Morning Oregonian., January 22, 1901, Page 2, Image 2

THE MOKNIXG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1901.
WORLD'S SYMPATHY
All Europe Anxious for News
From Cowes.
GLOOMY SCENES IN LONDON-)
Many Function Abandoned Owing:
to the Q.uecn' Condition Emperor
"William nt the Bedside Sym
pathy From America.
LONDON, Jan. 2L The dispatches re
ceived -here from nearly every capital In
Europe, from India, Australia, Jamaica
and all the British colonies show the
press and people are sympathetic In their
comment on the Queen's Illness. The one
exception seems to be Belgium. A ma
jority of the Brussels papers' comment Is
In good taste; but one pro-Boer paper
there takes the occasion to make a po
litical attack on Great Britain's South
African policy.
A dispatch from Pretoria says the
Queen's Illness has caused a profound
sensation there. Special prayers were of
fered In all the churches of the garrison
towns yesterday evening.
Many functions In Great Britain and on
the Continent have been abandoned owing
to the Queen's condition. Emperor Fran
cis Joseph has countermanded the court
ball at Vienna, fixed for this evening. The
engagements of Cabinet Ministers and
other notable persons to appear at public
dinners, at charitable fairs or at the ded
ication of new public buildings, are being
canceled, and It seems likely that all
functions of this sort will be postponed
throughout the United Kingdom. Many
private dinners have been deferred.
The scenes about the Mansion House to
day exemplified the anxiety of the com
mon interest which has made all here
akin. Great crowds thronged the grounds
all day, and nothing could be more Im
pressive than the profound silence with
which the alternating phases of the crisis
were heard.
A painful mistake was made early In
the afternoon. The flag over one of the
embassies was lowered, and the people
rushed off with the news that the Queen
was dead. "Without waiting for a certifi
cation, other Hags were lowered, and
some time elapsed before the error was
rectified.
On his arrival at Portsmouth Emperor
"William was met by a guard of honor.
The party, however, dispensed with the
usual formalities, and Immediately went
on board the royal yacht. As they started
for CoA'es, the band on the flagship, the
Majestic, struck up the national anthem,
and Emperor William and his royal rela
tives reverently bared their heads.
"While expressions of sympathy and love
are pouring in from every quarter of both
hemispheres, none Is so appreciated as
those from the United States. The Globe
voices the general sentiment, saying:
"From other lands hopes come of the
recovery and eulogies passed on the char
acter of Queen Victoria. In America, al
most without exception. It is under the
simple title of 'The Queen that the Illus
trious patient Is referred to and deep affec
tion implied. The term can hardly bo
overestimated."
The Inner circle of the Cabinet was in
session this afternoon, In connection with
official procedure In the event of Her
Majesty's death.
A dispatch from Ostend says the ar
rangements for the departure of the King
of the Belgians for England have been
countermanded.
The Secretary of State for Home Af
fairs, Mr. Ritchie, who temporarily left
Osborne, has beon summoned to return
there.
The Colonial Office has received dis
patches from the governments of Aus
tralia and the South African colonics, ex
pressing their anxiety and distress at the
Queen's Illness.
A special dispatch from Cowes this
evening says that Emperor "William was
admitted to the Queen's presence at about
5 o'clock. She spoke a few words to him.
and after two or throe minutes he with
drew. The Queen took a little nourish
ment, and fell asleep in the arms of the
Princess of Wales.
AAXIETY IX WASHINGTON.
The President Promptly Notified of
Eery Chnnge.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2L The greatest
interest and sympathy are manifested In
official circles here In the condition of the
Queen. Every bulletin is awaited with
anxiety. Moreover, the character of the
inquiries indicate clearly that the interest
is not confined to official classes, nor Is it
perfunctory. While the President and
members of his Cabinet and other high of
ficials are by thetf own request promptly
notified of every change, in the sad scene
at Osborne, all of the employes In the
executive departments, even the humblest
messenger, are equally diligent In seeking
for the latest information. '
There Is little to be done officially here
when the end comes, and that little Is
perfectly well defined by precedent. The
President will communicate directly from
the AVhlte Howe an expression of his
regret to the Prince of Wales, or rather
to .King Edward VII. as he will be by the
the message Is Indited. Secretary Hay
will communicate to Ambassador Choate
an official expression of the sentiments
of this Government. This will be by cable
also. Later on more formal exchanges
will take place by mall. By this means
the State Department will be officially In
formed of the accession of the new mon
arch to the throne. It will return Its offi
cial acknowledgment, and that will "be
all that Is prescribed by the rulos of offi
cial etiquette.
The British Embassy has received the
following cablegram from Lord Lans
downe. British Minister of Foreign Af
fairs: "The Queen has slightly rallied since
midnight."
THE LONDON PRESS.
Evidence of Universal Sympathy Is
the Lending- Thctuc.
LONDON. Jan. 22, 3:8 A. M. Up to a
late hour' last evening crowds were
gathered In the vicinity of Buckingham
Palace and Marlborough House and there
was a constant stream of persons anxious
to enter their names on the visitors' book.
On all sides it is a tale of public and
private engagements and functions post
poned, and a settled gloom rests over All
classes of society.
The newspaper editorials reflect this
feeling and the suspense the country Is
enduring, together with the gratification
and consolation derived from tho sym
pathy testified on 'all -sides from abroad.
Bishop Potter's allusion to the Queen In
his address Sunday evening In New York
to students and college men is every
where commented upon with very keen
satisfaction. The Dally News says:
"Bishop Potter compared Her Majesty
to Washington. No American could go
farther than that."
The Dally Telegraph says: "It seems
but a brief interval since England was
the center of almost universal hostility.
Today, all international hostilities are
stilled as they never were by "a" single
event in the annals "of the" "world."
Tho Chronicle observes: "In the United
States the nation and the government
display once again the Irrepressible sen
timent of a cognate people. The strain
of common blood which .flqws In British
and American veins has been rarely more
manifest or warmly recognized."
This evidence of universal sympathy to
England in her hour of trouble is, In fact,
the leading theme, and the Standard re
marks: "There is no enemy of England
too bitter and no professing contemner
of crowns too fanatical not to admit the
virtues and services to mankind of Victoria-"
"In the United States, as we were en
titled to expect," says the Times, "the
sorrow which overshadows the mother
country has silenced ungenerpus criticism.
The personality of the Queen is under
stood and honored by Americans and
we can hardly desire any higher tribute
to her admirable qualities, both as sov
ereign and woman, than those quoted by
our New York correspondent."
THE GERMAN PItESS.
Most of the Nevrspapers Express Sin
cere Concern.
BERLIN, Jan. a. The palace In Berlin
has been as silent as the grave. All
the guests have departed.
Most of the German newspapers express
sincere concern as to Queen Victoria
and praise Emperor William for going to
Osborne. The Agrarian and Pan-German
journals, however, take a different tone.
The Deutsche Tages Zeltung, the leading
Agrarian organ, concludes an abusive
article In this style:
'The rising of English power is now
followed by a decline. That she has
seen the beginning of such a decllhe has
given Queon Victoria a death stroke.
She saw the commencement of the decay
of that splendid development she had
witnessed during a long life. This Is the
tragic finale of her prolonged reign. The
most Important question for Great
Britain Is now whether the now King
will be able to And his way out of South
Africa again."
Some of the papers already discuss tho
Prince of Wales as the coming sovereign
and the Berliner Tageblatt prints a dis
patch asserting that he Is Germanphobe
In his feoilng.
AWAITING THE NEWS.
Bells In Vancouver "Will Toll When
the Queen Dies.
VANCOUVER, B. C Jan. 21. Anxiety
over the condition of the Queen has over
shadowed private and public business
considerations In Vancouver and through
out British Columbia today. Constant
streams of anxious-faced citizens have
been scanning the bulletin boards from
an early hour. Telegraph and newspaper
offices have been besieged. In official
and semi-official circles preparations were
made during the day for the -worst. At
the City Hall, Mayor Towle had laid
aside, all ordinary municipal business.
Arrangements were made that all bells
throughout the city should be tolled Im
mediately upon receipt of official Intima
tion of Her Majesty's demise at what
ever hour of the day or night the tidings
might come. All merchants In the city
will close their places of business for
24 hours and citizens generally will be
expected to assume royal mourning for
a period of one month, during which
time all flags will be displayed at half
mast. The civic and official period of
mourning will extend also for a month,
and all social and festival arrangements
will be postponed.
Comment in Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 2L In the com
ment of all circles not Influential on Queen
Victoria's Illness, the personal note domi
nates the political. The Czar's subjects
freely admit that Hot Majesty has been
one of the principal bulwarks of peace.
The Rossla and Novosti alono touch the
political chord. The Rossla says:
"England's prestige Is largely due to the
Queen. To spare Queen Victoria, much
has been forgiven her Ministers. With
her will depart Britannia's good genius."
The Novosti says:
"England is discontented with the situ
ation, and the dissatisfaction will possibly
be expressed more plainly if Queen Vic
toria dies. Her successor will probably
entertain different views on many ques
tions. He Is credited with strong French
sympathies. The power of an English
sovereign is greater than commonly stat
ed. Therefore the change may produce
a revolution In international politics."
Sympnthy of the Romnn Senate.
ROME. Jan. 21. In the Italian Senate
today General Count Gulseppe du Sonnaz,
commanding the army corps, recalled the
"warm friendship and sympathy that
have always united the Governments of
Great Britain- and Italy." and moved that
the Senate should ask for Information of
ficially regarding the condition of the
Queen, and should express heartfelt
wishes for her recovery. Marquis Vls
conte Venosta, Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, joined in the sentiments expressed
by Count du Sonnaz, and supported the
motion, which was carried unanimously.
No McssnRe From Krnsrer.
THE HAGUE, Jan. 21. The report that
Mr. Kruger had sent a telegram of sym
pathy to Osborne House is without found
ation. Up to a late hour this evening he
had not done so.
"Wales Thanks Lonhct.
PARIS, Jan. 22. President Loubet has
received a message from the Prince of
Wales, thanking him for his message of
sympathy.
PORTLAND METHODIST MINISTERS.
Resolutions of Sympnthy and a Trib
ute to Victoria's Worth.
At the regular meeting of the Portland
Methodist ministers yesterday, the fol
lowing resolutions were passed:
News having been coneyed to us by the As
sociated Press dispatches of the serious sick
ness of Aloxandrina Victoria, Queen of Eng
land and Empress of India, we, the Methodist
Episcopal ministers of Portland, assembled,
hereby record our profound sympathy In her ex
treme Illness, and pray that her passing may
be as sueet and as beautiful "as has been her
lone and splendid life.
We also express to Almighty Qod our high
gratitude in the gift of so great a Christian
woman to the English commonwealth and to
the world.
We pray that her departure may be the oc
casion of the "re-enforcement of the British
life" In the goepl of the Son of God. which
she so much revered, and of the Protestant
faith, which she so nobly defended and hon
ored. United MIneworleers.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 21. The
United Mlneworkers of America met
here In annual convention today, 1000 del
egates being present It was announced
that the conferences with the rep
resentatives of the coal - hoisting
engineers, the blacksmiths and the fire
men resulted in no agreement. John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
workers, says the whole controversy will
be taken Into the open convention and
decided by a vote of the delegates.
The leading delegations are from Penn
sylvania, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana, In
the order named. Illinois and other states
will fight to reduce the wide differential.
Petition in Bankruptcy.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 2L James R. Field,
managing agent of the Field Coal & Im
plement Company, of Beatrice, Neb., has
filed a petlton in bankruptcy. Liabilities.
J31.1M; assets. $1294.
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ILLNESS. OF VICTORIA
FOR MONTHS HER CONDITION HAS
BEEN KEPT SECRET.
Loner Before Her Visit to Ireland
She Had Become a Mental Wreck
Decline Dae to Old Age.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. A dispatch to the
World from London says: '
Your correspondent has obtained, from
a source .within court circles the first
comprehensive and actual account of the
Queen's illness that has been given out
The facts given place the Illness of the
Queen in a startling and pathetic light.
They show that her mind has been fall
ing for many months. Before her visit
to Ireland she had been -a. mental wreck
for months, Whenever It was officially
announced that she made felicitous re
sponses to speeches at public functions it
is a matter ol cold fact that the poor
old Queen was In such a daze that all
she could say to her companions was,
"Where am IT" Several times "when she
appeared in public during the past six
or eight months she has fallen asleep.
Had it been any one else but the Queen
of England it would have been plain long
ago that the malady was senile decay.
And that truthfully Is what afflicts Vic
toria. But for her physical breaking up
of the past week, an attack of paralysis
In the left side, It would have been pos
sible for the court and the royal house
hold to have kept from the British peo
ple knowledge of her mental decay for
an indefinite period. For the Queen had
lapses of Intellectual vigor, but these
were more distressing to her than her
periods of mental density. When her brain
was clear she Immediately reverted to
the horrors of the war in South Africa.
Again and again she harped upon the
war. This war, which she strove with
all her power to avert, made the last
hours of England' b Queen, who has
reigned happily longer than most men
live, most wretched and miserable. In
her lucid Intervals it haunted her Inces
santly. The Queen's strong constitution mani
fested the first symptoms of serious de
cay during the stay of the court at Wind
sor In November and December of 1SSD,
when evil tidings of the South African
War. which began the previous October,
began to arrive In rapid succession. The
Queen, did not look for any serious disas
ter to her army. She expected nothing
but a series of quick, easy victories. In
stead, disaster followed disaster every few
days. General Buller, before leaving Eng
land for the South African campaign, as
sured the Queen that the war would he
"difficult but not dangerous." In conse
quence the news of the many reverses
came to her with added severity. She felt
ti.at she had Been deceived, and never
forgave Buller. When his name was sub
mitted to her for a visit' to Windsor
after his return from South Africa, she
struck it through with her pen.
It was at this time that the Queen had
the fits of crying In an aggravated form
which Immediately preceded her present
critical iiiness. The assassination of the
King of Italy last July shocked her deep
ly. The news of the Illness of her eldest
child, Empress Frederick, added greatly
to her distress, and the fact that she
was physically unable to visit the Empress
anu see her before either died made
her nervous and excitable.
Later came the death of her second son,
tho Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha (Edin
burgh), which in a few weeks was fol
lowed by the death of her grandson,
Prince Christian Victor, son of her
daughter Helena, wife of Prince Christian
of Schleswlg-Holsteln.
The prospect of an. indefinite prolonga
tion of the war was altrial under which
her health began t sink in No
vember lEst. Her spirit remained un
daunted, and when It was reported that
President Kruger had said the war would
claim her as one of Its victims, the Queen
declared:
"I may die, but Mr. Kruger will not
kill me."
In' December her feebleness rapidly In
creased. Sleepless nights were passed in
prayer and tears, causing the most pro
found anxiety to her entourage. The
Queen lost her appetite and began to
shrivel, presenting all the characteristics
of senile decay. The .excitement Inciden
tal to her visit to Ireland which, de
spite everything stated to the contrary,
was ner own idea seemed to revive her,
but before the visit ended a reaction had
set in.
The public, however, was hoodwinked
by the accounts of Her Majesty's doings
and utterances given to the newspapers
by her household. Unusual care was tak
en to have her alleged replies to addresses
and other evidences of mental activity set
before the public. In reality the Queen
lived as In a dream. For Instance, she
was reported to have made an animated
reply to an address presented to her at
the jiount Anvilie Convent, in uublln,
whereas all she said was the dazed in
quiry, "Where am I?"
This happened not once, but several
times. When she went to Balmoral, her
Highland home, her spirits revived under
the Influence of General Roberts' brilliant
achievements In the South African War,
but the Improvement was short.
It has always been a source of wonder
to her physicians that, with her great
appetite and physique, she had escaped
an apoplectic stroke, but about this time
there was a falling away of her side, ac
companied by a loss of power In her left
arm and left leg. These symptoms caused
apprehension of approaching paralysis.
So alarming was her condition that the
royal family abandoned all Idea of mak
ing a trip to the Continent which. It had
been hoped, would revive the Queen men
tally and physically.
Unfavorable war news and reports of
the acute suffering of her dying daughter
Empress Frederick affected the Queen
severely. She had fits of depression and
crying. She referred constantly to the
death of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha
and expressed a wish to see the Duchess.
The change to Osborne just before
Christmas time did not work the benefit
that was anticipated.
Accordingly, the Duchess was sum
moned to Osborrte, but at tho first Inter
,v.w she left tho Queen prostrated with
grief. In the midst of these troubles came
the sudden and unexpected death of her
oldest and dearest friend, the Dowager
Lady Churchill, senior lady of the bed
chamber and member of the royal house
hold for 46 years.
While the Queen has been sleepless at
night she has long had strange fits of
drowsiness In the daytime. When her
mind has been clear the Queen has tried
valiantly to combat this famng. The
court o.clals have also worked hard to
keep her from sleeping at the wrong time.
The last time she drove outside the
grounds of Osborne, the villagers of East
Cowes wore astounded to hear the clear
treble of the son of the Princess of Bat
tenberg trilling out popular songs from
the royal carriage. The boy was singing
to kep his grandmother awake, in obe
dience - her wishes. Now and again she
dozed, awakening to tell the boy to con
tinue his chant which to the Initiated on
looker contained a world of pathos.
The Queen drove about In her donkey
chaise within the grounds of Osborne
House for the last time Tuesday. The
Duchess of Edlnburg, or Saxe-Coburg
Gotha. was her companion. On her re
turn to the castle the Queen was asleep.
In that condition she was carried to her
bed never to rise again.
Dr. Pagenstechtcr, the German oculist,
who was attending Somerset for an In
Jury to his eyes, was summoned to Os
borne. She suffered acutely from her eyes
owing to her constant crying. Dr. Pagen
stechter made a general examination
Monday, and reported that the Queen had
nothing organically wrong, but was suf
fering from nervous exhaustion.
In her periods of mental activity she
harped so incessantly upon the war that
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain was com
manded to go to Osborne to console her
with reassuring news. Mr. Chamberlain
led the war party when" the Queen fav
ored peace la South Africa. It was not
a wise thing, as -it turned out, for her
household to summon Chamberlain. His
efforts to console the Queen were fruit
less and she abruptly closed the confer
ence. Subsequently Lord Koberts was directed
to appear at Osborne. He reached there
last Tuesday. He did not attempt to de
ceive the Queen, but frankly explained
the difficulties which, had to be overcome
before the war In South Africa could be
terminated. The interview lasted some
time and It was the last time that the
Queen displayed the wide knowledge and
shrewd common sense which played Buch
an Important part In her long reign.
It was after the Roberts Interview that
the Queen, accompanied by the Duchess
of Eainburgh, wemt for the drive already
mentioned. Two weeks before the public
.knew of It, Sir Francis had been assisting
Sir James Reld at Osborne. Thursday
last, Sir Douglass Powell, Xhe famous
heart and lung specialist, was summoned
to Osborne because of two attacks of
heart failure from which the Queen suf
fered Wednesday night At that time
tne Queen's condition Jiad assumed the
gravest complexion, but the Prince of
Wales, In order to prevent public alarm or
suspicion, attended a dinner given to Lord
Roberts and subsequently appeared at the
theater Thursday night.
Thursday the Queen had a stroke of
paralysis. Since then she has been in a
comatose condition.
TRIBUTES TO VICTORIA.
Feeliner of Sincere. 'Respect -for the
Dying Queen.
NEW YORK, Jan. l, The World this
morning publishes tributes to Queen Vic
toria from a number of prominent men
in the United States, as follows!
James Bryce, author of "The American
Commonwealth." The Queen's reign, now
closing, Is grand, glorious and impressive
because it Is associated with the greatest
advance on record in the world.'? progress.
This Victoria has been fortunate enough
to represent n her own person and has
undoubtedly contributed by her presence
to the higher civilization we now enjoy.
But while she rules an empire on which
the sun never sets, she is a woman In
the highest sense and will leave a perma
nent Impression on the pages of time.
John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy
There Is a general feeling of sincere re
spect for Queen Victoria, not only in view
of her unprecedentedly long reign, but
also for her high character and good in
fluence as a Que.en and as a woman. Her
death will come as a personal loss to her
people and to others.
A. E. Stevenson, ex-Vice-President
of the United States The tidings of the
death of Queen Victoria will be received
with deep regret throughout the British
realm and the world. In the highest sense
hers was an exemplary lire. It will stand
In history In marked contrast to that of
many who have preceded her In the great
office. Her reign marks an epoch in Eng
lish history. For two-thirds of a century
she has been In name the sovereign of
the British realm. Governmental author
ity has gradually pasted from palace and
throne to the hall where uit In delibera
tion tho chosen representatives of the
people.
Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambassa
dorThe many expressions of sympathy
the past trying days are fully appreci
ated. This feeling Is natural when it is
considered that Queen Victoria has been
tho guiding spirit of the almost number
less efforts for the advancement of her
people at home and the betterment of con
ditions for multitudes under her sway be
yond the' limits of hcr home islands. To
those who had the wonderful distinction,
of knowing the venerated Queen her loss,
Is something .inexpressraie. Those who
have served her have priceless treasures
ln'Yememberlng Tier kindliness, her en
couragement and benignant disposition to'
reward with more than generosity the
smallest pergonal or national service.
General Nelson A. Miles Her reign,
considering tjhe history of the past 0
years, the Important political events that
have occurred, the progress made by the
whole world, the part that Great Britain
has played In the progress, and the in
fluence its sovereign has constantly exer
cised upon the affairs of the world, isj
the most remarkable In the history of any
country. As to the Queen and her sol.
diers, there has ever been a close re
lationship between the Queen and her
military forces, both army and navy. One
need not be told of the deep direction of
the British soldiers and sailors for the
Queen after having noted the loyalty and
devotion they displayed wherever an
English soldier or sailor Is to be seen.
Tnls affection Is reciprocated by the
Queen. Thus her influence is felt all
through the army and navy. Since she
ascended tne throne (there has been a
wonderful development In the military
branch of the English Governmsnt, and
much Is due the Queen for Its present
standard.
Robert T. Lincoln, ex-United States
Minister at London Queen Victoria
is one of the wisest women proo
ably the wisest woman that ever lived.
1 do not mean to say that she is a ge
nius, but her great gift of common sense,
reinforced by her vast store of knowledge,
has enabled her to counsel men and wo
men of all classes and conditions with
wisdom that could not be excelled.
Bishop Potter This morning, when on'
episcopal business, I observed a bulletin
in it out or a newbpuptr othcu saying tno
Queen was dying, and 'I asked myself,
what was the meaning of the world-wide
sorrow manifested in that deathbed scene.
She was not. a woman of great intellect
or of sreat gifts. Yet no human being
who has lived In the last 82 years has'
exercised -so enduring or remarkablo an
influence on the world as she. Like Wash
ington, ' was fter personality, the Influ
ence of character, that achieved this re
sult. You read of Napoleon, 'the most.
brilliant figure in history, but you read
with Increasing loathing of a man so
cruel, so base as he. It is, therefore, not
great gifts that makes the great charac
ter.' It is what one does, what one is,
that counts, with such a character as
. Washington or Victoria. To paraphrase
the famous words of Nelson, the Queen
did her duty, without faltering or failure.
She was alwaj3 womanly, pure, patient
and devoted to duty.
Tunis G. Bergen, leading member of
the Boer relief committee That the long
est reign In England should be the great
est Is because the scepter was In the
hands of a pure and loving woman. The
Victorian reign will be best known by Its
victories in the arts of peace. The sov
ereign who ruled and guaranteed the
home has brightened the fame of Eng
land as the land of homes. The mailed
hand of British power, which too often
has struck down the right in other lands,
was not the band of the Queen. As she
lies dying in her fruitful years It la the
majesty of a noble woman which sur
rounds her, rather than the majesty of
the monarch.
Robert B. Roosevelt, ex-Mlnlster to
The Hague Queen Victoria never took
part for good or bad In English politics.
This was eminently wise, but leaves noth
ing to say, except that sbe has always
been admitted to be a model wife and
mother.
Chinatown King- Bankrupt.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2L Sam Moy. general
ly known as the "King of Chinatown,"
has filed a. petition In bankruptcy witji
liabilities $13,060, and exempt assets of $105.
The- principal cause of his financial -embarrassment
is said to have been his con
nection with a Chinese restaurant during
the world's fair.
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tention Is called to the remarkable qual--lty
now Imported.
FRANCE AND THE CHURCH
SPIRITED DEBATE IN THE CHAM
BER OF DEPUTIES.
The Premier's Stand Against the
" Clerical Party Sustained by
a Close Vote.
PARIS, Jan. 21. The Chamber of Depu
ties today resumed the debate on the law
of associations. There was a brilliant
assembly In view N of Count Albert de
Mun, Conservative, and M. Waldeck
Rousseau, the Premier, two of the finest
orators of the Chamber, being announced
to speak.
Count de Mun reproached M. Waldeck
Rosseau with denouncing the milliard of
francs belonging to the rellgltfus congre
gations as an economic peril, In order to
revive the ancient dread of monastic
wealth and serfdom, which had long since
disappeared. Moreover, he said, this sum
was grossly exaggerated In order to
create a greater impression. He warned
the government that their policy was Im
prudent and Ill-advised. M. Waldeck
Rousseau, the Count added, may not In
tend to carry out his designs to the end
of his anti-clerical passion. Possibly he
only intended to appease his Collectlvlst
friends, but the latter might eventually
set him aside and carry out the work
themselves. Count de Mun concluded with
declaring the object of the government
was to take teaching out of the hands of
the congregations. "You have begun a
religious war," he said, turning to the
government benches, "and this will weigh
heavily on you. As to us. we shall con
tinue to combat. you, and hope to And In
this Chamber a sufficient number of
friends and lovers 4 of liberty to aid us."
The Rightists and Centrists gave Count
de Mun a great ovation on the conclusion
of his remarks.
M. Waldeck Rousseau replied that the
bill would be a test point as to whether
civil power or religious authority was to
have supremacy. The government, he
added, asked th6 Chamber to continue
the confidence accorded it during the past
18 months by voting this portion of Its
programme. If they (the Mfhlsters) had
not thought the house would do so, they
would no longer assume responsibility for
the task they had accepted. The Premier
denied that the church In any way was
threatened, declaring that the govern
ment simply desired by the bill to assure
peace and the regular development of the
Institutions of the country.
"If It Is true, as the opponents of the
bill assert," said M. Waldeck Rousseau,
"that the congregations are indispensa
ble to the development of the church,
why did not the concerdat re-establish,
them? On the contrary. It does not speak,
of them, but only of the secular clergy.
Not a single congregation exists to aid
the priests of 'poor parishes, whereas1 a
number of the latter are under the tyran
ny of the Irregular priesthood. The con
gregations have not only drained the
money of the country, but they have
drained Its conscience, ar.d the parish
priests now only receive the confessions
of common people. The Catholic clergy
have nothing to fear from this bill. The
only persons it will hurt are the Irregular
clergy."
M. Waldeck Rousseau showed that con
gregations in all tlme3 and countries had
been obliged to submit to rigorous author
ity. He said that it was necessary for
the civil power to take back from the
congregations the privilege of teaching
the children, because the congregations
had ever been seeking from the com
mencement of the century to bring about
,a counter-devolution.
''Jfever have they been more dangerous
tnon tney are now, he exclaimed. "They
are, trying to gain control of universal
suffrage, and to that end they are creat-
f-lng a new electoral congregation, but we
ara tired of this slavery, .and demand
emancipation. We have to choose be-'
tween the congregations and fidelity to
the republic. We .hear much talk about
an 'open republic' I ask nothing better,
but it must be open for the people to en
ter and to leave."
The Chamber, by a vote of 29S to 22S, di
rected that the Premier's speech be posted
throughout the country.
THE VATICAN ROBBERY.
Count Pecci's Trip Revives the Story
of the Affair.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-A dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from Rome says:
Count Camlllo Peccl, the nephew of the
pope, and whose brother has recently
been serving with the Boers against the
English In South Africa, Is on his way to
the United States, accompanied by his
wife. His visit is for the purpose of in
voking the assistance of President McKin
ley and of the United States Government
In obtaining compensation for the destruc
tion by Cuban insurgents of his wife's
large sugar plantations and factories In
Cuba during the war with the United
States. His unexpected departure from
here served to revive rumors In antl-cler-Ical
circles, which associate his name with
the recent mysterious robbery at the Vat
ican. Only a public trial could set these
rumors at rest, but there seems no Indi
cation of this being done, as the papal
authorities 'cannot prosecute without
acknowledging the Jurisdiction of the
Italian courts within the precincts of the
Vatican, where the robbery was com
mitted. Most of the stolen bonds have, been re
covered. They were found In the posses
sion of eminently respectable bankers In
Northern Italy, who had no notion that
the bonds had been stolen. The only rea
son for connecting the name of the Count
with the matter is that his extravagance
is known to have been a source of much
concern to his uncle, the pontiff.
A Prussian Minister Attacked.
BERLIN, Jan. 21. Several Liberal,
Radical and Socialist papers severely
blame the Prussian Minister of Com
merce, Herr Brefeld, for utterances to
Herr Bueck, Secretary of the Central
Committee of German Industries, In 1896,
some of which the Vorwaerts prints from
a private letter. The Berliner Tageblatt
talks of a "secret camerllla," and the
Vosslche Zeitung says these denounce
ments are "worse than the charges
brought against Count von Posadowskl
Wehner In connection with the contribu
tion of 12,000 marks by the association
toward the expenses of the agitation In
behalf of the hard-labor bill."
Murderer of the Boy Winter.
BERLIN, Jan. 2L A special dispatch to
the Vosslsche Zeltung from Konltz says:
A public school teacher named W
(only the Initial of the name being given
has been arrested, as the long-sought'
murderer of the boy Winter, said to have
been a victim of ritual murder."
In the lobby of the Reichstag this state
ment was corroborated, and the further
statement was made that the murderer
had confessed, but this. If a fact, Is still
kept an official secret.
State Lotteries Condemned.
BERLIN, Jan. 2L In the Prussian Diet
today, when the lottery question was un
der consideration, there was some criti
cism of the project favored by Emperor
William for the erection of a German
pantheon, near Schloss, in Berlin, by lot
tery. A number of the members sweep
lngly condemned state lotteries for what
ever purpose Instituted,
Measles in Berlin.
- BERLIN, Jan. ZL In consequence of at
tending the obsequies of the late Grand
Duke of Saxe-Welmar, a number of persons-
of rank contracted the measles. In
the Infected schloss.
King Oscar, Recovers.
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 21. At today's coun
cil of state. King Oscar of Swenden and
Norway resumed the reins of government,
after his recent Illness, the Crown Prince,
Gustave, retiring from the regency, which
he had held while his father was Inca
pacitated from attending to business. His
Majesty's health Is now satisfactory. The
King's birthday was widely celebrated to
day. No state ball was given, however.
Verdi's Condition In Scrlons.
MILAN, Jan. 22. A bulletin Issued at 9
o'clock last evening, says the condition
of Signor Gulseppl Verdi Is very serious.
Acute trouble In the lobes of the brain
has deadened all sensibility.
Various accounts are given of the Ill
ness from which Verdi is suffering. The
Secolo says the malady is congestion of
the brain. It asserts that at 9 o'clock
yesterday (Monday) morning ha had been
unconscious for six hours, and that his
doctors are still in consultation.
ATTACKS SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Protest Against Sale of New Isaac, of
Bonds Fraud Alleged.
"SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 2L Wal
ter Morehead. of London, a shareholder
in the Central Pacific Company, has filed
a protest addressed to 'Messrs Speyer
& Co., of New York ; The Nevada
Bank, of this city and I. W. Hellman,
nrntoctlnc ntrftlnfct the sale Of the recent
Issue of bonds of the Southern Pacific
amounting to 510,000,000. In his threats,
which havo been made public through the
newspapers, Morehead states that the
proposed bonds are unsecured for the
reason that the properties of the Central
Pacific Company are bonded far beyond
their value; that the transaction Is an
Illegal one and that other deals Involving
the Central Pacific Company and the
Southern Pacific Company and having a
bearing on the bond issue In puestlon are
fraudulent, and that suits are now pend
ing In the Circuit Court of California im
peaching the attempted absorption of the
Central Pacific by the Southern Pacific
Company, and the protest Is filed In or
der to prevent the sale of bonds before
these questions are Judicially passed
upon.
BOOKS WERE EXAMINED.
Third Party Looked Into the Colum
bia Southern Records.
The mandamus proceeding of Drake C.
O'Reilly against the Columbia Southern
Railway Company, to compel the com
pany to allow him to examine its books,
was dismissed In Judge Frazer's court
yesterday, the parties having reached an
agreement whereby a third party was
permitted to make the examination which
has been completed. The three other
suits are still pending, being In the hands
of the court for decisions on several mat
ters. In the cases of D. C. O'Reilly
against the corporation and E. E. Lytle,
a motion has been submitted for a stay
of proceedings until the costs are paid
In the action for a receiver brought and
dismissed in Sherman County. Tho suit
of Moore vs. D. C. O'Reilly was submit
ted on a demurrer to the answer of the
defendant, and the case of the Columbia
Southern et al. against Lytle et al. on a
demurrer to the complaint.
Will Meet Lumber Rate.
SEATTLE, Jan. 21. As a result of the
new tariff on lumber products announced
by the Great Northern, the Northern Pa
cific has canceled Its rate from Seattle
and other Sound points to Colorado, Wyo
ming and Utah points over the Union
Pacific and connecting systems. The
Northern" Pacific will, It Is said, in the
near future attempt to meet the Great
Northern's rate.
Rallrond Notes.
William S. Coburn, rate clerk of the
passenger department of the O. R. & N.,
returned yesterday from a meeting of
rate clerks In St. Paul at which rates
affected by the recent reduction of fares
in Montana and Idaho were hied. up.
W. H. DaVenport of San" Francisco,
general agent of the Colorado Midland.
Is In the city. His company recently de
cided to enter the field for transconti
nental traffic and a livelier hustle for
coast business is to be made hereafter.
The Burlington has sent out a neat
card announcing a very fast run made by
one of Its trains. It was a special from
Omaha to Billings, a distance of S93 miles,
which was covered In 1081 minutes includ
ing stops, or 980 minutes of running
time, an average of 54V4 miles an hour.
PROF. ELISHA GRAY DEAD.
One of the Best-Known Electric In
ventors of the Day.
NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 21. Professor
Ellsha Gray, of Chicago, who was asso
ciated with Arthur J. Mundy In the per
fection of a system for submarine signal
ing, died suddenly at Newtonvllle last
night. He was one of the best-known
electric Inventors of the day Ho was
born In Ohld, In 1835, and learned black
smithing, carpentering and boatbuilding.
He then pursued special studies in phys
ical science at Oberlln College. In 1870
he began his series of" Inventions, with
a self-adjusting telegraph relay, and two
years later he established a manufactory
of electrical apparatus at Cleveland. He
perfected the typewriting telegraph, tho
telegraph repeater, the telegraphic switch
and annunciator, and other devices. In.
1S82 he organized the Western Electric
Manufacturing Company. He invented his
speaking telephone In 1876, and the telauto
graph In 1893. His name came very promi
nently before the public in connection with
the great suit over telephone patents. He
organized the congress of electricians In
connection with the World's Columbian
exposition of 1S93, and was Its chairman.
He was the author of several works on the
subject of telegraphy and telephony.
Dr. Charles W. Purdy.
CHICAGO, Jan. 21. Dr. Charles Wesley
Purdy Is dead of a complication of dis
eases, caused by overwork. He was born
In Kingston, Ontario, in 1846, and was
graduated from the Queen's University
with high honors. Dr. Purdy made a life
study of diseases of the kidneys, and
wrote several books on the subject. He
received several degrees from the Royal
Collego of Physicians and Surgeons of
Canada.
Rev. Chariest E. Conrad.
QUINCT, 111., aJn. 21. Rev. Charles E.
Conrad, M. D., a noted missionary, died,
aged 8L He was In Calcutta during tho
Sepoy outbreak.
Ex-Congressmnn Cowlea.
CLYDE, N. T., Jan. 21. Ex-Congressman
George W. Cowles, aged 78, Is
dead at his home here.
John H. Russell.
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y Jan. 2L-John
H. Russell, a theatrical manager, Is dead
at the state hospital here.
Xew York's Chinese Puzzle.
MALONE, N. Y., Jan. 21. The Chinese
puzzle. In which some of the Government
Dragged-Down Feeling
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and local officials in Malone are taking a
hand. Is still unsolved. Saturday 16 China
men arrived on the border, and Georgo
Wilson, a Constable, arrested them. Chi
nese Inspector Katchum demanded ti3
custody of the prisoners, which was re
fused. They were brought to Malone and
lodged In Jail. Monday, Mr. Wilson took
the Chinamen before Commissioner Pal
dock, who remanded them to Jail for ex
amination. It Is understood this will bo
made a test case.
PHILIPPINE SCHOOL BILL.
Permits Religions Teaching Three
Times a Wcelc.
MANILA, Jan. 21. The act establishing
the Department of Public Instruction was
unanimously passed by the Pnllipplno
Commission today, after a debate between
Commissioner Moses and Judge Taft, over
the section permitting religious Instruc
tion in schoolhouses.
The Commissioners were In favor of
the section originally, but Commissioner
Moses became convinced It was not wise,
and today he offered an amendment pro
hibiting the teaching of religious doctrines
In school buildings. He declared the com
mission would disregard Its instructions
concerning the separation of church and
state if the "questionable provision" wero
enacted. The Commissioner character
ized as groundless the fears that Catholic
children would not attend the public
schools unless religious instruction wero
permitted. He claimed the experience
with the Philippine schools had already
demonstrated this. Referring to tifcrir-
guments of the central Catholics In favor
of Catholic Instruction exclusively, Com
missioner Moses Insisted that a compro
mise was Inadvisable when one of the par
ties was predisposed against a compro
mise. Judge Taft offered a substitute permit
ting teaching thrice weekly by priest3
and ministers to pupils whose parents de
sired that their children receive such In
struction, and prescribing the dismissal
of teachers who attempt to influence pu
pils religiously and the suspension of tho
privilege of priests and ministers whoso
teachings create disloyalty or disorder.
Concerning the alleged disobedience of tho
Administration's Instructions, Judgo Taft
said. the question would be whether such
use of school buildings would involve a
tax on the people. He cited the facts
that the school buildings In use were be
ing used for political and religious pur
poses, notwithstanding the opposing atti
tude of the Federal party leaders. Tha
Judge said he did not believe a majority
of the party or of the people were op
posed to It He believed the opposition
was caused chiefly by fear of ecclesiasti
cal control. The Judge did not believe tho
hierarchy of the church would approve
of the radical propositions of the central
Catholics. If experience proved the wis
dom of repealing the section. It would at
least be after the Government had shown
that it is neither pro-Protestant nor pro
Catholic. Commissioner Ido voted with Commis
sioner Moses against Judgo Taft on tho
substitute, explaining that he questioned
whether the substitute would accomplish
the purpose sought. After the adoption
of the substitute, the bill was unani
mously passed.
President of Chicago Federation.
CHICAGO. Jan. 21. James H. Bowman,
president of the International Printing
Pressmen's Union, was unanimously elect
ed president of tho Chicago Federation of
Labor last evening.
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