The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-09

crowd before the palace shouting and
singing God save the Gar" The
Pera correspondent Says the treaty
of peace was signed on Saturday.
Thirty-one thousand troops were re-
viewed at San Stefano. A re DsuDa
was sung amid great enthusiasm
A correspondent of the Times at
San Stefano is able to state that
neither the surrender of a portion Of
the Turkish fleet nor claim on the
Egyptian tribute is included in the
conditions Of peace, and there is no
interference with the portion of the
Turkish revenue which is hypothe-
Gated to foreign creditors. Nothing
is definitely settled relative to indem-
nifty, but it will principally be in the
form of territory in Asia, including
Kars and Batoum5 not Erzeroum.
Salonica and Adrianople are not in
cluded in Bulgaria.
ADVANTAGES OF THE TREATY.
The Pera correspondent of the
Times says: "By giving up their
hostile European provinces lat the
same time receiving tribute from
them or saddling them with a por-
ton of the national debit and concen-
trating the Mussulmans in the terri
tory contiguous to Constantinople
and making the concentration re-
quired by the territorial concessions
in Asia Minor, the Turks will create
new Ottoman Power ten times
stronger than when it was spread
over a vast, badly organized and
hostile territory"
THE TURKISH MONEY INDEMNITY.
LONDON, March "A despatch to
Reuters Telegram Company from
Constantinople, March 8, by way of
Elarich, says: "Preyious to the sig
nature of the treaty of peace General
Ignatieff demanded that Turkey
should unite with Russia in defend
ing all its stipulatiOns before the Con-
ference. Safvet Pasha refused to
accede to this. General Ignatieff then
telegraphed to st. Petersburg for in
structions. 1t is not known how the
question was settled. Russia agreed
not to include Salonica in Bulgaria.
1t includes Bourgas, Varna and
Kustendje. The money indemnity
Of e40,0O0,000, originally claimed in
addition to the territorial cession,
was finally fixed at e12,0OO,0O0."
MAKING DOLLARS.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-Dr. Lin
derman, director of the mint, has re-
ceived a letter from the superintend-
ent of the Philadelphia mint, in
which he acknowledges the receipt
of the directors letter conveying
special instruction with regard to
the manufacture of the new silver
dollars. The superintendent says he
has communicated the instructions
to the respective operative officers of
the mint and to the cashier, and that
the work in all it's branches will be
pressed forward vigorously. The
melter and refiner were busy all day
Friday casting ingots for the new
silver dollars, and the coiner will
work up to them as closely as posi-
BILE with the rolling and cutting. The
engraver will do his part as rapidly
as possible, and in due time every
thing will be in full blast and work
ing to the directors entire satisfac-
ton.
HOT SPRINGS, ARK, DESTROYED AY
FIRE.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, March s.
A dispatch from Hot Springs an
nounces that a terrible confiagration
is in progress there. Nearly the
whole Of the business portion of the
place is already burned, including
Hot Springs hotel, the American
house, numerous bath houses, banks,
printing Office, etc.
MEMPHIS, March 5.-A private
dispatch from Hot Springs, Ark,
says fire last night destroyed all
the buildings in that town.
TORNADO IN KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, March A Stand
ford, Kentucky, special says a terri
BILE tornado, with a width of 400
yards, swept through Casey county,
between 2 and 8 O'Clock ON Saturday
afternoon. doing frightful damage in
the neighborhood of Rich Hill and
Mount Olive. The whole of the fam
lily of Vincent Wesley, near Rich
Hill, consisting of himself, wife and
two grown daughters and boy man,
ed Sloan, nephew, and VIM. Taylor,
neighbor stopping at his house,
were killed outright. Another man,
named Richardson, had his shoulder
and collar bone frightfully crushed.
Mrs. Wesley's body was blown four