Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-03-19
NEWS OF The WEEK

The Austrian gunboat Sebenico has
sunk Greek schooner with cargo OF
munitions of war and II number OF
Cretan insurgents on board.
The st. Nazaire sailed from New York
for Port de France March q. The
following day leak was discovered
but it was not believed to be serious.
The second day it became worse and
that night violent storm occurred.
The vessel was doomed and five boats
were loaded, the eighty-two persons
comprising the passenger and crewget-
ing in. One boat was picked up few
days ago, and it contained but five
persons, all that had survived of thir.
ty-fve who entered it. 1t lis believed
the occupants of the other boats arc
lost. .,.r-
1t is confidently asserted in Athens
that Russia is backing Greece and
that when the Greeks cross the Turk
ish frontier the Balkans will rise on
the north and Russia will seize Con-
stantinople. The blockade of Crete by
the powers has begun.
1t is said the situation on the Turko-
Grccian frontier is of a most inflam-
mable character. At many points the
scntries and outposts of the Turkish
and Greek forces are within fo:.y
naccS Of each other
The Mississippi is pouring over its
banks in the southern part Of Missouri
and thousands of acres are flooded.
At various other points the situation
IS very grave and great loss of life is
feared.
The store of the ElyWalkcr Dry
Goods company, at st. Louis. was COM
plctcly destroyed by fire few nights
ago. The stock was valued at ST., $780,
900, with insurance of 81. OOO,O 900. The
building was also loss of 500, OO0
The powers have decided to blockade
Greece if Il blockade of Crete shall
prove Intellectual.
Spanish troops have met disastrous
defeats in the Philippines, and troops
that were to have been sent to Cuba
have been sent to the Philippines and
Gen. Weylcr has been asked to release
all the troops he can spare for ship
mcnt to the eastern archipelago. The
situation in Cuba is growing worse and
the lack of money to provision and
pay the army is becoming more appar-
ent each day.
The latest adviccs from Europe indi-
cate that the powers will decide upon
a pacific blockade of Greece and that
she will be compelled to yield to the
situation.
The Mississippi river is rising and
threatens to break all records. The
levec at Marion, Tenn, was broken a
few days ago and many cabins were
washed away and large number Of
cattle and hogs drowned.
London dispatches state that Eng
land has her troops in readiness for a
call to war. why this step has been
taken cannot be stated, but it is GER
tain that she has made a careful
estimate of the number of men that |
could be called out in twenty-four
hours.
At a recent cabinet meeting il is
said it was agreed the existing atti-
tutc of the government toward Cuba
shall be maintained.
The queen regent Of Spain has re-
fused to sign an order recalling Gen.
Polavieja from the Philippines, and
cabinet crisis is threatened.
In the Nebraska house of represcn-
tatives a bill to extend the franchise,
giving women the right to vote at
municipal elections. was defeated by a
vote of 50 to 40. One additional vote
would have given the bill a constitu-
tional ma jority, and it would have
become law.