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Tils- Is
'..NOT-
A Clearing
Sale of Silks
EXTRA SPECIAL
The facts are simply these. We got
hold of a little parcel of the best
Silks on the market at a price far
below their real value. The lots In
each number are small and not
withstanding the fact that we
could not today buy more desirable
goods at regular prices for the coin
ing spring trade, we've decided be
cause of the smallness of the lots,
to let these Silks go on the same
terms as they've just come to us.
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In handsome Muck Duchess Silks,
the most popular weave In t'ushlon's
, realm. ,
LOT 1
-7 pieces 22-Inch, worth $1.00.
SPIUMAU I'KICK, 7.r.c
-5 pieces, 22 Inches wide, worth
SPECIAL PIUCK, 9'.c.
-4 pieces, 22 Inches wide, worth
SPECIAL PRICE, $1.19.
-rt pieces, 22 Inches wide, worth
SPECIAL PIUCK, $1.29.
-3 pieces, 24 Inches wide, worth
SPECIAL PRICE, $1.43.
-2 pieces, 24 Inches wide, worth
SPECIAL PRICE, J1.69.
I.OT 2
iot a-
$1.00.
ivr.4
. $1.6;.
j-ot R
i.s:.. LOT 6
2.2u.
Bargain
In New
Taffeta Silk
LOT 115 pieces latest style Brocade
i Taffeta Silks. The designs are unus
t ually handsome. Worth fully $1.00.
SPECIAL PRICE 85c.
.... ,
LOT 210 pieces Black Silks with new
. colored swivel effects. Two styles.
Fully worth $1.25.
. .' , - SPECIAL PRICE, 95c.
' LOT 33 pieces Black Taffeta Silks. 27
inches wide and a heavy make. Keg
- ular value 95c.
' SPECIAL PRICE, 75c.
M25C
You can have what you want of our
well-known 60c. quality In Pure Silk
Stripes. But they won't stay long
with us at that figure.
&1LO-RE
- WAREHOUSE
PROGRAMME OF THE SENATE
Kill I'ruliuuly Accomplish Nothing
This Keck.
BIT LOTS OP TALK IS PROMISED
.Mr. Jones Wishes to Have the I'tah Sen
ators In l ino Uefore a Vote la Taken.
The Monroe Itoctrine Will
lie Discussed Again.
Washington, Jan. 24. The week be
ginning tomorrow ends the second
month this congress has been in ses
sion. Denplte the fact that there has
been no holiday recess, but little has
been accomplished, owing largely to
the consideration In the senate of the
substitute to the house bond bill. Al
though this measure was speedily dis
posed of In the house. It has been the
unfinished business of the senate for
several weeks. The end. however. Is
In sight, for Friday last Mr. Jones, of
Arkansas, in charge of the bill, gave
notice that he would ask the senate to
remain until Thursday, or until the
bill was disposed of. It Is hardly likely
that a vole will be reached on that day,
as a number of senators have expressed
their Intention of speaking to the pend
ing substitute and the time is too short,
after the morning business each day
has been attended to, to permit of the
deliver of the speeches. It Is probable,
however, that before the week Is out
the vote will have been taken and the
free coinage substitute adopted by the
senate.
There can be little doubt as to how
the vote will result. Mr. Jones has
steadfastly refused to agree to a time
for a vote until after the election of the
two new senators from I'tah. They
were due to reuch this city last night,
ond as soon as their election had been
announced, Mr. Jones gave notice to
the senute of his desire to reach a vote
this week. Mr. Jones asserts positively
that the free coinage substitute will be
adopted and he places the majority at
between 5 and 8 votes.
Monroe Doctrine Talk.
Incidentally during the week there
will be more or less discussion on the
Monroe resolution reported by the com
mittee on foreign affairs. Mr. Thurs
ton, of Nebraska, one of the new sena
tors, but u man well known In nation
al politics, has given notice that he will
address the senate on these resolutions
Tuesday and a speech of some force Is
expected from the Nebraska senator.
Quite an urray of talent has been se
cured for the discussion of the silver
Mil this week and If all the gentlemen
who have signified thei Intention are
prepured to speak promptly, there need
be no lugging In the debate. Senator
Nelson, of Minnesota, vn'JI address the
senate tomorrow. Mr. Ti"nan, of
South Carolina, will speak on Tuesday;
It will be his maiden speech In the sen
ate, ami the reputation of the man at
home is such as to lead to great expec
tation from him In the senate. The
other speakers of the week will be Sena
tor Voorhees, who It Is said, will take
Senator Shermun to tusk for his atti
tude on the llnanclul question, and will
puy his respects to the recent bond
syndicate. Mr. Cockerell, of Missouri:
Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon: Mr. Bacon,
of Oeorgla; Mrs. lluiisbrough, and pos
sibly Mr. Hill, of New York, will also
speak on the money question. There
are probably others who have not yet
formally given notice of their Intention.
The Tariff Measure.
Immediately after the silver bill is
out of the way, the tariff measure
passed by the house will be reported
to the senate and that will take pre
cedence as the unfinished. H Is not
known whether this will be favorably
or adveisely ' reported. All depends
upon the vote of Mr. Jones, of Nevada.
If It should be unfavorably reported,
the Republicans will have it placed on
the calendar and they claim to have
enough votes to call It up and give it
the right of way. They also claim to
have a suillclent number of votes to
pass It when the time comes for taking
the vote shall arrive. Both the I'tah
senators, although acknowledged as
silver men, are both said to be favor
able to the Republican policy of pro
tection and will vote for the measure
agreed upon by that party In its recent
caucus.
Already leaders are beginning to
figure on an early adjournment in the
hope that the congress can get away
be foil' the presidential campaign is
fairly on.
PASTOR ONHIS MUSCLE.
I'jccteda Pugilist front Ills House and Is
Arrested for Assault.
Massillon, Ohio, Jan. 26. General as
tonishment was created this afternoon
by the arrest of Rev. E. P. Wise, pas
tor of the Church of Christ, nor was it
diminished by the fact that he was ac
cused of shooting with intent to kill
Albert Arthur, a wrestler and pugilist.
The preacher found Arthur courting
his cook last night and when he refused
to leave by request, not only shoved out
the intruder, but, as he says, threw a
tumbler after him,
Arthur says It was not a tumbler,
but a bullet out of a pistol. Whatever
It was It took effect and the wound Is
quite serious. '
WORK oFpRUNKEN MEN.
Woodchoppers at Vandalla Torture a
Companion by Burning.
Vandalla. 111.. Jan. 26. At Pierron,
a station on the Vandalla road, west of
here, last night, a lot of woodchoppers
camping In the woods got on a spree,
and, because one of their number would
not drink as often as the others thought
It necessary, they stripped him of his
clothing, and, placing him on a stove,
held him there till his flesh was burned
to a crisp.
Then they took 'a red-hot poker and
raked up and down his back, burning
deep furows in the flesh. To finish up
their fiendish work, they smeared mo
lasses and flour over his body from head
to foot and pitched him out of the house.
BIGGEST WAVE OX RECORD.
All ilea Serpent Stories Discounted by the
Crew of the Alls awatd-
Philadelphia, Jan. 2S.-The British
steamship Ailsawald, which arrived
here today from Hamburg, was nearly
swamped last Friday afternodki off the
Georges shoal by a tidal wave. From
the time she lett the other side she met
with heavy weather and on Friday aha
was plunging her way through a rough
sea. Captain Jones and Chief Officer
Geary were on the bridge. They
glanced over the sea and a mile away
saw the most tremendous wave they
ever beheld. It was a seemingly soud
wavo of dark green water capped with
foam and towered as high as the ves
sel's foremast Before the vessel could
be brought head on to the wave. It was
upon them, and striking them on the
port side amidships, passed completely
over the ship, totally submerging it for
a moment. The wave left havoc in Us
path and carried one man overboard to
his death and badly Injured two others.
The man drowned was a Russian sea
man, and the two men Injured were
James Sproyle and Carl Rohrbeck,
sailors. As the wave passed over the
ship it stove In the life boats, swept
the deck of everything movable, ripped
off the hatches and tore away the venti
lators. The water poured down Into
the hold and Into the fire room to the
depth of six feet and It was thought the
steamer would founder. The wave was
followed by a storm of cyclonic char
acter and it was all the Ailsawald
could do to weather It and make port
In safety. It is thought the cargo is
badly damaged by the water shipped.
, FIGHTING M'KINLEY.
A Deal Is Reported to Have Ilecn Made
with the View of Defeating the Tariff
Champion.
Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 26. It was con
fidently asserted yesterday by one of
Major Moore's former trusted lieuten
ants that a deal has been made by
Mayor Moore, of Toledo. George Cox.
of Cincinnati, and Charles Kurts, of
Columbus, with Tom Piatt for the se
lection of an antt-McKlnley delegation
from this state to the St. Louis conven
tion and that the efforts to pass the
present radical "Ripper" bill at Colum
bus.is the mayor's portion of the emolu
ments. The bill gives the mayor ab
solute power and appointment In every
department of city government. The
deal is said to have been made In New
York three weeks ago and the delega
tion is to be for Morton unless it shall
become evident he emihot be nomlnat
de, when It Is to be swung to Allison.
Even State Insurance ommlssioner
Hahn, Governor McKinley's closest ad
viser. Is alarmed over the scheme and
feurful it will go through. It Is only a
portion of a well luld scheme planning
"Ripper" legislation In. several cities
and centering on George Cox, the Cin
cinnati boss, who hus not made public
what favors he Is to receive. Cox
stands closer to Senator Foraker and
Governor Hushnell than any other man
In Ohio.
PHILIP RIPI.EV DEAL).
The Well-known Journalist Ciplres in
New York.
New York. Jan. 26. Philip Ripley, at
one time possibly one of the most wide
ly known uewspaper men In this coun
try, died last night at Bellevue hospital.
The decased was - In- his sixty-ninth
year, lie was born In Hartford, Conn.,
and was educated at Trinity school in
that place.' Shortly after his gradua
tion he started In the newspaper busi
ness and was first employed by Wash
ington Journals. When the war broke
out he was detailed to New Orleans as
war correspondent for a half dozen of
the most prominent newspapers In the
country. He Is suid to have furnished
the most authentic accounts of the but
tles of the rebellion. Several yearsnf
ter the war he came to New York and
since then had been employed on many
newspapers In this city.
He was closely afllliated with all the
old-time newspaper men. notably Hor
ace Greeley, and for a period of years
wrote the famous editorials which were
printed over the name "Hurlburt."
There Is no one now to claim his re
mains, as far as Is known, but a minis
ter of Connecticut. Before Ripley died
he told his physician at Bellevue to send
word to Rev. J. Starr, Newlngton Junc
tion, Hartford county, Connecticut,
which was done.
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AN INSULT TO ENGLAND.
Tho British Ambassador Is Cooly Received
by the Siilton.
London, Jan. 26. The Dally News
will tomorrow publish a dispatch from
Its Constantinople correspondent stat
ing that the Interview had with the
sultan by Sir Philip Currle, the British
ambassador, when he delivered to his
majesty the letter written by Queen
Victoria, was not cordial.
The sultan kept Sir Philip and his
dragoman waiting in a cold room for
an hour before they were admitted Into
his presence. Sir Philip caught a se
vere cold and has been confined to his
room ever since.
MRS. l.UMB USED A KNIFE.
She totally Stabs Henry Coleman During
a Disputo.
West Grove, Pa., Jan. 26. While sev
eral people were visiting on Friday
night at the house of Mrs. Bessie Jack
son a dispute over a trivial matter
arose between Henry Coleman and Mrs.
Georglana Lumb, and the woman finally
became so enraged that she stabbed
Coleman with a butcher knife that was
lying on the table.
Coleman died last night and after
the coroner's Inquest Mrs. Lumb was
committed to jail to await trial. Mrs.
Lumb is colored, as was also Coleman.
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
Mrs. Mattie Porter Discovered With Three
Bullet Holes in Her Head.
Oxford. Pa., Jan. 26. Mrs. Mattie Por
ter, aged 80 years, was found dead with
three bullet holes in her head late this
afternoon. The body was lying on a
bed. The neck of her dress in which she
carried money was cut off. Mrs. Porter
had lived alone for years on a farm
about five miles from Oxford.
She had no faith in banks and carried
large sums of money on her person.
WINS A WIFE AT POKER.
Wisconsin Man Finds Connubial Bliss at
- a Cost of $50.
Bayfield, Wis., Jan. 26. William Mar
quette, aged 53, arrived In town from his
claim on the Cranberry Saturday with
$50 In his pocket. He lost It playing
poker and the man who won the money
agreed to furnish him a wife to make
good his loss. '
At 6 p. m. on Sunday Maquette was
presented to Mary O'Hara, aged 54, a
cook at the St. James hotel. The match
was quickly made and the two were
married two hours later.
FINAL STRUGGLE IN CUBA
The Situation at Havani Grows More
Serious Daily.
ARRIVAL OF WEYLER DREADED.
The ExodueS of Cubans from Havana
Continues General Garcia on
I'rult Steamer He Will Reln
force the Insurgents.
(From the Staff Correspondent of the
United Press.)
Havana. Jan. 26. The censorship of
foreign cables Is more strict than ever
before. The new censors' orders are to
allow nothing to go creditable to the
Insurgents or discreditable to Spanish
troops, nor any reference to military
movements. Matter permitted to pass
by his predecessor Is stopped. No ref
erence to the gravity of the situation Is
allowed. News published in Havana
papers is not permitted to be sent
abroad.
The Cubans disbelieve the report that
Gomer was shot through the leg last
Friday and say he has been In the
saddle daily since. The only informa
tion comes from prisoners' statements.
The situation In Plnar Del Rio province
Is grave. Nearly all the towns have
been invaded and few troops are in the
province. The capital Is practically
surrounded and food Is scarce.
The residents of the interior are flee
ing to the coast. The exodus of Cubans
from Havana, continues largely due to
fear of extreme measures upon the
arival of Weyler.
The rebels' eastern columns have not
reached Gomez but are expected dally.
There Is some talk of a big battle after
reunion but it is doubted. The work
of constructing a circle of block houses
in the rear of Havana Is being pushed,
though no attack is expected.
Barcelona, Jan. 26. General Weyler,
the newly appointed captain general of
Cuba sailed from this port yesterdny
for Havana together with 0 cavalry
force one thousand strong.
Ueneral Uarcia's Movements.
Philadelphia, Jan. 26. A morning
paper will say today: General Callxto
Garcia, the most distinguished Cuban
Generul now outside of Cuba, has es
caped the watchful eyes of Spanish
agents and sailed from this port last
Thursday, it Is stated, on the fruit
steamer Bernard bound for Cuba.
General Ouivlu goes to Cuba at the
head of the most formidable expedition
that has ever left this country, which
he will take command of on the high
seas, where he will meet another fruit
steamer, the Jasof, with over 200 men
on board and n large quantity of arms
and ammunition. The plan outlined
for the expedition was for the Jaaof to
cruise on the high seas until the arrival
of the Bernard. When the tfwo vessels
met it was expected that Giuiial Garcia
and his son, Carlos Garclu. were trans
ferred to the Jasof. The Jasof Is
expected to reach a point off the Florida
coast today, and there, It Is planned,
to transfer the entire expedition, to a
steamer which will meet It on the high
seas. From those familiar with General
Gurcla's plans It was learned that the
expedition will at once make for some
point near the boundary line of the
province of Plnur Del Rio and the
province of Havana. General Gomez is
thoroughly informed of (ill the plans
fur the expedition, und at the point
agreed upon for the landing of the ex
pedition he will huve a Htrong body of
troops. Owing to his great popularity
In the district, It Is expected thut Gen
eral Garcia will at once place himself at
the head of a strong body of men In the
province of Plnar Del Rio.
Hope of the Cubans.
Among Cubans In this country great
hope Is placed in this expedition. One
of the drawbacks of the Cuban cause
has been the lack of commanders, who
combine both bravery and military sa
gacity. Should any misfortune befall
either General Maximo Gomes or
Generals Jose or Antonio Ma
rco, the Cubans' cause would
be In a rather embarrassing po
sition. General Garcia, however, Is
fully competent to take either general's
place at a moment's notice, and when
news of the successful landing of his
expedition reaches this country there
will be rejolclcng among the Cubans.
Washington.Jan. 26. Minister Dupuy
De Lome today received cablegrams
from Havana giving accounts of sever
al engagements between the Spanish
troops and insurgents, all but one of
which were of minor Imiiortance. In
that case General Gonzales Munoz en
countered the bands of Francisco Rabi
and Rlos in the Mula Pass, and suc
ceeded in putting them to flight. The
casuallties were not given.
It is explained that the importance
and significance of this encounter lies
In the fact that whereas Rabi and Rlos
were reported to be approaching Hav
ana to reinforce Gomez, they were en
countered by Munoz in the most east
erly portion of the Island, several hun
dred miles distant from Havana.
UNITED STATES HONORED.
A Banquet is Given In Honor of tncle
Sam.
Colon. Jan. 26. Tranquility has been
restored In the province of Barranquil
la, and the state of siege proclaimed
there a few days ago has been raised.
At a banquet given In Bogota to the
American and Venezuelan ministers,
the former declared that President
Cleveland's message to the American
congress on the Monroe doctrine as ap
plied to the Anglo Venezuelan boun
dary dispute voiced the sentiments of
seventy millions freemen. J
The banquet was made the occasion
for a great public demonstrat'lon in
honor of the United States.
ABYSSINIAN WAR.
King Humbert signs a Decree Declaring
Ery three to Be In a Stato of War.
Rome, Jan. 26. A dispatch from Mas
sowah says that a messenger has ar
rived at the camp of General Baratleri,
the commander of the Italian forces,
bringing letters from Menellk, king of
the Abyasinians, to King Humbert and
General Baratleri.
Colonel Galliano, the commander of
the Italian forces who were recently
compelled to evacuate the town of Ma
kelle, after a long siege by the Abys
slnians. has not yet arrived at General
Baratlerl's camp. It Is reported that
Colonel Galliano exploded the maga
zine and blew up the fortress at Ma-
kelle upon leaving the town.
It Is reported that the Abyssinian
chiefs are angry at the release of the
garrison by King Menellk. as they be
lieve that they would have eventually
forced the Italians to surrender uncon
ditionally. It is said that the Abys
sinian army is disposed to march on
to Axum, In the state of Tlgre.
King Humbert signed a decree this
morning declaring the province of
Erythrea to be in a Btate of war. It Is
not expected that a peace can be ar
ranged with King Menellk without giv
ing him battle. The dispatches to Mas
sowah of reinforcements, munition,
cannon and shells continue.
SENSATION AT ERIE.
Mrs. Mary II. Nellls Arrested for Poison
Ini Her Husband with Intent to kill-A
Man In the Case.
Erie, Pa., Jan. 26. A sensation oc
curred this afternoon at Glrard, this
county, when Mary H. Nellls was ar
rested for poisoning with intent to kill
her husband Peter H. Nellls, proprietor
of the Nellls house and Edward Gard
ner was arrested as an accomplice.
The prisoners were brought here to
night and lodged in jail.
Nellls Is wealthy and his wife Is a
handsome woman. Last summer Mrs.
Nellls spent some time at Lily dale and
brought home with her for a bartender
Edward Gardner, whom Bhe had met
at the Spiritualistic resort. Nellls car
ried i $10,000 policy on his life In favor
of his wife. Several weeks ago he was
taken sick and vomited severely. He
has since been declining health and his
brother-in-law. Dr. Rogers, of Con
neaut, Ohio, became suspicious and set
Maggie Hulbrook, a dining room girl,
to keep watch on events in the hotel.
Saturday at noon Nellls got a dose of
tartar emetic in his coffee. Saturday
night the girl caught and saved an
other dose which Nellls was to have
taken. Nellls got another dose today
but was relieved with a stomach pump.
The arrests followed and created great
excitement. The feeling was so strong
in Glrard against Gardner that only his
timely removal by the ofllcers saved
him from probable lynching.
TUTO ITBA.
II. II. Chase, l.ato Captain of Co. C, 1.1th
Uegiment, to Have a Commission in the
Insurgent Army.
H. B. Chnse, of 526 Qulncy avenue, has
accepted a commission In the Cuban
rebel army. He will leave for New
York city this afternoon at 1.30 o'clock.
Mr. Chase was until recently captain
of Company C, Thirteenth regiment.
He hus been enguged to drill nnd In
struct Cuban recruits. He could not be
located by a Tribune reporter at an
early hour this morning.
Captain W. B. Rockwell, of the North
End, who recently resigned the com
mund of Company H, was a short time
ago offered a commission In the Cuban
ariny.'b'ut declined.
SYMPATHY FOR ARMENIA.
A Resolution Will lie Introduced by Mr.
.Morse.
Boston, Jan. 26. Hon. Elijah A. Morse
In the house of representatives, and
probably Send tor Hoar In the senate,
will tomorrow Introduce resolutions on
the Armenian question framed by the
Boston Evangelical alliance.
After reciting that three times during
the past year, the Evangellcul alliance
has voiced the protest of Boston Chris
tianity, the resolutions "respectfully,
but urgently memorialize the congress
of the I'nited States to make to the sul
tan of Turkey the emphatic formal pro
tests of the government of the I'nited
States on behalf of the American people
against the blows Inflicted upon Chris
tianity and humanity In the atrocities
and massacres perpetrated upon our
Armenian fellow Christians In tho
Turkish empire; and to accompany this
protest with the affirmation and decla
ration In behalf of the people of the
I'nited States, that only Impartial Jus
tice and toleration of nil religious, as
the accepted policy and practice of a
government can, In this enlightened
age, be the ground of moral respect of
the American people for any nation of
whatever race or religion.
AMBASSADOR RUN YON DEAD.
The American Representative to Germany
Expires of Heart Failure,
Berlin, Jan. 26. The Hon. Theodore
Runyon, the American ambassador
here, died of heart failure at one o'clock
this morning.
The Hon. Theodore Runyon was born
rft Somervllle, N. J.. October 25. 1K2.
He graduated from Yale college in 1842,
and In 1846 was admitted to the bar.
In 1853 he was made city attorney and
In 1856 city councillor of Newark. N. J.,
a position he retained until In 1864 he
became mayor of the city. He was ap
pointed In 1856 a commissioner to revise
and codify the militia laws of New
Jersey and In 1857 was made brigadier
general of the New Jersey National
Guard. At the outbreak of the civil
war he was plnced- In command of the
New Jersey brigade Of volunteers. In
1865 he was Democratic candidate for
governor of his state but was not elect
ed. From 1873 to 1887 he was chancellor
of New Jersey. In March, 1893. he was
appointed by President Cleveland
American minister to Germany and
shortly afterwards was made ambas
sador. The degree of LL. D. was con
ferred upon him by Yale, Rutgers and
Wesleyan colleges.
COLORED GRaVhORSE RED.
Woman tics Ink First and Then Tries
Cardinal Dye.
Elk Rapids, Mich., Jan. 26. Coloring
a gray horse to a cardinal red is the
latest fad at Elk Rapids. The woman
who tried It used Ink first, and, as that
did not suit her, she tried dye.
The horse attracts b. good deal of at
tention on the streets.
Killed by a Train.
Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 20. John Mercer, of
Parkersburg, was struck by a west-bound
train on the Pennsylvanlan railroad last
night at Leaman Place, and instantly
killed. Mercer was a young man and un
married. Son of President Tyler Dies.
Washington, Jan. 26. John Tyler, the
son of President John Tyler, died In this
city this morning at a very advanced uge
and after an illness that had lasted for
several months.
School Building Burned.
Olean, N. Y., Jan. 26. Public school
building No, 3, a brick structure ercted In
1886 and valued at 122,000, was destroyed by
fire tonight. The fire started from a fur
nace In the basement
BISMARCK ANB THE KAISER
The Iron Prince Does Not Approve of
the Emperor's Course.
CAUSE OP STRAINED RELATIONS
Bismarck Declines to Be teed as a Flag
for the Present Course of the
Emperor In His Kapld
Political Career.
Berlin. Jan. 26. Three times within
the past week rumors were In circula
tion In Berlin that Prince Bismarck
was dead. These reports had the effect
to cause a rush of inquiries to Frled
rlchsruhe to learn the truth. Among
the large number of visitors whom the
prince received personally and with
such courtesy and activity of movement
as to dispel the last vestige of anxiety
concerning his health, was an old and
Intimate friend and co-worker In the
political arena, who has given the Unit
ed Press the substance of an interest
ing conversation he had with the ex
chancellor, which serves to correct cer
tain impressions upon the public mind
in regard to Prince Bismarck's relations
with the kaiser. Not once since his
resignation of the office of chancellor.
Prince Bismarck said to his friend, has
the emperor spoken to him upon the
subject of politics except upon the
memorable occasion of the kaiser's visit
to Frledrichsruhe on March 23 last,
when his majesty came to the ex-chancellor's
residence with General Count
Von Waldersee. The emperor was at
the time very angry about the vote in
the Reichstag refusing to pay the unit
ed respects of that body to the prince
upon the occasion of his birthday. .
Prince Bismarck admitted to his
friend that he was well able to go to
Berlin on Jan. 18. when the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the founding of the em
pire was celebrated, but he did not go
because he emphatically declined to
lend his name as a flag for the present
course of politics which la being direct
ed by the kaiser uoon lines which the
ex-chancellor regards as radically
wrong and of which he profoundly dis
approves. It was a move of rare clever
ness on the part of the emperor, the
prince said, to make a spontaneous call
at Frledrichsruhe recently, thereby
creating at home and abroad the Im
pression that the Imperial policy had
the full approval of Prince Bismarck or
at least his tacit assent. Nothing of
the kind was true, however. The recent
moves of the kaiser, he said, were grave
mistakes. Gemany Ind no business
whatever to meddle in foreign compli
cations unless Germun Interests are di
rectly menaced or assailed. If the
powers huve grouped themselves defi
nitely either for or against certain
causes, what of ii. Germany hus still
time to decide to what extent her in
terests are Involved.
Kaiser In III Health.
The rash actions which the emperor
has sometimes Indulged In, the I'nited
Press Informant said, must be credited
to the fact that the kaiser's Btate of
health Is not always normal. His Ir
rltatibllity, caused by worrying and
frequent violent headaches, have quite
often been responsible for a quick word
or deed on his part. It may be added,
too, thut he sleeps very little, in fact
not at all sufficiently to enable him to
maintain his health.
The present government of Germany
Is deprived of all lnlative In the man
agement or direction of politics. The
emperor directs everything personally
and his ministers and secretaries of
stute are merely his executive officials.
Among his many Irresponsible counsel
lors It Is always the last one having tin
ear of the kaiser who Is charged to see
that the Ideas of the emperor are car
lied out.
Prince Bismarck's personnl organ, the
Hamburger Nachiichten. prints articles
almost dally giving pointed expression
to some of the foregoing views.
A case affecting Germans becoming
American citizens has just been decided
by the supreme court of the empire in
Liepsic. Mr. F. W. Hoehme, a druggist
living In Brooklyn, N.' Y., nnd a native
of Lelpslc, was sentenced by a lower
court to pay a line of 200 marks for emi
grating to a foreign country without
having fulfilled his term of military ser
vice. He appealed through his father
from the decision of the court. The su
preme court In rendering Its decision
upon the appeal finds that Hoehme as n
duly naturalized citizen of the I'nited
States could not be punished for an act
committed through his emigration to
America, but that he could be punished
for an act committed prior to his emi
gration. The court therefore reversed
the decision, of the lower tribunal. If
Boehme had left the country to escape
military service the Judgment of the su
preme court would have been different.
SAFE ROBBERS' HAUL.
Philadelphia Burglars Secure Lots of
Valuable Plunder.
Philadelphia. Jan. 26. Safe breakers
opened a fire proof safe in the office of
Boerieke & Tafel, wholesalers of homoe
pathlc medicines, 1011 Arch street, Sat
urday night or this morning and se
cured 1200 In currency and $8,000 In
registered bonds.
The detectives believe that the crooks
are New York men who have their work
laid out for them by some one In this
city and who jump from New York and
back again for every Job.
Dr. Boerieke says that the $8,000
bonds are protected by registry. This
makes the fourth time the office safe has
been robbed within the last eight years.
SUMMER HOTEL FIRE.
Bass Hock House at Gloucester Is Totally
Destroyed.
Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 26. The Bass
Rock house on the south side of East
Gloucester, was destroyed by fire early
this morning. It was one of the finest
and largest summer hotels on the New
England coast. The fire Is attributed
to an Incendiary. The hotel and furni
ture were totally destroyed.
The loss is estimated at $50,000, with
an Insurance of $30,000.
W ill Work Full Time.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 26. The employes
of the Westinghouse Electric and Manu
facturing company at Urlnton, have been
notified that the works will be put on full
time before Feb. 1. The 1,000 workmen
who live in Pittsburg objected to buying
monthly railroad tickets and only work
ing half time, which was one of the causes
of the recent strike.
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WEATHER KKPOKI.
For eastern Pennsylvania, fair, but part
ly cloudy weather; light westerly winds.
New York, Jan. 27. Herald's weathef
forecast: In the Middle states today fair
and colder weather and fresh to light
northwesterly and northeasterly winds
will prevail, followed by slightly higher
temperature. On Tuesday fair and partly
cloudy, slightly warmer weather will pre
vail with light and fresh northerly to east
erly winds followed by cloudiness, and on
the coasts by base or fog.
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