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[Illustration:  The great round world and what is going on in it.]

Vol. 1 July 15, 1897.  No. 36

It is reported from Thessaly that the Turks are ruining the country.

The correspondent who sent the news, having managed to escape the notice of the Turkish officials, claims to have made a personal examination of the state of affairs in the city of Larissa.

He found that all the houses, except those inhabited by Mohammedans, had been stripped of their contents, and he was informed on the best authority that many car-loads of plunder had been sent by the soldiers to the Turkish town of Elassonna.

In Turnavo, another city of Thessaly, the same condition of affairs exists as in Larissa.  Here, however, the inhabitants had some warning of the coming of the Turks, and had time to remove many of their valuables before the enemy arrived.

The condition of Thessaly is desperate.  The harvests are rotting in the fields.  The peasants dare not attempt to gather them in, for fear of the Turkish soldiers, who, under pretence of seeking for arms, beat them unmercifully until they hand over what money or valuables they have.

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The governorship of Crete has been offered to Monsieur Droz, the ex-president of Switzerland.

It is said that he has accepted on condition that he is first to be given an opportunity of seeing how he can get along with the Cretans.

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The latest report from Cuba is that General Gomez has been wounded, and some say killed.

There was a fight in the province of Puerto Principe, and during the action General Gomez’s horse was killed under him and the old soldier wounded.

The whole story comes from the Spanish side, and so the Cubans, before being disturbed by the news, are waiting for it to be confirmed.

The insurgents have been very active during the last few days.

It is reported that they have had the good fortune to intercept a couple of valuable Spanish expeditions, securing in one a prize of $200,000, and in the other $3,000 in cash, $1,700 worth of medicines and two carts laden with provisions.

We are, however, sorry to tell you that the Cubans are beginning to adopt the same cruel methods toward the Spaniards that the Spaniards have been using against them.