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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-09
THE VAR PREPARATIONS.
the Feeling Prevailing iu ConEtnE...
nopIt-TishtIng ON the Turkish
border.

CONsTANTINOPLE April 9.-Ihe
preparations throughout the Turkish
empire continue to he steadily pressed,
att ongh there Is not much change In
tile eastern situation, A very ptssl-
mistic feeling prevails here at the
failure of the powers to attempt TO
cOerce Greece.
The blocsads Of Plraeus seems as far
of ne ever, and the war party is brlug.
ing pressure to bear upon tue govern.
ment with the result thst the Porte has
dispatched circulars to her representa-
tives abroad, setting forth that the
Turks are growing impatient ut tn
length OF the crisis, which Ia pressing
heavily upon the already embarrassed
exchequet.
The pellef prevails that the powers
are losing hold over the course VI
eventa and that their so.called concert
is a failure.
A new danger is arising through
circulation In Censlantin0ple and the
provinces OF u pamphlet Teciting the
alleged Christian airooines on Mus
tlemAns in Crete and elsewhere. This
IL so iBfiamiDg the Turks against the
Greeks that the Greek minister has
drawn tho attention OF the Porte 10
the matter. The government has
taken the eteps necessary to prevent
outbreake "a the part o Inc pOpulace.
WAR PREPARATIONS GOING ON.
LARIssA, April 9.-In spite of
ell clai Intelligence received here yes
terday saying that the powers have
arranged to settle the Cretan question
by a plebescite OF the islnud, there Is
no cessation OF the war preparations.
Troops are being forwarded daily to the
frontier, and the posts are leing
strengthened. The transport arrange.
menls are admirable. The troops are
iull of enthusiasm and they ars splen.
didly equipped.
FIGHTING IN MACEDONIA.
ELAssoNA, MacedonIa, April 9.-At
noon bands ~ Greek brigAnus entered
Turkey al Krsnis, in the vicinity Of
Grobins. The Turkish troops have
been engaged with them and fighting
has been protesting since five O'Clock
this morning. AT Turkish hesdquar-
tiers the news is looked upon rs OF the
gravest description In view OF the ex-
element here. Eihsm Pashs has
sent orders to have everything In
readiness for an alliance OF the Turk.
ish army forces.
THE SITUATION MOST SERIOUS.
ELAssoNA, April 9,-At+ .. m. a
dispatch received at Turkish besI-
quarters here from GroHvenas Gays the
fighting between the Creeks and
Turks continues. The Turks, follow.
ing out the instructions OF Edhem
Pasha, have surrounded the Greek
irregulars ana the greater part OF the
Turkish division stationed at
Grovena 10 now advancing. 1t IL
impossible to distinguish whether the
invaders are supported by any sub
stantial portion OF the Greek regulsr
army, but the correspondent Of the
Associated Press Is informed that the
moment the Turkish officers ASCERTAIN
the presence OF the uniforms OF the
Greek regulars in ranks OF the aggres-
sOfs, Edhem Pashs Will order an ad.
vance OF the entire Turkish army.
The situation is most serious.
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PoUGHKEEPIE, April o. Til,
properly OF the Pouyhkeepsie q lass
Works company was destroyed by fire
today. The loss apprOxlmstes $780,
900, INSURANCE 100000.
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EXPLOSION or FIREWORKS.
Ten Livs Lost "a. "a Hcsuit of the
Accident

accident.
BuENos AYREs, April 9.-Immense
damage has Deen caused by the ex-
pl0sion OF u cat loaded with fireworks.
The accident occurred near the Block
building adjacent to the Is urse ana
the buildings almost Immediately
caught fire. This whole tlock wac
destroyed before the fl ines were unuer
control. Ten persons lost their lives
from the explosion or during the con-
Migration.
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A Powerful Pump Procured 90 Drain
the Town.

CAIRO, April 9.-rne streets OF Cairo
are fioUued. The heavy rains OF the
last "a hours have raised The seep
water until IL hrst filled the CUTTERS,
and the uowntown business streets,
then OveTtlOwe1 the sidewalks anu
finally covered the Il jors OF the
several business houses and 10 still
rising. For the last six or seven weeks
the atores have been closed on account
OF the high water. The water
covers the sidewalks on both sides OF
Eighth street, lower Commercial ana
Washington avenues. The pavement
all around the custom house IL several
inches deep in water.
Tho Cairo electrical street railway
tracks are under water on Walnut
street. The city mas purchased u
powerful pump 10 draiU the town. 1t
has capacity OF l,OOO,O 900 gallons Rn
hour. 1t arrived to-day but cannot be
set running Tor several days UnIil
then no relief can 10 obtained as the
river must TALL eight ieet before the
sewers can be opened.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 9.-Nearly
one and Oue.haii inches OF rain fell
here yesterday and as result the
rivers In this section have fiseu, Tue
Missouri shows an advance OF u sixth
OF u foot at Bonneville, while here the
Mississippi rose % to 27.s, or IL feet
under the danger line.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April 0.-Wm.
j. Bryan passed through the city this
morning en- route from 81. Augustine
10 Tallahassee, where he will speak
ibis afternoon. He seemed 10 be
tuffering considerably from the effects
ni the accident ut ST. Augustine last
night, but his vigOroue physiqus
enabled him TO keep up and moving.
A slight discolUration was seen about
the left eye. His face was pale. His
limbs were bandaged 10 several places.
ATLANTA, Ca, April GA special
to the Journal from jacksonville, Fla,
says: Bryan, who was slightly injured
by the falling OF the hotel plaza here
last night, is all right this mornIng ex.
cept Tor few bruises. He hrs left Tor
Tailnhasse, where he Will address the
legislature tonight.
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FLOODED DISTRICTS.
TelesraphlC Communication With
GreVDYllle Cut OIL
FARM DWELLINGS SWEPT AWAY.
Government Aid behind by the Poo.
pie in Rcd River District
The Prospects There.

JACKSON, Miss, April 9.-Tbls city
lost all telegrsphic conmu nicatiou
with Greenville, Mias., during last
night. The wires run over the Georgia
Pacific road to WiDona and from
there to New Orlesns via Jackson
and Memphis. These wires 80 far
have stood the food AMI the loss at
this time liz thought to be significant.
1t is reported that rain alotms visited
the Delta last night. Until commune.
cation 10 established the flooded dis.
trict cannot pe henrI iron definitely.
BRIDGES WASHED AWAY.
ST. PAUL, April IA Melen, Z. d.,
special sAy,: The Surrounding cOuu.
try Is fl lud u; bridges are washed cut
aud there have been no mnils for two
weeks. The James river has risen
seven feet higher than ever before aud
lie mile wide. IL has washed out
three large iron bridges in tue country.
Large numbers OF live stock have
ptrished. All farm dwellings on the
river bottom were swept away.
GOVERNMENT AID DECLINED.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-The people
of the submerged district OF the Red
River OF the North have declined the
government aii voted them by Con.
Rress on Wednesday,. When the Il lO1
came In Red river, quarter Of mil.
lion dollaIs' worth Ut property was
destroyed at Fargo, n. ID. ami Ave
mi!ee OF fertile territory inundated.
Au appeal was made 10 Congress
through the mayor OF Fargo.
Yesterday the prospects, along the
RED River Of the Norm were brighter
snd this morning Representative
JOhueon received the following tele.
gram from the mayor OF Fargo! "Have
declined aid from Congress. The
water Is recedinI fast. Tue damage is
not as great as expected"
THE FIRST MAIL IN TEN DAYS.
PIERRE, S. D., April 9.-The river
reached It's highest stage here last
evening, ABOUT II feet, aud has fallen
about Six incnes with very little Ice
running this morning. The city r.
ceived the first mil for ten days by u
hhndcar from Medicine Creek washout.
ALL LEVELS SAFE.
VIoKsnuRG, Miss., April 9.-By
no0u to-day hue river viii reach tn 50
foot mark. kilograms frsIi Tallul,an
this morning report all lcvees safe az
far as heard from. The rise increases
three tenths OF foot psr hour.
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ON.W.J.BRYAB HURT
Ills Face Badly Cut and His Body
Bruised In Several Places.
OTHERS SERIOUSLY INJURgD.
The Accident Occurred at the Close Of n
Speech from a Platform that
Went D0wn.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, April o.
Hon. w. J. Bryan was injured here
last night by the fall OF section of q
hotel plaza. The Democrat candidate
for President was rendered ulcon.
scioue, his face was bauly cut and his
body bruised In several places, but his
injuries are not regarded as very seri.
Gus. Others in the wreck were not Be
fortunate. Many were internally in
jured, some had their legs and arms
broken, while nearly everybody suit
tered more or less.
Those meet seriously hurt were:
Senator Frank Z. GeDOvas, intern.
nlly injured; Miss Della Lamb, VIII
Jamestown, N. O., fractured leg; Mrs.
II. J. Oliver, broken leg; Claude
Mourer, leg bfOken; Miss LiiilaD Her
nsndez, skull Injured; Mrs. J. F.
CraddOcB, badly bruised; Mrs. II. A.
Pacetti, bsdly bruised; Mrs. Katherine
Foster, badly bruised; Virginia Cole,
badly bruised; Judge A. J. Corbett
and wife, legs aud arms broken;
Amos Corbett, bruised; w. j. Waite,
internally injured; DIR. Disney, nose
and face Dsaly cut; Mise Lolo Lopez,
leg broker A. X. Il sasloy, leg brokeb
Edwin Salmon, log sprained; VIM.
MoIey, leg anu arms broken; Clarence
Bennett, badly hurt; Mrs. Rose Crab
Tree, bauly eprained; Mis-, Nj. w.
Goode, bruised and sprainsd; Miss
Delora Foster, both legs broken; Mics
Charles Dial, broken foot; Z. LOPEZ
fractured ley; Mrs. Parker, internal in
juries; Mrs. q. w. Foster, nervous
enock.
Four hundTe1 persons fell with the
plszs, which was that OF the Hotel
san Marco. Mr.. Bryan made q speech
from the plaza to 5000 persons. BE
aroused considerable enthusiasm, and
when he concluded the crowd made a
rush TO surround him and shake his
hand. Hundreds were packed into the
plaza, when with u cracking, crashing
noise a section forty feet lquare fell to
the ground thirty ttet below. a gem
efal rescue movement was Immediate
ly instituted and the injured mea and
women cared Tor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-20
GOING WILD OVER GOLD.
EXCITEMENT AT DAHLONEGA IL
RUNNING HIGH.

PrOspectOrs Arc Crowding Each 9th
err in the FieIds-SOme Rich Re
turns Have Been Met With in the
Georgia MOuntains-Many New
Mills Arc Being Established
Throughout the Sectional New
Process of Extracting the Precious
Metal Has Caused the Revival of
Interest in Abandoned Mines.
Atlanta, Ca. Jan. ia speca, to the
Evening Constitutions from Dahlonega,
Ga, says:
The gold fever is on here, and it is run
ming higher every day. Old prospectors
from Cripple Creek and South Africa
are pouring in. and capitalists are taking
options as fast as they can obtain them.
There is no stalking claims here, as the
property is all held under title One hun
dred mines are being developed within
radius of two miles of this town, where
an United States mint was located before
the war. That mint, by the way, coined
$26 100000 in god, but the discovery of the
California field, and the war broke up min
ing here, except in a small way and the
mint was abandoned.
In the old days the mining in this field
was al. done by crude methods and more
gold was lost than was saved Nothing
but surface ore was worked, as at a depth
of about forty feet. sulphurets were en-
countered, and the amalgam plates would
not catch that.
Recently, A. French of Pittsburg, Pa.
the largest steel spring manufacturer in
the world, has demonstrated that the
chlorinatton process is an economical way
of treating these ores and ASSAYS of the
tailings from the old mills show from s25
TO 800 per ton value, which has been al
lowed to escape. The old mines are being
opened and assays from shafts 100 feet
deep give values running from $25 up.
Betz, the Philadelphia brewer, and
Christian Wahl of Milwaukee have obtain
ed very rich assays, the latter having
had ore to run as high as 81, 100 to the
ton. Judge Morris of Tennessee, who is
tunneling a mountain near here struck
three veins which run from 500 to $500
All this ore is saprolte, or partly de-
composed, and easily mined. The belt is
of great length. The Creighton mine.
on one of these veins twenty-five miles
southwest of here, yielded 5000 penny
weights last year, and the capacity is to
be doubled. Pope and Dye and Holly
Spring are said to have taken out So
600 in the last few months, using ten
stamp mill
Prospectors from South Africa say that
this belt In full of mines richer than the
famous Robinson mine, and they all say
that this is destined to be a wonderful
mining camp. The whole section is wild
with excitement because the more the de-
Velopment work goes on the greater the
results
Veins which are mere ribbons on the
surface. run together a varying depths
and widen out to ten, fifty and 100 feet
with increasing richness as they go down.
One company is being organized to put in
large plant with 2O0-stamp mill. and
another syndicate is getting ready to put
in 25O-stamp mill. with a chlorination
plant large enough to treat all the concen-
trates from 500 stamps.
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PURSE WINNERS Ar NEW ORLEANS.
An Interesting Card of Races Old
PuRh" Breaks His Neck.

New Orleans, La, Jan. 19.-Cloudy
weather and a fast track marked to-day's
races. The attendance numbered 5000, and
betting was heavy. Three favorites won
and the public and bookmakers divided
the days spoils.
First Race-Three-ye ar-olds and up
wards; six furlongs Sim w. 1O7, c. Reiff.
Z to 5, won by two lengths with Nina
Louise, 80. 7. Burns, 2 to 1, second by two
lengths, and Miss Verne, 100, Hirsch 0
to 1, third. Time, 1;1424.
Second Race-For 2-year-olds; three fur
longs. Dr. Blakely, no. Dorsey, TO !, won
by a length, with Millstream, 15. c. Reiff
7 to 2. second by a head. and Percy f.. no.
Hirsch. to /, third. Time. 3715. Chal-
mette, Scott Newman, Bob Chance, Rob
ert Hiner, George Carsten and Colonel
Rowles also ran.
Third Race-Hurdles. mile and quarter
anada, 1873, Pierce. s to 1. won by a
length. with Folly 125, c. Johnson, IL TO s.
second by five lengths and Mr.. Dunlap
1873. Finnegan, to 5, third. Time, 2:22l2
Walter and Old Pugh also ran. Old Pugh
fell at second hurdle and broke his neck.
Fourth Race-Handicap seven furlongs
Minnie Murphy, 98, Clay, to /. won by
length, with Hill Billy, 1o3 Dorsey, 3 to /,
second by half length, and Necedah, l03
Reiff, 10 s, third. Time, l:2s. Alva Sau-
terne and Samson also ran.
Fifth Race-Selling. mile and furlong.
Cotton King. 80, c. Reiff, to 5, won by
four lengths, with Paros, "a, 7. Burns,
to 5. second by four lengths, and Light
foot los. Penny, 10 to l. third. Time, 1:50a.
Victories, Fonshay. Martha Smith, Little
Tom and May Ashley also ran.
Sixth Race Selling: one mile and fur
long. Dorothy III. 1Ol, Hirsch. to 4. won
by two lengths. with Countess Irma, 1OG.
Scherrer, 3 TO /, second by length. and
Constant, 106. A. Barrett, u to /. third.
Time, 1857. Ida Pickwick, Buckmore,
Partner and Newhouse also ran.
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ON THE DAuNTLEss.
4 Young German1s story OF Cuban
Experiences


IT, c. Ahrens, who claims to have been
a member of the filibustering crew of the
tug Dauntless, was In the city yesterday
He has undoubtedly been on some of the
filibustering expeditions. He had settled
himself down to tell a good story, when
he was choked off by a friend who accom-
panied him and who appeared to be a
red-hot Cuban sympathizer.
Ahrens told a good deal. however He
said that he made one trip in the Laurada
and two with the Dauntless, one on Sept.
13 and the other ON Oct. s. He was a lit
tie off in his dates and it is likely that
these are not the correct dates of the sail
ing of the tug. Both trips Of the Daunt-
leg, he said were made from the Satilla
river bridge near Brunswick.
Ahrens at first said that the DauntIess
only carried provisions" but later he
admitted that on the first trip the Daunt-
less landed so men, six Hotchkiss guns and
lot OF material for the insurgents. This
trip. he said, was made to Pinar del Rio,
the boat going up a river or bay TO the
camp Of Gen. Gomez. The latter had then
about $500 men. Ahrens said. Maceo was
also encamped near by with another force.
The second trip, Ahrens said, was made
TO the province of Matanzas. This time
the Dauntiess landed 100 men beside PRO
visions" This is the time the vessel was
chased by a Spanish cruiser. which she
escaped by running into shallow water.
The landing was made from lifeboats and
the paunuess was chased of by a Span
ish gunboat before she finished unloading.
Part OF her remaining cargo was trans
ferred to a British ship, Ahrens said,
which carried 1t to Nassau from whence
It was shipped to Cuba. The remainder
was put ashore at No Mans Key.
Ahrens does not believe that Maceo is
dead. He claimed 10 have received tee-
gram yesterday from Gen. Nunez, chair
man Of the Cuban junta at Jacksonville.
which said "Maceo still alive, but severe
ly wounded"
Ahrens claims to have gotten well ac-
quainted with Maceo on his first trip to
Pinar del Rio He had known him already
he said. when Maceo was a Spanish Gus
toms official at Pinal del Rio. Maceo. he
said, was a bright handsome and dash
ing fellow, just the ideal for a cavalry
general.
Ahrens said he was not afraid of being
called as a witness In the libel case against
the Dauntless, which was begun in the
United States court yesterday. as he in
tended to be out of the city by the time
his story appeared in print. According
10 his story, he has been an adventurer
all his life. having gone to sea at IA and
having served in the German, French and
American navies. He also. he says. took
part in expeditions to Guatemala IN 1878
and 1882 in support OF President Barrios.
Ahrens' story may be a fairy tale, but at
the same time he has evidently had some
thing to do with the filibustering expedl-
tons to Cuba.
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ENGLAND FOR ARBITRATION.
Continued from First Page)

declared that the government believed the
measure they had taken was valuable in
that il would lead to the gradual disap-
pearance of vast ornaments before the
growth of the tendency to substitute ju-
dicial decisions for the coarse arbitrament
of war This would be something to look
back upon.
In conclusion Lord Salisbury said: II
hope that the effort. small as it is, will
be so successful that others more extensive
and more successful will be made"
The prime minister was heartily cheer
ed when he finished his speech.
Lord Castetown, liberal, gave notice
that he would raise the question of the
financial relations between Great Britain
and Ireland.
The address in reply to the queens
speech was then adopted and the House
adjourned.
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WILLIS REMAINS HONORED.
The Body Rests Temporarily in a
VauIt at Honolulu.

San Francisco, Cal. Jan 19.-Special cor
respondence of the Southern Associated
Press from Honolulu, under the date Of
Jan. 10, says: The remains of the late AL
bert S. Willis, United States minister to
Hawaii, were laid to rest in receiving
vault on the Sth inst, with national hon
ors. The obsequies were under the direc-
ton of President Dole and his oaplnet, ana
were the most imposing ever witnessed on
the island.
The remains will rest in the vault, guard
ed by a company of the Hawaiian nation
al guards. until Jan. 10, when they will be
shipped to San Francisco, on the steamer
Australia. 80,
II is probable that President Dole VIII
furnish a military escort Tor the BODY.
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sCALDED THE sTOKERs.
Eleven Firemen on n French steam
er Burned to Death.

San Francisco, Jan. 19-The steamer
Rio de Janeiro brings news that one of
the boilers of the French steamer sacha-
lion exploded while the vessel WAS off the
China coast on Dec. 2. bound from singa-
pore for Hong Kong. Eleven of the
stokers in the fire room and one of the
engineers were Killed instantly by the ex-
plosion or by the scalding steam. The
chief stoker was so badly injured that he
died few hours afterward, and four other
hremen died next day as result of their
injuries.
The vessel was crowded with passen-
gers and for time there was the widest
confusion on board
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CITY BREVITIEs.

The Independent Club Of the fifteenth
precinct. OF which w. .. Armstrong is
president, will meet tonight at O'Clock.
al Dorsey's hall, to indorse the nomina-
tions of the Liberal committee OF one
hundred for aldermanlc honors.
Ben Aston, colored. was knocked down
by an Electric railway car at the western
entrance TO the market yesterday. The
car was leaving the market when Aston
got in front OF It and narrowly escaped be-
ing run over. He struck his head on the
pavement and was considerably bruised.
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Washington, Jan. 19.-The Nicaraguan
canal bill was under consideration before
the Senate for two hours to-day. At least
that length of time was occupied by Mr.
Turpie, dem, of Indiana, in an attack upon
the measure, and in denunciation of the
Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua,
which he characterized as a beggar and
a pariah in any rational financial system,
as an outcast and fugitive from the finan-
cial world, and as totally discredited in
this and every other country. He is to
continue his speech tomorrow, when the
bill win come up as the unfinished BUSH
ness.
The legislative appropriation bill was
taken up after the Nicaraguan measure
had been laid aside. and was completed,
with the exception of provisions in rela-
ton to the library of congress. which went
over without action till tomorrow.
Early in the days proceedings Mr.. Hill,
dem, of New York, spoke for an hour and
a half on a. joint resolution relating to the
electric subways in the District of Column
bia While it appeared to be a matter of
purely local interest. Mr.. Hills contention
was that it was fight between the Uni
ted States electric light. which he refer
red to as the "old monopoly" and the Po-
tomaG Electric Light Company, owned
chiefly in New York. whose money and
property, legally invested in the District,
the joint resolution would confiscate. Mr..
Hill occupied the floor until the close of
the morning hour, when the matter went
over without action.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Morgan
last week as to the default of the Pacific
Railroad Company and the one offered
Yesterday by Mr.. Pettigrew as to the Ven
ezuelan and Guiana boundary arrange
nent were laid before the Senate, but went
over, the first indefinitely and the other
till tomorrow.
Monday next was fixed upon as the date
for the delivery of eulogies on the late
Speaker Crisp.
The Senate then. at 5:45 o'clock adjourn
cd
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THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.
''''"te Pension Bills in the House.
The Nicaragua CannI.

Washington. Jan. 19.-The House spent
,"s whole Of to-days session in commit
'ee Oh the whole, considering private PEN
.''' DIS Favorable action was taken
,I0" hity-two Of them, one being the
senate bill to increase to 500 a month the
'.As'oh Of Maj. Gen. julius II. stahel. .
Inc hrst bill called up was for the re-
IN Oh Mrs Margaret O'Donnell, nurse
hal United States army. An objection
oecn made to the bill when II was
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Washington, Jan. 19.-The Senate COM
nittee on finance this morning ordered a
favorable report to be made on the nomi-
nat,on OF William Foram of Illinois, to
he commissioner Of internal revenue. The
action OF the committee was not unani-
nous but the opposition was confined to
one or two senator's.