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lof the ceremony takes place. After
an Investigation tue incident wah OF.
fIciaily declared to be an Incident.
due to charsc having been left In
tho gun after the drill the day be.
fore. but no satisfactory explana-
tlon Of why the gun was aimed N II
waS has ever been given. To prevent
accidents this year the salutlnY bat
terry was placed Oh one OF the Islands
OF the fortress, and the signal for the
salute was conveyed to II by rocket.
| Russian postaE. STAINS have here.
tofore never been decorated with pOr-
traits Of Russian rulers. for the rens-
on that uitra.Royai Russian pOstmas-
ters object TO the sacrilege involved
In picking up q rubber cancellIng
stamp covered with Ink aud hitting
the Emperor sharply In the face with
II. a proceeding distinctly necessary
for the protection OF the revenues OF
the Post Office department..
but the old order changes. and In
spite Of protests from pos;musters
with old-time sentiments Of right aud
wrong, the pOs, office win issue on
March q q new series OF stamps cnl-
bellished with portraits OF Roman
offs. sovcireRns OF Russia. part and
present. This new Issue is In con-
r"ctiOn with the celebration or the
third centenary o! the accession Of
the konianoff dynasty to the throne.
The stamps Of seven aud ten copeck
demo nlnutiOu. the principal ones In
use Tor Inland and foreign corrcs-
| pond.ncc. rCApectiycI;. bear portr rats
Of the present Emperor. Nicholas II.
| \ diplomatic protect to III. Greek
government has resulted from an
anus NIX "ho,d.up" OF the RussIan
tnail-steam~r "cn!khucheff" on It's
last trip from OGs.sa TO Alexandria
by the Greek Governor OF Rhodes"
The steamer was halted at sc, off the
island OF Tenetlos by rifle shots from
a Sloop-losd Of armed Greek. and
the captain. on hnltinR. was inf med
fhat the Governor OF Rhodes" was
aboard aud desired the latest news
papers. The angry saiiorman refused
the demand In emphatic language.
Resumed his voyage and on hix arriv
al at Smyrna reported the facts to the
Russian representative at Athens.
| The island OF Rhodes was occupied
by the Italians during the tIalo-Turk-
ish war aud Is stili held BY them. 70
the appearance Of Greek cover
nor" Is some what premature.
1 The story Of iliodor. me mad
monk" OF Tsaritxiu. who. after de-
fyiny the bishops, tho Holy Synod.
the police aU9 oil other authorities,
has been finally dcfrockcd and sent
back to his home Village Us an or
binary laymsn. passes into itx last
chapter with the conversion Of the
monastery ut Tsuritxin. the scene Of
Ms exploits. Into. n nunnery. The
monks. bis adherents. have been scat.
tered among the various other non-
sstcrics Of Russia. The nuns arriving
In Tsaritxin to take over the build.
inRx. have been met By such ubOuse
and threats by the thousands Of lilo.
doris followers TINT the convent Is
guarded by tho police.
Constnnt!noplc, Feb. lJ.-The re-.
newal OF fighting along the Tchst-
ALA lines and at AdrianopIc will
bring again to Constantinople the
long lines OF wounded men, some In
litters. others walking Stoicaliy BY.
Themselves. stiii others supported BY
hospital stewards or their own COM
pnnions-in-arms. The situation,
however. for these unfortunatcs will
have improved In some ways. for to.
day the Const0ntin0ple hospitals are
! wounded.
Two months have passed since the
fighting was discontinued to give
diplomacy chance to make peace
In London. and these weeks huve
been utilized to make preparations
OF many kinds. The possibility Of
further fighting has never been lost
sight Of. nnd chief among the event.
uhlitics provided for has been the
care Of the wounded and the sick.
Many OF the wounded who were I'm
the city hospitals when the armis.ice
was declared huve recovered and
been discharged to return again to
the firing line. The hospitals at the
front have been cleared OF all cases
mat could be moved to make room
ople there have been established n
number of infirmaries for tho hous-
ing OF convalescents.
4 The December horrors Of the ,chol-
era camp ut San Stefano are now
happily u thing Of the past. The
noble and self.sacrificing work done
i.cre by devoted women nnd mon .or
the suffering Turkish soldiers
brought not only ai1eviation at the
time when the situation in the camp
was at Its worst. but 1t has resulted
III the establishment OF better sani-
tury and general conditions at tho
onmp. so that II the dread visitor
cholera again makes its appearance
among the Turkish soldiers at the
front, . place of refuge will be open
i for the stricken.
4 The American and British resi-
4 dents Of Constantinople. including
i Mrs. W. W. Rockhi1l. the wife Of the
American ambassador: Lady Lowther
| wife of the British Ambassador:
4 Hoffman Philip. Secretary Of the
American Embassy; G. +. Gates.