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Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
GREEK OFFICERS
Known to Be Organizing Insurgents
 Turks in Strong Positions.

Known to Be Organizing Insurgents
 Turks in Strong Positions.
 Elassona, Thursday Evening, April 15 Delayed in Transmission .)-The repre- sentative of the Associated Press at the Turkish headquarters has just seen a prisoner who was captured by the, Turks during the fighting which has taken place at Krania with the Greek irregulars. The man was dirty, wore tattered clothes and on his head helmet upon which waq the badge of the Ethnike Hettria, the national league of Greece. He de- clared that he belonged to band of ir- regulars which left Trikhala after re- ceiving an ovation from the inhabitants of that place, under the command (i a captain and two lieutenants of the GrSek regular army and accompanied by a medical officer, who was wounded. This expedition. the prisoner declares was or g,anized by officials of the Greek regular army, and was openly ordered to invade Turkey, arm the villagers and fight the Turkish troops only After these sta te- ments 1t is difficult to deny that the Greek irregu.ang were organized with. the knowledge of the Greek authoriti s. This confirms the inquiries made on this sib- ject by Seifoulah Bey, an officer on the staff of Edhem Pasha, the Turkish cons lrander-in-chief, formerly an attachs of the Turkish legation at Athens, and COR sequently familiar with the personal aP- pearance of many Greek officers some of wh7r5 he recognized among the insure gsnts. "a
 The whole matter; appears to form the basis for a grave accusation agalue9t Greek good faith, "a. | IFhe representative of the Associatea Precs. has visited a greater part of the frontier line in this dlstric., and, aftete Inspecting all the passes. 'il:l- convinced that the Turks hold such strong posi- tions that the Greeks will never be able to enter Turkish terri ory in force. In fact, the correspondent cannot evsn, imagine the Greeks will ever make an attsmp. to do so, while. on the other hand. the Turkish commander in chief could send n mass eff troop; into Gree ce by several routes and easily capture Lar- issa. 5G
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
TROOPS RECALLED,
Ten Thousand Soldiers Return to Spain From Cuba and More to Follow
 Two Versions Of It.

Washing ton, April 16.-According to in- formation received from a trustworthy source here the withdrawal of at least a part of the great army that Spain has maintained in Cuba for a number of years will be inaugurated when the rainy season begins. The beginning will be a departure of 10000 troops for Spain and within shcrt time after that 1t is understood 30,000 more will follow.
 Whether this movement is construed in favor of or against the insurgents it is impossible to say. Spaniards insist that it means that little or nothing remains of the instruction, that Come has only about fifty or 100 followers, and that to watch these under the cond.t ons in which the campaign has been necessarily conducted a few thousand men are all that are necessary, instead of the 1S0- 900 men that have been maintained in Cuba. The Cuban contingent on the other hand insist that the Spanish finan- cial resources are exhausted and troops are to be withdrawn because of lack of money to keep them in service
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
HOW WILL IT END?
'. The Blackburn Faction to Use Logisla-
 tive Tactics to Force an Adjourn nglsl SAasfilff t9tsfEanna Appealed to iiiILisil for Instruction,

. F aax snSr1Kys April 16-All the mem hers VSssea9 in eeday's joint sessie'- of the lsgis la,a4rs.tr 4hs vote stood: Hunter, 5S; Rkso burn, ,42;1 Martin, Il; Boyle, 6; Stone, Fyy1 Necessary for a choice, 60.
 "A rIss ssemebtsis on foot today by the Blackburn, democrats to rush through Tint financial legislation and force sine .dia, ad jayrnIpept, before Huri.er can with drri,W and SbI&b fheir plans for no election. q. $ rnlleI "a representing Chairman ..Eah l., 6fs <. h eSypational republican com mlftfee, sse}sf, 3 lang telegram to Senator Hanna las flight. In it he is repor.e to haVeEfhlffTNI Haniia that the senatorial sl uation had reached a stage where sthste &otsfstsfs iSf lnAe repub bican' m embers eHt4fif TDfs4qufgdr tIo withdraw, and in Itaahah Tie ftauEsf asked MT. Hanna what uEbsiolA llNotftlt& p4Sitfps battle has been de- tsdsssed na5tf flu f@& tsTuesday.i
 otrTfsy nsspHcsa yst,sreering committees this afternoon slgned agreements that on to- rrUrrow- and -fNforrfay one vote should be cast for each of the candidates. Nearly half of the members have gone home, or else were to stay until Tuesday morning, land. ,rcklt of-ths-remaining half will go to Louisville on special train romor- row afternoon to attand the address of N0nf 1WsiJ. BaYat the auditorium.
 Et As gsner y believed that the Black ibErAp eoplek rel hoping for the indict- mi H Sf FurI r 3the idea that If indict- ef4e &4no Ei19raw until the cloud is lined, whlcf wodfd last the summer out.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
SUPREME TEST IS AT HAND
Another Serious Break on the Arkansas Side
 
  JUST BELOW VICKSBURG
Great Apprehension Felt at that Place, Owing to Continued Rise of the River
 Stationary at GreenviIle..

Wicksiburg, Miss, April 16-The Queen and Crescent train dispadchers at 12 o'clock tonight ueported that the biggest levee in Mason parish broke at 10 o'clock tonight, and the break was 100 feet wide in twenty minutes. The break Is four and a half miles south of Delta, La, and oIDs and a half miles above the upper end of Reidis levee The news was sent eo Delta at once, the operator being roused out of bed and the message of warning sent along the lime of the railway west ward. The levee Is a very large one and has been eng aging the special attention of the levee authorities for weeks or ever since the Mississippi crevasse. Several hundred convicts have bsen employed on it, in addition to other laborers, and so greatly has 1t been strengthened that only today the belief was confidently ex- pressed by men living behind it that It would hold. The disaster will be great one.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
AN INSPECTING OFFICER
Reports Upon the Condition Where He
 Made Investigations.

Reports Upon the Condition Where He
 Made Investigations.
 Washington, April 16.-Maj Sanger, Of the inspectors generals depar ment, ar rived in Washington this morning. being the first of the officers sent out by Sec ret2ry Alger to the flooded districts to re- turn to this city. He is preparing a writ tsn report of his operations, but mean while he explained verbally to the presi- dent and Secretary Alger just what had been done by him on his instructions to asccl,ain the condition of the flood suf- feTeis and arrange for ir relief
 Charterng steamboat at Memphis with the best captain that could be ob- tain.d, man, who, the major said, was of the greatest help and willing to go anywhere to relieve distress, he took aboard a cargo of supplies of character suggested by the Memphis committe:, and started down the river accompanlsid by Captain Rogers, chairman of the Memphis chamber of commerce, a man familiar with the country to be visited It was found that ths Memphis commit- tee had established stations for the re- lief of the refugees in many places throughout the StsFrancis basin In addi- tion to the big camp they had pitched in West Memphis. All of th+se were visited and in addition Major Sanger established stations at other points where they seem ed to be needed.
 Ths, relisf boat ran up the St. Francis river, up the Languelle river and across country over cotton. fields and planta- lions, in every direction where it was sup posed people wer4 to be found in nsisd, acting largely upon the advices of the To- cal relief committees along the route Returning to the main river a visit was made to the Flower lake crevasse which was found to have extended to width of l 500 feet. Major Sanger says that the country overfiowed from this break, some of the richest bottom lands in the south, is under water ranging in depth from eight to twenty fe+t. He says if the waters recede by sle goth of May all will be well with th+n. and that with economy and careful distribution of sup plies there will be comparatively little. suffering in the maintenance of the ab- 'solutsly destitute But if th- waters hold up and it is impossible to make crop this season the distress will be terrible.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
SUPREME TEST AT HAND.
River Still Rising at Vicksburg and the
 Greatest Apprehension Is Felt.

Greatest Apprehension Is Felt.
 Memphis Tenrh, April 16.-Advices from Vicksburg and places below Vicks- burg indicate that the supreme test with the flood is a. hand. The swift current is gaining steadily and is beating against the levee with such force as to cause 'lhe gravest apprehension at many places: At Natchez the river is near the top Of tha levee, and everything possible is be- ing done to fight back the rising waters All kiEds of rumors have been curTerl- to- day regarding the wholesale loss of life on Davis Island. but tslegraphic inquiry fails 10 confirm the story. It is known that several negroes were drowned on .he island yesterday, but outside of these no loss of life is known to have occurred.
 At Vioksburg the river Is rising at the rate of four-tentihs of foot daily. The swift volume of water pouring out of the Yazoo into the Mississippi at a poinis twelve miles north of Vicksburg will con- tinue for several days. The levees be- tween Bsdfords store, four miles south of Delta, Ia., to Duckport, six miles above, are in precarious condition to- night, and every man and boy available is a. work strengthening the enba nk ment. At some points in this stretch of levee the water is washing over and the greatest alarm is felt. A more cheerful feeling exists in the delta rionigb:.
 At Greenville the back ater from Stops Landing crevaIEss, which has been rising in the flooded part of town during the last three days, is stationary and will begin Jo fall tomorrow. R1ssdale, FNriar's Point. Helena and other places report an encouraging improvement in the situ- atjon- The river declined one-tenth of a foot at Greenville today and the fall of two-tenths of afoo, reported at Cairo gives hope that the water will recede in time to make a good crop.
 At Memphis the river is stationary. Capt. Mccoy, of the steamer Bluff, ar rived in DOT. from St. Louis, and brings a very encoura ging account of the inn provement in the condition of the over flowed territory above Memphis He says rjfnt the waters have receded sui ficiently to allow steamboats to band at an places. There is marked improve lnent and the outlook on the upper river is cheerful
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
s- s4i GREEK AND TURKISH FORCES Indulge in Severe Fighting in
 Macedonia. BOTH SIDES MAKE GAINS Greek Officers Known 10 Be Organizing Insur- gents-Turkish Frontier Heavily Gar rsoned and Almost lmpregnable.
 
Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated

Press.
 LaIissa. Headquarters of the Greek Army in Tyhsssally, April 16.-Severe fighting has occurred in Macedonia be- tween the Greek frregulars and Turkish forces. The column of irregulars sent to the right from Pigavitza after having invested and captured Sitovon, continued it's advance towards Kritudes, Plissia and Kourdous, with or 6.s to hold Kourdous at all costs, as It commands the right approach to Grevna, the ob- jective point. This column, commanded by Chiefs Sermos and Luzzo attacked Kritudes Tuesday. The place was de- tended by Turkish troops Severe fight ing took place. during which eighty Turks were killed and twenty-five taken prisoners. The position was captured by the Greeks, who also obtained possession of 150 rifles and a quantity of cartridges.
 The insurgents, however, have suffer- ed a severe check in another direction. A strong force of Turkish troops from Macevon, with a number of mountain guns, advanced on Krania, which had previously been captured by the Greeks, and attacked the 400 frregulars on We'd nesday, who occupied an entrenched po- sftion. It Is reported that the fighting was fierce on both sides. The insurgents were eventually compelled to retreat to the mountains. Several of them, how ever, succeeded in breaking through the Turkish lines and escaped to Baltino, the town just across the frontier in Mace donia, first captured by the Greek ir- regulars and used by them as depot for supplies and amrounition. The accounts given by the re {, ees of Turkish losses are believed to De exagg'era ted. They say that 265 Turks were killed, while the irregulars only had eight men killed and seventeen wounded. The leader of the Greeks opera ting in that direction Chief Milonas, wat7 among the wounded, and retreated into Greek territory with number of the refugees. One of the lat ter says that portion of the Turkish force was composed of irregulars, whose dress resembles that of the Greek in- surgents This it appears, enabled the Turkish force to execute flank move ment unheeded by the leaders of the Greeks.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
NAVAL. MILITIA ALIoTTMENTs

Washington, April 16.-The secretary of the navy has made the annual allotment of the funds of $50,0e0 appropriated by congress for the naval militia of the states. Deducting s20.00O reserved for the purchase. of text books the remainder of the appropriation Is allotted among the states having naval militia organizations in proportion to the number of uniformed petty officers and men they have on the rolls on the first of January last. The result In the southern states is as fol- lows: South Carolina l6a officers and men, allotment $1.S14; North Carolina 40 officers and men. allotment $1,138: Georgia. 1SS officers and men, allotment -s2. .43e;; Louisiana 209 officers and men, al- lottment $2436
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
BRoUFAs HAS REAPPEARED
And Is Raisipg efap Expedition Against
 the TurasstAAl Turkfsh Repuls..

Ana IS ha1flpg eAp EXnedit1on Against
 the TursssiA-A Tprkish Repulss.
 Saioniica, lAApgil lApgil 16,-zC1hisf Broufas, who was the sd9Faf the Macedonian rising last year and upon whose head Turkey set price of 2,ees-francs,. and who was supposed to be dead, has reappsared. H. is noHsiorgah ahfzfflg ah invasion of the Chalcidk teninsula with "a view Of Ai- verungtlheeghf fk5sh h stHny tfr5ngs Macedo= mia. He has ass sIahled 2000 members of the Ethnike terfae from ChaTkis, Rum eli, Athens and Yolo and embaEked them on tN @f {9msr lsWShicE .Eerg to leavs the Gun Of Volo oh Wednesday, last for insurr7cttUu. --<rs N.s,s
 The man who was posing as the Rus sian corNepSndent fhe 4grsnal de St. PetersRSfg Fas .beesyIIH3 sII3 r1rsiEo .Asre aa 2 spsi pxsniotMr nssGss. s.securrsd across the frontieF II is8ah3siths Turks lest fifty killed and a small number of prisoners
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17

out the Canadian dominion is 3s this week against S2 last week. .34 in the week year ago and 8 two years ago.
 Bank clearings at Winnipeg, Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax amount to s19,444 900 this week compared with SEA- S40,000- last week and $19.166 900 in the week a Yaar aan -..-.- -.l----- -.- ..-- --.-.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
Mu17INEERs ARRESTED.

S2lonica. April 16. --'Rdhem Pasha, the Turkish commander-in~c chief, has sent Mlehe from the frorter the Alban.llh 'geHGa armerle corps, enrolled at Monas- teri, which mutinied The mutines IFS have been disarmed by the vai of Mo- G3Sseri and imprisoned. Twenty-Five of iH5 leaders have been sent here on the tyisf 70 exile in Yemen. Arabia The tffek consul at Monas'teri has imprls- sfaea seveiai Greek reserves for refusing 10 join their regiments
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
ZARAGA SURRENDERs.

Havana, April 16.--A dispatch from Libertad, province of Pinar del Rio says that the well known insurgent leader. Julian Zaraga, who is charged with having blown up several trains with the use of dynamite in Pir~S del Rio, has surrendered to the Spans sh authorities there with five of his followers. all armed
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
RELIEF FOR WOUNDED.

Canea, April 16.-The foreign admirals have offered to Col Vases any medical and surgical assistance he may require for ths wounded in his camp.
 London, April 16.-The Rome cor respondent of the Standard says 1t is stated there that Admiral Canervo, com manding the international fleets in Cretan waters, has received notice from the American government that the United States does not recognize the ex- istance of a blockade of Crete.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
.a THB ITALIAN CONTINGENT,

Formed 10 Assist the Greeks Tn Their 4. s~ Struggle, Have Disbnnded - liAthens, April 16.--,A force of Greek in.
 suEgea-ts is reported to have entered Epirus. The sra tenart must be acc; p ed with reserve, however. sr'.- lI A dispatch from Trikhae says that Capt. Cipravani has disbanded the Itai. fah contingent formed to assist the Greeks in L9lsir Strug ggle. u .r
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
WILL GO TO CUBA SOON.

Washington. April 16.--Judge William R. Day, of Ohio, who is to go to Cuba on a special mission in connections with the Ruiz case, is expected he~e tomor- row. After an examination ( the pre- cedents and papers at the sta.s depart ment bearing on the case he will leave for Havana about May l.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17

of embarlking in such a struggle, but other influences are urging them on. Meanwhile 1t Is perfectly certain that the irreguiars, unless restrained, will again invade Macedonia In order to compel the porte to declare war
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
pRADerREFT's REPORT.

Bradstreet's tomorrow will say:- The most conspicuous improvement in trade conditions. this week is in the weather throughout the central, western and northwestern states. where country road ways are more passable. There is a bet ter demand for building materials par tieularly in lumber In staple lines there is a more active request at Port land, Ore. Minneapolis, Minn., and St. Paul Minn., Kansas City, Mo, and At the tendency to recover. Jobbers at Chicago, St., Louis, Omaha, Cincinnati and Chattanooga report trade slow or that demand is increased. There is no sign of trade revival in the flooded re- gions where the danger points moved southward. If the water recedes by May 1, one-half of the usual cotton crop may be. raised in Arkansas and Missis- sippi this year, but the outlook is not E promising. .. Demand for dry goods is slow and some manufacturers remain at work without profits as the lesser of the two evils Demand for wool is checked and stocks are badly cut, but makers of woolens are as active as be- fore.
 Shoe manufacturers are working full time. Iron and steel continue disap- pointing with lower prices for Bessemer pig and for billets, few if any new orders and tendency to weakness rather than the reverse.
 70 A reverse movement IS noted In the prices for staples. those for wheat flour, wheat, Indian corn, pork lard, coffee, cotton and woolens having advanced. , Lower quotations are reported for sugar, spetroleum and naval stores in addition to iron and steel.
 Exports of wheat Q1our included as wheaD include one day less this week than usual. The total from both coasts and from St. Johns, N. B., is 1888, 900 bushels for five days, compared with D. 0S60O bushels in six days of the preced- ing week, 2,017 900 bushels in the week year ago, 3,165.000 bushels three years ago and as compared with 3,963, ,000 bush els in the like week of 1895
 Total shipments of Indian corn amount ing to- 2.32S, 1855 bushels this week from the smallest weekly aggregate in the current calendar. The corresponding total last week was 4.645,00O bushels, in tlis second week of,April, 1896, it was L. 0749OO bushels in 1895 77S.000 bushels, 2,Q40000 bushels in 1894 and 694, ,000 bush- sels in the corresponding week of 1893.
 There isHa marked decrease in the to- Atai number of failures throughout the United States. the total, 195, this week, comparesf with 232 last week PA in the Week a year ago, 219 two years ago, PIP in the core spending week of 1894 as contrasted with PIT in the second week of April 1898, just before the panic
 The total number of failures through
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
WAR INEVITABLE.

London, April 16-The Larissa cores Ponuent of the Times will say tomorrow: Everyone here continues to say that an outbreak of war is inevitable within thG3 nsxt two or: three days, especially as it is known that in high quarters at Athens. a peaceful solution of the difficulty is} regarded as almost hopeless. The authors ities here are seriously counting the cost
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17

ARTILLERY BROUGHT INTO PLAY.
 Athens. April 16.-A dispatch from Larissal the headquarters of the Greek army In ThessaIIy, received at 11:30 D. m. says that an engagement has taken place near Nezros, on the frontier, in which artillery participated. The dispatch gives no details of the fighting.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
sHELLED THE INSURGENTS.

Cansa. April 16.-The insurgents have attacked the Animbali block house near Fort Iseddin. There was heavy firing all Thursday night. Turkish war ships in Suda bay shelled the insurgents.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-17
TYPHUs AND SMALLPOX
Raging at Hierapetra-C2nnon
 Near Khanivea Reported.

Near Khanivea Reported
 Cansa, April l6.-Cannonading lal; been proceeding bn the direction of Khanivea siIee- morning. The causazcf the firing is not Known hers. Pillaging con'tinues tns this. vfclnjty. Typhus fever and small pox are raging at HierapetFa.
 The Turkish troops have reoccupied the springs near Candlrno. A number of priscners here have revolted and are ibtiag transporsd to the prison on the Island of Rhodes.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-18
Crazy Party.

A party was given at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hilgendorff
under the above title last Wednesday
evening. The word crazy in this in
stance does not imply that those
present were unbalanced in the upper
story, but refers to the style of wear :
ing apparel of the ladies. Those re-
presented were: Sal Holly, Poor Old
Maid, Chamber Maid, Mrs. Mckinley,
Butterfly, Fortune Teller, Flower
Girl, School Girl, Bride, Miss Pretty
and Grandma. 1t was grandma's
duty to see that all behaved them
selves, but as they had became SO
unrully she told them to go it, and
enjoy themselves as best they could.
After repasU had been served they
indulged in vocal music, dancing and
various games until 10 O'Clock, when
they departed thanking the host and
hostess for the hospitable manner in
which they had been entertained.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-18
HENRY MEYER.
Entertainment.

A musical and evolutionary recital
will be given by the pupils OF Miss
Martha johnson and Miss Mary E.
Barnes, at the school hall, Saturday
evening Feb. 90 for the benefit of the
kindergarten, admission 10 cents.
All are invited to attend. The fol
lowing program will be rendered:
Piano solo, Clara Norden; recita-
tion, death of the o'wd Squire, y
Belle Ritter; vocal solo, Amy Stock
man; "Reciting for the Contest, "
Helen Nelson; piano solo, Ray Morey;
recitation "Washington's Kiss. Lilly
Fellers; recitation, Shifting the Rock,
Irene Donnel:y; piano solo, Grace
Mearker; recitation, Last day of
Pompaii," Leona Denler; piano solo,
Nellie Raglan; recitation, Little
hatchet Story Marion Welsted;
vocal solo, Gay Shelf; piano solo, Fay
Long; recitation, 1.-The painter OF
Seville Kate Hartmann; recitation,
"The dead dolI,n Irene Donnelly;
piano solo, Hermie Cuff; recitation,
"Old Pickett's Nell," May Webb
piano solo, Matte Groll; musical
recitation, "The marriage of the
flowers" Stella Woke.