The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-22
FOREIGN,

The japanese Government has decided
to send two warships to Hawaii. Japan.
csc newspapers urge the Government to
take firm attitude toward the Hawiian
and American governments.
Aubrey Beardsley, the London artist.
has been formally received into the Ro-
man Catholic Church. His health, which
has been precarious for Il long time past.
is now better, and he has gone to the Ri
viera.
In view of the very satisfactory tests
of American armor plate heretofore sent
TO Russia. the Russian Government has
asked the Carnegie and Bethlehem COM
panies to submit proposals for furnishing
armor plate for two large battleships.
The St. James Gazette. London, refer
ring to the trouble in Hawaii regarding
the landing of japanese immigrants, says
that if rupture between Japan and the
United States occurs the latter may find
| the Japanese navy a hard customer to
| tackle.
a leather firm in the Strand, London,
has secured the order for the harnesses to
| be worn by the six cream Flemish horses
| that are to draw the queens carriage in
the procession to st. Paul's Cathedral
June ID The contract price of the har-
| ness is 1000.
The London Evening News publishes
dispatch from its special correspondent
at Athens saying that the Turkish Gov
ernment has formally informed the Greek
Government that any further raid of ir-
regulars into Turkish territory will be re-
garded by Turkey as a declaration of war
upon the part of Greece.
Consul Germain, in report to the State
Department from Zurich in regard to a
plan recently introduced in the public
schools of several European cities, says:
I'm Brussels the children attending pub
lie schools were requested by their teach
ers to gather up on their way to and from
the school all apparently valueless OBJ
jects and deliver their collection daily to
their respective teachers. In the period
from Jan. TO Oct. 1, 1895, or within eight,
months, the following amounts were coll
lected: Tin fell, 1925 pounds; old paint
tubes, 300 pounds; bottle caps, 4,415
pounds; scraps of metal, ,221 pounds; TO-
tai, 7,7S1 pounds. This apparent rubbish
was disposed of and the proceeds applied
so as to completely clotbe 500 poos chill
dren and send ninety sick ones to re-
ed quite a balance, which was distributed
among the poor sick of the city" Il
While the United States steamship
fantic was at stationary target practice
az Chico Bank, La Plata river, about
seventy-6ve miles southwest from Monte
video, Uruguay, sickening accident oc-
Cured. On account of the narrowness of
the Yantic and the smallness OF the gun
ports it is necessary for the main loading
the nine-inch gun to lean out Of the port,
clasping one arm about the gun and work.
ing the sponge and the ramVer with the
other arm, partly exposing his body in
front of the muzzle The bore had been
sponged and the charge of eleven pounds
of black powder had been rammed home
by Seaman Murphy, assisted by Seaman
.. Germansen. The cartridge exploded |
while Murphy was withdrawing the ram |
mer and he was blown off the boat. No |
trace of him was found. Germansen lost
one eye and the other was seriously in
Jured and one arm was broken. Cox
swain Haydn's hand was badly burned by
the blast from the vent and fhe upper half
port was shattered.
On Saturday body of 1900 Greek vol
inteers posted at the Macedonian frontier,
opposed to q larger Turkish force, ad-
RANGED into the enemies territory without
orders from the Government at Athens.
King George is said to be trying strenu-
,usly to avert war, but so far there is no
ilsavowal of the act of invasion. The
Turkish authorities are alive to the situa-
ion, and are making mighty efforts to
force to oppose the advance
VI the Greeks. The plan of the insur-
tents was to occupy Baltino, on the from
Ter of Macedonia, in order to prevent the
Turks from taking up a more advanced
position. Directly the Greeks crossed the
rontier their leaders Issued a proclama-
ion calling upon the Macedonians and
ipirotes to rise for freedom. A special
ispatch Monday from Trikhala says the
Turkish garrison of Baltino, numbering
bout eight hundred men, which was be-
legged by the Greek insurgents, mas cut
IS way through the Greeks, with loss Of
hirty men killed. The fighting was stub
orn. 1t was only at the fourth attempt
hat the Turks were able to issue from I
heir barracks. The insurgents, the spe- I
ial dispatch further states, continued
heir march into Macedonia and have cap
nred the town of Krania. They pursued
he Turks close to Cipria, which is only
wo hours distant from Grevena.