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THE CRETAN SITUATION. Dignified Protests to the Pow? ers-Thanks to Gladstone. Athens, March 26.-The govern ment has handed to the -representa? tives here of the several powers a note protesting against the blockade of Crete. The note declares that in view of the bonds uniting the Greeks and the Christians of Crete the block ade, which is depriving the island of the means of provisioning itself, is contrary to the .sentiments of haman Tty inspiring the powers. The president of the boule, in be half.of that body, has sent to Mr Gladstone a message of gratitude for the stand he has taken in behalf of Greece and the Cretan Christians The message says in part : "AH your glorious life has been fuU of combats for justice and hon? esty. Now that the Hellenic nation has risen -to fight in favor of Crete, which is bedewed with blood, you come to uphold anew the rights of an oppressed race." ROBBING CRETANS. London, March 26.-The govern? ment announces that the internation? al forces in the island of Crete have occupied the town of Malaxa, which was the scene of fighting between the Turkish garrison and the Cretan insurgents yesterday, and subse quently taken by the latter, the gar? rison having found the place antena ble. The grounds for this action as ?tated are that the admirals com . man ding the joint f?eet of the pow? ers in Cretan waters regard the occu pation of the town by the Turks or Greeks as meDacing to the Europe ans occupying Canea. t THE LOSSES AT MALAXAI Canea, March 26 -It ia ascertain ed that in the fighting which took place between the Turkish garrison and the insurgents at M alaxa y est er day the Turks lost 60 men and the insurgents 200. , WILL BLOCKADE GREECE London, March 26 -The Tele? graph will tomorrow publish a dis patch frc m Vienna stating that all the powers have now accepted the pro? ject to blockade the entire Greek coast, beginning with the ports of j the Piraeus, Volo, Corinth and Arta. AUSTRIAN INF?TRY 3FF FOR CRETE. Vienna, March 26.-A batallton of | . Austrian infantry left Treste for Crete to day. Part of the men will be stationed at Suda and the remainder at Canea. CONSTANTINE STILL LN ATHENS Athens, March 26 -For some un? explained reason Crown Prince Con? stantine, who it wan announced last night would leave Athens at '4 o'clock this morning, hoping to as same command of the Greek forces in Thessaly, bas not yet left the city It is now reported that he will go to the Preaos. whence he will sail for Volo, in Thessaly, to morrow even? ing THE KAISER'S FLANS for Averting War and Paci? fying Greece. A SLICE OP TURKEY Allowed Greece m Treaty of Behn, to Be Delivered if She Aban? dons Crete. Berlin, March 28.-Despite the perplexities of the ministerial situa? tion and calls upor, his time arisiog from the .memorial fetes of the past week, thc kaiser has been able to give a large share of his attention to the eastern crisis. Nearly every day he has held protracted conferences with the chancellor or Baron Mar schall von Bieberstein, minister of foreign affairs, at which, though in? ternal affairs were undoubtedly dis? cussed, the foreign situation had a prominent part. It is known that the kaiser has been again in direct communication with the sultan and following his occasional use of the right to be his own foreign min? ister, has sent personal instruc? tions to Baron Saurma von Jeltsch, German Ambassador at Con? stantinople, and to Baron von Pies sen, German minister at Athens The ministerial press here argue with some apparent degree of justice that the kaiser in agaiu resuming an ac? tive role in the protracted negotia tious concerning Greece, has entirely disinterested aims. If he seemingly follows in the wake of the czar it is because of the fact that up to the present time the policy of Russia has been directed to the maintenance of the status quo in the Balkan peninsu la wbich accords not only with the general interests of peace, but es? pecially agrees with the interests of Austria, Germany's ally But there are near prospects of the divergence of Germany from Russia's lead. Previous dispatches have already de? nounced the current fictions that the kaisers policy was in anywise in licenced bj bis personal enmity to the Greek royal family, or tb ? he Lad ceased ?ll re??tt with bi IR ie ter, the Duchess of Sparta. Th good ground for stating that opposing Greece's seizure of ( the kaiser has had in view the faction of Greek claims in an quarter and that h-e has now su< ed to the saltan the rectificati the frontiers of Greece, accord i the terms of the fourteenth prc of the Berlin treaty. It is felt and admitted in the est quarters here that Greece ci withdraw from Crete, abandon a claims and submit to the bebes the powers without some comp tion A revolution at Athens so many sacrifices on the part o nation would be inevitable. Crf for the time, at all events, lo Greece, but King George has ca the powers to be informed thai basis of a pacific settlement ca found io the acquisition by Gree the territory accorded to her u the Berlin treaty The Greek tier would then run from M avro on the Gulf of Sal?nica to anc duding Metsvo and the Lake ol nina, the line determining on south bank of the Kalama ri Within this strip of territory peogle are naturally all Greek has strategic importance for Tur aud its cession could not or ot not to awake into action the Se Bulgarian alliance That Rrj would assent to this adjustm however, is more than doub When Greece demanded in 1881 frontier assigned to her under tre the porte refused and Russia bac up the refusal Now that a se entente exists between the porte Russia, the chances of acceptance the porte are small ; yet the pov know that this small measure of tice to Greece will avert war, this consideration must have its fluence. The Serbo Bulgarian pact will finally concluded at Belgrade e? in April Prince Ferdinand, aec panied by his prime minister, t goes to the Servian capital, Stoiloff and King Alexander's pr minister, M. Simitich, have consul the Russian government on the te; of the alliance, which has recei approval from St. Petersburg. WI the Austrian official press make o casual reference to an agreement t confirms Russian domination in Balkan states, the Budapest pap are more outspoken The sum the matter is that for the pres Austria, though seriously appreh sive, can de nothing except ! strengthen her forces in Bosnia s Herzegovina, and this is si len being done. During the past ft weeks, there ha? been a const; stream of men and munitions ii Bosnia, chiefly towards Serajes Military opinion here concurs viewing the preparations for war n< proceeding against ail the Balk states as not making immediate opei tions imminent on any side, even the Greco-Turkish frontier Min encounters there may be, but the pai es in Thessaly-are still under sno as is the case along the great Balk range, and movements of troops Macedonia will be for some wee almost impossible The sailing of Constantine frc Athens for Volo, Thessaly, last eve ing, accompanied by the crown pri cess, the kaiser's sister, who will | as far as Larissa, is not held here implying the hastening of an 01 break between Greece and T?rke bot on the contrary it is understot here that the aim of the crown prin is to counteract the influence of tl national committees which are wor ing as hard as they can to incite tl Greeks to acts of insubordination ( the part of the Greek soldiers in mal ing attacks upon the Turks across ti border, with the object of precipil ing an embroilment which diplomas wiil be powerless to overconn Crown Princess Sophia wili remain week at Larrissa in order to snpervi? the organization of the work of th Red Cross society which contemplate an extensive programme iu the ever of serious hostilities The Frankfort Gazette says- thi Von der Goltz Paella, the German gei eral who organized the present Tut kisb army and some time ago severe his relations with the Turkish militar department because of his disgtu with the way things were going, is candidate for the office of govemo of Crete with good chances of sue cess Regarding Crete, the militar view is that it will reqire 25,00( troops to effect the so called pacifica tien of the islanders if they choose t< resist There are 30,000 weii-armet Cretans in the island whose leader; 6till distrust the autonomy offered t< them Further than this, the Italiar governmet has categorically refuse: to furnish a roan beyond its quota o 600 men for purposes of occup?t ?or of the island ; the English and Frene! governments dare not, in the face o: popular sentiment, increase theil quotas; Germany will not either in crease the number of vessels in Ore tan waters nor send troops to Crete, and the powers cannot or will not agree among themselves that Russia shall undertake the work of occupa tion of the island alone. The Euro? pean mandate to France and Italy which is under public discussion is disliked in both countries and the set? tlement of Crete is still a diplomatic puzzle. During the Kaiser William I cen tennary fetes, the Social Democrats held aloof from all participation and have since practically ignored the celebration. Their press and leaders have refrained from even criticising the festivities except when occasional? ly quoting and sneering at the utter? ances of loyal papers. The reason for this can be well understood. The Socialist leaders have been taught by experience carefully to avoid a brush with the kaiser over anything in which he especially interests himself and upon which they cannot assail a minister, so the Socialist cue was to "lie low 91 They are already organ? izing their own fetes for May Jay, however, but there is no new feature in the projected programme. Com? rades are invited to observe the hol? iday, where they C3n do so without injuring their interests Where their employers may threaten them with dismissal if they absent them? selves from work without leave they have been advised to abstain. The Socialist leaders, mindful of the re? cent grievous fai!u?*e'of the Hamburg istrike,are loath to encourage anything Soward strike movements in any quar? ter. On the Verge of Bitter War. London, March 28.-The Telegraph tomorrow will give prominence to a statement which it claims to have re? ceived from an unquestionable source ro be effeot that the Greek situation is extremely grave It says that with the departure of Crown Prince CoDStaD- j tine from Athens to take command of ihe troops io Thessaly the nhe die seems to have been cast. War would be inevitable if Greece recalled her army. It would march to Athens and dethrone the king. The most se? rious element of the situation is the undoubted fact, despite denials, that the concert of the powers is no longer solid. There has not been an actual rupture, but the members have come to the con? clusion that concerted actioo is a fail? ure. If the so-called concert continues for a week it cannot last longer. The statement ascribes the position to th-i impatience of the powers with Greece*s reckless condact and Great Britain's re? luctance to coerce ber. The powers will not accept Lord Salisbury's proposal for tbe ectablisfa ment of a neutral zone a mile wide on each side of the Turko.Grecian boun? dary, because Greece holds the best strategic positions on ?be frontier, and fears that if she withdraws ber troops the troops will 6od a pretext to later return to oc oopy the positions which would enable her to invade Turkey. This would prevent the powers from localizing the war, would set all the Balkans aflame, induce general brigandage in Turkey, induce Austria aod Russia to interfere and blow up the European mine. The Cretans and Greeks At? tacked by the Foreign Admirals. London, March 29 -In the house of commons to-night Right Hon. George N. Curzon, under foreign secretary, read a number of telegrams from the admiral commanding tbe British war? ships in Cretan waters. The admiral wired that the Cretan insurgents hav? ing refused to permit supplies of food to be sent to tbe Turkish force at Ma? laxa, an ultimatum was sent to them by tbe foreign admirals informing the insurgents that the supplies* must be allowed to go to the Turks, otherwise the foreign warships and troops would resort to force to compel obedience lo their demands. Ic the meantime, tbe admiral added, the insurgents captured the Turkish blockhouse at La Lava. (Cheers from Irish benches ) The for? eign admiral^, tbe telegrams stated, theo decided tbat it was necessary to drive toe insurgents out of the block? house and accordingly the ' warships oponed fire upon them. The firing lasted six minutes, at the end of which time the insurgents evacuated the blockbouse. but not before they had I looted and burned it. (Renewed Irieb j cheers.) Mr. Curz>n continued his reading after the cheers bad subsided. The j Bri:ish admiral wired ?hat owing to re? peated attacks on the part cf thc in-ur ^ents, the foreign admirals dpciucd to treat, them as enemies, (('ries of .'shame.") And to demand more troops from the powers in order to keep them io subjection. Col Vassos, commanding the Greek troops in Crete, received warning from the admirais io this effect, and replied to it by ordering the capture of the blockhouse at Ma? laxa and followed up his success hy at? tacking.and capturing thc earthwork fort at Suda. Col. Vassos, the admiral wired, had practically declared war against the powers. In Case of a European war. The London Statist, discussing thc probable cocscuqcnces of a European war, says there would bo a decided advance in money rates. "Great , Britain's credit would stand higher thai: that of any other state as long as it. re- j fained co mt:, a nd of thc sea. The : war would divert ?abor and capital in j the neutral cou nt ten from productive enterprise into ihe furnishing of war munitions. There would b-. an enor ? mous falling off io productive enter- | Drise in continental Europe. The ' Uuitcd Sutes would greatly benefit j from the necessities of the belligerents ' by selling to them foood and munitions. There would probably be a sharp rise in wheat, freights, ships, iron, coal aod wages. It would not be until the end of the war that the waste of wealth and disorganization of industries ? A New Trunk Line. Important Railroad Will be Built at Last. For a good many years there has been much talk about the construction of the long proposed air line from the north to this city by way of Cheraw. The line was long ago surveyed. Time and time again it lias looked for the time being as if the road was going to be built and considerably decrease the distance from the north to this point; then scheme after icbeme would fal i through and nothing would come of it. Hence it is with particular interest that the people of Colombia will read the following extract from the- corres pocdencc of the Charlotte Observer's representative in Raleigh, who is io a position to know urhat be is talking about. Here is wost be says, and thc hope is general that this time the scheme will be earned through success? fully : "Ic is ascertained that the B xl ti m ore and Ohio railroad is back of the ar raogemeot for building the line from Richmond to Ridgeway-the Virginia and Carolina railroad. ? leadiog offi? cial of tbe Baltimore and Ohio has been through here incognito, and went as far as Columbia, S C. The plau is that the Seaboard Air Line and the Baltimore and Ohio will use the Sea? board Air Line's tracks to Hamlet, where it will have its choice of going over them to Atlanta or of buying the Palmeto road to Cheraw. It bas a charter for a road uouth from Cheraw to Columbia or Augusta, but will build to Columbia, where it will joint the Southbound railroad. Tbe Baltimore and Ohio from th i: point south bas propositions trou two or three roads. It is interesting to koow that :*> all this plan the suggestion aod ideas of the late Moncure Robinson are beiog followed. He began to build the Vir? ginia and Caroliou railroad Most of it is already graded The Baltimore and Ohio cao, under the arrangements, ruo solid traios from New York to New Orleaos and the Seaboard caa get into New York with solid trains over the Baltimore and Ohio tracks. The Bal? timore and Ohio nan under this con? tract with the Seaboard Air Line use the latter's track all tbe way to Atlan? ta, or can have its owo southward from Hamlet, as above stated. It was the plan of the Baltimore and Ohio at one time, to get southward via the Roaooke and Southern, but it is positively slated by persons wbo claim to be oo the in? side that this is abandoned and that the plan above described is the one agreed on."-The Sta'e Bradstreet's Summary. >lew York, March 26.-Brad? street's to morro w will say ; While the week is net without favorable features, unfavorable influences have been more numerous Leading money markets show nc improvement. Mer cantile collections continue slow, and the volume of funds offered is in ex? cess of demands for discounts. The tendency of investments to improve has tempoarily disappeared under the influence of the supreme court "anti? trust decision'' which apparently threatens arrangements for the main? tenance of the railway rates as well as railway trade* union activity, so far as it may affect interstate com? merce. The tendency of prices is down? ward, quotations being lower for wheat, Indian corn, oats, coffee, cot? ton and for pig iron and steel billets on the outlook for lower priced ore Stormy weather, high water and floods in the Ohio, Mississippi and ; Missouri river valleys and in the country drained by tributary streams, having interfered with interior trade. The gradual increase in the number of industrial strikes is the outcome of a movement to secure higher wages, and in instances moderate advances have been obtained Staples for wi; ich prices are higher include wool, raw sugar, wheat, flour, petroleum, linseed oil and tur pentine. Price*! are unchanged for print cloths, refined sugar, lard and pork. Tito recent activity in raw wool continues, and the prospect ?or an increased tar ff on imported wool ens causes merchants to purchase American goods* more freely. The movement of cottons is not up to expectations, and in some lines is disappointing The most noticeable improvement in trade is confined to dry goods, hardware, leather, ogri cultural implements and shoes Bank clearings at 77 cities throughout the Jnitcd States are dis appointing, the total being only $SSS, 00U.000 for the week, 6.6 per cent, less than last week and 1 2 per cent, less than in the like week one year ago The rate of commercial mor tality continues lite decline shown in recant weeks, the total number of business failures throughout the United States being 221 this week compared with 231 last week and 276 in the like week in 1896 Baltimore. March 26 - The jury in thf? case of Dr. Jos Luis, who has been on trial in the United States court for three days, on thc charge cf conspi? racy with Gen. (Jarlos Roloff to send a filibustering expedition to Cuba, io July, 1895, oo the steamship James Woodall, returned a verdict of guilty al noon to day. A U}Otioo<a^fc^gade for a new trial. Fighting the Tiger. A New Wrinkle in the Effort to Enforce the Dispensary Law. The sensation of the day yester- j day was the issuing of warrants for ! the arrest of the two leading local j restaurant keepers, Messrs. Troeger ' 'ind David, and of Ed Lawrence, and their employes upon the charge cf j selling liquor in violation of the State | dispensary, law. But the sensation ? did not lie merely in the issuing of; these warrants ; it was in the fact that j in these cases a number of the most prominent men in the city-attor? neys, business men, officeholders and so on down the line-were summon ed to appear as witnesses against the alleged blind tigers The most re mai kable part of it all is that the af? fidavits upon which the warrants were issued, made by State Constable Morehead, do not allege any specific violations of the law. According to the text of the affidavits these wit? nesses will be called upon to testify as to any instance wherein he has ever bought liquor, no matter how many years ago that may have been In other words, the matter is in 6nch peculiar shape that the cases for which these men have been arrested must subsequently be made by the witnesses when put upon the stand It is considered tantamount to re? quiring a citizen by force ot law to teport upon the defendants if they ever bought liquor from any of them This is the view generally taken of the matter It is also considered to be an ill advised method of enforc? ing the dispensary law, calculated to do more harm than good. The warrants were sworn out be? fore Magistrates Smith and Clarkson, and the principals and witnesses were ail put under bond for their ap? pearance at the coming term of the court of general sessions, the for? mer waiving preliminary examina tiong All the defendants' have em? ployed ex Solicitor P. H. Nels?n to represent them. The affidavits charge that the defendants did sell intoxicating liquors on the 1st of March, 1897, and on divers days be? fore and op to the date of this war rant While no such affidavit would stand for a moment where men are charged with any other offense, it is said that the dispensary law permits such sweeping charges to be made. There will no doubt be a big legal fight over the question. In discuss? ing the matter the people upon the streets yesterday talked more of the remarkable form of the cases than of the cases themselves. In fact, no one seemed to pay much attention to the issue as to whether the men sold liquor or not ; all the talk was direct? ed to the unusual method of making cases.-The State. Oliver Optic Dead. Boston. March 27 -William T. Admas (Oliver Optic) died shortly af? ter 9 o'clock this morning. Mr. Adams had been sick for a long time with heart trouble, fie was 75 years old._ Rich in Alderman. Wilmington, N. C., March 26. Two boards of aldermen organized here to day, which, with the old board hold? ing ocer a.- they claim ?hey have the rinbf to do until the constitutionality ot the election held yesterday is decided by the courts, makes throe boards struggling for tbe control of the city government. Two of the boards elect? ed mayors, A. B Williams, one of the most able newspaper writers that ever edited a paper in South Carolina, is now one of the editorial writers on the New York Times-Newberry Ob? server. Writing paper io pound package--, plaio ar.d rulfd, price and quality not duplicated elsewhere H. G. O.steeo A Co. To Stand the Test. Rev. William Copp, whose father was a physician for over fifty years, in New Jersey, and who himself spent many years preparing for the practice of medicine, but subse? quently entered the ministry of Tue M. E. Church, writes: "I am glad to testify thatI -have had analyzed all the sarsaparilla prepara? tions known in the trade, but if! is the only one of them that ? could recommend as a blood-piirilier. I have given away hundreds of bottles of it, as I consider it the safest as weil as tlie best to be had."-WM. Corr, Pastor M. E. Clmreh. Jackson, Minn. THE ONLY WORLD'S FAIS 'Sarsaparilla Arms and Dynamite Landed in Cuba. The Laurada Returns After Her Voyage to Cuba With 7,000 Rifles and 1,7009 000 Rounds of Am? munition. Philadelphia. March 27 -The fill busterinir steadier Lmrada arrived at the Delaware breakwater this eveoicg, after having, ii i-? said, landed the rno>t important, expedition sent from this country to Cuba, [t w-?s f-bortly after dark when she slipped past the United States revenue cutter Hamilton aod immediately disappeared in the darkness up the bay. The Hamilton had been watching at the breakwater for the steamer for some time, and shortly after the Laurada had passed io, she got under way, but it was impossi? ble to tell in the darkness which course she took. Although makiog no sig nals, the Laurada came near enough to the recording station at the breakwater io be identified. She had been off the cape all day, but was evidently afraid of the Hamilton and waited until dark ness enabled her to slip by unobserved. The Laurada left Baltimore on Feb. 27, for Philadelphia, and when near Cape Henry four boats were taken on board to be used in landing the war .material. Three days after the met the schooner Donna T. Briggs of Stonington, Coon , and the steam light? er Jennie H, from New York, loaded with war material which was transfer? red to the Laurada 12 miles off Barne gat The vessels prow was then turn? ed toward the West indies The ex? pedition was io charge of Gen. Carlos Roloff, the insurgent minister of war. There were 40 others on the Llorada when she left aod io her hold were stowed 7,000 rifles, 1.700,000 rounds of ammunition. 25 tons of stick dyna? mite and a large supply of food and medicine. The expedition was fitted out by the Cuban junta for Gen. Gar? cia and was landed on the coast of Santiago de Cuba, where a large force had been sent to meet and convoy the supplies to the headquarters of the arn?y in the interior. Among those on board the Laurada is Mrs. Hughes, the wife of the com? mander. Two detectives are also said to be oo board, having been sent from New York, aod who are said to have kept a dailj log of the vessel'd move? ments. Tbey are said to have gone io ." the guise of firemen John Butler, a youog white man of Latta, Marion county, shot bis brother, Clance Botler, with a shot guo, loaded with squirrel shot, on Saturday. The wounded man is still alive asy to Take asy to Operate Are features peculiar to Hood's Pills. Small iii size, tasteless, efficient, thorough. 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