Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-21
The Great Contest I'm EurOpe.

RUSSIA, AUSTRIA AND ENGLAND.
Inc London Times, alluding to Prince Bis
marck'S speech in the German ReichStag, says
that it simply eliminates Germany from the
calculation, and the issue of the eastern Ques-
ti0n rests between Russia, Austria and Eng
land. Lord Derby and Prince Bismarck haY-
ing announced that they will not represent
their respective countries at the conference,
Prince GortschakOff has given notice of a sim
liar decision. Mr.. John Walter, a liberal men,
Der of parliament. and proprietor of the Lon
don Times, has been black-balled at the Athe-
neum Club on account of his anti Turkish
sentiments.
THREATENED ADVANCE OF THE RUSSIANS.
The Times St Petersburg special dated
"Wednesday, says it is now stated here that the
British government will not withdraw the fleet
t0iBeslka Bay. Accordingly the Russians are
likely to occupy ConstantinOple, or at least one
of its faubourgs, if they have not done 50 al
ready.
WAR NOTES.
The Turkish soldiers are reported to have
maSSacred thirty DruSeS i'm the village of Mtul-
leh, and left twenty others wounded. The at
tack was made on the pretence that the head
man of the village had been guilty of a tres
pass: The Greek Insurgents that were SO sue
cessful i'm their fighting near NOla are i'm a
critical position on Mount Pelion, and the
Turks are mastering for general attack.
SHOCKING SCENES IN A CHURCH.--A tele
gram from Richmond, Ind, 18th inst. to the
Lewis Shafer, just returned from Knights
town, reports that himself, Park Page, from
Richmond, and Officers kehoe, of Indianapo-
lis, and Harry Haynes, of knightstown, took
Harry FoNwell, the KnightstOwn saloon keeper
arrested on suspicion of being the murderer
of John w. White, to Carthage to-day, and ar
rived at the church just as the funeral services
over the murdered man were completed.
They took the prisoner into the church to look
at the corpse. He eyinced such agitation that
the murdered mans sister screamed in alright.
Instantly the crowd i'm the church made
rush upon the prisoner, whom they tried TO
force from the officers. Revolyers were drawn,
the women screamed, the preacher leaped
upon chair and eXhOrted the crowd TO keep
the peace, and only owing to his influence
were the officers able to remove FOXwell from
the church. Upon, the street the mob of
several hundred made another rush upon the
officers. demanding the prisoner, and CRYING.
Shoot the murderer Hang him., Stone him
to DEATH and such like expressions The
officers forced their way through the crowd
with their revolvers, and took the prisoner to
drove rapidly FROM town, and took the pris,
oner to Rushville, across the country nearly
twenty miles. Arriving there, they were met
by large crowd, but had no difficulty in lock-
ing up the prisoner in JAIL
No ONE who does not make a practice of
visiting the depot at half-pa d. m, can
form an adequate idea of the number and
condition of the hundreds of emigrants who
pass through the city en- route for Texas and
the majority of them, are i'm almost destitute
circumstances, and have perhaps disposed of
their whole stock Of worldly possessions i'm
order to raise money enough to buy ticket
JUST EsTIMATE.-A disappointed young
man says the average" shoemaker can
frame more excuses i'm fifteen minutes than a
weeks.-[ Norristo1cn Herald.