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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-26
RA1XY SUNDAY AT THE DELTA.
The Louisiana Levees Being Taxed to the
Utmost.

Memphis, Tenn, April 25.-This has
been a rainy and threatening Sabbath
In the lower delta country, and the
Louisiana levees are being taxed to
their utmost At Natchez, the river
guage shows rise during the last
twenty-four hours Of one-tenth of a
foot. Showers have prevailed In this
section all day, and tonight steady
downpour Is reported. The levees are
soft and mushy and with a continued
precipitation it Is feared that the en-
bankment will give way. A telegram
from Clayton, La, received tonight
states that the Arkansas river has ris-
en- over foot since last night and the
swift stream is full of heavy drifts.
The backwater from the big crevasse
is showing itself near Vidalia and it will
inundate many acres of rich land in that
section. At Greenville the river fell
two-thirds of a foot in tWenty-four
hours. Light showers prevailed all day
and the weather tonight is warm and
unsettled.
At Memphis a fall of one-tenth of a
foot is reported. The river at Cairo is
falling at an increased rate. The big
stream has dropped nineteen of a
foot since last night.
Rain is falling at Cairo tonight and
the weather is somewhat cooler.
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PATHETIC ATTEMPT At SUICIDE.
Professor j. d. Dennison, New Jersey
Educator, Seeks to End His Life.

New York, April 25.-Professor J. D.
Dennfson, seventy-three years of age.
one of New Jerseys educators, who has
a record remarkable for fidelity and
hard work, is dying at his home in
Haledon, a suburb Of Paterson, as the
result Of self-inflicted wounds. His at
tempt at suicide made on Saturday was
a most pathetic one. He had grown
helpless and sought by suicide to re-
leve his wife of the burden Of his sup
port.
For eighteen years Professor Denni-
son was principal of the Haledon
school, holding the position until four
years ago, when it was decided to place
a younger man in charge Of the institu-
ton. He never recovered from the
blow of his dismissal
He has been Ill lately and on Satur-
day he sent his wife out Of the house
ostensibly to get medicine for him. She
left him in his favorite corner at the
window. When she returned she found
him lying on the floor half conscious,
his head resting on hassock that was
covered with blood. Examination dis.
closed the fact that the aged pedagogue
had severed an artery in his wrist with
a razor and, then, fearing that death
might be denied him, had cut his
throat. Professor Dennison was for
years a member Of the Passaic county
board of examiners.
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INSURANCE FRAUDS CHARGED.
A Former United States Army Officer in a
Bad Plight.

New York, April 25.-Edward S. Far
row, formerly a lieutenant in the Unit
ed States army was arrested at the
Grand Central depot here to-day, by
central office detectives on requisition
papers charging him with conspiracy in
Pittsburg, Pa, where he is wanted He
was arrested Immediately on his arrival
from Canada, where he went several
days ago. Farrow claims that he gave
himself up voluntarily and met the de-
tect'ves by appointment.
He was charged with being engaged
in insurance frauds In Pittsburg He
will be arraigned in general sessions to-
morrow and will probably sign. a waiv-
er of all of the requisition formalities
He declares that he Is anxious to go to
PIttsburg to stand trial
Farrow said that he had determined
to carry on an aggressive policy toward
statement in which he made grave
charges against the Mutual Reserve
Fund Life association of this city, Of
which he says he is general superinten-
dent of Insurance. He claims to expect
to be sepeedily acquitted. ExLieuten-
ant Farrow was graduated from West
Point in 1876. He is author of the
standard work military Encyclopedias" I"
He has been in trouble before, once
with the operation of the Bengal Bay
company, six years ago.
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GREECE.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
While we are sitting in our quiet
homes embodied in the blessings of peace
a terrible war is going on in the dis
tant East. The nation which fought at
Marathon and Thermopylae and Sala-
mis- and drove back with heroic bravery
the innumerable hordes and thousand
ships of Darius and of Xerxes, which
preserved the liberties of Europe and
of mankind, is now In a death struggle
with its hereditary foe. The nation
which still speaks the beautiful Ian
guage in which the New Testament
was written and in which holy apostles
and evangelsts spoke the words Of
eternal life; the nation to which the
world owes it's highest art and civiliza-
tion and it's intellectual life, is In deadly
peril from a barbarian enemy, from its
terrible fanaticism and unspeakable
cruelty. Seventy years ago the Greeks
were engaged in a similar struggle, and
though they came out Of 1t victorious,
Greece was half depopulated, Athens
was In ruins and the nation was bleed
ing at every pore when the war of In
dependence was over. And now the
unspeakable Turk has thrown his
hordes again upon this sacred land of
thought and art, the nurse Of liberty
the sacred land of Hellas. Athens was
the home Of the gods and Of god-like
men in the brave days of old. And
shall we sit by and see it perish? Our
government, it is true, still justly
clings to its neutrality, still listens to
Washington's farewell and enters not
the fearful paths Of war. But we, its
citizens, can do something for Greece
now, as our fathers did In the war of
Grecian independence in 1S21-26 Ship
loads of provisions and necessartes
We're then sent to Greece from New
York and Boston, and the venerated
DR.. Howe went with them to distribute
American bounty and to tell the weary
but conquering heroes of the sympathy
of the great republic of the West. He
afterwards wrote the history of this
seven-years' war, a story Of brave en-
durance worthy of the land of Militia
des and Themistocles of the Odyssey
and the Had.
Let us initiate their example. Let us
gather in our churches of every COM
munion. Let our clergy lift up their
voices in this cause Let every church
take UP it's collection for them. Let us
all unite and send generous contribu-
tion from New Haven to sacred Hellas
at once. Let hospital stores be for
warded and surgical supplies and med
cines for the wounded and food for the
widow and the orphan, for Greek and
Cretan sufferers, in this frightful ex-
tremity of the most heroic of nations.
We have shown noble sympathy for
Armenian misery. Let us feel as deep
an interest in the crisis hour Of Greece.
MARATHON.
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CLOUDBURSTS IN TEXAS.
Many Trains Tied UP and Considerable
Damage Done,

Dallas, Tex, April 25.-A special to
the New from Eufaula, T. T., says: A
series of cuoldburts, heavy wind and
rainstorms occurred in and around Eu-
faula last night and extended over
about 100 square miles of territory The
rain fell IN torrents and was the heav-
lest for fifty years. Farm houses,
fences and crops were washed away to
an extent amounting to a calamity.
Many trains are tied up at this point
and there Is a series of washouts for
twenty miles that are impossible for
the present. The damage to crops is
beyond estimate nearly every acre of
ground for many miles in all directions
will have to be replanted, many farms
are entirely under water. All ferry
boats are washed and communication
is cut off. So far no loss of life is re-
ported. A cyclone passed about five
miles south of town, destroying some
houses and killing cattle, but the full
loss cannot be ascertained at this hour.
The rivers are now failing.
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TRACTION ROADS KILL THREE.
A Fatal Record for Pittlburg's Street Rail.
way Lines Sunday.

Pittsburg, April 25.-The traction
roads are responsible for three deaths
in this city to-day.
Early this morning John r. McKelvy,
aged twenty-seven son of John H. Nc
Kelvy, late president Of the Lead trust,
was killed by a Consolidated car 1t is
said that McKelvy in crossing the street
miscalculated the distance and was run
down. He was dragged two hundred
feet and horribly mangled. Mr. Nickel
Wy was manager of the Armstrong &
McKelvy Lead and Oil company, and
was prominent in business circles.
This afternoon while Christian Wach-
ter was driving on Second avenue with
his wife and two children his horse be-
came frightened and jumped in front of
a traction car. The car struck the We
hicle with terrific force. Mrs. Wachter
and her two-year-old babe were killed
almost instantly, while the husband
and other child were injured, but not
seriously.
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JOY IN CONsTANTINOPLE.
News of Osman Pasha's Victory Caused
the Liveliest Satisfaction.

Constantinople, April 25.-The tri-
unphant success of the Turkish armies
has caused the liveliest satisfaction
here. The following telegram from
Edhem Pasha is posted everywhere:
"Larissa was occupied to-day by the
cavalry of the imperial army. The Hell
lenic troops fled in disorder, abandon
ing a large quantity of arms and am
munition.'
This has been put up as bulletin in
many places, while the people are also
reading Edhem Pashas dispatch of his
strategic position in Tyrnavo, which
runs as follows:
"The hill of Lesdaki, the most impor-
tant dominant point to the north of
Larissa, was taken by the Ottoman
troops on Friday Hamdi Pasha's di-
vision, having left Kossesi (Karya), eff
fected juncture with the other impe-
rial troops at Millorin. The town of
Tyrnavo, which is situated two hours
miles from Larissa, was occupied to-
day by the Elassona army corps. The
Ottoman troops continue to advance to-
ward the plain of Larissa''
Osman Pasha has been given secret
instructions. A dispatch from Smyrna
SAYS that the Redifs who were called
out yesterday are intended for the
towns of Smyrna, Vula and ScaIanova
Greeks resident there.
A meeting of the council of ministers
on Saturday considered the expulsion
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ATRENS WR4pT IN GLOOM.
No Signs of a Panic Are to be Observed,
However.

Athens, April 25.-(Noon.) It is use
less to deny that a very gloomy view
of the war prospects is taken here by
the better informed. There are, how
ever, no signs Of a panic. The city ex-
hibits an attitude of dignified endur-
lance, while many still show an unabat-
ed enthusiasm for fight. This symptom
Is particularly noticeable among the
wounded now in Athens. Their one de-
sire seems to be to be healed in order
that they may rejoin their colors.
Naturally this spirit is much fostered
by the confirmation Of the reports that
the Turks have burned the Greek
wounded in a church at Kurtziovali.
The Turks lighted fires on the bodies
Of wounded beasts. Many of the Greek
wounded implored their comrades to
kill them, others committed suicide. AL
though it is said that the Greeks car
ried all their guns from Tyrnavo and
Larissa and also destroyed all the pro-
visions at both places, they could not
transport the guns to Pharsala.
1t is reluctantly believed by some in
Athenian circles that the retreat was
somewhat disorderly and that some of
the guns were abandoned with but fee
BILE defence. 1t seems probable, how
ever, that in the main the retreat was
in good order.
This morning the word goes forth
here that the government will persevere
in the struggle with greater determine
tion. The report, however, has not
served to allay the growing irritation
at the belief that, even if Greece could
not hold their own, the offensive
policy manifested in the orders of the
crown prince not to attack was idiotc
The retreat to Pharsala is considered a
poor response to the fiery speeches of
the crown prince, Constantine, to his
troops.
Naturally, all sorts of reasons are ad-
vanced as to why the Greeks retreated
the more candid admitting that the
Turks were too strong. 1t is also noint-
out that the Turkish cavalry did much
to turn the scale in favor of Edhem
Pasha's movements.
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President nick Young Defines it for the
Benefit of Scorers.


President Bicls Young Defines it for the
Benefit of Scorers.
Washington, April 25.-President Nick
Young of the National Baseball league
makes the following announcement:
ITO baseball scorers: have received
several communica tons asking for an
official Interpretation of the rule (sec-
tion 8, rule ~, relative to earned runs.
An earned run is a run that reaches
home base without the aid of fielding
or battery error. A stolen base can
not cut any figure, although there is
no chargeable error, still some one is
at fault in one of several ways which
would not justify the scoring of field
ing error. A base runner who makes a
base hit and is advanced a base by Il
successful sacrifice hit, is entitled to
the credit of an earned run if he reach
es home base before chances have been
offered to retire his side. The section
must be considered intelligently as a
whole and not in part and admits of no
other fair Interpretation"
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BRAVERY OF GREEK SOLDIERS.
Only Retreated When Absolutely Com
PEELED to.

London, April 25.-The Athens corre-
spondent of the Times will say to-mor-
row: 1.-THE news of the loss of Matt
was received here during the small
hours of Saturday morning. The pre-
mier and the minister of war were i'm
mediately summoned to the palace
where council was held until after
dark. They decided that the retreat of
the Greeks was wise one owing to
their exhausted condition and the su-
periOrty of numbers of the Turkish
soldiers.
THE Greek stand will be made at
Parysa, which may become the scene
of a memorable battle
The battle of Matt lasted all Fri
day, the Greeks defending their posi-
tions with great intrepidity. Prince
Constantine and Prince Nicholas were
both continually under fire, and the lat
ter greatly distinguished himself. The
Turks, strongly reinforced, succeeded In
breaking the Greek lines at in the
evening. The Turkish cavalry deliv-
cred repeated magnificent charges. The
fighting continued into the night.
During the afternoon Colonel Mac
ris, commanding the first division, call
ed for the support of Colonel Mavromi-
calls, commanding the second division
The latter arrived only just in time to
cover the retreat from Matt.
''At o'clock Colonel MavromicaIis,
who showed great gallantry in his at
tempts to rally the troops, wired to
General Smolenitz OF Reveni, 7 am de-
feated and am retiring to Kazaklar.
Act according to your Judgment
'It is presumed that Reveni will be
evacuated forthwith and the whole
frontier line abandoned. Gloom and
dependency sit on every countenance
The only CLEAN Of consolation is the
and the way open to Janina This,
however, need confirmation.
"The ministers of the interior and of
marine will start for Voli Saturday.
The former goes on to Pharsala. It
has been decided to send the force of
engineers and gendarmes which leaves
Athens this evening to Epirus instead
of Thessaly. The government considers
the troops already In Thessaly sufficient
to maintain the position at Pharsala,
while it is regarded as highly impor-
march on Janina.
"A French cruiser has left Pharlerum
for Volo, where there is a panic at the
approach of the Turks. NJ. Delaynnis
told me this evening Saturday that
the Turks had not yet occupied Laris-
sa"
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PECULIAR MILITARY TACTIOs.
The Inexplainable Manner in Which
Greek Troops Are Manoeuvred.

London. April 25.-The situation is Sc
rious and perplexing. Each day there
have been actions carried out with
every circumstance of war by one or
ganized army against the other, yet SO
far as is known here there has been no
declaration of war. The old military
adage that war often declares itself
evidently applies in this instance. The
Turks have invariably been the aggres-
sols, and when the Greeks at various
points have gallantly repelled the enc
N.Y. and followed up their successes,
orders have been invariably received
col pelling them to stop just short of
the complete occupation of the conquer
ed positions.
These orders in many cases have in
volved the abandonment of the fruits Of
much fighting, with heavy loss, and the
spectacle is repeatedly witnessed of a
victorious force retiring to It's old posi-
tions. This state of things creates the
utmost astonishment, and gives rise to
very free adverse comment. The Greek
troops can only suppose that political
instead of military reasons govern the
situation For three days in succession
were the Greek troops drawn up in bat
tie array in front of Tyrnavo and oppo-
site the mouth of Milouna Pass, with
intervals of brief artillery duels, some
times with the sputtering fire of sharp
shooters, and with a constant march
ing and counter-marching all over the
field, itself q most Wearisome exercise;
and this kind of thing may speedily be-
come demoraliZing, as it asSuredly is
most confusing.
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HYLAND'S STORY DENIED
Y4LE'S JUNIOR GREW SAY THERE
VAS NO VIOLENCE.

Expressman Would Not Do as he Agreed
Wilcox Says That the Tide Was Turning
and 1t Was Necessary to Leave Lake
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Fight to be Made
Names of the Men.
Seven Yale juniors were arrested
Saturday evening, charged with COM
mitting breach Of the peace upon
Thomas Hyland, an expressman, who
lives at 33 Ward street. The young
men We're taken in custody on the COM
plant Of Hyland, who went to the po-
lice station Saturday afternoon with
the information that he had been en-
gagged to carry the outfit of the varsity
crew from the boat house atLake Whit
ney to the harbor boat house, and that
when he arrived at the former place he
found the junior crew, who told him
that he must carry their clothes, as the
man whom they had engaged was be-
hind time.
Hyland said that upon his refusal to
do so he was set upon by all the young
men and beaten severely, the leader Of
the crowd then driving off with the
team.
The student side of the affair differs
from Hylands. Herbert Wilcox, who
was driving the team when Sergeant
Doherty encountered it, says that he
went early Saturday afternoon to the
green for an expressman to take the
crews dressing cases, eight or ten of
them, to the harbor boat house, and
that he saw Hyland and asked him
what he would charge for the job. The
expressmar named $3.50 as the price.
This Wilcox refused to give, and Hy-
land said he would do it for $2
At the boat house Hyland refused to
take but eight Of the cases for the price
named, and asked 81 each for the other
two. The members Of the crew refused
to comply with the demand Of the
truckman. They finally agreed to give
him 49, This Hyland demanded before
he left the lake boat house Wilcox,
who had done all the talking for the
crew, told Hyland that he would give
him the money when the dress cases
were delivered to the harbor boat
house.
1t is the custom Of the Yale crews to
row from the lake to the harbor and as
this cannot be done at low water Mr..
Wilcox, who had kept watch Of this
part of the program, told Hyland that
there was no more time for dickering;
that he would give him the extra dollar
at the harbor boat house, as Hylarfd
still persisted in his demand for the
money. Wilcox mounted the wagon
and drove off. The other members of
~ T., ~
The Yale man thinks that he was
justified, under the circumstances in
doing all that he did. All the members
of the crew deny that Hyland was
struck once. Wilcox related the cir
cumstances surrounding the affair to
Sergeant Doherty when the officer call
ed him to a halt on his way to the boat
house.
All the men gave bonds on Saturday
night, Seth H. Moseley being the sure
ty. The mems names are: Herbert
B. Wilcox of Summit, N. j., 253 Law
renee; Augustus c. Ledyard Of Detroit,
Mich, 373 White; J. G. Mclaughlin Of
Cleveland, O., 3S3 Berkeley; Bertram L.
Cadwalader of San Francisco, CAL, 25S
Lawrence; George T. Marsh, Lawrence;
Hitchcock Of Cleveland, O., 27S Durfee,
and David D. Burwell of New York. 2OS
Durfee, all juniors Of the academic de-
partment
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Turkey TemporizinG with Bulgaria.

Constantinople, April 25.-It is said
here tonight that the sultan has prom
ised the Bulgarian diplomatic agent to
grant three Berats, (warrants for the
appointment Of Bulgarian bishops in
Macedonia), as soon as the war with
Greece is over.
The Servian minister has also secured
imperial trades replacing the Greek
Metropolitan, Ambrosius, at Uskib. by
a Servian, and granting the privilege
of opening numerous Servian schools in
the Vilayets of Monastir and Salonica.
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SPECIAL MUSICAL SERVICE,
Last in the Trinity Church Series Given
Last Evening.

Last Evening.
Never perhaps, since the time that
the special musical services were inaug-
urated at Trinity church has there
gathered within the walls of the old
and historic building such large and
appreciative congregation as that which
filled it to overlooking last night when
the choir rendered Stainer's "Daugh-
ter of Jairus." The work was especial
ly composed for the Worcester triennial
musical festival, and deals with the
miracle performed by our Saviour in
raising from the dead the daughter of
Jarius.
The piece abounds with many beauti-
full solos and duets, while the chorus
work is also very effective and ex-
pressive. Among the principal solos is
that for tenor, MY Hope In the Ever
lasting" 1t also contains q beautiful
piece of work in "The Wailing Chorus"
This part for boys and male altos. The
choir's rendering of the work last night
might be summed up in the one word
perfection. The solo work was espec-
tally fine, and with one exception, in the
case of one of the sopranos, was all
that could be desired. The bass solo,
My Little Daughter Liveth at the
Point of Death" by the Rev. c. w.
Bispham, was an effective piece of work
and exceedingly well rendered, while
the tenor solo, MY Hope is in the Ever
lasting" by E. C. Woodstock, was CIV
en- in a dramatic and inspiring vein
that reflected the highest credit on Mr.
Woodstock's ability as tenor soloist
The wailing chorus by the sopranos and
male altos was exceedingly well rem
dered as was also the chorus of unbe-
levers for tenors and basses. To Mr..
r. c. Woodstock and Master George
Wellington, however, belong the hon
ors of the recital of the piece If honors
there be any Their duet, Love Di-
vine All Love EXcelling," was without
doubt the piece par excellence of the
evening and under ordinary circum-
stances would have ELECTED a we'll mer-
tied round of applause. Taken altogeth-
er the efforts of the choir were all that
could be desired and reflected the high
est credit on the able and painstaking
director, the Rev. c. W. Bispham, to-
gether with the able and efficient Or
ganist, MIR. Harry ]. Read.
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Harvardss Crack Miller Disciplined.

Cambridge, Mass, April 25.-Dick
Grant, the crack Harvard one-mile
runner, will not compete in the Har-
ward and University of Pennsylvania
dual games on May 8. Last week, after
having been forbidden by Captain Vim
cent of the Mott Haven team, he par
ticipated In the Marathon run Of the
Boston Athletic association, and for
this breach of discipline he win not be
allowed to represent the college at the
games. The absence of Grant means
the loss of several points to Harvard
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Paris, April 25.-The outcome of an
article by NJ. Clemenceau in the Echo
de Paris was a duel with swords this
morning between NJ. Clemenceau and
Prince Caraman de Chimay. Both
were wounded simultaneously. Clemen-
ceau receiving a cash in the right arm
and the prince a slight scratch on the
shoulder.