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MmWtk V0L L VIL Xo 18,447. NEW YORK. TUESDAt. MAY 18, 1897. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS. THE GREEK ARMY CRUSHED. DOjIOKO TA KEN BY THE TVRKS THE CROWN PRINCE FORCED TO RE? TREAT AFTER A RATTLE LAST? ING SEVEN HOC US. gDHEM TACHA ATTACKE.? THE GREEK UNES IN OVERWHELMING Fon^E REPt I?SED, THE OTTOMAN SOI.niE'vY nKTrnjTKD TO THE ASPAIT.T WITH ur.M-:v\T.I> PUCRCX NESS--PCTAII-? OF THE BATTUE. London, May IS?"The Daily Telegraph's" eorrespondent at Ylenra .?.ay? th?* following dis? patch was rec.iv-i-,1 there late last night from a correspondent with the Turkish for?to? In Thes laly, telegraphing late last night, ?ay?: ' Edhem Tacha has moved on from point to point and finally occupied Domoko. The Creeks have sustained a crushing defeat.'' A dispatch to "The Time?" from Athens says that the following tel,gram has been received from the Crown PriBCC Constant n: "Our right winj?; un?l??r C ?lonel M-astrapas has been compe.Dd to retreat. It still holds Yeuss!. tut may find It necessar* to retire on Phourka Tas?. It was n?-<??-ssary to bring up all the re? serves In order to repulse the furious attacks <>f the enemy. Our wounded have been sent to Lamia. The conduct of the army was praise? worthy." "The Dally Chronicle's" correspondent ot Athens says the following Is the offl? lal account of the fighting yesterday: "Over fifty thousand Turks simultaneously and continuously attacked our whale Un? with the greatest fierceness <~>u ? artillery a:.-l lnfantry _id splendid w.irk. TwI-p all the regiments of the enemy waver-d and Had though their attack vas roen renewed with fresh force?, which In turn we were able o hurl back. "The stubborn resistance and splendid vigor of our troops finally ?-?impelled the enemy to glv?* way altogether. All the atta?ks on our left were Similarly repulsed. ' ? ?:, our rl?cht we dir! n?-?t fare so well. The first Attack of the enemy was repulsed! but they massed In Immense f?>rces for the next attack. Our first 11m wavered and was broken; and the wing would have been turned but for the timely arrival of the reser*. ? s. "Still the enemy had gained ground which It was then Impossible to regain; and we, therefore, fell back on P.oiisi. "The Turks had .".0.000 troops, with 30,000 re? serves. < ?ur force was only 3.".O0"?. We have lost heavily, but the enemy must have lost thousand?? " The latest news from the neat of hostilities, by the way of Ath"ns, shows that the battle yester? day ceased about 9 o'clock in the evening, bat will probably be resumed this morning. Thus far no account of the fighting has been received from the Turkish side It Is evid-mt fr?>m the Greek account that the ?.reeks have suffered a serious defeat; and If the left wing has given way, as ax-fears pr?.hable, Edhem Pacha may be able to cut ??ff the ?"?reek retreat and to separate General ?gmolenskl. at Sourpl, from the main army. Th.? le Edhem Pacha'? reply to the foolish at? tempt of Colonel Manos to snatch a victory in E:v.rus. The dispatches from Athens represent the populace as astounded wh?-i the news of the f.ghtlng came. They had hop*d to the last that the Powers would prevent Turkey from going further. One report represents the ??reek Oov errm.ent as threatening to take extreme and des? perate sups unless Europe arrests the progress Cf the invaders. Athens, May IS.?The correspondent of the As? sociated Puss at I*??moko. telegraphing at 1 O'clock this morning, says: "The Turks having occupied Kitlkl, the Creek troops are retreating toward the Orthrys Ran??* cm the old frontier." -+__ INTENSE EXCITEMENT AT ATHENS, Premier rai.?.i frothsri TO the f??rkihn i.e GATIONS AGAINST THE ATTACKS OB DO-fOKO ANO AI.MYRO. London. May 18.?The rorrespomlent of "The jDa'ly Telegraph" at Athens says; "The afternoon (Monday) has ?been one of great excitement. The whole ? It*/ turn?-?! out to discuss the news of tb? fighting, and the newspapers is? sued numberless ?peclal edition?, The impatient erOWda gather?-?! around the oflhes of the Minis? try of Marine, questioned everybody coming out, and finally Invade.1 th*- building "The Mlnlater of Justice, M. Tiiantafllaca, an? nounced the news as it was received to the anxious crowd. The Ministers have been sitting In council until a late hoar. "Word has been received that General Mavro ?rnichalls has been severely wounded In the leg, and obliged to relinquish his command to another -fficer." Athens, May 17? The most intense excitement prevails here. All the Cabinet Ministers have 1 ?-?-n assembled slnee noon at the Ministry of Marine, where ?he dispatches from the front are _?-;ng received. The gravity of the situation canr.ot be overestimate?!. A dispatch was received Ulli morning from ?Crown Prince Constantin, dated from Domoko at 8:30 a. m. t??-day, saying that the Turks, num-' perir y ala.tit thirty thousand men, had appeared In sight? Hi anhing on Domoko. and that ;he at? tack would apparently be directed against 'he two stints, and especially the left wing, of the Greek fon ?a. Another dlS| Steh from the Crown Prime, dated noon to-day, stat'd that the Turks had drawn xn-arer and war? then about four and one-half miles distant. Imm?diat.-!y after ths receipt Of this dispatch M. Ralli. the Premier, hastened to the Foreign Legations, vis,ting each In turn. If, Ralli when he called at th?- locations, protested to the Min? isters aga?nrt the Turkish attack on Domoko and Almyro wrbea Ottoeo, at the Instance of the Powers, wa* aeting purely on the defensive. A dispatch from Domoko, dated 1 p. m., eal?. "The Turkish attack ot, the ?.reek right wing beta:; at _ o'clock this afternoon, bur the Hank attacks ar? eoasMered to be feints, and It is be? lieved the main atta? * of th? Turk? will be mad? upon th.- ??reek centre. wh?-re ?Crown Prises Constantin ?s in esassMud. Two creek tannon are doing great execution on the princi? pa Turkish c-olun.ii. which is advancing through Ih? hills. Th.- Turkish Infantry at s.v. til V .?nts is In contact ?rlth the ??reek? it la be? 1..-....1 her? that the attack on <;. ?eral Bmolen I?: near Almyro Is only a strategic alteration Snd thai the Ttirks will endeavor to cui be? tween th? two Cr-.-u armiea, o^ecup?/ the road leading to the Othrvs Mountain? and thus cut cfr i),- retreal of Ike Crown Princ? " Dispatches sent from Domoko at 7 p m Kt.x that th? Or?-ek left wing has fallen bark toward Jae? <?!,!r?- before thrice th? number of Turks The battle continued after suoset; but despite ??yielding of the left wing the Turks were Illy repulsed. General Mavi-omtckalls w?s ?"?'?'Ulaled putlr,?/ the afternoon a dlapatch was r?ee|Ve-i wm the Crown Prince, ?iat.?i frorn Domoko at ?1 : Mylng that at that hour ih- Creek? ?i-il h?.l?1it.e their position? at Domoko ***? Crown Prlnre was present during the en ?????ttiifcni. A dispatch received at midnight from Domoko se a^'iir-^T?A ?"h" ?" PROTEST AGAINST Tll-TpoRTK'S DEMAND A general BVMOnuM ?Hoius ?*r Pi.-AirnovAL ?"?F Tim f-MtlOM of -BSSSUIfT, Constantinople, May 17-All the Power? have now apt-eel p. protest against the cession of ThiVsaly to Turkey and the abolition of the capitulations. Constantinople. May 10 (Delayed In trans? mission).?The representative? of the Powers here held a long meeting yesterday and drew up a note which will be presented to the Turk? ish Government so soon a? one of the Ambas? sadors receives the necessary instructions from his Qovernmeat. This note does not deal with the panes conditions, but men ly repeats the re? quest for an armistl.'o, and declaras the Powers will not permit Greece to be crushed. Although it Is assumed in SOUM quarters that the Porte, in accordance with Eastern usage, has demanded more In order to obtain Wss, It Is pointed out that If the Turkish Government de Bired to bargain It would not have formulated Its conditions officially. The tone of the military officials here and else win re is most emphatically against abandoning Iheasaly. They point .?ut that, if Europe has been unable to make Greece evacuate the island Of ?'rete, how will Europe be able to fort?' Turkey ? ut of Thessaly'.' St. Petersburg, May 17.?Th? newspapers of this city protesi vigorously against the "exc?s? ?iVS and unacceptable" conditions which Turkey demands as the price of peace with Greece. They declare that If Turkey insists uu'.n them Europe will i.e obliged t?. abandon mediation. The "Novoe Yremya" says that In th<* event of Turkey's Insistance upon the terms she has pre? sented the Powers will have to tak?* practical measures to "preserve Greece from the preten? sions threatening her National existence." London, May 17.?The conditions proposed by the Porte as th? terms of peace with Greece have been freely discussed In the lobbies of Parila n r-nt to-day, and th* idea of the retro.v-saion of Thesaai? and ?f such an indemnity as Is already suggested I? ridiculed as Impracticable an?l ab? surd. At the outside an Indemnity of ?5,000,?900 or fll.OlH-.oiM) r.nd i pl!<_ht strnt?f*i< rectification of frontier are considered as likely to be the terms finally s?*tt]"d upon. Paris, May 17. -The "Temps." referring to the peace terms demanded by Turkey, snys: "Europe cannot consent to the cession of Thes saly. <>n the firmness which the Powers now display depends the ?success of the whole scheme for reforms and the peace of Europe." PLOT TO KILL KING OK o ROE. MANY arrests REPORTED To Have BEEN MAOS IN ATHEES Eondon, May IS.?A dispatch to "The Dally Matt*1 from Berlin says it Is reported there that a plot to murder Kin:? George has been dis? covered at Athens, and that many arrests have been made. Christian William Ferdinand A.lolphu? George, King of the Hellenes. Is the second Fon of the King of Denmark and brother of the Dowager Czarina and of the Princess of YVak-s. He was KING GEORGE OF GREECE. Whose life was In danger from a plot discovered In Athens. born December 24. 1K1?. and served for some time In the Danish Navy. Aft?-r the abdication of otho I, the late King of Greece, In IMS the vacant throne was first tenderer* 1,;- the (,ri<'k people to Primee Alfred of England, whose nomination th? Engll?h ?Government refused to ac.-ept. it was then offered ?Ernest of Baxe-Coburg*Gotha, who ?l<-elliie?l it, and eventually to Prln?-e Christian, who with t$e concurrence of his own family accepted it, and l?enan to reign h.s King Georg?! on June 6. *&<?. riine the year 1S7H, when active trouble broke out in the Balkan Peninsula, King George'? position lias been difficult, but UP to the present crisis ho maintained it without going m war. The King of the Hellene? pay? ? y-.niy visit to the Court of Denmark, with which la- keep? up warm relations, as also with that of RUMlS. Ile wa.? marri.. 1 at St. *r*?tei-bura, ?October ?:. MV*, to the j'r! >eet ??lea. daughter o? the Qrand i?nke Canatantln, who was born In I?*".!. The oldest s??n of the royal couple is Prince Constatin, ?Crown Prince of Greece, who e*aa married al Athen? October ?l 1889, to th? Prince?? Soph I? of PtumI?, ?liter of th? Bmprest, of Germany. Two other sop? are Prince George and Prince Nicholas, a dm gSter, Prince?, Alexandria of Greece, wa? married In .Inn?, lift), to Grand-duk? Paul, of Russia. Thouim ?its children or?? reared in the Greek faith King ?i.-orpe || him? ?elf a Lutheran. CAND?AS WATER S?PPLT CUT OFF. INSURGENTS IN CEETI ArPARKNTi'.Y AH ATIVE as ):vi;k. Cand?a. Island of ''rete, May 17? The insur? gents having cut the conduits above the town, Cand?a Is now without a water supply. -4 - HOSTILITIES CEASE IN' FPIRt'S. C.RK.KS tfcffXiXBD HEAVILY. Eow_r**sr*?, RE PORg THE! STOPPED fMiTTisa. London, May 17.- The ?.mel?is of the ?Treck Legation to-day received a dispatch from Athens ofTieially announcing the cessation of hostilities throughout Kpirus. Constantinople, May 17.?Osman Pacha tele? graphs from I?ouros, F.plrus, say In?*; that after a disperate battle n??ar Arta on Saturday the ?"?recks retired to Atta with the loss ot 2.?KM men killer] The Turks had 240 men killed and 7?i0 wounded. -? FORTIFYING THF. PORT OF BALONI<CA. EI'IHT ARMSTRONG Ot'NS yOR THE RATTERIES AT KABABURUN. Sal?nica, May IT.?Eight Armstrong guns have arrived here for the batteries at Kara burun. KarahurUfl is on the Onlf Of Pnlorle?.. nesr the mouth ?)f the Vardar River. shOUt fifteen miles from the city Of Halonlca -a PRK'KH OK SECURITIES PALL London, May 17.-The di-mands of Turk? y fis the prbe of peaea whl? h are claused ns exorbitant. have mod? S bad Impression on the Stock Bs* ehangs bora Pilos? bar? fallen in all depart stenta, revealing the ssJstenos of t-or thai politi? cal eompHcatloas of ;? ??rtoua eharaetar may ?upereene. -? NO MORE VOM'NTKKKB WANTED Athens, May 17 Tin? ?ireel: Covernment haa IsHiied a proclamation announcing thnt It does Dot desire any further volunteers, szplalning thai there ?ir<- ? I ready many volunteers In Athens for whom it is Impoaslbls to Bud employment, THK SULTAN REVIEWS MIH GUARDE. Coastantlaapls, May n?The. sultan eesterday re? view? d a division of the Imperial (Jiiaials. During the Pfooaedlag? itsty Turkish Midlers, who had recovered from wound? r?-??-l\??l whll? Sghllng ?,?- ilnsl th? (?reeks., were dtiiwn Ug '" 'rout i<f iho pataca, HOME FROM A LONG CRVISE. THE DETROIT RETURNS FROM THE ASI? ATIC STATION. SHE BRIN09 THE I or?Y OP I.IET'TENANT B. E TIIERSTON? tn ? NtMRER OF SHORT-TERM MEN?THE NEW YORK ANT? THE INDIANA NEARLY READY FOR SEA. The I'ntted State? cruiser Detroit. Commander Rrlter, from the A-datle station, arrived in port this morning and proceeded nt 6:10 o'clock to the man-of-war anohorag? off Tompkltisvtlle. After Joining the fleet anchored ther?-. the Uetrott gave a salute of thlrfcii gun?, to which the BagSbtp New York re-.lied with s'-v.-n gun?. Th? home pennant and a big Ainerlc.tn flag were then hoisted, show? ing that ?he ha?l returii<?d from n f??relp?n port. The Detroit brings a number of sailors from the Asiatic and European stations whose terms have expired. She was ordered home last January, being In need of considerable repairs, ar.d It 1? said that, though the Mar? Island Navy Yard, In Califor? nia, has had the r?-pairing of all the vesrels on the Asiatic station, anil It take? three times as long to make the voyage from China to New-York n.s it does to San l-'rnn.ls?-??, th?; I)e;r?>lt wns ordered to N?w-Y??rk so as to bring home the short-term men on vessels of th" European squadron, and ther?' ?Ottld b- a saving of expense by the repairs being made In the Hrooklyn Navy Yard. Bh? ?ailed from Newport In S'-ptemt.er, 1SH ami }Olned the Asiatic s.iuailron. She had been on that station since leaving this country. The Detroit started home, leaving Shanghai January 1? last. She touched al Nagasaki on February ;?. arhere ?he pi? kr-ii up th?- steh m?-n of the squii'lron, ami also tiiosc whoso time had expired, to bring them to this country. Sh?. touched liong Kong OS ?Feb? ruary K, Kohakchong on February n, Singapore ?>?i March 1 Colombo March IX Aden .March _?, Suez March _?. lawall? March 3''?, Port Bald April ?'?? Naples April :'l. Otbraltar Aj.rll _i. Madeira Mav | and from there sh?- sailed for Bermuda and thence to thla port She had on board the brxly of Lieu? tenant B. i: Thurston, who died In th? Naval Hos? pital In Yokohama on August 11 last from typhoid fever. As *oon as she came to anchor the crew began to clean up, preparatory to going to the Hrooklyn Navy Yard. She I? tobe pul out of commission. The Navy tug Marl;, eta ?-am?- ?lown alongside Of the Detroit with the mill far the officers and crew of the \,-ss.-l They had not heard from relatives for many month?, and w?-r?- e.-?f?er to get the I'-trers fr m theli friend?. The two broth, rs of Lieutenant Thurston w?r?- on th? tug and ma.le preparations to bring the body of their brother to New-York. There srere no special Incidents In the voyage The DstroU I?. ? c;er?l cruiser of th.- third class. two-masted schooner ri?;. and ha.? twin ?crew?. Sh? has a displacement of IMS ton? and carries ten gun?. Her engine? have an Indicated horse-power of ..,1'C7 snd bel ?-?>? cl (s 1V71 knm?. She rarri?-.? M tons of . "ai. .uni this small capaclt) required her to make pnrt frequently on the voyage hone. Everything was set tve on the .riii?-er New-York ainl the ha:t??-ship Indiana yesterday. They were being coaled up from three barge.?, and water was brought to them by ? tug fr-.m New-York. The crews were busy getting th?* vessel? in readlnesa to Mil at a minute's warning. The authorities at Waahington ordered th? vessel? to peepers for sea, bul nothing retarding their possible dejtlt-atlons Is known here. ?-4 RIO GIFT FROM AX UXKXOWX GIVER. THE pyU*ftX*ES_ of WALES PtTMD CLOSED WITH A roNTRlRfTinV OF f2ft.(V?0. London, May 17. -The Trine*?.? of Wales fund, started nt the suggestion of iler Royal Highness, to provide a dinner ?luring the week of the Jubilee commemoration for the poorest of the London poor, the beggars, outeasts and tenants of the alums, received to-day an anonymous contribution of ?2S.0fi0. Lord Mayor Faudel-Phllllpa has announced that with the receipt of this gift the fund la closed. Th? Prteosss of Wales headed the subscription list with ?100. A ROYAL MOURTAJR CLIMBER. THE IiI;K_ OF ABSJtUSSJ WIM. TRY TO SCALE MOt'NT ST. EM AS. Rom?. Mar 17.?Prlnc? Lulgl Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Alibrur.al and nephew of Klnfr Humbert, started for Liverpool to-duy with his unite on his way to New York, San Fran.-lsco and Alaska, where the Trinca will make an 6ttempt to ascend .Mount St. Ellas. According to lus programme, the Prince will reaeh .San Kranclsi-o early In June nn?l will go from there to Tacoma. There ho will tako a steamer for Yak.itat Hay, wh'oh It Is proposed to reach about June n\ The party, by boat an?i sled, will then cross the glaciers and mountain.? to the foot of Mount Bt. Ellas. The I'rlnce will he accompanied bv s?-vcral thoroughly experienced Alpin? guide?. Mount St. Ella? Is ..v?r U.000 feet high. an?l I's auinmlt, which Is Ice-capped, ha? never yet been re* ? a. I'rlnce I.nU'l will ?Iso make an att*mpt to ns<-en.l Logan'? l'eak, mar the boundary between I't.ih and Wyoming. Logan's Peak is ov?-r 13,<"?>0 feet above the level of lb? sea ?,nd Its top 1? covered with perpetual siioa. The Trlncc expects to re? turn to Italy In < ?? tobar, SIBERIA FOR STRIKE AGITATORS. FATE OF SIXTY M~N ????NDEMNEl"? IN MOSCOW W1THOET TRIAI?. London. Mar 18. A dl?|..itch to "The Standard'' from Moscow says the police have made elxty ar r?'Sts, most of the suspects being men with univer? sity cdueatlon, although working a.? mill hands, on n charg? '.f planning a big mill utrlke. They will b? r?nt t?? Siberia without trial. BAYIRO THE CROI8IRR ARD THE ARCADIA S?. John's N. F.. May 17.?Tho cargo of the Pre?en briganttn? Cnrtslne, which went a-shore rear Lamallne yesterday, was taken off to-day by fishermen. Tugs from Su Pierre expect to move the vessel Into deep water to-morrow. The position of the Hamburg-American liner Ar cailla near ?'ape Hay Is th? same as yesterday. Her ?sargO Is b?:lng put ??vrboard. As the weather Is tine and the sea smooth the crew are hopeful of floating her again with the help of several wreck? ing ?teamen, which are b?-li;g sent to her assist, an. e. MIRIRTBR DEXBY PROTESTS. this VOVH'lKI OfTOtttSD to the favors ('.RANTED A PEU.IAN SYNDICATE IN CHINA. London, May l".--"The Time?" correspondent at Peking ?ay? that Mr. I>nby, the American Minis? ter, has strongly protested against the railway con? struction mono, <ily granted to the Helgian syndi? cat? at the Instigation of Shong Ta Jen, th? Chi? nese Director Qeaera] of Railways. He adds that It Is regarded as quite c'-rtaln, however, that Prance and Russia will guarantee the loan. ELBEHALS WART A CLEAN SWEEP. CANADIAN PREMIERS FI_\NNINO TO RF.AT THE CONSERVATIVES IN BRITISH ??'M'.MMIA. Ottawa, May 17 iSpoclali- (lanada has now only one Cunesil S ll>S (?uv.rnmpnl, that of Hrltlsh < "o lumbla, and that Is likely to be captured by the Liberals at the naxt election. To that end plans ar?* being arranged, ami the following Liberal Premier? have, arrived here for consultation: A. s. iini.lv, of Toronto; < ?eorge Murray, of Nova S?o?la; Tiernas Oreenway, ..f Manitoba, and Mr. Mar? chan?), of Quebec. -4 KILLED BY THE KICK OF A COW. RKVAnKAHI.FI DI.ATH OF FAIRCHII.D ANDRES, A FORMER ASSEM?II.YMAN. renfi'ld. N. T., May 17 ralrchll.l Andrus, ex AssemMjrnuui and s well-bnown politician, whii.? ndlklng a <-'.w last nliiht w a? kloksd by the ani? mal and Instantly klllc.l. ? - THE TRIAL OP FARROW RESUMED. Plttsburg, May 17- The trial of Lieutenant Ivlwurd R I'.irrow. adjourned from last FrRjOf, was re? sumed la-fore Judge McClung In the criminal Tourt to-lay. The entire day wo? ?lovote.l to hearing wlt ??SSe? for the Commonwealth. Just l.efoin a.l'ourn BMM Mr. JftOObS, counsel for Farrow, out!ln?-d th" cciirs.- <?f UM Sefenee. He said they proposed to ,1'ow thai Farrow never had anything to do with the banking Arm Of C. Llnfonl Woods A Co., and th.- only US? thai Farr.iw m,i?I. Of VfaodS In Issuing u ,n le? was lu toe eoranany'i Interest, and teas pnn elnallv I" in. ;-? i-? the volume of business f?ir Ihs concern. Th? d?f?nc? would ?ho? that Fonow. ?cl? ing for th- company, dealt with others than Rootle. and that special :n'u-ernents were made to Woods to IncresM tin- business, GOIXG TO SEE PLATT. A REMARKABLE PILGRIMAGE TO WASH? INGTON. REPOBUCAM POLITICIANS TO TALK WITH HIM AROCT THE LOCAL CANVASS. Something like half a hundred Republican statesmen, representing the various Republican organizations within the territory of the new metropolis, are to b.-? In Washington to-day to see Senator Platt They want his counsel and assistance In perfecting arrangements for or? ganizing the Republican party of Greater New York. Charles W. Hackett. chairman of the Repub? lican State Committee; Edward Lauterbach, president of the Republican County Committee; Prederlek S. ?llbbs, Republican National Com mltteeme.n for New-York State, and one or two others whose relations to the Senator are re? garded as somewhat eloser than those enjoyed by the common run of the delegation, will take an early start this morning, expecting to have a ?inlet chit with the Senator before the other folks arrive in Washington. Reside?. Chairman Haekett and President Lauterbaeh the men who are to confer with Benato? Platt to-day are the representatives from the Greater New-York organizations, nine from .-ach, as follows: New-York- rrederleh s. c.ihhs, corneii??? Van Oott. C-enrge R. Bid well, Charles H. Murrav. ??'to Ir.ing Wise, Fiank J. Drummond, Abraham ?ruber and Char!?? A. I less. M Brooklyn Jacob w,ir:h. sitJritT Buttling, ir. a. Hanberry, Jacob ltrenner, controller ?i.-org.? w. Palmer, Frank F. William??. Bllaa It. Dutcber, R. ?\. Bharkey and John fj, Deubert. Hl.'hmon?! ?'?oirl.-s A. Jeri-s. John J. Roehrlg. Henry Quyon, II. F. Buel. K. II. Beehuaen. Charles ?'??liner, Thomas A. P.raniff an?l Hugh M -Rol), rrs. Accredited representatives have not yet b?-en appointed for the BOTOOgh of Queens, hut dele? gates In a character more or kss official, from ih? Republican*-! there are likely to lie on hand. Senator Raines Is reported to be already on the ground, and the Republican Congressmen In Washington from New-York City. Brooklyn and Long Island will doubtless have front seats In the gathering. Residen the questions bearing on the basis of representation to be recognized in the corn in?? Republican Cr*itrr New-York Ornvrntlnn to nominate rnn?lidat?'s f?ir Mnyor, Controller ?Ind ?President Of the Municipal Council, what is to be done about union with other organiza? tions opposed to Tammany Hall Is an extremely Interesting and delicate proposition, which.In all probability must claim much of the time of Senator ?Platt and his numerous visitors. A numb?r of th? men who have iieen conspicuous In the stralgnt-tlcliet procession are going to Wnshlngti.n by no means c.?nvin?-e?l that It wl'l he good policy wholly to Ignore the Citizens' movement. It Is Bald, Indeed, that Mr. Platt'? own views have undergone a ?iringe since his statement <>n tne subject ems made public about ten days ago. As a uniform representation of nine has been allowed to ?-a?-h organisation, the districts out sld? "f New-Y'.rk City thus have a great prepon? derance over the delegates from the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. This does not moan, however, that the last-named boroughs will not be able to outvote the rest of Greater New-York In .the municipal convention. The basis of repte, sentatlons In Statt and county conventions gives one delegate for every l.tXMi votes, ?>r major fraction thereof, In the Assembly ?(?strict cast at the last gen. ra! .-lection for the head of the Re? publican ticket, and this Is expected to receive the sanction of Senator Platt and the more pow? erful of his coadjutors. If this plan should be approved, the Republican nominating conven? tlon of Greater New-York will he composed of about three hundred and sixty-eight delegates. Of this number the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx would he entitled to _l.r?, the Bor? ough of Brooklyn to 182, the Borough of Rlch mf-tnl to 14, and the Borough Of Queens to 7. This arrangement would give to the pr?'sent city ?>f New-York a clear working majority of sixty two In the convention A t|Srd reason given for this remarkable pil? grimage to the National Capital Is that It would probably be regarded as an object lesson, not only throughout the State, but among the party chiefs In Washington, as slvwlng that the State ???-.vernment has not been rcm??ved from under Mr. Plan's hat ard transferred to the keeping ..f ?Governor Black, assisted by payn ami Ald rldge. It was said yesterday that the conference would afford Mr. Platt an opportunity to demon? strate his control of th?* machine In spite of al? leged inroads by the (?overnnr's co-workers. The Senator might take occasion to show his power by directing that steps l.e taken looking to the nomination of a fusion ticket. At the same time he ml^ht prevail on Mr. Lauterbaeh to delay his retlrem. nt from the presidency of the County ?'.?mmlttee until the plan of campaign Is settl??d. It eras said positively last evening that Lauter haoh's resignation would not be presented at Thursday night's meeting. A TROLLEY CAR Ol'ERTURXED. SEVERAL PASSEN?.ERS IN.It'KEP IN AN ACCI? DENT AT BEN'PONHCI'.s'T. A ear of the Mrookiyn Height? Railroad, bound to Rrooklyn at 7*Jf p. ni. yesterday, left the tracks at Tw?nty-flfth ?nd Hath aves., Bensanhurst. When the car left Its own track, it eaught on that of the Nnssau rnllroaii, nnl was overturnel There were thirty-one people In the car, a number of whom were thrown out. Mrs. James Isaacson, of No. ?SfiT Hpnry st , Brooklyn, told the passengers that If they kept still they would escape injury, but some of them Jumped from the car and were ?everely bruised. Th? motorman, Arthur Burton, had both legs broken. He and the Injured passenK?*rs were at? tended by physician?. The passengers wore return? ing from rini'T I'.irk, where they had b? en attend in? th?* festival of tie Tnlterl Norwegian Societies In commemoration of the eighty-third anniversary of Norwegian Independence -4, XO FIGHT PICTURES IX CANADA. AN ANTI-KINETOSiviPH nn.l? TO PK MADE A CiVEBNMENT EEASUKB, Ottawa, May 17.-The klnetoscope pictures of the Corbett-Fltzslmmons fight at Carson will soon be barred ns far as Canada Is concerned. Sir Oliver Mowjit. Minister of Justice, has drafted an amend? ment to the Criminal Code, making It a misdemeanor to exhibit pictures of prize-fights in Canada. The penalties are severe, including a tine of from Wtt to J.i.f>00 and Imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months. The amendtmnt will he ma?lo a i*,..?? rnment measure, and passed through both H..?is...?? at once. ? SIXTEEXYEAR OLD GIRL HANGE HERSELF. SHE WAS AN CHIMAN AM*- WAS PRIVEN TO SCI CODS HV DgSSOWDKKCT. Helen Horsfor.l two year? ago went to live with the family of I'olie? Sergeant James Bowney. Her mother had Just died, leaving her an orphan, then fourteen years old, but Sergeant BownojT, who Is ?tattooed at Police Hesdguartera, and live? at No. 1..7 Beat Ninety flrst-st. agreed to give her a home The sergeant ami his wife did -very thin-.; th-> OOUld to make the girl f..iget the loss of h.-r par? tits, but sh? continually mourned for hot Seed mother. Last night, whll. Sergeant Bowtiey ami his wife were cut. Helen Horsfor.l put tlve-year-old Roete Bowney to 1<?-*I and left her, telling the <?h!t<l she Would soon r?'turn ami sit by the bed. She did not return, bowerer, end when at 9 o'clock Mr?. Bowney reached her home she found her adopted daughter dead, hanging by a rope from a gaaplpe lu th.- taitbrooin Helen bad climbed to the top of the bathtub, adjuated the rop? about the pipe and iih.iut h.-r neck, and awung herself oui of th.- world, Th? kIiI? d< spondi'in y Is the only r?.ison the liuw nejri can glv. for h.;r sulrl.Ie. CHILD AND XURSE KUX OVER. TUB ACCIDENT CAl'SEP HV A PEE STINilINO A B?RSE Poughkeei>ste, N. V.. Mav 17 A horse belonging to the Superintendent of Street?, Mr A?'kley, bel?g stung by a b?e this afternoon, Jumped Into a throng of playing children A baby earrlags ??"!) talning an Infant child of Brneet Knauss, was run ever und the nurse girl. Nora Mowali. was knocked c1??wn Both ?be and Hie baby wer?, ?o badly In jund that their ISOOISSg I? doubtful. PRESTOX THORNTON DEAD. MISfl SMITH'S REJECT!?**? BI'ITOR PIES IN HER FATHER'S HOME IN ?OflSVIM.E. Louisville. Ky.. May 17. Preston Thornton, who shot himself in the parlor of Milton H. Smith's home yesterday, lied at litt this morning. His father ami mother, who came here from Lexington, were by his side when death came. THIEVES PURSUED OR BICYCLER. THE STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED IN ONE CARE AND THE ROBBBB IN ANOTHER. Poughkeepsl?, N. T? May 17.-Two men broke Into H. L. Hover's barn at Staatsburg last night and stole a team of horses and a wagon. They were pursued by two men on a tan?!em bicycle, wh.i overtook them and recovered the property. The thl? v.'S escaped. Searching parties Went In differ? ent directions on bicycle? and horseback, and while they were gone one of the thieves returned to the vlllap-e and stole two horses and a wagon from Michael Kteran'a bam. The second robbery ???? not discovered until daylight. More bleyele riders were at onee sent In pursuit, and the thief was overtaken four miles from here by Ceorgn and Harry Arnold, ?me of the- rld.rs followed the man, while his brother "scorched" to Poughkeepsle and Informed the Sheriff, who ar reated the thief. Th? prisoner proved to be John Beeley, an Inmate of the lin.Non River State Hospital for the Insane, who escaped on Saturday. Beeley say.? that bl* partner In the first robbery w.n a tramp whom ho met ye?terday. The l?lcy?*le rld.rs are now search? ing for the tramp and Beeley has been taker. ba?.\ to the asylum. _ DROWNED IN THE EAST RIVER. ONE HOT SBSOUBD SED TBS OTHER LOST AETER CI.1NOTNC, TO BIS COMPANION. A rowboat In whleh two boys, Joseph Costero and Michael Leonard, were fishing 0IT One-hundred and-thlrty-fourth-st., In the Fast Blver, was tipped over yesterday afternoon. Costero managed to cling to the boat as It turned, and Leonard graspe.t l.ls companion by the waist. In this position the boys drifted with the boat to One-hundred-and thlrty-thlrd-st At that point there was a brick barge, and two men were unloading bricks. The men had heard the cries of the boys, and as the boat drifted past one of them, with a boat hook. managed to r.ai-h Costero. He dragged him from the water. Leonard, weak from tne exertion of .-llnglng to his companion, dropped back Into the water, and was swept under the barge. His body 'was not recovered. -4 THE REY. J H. KNOWLEB INJURED. HE FEI.L IN A FAINT AT CI.IFTON SPRINGS ANP FRACTI'REP HIS SKIM?. Chfton Springs, N. T., May 17.?The Rev. Joseph H. Knowles. of Newark. N. J.. who has been at the sanitarium since March 13, fell while In a faint yes? terday, fracturing his skull. Mr. Knowles Is the secretary of the American Sab hath Fnlon. ami his work In that eapaclty ha_ made h.m well known throughout the country. He la a Methodist minister. THE GOTEEN MENT BUILDING OPEXED. TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION pECT-AREI) COMI'I.ETEl?. Nashville, Tenn., May 17?The Government Rulld Ing at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition was formally opened at 11 o'clock this morning In the presence of the representatives of the ?'?overnment, S.'nators and Congressmen from Tennessee, the Cen? tennial Exposition management, the State and city oSIclals, foreign representative? at the exposition and leading citizens of the -f?late. Dr. C. W. Dab ney. president, and W. V. Cox, secretary of the Gov? ernment exhibit, were assisted In receiving their guests by all the members of the Government corps. Bellste.lt's Han 1 played the National alt?. At noon Captain H. ?'. Ward, I'nlted State? Army, fire i sa? lutes in honor of the State? In the Union. Pre-: lent J. W. Thomas then Issued a proclamation declaring the ??position complete In ev?ry particular. The ??overnment officials are unanimes In their verdict that the present Government exhibit Is the most complete In every detail of any ever made. The Government Building has been crowded all day an?l great delight was expressed by the visitors. BRIBERY TRIAL IX BUFFALO'. THE SI?PERINTENDENT OF STRKKTfl IS THF* PR KENT? ANT. Buffalo. Miy 17.-Thomas F. MalOflO**, Superin? tendent of the Bureau of itreets. at present under suspension by the Hoard of Public Works, was placed on trial In the Supreme Court to-day before Justice Spring on an Indictment charging an at? tempt to bribe Superintendent William S. Bull of the Police Department The indl.-tment allege?, that on June tl last Superintendent Malones attempted to Induce Superintendent Bull to grant immunltv to a gambling house. District-Attorney Kenetick Is representing the people In person. M-lonev la defended by Emery F. Close and Moses Shire Th? day was spent In ?during a Jur>. MR. BAYARD AT HOME AGAIN. THE MAYFLOWER LOO ptT IN A WtLAttltQTOtt 8AEE DEPOSIT VAULT. Wilmington. Del.. May 17.-Thomas P. Bayard, formerly Ambassador to England, arrived In this elty from New-York this afternoon, with Hie log of the Mayflower In his possess!.) i. He went to the office of the Security Trust and Safe Deposit Com? pany and deposited the log in the vaults for safe keeping until ha delivers it to the Governor Of Massachusetts. Having thus disposed of his charge, Mr Bayard went to his old home In Delamore Place SHOT HIMSELF FoR LACK OF MOXEY. A STENOGRAPHERS ATTEMPT AT ?UldDB IN I'ltOTOVA PARK LOCKT-. TO B-OCEEU, Morris Meyer, thirty yean old, who ?ays he is a stenografier at No. 15 Wall-st.. and live? nt New-Bri-hton. Stat.-n [?land, shot himself yester? day afternoon In Crotona Park, near One-hundred and-seventy-se. ord-st. and \Wndover-ave. Two laborers at work in th? park, who had heard th? pistol shot, founo the man lying on the grass, a revolv? r In his hand and a bullet wound In his right temple. Aa tho men reached him Meyer made an effort to raise the pistol to his head again, but the weapon was taken from him. An ambulaneo took him to I-'ordham Hospl'al, wh-re the surgeons thought be bad only a slight chance or recovery. Meyer said at the hospital that he had no money and was .1. ??pon.lent. CAUGHT IX A FLY WHEEL. A ROY'S BOEKIB*_B HEATH IN THE ENV.INE room Of THE BALMOfU-U Every electric light went out suddenly In the Bal? moral Hotel, at One-h'inilred-and-fourt.-cnth-st and Lenox-ave., at 6 o'?'lo*-k last night. A human life went out at the same moment In the engine-room down In the basement sixteen-year-old Henry Ten Evck was crushed to death before the eyes of his father. Clarence Ten Eyk Is the engtn.-r of the phwe, and for a long time he 1>hs had hi? son Henry assisting him in the inglne-room. Just before the hour when the boy eats his din? ner he ?ras oiling the machinery, which is hi? nightly task. The father ?tOOd nearby, watching his BOO HS h?? worked. The boy war.- i 1 MMM coat, and as he stood beside the tlywlio'l, th?' current 01 air created i?y the big wheel made the seat flap about but body. The fattier tunic.! to go to the other end of the room for a wrench He had ?Talked bait th?? length of the roam, when he beard th.- boj cry ont "Father!" He turned, but the boy bad dis? appeared, it teas only a few seconds, bowever, !.. fore hfl understood that his Child'? .-oat M.nl i.i CSUahl In th? fl**Wh??J ami the boy was being whirled ruurnl and round. With n s'iort cry, the father Jumped to the lever and ?pulled It hard. The engine slowed down and the wheel wus still. ?>n the Soor beneath the wheel the .afort?nate boy lay, crushed and bleeding. Ten i'vi'k shouted for help, but long tiefor?. It came the father had torn up a bit of the flooring and taken the iifeie?? boy from beneath the wh?*.-.. Ti.?- I'ovs head whs crushed and ?h?> lower part of his bodf had been gr ?und Into a ?hspelesi mass Th,- dead bay lived with his father, mother and two younger sisters In the hotel The mother and sisters w.rc visiting in New-Jersey wh?n the acci? dent occurred last evening. Word was sent to them ? THE HAMMOND TYPEWRITER CO moved to M7 B'way. Have you tried Number S Hammond* -Advt. AID FOR AMERICANS ASKED. PRESIDENT MKINLEV SENDS A CUBAJf MKSSAOK TO CONGRESS. AN APPROPRIATION OP *??ABt FOR DISTRESSED CITIZENS OF THIS ?-"OfNTRY EEQIESTED?? THE MEATS rS\\NI*!Ors_Y VOTE3 T_Q_ MOMET, RET BOtMBI DEMOCRATS BAUS on.TEf nOKS, far ?TBlMSavn to Tirr ?rais.as.] Washington. M_y 17.?President McKlnl?y*B Ceban message r.?-nt to C< agrees to-day b'-ars out In every detail the fore cast?? given In th'se dis? patches of its tone and contents. It de?ils simply and solely with the problem of relieving th* wants of the ??ix hundred or eight hundred Americans now in Cubs who are report? ed to l.e suffering for lack Of food and medicines, fif the military situation In the Island it has n? f a word to say, nor doe? it hint even nmotciy at arv coming change in this country's political or diplomatic policy In the West Indie?, it appeals to Oongrsss for an appropriation of .?."??i.iKSi, to he us'.l. In the dis? cretion of the State Department, In relieving the necessities of Americans In Cuba educed to ?h stitutlon by the ravages of two years Of bar? barous warfare, and In transporting to this coun? try such as may <|e?fre to return but have not the nieans to pay their passage from the Island. Nothing < ould be more pacific than the spirit and wording of the message, w hose text Is as brief a? Its tone Is transparently candid and straight? forward. THE PRESIDENT*! MESSAGE. Here Is what the President said In his com? munication t?) the two houses: "To the Senate and House of Representatives of the I'nlted States. "Official Information fmm our consuls In ?Cuba establishes the fact thit a large number of American citizens In the Island are In a state of destitution, suffering for want of tot d and medicines. This applies particularly to the rural districts of trie central and eastern pirte. The agricultural classes have been tOTOOd from their farms Into th? nearest towns, where they are without work or mor.? v. The local authori? ties of the several towns, however kindly die posed, are unable to relieve th- geods "f their own people, and are altogether powerb-a? to help our dtlsena. "The latest report of Consul-General Lee ? Sti? rn it- s that .-?ix hundred to eight hundred Ameri? cans are without IMAM of support. I have as? sured him that provision would bs made at once to relieve th-m. To that end I recommend that Congress make an appropriation Of not less than $.">(),(km), to be Immediately available for u?e under the direction ?if th? Secretary of State "It Is dsstrabte that a part of the sum which may be appropriated by Congress should, in the discretion of the Secretary of State, als?) be used for the tiansportation of American citizens who, desiring to return to the I'nlted States, are without means to do so. "WILLIAM M'KINLEY. "Executive Mansion, May 17, IMC" PROMPT RESPONSE BY THE SENATE .The response of the legislative branch to this appeal for means to alleviate the Bufferings of American citizens stranded In the garrisoned towns and villages In Cuba was creditably prompt and cordial. In the Senate no opposition whatever was raised to the passage of a resolu? tion brought In by the Foreign Relations Com? mittee authorizing the Administration to ex pen?l the amount ask?>d at its discretion for th? relief of suffering Americans In Cuba or their fres transportation to the United States. The resolution followed clo.s.-ly the lines of the one offered on Thursday last by Mr. Galllnger, of New-Hampshire, and received the unanimous ap? proval of the Senate, no vole, being rstssd In the n?'K.itlve, when, hardy Ilfteen minutes after the resolution ha?l been reported. It ?as put upon It? passage by ViCO-Prt ?Ident Hobart. Mr. Galllnger was the only Senator to speak <m the subject-matter of the aameage, the point he ralsetl being that as the ?pr?sent destitution In Cuba was due entirely to the rmfo-rceUMEl of General Weyler's policy of herding all non-com? batants in the garrison.??! towns, th?* mest effec tlv? means of relieving distress would be to de? mand a relaxation of the Spanish Captaln-OdE* oral's starvation programme. Mr. fJalllnger an? nounced, however, that he was g',a?l to furnish t<? the Admlnlatratlon means to set afoot in its own way an;, scheme for the all? station of siif fertng In Cuba which it might deem practicable and appropri?t?*. HOUSE DEMOfJRATS BLOCK A?CTIOB. In th?* House o? Repr?sentatives, however, a spirit of factional oppoeltlen showed Itself at the outset t?> the passa?. ..f any legislation in response t-. th- ?President'? rsfommnnflaflOES .m.? requeats. Mr. Bailey, the nominal lender of ?he Dem ' 'ratio side, flatly refused to consent to the consideration of a roaoitttion similar t> that I assed by the Senate utib-ss he could offer as an amendment to it Mr. Morgan's resolution ac? knowledging the toUlgerent rights of the Cuban Insurgents. "You shall n?it vote money to feed hungry and starving American citizen- in Cuba unless you at th?* lams time vote to accord the right? of ?>e!lig?-reiits to the Cuban Insurgente." This was the ultimatum which the Demo-Populist minority in the House of Representatives ob ?ttnatcly offered '?hen Mr. Hits, .?f minois, in response to President IfcKtnlejr? message^ of?? fered and asked unanimous consent f-.r the consid?ration of a bill to appropri?t.? *?>."?<?,i?to or so much ther.'of as might he necessary for the relief of American citizens who have been driven to the brink of death by itnrvnttoB in Cuba by the policy and acts of Geii?rnl W, yl.-r. it was an unreasonable and utterly Indefensi? ble position for the minority to take, in view of the declaration made by their leaden that they were all ready to vet i i i carry ont the President'? ?****ommendatlon, Th?- coupling n ith that declaration of su. h a condition a-? they sought to Impose was at- vit as fantastic a proposition as has ever emanated from th? i ?,-nio-Populist minority, opulent as it is in fan tistic suggestions. That th>- sympathies <?f an overwhelming majority of all parties in the House of Representatives are with the Cuban? in th.'ir desperate struggle to throw off th.? yok? ..f Spanien rule nearly evefybody believes and most people know. Ami >?-t the passage ont of hainl of a resolution t.? recognize the b. lligerent rights of the insurgents ha?i bo relntlon what? ever to th?- proposition t<> save American ?itl zens frmn death by starvation, snd Mr. Balls*/ ;m?l his f??ll?.w?-rs kn?-v It us well ?is ?;??\?-rnor Dingte*/ did. who sai?l thai it would be better for th?* H??use to attend lo one ?hing at a tlme, The President, wh?? is in possession ?.f all the facts accessible In r-??rnr<l to the situation In ?'aba, had recmmeml'd the r?'li<*f measure, ami re? main. ?I silent in regard t? ??th.-r matters, and It therefore seemed wiser for th.* House, which was n?'t In p"sse?i?|on of all th?- facts, t<> adopt the recommendation of the Executive and leave the question of the recognition ??f Cuban ?el Itgerency or Independenc? to be dealt with hereafter Hut Mr. Hailey and his MIOWOTS would not have it so, and, by persisting in (heir opposition, they succeeded temporarily In preventing the passage of the relief meneurs which th?- Senate ha?l passed earlier in the ?lav. Th.? appropria? I tton will probably pass th?* House on Thursilay. A RELIEF PROGRAMME DRAWN UP. BDPMJBS To BK BEET TO COBA St the regu? lar ST )?:.*. U St 111* LINKS. Washington, May IT (Bpoulfl) At the State Department the pr??mpL passage by Congress of an appropri?t I ?n f??r the relief of needy Ameri? cans in Cuba ha?l been regarded as certain. N??t <>nly all ih>> usual r? port? from consular of. flivrs In Cuba, but all ronfiilenlial advice? re? ceived from thcr?*, had been shown to members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and to ?evt-ral mnuwri ??* >**a House. Senators