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GERMAN-ENGLISH TROUBLE
Future Relations of the Two Nations
Still in Doubt.
OL AKKEL IX THE ROYAL FAMILY
Prince Frederick Leopold Confined for
Two Weeks In a Castlo-llis Wife
Said to Have Attempted Sui
cide at a Skating Park.
Berlin, Jan. 2. In view of the fact
that the future of Germany's relations
with Knglnml Is involved In doubt.
Chancellor Prince Von Hohenlohe has
sent assuring communications to the
governments at Vienna and Koine
pointing out that any diplomatic action
which might be taken by the Berlin
government would not involve either
the triple alliance or the individual In
terests. of Austria or Italy. It Is un
derstood that the chancellor's coniunl
cath4 expressed entirely pacific Inten
tions on the part of Germany towards
Knglund and also a belief that a good
mutual understanding between Ger
many and Ureat Britain would be re
stored at an early day.
It is known thut the Italian govern
ment, fearing that the agreement with
Lord Salisbury for the co-oneiution of
the Italian ami British squadrons in the
event of certain contingencies In the
Mediterranean might be disturbed by
a rupture betvveni Kiiglund and Ger
many, has asked certain explanations
from Germany, and it Is probable also
that Austria lias wanted to know how
the emperor viewed lCugland's war
like demonstrations,. In these elrcuni
stances Prince Hohenlohe, having noth
ing to conceal, could reply frankly thut
the whole matter was a question be
tween Germany and Knglund alone,
ind ii Is not deemed possible that the
chancellor could huve given such as
surances while' Cerninn diplomacy was
seeking to form a Kuropean coalition
originated in Kngland and ought now
to be knocked In the heud. Germany
bus not sought nor does she seek any
uctive allies In her endeavor to check
Kngllsh encroachments in the Trans
vaal endangering Germans and Ger
man Investments there and In Delugna
bay.
should Not Cnnso AnsJetv.
It Is not a question that ought to dis
turb the peuce of Europe or to cause
uny European powers to intervene ex
cept those concerned in the recent
hinterland conventions. The govern
ment h'-re has not suggested any Kuro
pean conference, but the envoy of the
Transvaal republic. Dr. Beelaerts Van
Hlocklunil. Willie in Berlin, spoKe or
such "a conference as among possible
expedients. The Boer envoy has been
in t'mis consulting witn ine r renru
government In regard to the situation
In the Transvaal, und If the troubles
there become more aggravated und
Kngluud refuses the Boers a Just settle
ment, the result will be thut the Trans
vual government will make an appeal
for a conference of the powers to dis
pose of the whole mutter, hut there is
no reason why Germany or Frunce !
should Insist Upon such u comerence.
This is the seini-otllclal view or tne
situation, but It obviously omits from
calculation the results of Knglund's re
jecting the offices of a conference and
ulso Knglund's declining to accept the
view taken by the Berlin government
that the allied powers composing the
drelbund could not be affected or thut
dipiomutic hosltllitlru could and should
be limited to fixed areas. It Is signifi
cant, too. to tind Prince Bismurck, who
is no friend to Kngllsh pretensions,
werning the Berlin government
through the Hamburger Nachrichten
against making external and Internal
peine by the udoptlon of a policy of
adventurous intervention. The Nach
richten describes the tusk of the Ger
man government as that of walking at
a great height upon a tight rope.
The Koynl guurrcl.
The quarrel between the Kaiser and
Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussiu,
husband of the empress's sister, over
the prince's harsh treatment of his
wife after her recent accident In break
ing through the ice while skating near
Glenlcke castle. Potsdam. Is still the
absorbing" topic of discussion In society.
The prince's period of arrest and con
finement in a room In the castle is over,
but the feud between him and the em
peror Is not terminated by any means.
The origin of the present row between
the two, dates back to the time when
the princess, who was enclente and
on the eve of accouchement, attended
a state ball, and despite her condition
danced throughout the function. The
empress, the princess' sister, spoke to
her about what she characterized as
disgraceful conduct and got snubbed
for her pains. This resulted In a cool
ness between the sisters.
"When the princess broke through the
ice and came near drowning the em
press called at Glenlcke castle to Inquire
as to her condition, and the princess
refused to receive her. The empress
nevertheless remained at the castle and
sent for the emperor. The emperonhat
once rode from the new palace to
Glenlcke castle, and a furious quarrel
ensued between the kaiser and the
prince, who fiercely resented the em
peror's Interference In his family af
fairs. During the period of the prin
cess' confinement In the fortress of the
castle, which lasted two weeks, guards
with loaded rifles were placed before
every entrance to the castle and all
lights were ordered extinguished at 8
o'clock In the evening.
Distorted Humors.
Socialistic malice has seized the occa
sion to orculate the very worst rumors
concerning the quarrel. The Vorwa
erts, the principal socialist organ, is
the most conspicuous offender in this
respect and reproduces the report that
the princess, when she was rescued
from the Icy waters, had no skates. The
only Inference to be drawn from this
fact, the Vorwaerts declares, Is that
the breaking through the ice was not
an accident, but a deliberate attempt
on the part of the princess to commit
suicide because of the brutal treatment
to which she was constantly subjected
by her husband.
The Hamburg Correspondent re-asserts
that British suzerainty over the
Transvaal cannot be admitted Inas
much as it ceased in 184.
Pretoria, Transvaal, Jan. 12. Sixty
members of the reform committee at
Johannesburg are now under arrest
It Is believed that only tne five ring
leaders will be detained.
FOUND A ROBBER'S DEN.
A Snug House in the Woods Among the
Hooks.
Reading, Pa.. Jan. 12. A genuine rob
bers' den wan accidentally found by
three rabbit hunters near Hereford, this
county. Daniel Hrhlffert. Adam gull
man and Harvey Hell were hunting In
the woods of Jesse 1J. Gery, and their
dog ran a rabbit Into the den..
It Is about ::Oo yards from the public
road, on the side of great rock six feet
Wide, eight feet long and at iti highest
point about nine feet. At the lower end
of the rock the man who built the hut
placed a rail lengthwise, nnii then cov
ered it with rails to make a roof. The
latter he covered with earth and leaves.
At the entrance to the hut there was a
door made-of twigs and moss, so that It
was utterly Impossible to be discovered.
The robber had a neat bed made upon
short poles. At one end of the den he
did his cooking on Hat stones, neatly ar
ranged with a pipe leading through the
rails to the outside.
Instde were found cooking utensils,
consisting of pans, bowls, ets.. an axe,
box of shoe blacking, cup tumbler, wash
bowl., a pot of lard, etc. in unother
corner a spring of crystal water Issued
from the earth. Alongside there were
several shelves. Hundrds of people
have visited the place and crawled In
side to inspect the hut.
X0 WAR if PROSPECT.
The London Standard Gives Authorized
' Opinions on the Transvaal and Vene
zuelan Commission.
Ixindon, Jan. 12. The Standard will
tomorrow suy that It Is In a position
to state that President Kruger has made
no demand for a change in the existing
stipulations of the treuty between the
South African republic and Great Brit
ain. The Standard will further say: "It Is
now explained from Berlin that the em
peror's message to President Kruger,
instead of indicating a new departure
in German foreign policy, was at the
most, an expression of momentary Ir
ritation, which we are authorized to
declare hus passed uwuy. leaving the
relations between Germany and Great
Britain as friendly us heretofore."
In an editorial the Standard will say
that the communications It publishes
relative to the attitude of Germany
and the Transvaal, and the publication
of the papers on tin Venezuelan dlfll
culty are all authoritative. It udils:
"Urged by friendly public opinion. In
the United Stutes to place before the
world as soon as may be the British
case as regards the controversy with
Venezuela, the cabinet ou Suturduy (li dded
to respond to tills amicable Invi
tation by publishing the muteriul docu
ments In Its possession beurlng thereon.
Of fur more Interest to the Kngllsh peo
ple than the problems to be faced In
South Africa or the relations of this
country with uny other power are Its
relutions with the United States, und we
gludly take the opportunity of bearing
testimony to the mugnuninious attitude
of the American tuition towards us at
a moment when communities lesj gen
erous thought, apparently, thut a favor
able opportunity had uiisen for adopt
ing towards us a tone of Insult. If not
of i.'.etiuce. Instead of taking udvun
tage of the augmentation of our anxi
eties and the multiplication of our as
sailants, the America) people, with a
spirit that does them honor and which
is appreciated by us, huve not only ab
stained from endeavoring to add to our
perplexities, but where they did not ac
tually offer us '.heir sympathy they
have maintained an honorable, cour
teous reserve. That Is conduct worthy
of them, and It has not unnaturally In
spired the Kngllsh government with a
desire to meet our kinsfolk across the
Atlantic in a friendly spirit.
Lord Salisbury, as we announce else
where, has decided nut to wait for the
meeting of parliament, but will publish
au bouii us' they can be got ready all the
documents in his possession bearing
upon the disputed boundary between
British Gulau und Venezuela. As we
huve already said, the attitude of the,
people of the I'nited Slates during the
pust week has materially Influenced the
prime minister's decision, Just us It haft
quickened the feeling of ftiend:dii; en
tertained by Knglisbmen for those who
speak their tongue and share their liter
ature on the other side of the ocean.
The maintenance of friendly relutions
Willi the I'nited Slates must always be
a consideration of the first Importance
for Great Britain. We say this to the
American people with the uhsolut
candor of deep seated cordiullty."
The foregoing urtliie Is leaded
throughout and Is evidently Inspired
by the government.
ARM I'M AX 31 A RT YUS.
lifty Thousand VUtlmi of Mohammedan
I ut y - Inhumanity of trance
Lcndon, Jan. 12. The Constantinople
representative of the I'nited Press,
telegrn phing under date of yesterduy,
says that more complete tables of the
persons hilled and property destroyed
In the provinces of Ilarpoot and Dlar
beklr show that ITS towns nnd villages,
containing N.O.'O Armenian houses, were
burned. The Armenians In these towns
and villages numbered M.000, and of
these 15.815 were killed. Th's excludes
the uncertain reports of killings.
M. t'nmbon, the French ambassador,
estimates the total number of Armeni
ans killed in Anatolia at 50,001).
It Is stated that the French govern
ment, through the Influence of Munlr
Bey, the Turkish ambassador, will
agree to surrender to the sultan Turk
ish subjects In France who are wanted
by the Porte.
RUSSIA'S ATTITUDE.
The Czar Will Support Germany in Her
Stnnd Against I nfilnnJ.
St. Petersburg. Jan. 12. The auto
graph letter of Emperor William to the
czar was brought to this city by Prince
Von Kadolin. the German ambassador
to Russia. The letter reviews the gen
eral situation, especially the Transvaal
and Egyptian questions.
The czar told Prince Von Radolin that
he entirely concurred in the views and
aims of Kmperor William, who was
taking the lead against Kngland's arro
gance, and added that the German em
peror could firmly rely on his support
and the support of the states friendly
to Russia, namely, France and the
United States.
Will Recognize the Commission.
London, Jan. 12. The Dally News
will tomorrow suy that Lord Salisbury
has refused to agree to arbitration of
the Guiana boundary dispute on the
terms proposed by Venezuela and has
also declined to recognize the request
of the United States to trace boundary,
but if the American commission dellne
what In their oplnlnn the terms should
be, and If a Kuropean power will then
act as arbitrator all Interests would be
satisfied.
Lunatic at Large.
Harrlsburg, Pa., Jan. 12 Samuel Green,
whose home Is at Altoonn, escaped this
evenig from the Harrlsburg insane hos
pital and was still ut large ut a late hour
tonight. Green is a dangerous lunatic
ami Is said to have repeatedly sworn th.it
If he ever escaped from the asylum lie
would go home and kill his wife and chil
dren. Jealous Hungarian's Crime.
Reading. Pa., Jan. 12. In a quarrel to
night Mike Po-okoskl, a Hungarian,
plunged a dirk into the body of John Ep
grove, a Polander, and Intileted injuries
which are likely to prove fatal. The tab
blng, it Is said, was the result of jealousy,
Rpgrove was removed o the hospital.
Butler Not a Candidate.
Washington, Jan. 12. Senator Butler,
of North Carolina, when seen tonight by
a United Press reporter, said t.iat so far
as he was concerned, there was nothing
In the story about his bring a candidate
en the Poput.n presidential ticket,. . .
All ill
Frequent Applause in tbe First
Presbyterian Churcb,
FOUR FIERY ADDRESSES
By Colonel H. H. Boies, Judge Al
fred Hand, A. W. Dickson and
Rev. Dr. James IcLeod.
Speeches on tbe Armenian Question
Rouse the Audience to Out
bursts of Enthusiasm.
MANY PATRIOTIC UTTERANCES
The Meeting Was Called to Protest Against
the Turkish Butchery of Armenian Chris
tian and to l-stabllsh a Fund lor Their Re
lief The Speeches Were Replete with Patri
otism and Religious Zeal-Occurrence Was
Never Precedentcd In This City.
j A scene unprecedented perhaps In the
1 church history of Scranton was that
' witnessed last night In the First Pres
I bytetian church, when four speakers
tejverc each applauded to the echo for
j n?cr sentiments of Indlgnution against
j the treatment of Armenian Christians
by the Turkish government. Such out
I bursts of enthusiasm are seldom ob
served, and additional weight Is given
the occurrence from the fuct that It
I happened on a Subbath night and in a
! house of worship. The church was
filled.
The speakers were Colonel H. M.
Boles, Judge Alfred Hand, A. W. Dick
son and Rev. Dr. James McLeod, the
pastor of the church.
Colonel Holes, whose characteristics
make him especially prone to vehement
outbursts ugulnst wrong-doing in any
form, with difllculty read from his
manuscript. In trembling voice, agi
tated manner and frequent utterances
of wrath against Turkish brutality, he
plainly showed how the subject ap
pealed to ldm and the audience readily
fell Into accord with his views. His
was the first address, and a faint clap
ping of hands. Irresistibly developed
Into a volume of applause when he re
marked that. If no Kuropean nation
would, it was timi for the I'nited States
to grapple with the Turkish monster
i and choke him to death and then divide
' his estate among his proper Kuropean
heirs.
.ledgo Hand's Sentiments.
That the Pulled States should go to
Turkey with bullets In one hand and
bread In the other was the sentiment
expressed by Judge llund. Rather than
be miscuoted and thus avoid ih -
I spnnslbility of his emphatic and radical
MtlltelllentM III) ilf.l ltl, felt, imnn 1,1a
well-known fluency, but read from care
fully prepared manuscript. He did not
hesitute to uver that the world was on
the verge of a crisis of wars bloody and
terrific and gave a comprehensive out
line of the situation from a political
religious standpoint.
tn I llekMnn'u tintma 111... .t.-.
m -"'"" ..kiuii, iinc tout ill
Coioifl'I Boies, liable to forceful state
ments of robust nnd emphatic earnest
I hiss without fear of consequence or
! criticism, von the applause of his hear-
ers by averring that the protests of an
Indignant and 4'ighteously angered
I people must indicate the policy of the
i mien Mates government in striking
a blow for liberty, religious liberty. In
Tin key. The First Presbyterian church,
he suld. Is a small church. Scranton a
! small city, Pennsylvania a small state,
I considering the extent of the world, but
if the tea occurrence In Boston harbor
or Patrick Henry's "liberty or death"
i utterance roused a nation, it would not
! be unreasonable to sunuose that last
I night's meeting might Indicate a sweep
I ing demand from the whole I'nited
States.
Probably never before durino- his resi
dence In Scranton has the Impetuous
Dr. McLeod spoken with such an out
burst as characterized his last night's
address. He, too. was accorded the
same kind of applause its was given the
other speakers, especially when he re
marked upon atrocities of former cen
turies as child's play with the present
Vitcherles which would exact from the
next truthful historian the blackest and
bloodiest page of history ever recorded.
In opening the meeting Dr. McLeod
simply announced Its purpose and intro
duced Colonel Boies as the treasurer se
lected by the meeting of the Pastors
union last Monday In the Voung Men's
Christian association building. Colonel
Boies said:
Colonel Holes' .Speech.
Nowhere on the face of the earth do the
authentic records of the human race cast
their illuminating rays so far back into
the mists of antiquity; nowhere are
found such stuuendou movements nf
primeval Intelligence, skill; and power
nownere are ine annuls oi ntstory so re
plete with the greatest names of humani
ty. Involved with the ripe and fall of so
many powerful nations, , or made so horri
ble by the narration of slaughter and
rapine from the earliest times to the
present, as In he country which has
wailed and shrieked under the bloody
hand of the merciless Turk for the last
live centuries.
The crimson banner of cruelty waves
over Ararat, where the race began Its
second trial, over Bethlehem, where Its
Saviour was born, and Calvary, where
its redemption was accomplished and all
the sacred scenes of His earthly life. Its
baleful shadow blasts and depopulates a
land of unsurpassed fertility, well
watered and beautiful, which has a tem
poral and salubrious climate, has sus
tained anil Is capable of sustaining
countless millions of people, from the
Black Sea to the cataracts of the Nile,
and exacts tolls at the vast pyramid
of chiefs, which, according to Paluzzl
SmVth, the astronomer royal, was erect
ed by Melehlzedee 4.0U0 years ago to mark
the center of land surface of it he globe,
at the Intersection of the 30th degree of
latitude, sone must favorable to human
lire, with that meridian of longitude
which bisects the longest continent and
largest ocean. The traveler who
penetrates that land of pathetic
associations and history, may Und
there the ruins of Thebes, Mem
phis, Heliopolls, Alexandria, Tyre ami
Sldon, Jerusalem. Troy and hundreds of
great cities of forgotten names. He may
read the records of Barneses and the Pha
rouhs, of Cyrus Darius 8'nachaiib, of
Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon; and
the crusaders of Agamemnon, Xenophon
Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, where mey
Inscribed them u;-oa the rocks.
There, on a little hill, on the borders
of the beautiful plain of Coelo-Byrla, Its
fertile toll some fifteen miles wide, north
ward from Hermen. 150 miles toward Ara
rat. It was my melancholy privilego last
spring to drop nfcar vcm the grav cf
our common ancestor, A'oah The tomb
was built of marble and enclosed In a
building of stone. For lack of space on
the hill, 'they told us. they were obliged to
bury him with his legs bent to the knees
In a well. -Judging from the length of the
tomb, Noah was a greater man than I
had Imagined. From his knees up he
must have been I'M feet high and provi
dently designed for deep water. From
this hill as far as the eye could reach no
human habitation could he seen, though
the soil Is full of the potsherds of for
mer generations, and the mounds mark
ing the plaoo of former villages abound.
Fairest Land on Earth.
About Buullic, where are now but a
few dozen hovels, once millions must have
lived In luxury and wealth, the fairest
land on earth lays waste, and the little
remnant of terror-stricken paupers, who
eko out a miserable existence on what
the rapacious tax-gatherer leaves them
from the cultivation of 'their fields, hide
themselves In the gorges of the moun
tains. Wherever the bounties of nature exceed
nnd overcome the ordinary rapacity of
the Sultan, and the people Increase In
numbers and property, he turns loose his
savage soldiery 'to rob and murder 27
per cent, of the annual product of .land
and hand his tax-gatherer takes, twenty
seven bushels out of every hundred raised
must be turned over by every producer
before he may take even a handful to eat.
About one-half of this spoil of the people
reaches the coffers of the Sultan, but not
one cent Is spent for the benefit of the
public; It, all goes for palaces and pleas
ure and the nialntenoce of his army and
power.
There are no such things as publln Im
provements known in the Turkish do
main, except such n are necessary for
the keeping of the soldiers, and Ihelr
movement. His Judlclury and civil or
ganization Is but a variation of the
scheme of plunder. The only test of fit
ness for oltUe is the amount of back
sheesh offered for the appointment. So
it happens that as the tenure of office
Is at the pleasure of the Sultan, every
judge and official Is in great haste to
Iget his backsheesh returned to him.
Kvery suit Is decided by the amount of
the bribe received.
The social condition of the cities of
Turkey Is corrupt and vile beyond the
rxpressiou of civilized "tongues. Were I
to attempt to tell in their plum what I
huve heard about this, it would, breuk
up this meeting.
The Turkish rule Is In no sense a gov
ernment. It has ever been, and Is now,
simply a military dtspotism for the sole
purpose of plunder Founded upon and
held together by religions fanaticism, tha
cui'HIniil Tirltieliile nf which Ih thA evlerml.
nation of disbelievers, It has no sense .of
humanity or mercy. It opposes the edu
cation und elevation of the people; It
sustains no charitable or bunevolent In
stitutions; no almshouses, hospitals for
the sick or Injured, the doaf, or blind, or
insane, except for its soldiers. It is a
relic of barbarism which has no logical
standing In the present age. It has fed
upon Its own vitals until it Is grown too
weak to stand alone, and cunningly pro
longs, its existence by playing upon the
jealousy of its neighbors to sustain it.
former Horrible Atrocities.
Three times within my own short mem
ory, since IXliA, it has wantonly butchered
with clrcustanres of horrible atrocity,
worse than that of Apachee Indians, an
entire people for the paltry plunder of
their poor hovels and herds and the ra
pine of the women and children, in Leb
imorf. In Bulgaria, and now during the
terrible months of the last year in Ar
menia. The so-called civilized national
neighbors stand by and permit the slaugh
ter and pillage to go on.
Men and brethren, these things ought
not so to be. The hand that holds not
back the stroke of murder, even at the
risk' of lis own life, is qullty of blood.
Whatever may be the Interests, politics,
or remote consequences, power has but
one duty In these circumstances, and
that Is effectual exertion. If the bystand
ers are unable to restrain all who hear
the cry for help must rush to the rescue.
Nations must be governed upon the same
principles as Individuals and communi
ties. If Russia, Austria. Italy, Germany,
France or Kngland, who have been watch
ing one unother like a Una of football
players, all summer, about the mouth of
the Dardanelles, none of them dare rush
In and stop their destruction of Christian
Armenia, this horrid butchery which
shocks humanity, let the strong right
arm of America shoot out across the At
lantic and the Medlteranlan, throttle and
rhoke the life out of this inhuman mon
ster and divide up his estate among his
legitimate heirs.
This Nation's Diitr.
This mighty nation of seventy millions,
organized by the doscendents of the Pil
grims upon the principle of complete re
ligious toleration, which flings Its mailed
gauntlet with patriotic: enthusiasm Into
the face of its nearest blood-relative and
most powerful enemy, in a dispute about
the application of an IndclinlteUheory to
an Imaginary linn in the uninhabited
mountains nnd swamps of Venezuela,
must be adjudged thrice cowardly and
guilty If It hesitates any longer to exert
all Its power to save two millions of help
less Christian Armenians. Their dying
Shriek for help has pierced our ears. We
cannot remain insensible to this cry of
humanity, which drowns all other con
siderations, of Monroe doctrine, entan
gling alliances or what not. If tradition
or policy. We are compelled to act, and
that at once
The voice of the people which rules In
this land must make Itself heard In the
halls of congress and the white house In
tones of command. Whoever keeps silent
must bear the responsibility. This to me
seems the first duty of Americans In the
premises. The next is to pour out liberal
ly of our store of money and provision to
feed the starving women and children
who are shivering and dying about the
embers of their ruined homes ami the
graves of their murdered husbands and
fathers. '
We cannot permit a people which has
preserved Christianity Independently In
Its mountain fastnesses since the year
after the crucifixion to be dot rayed off
the face of the earth In cold blood at the
close of the nineteenth century. Kvcry
man. woman or child who can spare the
price of a loaf of bread ought 'to send
It at once to save a perishing people.
Would to God there might be such an
futlfurst Kit Christian charity In this
country that our government would dis
patch a whole fleet as a convoy to a fleet
of merchantmen loaded with provisions
10 Kzeroun within thirty days.
Whatever may be sent me for this pur
pose shall he forwarded immediately by
the surest channels obtainable.
Following Colonel Boles' speech and
In referring to it Dr. McLeod told the
audience it was justified in its applause
of the speaker's patriotic and Christian
words, "even in the house of God," he
added.
Judge Hand then spoke with a calm
ness and exactness indicative of his
confidence In the truth and wisdom of
what he said and If the wrapt attention
and plaudits of an auditory is any cri
terion, the speaker's standpoint was
vouched for. He said:
Christian World Horrified.
The Christian world Is horrified and
startled at the slaughter of the Innocents
at the close of this nineteenth century.
Those who have named upon them the
name of Christ and are not already Im
molated on the altar of Islam are !n
perils and horrors and starving for food.
Death to them would be sweet. They are
In the relentless grasp of the wily, cruel,
desperate unspeakable Turk. Our sym
pathies, our Indignation, our anger are
aroused. But the question and, cry to Al
mighty God is what can we do? and How
can we best do it? 1 propose to answer
this question llrst by a few facts and then
by the expression of a religious hope.
We have reached. It seems to me, a
rrkds in the world's history. The world
Is at peace today and yet never so pre
pared for war. Gunboats, flying squad
rons. Iron-cluds, engines of war never so
deadly were never so plenty. But we are
at peace and the massacre of the Ohrls
tlons and the faith of the Chrlstlun vexes
the world.
We are at peace and yr t never was war
more threatened. Kngland with the
Transvaal, (itrmnny with Kngland
America with Knuland. Russia ready to
Jo.n us If we will pay so, and If wars
ccme tho world will see as It never has a
carnage of blood which will make the an-
(Continued on Page J.i
THE DEBUTES OF THE WEEK
Silver Coinage Questions Wilt Occupy
Time in Sennte.
AX EARLY VOTE WILL BE TAKEN
Silver and Anti-Silver Men Are Kot
Inclined to Cause Delay by Long
Speeches The House Pension Bill
Will Awaken Kloquonco.
"Washington, Jan. 12. The debate in
tho senate this week will be very much
like the debate during- the extra session,
when congress was convened for the
purpose of repealing the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act. The silver
substitute to the house bond bill Is now
the unfinished business and will be
railed up any day at the conclusion of
the morning hour. No one has given
notice of the intention to speak during
the week, but the subject Is fruitful in
debate and a number of speeches will
be delivered. There appears, however,
to be a disposition on the part of both
silver and antl-sllver men to permit
the question to come to a vote without
delay. It Is believed the free coinage
substitute will pass by at least & halt
dozen votes.
The finance committee meets again
In regular session Tuesday and the Re
publican members, counting on the vote
of Mr. Jones, of Nevada, conlldently
expect at that time to report the tariff
bill aa It came from the house, in ac
cordance with the sentiment of tho Re
publican caucus of last week.
The Pension mil.
The house will probably continue to
morrow the consideration ot tha rule
regulating the counting of a quorum,
which alone remains to be acted upon.
That can be disposed of at one session
It Is believed, but whenever it Is out of
the way, the general pension appropria
tion bill will be catled up. These ore
the only matters now In sight to engage
the attention of the house this week,
and they may occupy the entire time.
Ai number of members, It Is understood,
are anxious to make speeches on the
pension question and as there is nothing
else on the docket, as yet, their long
ings are likely to be satisfied.
Whenever the senate shall return the
revenue or bond bill, with amendments,
Its consideration will at once supersede
all other business, but neither one Is
expected to reach the house this week.
There may be a diversion by the presen
tation of a reply by the secretary of the
state to any one of the four or five
resolutions of Inquiry which the house
passed week before last, but no Inti
mation has been given as far as known,
that any of the replies will be transmit
ted by the president this week.
KKTb'EirS ANCESTRY,
The President of South African Rcpublle
. Trades Ills Desent from Queen Chris
tain. Who Ruled Sweden In- IBM.
Chicago, Jan. 12. A. C. Kruger, of
1141 Dunning street, Is a cousin of
President Taul Kruger, of the Trans
vaal. South Africa. The Chicagoan and
his distinguished cousin claim to be de
scended from the royal family of Vasa,
through Christina, queen of Sweden,
and, with other relatives, are parties to
a suit against the Swiss government
for the recovery of $23,000,000, part of
Christina's estate.
Mr. Kruger has been a resident of
the Vnlted States for more than forty
years, eighteen of which have been
passed In this city. He Is the Inventor
of several patents which havo greatly
facilitated work in certain branches of
the leather business. When seen at his
home today Mr. Kruger said:
"My grandfather was Commodore
Kruger. an officer In the Swedish navy,
who, being on a mission from the Swed
ish government to tho Swedish settle
ments in Delaware and Now Jersey,
was. by his own enthusiasm and per
sonal feeling for the Americans then
lighting against the British yoke.' In
duced to join the Americans. He fitted
out a vessel, of which he took command,
and helped to destroy the Kngllsh pri
vateers sent out against tho Americans.
The island in the Hudson still known
as 'Kruger's Island,' was deeded to my
grandfather by the Indinns."
The Kruger family came originally
from Swedish Pomeranla, when that
Baltic province formed a part of the
Swedish kingdom. It Is now a province
of Russia, having been ceded to Russia
by the Swedish government In 1815.
Some members of the Kruger family
still reside on the ancestral estates
near Stargardt, Pomeranla, and this
fact and their descent from the roval
family of Vasa perhaps exnlatn the
more than ordinary interest shown In
President Paul Kruger by Emperor
William, of Germany.
Queen Christina, of Sweden, abdicat
ed the Swedish throne In 1645. She left
Sweden and settled In Rome, where she
embraced the Catholic faith. Contem
porary and later historians claim she
wns one of the most remarkable women
of her time, and It Is a historical fact
that she entered Into a secret marriage
with one of her favorites. 'From this
union the Krugers claim descent from
this illustrious Swedish queen.
FOR A FAITHLESS WIFE.
George Roichel Piles a Divorce Suit and
Then Commits Suicide.
Macon, Mo., Jan. 12. George P.
Relchel cut his throat after having filed
a suit for divorce from his wife, whom
he charged with infidelity. Relchel
cannot live. Mrs. Relchel is the daugh
ter of Col. Richard Cromwell, and for
years has been a society and church
leader here. Hugh Willis, 17 years old.
of Bowling Green, Mo., a former clerk
In Hoteliers store, is made co-respondent
In his bill Relchel asked that prop
erty deeded over to his wife In 1S!5 be
returned to him, and that lie be given
the custody of their children. He claims
the deed was signed by him when he
was not of sound mind, and that she
coerced him to sign It. Later he claims.
she had him declared Insnne, and sent
to the asylum, from which he was re
leased July lust.
DIES ON BROTHER'S COFFIN.
Peter Hart Suddenly Summoned During a
Decatur I'tinoral.
' Decatur. 111., .Tan. 12. After Rev. O.
H. Hobbs, of the Grace Methodist Kpls
copal church, had finished the funeral
Bervices this afternoon over James
Hart, a well-known traveling sales
reiin, Peter Hart, a brother, while tak
ing a last look at the face of the de
ceased, gave a gusp and fell dead across
the coffin. He was 50 years old und had
not been in robust health.
During the forenoon he had been
about the home of his brother doing
what he could to aid In preparing for
the funeral. James Hart died after a
lingering illness, of heart disease, and
the death of his brother, is attributed
to the same cause.
TT4
Y'S
Owing to the great
success of our annual
Linen Sale we will
continue it a few days
longer. We have
added a few special
Items of interest 9
our patrons.
72 inch Cream DamssSft1
49c.
72 inch Cream Daniftsjtf
63c.
66 inch Cream Daffladcj
50c.
72 inch Silver Bleach,
Damask, $1.00.
Cream and bleached German !!mrt
damask (the genuine article), German
linen towels and toweling, damaslc
napkins, 79c; German damask nap
kins. $1.45; odd lots of napkins at special
prices, full line of towels and the best
hem stitched huck towel ever shown
at $3 per dozen. - -
We have secured another lot of out
celebrated 98 cent counterpanes.
Bust In the market.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
I896
Increase every day in
the year; more good shoes
make more good friends
114 AMD 118 WYOMINO AVE.
.WISHES EVERYBODY i , ;j
A
Happy
New
Year.
Great reductions in
prices before taking
inventory in ... .
Watcks, Biam
408 Spruce St.
Near Dime Bank.
AN AWFUL MISTAKE.
The Man killed as a Train Robber Was a
Wealthy Prospector.
Huntington, W. Vn., Jan. 12. Persons
arriving here from Lincoln county
state that the man killed In that county,
supposed to be Hogan, who Is wanted
In Illinois for wrecking a train, wus
Jesse Montague of Boone county, w ho
was in that section prospecting with a
view of buying coal lands. letters
found on his person at the inquest sub
stantiate the fact. He was very weal
thy nnd had a considerable sum of
money on his person when killed.
Brumneld and Rerjrer, w ho attempted
the arrest, have been placed under ar
rest, although Berger Is in a crltlcul
state from wounds received from Mon
tague's revolver before he was killed.
It Is snpiKistd that Montague took them
for ruldi.-rs. Printed circulars sent out
from Ctilcugn, olTcring u large reward
for Hopan. caused the tragedy. Mon
tague tilled the den, -riii! ion of Hogan,
even to a small scar over his right eye,
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania,
colder; northwesterly winds.
fair
m
AMJA
MEN
Will Be Busy
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