American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-02
creditors, and it is believed that it will
pass both houses without opposition.


HE committee representing the S
> Paul River Improvement Conventic
: are petitioning Congress for standir
- committee of L members to whom sha
- be referred all matters pertaining to IL
" improvement of the Mississippi and i
Il tributaries
g DISPATCHES of the 25th from Cor
q stantinOple are to the effect that th
e Turkish delegates have been ordered t
). sign peace preliminaries, and as tn
n Porte is'said to have accepted the Rus
+. sian conditions, peace is regarded a
virtually concluded. The arrangemer
Q is said to satisfy Russian military homo
7 without the occupation of Constant
, nople.
2 LONDON dispatches of the 24th repre-
sented that great excitement had beel
caused by the Government having givel
notification of its intention to4 ask Par
lament for supplementary appropria
ton for the ARMY and Navy. 1t wa
further reported that Lord Carnarvor
and Earl Derby had resigned from tn,
Ministry on account of the warlike atti
tHde of the Government.
LONDON reports of the 25th show
that the reported consumMation of an
armistice upon probable peace basis
had very auieting effect in England In
the House of Lords, Lord Beaconsfield
explained that the reported movements
of ships. and troops had been ordered
solely for the protection of British sub
Jects and property, and that the orders
for the fleet to- proceed to the Darda-
nelles had been countermanded.
A LONDON dispatch of the goth
gives the following as being essentially
the terms proposed by Russia to Tur-
key and accepted by the latter Servia,
Roumania and Montenegro to be inde-
pendent; the latter to have more ter
rltory, but no seaport, as Austria OBJ
Jects. Bosnia and Herzegovina to have
Christian Governors and reform in
their Government. Bulgaria, including
a portion of the territory south of the
Balkans, to have a separate Govern
ment, similar to that of Lebanon. Rus
sia to have Batoum, Kars, Erzeroum
and adjacent territory in Ar
menla and part of Bes-
sarabia- She will also require
a war indemnity in money or territory
or otherwise. (This last phrase is re-
garded as meaning chat the Turkish
fleet is to be taken in part payment.
The question of the Dardanelles is left
open to be settled by European con-
ference.
THE Secretary of the Treasury de-
cides that the Department can not re-
ceive for collection and deposit drafts
issued by bankers and others in pay
ment of subscriptions to the per cent. |
loan. 1t is suggested that banks and
bankers can make deposits with the As |
sistant Treasurers through correspond |
ents in cities that have Sub-treasury
offices.
THE vote on the Stanley Matthews
Silver resolution in the Senate shows
that the New England States, New York
and New Jersey are the only ones solid
against it. Delaware, Maryland, Mis-
sissippi, Oregon, California, South Car
olina and Georgia are divided. All the
remainder are solid for it.
A DARING attempt to rob a passenger.
rain on the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad was made on the
morning of the 27th. Between 8 and 4
o'clock five armed and masked men en-
cred the station at Kinsley, Kansas
A. Kincaid, the night oper-
ttor, who was ordered to open the safe.
This he, refused to do, although
lis life was threatened, The west
pound express train arrived at this time,
md the operator, by a desperate effort,
'roke loose and ran to the. hotel near
", arousing the inmates. A .volley of
was fired into the train,
1nd as it stopped ConductorJ. w. Nal
ory was met by two of the robbers,
Who presented pistols to his head and
rdered him into the baggage-car. He
topped in and closed the door, instant
= starting the train by pulling the bell
ord. Mallory and the baggage-mas- {
er then armed themselves with the I
carried IN the car and then J
topped the train after running
bout a mile from the sta
on They went back into the
caches with their arms, but found the
obbers were not on the train and that
ne passengers had not been disturbed. :
after the train started the !
obbers, reported to be 10 or Is in num- j
er, mounted their horses and rode off
apidly towards the Arkansas River. a
'wo different parties from Kinsley were $
BON inpursuit of the would be robbers.
nd squad of cavalry from Fort Dodge +
-as also put in the field. 1t was CON
dered certain that the villains would :
overtaken and captured. t
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