rev. J. A. Lee, pastor of the Third Baptist church of Covington, Ky., offered a Cincinnati paper to procure a written confession j from Scott Jackson, one of the murder j era of Pearl Bryan, for 93,000. Lee i Is the spiritual adviser of Jackson ; and Walling. The Japanese government has decided to adopt a gold standard of cur- ; rehey upon a ratio of 32 X to 1. The ailver yen, or dollar, will be gradually withdrawn e from circulation, and the smallest gold piece will be of the value ✓ of five yen. The new standard will go into operation in October next.

It was reported in Canea, on the 3d, that 2,000 Moslems in the fortress at Selino had been massacred by the Christian insurgents. The Moslems in, Canea were furious orer the news, and threatened to attack the foreign consulates, to protect which an additional force of marines were landed by the Various war ships. W. L. Chambers, of Alal»ama, who was formerly United States land commissioner of Samoa, has been agreed upon by Crest Britain. Germany and the United States as chief justice of Samoa to succeed Judge Ide. who is also an American- The king of Sami's makes the appointment, and will undoubtedly confirm the selection. The official term of United States Senator Blanchard, of Louisiana, expired on the 4th at noon. On the same afternoon he received a dispatch from Got. Foster of Louisiana announcing his appointment as associate justice of the supreme court of that state, a position of great honor and dignity, with a ■alary equal to that of senator. It was stated, on the 5th, in Vienna, upon authority, that the port* accepted the settlement of the Cretan difficulties agflted upon by the powers, which contemplates the establishment of an autonomous administration in Crete, the withdrawal of the Greek troops and fleet from the island and the subsequent withdrawal of the Turkish troops. Spkajusu upon the subject of par U tronage, Mr. Bynum, chairman of the aound money democracy, said: “We are asking nothing of the McKinley administration in the way of recognition, The national committee will not ask for anything, and will not indorse any man for any plaoe, and, personally, 1 hare refused to hare anything to do with the candidacy of any applicant for place.” A dispatch from Auckland. X. Z., ■ays that advices from Samoa, under the date of February S3, report that King Malic tea was being menaced at Apia by a strong force of natives led by ex-King Tamasese, who was taking advantage af the abac nos of foreign war ships to attack the capital. Fighting was imminent and the foreign consul* could do nothing to avert disorder {without the nroutnoe pf pv ahipe

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CURRENT TOPICS | THE HEWS IH BRIEP. FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Ik the Must*, on the 1st, the District of Columbia appropriation bill, carrying 17,444,677, was passed In the space of about one hour and a half. The naval appropriation bill, oarrylng 188,728.284, was then taken up and discussed until 4:80 p. m., when, without action on the bill, the senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business.In the house a number of bills of a private character were passed; the economic poetal bill was defeated, and the bill to prohibit the extensive publication by newspapers and periodicals of details of doings , of prise lighters and accounts of prise fights failed of passed by a narrow margin. Ik the senate, on the td. a bill for the prevention of the Introduction and .spread of contagious and Infectious diseases was passed. The fortifications bill, carrying 18.717,141, was passed, and house amendments to senate International monetary conference bill were concurred In. The remainder of the session was occupied with the general deficiency bill..,.In the house the naval and District of Columbia bills were received from the senate, nonooncurred in and a conference asked. A concurrent resolution was passed authorizing the printing of 10.000 copies of the heaping* before the committee on banking and currency. Is the senate, on the 3d. the business of the day was principally in connection with conference reports, some of which were adopted, but the majority were sent back for further conference. In the interim between action on the conference reports house bills on the calendar unobjected to. were taken up and quite a number of them passed.In the house, in continuation of the legislative day of the 2d. the time was chiefly consumed in consideration of conference reports, there being seven appropriation bills yet undisposed of. Final agreement upon the post office and fortifications bills was reported and approved by the house. The immigration bill was passed over the president's veto-1U8 to 37. Final action was taken upon the bills to amend the tariff law and the navigation law and to revise and amend the patent law. Tbs senate was constructively in session until 6 a. m. of the 4th in continuation of the previous day's session, when a recess was taken until 8 a m., when the proceeding* were resumed. A further conference was ordered on the general deficiency bllL Senator Morrill offered and the senate unanimously adopted resolutions complimentary to the retiring presiding officer. Vice-President Stevenson, and similar action was taken in relation to Mr. Faulkner, of West Virginia, president pro tem. The usual formalities were observed, and at noon the senate, after listening to a parting address from Vlce-Presideih Stevenson, adjourned, and the extra session was called to order by Vioe-Presidcnt Hobart, who, after taking the oath and the swearing in of new senators, addressed the senate.The session of the house was for most part perfunctory. except for the parting words of Speaker Reid, in response to a resolution of thanks unanimously adopted, and at 11:50 the houss adjourned sine die. and proceeded to the senate chamber to participate in the ceremonies there. Is the senate, on the 5th, Mr. M. A. Hanna, Appointed by Qov. Bushnell of Ohio to fill out the unexplred term of Mr. Sherman, appeared and took the oath of office. He was cheered from the galleries. The chairmanship of the committee on foreign relations, so long held by Mr. Sherman, was conferred temporarily upon Mr. Davis (rep.. Minn.). Senator Wolcott (rep.. Col ), reiumed from Europe, appeared in his place, and was warmly welcomed by his fellow senators. At 1 p. m. the senate went Into executive session to consider the cabinet nominations, all of which received undisputed confirmation.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. A fEYitiox for the retention of Edwin F. Uhl, United States ambassador to Germany, signed by a number ol prominent Americans in-Berlin, was cabled to President-elect McKinley on , the 2d. President-elect McKinley dined informally withPrcsident and Mrs. Cleveland on the evening of the 2d insL^uml they enjoyed themselves unrestrained by the presence of others. President Cleveland's last day or two at the White House were rendered somewhat painful by a visit from his old enemy, rheumatism, which attacked his nether extremities. To the demand of the foreign admirals that the Greek war ships leave Cretan waters within 24 hours. Commodore Reiuiek, commanding the Greek war ship Hydra, replied that he would only obey the orders of his own gov | eminent. If his ship was sunk, he de ' eiared. she would salute the foreign ! flags as she went down, i The train bearing Vice-President i elect Hobart to Washington, on the | 2d, made the trip from New York U j the capital, 231 miles in 235 minutes ae | tual running time—a record breaker. Glorious sunshine greeted Maj. Me I Kinley and Garrett A. Hobart on theii j arrival at the national capital, on th« 2d, to prepare for inauguration day. Toe house of representatives, on the 3d. passed the immigration bill ovei i the president’s veto by a vote of 1VS U j ST. Rev. Mr. Herrick, of Minneapolis, Minn., and Miss Jennie bandtg-som sister of Miss Sybil W. Sanderson, the I famous singer, were married in Paru j on the 2d. Tux president, on the 3d, approved i the bill providing for an international monetary conference. The supreme court of California filed a decision, on the Sd, denying a new trial to Theodore Durrant, murderer o: Blanche Lament and Minnie Williams It ia stated, upon the authority ol Havana dispatches of the 3d, that posi tive orders have been issued to the civi and military authorities throughout Cuba to try with all possible haste anc I in the most satisfactory manner avail i able all American citizens who are non in jail and to expel those found guilts from the island. At the Howard A McAllister Poland China swine sale held at Jefferson la., on the Sd, the male Happy Uuion was hid in for $4,000, the highest prioi ever paid for one hog. Average prioi for tale of boara and eowa, 9225 each.

Ah examination of accounts of Nary Paymaster Corwine, lately stationed at Newport, R. L, is said to show a shortage of from 98,000 to 910,000, and as he ' cashed a check before absconding fox ; 95,000, bis shortage will amount to at ; least $15,000 and probably more. \ Jons Cobwik, the United States nary | paymaster, who recently left Newport, R. L, accused of being an embezzler of | government funds, was arrested in Chicago on the 3d. When arrested he con- ; fessed to a shortage of $10,000. Passengers arriving from Havana on the 3d reported that the crew of the Competitor had been released and that the schooner had been restored to

them. The report is not confirmed. Four of the annual appropriation bills failed to become laws because of the re* fus&l of President Cleveland to sign them. Three of these, the sundry civil, the Indian and the general deficiency bill, failed to reach him in time for him to give them close scrutiny, and the fourth, the agricultural appropriation bill, failed to secure his approved. By the derailment of a rapidly mor* ing wrecking train at Deep Cut, on the Baltimore A Ohio railroad, three miles east of Zanesville, O., on the 4th, three men were killed and two fatally and eight slightly injured. The train, consisting of an engine and five cars, rolled down a 40-foot embankment. A press dispatch from Athens represents King George as declaring that Greece is ready for war with Turkey, and will yeld to no admonition from the powers. The king is reported to have added that the powers might blockade Greece, but in the interior they would be powerless. The Greeks, he said; were fully prepared to fight to the death, and the Macedonians were eager for revolt. Tin singing of hundreds of canaries, in gilt cages suspended here, there and every where, was a notable and very pleasing feature of the inaugural ball in Washington on the night of the 4th. A dispatch from Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, says that a state of siege has been proclaimed there and orders have been issued for the mobilization of the troops of the republic. The report of the health officers show that sinee the outbreak of the bubonic plague in Bombay, up to the 4th, there had been 8.888 cases and 5,978 deaths from the disease. As explosion, on the 4th, of gas which leaked from the two six-inch mains that cross the subway at the corner of Tremont and Boy Is ton streets, Boston, killed six, injured two, probably fatally, and less seriously injured nearly fifty other persons. B. P- Hatcher, cashier of the defunct Northwestern national bank of Great Falls, Mont., which closed its doors on February 5, was arrested in that city, on the 4th, on a complaint made by Bank Examiner James K. Lazear, which charges misapplying money, credits, and property of the the bank in the sum of 890,000. Failures throughout the United States for the week ended on the 5th, as reported by R. G. Dun A Co., were 246, against 285 for the corresponding week of last year. For Canada the failures were 59, against 68 last year. A caucus of republican represedtalives in congress will be held at eight ofclock on the evening of the 13th for the purpose of nominating candidates for office in the ensuing congress and for other business. Ex-Coxgkkssmax Bellamy Stobkr, of Cincinnati, has been tendered and accepted the office of first assistant secretary of state, now filled by Mr. Rock hill, of-Maryiand. =====

LATE NEWS ITEMS. j The stockholders of the Madison Square Garden Co. have decided to advertise for bids for the sale of the property in whoie or in part, as it has been an elephant on their hands ever since its erection in 1S90. In 1893 and 1893 it paid expenses but it has never made a profit If no good offers are received the building, costing §1,600.000, may be torn down to make room for more profitable structures. Ge.n. Juno Sanguilly, who was released recently bv the Spaniards after two years in the Cabanas fortress at Havana, arrived in New York city on the 7th. He was met in Jersey City by 200 Cuban sympathizers, among whom was his brother, Manuel Sanguilly, and Mrs. Calixto Garcia, wife of the famous Cuban general. The weekly statement of the New York city associated banks showed the following changes for the week ended on the 6th: Reserve, increase. §1,964,050; loans, increase, §4,452.100; specie, inert'ase, SI, 120,§00; legal tender, decrease, §2,161,900; deposits, increase, §3,691,600; circulation, decrease, §§4,900. Tax engagement is announced of Thomas S. Barry and Miss Mabel Hanna, daughter of Senator Mark , Hanna The prospective bridegroom is a member of the firm of Leggett & Berry, bridge builders, of Cleveland, O. Large numbers of men are present- . ing themselves at the Greek consulate | in London. Liverpool and Manchester, offering themselves to the consuls for service in the Greek army in Crete. All the members of the new cabinet were sworn in by Chief-Justice Fuller, i on the 6th, and all save Attorney-Gen-eral McKenna entered upon the discharge of their respective duties. The Greek minister of foreign affairs has issued a call for all members of the Greek army reserves in the , United States to return home at once i abd rejoin their regiments. At Milford, O., on the 7th, John > Bain, aged 13, was watching the flood . in the river, when an embankment caved in and buried him in the landj slide. He was dead when recovered. v j A dispatch from Montevideo, Uru- . guay. says that a revolution has broken . out in the interior of the republic. A , state of siege prevails at Montevideo. Secret art op the Lsnr prior Corxe- , utrs K. Buss has retained as private secretary Mr. Price Lane, who had acted in that capacity for Mr. Francis. | Or the 6th the associated banks of New York city held §55,483,925 in excess at the reauire meats of the 96-per-cent, rule.

INDIANA STATE NEWS, Uthlitlw Proceeding*. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 25.— In the house Wednesday the report on the Reynolds local option bill was Indefinitely postponed. The senate bill appropriating 15,000 for a Morton statute in the old hall of representatives, at Washington, was handed down. It passed the bill to reorganise the beneroloat institution boards so as to give the republicans a majority of each. It also passed that amending the charter of Ft. Wayne, to do away with the five councilmen at large, and confine their election to two from each ward. The house passed the senate bill to repeal the ten per cent penalty imposed upon domestic Insurance companies; also the Thomas bill for a commission to revise the laws of the state; another to extend the charter of the Cannelton cotton mills: another to legalise sets of county commissioners who had in good faith sold or exchanged real estate belonging to the county. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb 24—The general educational bill was killed in the house at a night session Thursday night by a motion to strike out the enactinr clause, which carried by a vote of 56 to S3. The bill was drawn by the state superintendent and a committee from the State Teachers* association It has been the subject of a warm controversy ever since the beginning of the session between the heads of the state and non-state colleges. Gov. Mount Thursday returned the Adams-Jay court bill to the senate with his veto The senate passed it

over toe veto The house, however, is not likely to do so. 1 here was a prevalent rumor that the governor Intended to veto the metropolitan police bilL In the house the temperance committee had proposed a substitute bill, asked for by the State Liquor league, but the minority report of the original bill favoring it was adopted by a vote of 57 to 24 After another fight the bill was amended so as to exempt wholesalers and make a level license of $100, and then engrossed, ki the afternoon the house took up the consideration of the general appropriation bill In committee of the whole, and show a disposition to tear it up at numerous points. Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 27 — Sxnats—The senate spent the morning upon bills upon third reading, passing a couple of minor house j bills It passed Senator Stroup's.bill relating ; to the disposition of real estate and voluntary assignments and a senate bill providing j for the expenses of a commission that fixed the Green River island boundary line between Kentucky and Indiana The senate passed a Joint resolution originating in the^ senate for an amendment to the constitution.' so that the legislature can fix the qualifiestions of lawyers In the afternoon the senate \ passed two caucus measures from the house, and they go to the governor. One of these j is for the management of the prison north, ’ restoring the appointment of the directors ; to the governor, and the other is the bill placing the appointment of the • state house engineer in the hands of the governor The house bill relieving the trustees ; ef towns of less than 1,500 inhabitants from , the necessity of organizing school boards was j passed, as was the senate bill by Senator j Hawkins requiring notice to the owner of a ; building before a lien for material furnished a contractor can hold. Hoitse—The house worked .all the morning in committee of the whole upon the general appropriation bill. It lopped off little increases in the state departments, amounting all told to (720 and made other little increases amounting to (2.COO. spending a great deal of time arguing upon the variour items. The bill stood the test on the benevolent institutions fairly well, though the Eastern Hospital for the Insane got a raise of I10.0IX) per year and the Knightstown home got a raise of $3,000 per year. There was a desperate fight to raise the maintenance of the prison north, but it failed on a close vote. At the night session th9 house resumed 1 work on the appropriation bill, but increases to the amount of *17 500 were voted for the northern prison In a few minutes by a combination of the prison committees with*the democratic members, and at the request of the chairman of the ways and means committee further consideration of the bill was postponed until morning. Indianapolis. Ind. March 2.—But little business of importance was transacted In the legislature Monday The senate passed the bill authorizing fhe attorney general to bring suit against the Yandalia railroad for a sum estimated at (1.000,000, said to be due the state. The bill had already passed the house. Indianapolis. Ind.. March 2—The only temperance measure that is likely to get through this session, the Nicholson bill to abolish “quart shops." passed the housh by an overwhelming majority Tuesday morn- | ing. The bill regulating the practice' j of medicine also passed by a heavy vote, | with no speechmaking against it ° The Jones colored school bill, having been amended so that it will not abolish colored schools, was passed The following minor bills passed the house: Senator Bogate's bill providing for the formation of farmers’ mui tual livestock insurance companies: the compulsory education bill, providing for 12 f weeks of schooling each year for children ■ from 8 to 14 years: the bill permitting election commissionars to u«e Toting machine at I their discretion. The Peckinpaugh huilding i and loan bill, which had passed the bouse. I was passed by the senate, amended so as to conform to the senate bill already passed The house labor arbitration bill passed The senate also passed the anti-cigarette bill, which I had passed the house, prohibiting the sale | of cigarettes to miners. and saying nothing about other forms of tobacco i By a narrow vote Senator Hawkins' bill permitting railroad companies to lease their property and franchises passed the senate In the afternoon the senate passed the general pharmacy bill, thus finally enactI ing into 1 iw. It also passed the Wair special j verdict bill as it came from the house

At Huntington thieves stole a Bap;ist minister's baptizing suit and tried to sell it for a fishing suit. Ex-City Treasurer Hargrove, of Huntington, was $2,700 short when he turned over the office to his successor. The National Tin Plate Co., composed of Indiana capitalists, will erect a mammoth plant at Pittsburgh, Pa. Chas. Bauer, of Terre Haute, is negotiating for the purchasoof a number of the leading hotels in the state, ineluding the Dennison house, of Indianapolis. Fifty molders employed in the American carbon factory, Noblesville, went on a strike because the company would not furnish them first-class tools to work with. Ths Blue Ribbon Temperance society, of Connersville, with a membership of 3,000, celebrated its eighth anniversary. The Indianapolis city council has authorized the issue of $350,000 municipal bonds, the money to be expended in parka A wo max tramp, with a young baby, passed through Anderson en route from Arkansas id London, QDAILY THOUGHTS. Before man made us citizens great nature made us men. It is astonishing how little one feels poverty when one loves. One who is afraid of lying is nsnally afraid of nothing else. Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. Beauty without kindness dies unenJoyed and up delighting. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve*—H. T. Weakly. ... . .A.. *.v I® mm.

’ A CRUSHING DEFEAT Administered to Spanish Troops Under Vera del Bey

By the Command of Gen. Garcia—Mow ttam One Thousand Spaniards Left Dead on the Field—Bllles, Cannon and Ammunition Captured by the Victors. New YcJrk, March 8.—A special dia rfetch to the Sun from Manzanillo, ebruary 28, via Havana, says: The Spanish column of Gen. Vara del Key, 2,000 men strong, was defeated and dispersed two days ago by the Cuban forces under command of Gen. Calixto Garcia. More than 1,000 Spaniards were left dead on^he estate of Costomada, and the remaining part of the column entered Manzanillo in the greatest disorder, proving how serious the defeat was. In spite of the art of snatching victory from defeat, in which the Spanish official reports so greatly excel, Gen. Vera del Key is obliged to confess his disaster, though finding an excuse in the superior numbers of the Cubans and the advantage of their position. In his ^report, known at Manzanillo, though probably it will not be published in Havana, he says that his column was only 1,500 men strong and he estimates the Cubans at over 3,000. The Spanish dead, he says, were 500, and he adds that notwithstanding he was obliged to retire, the losses of the insurgents were also severe. The battle turned against the Spaniards when Gen. Vera del Key tried to cross, on his way to Manzanillo, the river Buey, notwithstanding the heavy fire from the Cuban rifles and two cannon, one a 12-pounder, which caused terrible slaughter. While crossing the river all was disorder and confusion among the Spaniards, and they could not reply to the i volleys of their foes. Nearly all their j horsey were drowned, and they had to i abandon the more important part of j the convoy they were escorting. A j small bridge of wood, of which they availed themselves, broke down, and ! with it one Spanish cannon, sank to the bottom of the river. Other cannon were left on the shore and were captured by the Cubans. On the other side of the river Gen. j Vara del Key found another Cuban column waiting for him. In the state of j panic and confusion to which his i troops had been reduced the Cubans j could easily complete their victory. Vara del Key himself narrowly escaped being captured, and he owes his salvation to a Spanish captain named Quintero, who bravely protected him with some hundred soldiers from a sudden cavalry attack by the insurgents. In this situation the Spaniards decided to abaudon the remainder of the convoy, which they succeeded in taking across the river and they hastened their march to Manzanillo. As the object of the Cubans was to seize the convoy, the tight ended there. It lasted eight hours. The Spaniards took two hours to cross the river and they behaved with great courage during all the battle. The battle was directed by Gen. Calixto Garcia in person, though the great success he obtained was in great part due to the skill of his chief of staff, Col. Mario Menocal, who received information about the path which Vera del Key had decided to * follow, and planned the battle, placing the Cubans on both sides of the river Buey. Gen. Garcia took command of the first battalion and Col. Menocal of the last, which made the most decisive attack on the other side of the river. Gen. Garcia controls the province of i Santiago de Cuba so far that even in ! fortified towns and in the seaports, ; where the Spaniards still hold out, his I orders are obeyed. Only after paying ; regular contributions to the insurgent | army are the merchants of the towns able to import and sell their goods.

IN EXTRA SESSION. j Congress Called to Meet on the 15th InsL, by President McKinley. Washing ton, March 0.—President McKinley's first ottieial proclamation | was issued this afternoon with the atr ! testation of the new secretary of state, S John Sherman. It reads as follows: A Proclamation. Whereas. As puolic interests require that i the congress of the United States should be • convened in extra session at 12 o'clock on the i lath day of March, law. to receive such comi munications as may be made by the executive. Now, therefore, I William McKiuiey, presij dent of the United States of America, do hereby ! proclaim and declare that an extraordinary ooj casion requires the congress of the United | States to convene in extra session at the capii tol, in the city of Washington, on the 15th day i of March. 1SW7, at 12 o’clock, noon, of which ail i persons who shall at that time be entitled to aot I as members thereof, are hereby required to take notice. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States at Washington, the sixth day of I in the year of our Lord one thousand S eight hundred and ninety-seven, and of the ia> dependence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-first. . william McKinlet. | By the president: John Sherman, Secretary of State. -:- FOUGHT WITH AXES. ! A. Ghastly Duel. In Which One of the Participants was Killed. Topeka, Kas., March 7.—Thomai Wilson and Andy Hill, farmers, residing near this city, quarreled yesterday. They decided to settle their differences by fighting a duel with axes. At the first blow Wilson split- Hill’s head open, hilling him instantly. Wit •on is in jail. AN ELEPHANT FOR SALE. ▲ Bad Record Not Likely to Enthuse Purchasers. New York, March 8.—The stock holders of the Madison Square Garden Co. have decided to advertise for bid* for the sale of the property in whole oi in part as it has been an elephant or their hands ever since its erection, in 189a In 1892 and 1893 itpaid expenses, but it ban never made a profit If ns good offers are received the building, costing $1,600,000, may be tom down td piaha room for more profitable ktnw tores. I

GREEKS IN CHICAGO M iukxu to Return to Their Katiw Coon try for Service Against the Turk-The Question of Truuportatlon the Only SeriousOne to Be Considered—Finns dal Aid Chicago, March 8.—Five hundred Greeks in this city are eager to respond. u| to the call to arms issued yesterday by M. Skouzes, Greek minister of foreign affairs, and every effort is being made to get funds to carry the Athenians to their native soil. A mass meeting was held in the -tjteek church ycssterday afternoon, at which fiery speeches, were made. Father Fiambolis, who, two weeks ago. stirred the Greeks of the city by an eloquent appeal in behalf of the fatherland, presided at yesterday’s meeting. He told his countrymen that it was first necessary to get money, as lack of means stood in Sought from Greek Consulates. their way. „

The Greek headquarters on Dearborn street was swarming with the Hellenes last night who are anxious to leave at once to enter in the tight against the Turk. Some of them are subject to military duty in their native land, but most of them belong to the reserve force. Two hundred and fifty have already enlisted and stand in readiness to leave at a day's notice if the necessary funds can be secured. Many of those who are able are willing to pay their own way to Greece, but the great majority are without money. The headquarters was kept open late last night to give the fighters an opportunity to enlist. It is asserted that an army of 500 will leave this city alone if the perplexing problem of funds can be overcome. When.it was learned that a call had been made to the Greeks in America by the Greek minister of foreign affairs, a hurried call was sent out to as many of the Athenians as could be reached and at seven o'clock in the evening 250 of them had assembled in the Greek church. The work of organizing and enlisting, was immediately begun. A committee was appointed to call upon Charles L. Hutchinson, the Greek copsul in this city, to ask him if there was any money to send the reserves back to Greece. He had received no instructions, however, and said he had no money for the purpose. When the committee reported this to the meeting it was determined to telegraph Consul-General Botassi, of New York, regarding funds. The telgrarn set forth that 500 Greeks in Chicago were ready to start atpnee if they could be provided with means for transportation. No reply has as yek been received, and it is thought that the consul general may have first cabled the Greek minister of foreign affairs before giving his answer. ‘ ‘Nearly every Greek in Chicago, who Is not too old, is anxious to go to the assistance of Greece,” said Nicholas Peppas, a prominent leader of the Greek forces in this'city. “Money, however, is needed, as but few are able to provide their own transportation. We hope that the consul general in New York ean help us in this regard.” WILL REFUSE TO OBEY And t» Bloody StroRRle Inevitable—Greek Troops Enthusiastic. Caxka, March S.—It is believed here j hat the answer of Greece to the de- ! mands of the powers will be a refusal I to obey, and that a bloody struggle is ; therefore inevitable unless the powers | recede from their position. It is known | that Col. Vassos, the commander of | the Greek army of occupation, has re- s j ceived instructions from King George I to hold all the positions in the island now occupied by the Greek troops, and to prepare to resist to the bitter end any attempt ou’the part of anybody to dislodge him Information reaches here that the Greek troops are enthusiastic over the determination of their king not to j order their withdrawal from the island, and it is believed it would take a far stronger force than their own to dislodge them from the strategic positions occupied. The events of the next.few -lays are anxiously awaited.

GRfcfcCfc'JS rltrLT. Will Lean the Door Open^for Farther Negotiatione. Loxdox, March S.—The Daily News claims to. he able to announce that there is every hope of a speedy, satisfactory and peaceful solution of the Cretan trouble. It adds that Greece’s reply to the note of the powers will, by stating her reasons, leave the door open for further negotiations, though slf*e will not accept the conditions laid down Ly the powers. The paper gives discursively the • probable terms of the reply, which are similar to those contained in the dispatch to the Central News. / A Constantinople dispatch tb the Daily News says it is understood that Greece is willing to withdraw her fleel from Cretan waters, but suggests that % her troops remain in the island to as sist in organizing order. THE NEW CABINET. President McKinley*# Official Adviser* I» the Harness. Washixgtox, March . —All the new cabinet, except Secretary Gage, were sworn.in by Chief-Justice Fuller in the Blue room at the White House at 11:12. a. m. The chief-justice subsequently proceeded to the treasury department, where, in the presence of a number of Illinois guests, invited by Mr. Gage, he administered the oath to the new secretary of the treasury. THE PRINCE HIS FRIEND. Mr. Cecil Rhode* Has, Apparently, Very Little to Fear. Loxdox, March 5.—The prince of •Vales’ demeanor toward Mr. Rhodes, tn the latter’s examination before the South African commission, has been that of a friend and admirer. The prince has invariably shook hands with emphatic heartiness in meeting Mr. Rhodes in the commission chamber. He has dined and supped with him, and -is known to have privately congratulated him on the way he has faced ns to his questioning opponents.