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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 ministers.' - 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. -v rW - 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. Ertieijj^ise / A Strawberry In ^Louisiana— 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 a little 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 \V> X V'-MfL Si 4/i twl is — A m ft m ilia Piffl r Ml ,, , V; JK 1 ( WMZt / H f uf; h' ^ mi rs V. '1 m A GANG OF BERRY PICKERS. 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. % SUL Iwir OFF FOE MARKET. 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. During the first months of the year a |/j Impress v EAST I jnatt. \ AND L~ WEST l F a ’Hn w iijSW 1 m itiri RECEIVING CASES OF BERRIES FROM GROWERS. 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 If II*. 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 IPorchl Clot ttfnthg R. Kitchen. -] 13* i3V 12/xlSV V'crfc.ndA.J I 6'widc. L Sitt in<£ R. Ir |~^ HUM, MV* Parlor. 15' Open Verand*. ^ LriUl. Venwrtdx. || first nocr J ! i - of the stone. The floor should be care¬ 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¬ ing directly into the outer air is an excellent feature. There should be t up I f Wirse cellar H<Ml Lixurydty Vegetable 1| pomc< .0 Cellar 11 Roorr Bins PI &n of Cellos 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. * 9 r i & r f. & m §r % % % 3. r.d . V. 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¬ The a 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 ", iiMI ■ @3 § H m f sjii w m 'ill' T fl v- tH lie L J % l)ii : ip in ra A ■:> 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.