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A SPECIAL MESSAGE.

Washington, April 5.-The situation
in the flooded Mississippi districts is be-
ing earnestly inquired into by the presi,
dent and today the Arkansas congress
sional delegation, headed by Senator
Jones. called upon Mr.. Mckinley to urge
upon him the ACCESSIBILITY Of sending q
special message to congress, urging APP
propriate legislation for the relief of the
flood sufferers.
A delegation of citizens from Mem.
phis, headed by Representative Car
mack, also called on the same mission.
Mr.. Mckinley has already telegraphed
the governors of the states in which the
flood exists for Information, and he has
practically decided to send a special mes,
sage to congress tomorrow on the sub
tect with the Recommendation that such
legislation for the relief Of the sufferers
as congress may deem fit be enacted
without Delay.
The $3.50. 900 appropriated a few days
ego and placed at the disupostl ahrdlu
and placed At the disposal Of the Missis-
stppi commission can be used only in re
pairing breaks in the levees, strengthen
ing them In weak places, etc. Not q
penny Of 1t can be used for the relief Of
the destitute. There are several prece-
dents for the appropriation Of money for
such purposes. In 1880. on the occasion
Of the last big flood. $4,000 was appro-
printed. The president has received the
foilowinG replies from governors to
whom inquiries were addressed n to
the food situation and the need Of relief:
Baton Rogue. April SIP to date VI
hkve bean able to hold q levees In thu
state. with the exception Of = break in
tAs lower Bayou La Fourche. There d
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GREECE Will PROTEST..
AGAINST THE ACTION OF THE
POWERS IN THE CRETAN
QUESTION.
The Soldiers and Armed Peasants are
In No Humor to Be Curbed-No One
Would Re A.stonished to Hear Of an
Aggressive Movement Upon the
Part of the Greek Irregulars.

Athens, April 5.-After the prepare.
tions for the celebration tomorrow Of
the anniversary OF the declaration Of
Greek independence in 1912 have been
completed a public meeting will be held
here to protest against the action of the
powers towards Greece and pledge sup,
port to the Creek government in any
action it may think fit to take in the
premises. The decorations Of the city
are being completed.
At night Athens will be brilliantly il.
Illuminated. In this connection there has
been a belief that the celebration OF to-
morrow will be followed by a declaration
Of wa against Turkey. This is. how
ever, moi general. Tuesday, in Greece, lie
regarded as an unlucky day to enter up
on anything Of great importance, and
for this. more than for other reasons. po-
litical or military. is based a hope that
The Independence celebration will pass
of without the incidents which are like
ly to precipitate the struggle for which
Greece has been preparing for the past
two months.
Although this week Is likely 10 be a
fateful one for Greece the orders OF
Prince Constantine, the crown prince.
and commander-in-chief OF the Greek
forces in Thessaly, are strict that any
thing in the shape Of a demonstration in
the direction OF the Turkish frontier
must be suppressed. The soldiers and
armed peasants, however, are in no mood
to be curbed, and nobody would be as
tonished to hear of an aggressive move,
ment at least upon the part Of the Greek
irregulars.
The Turkish commander-in-chiet, Ed
hem Pasha, is fully alive to the dinicul-
ty and dangers Of the situation. and has
already strengthened the frontier out
posts. besides taking other to
meet any contingency which may arise
Fifty Thousand Turkish troops, at q few
hours notice, can be sent across the
Greek frontier. and according to un-
biased military experts, the Turkish flag
might be flying over Larossa a few day.
later. The Greeks. while animated by
fierce enthusiasm and a desire for war,
are not nearly 30 well disciplined as the
Turkish troops and the German officers
assisting Edhem Pasha in the cam
paign preparations anticipate little diff
Guilty in winning the first battles.
1t is stated today that the queen Of
Greece has decided to start Immediately
for Thessaly in order to superintend,
with her daughter-in-law. the Crown
Princess Sophia, the field nurses attnch-
ed to the Greek ambulance corps.
The next actual step anticipated iu the
eastern game is the proclamation of the
admirals Of the foreign fleets to blockade
the gulf Of Athens. This was to have
occurred today, but a hitch has occurred
at the last moment. Nobody here seeme
to doubt that the blockade OF the Gulf Of
Athens would be followed, If not preced-
ed. by a declaration Of war against Tur-
kax,
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BURIED uNDER A MULE.

Plymouth, Ind, April 5.-The case
against William Sutherlin for murder,
brought here on change Of VEN from
stark county. will be called for trial to-
day in the Marshall circuit court. 6uth-
erlin is charged with having killed Ed
win Fetters, who had been hie friend
and his business partner, on OF about
November lS. 1896. near what N known
as election school house." The state
claim to be able to show that immme-
diately after the murder was committed.
Sutherlin placed the body Of his victim
In q wagon, hauled 1t q mile OF more to
the residence OF Daniel Rohrer, from
whom he purchased ar old mule. which
he led behind his wagon. driving two Or
three miles further to the banks Of Dagie
lake. 1t is claimed that he stopped there
and buried the body Of Fetters eight
fest deep. face downward, in the sand.
Then the CARCASS Of the mule. which had
been KILLED and skinned, was put into
the grave and the hole vas filled mp.
The murderer evidently believ o that II
anyone dug into the grave he would be
attsasd on finding the CARCASS Of the
mule The trappers who discovered the
body kept on DIGGING ~ long - the
earth was loose. and they found the
mans body. There were several bullet
holes in the head. and tho INV was brok-
en-.
A few weeks previous to the discovery
Of tie body the defendant and Fetters
bad been in Knox drinking together. and
later they had been seso together near
whore the murder w1s committed. sus-
picioo ut once pointed to eutherhn -
the perpetratoc of tie dssd. He No. N.
ddcted by the Knox county grand jury
and arrested. and will Be tried this week.
Some Year, 80 b vas tried in Kos
ciusko county With several otheFs f0
the murder q one William Hull, . citi.
zen Of Warsaw. which occurred in .
free-for-all-aght ut 4 dance. In that
case be was acquitted.
, 1897-04-06
CHINESE COOLIES

Shanghai, April 5.-A body Of Cool
les, numbering 5000, who struck recent
ly against an increase Of taxes, engaged
In an anti-toreign demonstration today.
There was serious rioting at noon. The
volunteers were called out and q detach-
ment OF marines and eailors were landed
to assist the authorities in restoring or,
der. The police eventually forced the
Coolies to retire to the French settle,
ment. 1t is reported that two men were
killed during the disturbance. The vol.
unteers and police are guarding the ap.
proaches to the English settlement.
, 1897-04-06
BANK ASSIGNS.

Chicago, April 5.-The Globe Savings
bank, organized in 1891 with eastern
capital, assigned this morning to the
Chicago Title and Trust company. Ex-
Governor John P. Altgeld assisted in
the organization and was its first vice
president.
The last statement. published Feb
ruary 10, showed a capital of 5000. 600
and surplus Of $4,000. with deposits Of
$142, 600 and savings Of 1913, 600.
The Globe Savings bank had no con-
nection with the Globe National bank,
and cleared through the Northwestern
National bank. which gave notice to the
other clearing house banks this morn
ing that they would not clear the checks
OF the Globe Saving bank. The stock of
the Globe Saving bank is held entirely
in the east. An assessment OF SO per
cent was recently made upon the stock
holders and they are fighting it.
JUMPED THROUGH A sKYLIGHT.
Dayton, o., April 5.-The Phillips
house was partially destroyed this morn
ing by a fire, which started in the laun-
dry. Two persons we're seriously injur-
ed, one, the manager Of the Katie Room
ey Comedy company. Several other were
hurt.
The fire was confined to the west wing.
about S16 900. fully inaured. John
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DEATH THROUGH CARELpssNEss

~0S
Montreal, Quebec, April 5.-Three
men were killed by as%phyxiation today
at Doves brewery. They we're cleaning
a beer tunnel and were overcome by the
carbonic acid gas which had collected
at the bottom. The dead are Joseph
Webb, unmarried; John Murphy. mar
ried: John Hanigan.
The man Webb was to blame. He had
been in the brewery for years and knew
that he should have seen whether any
gas had collected. The tunnel was about
thirteen feet deep, and as soon ~ he en-,
tered he dropped to the bottom. Two
others met a similar fate, and a fourth
man. named McCabe. who went to see
what happened, was also overcome. but
was taken out alive.
, 1897-04-06
A KANSAS SCHEME.

Topeka, Kan. April 5.-Ex-Lieut.
Gov. Percy Daniels has succeeded in in
teresting most OF the leading democratic
populist statesmen Of Kansas in an or
%ganization, the object Of which Is to op-
crate a bureau Of Information concern
ing his scheme to a inordinate wealth
and ultimately to secure an amendment
to the federal constitution giving con-
gress the power to levy such a tax.
A daily paper for 30 cents per moatl
Z. u~>k<v nhnnn p>aAsn1
, 1897-04-06

PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
Washington, D. c., April 5.-The
president today sent to the senate the
following nominations with others:
State-Alfred e. Buck of Georgia, to
be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary Of the United States to
Japan; James Doyle OF Ohio, consul at
Liverpool, England: E. S. Day of Con-
'necticut, consul of the United States at
Bradford, England; Fenton R. McCreery
of Michigan, secretary Of the legation of
the United States at City Of Mexico.
Postmasters-John c. Bell, at Beville,
Texas; Patrick B. Gibbons, at Paris,
Texas.
Navy department-Henry NJ. Paul OF
New Hampshire, to be professor OF
mathematics in the navy; Captain
Henry l.. Howison to be commodore
Commander Charles d. Sigsbee, to be
captain; Lieut.. Commander Edwin C.
Pendleton to be commander.
, 1897-04-06

Morn, dsssa.t II tirs you to run up
90 many stairs 70 annoascs my via-
tos?" Yh1n-bae. ~ &C.. when I gitu
tired out, I H. tells - yer amt in"
Life.
, 1897-04-06
THE GREAT DISASTER,

Memphis, Tenn. April 5.-The pre-
diction made in these dispatches on FRI
day, that a great disaster 10 the Missis-
sippi delta would follow the breaking Of
the levee al a point on the east side of
the river north OF Helena, Ark, has been
terribly realized. The break ut Fower
lake. which occurred yesterday morning,
has rapidly grown from u dozen feet in
length. to n thousand. This was the con-
dition of the crevasse this afternoon at
4 o'clock. when an Associated Press rep
resentative left the levee north OF the
break. An effort is being made to tie
each end OF the levee, but owing to the
difficulty in getting material from the
railroad. four miles away. the success of
tho effort is doubtful.
This crevasse is at the head of the
delta and will cause an overflow of the
northern tier Of counties in Mississippi,
with the exception Of a part Of Tunica.
The question that now co%nfronts the
planters is the duration OF the flood. II
the water ia out OF the delta by May 5,
a crop OF cotton can be grown, but cotton
planted as late as May 10 has little
chance OF maturing before frost. The
river at Memphis is stationary tonight.
Much suffering is reported from the
overlooked region. Relief steamers are
making daily trips into Arkansas and
Mississippi. rescuing hundreds of people
and bringing them to Memphis. The
local relief committee is doing every
thing possible for the unfortunate refu-
gees. An appeal was issued asking 9TH
er cities for help.
, 1897-04-06

The very terms on which
ScAtAAng's Best tea is sold
are proof of its goodness
and cheapness.
Your grocer pays you
your money back if, you
don't like it. No condi-
tons: your money back if
you want it
Aseaai.f I C..s.ny
San enadseo )
, 1897-04-06
(Signed.) MURPHY ]. GOSLER,

Governor.
Little Rock, Ark, April 5.-Am gath
ering information by wire and otherwise
and will promptly report to you as soon
as reliable data can be obtained, by
Monday, probably. Entire Mississippi
valley in Arkansas is o%verflowed. Great
destruction Of property; communication
TO many points cut off, rendering the in
formation you require difficult to OBJ
tain. Extent OF suffering for food and
shelter can only be vaguely Approximate
ed, but it is safe to say $50. 900 added by
government to u local will
not be too much TO meet the eXigencies.
DANIEL W. JONES, Governor.
Jackson, Miss, April photographic
communication with the flooded dis
tricts SO interrupted by the overflow that
it is impossible to give anything like
accurate estimate off the number of SUI
fering. But l think $lO.O 900 would re-
lieve the present distress. Many thanks
sor your generous interest in our s,rick-
Ell people. Will keep you promptly in
formed us requested.
A. J. M'CLAURIN, Governor.
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DAILY Rspubneaa CO pr nam.
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watsr-rieht BLANKS 1t tits omes.
, 1897-04-06

as yet no flood district except a small
territory affected by this crevasse. The
situation is, however, extremely critical,
and the cooperation Of your depart
ment through assistant engineers, in
strengthening and maintaining the
levees is most earnestly solicited. Ac-
cept my thanks for your interest in our
people and my high appreciation Of the
same.
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81 440. JIM
AAH1AA0DY
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-12
THE FLAG FIRED ON
NICARAGUA OFFICER STOPS AN
AMERICAN VESSEL.
steamer Rover Narrowly Escapes
sinking at Puerto Cortex-ls
Searched by nm Omcer. Who Pays
No Attention to Protests-Ru-
NOR That American Consul Has
Been shOt-RevO1utiOn in Hon.
duras mt an End.

CHICAGO May IA special to the
Chronicle from New Orleans says:
The steamer Rover. plying between this
port and the ports of Spanish Honduras.
was fired on by Nicaraguan man-of-war
on May g. while four miles from Puerto
Cortez. and narrowly escaped being hit
amidshlps The Rover which came in to-
night. also brought the Information that
ii was rumored in Omoa and other govern
ment points that the American consul at
Puerto Cortez, Mr., Alger. had been shot.
There were no particulars obtained. The
fact that his flags were not flying when the
Rover left the port Is taken as an indica-
ton that this is really so and that pos
sibly Puerto Cortez has passed into the
hands of the government. although II is
also said that the revolutior1sts at that
place are principally Americans and En-
gIishmen well armed and vastly superior
10 the force OF the Honduran govern
ment The story OF the AFFAIR as told by
Capt Reed. OF the Rover. is as follows:
Upon arriving at Puerto C0rtez on the
morning OF May s. Capt. Reed observed
that the fags 81. the American consul
were not flying and there seemed 20 be
something arniss in the town. lie de-
cfded not TO anchor his ship. but instead
ed by the customs officials
After waiting for some time and no one
putting in an appearance. and noticing
that the town seemed 20 be In a state Of
agitation. Capt. Reed concluded IL was
not safe for him 10 remain in the port.
and headed his snip for Omoa- When
the Rover was about four miles distant
from Puerto Cortez the tugboat Lucy h.
was observed heading FOR tire steamer.
When the two vessels were about half
a mile apart. TO the astonlshrnent and dis
may Of the American captain and his
crew. a pun OF smoke was observed 10
clear the sides OF the Nicaraguan vessel
and the next moment there followed re-
port and a solid shot struck the water n
few hundred yards ahead Of the Rover.
The engines Of the Rover were stopped at
once. and there followed another shot.
which dropped into the sea about fifty
feet from the side Of the American ship.
in direct line with her midships.
The Lucy b. was by this time within
hailinc distance. and an officer in uniform
ordered the Rover TO come 10 anchor. She
was then boarded BY this officer. and six
OF her crew followed. The officer turned
out 20 be Gen. j. r. Reyes. of the Mica
ragusn government. and he demanded 10
see the Rover's papers. which were given
him. He then searched the vessel and
apparently finding everything TO his salts
faction. gave Capt. Reed a permit 10 load
fruit at coast ports.
Capt. Reed protested earnestly 10 Reyes
against the firing upon the Rover when
she carried the American flag at her mast
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-12

WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE first
statement which Chairman Dfngley. of the
ways and means committee. whose name
is borne by the new tariff bill. has con-
scented TO make regarding the bill since IL
was amended by the senate finance COM
mitnAe was made by him today to the As
ISOLATED Press. Mr.. Dingley was request
ed to give some statement as TO the prob
able additional revenue that would be
yielded the first year by the senate tariff
bin. as well as by the house bill, and he
spoke as follows:
III must be borne in mind that there is
no senate bin as yet What Is improperly
spoken of as the senate bill is the house
bill reported to the senate by the finance
committee with certain amendments rec
commended. What the senate bill will be
when that body shall have made IL, no one
can as yet say.
While the amendments of the house
bill recommended by the senate finance
committee about 1907 appear to be multi
tudinons, yet about 200 of them are mainly
verbal such as amending the spelling OF
asbestos by substituting % for no. leav-
Ing about SEQ which change rates. This Is
about the number of amendments TO the
Mckinley bill adopted by the senate OF
1880, and of these 500 large proportion in
volve nothing Of consequence. There are.
however, many amendments which are i'm
portdnt. not only as 10 revenue put Oh
other grounds. ] do not propose now TO
speak of these proposed amendments ex-
cept as they affect revenues.
The effect of these amendments as a
whole. outside of the amendment imposing
duty on tea for two years and a half. and
the amendment increasing the internal
revenue on beer A cents per barrel for the
same period and the increase proposed on
tobacco and cigarettes. Will produce less
revenue than would be raised by the house
bill
Some criticism has been made on the
estimate of the ways and means commit
tee as TO the revenue that would be pro-
duced by the tariff bill as 1t passed the
house. These criticisms overlook the fact
that the ways and means committee esti-
mates of the revenue that might be ex-
pected the first year were based on the
assumption that the bill had become
law on or before May !. The committee
in its report expressly said that while
there could be no question that the bill
would in any event yield sufficient rev.
enue TO carry on the government and
leave a surplus the second year of its
operation. which nobody even now con-
tradicts. and probably sufficient for the
first year IL II should be promptly put in
force yet IL there should be delay in it's
enactment beyond May / anticipatory i'm
portations would inevitably cause serious
inroads in the prospective revenue for the
first year"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-12
CHIEFS OF POLICE MEET.
Omcers Observation-Disclosures Of tn.
Bersillon system.


BersilIon System.
PITTSBTRG, May 1.-The fourth an
nuai convention of the National Associa-
ton of Chiefs of Police OF the United
States and Canada opened this morning,
with about 30 delegates. representing
nearly every large city in the country.
The election of officers resulted as follows
President, j. r. Jansen. Milwaukee; vice
president. Col W. 9. Moore. washington,
D c.: secretary. Harry c.. Carr. The
new officers were at once Installed
Milwaukee was chosen as the place for
holding the next annual convention and
the date fixed was the FIRST Tuesday in
June
The question of adopting the Bertillon
system for the detection OF criminals was
brought up. The sole object Is to estab-
lsh a national bureau of Identification
The report was presented by Jacob Fry,
of Baltimore. He was of the opinion that
the bureau could be kept in operation for
5000 He proposed TO divide the different
departments into three classes The first
class is to be assessed 500 per annum,
second class So and third class $50 The
assessments had already been agreed to
by Buffalo Philadelphia. Brooklyn, Wash
ington, Cincinnati New Orleans. Pinker-
tons detective agency. Baltimore, Char
lotte. Indianapolis. Little Rock, Los An
geles. Portland. Me-, and Atlanta, Ga.
The assessments aggregated 81 200. This
was $50 less than the amount deemed
necessary to establish the bureau.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-12
ALL FOR GOOD ROADS.
Business Meeting Of Queen City Ex-
ecutive mmttsce-Race Meet to
he Held July S-Bicycle Ran1e.

The meeting of the executive COMMITTEES
of the Queen City Good Roads Club. at the
Office of city Comptroller Parry. last
night. was chock full of business. Chair
man Meacham presided. Many matters Of
great Importance TO the good roads move
ment were considered. including plans for
legislation much needed by cycle riders
10 protect them from the designing tack
and glass fiends. Chairman Fobes. of the
path committee. reported progress In the
construction OF the Lake Washington
pathway. Mr.. Fohes said that the con-
tractors would turn over their work
promptly In the time specified In he con-
tracts.
The committee decided to hold the race
meet which Will be C part os the Fourth OF
July programme on Monday. July s. Some
oil The members OF tho committee thought
Saturday, July g. was preferable. and FIN
ally the racing board was given authority
20 change the date TO the 50 II Il was found
advisable 20 do so.
Mr. Fobes reported that the nickel
plated iady's Cleveland bicycle had ar
rived Several suggestions as 10 the best
means 90 disrcsing Of the wheel SO as 10
derive the iargcSt amount OF money were
discussed. hut IL was finally decided 10
request the Post-InteIiigencer and the
Times 90 ask their readers TO OFFER sug-
grstions as 20 the most profitabls manner
81 dispoGing Of the wheel. This the Post
cations inciosinE such suggestions will BE-
received az this once during the next
week and the best one. 90 b. decided ~
The committee win be published as VIII
also others which prove valuable.
The secretary was directed 90 prepare a
fGn snd detailed financial statement cf
tho clubs assets ard liabilities 90 be read
AZ the next meeting OF the executive CON-
mittee. "wednesday evening. May -
The contest over the Phoenix bicycle.
which vas given By Mitchell. Lewis a
Sfaver IN sid ~ the Queen city Good
Roads ciub. has been settled without the
intervention = the courts. A protest filed
With Mr. Mitchell ~ - s Harris ysster-
DAY Sss withdraw last nixht Mr.. Young
and AR Brown. both % whom guessed
acrurately the distance regfstered b the
cyclomeier as the wheel sfonE tn Stewart
& Heimes' window. have axrecf that Mr.
Noung = 20 take the wheel Ar. Brown
surrcndering hts interest IN return For Mr.
Noung's wheel which he has been riding
for some little time Both gentlemen are
well satisfied win the arrangement