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YASSOS ON CRETE p". Greek Commander's Opinion of the Admirals. II London, April 2 -The Daily Curoo? I?'?ole will to-morrow pablisb aa inter? view bad by its correspondent io Crete Pf with Col. Vassos. The Greek com mander declared tbst the pretest .re cently soot by him to the foreign ad? mirals would be the last doon meet of the sort that woo Id be sent. Col. Vaeao? said that be does not regard the ?' admirals as the trae representatives of ~ European attitude. He claims that be has quieted the entire Christian popu? lation and repressed every form of extrae, rendering life and property as secare as in England or Fraooe. He has established hospitals and prisons, built bridges and appointed judges and sanitary officers. Such a satisfactory state bf things was never before koowo tn Crete. Everything bas been effected in seven weaks. Cot. Vassos explains bis success as?being due to his knowl? edge of the people who, be declares, recognise him and hts troops, as kio. .4If,n said Col Vassos, "the Euro? pean forces had do ie in the towns what I have done in the oonntry, perfect peace might reign nntil Greece com? pleted the negotiations with Enrope for a recognition of her claims to Crete, not a drop of blood need have been shed. y Preceding, Col. Vassos indignantly related the incidents of the proceedings of tae international forces here' during the week He added that the Bash i 3& Bazouks, who were formally forbidden to carry arms, issued from Canea Wednesday*, evening and marched to? wards Vigia. Their advance was cov? ered by the gnus of the Turkish war- ; ships, but the progress of the Bash i Bazouks was slow, the international fleet carne to their assistance, firing 82 ^ronwfs from their heavy gane. The Christians retreated and the Turks en tered the village and set are to the houses, a church and a/monastery. ''This," Col.jVassos exclaimed, "is the work of Christian Europe. The condition of affairs is now infinitely worse than ever before. The admirals have made it so. I say deliberately and reluctantly that unless the Euro ' v pean peoples listen to the voice of hu? manity before it is too late this unhap? py island will be deluged throughout with torrents of blood." In conclusion, Col. Vassos emphatic? ally . repudiated the absurd statement made in the British house of commons that be made war on the powers. . Story of the Fight , Between Cretans and T?rks on Saturday ;C - London, April 4.-The Canea cor? respondent of The News telegraphs to that paper a description of the fighting that took place yesterday oo the penin? sula of Ak rot! ri. He says that about ?\- 4.00C Moslem irregulars are streamed along the .road from caoae to Suda. They passed the internation? al forces and were in full view of the foreign warships. They began ascend? ing the hills toward the insurgent po? sition 3 and no effort was made to stop them. Two thousand of them were a rm ec!, but the ethers were without weapons. The unarmed Moslems were driviig donkeys and carrying baskets. A story had circulated that the ad? mirals were going to allow the insur? gents to remove inland and the Moslems intended to pillage their houses after 'they bad gone. Tb ? insurgent fighting force at Akrotiri numbers only about 700 men. W?en the Moslems were within 200 yards of the insurgent lines a parley was held by the latter What passed between them is not koowo. Sudden? ly aloag both lines there were almost concurrent volleys. At the first insurgents had the advantage and drove the Moslems down the hills. The latter rallied, and mak? ing a fierce charge drove the Christians from their forward "posts, where a Turk? ish flag, which is still waving, was planted. A moderate estimate placed the killed and wounded on each side at 50. Major Bor, who is io command of the gendarmes, and two Italian offi? cers ascended thc hill and parleyed with the Moslems, trying to stop the fighting. Several of the warships bad loaded their goos and were about to shell the Moslems, wheo they saw Major Bor and the Italian officers. They refrained from firing, fearing that they would hit them. A heavy rain stopped the firing be? tween the Christians and the Moslems and tbe latter returned to Caoea. Or? ders in the meantime had been given that they be disarmed when they arrived at the gates city. The first few, when they reached the gate, bad their arms taken from them. After a short rest these men returned along the Soda road and warned their approaching oomrades. who bid their arms. Con? sequently only a few ?ere obtained ?even hundred rifles that were dis? tributed by the governor remain in the towo. The Turkish officials refuse to libe? rate the Greeks who are prisoners at Akrotiri. j JOHNSON'S CHILL AND FEVER TONIC Cures Fever Ia One Day. Dogs ?D Mangers. IQ Mandate of Powers Greece And Turkey Ar?e FORBIDDEN TO FIGHT. London, April 5.-Io the boase of commons to-day Mr. G. N. Caizoo, ander foreign secretary, stated io an? swer to a question by Right HOD. John Morley, that all of tho European pow? ers except Germany had laoded troops io Crete. Germany, he added, bad oot ezplaiaed why she had refrained from seodiog troops as the other powers had done. Right HOD. A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, said that Great Britain would oot hesitate to participate io a blockade of Greece if such action be? came necessary io tbe interests of peace. Sir William Harcourt, the leader of the opposition, said it was his desire that the country should know the pol? icy cf the government more definitely 'han it waa known at present, aod be therefore gave notice that he would move ao address to the queen prayiog tbe forces of the crown shall not be em? ployed against the kingdom of Greece or the people of Crete. (Liberal cheers ) Mr. Balfour said that the ministerial majority would give a day to be de? voted to debating a motion directing a vote of oeosure against the government, bat he woald not promise yet whether or oot they woald graot a day for de? bating putin the form indicated by the notice given by Sir William Harcourt. Sir William Harcourt asked whether the Turkish troops would be withdrawn from Crete and whether the British forces would take part in a blockade of Greece Upon these matters he desired ,tbe government to make a definite state? ment, and also to announce the nolicy of the government io regard to Greece aod Crete. Mr. Balfour said that the date of the withdrawal of the Turkish trooDs from Crete had oot yet beeo fixed. Io the meantime, he said, the powers were makiog a joint declaratioo to the gov eromeot at Athens aod to the govern ment at Constantinople, as the result of which it was hoped that peace would be maintained. This declaratioo was that io tho eveot of the conflict upoo the Greek frontier the aggressor woald be answerable for all the coose quenee s of a disturbance of peace, to which the powers attached the greatest importance aod also that whatever might be tbe result of a straggle be? tween Greece and Turkey the powers woald not consent that the aggressor should derive the slightest advaotage therefrom. UNREST IN ATHENS. Looroo, April 5.-The Times will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Athens saying that the popular impa? tience with. the present condition of affairs is increasing aod that demaods are made from various quarters for ao immediate declaratioo of war by Greece against Turkey. The king's ioactioo is denounced by those who are anxious for the opeoiog of actual hostilities. The government, journals cootioue to enjoin patience, but they have little effect. The excitable populace which has set its heart upoo war,, will oot be balked io its desire. The murmurs are becoming ominous. lt is whispered that if the government delays much longer to effect the oatiooal maodate the pent-up tide of patriotism will boret, oot oo the frontier, but io Ath?es. The seed of disoooteot is sowo by enemies of the government, who circulate the rumor that a humili? ating sex render is meditated. Even the kiog, despite the sympathy felt for bim, aod the popular feel i og io bis favor, does oot escape malignant criti? cism The daily arrival of volunteers adds fuel to the flames of excitement. These volunteers are really a source of weakoess aod add1 to the embarrass? ment of the military authorities who must provide tb^m with arms and uni? forms and transport them to the fron? tier, ootwi?hstao?iog their frequent un? fitness. One hundred and fifty Cyriotes ar? rived io Athens to day. They march? ed through the streets bearing with them a baooer demanding the union of Cyprus and Greece. A young Italian is working miraoles in London-performing feats which are miraculous io comparison for iostaooe, with the rovelatioD of the Roentgen rays. Nothiog more startling could be asked, io the way of ascieotiurv seosa tioo for the closing years of the cen? tury, than the spectacle of this boy of twenty-two, Marconi by name, tele? graphing withoot. wires for a mile cr two through the heart of London, the massive baildlogs offering no more re? sistance apparently than as if they were thin air. The account is to be found in McClure's Magazioe. He telegraphs to the light ships anchored off the west coast of England, and this suggests freak possibilities in the way of signals from lighthouses to vessels in a fog. or from one vessel to another. Right here comes io the most shocking, over powering suggestion of ali. The elec? tric current which Marconi's instrument produces is capable of igniting gun powder at loog distances ; it has done it. What is to prevent one war vessel from touchiog off the powder magazine of another, or the meo io the coast fortificatioos from blowing up the en? emy's vessels io the same way ? Sew School Rules. Some Very Important Changes Adopted. The State Board of Education which met in Columbia last week completed its work Saturday and ad journed. The Board adopted some rules for the conduct of the public "schools in the State which are very important and, in some respects, de? partures from previous regulations. These were adopted after ranch dis? cussion, it being the desire of the Board to make the schools up to-date as far as possible. Among some of the more important regulations are the following : Requiring examinations to be held in every County three times a year, in February, June and September. Certificates for first and second grades only will be issued, but this does not affect third grade certificates now in existence No teacher shall be kin by consan? guinity or affinity within the second degree to a member of the Board or drincipal of v school shall be em ployed ' Certificates in one County shall be good in another if it is properly re? gistered. Only school supplies authorized by the State Board shall be purchased for use in public schools. The complete text of the new rules follow and must prove of interest to patrons and teachers alike : The State Board of Education shall be governed by the following rules' except when a rule is suspended bv a two third vote of the Board : Section 1 The Governor shall be chairman and the State Superintend? ent of Education secretary of the ? Board. Sec 2. The Board shall meet in j January, May and September of each j year and at such other? times as the chairman may designate. Sec. 3 The secretary shall keep a record of the actions of the Board in a book provided for that purpose Sec 4. The order of business shall be as follows : Calling to order, reading of .minutes cf the previovs meeting, unfinished business, reports ot committees, report of the chairman, report of the secretary and new busi? ness. Dec. 5. All resolutions shall be re? duced to writing by the mover, and likewise all amendments. Sec 6 A motion must receive a second before it shall be entitled to consideration by the Board Sec. 7. The chairman and secretary are authorized to fill all - vacancies that may occur in the County Boards of Education and to report their ac tion to the Board al its next meeting j for its consideration. Sec. 8 Should a vacancy occur in the office of County Superintendent of Education the other two members .of the County Board shall perform the duties of the office until the va? cancy is filled by this Board and the chairman and secretary shall so in? struct them Sec j9. All vacancies in the office of County Superintendent of Educa? tion shall be filled by ballot, and a two third vote of the members pres ent sb all be necessary to fill the va- j caney. Sec. 10. An applicant for a teach? ers' State certificate shall stand a satisfactory examination before this Board at a regular meeting of the Board, or. upon special order of the chairman of the Board, the State Superintendent of Education shall hold such examination and report the same to the Board at its next meet ting, for its consideration, or present a full diploma from some college or university of standing satisfactory to the Board. In ?ill cases applicants shall furn ish satisfactory evidence of good character The certificate shall be signed by the chairman and secre? tary c f the Board, under the seal of the oifice of the State Superintendent of Education, continue of force for two years, entitle the holder to teach in the publice schools of any County in the State upon the registration of the certificate in the office of the County Superintendent of Education of the C unty, and may be renewed at the discretion of this Board A State certificate shall not be issued to any person under 20 years of ago Seo. ll. All scholarships in State institutions shall be awarded by ? a competitive examination held by OL' under the discretion of the State Superintendent of Education. Ncte : The manner of awarding these scholarships, together with rules to govern them, was not decided on, farther consideration being post? poned until the next meeting in May. COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION Sec. 12 The County Board of Education of each County shall meet on the third Saturday in February, June and September of each year for fhe purpose of examining applicants tor a teacher's County certificate of qualification, and the transaction of all other business that may come be fore it: ample public notice shall be given of the time and place of all ? such meetings. COUNTY EXAMINATIONS Sec 13 Every applicant fora County certificate shall stand a satis? factory written examination before a County Board bf Education, on uni form questions prepared and furnish ed by the State Board, the examina? tion to be held iu all the Counties on tbe same day, or be or she shall sent to the County Board a full d ma from some reputable chart college or university of this Si known to be of good standing, certif?cate shall be issued on a di ma showing that the holder has c pleted the course of only some ticular department of a school ; diploma must show that the full lege course has been completed. Sec. 14 Only one grade of araination questions shall be prep; and furnished for the County exi nations. Sec. 15. There shall be but grades of teachers* County cet cates-first grade and second gi -this not to affect third grade ce Geales now outstanding. Sec. 16. To obtain a first gr certificate an applicant must raak geueral average of not less than per cent, on the questions submit! and not less than 60 per cent on branch ; and to win a second gr certificate the applicant must raak geneal average of not less than per cent , and not less {hann 50 cent on any one branch, alge being excluded in marking for a s ond grade Sec. 17 No person shall be p mitted to take an examination v is not at least IS years of age, i before taking an examination e; applicant shall satisfactorily pass st oral tests in reading, and language the Board may impose Sec 18 A certificate shall not renewed by the board issuing Provided, That if a teachers* im tute is held in the county, a fi grade certificate shall not be rene ed unless the holder attends the ini tute, and provided, further, That the holders of a second grade cert cate alteuds the institute a sec^ grade certificate may be renewed. Sec 19. The County Board sb issue to each applicant making t required percentage a certifies signed by each member of the boa and under the seal of the office the County Superintendent of Ed cation of the County, and showi on its face the percentage made each branch and the general averag The certificate shall run for t\ years from its date and the hold shall be deemed competent to tea in the public schools of the county. Sec. 20 No certificate of quali cation shall be granted by any Cou ty Board under any circumstances any person who is under 18 years age Sec. 21. The County Board oh? county may recognize a certi cate issued by a County Board another county, but in such case the shall register the name of the holde county from which, issued, date ar number of the certificate, and whe so registered it shall have the san force as if issued in that county Sec. 22 Each County Board sha keep a register in which shall be r corded the name, age, sex, color au postoffice of each person to whom certificate is granted, and also tl: date and grade of the certificate. TRUSTEES. Sec. 23 Every claim or warral issued by a board of trustees sha be signed by at least two membei of the Board and should not be ap proved by the County Superintenc ent of Education until the clerk < the land of trustees has entered it upo a book kept for that purpose Sec. 24 No teacher shall be em ployed by a board of trustees who i related by consanguinity or affinit within the second degree to a meir ber of the board or to a principal of school, nor shall they employ a teact er holding a certificate issued by board of another County until th certificate has been duly registers in the office of the County Surperin tendent of their own County. Sec. 24 That no school suppliei shall be purchased by school officer) for use in the public schools of anj County in the State except such ai are authorized by the State Board t( be sold. The vendors of all sud supplies authorized to be sole by this Board shall enter into a writ ten contract with this Board, ir which the prices of the suppliesi abai be stated and copies of the suppliei shall be placed in the office of thc State Superintendent of Education and the supplies sold to the schools shall at all times conform to the samples, and the prices shah not exceed the prices agreed on. The County Boards may allow or disallow such supplies, or any of them, to be sold in their Counties In case they permit the same to be sold they shall give the vondor a written permission to offer the same to the trustees of their Cou s, the prices to be named in the written permission, leaving the purchase, or not, of such supplies to the good judgment of the board? of trustees, in case the trustees purchase any of such supplies they may give a war? rant against the school fund of their district in payment therefor, but in no case shall the County Superintend i ent of Education countersign or in I dorse at:}' such warrant until the sup j plies have been delivered ; the Coun , ty Superintendent shall hold all such warrants in his possession until the ! delivery of the supplies is made All persons purchasing any such war? rant before the same has been coun tersigned by the County Superintend? ent of Education do so at their own risk. __ Writing paper 15 cents a pound at H Gr. j , Oiteeo & Co's. | Relief Needed IQ Flooded Districts. Governors Report to Secre? tary of War. Washington, April, 5.-The secre retary of war has receivod the foilowiog telegrams sent Saturday night; by the governors of Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi : baton Rouge, Aptil 3.-Up to date we have been able to bold our levees in this State, with tbe exception of a break io Lower Bayou LaFourcbe. There is as yet. no flooded district ex cept a small territory affected by this crevasse. The situation is, however, extremely critical and the co-operation of your department, through assistant engineers, in strengthening and maio tainiog the levees is most earnestly soli ted. Accept my thanks for your inter? est in our people and my high apprecia? tion of the same. MURPHY J. FOSTER. Governor, Little Rock, April 4.-Am gather? ing information by wire aiad otherwise and will promptly report to yon aa soon ?8 reliable data can be obtained, by Mon? day probably. Entire Mississippi val? ley in "Arkansas overflowed. Great destruction of property. Communica? tion to many points cut off, rendering the ioformation you require difficult to obtain. Extent of suffering for food and shelter can only be vaguely ap? proximated, but it is safe to say $50, 000 added by the government to our local resources will not be too much to meet the exigencies. DANIEL W. JONES Governor. Jackson, Miss., April 5 -Tele? graphic communication with the fi)oded districts i'd so interrupted by the over? flows that it is impossible to give any? thing like an accurate estimate of the number of sufferers. But I tbiok $10,000-would relieve present distress. Many thanks (or your geoerous iaier est in our stricken people: Will keep you promptly informed, as requested. A. J. MCLAURIN, Governor. President McKinley will probably send a special message to congress to? morrow, asking that an appropriation be made immediately for the relief of the flood sufferers of tbe south and southwest In a talk this morning with Senator Jenes and Representatives McRie. Brondige and McCullough of Arkansas, bc said he appreciated the need of immediate legislation, and in appealing to con? gress would take as bis precedent the appropriation of 0150,000 made by congress for tbe flood pufferers of 1390. There was considerable doubt as to the policy of the general goverDiueot io granting money and supplies to the dis? tressed people in any State. For sev? eral years past the temper of congress bas been opposed to it as savoring too much of paternalism, and the govern? ment has contented itself with lending stores acd tents for the use of people made homeless by some disa>terv The Arkatisas delegation discussed these questioos with the President to? day. Mr. McKinley was informed cf the precedent referred to and requested to use it as a basis for a message to con? gress. He wanted to know how much was needed, and after some discussicn it was agreed that $150,000 would be the most desirable sum Of this amount Arkansas needs $50.000 Hundreds of curious people crowd? ed the Metropolitan M shtodisr Church Sunday to see President McKinley commune. Wilmington, Del, April 4 -It is stated here to-night that upon tue ar? rival of the steamer Laurada here last Sunday Capt Hughes, her com? mander, went to Philadelphia, where, after a consultation with well known ship brokers, of that city, he took charge, on Monday of a vessei name unknown, lying in the Defaware, be? tween Chester and Wilmington, awaiting a commander. The vessel passed down the river the same after? noon. Cuban sympathizers here say the vessel carried a cargo of rifles and dynamite and thirty men, who will join the insurgent forces in Cuba. Constipation Causes fully half the sickness in the world. 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Will Levy the Tax Comptroller Announces His Determination. it has been finally determined that the much-talked of supplementary school tax provided for in the State constitution, necessary to raise the $3 per capita for the children enrolled in the public schools of the State, will be levied. The amount to be raised will be somewhere between $60,000 and ?80,000-exactly what has not yet been determined. It will be remembered that during the session of the geoeral assembly Mr. Gage of Chester introduced a joint resolution to compel the comp? troller general to levy this supple? mentary tax in accordance with the provisions of the constitution. The matter caused no end of discussion and came very near passing. Mr. Gage showed plainly that the consti? tutional requirement was very em? phatic. Since the adjournment of the gen? eral assembly Comptroller Norton has worried over this tax considera? bly, ina uuch as it was a matter which affected every taxpayer in the State, He^as not willing to carry the whole burden aud sought counsel. Yesterday afternoon a conference was arranged for and it was held at the executive mausion. Comptroller Norton, Governor Ellerbe, Superin? tendent of Education Mayfield and A8?8tant Attorney General Town? send were present The mat? ter was talked over in all its phases, legal and otherwise^ It was freely discussed Fnally the conference re? sulted in the announcement by the Comptroller that he had definitely de? termined to levy the tax as required. He said he would make the levy just as soon aa he could go over all the figures and ascertain the exact amount it was necessary to raise. 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