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THE PORTE NAMES PREPOSTERUOS
TERMS OF ARM1SICE.
VERY INDEPENDENT IN ATTITUDE.
Annexation of Thessaly Demanded Besides
An Indemnity of Ten Million Pounds.
Situation Books Serious.
Sunday advices from Constantinople
state that the porte has replied official¬
ly to the note of the powers and de¬
clines to agree to an armistice until
the following conditions are accepted:
The annexation of Thessaly, an in¬
demnity of £10,000,000 (Turkish) and
the abolition of the capitulations.
The porte proposes that plenipoten¬
tiaries of the powers meet at Pharsalos
to discuss the terms of peace and de¬
clares if these conditions are declined
the Turkish army will continue to ad¬
vance.
The demand for the annexation of
Thessaly is based upon ’the fact that
the province was originally ceded to
Greece on the advice of the powers
with the object of ending brigandage
and Greek incursions into Ottoman
territory, the porte believing at the
time that the cession would obtain
these objects, but the recent incursions
of Greek bands and the events imme¬
diately preceding the war have proved
to the contrary. This is the substance
of the reply.
The ambassadors met Sunday to
consider the porte’s answer, which is
regarded as raising an extremely grave
issue. It is believed that representa-
tions will be made to the sultan per-
sonally to induce a modification of
these terms, but it is foreseen this
will be very difficult, owing to the
attitude of the powerful old Turk war
party.
If the porte proves obdurate Eu-
ropean interference is not improbable,
although at the present Russia is op-
posed to this.
It is regarded as quite certain that
the powers will not consent jo a retro-
cession of -Thessaly. Even Germany
is believed to be resolute on this point
because it would involve a violation of
the Berlin treaty and imperil the peace
of the Balkans.
Altogether the reply of the porte has
caused the greatest surprise. It
pears that during the discussion of the
note from the powers by the council
of the sultan’s ministers, news reached
the council that 3,000 Greeks had
landed at Palona and would march into
Jauina with the intention of co-opera-
tion with other forces from Arta. This
created a bad impressioJ among the
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Terms Preposterous.
A cable dispatch from London says:
The preposterous terms proposed by
the porte must be regarded as the
natural and usual method of bargain¬
ing. They would not be serious and
force a continuance of the fighting.
With the failure of the Greek dash in
Epirus there is no chance to make a
further stand unless at Thermopylae.
At Domokos the Greek troops must
be suffering severely from the heavy
rains, as they have no tents. The
capture and evacuation ‘of the town is
only a question of a few days. The
Turks have been seen at the passes
east and west of Domokos, and Gen¬
eral Smolenski has warned the crown
prince to expect an attack.
The weakness of the Greek position
is in the great entent of the line. The
news of the retreat in Epirus serves to
still further demoralize the troops in
Thessaly. The terms on which peace
will finally be declared, the general said,
will be settled by European conference.
FINANCIAL TROUBLE IN HAVANA.
Refusal to Exchange Bank Bills Causes a
Panic In Cuban Capital.
The decision of the government
against the exchanging of bank bills
for silver coin has caused a panic in
Havana.
Prices of bread, milk and other ne¬
cessities of life have doubled within
the past few days. The working classes
as well as all government employees,
both civil and military, openly express
their dissatisfaction with the action of
the government in paying them in
script which is 90 per cent, below par.
ItOMEYN’S FRIENDS INTERCEDE.
Will Ask the President Not to Visit the
Extreme Penalty on Him
A Washington dispatch says: The
friends of Captain Romeyn at this end
of the line have begun active efforts in
his behalf and they feel confident these
efforts will induce the president to
lighten the * punishment which the
eourtmartial has put upon the shoulders
of the old soldier.
General Greely and other friends of
Captain Romeyn have telegraphed
him that the finding of the courtmar-
tial was dismissal from the service.
General Miles In Europe.
General Nelson A. Miles, of the
United States army, arrived at South¬
ampton Wednesday from New York
on his way to the scene of the Graeco-
Turkish war. He left at once for
Constantinople. He intends to see
the Turkish army and the armies of
Europe generally before returning to
the United States.
Senator Earle Improves.
The condition of Senator Earle, of
South Carolina, who for some days has
been seriously ill, seems now to have
taken a steady turn for the better.
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
Tumbled Through a Trestle—Fifteen Peo¬
ple lladly Hurt.
A southbound passenger train on
the Santa Fe road, known as the Chi¬
cago and Galveston express, went
through a trestle at 6 o’clock Sunday
morning.
Fifteen persons, passengers and
trainmen, were injured. Several of
these are seriously hurt and two will
die.
The accident occurred near the town
of Marietta, Texas A heavy , rain-
storm, amounting almost to a water
spout, caused a sudden rise of all the
small streams in that vicinity. The ac¬
cident occurred at a point where a
deep, narrow gulch was spanned by a
wooden trestle. The foundation works
supporting this trestle was under¬
mined by the sudden rise of the
stream, which flows through the
gulch, and the trestle went down un¬
der the heavy weight of the train.
So great was the speed of the train
however, that the engine and tender,
the express, mail and baggage cars
and one passenger coach passed ovei
the narrow chasm, though the trucks
of several of these cars went to the
bottom, twenty feet below.
The coach next to the last, thb one
immediately in front of the Pullman,
was left standing directly over the
chasm, the end resting on ersli bank
of the gulch. The Pullman < omained
on the track. The four coaei es which
were dragged by the ’ocomotivo
across the broken baggageA^ trestlajwere badly
wrecked. The telescoped
with the passenger cogi, which was
the demolished. smoker, and The the l^Jev of was the injured all but
were ridiug in thesa( r |iaches.
FOUR LIVES/f/)R a bride.
A Bloodthirsty M*x*ca» Slays His Swcet-
lieai-t y Brothers,
Henry Briggerman, an American
stockman living near Moncloy, Mex-
ico, arrived at San Antonio Saturday
with news of a desperate quadruple
tragedy just enacted on the Hacienda
del CedraJ#’lear his ranch.
-Mac is Frausk, a seventeen-year-
ol<| bo that neighborhood, was in
love ivlW Anita Moyas, the daughter
of Th^Bmily a rajfthman. opposed the marriage,
and sion Ij^Hpk tHBr. determined He armed himself to get posses- with a
rifl6^^■.tarted road he for met her Manuel home, Solis,
numageWd the hacienda, accompanied
# one of tlw girl’s brothers.
r and The Frausk boy t^^Ahe sb# and two killed men had them words, both,
Another brothel of the girl arrived on
the scene and was alsb shot and killed,
Before the boy-got away from the
scene of the crime, Manuel Herrera
came up and attempted his capture.
Herrera was also killed. The mur-
derer then proceeded to the girl’s
home and the two eloped,
WASHINGTON IN BRONZE.
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Statue of Nation’s First Ruler Unveiled
At Philadelphia.
George Washington was honored at
Philadelphia Friday in monumental
bronze. All possible pomp marked
the ceremonies.
The cord which released the swad¬
dling flags from the figure of the first
ruler of the republic was drawn by its
latest ruler.
Surrounding him were men in whose
veins runs the blood of those first pa¬
triots who battled with Washington
and with him made possible the scene
enacted under the auspices of the So¬
ciety of Cincinnati.
President McKinley’s address was
the feature of the ceremonies.
The oration was then delivered by
Mr. Porter, a great-grand-son of Gen¬
eral Andrew Porter, who was on Wash¬
ington’s staff in the revolution. He
began with a recital of the formation
of the Society of the Cincinnati by offi¬
cers of the American army, together
with orign of the plan which culminat¬
ed in the day’s event.
STEAM LAUNCH CAPSIZED.
Three Drowned and Thirteen Others Are
Rescued.
A steam launch, in which were six-
teen persons seeking a view of the
dedication ceremonies at Philadelphia
became unmanageable and was swept
over the dam at Fairmount at Schuyl¬
kill river. The boat capsized and all
the occupants were thrown into the
river. A woman named Ewen and
two young sisters named Matthias
were drowned. The others were res-
cued.
SPEEDY IS THE “NASHVILLE.”
New Gunboat Proves Highly Satisfactory
On Trial.
The fas.est vessel of her class in the
world was the verdict accorded by the
officers of the trial board at the conclu¬
sion of the speed trial of the new gun¬
boat Nashville, on Long island sound.
The speed required by the govern¬
ment was 13.07 knots. The average
speed made by the vessel was 10.706
knots, making an excess of speed very
near three knots. With a bonus of
$20,000 fog each excessive knot this
means a total of $60,000 for the build¬
ers.
Big Tannery Burned.
Early Wednesday morning fire broke
out in the extensive tannery of A. B.
Patrick & Co., at San Francisco, and
two hours later there was little left
but ruins. The loss to plant and stock
is estimated from $400,000 to $426,-
000, with insurance of $200,000.
Chipley Gained Votes.
A Tallahassee special says: Chipley
gained four votes in the ballot for
United States senator Wednesday, the
result being: Chipley, 40; Stockton,
35; Raney, 10; Hooker, 5; scattering,
3. Total vote, 94.
BERRIES IN TR A SCUTE.
Hfcf BUSINESS OF-' RAISING SMALL
k FRUITS FOR NORTHERN MARKETS.
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How the Early Berry Comes to Chi¬
cago at ColStorage Temperatures—
Glimpses of Berry Pickers at Work*
Hess than a dozen years ago, says a
Record, Hammond (La.) colony letter of to Chicago the Chicago and
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Illinois people came down here to join
others from different sections of the
country in founding a new town.
Among the number who were aotive in
giving the place a good start was J. F.
Merry, of the Illinois Central Railroad,
who oTered every reasonable induce¬
ment to those who desired to take up
their abode in a warmer climate than
thaf of Chicago.
Marly in its upward growth Ham¬
mond began supplying Chicago tables
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with the most luscious fruit of the
South. Since last Christmas it has
been shipping strawberries to Chicago
and is now supplying the Northern
market with the pickings of the second
crop.
The great desideratum at the start
was to get the fruit to market quickly.
In this matter the corporation which
began fostering the town at the start
came to the relief of the berry growers
by inaugurating and finally perfecting
a refrigerator service that went far
toward filling the requirements.
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Modern iceboxes on wheels made up
into trains were sent northward on
fast passenger train schedule, Chi-
oago to-day is really receiving its
strawberries by fast mail, for the train
on which the Government transports
its North and South mails carries
berries by the thousand oases.
In the busiest part of the shipping
season the company runs a regular
strawberry train from the South. Cars
are picked up at all points where the
fruit is grown, made up into one train
and sent through to Chicago at the rate
of fifty miles an hour.
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new service was inaugurated by the
Amerioan Express Company, which
had not been attempted in other years.
Heretofore regular trains for berries
had not been put on until the crop was
well along in the season, the output
being handled by regular freight trains,
which, however, made fast time.
Recently George the F. Nosier, formerly
connected with American company
at New Orleans, was made general
agent of the company at Chicago. He
interested his people in the berry busi¬
ness of his former neighbors, with the
result that a special liue of refrigerator
cars was put into the Southern berry
trade. The cars are of the most mod¬
ern type and fruit is packed in them
and delivered from them in Chicago at
the same temperature. Cars are left
at such towns as Hammond, Amite
City, Tick Eaw, Ponehatonla and Inde¬
pendence. A freight train gathers
them up and runs them to MeCornb
City, where the cars are refilled with
ice and then hooked on the Govern¬
ment fast mail. Berries picked on
Saturday morning may he on Chicago
breakfast tables on Monday morning.
Six twenty-four pint boxes of berries
weigh 100 pounds and it costs $2 to
transport the six cases ;by express to
the Chicago market. By freight the
tariff is less. The time by express is
twenty-four hours faster. Quite .*<>-
cently the express company has found
it necessary to charter a special engine
and crew by which a train of strawber¬
ries exclusively is rushed to Chicago at
high speed.
There are 260 people living in or
near Hammond who ship from one to
fifty cases of berries daily. Patches
run from one to five acres, though ten-
acre fields are not unknown. Ben and
“Kaz” Rogers were the pioneer straw¬
berry growers and shippers at this
point. They began fifteen years ago
and acquired a fortune in the business.
They had formerly been engaged in
breeding goats. They were led by
chance to set out some strawberry
plants which produced a return com¬
pared with which goatfiesh dropped
out of sight.
The venture of the Rogers brothers
was noted and followed until even poor
Billy’s back yard range was turned up
and set out in plants. Where once the
combative William held sway among
discarded tinware and hoopskirts a
million “Mitchell early’s” bloom and
yield in the greatest abundance. A
Ponchateula woman who ran a large
farm bought the goat herd and she, in
turn, finally disposed of them in favor
of strawberry-growing at $4 a case.
The acreage here probably exceeds
1500 and it is increasing yearly. A
single day’s shipment has reached as
high as five carloads and nearly the
entire output goes to Chicago.
Some of the growers have realized
big profits in the berry business.
James Gould is said to have made $700
from an acre patch in a single season.
Mrs. E. F. Brown, whose place is
within a mile of Hammond, told the
Recbni—correspondent that she had
cleared $150 from her single acre.
This season has been too wet for
strawberries. When shipped wet, in
which condition they have frequently
been sefit away, the berries fail to stand
the trip to Chicago, and are little more
than an unsightly mass of pomace when
the commission men receive them. It
is said that there has not been four
consecutive sunshiny difys dtxring the
present season, and the growers have
been forced to pick berries wet or let
them rot.
Whether or not people get wealthy
raising berries alone, it seems that they
do acquire a competency. The city
homes and the little adjoining farms
are models. There are no unpaiiited
houses in the community. Everything
is as neat and trim as a new pin. The
house grounds are veritable bowers
abounding in magnolia trees and in
foliage and flowers of many varieties.
The houses are mostly of the cottage
order. These new Southerners dis¬
play a commendable outlay in home
improvements.
Birds as Ventriloquists.
When you are out for a country
walk, and hear the cuckoo's cry, just
endeavor, if he is not already in sight,
to place him by the sound. You simply
can’t do it! It’s been tried dozens of
times, and always unsuccessfully. And
if the cuckoo is calling quite near you
in a thick wook, you will probably be
unable to tell even which side of you
he is. Nor is the cuckoo the only bird
which possesses this queer power of
ventriloquism. The robin, and some¬
times the thrush will alter their notes
in such a way as to completely puzzle
you whether they are twenty yards
away or nearer fifty. Above all the
“cat-bird,” a little gray native of
America, will make you fancy a young
kitten is weakly miaouing in the road
under your feet, while all the time the
little chap is laughing at you' frons -the
sumach-bush 100 feet away.—Answers. •
SANITARY CELLARS.
T’iry Should Be I-IrIiT and Airy, and Well
Ventilated—Tlie Proper Furnltliln|i.
With the increased knowledge of
sanitary laws brought about by the
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close and systematic study given to the
subject in recent years, it has come to
be generally recognized that one of the
leading sources of danger to health in
the home is the cellar. The cellar is
the very last part of the house to be
seen, and it seems easy to cut out of
the plan a window or two in this place,
or take off a foot from the height of
the ceiling. But this is not the part
of true wisdom. It is better to exer¬
cise economy in fitments and furnish¬
ings above, or leaving some of the up¬
per rooms that are not imperatively
needed entirely unfinished. These
can readily be completed in after years
without impairing the plan of the
house.
In a general way, however, the cel¬
lar must remain as originally con¬
structed, and for this reason its main
features should be above reproach. It
must be light and airy, thoroughly
ventilated and of sufficient height.
The ceiling should never be less than
seven feet, and nine feet is far better.
A damp cellar is a nuisance, as well as
a great source of disease, and every
precaution should be taken to guard
against this fault.
Brick is porous in its nature, hut if
it must be used the walls should be
coated with tar on the ontside; with
stone walls cement should be mixed
with the mortar, in order that moisture
may not seep through the interstices
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fully coated with concrete and cement¬
ed, and a tile drain should be laid from
the lowest point to run off water that
may gather as a result of accident.
There should be windows on at least
two sides, in order that there may be
a draft through the cellar. In cottages
and detached houses there should be
windows on all sides. A door open¬
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no dark, inaccessible corners, for
these will surely breed disease. If
gas is used in the house there should
be at least one burner in the cellar, or
two if it be a large one. The fixtures
should be riding bracket, short and
of strong pattern. When the heating
apparatus is in the cellar, special ar¬
rangements become necessary; if pos¬
sible the furnace should be shut off by
itself in order to prevent the spreading
of dust and ashes. It is little less
than suicidal to follow the practice
sometimes adopted of taking the cold
air supply for the furnace directly from
the cellar itself. The cold air box,
where it jjasses through the room,
SMALLEST TRIPLET BICYCLE IN THE WORLD.
It Is Propelled by Three Philadelphia Youngsters Undor Six of Age, and the I.ittlo
Fellows Attract Great Attention.
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The smallest triplet bicycle in the world now frequently attracts the atten¬
tion of the residents of West Philadelphia. The wheel, says the Philadelphia
Press, is the property of the little Adams brothers, Lester, Jesse and Eddie,
sons of the well-known member of the Kenilworth Wheelmen. The wheel was
built by Nicholas Mershon, a member of the club, who is greatly attached to
the little fellows. Lester, the oldest, is five years and six months old, while his
brothers are four years of age. Lester is steersman.
should be as nearly air tight as it is
possible accompanying to make it. design has sel¬
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lar built and laid in accordance with
the ideas expressed in this article.
The ceiling is eight feet in height;
the walls are of brick, twelve inches
thick, with two windows on each side;
it is divided into four compartments
by an eight-inch brick wall, with a hall
in the centre opening into steps lead¬
ing to yard. The furnace room can
thus be shut off, keeping all dust and
ashes from the rest of the cellar; the
outside walls are plastered with cement,
and the cellar floor is laid in concrete.
This house can be built in the vicinity
of New York for $41160, not including
the heating apparatus, which would
would cost from $130 to $450 accord-
ding to whether air or hot water was
used.
Copyright 1897.
A Chinese Giant.
At Ynnan Poo Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Mcllrath, the wheeled correspondents
of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, who are
cycling through China on a bicycle
tour around the world, met Chang, a
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THE GIANT OF YUNNAN FOO, CHINA.
Chinese giant, who towers seven feet
nine inches in the air. The photo¬
graph taken of the party with the giant
iii the centre shows his wonderful pro¬
portions, Mr. Mcllrath, although con¬
siderably above the average height of
men, being six feet and three-quarters
of an inch tall, sinking into insignifi¬
cance by his side. This adventurous
pair of cyclists are enjoying some re¬
markable experiences on their tour.
A Duel Avoided.
The elder Dumas, the eminent
French novelist, was not spared the
severe criticisms which attack a famous
name, but, like all wise men, he was
content to treat these attacks with dig¬
nified silence. Not so his son. Exas¬
perated by the particularly severe
criticisms of a noted journalist, the
young man—then in his college days—
took upon himself to sent right the wrongs
to his father, and two chums to
arrange for a duel with the offender.
Calmly the journalist listened to
what they had to say. When they had
concluded he called a servant, direct¬
ing him to tell his son to come to the
study
“Gentlemen,” said he, “as this ap¬
pears to be an affair of sons, and not of
fathers, etiquette would seem to de¬
mand that you should arrange your
matter with my son. He will be here
directly, and no doubt will give you
the satisfaction you wish.”
So saying, he left the room, and a
moment later the journalist’s son en¬
tered—a child of three years, in the
arms of his nurse.—Harper’s Round
Table.
Art for Week Days Only.
The picture galleries at South Kens¬
ington Museum present a rather curi¬
ous appearance on Sundays, when a
number of the paintings are concealed
behind green baize curtains. The ex¬
planation of this phenomenon is that
tjle works so hidden from the public
gaze belong to the collection of Mr.
Ellison, who, in the deed of gift, ex¬
pressly stipulated that they should not
be exhibited on Sundays.
A Curious Graft.
Professor Baily, of Ithaca, N. Y.,
has succeeded in grafting tomato on
potato vines. In this case the toma¬
toes grew to full size, but the potatoes
remained small.
Bicycle fSkates.
London society journals say that
skating on the new bicycle skates is to
be the fashionable craze during the
summer in England.