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SP EVACUATION OF LAR.
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jwSA IS ANNOUNCED.
■- HR IS NOW PREDICTED.
That the Powers Will In
f eto Stop Further lilood
ttrre* Despondent.
died—Greeks
■fl* Turkish legation at Washington
rece ;ved the following dispatch
l,' Lsntinople, se minister of foreign affairs at
confirmatory of the
f Pjohwas ^crutches of the fall of Larissa.
dated Sunday, the
p- has been occupied today
I Lie "Lari?®* cavalry of the Ottoman army.
fl'Hellenic Zoning troops great quantity fled in disorder, of arms
a
u ammunition.” also received the fol
f, legation dispatch from Constantinople:
■ fie imperial quantity troops of took rifles in Tyr- and
hf J 8 great for and rifles;
IgjBinnition Ljo provisions. cannon The Greek soldiers
Lo iijjsona. Tve re taken The prisoners village has were been sent to
sur
Lnded by a military make cordon. continual
“Ottoman patrol
founds and efficient measures have
ken taken to prevent any depre¬
ssions. The wise and proper be
I I larior of our troops has been the
subject of admiration of the foreigners
I fbo arc on the spot.”
| Rejoicing' at Constantinople.
I The triumph of the Turkish arms
I ijjs caused the liveliest satisfaction at
I | Constantinople. Tho following tele
gram from Edhem Pasha is posted ev
I ervvTiere.
I '•‘Larissa was occupied today by the
cavalry of the imperial army. The
Hellenic troops fled in disorder, aban¬
doning a large quantity of arms and
' ammunition.”
This has been put as a bulletin in
many places, while the people are also
; reading Edhem Pasha’s dispatch an¬
nouncing his possession of a strategic
position on front of Tyrnavo.
Beginning of the End.
A cable dispatch from London says:
What seems likely to be the last week
of war was entered upon Sunday. It is
difficult from the tangle of conflicting
telegrams to understand the exact po¬
sition of affairs.
Following the Greek defeat at Larissa,
London opinion today is almost unani¬
mous that the end is in sight, and this
view is probably shared by the powers,
as they are already moving to inter
vene.
It is believed that intervention will
first take the form of a suggestion of
armistice, to which the combatants
would no doubt agree. Since yester¬
day afternoon the British foreign for¬
eign office has been in close communi¬
cation with the other powers of the Eu¬
ropean concert,Great Britain suggest¬
ing that the time has now arrived for
them to act. The French, German
and Italian governments have already
responded, tire offering to agree, though
German government adds as a
condition that it would be necessary
to exact a pledge from Greece to obey
ffie mandate of Europe when this man¬
date is again given.”
The British foreign office believes
tkat Greece will give this pledge, as
tke disaster which has overtaken her
fins demonstrated that Turkey still
possesses a formidable fighting machine
—a fact which must have a sobering
effect upon the popular demand for
tne Greek at Athens, and which will permit
nation to climb down with¬
tion out disgrace, after a superb vindica¬
of the personal courage of the
Greek troops and a gratifying de mon
^ration of Hellenic patriotism.
rear admiralIieade ILL.
Retired Naval Officer May Recover From
Present Low Condition.
Lp ^ e _ condition Meade, retired, of Rear who Admiral has Rich- been
•
u 80 * n Washington °rable. for some days,is not
iav About ten days ago he
L', L, operated Sunday an upon improvement for appendicitis.
was no
During the afternoon he had a chill,
n *ck ie ft him in a weakened condi
L ^ rom this there was some rally
u i rin
' ? evening. He is very weoh
M tak es liquid nourishment.
CYCLONE PLAYS HAVOC.
•eral People Injured and Property De
stroyed In Michigan.
y.'L ? P e sa cial ys from that Omer, cyclone Arenac struck county, that
- a
J a about 5:39o’clock Saturday even
ag * e< ^hp5etely demolishing the store
ofW. R. Clowston, whose residence
* ^ as also also ; torn torn down. down.
J-r- and Mrs. R. H. Hagley were
‘°wn sixty feet into the air, and both
We f atally hurt. Mr. Clowston re
? i'ed a serious scalp wound, and is
to be fatally injured.
at.* “; i 16 was cyclone followed lasted by but terrific a moment rain,
a
*“ e was funnel-shaped and took
no: theaster!y direction.
RESULT OF COURMARTIAL.
The Atlanta Artillery Company Is Prac¬
tically Disbanded.
Captain Joseph F. Kempton, of the
Atlanta Artillery, has been dismissed
from the military service of Georgia,
forfeiting all pay and allowances due
him as witness or otherwise.
Sergeant Guy Thurman, Corporal
H. G. McCord and Private W. A.
Sanges are dishonorably discharged
from the service.
All other members and officers of
the Atlanta Artillery on trial are dis¬
missed. This verdict dismissed twen¬
ty-six men from the state service, prac¬
tically disbanding the company. Six¬
teen members only are left.
The sweeping decision of the court
martial was handed down Saturday
night and the decision, printed in tab¬
ulated form, containing the charges,
specifications and pleas, were mailed
to every officer and private of the com¬
pany by Captain Brown. The decis¬
ion came in the nature of a startling
surprise to the friends of the Atlanta
Artillery.
Captain Kempton claimed that he
had been treated badly by his men and
was not guilty of the charges which
had been preferred against him. His
friends were of the opinion that he
would be vindicated and that all would
be satisfactorily arranged.
The privates scarcely dreamed of
dismissal and the announcement will
cause a tremendous sensation in the
city among the companies in the
service of the state.
The story of the rupture in the
ranks of the Atlanta Artillery is one
with which the public is familiar.
Captain Kempton was disliked by his
men and there was no congeniality
among the members. Dissatisfaction
and discontent grew as time passed by
and mutiny arose in the camps. In¬
sinuations were strongly thrown out
by the men that they were not pleased
with their captain. Captain Kempton
turned a deaf ear to these mutterings
in the ranks and persisted in the com¬
mand of the company.
The fire was smothered for a time,
but only to break out afresh with
renewed fury. The men talked of the
situation and the story would reach
the ears of their captain. Humors
innumerable were afloat, but no change
was made in the command and the
battery held together until the charges
were brought, which resulted in the
courtmartial.
BUCK IS DINED.
Japanese Minister Highly Compliments
the Georgian.
The dinner given at the Japanese
legation at Washington Saturday
night in honor of A. E. Buck, of
Atlanta, Ga., the new minister to
Japan, was one of the most notable of
the season’s diplomatic affairs. .The
Japanese minister, Mr. Toru Hoshi,
was, of course, the host.
Among those present at the dinner
were: Hon. A. E.Buclc, Secretary John
Sherman, Secretary Lyman J. Gage,
Attorney General Joseph McKenna,
Mr. Frances M. Hatch, minister of
Hawaii; Mr. J. D. Rodriguez, minister
of Greater Republic of Central Amer¬
ica; Senator C. Iv. Davis, Senator John
T. Morgan, Senator John L. Mitchell,
General Nelson A. Miles, Mr. John
W. Foster, ex-secretary of state; Mr.
Toru Hoshi. It was a social dinner
with no set speeches.
DEADLOCK STILL ON.
Kentucky Joint Session Yet Fails to Elect
a United States Senator.
The largest crowd of the extra ses¬
sion of the Kentucky legislature as¬
sembled in 1he house shortly before
noon Saturday, the hour for the joint
session at which it was expected that
the long aDd tedious wrangle would
be ended by the election of W. J. De¬
boe to the United States senate.
There were rumors to the effect that
Senator Linney, of Louisville, who
xv as one of the bolters in the Hunter
race, would not be present and that
Representative Lieberth, of Newport,
would also be missing, both without
pairs. This caused the republicans
great uneasiness.
To add to this the gold democrats
held a caucus at noon and decided to
assist the silver democrats in an effort
to break a quorum.
Earthquake in Illinois.
A severe earthquake was felt at
Cairo, Ill., at 10 o’clock Sunday. It
lasted twenty seconds. The largest
structures were shaken with a swaying
motion, and people rushed in terror to
the streets. No damage has been re¬
ported.
SECOND PROPOSITION^ MADE.
Coal Company of Alabama Submits An¬
other Plan to Miners.
| At a meeting at Birmingham, Ala.,
Saturday of representatives of the sev
j en thousand miners working for the
j Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Co.,
! the proposition made by the company
j two two weeks weeks ago, ago, looking looking to to a a reduction reduction
{ of 5 cents per ton for coal mining was
j considered.
Another proposition was offered the
■ miners by the company. The offer is
1 35 cents per ton for coal mining on
the sliding scale with pig iron prices
j a s the basis, the price of No. 1 foundry
I iron at $7 is the quotation, and for
j every 50 cents per ton for coal mining.
MORE WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERS
IN ALABAMA.
THREE MEN KILLED THIS TIME.
The Haile Were Removed and Engine
Hakes Headlong Plunge Into
the Water Below.
Another disastrous wreck, caused
evidently by the band of wreckers
which has played havoc with the
Lduisiville and Nashville’s roads in
Alabama of late, was visited on that
company’s No. 3 southbound passen¬
ger for New Orleans about 1 o’clock
Thursday morning.
As a result three men are dead, two
others are said to be dying and a num¬
ber of others are less seriously injured.
The train left Montgomery at 9:40
p. m., loaded down with passengers.
It was going rapidly when it reached
Wilcox, a little station seventy-two
miles south of Montgomery.
Just beyond Wilcox is an ugly tres¬
tle. When the engine reached it the
wheels left the track, broke through
the trestle and the engine, the mail,
baggage and smoking cars were piled
in a heap in the little stream below.
Engineer Alvin Adams, of Mobile,
and Fireman Jordan Jones, colored,
were fatally injured, being scalded.
Both have since died. An unknown
tramp, who was stealing a ride, was
also killed.
How the other occupants of the cars
which went down escaped as they did
with only a few bruises is a mystery,
as the cars are said to have teen de¬
molished. The sleepers and all of the
passenger coaches, except the smoker,
were derailed, but remained upon the
roadbed.
As soon as day broke it became ap¬
parent that the train had been feloni¬
ously wrecked and after the almost
identical method employed in the dis¬
astrous Cahaba wreck last January
and the McGee switch wreck of a few
weeks before.
The spikes holding the rails on the
crossties had been drawn and the rails
pushed seven or eight inches out of
line and pinned down again.
The heavy engine when it struck the
crossties crushed through the bridge,
the foremost cars following it, but the
other part of the train broke loose and
saved perhaps a hundred lives.
Dogs were put on the trail of the
wreckers about noon and two negro
suspects have been arrested. The rYase
is being continued, however, \r .rh all
vigor. The detective force of the
Louisville and. Nashville road have
been working assiduously for months
trying to discover the mysterious
wreckers, but with little effect.
FIVE-STORY BUILDING COLLAPSES
Two Hundred People Employed Therein
Have a Fortunate Escape.
Half of the five-story brick building
owned and occupied by the Atlanta
Paper Company, at Atlanta, collapsed
and fell in a mass of debris at 7:30
o’clock Thursday night.
The big building was being repaired
and the front wall on Pryor street had
been propped up so that the lower
sections of it could be strengthened.
The supports were evidently not suffi¬
cient to sustain the great weight of
the top floors, and without warning
the crash came.
Had the building collapsed two
hours earlier the death list would
have been very large. About 200
persons, mostly young girls, are em¬
ployed by the Atlanta Paper Company
and the Empire Printing Company
and they left the building just before
6 o’clock for their homes, leaving only
the night watchman and an offi je boy
in the building. Both of the latter
narrowly escaped the collapse.
TEXAS CONFEDERATE SHAFT.
First Monument in the Bone Star State
Unveiled at Sherman.
The Confederate monument erected
in Sherman by the Mildred Lee camps
of Texas w as unveiled Wednesday with
appropriate ceremonies. The monu¬
ment is the first of the kind erected
on Texas soil, and is made of granite
from the quarries of Stone Mountain,
Georgia. The unyeiling was attended
by prominent ex-Confederates from
every section of the state, and the
day was fittingly observed.
PETTIGREW CHARGES FRAUD.
Files a Saltj Minority Report on Perrine
Band Grant Case.
Senator Pettigrew' has filed a minor¬
ity report on the result of the investi
gytion of the Perrine land grant in
Florida, conducted during the last
session.
He takes issue with thr majority
and contends that it is the duty of
congress to declare the grant forfeited
and of the executive department to
cancel the patents and punish the of¬
fenders.
The report all expresses the opinion
that “there is both fraud and mistake
of fact of the officers of the govern
ment in issuing the patents. ”
BULGARIA IS BELLIGERENT.
It Is Trobable That the Balkan State Will
Assist Greece,
A dispatch to The Standard from its
correspondent at Constantinople says:
The Russian government has sharply
ordered Bulgaria to keep quiet, yet
Bulgaria has given the porte notice
that she will mobilize her troops un¬
less the Berats (the warrants for five
more Bulgarian bishops in Macedonia)
and the appointments of Bulgarian
commercial agents at Uskub and Mon
astir are granted.
A dispatch to the London Daily
News from Canea says that Colonel
Vassos has notified the admirijls that
he has been ordered to attack the
Turks. The Times’ correspondent at
Canea says it is reported there that
Colonel Vassos has received this order.
The excitement at Athens continues
to l e most intense. Advices received
there from Volo Friday say that even
the women are arming themselves to
do battle with the Turks.
The Daily Telegram’s correspondent
at Larissa says: 4 4 I regret to say that
the Turks have burned, after plunder¬
ing, the villages of Ligaria, Kayraola
and Meralaria, destroying the churches
with dynamite.”
The Athens correspondent of The
Daily Chronicle says:
“Among the wounded who have ar¬
rived here are several who state that a
number of the Greeks wounded at
Gr’tzovali and unable to follow the
Greek retreat were shut in a small
church by the Turks, who set fire to
the building and burned them to
death.”
DAMAGES AGAINST CONSTABLES.
Judge Shnonton Renders Another Decis¬
ion on South Carolina I.»w,
In the case of William Beclcroge,
against W. J. Harling and L. C.
Roach, in the United States court at
Charleston, S. C., Friday, the plaintiff
was awarded $800 damages for the
seizure of a trunk full of whisky made
by the defendants as state constables.
In his charge to the jury Judge Si
monton said that ordinarily the seiz¬
ure without warrant of a package, as
in the present case, was a ease of tres¬
pass.
Harling and Roach, however, aver
that the fact that they were constables
was justification of their act. They
claimed the legislature as their author¬
ity for their act, but Judge Simonton
showed that the acts of tho legislature
were limited by the federal constitu¬
tion and laws, and the legislature
could pass no act in conflict with the
United States laws.
Judge Simonton charged that the
seizure was a violation of the United
States commerce act recognized by law
by the state of South Carolina. Judge
Simonton explained the Wilson bill
and showed that it was only intended
to assist the enforcement of the prohi¬
bition laws, hut it could he of no ef¬
fect in this state under present cir
cunistances, where the entire state is
dotted with liquor shops.
The result of this suit means a great
deal of money to liquor dealers all
over the north who ship to Charleston
purchasers for personal use.
The attorney general has given no¬
tice of his intention to make a motion
for a new trial.
SMALL KANSAS CYCLONE.
House* Blown Down, Cattle Killed and
Several People Injured.
A small tornado which passed one
mile west of Newton, Kas., Friday
night wrecked several houses, injured
three occupants, killed many cattle,
uprooted orchards and groves, and
smashed thousands of panes of glass.
J. W. Weams had an arm broken, his
wife was rendered unconscious and
was severely bruised, and the little
daughter of J. G. Chandler was slight¬
ly hurt. It is not thought that any
fatalities will result.
The storm happily spent itself a
short way outside of Newton and
wrought no further damage, The
storm lasted only fifteen minutes. It
came from the southwest and was pre¬
ceded by a heavy rainfall and followed
by a terrific hailstorm.
UNCLE SAM HARD IIIT.
Canada’s New Tariff Bill Is Prejudicial to
Onr Interests.
The new Canadian tariff bill is such
as will hit the United States pretty
hard. In that regard it is popular at
Ottawa, but doubly so on account of
the preference it makes in faver of
British goods.
BANK CASHIER UNDER ARREST.
Charged Wit Embezzlement of the In¬
stitution’s Funds.
The Georgia Loan, Savings and
Banking company, of Atlanta,of which
G. V. Gress is president and Henry
A. Cassin secretary and treasurer, is
alleged to be insolvent. A receiver
has been asked for and ths affairs of
the concern have been brought to
light in numerous court petitions filed
with Judge J. H. Lumpkin. is
The trouble of the company one
of the results of the alleged embezzle¬
ment of Henry A. Cassin, and the
company appears to have been wreck
ed by "the misappropriation of the
funds by Cassin, who is under arrest.
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PRESIDENT NAMES DAY ASSIST.
ANT SECRETARY OF STATE,
WHILE STORER GOES TO BELGIUM.
Xwo Appointments That \Vere V nexj>ecte«l,
House Proceedings—Scviigjj
Is Coming Home.
Two genuine surprises were given
out to the >.ffiee seeking contingent at
Washington Friday, Neither had
been hinted at, though now the guess
ers are all wondering why.
The first of these is the appointment
of Judge W. It. Day, of Canton, O.,
as first assistant secretary of state.
Judge Day is the president’s close
friend and confidential adviser.
Bellamy Storer is taken care of by
being sent as minister to Belgium; a
nice berth, but not the one he wanted.
These nominations were determined
upon and announced at the white
house Friday morning. The announce¬
ment has created a good deal of com¬
ment.
House Proceedings.
The desk of the late Judge Holman
Friday was covered with a black pall
of mourning, upon which were strewn
lilies of the valley and hyacinths. The
blind chaplain in his prayer referred
feelingly to the loss the house %Hd the
country had sustained in his death.
Mr. Bland offered the resolution
which he attempted to offer last week
relative to the suits to foreclose the
first mortgage on the Union Pacific
railroad, calling on the attorney gen¬
eral for information as to what steps
had been taken to protect the interests
of the government so modified as to
strike out the clause directing the
speaker to appoint immediately the
committee on Pacific railroads.
The house adopted a resolution for
the appointment of a committee of
twenty-five members, of which the
speaker is chairman, to attend the
Grant tomb exercises Tuesday. The
house also agreed to take three-day
adjournments during the week with
the understanding that no business
would be transacted.
llrpubliran Caucus.
The republican senators in caucus
have decided to accept the propositu n
made by the opposition for the filing
of the senate committees, leaving the
arrangement of the details to Sena¬
tor McMillan’s committee on com¬
mittees. The caucus also considered
the question of filling the relative of¬
fices of the senate, and the managing
committee was authorized to negotiate
with the opposition to the end of se¬
curing^ division of these places.
Colonel Scruggs Coming Home.
The Rtate department has been in¬
formed that Colonel W. L. Scruggs,
the agent for Venezuela in the boun¬
dary negotiations, is on his way back
from Venezuela and brings with him
the engrossed copy of the treaty be¬
tween Great Britain and Venezuela,
which the Venezuelan congress has
ratified.
DEBOE IS PUT UP.
The Candidate Selected to Take Hunter’*
Place.
As there was no quorum in the Ken¬
tucky joint legislative session Friday
the balloting was merely a formality.
The first ballot proceeded and had
no significant changes till the name of
Rev. Mr. Grider was reached. He
changed from Bennett to Deboe.
There were no other significant changes
though the anti-Deboe people scatter¬
ed to a field of new men. The ballot
stood: Deboe, 31; Holt, 16, Evans,3;
Lewis, 6; Bennet, 4; scattering 9;
necessary to a choice, 36.
The adjourned republican joint leg¬
islative caucus met again Friday night
to attempt the nomination of Dr. Hun¬
ter’s successor, and Deboe was named
on the 28tb ballot. The only ab¬
sentees at the opening were Deboe and
Bennett, the candidates paired.
TURKISH CONSUL BEFORE COURT.
Eastern Ambamilnr At Boston Charged
With Embezzling *135,000.
Joseph Andrew Iasiagi, the Turkish
consul to the port of Boston, Mass.,
was arraigned in the superior court iu
that city Friday charged with embez¬
zling from Pierre Charles Devieu and
Charles A. A. B. De laVilladere. He
pleaded not guilty and was released on
$2,000 bail.
BENT OVER THE FALLS.
Four l'oung People Reported Drowned In
a Kentucky Pond.
A special from Cumberland Falls,
Ky., states that at Parks’ Mills, ten
miles distant in the mountains, of the
drowning of four young people who
were out skiff riding Monday.
."Mat McKee and John Davis and
Misses Maggie and Minty Shepherd
are the names of those who are report¬
ed to have lost their lives. They ven¬
tured too near the mill dam and the
-wift current swept them over.
/he London’s Westminster c.ocn,
Big Ben, "reports itself” each day au¬
tomatically at Greenwich, where a re¬
cord is kept of its accuracy.
