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ttm. ? OltANTON. PA., SATURDAY MOKN1N-G, APKJL 17, 1857. TWO CENTS. 4 1 EsJI' 4''i'-' y ' -uTfaar MTvnn.-nr.Tsr rm?a i inlf i" ' iiJPW'M SUPREME TEST OF THE FLOOD The Swift Rising Current of Mississippi Causes Grave Apprehension. THREE NEGROES DROWNED The Levee at Biggs, Near Vicksburg, Gives Way. The Orcvnssc l'-!0 Fecit Wide Twenty Minutes After the Clliiisc.lliiny I'lilulitirs Arc ltcportcd--Runiors of Wholosnle Loss of Lilc on Dnvis Island, However, Arc Unrounded. IMsph "cur the Top of the I.cvce nt Xiitiiir;c--Kiicourng!iig Reports nt Cairo. Memphis, Tenn., April 16. Advices from Natchez and other points below Vicksburg Indicate that the supreme test In the Hood situation Is nenr. The swift rurrcnt is rising steadily and beating against the levees with such force ns to cause the gravest apptehen slon at many places. At Natchez the river is near the top of the levee. All kinds of rumors have been current to day regarding wholesome less' of life on Davis Island, but diligent tele graphic Inquiries falls t confirm the stories. It Is known that three negroes were drowned on the Island, but out side of these no loss of life Is known to have occurred. At Vicksburg the river Is rising nt the rate of four-tenths foot dally. The swiftest volume of water pouring out of the Tfizoo into the Mississippi at a point twelve miles north of Vicks burg will continue for several days. The levees between Hertford's store, four miles south of Delta, La., to Duck port, six miles above, are in a precnr lous condition tonight and every man and boy available Is at work strength ening the embankment. At some points in this stretch of levee, the water is washing over and the greatest alnrm is felt. A mora cheerful feeling exists in Delta tonight. At 'Greenville, the back water from Stops Landing crevasse which has beeu rising In the Hood part of the town dur ing the last three days js stationary and will begin to fall tomorrow. Rose dale, Frier's Point. Helena and other places report nn encouraging Improve ment in the situation. The river de clined one-tenth of n foot nt Greenville today and the fall of two-tenths of a foot reported nt Cairo, gives hone that the Hood will recede In time to make a I good crop. At Memphis the river Is stationary. Encouraging accounts of the Improve ment on the condition of the overflowed territory above Memphis, are coming in. Then- Is a marked Improvement and the outlook on the upper river Is cheerful. NEW ORLEANS PREPARED. New Orleans. April 16. "Nineteen feet by April 20," says the weather bureau..rifac.ns New Orleans is con cerned irp'roi)ui.-',Mll come sooner. It will not mean any danger to the city, fcut water will cover the wharves and wet adjacent streets. The rallro.-.ds are already elevating their tracks, and platforms have been built at depots, but the steamboats complain that no provisions have been made for them. The entire wharf front will probably have to be rebuilt and ralseu. The Louisiana line Is still holding, strange to pay, though rises of three inches and more a day are quite common. It looks n3 if the limit of endurance or heights must corne soon. A much higher river will wash over many of the bnnks, and In their pres ent softened condition they will bo so badly soaked that It will be a question of their ability to bear the weight against them; still perfection of drain age going on nil along the line will help out In the crisis. The Hood wave has about reached the fifth district, and If that and the Tensas pass hiuster there Is no reason why the levees between I3aton Rouge and New Orleans should not escape. The second break on Bayou La Four che Is not creating much alarm. There is now a crevasse on each side of the Bayou, but' the water could not have picked out better spots, running off into large areas of swamp lands. It has reduced the height of the Rayou and If the planters can hold tho rest of the line many valuable plantations will be saved. NEAR THE DANGER LINE. Davenport, la., April 10. A seven inch rise has brought the waters of the Mississippi within six Inches of the danger line. Tho rlsln;: ilood has In vaded tho ctllars or many Jobbing houses, and the levco Is nlmost entirely under water. Muscatlno island, tho great melon raising ground. Is reported to be largely under water. Rains con tinue, and tho situation dally becomes mere serious. In the neighborhood of Burlington, Ia the rlvor la six miles wide and, covers a wide area of valuable bottom farm land In Illinois, The farm ers there have given up hope of get ting their crone, it ml much lots will result. The river Is still rising. Thlbodeaux, la., April 16. A crevasso occurred ut noon yesterday at Leon Rabins, one mil? below La Fourchu crossing, Wett Side. It inundated the section between Hayou La Nourche and Terre Ronne.from Price's Aicadla plan tation to the gulf. The water bus fall en llftcen Inches at Thlbodeaux in the past six hours. Lake Providence, la April 10, Tho situation here Is very critical. Tho water Is now over the Elton levee prop er, In some- places several It'.ch.s, but Jt lb protected by sacko and dirt. Tho MeUuiro owl Concordia levees below fhe town are Uoing worked upon. Thec levees are onljrUiree.inchea above the water anil will be thoroughly racked today. The river Is rising one-tenth every twenty-four hours and htands 44 feet on the guagc, Just four-tenths be low the highest water. Vicksburg, Miss., April 1G. The le vee at Brlggs, two and half miles bo low Delta, La., broke at 10 o'clock to night. The crevasse was 120 feet wide twenty minutes after It pave way. Del ta Is directly opposite Vicksburg. SUICIDE BURNS HIS HEAD OFF. I'ppcr Part of Ills liody Soaked in Oil mid Ignited. Hartford, Conn., April 16. Charles Long, serving fifteen years In the state prison, committed suicide this morning At G.30 he spoke to the night watch man and said ho would not work to day. Ten minutes later llames came through the doors of his cell. A hose was turned on the llames and Long, with his head ablaze, was pulled trom tho cell. Long had torn a silt in the mattress, pushed In his head, covered tho upper part of his body with his blanket, which he hnd saturated with kerosenso from Ills lamp and then applied a match. The head was nearly burned from tho body. CZAR HAS NO HOPE OF PEACE. (Jroccc and Turkey Must S ttlo by Forco ofAruiK. Vienna, April 16. It Is said here to night on reliable authority that the Emperor Nicholas has declared that nothing now remains but to abandon Turkey and Greece to their 'fate and leave them to measure strength. His majesty Is reported to have addsd emphatically that If Turkey now de clared war It would be exclusively due to tho provocation offered by Greece. Greece would be regarded In Austrian ofllctal circles as the actual assailant. WILL FIGHT FOR WOOL. The Western Senators llavs Agreed Upon n Plan of Action Concurring the Dingley Bill. Washington, April 16. The western senators after several conferences have reached an agreement to stand togeth er for Important changes in the wool schedule of the Dingley bill. Tho sen ators most prominently Identified with the movement are Messrs. Mantle, Car ter, Shoup, Warren and Ilurrows. They have not only agreed upon a line of amendments but have decided to Insist on their inclusion in tho bill. The meetings held have also been attended by many prominent wool growers. The proposed amendments are directed mainly to closing the manyj loop-holes for evasion and fraud which' wool men allege abound In the Dltmley bill and wero also found in the McKlnley law. Ah amendment was agreed upon pro viding that an additional duty of four ccntu per pound fihall be levied upon bklrted wools as Imported In 1S90 and prior to that time. The principal change, however, to 1 proposed, la up on wool and camels hair of the third class. The Dingley bill proposes nn ad valorem duty of 32 and SO per cent, re spectively upon wools of this class val ued under and over 13 cunt's per pound. It Is proposed now to strike out the Dingley bill clauses relating to third rlas.4 wools and to Insert Instead tho following: On wools of the third clas.s and cam els hair of the th'rd class tho value whereof shall be eight cents ,or less per pound Ir the general markets of the 1 'nlted States', the duty shall be five cents per pound and on all wools and hair of this class the value whereof shall exceed S cents per pound In tho general markets of the United States thorn shall be an additional duty of Vj of 1 cent per pound for eitii Increase of 1 cent per pound In tlw value thereof. TEACHERS' PLACES SOLD. Jiig hcnndiil lliienrlh'cd in Ilnltl moro's Schools, Baltimore, Md April 16. Tho publi cation of statements made by women tenchers In the public schools of this city and their friends that they paid money to politicians to secure their po sitions has caused a sensation. A lead ing newspaper demands that an Inves tigation be made and the majority of cltlzen3 think the same. While dining with a friend the other day a IJaltlmore teacher made no secret of saying that she had paid for her position. Her chief cause of complaint seemed to be that she had been charged $30 more for It than had most of the other teachers In the school. She said that she paid $200 for her place, of which amount $50 was in. cash, and her brother had given his note for $150, which she had paid off. The money was given, she said, to the leader of tho ward, but it was under stood that it was to go to the commis sioner who gave her the appointment. l'ostnllico Appointments. Washington, April 16. From now on for some time the dally quota of appoint ments of fourth-class postmasters will bo very heavy. Today's list was the largest since the changes commenced. Tho total was 127. Of these slxty-tlvo wero to fill vacariles caused by resignations and deaths, fifty-four by removals at tho ex piration of four years' Forvicc, and seven others by removals for "cause," Chilli-Mi Hound fur Culm. Montreal, Quebec, April 10. A party of ninety-ono Chinese ure In Montreal en route for New York, whero they will talto steamers for Havana. They nro ,Vng to work on tho sugar plantations or Cuba at tho Instance of tho Spanish govern ment. X-Hnys to Find Her Teeth, Washington, April 18. While peacefully slumbering Stella Hurke, who lives on Missouri avenue, swallowed her false teeth. Her condition Is regarded ns se rious. The physicians will apply tho X rays to find tho exact location of tho teeth. Rolling Mill in Mexico. Chihuahua, Mexico, April 10. An Eng llih syndicate has secured an option on tho Iron ore mines of Durnngo and the re cently discovered conl fields In this state. They proposo to extabllsh an Immenoo Iron foundry and rolling millet here. Pennington Woman .Miming. Trenton, April 10. Estelle Sweasy, agod 22 years, of Pennington, has been misting slnco last Tuesday, when she started In a carrlago fpr Trenton to do some shopping. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT SACKETT'S HARBOR Mrs. Crouch and Miss Mary Daly Are Assassinated. GEORGE ALLEN FATALLY WOUNDED Tho Mnn nnd Tiro Women Aru At tneked While Out Riding in the Evcning--Wllbur Crouch, llusbnud of Ono oftlio Women Under Arrest for the Crime. Watertown, N. Y., April 16. At Back et's Harbor, ten miles from this city, one of the most horrible crimes ever committed In this village was perpe trated In the early hours this morn ing, but by whom is not known. By the crime- Mrs. Wilber Croch nnd Miss Mny Daly lost their lives and George Allen Is close to death's door. Last evening Allen engaged a rig of a liveryman here. He then went to tho barracks of the Ninth Infantry and got Mrs. Wilbur Croch and Miss May Daly, two domestics employed by Lieuten ant Anderson. They drove about the village and rurroundlng country nearly all night. Rctween 3 and 4 o'clock this morning they were coming on the road leading from this village to Brown vllle, when, according to Allcn'11 story, Crouch leaped from the roadside and began firing at the three occupants of the carriage. All three were tho re cipients of several bullets. Tho horses became frightened and tan back to the livery barn in the rear of the Everlelgh House. One of the women wns between the dashboard and the wheel, with her head hanging nearly on the ground. The other wus lying on her side. The clothing of both was badly torn. The dress of one of the women was burned along the arm, us also was her llesh, which makes it conclusive that the firing wns done at short .range, causing the clothing to become Ignited. In the rend was found a six-chambered revolver, with four loaded cart ridges and two empty chambers. Tho revolver I? tho property of Allen. According to Allen's story ho was thrown out of the buggy near the Iron bridge, which spans Mill creek nnd fell into the water, but eoon extricated hlmstlf, and, shot and stabbed as he was, ho managed to crawl to the kitch en door of the quarters, but on his ar rival there was unable to speak. He was nearly unconscious. Crouch was arrested and placed un der close surveillance. A knife was found In his pocket but no blood 3talns were on It, nor was there anything about his appearance nor about his actions to point toward his guilt. Crouch and his wife have not lived to gether for a long time, VERDICT OF JURY. Tho coroner's jury brought In a ver dict to the effect that Crouch killed the women and Crouch was brought to the Jefferson county jail In tills city for safekeeping. When he arrived hero this evening lie appeared cool and col lected mid en id, laughing: "Well sheriff, they've brought me o you, but-1 guess I won't b. with yuu very long." He appears to bo confident that his Innocence will soon be estab lished. Allen, thf man who was with the wo men, ivaclied the me&s hall at 4.20 in the morning, wlin he fainted, but not before saying: 'Get the women out of the creek." He was taken to the hospital, wet from head to foot and showing signs of having been In the water. For soma time it was Impossible to get any statement from him so low was his condition. Stimulants were given and at soon ns hi- was aroused the follow ing statement was given, but only in answer to questions, ho saying that it hurt his threat: "Crouch did It. It was done by the creek. Crouch grasped the reins of the right horse and I leaned out of tho rig. It was a one seated top buggy. I was struck by a lash, then shot, I tried to get out my revolver, but before I could do so was shot again. In getting out iny revolver, I accidentally shot myself in the threat. The women wero shot and' fell on top of me." Allen was ai.ked how many times he was shot and would hold up hla hands with fingers outstretched, meaning that five bullets hud pierced Ills body. Af ter the shooting occurred Allen says he was driven a long ilistan.ee by Crouch and nfterwardH fell out. He partly re covered but grave fears are now enter tained for his recovery. Allen has been In charge of the officers club. He has been keeping company with Miss Daly and It Is said they were to have been married tomorrow. NO MEXICAN RETALIATION. An Aulliointivn Denial Concerning the Dingley TtirilT. City of Mexico, April 10. The reports published In the United States that the Mexican government intends, In case of the passage of the Dingley tariff bill, Instituting retaliatory measures will be authoritatively denounced by the Mexi can Herald tomorrow. Certain provi sions In the bill will, If enacted into law. bring capital here, and will re dound to benefit of the country. Tho government of Mexico regards the action of the American congress with perfect lack of apprehension. Shot Dead by Robbers, Henderfcon, Ky., April 10. Near Doko. ven, Union county, Ky., last evening James Green and William Green, a depu ty constable, wer shot dead, and Constable William Reset soverely wounded by Will iam Cody and Thomas Hite, who wero un der arrest for postotllee robbery. Cody nnd Hite escaped, but orb surrounded In a dense forest. They are armed with rifles. Couldn't Escape .lull by Hanging. East Liverpool, O., April 10. James Boyle, a prisoner in tho county Jail, at tempted suicide last night by hanking himself with a sheet In hl cell. An Ital ian In tho Bamo cell was awakened by tho grosjns of the victim In time to cut him down before I'.fo was extinct, Throe Killed by 11 Train, Lafayette, Ind April 16. A p4sengor train on tho Wabash railroad, eastbound, near West Point, yeetorday, struck a' buggy containing James Holton, Plym outh Field, Nan Wilson and Laura Smith, ull colored. Roth of Ihu men end one c! thp w?men were killed, KILLED AT TWO-MILE RANGE. A Stray Rlflo Hull's Strange, Long Scnrch lor 11 Victim. Santa Fe, N. M., April 16. Francisco Nnvarro, a pupil at the United States ludlnn school, was fatally shot under peculiar circumstances. While playing on the college campus the boy sudden ly clapped his hand over his heart and startled his playmates wltn a cry of pain, repeatedly exclaiming: "It s right here." The boys tore open his clothing and found that ho had been shot with a rifle ball. No report of a gun was heard, and tho ball had come down wards from some unknown source. Later It developed thnt Deputy Sheriff Alexander Allen nnd ex-Represcntatlvc J. E. Lacome were shooting rabbits down tho valley, fully two miles dis tant, nnd that 11 stray ball from Allen's Winchester rifle had, lifter traveling tho distance, passed out over the three story school building, nnd In Its fall struck tho boy. m . PALMA AND SANDOVAL. Cubaii Junta Do:s Not Fear the Spanish Major On His Way to Try and Cause lmprisonm:nt of Cubans. New York, April 16. A Philadelphia dispatch to tho Commercial Advertiser cays: It 13 feared by Cubans a'r.d Cubaii sympathizers In that city that Major Juno Sandoval of the Spanish army, who Is now In Philadelphia, has been sent to this country to cause the arrest ol the members of tho Cuban Junta. It has been previously reported that the object of Major Sandoval's visit to the United States was for tho purpose of shipping munitions of war to General Woyler In the regular man ner. Leading Cubans in Philadelphia, however, discredit the report that Ma jor Sandoval's vialt Is for the purpose of procur supplies for the Spanish mmy, and assert that It in to gather Information that will result lri the ar rest of General Etrada Palma, minis ter of the Cuban Republic, at this city and General Querada, Charge d'Af falres at Washington. Those who de clare this to bo the object of Major Sandoval's visit say that it Is known that the latter has in his pot-session c3r taln documents found on the steamer Laurada on one of her recent trips to Cuba, showing what part Generals Palma and Quesada. played In her movements. FOUGHT IT OUT WITH FISTS. Richmond Society .Men Settle Differ ences in n Quint Spot. Richmond, Va April 16. Mr. Thomas Urandcr and Mr. Wallace D. Carr. well known young society men, had n pretty lively fist duel at Forest Hill park yes terday aftei noon. Tha dcUils are mea ger and friends, acquainted with the circumstdnces, are very reticent. It la said that one of the young men offered the other an insult, and it was agreed that they should t-acii, having a friend or second, repair to tills sequestered summer retort and settle their differ ence. Mr. Rrander took his brother Lewis with him, while Mr. Carr carried along a filend. The battle was quite a spir ited one fiom all accounts. Mr. Rrand er, who is a eon of General Thomas A. Ruinder, and an Insurance 111011, was not .-it his ufllco today. Mr. Carr Is a student ct one- of the medical colleges here, and Is also eald to have kept In doors. ARRESTED AT THE FUNERAL. Lively Sceno ut 11 (Jravc nt Russell villr, Ind, --!)ne Mnn Captured. Crnwfordsvllle, Ind., April 36. While the coflln of George Skelton was being lowered into Its grave at tho Russell vlllo cemetery UiU afternoon, a posse of twenty horse-thief detectives rodr up and attempted to arrest Charles nnd Henry Skelton, brothers of the deceas ed. Charles and Henry Skelton last winter were indicted for stealing tur keys nnd iled, but returned to attend the funeral of their brother. A sharp light occurred, but the Skcl tons, nlded by their fi lends. Jumped In to a buggy and drove away ut a run away gait. The mounted detectives followed, and after n two-mile chase?, the horse of the Skeltons fell. Roth men then ran, and Henry, by the aid of his revolver, i-t-caped. Charles waa captured and la now In tho Crawfords vllle jail. JAPAN HAS NO USE FOR HAWAII. .Minister Snys His Lund Wishes Only to I'rp.prvo Treaty Right. Washington, April 16. The Japanese minister especially deprecates the sto ries to which the recent return of Im migrants to Hawaii has given rise. The position of his government, he says, is very clear, and ought not to occa sion any upprebension among the friends of Hawaii In this country. The Japanese government, says the mlnltter, has no designs upon Hawaii and no desire to provoke Irritating con troversies. In this particular Instance he states their only with Is to preserve well-ertabllsh treaty rights which ap pear to havo been unnecessarily violat ed. NO LIQUOR IN THE PUDDING. Kvon if It's Froen (lood Tcmplurs Arc Hurrrd. Worcester, Mass., April 16. At the annual session cf the grand lodge of Good Templars last night Grand Chief Templnr Joseph A. Fancy flub"mltted a number of decisions, one of which was: "If n plate ot frozen pudding, satur ated with liquor, Is placed beforo a member and he partaken of It, ho vio lates his pledge." Peculiar Sliln Disease. Hagerutown, Md., April 16.-Dr. 8. S. Davis, of Washington county, is treating one of tho most peculiar case on record. It U that of a young woman of liooneboro, whoo blood oozos through the pores of tho tkln in porsplratlen. The woman other wUo seems to bo In perfect health, Randolph Denies It. Cincinnati, 0 April 10.-CI. F. Randolph, general trafllo manager of thu Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, denlos the report that has been generally published, that W. R. Uusenbark will succeed J-, M. Clieac hrbu'sh as general paesungcr. ugent of tho Daltlmorg and Okie Sputhwefttcru, BANK CASHIER DIES FIGHTING Joseph A. Sllckncy Loses His Lite in a Struggle with Robbers. MURDERERS ESCAPE WITH BOOTY The Crcnt I'till Nnllonnl Hnuk of Somcrsivorth, Is Robbed lit Moon, nnd tho Thieves I'.scnpc After Kill ing the Cnshicr--Cnsli to the Amount oi 90,000 Is Secured. Somersworth, N. II., April 16. While resisting the entry of two desperate and determined robbers, nnd during a heroic but futile struggle to protect SIDO.OOO or more in money nnd securi ties In the compartments of the open vault of the Great Falls National bank, of Somersworth, this afternoon, Cashier Joseph A. Stlckney was stiuck down and brutally murdered near tho desk which he had occupied for years, Af ter killing Stlckney, the murderers ran sacked the vault and lied with all the cash It contained, with the exception of a ?5 gold piece. As near as can be determined, about $6,000 was taken, but It Is possible that the loas will consld- ' erably exceed this sum, as no one but tho dead cashier knew the exact I amount that was In the Institution r.t I tho time. The robbers, after knocking Stlckney down with a black Jack, cut his throat. The most remarkable feature of the robbery is the fact that $100,000 In bonds of the United States, which were kept In one ot the drawers of the big vault and which the robbers evidently examined hastily were not taken. Neither was any of the negotiable pa per and securities of tho bank In fact, nothing is missing except the cash. No one was aware that there was ar.v thlng wrong at the bank until nearly 2 o'clock, or an hour after the murder ous work was done. The perpetrators had ample time to epcape. and this evening scores of deputy sheriffs, mar shals, police and citizens are scouring this section of the state nnd the nd Jolnlng state of Malne.which, from this city, Is Just across the Salmon Falls river. The men made their visit to the bank at the busiest time of the day In the locality where the bank Is situated, and so completely and thoroughly did they accomplish the robbery that only an uncertain clue and a very meagre description of them was obtainable. The bank was besieged by hundreds when the news of the terrible nfl'alr became known and large numbers of people came here from surrounding cit ies". Had the robber." betm apprehend ed soon after tho murder and robbery became public it would have boon found dllllcult to prevent a double lynching In the Gmnlte state. j ALONE IN THE BUILDING. It has ulwnys been customary for Cashier Stlckney and th; bank clerk, Mrs. Parker Swazey, to close the bank at Vi o'clock and not re-open it until 2. Todiy Mrs. Swazey left her desk at rncn. The cashier, however, remained looking over the bank's accounts and It Is thought he was preparing to go out whpn the robbers entered. The bank building is situated In the centre ot the business portion of the city. The banking rocm H on tho second floor In the front but in tho rear the bank is on a level with a hill by which there Is a second entrance. It Is not known exactly what time the bnnk was robbed but it waa evi dently between 1 and 1.15 o'clock, an two men, strangers, wero sen going up the hill not very far from the bank at 1.20 o'clock. Ono of the men carried a bag. As there was no witness but the dead cashier and his murderers It is not known minutely how the robbery was conducted, but It Is certain that the men lost very little time In the bank, and tlvir work accomplished, they iled with all pcsfdble haste. The first suspicion thnt the bank had been robbed wns at two minutes to 2, when Frank P. Reen, a local mer chant, went up tho Ftalrcase .of the bank building and found 'the thick plato glass In the front outside, or hell door, of the bank completely shattered. He was considerably alarm and without waiting to Investi gate ho hurried from t'he building nnd notified City Marshal Katcn. The lat ter responded at once. They broke In tho dcor and then found evidences of a. desperate struggle. On the floor In a great pool of blood was tho lifeless body of Stlckney. -His head had been nearly severed from tho body, t'he rob bers having cut his throat. Tho head was marked with several deep gashes made by n heavy Jack and the skull wns fractured. The body was covered with blood and the walls and furniture bore additional evidence of the horri ble deed. Stlckney had died lighting desperately. THE FIRST CLUE. Tho first clue that tho ofUcors found wns obtained from Mrs. Joshua Smith, who lives near the bank, nnd Dudley Cheney, who was passing on the street, who repot ted seeing a man of dark complexion hurry up the hill carrying a bug heavily weighted over his shoul der, Mr. Cheney saw, tho man throw tho bag behind a stone wall, change some of his clothes and finally get Into a buggy driven by nnother man who drovo up the hill. Tho bag was also taken nnd the outfit left at a very rapid gait. So suspicious weie the men's ac tions that Mr. Cheney immediately re ported tho Incident to the chief of po lice. Other people reported seeing the buggy, and In West Rochester a dark sorrel horse and buggy wero seen head ed for Salmon Falls river, which forms tho Mnlno state boundary. This outfit has mysteriously disappeared, despite tho fact that tho whole section here abouts Is being searched tonight, Mr. Sttokney's family consisted of his wife, a son nnd two daughters. He was u wealthy man and waa well known In New England banking cir cles, He had been cashier of tho urea. Falls National bank for over twenty five years. TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED. Waltham, Mass., April 16. Con Har tlgan, the New England ex-amateur 12.ri-pound boxing champion, and John ny Brlggs ivoro arrested this afternoon on suspicion of being concerned in the' Toole robbery on Wednesday night. Tho ofllcers had scarcely completed the search of the 'two men, which revealed 5$0,ana ec.ne Confederate coin, whe.i a telegram was received froni the mnyor of Somersworth asking that these very men be apprehended. Tho first telegram- was followed In a few minutes by a second, and that In turn by a third, all urging the police to use their utmost endeavors to secure the men. Tho confederate coin was Identified beyond n doubt ns having been stolen from tho Teele residence. After his arrest Hnrtlgan 13 said to have admitted to the police that both he and Rriggs went there on Wednes day, but were positive In his statement that both of them left Somersworth at 10 o'clock this morning, going direct to Boston. The police have not as yet found any baggage belonging to tho men. TORPEDO SHELL LOST. Crew of Rnttii'sliip Indiana Scnrch for it Valuable Misslc New York, April 16. The battleship Indiana which lies anchored off Tomp klnsvllk', lost one of her torpedo shells on tho mornlni: of the 14th, while at target practice. The torpedo shell was a blank one, IS feet long nnd wai fired at an imaginary target GOO yards dis tant from the battleship. When fired on Wednesday morning the mechanism of the shell cot out of order and the practice crew wore unable to find It. It Is supposed that the air chambers got out of otder. The torpedo shell co3t $2,C0n nnd several boats crews from the Indiana have searched tho waters of the upper and lower bay endeavoring to locate It, but so far without success. WHEAT ON THE RISE. Steadily Recovering from Recent Depres sionThe Output of Pig Iron Still Increases. New York, April 16. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say: An undeclared war between Greece nnd Turkey has been more Important than any other single cause of changes In business this week. Actual lighting, with facts which seem to make a for mal declaration of war by Turkey In evitable, have affected grain markets much and stocks slightly. The prog ress of Mississippi Hoods does not change tho prlco of cotton and settle ment of the more Important labor dlfil cltles has revived works suspended last week. The temporary decrease In exports nnd the large Increase In Im ports, at New York 20.8 per cent, for the month, caused questions about tho financial future which have not much Influence ns yet. The Increase In Im ports $0,000,000, or over 15 per cent, from last year, and $17,100,000, or 2S.9 per cent, from February, If long con tinued may embarrass some branches of buslnees, but can hardly exhaust balances remaining from the unprece dented excess of merchandise exports, JK!!.3S1,010 In nine months ending with March, The whe"at market, after Its decline of six cents last week, was prepared to rise with prosjiects of. European war and increased purchases for export, nnd has risen 4.37 cents since last Friday, Exports for this week are very small, and for two weeks but little greater than last year, while corn exports con tinue over three times last year's, and for two weeks 6,032,015 bushels against 1,363,133 last year, the price advancing less than one cent. Western receipts of wheat are larger for the week, and for two weeks as large as last year, nnd the government report Indicates n considerably larger yield than that of 1SC6, which has sufllccd to meet an ex traordlnaiy demand. Cotton lmu scarcely changed during the week of unprecedented floods, though this year's crops will be materially dimin ished unless water soon subsides. Rut thero are numerous Indications that In other :-arts of the south a large acre age Is being planted. The output of pig Iron Increnses, thoug.. fifteen furnaces stopped in March us others wiln larger capacity started, and the weekly production April 1, was 173,279 tons against 163.0S6 last year. Speculation In wool turns largely to foreign, and Imports of 13,114 bales the past week and 15,246 the previous week at Roston alone, havo not prevented higher quotations for the better grades of domestic. Sales at the three chli-f maikpts were 0,606,000 pounds. Fail ures for the week have been 207 In the United States against 222 lilst year, and 30 In Canada against 30 last year. Civil Enginrcr Drowned in Mexico. San Luis Potoal. Mexico, April 16. D. M. Lawre.vo, a civil engineer from Boston, was drowned in a mountain stream about ninety miles southwest of here. He was running n survey for a railroad when tho accident occurred. TUB NEWS THIS 310KNINU. Weather Indications Today! (lenerally Pair, I 1 (General) War In tho East a Cer tainty. Tragedy at Sacketts Harbor. Lost His Life In 11 Strupglo with Rob bers. Mississippi Still Caublng Danger. 2 (State) Uxperlenco of a Ruddorlesa Ship's Crew. Mlzn Kaiser's London Letter, 3 (Sport) Scranton Defeats tho Cuban Giants. 4 Editorial. Washington Gossip. 5 (Locnl)-Soc'.al and Perbonal. C (Local) Easter Sunday In tho Church e.". 7 (Local) Pollya Murder Caso In Jury's ' llandB.. National Conference of Christians. Tax Levy Fixed. More IHegal Votes In Dunmore Elec tion Contett. 8 West Sldo and City Suburban. 9 Lackawanna County News. 10 (Story) "Molly Terry'o EaBter Wed ding." 11 Interests of Women nnd the Home. 12 Llliuokalaul's Side of tho Hawaiian Question. 13 Modorn Mexico from an American Point of View. Reasons Why Americans Should Watoh Canada. It Mercantile Appraisement, 15 Kotos ot Interoxt to Welsh IUadors. How a Nevada Ranahman Won a Ulg Jackpot, 16 Adjoining County News, EASTERN WAR S A REALITY A Force of Greek Insur gents Said to Have Entered Epirus. INVADERS CAPTURE TURKS Gladstone's Letter to Captain Dampzes. Turkish Corporal nnd Might Soldiers Aro Disarmed mid Turned Loose at Krgnstcrin-Chicf Rroiifns, Upon Whose Hcnd Turkey Una Set n Price of 'J, OOO Francs, Has Itc nppenred on the Scene of Action. An Alleged Newspaper Correspond cut Arrested ns a Spy. Athens, April 16. A. forco of Greek Insurgents Is reported to have entered Epirus. The statement must bo ac cepted with reserve. A dlspntch from Trlkhala artnouncea that Colonel Clprinani, the Italian so cialist leader, has disbanded the Ital ian legion raised to assist the Greeks In their struggle ngalnst the Turks. Canca, April 16. Cannonading has been proceeding In the direction of Ka lyves since yesterday evening. Tho cause of the firing Is not known here. Pillaging continues in this vicinity. The foreign admirals have offered to Colonel Vassos any medical and surgi cal assistance he may require for tho wounded In his camp. CHIEF RROUFAS RE-APPEARS. Salonlca, April 16. Chief Broufas, who was the soul of the Macedonian rising last year and upon whose head Turkey set a price of 2,000 francs and who was supposed to be dead, has re appeared. He Is now organizing an in vasion of thejChalcldlko peninsula with a view of diverting the Turkish army from Macedonia. He has assembled 5,5 members of the Ethnlke Hetalrla from Chalkls, Rumell, Athens and Volo and em barked them on a couple of steamers which were to leave tho Gulf of Volo on Wcdnesdny last for the coast of Chalcldlke, there to raise an insurrec tion. A Turk who wns posing as tho Rus sian correspondent of the Journal De St. Petersburg, has been arrested hero as a spy. Another fight is reported across the frontier. It Is stated thnt the Turks lost fifty killed nnd a smnll number of prisoners. A Turkish cor poral and eight soldiers who had been captured by the invaders havo arrived at Ergasteria, to which point they were sent by the order of the Crown rrince Constantlne, where they wero released, after being dlrarnicd. The appearance of the Turks has excited great curios ity, but they have not been molested. There are thirty other Turkish prison ers still remaining at Volo. Athens, April 10. A dispatch from Larlzsa, received at 11.30 p. m., says that nn engagement has taken plnco near Nezcros, on the frontier, In which the artillery participated. The dis patch gives no details of the lighting. London, April 16. Tho Rome corre spondent of the Standard says It Is stated there that Admiral Canevero, commanding the International ileets In Cretan waters, has received notlco from tho Americnn government thnt the United States does not recognize th- existence of a blockade of Crete, MR. GLADSTONE'S LETTER. London, April 16. Mr. Gladstone has written a letter to the Macedonian leader, Captain Dampzes, In which he says: Under the present deplorablo echemo all the British government Iia3 a right to do, seemingly, is to plead Its opinions beforo a tribunal of two youthful despots, tho c-mperora of (lermany and Russia, and to abide by their help to execute their final determinations. Our disgraceful ofllco seems to bo to place ships, guns, soldiers and sailors at their disposal for tho purpose of keeping down tho movement for tho liberty of Crete and of securing to these- young des pots', who have in no wise earned tho con fidence of Europe, the power of deciding questions which rightfully belong to tho Cretans. .llndMonc Applied to Prevent Itnbics Richmond, Va April 16. E. R. Johnson, of Hanover county, who, accompanied by his son, came hero yesterday In quest ot a mndstone, succeeded In locating ono on Fulton 1I1I1. He was given its use, and nt onco applied it to tho boy's wound. Two applications wero mnde, one on tho head nnd tho other on tho left hand. Each re quired several hours. In the II'Mids of As.signcc. Lynn, Mats,, April 16. Tho 500 Lynn members of tho Equltablo Aid union, a mutual benefit Ir.suranco order of Penn sylvania, received an order today from tho president that tho order had gono Into tho hands ot an usidgnce, und had sus pended, Yoiiiigstown Wife Sues Snloonisls. Youngstowu, O., April 10. Mrs, Annlo Ostraudcr has commenced tlireo suits against John Hlllmer, (ieorgo Qulgley ami tho Crab Creek Distilling company for $0,000, for selling her husband liquor after they had received notlco not to do so, Honduras Has 11 Revolution. Washington, April 10. Consul General Little, at Tegucigalpa, cables the stato de partment that a revolution has broken, out In Honduras, tho republic being under mar tial law. The Herald's Wentlior Forecast. Now Yoik, April 17. In tho Middle states nnd New England today, partly cloudy to fair, cooler weather will prevail, with frosh to brlxk southwesterly and northwesterly winds, preceded In the morning by cloudiness and light local lain in tho northoru district and followed by clearing and slowly rising temperature. On Sunday, in both of theco sections, lino and inuoh warmer weather will provall, with fresh to light northerly winds, be coming variable.