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i "i 1 T I VPITnnmTHn mvrnrirl fiswfrmcm nDrtukirn I . I . . . ' ' 1 - - , . Ai inUKUr.lM VltlUKl : A cooperative scheme. W T WKCTD ;nX ;C weekly-market let. the turks Spaniards .Repulsed at Pur. gatory Hills. WEEK DRAWS INTO AMBUSCADE A Withering Fire Was Poured Upon the Spaniards From All Hides Lou Wu Heavy. New York, May 8. A Herald uis patch from Havana says: Tiie engagement which the Spanish Had with General Rodunguez in the Purgatory hills, and whioh was report ed U8 a ueoisivo (Spanish victory, turns oui Mi nave ueon tlie reverse. the bpuniHlk columns encountered the insurgents and attacked sharply, relying on their superior forces. The robels rotroateil toward their camp, and uoceedod in playing their old trick of drawing the Spanish into an ambuB cade. General OaHtillo arrived with reinforcements while Koderij!uez was engaging the Spanish and fell on their flank. 1 he fighting lusted five hours, and in killed, wounded und prisoners, the Spanish lost 280 men.' News oomea from Santiago de Cuba that ZOO volunteers headed by a priest and a prominent physician have joined the Insurgents because they were dis satisfied with the conduct of the Span ish authorities, und believed that Gar ia would succeed in retaining his su premacy in the eastern province. The situation at Banes continues to command attention. Four cruisers ami several gunboats have been ordered there to land a force to march on the port in the direotion of Ilolquin. The rebel foroe in and near Banes is esti mated at 3,000. General Weyler came quietly back to Havana yesterday morning after a . six week's trip to Santa Clara, during which, if he accomplished anything from a military standpoint, the fact has been most effectually concealed. It is now reported that he is going to Spain oon, but the report is probably due to the fact that his son sailed April 30. It was reported last night that An in surgent chief of importance had been sent to Pinar del Rio. He is believed to have been Quintin Bandera, but the statement lacks confirmation. From Matanzas and other towns in Havana, Santa Clara and Pinar del Rio comes the news that starvation and dis ease are on the increase. A Cuban Officer Captured. New York, May 8. A World dis patch from Havana says: Advioes from Sagua la Grande say that Rafael Fernandez, adjutant on the staff of the insurgent General Roban, has been captured. He is an American. He is confined in the military prison at Sagua. His case is receiving atten tion at the hands of Consul Barker. Cuban Reform! to Be Applied. Madrid, May 8. The queen regent, at tho cabinet meeting today, signed n decree providing for the application of the agreed-upon reforms for Cuba. The action was due to the receipt of a cable message from Captain-General Weyler announcing the western part of the island was pacified. AMERICUS CLUB'S BANQUET. Decorations Were Burned, but the Speeches Were Made. Pittsburg, May 8. The eleventh an nual banquet of the Amerious Club, in memory of General Grant, was held tonight, in spite of the fire in the ban quet hall which destroyed the decora tions and threatened for a time to put a stop to the ceremonies. The club had made great preparations for the event, and the decorators had been at work for several days and had adorned the ceiling with four rows of inverted pyramids, constructed of red, white and blue bunting. The pyramids, several ihundred in number, entirely covered the ceiling, and the points of them ex tended to within about eight feet of the floor. An electric light was suspended from the top of each, and a bunch of sin i lax festooned from point to point. The effect was very beautiful. The windows were artistically draped, and dn the center of the north wall was a ilifesize portrait of the hero of Appo mattox. - The club management wished to se cure a photograph of the decorated hall, ,and in the attempt to secure a flash light picture an explosion occurred which was followed by flames which practically destroyed the entire decora tion of the hall. Men were at onoe put to work to remove the debris, and the banquet was delayed only an hour, the dismantled condition of the room prov ing but a slight detraction from the evening's enjoyment. There were 824 diners seated at the i table, with U. S. Trent as toastmaster. Fatal Sawmill Explosion. Pittsburg, May 8. A boiler explo sion at Alderman's sawmill in the Kanawah valley, W. Va., last night, killed two men and seriously injured five. The killed are: Perry Devers and George Conley. The injured are: W. Hickman, Thomas Hickman, Will iam Balton, William Alderman, John McCauley. The three former will probably die. The mill was badly wrecked, and the loss will be heavy. Petition for a Doty on Hides. Coulee City, Wash., May 8 The Stockraisers' Association of the Big Bend has sent a petition to Washington asking that congress place a duty on hides. Eastern Washington cattle men want the Dingley bill amended. Dr. Traell Green Dead. Easton, Pa., May 8. Dr. Traell Green, an eminent physician and fa mous scientist, died today at his horn in this city. Ha was 84 years oil ne inpmieii in the Breakers at ' lt(il Mplt. Astoria. Or., May 8. The first drowning of the fishing season occurred about 8 o'clock this morning, when one of Keuborg's boats capsized in the breakers near Clatsop spit. In the boat were John Ilondiicksnn and his boat puller, August Koshela. The wind was blowing heavily at the time, aud when Ilendrickson's boat overturned few men had their nets ont. The boat nearest the capsized craft went to its assistance, and succeeded in rescuing the boatpaller, but Hendrickson sank. It is probable the body will never be re covered. The deceased was a Russian Finn, about 85 years old, and unmar ried. He had lived in this country eight years, and hud a brother and sis ter living in Astoria. News was received here late this af ternoon of the finding of a body of an other fisherman. One of Kinney's boats drifted up on Long Beach, near Ocean Park. The net was fast to the boat, and tangled in the web was the body of the unfortunate man. His name was not learned. It is probable the boat puller was also lost. Jt is reported tonight that one of Booth's boats capsized this afternoon near Clatsop spit, and that both captain and boatpuller drowned. The report is evidently true, although neither the number of the boat nor the names of the men wore given. The report was brought up by a fisherman, who had learned nothing more. TOUGH ON AMERICANS. Allen Miner In Itosaland May Have to Become Brltlith Cltlsens. Rossland, B. C, May 3. The pro posed law as.to alien miners having to declare intentions to become citizens b"fore they can take out a miner's cer tificate is causing much talk here, and there are still hopes that it will not be come a law, although it has passed the legislature. Strong petitions against it ure going up from all parts of British Columbia, the principal argument be- ing.that without American euergy the mining wealth of. the country would not have been discovered, and without it this wealth cannot be developed. Eighty-three Americans today applied for miner's licenses at a fee of $5 each per annum, some for one year, some for two, and some for three years. There are many prospectors from the Ameri can side who have previously taken out licenses for several years, and these, the new law, if it becomes a law, will not be able to touch. There will prob ably be a rush of American miners at other points to get miners' certificates before the law is signed. THE GUTHRIE CALAMITY. Five More Bodies Uncovered From the Debris. , Kansas City, May 8. A special to the Times from Guthrie, O. T., says: Five more bodies were recovered from the debris left by Wednesday's storm in West Guthrie. The bodies of George Owen and Mrs. Charles Rufflns were found on the west bank of the river. The bodies of Henry Simmons and Mrs. Watson and child were found under a pile of hay near the Cimarron. Mrs. Watson had her child clutched to her breast, in which position both met death. .Scores of organized searching parties are at work, but progress is slow, since tons of debris must be dug over in the search. It is believed the rushing waters of the Cimarron conceal many corpses. The Cimarron is two miles north, and when the flood came the waters of the Cottonwood joined it, The Cimarron's bottom contains quick' sand, and it is one of the most treacher ous streams in the country. It flows into the Arkansas in Pawnee county, and it is believed several bodies, if not buried in the sand, have been carried to the Arkansas, which is also very high, THE PRESIDENT ASSENTS. General Miles Will Go to the Seat of War In Greece. Washington, May 8. General Miles today received the formal assent of the president for his projected trip to Tur key and Greece. The order read: "The president grants you permis sion to proceed, as soon as practicable, to the seat of war in the Levant, and if authority therefor be granted to you by the respective governments con cerned, to visit the Turkish and Greek armies, or both, as, in your judgment, may be desirable. The president fur ther grants you authority, while in Europe, to visit such other countries as may, in your opinion, offer the best opportunity for military observation, and at such times as you may deem most expedient." General Miles will be gone two or three months, as in addition to mak ing a personal study of the military features of the contest between the Turks and Greeks, he proposes to in spect the military establishments of the principal European powers Ger many, France and England, and possi bly Russia. The result of biB observa tion will be embodied in an official re port to the president Alonzo Lowe of Greenfield, Ind., has lifted one of his horses clear of the ground, and he can shoulder alone and carry a barrel of sugar. . A Severe Earthquake. Washington, May 3. The United States consul at Guadeloupe, West Indies, has telegraphed the state de partment, under date of April 29, from Pointe-a-Pitre, as follows: "A severe earrthquake occurred here. The loss is heavy and many were in jured." Seven miles an hour is the camel's limit, nor can it maintain this rate over two hours. Its usual speed is five miles an hour. Chicago Unemployed I'ronose to March to I lull. Chicago, May 3. The Record says: Another movement similar to that which General Coxey organized a few years ago, and which is designed to take an army of unemployed men on a long trip across the country, is being quietly organized, and it is said that in June it will "move,'' having its starting point in this city. It differs from that which was pro ductive of the famous "keep-off-tho-grass" by-term, in that it does not have the national capital as its objective point, and it is not designed to ask the national government for aid for any one. If the present plans are carried out, when the "army" reaches the eiid of its destination it will at once go to work as a co-operative commonwealth, and tho leaders will attempt to prove that the working people can provide for themselves out of the abundance of the earth without dividing the products of their labor. , It is said that with the adjournment of the convention of the American Railway Union, which will meet in this city in June, the time will have arrived for tho order to march, and it is further said that President E. V. Debs and other men prominont in rail road organizations are among the prime movers in the scheme. Utah is to be the haven of rest, and once there every man will be on an equal footing with his neighbor. Thcro will bo no city councils to do business with when pub lio improvements are needed and the people decide to make them. The people will do this themselves. It is said that figures have been gath ered which show that there are now 100,000 men and women out of employ ment in Chicago. It is not expected that anywhere near this number will make the trip to Utah, but it is be lieved by men prominent in ihe move ment that the nrmy will move with several thousand men, and that it will pick up more on the way. It is proposed to organize the co operative commonwealth along the same lines as those laid down by the social ists, the ineifns of production and dis tribution are to be the common prop erty of the community, and may be used by any member thereof. Whether the proposition will be sub mitted to the convention of the railroad organization has not bnen decided, but it said that it is more than likely it will be. SPEED WAS TOO GREAT. Reason Assigned by Jury for Portland Street-Car Aeeident. Portland, Or., May 8. The coroner's jury impaneled Wednesday to hold an inquest over the bodies of Catherine Buillie, Newton Hansen, W. W. Blanch ard and M. C. Benninger, who died from the effects of injuries received in the street-car accident on East Morrison street last Tuesday, rendered a verdict yesterday afternoon in whioh they found that the accident was mainly due to the high rate of speed traveled by car No. 62 at the time of the accident. An opinion was also expreesed in the verdict that the forward axle of the front truck was broken at the reverse curve, where the car showed indica tions of having first left the rails. Much evidence was taken during the day from both persons on the oar at the time, and from others familiar with mechanics and the track on East Mor rison street. The majority or those on the oar stated that it was traveling faster than is permitted by the city ordinances. One witness, Mr. Philip Flood, who stood on the front platform with the motorman, stated that the car was not going faster than was customary at that point, and that it was thoroughly un der the motorman's control until the curve was reached. CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. Unveiled at Dallas With a Eulogy on Jetterson-Davls. " Dallas, Tex., May 8. The Confed erate monument erected through the efforts of the Daughters of the Confed eracy, at Dallas, was unveiled this morning. It is of Texas granite, the shaft being fifty feet high. At the top of the column stands a private. At the base on four pedestals are life-sized statues of Jefferson Davis, R. E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Sidney Johns ton. Jefferson Davis, jr., pulled the cord that unveiled the statue of his grand father. Lucy Hays did the same for Robert Lee, and a little grandaughter of Stonewall Jackson completed the un veiling by pulling the cords which re moved the veils from the statues of Jackson and Johnston. After the young ladies representing Southern states decorated the monu ment with flowers, John H. Reagan, the only surviving member of the Con federate cabinet, delivered' a eulogy upon President Davis. Went Through a Bridge. Warrenton, O., May 8. An engine and fourteen cars of a freight train, on the Wheeling & Lake Erie railway, went through a bridge near here today, and plunged into a creek. Engineer James Garletter was scalded to death. Fireman Edward Munn and Brakeman C. E. Keyser, both received broken legs and were otherwise injured severely. Uruguayan Revolution Falling. Buenos Ayres, May 8. The Uru guayan insurgents accuse the revolu tionary committee here of inaction. The leading chiefs are withdrawing from the movement, and its failure is ' freely predicted. "Banker Convicted of Embeszlemeat. New Orleans, May 8. William P. Nichols, president of the defunct Bank of Commerce, was tonight convicted of the embezzlement of $250,000 of the bank's funds. Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OP GENERAL INTEREST From All the Cities and Towns of the Thriving Ulster Htutes Oregon. Wild pigeons aro flying along Coos river, and the gunners are out. Six carloads of wheat were shipped from Eugene to Portland lust week. There is much activity in Douglas oounty hopyards this year, and few, if any, yards will go uncultivated. In digging a well on the Warm Springs reservation recently, George Krause found human bones and teeth at a depth of forty feet. Six or eight Greeks in Astoria sold out their nets and other fishing gear last week, and, with the money, started baok to aid the mother country in her struggle witli Turkey. The semiannual statement of the financial condition of Grant county March 81 last showed that the county's liabilities amounted to $130,004, and the resonroes to $87,944. Two pairs of Mongolian pheasants from Oregon have been turned loose in Rockbridge county, Virginia, where they will be carefully protected in the effort being made to propogato them. The firm to secure the government work of the upper Coqnillo is arranging for the commencement of tho work. The improvement will be confined largely to points between Robert's land ing and Rackleff's mill, or about one mile below Myrtle Point. Hood River has doubled ,he acreage of its strawberries this spring. The new plants will not noar this year, but next year should have a full crop, and this next year should furnish 1,500,000 pounds of crimson lusciousness, or 750 tons, says The Dalles Chronicle. Dairying in Curry county is in full blast. The number of cows has not been decreased by the hard winter, but, awing to the inrceused demand for cat tie and the better prices paid, more ;alves will be raised and the output of butter will probably not equal that of last year. The Tillamook Lumbering Company is operating its water pipe factory night as well as day, for the purpose of filling an order for about 2 Smiles of pipe. which is required to extend the water system at Kalama, in Washington. It will require about 50,000 feet of lum ber. The pipe will be shipped on the Heamer Harrison. Union county butchers are becoming somewhat uneasy over the prospeot of securing beef cattle for this season's business. Heretofore it has been an easv tusk to secure all the beeves they needed at any time, but the unusual de mand for cattle this season threatens to change former conditions. Not only are buyers purchasing all the salable iteers they can find, but they appear ust as eager to secure dry cows. Washington. Potatoes are plentiful in the Kittitas Valley, and are selling at $9 a ton. The business men of Snohomish are working to get a hospital for that city. A farmers' institute will be held in Ellensburg during the first week in June.. A movement has been started in Oakesdale to raise a fund to help the Greeks. Frank Terry to to be the new Indian agent for the Crows at Puyallup Indian reservation. Klickitat county farmers shipped three tons of bacon from The Dalles to Rossland last week. Mate Jenner, an old '40er, drowned in Pemiahmoo bay, near Blaine, lust week. His boat capsized during a heavy wind. Stevens county smillmen are begin ning to Bhlp their lumber to British Co lumbia. A great deal of brick and lime goes the same way. ' The monthly report of the Spokane public schools for April shows that the enrollment is 556 larger than that at the end of April last year. A $10,000 damage suit against the town of Asotin was decided lust week by a jury in favor of the town. Tekoa is said to have a Voung La dies' Pedestrian Club, the members of which get up at 5 o'clock in the morn ing and take walks for their health. The injunction restraining the con struction of the Snohomish county courthouse has been dissolved, and once more Everett will try to get the county seat on a firm foundation. The corporations thronghout Wash ington are generally complying with the new law requiring the payment of an annual fee of $10. Last week in one day $40 was received from this source by the secretary of state. Indian Commissioner Barge has re turned to North Yakima from Mon tana, and will be joined this week by Commissioner Hoyt, when negotiations with the Yakima Indians will be re- sumed. Commissioner Goodwin has gone East on a leave of absence. A resident of Walla Walla last week took 1,300 stock hogs to Nebraska. The hogs were bought for 8 cents a pound by a Nebraska man, who bought 80,000 bushels of corn at from 10 to 11 cents a bushel before the hogs arrived. The experts at work on the books of Whatcom county have finished the work in all the county offices except the treasurer's, and are at work in that de partment now. The work in that office will take about two month's time, as there are over 16,000 receipts to check over. Downing, Hopkins ft Company's Review of Trade. W ith a largo cash demand for wheat at ull points, with stocks being reduced to a lower point than in years by the end of the crop, and with prospects for an average crop of winter wheat very poor, it is enough to warrant the main- tenuiicce of present values, and also the prevalence of good prices for wheat for the coming twelve month". How high prices will go depends on three things speculation, crop prospects, and the war. Thore will be a short crop of winter wheat for the third con secutive year. The conditions are also uncertain for as large an acreage oi spring us was exacted earlier in the season, owing to tho wet weather and the lutenes of the seeding in some sec tions. High prices, however, will stimulate farmers in the Northwest to get in as large an acreage as pos sible. There lias been a good deal of seeding, but in the Red River valley, where a larjo part of the crop is grown, there is too much water to admit of early seeding. Kansas gives good promise, hut a change for the worse may coino. The only things that can injure the crop are hot winds and sand storms. The outlook in California is uncertain. Reports say that hot winds have deteriorated the crop. Latest re ports from France and Russia are against a large crop of winter wheat, but in the other foreign countries there is promise of about an average yield. Stocks, how ever, are low, and consumers will go into the new crop with less then the usual quantity. Greece and Turkey are not important factors as wheat growerB, the former raising 4.800,000 bushelB, and the lat ter 24,000,000 bushels. Bulgaria, Ser via, Rounianiu, aud Montenegro raise 125,000,000 buHhels. A liberal propor tion of their crop is exported to the continent. If Greece has a navy of sufficient strength to prevent a free ex port movement of wheat from these countries, it might make a great differ ence in the supplies of the continent. Market Quotctions. Portlund,. Or., May , 1097. Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadia and Dayton, $4.00; Benton oounty and White Lily, $4.00; graham, 40; su perfine, $2.75 per barrel. , Wrheat Walla Walla, 73 74c; Val ley, 76o per bushel. Oats Choice white, 8840o per bushel; choice gray, 87 89c. Hay Timothy, $14.00 16.00 per ton; clover, $12.0013.50; wheat and oat, $ 1 2. 00 1 8. 50 per ton. Barley Feed barley, $16.50 per ton; brewing, $18 19. Millstuffs Bran, $14.60; shorts, $16.50; middlings, $26. Butter Creamery, 85c; dairy, 25 27Mc; store, 17$80o per roll. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,5065c; Garnet Chilies, 5565o; Early Rose, BUfgsoo per sack; sweets, $2.76 per cental for Merced;' new potatoes, So per pound. Onions $2.60 2. 76 per cental Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.75 8.60; geese, $5. 00 7. 00; turkeys, live, 12?f o; ducks, $4.005.00 per dozen. Eggs Oregon, 10 llo per dozen. Cheese Oregon, 11 o; Young America, 12$o per pound. Wool Valloy, 12cperpound; East ern Oregon, 68o. jj Hops 4 7c per pound. . Beef Gross, top steer, $3.60; cows, $2.253.00; dressed beef, 4 6c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, $3. 60 8. 76; dressed mut ton, 6o per pound. Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00 4.25; light and feeders, $2.608.00; dressed $4. 50 5. 25 per owt Veal Large, 8)4o; small, 4 6 per pound. Seattle, Wash., May 4, 1897. Wheat Chicken feed, $28 per ton. Oats Choice, $28 24 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, $20 per ton. Corn Wholo, $21 per ton; cracked, $21; feed meal, $21. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 10c; ducks, $66.50. 1 lour (Jobbing) Patent excellent, $4.80; Novelty A, $4.50; California brands, $4.90; Dakota, $5.65; patent. $6.40. Millstuffs Bran. $14.00 per ton; shorts, $18. Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton; middlings, $32; oilcake meal, $30. Hay Puget sound, per ton, $12.00; Eastern Washington, $16. Butter Fancy nutive creamery, brick, 18c; ranch, 1415; California, Cheese Native Washington, 12o. Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $14.00 14; parsnips, per suck, 75c; beets, per sack, 60c; turnips,, per sack, 60c; rutabagas, per sack, 60c; carrots, per sack, 40 50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs. $1.60; onions, per 100 lbs, $4,25. Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $4.00. Eggs Fresh ranch, 13 14c. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 7c; cows, OJc; mutton, sheep, 8o per pound; lam b, 6o; pork, 6c per pound; veal, small, Ho. Fresh Fish Halibut, 45o; s.dmon, 68c; salmon troui, 7 10c; flounders and soles, 3 4c, Provisions Hums, large, 11'; hams, I "nail, llc; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry :aIt B'de' 6K per pound. fruits .Lemons, California, fancy, $2.60 3; choice, $; Caifuioia fancy navals, $3 3. 50. San Francisco, May 4, 1897. Potatoes Salinas Barbanks, 90c $1.10; Early Rose, 6070c; River Bur banks, 606oc; sweets, $1.40 1.60 per cental. Onions $2.253.00 per cental. EggB Ranch, 1 0 J 1 2o per dozen. Butter rancy creamery, 13 14; do seconds, 13lc; fancy dairy, 12c; leoonds, 11 12c. Cheese Fancy mild, new, fl7c; fair to good, 6J6c; Young America, Id 8c; Eastern, 14 1410. REPULSED. The Greeks Held Their Own at Tele tlno Junction. Athens, May 8. A telegram just re ceived hero says a great battle has been, fought at Velestinn, between a Turkish force of 8,000 and General Kmolenski's) brigade. The dispatch states that the. repeated charges of tho Turks were re pulsed with enormous losses. The headquarters staff of the Greek; anny at Phursala has been completely changed. General Maoris and Colonel Saiionulzakis, Mustropus and An toniades have resigned und started for Athens. Battle Raged All Day. Athens, May 8. The battle of Vel estino raged fiercely from sundown un til 10 o'clock this morning. The Greeks have boon reinforced, the rein forcements arriving at a critioal stage of the fight. General Smolensk! tele graphs that the Turks will be unable to capture Phursala because the Greek position is strong and the morale of the Greek troops completely restored. Why the Turkinh Attack Railed. London, May 3. The Chronicle's correspondent at Phursala tolegraphs: The Turks attacked Velestino Junc tion Tuesday night with four squadrons of cavalry and a battery of horse ar tillery. The large force of Greeks beat' the Turks off, but not before they had displaced half a dozen rails and out. the wires. The lutter were repaired and on Wednesday tho train service wa resumed. Fighting was renewed Wednesday night, but without special results. On Thursday night, the Turks assembled in great force in the direction of Veles tino. The Turks made an attack before, dawn, but were successfully repulsed. Three times in the course of the morn ing was the attack repeated, each timer from a different direction, and each time the result was a repulse. Ap parently it was intended that the at tacks should be simultaneous, but this plan failed, owing to luck of proper or ganization. The Turks, however, pushed the attack with the utmost de termination for six hours, and only abandoned the attempt to seize the) junction about noon. The Greeks behaved well. The third brigade and artillery particularly dis tinguished themselves under General Smolensk). The Turkish losses were heavy. The Greek loss was much, lighter. Colonel Janninosta, with the Eighth regiment, pursued the Turksw several miles. Full-grown and mature men, well armed, though without uniforms, are arriving here with every train. They are supplied with ammunition. The transport servioe is improving rapidly. Heliograph and night watching signals) have been established, covering the en tire territory occupiod by the forces. An excellent spirit animates the men, who work hard from 5 in the morning until 7 in the evening, besides sleep ing on their arms at night. The Turks Claim It. Constantinople, May 8. The Turk ish governmont has issued the follow ing announcement: , "Far from being repulsed at Volestino, the imperial troops continued their victorious march forward. " Another Retreat Probable. London, May 8. The Times corre spondent at Athens says: "The news) from Thessaly is unfavorable. Fight ing at Velestino was resumed this morn ing. The Greek right repelled vigor ous cavalry charges, but their left was compelled to retire. It is feared their position at Phursala will be outflanked, thus compelling a retreat to Demokot- Turkey's Terms of Peace. New York, May 8. A World special from Washington Bays: The terms of ' peace which Turkey has offered Greece) have reached the Washington legation. They are as follows: The restoration of the boundary fixed by the treaty of 1831, which gave to Turkey all of Thessaly, including it extensive scacoast; the evacuation by Greece of Prevesa and other points in the province of Epirus; tho withdrawal of Greek troops from Crete and the acceptance of the plan of autonomy offered the island by the porte, and tho payment of a war indemnity largo enough to cover the expense of the)- - mobilizing of the Turkish troops. Both Want to Fight. London, May 8. It is semi -officially stated that there is reason to believe) that European intervention between Turkey and Greece in the present posi tion of affairs is regarded us wholly im practicable, both Greece and Turkey having resolved to continue the war. The powers are thus obliged to stand aside until one of the oombantanta is) finally defeated. Americans Had the Advantage. London, May 8. In the house ot commons today the presidetnt of the. board of trade, C. T. Ritchie, replying to Sir Charles Howard Vincent, con servative and free trader, said the gov ernment was not prepared to compel. companies applying fur new railway charters to buy their equipment in the ' United Kingdom. In the case of the. Waterloo City railway, Mr. Ritchie, added, twenty-two cars had been or dered in America, because out of Bevel) English firms tendering bids for th wore, not one was able to deliver the) stock in the time required by the rail road company. Aged Woman Tortured by Thieve. Sisterville, W. Va.. May 8. Last night Mrs. Shock, an aged lady living; at Adonis, was tortured and robbed by a negro and white man, who forced an entrance into her home. The fiend brutally beat her bare feet with switch es, burned them with candles, and also burned the hair from her bead and rousted one car. The woman finally told where her money was iiidden, and the robtars secured $500 and escaped. The woman will probably die.