The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 23, 1895, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1895 taking for his text, *‘Be Ye Kind One to Another,” said: “Again talk of poss air. There are tim: for which the Christian shrink from w To-day tionable du ty as followers Peace and as loyal Amer ourselves if we have a righteous cause, now, for going to war. Remember this— the war spirit is like tire in dry forest X;\nq. The war craze may seize on England—it has not yet—God forbid it doing so. «What is the trouble? A dispute be- tween England and a petty, uncivilized South American republic, where we are only represented by an occasional visiting American; a dispute in regard to which the majority of the best lawyers in this city seem to think the case made by the President, and with awfully rash precipi- tancy accepted by Congress, is a weak one* “War on a doubtful dispute, in which we may be wro: means without any doubt whatever the perpetration of a wrong so awful, unprovoked and mon- strous that in modern times history affords no paraliel. W means the deluging y\-im blood of 3000 miles of Canadian frontiers; the invasion by 65,000,000 of people of a ied by 4,000,000--4,000,000 who are neighbors, our brothers, dwelling se- v by us. War cannot come, for An- axons on both sides of the Atlantic are pre-eminently sane. But the menwho have talked up the war spirit for months ears are like men fooling with fire in iry woodland and in autuinn weather. am very sure that when common d thoughtfulness have their w d & sane hour stri vism will d sear and our people will awake as men who arouse themselves from an unthinka- ble, monstrous and unholy dream.” At the oomingdale Reform Church, lison C. Peters preached on on’s Debt to Christianity.,” In of his sermon he made this he Venezuelan trouble: el, hateful. wrong. Waris olitical demagogues who at tide are shouting for war be branded by the second sober thought of the American people as the ninals of the nineteenth century. When these men had an opportunity to fight for their own land, when the stars and stripes were trailed in the dust, they sent substitutes, A war between England and erica couald never be terminated il one or the other went into bank- ptey, or had no more men to fill the When the time comes that we are encroached upon or attacked, then there wlll be a prompt response from the Ameri- can people to defend the flag. What sane man believes that such a necessity exists at the present time? If we are to have war let it be on one condition—that the men who are now shouting for it be the first ones compelled to £o to the front.” Dr. Parkhurst, in his sermon to-day at the Madison-square Presbyterian Church, touched on the Venezuelan question, and denounced the idea of war between the United States and Great Britain. The ple war is in the and causes in and man must not our unques- f the Prince of ns, is to ask land cccu v 1 anity, both here and in Eng- land, is too thoronghly a part of the N tional life for armies and navies to clash in warfare at the same moment that the churches of both countries are thundering for peace.” Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr., at the Academy of Music, mentioned the present situation as follows, in the way of a prelude to his sermon: “It is improbable, in my opinion, for any hostilities between Great Britain and America. Of a1l nations on God’s world Great Britain and the United States should be the two that should lead to the ways of peace and liberty and happiness. A war between Great Britain and the United States would be wrong because we are the same people, the same blood and the same tongue. Our fathers the same fathers and our ideals are the same ideals and our home prineiples are the same.”” Rev. Dr. Charles Eaton of the Church of the Divine Paternity preached on *“Chris- tianity and War.” He said: “I desire to enter my earnest protest against war being the way of settling the momentous question now being discussed, and I speak according to the grand princi- ples that govern alike the English and American people. I believe there have been certain wars in the history of this country that were inevitable and unavoida- ble. I hold that the war of the Revolution and the Civil War were justified. -Every act by which a nation is precipitated into a practical slaughter, where a declaration of war is made without exhausting every other possible measure of adjusting the difference is contrary to the teaching of Christianity.” R a— PRAYS FOR PEACE. Dr. Joseph Parker Asks That Chris= tians Use Their Influence. LONDON, Exa., Dec. Speaking at the City Temple to-day,the Rev. Joseph Parker, D.D., said: “Do mot trouble yourself with the thought of war. There will be no war. England and America cannot do without each other. War would be suicide. We send to-day a message from our hearts to our fellow-Christians in America. We must act in a spirit of magnanimity and concession. We miss Henry Ward Beech- er. He could and would have spoken the words of reconciliation. I call upon Brit- ish and American Christians to unite in prayerful counsel in the interests of peace.” Mr. Parker prayed in a similar strain, the congregation giving a hearty amen to his supplication. The Men’s Sunday Union, which is com- posed of workers in the east end of London, hasadopted a resolution sending a hearty Christmas greeting to the brother nation as an expression of its opinion that a war would be unnatural and unchristian and should be forever impossible. S g DEPRECATE WAR. Arbitration Urged by the Congrega- tion of an Ohio Church. . COLUMBTUS, On1o, Dec. 22.—Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden preached a strong sermon at his church here to-day against war spirit, as shown by President Cleve- land and Congress in the discussion of the Venezuelan question. The peace senti- ment of the pastor was enthusiastically re- ceived and to-night the following resolu- tions, presented by President Canfield of the State University, were unanimously adopted by the congregation. Resolved, That as Christiad citizens of a Christian nation, at the close of a century filled to overflowing with the magnificent re- sults of greater and more settled peace than the world has ever known before, & century in which men have come nearer than ever before to realizing in daily life the blessed teachings of the Divine Master, the Prince of Peace; with all loyelty to our own Republic and with all regret that the unwise and the tardy justice of England should furnish even a pretext for hos- ———— e A badly engraved invitation or visiting-card disgraces both the user and the maker of it. A 227 Post street 215 Bush street 11 S CROCKER Co | tile feeling, we desire to most solemnly and ear- nestly declare for arbitration as the only wise and just and civilized method of adjusting in- ternational misunderstandings. We refer our English brethren to the declara- tion of their own “Iron Duke,” that “Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.” We call upon our President and our mem- bers of Congress to remember that a resort to force is generally a confession ot weakness; that a great Nation like our own can compel peace without material strife, and that there is 1o guestion which can vossibly arise be- tween ourselvas and other nations that ¢annot be honorably adjusted in and by a high court of inquiry and arbitration. We earnestly pray that the better second thought of the Nation may prevail, and that there may be no discordant note in the mes- e of “Peace on earth and good will toward men” that should come from all hearts at this blessed Christmastide. Resolved, That we request that the strong and stirring words of the sermon preached in this place this morning be printed,in order that it may have the widest possible reading and the largest possible influence. President Canfield, William G. Deshler and Judge W. T. Spear were appointed to forward the resolutions and Dr. Gladder's sermon to Congressman D. K. Watson, Senators Sherman and Brice, President Cleveland and the British embassy. R e WAR AS A LAST RESORT. Cleveland Preachers Indorse the Monroe Doctrine. ELAND. Omnro, Dec. 22.—Rev. A. E. Winters, pastor of the Lorain-street Methoaist Episcopal Church, to-night preluded his sermon by stating that Eng- land and America should not go to war untilevery other means had been tried to peaceably adjust the difficulty. Mr. Win- ters added, however, that if under the Monroe doctrine England was an intruder Cleveland’s message was none too strong, and the United States would be justitied in opposing England, even to an armed conflict as a last resort. He held, however, that Engiand was ina position where, for her own future pros- perity, she dared not fight, as France would then wind up the Egyptian question to suit herself, and Russia would swoop down upon Northern India inside of twenty-four hours. The subject was generally discussed throughout the churches in the city upon very much the same lines laid down by Mr. Winters. £ g WARLIKE SERMONS. Three Chicago Clergvmen Who Stand for Americanism. CHICAGO, Trr., Dec. 22.—Many Chicago ministers in their sermons to-day made reference to the threatened war between the United States and England over the Venezuelan dispute. The general appeal was for arbitration or other peaceable solution of the problem, if the country’s dignity could be preserved. Rev.Dr. K. ‘W. Thomas of the People’s Church de- livered many forcible remarks on the sub- ject, and during his sermon was inter- Tupted frequently by applause. “In the great world movement, the new must be free from the domination of the old,” said Dr. Thomas. “In this we are asserting no arbitrary claim, but simply affirming the principles and policy by which we have been guidea in the past, although all too leniently on our part. It may seem a small affair for our Govern- ment to interfere in a little matter of dis- | pute over a boundary line away down on the northern shore of South America, but | all we have asked is that the matter in dispute be submitted to arbitration. This demand must be insisted upon at what- ever cost. This country has never been ‘grasping and never sought to absorb other countries, but, as you all know, rather en- couraged their independence.” The Rev. John Henry Barrows of the First Presbyterian Church said land grab- bing for the sake of trade and commerce was intolerable in ancient Rome, and they were intolerable to-day. “They make Christendom offensive in the nostrils of heathendom,” said Dr. Bar- rows. “We were guilty in the Mexican war, and God washed our crime in worse than hell fire. I am glad the ‘American people with one voice have said that land grabbing on the American continent by | European powers must cease. This noble and puissant Nation which now from the Atlantic is rising in her majesty and shaking her invincible locks, has been touched by the ideal of free American Gov- ernment and by the sense of its own free- dom.” Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of All Souls Church in referring to the Monroe doc- trine said he did not believe it was wanted for America alone, bus for all the world. If England must still persist in old time | aggressions by brutality of force, the carnality of conquest, and in violating the law of love that protects the weak and de- fends the inefficient, let the appeal of the TUnited States of America be notto the arbi- trament of war, but to the conscience of the world. Let our Nation ask all the great nations of the globe to join in asking England for arbitration.” Seaiage W WOULD GO TO WAR. Pittsburg Pastors Praise the Vene~ zuelan Ultimatum. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 23.—A number of ministers of the gospel in their sermons to-day preached on the threatened war between the United Statesand England over the Venezuelan boundary dispute’ Rev. Woodside of the Grant-street Re- formed Presbyterian Church said : “England must submit the cause to in- telligent arbitration, 2 manly suggestion by the United States, or submit to the ar- bitrament of the sword. We want no war. We are a peaceful people, but we shall not stand by to see the injury of smaller re- publics, who have the same rights before the world as ourselves. If Ihad ten sons I would send them all to such a war, and I would go myself.” Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage of the Sec- ond Presbyterian Chtirch, on the subject, “England and America,” among other things said: “Criticize Grover Cleveland as we may, a manlier, truer, braver, more loyal Presi- | dent never sat in the White House, And | to-day, if Englandis trying to bully a helpless republic, 60,000,000 as brave patri- ots as ever froze at Valley Forge or bled at Princeton and Yorktown wili make the | same sacrifices and dig grave-trenches, and march and grapple and die. “May the Christ who stilled the tempest send the white-winged angel of peace to| hover over us. God forbid that the Christ- mas carols of 1895 should be drowned by the baying of the bloodhounds which have broken from their kennels.” Rev. J. 8. Hutson of the Union-street Baptist Church, Allegheny, offered up a prayer for arbitration between the United States and England, He was joined in the prayer by the entire congregation. R TALMAGE’S PRAYER. Fervid Aspiration for a Continuance of Peace. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.—In two | of the pulpits in the Capital City to-day was the probability of war referred to. Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage’s sermon at the First Presbyterian Church was on the | subject of *‘Christmas Bells,” the sugges- tipn for his ideas beingin the text from Matthew,*“‘And lo, the star which they saw in the East went before them.” He made two references to the English- | American embroglio, one in the opening | prayer and the other in the sermon. | In the prayer he uttered a fervid aspira- | tion for a continuance of peace, and in the sermon he expressed belief that there would be no war, that the God of Peace | would still the waves as on Gennasaret. War nowadays was for nations like China and Japan. JORNSON 15 SHTSFED Pleased With His Appointment on the Pacific Raliroads Committee. | He Refuses to Declare His Attitude | Toward the Proposed Fund- | ing Bill. WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 22.—Some representatives from California bave | thought that Mr. Johnson's assignment to | the Committee on Pacific Railroads would | be distasteful to him. Other members are inclined to believe that this is an unenvi- able and altogether undesirable commit- tee, and especially for a California repre- | sentative; but Mr. Johnson says he is entirely satisfied, and will remain on it and try to do his duty. He was asked whether or not he would oppose a funding | | bill, such as Mr. Reilly’s, and replied: “IWhen the time comes I will do my | duty as T unaerstand it.” | Mr. Johnson regrets exceedingly that his | colieague, Mr. Barham, should not have | received better recognition at Speaker | Reed’s hands. | “He is a very able man, well posted on | the subject of the Nicaragua canal and im- | migration, and I should have been greatly pleased if he had been assigned to the In- | terstate and Foreign Commerce Commit- | tee, which will have the Nicaragua canal | project before it, or to the Committee on | | Foreign Immigration and Naturalization. | As for my own committee assignment, T/ | am satistied. Tam like the man who said | | “The weather will please me to-morrow.” | ‘How s0?” imgquired another. ‘Why, the weather will please the Lord, and what | | pleases the Lord pleases me.’ Mr. Johnson discussed the Venezuelan controversy and said he hoped the report | was true that Phelps, Edmunds and Andrew D. White would be appointed on the commissio: “I don't believe there is anything in | that report about ex-President” Harrison | going to be a member of it. Possibly i might be tendered to him as a compl ment, but he would be a crazy man to ac- | cept £ s e Lubin’s Zealous Work. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.—David Lubin, the zealous and indefatigable Sacramentan, is hard at work exploiting before the members of Congress his plan to pay a bounty on agricultural staples | exported from this country. His head- quarters are at the Ebbitt House, and he | holds nightly meetings with Congressmen | and other dignitaries as his audiences. They regard Mr. Lubin as a very earnest, zealous and able champion of his plan and are entertained by his address, but are in- clined to believe his scheme to be im- practicable, while it may be all right in theory. | leave their country seats for Berlin. GERMANY'S GAY WEEK Christmas Cheer Undimmed by International Disputes. PUT ASIDE. POLITICS Emperor William Enjoying Him- self in the Bosom of His Family. PLEASURES OF YULETIDE. Holiday Fetes in Which People of All Classes Will Take Part. BERLLN, Germany, Dec, 22.—Public interest in Berlin in the quarrel between the United States and Great Britain has never been highly strained and bids fair to diminish rapidly, especially as regards the political aspect of the question. On the other hand, however, financial anxiety is on the increase. The operations on the bourse here in Frankfort and in Vienna on Saturday showed a greater tendency to take the situation seriously. It is true that nothing like a war panic prevailed, but the operators obviously got the im- pression that the financial position must become much worse than it is, whatever may happen, in relieving the political difliculty. The selling of American stocks on the various German bourses proceeded actively and a considerable number of sell- ing orders are reported to have been sent from Berlin to London. The selling movement meanwhile is not an indication that investors are unloading, butitis largely ccnfined to speculative | dealings which seem calculated to eventu- ally draw in genuine holders. The con- currence of the financial pressin the gen- eral gloomy view of the monetary pros- pects of the United States is giving a great deal of assistance to speculators for a fall. Responsible newspapers, like the National Zeitung, predict a flow of gold from the United States. trouble lies in the difficulty of American | railroads and other enterprises obtaining the support of European capital and the cessation of the revival of American indus- try which recently set in.y In regard to a tariff war between Ger- many and the United States nobody affects | to believe that anything of the kind will oceur excepting interested Agrarians, who ave been hoping that such a war would result in the formation of a strong Agra- risn and protectionist Ministry in Ger- many. The -preparations which everybody is making for Christmas places, to the Na- tion at large, political and financial events in the background. The members of the imperial fam’ly are passing their time in thorough burgher fashion. The Emperor is enjoying himself in the bosom of his family, and the life of the royalties at the new palace at Potsdam mirrors upon a great scale the life of most of the house- holds in Germany. On Chrismas eve the biegest event for the young Princes will be “*die Bescherung,” the giving of Christ- mas boxes. The distribution of gifts will be made from a Christmas tree, of which each Prince will have one, their size vary- ing according to the ages of the owners. There will be a tree, too, for the little Princess, Vistoria Louise, and there will also be trees for everybody in the house- hold, down to the kitchen servants. Apart from democratic fetes Berlin will be quiet socially until the shortly before the annusl *‘Ordensfest,” which will take place on January 18, the twenty-fifth anniversery of the proclama- tion of the German empire. Chancellor Prince von Hohenlohe left Berlin on Friday on his way to Bohemia, to pass the Christmas holidays with bis eldest son, Prince Philip. Among the high society leaders of Ber- lin Prince and Princess Radziwill are the only ones now here. T intimate friends. Just prior to the ““Or- densfest” all of the grand seigneurs will The upper house of the Prussian Diet will then bepin its session and the series of court balls will then commence. Each aristocratic set gives its own special func- tions, society cliqnism not having been modified in the glightest decree under the regime of Emperor William I1. Besides the regular court circle there is the set of the officers of the First Guards, composed of the old mediatized princely families. This set is so exclusive that it will not mix even with the officers of the Garde du Corps. Then there is the Hohenlohe cir- cle, to which belong the Furstenbergs, Schoenborns, Hatzfeldts and other fami- & = THE TORPEDO-BOAT CUSHING IN INLAND' WATERS. The torpedo-boat Cushing, the fastest in [Reproduced from the New York World.] the United States navy, left the Brooklyn Navy-yard last Monday to go into winter quarters at Washington. In all her trip to the capital she did not once go out into the open sea. Her route was down the bay and around the souther shore of Staten Island to Perth Amboy, thence up the Raritan River to New Brunswick, where she entered the Delaware and Raritan canal. Notice had been given of ber coming, and crowds cheered her along the route. In the skating for the college students at Princeton. ¢ The Cushing put up the first night at Bordentown. The next morning she proceeded down the Delaware River to Delaware City, wl?ere sh'e entered lhf: Chesapeake and Delaware canal. Thence her course was to Chesapeake City, thence through Back Creek eight miles to Elk River, and through that stream to Chesapeake Bay. After that there was clear steaming to the mouth of the Potomac River, up which there is easy navigation to Washkington. This inland route was taken to show that it would be feasible in case of war. her course through the canal she broke up To a large extent the| season commences | e Princess is “at | | home” every day from 5 o'clock in the afternoon until 8 o’clock in the evening to lies of that rank whose names are found in the Almanach de Gotha, and who look down upon everybody outside of their set. Those of the public official circle stand apart from the court aristocrats, the vari- ous cliques meeting only at great assem- blies where the general world goes. Then again the members of the Haute Finance form a society by themselves, and so on down. Allof these circles will be in the full swing of gayety three weeks hence, making Berlin brighter and adding to the prosperity of the tradesmen, and no com- plications in the East or the West menace a blight upon a good season. According to accepted reports, the much- talked-of letters that were in the posses- sion of Baron von Hammerstein, the ab- sconding ex-editor of the Kreuz Zeitung, came into the possession of the Socialist leaders in the Reichstag through the Baron's mistress, Flora Gaes. Fraulein Gaes was left in indigent cir- cumstances and was obliged to leave her hotel becausé of inability to pay her bills, the chambermaids in the hotel holding her trunks as security for small loans which she had contracted. The Freisin- nige Deputies in the Reichstag bought some of the letters from her, but the So- cialists are in possession of seventy of them signed by well-known Conservatives, Deputies and officials. Most of these let- ters are addressed to Hammerstein, but some of them are addressed to Flora her- self. It is revelations not of political scheming alone that these Conservatives dread, but the letters show various exam- ples of moral turpitude on their part that they would go great lengths to conceal. Baron von Stumm-Halberg, who is him- self clear of all suspicion, proposes to assist his embarrassed associates in the Reich- stag by moving a resolution restraining members from making any oral disclosures in debates, and also prohibiting, under seyere penalties, the publication of any of the contents of the letters. Baron von Stumm also seems very serious in his re- solve to raise the question of the exclusion of the socialists from the Reichstag on the ground that they have violated the consti- tution in receiving payment from party funds. While Prince Bismarck was Chan- cellor a similar effort was made to repress the socialists, but it was a failure. The fizzle which Rector Ablwardt has made in his anti-Sewetic campaign in the United States has still further discredited him among anti-Semites here. A meeting of the Democratic Anti-Semite Union, which was held yesterday, resented the suggestion that ,in Ahlwardt’s tour of America he was acting in any way in a | representative capacity, and it was ex- plicitly declared that his trip was under- taken wholly without the knowledge of the union. The Emperor has invited all of the mem- bers of the Reichstag who sat in the first session after the creation of that body in 1871 to be present at the castle on July 18, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the procla- mation of the German empire. It has been ascertained that of the orig- inal body only thirty-tive are now alive, | and that out of the thirty who formed the | memorable deputation to Versailles upon the occasion of the proclamation of Wil- liam I as Emperor of Germany the only ones living are the Duke of Ujest, the Prince of Pless, Herren von Drest. von Romberg and von Salze and Count Hom- peach. The Bundesrath has four members who were in the first session of the Reich- stag, and to these a special fete will be given on January 18. The results of the completed census of Germany shows the population of the em- pire to be 51.758,364, an increase of 2,329,894 over the census of 189%0.. Allof the States of the empire show increases. The Vossische Zeitung in an article re- *“The outcome is likely to prove to The says: be President Cleveland’s Sedan. economic posilion of America enough now, but what will happen in the event of war?” The North German Gazette expresses fear that it will take at least” a decade for America to recover the confidence of the politicians and financiers of Germany. The Emperor is suffering from a cold, but his condition is not serious. The ex-Empress Frederick to-day pre- sented Christmas gifts to the girls of the Victoria institute and also to pupils in the | Pestalozzi and Froebel institute. ] A report is in circulation that Count | Herbert Bismarck is about to obtain an office in the Prussian Ministry, but the | rumor is not generally believed in official | circles. RIOTING AT TARRAGONA. Spanish Gendarmes Fire Upon a Threat- ening Crow: MADRID, Spa1N, Dec. 22.—There was a serious outbreak at Tarragona to-day. The trouble was connected with the levying of | octroi duties, the tax placed on provisions, etc., entering the city from other parts of the country. The crowd became very threatening and refused to obey the orders iven them by the gendarmes to disperse. [he latter then fix'efinto the mob, wound- ing several of them. This had the effect of restoring order. Pl e Martborough Reaches Rome. ROME, Irany, Dec. 22.—The Duke and Duchess of Marlborcugh have arrived in this eity. They will remain here for sev- eral days visiting the Roman antiquities. ferring to the finanéial panic in New York | is bad | LULL IN ROSTILITIES. Philadelphia Strikers Ob- serve the Day of Rest. PEACE OVERTURES MADE Conference With the Tractiofi Company Extends Far Into the Night. TROUBLE EXPECTED TO-DAY. Mayor Warwick Swears In Additional Policemen to Prevent Rioting. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 22.—For the first time since last Tuesday, when the strike of the motormen and conduc- tors of the Union Traction Company be- gan, peace and quiet to-day reigned in the streets of Philadelphia. This was due to the decision of the traction company to make no attempt to run any of its cars to- | day. This decision was adhered to. Since Tuesday the police force of the city has been on duty almost continuously and the lull in hostilities to-day afforded the men a much-needed resy. The strikers held a long meeting this afternoon behind closed doors, and the probable result of this meeting was seen to-night, when a committee representing strikers and officials of the Union Traction Company held a long conference at the offices of the company. At midnight the result of this conference is still in doubt. The strikers were represented on their committee by President Mahon of the Amalgamated Association of Street Rail- way Employes, Chairman Lutz of the strikers’ executive committee, George Chance of the Typographical Union and George Griffith of the Christian League. ‘When this committee presented itself at the offices of the company the traction officials refused to recognize Mr. Mahon and Mr. Lutz, and these two walked the | street outside while Mr. Griffith and Mr. Chance conferred with the railway people. A proposition was laid before the traction officials and this was met by a counter proposition. A long discussion followed, and at 11:30 the strikers’ committee re- turned to the strikers’ headquarters for further instructions. It is the earnest hope of the majority of the citizens of this city that a compromise of some sort shall be reached at once, as the strike has already cost the city indi- rectly hundreds of, thousands of dollars. Aside from the direct expense of the strike, the retail holiday trade has been practi- | cally killed and the merchants of the city are clamoring for an end. John Lowber Welsh, president of the | Union Traction Company, who has been reported as being the man who has stood in the way of all attempts at arbitration through his absolute refusal to- recognize the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes, to-night issued a state- | ment to the public giving his version of the | trouble, and claiming that there was no dissatisfaction among his employes until labor agitators stirred them up to strike. Mr, Welsh practically declares in hisstate- ment .that his company will never recog- nize the Amalgamated Association, and this may be the rock upon which to-night’s | negotiation for a settlement will split. If | a settlement is not reached to-nizht the :compzm_v proposes to operate iis Market | and Chestnut street and Lancaster avenue | branches to-morrow at ali hazards. | In anticipation of further trouble to- | morrow the Mayor to-night swore in 500 | more policewen, and these will give him a | force of 3000 men at his command. Mayor | Warwick said to-day: | “As matters stand to-day my duty as chief executive officer of this city is to preserve the peace and order of this city, and 1 will do this with all the force at | my command, and, if necessary, I will bring to my assistance all the forces that can be brought into requisition under the law, e it State or National. Life and property shall be protected by the strong arm of the law. Lawlessness is anarchy, and that will not be permitted under any circumstances.’”’ 1fa settlement is not reached before morn- ing greater trouble may be expected to- morrow. The spirit of bitterness against the traction company has increased and the importation of men from other cities has intensified this feeling. Murdered for Her Gold. LAFAYETTE, Inp., Dec. 22.—The body of murdered Mrs. Hester Curtis was dis- covered this evening at her home in this city. Her skull had been crushed with an axand the walls and floor of the apart- ment were spattered with blood and her STILL PASSING ouT HOLIDAY GOODS NEW TO-DAY. WHY NOT ?— WE HAVE FIXED JANUARY PRICES ON THEM NOW. NO NEED TO WAIT. ES HALF PRIC “THE HUB,” CORNER Kearny and Sutter, OoON— Smoking Jackets, Dressing Gowns, Bath Robes, Mac\tinwshen, Underwear, Hosiery, Shirts, Suspenders, Neckwear, Gloves, Mutflers, Reefers, Walking Canes, Umbrellas and Hats. YOU WANT G0OD CLOTHES. SEE OURS. corpse had been placed upright 1n a chair in an attitude of sleep. She was known to have kept money in her house, which s presumed to be the motive for the crime. Mrs. Curtis was 64 years of age. 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