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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-03-06, Page 9FOURTEEN VIES KILLED; MANY MORE MISSING. Buried Under Avalanches of Snow and Rocks. Snow -Slides Sweep Down the Mountain at.Telluride, Cot., Wrecking Kline Works and Overwhelming the .Workers---..•Rescugre Struck by a Second Slide and Forced to Abandon the Work ----Many Supposed to be Under the Debris. Telluride, Colo., Mkarch 1.—Fourteen dead as many injured and a some more missing are the result, far as known, of the series of enowslides which occurred in the vicinity of the Liberty Bell Mine on Smuggler Moun- tain, three and a half miles north of Telluride. The roads between 'here and the Liberty Bell are al- most Impassable. and details of the acoidept are hard to obtain. It seems that leo less than four 'dis- tinot slides oconrt gid, each one claim- ing two or more victims. Several bodies havo been recovered, but quite a number of the known dead are still burled under the tons of snow, rocks and timbers by which they were carried down. The Death Roll. The death list 'of the first slide, so far as known, follows: Gus Swan- son, crusher feeder ; 114 S. Summer- lancl, tram -brakeman ; Harry Golden, waiter in boarding house; Gus Kraut, miner; J, P. Clermer, steward; Wade Crowe, miner ; R. Bishop, miner. The victims of the second slide Harry A. Chase, were: t t e, assayer ; L. 1). Stanley, carpenter. Those who met death in the third slide were: Gus VonFhntel, carpen- ter ; John R. Powell, surveyor ; Paul Dalpltrese, miner: In the fourth slide, George Row - her and W. S. Gregory were killed. The rent Nude carried away the building and bunk house +and the tram house of the mine. About 250 men are regular- ly employed in the mines and mills of the Liberty Bel: mine, but a large number of men from the night shift were in Telluride and were prevented from returning to the mine by the terrible storm, which was raging. The day Shift had just gone to 'work, loaning but comparatively few un- derground working at tate bunk house. The slide came without warning. The three large buildings were car- ried down the steep mountain side, a distance of 'about 2,000 `feet, and literally ground to pieces, not a board building left intact. The snow and debris piled in ,the bottom of the canon, 25 feet ,deep. Work of teeacue, Those whio escaped the slide at onoo began the work of rescuing their less fortunate companions. A dozen or irate wore taken out alive, some of them badly injured however. Word wee sent to Telluride and a number of citizens left for the scene of the disaster to aid in the rescue of the victims, Second n vulunnhe. Shortly after noon while the work of digging out bodies was going on, the second slide Dame down almost in the track of the first. The mountain side is very steep and the descent of the snow mass was so swift that 24 of the rescuers were caught, two being killed. They were Harry A. Chase and L. D. Stanley, and their bodies have not been recovered. The others were more or less in- jured, but none was fatally hurt. Stopped the Work, Superintendent Chase, of the Lib- erty Hall mine, later ordered the work of rescue suspended, declaring that it was useless to endanger life further while slides were running, . Several parties started at once for Telluride. Two of these parties were overtaken by slides, In one, Gus Von Foetal, John It. Powell and Paul Dal- phrese were killed, and in the other, George Rower and. 1V, S. Gregory lost their lives. None of these bodies had been recovered at last accounts. A largo number of men are miss- ing, and it is thought probable that the death lint will be swelled to 20 and possibly 80, when the bodies Shall be taken from the snow mads. Among those killed, Raymond Bishop, Wade Crowe and Harry A. Chase were last year's graduates from the State School of mines at Golden, Colorado. They bad taken positions with the Bell to acquaint themselves with practical mining. They belong to good families 'in Denver and Pueblo. Several other slides are reported in this vicinity. One at the camp Bird Mine in the ICneefles district, result- ed in the death of one man and the probable fatal injury of three oth- ers. From the condition of the snow more slides are expected. KITCHENER'S RIVE, 1,000 ERs CAU6 T. New Zeal.. *tiers Lost Heavily in the Operations. • The Klerksdorp Disaster the Most Serious Reverse Since reoo----Report That Botha Was Captured and Then Escaped-- Death Rate in Concen- tration Camps—Canadian Scout Dead—Four Other Canadians,'Sick Oxford Professors Protest Against Execution of Boer Officers. London,: Feb. 28.—Gen. Kitchener gives the details of the disaster evhioh befell the British convoy near Kierlcs- dorp on Feb. 24—Sixteen officers, in- cluding Col. Anderson, the command- er, were captured, as were also 451 men. Ono officer and 105 men have since been released. Gee. Kitchener snakes no mention of the loss of guns, Secretary of War Brodrick, ref ar- ring to this matter in the Ilouso..of Commons, said the British casualties were 120. 1 1 The heavy casualties, the apparent certain loss of two guns, and the cap- ture oft nearly 500 British troops by Boers near Klerksdorp, will dull the enthusiasm caused by the success of Gen. Kitchener's 'second big drive. ,The prisoners will doubtless be re- leased, but their arms are gone, and �. Ouch incidents in the past have al- wayie tended to give heart to the Boers and stiffen their resistance. Gen. Kitchener's first despatch to- day lengthily summarizes the result of several days' combined operations in an area of about 2,500 square milers, in which the engagements of Feb. 23 and Feb. 26 occurred. One incident was the killing of the Boer leader efanie Botha and 85 other Boers, in addition to the losses pre- viously reported. The Boors made other email attempts to break through the British lines. In two rases they succeeded. The biggest coup was yesterday, when 450 Boers, with' their xenon and horses, were baptured. Unofficial telegrams deseribo tilts as happening on the Natal -Orange River Colony border, where Lieut. -Col. Rawiinsan, accord- ing to ono version, surrounded a Jaeger at dawn. Teethed of opening fire he sent a messenger giving the Boers one hour to decide whether they would fight or surrender. Seeing that escape was impossible they sur- rendered unconditionally. Gen. Kitch- ener aye that all the columns havo not yet reported owing to the wide- tt•eas of the district. In addition to Itavelinson's capture the combined operations resultedin the capture of 2,000 horses, , cattle, 200 wagons, 60,000 sheep, 600 rifles, 5,000 rounds of ammunition, and commandants Mayer and Tri- titer, and several cornets. Gen. ICitehener's do pateli concludes: "These aatlsfactory results are very appropriate on the anniversary of llajuba." that ria Unofficial telegrams Say tf Wet, Stoyn, and Wessels, with a largo hotly of followers, escaped before the cordon was drawn. It is pointed out that the hoer losses in this drive are proportionately equivalent to the lase of 7,001) British. , Dorman Anglophobia. Berlin, rob. 28., etitions were presented to the Reichstag to -day finggeattitg that tho house take flee tion for the furtherance of peace ne- gotiations in South Africa. They were referred ee the Imperial Chan- cellor, Count Von Buelow. Several members of the Reichstag indulged in unlimited vituperation of Great Britain, asserting that the only pos- sible explanation 0.1 the refusal to admit German Red Crass •nurses and ambulances to South Africa was that the British "re ashamed to allow the 'world to have a glimpse of the scandalous conditions prevailing there. s • . London, March 2.—Lord Kitchener reports that tho Boer casualties dur- ing the- recent operations amounted to 819 men kliled, wounded and cap- tured. In detail the Baer losses were fifty men killed, ten men wounded and 705 unwounded men made pris- teners. In addition to these Lord Kitchener seers that aver 150 Boers, killed a'r wounded, were carried off atter the attack on the blockhouse line, Fob. 24 These figures, however, cannot be verified, ao they are not inclu:le 1 in the total 01 818, The NewZo.tlanders, who bore the brunt of the fighting, lost eighteen kilted and five officers and fifty men wound- ed. Apart from tJio losses of the New Zealanders, the other British casual- ties were only ono officer killed and wounded..The combined op- erations men o0 p orations of the columns terminated, In driving the Boers against the Ilar- r[smitlt and Van Iteenen blockhouse line. The River Wilge was held by the Leinster Regiment and Elliott's Mounted Infantry from 1 arrismith, while the columns forced on the Frankfort and Botha'.s Pass block- house line, and advanced south, hold- ing the outiro country between the Wilge and the Natal frontier. On the first night a very severe attempt to break through was made at a point between Itimington's and Byn> 's col- umns, and the New Zealanders behav- ed with great gallantry. The fight• ing was at close quarters, and the Boers, as unite', drove a largo herd of cattle its framof theta. Two thou- sand horses, 28,000 head of cattle, 200 wagons, 60,000 sheep, 600 rifles, and 50,000 rounds of ammunition fell into the hands of the British, A correspondent of the !limes, wir trig Prom Pretoria, says the supply of horses is still lamentably short of the demand, and Scarcely a tdnghe column eau place its full mounted strength in the field. The correspond- ent nays the Boers are thoroughly demoralized by the constant Must- ling. The scarcity of provisions is also beginning; to tell, and the hope- lessness of the btruggle is being brought home to all the burghers. ammo -- ''Nits Botha Captured London, March 2. -•--It Ica reported, but the story is not confirmed, that Oen. Louis Botha was recently made prisoner and got a .way again, According to the report the affair happened after the capture of I3otha'e !anger near 1Cnapdaar, and the as- tounding details would not now be known had not a trick been played on the Iiiritishi censor, The tidings carte in a private letter from an of- ficer in the field, tate letter having been mailed by an Intermediary at a free port to avoid the eou.sor's scru- tiny and pertain mutilation. When Remtngton'a troops made the night attack at Ifnapdaar they cap- tured several prisoners and the eatnp equipment of the Boers. Among the mon taken was Gen. I,ouis Botha, but the British did not recognize Itim, and the other prisoners took care to shield Mut in every possible manner. After the pursuit of the fugitives had ended the captured men were di- vided into groups, and Botha—for- tunately fpr him—was Included In the number that were entrusted tp the caro of the rear guard, Another foroe of Boers hearing of the disaster to the main body, and that their general had been cap - tared, menaced the British command. In the confusbon of the expected at- tack, the body of British troops that held Botha as their prisoner, per- tnitted a few of the burghers to es- cape; and among the number was the redoubtable Botha. Only 55 Deaths. Pretoria, Mlaroh 2.—The returns from the cont,entratiot, camp's in the Traneva•al for week ended Feb- ruary 21st show there were 55 deaths. In consideration that there are 60,000 'persons of all ages and sexes in the camps, the death rate compared favorably with those of the healthiest English towns. Canadian Snout Dead. Ottawa, Ont., March 2.—Lord Min- to bas received the following cable- gram dated February 28th, from the Casualty Department: Charles Oameron, Canadian scout, died from enteric Sever at Springfon- tein. Next of kin, R. G. Foster, 521 St. Patrick street, Montreal. A. Mtnsen, S. A. C., dangerously Ill with pneumonia at Muzarab. Next of kin, Donald Minsen Dun.leitll, N. W. T:; also R. Barton Jackson, S. A. C., at Elandsfontetn, mother, Mrs. Jack- son, Morse Lane, Halifax. Theodore Goodman, S. A C., sat elazuraba sister, Mrs. Doherty, Win- nipeg. 1 A. W. Stouffer, S. A. C., next of kin, father, R. Stouffer, •Edmonton, N. N.W.T. . CHICAGO' HIT FOR DEBS RIOTI Must Pay About $1,500,000 for Mob's Work, WRECK DELAYS THE PRINCE The Schuylkill River on the Rampage —Considerable Loss of Property -- Water Up to Railway Car 'Win- dows—Ono Drowning. Chicago,. March 1.—The U. S. Court of Appeals has affirmed the verdtet in Judge Kohlsaat's court by which the Pennsylvania Road was award- ed $2,782 from the city of Chicago for damages to its property by rioters in the Dabs' strike or 1894, The verdict was granted undor the State statute Bolding the city re- sponsible for damages from rioters. There are claims aggregating over $1,500,000 pending against the city for damages growing out of this strike. MI of tite oases which hare been tried have been decided adversely to the municipality, and it lies practically been admitted the city was liable. Delaying ('duce Henry. Portage, Pa., March 1.—TheI'rince Henry special from) Washington is held here by a freight wreak said to have been two miles west of (tore. It is Indefinite how long it will be held. Portage 1s near the summit of the Allegheny Mount- ains. Schuylkill on u 'fear. , Philadelphia, March 1.—What is said to have been the greatest flood ever experleneed along the Schuylkill River, certainly the most disastrous in recent years, tore its way down that stream' last night and early this morning, and from its source to its mouth -120 miles —damage which will reach into olio world claire to home. While Aus- tria, tippaia and the other C•atlioliq countries of EutpPo have sent the largest numbers, America is well re- presented by several bemired clergy and laymen of prominence. Numerous congratulatory messages reached the Vatican to -day, ltotably [rpm foreign rulers. The Pope looks remarkably well for a lnwu of 444 extreme age, and the venerable Pontiff's truly marvel• ous vitality and unimpaired memory, uocaslon remark by all who see Wm. In spite of 1lersistont and "appar- ently well founded dentals that there is any imminent danger of the Pope's decease, the air is full of speculation and apprehension, indicating that Lis end is not considered far off. Rumors of Intrigue and slate -maks ing, which it is Impossible to keep from the outside world, exude from every crevice of the jealously guard- ed inner precincts of the Vatican, The Polio's closest attendants In- clude his faithful valet, Centro ; ono chaplain and one valuer prelate, who conetantly and tenderly guard ills material comfort. His meale are served in his private apartment at a. small table, at which none other, even a crowned head, may sit down. No feminine hand may tend or soothe the august invalid, It is worth notice that, out of 263 occupants of the chair of St. Peter, only five suave retained it longer than Leo XIII., including the apostle him- self. Since the ranee of the Papacy from Avignon to Rome, only one Pon- tiff has lived to a greater age, Paul IV., who died at 88. efile record be- fore Avignon le not always to be de- pended upon, but Gregory IX, was almost 100 when he died. BATILE ITH QONGLG85. Grocer Was a Good Shot and Winged Two,i ALL THREE WERE ARRESTED, Chioagg"o, March 3.—In a battle with three robbers who attempted to chloroform' him and his clerk, Sig- mund Sowiesko, of 8,800 Houston avenue, South. Chicago, early yes- yerday mprahng shot two of the men and knocked down a third. The battle was at its height when the South Chicago police arrived and broke into the place. They found one of the robbers unconscious, with a bullet wound In his head, another N[\T M[N IN SPM\'S CPJSS PREMIER SAGASTA, OF SPAIN, Who lias to Grapple With Great Riots in Several Cities. CAM -GENERAL WEYLER, OF SPAIN, Whose Capacity to Deal With Turbulent Mobs Will be Tested. The throe last were ill of enteric fever ot, February 22nd. Piotost Against Court -Martial. London, Marcel 2.—Dr. Edward Caird, master of Bailee' College, Ox- ford, sends to the Times a letter signed by many prominent members of Oxford University, such as the Rev. Andrew M. Fairbairn, Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford; the Rev. John 11. Magrath, provost of Queen's College, Oxford; Dr. John Rhys, Principal of Jesus College and pro- fessor of Celtic at Oxford, and Ar- thur Shdgwick, the reader in Greek at Oxford, which gives expression to te feeling that is undoubltedly increas- ing.among the general public. The letter says: "Wo cannot help viewing with the gravest apprehension the practice which seems to bo gaining ground in South Africa of executing some of the generals of the forces oppos- ed to us upon the judgment of a court-martial. It may be true that these generals violated tho laws of war. We do nae .dottbt that the court martial acted wvitit the full belief that by a row exemplary sentences they would deter Cape Colonists from rebellion, or protect natives, or secure strict adhesion on the part of our enemies to the tats of war. Nevertheless, we plead that the policy may be reconsider- ed. Our opponents and their sympa- thizers will hardly believe in the competence or impartiality of 0, British court-martial, whiolt de- ebdes upon ovfdeece of some wit- nesses, doubtless natives, given while the eouintry is seething with the passions of war. Such sentences cannot have the moral effect aimed at in the ruhitinietration of punish- ment. It is probable that the mon suffering tl:Cin' will bo regarded as martyrs and their memory cher- hilted for genertttions, while there is nv inunediate advantage whiolt can weigh against the disilonoraltle imputations to wheel' this policy is almost sure to give rise. "'.[herefore, we considor it desira- ble that no capital sentence on gen- erals of the opposing forces should btri,,c," inflicted at the present June - '.Elie Pall Mall Gazette questions tite possibility of confideneo to a court uonsinting of a colonel, a cap- tain and a subaltern, The Emperor and Impress of Ger- many celebrated the Slat anniver- sary of 'Meir wedding. huindreds or thousands of dollars has been done. Michael Ignol, aged, 44 years, was drowned this morning iu the kitchen of his home at Falls of Schuylkill. The height of the flood was reached at 6 o'clock this morning. , Probably the greatest sufferer is the Baltimoke & Ohio Itaihroad Com- pany. The waiting rooms in the main depot at 24th and Chestnut streets were three feet under water, and in the train shed the water was as high as the windows of passenger coaches. In the vicinity of Arch and Callow- 11111 etreets, and Sansome, and Pine and Lombard streets, south of Mar- ket, the water reached above the first floors of many dwellings. When dawn broke today the soono along the river was one of desolation. There was destruction to be soon on every side, and as the water receded tfhIck layers of mud and piles of debris wore left behind. Several tugs and bargee were left resting on wharves where they had floated during the height of the floods. THE PIPE'S 92ND BIBTN�RY Pontifical Jubilee Celebration Held Yesterday. $200,000 CROWN PRESENTED HIM Rome, Maroh 2.—Tho snored college to -day presented to Popo Loo its con- gratulations upon tate attainment of Itis 02nd birthday. Cardinal Oreglia, the dean of the sacred college, read a long speech, to which. the Pontiff for- mally replied. Monday will mark the 24th anniversary of his Coronation a.4Poipet. Pon- tifical Un the occasion of Leo XIII' I s. on. tifical Jubilee, whieh was celebrated to -day, and will be continued on Mon- day. Cardinal Rospighl, the Pope's Voar-General, and ''resident of the international oommittee for the jub- ilee festivities, presented His holiness with a precious triregno (triple crown) tirade of ,gold, encrusted with diamonds and rubles, the value of wide!' exceeds 1,000,000 lire ($200,- 000). Tho Popo will wear thte tri- regno on Roister Sunday during the solemn ceremony of thanksgiving to bo celebrated in St. Peter's. For the jubilee celebration hundreds of pilgrims from all parts of tiro Cathw shot through a leg and arm and the third carrying, on the tight in the darkness. Shortly after midnight Stanow- ski was awakened. Ile heard some- -one walking stealthily across the room, and he feared that he and his employer ivero to be attacked. With a cry bo leaped from bed. The call awakened Sowiesko, who jump- ed to the floor, and from a bureau drawer took a revolver. The robbers, knowing that their intended victims were awake, reelt- el at them. Sowiesko fired. The in- vaders returned the Sire and the battle began. Lying on tlto floor to avoid the bullets, tate two factions fired shot after shot. Sowiesko held at bay the three leen and Stanow- ski sought shelter in one corner of the ramie as he had no weapon. The only guide by which to ahs' was tate flash of the firearms, but Sow- iesko aimed well. The shooting was heard at the South Chicago police station. Capt. George Shippy and five detectives rushed to the corner from which tic t sound came and could thea hear the fight in the grocery. Brea2ing in the front door, the detectives were stopped by a flash of revol- vers. They could see the flash and the reports echoed through the room. Captain Shippy stood at ono side and explained to the belligerents that tho building was guarded and that oil of the participants in the fight wore under arrest. Tho firing ttop- ped and the detectives struck a match and lit than gas. On the floor they found the three alleged rob- bers. They were: Mallein, Edgar ; shot through .the head and found unconscious, Greongnivitcht, Joseph t3.;, shot through right leg and, right arm. t'1org, Phillip ; bruised about face and shoulder ,grazed by bullet. In another part of the roost and fief t110 floor was Sowiesko, uninjured. Stanowski was behind shelter and wan also ubltarmcd. '.Clio robbers, with the exception' ref tho -ono Who was unconscious from his 'woundls, offered resistance when the ponce arrived and had to be everpowered. Their ammunition wa.s gone, however, and they could not shoot. After the sten had been safely placed In the patrol wagon the police tuado asearch for evidence. The bot- tle, partly filled with chloroform, was tountl In st corner of tate root, and tlowieskthe billow was still wet troth it, KITCIIENER TELLS STORY OF KLERKSDORP DISASTER British Loss Totals 632 Men and Two Guns. The Attack Was a Most Determined One --Driven 011 Twice, the Boers Returned Attacking Rear and Centre, Stampeding flutes and Riding Down Separated Groups. -.-.-Commandant Lemmers Saul to tiave 'leen Killed. London, Marolt 3.—In a despatch from Pretoria dated to -day, Lord Kitchener sends cletafls of the die- aster to the escort of the convoy of empty wagons at Vondonop, southwest of Klerksdorp, Trans- vaal colony. Tho British casualties in killed, wane 1cd and melt made prisoners, reach the total of 632, la addition the Boers captured two guns. Lieut. Col. Anderson, who com- manded the British force, and who has returned to Kraaipan, Cape Col- ony, with nine officers and 245 men, reports ;that when his advance guard was within ten miles of IClerks- dorp, during the morning of Feb. i511i, the Boers opened A Dewey Rifle Eire an ;the troops from. the scrub. The burghers were driven off and the convoy resumed its march, when a more determined attack was made o111:110 convoy's left flank, the Boers getting within a hundred yards, and stampedin the mules harnessed to a number of wa,go:mii. Time attapkers were agniit driven. off, r ' At about 6,30 in the morning, the rear guard was attacked by a strong force of Boers and simultanepuely an- other body of Boers boldly Olulrgcd 1.110 Centro of the Convoy and stampeded the mules in all .dir- ections, throwing the escort into con- fusion, during which the Boors charg- ed and re-ebarged, riding down the separated British units: The fighting lasted for two hours, during which the two British guns and a pant pom almost exhausted their ammunition. A. detachment of two hundred mounted infgantry from Klerksdorp attempted to reinforce the Britielt but were held in check by the Boers. Lieut. Col. Anderson adds that the strength of the Boers was estimated at from 1,200 to 1,700. Commandants Delarey, Kemps, Colliers, Lemmer, Wolmarans and Potgieter were all present. Commandant Lemmer is said to have been killed., , REV{L[TION IN ITALY NIPPE1 IN TIIE BUD. Strike involving Nearly a (billion Men Failed. A Gigantic Socialist Piot Averted --A Civil War Would Have Foilowed— The Strike Was to Have Begun Last Friday, But Premature Action Spoiled the Plan—Why the Government Called Up the Reservists- -The Danger Not Yet Over. London, March 2.—The world at large has been kept in ignorance of; the fact that a civil war—possibly a successful reyolution—in Italy has heed escaped by the 'narrowest mar- gin is the last few days. The only news sent abroad has been of the mobilization• of nearly - 200,000 troops, and the Government assump- tion of control on all the railroads to ender to avert a national strike of railroad employees. The far greater truth was suppressed, part- ly by the censorship and partly by official intimations to foreign cor- respondents that the transmission Df alarmist reports would be fol- lowed by severe disciplinary mea- sures. Italy is in the presence of a So- cialist plot of enormous proportions. The Socialist leaders have within a year organized all the popular forces Df the country, while the Govern- ment, strangely enough, has not at- tempted any interference, being ap- parently ignorant of the real ob- jects of .the movement. A chamber of labor was created in every town, and. a great cumber of leagues of t:eeistanee. Each class of workmen. nag its league, and each league oboys the lncet chamber. Nearly all the workmen 'hu Italy and a largo proportion of the agricultur- ists were gradually enrolled, until the leagues themselves numbered ten thousand, and the total mein - tremble, more than 1,000,000. Tho whole of this organization is under the .:ontrol of a, ceaitral committee in home, which is actually the par- liamentary Socialist body. This group gained such ,trength that i1: was within les power to send 1,000,- 000 men into open revolt, and to paralyze In 24 ltot,rs the industrial, commercial, and agricultural life of the country. ; Light on the Trouble: - A correspondent, who, in detinaco of the warning of the authorities, sent a 'telegram from the Swiss fron- tier Friday night, says: "The Central Committee was to have given the word for action on Friday, when a general strike on all the Italian railway; was to be be- gun. The revolutionary plans were upsetby stu ch haste of Signor organthe Socialist deputy for Turin, who, six days before the ap- pointed date, ordered a general strike in that city. This opened the eyes of the Government, and by tate prompt mobilization of the entire personnel of the railway system of the country, 110,000 nien, and the calling to the colors of the reservists of the class of 1878, numbering 90,- 000 0;000 men, two formidable blows were dealt at the revolutionists, under which they aro otill staggering. The Government next, by decree, dis- solved all the chambers of labor and all the leagues of resistance ; and to -day the plotters aro reduced to what tate Government hopes may prove to be permanent inaction," From all cf whiolt it may bo seen that the Italian revolutionists are not made of very stern stuff. They Showed Some Grit, however, at Turin, and that impor- tant city was practically in the hands of the mob from Saturday morning to :Monday night. During the period an immense amount of damage was dotto to property. The trouble began with a general strike of gas workers. Other trades joined its, and the howling snob of from 15,- 000 to 20,000 men and women, with Miorgant; at Its head, paraded the streets, overturning tram ears, lamp posts, and carriages, and smashing windows and pillaging shops. Troops were hurried into the eity, until by Monday afternoon there were 25,00() soldiers under arms. Then the riot- ers were taken in hand seriously. The cavalry made many wild charges, and 200 rioters were badly hurt, and at least 1,000 persons arrested, most of whom are still in prison. It was a big job, and suggests what might have happened had the scenes in Turin been simultaneously enacted all over Italy. It is impossible to regard this seri- ous situation in Italy and the still greater outbreaks of violence at Trieste, Bucharest and Barcelona as a mere coincidence. They constitute as a whole an indication of the eco- nomic condition of Europe, which is far more alarming than is generally imagined. A despatch to the Morning Leader from Rome states that an extraor- dinary riot has occurred at Cassano, In Calabria. A mob who demanded the construction of railways sacked and burned the Town Hall. The town councillors fled for their lives. The night passed with the town in total darkness and with houses bar- ricaded. This morning troops arrived and restored order. The Rome correspondent of the Morning Post sends a long despatch to that paper, reading between the lines of which, in the Fight of the situation In Italy, has• considerable interest. It says that the decree call- ing reserves to the colors - ('sttnedust in Time to stop a strike, which word is very euphemistic. The correspondent, ham- pered by the censorship, says It is well worth the Government's while to pay the 75,000 lire daily entailed by the summoning of the reserves, for a week ago a panic seemed likely. The correspondent points out that the Milan League of Resistance imme- diately removed and hid all its papers and money for fear that the Minister of the Interior 'eight order the league to be dissolved and its prem- ises searched. He adds that _tills may yet bo done, because the fact that the railway men aro now placed on a military teethe; deprives them of the right to belong 10 any asso elation recognizing any discipline ex- cept that of the army. The corre- spondent dilates upon the extraor- dinary precautions which havo been taken to preserve public order, especially the despatch of warships to various ports, which move has created a sensation. The correspond- ent, as alrendy suggested, is evidently afraid to epeak plainly, but goes so far as to say :i "The correspondent of thoo i' C br t.re Dellaa S..rlike most of his colleagues, has who, s 'tahis telegrams seized, writes that on Monday last all the ships entering the harbor were searched for arms and war material. If this is true oitutbseemreak.s " as though the 'Government has reason to fear a revolutionary no concludes by saying that if a revolutionary movement should break out there is now pearly 80,000 mets more than last week at the disposal orof derthe. Government to maiutain NOr SETTLED YET i(.0.'1'. M. Defaulter May havo 10 k'e ca. Port Iluron, taeMic(`h„ Martrch S.—There Is 0 movement on foot to secure the arrest of C, D. Thompson, the defaulting finance keeper of the Su- preme Tent, K.O.T.M., although un- der no circumstances will the Su- preme Tent officals tisk for the war- rant. The expert employed to look into Thompson's; Recounts has found a deficiency of $4,000, while Thomp- son ltas confessed to a deficit of $57,000. ( Edward Butler, Bt, Louis, most pro- minent bemoeratle politician, has been indicted by the February grand jury for attempted bribery in eon- nectiou with the pity garbage re- duotion contract.