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BARON VON SCHRADER BADLY WOUND=D Resorting to the Code to Punish Alleged Calumniators. TOOX PLACE NEAR POTSDAM ovyrizht, 1896, by the Asso-iuted Press.) BERLIN, April 10.—There wes a sensation in court and military circles here this morning when it was announced that an- other duel growing out of the greet court “anonymous letter scandals” had taken place in the woods near Potsdam, and that Barcn von Schrader, the inaster of cere- monies of the Prussian court, had been shot and seriousiy wounded by Count von Kotze. The latter was formerly court chamberlain, and was tried and acquitted on the charge of being the author of the anonymous communications alluded to. Count von Kotze and Baron von Schrader fought with pistols, and the latter was se- verely wounded in the abdomen. He was taken to a hospital, where his wound was Pronounced te be of a most serious nature. His near relatives were telegraphed for, and promptly gathered at bis bedside. Count von Kotze's arrest has been or- dered, and his friends say he will surren- der to the authorities whenever and wherever called upon to do so. This is the third duel of the series of bout a dozen for which challenges were sent out last April by Count von Kotze, and he has repeated today his announce- ment of his determination to keep on fighting his enemies, one by one, until he has settled accounts with all on his list. ‘Those who know Count von Kotze feel confident that he will keep his word. The Scandal. The scandal which gave rise to this se- ries of duels beganenearly five years ago, when high court personages, male and fe- male, old ana young, began receiving anonymous letters or postal cards, calling their attention to this or that escapade upon their own part or the part of their relatives or friends. As a result, wives became separated frem their husbands and fathers and mothers discarded their chil- dren, nearly everybody of importance being smirched more or less by the venom of the anonymous writer, who was evidently a person thoroughly familiar with all the de- tails of court life. People began to look askance at their best friends. Every effort possible was made by the police to discover the guilty party. But, in spite of this, the anonymous tormentor was able to continue the cruel work for about four vears. The general opinion was that the vile communications was the work of a woman, but ‘gradually this opin- jon changed, and, for some unexplained reason suspicion’ fastened itself upon Count von Kotze, one of the court cham- berlains, a popular man, well liked by the emperor and trusted by all his friends. Finally a volunteer spy denounced him to the court authorities on the ground that on blotting paper of a letter pad used by the count he had found a reproduction of one of the anonymous communications—a postal card. Tnereupon Kotze was arrested and con- fined in the fortress. Upon trial he was acquitted of the charges brought against im. While Kotze wa? in prison the tide of sympathy turned decidedly in his direction. Ugly whispering was heard on all sides, his arrest was openly denounced as an outrage and the names of a number of very high court personages, including Duke Ernest Gunther of Schleswig-Holstein, the brother- in-law of Emperor William of Germany, were heard. In fact, some persons even had the audacity to cast the side lights of suspicion upon a higher person than Duke Gunther, though it would seem without any just ground for so doing. A Dozen Challenges. When Count von Kotze was released from prison he promptly sent out challenges to about a dozen of those who he believed were implicated in a plot to ruin him in order to save the reputation of the high personage, whoever he may be, who is looked upon as being the real author of the anonymous communications. Among the principal persons challenged by Count von Kotze were Baron von Reis- chach, court marshal to the ex-Empress Frederick of Germany; Baron von Schra- der, the master of the ceremonies of the Prussian court; Prince von Fuerstenberg, Priace Aritert of ‘Saxe-Altenburg and Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg. A rumer. never substantiated, also had it that von Kotze had challenged Duke Ernst Gunther of Schleswig-Holstein; but this has been denied, and is not believed to be true. The first of the proposed series of duels was fought with pistols, in the Grunewal& early during the morning of April 13 last, between Count von Kotze and Baron von Reischach. 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Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturda: For the District of Columbia and Mary- land, light rain this afternoon, clearing to- night; Saturday, partly cloudy and warmer; variable winds. For Virginia, tcnight and Saturday, part- ly cloudy weather; warmer in eastern por- tion; west to south winds. Weather conditions and general forecast: The barometer has fallen in the Atlantic coast districts and from the lower Mls- souri valley westward over the Rocky mountains, and has risen slowly in the central valleys. There has been a rapid in- crease in pressure to the north of Dakota and Montana. An extended area of low pressure covers the central Rocky moun- tain districts, the barometer being lowest over Colorado, where it has fallen about fcur-tenths of an inch. It is decidedly warmer from Minnesota and the Dakotas southward to Texas, and the temperature has fallen 20 degrees rorth of the Dakotas. al showers ere reported this morning from the lower lake region southward to Georgia, and in the upper Mississippi valley and at northern Rocky mountain stations. The weather continues fair in New Eng- land and generally throughout the south- | Georgia on Saturday, ern states. The indications are that the weather will be generally 'fair on the Atlantic coast from gouthern New England southward to Preceded by local showers tonight. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the past twenty-four houre—New Orleans, 2.00; Sydney, 1.50. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 am.: Great Falls, temperature, 45; condi- tion, 18. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 45; condition at north connection, 19; condi- tion at south connection, 13. Distributing reservoir, temperature, 47; condition at in- fluent gate house, 12; eMuent gate house, 10, Tide Table. ‘Today—Low tide, 0.07 a.m. and 12:34 p.m.; high tide, 6:00 a.m. and 6:14 p.m. Tomorrow—Low . tide, 0:45 a.m. and 1:12 p.m.; high tide, 6:38 a.m. and 6:55 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 5:30; sun sets, 6:33. Moon rises, 4:35 a.m. tomorrow. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:48 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 4:20 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Naphtha lamps all lighted by 7:43 p.m.; extinguishing begun at 4:35. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the reedings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 40; 2 p.m., 43; maximum, 43; min- imum, 38. THE WEATHER FORECASTS BY FLAG SIGNALS. No. 1. No. 2. No, 3. No. 4. No, 5. Hee > Clear or fair weather. Rain or snow. Local rain orsnow. @ Cold wave. ee a Explanation of the Flags. ‘The flags are hotsted each day upon the issue of the They indicate the weather that may be expected during the following thirty-six bonrs, ticularly the last twenty-four hours of that period. They aro t> be read from tho t i ol Weather map asd float until dark. but more par- lop of the staff downward. If more than one kind of weather is predicted for the period from 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. the condi:ions first .amed in the forecast will be represented by the uppermost fi; of a “cold wave" 1s included in the forecast message, the cold-ware fag wilj Proper weather fiag. ‘The temperature flag, when placed above numbers 1, 2 or 8, indicates colder weather; when placed below numbers 1, 2 or the temperature will remein stationary. i. When a warning be ilisplayed below the indicates |warmer weather; when not displayed,; the indications are that a Bent scme time his life was despaired of, and even when the attending physicians pro- nounced that he would live, they coupled this statement with the remark that he would be crippled for life. This is prac- tically the case, although the count walks with greater ease than was expected. Sympathy for Count vom Kotze. There was some talk of sending Count von Kotze and his opponent to prison for fighting the duel, but there was so much popular sympathy for von Kotze that the emperor overlooked the matter on the count’s reported promise to give up his plan of fighting the rest of the series of duels. However, in June last von Kotze met Baron von Schrader on the field of honor, wounded him siightly, and was again wounded himself. For this von Ketze was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment in the fortress of Glutz, and on July 13 he gave himself up to the governor of thal place and served his sentence, but he was treated with the greatest consideration, and it was again reported, on his release, that he had promised not to fight another duel. By this time Count von Kotze had become quite a popular hero, and his enemies felt very unccmfortable. Dr. Friedman’s Departure. It is possible that this would have been the last of the series of duels had it not been for an unlooked-for event. Counsel for Kotze at his trial was one of the most famous kewyers in Berlin, Dr. Fritz Fried- man, and to the latter the court chambe) lain intrusted a bundle of important docu- ments to be used in drawing up the case for the defense. Besides, in preparing this work, it was necessary to employ detec- tives and make many secret inquiries. All this data remained in Dr. Friedman’s possession, and almost a_ thunder-clap echoed over Berlin when, in December last, it was announced that the popular lawyer had fled from Berlin, leaving debts to the amount of about 2,000,000 marks, and taking with him a rising young actress, Nellie von Wildenfels. He was last seen at a public dinner, with his wife, and, hearing that a warrant for his arrest had been issued on the charge of bribing a police officer to al- low a lady client, whom the policeman was escerting to prison, to escape, he suddenly disappeared, and took with him, besides the actress, all the documents in the Kotze case and other secret papers which had been intrusted to his care by high person- ages, leaving his wife and five children in poverty, although his yearly income was estimated to be about 500,000 marks. He received 60,000 marks for defending Polke, the banker, last year. The actress he took with him in his flight, it also appears, was the daughter of a pro- feesional burglar, and he had been leading @ double life with her for some time pre- vious. She was only seventeen years of age. 3 Dr. Friedman was arrested on February 22 last at Bordeaux, France, as he was upon the point of eailing for South Amer- ica, and though steps are still in progress to extradite him, it is not thought likely that he will be prought back to Berlin. But the great scandal has been again revived, and another duel has resulted, from the fact that the Ollendorf Publishing House of Paris ix reported to have pub- lished a book entitled “A Revelation From Above,” written by Dr. Fritz Friedman, and containing siartling disclosures re- @arding the Kotze case in particular and court life at Berlin in general. It is addled that Emperor William's brother-in-law, Duke Ernst Gunther of Schleswig-Hol- stein, Baron von Schrader (who fought the duel today), Prince von Altenburg, Prince Aribert of Anhalt and others, have subscribed the sum of 360,000 marks in an effort to prevent the Ollendorf Publishing House from publishing Dr. ledman's Naturally this has brought back all the old soreness, and Count von Kotze is again on the war path. - s ee aes LANGDON RELEASED. Nothing Shown to Connect Him With Annie McGrath's Death. Samuel P. Langdon, the wealthy coal op- erator of Philadelphia, who was held pend- ing the investigation into the death of Annie J. McGrath, whose body was found on March 23, ina house occupied by Lang- don and the dead girl, has been released by the police authorities. Coroner Ashbridge has abandoned the case against Langdon because of lack-of evidence. The inquest into the girl’s death was held on Friday, April 3, when the coroner’s jury held Langdon to await fur- ther investigation by the grand jury. The evidence failed to show any motive for tke killing of the girl, and there was no trace of poison in the girl's stomach. CAPT. EDITH: MARSHALL. —— I The Head of the Auxiliary League, Salvation Army, to Visit Washington. Staff Captain Edith Marshall, who has been at the head of the Auxiliary League of the Salvation Army in the United States from the time it had ofly a few hundred members until now, when It has over five thousand, is coming to Washington to- merrow, and will hold a meeting at Foun- dry Church, cgrner of 14th and G streets, Monday afternoon and evening in the in- terest of the Auxiliary League, and under the ‘auspices of the Washington branch, which numbers representatives of all the churches. Staff Captain Marshall is well known and well liked in Washington, where she has in former years held large meetings in prominent churches, although she has nox been able to come here during the last two years. She is a pleasing speaker and has been very successful in army work. She especialiy distinguished herself in, France and Switzerland before coming to the United States, bravely facing the active persecution which the army had then to encounter in those countries. She has become one of the most prominent and one of the most! useful officers in America, and has spoken in the interest of the Auxiliary League in almost every large city from Boston to San Francisce. It is largely to her efforts that the growth of the Auxiliary League is due. Staff Captain Marshall wili take part in the_ regular meetings at the Salvation Army Hall, 930 Pennsylvania avenue, Sun- day morning, afternoon and evening, to- gether with the local officers, Captain Clive Canfield and Lieutenant ‘Briscoe. Dr. Frederick Nice, the editor of the German War Cry, is to come from New York to take part in the meetings, especially that of Monday evening, with his voice and his violin. The members of the Auxillary League in Washington have been making special preparations for the Monday night meeting, and hope to add considerably to their numbers. ' General Secretary Baer. of the Society of Christian Endeavor last mogth, in re- newing his membership in the Auxiliary League, wrote a letter to Commissioner Evangeline Booth, saying® “It is a pleasure and my duty, too, to herewith renew my memberzhip in the Auxiliary League. Per- mit me also to say that my admiration for the Salvation Army has been intensified by the loyalty to the army your officers and soldiers have displayed during the trying experiences of the past two weeks. God bless the rank and file. Commanders may come, commanders may go, but the battle against sin and unrighteousness is ever on. Press on. And shoulder to shoulder with a united front, raise your banners higher! _ Never let the folds of the army’s flag and ‘Old Glory’ touch the ground. Raise them higher and higher. God reigns! God has wonderfully blessed the army here and throughout the world, and I am one of many more who believe He has even greater victories for you in the coming days in your world-wide mission. Keep close to the blood-stained banner of the cross. May#thée army's watch- word, in this country, @er be Americ America for Chris 2 igt for America: More Mathematjeal Problems. To the Editor of The Evgning,§tar: I find by computing, compound interest on the basis of 6 per cent that the conscience- stricken soldier to whom you referred the other day with so much editorial felicity must have taken from the sovernment in 1863 8.484 cents’ ra of sugar. Suppos- ing sugar to be wortH.J2 Gents at that time, it is found that the Jump, with which this surreptitious watchmman,. sweetened his whistle must have wefgheq .5173 pound. You propose the figdring out of these re- sults as a mathematical problem, but the incident suggests twp other problems of a more serious nature.” 1. How many men are”there, soldiers or others, who, after having struggled for thirty-three years witn’a quarter of a pound of sugar on the conscience, would have broken down at last under the oppressive burden of thirty conts? 2 If all tho men wao ave taken sd- vantage of the government to the extent of & quarter of a pound of sugar or more should suddenly become conscience-stricken, waat effect would it have upon our national rev- enues? LLY MILLER. eee Badly Beaten by Burglars. George J. Gall, the light-weight pugilist, and instructor at the South Side Athletic Club of Denver, was beaten, stabbed and robbed by burglars in his house Tuesday night. Hall made a desperate fight, and one of the burglers struck him on the side with a knife, inflicting a pos- sibly fatal wound. Hall formerly lived in Chicago. THREE TICKETS That Number May Bo in the Pres- idential Field. . SILVER OR GOLD MEN WILL BOLT One Congressman's Views on Prob- able Splits in Both Conventions. THE CHANCES OF WINNING The election of three such strong silver men as Senators Brown and Cannon and Representative Allen as delegates-at-large from Utah to the national republican con- vention causes additional speculation as to the attitude the western delegates will as- sume at the convention. This spec- ulation grows spicy and of absorbing in- terest in view of the fact that all appear- ances now indicate the nomination of Mc- Kinley. Senator Teller, one of the most radical of the silver republicans, predicts this, but it is significant that there is noth- ing coupled with his prediction favorable to the nominee carrying the west. In fact, the Senator expressly asserts that if there is no recognition of silver by the conven- tion and the nominee, Colorado, which he can speak for, will vote for a silver man, just as it voted for Weaver in 1892. May Lead a Bolt. Senators Brown and Cannon and Repre- sentative Allen have been regarded for months as among the men who would lead 8 bolt of the western delegates at St. Louis. They have not been as open in their advocacy of a bolt as Senator Tiil- man has about the democratic party, but all they have said has left a plain infer- ence. Public sentiment in Utah is back of them. During the last few months, since the launching of the silver party here, thousands of republican and democratic voters in the new state have signed pledges that they will not vote for any candidate unless he is for silver at the favorite ratio fixed by the silver men. The lists of the men so pledging themselves have been pub- lished in the papers of the state. These signed pledges, and the feeling of the voters in favor of a bolt are admitted by the Utah Congressmen. A Star reporter who asked Representa- tiye Allen what would be the position of the delegates from his state was told that it was too early to talk on the subject. Ask almost any other silver Senator or Representative from the west the same thing ard he will make practically the same reply. The attitude of these men is identical with that of certain southern sil- ver democrats. Outside of ex-Speaker Crisp and a few others, very few of them will tay they wiil support the nominee if he is for the single gold standard. A majority of those who talk openly on the subject de- clare that they will not support such a nominee. The non-talkative ones are the men, it is claimed, who will be mcre apt to do the bolting than the talkative feilows. They know what their peopie think, and they are simply waiting, not desiring to commit themselves to a vosilion from which they might want to bccome extri- cated or which they might want to alter. May Be Three Tickets. The various phases involved lead to the belief on the part of many presumably shrewd politicians that there may be three tickets in the field, not including the prob- ability of a populist or sliver ticket. “I do not know it all,” said a Congressman, talk- ing on this subject, “but there are lots of things which point to three tickets in the fiell this year, and three only. If you will listen to me a few; minutes I will give you my analysis of the outlook, and 1 may say that I am not the only one who holds that these ideas are as likely to be facts as that anything else may take place. “Assuming that the nomination of Mc- Kinley is a certainty, that carries with it the adoption of a platform on the financial question which will be a straddle, or which will Ye more favorable to silver than will be suitable to the gold monometallists. It wil either be this or a straight thing against silver. Neither partial recognition of silver, a declaration against it nor a straddle will suit the western silver men. They want a direct recognition of sfiver or nothing. Again, there is a doubt wheth- er they would have confidence in McKinley, no matter what promises were made or what the platform was. “Now, take the democratic convention. It is a two to one bet that there will be a split there. Either the silver or gold men will walk out of the convention. Nothing but a positive declaration on the financial quesiion will suit either side. Take your choice as to which side goes out, and it will not alter what I am going to say. Take it that the silver men will walk out. This will throw them into the position of having to nominate a ticket of thelr own or going to the new silver party. If the gold men control they will nominate a tick- et, and if they do not control they will also nominate a ticket. Now, every- body knows that if there is’ such a thing as bimetallism, the republicans are more favorable to it than the demo- crats. Gold monometallism is more ram- Pant among the opponents of silver in the democratic ranks than in the republican. “Suppose, now, that what I predict takes place at St.-Louis. and that the silver men bolt or refuse to support the nominees? Sup- pose the silver men control at Chicago and nominate silver men? Suppose the gold men of the same convention walk out and put up candidates on a single gold standard Platform. Where will this leave matters? It leaves three tickets in the field—one for silver, one for gold monometallism and another for the more liberal use of both metals, the latter, however, mistrusted by the extremists of both parties, but carrying with it the vast number of men who think tkere is a medium and safe position be- tween the extremes.” Chences of the Three Tickets. “What about the chances of each of the three parties?” “Well, it would be idle guess work to talk on that now. My idea is that the re- publicans would stick together; that is, all the elements except the silver people. The democratic gold men would support their ticket, while the silverites of all parties would support a geruine silver democrat, one of whom they had no fears or suspi- cions. There is much for study in this question. I believe the south and west would support the silver man, backed pos- sibly by- Minnesota, Michigan and Indiana. The gold men might carry New York, New Jersey and a few other states. The repub- lcans would carry the balance. “Events can and may take place which will change my ideas of the situation, but I do not know of any change, unless it should be that the western men will be in- duced to jcin the McKinley landslide, un- der promises that he will be a friend to silver. Should that take place, and the people are with the leaders, then McKinley will have as much of a walkover in the November election as he seems to be hav- ing in delegate getting. But there is no reason for supposing that the western del- egates are going to find anything seductive in McKinley’s views, or in the platform which he will be likely to stand upon. They have not so far given the slightest inti- mation that they will be tickled. On the other hand, western papers condemned the Ohio platform as a straddle which the west would not accept.” Gen. Miles Complimented. Representative Hull, in reporting to the House the joint resolution to revive the grade of leutenant general of the army for the purpose of conferring that grade upon Major General Miles, compliments the career and service of General Miles. The movement to confer the grade upon him, says the report, comes from the people, as volced by the resolutions: of civic and military organizations through- out the country, and very generally by tHe public press, and is a recognition of his distinguished services in the great volun- teer army, and of his eminent and valuable services on the frontier of the western states and the territories. - Washington, D.C., April 10, 1896. _ap10,20&30 Large Rooms for Storage, $3 Mo. up. MERCHANTS’ 929-931 D St. f€10-3m,20 ’Phone 659. Fireproof Warehouse. Am. Security and Trust Co. The Expense of Cold Storage is slight. 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