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the inflow of water into the Kelloe colliery near Durham, England. LATER. The business of the third annual convention of the National Municipal league was finished at Louisville, Ky. The National Mauufacturing company, which was branded by the attorney general of Wisconsin as a trust and proceeded against on that ground, has filed formal papers at Oshkosh dissolving the corporation. An engagement began early the 7th near Velestimo and lasted several hours, the Turks finally beating the Greeks back. The latter retreated upon Volo, sharply pursued by the Turks. A brutal prize fight occurred near Allegan, Mich., the 7th. Eddy Shannon, of Detroit, and Lew Agnew were the pugilists. The men kept at it until the 45th round, when both fell from exhaustion, dripping with blood. The Exchange bank at Atkinson, Neb., suspended the 7th. The Dalles (Ore.) National bank was closed the 7th by the bank examiner. The immediate cause of the closing was a disagreement among the stockholders. The Iowa legislature has adopted the wild rose as the official state flower. Four people were murdered at the farm house of Alexander Harris, near Waukesha, Wis., the. 7th. the victims being Mr. Harris, his wife, hired girl and hired man. The crime was committed by a farm hand named William Pouch, who had been sheltered by the farmer over night. The dead and wounded are: Alexander Harris, aged about 45 years, killed outright. Mrs. Harris, aged 44 years, killed. Hired girl, fatally wounded. Hired man, probably fatally wounded. Col Manos wires from Arta that the Turks have begun a wholesale massacre of the inhabitants in the interior of Epirus. Almost all the inhabitants of of the village of Kanvariena have been murdered, a few only escaped to the mountain. W. J. Calhoun, of Illinois, special counsel for the United States government, has gone to Cuba to investigate the conditions under which Dr. Ruiz met his death in the jail at Guanabacoa. A duel with sabers between Herr Wolff and M. Herica, two Austrian deputies resulted in the wounding of both. The little steamer Pinta which has served as a gunboat for many years in Alaskan waters has been ordered home to Mare Island. She has outlived her usefullness. The Turks have completely occupied and burned Velestino. Violent shocks of earthquake were felt at Rome and other points in Italy. Ex-Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson, Gen. J. C. Payne and United States Senator E. O. Wolcott, who were recently appointed by President McKinley as a commission to confer with the heads of European goyernments relative to the holding of an international bimetallic conference, sailed for Europe on the French liner La Touraine. Rosse Hall at Kenyon college, Mt. Vernon, Ill., was totally destroyed by fire causing a loss of $10,000. The hall was built by money raised in England. The Mallory line steamer Leona, bound from New York to Galveston, Texas, caught fire when a short distance at sea and was obliged to put back to port. When she reached New York 13 of the steerage passengers and three of the crew were dead. Among the documents recently captured from the insurgent leader Aguirre, was found one appointing Maj. Gen. Pedro Diaz as the successor of Rius Rivera. The Greek government has informed the ministers of the powers verbally that, following the recall from Crete of Col. Vassos, 25 officers and two companies of Sappers, the gradual withdrawal of troops from the island of Crete will take place. After a brief delay the powers will offer to mediate between Greece and Turkey. The queen regent of Spain has issued a decree authorizing the raising of £8,000,000, to be secured by the customs duties of Spain, to meet the cost of military operations in Cuba and the Phillippine islands. The Bank of Spain will undertake the issue. Wm. H. Phillips, a prominent attor-
