Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1897 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL,. MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1897.

mcnts their suggestions for the coercion of Greece. The commander of a Rurslan cruiser, which has just arrived at Canea, from Selino. reports that the foreign vessel.f fired guns there lo intimidate the insurgent?. The military governor of Canea has inform dhe dragoman of the Greek consulate that orders have been received to fire on the Greek cavass If he leaves the consulate. The Greek.- in the town are menaced by the Mussulman populace, and the commander of the foreign murines declines to guarantee the safety of newspaper correspondents wno venture outride of Canea. The insurgents failed in their endeavors to force an entrance Into Malaxa by the use of dynamite at 6 o'clock Saturday evening, but they made a breach in the wall of Keratlii. killing four soldiers and wounding several. The' garrison is urgently appealing for reinforcements. Skirmishing has bren going on since noon yesterday on the p'alns outside Canea. There 13 no confirmation of the report that Turkish troops crowed the Theslallan frontier and were repulsed by an equal number of Greek. A dispatch from Constantinople to-night states that the reply ol the Porte to the collective note of Tuesday last and the communique of Friday sets forth. In addition to the resolve of the Porte to maintain the ir.tegriety of th; empire while reserving the right to dls-cuss the precise definition of autonomy for Crete. Its desire to maintain peace and its satisfaction with the stipulation cf the powers for the withdrawal of the Greek troops from the island.

GiuzKt i: iu:iai.s Flint. She In, However, Dointc othiiiK to Precipitate War AVltl Turkey. (Copyright. 177. by the Associated IT-ss.) ATHENS. March 7. TJse situation of affairs here, as thU dispatch is sent (11 a. m.), remcins grave, although there are a few signs here and there since yesterday that a pacific solution of the Cretan crisis Is yet possible. This is more particularly so in the case of Greece. It is believed that the government is sincere in not desiring to start any conflagration which may spread far and wide. The gravity of the situation is recognized on all sides and all those Interested seem willing to arrive at a peaceful settlement of the- difficulties if iossible. Greece is displaying undiminished firmness in her intention-. .to carry out at all costs the programme which she has mapped out for herself In regard to Crete, while at the same time supporting the pacific intentions of her advisers. It is stated that . Prince Llaurocordato, the Greek minister at Constantinople, has addressed a note to the Turkish government, proposing to recall the Greek troops from the frontiers of Macedonia and Albania if the Turkish troops near the Greek frontier are simultaneously "withdrawn. The Porte, however, has not shown any haste to accede to this proposal. At the same time this note was sent to the Turkish government stringent orders were issued to the commanders of the Greek troops in Thessaly to do everything possible to avoid anything calculated to provoke a contlict, while the hope was expressed to the Turkish officials that the Porte would issue similar instructions to the commanders of the Turkish troops in Macedonia. Dispatches since received here from Thessaly indicate that the wishes of King George will be carried out. It was stated In these messages that although the Greek troops are animated with unabated entttuslasra nothing will be done to needlessly irritate the Turks. An incident showing this to be the case has occurred near Melun. A Greek officer of engineers was engaged in supervising the work of repairing a, road close to the frontier and was preventeei by some Turkish officials from proceeding with the task. The Greeks have rot taken any action in this matter, although it is claimed they were well within their rights in proceeding with the repairs. On the other hand, a dispatch received here from Canea at 11:3) this morning states that Colonel Vassos, who is In command of the Greek "army of occupation," as it is termed at Athens, has received at his camp near Platania instructions from King George to be prepared to resist coercion to the end. This spirit, which pervades all the orders sent to the Greek commanders in Crete, Is further shown in a Canea dispatch received at i o'clock this morning referring to the incident which occurred at Selino yesterday. Before deciding to land the mixed detachment of yarines the admirals parleyed for a long time with the Greek commodore. Colonel Vassos. and the Greek vice consul. Evasive answers only were returned to the admirals, the Greek commodore protesting against the obstacles which Europe placed in the way of his action and Colonel Vassos asserting that he had no authority over the insurgents who were investing Selino. These replies, coupled with the insistence of the Greek vice consul that he would only consent to go to Selino on board a Greek war ship and in the name of King George of Greece, compelled the foreign admirals, in deference to their instructions, to decide to themselves deliver the imprisoned Moslems even if they had to use force against the insurgents or the Greeks In order to do so. Therefore a detachment of marines was landed at Selino from the foreign war ships and It set out forthwith for Candamo. a distance of seven miles. The Greek vice consul, M. llaraclis. thereupon informed the admirals that the Greek government declined all responsibility for what might take place. It is said that there are y.000 Moslems besieged at Cadamo, where the earthworks of the Turks have been partly destroyed by the lire of the insurgents, many men being killed on both sides. Additional advices from Crete thU morning say that the insurgent.- have formed a cordon around Ctnea. and that yesterday een"n th3 Insurgents attacked tio Turkish positions at Malaxa. and Xeratidf. where they attempted to destroy the blockhouse by the use of dvnamiie. The lighting, however, whs of a desultory nature and this morning hostilities were reported to lc at a standstill. It is announced that Oct) men of the Greek reserves will embark to-morrow morning at Corfu for Karuvasara. and Arta. CHITON4; Aitoisun. ir,00O Sympathizer a with Greece Meet in llyde IYrU. (Copyright. 1M-7. hy the Associated rref..) LONDON. March 7. Little else Is talked about In London, in Great IJritain or on the continent than the Eastern crisis and the possibility of a war between Greece and Turkey which may involve the great powers of Kurope. The officials of the Foreign Office here were bu.y throughout Saturday night and all Sunday in exchanging telegrams with Constantinople and other capitals. The agitation of the lovers of liberty in favor of Greece is spreading everywhere in Great Drlteln. according to reort3 received from many places this morning. In every Dissenting ci.upcl and in many churches of all creeds in London a notice was read urging the congregations to attend the demonstration In Hyde Park at Z o'clock this afternoon. Though the weather was threatening, about 13.) people were present. They consisted of all classes, though workingmen predominated. Six platforms had been erected for the accommodation of the speakers, and the structures in all cases displayed Greek ilags. Amorg those who addressed the gathering In Hyde Park was Lord Coleridge. IlarId Jamcd Rcckitt. Liberal member of Parliament for the Ilrigg division of Lincolnshire; Richard McGhce. anti-Parnellite and Labor representative in Parliament for the South division of Louth; John Herbert Lewi;?, advanced Liberal, member of Parliament for the Flint district; Francis Allsston Channlng. advanced Liberal, member of Parliament for the Last division of Northamptonshire; David Lloyd-George, Welsh Nationalist, member of Parliament for the Carnarvon district: Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-AIlan. Hart., Liberal I'nionlst, memler of Parliament for the Southerrst division of Durham; Edward John Chalmers-Morton. Liberal, member of Parliament for Devonport; He v. Dr. John Clifford, the well-known Free Church minister, several other clergymen und London county councilors and others. A resolution was adopted nt all the platforms, with cheers for King George of Greece, expressing the strongtst sympathy vrlth the Cretans In their '"heroic struggle gainst the intolerable tyranny of the Turk." and congratulating Greece on having "by her gallant conduct effected a deliverance" which, tha united power were

unable to achieve. The resolution further protested against any attempt to ceorce Greece, and demanded that the Marquis of Salisbury refuse to put the guns of the liritsh fleet to a ue which woultl be n disgrace and a humiliation to Great Britain. During the demonstration Hon. Geo. N. Curzon. under secretary of state for the Foreign Office, faultlessly attired and carrying on his arm Mr. Curzon. in a beautiful costume of pearl gray, strolled unrecognized through the crowd, listened to the speeches and seemed to be somewhat amused by the harsh things said concerning his attitude in the Greco-Turkish difficulties. Lord Tweedmouth. Michael Davitt and many other well-known members of Parliament listened to the speeches. While the Hyde Park meeting was in progress a similar programme w.-is being carried out at a mass meeting held in St. James Hall, and another took place this evening at Westminster Chapel. Every ono at all the meetings was urged to shower postal cards on the Marquis of Salisbury, on which will be written, "No war with Greece." A dispatch received here from Barcelona, Spain, says that fifty delegates of the Catalan Home Itule associations and a numler of newspapers have signed a message to the Greek consul, with the request that It be forwarded to King George, expressing the desire of the Catalans- to see Crete united with Greece. This message was presented to the consul with much ceremony, and the singing of chorals, etc. The consul. In thanking the deputation, said that the King of Greece would not recede from the path pointed out by the popular will. The French newspapers this morning are almost unanimous in anticipating that tho Greek reply to the identical notes of the powers will not be a formal refusal to ab'de by their decision, as since yesterday morning the tone of the communications received from Greece by M. Hanotaux, the French minister for foreign affairs, has been more distinctly iacirtc. a solution being hinted at on the basis of mutual concessions. The semi-official Fremdenblatt, of Vienna, points out this morning that it is by no means certain that if Greece provokes war with Turkey that Servia and Bulgaria will assist her, as they might find means and concessions from, the Sultan to make a peaceful conquest by wresting from Greece the ecclesiastical provinces. The Fremdenblatt reiterates that the powers will not capitulate to Greece, no matter what pressure is brought to bear on them, and that no one of them will withdraw from the threatened coercion of Greece. This view of the integrity of the concert of the powers is supported by Constantinople dispatches, which announce that persistent pressure is being exercised by the embassadors of the powers on the Turkish government. The communique addressed by the embassadors to the Porte on Friday was in the form of a memorandum, supplementing the collective note of Tuesday last and pointing out that, as the principle of the proposed autonomy for Crete implied a progressive reduction of the Turkish forces inland, the Turkish troops in the interior should, therefore, be concentrated in the towns. The reply -of the Turkish government to this collective note is expected to be delivered to-day and the representative of the Associated Press at Constantinople learns that it will state In substance that the Porte, in taking cognizance of it. declares to the powers its resolve to maintain the integrity of the Ottoman empire and accepts in principle the establishment of the autonomous administration for the Island of Crete; but the Porte reserves the right to discuss the precise delinition of "autonomy." King George and other members of the ro3al family attended a requiem mass in the cathedral to-day for the oilicers and soldiers who have fallrn in Crete. The Pllnghenesla publishes a teleeram stating that a band of 12) Macedonians and Epirotes came into collision yesterday nt Kranla, six hours' march from Grevena. with a strong Turkish detachment. Chief Taskla, commanding the Macedonians, attacked the Turkish position toward evening, and is reported to have captured It after an all-night light. King George, of Greece, has sent to Sir Charles Dllke a telegram conveying his heartfelt thanks and sympathy to Sir Charles and the other members of the House of Commons who signed the telegram sent the King from the House last week, assuring him and the Greek nation of the desire of themselves and of the Englishmen and Irishmen whom they representeel for the success of the Greek cause In the Cretan Imbroglio. There was a lively interchange of telegrams between the European chancellors yesterday over the rejection by Greece, of the proposals of the powers, and as to the measures to be adopted. So far as Germany is concerned, there are some signs of a change of attituele. The National Zeitung and the Berlin Post conraln statements, apparently Inspired, to the effect that it will be Impossible for Germany to hold out in her contention if the other powers show a disposition to give wiy so far as to negotiate further with Greece or to Insist that Turkey also shall withdraw her troops from Crete. The National Zeitung reminds the government that Germany has no direct interests in the Fast. The British minister at Athens has wired home his belief that a peaceful settlement will be arranged. COERCION IMPRACTICABLE.

Deed for Wlileli Xo Knllshtened Government Cnn Become Responsible. Lonelon Letter in New York Tribune. Six flags above the ramparts of Canea and six squadrons at anchor off the coast of Crete seem to indicate that the diplomacy of Europe is not powerless. The powers are apparently acting together and prepared to resist Greek conquest of the island; but it Is merely a policy of shilly-shally and make-believe. The Greek troops are in the island, and the mass of the Cretan population has accepted them as deliverers. The civil ailministratiem of the Island Is iassing rapidly Into the hands of the Greeks. They are restoring order In Crete, anel they cannot be expell?d without European coercion, and it is hardly credible that this will ever be employed. The first European ship that fires upon the Greek Hag will have an unenviable distinction In Christendom. The blockaile cf the Piraeus would be unpopular alike in Indon. Paris and Rome. The enforce'd expulsion of the Greeks from Crete and the surrender of the Island to the Turkish pashas would be crimes against civilization for which no European government not absolutely autocratic could accept responsibility. The Greeks may be threatened with discipline, but they are not likely to be coerced Into abandoning u work of mercy which commands the sympathy of the Christian world. The Turks in their turn cannot be coerced Into submission to a campaign of aggression on the part of the little maritime kingdom without suffering a fatal loss of prestige in the Mohammeelan world. They may not be able to hit back in Crete when their ironclaeis arc so rusty from disuse that it Is hardly possible to senel them to sea; but they can concentrate a powerful army in Macedonia for military operations on the mainland, and it Is difficult to understand on what grounds European coercion Is to bj justified. The Greeks are taking away a valuable Turkish province, and the powers are not prepared to cempel them to desist. The powers in their turn cannot complain if the Turks refuse to give up Crete without a fight in Thessaly. If war once begins the powers cannot bring it to an end without military Intervention, which would be more likely to produce a European conillct than to "localize" existing hostilities. What paralyzes European action Is uncertainty respecting Russia's secret moties and purposes. Tin royal family at Athens is intlmatelv related with the imiKTla! family at St. Petersburg. The Czar owes his life to Prince George, h's cousin, who commands the Greek fleet, and Is now the hero and Idol of Crete. Russia and Greece are bound together by religious ties, and have common interests in the ultimate partition of the Turkish empire. It is scarcely credible that the King of Greece would havesent his fleet to Crete and mobilized his army for active service in Thessaly and Macedonia unless he hael been assureel in advance that he could depend upon the moral support of Russia. The existence of a secret understanding between the royal families at Athens and St. Petersburg is a favorite theory in diplomatic circles, because it explains everything that is now happening and enables the dullest observer to forecast what is impending In the near East. It may be an erroneous conjecture, but it seems to be entertained serlouslv in the Foreign Offices of London. Paris. Berlin. Vienna and Rome, ami creates tllstrust of all concerted action on the part of the powers. Meanwhile, whatever may be the secret history of Greek intervention in Crete, it Is generous In motive ami chivalrous in deed. Cynics assert with a sneer that the Greeks have been careful to strike the Turks in Cret?. where they could not le attacked in return: but this caviling criticism is answereel by the preparations for war on the mainland, where the King's treops will be exposed to assault from an army of superior strength. Enlightened self-interest is not without weight in determining a rational iolicy which will bring the largest Island of the Aegean sea under Greek domination; but the cause of the Cretan refugees han leen taken up in a spirit of selr-sacrlliee and chivalry and a work of mercy und rescue which the Eu

ropean powers have hesitated to perform Is bravely attempted by me little maritime kingdom. Greece is the courageous knight of civilization, whose sword has suddenly been drawn against !he terrible dragon of Turkish misrule. It Is a commanding figure that appeals strongly to the imagination of men and nations, and tends to renew human faith in the moral government of the world. c;t:oita: i a.d skoizcs.

Kins of the Greek nml III Minister of Foreign Ollieer. Chicago Times-Herald. Geerge I of Greece, the king of the hour, has gone far toward winning the esteem and the love of the Greeks by his bold course in the Cretan trouble. Hl3 ready and warm support of the popular will and his defiance of the great powers of Europe in defense of popular feeling have restored him in favor in the estimation of his subjects. King George had of late been the cause of much dissatisfaction to the Greeks, who have been clamoring tor his abdication in favor of his son Constantine. These comphui. s have now divippeared and he is praised on all hands for his patriotism. He will be given a splendid opportunity of clinching his popularity by a renewal of that defiance to the combined arms of Europe which he published by the mouth of his minister, who declared that "Greece was responsible for all her acts." King George is now fifty-two years old, and if this crisis passes away without complications it is probable he will remain on the throne until the Cretan question is settled. The King of Greece is the second son of King Christian of Denmark and ascended the throne on Nov. 2, 1.!. His reign up to the present time has been uneventful and not altogether pleasing to his subjects. He Is alllicied wltn an incurable disease and has for years been preparing to abdicate the throne and retire to his newly built palace near Copenhagen, where he intends to spend the lew remaining years of his life. However that may be it is certain that his recent government has given joy to the Greeks. Alexander Skouzes, the minister of foreign affairs in Greece, is the official through whom King George communicates with all the Greeks in the United States urging them to return and fight for their country. This alarming message was sent Saturday by Minister fcKouzes to the acting Greek minister in the I'nited States, and was at once sent broaelcast through the land by that agent of the Greek government. In his message to the Greek minister Skouzes urges that official to use every means in his power to persuade his countrymen now in America anel who have had service in the army of Greece to return forthwith to old Hellas and fight for their native laud. Minister lioatssl has obeyed the instructions of his chief at home and appeals to every Greek in Amerie'a, whether a reserve or' not, lo return and take up arms against the villainous Turk. Mr. Skouzes is one of the brightest of the statesmen In the Delyannls Ministry. He Is a warm friend of that ancient and crafty leader anel is one of the most vigorous anel clear-headed ef the young public men in Athens. The foreign minister is but fortylive years olel anil was educated for a public career. After finishing his college studies in Athens he traveleel to Germany and Frances and in both of these countries he studied law and International law at the big universities. He is considered a master of International matters, and especially well fitted for the Important eluties he will be compelled to fill should Greece suddenly blaze up with foreign war. True to Kliifr George. CHICAGO, March 7. In the little Greek church on the North Side five hundred traineel soldiers of the Grceclan army reserves this afternoon swore to return to the call of their King to light for their native land. The right hands of the tall men in the audience shot up in the air when Father Phiambolls. the pastor of the colony, proposed the oath, and their smaller neighbors waved their arms wildly in the air as they promised "Before Almighty God to defend the flag and the soil of Greece from the touch 'of the enemy; to obey the commands of the King and his captains in all things; to die rather than give before the face of the enemy and to hold themselves In instant readiness to embark for the Piraeus when transports should be provided to carry them to the city of the King." The priest aelviseel his people to arrange their affairs and be In reaeliness to go as soon as final emlers should come. The work of enrollment continued during the remainder of the afternoon and evening all over the city under the direction of the five Greek societies, and It is expected a force of fifteen hundred to two thousand will be reported in a day or two. Greek Obeying the Call. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. March 8. The call for the reserves of the Greek army in America issued by the government of King George has stirred the patriotic ardor of Greeks In Send hern cities. To-day a dozen Greeks, members of the reserves, left for their native land to lend their services to their King and others will fedlow during the week. A prominent member of the Greek colony here has advices that parties of his countrymen are being organized in Memphis. Nashville, New Orleans. Atlanta, Savi.mih. and, in f;ct. all Southern cities, to start for Athens at once. He estimates that King George will secure more than live hundred men from the Southern cltl?s. The Greeks here heartily indorso the King'. course, r.nd say that he can get the support of every native Greek in America If ne?dad. CUBAN WOMAN'S STORY. Arrested Without Caiiwe and Confined in Vile Prinon. KEV WEST, March 7,-Mrs. Concopcion Agramonte was a passenger on board the Mascotte from Havai a when the vessel touched here Saturday night en route for Tampa. She was aecompanied by her daughter. Mrs. Agramonto is a widow, sixty-two years old, lives at Puerto Principe, and has five sons now fighting in the Cuban army. She informcel the correspondent that therthief of police of Puerto Principe called on her, told her the government had ordered her arrest an conducted her to prison. "Sv here she v.;s onfined in a small ce ll with eleven otl r prisoners. Her relatives fearing that on account of her advanced age she would not be abler, to endure this severe treatment, offered to pay the authorities for ln-tter accommodations for her. These offers were ree-elveel with sneers. Her relatives were told that anything was good enough for a Cuban and they were asked why Mrs. Agramonte should get any better treatment than the otters. Her daughter appealed to be allowtMl to see her, but was refused. "My sufferings." said Mrs. Agramonte, "were intense. After remaining in prison twenty-nine elays I was sent to Havana and there coniineel in a house of refuge for women of all classes. The crowded condition of this Jail made It worse than the Puerto Principe prison. After three days' confinement there 1 was released and having been vaecinated and after undergoing the eiuarantlne regulations. I was permitte'd to leave on the Mascotte. There were no charges preferreel against me and I can think of no reason for my arrest, except that my sons are fighting to free Cuba. At the tlm of my transfer from Puerto Principe jail two other ladiesMarie Aguelar anel Gabrie-lle Aarona were liberated." Woman Chargeel with Murder. CLEVELAND. (., March 7. Elizabeth Gibson. alias Lizzie Henry, r.ged twentyeight years, was arrested here to-day by Detective O'Donnell, of St. Louis, and a Cleveland erfllccr on the charge of being a fugitive from justice. She is accused of complicity in the murder of William Stewart, an agtl and wealthy man. In a flat at No. YXC, Washington avenue. St. Louis, on the night of Feb. 7. When arreste-d the woman exprcsse-d no surprise. Detective O'Donnell started with his prisoner for St. Louis this evening. Jautc Blair Dying:. SCRANTOX. Pa.. March 7. James Blair Is elylng at his home In this city. He is ninety years of age. and one of the wealthiest men in-this region. He is a heavy stockholder in the Itckawanna Railroad anel the Lackawanna iron and Steel Company, president of the Scranton Savings Bank and vice president of the Dickson Manufacturing Company. He was one of the most active promoters of the five Western railroads since merged into the Northwestern system. Hurled In n novllde. PARK CITY. Utah. March 7. A heavy snow slide started from the mountain peak west of the Morgan mine this morning and struck one of the Daly mine bankhouses. which was shivered into atoms. Nine men were sleeping in the house at the time. Five were rescued alive alvout an hour afterwards. Iite this afternoon the ilea el botlies of Nicholas Paflls. James Keating and Nicholas Pufetto were recovered. Joseph Zucca is still missing and is no doubt dead.

BOTH ARE CONFIDENT

conncTT am iTrzsnnioxs kacii StltE OF WINMXU THE FIGHT. Latter I So Certain that He Is Dreaming Ho Will Do p III Opponent In the Fifth Hound. CROWDS OF CURIOUS BOYS PLAY IIOOKEV FItOM M'MIAV SCHOOL A.U VISIT THE PlCilLlSTS. Little More Outside Work Possible on Account of Had Wen t her Corbelt Worries Hilly Woods. CARSON CITY. Nev., March 7. The good little boys and young men of Carson City and vicinity, who. as a usual thing, spend their Sundays in church and Sunday school, for the large part played "hookey" to-day and made formal calls on the famous pugilists at Shaw's Springs and Cook's ranch. The weather was bad and the roads worse than the weather, but In spite of all that the Nevada natives splashed through the slush and braved the gale that came sweeping down from the mountains for the purpose of seeing the most famous punchers In the world. They came early in the morning, but they remained late in the evening. They were in stronger force at Corbett's than at Ccck's ranch, because Corbett's quarters are more easy of access and there is a certain air of unpopularity attaching to Fitzslmmons's big dog that is calculated to discourage miscellaneous calling. Corbett spent his time between break fast and noon doing as near nothing as he possibly could. Shortly after lunch he to3k up the mass of letters that comes to him dally and began to read the freak letters. He made rapid progress with the large amount of correspondence. Corbett makes it a rule to answer all letters unless they are of too freaky a nature to call for a reply. He is fonel of amusing letters ind puts in all the time he can at the work without detracting from his other duties. Shortly after 3 o"clock this afternoon Corbett donned his long bathrobe and hurried into the woodshed, where he tolled away at the little windlass with which he develops his strength in the hands and forearms, and then punched the bag for twenty minutes. This work over, ho sprinted for the handball court and spent three-quarters of an hour in the hardest kind of work, all gone through with without the slightest rest. He first went at Toft'ries and waded into him in a manner that made that gentleman a trifle nervous. Then he took on Kdgren for a round: then McVey came out to be knocked arounel the court in the liveliest kind of a manner lor three minutes of wrestling. WOODS AND HIS ARMOR. Billy Woods, with his air cushions, was to have closed up the series of workers. Jim seems to have an especial elislike for the paraphernalia in which Woods encases himself and he loses no time in showing it. Yesterday as soon as Woods put up liis hands Corbett swung hard on his left pneumatic ear muff with a force that sent Woods staggering across the room and createel a puncture In the air cushion that ornamented the side of Air. Woods's muff. Mr. Woods is a. good-natured man in the main, but all this liberty with his wind protectors does not suit him at all and he waded into Corbett as hard as he could, but he did not wade extremely far. Corbett kept out of his way easily anet now and then put in a left-arm poke just to keep Woods stirred up. Woods did not like it, and so he was not working to-day. - After the champion had gone through with his trainers lour times each, Hampti-;. and Joe Corbett played handball with I.ii j, several games being reeled off in rapid succession. All told, Corbett worked two and a half hours and finished In excellent shape, not In the least elistressed. His endurance is cert.ainly remarkable and no man not In the prime of condition could begin to go throueh with it. "1 never was better In my life." said, he, "and 1 will keep right on getting better until the time of the fight, and if I meet no accident, such as is likely to happen to any man in training. 1 will give a very good account of myself. It ought to be a good fight," he addeel, musingly, "for It Is certain that Fltzslmmons and myself are the two best men in the fighting business to-day. There is no man who can best either cue of us and if we are e-ver beaten by any outsider it will Ik? by someLody who Is going to school at present. I mean by that that the man who Is going to lick Fitzsimmons or me has not grown up yet. The thing lles between us two alone, and the winner of this fight, If It is won by fair fighting and on no. technicality, will have every right to call himself the best man in the world." FITZSIMMOXS'S DREAM. There was nothing new at Cook's ranch to-day except a brand new dream that Fitzsimmons turned. This is the third or fourth dream Fitzsimmons has had bearing on the result of the ripht, and they have all tended in one elireetion, towards the everlasting annihilation of one James J. Corbett. If Fitzsimmons has had any dreams foreshadowing his own elefeat he has kept them to himself. Up to to-day he has lost no more battles In his sleep than he has lost In the ring sinee he landed on the Pacific coast for the first time. This dream to-day was that Fitzsimmons had won the fight in the fifth round, and Fitzsimmons declared it was "so blamed vivid and distinctly likc understand what I mean?" that there Is no possibility of It going wrong with him on March 17. "I tell you it was real as could be." said Fitzsimmons. "I saw the whole thing just as plain as anything on earth. I had him going in tho fourth round and then I just sailed in and finished it up in the fifth. I'll show you how I did it. or rather how I dreamed I did It." he said with a laugh as he rose to his feet. "I did it just this way," said the lanky fighter, as he Mi a combination of a twostep waltz and kangaroo hop, waving his arms around in a manner that made the air seem a tangle of freckeled fists anel hairy arms, and ?lsng up with a lunge that would have tested the enelurance of a slab of loiler plate. "See?" he asked. Hut nobody did ste, and so Fitzsimmons went through it all again, to his own el? light and to the confusion of everybody else. "Oh. I tell you. I can't lose on that dream," he sal 1. "It was a regular corker. 1 saw the whole thing just as plainly as I am going to see it in the ring. I can't lose, anyhow; I have dreamed it too often." Fitzsimmons diet most of bis work in the morning to-d;y. but as a Ufual thing he does less on Sunday than on week elays. His work this morning varied in no way from the other work he has done eluring the last ten days, save that he did less of it. He shouldered a shotgun and for a time tram peel through the sage brush, lombarding tho little birds and big rabbits. This afternoon Fitzsimmons spent lis time in quarters, playing cards and checkers. Charley White. Corbett's trainer, said today that ne confidently expects his man to win Inside of twelve rounds. "That is an outside figur?." said White, "for I really think Jim will win In less time than that. I simply say twelve that I can be on the safe Hide of tho question." Corbett will elo no more road work, as he has give! up all hope of the roads becoming passable by the time set for the fight. If they do becom fit for running it will not be long enough in advance of the light to render the work of much benefit. CORBETT TALKS A ROUT CSREAT MEN. Corbett is fond of telling stories while resting from his labors. While at the lunch table yesterday he entertained his friends with incidents of his meeting with great men. "During a campaign some time ago I was playing against McKinley In a small town, which had a very sporty population. I 'was about to start out for the theater, when up comes his secretary anel says: 'Mr. Corbett. Governor McKinley is stopping at the hotel and he would be very pleased to meet you. "I went over to tho Governor's room and 1

was Introduced and we talked a while aiout one thing and another, and presently the Governor says: " 'Arc you going down to the theater tonight, Mr. Corbett?' " 'I am,' says I. I am going down to the hall to speak, says he. 'and we will go down together.' "So Governor McKinley and I walked down the main street of the town together and there was no chance to say that I got any bigger reception than he did. "Maybe It was very nice of him to take me along, just to show his appreciation of the American champion, but I kind o' think he was ef the opinion he would even things up on the votes of those sporting fellows. I like McKinley. and I think he is a very ni"e man. but. on the level. Presidents ain't always as great as their reputations when you get close to them. "I never met Cleveland, but I know something about him. Some time ago I was going down to a country fair in the interior of New York. Cleveland, who was running for office then, was to be down at the fair, too. just to meet the farmers. I suppose, and get acquainted, lief ore the fair I got a telegram from the editor of a New York newspaper that was booming Cleveland then, saying: " 'Don't go down to the fair; will explain later.' "I wired back to know why I shouldn't go to the fair. The answer came: " 'Cannot tell in a telegram. Will explain as soon as you come to New York. "I hunteel .-the editor up when I got to New York and asked him the reason. He said: 'Cleveland was to show himself down there and would not go if you were to be there. " 'What has he got against me?' I asked. " 'Oh. nothing,' said the editor, 'only he could not afford to take the chance of your attracting greater attention than himself.' "Now, what do you think of that?" George'Green, "Young Corbett," who is to fight "Mysterious" Hilly Smith, had a narrow escape from drowning this afternoon while boat riding on the Carson river, near Empire. He and his trainer. Rob Mc Arthur, were in the boat, the latter being at the oars. McArthur attempted to grab a small object floating in the water and faile d to touch it. Gree n made a long reach for it and leaned too far over the side, upsetting the boat. He is 'a good swimmer, but he was taken with a slight cramp, and but for McArthur's cid. must have gone down. Hoth men were exhausted when the shore was reached and were chilled through. Green said to-night that he was fe-eling all right and would feel no evil effects from his icy bath. UPRISING IN BRAZIL. Four OlHeor and 200 Soldiers Killed ! it llanel of Fanatics.

LONDON, March 7. A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro by way of Paris says that a band of fanatics le-d by Conselhciro have kille-el Colonel Moreira Caesar, three ofllccrs and two hundred soldiers in Bahal. There is much excitement in Rio Janeiro, where the iopulace has pillageel and burned the offices of the Monarchist papers, Libertade and Gazeta Datarde. ROW ABOUT THE DEAD? Hill to Prevent IrlntiiiK Picture of People Without Their Consent. ALBANY, N. Y., March 7. Senator Ellsworth's bill to prevent newspapers and other publications from printing the pictures of individuals without their consent will have a hearing on Wednesday at'ternoen before the cotles committee of the Legislature. Senator Grady says that no hearing will prevent the passage of the bill, and it is intimated in certain quarters that it will pass and be signel by the Governor at a very early day, both organizations being in favor of it. THE AMERICAN ARMY. Patriotic 1 tternnce or Uallington Hoeith, Comiunmlcr of Volunteers. NEW YORK. March 7. The first anniversary of the founding of the American Volunteers was celebrated to-day by two big meetings at Metropolitan Temple In the afternoon and at Cooper Union In the evening. At the meeting to-night Commander Hallington Doth said: "During the twelve (?ars of our Christian labor in this country we trieel to Americanize the Salvation Army because we naturally anel rightly considered that a country that had progressed as America hael was capable of governing Its own proierty, its own resources and training its own officers without interference from a foreign quarter. For eleven vears we lalored unceasingly to Americanize the Salvation Army in this country, and were it not for the interferene'e brought to bear on us under a foreign international policy we would have remained under the old; Hag. We were confronte-d with the difficulty of standing by our flag or aluindoning our iolicy of Americanizing the army in America and we unhesitatingly sent back the answer: 'We will stand by the Constitution and the government of the United States.' It is not right that anv movement, either civil, religious, or military, in this country, should submit to the government of a foreign power. Though we lose all and life. too. in the bargain, we will stand by the American people." Commander Booth will probably commission 500 officers in Assoiation Hall to-morrow night. Jlooely Converting Porkopolf. CINCINNATI, March 7. Evangelist D. L. Moody, assisted by Rev. R. A. Torrey, of Chicago, and others, has been holding meetings in Music Hall here the past week anel will continue the meetings till March 23. The meetings during the Week have been largely attended. This afternoon tho large hall was crowdetl and to-night the seating capacity for o.Oi) was insufficient for all wanting admission. To-morrow morning Mr. Moody addresses the Evangelical Alliance, at which all the local church officers and ministers will be present. The Interest in these" mee tings has become sucli that admission for the day and the night meetings hereafter will be by ticket. An AttneU on Cleveland. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Silver Dcm.) With tho retirement of G rover Cleveland closes the blackest chapter in the history of the Democratic party. That party has encountered all the vicissitudes of political warfare. It has won great vic tories, it has rendered inestimable public service. It has met defeats that seeme-d crushing. It has gone, astray several times t n public questions of vast moment. But until, in an unfortunate hour, it linked its fortunes with those of Grover Cleveland, it had never for any length of time swerved from Its high functions as the party of the plain people. It had numbered among its leaders some of the greatest statesmen that the country has produced. Under Cleveland it was led into the camp of the enemy and when it refused to sanction the Infamous alliance it was shamelessly betrayed by the man whom it hael honored as no other American had ever been honored by a political party. Grover Cleveland began his political career as a Democrat. H ends It a despised Hessian of plutocracy, his brow brandeel deep with the mark of the traitor, while his pockets bulge with the price for which he sold himself and betrayed those who had trusted him. In him to Its shame be It said Democracy lifted up befere tho people a name that will be written in history beside those of Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold. Ohltuarj. BALTIMORE. March 7. Col. Nathaniel Rives Chamhliss, formerly of the Confederate army, was fatally stricken with paralysis this morning while attending services at the Catholic Cathedral, dying a few moments after the attack. He was born in Greenville county. Virginia, and graduated at West Point in l'.l. He fought under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at Shlloh. After the war he was for a time professor of mathematics at the University of Alabama. He was a son-in-law of General Hardee, the military tactician. SALEM. Mass.. March 7. Rev. Charles Arey. D. D.. for lifteen years rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, died at his home In this city last night, aged seventy-llvo vears. His first parish was that of Trinity Church, Toledo. Murderer Die in Jull. WILKES BARRE. Pa.. March 7. Nelson Miller, colored, convicted of murder In the first degree and waiting to be hanged, died to-day in the county jail of consumption. In October. ISO l. a Hungarian shanty adjoining Miller's shanty, was blown up with dynamite. Miller and his wife, Sarah Hester and three other colored men were arrested, charged with the crime. Miller was tried and convicted. Apostolic Delegate for Canndu. LONDON'. March 8. A dispatch to the Times from Home says: "The Pope has deided to send Monsignor Merry del Val as apostolic delegate to Canada. By sending one so closely attache! to his person tho Pope gives exceptional assurance of his special personal Interest In the welfare cf Canada."

ROBERT B. DUNCAN DEAD

WITH 0K EXCEPTION. OLDEST CO!Tl.MOlS Ki:II)i:XT OF THIS COl MV. Prominent Lawyer, anel for .Many Year County Clerk Here When Capital Site Wo Selected. Robert Ti. Duncan, with one exception the oldest continuous resident of Marlon county, died yesterday morning at his residence, 174 Central avenue. t)kl age led to death. For more than a year Mr. Duncan had been confined to the house and. during the last few months, had rarely left his room. There was an affection of the heart which perhaps hastened the demise, but the exhaustion of age could not have been withstood much longer had the organs remained perfect. Mr. Duncan would have been eighty-seven years old had he lived until next June. His death occurred In the house which had been his home since 1SC.6. It is now the property of John R. Wilson, a son-in-law of Mr. Duncan, with whom Mr. Duncan made his home during the last ten or twelve years, but It was built by Mr. Duncan and was his home continuously for over forty years. The funeral will be held at the house Tuesday afternoon at 2 ei'clock. The burial at Crown Hill will be xrivate. Robert 13. Duncan was born in Ontario counts'. New York. June 13, 1810. His parents were both of Sexdch ancestry, his paternal grandparents having emigrated to this country from Scotland, his grandfather coming over in the year 1702. The parents of Mr. Duncan removed to Indiana in the spring of 1S20. They did not come directly from New York, however, but stopped for about three years near Sandusky. O. They settled in this State at a point about four miles southeast of where Noblesvllle now is. The settlement was known as Connor's Station. It was so called after William Connor, who conducted an Indian trading post. The country was wild and unsettled. There were only a few families in the vicinity and they were, like that of Mr. Duncan's parents, seeking a fortune in a new and almost unexplored country. There were no advantages for a boy. The life was that of a pioneer, with few people except Indians to meet or associate with. It was amid these surroundings tht Robert Duncan grew to manhood. In s2i his parents removed lo like township. Marion county. This was just a short time after the site of the new State Capitol had been selected and there were yet lew settlers in this county. On the. farm young Duncan remained until P27. In that year James M. Ray, the first clerk of Marion county, took otlice and he apiointed Robert Duncan a deputv, with the understanding that the boy should be allowed to attend school during half the day. In this oflice Mr. Duncan remained, as deputy or clerk, for thirtythree years. SIXTEEN YEARS COUNTY CLERK. In 1X31 he was elected to succeed Mr. Ray as clerk of the county, and was re-elected successively until the year 150. when he retired to enter the practice of law. Mr. Duncan left the office before the new code of practice in law went Into use. Everything during his time in office was carried on under the old chancery system, which was elaborate. For the amount of legal business transacted, the work was heavy and complex. During his time as clerk Mr. Duncan appointed as a deputy in the office General 1aw Wallace, then an unknown young man. doing the lirsl work at which he ever earned money. He also had as a deputy at another time William Wallace, who was afterward postmaster of IndianapoMs. Politically Mr. Duncan was a Whig until the formation of the Republican partv, and since that he has been a Republican. Naturally he took much interest in matters political, and wnx intimately associated with the great political leaders of his active life. . In the practice of the law Mr. Duncan was one of the foremost men of his time. He gave the most of his attention to probate matters, and for many years did practically all the business in this line done In the county. Ho associated with himself in his practice his. son. John S. Duncan, and about seven or 'eight years ago he retired from active work, though he was then (at the age of eighty years) strong and well aide to continue actively in practice. Mr. Duncan married in li:: Miss Mary L. Sanders, daughter of Dr. John H. Sanders. The Sanders family came to this city from Kentucky, and became quite a prominent one. Ono of the daughters is Mrs. Zerelda Wallace, and another was the wife of Dr. Gatling. the Inventor of the Gatllng gun. The fruits of the marriage of Mr. Duncan and Miss Sanders were four children. John S. Duncan, of the law firm of Duncan & Smith: Robert P. Duncan, manager of the Normandio Hotel, of this city; Anna P., .wife of William T. Barnce. of Lafayette, and Nellie P.. wife of John R. Wilson, of this city. Mrs. Duncan died in lt. and Mrs. Barbee has been dead seven or eight years. The other children survive. Mr. Duncan was probably as well known as any person living in the city, and certainly knew more of Indianapolis than any persein living. He saw the city grow from its very inception to what it now is. As a boy he met the members of the commission anpointed bv the Legislature and listened to their discussions aout the location of the new Capitol. He saw the village laid out and was a resident of it continuously almost from Its start until his death. Mr. Duncan at one time started to write a series of papers on the life of the early settlers in Indianapolis and this part of the State. When a bov. living on his father's farm near the Indian trading station, he injured the bones of his foot, and there was no physician to properly treat the injury. The result was that thh? foot bothered him all through life, at times rendering him unable to walk and confining him to his home. It was in 1ST?, during one of the sieges, that he began to write his recollections. The Indiana Historical Society had been trying to induce him to do so for a long time, and he linnlly consented. Ho wrote nine papers, whieh the society has since published. He did not complete the work he started, but he added a most valuable work to the historical writings touching upon the early history of Indiana and IneManapoIis. FIXING THE CAPITAL SITE. . In his first paper he told of the w ork of the commission which settlenl upon the sito for the State capital. Ho said: "During the summer of 120 the commissioners appointed by the Legislature to select the four sections of land donated by the national government to the State of Indiana for a permanent seat of government of the State met at the trading station of William Connor, as reauired by law, and from there examined several points on White river one at "The Bluffs,' now in Morgan county: one the site where the location was finally made and upon which the city now stands, and another the farm then occupied by Judge Finch, which was afterwards, when put in market, purchased by John Corwjn. one of the commissioners. My recollection is that the site where Noblesvllle was situated was never examined by the commissioners. After a careful examination of the several places named, the commissioners settled upon the present location, having failed by one vote only of locating at 'The 11 luffs." The land where they determined to locate not yet having been surveyed, tho commissioners, being under the necessity of waiting several days on the surveyors, returned to the Indian village, where the whole subject was fully and largely discussed and the reason given for the site selected, and why the town should I on the east side of the river rather than the west side. "One reason for locating at this point was that it was nearer the center of the State than either of the other points, or any suitable point that could le found. Another was that the point furnished the best location for loat landing that could be found at any point on the river within any reasonable distance of the center of the State, and the east side was K'tter for that purpose than the west side, and, as a, further reason. Fall creek was on the east side, and was the stream upon which the mills were to be built, and the town and mills should be on the same side of the river. It was then confidently believed by those wise men (I do not make use of this term In derision, for they were wise men of their day), that White river would be made navigable for boats of sufficient size to answer, all the commercial demands of the town, and the mills on Fall creek w-uld be sufficient for all milling purposes steam for the purpose of locomotion or milling punoses being then unknown." Thote who knew Mr. Duncan well knew him as a man of a strong, pure character. He was a typical Scot extremely determined and self-reliant. But there was a tender side to his nature. He was as sensitive of other people's feelings as a woman, and was kind In all his dealings. Ho was a cood husband and a loving father.

REASON Hundreds of People Arc Asking: the "Whys" and "Wherefores" of Muuyon's System. Want to Know By He Seeds Eminent Doctors Here to Give Free Senice to tiie People. SURPRISED Because He Has Established a Free Medical Institution Here For the People. It Is Plain Prof. Munyoti Has Discovered New uud Curtain Cures for Disease. To Demonstrate Their Value He Dois All Over, the Country Just As Ho Is Doing Here. Tlmf nil tlior I to II X mttr nh;ut It I'rof. I u n cm In deter mined thill nil tiie rlU mIiiiII know the kkm1u of hi Keiuedle.H, de term! tied imu the relj" of liiuli jirleed doetorln;; mIkiII end. deterizilned tli.it etery mother mIiiiII lu the lit mi ly . ilorlor ' I f !it uuntN to . He Im here to point the Mtiy, nml while it Ik true tli-U the ItenelltM will co m t to IiIm rieiv Vliool'of ledicine they will surely eo.ne to ou llrnt. Hundred of our p : I e are lieiiitc eured Tliey lire very irteful to lunon, mill o tliey jiermit the ue of their mime. Tliey 'feel tlmt it is :t lut tliey owe to their fellowcre:itureM wlio irmy l uirrliif. HERE ARE SOME OF THEM. MR. J. IT. ALDRICH. KM'oltepe avenue. Indianapolis. Ind.. say.-: "My if had rheumatism for ytars. At times she has hecn unahh' lo dross herself. She. towlc Muuyon's Rheumatism JL'uro lor two wt-ks, and every symptom or tfie trouhh vanished. S!u; can now io a dav's work without pain, and it Ir. tin hr&t timo in years that Miu can work without im1ii. Xluiiyon's Remedies have done myself and wile more Kood than all the medicines we ever tried." MRS. KLIZA FJ:R;KR. IST'j Kast Washington street. lndianaiolis. Ind.. nays: "I was sick for three years. 1 had nearly lot my hearing. The noise in my head was terrible. 1 took Munyon's remedies uu-ler thu elireetion of one oi his doctors, and (shortly after the lirst dose I was so astonished that 1 suddenly stopped work and exclaimed: "Oh. my!' I could hear the clock ticking, and my head felt as if someone had taken, stoppers out of my ears." MRS. MARY AS1U7RY, .Vi Thomas street. Indianapolis. Ind.. says: "I had dyspepsia, for years. J tried a numler of physicians and nearly all the remedies 1 saw advertised for dyspepsia, but never found anything that completely cured my suffering until I used Munyon's Iyspepsia Cure. I am better now than J have been for years. Munyon Is doing great work In Indianapolis." Munyon's Remedies at all druggists, mostly 'St cents a vial. Eminent doctors at your service free. If you have catarrh or any throat or lung complaint, tall and receive a free trial local treatment. We positively euro catarrh. 1'ersonal letters answered with free medical advice lor any disease. CAUTION AGAINST I MITATORS Tiie puhlie In advised that .Mnnyon'H Ucmedle ennnot lie imitated; that the free treatment, free pliyMlclnn and, free distribution of remedies wun In aiiKurntt'tl nearly live yours nj;o by rrufcsBor Munyon. Munvon's H. H. R. Co. m Majestic Building. (Cor. 1'cniinyl van in and Maryland fMreet.) Olllee Hour ! a. m. to S p. m. Sundn j j 10 n. m. to 11! in. National Toba Mi WGMOX PiPE ron rOas, Steam and Watef Bnl'rr Tube. Ct an A Malleable Iron rittinc (black and ga -JV V lf. Stop O TrlmiiJinK. n j IJ? Hire Tung. I W VUe. ben-w 11. (black and galTanlzfdj, 0"ka. LDCIi :.";t f m t.nuerv 'Ulen ant I):t. wruinies. Steam Trap. Pumps. Kitchru Mnka, !!. Ueltlnc. lUbl'lt ilfUl. Sol. (er. White and Colored Vlj. lag Wast. ul all other stn. pAc u.dlncoBDffi ua witk iaa. Bream ant Water. Nau nral Ga Supplier a iperla'.tr. fteain-heatlntf AppMiat m f.f public iiuLM.lngft.'Morc room, Mllla, 9 So pa. Factories. Iamudtiea. Lumber Dr -house, etc. Cut anl Thread to or-tfr any biz Wt e icht iron r?iv from Hi inca to l'J ioeuea diameter. Knight & Jillson, 75 an I 77 8. PENNSYLVANIA 8T. ROUGH WESTWARD TRIP. .Mont Tempestuous l'na;e liver Hade ly the Steamship M. I,oiiIn. NEW YOKK. .March 7. When the American line steamship St. Iouis arrived this afternoon, from Soulhumidun, she reIorted that the jias.vuKe was the, mot temiK-'Stuous sho had ever mad. Fresh Kales blew from the southwest am! northwest during the first two days out, when she lodged respectively 473 and S79 knots. The wind increased to a heavy Kal from the weot to the west southwest and Mew without cessation for tlxty hours. Iurin;j this lime there were terrific, squall and extremely hih seas. When the Newfoundland hanks were reached. moderate weather and fK were met with. Frnm the banks to l'ort Strong variable winds prevailed. Among the passengers was Stephen W. Dorsey. ' Cruiser v York Returns. NEW YOKK. March 7.-The I'nlted States cruiser New York, tho flagship of Admiral l.unce'j squadron, which left Hampton Uoafs yesterday In company with the battle ship Indiana and the tender Fern, arrived this morning anJ anchored off Tompklnsvtlle, Siaten Island. 31oveineiitM of Steamers. NEW YORK. March 7.-Arrived: St Louis, from Southampton. Sailed: Mobile, for Ixnidon. IIAVKE. March "-Arrived: La Champagne, from New York. LIVKI'FOOL. March C. Arrived: Adriatic, from New York. QUKBNSTOWN. March 7.-Sailcd: Etrurla, for New Yorlt.

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