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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.
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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.
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&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^
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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
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\ 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. '
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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
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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.
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ANOTHER CABINET MEMBER.
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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
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JOSEPH M'KKNNA.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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. 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. - _