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Y. M. C. A. CONVENTION.
1t Finishes Its Labor at Mobile and
AdiOurnS.

MOBILE (Ala), April 25.-The pull
pits of Mobile We're filled with delegates
to the Y. NJ C. A Convention to-day.
odist church to a crowded house. In
the afternoon at the mems meeting led
by General Secretary Messer of Chi
cago over fifty young men |professed
conversion.
At night a farewell meeting was held
in Princess Theater. An audience of
between 900 and 1900 people packed
several Secretaries of the International
Committee under the leadership of Mr..
Mott. Mr.. Galley, champion football
player of Princeton College and one of
the British students, spoke of his deter
mination for the past five years to go
as foreign missionary. The Mission
Board of his church (Presbyterian)
has commissioned him as Secretary of
the new Y. NJ. C. A. of Madras India
Three hundred dollars additional to
the S11 ,000 already given was pledged
tonight for special work among young
men in foreign lands.
The last two speakers We're DR.. Scho-
field and Gilbert A. Weaver of Penn
syIvania, after which the convention
adjourned
The matter of the selection of the
next meeting place was left to a COM
mittee which will announce it's de-
cision later.
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LEVEES HEAVILY TAXED.
1t is Feared the Rain Will Cause Them
to uive Way.

MEMPHIS, April 25.-This has been
rainy and threatening Sabbath in the
lower delta country and the Louisiana
levees are being taxed to their utmost.
At Natchez the river gauge shows a rise
during the last twenty four hours Of
tenth of a foot. Showers have pre-
vailed in this section all day and to-
night the downpour is repeated. The
levees are soft and mushy, and with
continued precipitation, it is feared
the embankments will give way A tel
egram from Clayton, La. received to-
night states that the Tensas River has
risen over one foot since last night and
this swift stream is full of heavy drifts.
The back water from the Biggs crevasse
is showing itself near Vidalia and it will
inundate many acres of rich lands in
that section. At Greenville, the river
fell tWo-tenthS of a foot in twenty
four hours. Light showers prevailed
there all day and the weather tonight
is warm and unsettled.
At Memphis, a fall of one-tenth of
foot is recorded The river at Cairo is
falling at an increased rate. The big
stream has dropped nine-tenths of a foot
since last night and the gauge now reads
~ feet 1, or 81 feet above the danger
line. Rain is falling at Cairo tonight
and the weather is somewhat cooler.
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on Thursday with brisk fighting on
both sides. The Greeks have captured
Perzamia village, near DiSkala.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY
Ex-Lieutenant Farrow Says He Can
Easily Clear Himself.

NEW YORK, April 25.-Edward s.
Farrow formerly a Lieutenant in the
United States army, was arrested al.
the Grand Central Depot here to-day
by Central Office detectives, on reouisi-
ton papers charging him with conspir-
acy in Pittsburg, 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 detectives
by appointment He is charged With
being engaged in insurance frauds III
Pittsburg He will be arraiened in
general sessions tomorrow and prob
ably will sign a waiver of all requis-
ton formalitieS. He declares that he
is anxious to go to Pittsburg to stand
trial Farrow says that he has deter
mined to carry on an aggressive policy
towards his prosecutors and gave out
long statement in which he mace grave
charges against the Mutual Reserve
Fund Life Association of this city of
which, he says, he is General Superin-
tendent of Insurance. He claims to ex-
pect to be speedily acquitted.
EX-Lieutenant FarrOw graduated
from West Point in 1876. He is author
of the standard military encyclopaedia
He has been in trouble before. once
with the operation of the Barnegat Bay
Company six years ago.
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CURIOUS AND PERPLEXING.
Turks the Aggressors, But Greeks Do
Not Follow Up Advantages.

LONDON, April 25.-The situation is
curious 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 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 ag-
gressors, and when the Greeks at va
rious points have gallantly repelled the
army and followed up their successes,
orders have been invariably received
compelling them to stop just short of
the complete occupation of the con-
quered 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 po
sitions. This state of things creates
the utmost astonishment and gives rise
to a very free adverse comment. The
Greek troops can only suppose that
political instead of military reasons
govern the situation. For three days
in succession We're the Greeks drawn
up in battle array in front of Tyrnavo
and opposite the mouth Of NIilouna
Pass. with intervals of brief artillery
duels, sometimes with sputtering fire
of sharpshooters, with a constant
march and counter marching all over
the field, itself a most wearisome ex-
ercise, and this kind of thing may
speedily become demoralizing, as it as
Suredly is most confusing
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LarisSa'S Fall Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The Turk
ish Legation here has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from the Minister of
Foreign Affairs at Constantinople con-
firmatory of the press dispatches of the
fall of Larissa. The dispatch is dated
to-day:
'Larissa has been occupied to-day by
the cavalry of the Ottoman army. The
Hellenic troops fed in disorder aban-
doning a great quantity of arms and
ammunition"
The Legation also received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Constantinople:
The Imperial troops took IN Tyrnavo
a great quantity of rifles and ammuni-
ton for cannon and rifles, also provi-
sions. The Greek soldiers who We're
taken prisoners We're sent to Elassona.
The village has been surrounded by a
military Gordon. Ottoman patriots
make continual rounds and efficient
measures have been taken to prevent
any depredations. The wise and proper
behavior Of our troops has been the
subject of admiration of the foreigners
who are on the spot.
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CLOUDBURsTs NEAR EUFAULA
They Flood the Country and Do a
Great Deal of Damage.

DALLAS (Texas), April pa special
to the News" from Eufaula, l. T.,
says:
A series of cloudbursts, heavy wind
and rainstorms occurred in and around
Eufaula all of last night and extended
over about 100 square miles of terri
tory. The rain fell in torrents and was
the heaviest for fifty years. Farm
houses, fences and crops were washed
away to an extent amounting to a
calamity.
The North Cadian Railway bridge is
so badly damaged that no trains can
cross it, and it cannot be repaired for
twenty four hours. The southbound
passenger train had scarcely passed it
at 9:4o o'clock last night, when the
south end gave way. Many trains are
tied up at this point, and there is a
series of washouts for twenty miles
that are impossible for the present.
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NATIONAL DEMOCRATS.
THEY HOLD AN INFORMAL CON.
FERENCE IN NEW YORK.
A General Feeling Expressed That
They Should Still Keep Up
Their Organization.

NEW YORK, April 25.-An informal
conference of the representatives of the
National Democratic party from sew
eral States, including a number of the
gold Democracy men from this city
and Brooklyn, was held this afternoon
in the Reform Club Most of those
who took part in the conference are
in this city on account of the Reform
Club dinner last night, and intend to
remain until after the Grant cere-
monies. The object of the meeting was
to ascertain the state of organization
throughout the country and the means
that are being used to preserve it
intact No business was transacted
and the only thing that came of the
conference was the information given
by the visitors about the organization
in their respective States. Plans for
a future course of action We're not dis
cussed, and the relation of the party to
the city politics was not talked about
No call for a future conference was
decided on, that being left to the Ma
tional Committee.
General Charles Tracy of Albany pre-
sided, and among those present were:
Randolph Stahnecker of West Vir-
ginia, T. z. Lynn Of Ohio General
George Z. Harrison of Alabama Simon
b. Buckner of Kentucky, Josiah Ptter-
son of Tennessee, j. E. Dodge of Wis
consin. Senator Caffery of Louisiana
L. r. Wilhey of st. Louis, James L.
Blair of ST. Louis, Ellis B. Usher OF
Wisconsin, j. c. Bolt of Grand Rapids
Mich, ex-Secretary John c. Carlisle
Charlton T. Lewis of New Jersey, j. C.
Bachelor of Wisconsin, A. B. Farquhar
of Pennsylvania, and H. E. Fries OF
North Carolina.
H de Forrest Baldwin, who acted as
Secretary of the meeting, said that J
c. Holt of Grand Rapids, Mich, had
given an account of the action of the
National Democracy in the recent cleo
tion in Michigan, and commented upon
the significance of the increase of the
vote of the organization.
Representations of an encouraging
character were also received from 9TH
er States, and an address was made by
Simon B. Buckner on the duty OF
the National Democrats to maintain
!. the organization.
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THE FIGHT AT MATT.
Reason Given by the Government
for Abandoning Larissa.

ATHENS, April p, 3 p. m.-The
Greek Government has wired to its
representatives abroad as follows:
On Friday, at & o'clock in the even
ing, yielding to the enemy's greatly su-
perior forces at Matt our troops were
obliged to fall back on Pharsalia, aban-
doning Larlssa, which is no longer ten
able. owing to its position in the center
of plain. Our army is advancing
toward Pentepigadia.
The details have been received as to
the lighting just before the retreat
from Matt. The foreign volunteers
who participated carried small French
and Italian flags.
Haki Pasha's division captured the
forts of Delirba and Dalilerzir, but it
was Meehad Pasha who captured Las
sakaki. The general engagement which
settled the fate Of Matt began at dawn
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NEW ORLEANS LEVEES.
They Are Still Withholding the Ter
rifle Strain.

NEW ORLEANS, April 25.-The river
is still nineteen feet above low water,
and the fine stretch of weather has en-
abled the levee forces to hold the banks,
despite the terrific strain. The weather
has been providential for a few stormy
nights would have meant several Gre
vases almost to a certainty.
The fight is a costly one, as can be
judged from the fact that lasts week S
work on the Carrolton levee, about one
fifth of the city system, cost $4,000.
a number of weak spots have been
added to the list, but the leNee boards
have gone promptly to work in all
cases, and danger has been bridged
over.
Captain Derby of the United States
engineers has already begun arrange
ments to rebuild the levees where de-
fectiVe, and the levee board across the
river has turned over three leyees to
the Government supervisor.
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Rear Admiral Meade Worse,

WASHINGTON, April 2J.-The con-
dition of Rear Admiral Richard w.
Meade, retired, who has been i'll here
for some days, is not so favorable to-
night. About ten days ago he was
operated upon for appendicitis Until
to-day an improvement was noticeable.
This afternoon the Admiral had a chill
which left him in weakened condi-
ton. From this there was some rally
during the evening. He is very weak,
but takes liquid nourishment, and if no
new complications arise his physicians
believe the Admiral may recover
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THE BROOKLYN ALL RIGHT.
She Will Undergo Her Final Tria
Trip Soon.

United States cruiser Brooklyn, as
sound as before she struck on Schooner
Ledge. will lift her anchor from the
Delaware River tomorrow and pass
down to the sea- She will undergo her
final trip under the supervision of the
Naval Board of Inspection, after which
she will be assigned to her station.
The Brooklyn is expected to take part
in the exercises attendant upon the
diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria in
June 1t is understood that she will be
assigned to the European squadron,
probably as flagship.
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COLORED MEN LEAVE.
AS No Indictments Were Found by the
Grand Jury They Feel Unsafe.

ARDMORE q. To, April 25.-As a, re-
suit of the warning given to all the
negroes in the town of Davis, last week,
by a mob of masked white men not a
colored man remains in the town
The Federal Grand Jury which was
called together by Judge Kilgore to in
vestigate the outrages. examined a small
army of witnesses, but reported that it
had been impossible to identify any of
the raiders When it became known
that no indictments had been returned,
the colored people hastily quit the town.
The murder of a white man by a negro
was the preliminary cause of the trouble
at Davis.
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EDHEM PASHA'S COUP.
He Tries to Deliver a Crushing Blow
on the Retreating Greeks.

ATHENS, April %, a. m.-About 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon the Off
cial in charge of the telegraph office at
Larissa, observing a cloud of dust
raised by the advancing cavalry of
Tt key, asked leave to dynamite the
office. He was directed to leave it..
Since 3:30 p. m. Saturday the Larissa
office has made no response to calls
from Athens.
A dispatch from Reveni says that
Edhem Pasha, on learning that the
Greeks had been ordered to fall back,
attempted to deliver a crushing blow
with a considerable force which had
been resting thirty-six hours, and sue
ceeded in breaking through the Greek
lines in several places.
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The damage to crops is beyond esti-
mate. Nearly every acre of ground for
many miles in all directions will have
to be replanted, and many farms are
entirely under water. Several covered
wagons fioated down the South Cana
dian River this morning, accompanied
by small houses and household furni-
ture.
All ferryboats are washed away and
communication cut off. SO far no news
of loss of life has been received. Much
property was destroyed in Eufaula by
the wind and rain. a cyclone passed
about five miles south of town, destroy
ing some houses and killing some cat
tie, but the full losses cannot be as
certained at this hour The rivers are
now falling, but repairs cannot yet be
made on the railway bridge.
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THE SULTAN PROMISES.
But Bulgaria and Servia VIII Prob
ably be Disappointed.

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 25.-It is
said here tonight that the Sultan has
promised the Bulgarian diplomatic
agent to grant three Berats (warrants
for the appointment of Bulgarian Bish-
ops in Macedonia) as soon as the war
with Greece is over.
The Servian Minister has also Sc
cured imperial trades replacing the
Greek Metropolitan, Amrosius,i at Us
kub, by a Servian and granting the
privilege of opening numerous Servian
schools in the villayets of Monastir
and Salonica
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BREAK AT OTTUMWA.
Railroad Tracks Washed Out and No
Trains Running.

OTTUMWA Qa.), April 25.-The river
broke over the levee last night and
flooded the bottoms, carrying several
houses down stream. To-day, in some
places, the water is above the first story
of the houses.
The Burlington main track is impass-
able and hundreds of men are at work
attempting to prevent damage to the
other line. The situation is critical. but
it is not believed that the Burlington
will keep the main line open. The Wa
bash and Milwaukee tracks are gone
here for distance of 200 feet and the
other roads are tied up. The Rock Is
land has miles of tracks under water.
No attempt is being made to run trains.
The river was still rising slowly tonight.
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MEXICAN NAVAL SCHOOL.
President DiaZ Issues a Decree Es-
tabIiShiug One.

CITY OF MEXICO, April 25.-Presi-
dent Diaz has issued a decree establish
ing naval school at Vera Cruz. to be
opened July next. Youths desiring to
enter the navy or adopt careers as
pilots or marine engineers will be ad-
mitted.
The Budget Committee of Congress
reports an estimated revenue for the
next fiscal year, beginning July 1st
at SOC, 40, 800, and disbursements some
$1500O0 less. The committee does not
recommend any increases in appropria-
tions for the payment OF the gold in
terest abroad, it being believed that
before the next session of Congress sill
yer will again have risen.
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Will Persevere i'm the Struggle.

ATHENS, April -, ; a m.-The
Greek Government has decided to per-
severe in the struggle and to resist the
further advance of the enemy with
greater energy than has hitherto been
displayed. 1t is officially declared that
the new line of defense is far stronger
than the frontier. where the Turks
gained their advantage in consequence
Of the superiority of their positions.
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Extra Session in Arkansas.

LITTLE ROCK, April 25.-The Cen
eral Assembly will convene in extra ses-
sion at noon tomorrow. The appropri-
alton bills will be the first legislation
considered. Among important subjects
to come UP is that of a railroad 1om-
mission bill, which blocked all legislation
in the regular session.
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Turks Recapture Pentepigadia.

CONSTANTINOPLE. April %, even
ing--Amhed Hifisi, commander of the
Turkish forces in Epirus, telegraphs
that the Turks yesterday recaptured
Pentepigadia fortress. The Greeks had
800 killed and 219 wounded The Turks
had fifty-one killed and three wounded,
and they captured sixty-two Greeks.
A large quantity Of stores, ammunition
and rifles were abandoned by the
Greeks
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Arta reports that the Greeks have cap
tured Plaka. Another dispatch says
that Plaka and Pentepigadia have been
occupied by the Greeks after being
abandoned by the Turks, who have also
abandoned KaletZia. Colonel ManoS, in
force, has advanced beyond Pentipiga-
dia, en- route to Janina. 1t is reported
at Arta that a rising has occurred in
the interior of Epirus.
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BY Order of the Gar.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 25.-The
Emperor Nicholas has formally con-
lirmed the appointment Of Count Mura-
vief as Russian Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and he has conferred the decor
alton and Order of Vladimir upon NJ.
De KotZebu. the Russian Minister to
the United States.
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Wants France to Help.

LONDON, April 25.-The Times"
correspondent at Paris has been in
formed that the object of Prince Ho-
henlohe's visit to NJ. Hanotaux, the
French Foreign Minister, was to dis
cuss the situation in the Transvaal
and to persuade France and through
her, Russia, to support Germany in
resisting Great Britain's imperious at
titude towards the Beers, in exchange
for Germany's support of France in the
Egyptian question.
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A Treasurer DiSaDpears.

NEW BEDFORD (Mass), April %
Interest to-day in affairs surrounding
the mill situation was directed toward
the mysterious disappearance of Will
lam d. Howland, Treasurer of the New
Bedford Manufacturing Company, the
HOWland Mills and the Roth Spinning
Company. Nobody knows where Mr..
Howland is, whether dead or alive, al
though opinion points to suicide
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Received With Enthusiasm.

SALONICA, April 25.-Osman Pasha
arrived here last evening and was re-
ceived with great enthusiasm. He
went forH ard to the scene of the con-
fict. Greek subjects here. on agreeing
to place themselves under the Turkish
authorities upon certain conditions, will
be allowed to remain.
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Detective Killed.

DETROIT (Mich.), April 25.-Charles
Mahoney, Government detective from
Windsor Ont, was shot and fatally
wounded to-day While attempting to
capture two negro robbers at Belle Riv-
er Ont.
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Greeks Recapture pentepigadia.

ATHENS, April PA telegram from
Arta, dated 4 p. M, says that 9 O'Clock
this morning fighting was resumed at
Pentepigadia and ragged fiercely sew
eral hours. The Greeks were compelled
to withdraw, and on being reinforced
reattacked the fort and captured it, the
Turks retiring without offering much
resistance. The Greeks suffered Sc
Vprp1v
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The Commanders Decorated.

CONSTANTINOPLE. April 25.-The
Sultan has conferred high decorations
upon Edhem Pasha and upon the COM
manders of the six divisions of the
army engaged in Grecian territory.
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Francis Joseph Goes to Russia.

VIENNA, April 25.-Emperor Francis
Joseph, with Archduke Otto and Count
Golouchowski, the Austro- Hungarian
Foreign Minister, has started for ST.
Petersburg.
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Rising Reported in Epirus.

ATHENS, April pa dispatch from
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-18
ELABORATE PLOT FAILED.
\ Young Nan FcIgns Death in Order
Ia suindic His Father.

Santa Fe. Cal. January l6.-Horace
Hall. white half-breed. over 60 years old
and VIM. Rusk are In jail here. charged
with peculiar ofense Rusk's father is a
wealthy citizen Of Atwater, Ill. The young
man left home about ten years ago. The
scheme was for young Rusk to pretend that
he was dead. and then. under the name of
Brown. TO become administrator Il his es-
tate. Hall was then to write to l.usks
parents. telling them that Iusk was dead
and that Rusk had borrowed $4,000 from
Hall. which Brown. the administrator, re-
fused to pay until he heard from Eusk's
father. The letter was couohed In SYM
pathetic terms. hut made It very plain that
Il waa Rusk's duty to send money 10
Brown, 40 he could pay the debt OF his al
legged dead son
Had It not been for the Illinois farm
eT'B desire to see the romans OF his SON.
the game would probably haze worked
but. after iclegraphng a number OF times
about tho body to "Brown' and Hall. and
getting no satisfaction. he became Gusri
ciCuN
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The IIOusc.

Washington. January 1.-THE coming
week in the house is likely to be unevent-
full. There are no bills OF great national
Importance on the house calendar which
are to be debated unless the supporters Of
the Nicaragua canal project should sue
coed in persuading the committee on rules
to assign them one or more days for con
sIderation OF that measure.
Monday will be devoted to District of
Columbia legislation.
on Tuesday Mr.. Call OF Massachusetts,
will bring up theYcst-Tucker election con :
test from the Tenth district of Virginia.
The committee report is in favor of Mr..
fucker the sitting member. who is a dem
ocrat, and his side of the contest will be
managed by Chairman Mccall, a republi-
can. while Mr.. Walker. the only republican
member from Virginia. will handle Mr..
iost case. One day of the week Will bc
given to tho pension committee for passage
OF the bills that have been reported 10 tha
house from the Friday night sessions.
lhere ara two appropriation bills ready
10 be acted upon. the agricultural ana In
dian. one or both OF which may be sand
wlched into some of the spare hours They
contain no items which are probable to
give rise TO much conflict. The rest of the
Week. according to present plans. will be
occupied In passing small bills which NAV
be called up by unanimous consent, and in
the call Of the roll OF the committees for
bills reported from them