Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-04-17

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ject, namely, the Liberation of the
Cretans. In conclusion the Mar
quis said no government dare as.
sumo the responsibility of isolated
action in the Eastern question.
Blockade Doubtful.
The conviction still prevails at
Athens that the blockade of
Greece will not be enforced, al.
though some diplomats believe it
will soon be an accomplished fact.
The ministerial Proia Indignantly
denies the charge that theGovern-
ment is prepared to barter Crete
for the territory assigned to
Greece by the Berlin conference.
1t is urged at Athens that the
powers cannot lawfully prevent
Greece from advancing to the
frontier granted her by the de-
cision of united Europe, and of
which she was deprived by the
refusal Of Turkey to confirm the
decision.
Preparing for War.
War preparations throughout
the Turkish empire continue to be
steadily pressed.
1t is believed at Constautinople
that the Powers are losing their
hold over the course of events,
and that their so. called concert is
a failure.
From Larissa, Greece, it is
stated that in spite of the official
intelligence that the Powers have
arranged to settle the Cretan ques.
ton by plebiscite of the island,
there is no cessation of war pre-
parations. Troops are being for
warded daily to the frontier and
posts are being strengthened.
The transportation arrangements
are admirable. The troops are
full of enthusiasm and they are
splendidly equipped.
UNITED STATES.
The Patriarchs, a once powerful
oligarcby in New York society,
have disbanded owing to decline.
Miss Grace Dinsmore of Bing-
hampton, N. Y, in answer to an
advertisement has consented to
part with the middle finger of her
light hand, at the middle Joint,
for $1,000. 1t is to be grated on
the hand of Mrs. G. V. Barton of |
Houston, Texas, to replace a dis |
eased member. Miss Dinsmore |
is an orphan who has an ambition
to be singer, and will use the
money for her finger to educate |
her in the Boston Conservatory of |
Music.
Torrents pouring into the lower
Mississippi threaten Southern
cities. Whole families are afioat
in Arkansas.
Seventeen guests of the Hotel
Knox, Knoxville. Tennessee, are
missing since the burning of the
hotel in a conhagration on the Sth
inst. The fire destroyed property
valued at 81, GIL, 900. on which the
insurance was SGl4 2l0.
A cyclone in Georgia has de-
vastated towns with much loss of
life.
President Mckinley is taking
a southern trip in the dispatch
boat Dolphin.
Hunter is within two votes of
being elected Senator for Ken
lucky.
Sugar and other weighty mat
tiers of the tariff will not be con.
Sidered in the Senate until the
simpler schedules are disposed Of.
The Navy Department invites
tenders for three more 30 knot
torpedo boats.
A cargo of 300 tons of sugar,
he first ever received direct from
egypt, mas arrived at Now Orleans.
Speaker Street of tue Kansas
Legislature has testified to an
attempt to bride him with $1,000.
Bradstleet's latest issue shows
10 improvement in business and
rJs . generally depressing tone.
Durrant was to be produced in
court Gu the 10th for sentence
o San Quentin to await exeeu-
lon. His lawyer was to move
or a stay of proceedings aud, if
rot granted, would press an APP
zeal in the United States
supreme Court in the sixty days