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wWlEliS^ i Gomez Says He is Fighting: for Liberty or Death. SPANISH REFORMS SPURNED. Aksolnte Independence or Annihilation Cabana Accept as the Gaze of Battle, Doclares Thoir Suprome Leader?'Sacrifice Life for That Alo te?Not t"> Be Shaltca From Their Firm Purpose. Niw York Citt (Rpocini).?Tiio Herald soma time a^o sent a spooial correspondent JoCab3 with instructions to proceed with as neh despatch as possible to the camp of Maximo Gomez, tlie insurgent commanderin-chief. When he found Gomez he wa3 told to get a statemont from him as to the intentions of the revolutionists with respect totne oiler or reiorm on iu? m opm and to report to tho Herald the exact condition of affairs in tho insurgent ranks. Tho Herald's correspondent reached Havana in due season and at once journeyed eastward toward Santa Clara. He met with obstacles, but overcame them with courage and tonacity of purpose in his mission. The camp of Gomez was roached in January. The results of his interviews with tho eommander-in-chief and with President Oianeros are given in despatches from the Held. Gomez, in the strongest terms, over bia own signature, informs tho world that the Cubans are fighting for independence /miIw All r?norf<> olrimlated in the United States to the effect lhat the insurgents will accept roforms he stamps as false. Gomez states, further, that under one of Ihe articles of the Cuban Constitution it is deelured that peace can only be negotiated on the basis of independence. It is for that nd alone, says Maximo Gomez, that the Cubans have fought for two years, shedding their blood freely and seelmr. with sorrow, bat with unalterable purD030, their homos destroyed, their fields burnel and their prospects for years to come blighted and rained. In even more passionate terms President Ctaneros informs tin Herald that the oath taken by the Cubans to obtain their liberty r accept extermination will be kept. PERISHED IN THEIR POTATO PIT. Father, Mother and Two Sons Meet a Fecallar Death. On a lonely farm near North Branch, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. John Bonniman and two sons met instant death in a peculiar and dreadful manner. It is the custom among the farmers in that neighborhood to store their large potato crops in pits in the ground. Th* Bonnimans were well-to-do farmers and their pit was unusually large and elaborate. On Tuesday Mr. Borriman built a fire in the pit. as he feared the frost would penetrate it. Next morning he went with bis oldest son to straighten up the place. Together thev lifted the heavy trap-door, and the father, a stalwart man of fifty years, let himself down into the pit. In an instant, to the horror of the young ma:, he dropped deal, or at least nconscious. The son gave a shriek of terror and went to the rescue of his father. He, too, became a corpse, but his scream haa brought his brother, a boy of Hgbtoen, m u ? lofar fV*?1 . * JruiU lLit? uu.ru, jvuu u mviuoui uiwi Bother came running from the house, followed by her youngest son, a lad of fourteen years. The second sou arrived llrst and dropped into the death trap, thinking to help his father and brother, out the fire damp killed htm in a twinkling. When the mother arrived she, too, jumped into the pit. She was immediately overpowered, but had strength enough left to tell ber remaining son not to come into the cellar. CONCRESS LI8RAR Y R09EED. Antotrraph Letters by Washington, Hailcock and Benedict Arnold Stolen. - The arrest of two employes of the Library f Congress, Washington, charged with the luroeny of valuable autograph letters, has ?cited the attention o' dealers and collectors of autographs and manuscripts in all parts of the country. Fortunately for the Library, the losses have been found to be less serious than was anticipated. A hundred or more au ograph letters?tho most valuable among them by Washington, John Huueock and Cenedict Arnold?as well as Wash- i Ington s Diary for 17S7, the year or tne c-on- 1 titutional Convention, have disappeared !Irt>m the Library. Bat the Washington I>iary has alrea iy been recovered, and thero re hopes of securing the return of the minor missing pieces. DIES FROM FROST BITES. 1 Evicted Workman In S?arch of Work Over, cume by Cold. John Borg died in the Elizabeth (N. J.) General Hospital. He was found frozen badly and unconscious last Sunday morning Billing under a tree in North avenue. Blood poisoniopr set in. 1 Borg said he lived in New York, hut was evicted for non-payment or rent. He went to Rahway in search of work, and then went I to.Eliz ibeth. While he was resting under 1 the tree ho fell asleep. He had walked from Rahway to Elizabeth. < Injuries to the Brooklyn. ^ The United States cruiser Brooklyn was ( placed in the drydock at the League Island ? Navy Ya<*<\ Philadelphia; her injuries were ' f?an>i to be more serious thau has been re- ( ported. For a distance of nearly 175 feet her bottom, on the port side, Is bruised and j dented and torn, while on the btarboard side ber plates are punohed In but not broken. ' Tbo greatest damage is on the port side, where there is one hole large enough for a Kan to crawl through and a number of smaller holed caused by the straining of her plates. ( 60,000 Little PostoflBces for tlie Victor*. 1 Postmaster-Genoral Wilson s:iid that the ' President has never considered the subject , ol extending the civil service system to em- ' brace fourth-clas3 postmasters. There are over 60,000 postmasters of this class who will Ve subject to appointment after March 4. W. L. TVllHon to Be a College President. The Board of Trustees of Washington and Lse University, Lexington, Va., unanimously elected the Hon. W. L. Wilson,PostmasterCbneral. President of the Univorsity. Ho will enter upon the duties of President July 1. Potter is President. Isaac B. Potter, of New York City, was elected Presi lent of tha L?asue of A merican Wheelmen at the annual business meeting of the organization held in Albany, Now York. He polled 155 votes out of too 270 cast. Sterling Elliott, of Boston, was confident of r&-e!ection until the result of the vote was announced. Twenty Me.i Went Down. It was learned that through the loss of tho British carg i-ste.rnor Cyanus, from Bilbao for Glasgow, uear the island of Ushaat, oiT the coast of Br ttany, t'raaoo, twenty of her cre .v wore dro .vu ?!. The Labor Wortil. Washington, D. C., has 7000 unionists. Chicago has U00 union women stenographers. Buflalo drug clorkswant thoirstoroi-closed at 8 p. m. Ban Francisco (Cat.) riveters struck for $'2.75 a day. An eight-hour bill recent ly passed the Montana Legislature. Chicago male waiters denounced a boss for giving employment to women. Detroit (Mich.) boss barDere want t he law prohibiting Sunday work repealed. A relief committee to aid th? unemployed Jku been formed in Shreveport. La. W _ &MKING CEORCE OF GREECE. The Man Whom the Cretans Want n! Their Kilter. Kia^ George of Greece. whom the Turk scourgod Cretans want lor meir King, is tat? second sou of the King of Denmark and a brother of the Czarina and of the Princess of WaWss. Although not very popular amonR the GreeKs. who would prefer his son as their ruler, the Cretans would bo well .satisfied if they could attach themselves to the kingdom of the Hellenes. King Ooorge in if ^5irJ8^ rs' T& w // ) OF.OnotOS I., KINO OF OKEKCK. his youth (fie is fifty-two years old) served as an officer in the Danish Navy. In 1863, after the abdicatiou of King Otho, the majority of the Groeks tendered the throne to Prince Alfred of England. The English Government refused to accept the nomination and it was ottered to Duke Ernest, of Saxe-Coburg. He declined it. Prince Christian of Denmark accepted the office, and when he entered on his reiga he took the kingship of Greece under the name of Georgios L Notwithstanding his unpopularity among the people of Greece, he is an amiable man personally and is much admired among his relations for his equanimity of temper and his charm of person. His son. who is sterner and more exact ing, is far more popular and hi* accession to the throne has been often discussed during recent years. CREEKS IN CRETE. Detachments From Warships of the Powers Also Landed. Advices from the Island of Crete announce that the Greek "Corps of Occupation," con sisting of infantry, artillery and engineers and numbering 1500 men, which embarked TV .... ?? T)ln?nnUn <ti jriruuu^, 11 u \ w muuou <u x iiuautru, iuur tfen kilometres west of Canea. The warahipB of the Powers. thP6e advices also state, had previously landed stronc: detachments at Relirao, Heraklion and Canea. Colonel Vassos issued a proclamation to the Cretans and has demanded that the Turks surrender. One hundred men each from the Russian, French. British and Italian fleets at Canea, ,and flfcy Austnans, were landed, under command of an Italian officer, and have occupied the city, the Turkish officials havinp given their assent to the stop. The flaffs of the nations represented by the occupying force have boen'noisted upon the ramparts of the fortresp. xno commauaers or tne uritisu ana otner foreign warship informed Prince George, commanding the Greek torpedo flotilla, that they have received orders to prevent the occupation of the Island of Crete by Greece, and, if necessary, to use force to carry out these instructions. CENERAL PLEASONTON DEAD. Old Ace Take* OtT the I'?!tmou? Cavalry Leader After a Life of Good Deeds. Goneral Alfred Pleasonton, one of the most distinguished cavalrv officers on the Union side dnring the late Civil War. died tb" other morning in Washington. His death resulted from old acre. He had no relatives nearer than nt>?eesand nopnews. For the pa.st six years ho has lived the life of a recluse, surroun Jedb.v books and enjoyin.; the society of a few friends of his army da vs. Ho received a comfortable pension, which enabled him to pass his declining years in comfort. He freely gave to less fortunate and more needy army comrades. General Pleasonton was born on .Tune 7, 1824, wan graduated from West Point in 1841. and served in tn? Mexican and Civil Wars with distinction. In 1866 he was placed on the retire 1 list of the army with the rank of Colonel. SIBERIA RICH INI COLD. \ Prediction That It Will lie a Greut Prod ticer. Dr. De Karmet. the eminent Russian lecuror. declares that with the opening of the rranssiberian railroad there will speedily follow direct and rapid steam communicaion between Vladivostoek and Vancouver, fbis would p:ace British Columbia In an alliround-the-world route that could be traversed in forty days. Dr. De Knnnet expects the Canadian l aciuc tianro'iu to jam in me wurs 01 ievuloplng this great route by land and by ieti. He predicts that with the opening of :he railway there will come such vast gold levelopments in Siberia as will make that jountry one of the createst gol 1 producers iu the world. Even now, with but primitive appliances and methoJs, it produces in [he neighborhood of $20,000.000 in goli' yearly. (e:iitus of Christian EnilenTaren. An official enrolment of the Christian Enleavor Societies shows the whole number of members to be 2,5*3(5.746. There are now jver 47,000 societies: 231.000 of the young people counect?d with these organizations united with the different churches durincr ihe iiist year. Since 18!)7 they have received ;v grand total of 1,043.233 members. A Woman Klecteil Chaplain. Mrs. Usbocca Mitchell, nf Idaho Fulls, President of the Idaho Woman's Christian Temperance Union, has been elected Chaplain <>f the I laho State Legislature, uu unusual honor for a woman. She was largely insirumeutai iu securing woraaa suffrage for Idafio. Tli? t? on Italian Kuilruiid.i. The thefts oa Italian railroads have become so notorious that the officials have been tuve-tigating the matter, an 1 have just issued a report declaring themselves nua'tle tD deal with ii)H evi: and suggesting that trawlers cord their bisfgage and seal each knot with a lea len sea!. Grrati'i' New York t'liirlfr A<toiited. At a meeting of th - Orea er New York Commission the charter, which has been un>ler consideration forsoaietim , was adopted ?y a unanimous vote, au i w.i-. ^rdeted to be ut .it ouoc to the I, jgisialutv. )tinur Mnatior. New York City wants a new custom house. There are now seven anti-trust bir.s before the Legislature of Massachusetts. The eost of Harvoyised single forge I nickel steel armor plate is about ?i70 per ton. The first branch of the Baltimore City Couucil has p.issed an anti-high hat theatre ordinance. Sine- .lanuary 1. it is said, the steel mills o? the country have booked or lers for600.000 tons ol steel rail?. Each of the school children of Berlin is to be presented with the biography of Emparor William I on the 100th anuiversaiy ol that monarch's birth. iDfADGUHATIOI DIMS., ! r? _? Tl i A++^,,rl oeremumes i nai ytiii nucnu ihoium- h, ley's Taking the Osth. tl c< \ PARADE, CONCERTS AND BALL. The Procession Past the Prcnident's Keviewinj Stand Will Be Composed of 50,000 Soldiers nnd Civilians?Tiv? Grand Concerts?Details About the Big Ball?No Invitations Aro Necessary. ' I Washinoton, D. C. (Special).?Tho arrangements for the Inauguration of Presiient-eleot McKinley are rapidly nearing :ompletion. About $13,000 will, be spent in iecorating the big hall in the Pension Building for the inaugural ball. Tho Prosident ind Vice-President, with their families, will ittend the ball and will be in charge of a reception committee, of which Major-General Nelson A. Miles is the Chairman. The cost of tickets to the tall has been fixed at $5 for each person and $1 extra if supper is desired. No invitations to the lei ball are necessary and none are issued except sli to foreign Ministers. Tickets may be had by Pi any one at tne price named. Sc Tho ball will be held on Thursday night, a<i March 4. and five inaugural grand concerts H will be given in the ball-room on the follow- ui ing Friday. The first concert will be given be at 10.30 a. m. in honor of the Uoited States C< Army,represented by General M iles and staff, sp The Republican G!ee Club, of Columbus, ca Ohio, will sini: a number of patriotic airs, be At 2 p. m. a concert will be eiven in honor w of the Navy, represented by Bear-Admirals or Walker and Ramsey, and at night the con- di cert will be given in honor of the States of n< 1,1? tt ? j K?? fViA AAirn?<nAra r\ f fl t IUO UUIUU, ICJUU301H0U UJ lUU ViU?vi v? "? tho States and their staffs. m Xhe concert Saturday afternoon will beia C( honor ot Congress, represented by the Prest- A ^ - * THE INAUGURATION R dent of the Senate and tho Speaker of the House. The last concert Saturday night, will be in honor of the United States, and gj will consist of music by the Twenty-second Regiment Band and a chorus of .K00 voices. Admission to each concert will be fifty cents. The probabilities are that the parade will w] be large. General Horace Porter, of New York, will act as Grand Marshal, and will have as his chief of staff A. Noel Blakemao, wi of New York City, Colonel H. C. Corbin, of fj, the United State Army, as AdjutRnl-General, 0f and Captain John A. Johnston, of the United nr States Army, as Chlef-of-Aides, with Captain t0 William Edward Horton, of the D. C. N .G., ti? as speoial aide and military secretary. nE The parade will be organized in two grand 0E divisions, one civic and the other military. flf General Grenville M, Dodge will be Chief Marshal of the first grand division, to be w| composed ol military organizations, ue win tjj have as his chief of staff General Huide- n< kopar, of New York, and Colonel Joseph P. M Sanger,of the United States Army, Adjutant- J)e General. ja The oivil grand division will be com- -c0 manded by B. H. Warner, of the city of re Washington, as Chief Marshal, and will be ac made up of five civic clubs of all descriptions. The parade will start from tho east front of i,e the Capital and will march w?3t along Penn- so sylvania avenue, past the President's re- tj viewing stand in front of tho White House, to Washington Circle, returning on K street to Mount Vernon Square, where It will disband. It is expected that 50,000 people will be in line. Pi ANOTHER CABINET MEMBER. ???? m Sketch of the Career of Jailge Joseph la McKenna, of California. Joseph McKenna, solectod by Presidentelect McKinley as Secretary of the Interior, was born in Philadelphia on August 10, 1843. m He wont to California with his parents in th 1855. In 1866 he was made District Attorney of Sonoma County, and sorved two terms. In M tii JOSEPH M'KKNNA. W) 1874 ho was elected to tho State Legislature, and served in the sessions of 1875 and 1876. At tho expiration of his term he was "J a oandidate for Congress, but was defpftiftii. Atrain. in 1879. he wan a candidate, "c and was again defeated. Id 1885 he was atI successful, and represeuted tin SecoDd California Distriot in the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses. He served on the House Committee on Clnims at first and afterward on the Committee on Ways and de Means, where, ol course, he came into clo9e y< contact with Major McKinley, and was the only member of the committee from a State fr, west of the Rocky Mountains. On February 11, 1892, President Harrison appointed Representative McFIenna a United c0 States Circuit Jud?e for thoNintli or Pacific tie Slope Circuit, to succeed Lorenzo Sawyer. f0; St:?bbe<l at the Treasury. E. P. Speer, of Georgia, Chief of Division In the Treasury Department, Washington, bl while in his office, beoamo involved in a ''.a quarrel with William Callan, a collector, r'( Uurinj: which Spcer staboed Callan. Callan ,a was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where *'r his wounds were dressed. Prohibition in Kansas. A bill was introduced in the Kansas Senate he to repeal the Prohibitory law and establish to a system of State di ;pt>u-arie.s for the control of the liquor traffic. ?' A Hero Coumiitn Suicide. Captain Philo Norton MoGilTin, the American hero, who commanded the Chinese bat- p, tleshlp Chen Yuen at tho Yalu Ulver engage- gr ment, shot aud kllloil himself In the Post- a| Graduate llospital, Now York City, where he ni was a patient. Ho had been romoved to tho |)0 hospital because he was suffering physically jU and mentally, as a result of wounds received in the battle at Yalu. Sew York at Tnimeisee'* Jubilee. Goveruor Black has siguod Senator Mu!- to liu's bill appropriating 512,000 for the repre- ki seaiation of tho State of New York at the ha Teunesseo Centennial and International Ex- m; I hlbition at Nashvillo, Sa A FAMOUS WARSHIP. he United States Frigate Constitution t< Be I'referred. The Historical Socioty ot Massachusetts is started tho ball rolling for tho prcservaan to the Nation of tho famous frigat( jnstitutloa ("Old Ironsides") a3 a perpot THE FBIOATE CONSTITUTION. il monument of American naval prowess, : a recent meeting of the A.merican Histor al Association, held at New York and pre fled over by Professor Justin Winsor, Viceresident of tbo Massachusetts Historical >ciety, that gentleman read a mernoria1 (dressed by his society to the Senate aid ouse of Representatives, asking that meas' es for the preservation of the old frigate i taken at once. The preservation of the institution ivrmld be in keeDiac with thf lirit shown by the British "nation in the ,re which it is taking to preserve for tht ineflt of posterity the Famous flagship witli hich Nelson establisbel British sitpromacj 1 the sea at Trafalgar and on which h? ed, the exultant cheers of his men an >uncing their triumpti over the Frenct >et and gladdening his last moments. Th> emories of the victories of the old frigate institution are quite as precious to overj merican patriot. " sa. i EYlEWING STAND. THE PRESIDE MT'S STAND. ructure From Which McKinley Will Re> view the Inauguration Parade. The design for the reviewing stand fron bich President-elect McKinley will review e parade in Washington on March 4, is th< srk of c young architect, Mr. B. A. Whit igham. The design provides for a stand considerable architectural beautv, and chitectural lines rather than the decorar's art will be its predominant characterlsThe stand will bo painted pure white, id on this background will be placed the .Itr ^luinraHnna r?nnaiciinfr nf America.!! igs and red, white and blue bunting. Owing to the dignity of the arch undei hich the President will stand It is believed at the structure will harmoulze with thf ligbboring buildings, and the White House id Treasury Department. The seating caicity will bo 1000. One point of excellence the plan comes from the fact that it matrs not how hard it may rain or storm, the viewing stand will proseni about the same ipearnnoe as it would In clear weather, lere i? little or nothing about it to become draggled or to lose color. The roof will be constructed as to avoid entirely the use ol I obstructing posts. WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING. Two pension bills were pa?3od 07er the resident's veto. The Senate Inier-State Commerce Comittee decided not to report the anti-scalpg bill. The House passo-.l the diplomatic and insular appropriation bill with trifling iangen. The Immigration bill, with several amendents by the Conference Committee, parsed e House. Republican members of the Ways and eans Committee decided to fix the duty on a plate at l',4 cents a pound. The Senate Committee on Fiuanoe ordored favorable report on tbe bill to permit the >ttling of dlslilled spirits in bond. The House Committee has deciaod to re)rt the Harrison bill for a Cabinet Comission to settle the Paciflc roads indebted?ss. By a vote of 217 to 33 the House agreed to e cocference report on the Immigration 11. There is little doubt that the Senate ill do the same. The House Committee* on Patents ordered voratly reported the bill amending the pyright law so as to prevent the fraudulenl ie of i he word 4'copyright." Senator Tlllman'rf bill to meet the Supreme surtdecUion on the South Carolina dissnsarv law hus been amended in committee id ordered i.-enorted to the Senate. The Committee on Ways and Means bit? creed to,rwport favorably the bill to amend io law regulating the sale of opium seized r failure to pay the duty on that article. A bill establishing a Department oi PubUc ealtb, prepared and indorsed by the Panraerican Medical Congress, was introduced the Senate by Mr. Oallinger, of New am p3 hi n*. Congressman Spencer, of Mississippi, auor of the bill appropriating $'200,000,00(1 r the purchase of Cuba, is as enthusiasts r the passage of his bill as on the day It is laid b?fore the House. The Senate in executive session discussed e arbitration treaty with Great Britain, it took no action. Many amendments were Pored, Indications are that a vote on ratiatiou. will not be reached till after the iniguration of President McKinley. * Hunker St. John Dead. William Pope St. John, the former Presiint of the Mercantile National Bunk of Now >rk City, who gained National prominence rough his advocacy and suppoti. of the se-silver cause, and who was "Treasurer ol e Democratic National Committee in e lust: campaign, died at his homo from rebra.l hnmorrhage, induced by the auxlo*s attending upon William J. Bryan's deat. To Tax Bachelors. A Methodist clergyman in Kansas City is dding for fame by advocating a tax on ichelora. On Sunday he said that unraarjd men twonty-two years old. ought to ba xed $100. and til it the tax should bo incased 8100 a year until the ttgH o: thirty. Senator (ieorje Keinoved tn His Home. Senator Goor *e. of Mississippi, who has en ill at the G a-fluid Hospital, Washingu. for some woal;s, ha* recovered sufflsiitty to bo removed to his Southern home, a lo.l in a special car for Winoui, Miss. ltolivia Will Declare War. A loiter received by an ofll-'ial from La i::, Bolivia, states that the Bolivian Coness will declare war upon Peru. This latter so says that thero is groat activity iu ilitary circles iu Bolivia. The army is iiug placed on a war footing, mul recruitg has begun throughout the Itoi ublic. King of Uenln Fights. Tho British uaval expedition advancing wards Benin City, iu Airioa, to-punish th9 ng for the murderot Consul Phillip's party is met w.th strong opposition. Coaiander Pritchard was killed in (lghtlugat ipelo. 4 . GREEK AID TD1I5 FMf Christians in Crete Occupy the Heights and Bombard Canea. EUROPE ON VERGE OF CONFLICT. Qreek Vessel Fires on a Turkish Craft? Ambassadors at Constantinople, In Concert, Want the Powers to Ocenpy the Island?fareek Army Reserves Called Out ?Turkey's Hopeless Position. London, England (By Gable).?"Grim vlsiged war" ha9 burst forth upon the East. The bombardment of Canon, Island of Crete, lias begun, and the whole of Europe may atr iny moment be plunged Into a general conflict. Officials of foreign Governments located In the beleaguered olty have been forced to flee for safety, and a heavy battle is certain the moment stronger forces are gathered on either side. | Diplomacy can no longer stay the strife, . and only the oocupation of Crete by the [ Powers can prevent a prolonged and bloody | wnr. Prlnoe Gecrgi Berovitch, the Governor of Crete, has iuformod the Sultan and the , Powers that he ohn no longer serve the Sub) lime Porte, and the unfortunate island is j now without a ruler, even in name. Beroi vttoh has fled to Trieste. j Greece is prepared to take the consei quences of her stand, and fight for the Chrlsr 'inns to the bitter end. She has so informed > the representatives of the Powers, and it is stated will drive the Turk as hard as possii ble, taking advantage of the Sultan's empty , treasury. r ' CHRISTIANS BOMBARD CANEA. Cretan Capital Attacked From the Heights^ and the Fortress Responds. Caxea, Island of Crete.?The Christians occupied the heights surrounding the town Sunday morning and began to bombard Canea. As soon a3 the firing began Prince I Gaorgi, Berovitch, Governor of Crete, with ( thirty recently enrolled Montenegrin gendarmes, boarded the Russian man-of-war. The Greek Consul also embarked on another vessel. The Turks from the fortress replied to the Are of the Christians. The foreign Consuls embarked on board vessels lying off the town of Canea. The Greek Consul at Heraklion went on board the Greek warship Nauarchos Miaulis. The Christians at Heraklion also hurried on board the ships. Fighting occurred around Helepa on Sat- , nraay. aiter a onas luamuuo mo iuiu uWlodged the Christiana and occupied Akrotiri hills. The French Consul was obliged to quit his country nouse at Halepa and return to his official liouse in Canea. i CREEK TROOPS FOR CRETE. Orders Tantamount to An Occupation of the Inland. Athens, Greece.?The Greek army reserves of 1893 and 1894 have been called out and ordered to hold themselves in readiness to Join their colors at forty-eight hours' notice. A number of detachments of infantry, ' artillery and engineers have embarked at ' Piraeus for Crete. Their departure was at1 tended with irreat enthusiasm. It is understood that the orders of the ; troops are to protect the Christian families in Crete and to restore order. This is looked upon as tantamount to the occupation of thd ' Island. Greece has put all Europe to shame. 1 flu. Apant PAnrarM nnrl in anltA ' of their solemn warning, has virtually begun war against Tarkey. Her reply to the combined protest of Europe was made by her ' Minister of Foreign Affairs. It ia a laconic ' maesage worthy of her people and of their , splendid heritage: 'Greece accepts full responsibility for all her acts." Her first act under that spirited declaration was fo lire upon a Turkish transport conveying ammunition to the basleged garrison near Canea and drive it back. The ' 1 next was to call out her army reserves, and her third to embark a regiment of soldlere for the invasion of Crete. The flrrt effect of this policy of magnificent courage or bravado was an Incident [ which will make every Englishman grind . nis teeth with shame and disgust. A British ?j naval officer, seut by the British Admiral ; commanding the British fleet off Canea, ; " J ??. ?KA /iMialr ' I CtlllGQ upon IUO UUUIUIUUUOI UI iuo uiuw i oruiser which had fired upon the Turkish , flag, and protested in the name of Great I Britain againsf the action. i The Sultan, at Constantinople, as soon aa he heard that a Greek mau-of-war had flred I on his ship, sent his Foreign Minister troti ting around to all the Ambassadors to say < that the Groat Powers must'promptly restrain the Athens Government or else Turkey would "follow her own course." Of course, | Ambassadors quickly telegraphed to the eix capitals, urging that Greece be stopped. The firing upon the Turkish transport ( 1 Fuad was done by the Greek cruiser Miaulia. 1 The Fuad was carrying arms and ammunl! tion, but not troops, to the besieged garrison j near Canea. j I The Greek commander first signalled the , ! Turkish ship to stop. No attention was t paid. Then the Greek vessel flred two solid shots, some reports say three, wbioh did not , hit the Fuad, but caused her to turn about ( and put back. The Turkish boat was uni armed, and therefore unable to return the Are. , LETTER FROM KING GEORGE. ' Greece's Action Was Necos*nry for th? Safety of His Government. | Berlin, Germany.?In a letter from the Iftng of Greece to the Osar the King explains , that the action of Greece in sen-ling a flotilla to Crete was necessary for the safety of his own Government andth^ preservation ' of internal order. 1 The King says he is willing to trust to the 1 Powers to do justice in roSpect of the de- 1 mands of Greeoe in Crete. I All accounts agree that the Greek people ] I are in a stato o? frantic oxoitement, and are , i unanimous ror war. There is little doubt that the Kiuar would be driven from the country if he ventured to oppose them. The diplomats at Constantinople have accepted Great Britain's proposals for a joint naval occupation of Canon, Retimo and Heraklion, the removal from Cretan waters of the Greek fleet and the forbiddance of the despatch to Crete of Turkish reinforoements. Gladstone on Greece. ; LoNnox. England.?Hon. W. E Gladstone telegraphed to the Daily Chrouicle: 1 "I do not dare to stimulate Greece when I cannot help her, but I shall profouudly rejoice at hersuccess. I hope the Powers will recollect thai they have their own character to redeem." A MAMVIOTH CAS SCHEME. To Distribute tho Illuinlnant Throughout ( tho State of Connecticut. c | It is reported that tho Knickerbocker Trust t Company of New York is backing a mam- ' moth scheme by which gas is to bo generated and distributed practically throughout tho ( entire State of Connecticut. Generating stations, it is state J, will be located at Bridgeport and Hanforl, and at othor points in the State if it is found ueeo-sary. It is ^ proposed to lay pipes extensively, and the gas is to be chiefly for fual purposes. Avast amount of capital is said to l?o interested In ^ the scheme. Out of tlio Common linn. Omaha, Neb., is to have a silver palaco. An Australian baseball toa:n will make a ' tour of this country this summer. The shipments of American products to Japan aro increasing at a rapid rate. Tho Salvation Army isabouttoinaueurate * a system of social settlements in Chicago. Tho saviugs banks of New York Stateshow an increase In surplus, but a decrease in do- ' pofita Tor 1395. Mount Sterling's City Council has adopted the curfew ordinance which is now a fad in other Kentucky towns. { There is a big revival of industry among J the iron working establishments in tho , I Monongaheia Valley. Pennsylvania. M'KINLETS PRIVATE SECRETARY. Sketch of the Career of Editor John Add on Porter. John Addison Porter, who bae been a pointed McKiuley's Private Secretary, h been the editor of the Hartford (Conn.) Po for nenriy ten years, and 13 not new to poi tics. Forty-one years of age, be is in tl very prime ot manhood. He is a native Counecticut, and his father wa<* the not* Professor John Addison Porter, who was tl JOHN ADDISON PORTEB. first dean of the Sheffield Scientific School < Yale. His mother was Miss Josephine Eft Sheffield, the daughter of the founder of fhi celebrated school. He was graduated at Ya in the class of '78. From his start in life h has devoted himself to journalism. In 18) he was married to Miss Amy E. Betts, tfc daughter of Judge Betts, of New York. A ter his marriage he removed to Washingto and established a book publishing busines Later he went to Hartford and became inte ested in the Post, with whl-h he has bee since connected. Mr. Porter is a nephew < William Walter Phelps, of New Jersey. WILLIAM P. ST. .JOHN. Career of the Lata Treasurer of the Deinc cratic National Committee. The late William Pope St. Joha, Treasure of thd National Democratic Committee, an until last July President of the Mercaati National Bank in New York, had been i with kidney and stomach troubles since tl close of the campaign. He was a bacheloi nnh Iuotjhj bnaiHna hln roiiiowed motile who kept house for him, three brothers an three sisters. Mr. Sr. John was born In Mobile on Fet ruary 19, 1849, his father being Newton S John, senior member of the Mobile banian WILLIAM POPE ST. JOHN. house of St. John, Powers <fc Co. The eoi studied ia England and Germany, and. re lurning to tnis comtry, went to school i: Boston. At twenty he entered the office of i Wall street Arm and afterward he was credi jlerk for Havemeyers & Elder, the sugar re finftTHj In 1881 he was made cashier of the Mer ?antile National Bank, and in 1884 Presi lent. He was considered one of the "oes judges of commercial credits in New Yorli Last year he entered politics :is a Free Silve man, and resigned the Presidency of th Mercantile National Bank, but kept his plac :is a director. After the Democratic, People's party, am 3tlv?-r conventions Mr. St. John returned t New York as Treasurer of the Democrati National Committee. He raised about al the money the commitfee got, and ic was hi idea to have Bryan officially notified of hi nomination in Madison square Garden. H iilso hired and fitted up the National head quarters in the Hotel Bartholdi, New York After election Mr. 3t. John bought a sea on the New York Produce Exchange anJ ei Braged in the business of a produce brokei His health had beeu bad, and he went Sout i>n December 30. hoping to improve h. in th home of his boyhood. Early in January h *vas brought back to New York to die. H was conscious until tne last. DUESTROW IS HANCED. Tho Millionaire Dmble ACur.lerer Pay the Death Penalty. On a scaffold in the Franklin County Ja yard, In Union, JIo., surrounded by abou ane hundred persons, Arthur Duestrow, c 3t. Louis, the millionaire murderer, wa for the murder of his wife and littl son three years ago. From the beginning Duestrow tried t nako people believe ho was insane, and hi ittorneys. former Governor Charles P. Johu >ou au.l (Jhnrles T. Nolaad, did everythin n their power to carry out that idea, i iegal inquiry made -is to Duestrow's meata responsibility re?uli 'd in his beins declare* perfectly sane by a jury, before which man i.xperts were examined. Duestrow. by tne term9 of his father's will Irew S6G6G.66 a year for life. The estat iV;is valued at 52,000,000. Arthur Duestrow shot aud killed hi* wif indonly child, a boy aged eighteen mouths )u February 13, 1894. For some time thi Billionaire medical student had ne<lecto( lis young wife and was splading much timi ind money upon a disreputable woman. Sixtj-flvo Suicide* at Monte Onrlo. The tragic end of the New York mei ibant, .Mr. Lund, near Monte Carlo, ha failed attention to similar incidents occurini h'Te, but which are carol ully k"pt con ea'ed. In<iuirv shows that darlu^ the pres int Iliviera .season sixty-five cases of suicidi iounected with M inte Carlo doiugs have oc ,'urred. To Farm Out Ofti"on. A Mil was introduced in the Kausis Stati lanate by Senator Hanna ( Populist t for let inirout each county office to the highesi >iddcr?that is, to the man who would ac icpt the lowe-t salary. Cycling Xotnft. Cana la sends bicycles to Australia. Military cycles have the cycling eyo ii Surope just now. It is estimate ! that there are at least 2,000, 100 wheols in use'in this country. A cycle factory has been established at }opn;ihagen. Denmark, with an output oi >vur 2000 wheels per annum. If any pessimist has been appreheusivi :hat 1S97 is going ic be a bad year for tb< Jicych there is no outward sign to justify lis fears. The '*J7 wheel has no end of uew trinket! ind "improvements" aud the "97 wheelmei ylll glare with conscious scorn at th< hrifty riders of '96 wheel throughout th< rear. m THE NEWS EPITOMIZED; WHhlwtoo Items. The 8enate listened to a long spflech bx^M P" Senator Chandler in favor o( bimetallism. J V 49 The new Minister from Belgium was re 1 > * ? * f 1 ? .i. TITVUA 9 coivea oy rresiaem utoyeiauu cm. iuc? miw _ U House. 10 The Turkish Minister Rt Washington pro 0f tested to the State Department against the 1 3d arrest and detention of Consul Iasigi. in 1 ie New York City. His release was ordered, aal I __ Consuls can be arrested and tried by Federal' process only. ! The House passed tho Sundry Civil bill,; appropriating $50,000,000, after an hour's consideration. , Senator Morgan succeeded in having his resolution for abrogation of the ClaytonBulwer treaty taken up, and it was considered in secret session; the general arbitra-: tion treaty was not called up, despite the efforts of Senator Sherman. In the 8euate Mr. Morgan (Dem.") offered IawIm rt lAlni- ?>aorti n^{An> '(PafinlffilH ' L etc., that tbe treaty known as the Clayton- i Bulwer treaty, between Great Britain and the United Stated, which was concluded on1 the 19th day of April, 1856, 13 hereby de-1 clared to be abrogated." Domestic. {Three men attempted to rob Henry P.ylands and his brother, Thomas H., of ft ,n satchel containing $2000 at Bridgeport!,! j' Conn. One of the highwaymen was fatally \ ^ shot. ' 4 ^ The suit to prevent the issue of gold bonds' t by the city of Lincoln. Neb., was iieclared in J favor of W. J. Bryan and others, who instl- | tuiod the proceedings. * The four new Republican Senators of the ' , Kentucky Legislature have been sworn in before Magistrates, lest the Democrats should) _ try to keep them out of their seats at the ; )f special session. rl ITntfnfl fit-ftf-ns Mnrshftla forced the doot of it A. Elllnsjer A Co.'s cloak factory in Chicago le and took possession under an attachment, e The factory had been closed under two chafc33 tel mortgages and a custodian was in charge^ l.? The Merchants' National Bant of JackfWu^ ville, Fla., closed its doors. Capital, ilOO,-}--Q OjO. Inability to make collections is assigned) ^ as the cause of the failure. q At Black foot, Idaho, on application of 5j orinoipal owners of the banking house of 0: 1 Bunting k Co., it was placed in the hands of 1 a receiver. There have been heavy with- ] drawals of late. The United States battle-ship Texas arrived in Qalveston after a remarkably fast ran > from New York. At Cheyenne, in th9 Wyoming Legislature ir the Republicans, by a full party vote, de^ feated au unqualified free silver resolution . introduced by Democrats,, and substituted 10 a resolution instructing the Wyoming dele11 gation in Congress, to vote and work for l0 measures which might secure free coinage V r of gold and silver by international agree- ^ r| ment. f d John EL Hotter, former cashier of the First ' National Bank, of Lebanon, Penn.. who was )- charged with embezzling $100,000 of the t. bank's funds, was arraigned in the United g States District Court, Philadelphia. Theiwcused pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the Eastern Pent* tentiary, and* ordered to pay a fine of $1000: Patrick H. Lineen. manager of the Hofly Pump Manufacturing Company, died at St.i Luke^s Hospital, Chicago. He sacrificed his J life la hu effort to save two Grangers were standing on the tracks of the Central Railroad. General Lathrop, Superintendent of New York State Prisons, has adopted a system of classification for the convicts ^BjH der his charge. William Lampaon died atLeRoy, leaving nearly a million dollars for Y^^^H College. Colonel Gillespie, United States Engine^^^J Corps, in his report to the War Departnaen^HH on providing a channel, thirty-live feet de^^H| at low tide, at the entrance to the Port New York, favors the use of the main shflHHg channel, and advocates the work as one National importance. Senorita Clemeacia Arango, the youn^^H ? Cuban f,irl who was expelled from the IslanH^J by oider of Captain-General Weyler, fu^HH nislied a detailed statement of her expen^JH onoe. She denied the story that she wos^B subjected to the humiliation of being stripped' fl * in the presence of Spanish officers. V At Spurlington, Ky., Kelly Bowlee and Willie Gilpin fought a duel with pistols oni the street. Bowles was shot In th6 breast andl" Instantly killed, and Gilpin was severely; j wounded In the hip and arm. Gilpin,who Is a I Magistrate and a member of the Fiscal Courtl I of the oounfy. had fined Bowles $3 for anI .! ~ assault. h The Report of the State Board of Health' q shows that toe aeaia rate iu now iu? wu i a slightly lower last year than In 1895. Beoom- . It mendations are made regarding the abate* 1 y. raent of nuisances and the proteetion of I water supplies. Joseph A. Iasigl, the Turkish Consul-Oeneral at Bostou, who was arrested at the I it Albemarle Hotel, New York City, charged with embezzlement, was arraigned and held r for examination in $10,000. He was unable 5 o to And a bondsman, and passed the day and ' e night at Police Headquarter*. Clearance papers were withdrawn from ti " ? n.v?of PKilidplnhtn. nndar <ir<u IIIO i^lUiUUd Ob a. Ufwww.^ _f _ . 0 picion that she was to engage in a fllibus- ) ? tering expedition. 3 John D. Rockefeller, of New York City, i s promised $250,000 toward the payment of the e Indebtedness of the Baptist Home Foreign | L_ Missionary societies. :. An ice gorge has rendered the water works it of Evansvllle. Ind., useless, andthec^yis i- suffering a water famine. J* Howard C. Benham, a private binker of 11 Batavia, N. Y., was accused by a Coroner's e jary of poisoning his wife. p Lvman J. Gage, who will be 8ecretarv of he Treasury under MoKinley, in a speech at Chicago discussed the disturbed economio conditions in this country. He deolared that smotionaltsm has perverted judgment and threatens the body politic. * The Lancaster (Ohio) Medical Institute burned. Dr. Julius Simon, of Jackson, W. ;i Va., a patient, lost his life in the flames and Dr. J. H. Bellerman, the proprietor, wan badly though not fatally burned. A daylight bank robbery ocourred at Salts- \ s burg, Peon. About 1.45 o'clock in the after- t nnnn a <*r?lnred man entered the First Na- i tional Bank, and. covering Teller Klingen0 smith with a revolver, demanded the money ,;a s lying on the counter. The teller handed i_ over $500 and the man ran out of the bank (? and through the town. He was followed by \ a posse and captured near the county line. " The Greater New York Commission adopt1 ed the new charter after making several y amendments. J. L. Patterson, editor of the Portsmouth (Onio) Times, was sentenced to jail for three e (lays and fined 8100 by Judg>?Mtlnor forpubIicatiou of contemptuous criticism of a dee cision of the court. ^ Thoeichty-oightb anniversary of Abraham I Lincoln's Birthday was very generally ob3 served during the day in Stntes where it is a holiday by a practical suspension of business and the hoisting of flags. Charles Christy, the last of the famous Cnristy Minstrels, died in Kansas City, Ma . 5 General D. W. Couch, a veteran of three wars, died at his home in Norwalk, Conn. ] Nine inohes of snow fell in New York City, which wiii entail au expenditure of $180,000 * for removing it. The storm closed in a fierce gale which ciused warning signals to be displayed all along the Atlantic coast. Forelen Note*. 3 Cecil Rhodes testillel bofore the Parllainenta">'Commission that he did not order t the Ja .;;\son raid upon the Transvaal. The Cubans' dynamite gun routed a toroe of 700 Spaniards in Piuar del Rio Province, letters from Caudelaria report. .. The Greek forces iu Crete have won their first victory, capturing Fort Aghia and taki ing 400 Mussulman prisoners. A proclamation has been issued notifying Cretans that Greece has taken possession of the island. The Powers warned Orecce that she must withdr.iw her naval and military forces from Creto within forty-eierht hours, failing which^^H 1 the port oi Piraeus. Greece, would be bombarded ami hostilities beguu. KB ; Spanish troops continue to pour into the V Thilippiuo Islands. 1 Liberal* elected their candidate to succeed Sir George O. Trevelyan in tne British J House of Commons by a re Juced majority. a The Mayor of Havana, Cuba, issued an j order preventing any persons entering the \ citv cemeteries oxoept those whose duties < I are required at a burial. - _