| Show WAR CLOUD OVER NATIONS IN ORIENT czar and sultan prepare to lock horns because of border troubles annual flood claims victims at pittsburg Ti filis fills fob feb 17 according to reports received from armenie all the turkish irmy resene forces in the meets of ASK asia minor hae hac received to aredsie for service bervice and are arc de departing varting rapidly for the frontier rhe pie concentration of the troops on the persian and russian frontiers fion tiers in alii alino is an outcome cf the border difficulty with persia recently the turkish troops crossed the persian frontier and committed depredations depredation russia objected to this owing to her treaty obligations to aresia and mide a military demonstration which was nas thought to have been sufficient to put a stop to the turkish aggression if the reports are arc true the difficulty may assume serious import inasmuch agthe as the trouble has a close connection with the railroad aspirations of the powers in the bilkins bilk ins while preparations or are e being mode for a war on the border the revolutionary party in turkey is said to b be C increasing its revolutionary agnalt agitation 1 the league is issuing proclamations proclamation i urging the population to protest in every v way ay possible a against alast the warlike plans of the sultan st petersburg feb 17 the published reports of an impending ir between russia and are causing great excitement in all classes of society the army officers seem to consider a rupture between the two nations as in liable and even the conservative serva tive politicians are wrought up baciu ifune iF uie e of the prospect travelers who hive recently arrived from siberia report for several months there has been an unbroken movement of siberian troops to the sout toward turkestan Turk estan from chich they could most easily reach the turkish frontier pittsburg pa I 1 feb 16 the annual nood flood of the rivers and streams holds pittsburg in its grasp today and is spread spreading ina ruin and dis dilister di iter sister in its path after it haj bad reached thirty and seven tenths feet at noon today the water began to recede the danger mark in this city is twenty wo two ft feet the damage it is estimated will run up to several million dollars and it is thought that three men hai hae e been drowned the suffering caused by the high water is intense thousands 1 hou sands of persons are living in the upper flocks of their homes home using skiffs as a means of transportation ane lower portions of their homes ire filled with water to add to the suffering of the victims the icat weather lier grew cold today tod ay and snow fell the gas connections of the houses hac h been severed and in their present damp condition life is mado for the unfortunate occupants ts salt like city fob feb 19 W S mccornick president of the rutih Niti onil b bink ink s ls that lie does not look for any new developments it in the of tho the man who took aiom the reserve vault of that institution until the experts have completed their voik on oil the books of the ban bank he says that if the books are found perfect the suspicions uspicio ns which i t the ahe officers have con concerning corning the dilip i q pe bearance arance of the money will be confirmed while if there is anti hing suspicious 0 us about the books there will be a new clue to guide the detectives IV F adams formerly vice president of the bank called on chief of police pitt yesterday and asked whether bother botha or not the local police are at work A ork on the mystery mr pitt told him thit the police had bad not been asked to assist the private detectives and f for or that reason the department had done don e nothing since the robbery became inov known n mr adams has made every effort to assist in clearing up the mystery for the reason that he does not desire anyone other than the guilty person to suffer on account of the crime the story that mr adams left his position in the bank because of the robbery is not believed by anyone an one who is familiar with the facts for it is known that his resignation was in the hands of Pr eident mccornick mek several months before the robbery was aas committed bitted salt lake city feb 16 two hundred men employed as machinists blacksmiths boilermakers helpers and assistants in the rio grande granda shops in salt lake have been laid off until march 2 notice to this effect is posted in the door of the shops it states that only the men acu tally needed to keep the trains running will be employed from now unil march 2 and these men are to be designated by the foremen of the dif different Terent departments |
