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m Desperate Earnest Greece is Openly Preparing For War. Athens. March 5-The cabinet council which met last eveoiog after Premier De?yannis' interview with King George, sat until 1 o'clock this morning. It is reported that as the result of the deliberations of the miois ters several important decisions were reached. According to report, the cabinet determined upon the action of the Greek fleet on the coast of Mace? donia with a view of aiding the mobili? sation of the Macedonian forces, the guarding of the Macedonian towns de volving upon the gendamerie and the depot batta?ioos. it is estimated that Greece ?iii soon have 100,000 men under arms, includiog the reserves The Greek ironclads Spezia and Tzara bave sailed from the Piraeus nnder seaied-crders. Paris, March 5-The Figaro pub? lishes a report of an interview with M. Delynnnis, prime minister of Greece, bad by the correspondent of the paper ia Athens. The Greek premier is quoted as saying that the 'Greek troops would not under any circumstances oe withdrawn from Crete. They were there to stay, he declared, and in addi? tion to that the temper of the people of Greece would compel the government to invade Turkey Greece, he said, merely asked for a plebiscote to show ' that the in habitan tn of the island c Crete are overwieldingly in favor of union with the Greek kingdom. Any? way, he declared Greece would prefer to disappear from tbe map of Europe rather than draw back from the position ii abe bad taken. Constantinople, March 5 - The Italian ambassador has made a formal demand upon the port for satisfaction for the Sr ic g of a. sh ot across the bows of an Dalian mail steamer on Tuesday evening while the, vessel was passing through the Dardanelles. Evidence was given to-day of thc feeling that bas beso created ID Alba? nia by Greece's defiance* of the powers. A strong force of Albanians who were ail prepared for active hostilities, sur? rounded at El Bassan two battalions of Turkish reserves, who were marching to the Greek frontier. The reserves were disarmed by their captors, who appropriated to themselves the captured rifles antiwar material carried by the reserves. - London, March 5 -The Greek con? sul herV has received a telegram from Athens stating that 40,000 Greek troops have been called out and are to bs dispatched to the Turkish frontier with the least possibly delay. Canea. March 5-The British con? sul has Btarted for Seline to endeavor to relieve the Turks who are besieged by the Cretao insurgents. Grit of the Greeks. Their Reply to Ultimatum of The Powers. COURTEOUS BUT FIR KT. London, March 7 -A dispatch to the .Central News frons Athens gives the following summary of the reply to the ultimatum of tue powers which Greece will band to the diplomats to? morrow when the time expires in which a reply can be made. It will recall that Greece in ls98, in deference to the wish of the powers, used her influence with the Cretans to induce them to accept re? forms offered by Turkey It will point out that the continued unsettled state of the island is proof of the futility of the measures of reform With regard to the autonomy of j the island, the reply will state that it is for the Cretans to decide whether they will accept it or rot It will declare that the evacuation of Crete by Greece is impossible because peace, to lestore which Greek troops and warships were sent to the island, remains seriously disturbed. GIVE8 POWERS AX OPENING London, March 7.-The Daily News will to morrow claim to be able to announce that there is every hope of a speedy, satisfactory and peaceful solution of the Cretan trouble. It will add that Greece's reply to the note of the powers will, by stating her reasons, leave the door open for further n ego tat iou s. though ' she will not accept the conditions laid down by the powers The papers give discursively the 'probable terms of the reply, which are similar to those contained in the dispatch to the Central News A Constantinople dispatch to the Daily News says it is understood that j Greece is V7illing to withdraw her ! fleet from Cretan waters, but sog- ? gests that her troops remain in the ? island to assist in organizing the new government. "HOLD ALL POSITIONS.*' Canea, March 7.-It is believed here that the reply of Greece to the demands of the powers will be a positive refusal to obey and that a bloodly struggle is therefore invitable unless the powers recede from their position. It ia known that Col. Vas sos. the commander of the Greek army of occupation, bas received in structions from kingGeorge to hold all the positions in the island now oc? cupied by the Greek troops and to prepare to resist to the bitter end any attempt on the part of anybody to dislodge him. Information reached here that the Greek troops are en? thusiastic over the determination of their king not to order their with? drawal from the island and it is be? lieved that it would take a far strong? er force than their own to dislodge them from the strategic positions they occupied. The events of the next few days are axiously awaited. Last night the insurgents who are besieging the blockhouse at Malaxa made an attempt to blow the place up with dynamite, bett were frustra? ted by the vigilance of the Moslem defenders. For several hours after the failure of the attempt there was a lively fusilado, but the result is not known here. A similar attempt was' made upon the fort at Zeratiui and here the insur? gents were more successful. The explosion made a breach in the walls of the fort, killed four Turks and wounded many others The Turks, though brave fighters, have been very nervous by the use of dynamite by the insurgents, this being a method of warfare of which they have no experience. Glory of Greece Stands Immovable in the Path of Honor. SPEAKS TO EUROPE. London, March 8.-The Chronicle to-morrow will publish a dispatch from Athens, giving the full text of the reply of Greece to the powers. After a brie!: premable the reply contioues : "In view of the extraordinary grav? ity of the results which will follow its opinion of the measures decided upon, an opinion which is the result of long experience and a profound acquain? tance with the situation Grete. "Impressed by the sentiments which animate the powers and their solicitude for general peace, the Greek govern? ment will not fail io this duty since Greece also ardently desires to contri? bute to the maintenance of peace and save from utter ruin the population of an island put to so severe a trial and so often decimated. **We believe that the new regime of autonomy adopted by the powers uohap piiy cannot correspond to the noble in? tentions that inspire it and that it will suffer che fate of the different adminis? trative system which at various times and without success have been tried in Crete. **This is not the first time that Crete 6nds herself tn a state of insurrection. Several times, on more than six occa? sions, the horrors of anarchy have shaken and imperilled her existence. "If then the new regime with which it is^roposed to endow ber is cot calcu? lated to re establish order in a definite manner, the Greek government cannot doubt the impossibility Anarchy will' continue to ravage the country with 5re, with sword io its bands ; blind fana? ticism .will continue its destructive work of exterminating a people which assuredly does cot deserve such a fate. > "Before such a prospect cur respon? sibility would be enormous if we did no't more earnestly urge the powers not to iosist upon the scheme of autonomy j proposed, but rather to restore to Crete what she already had at the time of the enfranchisement of the other provinces whieb formed the kingdom of Greece and to lead ber back to Greece to which she belonged since Capriodistis was president. In the presence of the recent scene of massacre, pillage and conflagrations in Canea, in the presence of the fright? ful anguish to which the inhabitants of Crete have been exposed and menaced by the boundless fury of the Musgull- j mao population who prevented the de? parture of Christian families for Greece j which has always been a providential refuge for all these miserable beings, j our whole icountry was torn with re? morse for the responsibility it had as? sumed in inducing the Cretans to lay down their arms. The misfortunes ? that resulted forbid us to undertake once more such a task, and if we had attempted it our voice would certainly have been feeble Its echo would have ? reached the Oretan people. "it being the case, therefore, that a new regimo of autonomy could not ful? fil the noble aim of the powers, it is obvious what would be the situation of the unhappy island from to-day until the establishment of this regime. If the powers believe it to be their duty to 1 persevere in their resolutions with thc | above views, and in the oame of hu- I ; manity as w?ll as in thc interest, of the j ' island, the pacification of which is the j 1 unique object of the solicitude of the powers, we do oot desitate to appeal to 1 them on the subjects of the other meas- J ures, namely, the recall of our military ' forces. Indeed if because of the pres- 1 ence of the U o i ted States squadron* ii; Cretan waters, and in the conviction j thai these fquadrons will nor permit 1 Turkish troops to disembark on the i 1 islaod, the presence also of all the ships of the Greek'flett of Crete is judged to be uanecessary. the presence of the I Greek army on the island is nevtrthe- < less shown to be desirable alone from i sentiments of humanity and io the in- i terests of the definite re establisbmecit j of order. i "Oar duty specially forbids us to abaodou the Cretan people to the mercy of the Mussullmau fanaticism aod the Turkish army, which at all times bas deliberately aod intentionally participated in ibe aggressive acts of the populace against the Christians. Above all, if our troops on the island who are worthy of all the confidence of the powers, have received a mandate to pacify the oouutry, their desires and intentions would have received prompt? ly the most perfect satisfaction. It would be then after the re-establish? ment of order that it would be possible to leam the desires freely expressed of the Cretan people for a decision as to their fate. "The sorrows which have occurred regularly in Crete for many decades past not only do not occur without pro? foundly agitating the Hellenic people but they also iotc-rrupt social activity and gravely disturb the economy and fioaoces of the state. Even if we admit that it would be possible to for? get for an instant that we share the common religio*) of Crete, that we are of the same race, aod bound by ties of blood, we could not in silence allow the powers to assume that the Greek is able any longer to resist such shocks. "For this reason, we appeal to the generous sentiments animating the pow? ers and beg them to permit the Cretan people themselves to declare how they desire to be governed " (Signed) "SKOUZES." The Chronicle adds on? high authority that the Greek envoys abroad have beeo instructed on receipt of the reply to inform the government to which they are accredited that Greece is pre? pared to recognize the temporary suzeranity of the 6ultan, to withdraw her fiset and to plice the Greek army in command of any military representa five of the powers senior in rank to Col. Vaesos for restoring order in the island, if the powers are willing ulti? mately to leave the decision as to the fate of Crete ?D the hands of the peo? ple. Extra Session of Congress. Washington, March 6 -President McKinley's first official proclamatioo was issued this afternoon with attesta? tion of the new secretary of state, John Sherman. It reads as follows : TUE PROCLAMTION. By the President of the Uoited States of America : Whereas publio interest require that the ooogress of the Uoited States should be convened io extra session, 12 o'clock on the 15th day of Mareb, 1897. to teceive snob communications as many be made by the executive : Now, therefore, I, William McKin? ley, President of the Uoited States of America, do hereby proclaim ao~ de clare tbat as extraordinary session re? quires the congress of the United States to convene in extra session at the Capitol io the city of Washington on the 15:b day of March. 1897, at 12 o'clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members thereof are hereby required to take notice. Giver under my hand aod the seal of the United States at Washington, the 6th day of March, io the year of cur Lord one thousand eight hundred and j ninety-seven, and of the independence j of the United States the ooe hundred ! and twenty-first. By the President, WILLIAM MCKINLEY JOUN SUERMAX. Secretary of State. The limiting clause restricting tbe action of thc extra session "to such com? munication as many be wade by the executive,'* suggests that possibly the President may limit the objects of the oxtra session to the passage of the unacted upon appropriation bills and the enactment of a tariff law, the object of which iu the words of Mr. McKin? ley's inaugural address, "will be "to ?top deficiencies by the restoration of that protective legislation which ha3 al? ways been the firmest proo of tbe treas ury." President Cleveland, when he called sn extra session for the repeal of the Snerman silver purchasing law, prac? tically limited the session to that one object. Usual Spanish Reports. Habana, March 7.-The forces of Gen. Aldave have had several encoun? ters with the rebels near Guiro and other places io the province of Santa Clara. The government reports as usual state that the insurgents were de? feated and dispersed. The losses of the rebels are 6aid to have been heavy, though only four o4 their dead were found. The troops lost a captain and a private killed, and a captain, a lieuten? ant and 25 privates wounded. While in pursuit of the rebels, the troops des? troyed a rjuruber of plantations and the house of the insurgent leader, Alem?n j The official reports show that in eri gageoioots in other provides, 69 rebels were kilic-d ;..:;(. one captured Tile j troops iovt, in these engagements '1') j wounded. A Spanish force has ciprured the ' rebel lieutenant governor of the prov- j noe of Pinar del Rio. Application has been made to the Greorgia Secretary of State for a charter for the Georgia-British Min? ing Company, limited, a corporation with ?1,090.000 capital. The com- ; pany bas option on 200,000 acres of < n ineral land in North Georgia. i I Cuban Victories in Matanzas. Spaniards Sustain Signal De? feats in Two Important Engagements - Move? ments of Gomez. Habaoa, March 4.-Advices received here show that the rebels have been displaying great activity aod io ;ral encounters sustained with the Spanish troops have obtained signal victories Incomplete details from Manzanillo state that Garcia with 3,000 man and three pieces of artillery met Geoeral Rey with 1,000 men and three pieces of artillery at Costomada A fierce fight resulted, Garcia with hi* superior forces and better oosition, easily routed the Spaniards, inflicting heavy losses, estimated at 600, if not over. Anoth? er report carnes from Matanzas of a Severe engagement on the 24rb of Feb? ruary Uaobillas, Mayia Rodriguez and Carrillo met General Molina's forces and obtained a complete victory. Details are lackiog, but it is only known that 74 wounded Spaniards were brought into Cuevitas on stretchers. Many dead were left on the field. Col Gonzales, commanding the rebel forces in Remedioa district, raided the fort protecting the estate of Dolores. He fired cat.non shots at the garrison The civil guards fled and abandoned their arms and'munitions, taking refuge i io the buildings of the estate. General Alejandro Rodriguez, now commanding the rebels in Habana prov? ince, attacked two cavalry squadrons belonging io the Piazzro regiment, near Pozredondo He made a vigorous I charge, few Spaniards escaped It is positively known that 22 were buried I by Pczoredondo and the rest were left on the field Many rumors are circulating regurd ? ing Gomez's whereabouts Some state that he is still in Santa Clara province arranging the organization of the ? rebel forces Others sny thnt. he has | I returned to Puerto Principe in conse? quence of President Cisnero's death to settle any difficulties ?hat may arise on that account in state affairs. No doubt exists that 6,000 insurgents crossed near Lajas two weeks ago, marching west. They succeeded in entering Matanza province, and on its borders sustained the encounter referred to above : This body of men, all ca/alry, were commanded by Major Rodriguez, receotly appoioted io command of three western provinces, taking General Ma ceo's place General Carillo has assumed com? mand of thc forces in Matanzas prov? ince. It is rumored that the cow boys' ex? pedition which left Dalias, Tex., land? ed in Pinar del Rio safely. Gonzalo Jarrin, a prominent sugar plauter, commanded by Jean Ramirez, an ex-rebel leader of J he last war, to explore and report on the condition of the rebels in Pinar del Rio, and if they are willing to accept Canovas reforms, says that be was held a prisoner and then court martialed by Rivera, but k afterwards released. Gen. Rius Rivara I wouKi hear nothing of the reforms, not ! even to hear theo mentioned. Jarin describes the organization cf the rebe*ls io that province as perfect. General Rivera has 5.000 men, well armed, thoroughly ' mucitiooed and equipped, distributed in groups of 100 men or more throughout the province j He porsooally commands 800 meo. j His ranks are constantly increasing from desertions from the Spanish army and the terror-stricken pac?ficos who are seeking his protection. Since Weyler retired the bulk of the Spanish forces Rivera bas been able to move with more freedom, and he is now reorganizing the province. Many ru? mors are floating about as to Weyler's resignation on account of Sanguilly's release. Some discredit the story, as they say no geoeral can resign io the front of an eoemy, or less criticise the action of his queen. The current be? lief is that he has been recalled in obe? dience to the clamor of the Spanish people, who are enraged at his complete failure. Weyler is daily expected at Habana. The transport vessel Legazpi has left for Caibarien to bring him to Habaoa. Some indication of bis re turo ia shown by the fact that he has left Sancti Spritus and returned to Placetas. Ile has made a new distribution of the Spanish forces in that section io view of the fact that Gomez bas return? ed to Puerto Principe, if report is true. TEACHING BY EXAMPLE. From the Springfield Republican. A Methodist minister who is traveling around in Michigan preach? ing against the use of tobacco, has adopted methods that are at least graphic. His first step is to display a phial of nicotine, which he assures the audience is chemically pure. Then lie produces a cat, anoints the ! poor animare tongue with the drug, j 1 and directly pussy is quite dead. All this done it? the pulpit o?' some ' church and preferably on Sutiday. i Very Christian business; very hu- H mane business. But not to speak of ? ! ifs cruelty, which in this .Stat?; might 1 land the fellow in jail, consider the, beautiful relevancy of it The next thing will be for some temperance agitator to engage somebody to drink a quart of whiskey in the presence of an audience in order to convince everybody that the liquor is an in? toxicant. Why Olney Was Absent. Washington, March 5.-The cause of Secretary Odey's oon-participation in any of thc inaugural ceremonies is explained as follows : The members of the cabioet io discussing ac the cabinet meeting last Tuesday the parts assigned to them in thc inaugural procefdings found no provision io the programme for their seats in the senate chamber or on the stand in front of the capitol. Secre? tary Thurber communicated wirb Sen ator Sherman, chairman of the arrange ment8 committee, who replied that the heads of de par? nico's bad beeo provid? ed for on the stand, but not in the sen? ate. The programme was again con? sulted and tbi* was found to be true, but they were in the rear of members of the bouse of representatives, where? upon Secretary Olney declared be would not go to the capitol All the members of the cabinet agreed upon tbis action, but wben Mr. McKinley came to the White House yesterday and started with Mr. Cleveland, he noticed that the cabinet officers were not going t accompany the parade, aod on inquiry learned the reason. Secre? tary Sherman, who was present, im? mediately offered to give front seats to the secretaries on the floor of the sen? ate, and Mr. Cleveland's advisers con? sented to attend the ceremonies None of them, however, went on the stand as "heads of departments" to listen to the inaugural, but hurried off to Secre? tary Lamont's house to bid Mrs. Cleve? land good bye. Secretary Olney did cot get Mr Mckinley's verbal invita? tion to go to the capitol, because he was not. at the White House with his col? leagues in morning, being detained at the state department all day by irepor- j tant matters. He went, however, to the hail in the evening, prepared to e3cort j Mr*. McKinley, according to the ! adopted programme, but this was dis? couraged at toe Ust moment by Mrs. McKinley's weak condition compelling her to have other assistance. Incalculable Loss in Indiana Bloomington, Ind., March 7 -The heavy raies of the past few days have caused incalculable less in this section^ of the State. The Monon Railway company tracks are inundated for six miles, by reason of backwater from Salt creek. Trains have been abandoned for 1*0 days The Western fjnioo Telegraph company also sustained heavy losses, the water completely cov? ering their poles south of the city. Owen Knight, a prominent farmer north of the city, lost bis life in tbe waters of Bryant's creek Friday night. Much damage resulted to mills and manufacturies. The rainfall measured 5 1-2 inches. Bradstreet's Opinion. New York, March 5 -Bradstreet's to-morrow will say : The new ad? ministration, the certainty of an ex? tra session of congress with a fort? night and the promise of a new tariff at an early day which shall provide adeqate revenue and protection, have done much to stimulate a better feel? ing in trade circles and increase con? fidence in the near approach of an improvement in business. Total clearings at 74 cities for February aggregated $3,668,716,266, a de erase of 17 8 per cent from the January total and 10 2 per cent, from that for February a year ago. General trade has been interfered with by rain, high water in the Ohio valley and snow in the northwestern spring wheat States. South Atlantic and Gulf cities have bad some better weather with the merchandise move? ment equal to expectations At Cfaicago and St. Louis there has been a marked increase in the volume of purchases from jobbers, both by in? terior merchants iu person and by mail orders, yet it is probable that | the total trade at neither city equals j that at a corresponding period a year ago. The stock market was raided by the bears on ihe antitrust feature j ol' the Ptesident's inaugural address i London has been week and sola j stocks for the past two days on the j uuiavorable eastern political outlook, j The coal stocks have been weak on i publications unfavorable to the Jer j sey Central. In spite of its irregu? larity the market has a very strong tone, the sustaining feature being the refunding plan announced by the Lake Shore company in conjunction with a bankers' syndicate. There were 262 business failures throughout the United States this week, compared with 253 last week and 270 in the week a year ago. Mrs. Viola Neblett has given a house I and lot valued at $4,000 to the city of j Greenville for a public library. The President of Brazil has sent a | cable message congratulating Melvin- j ley on his inauguration. The Greek government has called ont the army reserves, and all Greeks ' liable to service in the army have been recalled from all parts of the' world. Troops and war material a;?' being dispatched to Thessaly with ill possible haste w^ipia'im nun i i il . II ?"-?-T? ood's Should be in every family medicine chest and every traveller's grip. They are invaluable when the stomach is out of order; cure headache, biliousness, and all liver troubles. Mild and efficient. 25 cent?. Pills The February number "Southern States" magazin lished at Baltimore, contai conspicuously able and not articles irom the authoritative Dr. Charles VV. Debney. Jr., ant Secretary of Agriculture dca! with practical question utilization of cottonseed - an prospects and possibilities of the for the next twenty five years The extent to which the might be used is manifest in statement, based upon scientific culations. that, properly handled, seed of the crop of 1896 ought yield in round numbers ?100,00 OOO, instead of ?53,000,000, whi may be expected. At present l seed are used as feed, fertilizer a fuel, in addition to oil producers, a a secondary product of feed and fe is a fertilizer. Inhere may not be I present a sufficient number of mill and of cattle to turn all the seed into cash, but there should be an im petus to greater efforts in that direc? tion in a consideration of the poten? tial value of the cottonseed crop. This is reckoned at $94,239,392 after deducting 10 per cent, for loss and seeding The total is derived from $41,750.000 in oil, $3,100,000 in linters, $36,056,765 in hulls and meal made into Uve weight of cattle, and ?13,332,627 in manurial value of hulls. An increase of $40,000;000 and more in the total value of the cotton crop without increasing the size of that crop is a possibility worth con? sidering by the farmer. Its importance during the next twenty-five years will become greater and greater as the demand for cotton t naturally expands This will amount to 20,000,000 bales by 1920, Dr Dabney reckons And he shows that the South ought to be able to produce it if the force of laborers is developed proportionally. Of the 550,000 square miles in the cotton r?gions^ but 50 per cent, is in farms, but 20 per cent is improved, and only 5 per cent in cotton. There is room, therefore, for expansion to meet the demand without trenching upon the Iancl that ought *to make each planter practically independent of his cotton for a living, and with? out reference to the economy arising from a steady advance in the im? provements in methods of cultiva? tion In the last 100 years the total pro? duction of cotton was worth $15,000,000,000,..exceeded only by that of corn. Its value in the next century will reach figures that hardly may be realized. These two articles aro compre? hensive in treatment, and form a storehouse of information of practi? cal value to the Southern agricultur? ist and the student of Southern con? ditions The facts are startling, the suggestions novel, and their publica? tion will attract wide attention Suplementary to Dr. Dabney's ar? ticles, and appealing wiith the logic of accurate figures to the Western farmers casting about for a compe? tency, is the article on .'Cotton Growing vs Wheat-Growing." In it are compared the costs of raising an acre of wheat and one of cotton, and the results of the sales of the product in 1894, a minimum year for both wheat and cotton. The con? clusions derived from official reports of the Departments of agriculture are most suggestive. The average loss per acre on wheat was $5.53, and in Kansas, where it was growu cheaper than any other place in the country, $2 88. On the other hand, the average profit per acre in cotton in the worst years we have had was $2 48, and "in 38/5 it was ?5 23. This particular advantage, when con? sidered tn connection with the cheap? er land, the cheaper labor and the moie genial climate, ought lo leave no doubt >in the Westerner's mind about the place where his profit lieth. REDUCE CONSTABULARY. The whole constabulary force is to be re-organized and the probabilities ate that there Will be a considerable shaking up of the force this week. 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