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jir. rntza obeece to withdraw jiEit moors fbom cbete. IX She lioes Do do the Porte Will Hold nr Aninorable The Diplomats at Constantinople nd to the Power the Outline or Tlirlr Scheme or Cretan Autonomy Turk Compelled, Trllh Much DIDlcnlty, to CIo Their Anna at Caara Detail or tho Hard Planting Hear the Capital The flullds or Atbons Offer Alt Their Pand to the Government anal Advise Other Bed lea to Do Sptciol CabU tutpatch to Tins Bdh. Constantinople, April 4. Tho Porto has prepared note to Or coco demanding' tho withdraw nl of tho Greok troops In Croto.

The note declares that In tho event of tho demand bolnft-refused the Porte will hold Greece answerable. It Is declared that the note has already been presented to tho Government at Athens. Tho political outlook Is so decidedly uncertain that business In Constantinople has comotoa complete standstill. A general fcollng ot uneasiness prevails, and as a result prices at the Itourso display a downward tendoncy. In local stocks yestorday thoro was a heavy doclinoall around.

The diplomats hero have telegraphed to their respective Governments tho brood lines of tho scheme of autonomy for Oroto upon which they hare agreed. Tho details of the plan have not been divulged, and It Is probable that nothing dednlta concerning them will bo known until tho powers pass upon the scheme Cask 4, April 4. The work of disarming tho Buhl Bazouks who took part in the sortie on Saturday against tho Christians who were retiring from tho peninsula of Akrotirl began today. A number of gendarmes went to the Tillage of Kalienl. where many of the Turkish Irregular troops are living, and demanded tho surrender of their arms.

The Bashl Baxouks wrro delinnt, and refused to give up their weapons. As a result the Enropoan troops were I summoned, and they surrounded tho village. Parleying with the Basht Bazouks went on for an hour beforo any material impression was sisde on them. Finally they consented to give up their weapons, which they did with very bad grace, much time being occupied in the process of disarming them. At other places European troops mounted guard at the town gales to prevent the Basht Bazouks leaving and hiding their arms outside the towns.

A proclamation was issued declaring all those who withheld tbetr anus would be shot, but this failed of the desired effect, as only about 100 a were given up. It Is known that fully 200 arc still in possession of their owners, and strenuous efforts will bo mado to get them. The insurgents have exploded a dynamite cartridge tinder one of the walls of the fort at Elasamo. London; April 4. The Canea correspondent of the Dally Ifttci telegraphs to that paper a description of the fighting that took place yesterday on the Peninsula of Akrotirl.

lie says that about 4.000 Moslem irregulars streamed along the road from Canea to Suda. They passed tho international Jj forces and were In full view of the foreign warships. They began ascending tho hill toward the insurgent positions, and no effort waa made to stop Two thousand of them were armed, but the others were without weapons. The unarmed Moslems were driving donkeys and carrying baskets. A story had circulated that the Admirals were going to allow the insurgent to remove inland, and tho Moslems intended to pillage their houses after they had gone.

The Insurgent fighting force at Akrotirl numbers only 700 men. When tho Moslems wore ahlthln 200 yards of tho Insurgents' lines a parley ttas held by the leaders. What passed between them Is not known. Suddenly along both lines there were almost concurrent volleys. At first the insurgents bad the advantage and drove the Moslems down the hills.

The latter rallied, and, making a fierce charge, drove the Christians from their forward posts, where a Turkish flag, which is still waring, was planted. A moderate estimate places the killed and wounded on each aido at fifty. Major Hor, who Is In command of the gendarmerie, and two Italian officers ascended the hill and parleyed with the Moslems, trying to stop the fighting. Several of the warships had loaded their guns and were about to shell tho Moslems when they saw Major Bor and tho Italian officers. They then refrained from firing, fearing that they would hit them.

A heat rain Btopped the firing between the Christians and the Moslems, and the latter returned to Canea. Orders had meantime been given that they be disarmed when they orrh ed at tho city gato. The first few, when they reached the gato, had their arms taken from them. After a short rest theso men returned along the Suda road and warned their approaching comrades who had their anuH. Consequently only a few were obtained.

Seven hundred rifles that were distributed by the flovernor remain in tho town. Dcsplto orders that have been given by tho Admirals, the Turkish officials refuse to liberate three Giceks, who are prisoners at Akrotirl. The Time prints a despatch from Canea saying that only fifteen Moslem were killed and several wounded in yesterday's fighting. The loss of the Insurgents is placed at six killed and eleven wounded. Atiiknh, April 4.

The guilds and other publlo bodies here and at the PIrieus have arranged to hold a big demonstration on Tuesday next, the Greek Independence Day, They havo offered to turn over to the Government all their funds, Mounting to nearly 1,000,000 drachmas They have Invited the other towns of Greece to muko a similar display of patriotism, and to tire all the financial aid posslblo to the authorities In order to enable the latter to continue their preparations to maintain the rights of Greece. BLOCKADE OP OREECE. Athena Itrport lata It Will Be Delayed ror Several Day. nptrtal CabU Vtipalch to Tn So. 1iMiON, April 4.

Whllo various reports concur that a blockade of Greece will be estab-lUhod immediately, the Chronicle' Athens correspondent telegraphs that it has again been djouniod for several days while Hanotaux, toe French Foreign Minister, produces a mysterious plan. The despatch adds that a diplomat assured aing (Soorgo jcatcrday, that there was no im-jnciJIato prospect of a blockado, and he begged his Majesty not to tuke action under the belief that a blockado was Imminent. Nobody has tho slightest idea of what tho trli Is In the so-called concert concerning tho Wo.k.i(l. Hr. I'etrhhudiio, April 4.

The semi-official Journal de St. rttcrabouro says that thoaggres- re and provocative attitude that Greece con- tlniKs to maintain with such deplorable ob- 3 nuiy forcos the powers, much agulnst their "Mi, io havo recourse to blockado of the Gulf c' Alliens. Tho paper denounces the retention of Col. stuns In rreto, and says It rofuses to bollevo it PomiIUk that Greeco will Indulge in such an ox- Iraordluury net of folly as a declaration of war fcoulrtbo. Tho Journal adds: In tho event of such a thing happening, attJsatiL.

Anf-'ilifStfriwiiaailftiral; tatnly have to endure the most serious oonso-quoncei. 8he could count on nobody's support. Whatever the result of a conflict so wantonly provoked, tho power would never consent to the aggressors ever deriving the lightest advantage thorefrom. "Thocomploteogreomentof tho powers remains unalterable, and they would, In the event of disturbances created by Greece, know how to localize and. If need be, suppress them." THE CZA.ll AND GBEEOB.

It la "aid Re Wilt Rapport King ae-orge a War aa Ilaaala'a lateral Permit. Special CabU Dtipatoh to TBI Su. Loxdon, April 4. A despatch to the Dally Mall from Copenhagen says that a conference hold by the royal family resulted in a rosolyq to uphold the present dynasty of Greece. Tho Dowagor Czarina, is a daughter of tho King of Denmark and a sister of King Georgo of Greece, is at present in Copenhagen, where she will remain until the end of the month to assist with her counsel.

A special cipher telegraph service ha been established between St. Petersburg and Copenhagen. It is tho general conviction that the Dowager Czarina has succeeded In inducing tho Czar to support tho King of Greece, so far as such support is consonant with Russia's interests. If this statement la authentic It will arouse a sensation. MB.

GLADSTONE ON It ISSOJB. tils IUasons ror Writing the rteeent IOtter Condemning the Powers. Athens, April 4. M. Zalmls, President of tho Boulc the Greek legislative body, recently sent to Mr.

Gladstono a message of gratitude for the stand ho has taken in behalf of Greece and the Cretan Christians. In his message M. Zalmls said: "All your glorious life has been full of combat for Justico and liberty. Now that the Ilellenlo nation has risen to fight in favor of Crote, which is bedewed with blood, you como to uphold anow tho rights of an oppressed race." Mr. Gladstone's reply to this message was made publlo here to-day.

He says: "My tract was not written to confer a favor on Greece, but to discharge a solemn duty contributing to redeem my country from any risk of dishonor whleh would have been Incurred by placing ourselves In antagonism to the high interests of justice and freedom. My opinion is that If the Greeks continue discreet and the Cretans Arm, their reasonable self-assertion will carry the day, and the powers. If they should be so unwise as to tako a hostile part, be both discredited and defeated." DISOJlDEJtS J.V ANATOLIA. The Power Kxpress Pear or Parther Massacre or Armenian. CoN'STACTtxopix, April 4.

It is reported here that disorders have occurred at Ku.rjl, in the Vilayet of Bitlls. It is said that several Armenians were killed, but no further details are given. The Ambassadors havo called the attention of the Porto to the fears that are entertained that there will be a massacre of Armenians at Hadjln, in Anatolia, which place escaped the fury of the Turks and Kurds during the previous massacres. When the several districts of Anatolia were being ravaged by the Turks eomo months ago Mr. Terrell, the American Minister, warned the Porte that the United States Government would demand the head of tho Governor of the Hadjln district if any harm should befa'l- the' three American lady missionaries who were" living In Hadjln.

Mr. Terrell has now renewed his warning and has demanded that a troop of soldiers be detailed to guard tho residences of the missionaries. A Christian Governor was appointed for the Vilayet of Hadjln three months ago, but he has not yet arrived at his post. FOB THE CHIMB OF DUITINO WAGONS A Lot or Curlona Dunday Arrests Are All or the Sunday Labors or the Police Seceaaary I The police of the Madison street station enforced the laws against the desecration of Sunday yesterday morning in a manner that astonished Magistrate Cornell In the Essex Market Court when the offenders wero brought bofore him. Policeman Boll brought a number of prisoners to the court, whom, ho explained to the clerk, "he bad caught In the act" of violating the Sunday laws.

Among them was Joseph Friedman, 73 yoars old, of 11 Forsyth street. Friedman was driving a wagon through Henry street when arrested. Tho wagon was loaded with hats and caps which Friedman was taking to a hat factory. "What is this man charged with asked Magistrate Cornell. "Conveying merchandise through tho streets which la not an act of charity or necessity," replied the policeman.

Friedman said he was taking the goods to a factory which was closed on Saturday, In accordance with the religious belief of the owners, and that It was doing business Sunday. "That Is perfectly proper," sold the Magistrate. This man is discharged," The same policeman arraigned Joseph Frerlck of 0U5 Itlvlngton street and Alyer Coopertnan of Brooklyn for a similar offence, and Samuel La-berfsky of Wi ltldgo street for carrying a bundle through tho streets. When the last case was reached Magistrate Cornell said: "I think the pollco ought to be in better business than making such arrests as these. These men are discharged." I have two more prisoners, your Honor," said Boll, and I think you will agree with me that I was justified in arresting them." These were charged with selling apples from a basket, and were lined V- each.

Policeman McCarthy of the same precinct then came forward with some more culprits. Louis Darmlar of 47 Market street was driving along East Broadway with two barrels of pickles in nls wagon when McCarthy marched him off to the station. When Magistrate Cornell read the affidavit against Darmlar be smiled and said: Darmlar, you nro charged with carrying pickles along the publlo highway on Sunday. HowdoreyoudoBucha thing I Don you know pickles will keep The Magistrate then tore up the papers and discharged the prisoner. Aaron Stern of 87 Willett street, who was also caught with a barrel of pickles in bis wagon by the same policeman, was also dlsohargod.

McCarthy then arraigned Morris Lenton of 01 Madison street for driving a mineral water wagon along Market street. "Look here, officer." said Magistrate Cornell whon this case was reached, "Who's your Captain!" "Meaklm." "I wonder what denomination he belong to. Is he a Prosbyterlanl" McCarthy could not answer. Lenton was discharged. WAJl OK Silt.

Insurance Companies Will Plgbt Hint ror Barring Them Out or Uanaaa. TorcKa, April 4. To-morrow tho New York Life, the Mutual Life of Now York, and the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance companies will begin a big fight against Superintendent of Insurance MoNall, who recently barred them for refusing to pay the famous Hill-man claim. This will be a light between Federal and State authorities. The companies seek to put Mr, McNall in Jail for contempt In barring them for refusing to pay clulm Hill) pondlugln tljo Federul courts.

On tho other band McNall will bo lucked by the power of tho State Uuvoriiment and "III hold tb it ho id not nmciiublo to Federal authority. The chsu will altrurt nntlonul attention. Tho leading lire companies of America uro backing tho life companion because McNall recently warned them that ho would rovoko their licenses to do htiBlness in Kansas If he should find that that they wero bunded together in a trust to keep up rates. Illalorlo Vrrtk Auulvrrsary Celebrated. Lowkll, April 4.

This afternoon the Greeks of this city colebrated the seventy-sixth anniversary of ths raising of the standard of liberty by Archbishop Genuanol. which led to the war of indepcenoesuttd toe release ot tho VEILED LADY WAS LURKING OVT8IDE TUB FOltTALa OB ANNIE HESANPf ZEOTVBE ItOOM. It Wasn't the Amerleaa Veiled Mahatma, Only a Woman with aa Umbrella, with Which She Bit Another Woman, Whom Dr. Waltaa Uad Escorted to the Lecture. In ths audlonce that listonod to Mrs.

Annie Bosant's lecture in Ohlckoring Hall last evonlng was Dr. Alexander Walton of 609 Fifth avenue, who had brought Miss Rose Lemoyno ot 131 Bast Twenty-third street to hear tho The-osophlst talk. They had Beat woll down In ths auditorium, and when tho lecturer ended thoy were some tlmo In reaching the street. As thoy passed out ot the entrance- of the hall and (topped on tho sidewalk, with a crowd of pooplo surrounding thorn, a veiled woman and a girl about 14 year old. who were walking up tho avonuo, came up to them.

Tho veiled woman looked at Dr. Walton. Helen, look at your father," she exclaimed, in a voice that attracted the attention ot all the people. "He ought to be ashamed to bo seon walking with that thing on the publlo street." With the word "that thing" the woman struck Mis Lemoyno on tho back with an umbrella. Dr.

Walton, apparently anxious to avoid a further scene, took Miss Lsmoyne's arm and hurried her up the street. The relied woman and tho girl followed a few feet bshlnd. All talked. Several hard words wore used and two or three blows wero struck. The Theosophlsts followed tho fighting woman in a body.

They went up three blocks, squabbling all tho way and threatening to pull out each other's hair. Dr. Walton apparently tried to keep Miss Lemoyno quiet and to escape from the woman who was following them, but when they reached Twenty-first street ho saw that she was bent on pursuing them. Policeman Donovan was standing on tho corner and Dr. Walton callod him.

I want you to arrest that woman for assaulting tills lady." he said. I will go along to the Btatlon house with you and make a complaint. The policeman put hi hand on the veiled woman shoulders and urgod her to be quiet. She became less noisy, and Dr. Walton, Miss Lemoyno, and the others walked through to Sixth avenue and went to the West Thirtieth streot police station, with the policeman acting as a body guard.

When they reached the station another war of word began, which the S' rgeant finally atopped. Dr. Walton said that tho woman who had struck Miss Lomoyne bad been his wife fifteen years ago, and that the girl she had called Helen was their daughter, lie procured it divorce from her a number of years ago. be said, and since then she has been a constant source of annoyance to him. ''I have paid her $30 a woek since I left her." he laid, "although As has not the slightest claim on me.

In return for my kindness she has humiliated me tlmo and tUuu again In public, and now I think that patience has ceased to be a virtue. I want her arrested." Mrs. Walton listened to what her former bus-band said, and remarked that she had her rights and could use tbem. Miss Lemoyno said that she knew Dr. Walton to be an honorable gontle-ui an.

and so did her mother. Miss Lemoyno charged Mrs. Walton with striking her with an umbrella. "No, she didn't," yelled Miss Helen. "I did that myself." "Sweet child." remarked a policeman.

In tho station house the party talked and looked bard at each other for nearly half an hour. Finally the Sergeant told Dr. Walton that he thought it would bo better for him to havo Mrs. Walton arrested on a warrant, and not cause her to be locked up all night. Dr.

Walton Anally agreed to this. He and Mis Lemoyno rode away from the station house In a cab. Mr. Walton and her daughter waited a few moment and then walked away, oscortod by a policeman sent along by the Sergeant to see that there was no further trouble. BOY'S HTOBV OF KIDXAFPHfO.

An Eleven-Year-old Lad Arrive Home la the Early Morning wllh a Tale. Lancaster, April 4. Royal A. Murray, eleven years old, who lives at 733 East Walnut Btreet, Is at his home to-night with a battered head and face, a bruised body, and an experience He and several other small boys were playing In the street near home yesterday afternoon. A burly-looking man approached the group, and said a womau wanted somebody to run an errand, for which sho would pay liberally.

Murray joined tho stranger without suspicion. The man led him to tho water station of tho Pennsylvania Railroad, closo by. A freight train was taking ater, and while young' Murray was looking for the woman ho was grabbed by two other mon, who placed him on the freight, cautioning him to make no outcry. In a few minutes the train was speeding down tho track. It went to (Slcn Loch, Chester county, forty miles east of here, and famed as headquarters of tramps.

The train stopped long enough for the three kidnappers to hustle their charge off. He says they took him to a shanty where a dozen men were playing cards. The boy remained a captive In the shanty for several hours. When be saw a chance to slip out ho did so In a hurry. He made his way to the railroad, where he boarded a west-bound freight and got to Lancaster In the early hours of this morning.

Ho Jumpod from the train as It was going at fast speed, and this Is whore he got his dlsflgurod face and bruised body. A track walker picked him up and at 4 o'clock this morning restored him to his parent, who had spent the night hunting for him. A reporter who Investigated tho facta found verification of tho story of abduction. The police authorities say that it is not an uncommon thing for tramps to curry off small boys, their object being to utilize them as beggars or to instruct them in thievery. JOEBEBOa BKIFTINO VEBY J.Oir.

Dawn In Latitude 4H Already, Which Is Pretty Par South ror starch. All steamships that got in yesterday report having encountered much ice and many bergs as far down as latitude 42, near the easterly edge of the Banks. It Is unusual for the ice to drift so far so early in the year. The drift is accounted for by the unusually fierce and persists ent northwesterly gales that havo kept the Atlantic In turmoil since the beginning of February. These gales have forced the bergs from the glaciers and carried them as far south as tbey havo ever been seen in March.

The Hamburg-American liner Fners t-Blsmarck on Thursday last 'betweon latitude 42 7' and latitude 42 fi'. passed two bergs, the smaller of which wa 40 feet high and 120 feet long. On the same day, at 8 o'clock A. she ran Into a heavy sea which momentarily stalled her. Thoro wero no passengers on deck at the time, or thoy might have been hurt, as a part of the sea came aboard.

The French liner La Bretagne, In yesterday, passed a large borg In 42, which Is as low as any bergs have been seen for several years. The Hamburg-American steamship Pennsylvania Btnumcd through a large quantity of heavy pack ico and cited several bergs. The German oil tank Burgermelstor Petersen was forced to stesr south twenty-five mtlos from latitude 42' 10' to avoid the Held ice. TJIIBTT FASIILIEB HOMELESS. Driven rrom Prame Tenment House In Hobo ben by Fire.

Thirty families living in the four-story frame tenement houses at 111, 113, 110, and 117 Madison street, Hoboken, were driven from their homes by fire early yesterday morning. The Are raged five hours and the bouses wore practically gutted. All the occupants got out safely and only throe families lost their household goods. The homeless families were taken In by neighbors. H.

K. Ilreekwalder, un oil peddler. Is part owner of the property and lived on the nmoud flour of 11B. It huh reported that ho had several barrels of gasoline stored In the cellar and that ono barrel exploded during tho lire llreck-Mildcr denies that he Btorodnny oil In thoocl-)ar. Tho loss Is estimated at about 920,000.

i'ooriuoster Barck hired apartments for the burned-out tenants at the nxpeuso ot the city. Mlrnrb by Iron That Fell rrom thr(nrldp. While 7-year-old Annie Carlow of 241 Washington street, Brooklyn, was watching tho Salvation Army, at Washington and Concord street, yesterday afternoon, a piece of iron fell from tho bridge 'structure. Ma; striking her on the bd, oauMd severe twp wouaa. FOPVLISTS AND IltE FVLFIT.

Kansas Statesmen Denounce Clergymen Who AraMotPreeBllverlteo A noycott Proposed. TorRKA, April 4, Loading Populists of Krnsas have inaugurated a now reform, and It is almod at the Presbyterian and Methodist churches. Editor Latimer of tho Pleasanton Herald raises the point that all the ministers of these denominations are worshippers at Uio shrine of Wall street, and be appeals to tho Populists who stood for the freo coinage of silver to refuse to support them. He says numerous appeals havo been sont to the West recently from the official boards of these churches for funds, ne declares It to bo tho duty of all silver men to refuso to contribute until the ministry shall got in line on the money question. Further, it 1 tho Intention to puBh this new reform and refuso to contribute to local preachers who go about advocating the gold standard policy.

If all the Populists and Free Silver ad vocates in Kansas adopt this advice, scores ot Mothodlst clorgymen would be forcod to abandon tholr pulpits. Gov. Loedy is also on the warpath, and took occasion to-day to roast England an the suns line. He had received a letter from the Chri-tlan Herald asking how much corn Kansas would glvo to aid ths starring masses ot India, He said: "Kansos's first duty is to tho sufferers at home. England should take care ot India.

She has been robbing those people for years, and the least she could do Is to feed them when they are itarving." INJUBED BT X-BATS. Capt, Webster' Skin Frela Off and Ue Wants Treatmeat for Ills Blew Malady. Ouaha, April 3. Copt. John McKay Wobster of tho Twenty-second Infantry, stationed at Fort Crook, left last night for Chicago, where he goes to tako special treatment for Injuries received about a month ago from X-rays.

Capt. Webster waa shot sorer! year ago and and tho bullot lodged In hi bock. Ho had tho examination made by tho X-rays in hope of locating tho bullet so that it might bo cut out, but the test proved a failure Since arriving homo the skin on his body which wa subjected to the rays has boon constantly pooling off somewhat after the manner of a scald. Ths Captain goes to Chicago In the hope that ho may bo rcllevod of his new malady. IN TEBBOB OF TOLL-GATE BAIDEBS.

Keeper Atkinson Successfully Defends His data bnt Is Shot at by the Slob. CouNisnviiXE, Ky April 4. Tho people of tlua district aro oxclted over tho turnpike raiders, who havo destroyed every toll gate in Mercer, Washington, and Anderson counties, except about half a dozen near tho larger towns. Tho UarrocHburg and Cornlshvillo Turnplko Company, through Its directors, has mado a strong warfare on tho raiders. S.

P. Debaun led tho fight for the directors. His nephew, Ca Atkinson, kept the first toll gato westof hero, and was active In assisting his uncle In ferreting oat the lawbreakers. Tbey perfected a system of espionage which they thought would bo sufficient to prevent the raiders from surprising them, but tho raidors eluded their vigilance and cut down both gates between here and HarrocUburg. They then eet Atkinson's gate on tire, and when ho ran out, shotgun In band, to repel the marauders, tbey Urea three loads of shot at him.

Atkinson said to-night that the raidors hitched tholr horses a quarter ot a mllo down the pike. Tbey got planks and made a fortification behind which they stood after tbey tired bis gate. Atkinson had threatened to shoot Uie rulders It they came to his placo agalu, aud as lie was known to be a courageous mou tbe raiders would take no cntTUoes. Attlnsfta bod threatened to dlvalgo tbelr names to tho authorities if thoy continued their depredations, and for this they tried to murder htm. They did not destroy the gate he guarded.

The directors held a consultation on Friday with County Judgo Roche and told him that they would no loiwer try to toko toll because tho raiders had threatened to blow up their homos and to murder them. Yesterday John and Thompson Carter, who llvo near Atkinson's gate, and who said they recognized soveral of the men who shot Atkinson, left the county because tho raiders had warned them In writing to leave. BAN ll'lS OWN DITOBOE BUBEAV. Pslree Sold Decrees and Collected Pees Without ftererence to Courts. Atlanta, Ga April 4.

John N. Petree, a lawyer of Marietta, has discounted tho lawyers of Chicago In securing divorces with secrecy and despatch. He bogan to practiso only about a year ago. Tho trial ot a case in the Cobb Superior Court last week dovelopod a curious state of affairs. Joe Robertson was indicted, triod, and convicted of living with Georgia Lester contrary to law.

ne contended that bo had been divorced from his first wife and legally married to his socoud. A paper was exhlbitod to Judgo Oober purporting to be a divorce granted Robertson at tho November term, tho jury verdict Blgned by Anker Dobbn, foreman, ana tho deoreo signed by George Gober, Judge, and W. It. Montgomery, clerk. Robertson said he had paid Petree $20 for his sorvlces and Petree had turnlshnd him with that paper.

He said he thought he wns legally divorced and had applied to and obtained from Judgo Stone, tbe ordinary, a marriage license, and was married to Georgia Lester lust December. Tho namo signed to the verdict of tho supposed Jury Is that of a man whose name Is not In tho jury box. Tbo signature of tbe decree is a clumsy effort to Imitate tho Judge's peculiar chlrog-ropby. A rulo has beon Issued by Judgo Gnbor against Petree to appear bofore lilra and show cause why he should not bo strlckon from tho bur as an attorney. Sheriff Bishop has so fur been unable to nnd Petree to serve tbe papers.

An Investigation has been made which shows that Potrec bad established a divorce bureau of hi own. In which ho granted decrees and collected fees without any reference to trials by court. LAND OlTEHEn TO PBINTBBS. Typographies! Union So. May Have 0,000 Acre on Certain Conditions.

A proposition has been mado to Typographical Union No. 0 through. James B. Connell, ono of Its oldest members, which ho says Is for the benefit ot all connected with the organization, both employed and unemployed, Tbe proposition Is that the union can have for tho asking 6,000 acres of land in Potter county. a tow hours by rail from New York, upon tho following conditions: That 1,000 ot tho 6,000 acres shall bo held by the union free for the use of any ot its member in good standing for one year, the balance to be sold In plots not to exceed fifteen acres each.

The development of tbe land is to bo under tho direction or a practical and up-to-date furmor. Tbe land, Mr. Connell says. Is worth (26,000, and the donor, whoever he may be, otTors to give 1110,000 in cash provided a like sum is given by the union toward tho development of tbo land; fil.OOOtobe paid down and $000 paid monthly hereafter. Not more than 100 members of tbo union are to be provided for during tho first ear, but 100 additional membors will be provided for annually thereafter.

The union has about 6,000 members, of whom It has to support about 1,600, who cither through ago, disability, or lack of work are unable to support themselves. It was announced yesterday that tho union, has appointed a commlttco of llvo to lnvcstigato the offer, with aulhoilty to visit tho land In Pennsylvania, if advisable. FOa HID THE TBAIN. John Jack Killed at a Crossing on the Hack-rnsacb Meadows. There is only one Sunday train on tho Morris and Essex branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.

As it was crossing tho Hackensack meadows, noarly an hour behind time, yesterday morning at 6:26 It struck a farm wagon loaded with furniture, which was crossing tho rulls on the Harrison turnpike, John Jacks, aged 15. of 071 Tonnele nvvnuo, Jersij City, wbh tho driver. Hous moving to Arlington, and bud tuken an curly start. Thoro was a heavy fog un the uioadows, and Jacks (oulduotseetho approaohlnc tiain. It killed one horse, Injured tbe other, and domollsbed the wagon, tbrowingJacks twenty feet.

He was removed the pity Hospital, and died shortly after hi arrival. II leave a widow and one RECEIVER M'NEIL HURT. MANAOEB OF OBVQON B. AND X. CO.

ASSAULTED AND BOBBED. Found In the Street In Bochrstor In a Daied Condition and Taken to a Rospltal-fftlll finable to dive a Coherent Aeesnnt or Bow and Where lie Waa Aaaaultod Sachelltolea. RocnitSTRrt, April 4. Edwin McNeil, Receiver ot tho Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, was attacked by robbers in a Central avenue saloon last night, rendered unconscious by a blow from an ax or ico plot, and supposed to havo been robbed ot a considerable sum of money. He was taken to St.

Mary's Hospital in this city, and is still in such a dazed condition that the attendants and visitors aro unabls to obtain any cohorent statement from him. This morning Superintendent of Pollco Cleary received hi first intimation of the affair whon ho read the report submitted to him by Officer P. J. Sullivan, who patrols North Clinton street from Central arenne, some distance below tho elevated tracks. Sullivan said In his report that a man giving his name a McNeil" fell down near tho Kremlin House, on North St, Paul street, and cut hi head.

He was taken Into the Kremlin House, and later removed to Dr. Turn-more' office. Tbo ambulance of St. Mary Hospital was summoned and he wa token to that Institution. Sullivan' theory waa that It wa merely an accident.

Superintendent Cleary detailed Detectives Swanton and McDonald to investigate tho case this morning, and they went to 8U Mary's Hospital and tried to talk to McNeil. The Utter was in no mood to say anything. Ho Anally said that ho was on a Central-Hudson train on Saturday night, and when tho train stopped at Rochester he left his satchel In tho seat and got oft to buy a drink. Ho had to go back further than ho expected to obtain the drink, and whon he got back to tho station ho found that the train had gone, taking his satchel with it. Ho wandered around for a long time and fell in with some tough character who wanted to whip him.

There was a Aght and McNeil got the worst of It He wandered out of the saloon Into tie street and Anally daggered into tho Kremlin House, whsro ho wa taken care of. The story told by McNeil wa rambling that the detective did not put much credence la it. Ho still seemed to bo dazed, and related soveral different stories to account for his cut and bruises. Ho said nothing to-day about being robbed. In his first story of tho affair, told last night, ho said that hi satchel was taken away from him by robbers, and that it contained considerable monoy and some valuable papers.

Superintendent Cleary does not bellove that McNoll was robbed. lie said to-day that no robber would leave two valuable diamond rings on a man's Angers and a fine gold watch in his pocket If he was roally bent on robbery. This theory docs not take into account tho fact that tbe thief might have been compelled to flee to escapo detection. Tho Superintendent say that there Is no doubt that McNeil wa villainously assaulted, and that tbe officers will get at tbe facts In tho caso as rapidly as possible. At a late hour to-night no arrests had been made.

At midnight McNeil was Btlll in a dazed condition, and it Is feared that bis skull Is fractured. In any event, he will not be able to leave tbe hospital for several day. It Is learned tonight that his private car Is awaiting hhn at Chicago. His latest version of the affair is that he was struck on the head with an ice pick. 1IABNESS 3TAKr.ll BOBBED OF $330.

The Money Found Ijitrr by a Policeman nrear Where lie Waa Attacked. Aloxaudcr Nesbath, a harness maker of 680 Broome Btreet, was assaulted by two men and robbed of p.130 on West Thirty-eighth street early csterday morning. Policeman Holland of the West Thirty-seventh street station, who was nearby, heard his erica for help, and found him in an areaway bleeding from a deep cut on tho side of his head, while his assailants were hurrying away up the street. He said he had been assaulted with some blunt Instrument and robbed of some money. Tho noHccmun succeeded In capturing one of tbo footpads, who described himself as Thomas Casey of 410 West Thirty-sixth street.

When searched no money was to be found on htm. Policeman Tautpheous was sent out to arrest the man's companion, a negro, whom be found at 344 Went Thlrty-elgbth street in bed. The nogro gave his name as Frank Simmons. While taking his second prisoner to the station bouse, Tautpheous passed through Thirty-eighth street, and under the street lamp whsro the robbery occurred ho found a roll ot bills amounting to $330. In the Jefferson Market Pollco Court later In the day.

Magistrate Crane held Casey, who Is known to tho police aa "Red" Casey, and Simmons for trial. Nesbolh's wouud was treated at Roosu olt Hospital. BIOOEST FBEIOllTER AFLOAT. Pennsylvania Arrive Wllh 10,900 Toaa or Cargo and OS1 Paaaenaera, The Hamburg-Amorlcan steamship Pennsylvania, tbe biggest freight and passenger carrier that bos yot appeared in this port, arrived last evening with the unexampled cargo ot 13,200 tons. Including 00,000 bags of beet sugar.

Crossing the bar she drew twcnty-nlno feet. No other freighter or passenger vrssol that has ever entered this harbor has been so deoplv laden. It was moro than an hour beforo tiinsblp wns warped Into her Hoboken dock. Tbe steam wlncb with which she hoists her masslvo freight gang planks broke, and it required 100 men to put the plank In plaoc. Two of the 838 Pennsylvania steerage passengers dlod on tho voyage.

Ono was a child, four months old, and tho othor an epileptic man. There were 031 passengers altogether. WENT TO SLEEP SMOKING. Ilia Cigar Fired the Redding no May Ioe Doth Ills Hands. John Bonntog, a German, 40 year old, went to sleep while smoking a cigar late Saturday night at his lodging at 31 Dominlck street.

Tho lighted cigar fell on tbe bedding and set Are to It. He was nearly suffocated as a result, and his hands were so badly burned that, at St. Vln-cout's Hospital, to which ho was taken, tbe surgeons feared he might lose them. KILLED ON THE OBEGON SlIOltTLINE A Defective Switch Causes a Rroaahup In Utah. Salt Lake, April 4.

An accident occurred to the Oregon Short Line west-bound tralnfor Portland, at 8 o'clock yesterduy morning, by which Peter Kennedy of Kansas City was killed, Ave persona very seriously and twenty-threo others slightly lnjurod. Tho accident occurred near Malad station, and was causod by a defective switch, Tbe injurud were mostly from Oregon, new Railroad Projected In Moitro. CiTToy Mexico, April 4. Mr. Payne of New York, brother-in-law of ex-Secretary Whitney, nnd Enrique a Chihuahua baukcr, have obtalnod a concession to build railroad from Trnvlno, at tbe Junction of the Mexican International and the Monterey and Moilcan Gulf railroads to tho Phi illc coast, iniBnIni: through the city of Chihuahua.

'I ho (iivernuit'iit glvos the road a subvention of a kllomoter. A Train Robber Caught. Nkvaha City, Cal April 4, James Tvuem, who la supposed to havo beon tho leader of tho gang of banditti which hold up tbe Union Puiiilo passenger train ueur Uintah, Utah, on Oct. 14 last aud obtained several thousand dollars, was arrested here yesterday by the Sheriff of Nevada county and will be turned over to the Federal authorities. A Danghtor In Seboflrld.

ST. AuaUBTINB, April 4. Mrs. Bchofleld to-day presented LlouU-Gen. John M.

Bchofleld, d. A. (retired), a fine, healthy gir) baby. PABSON POTTEB SUED FOB DTTOBCE. Wire Aceasallen Against tb Ki-Dmlnle of la Baptlat Tabernacle.

More trouble and of a new kind is in store for the Rev. Daniel a Potter, who has been making thing lively for the owner of the Baptlat Tabernacle on Second avenue for several months, and who wa Anally evicted from the church property at 102 Second avenue by the Baptist City Mission Society, of which John D. Rockefeller is tho head. One of Mr. Potter's warmest adherents in the struggle wa his housekeeper, Julia Ross.

Now his wife, Mary P. Potter, Is suing him for absolute divorce, and names Julia Ross a co-respondent. The papers in the case wre served on Mr. Potter on April 1 by Howo Hummel, Mr. Potter's counsel.

They set forth that tho couplo were married on May 27, 1878, in Hamilton, N. and havo throe ohlldren, Paul, 10 yoars old; Sterling, 17 year old, and Dean, IB years old. The plaintiff ask that the onstody of these children be awarded her and that maintenance for life bo given hor from tho estate of the defendant. The divorce la asked for on tho statutory grounds. It 1 charged that betweon 1801 and tho present time Daniel a Potter was improperly intimate with Julia Olshowski, better known as Julia Ross, hi housekeeper, in the church house at 102 Second avonue and at 201 East Tenth street, where, it is allogod, ho lived with her; that-ho also had improper relation with other women not named at 126 East Eleventh Btreet, at Hosovillo, S.

and at Washington, D. O. and that ho was discovered In a compromising position at Shlppan Point, by the Captain of a yacht anchored off shore. The case will como up In the Supremo Court. Mr.

Hummel said yesterday that a groat ma of evidence covering soveral year ha been accumulated. At tho apartment at 201 East Tenth street, where Mr. Potter 1 now living, it wa said yesterday that he was out of town. ATALANOUES XN TUB CASCADES. Miner Overwhelmed In the Deseeadlag Snow Masses Minos Snapend Work.

Taooma, WasK, April An unprecedented heavy snowfall is causing tremendous avalanches, which are sweeping down the sides ot tho Cascade Mountains during ths spring thaw now In progress. On Friday Edward Graham and Daniel Shirley, miners employed at John D. Rockefeller's Monte Crlsto mines, were caught by an avalanche in Glacier Basin and killed. Both struggled hard to escapo. They were hurled hundred of feet down the mountain aide beforo belngturulfed in an Immense slMing mass, which packed them under eight feet ot Bnow.

A party of men from tho Mystery mine Immediately reaoued their bodies. Other miners in the Cascades hare been injured. Tho avalanches have covered up or carried away roads and greatly delayed mining operations. A largo tramway In Snohomish county was struck by one last week and collapsed. At Monte Crlsto there are twenty feet of snow on tho ground.

Several large mines in Monte Crlsto, Bllverton. and Trail Creek districts are temporarily shut down because of the deep anow. TBAIN BBECKEBS AT WOBK. Two Hen Killed by Unknown Persons who Destroyed the Track. San Luis Potosi, Mexico, April 4.

A wreck on tho Central Railroad was caused yesterday by unknown persons who uxumlked the rails at a sharp curve. The passenger train which left SanLuIs Potos bound, for the Gulf rtort, left the rolls upon reaching the-curvo doll turned completely "Kid" Carver, the engineer, was caught beneath the engine, and. although alive wben extricated, died later In great agony. The fireman, named Nlmmerman, met death Instantly. Hemaadu Wood, a passenger, waa sarioualv hurt.

Mr. Bee, In tho employ ot the Trans-Missouri Association, suffered Berious Injury. Tho private car ot Col. Gato Hoyt of New York, Vice-President of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, was bolng drawn by the derailed train. Mr.

Hoyt's wife was slightly injured. SOMNAMBULIST'S BAD FALL. Ussie Gorman Topples rrom a Pourth-Story Window While Asleep. Lizzie Gorman, a young woman living at 250 West Thirty-ninth Btreet, fell early yesterday from the window of ber fiat on the fourth floor, breaking her right arm and leg. She wont to bed late Saturday night and while asleep arose and walked across ber room to a window which opens into an air shaft In the rear of tho building.

Still In a somnambulistic state, she threw open tho window, and. while leaning out, lost her balance and fell to the brlok pavement. She wa picked up and token to Roosovelt Hospital in an uneonsolous condition. It wa said there, lost night, that in all probability she would recover. TnE CENTBAL EGO.

BrlerNoteon Parkburst Poolings aa Recorded by Olmseir. The Rev. Dr. O. IX, Porkhurst of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church preached yesterday on the text, "Lo, these are parts ot nis ways," Job 14.

In the course of his sermon he said: Wo all fof us feel that the world rovolvea about us. We date everything from our own person. vAt least that Is my fooling. To ourselves we seem to be tbe centre of the universe." Further on Dr. Parkhurst said with deep feeling: "Broadened Ideas have alnays had hard time In this Morld." FIBE AT THE HOFFMAN HOUSE.

Caasod by an Overheated Ranee So Damag and Mo Commotion. An alarm of fir was lent In from the Hoffman House at 6:46 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Two engines rattled up Broadway, creating some little excitement. By the time they arrived at ths hotel tbe fire bad been extinguished by servant, so they turned around and went away again. Tho fire was caused by an overheated range In the kitchen.

No damage waa done, and thero was no commotion in the hotel. Killed In a Playfnl strung! ror a Revolver. Oarrolltok, April 4. Jesse Hart accompanied Mis Nora Eggleston to church on Friday night. On tbelr return homo the young woman picked up a pistol that bad been left In the parlor.

Hart told her to put It down and he playfully refused. A scuffle ensued, when tbe pistol waa discharged and Miss Kggleston fell dad with a bullet through her brain. Clov. Thornton Resign. Santa Fi, N.

April W. T. Thornton to-day tolegraphod to Washington his resignation as Governor of New Mexico. His commission expires on the 16th but ho has always declared he would resign as soon as the Button gong conspirators were hanged. He desired to get out of office, but was apprehensive that his Buocessoror might use his Influence to savo tho lives of the murderers.

Opera Artist Frightened by a Plre. Cincinnati, April 4. At 2 o'clock this morning tho entire buildings and stock of the Rosen-tbaum clothing establishment and those ot the George F. Otto Carpet Company wore destroyod by lire. Tbo guests of the til.

Nicholas Hotel, Including Mme. Calve and other artists of tbe Metropolitan Opora Company, wore frightened, as they wero on tbe opposite corner from tho fire. Abe timber iloem to Hoe Senator Platt, Washington, April 4. Abe Grubor came to Washington this morning and had a chat with Senator Plutt about his civil ser Ico bill, Mr. ruber would like to have tho matter favorably disposed of at Albany, but nothing detlultowus decided upon at to-day a conference.

The Iowa In Uooton Harbor, Bohton, April 4. Tho battle ship Ioo arrived lu the lower bay about 4 o'clock this afternoon. To-morrow she will make a preliminary On Tuesday the. ahip will be put in order for the battle against klme over the Gov-nuocat courts. A STRONG LEVEE BREAKS.

1 rnE Mississippi bubsts its no.vna AT FLOWER LAKE, MISS. Jf I 1 Ho Mope Wow ror thn Tasoo Delta Tho nrrak flj Vnezported, and Ito Preparation ror Flood jj Mado by the ResMrnts-aovftral ITondrrd 0 Im Beamed by a Steamer fireoavltle, with a ft Hi PopnlatUa or 10,000, How on an laland 3 'i "V' -I Ono Mile Wide aad Two Miles Long Imullnr Itroaks on tho Mississippi share Rrpsrtod Jj I- Many Towns la tho fforthWMt Cat Off Partly Hf I rol aad Soma Completely Rala Continue. W5 nGUCNA, Art. April 4. The wide and high 6 levee which has protected tho rich Mississippi Xj i'l delta, and which soomed to defy the mighty ri 'fbil river, yielded to-day nnd added further ruin to a iJL'i the flood-stricken people.

it IxT For forty-eight hours tho levee directors of -aft (nfl the Mississippi levee have been anxious ron- jS 9' uU oerntng the strength of the levoe in tho neigh- W. ijM borhood of Flower Lake, Mlsa. When the word (( jj went forth last night Uiat danger was ahead, jtS force of 200 men was sent immediately to tho Tsi pot from Memphis and Lula and surrounding tM j'W Mississippi towns. ml TheylaboreM duringtho night. Abontflo'clock 'B this morning the end came.

The news was fl JttM immediately telegraphed to the station agent ot AM fl tho Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad at yK, this place. VU WM The people were thrown Into great confusion 'Trs'sal and bewilderment. Believing Implicitly In tho fi 'ljil levee's ability to withstand the highest water, 5 ffl they hod not taken the necessary precautions to vS4 scaffold their household effect nor to pen up -Ttt fijf their cattte or stock. As soon as tho message -fi -M was announced that tho levee had broken there S(jfl wa a great hurry to get the women and children f-! fl to the lerec. MW The break Is at what Is known as Flower Lako.

g. i' The loreo la about two miles back from tho river ki bank In ordinary times. The workmen were zft placing sacks on it whon it suddenly bulged out fflU at tho top, cracked at the sides, and within a 3SmI few moments afterward a piece of tho levee, about 20 feet long, 14 feet high, and about IS ffi JSj-fiJH feet deep, sank, and the Imprisoned waters cams 1' through with a force that nothing could with- i stand. "jk ijatftt The break this evening had grown to be about '11 i K9 three hundred and fifty feet wide. Tbe water Vtifl runs through like a mountain torrent cP 4U fSjaaol The water from this break will go through tho fllfjfl "Vil; JfwfH aud Into tbe Yazoo, and will find its way out Into xBjfjM the Mississippi River at Vicksbunr.

Some of the tyVj finest lands In the South will be injured Vf 'vMfaal by this break. Tho water Is rapidly rising a llH in the country back of the levee and f. tVanrnan! is spreading very fast. It has reached tbe town 'f T3aa! of Lula, ha crossed the Yazoo and Mississippi 4 1 Valley Railroad tracks, and will go to the hills. i MBSnaol So little fear waa entertained of the safety of taaalaV this levee that people continued to do tbelr farm fBLl work, and nearly all of the country which is now under water has been ploughed over.

pbstssbbb The farms In the neighborhood of tbe break are wJaaai some of the largest in the South, being owned '18 ilEfaMn largely by citizens of Memphis. 9M The break was on the Northfleet place. The j' laaol water behind tho levee in the shallowest places six nHtsaal was about eight feet deep at 4 o'clock this after- Hal noon. At other places it 1 much deeper. Near SJBIH the break the force ot the water was great 1nf tPKanBol enough to scoop ont a hole that Is about thirty jPonBaaol feet deep.

-ShC -jaSB If Helena 1 to be sayeiJrom the Mississippi It Atfl? -MllnBol can attribute It escape to the break at Flower 4i8 SMHbbI Lake this morning. The fall at Helena has boen 'f lPl steady ever since the occurrence, and at 6 sWjflB o'clock this afternoon the gauge showed that A 'Sfflaai there had been a drop of four inches, and tho fall f. ir'wlaai still continues. il WK fl This morning about 8 o'clock the new was re- -J t' asal eel ved that the levee bad broken at the William- son place. The break was about 300 feet wide.

The steamer Titan went to the break this even- i. utnaan ing and returned with 200 of the tenant who 2 2'7-iiaaaa! live on the submerged plantations. 8 S'ianaBn A boat load of the tenants was making Its way i Uraaol across the overflowed fields to the boat this 'Jfuaai evening, to get aboard tbe Titan, when some ot i tNtnaaol the women becamo excited and upset the skiff. 'ifB All of tho party ere thro wn Into the water, and THnaaol allbut two were rescued after a struggle. tffffl About threo and a half mile below tbo Hi Williamson place, near what Is known as tho i) lM Hubbard place, the levee broke this afternoon at JVUnlMonBa 6 o'clock, the water coming through the crevasse 'lt'illMB In a great mass.

'-m fMfaaol Greenville, April 4. Another break if Jl'tttvaM was reported here this afternoon on the Tunica i 'ujjjjH county front, six miles below Austin. If the crevasso should prove extensive It moans the il it iUIH greatest overflow known in tho Yazoo delta. -ijfisl Tbo water iweeps directly from the river through this break into Flower the Yazoo lr 'Ssaaol Pass, from thero Into Ooldwater River, theno HlH Into the Tallahatchie, thence Into Sunflower, Jj 'ipffaBBai and on to the Yazoo, and back into the Missis- fc Kflf if jaonaaa slppi at Vlcksburg. It will flood a vast terri- 'rT Rasao! tory.nnd will destroy thousands upon thousand Si -S'iijJ aaal of acres of com and cotton already planted.

laaaol Tho Island upon which Greenville Is now situ- I Eaaaol nted, witblts lO.OOOpeople and 2,000 bead of i7' STaaai rattle and stock, Is one mlla from north to south i and two miles from cast to west, all hedged MR li'rtttlsaaa! about with protective levees. Aside from thl 1JJ dry land, a look from the Court Honse tower MSlfaB gives a view as fur as the cjocan roach of Iv-J water. -ll '-V Asvlaaaol In the country deer In droves of flvo or more jn were seen upon tho railroad embankments, A having been driven from tbelr haunts In tb a 1 woodland and swamps by the rising waters. il A I Half-grown bares wero picked up from their ll'i "ri' JO grass beds near tho railroad tracks while tho If? ft aaaa! water was stealing under them. All tho trans- TB portatlon of provisions and freight from Green- t' ill ville to tbe Burrounding country Is made in A-A Bbbb! The'water continues to fall slowly In the river, hi, if but the rlso In the back country Is heavy.

The I 4v tanai water from tho breaks reached Iteathman, twen- A ty-ono miles east of Greenville, yesterday, and r.ht 'aafl the rise at tho bogup at thatpolnt wa nearly a iff fM foot an hour last night. The overflow Is the AV '(sal moBt general in tho history of the Delta. li Vioggnono, April 4. From tbe hills ot A Vlcksburg the eye can sweep across a vast J' fjli 'CflH stretch of water here, oven back Into the rich '111 -T tTTJ cotton lands of Louisiana. Upln the St.

Fraud "it River tjoaln the tlrst great inundation of the flood At, fill 'iaaaol occurred. Through the rrovasses In the levees js. jbH at Caruthersvllle, Mo and vicinity, tbe water M'i) ill rushod to tbe southward, aweeplng far inland 'anal and covering the entire St. Francis basin. This 4 4j Oasi water found an outlet In tho St.

Francis Rlvor fM voaai and returned to the Mississippi above Helena. t'-V Ark. There Its united forces carried away the In JJ i aasi earthworks at Wcstover and below Modoo and '(, JJ. r- repeatodits work in tho SL Francis basin to And 'fj fii, Ila! an outlot through tho Arkansas and Whit 'tJH rU ore to tbe Mississippi. On tho western sldeof the river several breaks MibbbI havo been found both abovo and below Green- Vaaan vlllo.

The water has sprentl back Into the low fM country of tbo Yazoo River basing and Is now f1 7'- I inaol rushing across the country nnd socking tore- turn to the Mississippi Just above this city, I jH Tho flood from tho St. Francis, Arkansas, 'H Whlto, and Yazoo rivers aro about to unllo ifU 'jkjt i hero nnd give tho resident of Louisiana nnd ji li.yi TH Iohit Mississippi Biich a battle aa fuwof the -X 'llA 'bbb1 oklcHt liver tltthtcra in tho Mississippi Valley ft' Ky hate witnessed. Perched on the high hills, jt.4sfl Vlckaburg ta Impregnable, but from this city 61 ittfji will be conducted tho battle. jAr Two week ago the Fifth ioulslana district es- )R! tubllBhed Its heudiiuarters In this city, and slnro fcy -aaaa that time preparations havo been In progress to l'ji faH meet the crisis. Men and material havo been 'J Z- collected and forwarded to tho front, and with I the present dry and favnrablo weather much VaaH proure-islntho workof drfeiiBo has been made.

frM lonta homo Bay that tho crisis will como In two days, ij I'finan while others think that tho water will not make intona its onslaught for a week. 'c Tim Fifth Louisiana 1ivro district will have vM lo boar the hriuit of tho battlo. Kxports agree jt ft 'raasi that thulovecs In the district will nut be able to ji wllhstund tin) strain. Tho district rumprlscs t'i' I lM four purlshoa in Uiulslana, audi overs a dlslaiiw I'S A of no less than 2S0 miles from the Arkansas 1 y. Ktato lino on the north to a point far talon' II I.

Vlcksburg. ii; Work tin tho big loveo few miles liolow ') fH Delta, Iji is progressing rapidly, and It is pro- 'H noted to ralso no lem thuu 2.roo feet of th JH letco high enough to meet a nx- of tho wntiv i jH amounting to two fnet or more. The protection sibbs levee tii bo built AtMlllikfuslirnillaoiily tobo.i ti riaaaal temporary embankment, but latrr It la hoped uaaaTJ that sunlciciit funds can bo secured to make It a permanent affair. Delta lies wltbbl sight of this M- SjH itjr. and work thero will begin to-aiorrwarsv i iaaaal i (i i laBBBsl MMMM.TMtTaaaaaTWL-.