The Press., 1896-08-06

The recent disastrous tidal wave along the coast of northern Japan has been par alleled by 8 similar occurrence on the coast of Hai-Chau, China. On July 26 there suddenly appeared in the Yellow sea huge bank of water that was rush. ing shoreward with terrific velocity. The water off the coast is shallow and when the wave was some distance away 1t be- gan to comb, and the roaring could be heard for great distance. From the stories of eye-witnesses, and the reports of people in the country back from the Thousands of tons of water were thrown miles inward, and everything in it's path was swept away. Many villages were en- tirely destroyed. and it is estimated that fully four thousand people perished. All the cattle were drowned, and the rice fields were obliterated. It is expected that the survivors will meet with a worse faie than death by drowning, for with the destruction of the rice fields famine will stare them in the face in the autumn.
 P. W. Turner, of Turnerville. has been having strife with the postal authori- ties, which resulted in his arrest Monday The following is from Tuesdays Hartford Courant:
 The latest and most sensational chap ter in the Turnerville post office fight is the arrest of Phineas w. Turner. The arrest was made by Deputy Inspector Lake, under orders from the postal de- pertinent at Washington. The charge is that MT. Turner was running a private express for carrying mail, to the detri- ment of the postal service. He was taken before United States Commissioner Ar thur w. Bacon of Hartford, who, after a short hearing, continued the case till August 15 under bonds of $500, which were furnished.
 MT. Turner, the well-known and aged silk manufacturer, after whom this will lage in the town of Hebron was named, is the most prominent man in Turnerville, and his business constitutes it's chief in- dustry. From the time the office was es- tablished he was postmaster. After the raillO went through the office was al- ways near the station, which is near the center, and latterly was kept in a store building which Mir. Turner erected. The people of the town, as we'll as himself. were well accommodated.
 Postmaster Button was appointed un- der the present administration He forth with moved the office to his own place, which is third of a mile from the sta- tiOn and from MT. Turner's factory. There was considerable stir about if at the time. MT. Turner did not mind the losing of the postmastership, which at hnCt iuo him, but he did most vehemently object to going so far out of his way to do his post office business. He furnished more stamps for cancrIing than any man in th" village, aInl without them the accounts of tn" local post office would suffer to such an "Xt"nt that the postmaster could f''hr"ely cka out pin money. MT. Turner therefore resolved to put his mail in tho postal gar as it went through the town OH tn" Ar Line road.
 Uncle Sam heard of that pretty quick, for the Turnerville post office was drop ping into insignificance. An inspector was detailed to investigate. As a result, last May an order went forth from Wash ington forbidding postal clerks on the train to receive mail at Turnerville. But Uncle Sam vacillated, and on June 13 an- other order appeared resembling the first one. Mir. Turner celebrated by hanging a flag from his factory over the tracks bearing the words: "Freedom for all injustice to none." And about fifty let ters were taken on the train that famous Saturday. Rejoicing was not IOng-lived, however, for on July Postmaster Will son exercised his perogative as govern ment official and changed his mind again. The new order orbade receiving mail on board train at the station, but said that mail might be received from Colchester, which Is on a branch load from Turner ville.- If Uncle Sam thought he had beat en Mir. Turner of Turnerville he was mis- taken. "COlonel Carter of Cartersville'' was not more determined. The flag was pulled in but not struck. Endeavors were made to get passengers on the trains to take the mail on to the next station, but that plan did not work very well. Al detective was sent up from Washington to see Mir. Turner squirm, and also to learn if possible what he would do next The arrestsis the result of the govern ment's ferreting. Mir Turner was hav- ing his mall carried to another town.