Image provided by: Oregon City Public Library; Oregon City, OR
About Oregon City courier. (Oregon City, Or.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1897)
Oregon City Coarier. A, W. OHKNKY, Publisher. BEGON CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY ea Interesting Collection of Item! From lh Two Hemisphere! Fraiiiilad til Ceudeusea Form. Minnesota and North nnc South Da kota aro in a nervous condition over tlio prospects of tlio next low days. It hug snowed every day no far this month. Railroad trains are tied in every direc tion and many small brandies aro abun donod. Thomas Condt, of Beloit, Wis., died, god 90 years. From 1830 to 1850 lie was missionary to tho Hawaiian islunds. lie was the lost of a company of thirty missionarircs who left for tlio islunds in 1830. He was tlio first white person the natives of Maui island ever saw. The well-known pioneer and his torian, Hon. Nineveh Ford, died in Walla Walla lust week. The cause of his death was old age. Ho wus 81 years and 8 months old. His was the first wagon to drive into the Grande Rondo, and the second across the Rockies. At a St. Patrick's day convention, hold in Sun Francisco lust night, reso lotions were passed urging all true Irishmen to unite in discountenancing the Corbett-Fitzsimmnns fight, which will take pluco at Carson on the day made sucred to tlio memory of Ireland's patron saint. The navy department lias issued ad vertisements calling for over 8,000 tons of Harveyizcd steel armor for the three tattle-ships now building. The luw fixes the maximum price to be paid at f 300 per ton, and the officials of the department are now sanguine of returns to their advortisemonts. Mrs. Henry Ward Bcccher died at her home in Stamford, Conn, on the tenth anniversary of the death of her famous husband, and she was 85 years of ago. Mrs. Beecher passed away peaoefully, surrounded by her children and friends. Her lifo had been do , paired of for several weeks preceding her demise. Greece has replied to the identical note of the powers and it is regarded as of a most favoruble nuturo. It is be lieved the crisis will soon be past, as the Greek note at least furnishes a basis upon which a compromise satisfactory to all concerned cun be speedily reached The stock exchanges in London and the bourses on the continent reflect the con fident feeling. ' Representative Kruno, of Clackamas Bounty, died at the hospital in Salem, where he went to attend the session of the late attempted legislature. He had been confined to his bed with typhoid lever lor three weeks. Representative Jtrnse was sent to the legislature by the Populist party, and was a member u tlio Davis house. Joseph N. Dolph, ex-United States senator from Oregon, is mortally ill at his residenoe in Portland. His left leg was amputated about four inohes above the knee a heroio course that offered . the only possibility of saving his life from blood poisoning from a gangrened ore in his loft foot. Owing to his ad vanced years it is not thought probable that he cun recover. Joseph Wheeler was killod near Eas ton, Wash., while walking the North ern Pacific track. United States Ambassador Bayard was tendered a banquet by the lord mayor of London. It is said that not In many years has the Mansion house contained a gathering so representative of British life und achievement us as sembled to honor Mr. Bayard. Direct charges of bribery ami at tempted bribery wero made before the Kansas state legislature at Topeka. The charges were niiulo in open ses sion. The names of the accused wero spoken outright, and warrants wore is sued for the urreHt of the oulprits.' One of tlio men implicated was arrested be fore he could miiko his' escape from the capital building. The state senate of Oregon after a session lusting nearly fifty days, at which nothing could bo accomplished, lias (located to dissolve uud go home. The attitude of absent members made all efforts ut reorganization appear hopeless, nnd it was thought best not to add to the complications of the pres ent troublesome situation. The deci sion to quit was brought about by tlio failure of the house to secure the at tendance of a single outside member. The outlook for the opening of tlio Colville reservution is now said to bo very unfavorable. The mutter is in tho hands of the conference conimitteo in Washington, and several amendments are to be considered in connection with the original bill. The chief interest centers in the placers at the month of Hunter creek. Upon a lurgo bar in the Columbia, fifty heavily armed nnd de termined men nro in camp, mostly ranchers from the surrounding country. Camped just below them on a small bar is a small party commanded by Detec tive Joe Warren and ex-Sheriff Pugh. They are said to be the agents of tho federal syndicate. Governor Lord, of Oregon, has re ceived a letter in reply to his request to Speaker Reed asking that the bill for the relief of Indian war veterans be per mitted to come up in congress for final consideration. The speaker says: "Tlio pressure of business at the close of the session renders it difficult to con sider any particular measure, especially one which has not been discussed much before the house," This looks as if there is not much show for the bill at this session of congress, and no action can be taken at the special session. Make-Up of the Cabinet. President McKinley has sent to the United States, senate the following nominations: Secretary of state, John Sherman, of Ohio. Secretary of the treasury, Lyman J. Gago, of Illinois. Secretary of war, Russell A. Alger, Of Michigan. Attorney-general, Jose pi i MoKenna, of California. Postmaster-general, Jumcs A. Gury, of Maryland. Secretary of the navy, John D. Long, of Massachusetts. Secretary of the interior, Cornolius N. Bliss, of New York. Sooretary of agriculture, James Wil son, of Iowa. To compliment Mr. Sherman, his nomination was immediately confirmed. Tho othor nominations were referred to various committees, who took action upon them later, confirming all with out objection. Bow th Senate Will Stand. The re-election of James II. Kyle to the United States sonate from South Dukota determines the complexion of that body as it will appear when the Republican party comes into power March 4. It will be composed of the following elements: Republicans .42 I Silver republican! 4 Democrat 83 Imlitpemluiit. 1 fopullnu 7 Vacancies 8 Never in the history of the' nation has the delineation of parties been so un certain as will be exemplified by the senate to be organized at the beginning of the administration of President Mc Kinley. No party as control in the upper branch of the national legisla ture, and although the Republicans predominate in degree they ore short of a majority, even after counting the free-silver senators like Wolcott, Hans borough and Carter, who are true to the party, while differing with it on the most important political issue of the day. f Difference! Are Settled. All differences between the house and the senate on the postal appropria tion bill have been settled. The sen ate amendments have been accepted which authorizes the postmaster-een- eral to use the unexpended balance of lust year's appropriation from special trunk line facilities for any fust mail facilities he may think proper; $50,000 for a transfer service between St. Louis and East St. Louis, adding $183,000 to the allowance for railway postal clerks. and also the senate amendments strik ing out the rating of the salaries of postal inspectors at $1,200, $1,400 and $1,600. The senate recedes from the amend ment striking out the item for marine free delivery for Detroit The senate's raise of the amount for transportation by pneumatic tubes from $50,000 to $100,000 stands. WEYLER MAKING WAR. Complete Cuba ITIs IlevuHtutlrm of t'ltlitmte Object. Now York, March 10. Sylvester ficovel, the World's Cuban correspond ent, in prison at Buncti Spiritus, writes from his cell under date of March 1: "Some idea of how Spain is making war here may be gained from Weylcr's own words. Two weeks ago this captain-general of all Cuba had the alder men of the town and the townspeople assemble in the pnblio square. Ad dressing them, he said: " 'Last year Gomez and Maceo went west, destroying right and left; this year I am coming east to finish what they left. I am going to make grim war, nnd before I get tlrrough the coun try will be as bare as the palm of my hand.' "The troops in the town have acted like vandals. They are in many in stances quartered on private families. Twenty were allotted to the house of a mulutress of good repute. I am in formed that they horribly abused the hostess. Although General Weyler has hitherto sternly prohibited and merci lessly punished such atrocities of his soldiers, they have been rare. Cattle for this large number of soldiers have been killed on the public streets and their entrails left to fester and rot un der the hot Cuban sun, spreading disease. Robbery by soldiers has become prevalent At last a Spanish clerk in a Spanish store pursued one thieving soldier who had stolen a hat and killed him. The clerk will, of course, be shot. He is in jail now. "All about town the skies are dark with the smoke of burning property. Five newly built houses of American estates at Tuincue, near here, have been devastated. All the corn was burned by the troops four days ago. Farmhouses were razed to the ground. As I have no means of verifying them, I make no mention of the stories of wholesale slaughter of farmers in the country around about. "Whoever the Cuban chief near here has been, he has been in some hot fight ing. Fully 500 wounded have been brought back to town by ox team. I can see hospitals from my cell window. .The Spaniards and Cubans have been maltreated here. IAN UNCOMMON SIGHT President McKinley Surprises Washingtonians. CABINET OFFICERS SW0EN IN STRUCK A BUNKHOUSE. BUI Amending the Shipping Laws. The bill amending the shipping laws was passed after adding a proviso that it shall not change the law lorbidding flogging in the merchant marine. ,; A senator said the bill as drawn was in the sailor's interests and did not re store flogging, but to pleuse certain "wise men" the provision had been or dered. Gordon of Georgia, hud inserted in the record an account of the extreme simplicity of the Washington and Adams inaugurations. ' . , Dlplomatto Relation! Restored. The state department bus been in formed that diplomatic relations be tween Venezuela and Great Britain, which were interrupted some years ago, have boon restored, and that Juan Piotrio, the present Venezuelan min ister to Germnny, has been transferred to Gorat Britain. This will leave but one step to wind up the whole embar rassing and critical Venezuelan con troversy, the assured ratiilcution by the Venezuelan congress of the arbitra tion movoment A Miner'! Nerve Baker City, Or., Maroh 10. At Quurtzbnrg, in Buker county, Theodore Eby, a miner, was working alone in a stope in the Gi fiord mine when a huge rock fell from the hanging wall and struck his leg; breaking the leg about half way between the knee and hip and pinioning the unfortunate man fast. Within arm's length of where he stood was a pick. With this instrument he pried the rock from his leg and extri cated himself. There was no assistance nearer than Mr. Gifford's house, just below the dump of the tunnel, and the only person there was Mrs. Gifford, her husband being absent. There was only one thing for Ebby to do, and tlwrt -was to get himself out the best way pos Bible. The journey ahead of him re quired almost superhuman effort. He had to go down on a ladder in a sixty foot shaft from the stope to the tunnel which was 800 feet from the entrance. He let himself down the shaft by his hands and on reaching the tunnel crawled out, all the time suffering the most intense pain. On reaching the dump he called for help and Mrs. Gifford came to his assistance and helped him to the house and to his bed. MECHANICS WALK OUT. President Tnkes a Walk Cabinet II! Already Entered Upon. It! OIHclul Duties. Washington, March 0. President McKinley took a long walk through the streets of Washington just before dusk tonight and was cheered several times along the way. It wus an un common sight to see the president swinging along in this fashion, for Mr. Clovelund seldom, if ever, walked through the streets, and not since Grant's time had Washingtonians seen a president joining in the general throngs along the thoroughfares. It had been a fatiguing day at the execu tive mansion, so at 5 o'clock the presi dent asked Secretary Porter to join him for a stroll. The president wore his beaver coat, silk hat, and a silk muffler at his throut. They emerged from the White House grounds by the easterly walk and turned into Pennsylvania avenue going West. Twice the presi dent was joined by some friends, the latter one continuing throughout the walk. When he was first recognized by some passing crowds, some dozen people or more began to follow, but the president cut across the street at the war, state and navy buildings anif re traced his steps to Seventeenth street, going out to Connecticut avenue. Be fore leaving the avenue a cheer went up from a party of men who had recog nized him. Ho touched his hat in rec ognition. Further on a party of ladies and gentlemen saluted him in passing and he returned them a sweeping bow. It was about durk whoji the president turned buck to theWhite House,-looking much refreshed after the brisk walk. , ine executive mansion today was the center of attraction for great crowds, including many prominent public men. President McKinley was at his desk at 9 o'clock, clearing away the more pressing matters. The coin mission of the new cabinet members were signed by the president early in the day, and efforts were made to have the members assemble in the presi dent's office at 10:80 to be sworn in by Chief Justice Fuller. Three Men Killed In a Snowsllde In I'tah. Salt Lake, March 9. A special to tho Tribuno from Purk City, Utah, says: At 10 o'clock today a henvy snow slido started from the mountain peak west of the Morgun mine, and struck one of the Daly mine bunkhouses. Tho bunkhouHO wus shivered into utoms. Nine men were sleeping in tho house at the timo. Five were rescued alive. Rescuing parties continued their work, and at 4:45 this afternoou the body of Nicholas Paffls wus recovered. Fifteen minutes later the body of James Keat ing was found. He was still in his bunk, with bedding wrapped, around him. Keating has a wife und four children at But to, Mont Nicholas Rufetto, the third and last man found, was also dead. Joseph Zucca is still missing, and is no doubt dead. . John Boyle, A. Blaker and John Whalen were working in the 200-foot surfuce tunnel at the mouth of which the snow was piled up fifty feet high, ihey worked their way out after several hours hard work. There were two other heavy slides today, one at the Anchor mine boarding-house, and one at the Silver King, but no lives were lost. PREDICTED EARTHQUAKES. GIVES UP THE FIGHT. And They TUIted Mexican Schedule Time. Cltlei on City of Mexico, March 9. The gov ernment meteorological bureau has ad vices of the fulfillment of Professor Juan Confrere's prediction that earth quakes would be felt yesterday. There were shocks in Acnpulco, Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, Orizaba and Cordoba, at 7:30 in the evening. The weather is un usually warm, which is believed to be a sign for more shocks. Investigation into the cause of the awful fire at San Amaro and San Fran cisco mines bIiows that a minor threw the wick of his lamp near some dry timbering. Fully 100 men perished, and probably more, of whom there was no record. Tho bodies of the miners, on being brought up from the mines, were exposed for some hours to the heat of the sun before they could be buried, and it is feared an epidemio may break out SENATOR FROM OREGON. In. The Kxtra Session, According to call, congress will be convened in special session March 15. The new president will send a mesusage to congress calling attention to the state of the government revenues, nnd urging the speedy enactment of a gen eral revision of the tariff. Judge Turner'! Poller. Judgo Turner, AVashington's newly cleotod United States senator, announces that his policy in the Semite will be to favor a protective tariff, tho protection of Americans in foreign lands, and the early annexation of the Hawaiian islands. A Plaee for Boyle. It is whispered among tho Ohio con gressional delegation in Washington that James P. Boyle, private secretary of President of McKinley, will be ap pointed consul to Liverpool, succeeding James C. Neul of Ohio. The Liverpool post is worth about $30,000 a year. The President'! Approval. The international monetary confer ence bill is now a law, President Cleve land having signed it this afternoon. Over Cleveland'! Head. The house passed the immigration bill over the president's veto by a vote of 193 to 37. Signed by Cleveland. The president has signed the bill to allow the bottling of spirits in bond in which distillers are greatly interested. Ultimatum Delivered. note of the powers . notifying Serlei of Building. Tradei' Strike! augurated In New York. New York, March 10. The first of a series of strikes that will probably in volve 10,000 mechanics of the building trades was ordered by a committee of the board of walking delegates at the new Columbia college buildings. Over 500 workmen quit. The committee proceeded to other large buildings to order strikes. It is snid work will be stopped on every large structure now in course of construction in this city before the day ends. The strike is the outgrowth of a dispute between labor organizations as to which should control the work on elevators. The Battle-Ship Oregon. San Francisco, March 9. All sorts of rumors have sprung up on the water front in regnrd to the sailing of the battle-ship Oregon. The reports have varied greatly, some being that she was to start next week on a trip to Seattle to go 'on drydock. A small sensation was created today by the river steamer J. D. Petors going alongside and dis charging into the Oregon a largo cargo of flour. It was an indication that the battle-ship is preparing for a long cruise, and water-front prophets said that the war vessel was getting ready for a voyage to Cuba in case of war with Spain. The cruiser Philadelphia has already started toward Cape Horn, and though report has it that she will return this way in a few weeks, the' Cabinet Officer! 8worn In. Washington, March 9. All the mem bers of the cabinet except Gage took the oath of offioe at the White House at 11:30 this morning. It was a simple but impressive ceremony. President McKinley and Mr. Shannon led the way from the president's office to the blue room, where the justices of the supreme court were asembled. Mr. Sherman was the first sworn in, Chief Justice Fuller administering the oath. Then followed the other cabinet officers in the order of their rank. Justice Gray, of Massachusetts, ad ministered the oath to John D. Long, of that state. For the same reason of looulity Justice Brown, formerly of Michigan, administred the oath to Gen eral Alger as secretary of war. All the other oaths were administered by the chief justice. . Lyman J. Gage took the oath in the secretary's office of the treasury de partment at noon. Chief Justice Fuller administred the oath in the presence of a distinguished company, which includ ed relatives and friends of Mr. Gage, part of the Illinois delegatioan in con gress and the principal officials of the treasury. The chief justice read the oath, Gage repeating it sentence by sentence. The first sentence was "I,' ijymnn J. Wage, ol Illinois, do solemly swear," but Gage declared, "I, Lyman J. Gage, of Chicago, Illinois," the em phasis which he put on the addedword "Chicago" inspiring a smile. When the oath had been repeated, Secretary Carlisle Btepped forward and took his successor's hand, saying, "I want to congratulate you and wish you every success." After the new cabinet officers had taken the oath of office, they lost but little time in entering upon their official duties. Death Overtook a Footpad. Netw York, March 9. Late Satur day afternoon, while Hermann Golstein, a hatter, was entering the door of his home on East Sixteenth street, he was felled by blows from a sandbag, in the hands of a man who suddenly sprung from a hallway. Golsteins shouted lustily, and the eandbagger fled. Sud denly the prisoner became palsied and sank down with apparent illness. Be fore medical help could be summoned he died. The dead man has not been identified. He was about 80 years old, tall and dark, and looked like a Span iard. Celebrated Their Golden Wedding- Chewelah, Wash., March 9. Mr. Henry W . Corbett, of Portland, Named by the Governor. Portland, Or., March 9. Henry W iOrDett, oi rortiana, Has been ap pointed United States senator by Gov ernor Lord, to fill the vaoanoy created by the expiration of the term of John H. Mitchell. He will hold office until the state legislature meets and elects, The governor brought to Portland in person Senator Corbett's commission and delivered it to him at the Portland hotel. There was no ceremony of any kind to mark the event. The governor oame on the 10:15 o clock tarin, and soon af ter received a call from Mr. Corbett. They remained in consultation for something like an hour, and, at the end of that time, the formal delivery of the commission was made. Mr. Corbett left immediately for Washington. GRANTED A RESPITE. water-front wiseacres believe that only j and Mrs. Thomas Brown, the first mar- enough vessels to protect the Pacific coast will bo left on this coast. I The Greece that her forces must be with' drawn from Crete witihn six days has been delivered. Greece was warned that this decision is irrevocable, and that failure to comply with the powers' demands would result in serious conse quences. A fifteen pound codfish, recently ex amined by the fish warden of London, was found to have a roe containing 4, 87W.OOO eggs. Dr. Max Wilf, of Hidelberg, Ger many, has discovered five new asteroids on photographs of the heavens. This brings the number of minor planets up lo4, and settled in Colville valley in i. Irid iters? ried couple to settle in the Colville valley, celebrated their golden wedding last evening. They have five children, twenty-six grand-children and two great-grand-children, all living in this vicinity. They crossed the plains in Carey'! Hanging Deferred to Save Expenses. Olympia, Wash., Maroh 9. Gov ernor Rogers today granted a respite in the case of William Carey, who was con vioted of murder in the first degree, in King county, and sentenced to be hanged on March 26. The respite fixes April 23 as the date of execution. Th is is also the doy set for the execution of Craemer and Norstrom. The respite was granted on the representation that the execution of Carey would cost King county $500. This will also be the cost of executing Craemer and Nord strom. By fixing the same date for the execution of all three, King county is saved $500. Arrested for An Old Murder. New Bloomfield, Pa., March 9. Hugh Smith, aged 75, of Madison, was arrested last night for the murder of Matilda Snyder, 18 years old, eight years ago. The girl who lived near Smith's, disappeared, and no trace of her was ever found. No suspicion at tached to Smith until recently, when trouble arose between him and the man who assisted him in disposing of the body. It was then that the matter came before the district attorney. It is alleged that after he murdered the girl, he cut the body into pieces, carry ing them to a saw mill, and then set the building on fire, removing all trace of the crime. The Orlglnul House ftuceumbi to tha Inevitable. Tlio lust session of tho Davis house of the Oregon legislature was culled to ! nnlnii nt ll'ill) A. M. Frliluv. Hitvnn. teen members answered the roll-cull. U'Hen, by unanimous consent, offered a resolution which wus road. The resolution ufter setting forth tho history of tiie failure to orgunizo the legisla ture in a lengthy preamble, concluded us follows; "Resolved, By the members of the house now in attendance, and who have signed this resolution, that we will return to our respective homes, at all times during our term of offioe await ing the cull of tho governor of the state fur a session of the legislative assem bly, hoping that tho members may yet in a legal und constitutional organiza tion fulfill the pledges made by their respective political parties to the people of Oregon. " The following thirty names were subscribed to the resolution: E. J. Davis, Henry L. Barkley, W. S. U'Ren, John Gill, J. J. Housor, George W. Riddlo, Thomas Buckman, David Craig, Orin C. Emory, J. 8. Smith, T. M. Munkers, John Whittukor, D. W. Yoa kum, N. J. Svindscth, L. Bilyeu, T. J. Lee, C. S. DiiBtin, J. C. Bayer, D. L. Povey, R. E. Misenor, John W. Mc Alistor, James N. Davis, II. G. Guild,; G. F. Schmidtlein, Georgo Ogle, Jona than Bourne, jr., J. K. Kruse, George II. Hill, A. L. Maxwell and F. N. Jones. Svindseth then offered a resolution thut tho house, by a rising vote, thank Speaker Davis "For his firm and fair rulings as speaker, his close and untir ing attention to the duties of the offioe, his strict adherence to the constitution, his manly and courageous action in be half of pure and decent politics and legislation in our state." Tlio resolution was adopted. Speaker Davis responded: "I thank the members of the house for the courtesies extended and the sup port given me. In accordance with the terms of tho resolution adopted members are now at liberty to go to their homes." The members then dispersed. Will Appoint a Senator. Governor Lord, of Oregon, in an in terview, states that he will not call an extra session of the legislature, as he thinks it would be of no avail. He will, however, appoint a United States senator to succeed John II. Mitchell. to 423. 1855. Killed Hi! W ire and Himself. A Sub port Re-Establlshed Aansas City, March 10. After a1 Port Tow nsend, March 9. Collector night's dissipation, Gus A. Norling, a ' of Customs Saunders today received a stereotyper, aged 35, today fatally dispatch from the treasury department wounded his wife and killed himself. notifying him of there-establishment of Norling gave the woman fifteen minutes the subport of Roche Harbor. This to leave the house, pointing a revolver eubpot was discontinued March 1, but at her. She defied him to shoot, bar-' the protest of shippers and of Collector ing ner oreasi, ana a moment later fell, ! Saunders brought a reversal of the or. fatally wounded. A new typesetting machine photo graphs the copy and reproduces it in type. der. Great quantities of sulphur are mined in the craters of several extinct vol canoes in Mexico. Struck by a Locomotive. Jacksonville, Or., March 9. Jake Beck, while sowing wheat in Cardwell's addition, near Jacksonville, Friday, left his team and wagon standing near the Rogue River Valley railroad track. As the evening train was comine. the hoses became frightened and started to run. They rushed across the track in front of the train, and the engine struck the wagon, in which were two plows, and entirely wrecked the out fit. The horses escaped uninjured, and no damage was done to train or passen gers. . London, March 9. A dispatch from Rio Janeiro by way of Paris, says a band of fanatics, led by Conselheiro, have killed Colonel Meirera Caesar, three officers and 200 soldiers in Bahia. There is much excitement in Rio Jan eiro, where the populace has pillaged and burned the office of the monarchist papers, Libertade and Gazetta de Tarde. In the fourteenth century Belgium was the principal seat of the iron man ufacturers of Europe. Confirmed by the Senate. The United States senate was in ses sion only about two hours Friday, and the greater part of the time was spent in exeoutive session, confirming Presi dent McKinley's cabinet appointments. While in executive session, the creden tials of Mr. Hanna, as senator from Ohio, to succeed Mr. Sherman, were presented byForaker, and he was sworn in by Vioe-President Hoba't. Davis was also designated acting chairman of the committee on foreign relations, to succeed Sherman. Beyond the usual notification to the president, nothing further was done. The House Caucus. . The Republicans of the national house, anticipating an extra session of congress, have arranged to hold a cau cus on the evening of Saturday, March 13. The callwas issued by Represent ative Grosvenor,chairman of the caucus. The speakership will be decided upon then. Probably there will be no oppo sition to Reed. The method of put ting the tariff bill through the house and possibly t organizing committees may be considered. Greece Massing Her Troops. Athens, March 8. Feverish activity continues throughout the whole coun try. Large quantities of arms, ammu nition, provisions and military stores are being conveyed by transports to Thessaly. The massing of troops on the frontier is proceeding with the ut most speed, and public feeling is at the highest pitch of excitement Those taking the coolest view no longer con ceal their opinion that in the event of coercion the center of interest will be transferred to the Turkish frontier, where the most serious events may be expeoted. Many foreign escorts have already started for Thessaly. Greece says she will not yield to the demand of the powers to vacate Crete, even if she has to fight all Europe. Fire Fiend's Work. New York, March 4. A remarkable series of fires, all of mysterious origin and strangely similar in their character istics, spread terror through a section of the upper East Side yesterday, and led to the belief that a daring incendi ary was abroad, applying his torch for no other purpose, apparently, than the destruction of human life. Fivs fires occurred in three hours and all within the district between Sixty fifth and Eighty-third streets and FirBt and Third avenues. All were in tenement-houses, and no one could tell how the blazes started. Four , of the fires, the most important, occurred almost within a stone's throw of each other in a thickly populated area. The clang of the fire" bells and the sight of engines dashing hither and thither through the streets naturally ' created a panicky feeling among the tenement-house dwellers, who knew not where the fire fiend would strike next. The firemen were exhausted by the arduous labor exacted from them. One man was killed and his body cremated; another fatally burned, and a third badly injured in a wreck, which occurred at Bennett's Mill, 100 miles west of St Louis, on the Missouri Pacific The dead man is W. W. Rosenberger.mail clerk.of Bloomington, III, single. The injured are: Edward Lusman, aged 28, fireman, of St. Louis, pinned under the tender, body crushed and cooked from the waist down, will die; Frank Lauber, engineer, of S Louis, ribs broken and head hurt