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Significant Lessons Which Are Tough
o the Army Recruits.
GERMANY’S TWO GREAT FOEE
The External Enemies Are the Russian
and the Internal Enemies Are the
Prussians—Another Military Scan-
dal, \Vhich Is Alsq’ a Tragedy.
BERLIN, Oct. 26. — Another military
scandal, following closely upon the sen
tencing of Lieutenant von Bruesewitz 131
four years’ imprisonment; in afortress and
to dismissal from the army for killing a
workman with his sword because the lat
ter accidentally pushed the lieutenant’t
chair while entering a cafe, has created
considerable stir in civilian and military
circles. A peasant named Bauer has sev-
eral sons in the army and one of them was
in garrison at Gmund, where he was made
a noncommissioned officer. His sergeant,
on learning of young Bauer’s advance-
ment, was heard to exclaim in a beer
. house:
“I would like to know the ass of a ma-
jor who made Bauer a noncommissioned
officer.”
For this utterance the sergeant was im-
prisoned for three weeks and was then
transferred to Heilbronn, where he became
the superior of Bauer’s brother, upon
whom he took revenge for his imprison-
ment by subjecting him to systematic
brutalities. Bauer once attempted to com-
mit suicide but failed, and the crueltiee
were continued until the victim, in des-
peration took his rifle and fired a couple
of shots into his own mouth, killing him-
self almost instantly. The military court
which inquired into the matter simply do-
clared it to be an ordinary case of suicide,
but a number of officials and inhabitants
of Reldlingen have now taken the matter
up and have compelled the military au‘
thorities to reopen the inquiry, which has
just begun.
The liIilitary Reorganization.
It‘ is learned upon good authority that
the entire German artillery is about to be
reorganized. Emperor William paid great
attention to the matter during the recent
army maneuvers and the artillery exer-
cises at Kummersdorf. The plan com-
prises the formation of smaller field artil-
lery regiments instead of the present un-
wieldy ones, the appointment of more offi-
cers and the gradual substitution of wide
range and quick firing guns for the pres-
ent cannon, which are more or less anti-
quated. The general staff favors guns of
the» Maxim type for machine guns.
In spite of the denials of the govern-
ment press, there is no doubt that his maj-
esty adheres to his programme for an in-
crease of the navy, as outlined in the big
naval memorial, prepared by Admiral von
Holleban. Partial credits for 12 new ves-
sels, of which 4 will be of the largest type,
will be asked for of the reichstag this fall,
totalling 70,000,000 marks increase over
the naval expenditures of 1896.
The following incident is reported to
have occurred at the swearing in of the
naval recruits at Kiel. After delivering
his usual “Fear God and Obey Your Em-
peror” address, his majesty asked a Bava-
rian recruit whom he meant when he re-
ferred to the ”external enemy.” The Ba-
varian replied:
“The Russians.”
The emperor continued:
"And who are the internal enemies?"
“The Prussians, ” replied the recruit
from Bavaria.
The Kaiser’s Find.
In demolishing the oldest park of the
royal stable building near the castle on
Tuesday last a document dating 1443 was
discovered, apparently proving that the
whole of the soil in the vicinity of the eas-
tle belongs to the Hohenzollerns and not
to the city, as hitherto believed. In con-
sequence the emperor will begin suit be-
fore the kammcrgericht for the purpose of
ousting the city from the land around the
castle, and, if he wins, his majesty will
make extensive alterations and improve-
ments in the castle and about the Schloss
platz, including vast terraces around the
buildings.
Polish agitation has ‘ lately assumed
alarming proportions, and the excesses in
connection with the demonstrations at
Opalenitze and Bromberg, in honor of
Archbishop Stablevard, led to the prosecu-
tion of the agitators, and the Prussian
government is now considering a scheme
for dividing the province of Tosen among
the adjoining provinces of Silesia, Bran-
denburg and west and east Prussia, in or-
der to facilitate the Germanization of P0-
land.
The United States ambassador, Mr. Ed-
win 11‘. Uhl, and Mrs. Uhl, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Lucy Fol-
lctt, to Bradbury V. Thompson of Yale.
The marriage will take place in Berlin
during the beginning of February.
It is stated that the bundesrath has pro-
posed to appoint Dr. Kayscr, the director
of the colonial office, who was recently
again announced to have resigned, to suc-
ceed Dr. Wiener as president of the senate
of the imperial law courts.
A painful tragedy is reported from Dres-
den, where Dr. Paul Eulenburg, the au-
thor, has poisoned his wife and three chil-
dren with prussic acid and then commit-
ted suicide, owing to the fact that they
were starving. Dr. Eulenburg wrote a
book entitled Germany’s Position Since
1870” and a lestal play in honor of Prince
Bismarck.
I’attison's Ride.
>11: Lours, Oct. Eli—Lieutenant Harry
ll. Pattisnn of the Third cavalry has
reached .lczicrson barracks alter accom-
plishing a remarkable feat of horseman-
ship. lie rode from St. James, Mo., to
the Lax-racks, 112 miles, in 25. hours and
231 minutes. He rode the same horse all
the way, the animal be had ridden during
the entire practice march to Springfield,
Mo, and return. He made the last ten
miles in :3 hours and 6 minutes. He made
three stops on the journey.
Had to Find His Friend.
BOSTON, Oct. 26.—It was the unpleas-
ant duty of Judge Safi‘ord at Salem yes-
terday to find on old friend, Colonel J. W.
Raymond, guilty of having adulterated
milk in his possession, and fine him $50.
Judge Safford, however, took occasion to
say that it had not been shown that 0010-
nel Raymond had anything to do with the
adulteration.
The Gold Reserve.
WAsmxc"; . ,,-, Oct. 26.-—The treasury
yesterda, los: 819.),000 in gold coin, and
$26,600 in b. "n, whirh leaxes the true
amount of the reserve {119,705,611
Guatemala's New Minitter.
GUATEMALA, via Galveston, Oct. 26.—
Senor Dolores Rodriguez has been appoint-
ed minister to the United States.
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WITHIN ONE REIGN.
TPOCHS THAT HAVE MARKED THE
REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA. *
I‘lie Good Queen Has Seen Miuch of the
Progress of the World During the Sixty
Years she Has Occupied the Throne-
Other Long Reigns of European Rulers.
Sixty years is not the longest time
that any foreign sovereign of any
country has ever reigned, for, outside
England, instances are recorded of
even longer reigns than this. The
record shows a Hapsburg ruling the
German people from 1638 to 1703, or
65 years. That was Leopold I., who
succeeded his father and was suc-
ceeded by his son. Louis XIV. of
France did still better, holding his
own as the Grand Monarch from 16-13
to 1715, or 72 years, while Louis XV.
was “well beloved" for 59 years.
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QUEEN VICTORIA. °
This picture of Great Britain’s Sovereign was
taken on July 26 last, as the Queen was
nearing the date on which her reign would
become the longest in English history.
In the year in which the young
Queen Victoria was crowned, 1838,
the modern era of ocean steam travel
was marked by the steaming of the
Great Western to New York, and the
first telegraph line was built and op-
erated. The modern postofiicc sys-
tem became a popular institution by
the penny postage act of 1810, the
year in which the queen was married;
Hong-Kong, the great English com-
mercial port, was taken from China,
and colonial government was estab-
lished in New Zealand in the year of
the Prince of Wales’ birth, 1841. The
Queen saw Scotland for the first time
in 1842, and the income tax, now one
of the most perplexing and debatable
matters before Parliament and the
public of Great Britain, was reim-
posed.
It was in 1845 that polar explora-
tion, one of the most active and suc-
cessful scientific endeavors of the
century, marked a milestone in the
famous expedition of Franklin. The
repeal of the corn laws came the next
year, a famine c0mpelling, after bit~
ter conflict and much disturbance of
‘ ministries, the departure from Eng-
land’s old policy of protection by im-
port duties, which is today deplored
by the majority of thinking English-
men. The famine of 1846 included
the potato rot in Ireland, which had
much to do with a revival of the vio-
lent agitation of the country which
has disturbed the peace for several
years; but Daniel O’Connell died in
1847, and that recrudescence of Irish
discontent sank‘into temporary obliv-
on amid the stirring events on the
Continent, the chief of which was the
French revolution of 1848 and the-re-
jection of the Orlcauists, the estab-
lishment of the second republic un-
der Napoleon and his coup d’etat later
which founded the second empire.
With these events was connected the
first international exhibition that was
ever held, in 1851, and in the same .
year a tremendous stride in the wealth
of England was made by the discov-
ery of gold in Australia.
Then came the Crimean war, which,
in its results, laid the foundation for
the international machinations in the
East which are today bringing mat-
ters to so serious a crisis that it is
not impossible that the later years of
Victoria may be made memorable by
another great and bloody contest in
the disgraced domain of the Sultan.
At the heel of this came the Sepoy
mutiny and the terrible times in In-
dia, which led to that vast territory
being taken by the government out of
the hands of the old East India Com-
pany. The directors sat for the last
time on September 1, 1858.
Then Queensland was added to the
colonies, and more oppressive internal
duties were abolished, and, in 1860,
what had been done for Roman Cath-
olics was done for Jews, in the entire
removal of their disabilities.
Queen Victoria paid her first visit
to Ireland in 1861, and the Prince
Consort died the same year. Eng-
land’s connection .with the American
rebellion was marked by the sailing
of the Alabama from the Mersey
in 1862. In 1867 the Dominion of
Canada was created as a Federation,
the second ref01m act was passed,
and the $50, 000, 000 \byssinian war
was fought. In the year following
the transportation of convicts was
stopped by law, and then came the
Franco-German war and its results,
and the complete change in the status
of the Pope in Italy, and the Berlin
Congress; the Irish church was dises-
tablishcd, the first London School
Board met, the Queen was pro-
claimed Empress of India (1871) Eng-
land took Cyprus from the Turk by
diplomacy, and, in 1881, Lord Bea-
consfield died.
The great Afghan war was ended,
and the still disputed occupancy of
Egypt began, in 1882. Troublous
times, chieflydiplomatic and Parlia-
mentary in their character, followed
until the Queen’s jubilee in 1887, and
the nearly ten years since have been
full of events still fresh in the public
mind, of which the solutions have. not
vet been reached.
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