Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-28
THE EVENING STAR
January -. Is7s /,
The European Situatto.


PRELIMINARY CONDITIONS OF PEACE
The London Post publishes the following ss
an ohtclal version OF the preliminary condi-
tons OF peace: First. Autonomy for Bulr1
ria boundaries not defnedl, under a COVER
nor To DE appointed according O. the Siipuls-
tons OF the ConStantinope conference the
Turkish military forces To be withdrawn IN
certain localities TO be determined upon See
ond. The independence OF Roumania with
compensation for territory near the mouths
Of the Danube, which she viii make over 10
Russia. Third. Local autonomy for Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and the Independence 81
Servia, with territorial rectihcation. This
rectiication Of the Seryian frontier may mean
the transfer Of little Zwornik 10 Seryia, but in
difference TO Austria and The other powers the
question is left quite OPEN Fourth. Aggraa-
dlZement for Montenegro on the basis Of the
Stdtu-Qu0 post bciiUnl, subject 10 the approval
of the powers. Fifth. The cession Of Batosa
ana payment of Indemnity in money, territory
or some equivalent TO be determined upon
FINALLY, the Sultan 10 undertake To consider
how to protect Russian interests i'm the paSs-
age of the DardanelIes." Paris newspapers
have mi-oificial intelligence that one of Rus
sla CONDITION OF peace embraces the opening
OF the Dardanelles To her war vessels which
Will be granted by Turkey. No accounts of the
completion of an armiStice had reached the
Porte on Saturday hui il was learned that the
Russian headquarters, accompanied 10y the
Turkish ambassadors, continued their al
vance.
LORD DERBY wITHDRAws HIS RESIGNATION.
The London papers announce officially that,
after explanation with his colleagues, and the
StOppage of the fleet in Besika Bay, Lord Der
DS mas NltnurdNn MS resignation.
RUSSIA WARNED.
A Berlin telegram says that Russia has had
warning within the past few DAYS that the
terms OF peace must have the approval OF the
powers. To the 18th instant RuSsia'S losses in
Europe alone have been 81, ABS men.
THE WAR FEVER IN GREECE
The violent anxiety in Athens To enter upau
open hoStitieS immed iasely has led TO public
and at last TiOtOuS demonstrations. The ac-
counts OF peace being probable were received
with CONSERVATION, and a crowd estimated
al ten thousand marched tn he Residences AZ
the ministers, where they broke windows and
committed other eNceSseS. They afterwards
went TO the palace, where they were addressed
10y the King, who sought 10 induce them TO he
calm, but il was found necessary 10 call out
the troops, by whom they were dispersed.
THE LONG STRIKE IN LYNN.-There is little
TO be said regarding the situation Of affairs i'm
Lynn. The CriSpnS are i'm daily receipt OF
material aid from all quarters. and entertain
the belief that they can hold out for some time
The manufacturers Will not take any notice Of
the last card played by the CriSpinS aud both
sides have settled down TO a long and bitter
contest. The manufacturers have voted not
10 make shoe until they eradicate the third
party dctatIOn, root and branch. They iocose-
ly remark thai Il takes 500 for any manufac-
turer now out of their combination 10 sign the
resolve and come in, and that those who have
not so signed regret il. The CriSpns claim
that, so far as they are concerned, they will
never go To work for any manufacturer whs
has posted the "Iron-clad. unless he pulls il
down, and that L. w. Breed and Jerome In
gals, who have moved their business TO Bos-
ion, are meeting with very poor success, 50
lar as the hiring OF men is cOncerned.-L BOs-
ton Herald, sjth.
THE NEWEST KIND OF RoBBERRY.-EarIy
yesterday morning Ellen Cassidy, Of 2l0 west
9th street, was aroused from sleep by a loud
knocking at her door. When she opened il
three men rushed in, pushing before them q
younger man whom they threw on her bed
The men then ransacked her room for valua-
bles, and finding nothing, threw her TO the
h0or and took from her fingers three gold
hnN cd rim tI,at
on the bed, who was evidently drunk. Before
Justice Duffy he gave his name as James Co
gan, of los west 18th street and said that he
had no recollection of the affair. He was held
in $1,000 bail.-GN. y, San. sGth.
STOLEN VIRGINIA BoNDs.-The special COM
mlttee OF the Virginia legislature inyeStigat-
ing the abstraction and double funding Of
state bonds report that the evidence does not
crlmlnate any one now connected with the
treasury, but fully establishes the guilt of the
former treasurer, Joseph Mayo, JT., and sub
ordinate. who has already paid the penalty OF
his crime 10y serving term in the peniten-
tiary. The evidence shows that $3.50 i'm
bonds were absolutely stolen, with several
thousand more in doubt. The committee rec
ommend legal proceedings on the official bond
OF Mayo to recover the amount.
COMPROMISE IN THE LORD HICKS CASE
Counsel for the Lord family deny the rumors
OF a compromise. LII is said that on Thursday
evening Mr.: Charles 0COnOr called at the
Hicks mansion in west l4th street The fOun-
dation for the rsmor is the fact that a covered
carriage was seen standing i'm front of the
house. The driver refused TO say who il be-
longed TO. German, Mrs. Hicks coachman,
says that he has not been summoned 10 the
house since the wedding-[N. y. Sun, 26th.
ss-Mississppi is pleased with her lady
Librarian ana has reelected Mrs. MOrancy.
Hs-It isn't true that King Humbert calls
Garibaldi joe and that Garibald calls His
Majesty Hum
Rs-T. b. Raoul, the telegraph operator
and railroad agent at Faughan'S Station,
Miss, was killed Thursday by Postmaster
Tucker, of that place.
DIED.