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Tl'“ SANDER8V1LLE HERALD.
their bravest defense at the door of
the church, but were defeated, and
the tomb of the Saviour was the
prey of heathen.
Fourteen years later the Emperor !
Hcraclius regained possession of the
tomb for tile Christian faith.
Only for nine years was peace to
reign over the place of contention,
the favorite battlefield for heathen
and Christian, and in 637 the Caliph
of Omar conquered it.
Then came another 300 years of
comparative, silence. The tomb was
tinder heathen domination, but at
least no battles raged around it.
From this period the sacred buildings
emerged to become the centre of Ti
tanic upheavals that convulsed the
entire world.
These battles arrayed the West
against the East, and caused the spill
ing ot oceans ot blood. They repre
sent the longest continued and most
costly conllicts in war's bloody pages
-—the crusades.
In 1077 the tomb hnd passed under
the domination of the Turks. The
cruelties practiced by the heathens
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Centuries of
Warfare Over
Christ’s Tomb
An Unbroken Record of Conten
tion and Strife Since the
Days of the Emperor
Constantine.
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clear, If,
Falls softly on the raptured ear,
Flow'rs ope their petals, bright
with dew,
To greet its dulcet notes anew—
The earth awakes to spring's glad
cheer.
The gayest herald of the year.
When April sheds her silver tear,
Borne to the skies’ cerulean
blue—
An Easter lay.
Mirth reigns; for Lenten days so
drear
Arc gone. The clamorous chanti
cleer,
With stately mien, appeal s in *
view,
And, joyous, joins the revels,
too.
Lot good Dame Partlett brings us
here,
An Easier lay,
HYGINE G1ARY.
ISTORY tells us that lu
the one place iu all the
world where noise and
strife should be for-
ys ever hushed, and only
L-saJ I!?. I sounds of worship be
heard, men met in
|Moody battle recently.
Crucifixes and censors were the
I weapons. Franciscan and Armenian
] monks were the combatants, aud the
(.scene of the struggle was the tomb of
|Christ.
For a time the battlefield of tbe
[crusades echoed again lo the sound
ever to come to the tomb of Him,
who, as His cardinal doctrine, tgught
the law of peace.
For the events that made the tomb
of Christ a permanent battle ground,
the devout Helena and the Emperor
Constantine are indirectly respon
sible, though the motives that led
them to Jerusalem were the holiest.
First Helena embraced Christian
ity, and then converted iter son, th
Emperor Constantine.
Once in the faith lie made it his
resolve that Jerusalem, city of the
holiest deed in the world’s history,
(of clashing arms, the groans of the I should not Le neglected,
wounded, the cheers of the victors. I With reverent care, Constnntine
But this was not a battle of believer and Helena sought out all the spots
I against unbeliever, heathen versus
Christian. The contestants were
| monks sworn to teach the doctrines
I of tlu> Prince of Peace.
This happened only a short tinio
before the anniversary of the first
Easter day, when the Saviour of the
tace rose from the dead.
in the centuries that have elapsed
the last resting place of the founder
°f the faith has never known a ces
sation of strife. Those monks who
battle to-day are only carrying on the
strife that the crusaders caused to
rage around the holy edifice.
3 lie bone of contention is a desire
to control the sainted sepulchre.
It was tills ambition that brought
the crusaders swarming from all
Europe, and now a form of the same
desire has the monks of the Francis
can order and the Armenian branch
orever at each other's throats.
I hey quarrel over the right to
sweep off the steps, and the Greeks,
hough they had little part in bring-
>“K the tomb of Christ under Chris-
lau control, have profited so skill-
'“IV by the quarrels of France with
Ur key 1 hat they have ingratiated
themselves with the pasha till he is
regarded as their silent ally.
In this last battle one sacristan
na <l hi3 skull smashed in with a
that were identified with the Holy
Passion, and erected on them
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CAVE IN WHICH CHRIST IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BORN-
CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY.
on pilgrims who went to pay homage
to thd place of sepulchre, finally
aroused Christian Europe to the
wrong of letting the Turk maintain
his sway. «
After Urban II became pope a
mighty movement began to take
form. Much of the agitation re
sulted from the fiery zeal of Peter
the Hermit, who traversed Europe
and produced the most extraordinary
enth uslasm.
As soon as the feelings of Europe
had been sufficiently heated two
councils wore held; the result was the
first crusade. Soon 6,000,000 sol
diers were in motion toward Jerusa
lem, commanded by Godfrey de
Bouillon, Duke of Lorraine, Hugh
the Great, the Duke of Normandy,
Count Robert of Flanders and Vohe-
mond, under whom was Tailored.
MILLIONS THROWN AWAY | CHELSEA IN ASHES
In Establishing and Maintaining Navy
Yards of the Country, is Charge of
Representative Lilley.
Victory after victory perched on
the banner of the Saracens who,
under the great Saladln, defeated the
Christians in a buttle of frightful car
nage.
On that day, the 5th of July, 1187,
the cross was lost to the Christians,
and though in subsequent struggles
the tomb was retaken the cross has
never been recovered.
Frederick Barbarosea, Philip II of
France and Richard th; Lion Hearted
of Englaud headed another effort, but
it failed.
Later Emperor Henry IV lAnde a
fresh effort to take back the tomb,
and it succeeded, but on his death in
111)7 the Turks again came into con
trol.
Innocent III proclaimed the cru
sade that again brought strife to the
sacred tomb.
Fifty thousand children from
France and Germany, fired with re
ligious zeal,'made an attempt in
1312, hut all were lost by shipwreck
or sold inlo slavery.
Frederick II gained possession of
Jerusalem In 1228, and through a
truce kept it in peace for ten years.
Several other attempts to hold the
city were unsuccessful, anrl finally in
121)1 the sultan took possession of
Acre and the Christians were finally
driven out of Syria.
. Even the end of the wars between
the infidels and the Christians did
not bring peace, for the Saracen con
trol was disputed by other heathen
nations. The Mamelukes took the
city in 1382. The Turks recovered
it in 1517 by the valor of Sultan Se
lim. The son of this leader, Soliinan,
built the wall that now surrounds the
city.
At last, being unable to occupy the
home of the scenes of the Holy Pas
sion, the Christian nations made an
icavy censor, and a number ot' com-
'■fiunts went to hospitals for treat-
‘"'''it. So frequent have the quar-
s keen in the last decade that often
. U| kish soldiers nave been forced to
intervene.
*' rench, Greek and Italian consuls
iavo at times been dragged into the
controversies that resulted from
these outbreaks.
Apparently no permanent peace is
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TOWER AND FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE.
Battles on the way and never-
ceasing ravages of disease reduced
the ranks of the crusaders till only
a fraction of the first force remained.
On the 28th of June, 1908, the Chris
tians defeated an army of 200,000
Mohammedans and on July 15, 1909,
the final battle fought in Jerusalem
and raging all around the sacred
tomb, saw the object of the crusade
successful, and Christ's last resting
place once more restored to Chris
tian control.
Not for long was it to remain thus.
For fifty years the newly formed
churches and suitable memorials.
Over the spot where the cross was
discovered a chapel was erected, anJ
the sacred wood itself was retained
in Jerusalem by Helena and placed
under the great bascilica or church
erected by Constantine over the place
of Christ's burial.
The erection of these buildings,
particularly the church, made Jeru
salem a place of pilgrimage, such as
It has remained to this day.
For 300 peaceful years the cross
remained at the basilica, and nothing
but the worshiping songs and prayers
of the faithful resounded over the j Christian government in charge of
sacred stones. Godfrey de Bouillon suffered under
In 614 warfare and slaughter j repeated attacks of Egypt and Syria,
came upon the holy spot. Jerusalem ! until finally it was forced to appeal
was stormed by the Persian king, for help to Europe, which resulted
Chosroes II. The Christians made In the second crusade.
Representative Lilley of Connecticut,
whose charges against the Electric
Boat company and the subsequent in
vestigation have brought him into the
limelight, spoke on the naval appro
priation bill in the house Saturday. He
devoted himself almost exclusively to
navy yards and brought out startling
facts and figures.
lie took occasion to Introduce a res
olution calling for the appointment of
a commission to report on the advisa
bility of abandoning th i navy yards
and naval stations at Klttery, Maine;
Port Royal, S. C.; Charleston, S, C.;
Key West, Fla.; New Orleans, La., and
Maro island. Cal. Of the Key West
yard he said:
“At tills yard, In tiie fiscal year end
ing In 1907. $94,318.77 was expended
for labor and the value of their total
product was but $7,126.18, or thoTe
might just as well have been tossed on
the coral reefs $87,192.59 ns far as any
return to the government was concern
ed, and yet last session of congress
voted io throw $44,500 more of good
money after the bad.”
"At Klttery there Is a dry dock
which costs $1,100,000, TW dock is In
readiness for the docking of first class
battleships, but the approaches nre in
such a condition as to make It inad
visable to take fl v st class battleships
to thnt yard.
"But Hie? point that the business man
would fail to comprehend is that. $10,- |
000 was appropriated at both sessions
of the last congres for new construc
tion at New Orleans, and for what ad
vantage lo (he United States navy God
only knows.”
Charleston, S. C„ furnished Mr. Lil
ley with ills most remarkable navy
yard figures;
"During the past, five years $213,-
213.75 has been disbursed among la
borers," he said, “and there has never
been done for the navy one cent's
worth of work nt this yard. Yet, at
the Inst session of emigres $278,000
more was appropriated for this yard
at Charleston.
‘Annapolis, for which congress has
sen fit to appropriate sums that reach
a total of over $10,000,000, Is sunk In
the mud. Battleships cannot reach the
academy, and the United States coast
and geodetic survey reports show that
thp upper .Chesapeake is fast filling
up." t
TENNESSEE BARS STANDARD OIL
Boston Suburb Almost Oblit
erated by Conflagration.
LOSS IS TEN MILLIONS
Lei me arise. Roll from my tomb
The sealing stone of sin;
Release my sou! tliut hath, been shut
So long therein;
Let me come from, the grave without
The envelope of crippling doubt.
Four People Lose Life ar.d Half a Hun
dred Injured, Some of Them Fa
tally— Ten Thousand People
Are Left Homeless.
The greatest flr > that lias scourged
any part of the metropolitan district of
Boston, Mass., in ton years, devastated
the manufacturing, tenement and re
tail sections of Chelsea, a suburb, on
Sunday and Sunday night, burning over
one square mile of territory and lev
eling ninny of the city’s best struc
tures.
The fire started at 1:40 a. in., and
was not under control until 9 o’clock
Sunday night, notwithstanding that
half of the Boston fire department’s
strength and steamers from n dozen
other cities and towns went to the
aid of the Chelsea brigade.
The loss is estimated nt fully $10,-
000,000. About 10.000 people are home
less. Late Sunday night font bodies
had been recovered from the ruins.
Half a hundred persons were injured,
some fatally.
The fire originated In the rear of the
Boston Blacking company's works on
West Third strpet. A terrific gale,
which at times hnd a velocity of 60
miles an hour, put the fire beyond
control.
Among the structures destroyed
were thirteen churches, two hospitals,
the public library, city hall, five school
houses, twenty business blocks, nearly
a score of factories and upwards of
three hundred tenement and dwelling
houses.
THREE MEN ASSASSINATED.
agreement with the sultan by which
they ceded his right to control, but
got in return permission to worship
there and to have the sacred basilica
in charge of Christian priests.
But even this has not brought
peace to the tomb, and Easter, 1908,
still finds strife and hatred where
only love and worship should be.
Can Henceforth Engage Only In Inter
state Commerce Business.
By the judgment of tho supreme
court of Tennessee, in an exhaustive
opinion delivered by Justice Neil, the
Standard Oil company is ousted from
the slat' 1 of Tenness°e, fir the acts
of this company at Gallatin, in re
straining trade. By the judgment of
the court f.ie Standard Oil company
can only engage in interstate com
merce. ns far as Tennessee Is con
cerned.
PROBLEM OF THE UNEMPLOYED
Put Up to President Roosevelt In Re
port of Edwin Meserole.
The “problem of the unemployed"
was laid before President Roosevelt
Saturday by Edwin J. Meserole of the
Ethical Social League of New York.
H? urged upon the president the ap
pointment cf a commission to study
this question at home and abroad,
with the view of devising some prac
tical means to aid the unemployed of
tliis country in time of national eco
nomic, disturbances.
Anna Gould Returns to Orient.
Mmo. Anna Gould, with her children
and their tutor, sailed from New York
Saturday for Genoa and Naples. About
the same hour the Prince de Sagan,
who has been paying assiduous court
to Mmo. Gould, sailed for Europe on
another steamer.
THIEVES MAKE BIG HAUL.
Rob Jewelry Store and Make Way With
$50,0CO Worth of Gems.
Sonic time during Saturday night,
and in the best patrolled district of
San Francisco, thieves entered the
jewelry store of P. Lcndy, and robbed
It of diamonds, watches and other
Jewelry, amounting to $30,000.
Entrance was made by cutting a
hole through the partition that sepa
rates the store from a candy shop.
The safe was blown open with nitro
glycerine.
GOVERNOR HUGHES SELECTED
By New York Republicans as Their
Choice for President.
Governor Charles E, Hughes was in
dorsed as New York’s republican can
didate for president by that party's
state convention, held Saturday, and
the four delegates at large with their
alternates, were Instructed to use all
honorable means to bring about his
nomination.
Orange Packers Meet Death at Hands
of Unknown Parties.
Three men—Charles Whitehurst,
George Griffin and Charles Smith,
white, orange packers—were klPod by
unknown parties nt Lake Harney, 23
imlles from Sanford, Fla., by unknown
parties.
While the victims and ten other
white men employed In a packing
house, were sleeping, a party of arm
ed men sot fire to the house, and as
tho Inmates ran from the burning
building, the attacking party opened
fire on them with rifles and shot guns.
Ten escaped and aroused the neigh
borhood, but no clew could be found
to tha assassins.
The men killed were recently from
Georgia. The crime is said to have
been the work of men who had been
refused employment in the packing
house, who resented bringing pack
ers Pom other places.
HOBSON STILL PREDICTS WAR.
Says Clash Between White and Yellow
Races is Inevitable.
Debate on tbe naval appropriation
i lilll in the house of representatives on
Saturday resolved itself in the main
Into a discussion of the possibilities
of a war between the tlnited States
and Japan. In line with his well
known views on the subject, Mr. Hob
son of Alabama pleaded for four bat
tleships Instead of two.
A war between the yellow and tho
white races he regarded as inevitable,
and ho asserted that Japan’s present
military activity was with a view to
tho supremacy of the Pacific and as a
natural consequence there would ho
a clash at arms with tho United
| States.
Little Delaware for Judge Gray.
The result of the primaries of Sat
urday indicate that Delaware will send
practically a unanimous delegation to
Denver in favor of Judge Gecrge Gray
for the presidential nomination.
ALLEGED TRUST INDICTED.
Grand Jury at Savannah Returns True
Bills Against Naval Stores Men.
Indictments were returned by tho
federal grand jury at Savannah, Ga.,
Saturday afternoon against the alleged
“naval stores trust."
Four of the defendants were arrest
ed and gave bond in the sum of $5,000
each. Th ■ ethers were out of the
city.
The first count of the bill charges
combining and conspiring to monopo
lize trade, and the third, monopolizing
and attempting to monopolize trade.
STATE TROOPS IN PENSACOLA.
Every Available Man in Militia Serv
ice Called Out to Keep Order.
Every available man in the Florida
state militia service has been ordered
to Pensacola. Besides the Jacksonville
companies the Suwanee Guards, tho
Tallahassee, Apalachicola and other
companies proceeded to Pensacola on
the Sunday mominsr train.
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