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This is the Official Declara? tion of Council of Minis? ters of Turkey. . ? Greek Irregulars and Turkish Bl Forces Engage. Larrisa, Headquarters of the Greek K?rmy in Thessaly, April 16.-Severe fighting has occurred in Macedonia ? between, the Greek irregulars and Turkish forces. The column of irregulars sent to the right from Pigavibea, after Lav ing invested and captured Sitovon, continued its advance toward Key-. I tades, Blisia and Kourduz. with orders to hold Kourdoz at all costs, - aa it commands the light approach to Sp Grevens, the objective point \This column, commanded by Chiefs Zerm os > and Lazzo, attacked Kritudes Toes day. The place was defended by *.* two companies of Turks Aller a severe fight, daring ?which ^.eighty Turks were killed and twenty ?K five were taken pnVioners, the posi I tion was captured by the Greeks. I who also obtained possession of 150 V riSes and a quantity of cartridges. The insurgents, however, have suf :>". fered a severe check in another direc? tion. A strong force of Turkish - troops, from M ace von, with a num I ber of mountain guns, advanced on Kranis, which had previous by been captured by the Greeks, and attacked ; the four hundred irregulars of Greece who occupied an entrenched-position 1 lt is reported that the fighting was ferocious on both sides. The insurgents eventually were compelled to retreat North to the mountains. Some of them, however, succeeded in breaking through the Turkish lines and escaped to Baltino, ' the town just across the frontier in Macedonia, first captured by the Greek irregulars and used by them as a depot for provisions and amma . nition. The accounts given by the' refugees of the Turkish loses are believed to be exaggerated. They say that 265. Turks were killed, while irregulars only had eight men killed and seven? teen wounded. The leader of the Greeks opera? ting in thai section, Chief Milocas, was among the wounded, and re? is turned later into Greek territory wkh a number of the refugees One of the latter says that a portion of the Turkish force was composed of irreg? ulars, whose dress resembles that of I the Greek insurgen ts This, it appears, enabled the Tur? kish force to execute a flank move? ment unheeded by the leaders of the Greeks The refugee referred to blames the Greek leaders for badly handling their men. Turkish Military Command' er Ordered to Assume the Offensive. Constantinople, April 17.-The council of ministers after a session at the palace to day declared that war bad broken out on the frontier owing to the incursion by the Greeks on 'urkish territory, and Edhem Pasha, the Turkish military commander, was ordered to assume the offensive. This announcement of the actual existence ? of a state of war on the frotier was j at first misunderstood, reports that the council of ministers had declared war upon Greece being widely cir? culated It was also reported that the conn eil of ministers bad decided to recall Assim Bey, the Turkish minister at Athens and give passports to Prince Maurocordate, the Greek minister at Constantinople. These reports of the severance of ail diplomatic relations between Turkey aud Greece have been denied. The situation is summed up in a detailed circular sent this evening to the Turkish representatives abroad This circular recalls the week's in? vasion of Turkish territory, and states that the newest incursion was participated in J>y Greek troops, thereby establishing war. The cir? cular expresses the hope that the! powers in a spirit of justice will j agree that the entire responsibility j for the war fall on Greece. Turkey j has no idea of conquest, the circular j sdds, and as a fresh proof of pacific; I sentiments the sublime porte offers to j retire the Turkish troops on the fron- j tier if Greece will retire her forces from the frontier and Crete. Fierce Battles Between Turks i and Greeks Saturday. E!as8ona, April IT.-A fierce bat? tle between Turks and Greeks has been on all day. A correspondent who left Turkish headquarters here this morning arrived at Kary ia three hours later. The battle was theu proceeding. The correspondent was enabled to watch the fighting from points near the tent of Edham Pasha, commander of the Sixth army corps The Greek force, evidently regular, troops, crossed the frontier at 3 o'clock yesterday evening, advanced at an early boor this morning The Greeks were engaged by four batai? llons of Turkish infantry, and afUr sharp fighting were driven back to ward the frontier The Greek forces then took up a position on the crest of several hills a:nd the combat wa? resumed at 10 o'clock At ats inter val of two hours the Greeks renewed the attack. The Turks stood on the defensive, though suffering a considerable loss The number of killed and wounded Turks cannot be ascertained, but the correspondent saw 48 Turks wound? ed brought to the rear, with the bodies of five officers. The other dead were left where they fei! The Greeks speared contented with occupying the position taken on the crest of the hills and maintaining a heavy fire from it without advanc? ing, bat preventing Turks crossing the frontier Ednam Pasha, the Turkish com? mander, received a dispatch from the commander iu-chief saying that a gen? eral advance of forces had been or? dered for to-morrow, war between Greece and Turkey having been de? clared. The news was received by the Turks with shouts of "Lon? live war." Edam Pasha is now .holding a council of war, expecting that a great battle will be fought to morrow. The Turkish troops are eager for a general engagement. The weather continues cold. GBEECE ACCEPTS WAR Athens, April 18, 8 p m.-A late special sitting of the legislative as? sembly W08 held to day The public galleries were crowded. Amid in tense excitement M. Delyannis, the premier, announced that the Turkish government had to day notified Greece of a rupture of diplomatic re? lations on the ground ot the aggress ive attitude of the G^eek govern? ment In a cool, but deliberate speech, he reviewed recent events to show on the contrary, that Turkey has been the aggressor ; that her troops had attacked the Greeks, and attempted to occupy neutral posi dons and that her batteries at Pre vesa had sunk the Greek ship Mace? donia. "Turkey," said M. Delyannis, "de? clares war against us We accept it99 This statement was received with prolonged cheers from the gal leries and the floor of the chamber. Tbe premier then read dispatches, reciting the events which had hap pened on the frontier and with re terence to the reported capture of Menexa he said that batteries at that important position had been brought into action, but be knew nothing as to its alleged capture. He added the Tark8, after repeated attempts to force a passage at Reven i, which commands to the road to Larissa, had been driven back. The leader of the opposition, amide cheers from all parts of the chamber and from the galleries, eloquently endorsed the patriotic declaration of M. Dely? annis GERMAN OFFICER^ VIEW Constantinople, April 18.-The Ger? man general ssnt by Emperor William to iospect tho armies on the frontier bas returned from Elassona He re? ports favorably as to the Turkish army I except in tbe matter of transport ser- j vice. The Greeks?, he considera, infe- j rior in armament and less capable of standing fatigue and exposure. Io event of compilation in balmce, he advises that Turkey should act on tbe defensive against Servia, Bulgaria and Montenegro1, but on offensive agaiost Greece. An irade bas been issued au? thorizing him to continue inspection, particularly in the commissary depart ment of the Turkish army. 20,000 ENGAGE IN A FIERCE STRUGGLE Foot of Milouna Pass, April 18, 10 a. m.-A fierce battle raged io the pa89 all night long The Greeks wbo en? tered and descended toward tbe calley encountered four batalioos of Turks, who drove them back, and at the point of tbe bayonet rescued by force tbs gar? rison of the Turkish blockhouse, whicb the Greeks had encircled before enter? ing the pass Neshad Pasha, com? manding the Fifth division, occupied Mount Parma with a great force, while Hairi Pasha, commanding tbe Sixth division. prepared to eofer the ! Tcbaishan pass, and Haidar Pasha, j with the Fourth division occupied Mil? ouna pass Before dawn Edhem Pasha rode out to direct the disposition of these divisions. A general engage - j rnent endued The battle still coa- j tin aaa along the entire pess. cv?r .20, 000 men being engaged. The combat tarns on the possession cf the Greek blockhouse, which was j ?i?tattacked by tho Turks with out success, hit ?nslly about 9 -'?Vorl; by a ruagrj.iicant dash they took the ' blockhouse at the point of tho bayouer. Th? Greeks aro stiii defending -.heir positions on the summit cf the bili. At the present monenr. four battalions of Mendulab Pasha's division are ad. vinciog to the frontier position s a! ri:ady taken. The Turks are fighting iike liony Turkish artillery is acing splendid execution under tocotumand tbe : of Riza Pasha. A maa named Crouch killed bis di? vorced wife, a yoong lady and a mao Damed Allen on Thursday night near Watertown, N. Y. j Joseph a Sticknew, cashier cf the Pails National bank, of Somersworth, i N7. H , was found dead in the bank yes- j today. He was killed after a desperate \ Seht with robbers who secured about $6,000. 1 A GREEK VICTORY j Wipes Oat Hie Reverse at Mil ouna. Athens, April 19 -L%te advices j show that the situation on the front I ier is unchanged to day. The Turks j and the Greeks alike are resting from . their great exertions of three days j Ednam Pasha's troops were so ex j hausted with fatigue and hunger j when the firing slackeued last night j that most of them threw themselves ! down as th<'y halted to sleep on the j bare ground. Their commander j wisely allowed them to rest to day j It becomes more and more evident that the fighting in M i I ou na pass was of a fierce and stubborn type. The Turks fought like devils and the Greeks resisted in the spirit of their ancestors. An inexplicable thing is the comparatively small number killed. The Turks seem to have fired as wildly with their rifles at Milouna pass as at Arta, where the fighting was an artillery duel between the hostile batteries across the river, lasting about five hours Only one out of five shots took effect and their batteries were soon silenced by by the Greeks, who showed much bet ter marksmanship. The losses of the Turks at Arta are thought to have been severe. The Greeks lost not a man killed. At Larr?8sa Edhem Pasha nearly fell into the hands of the Greeks His plan to force the pass of Revena, reach the plain of Larissa and cut off the retreat of the Greek army with his cavalry and take Larissa without resistance, was defeated. Gen Depoulus at the head of one Greek I division forced the Turkish line at Boughaser and Gen Mavromerahale broke through at Koaiskos. The two generals united their forces near Demasi. The news of this success at Ravena and the imminent failure of Prevas has changed the dismay caused here by the loss of Milouna | into the wildest rejoicing The | latest advices are that the Greek ! troops are advancing to reoccupy their positions at Milouna and Grit ho vati, the latter it is said having been abandoned be? cause of a misunderstanding by the general in command, who in terpreted an ot der of retreat that was really intended as an order to advance. Capt I'agarde, who was manager at Grithovali. shot himself to avoid falling into the hands of the Turks. The Greeks report that the Turks lost 7,000 in killed and wounded at Revena, but this is believed to be ex? aggerated The Turkish fo?*ces attacking Reve? na consisted of over 10,000 men. Larissa, April 19.-The Greeks have defeated the Turks at Reveni Two Greek brigades have entered Turkish territory in di?erent direc tiona and have penetrated to Domasi, northeast of Searkos Another di vision is trying to flank the Turks, who are retreating in disorder Heavy fighting is in progress at Gritsoevi. It has been going on since noon, and the Greks are trying to recapture the place. HOW THE POWERS VIEW CONFLICT. London, April 19 -There has been i great activity in diplomatic circles here to day. The fore'gn office has been inconstant communication with the governments at Paris. Rome and Athens. Among other matters being considered is the expediency or pro priety of ordering the international fleets to leave Cretan waters and to go in the direction of Sal?nica and the Dardanelles to watch the fighting ? Should this suggestion be acted upon, it is probable that half the fleet of foreign warships would be with? drawn for such a purpose, the other remaining to continue the Cretan blockade. There is said to be a 6harp differ? ence (f opinion between the military powers- Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany-and the rnartime pow? ers-Great Britain. Fiance and Italy -as to the best method of compel? ing a cessation of hostilities, should this resuit not be reached by the ex? ercise of diplomatic pressure at Ath? ens and Constantinople. If there is a resort to force by Europe, it would be by sea, as military intervention might be more serious than the hos tilities now in progress. Communications received here, from the Marquis of Salisbury after his interview with Queen Victoria at Nice, supports the theory that the British government is using its ut? most energy to pursue a non-comb-it- ; ant attitude in the conflict M Hanotaux, who received the ;' Greek minister to France to day, is understood to have assured him that Fiance could not tolerate the indefi- . riite prolongation of the war and ? would never consent to any essential modification of the existing territories o? Greece H rid Turkey, and she would continue Lr the present her policy i.f j non-intervention except so far as in j lerventipn is necessary lo prevent the spread of the contest to other corn b?tants INFORMATION ABOUT GHKECK N. i* S sin It has a population of 2 187.208 Tr. is called "Hellas" by its people The mean temperature of Greece is 64 degrees Fahrenheit. No part of Greeoe, is 40 miles from the sea or 10 from the bills, v About one-half of the population are agriculturists and shepherds. It bas an area of 24.977 square miles. It is the ooly country in the world I whose armies are provided wirh the I Gras guns and paper covered car? tridges The Greek flxg is a white cross on a blue ground-tbs BivarU? colors and the Greek cror<s. ! Greece is more t hick I v populated than any other country in Europe, with the exception of Sweedeo and Prussia. k has few rivers and many hills. None of the former is navigable and many of the latter are fortified. Its present boundary limita were de? termined by an arrangement among Great Britain, France, Russia and Turkey, concluded at Constantinople on July 21, 1832 Ouly about 70,000 0f the inhabi? tants speak any language other than Greek, and only about 20,000 profess any religion other than the orthodox. The chief characteristics of the average Greek are bis inquisitiveness, fondness for excitement, love of discus? sion desire for knowledge, an aptitude for learning and aggressive patriotism. The climate bas two striking peculiar? ities-the heat in summer and the cold io winter are far more intense than those of any other country in the world lying in the same latitude. Geil, once remarked that in traveling through the Morea in March be found "sommer in Messenia. spring in La conia and winter in Arcadia, without having moved beyond a radius of 50 miles." II? -- Promptly Dismissed. Jack son vi ll ev, Fla , April 16.-The case against (be steamer Dauntless, charged with violating the neutrality laws by taking an expedition from No Name Key co the Southern coast of Florida oe January 1, 1897, and land? ing the same in Cuba, thus committing hostilities against the Kiogdom of Spain, came up for trial in the ?nited States Court to day. After the government had submitted its testimony the carse was promptly dis missed No testimony was offered by the defense, and argument was not made by council. Judge Locke stated that no evidence had been submitted to show that the Dauntless bad been fitted out for the pur? pose charged, which fact was shown by ber reuirn to Jacksonville within a few days after the date charged in the libel. The court also refused to graot a certificate of orobable cause in the pase involving a fine that, was tried yester? day, thus showing that the government had no grounds whatever upon which to detain the boat. The district attor? ney reserved tbe right to appeal upon consultation with tbe Attorney General. Tho receivers of the Southern Mutai Building and Loan association of At? lanta, have offered $1,000 for the arrest of W. C Hale, the former presi? dent. Two Independent People. Irving Gilbert and his sister Flor? ence left Sioux City several days ago for Newton, Mass, Near there they will buy a small farm on the products of which they propose to depend direct? ly for the necessaries of life. They will raise only what they actually need for their own fotid, will make their own clothers, cultivate the soil with their own hands and map out their future lives to suit themselves alone They will sell nothing and what they can have only by purchase, they will do without, says the Kansas City "Star.7* Their plan is quite distinct from that of Count Tolstoi or the Brook Farm and Fruitlaods experimenters, and is more in Hoe with that so successfully tried by Henry D Thoreau on the shores of Walden Pond near Concord, Mass. They seek no proselytes and ! are quite indifferent to the effect the j success or failure of this experiment ! may have on others. Absolute inde pendence is all they seek and this they are determined to have. Tbe Gilberts are well known in Sioux City, and their radical departure from the ordioary yian of life bas cre? ated much comment among their friends. The brother was the originator of the plan and induced his sister to join him by his representations of the happiness he hoped to attain. He was employed as an architect on several of the World's Fair buildings He is a suf? ferer from dysyepsia and nervous pros? tration, both of which bc attributes to " the tension of modern life and both of which he thinks will leave him soon after bis return to the simplicity of nature. Mit5* Gilbert is a graduate of the Sioux City High School, was a teacher in the public schools and in the past ha* always taken a leading part i:; the s:ei:;l lifo nv the city. Thfiv is more Catarrh wi thi.-? section or the ! country thnn n'.l other diseases put together, : until the iftst fVw v-ars waa supposed t.? , t?e iucaraole. For >t uroit many years coe tori pronounce it n Icc*! d?3e?se nud prescribed Icc*] remedies, omi hy con? stantly Niling to cure with loc-sl treat? ment, pronounced it incurable Science h;is pr ven catarrh to tie a constitutional dirense, and, the-elore, reqnires constitutional t:eit raent. Hnll's CatHrrb Cure, roanufnc ured ny F S. Cheney & Co , Toledo, Ohio, is the . only constitutional cure on the market His ' talceu internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful, lt acta directly on th- blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one bundered dollars for any case it fails to cure. Seod for circulars and testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY * CO , Toledo, O ?Sr*So\d by Druggist, 75c. Wines for Wealthy Charlestonians Seized ia Car load Lots by Constables. Charleston. April 16 -Chief Bah and several of his constables swoop? ed down on a carload of liquor at th South Carolina and Georgia railroad yards this afternoon that will proba? bly prove, should the United states courts not interfere, one of the most profitable seizures to the State ever made in Charleston. The car con? tained 92 packages of wines and fine whiskey There have been man}' larger seizures than this, but few in respect to quality of goods. The liquor is consigned to the vice presi? dent of one of the national banks It is said that the stuff was ordered in his name for a well known social club Action wilJ probably be begun in the United States courts for the recovery of the liquor.-Charleston cor. Columbia State. IT IS RETROACTIVE. The insurance law of the State is one that has caused considerable doubt and misunderstanding among the companies themselves. The law contemplates that the . compa? nies shall return to the Comptroller General an account of their business in the State quarterly. The law, as amended, was passed by the last Legislature and constitution? ally, it could not affect the companies for back mouths. Nevertheless the law itself is retroactive and the Comp? troller General has followed it. While companies must make returns quarterly it would appear that they would not have to make them for months before the law was passed. The companies, as a rule, have made the return without kicking, and so far as the Comptroller G?nerai is con? cerned, there has been no complaint. -Columbia Register. wt ? ? ? Three ballots were taken yesterday in the Kentucky Legeslature for U. 8. Senator The deadlock is still on. No Gripe When you take Hood's Pills. Tte b lg, old-fash? ioned, sugar-coated pills, which tear you all to pieces, are not in it with Hood's. 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