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AEG' 70L.XLV. SO. 169- BOC3 ISLAUD, ILL, SATUBDAT, HAY 8. It37. KQOK ISLAND OFF Oil ITS MISSIOII, Bimetallic Commision Sails ' for Europe. MR. STEVENSON HEADS IT. Chicago Bank Examiner Is Indicted. Greeks Still Fleeing Before the Turks. con- New York, May 8 Ex-Vice Presi dent SUTtmoD, Gen. C. J. Pajne nod United States Senator Walcott, appointed by President McKinley as a commiiiee to comer wnn the Euro peaa governments relative to hold. an international bimetallic Terence, sailed for Paris today. Greeks HUH Dlctraclai Tbsmsslvts. Velestino, May 8. The Greeks hare evacuated Volo. A detachment of marines landed from the foreign warships off that port to guard the town. Foreign consols have arrived te confer with Edhem Pasha. As this dispatch is being sent Turkish troops are entering Volo. The Greeks fUd to Alamos and will re join the main body of Greek forces as vomoKos. Athens, May 8. An Arts dispatch ays Faad Bay, the Turkish com maader.has Issued a proclamation to the Christian population, ordering them to lay down their arms or oth erwise the villages will be burned. Millionaire Haloid. Chicago, May 8 E. Kellogg Beach, a retired capitalist with a million and a half, suicided in his bath room today. The canse was ill health. Richmond, Va., May 8 N. W. Nelson, president of the Metropoli. tan bank, was fonnd dead in bis bed room today, the gas having been turned on. . It is supposed to be sui cide, the result of sickness. T Taraara. St. Louis, May 8 Bala this morn. Ing interfered with the field exer cises of the national turnfest, but 'fit Individual contests, which had the various booths and bail. lings within which the fair grounds abound, were not interrupted. Opinion is that the New York turn vorsin stands a good chance with either first or second prize in the first group. Ksta bf tna native. Astoria, Ore., Mav 8. According te private advices 1?.'M. B. Lichten berg, son of a v prominent and wealthy London family and an ex missionary, whose name is not known and who went to the Santa Cms isl ands to trade, havo been killed , and aten by the natives. Baah Ezsmlavr ladletcd. Chicago, May 8. The grand jury iaiicted ex-Bank Examiner, C K. Uayden for failure to report on the condition of the Globe havings bank for ovsr two months after he knew It was insolvent. A Vataraa Retires. Denver, May 8. Brevet Major Gen era! Frank Wbeelon retired at noon from the servtco of tho United States army, having reached the age of 63 years of which 47 was spent in ser vice. lawa Liquor Rill Stcnid. Pes Moines, May 8. The governor si cord the liquor bill, including the sections allotting the manufacture. Tha 1'Mtal Clatkt. Peoria, May 8. The annual con vention of the sixth division Railway Postal Clerks closed tbia morning with addresses on the good of the order. Vayor Htami;. of New York, rt'fusod lis fiy me of the brlikn from the old llram tomb. lliail the bricks are not fur tle nor r hiUIvlilu:il distribution but 'are fur the Gran J Army posts who aculv Ir theru. . Absolutely Pure. CMatt4 for It- srrst Ir-r-n.-m ptnairta 4 aaaltafaltn. anar-atbo frc4 acahMt tirm aa4 at farm at dsjfrut-a ocam-ia to tka iSna krsaas. BaTAl. Jim rowan Civ StvTork, SENATE IS VERY DELIBERATE. lack That Body Two Tears to Consider WasMngtan's Beeontmaadatlon. Kew York. May 8. Chauncey M. De pew, In speaking: of the defeat by tha senate of tha arbitration treaty, re marked: 'It Is a great misfortune. The treaty was a Ions step toward insuring peace of the world. I was a pioneer in Its advocacy. Three yean ago, -when I delivered the address before the Bar as sociation. I favored the settlement of in ternational differences by arbitration. I urged making permanent treaties for that purpose, beginning with one be tween the United States and Great Bri tain. "It Is an Interesting fact that a treaty, of arbitration between Great Britain and the United States was obtained by Washington through Chief Justice Jay 100 years ago In 179ft and that It was two years before the senate could be In duced to ratify it. This defeat now aft er 100 years will, as then, be only tem porary." EX-STATE OFFICER INDICTED. Illinois Grain Inspector Said to Rave Stolen 911,400 of State Foods. Chicago, May 8. Yesterday afternoon the grand Jury returned seven Indict ments against Dwlght W. Andrews, ex etate grain inspector, and Benjamin F. Jenkins, ex-cashier of the state grain inspector's office. Both are accused of embezzling state funds. Andrews is ac cused of embexxllng a total of 111,450, and his bonds were fixed at $9,500. Jen kins Is charged with embezzling $3,200. He is accused of having been an acces sory In all the charges against Andrews, and his bonds were fixed at $9,000. Andrews is said to be in Owatonna, Minn., and Jenkins Is said to be In Jop lln. Mo., but the state's attorney has re ceived information to the effect that Jenkins was In Chleae-o In hlriini? anil deputy sheriffs went In search of him. out up io a lace nour no trace bad been found of him. SHOULD GO WITH HIS "BULLDOGS." Thngs Bald a Colorado Tillage and Loot the Stores. Celorado Springs, May 8. Deputy Sheriff Bramlirt has received a dispatch from Elbert, asking him to come at once with his bloodhounds, as that Place had betn ralrlpd riv a ha nil .f desperadoes who had looted the stores. urainuii leu immediately. Elbert is a small town on the Gulf road, about forty miles north of this city. Jo addi tional particulars have been received. Legislation for Iowa. Des Moines, la.. May 8. The senate has passed a bill whlth cuts down the salaries of th- employes of the state house 30 per c?nt., making a saving of $21,000. The bill hits every office In tha capital. The number of janitors Is largely reduced and their wages are decreased. Stenographers, clerks and assistants all come in for the reduction. Beth houses of the legislature yesterday parsed a resolution mnking the wild rcse the official flower of Uie state. The 1c (flslature will not adjourn this week as there ar several points upon which lioupe and senate are widely apart, among them Sunday ba?e ball. i Timl Can't I'scMie Label. Cleveland, May 8. At the convention of the International Bakers yesterday the" union refused to permit the use of the union label by any branch of the baking trust. A resolution protesting against the re-election of Samuel Gom- pers as president of the American Fed eration cf Labor was defeated. Tllomlr Murder In Wisconsin. Milwaukee, May 8. A farmer named Harris, living five rallta south of Wau- kcrha. on the Mukwanago road, with his wife and hired girl, were murdered by a hired man Thursday night An other hired man succeeded In escaping. The murderer Is at large. His name Is Mi Holt. ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. There's to be a game of ball between the fat and lean aldermen of the Chica go council. Mayor Harrison will be um pire. The gnme Is to be for the benefit of the foundlings' Home. Thirty Greek volunteers left Chicago Thursday night for Greece. This makes the fourth company of Greeks Chicago hns sent to help King George. Mrs. Mary Mathls keeps a little candy store at 402 A-thland avenue, Chicago. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon while hun dreds cf school children were near by and the strcvt dotted with people, three young men tied her in her chair and be gan a search for money. A school girl entering the Ftore frightened the robbers away. Professor A. W. Barnard made a suc cessful test of an air ship at Nashville, Tenn. He ascended from the exposition grounds and sailed a dozen miles at an elevation of half a mile and demon strated that he at all times had perfect control or the machine, Obituary: At Kansas City, James B. Runnion. associate editor of the Kansas City Star and formerly managing editor of the Chicago Tribune. At Kefeuk, la.. Rev. Johr. Burgess. At Iyjndon. James Theod'ire Bent, traveler and au thor. 45. Gus Gur.derson, of Chicago, who was bitten by a dog a month ago, has been seized with hydrophobia. The sight of water, or even the mere mention of it. throws him into a spasm, which lasts several minutes. Milton. Wis., farmers are having trou ble with their seed com, much of which will not germinate. This is due to the fact that the corn crop last season did not mature well. Pat Casey- committed suicide In Deadwood. S. D.. by shooting himself through the heart. He was one of the first men to locate a placer claim in Deadwood gulch in the early days of 1ST& Mrs. Barbara George, a widow of Brooklyn, has obtained $3,599 damages against the Cypress Hills cemetery cor poration for injuries sustained In the cemetery by coming Into contact with poison Ivy while visiting the graves of hur husband and two children.. VELESTINO FALLS. Turks Have Possession of the Latest Creek Position. FIGHT DESCRIBED BY A WITH ESS, That Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and relieves a vast amount of suffering is not a theory, bnt a weu xaown iscu Good Deal Like the One a Creeks Wars Xae In It from the Start Turks Advance stad After a Brief Re sistance the Hellenes Seek Safer Quarters Carson Tells tha Commons That tha Greeks Arc to Blame. London, May The Times prints the following dispatch from Velestino, via Athens: "The expected battle began at 8:30 Thursday morning at this point and at Cynoscephalae, and a little later above Atvali and Pharsalcs. The posi tions were as follows: . Velestino and the main Cynoscephalae chain were held by the Greeks. The plain to the northward and the gray ridge jutting out between the Cynoscephalae and Velestino were held by the Turks. The Greeks had three batteries of artillery and the Turks four. Karly in ths morn ing a well-directed Greek artillery fire prevented the advance of the Turkish infantry. By 7:30 the artillery firing was very heavy on both sides, but each maintained its position. At 10:30 a Turkish battery behind Koniari began firing shrapnoll and the Greeks soon began to lose ground. A hot artillery and musketry fusillade was kept up , until about noon, when the Greeks on the big hill commenced so retire In or derly fashion, but at double quick. The Turks were not firing at them and were apparently ignorant of their success. Correspondents In a Hot Place. "The irregulars tried In vain to as sist the Greeks t.y firing at the advanc ing Turks; and in fact throughout the engagement they ' were practically valueless. At 12:45 p. m. the Turks at tacked the big hill with musketry and shell fire. I and another correspondent received a volley and five shells very close to us, besides shrapnell whistling overhead. Several shot3 reached the road beyond, designed probably to prev ent the Greeks from sending reinforce ments to their left, where the Turks were rapiJly ascending the hill. The Greek batteries on the right were now useless and almost silent and the Turks on the I-arlssa road made no attempt to attack them. At 12:45 p. m. the at tack on the right of the Cynoscephalae became severe. The Greeks there were in full retreat, the irregulars fleeing In all directions. At 2 o'clock the long lineof Greek Infantry was retreating, the skirmishers forming into companies and then falling into a single file. Despair Ran Down the Line. "I hear that the retreat from the Cynoscephalae began somewhat earlier, and the retreat from Pharsalos toward Dbmekos earlier still. Peepstr was doubtless running down the line from left to right and. Influencing the result. The railway was completely abandoned and the Pyrouphll station deserted. At 3 o'clock the Evzones retreated on Akltsi, and the remainder of the east ern infantry to Almyros. The Turks burned the village of Deltitis. During the morning the foreign legion entered the engagements, probably between Pharsalos and Aivzall. The Turks seen to have driven back the Greeks along the line extending from Pharsalos to Aivall, turning the flank of the Veleatino division at the Cynoscephalae and rolling up the Greeks into two re treating masses." GREEKS AT FAILT ALL ROUND. Cnrzon Makes Anorher Statement In the British House of Commons. London, May 8. In the house of cemmos yesterday in committee of sup ply on the foreign office allowance Rob eon. Liberal, moved to reduce the sal ary of the Marquis of Salisbury, the premier, by 500, for the purpose of raising a debate on the eastern question.- After several Liberal members had criticised the action of the govern ment in the eastern crisis, the parlia mentary pecretary for the foreign office, George N. Curzon, warmly defended Great Britain for her part In the con cert, and blamed the provocation of the Greeks, saying that the attitude of the Christians In Crete was due to the pres ence of the Greek foroe. Curzon fur ther said that the withdrawal of the Turkish troops in Crete would be the prelude to a massacre of the Mussul mans compared with which the Armen ian massacres would sink into insig nificance. Continuing. Curzon remarked that the day the Greeks withdrew would be the dawn of brighter prospects for Crete. Regarding affairs In the main land of Greece Curzon said that there were few- persons who did not know on which side the provocation rested: but, be added, the chastisement bad been so ter rible that he would not say any more on the subject. The Turks, he asserted, had exercised considerable self-restraint before they accepted the challenge, and the powers had carried their conciliatory attitude towards the Greeks almost to the point cf weakness. Thy now ex press their willingness to mediate with Turkey if Greece would express her willingness to accept mediation. The motion to reduce the salary af the Marquis af Salisbury was then rejected by a vote of 169 to 63. Turkish Atrocity Alleged. London, May 8. A dispatch to The Daily Chronicle from Athens says: "Colonel Manos wires from Art a that the Tarks have begun a wholesale massacre of the Inhabitants In the in terior of Eplrus. Almost all the Inhabi tants cf the village of Kanvarina. have been murdered, a few only escaping to the mountains. From other parte wom en are arriving at Arta in the most mis erable condition, begging protection for their husbands and children who are be ing murdered by the enraged Turkish troops. Many of these poor creatures have gone mad. Some are unable to ar ticulate a single word, others relate un speakable atrocities." The Due-d'Aumale died Thursday at Zucrs, Sicily, of the shock he expert-! enced upon hearing of the death of the ' Duchcsae d'Alencon. j Beautiful Spring- Carpets and Mattings Just received, 45 rolls cf the finest spring patten. s In Ingrains, -new designs " and colorings, making an assortment that will be sure to pleas. Our FURNITURE Lines Arefpar excellence, embracing bargains never before encount ered la the three cities. We are here to do business and to save you money. Our up-to-date methods and low price selling Is meet Irg with flattering success. 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Early shop pers will find it an advantage in the way of assortments. These few quotations represent but part of the special items for this Great Sale. B BLACK SILK EVENT 27-inch extra quality Black Satin Duchess and Black Satin Rhadame for skirts and suits, would be QOi cheap at $1.85. WAIST AND TRIMMING SILKS About 60 pieces Plaids and Stripes, Persians and Dresdens, worth up to 1.29. until fZQf all sold, Mon4ay per yard JZr IMPORTED BLCK SERGE 20 pieces Imported Black and All Wool Serge, fiO inches wide, a tremendous drive, Monday, f per yard A DRESS GOODS SACRIFICE SO pieces donble width Dress Goods, Plaids, Stripes and Checks, dark and light shades, Qf until all sold, Monday, per yard HIGH CLASS DRESS GOODS 109 pieees 44 and 46-inch fiae Dress Goods, choice Novelties, imported plain Whipeords, eUk finished Henriettas, brocaded Mohairs, fancy Jacqnards. Silk and Wool Mixtnres, etc, values np to 1 1.70, Monday, A7 M V per yard . RICH NOVELTY SUITINGS About 50 pieces very fine Novelty Suitings, Silk and Wool Brocades, 2-toned Mohairs, Imported Boocles, 46-inch Jacqnards and others, aa extremely desirable lot, values np to 11.39, Monday, per yard LISrC WASH GOODS. SWEEPING REDUCTIONS 200 pieces Wash Goods, Organdies. Dimities, Scotch Ginghams, etc.. values up to 27c, ' he entire lot to close, Monday, 7g per yard r FIXE LINENS. EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS Superior quality imported bleacnea satin vuiui, pare unea, z mcnee wide. beautiful designs, regular value 11.10, Monday, per yard 600 CHOICE NEW SHIBT WAISTS Special Monday at 69c aid 79c; tl-25 values, 89c; 1.60 7alues. tl.19; ? gm f 2 values .. 79c r t A SPRING JACKET SENSATION Black and' navy broadcloth Ixl Jackets with morie silk trimming tan and brow covert jackets f and others, worth up to f 8.95; until all sold, Sfa O iZ Monday ., aV'eVO V MILLINERY, TRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS Tour choice of 100 beautiful, new. dainty Trimmed Hats and Bonnets the sea son's latest and cboioest novelties new reds, new purples, new greens, etc.. hats and bonnets worth up Of) na. Q n? to 15.25, Monday " aC.Oi LADIES1 FINE EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS Pare Linen embroidered and plain hem-stitched lace edges, etc, values up to 4cc; until all are sold I fir' . 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