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Show A commiltee of French dr-putiui will soon viP.it the United States to. promote a commercial troaty between j France and this country. J Brief Tel pc ram. There is gre.it panic at Athens and the inhabitants are fleeing. Turkey has been invited to Bend representatives to the conference. Packard ia attempting to defeat the con6rmation of General Williamson. Austria's attitude increases the feelings of uneasinesi at St. Petersburg. Peters-burg. The bills introduced in the house thus far are 4,710; two-thirds are privato bill. The friends of ex-President Lerdo intend to run him for president at the ' next election. HobartPaeha is instructed to bombard bom-bard Greek porta unless tbe Greek troope are recalled. There are reports of mobilization in South Hungary, but they are at present discredited. One of the definite peace terms will be tho ceBaion of a naval station in the sea uf Marmora to Russia, Major Burke will b- communicated with as to hia charge gainst W. E. L-handler, and an investigation will 1 follow. Sweet, Cool fe Co., Buffalo, N.Y., wholesale boot and shoe dealers, suspended. sus-pended. Liabilities, $150,000; assets not given. Austria will insist on thu conference fixing the exact limit to the Russian occupation of Bulgaria and the Danube Dan-ube fortresses. Tbe National rifle association will invite a convention of all tbe rifle associations of the country to Creed-moor Creed-moor next spring. A portion of Suleiman Pasha's troops still at Kavala have been ordered or-dered to embark for Salonica to act against the Greeks. For $1,000, 1.000 points at billiards, Monday nieht, Sexton stood 1,000 to Dion's 765, including odds of 200. Sexton's best runs were: 177, 22S and 138; Dixon's 94 and 74. eexton'a average, 26 1 9th; Dion's 19. H. Bchemks, completed 100 miles in 23 houra and 11 minute!, Monday night at New Orleans. His walk of 500 miles in 143 hours is progressing with confldenoe to himself and friends. Memory, his opponent, gave up at the completion of the 33d mile. The Turkish minister at Athens designates tbe action of tho Greek government as a declaration of war, and sent for a Turkish fleet in conae quonce. A great panio prevails and the Greek government intends ap-pealinR ap-pealinR to the guaranteeing powers. The convenor of the Glasgow Presbytery Pres-bytery of the established church hiw telegraphed the pope that an interdict inter-dict will be demanded against the proposed papal heirarchy, from the supremo civil court of Scotland, and the laws of the country will be rigidly enforced againBt it. The conference will assemble about the end of February or berinnine ad March. Count Andrassy wishes it to assemble on the 20th inat., but this is hardly possible, unless Russia answers an-swers immediately. The powers intend in-tend to insist on the treaty of Paris being taken as the basis of negotiation. |