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TRANSPORTS BACK AT TAMPA.
! ( (>MJ GEOItGIA EXPECTS TO
HOARD ONE OF THEM.
( x ,,„ilicr of New Recruit* Adilrd to
ill.- Rank* Recently—The Battalion
Heavy Loser by Dlirhnrifra on
\i-i-ount of Physical Disability.
1 ji of the Recent Arrivals—How
me Hoys Break In the Xew He
rruit*.
Tampa, F!a., Aug. I.—Several of the
. ~r ts whi'ch conveyed Gen. Shatter s
(|) . lo Cuba have returned and are now
al . Mullet Key quarantine station,
* I Hey are being disinfected, prepar-
Bl IO coming up to the city. These are
, , imnsports which will convey the
, consisting of the Fifth Maryland,
I Georgia and First Florida, to
j-, ~ Kico, provided peace negotiations
a , llut concluded before the transports
, , readiness to sail. This is not at all
‘ . K , ; as It will require several days
a , arrival of the transports at Port
, , („ put them in condition for load
j, say nothing of the time which will
~ rained in this operation. It is evl
somewhat doubtful if the Second
C , a.a ever gets any further away from
j,, Gian at present. Anxious fathers
01 ,l mothers at Savannah and elsewhere
ar , u,tubeless glad to have it so, but the
t . . ,ic will be very much displeased
,( ln .\ miss the Porto Rico excursion.
A number of new recruits have come
it; r . inly, showing the good work done
by Capt. Austin and his assistants. The
runnier requisite to complete the quota of
tin tirsi battalion has not by any means
be.ti secured as yet, however. In fact,
the pn sent strength of the battalion is
but little greater than when it entered
th, n ice. This is due to the large loss
by discharges on account of physical de
fects transfers, and promotions, and, it
m ist be admitted, not a few deserters.
The pit-sent etrength of the battalion, in
clusive of officers and men. is as follows:
Company B, 96; Company L, 79; Company
K. y : Company M, 87; total, 343. - It will
b, ~, ii that Company B lacks only ten
men of having its quota, while Company
L has two less than when it entered the
service.
The following is the list of recruits re
aci-.-ed by each company since its arrival
kt Tampa, giving name and former post
ed!., or home of each recruit:
Company B.
Charles L. Daniels, Savannah.
11. Hanley, Savannah.
TV. C. Ganus, Stillmore. v
George F. Hudson, Atlanta.
E. B Harmon, Stillmore.
Marion Lucas, Savannah.
Herbert A. Brunner, Savannah.
Ed Killorin, Savannah.
G. R. Lively, Rurke county.
A. M. Pace, Stillmore,
S. R. Thompson, Swainsboro.
C. H. Thompson, Swainsboro.
John E. Little, Jacksonville.
Edward Welch, Savannah.
John E. Wiggins, Savannah.
J. S. R. Merritt, Savannah.
G-surge E. Grubb. Louisville.
Jatnes F. Farmer, Louisville.
George TV. Seay, Louisville.
TV. J. Willey, Louisville.
Company L.
Jam.-s TV. TVright, Brunswick.
James O’Brien, Savannah.
Thomas E. Scott, Rountree.
T\ illiam E. Arnold, Glenmore.
Robert McCorquodale, Blackshear.
Ed. Holton, Wilkinson county.
John T Mosely, Brooks county,
c. H. Richardson, Bulloch county.
C. C. English, Waycroes.
D. F. Morrison, TVaycross.
John Henry, Wadley.
Edward Forbes, Wadley,
Hollman Peeples, Wadley.
R. L. Barefield, Wadley.
TV. N. Tyson, Wadley.
E L. Yeoman, Wadley
Company K.
Jam, s E. Brown, Savannah.
John J. Barrett. Savannah.
Jellies M. Ballantyne, Savannah.
J-din J. McNulty, Savannah.
P crick Shields, Savannah.
C. E. Douglass, (Miami, Fla.
Company M.
Gfi. C. Hunt, Huntsville, Ala.
Roht. L. Hewitt, Quitman.
P. \V. Garrison, Quitman.
John '. Hiers. Quitman.
Jos. w. Burton, Valdosta.
J.'- I’. Bowen, Quitman.
I.' "is ,M. Culbreth, Jennings, Fla.
Rufus E. Burke, Quitman.
Re-hard A. Cosens, Savannah.
" S. Mathewson, Savannah.
V m. 1). Cobb, Rochelle.
< as I. Harrell, Quitman.
John T. Murtagh, Savannah.
Ihe new recruit is often a fresh sub-
J< in m.-tv senses than one. The old
ho ls, fei l it to be their bounden duty
to break the new recruits in and make
them f,el at home. To “hypnotize" them
L i favorite method of initiation. Corp.
Huny Jones of Company C, Clinch Rifles,
A- st:t, is responsible for this power cf
®'u -u • nt. Corpl. Jones is a genuine
hypnotist and one of the best amateur
| r ' in ine to be found anywhere. Hav
*r - ; ''‘ends in the Guards he was persuad
'o try his art in the First Battalion
air we- very successful. Then the boys
in 1 unipany B took ic up. A green man
"•■uld i. drawn into a discussion on the
; n 1 of hypnotism, which usually end
e 1 ,n his volunteering to submit nim
**' 1 t 0 'he pretender! hypnotist. He was
tfr u informed that it was necessary to
, hi- weight, whereupon he would
lifted upon the back
of "no of the crowd and Immediately a bar
-1 i would descend with resounding
" u u-iii the reur portion of his anat
bn|v A- the man who wielded the barrel
*' usually made it a point to get out of
. ' 'hero was never any trouble. Hav
ueeti initialed the new man is
* tl to see others put through the same
P rtormance.
1 1 "ny B is short one recruit, who was
’ u away by the ' kidding” of the boys
n, , ' had a chance to enlist. Corpl.
I‘ 1 ’’ • 'he man up in Tampa and as
s' '-'"e.-se-i a desire to enlist, brought
• to camp. The fellow was tall and
I. 111,1 rather simple looking. The
and, rr > and to borrow his watch and en
0, * fc, make themselves friendly in
K ., , ~ The would-be soldier got along
v 1 "Ugh until he struck a crowd that
•be-ussing the battle of Santiago.
11 1 know you fallows were at San
t i l marked the recruit In wild sur
w 1 was enough for the crowd. He
VI promptly assured that the Second
nf i . *?. y at Santiago, hut that it bore
div f"ief share of the honors of the
t, . 1 hloody slaughter and the
w, suffering? of ihe wounded
|. ' rtld with all the detail vivid
u u,n could supply. It was partic
, impressed upon the new men that
rj recruits were given the most
h. , Position on the firing line and
t,.. | "'formed that fifteen of the six
-11, ‘ . OI the company killed at San
, ''ew recruits. The man who
Id |, ° enlist tonk it ail in but had
r t Hy ' ,Je fil ‘*ed to show up at
T "ne and has not been seen since.
,l „,[l_^ ,,, ' cl Ples of Ananias now have
knowing that the company
tin,, | f u „ one man because of their ill-.
■ In, ,he . c ;° m l M "iea of the First bat
noon in w dletl on Parade yesterday after
n char 8e of sergeants. Col. Brown
lieing indisposed. Lieut. Col. Garrard
w-as m command of the regiment. This
placed Capt. Screven ,ti comm.aid of the
ir.-st batta.lon. Lieut. Bacon beir.g of
ncer of the guard and Lieut. Hartridge
absent in Savannah, this placed Firsi Ser
geant Motto in command of Company It.
Capt. Cann being officer of the day, Lieut.
T\ ilson being absent. Lieut. Ott iK'ing at
tached to division headquarters at. 1 First
Sergeant Sullivan Bond being in Savan
nait. Sergt. Ed. R. McKeathan comman,i
ed the company. Both sergeants acquit
ed themselves very creditably and the
work of the companies commended bv
them was fully up to the standard.
TARHEEL TROOPS
Four Companies of the Second Regi
ment Arrive nt St'. Simons.
(Brunswick. Ga., Attg. 3. —Brunswick got
her second lot of troops in late this after
noon and the people are well pleased with
them. The arrivals were four companies
of the Second North Carolina Volunteers
and they had in ail the colonel and his
staff, eighteen officers, regimental band,
and privates to make a total of four hun
dren and forty men. These with the on.
hundred and six now on the island from
Texas gives tile St. Simons camp nearly
6(0 all told with 600 more to come at an
early date.
As soon as ail the companies were landed
from the'cars the band struck up a lively
air and to the cheers of Brunswtckians
the march to the boat began. At intervals
during the loading of the luggage on board
the band played and kept everyone in a
good humor. All of the officers and men
seemed in good health and spirits.
Lieut. Col. Cowles was unable to accom
panv the troops owing to having been in
jured by a street cat just before* leaving
camp last night. Tile steamer Governor
Safford, which had been waiting for the
troops all day, took them down on a spe
cial trip and to-night the boys are resting
within fifty feet of the ocean waves at St,
Simons.
The staff officers are;
Col. William H. S. Burgwin.
Adjt. S. M. Macßae.
Capt. R. B. Davis, quartermaster.
Capt. E. M. Bevard, assistant surgeon.
Regimental Sergt. Maj. Thomas W. Da
vis.
Quartermaster Sergeant L. D. Howell.
Li.uet. John F. Rowland, commissary.
Lieut. John Howard, ordnance officer.
The company officers are:
Company B—Capt. TV. T. R. Bell, First
Lieut. Butler Justus, Second Lieut. Row
land.
Company K—Capt. Macßae, First Lieut.
White, Second Lieut. Robert H. Cowan.
Company H—Capt. J. A. Wagner, First
Lieut. S. J. Smith, Second Lieut. J. S.
Adams.
Company L—Capt. J. L. Gibson, First.
Lieut. J. L. Gibson, Second Lieut. E. T.
McAfee.
The band Is composed of tweniy-two
piee'es.
Company B is composed of men princi
pally from Rutherfordton.
Company K is from Wilmington; Com
pany H is from Asheville, and Company
L from Natahala.
The commands now here have been in
camp at Raleigh since May 6. The First
Regiment of North Carolina troops are
stationed at Jacksonville and the moving
of the Second Regiment boys to St. Si
mons gets them closer to one another.
MACOX ME.VriOV.
Mother Dies of Grief—Bieyrie Races
Postponed.
Macon, Ga., Aug. I.—Mrs. Mlt Lowe,
mother of the young woman who was kill
ed by her husband, Ab Taylor, in Warrior
district, a few Sundays ago, died to-day.
It is believed her death was caused by
grief. A year or so ago her youngest
daughter was burned to death by accident
and when her other daughter was stabbed
to death recently she went into a decline.
Jim Green, the engineer who had one
eye punched out in a train wreck in At
lanta to-day, was a resident of Macon and
has many friends here. His misfortune
is deeply deplored.
The state bicycle races which were to
have been held here on Aug. 5 have been
posted until Aug. 16 because the L. A. W.
sanction could not be secured in time.
J. B. Frink, one of Macon’s grocers,
died to-day.
Mayor S. B. Price and Dr. Young, the
dentist, will he arraigned before the Re
corder to-morrow morning for having en
gaged in a difficulty in Putzels cafe Sat
urday night. Both gentlemen are satis
fied and it is not likely that any more
trouble will result. Dr. Young was slight
ly cut in the face and head, and Mayor
Price slightly gashed in the head with salt
cellars. The wounds are insignificant.
The Tents Holders Association met to
day and fixed Saturday before the third
Sunday In August for the camp meeting
to be held at Echeconnee, a few miles
from Macon. This is one of the biggest
affairs of the kind held in the state. It
takes place every year. ,
A. Greenwood of Hawkinsvtlle has filed
an application in the E T nited States court
asking for benefits under the new bank
ruptcy act. He is the first applicant in
this district. His indebtedness amounts
to about $3,000.
ALABAMA’S ELECTION.
Populists Admit Defeat of Tlieir
Ticket.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. I.—Joseph F.
Johnston, Democrat, was re-elected Gov
ernor of Alabama to-day.
Unofficial returns from sixty of the six
ty-six counties in the state indicates a
Democratic majority for the state ticket
of 55,000. The chairman of the Democrat
ic committee claims 75,000.
Indications are that the Poulists car
ried not exceeding six counties for their
slate ticket.
The Populists, however, carry twelve
counties for local offices, the contests be
ing over probate Judges. Probate Judges
hold office six years. In 1892 the Popu
lists elected thirty-four probate Judges.
The contest to-day was between these
Populists and Democrats. The Democrats
won all but twelve.
The Populist managers concede the elec
tion of the Democratic state ticket, but
claim they will elect not less than twen
ty-two probate judges.
The lower house of the legislature will
consist of ninety Democrats out of a to
tal of 100. The Poulists elected but two
senator's In to-day's election.
VOTE VERY LIGHT.
Populists Can’t Raise Cry of Rallot
llik Stuffing.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. I.—The election
returns are coming in very slowly and it
is impossible to give any estimate of fig
ures to-night. Everything point? i 0 ,he
fact that the Populists have beep over
taken by a landslide and in future will be
among tbe “has beens." They lost coun
ties they have heretofore carried and will
not have the cry of “ballot-ltox stuffing
in the black belt" to fall back upon. The
vote in the state was very light.
Day Quiet at Mobile.
Mobile, Ala., Aug. I.—The election to
day was v.|y quiet and hardly more than
one-half the registered vote was cast.
The opposition to the Democratic ticket
did not amount to anything.
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MERRITT DOUBLY MENACED.
ATTITUDE OF INSURGENTS IS
TURK VTKNING.
They- Claim flic KiKht to Enter anti
Possess Themselves of the City.
American Commander tit Do His
Rest to Protect the Inhabitants ot
the City Front Their Snvajtery.
Tile General to Combine W ith Ad
miral Dewey in a .Joint Demand
for tbe Surrender of tlie City.
Washington, Aug. I.—Gen. Merritt has
again cabled the war department relative
to the situation at Manila, which he finds
very unsatisfactory and dangerous, owing
to the attitude of the insurgents.
In the opinion of Gen. Merritt the at
titude of the insurgents there is similar
to that assumed by Gen. Garcia's Cubans
upon the question of their right to enter
and possess themselves of the city, al
though in this case the insurgents are a
very much more formidable element, be
ing not only more numerous, but better
armed and filled with the arrogance fol
lowing numerous victories over Spanish
foes.
Gen. Merritt, however, indicates that he
will do his utmost to protect the citizens
from the savagery of the insurgents,
though his task is a delicate and difficult
one, because of the fact that he must,
while fighting the Spaniards, jbe ready at
any moment to repel the insurgents. '
The general gave notice that he was
about to combine with Ad in it. 1 1 Dewey in
a joint demand for the surrender of the
city to the United States forces, thus fore
stalling the insurgents, and this move may
cause a rupture.
It is possible, in view of the fact of Gen.
Merritt’s cablegram was sent from Cavite
lost Thursday, that this movement has
been made already by the combined Ameri
can military and naval forces, although
there is some doubt of this on account of
the statement of Gen. Merritt that he
would need all his soldiers.
Up to the date of the report Gen. Mer
ritt had with him about 12,00(1 soldiers. So
fur seven expeiHtions have loft San Fran
cisco carrying soldiers to the Philippines,
and it is the intention to furnish Get:.
Merritt at least 8,000 men more than his
present force. If he delays his attack until
all these have reached him, Manila will not
be taken in that way before Septembet,
for the last of the troops have not yet
started from San Francisco.
It may be, however, that the arrange
ment as to the Philippines which, it Is ex
pected will be Included in the peace tron’y.
will obviate tho necessity for further ac
tion on the part of the American command,
ers.
Later in the day Secretary Alger and
Secretary Long had a conference with the
President over the situation in the Philip
pines. They had important dispatches
from Gen. Merritt and Admiral Dewey.
LETTER FROM SCHLEY.
Give* the Credit for the Victory to
the Joint F,lTort* of Ail.
Indianapolis, Aug. I.—Shortly after the
late naval victory off Santiago, in w-hich
Admiral Cervera's fleet was pursued and
destroyed by tbe American vessels of war
under Commodoije Schley, Capt. John
Schley, cousin of Ithe commodore, wrote a
letter of congratulation for the victory
won.
To-day he received a reply which In
part is as follows:
“Flagship Brooklyn, off Santiago, July
22.—My Dear John: The victory of July
3, so complete in results and so rich In
glory for our country, was the joint pro
duct of every one fortunate enough to be
engaged and I ought rather to thank you
in their name than to appropriate the
congratulations to myself.
“Surely it was large enough to win
laurels for all, and I assume no other
pride in it than the luck place of this ship
in the line was where the first heavy as
sault was made, and afterward by the
speed and her direction to keep in the
scrap, until the finish, which occurred
three and one-half hours from the be
ginning. * * * * *
“The greatest satisfaction comes from
the fact that our conduct on that day
has won the people's love and earned the
nation’s admiration, which encourages us
in the public defense, no matter at what
risk to ourselves. If this secures peace
to our beloved land and permits us to re
turn soon to our loved ones and to our
people our efforts were well directed.
“Thanking you again, my dear cousin
and schoolmate friend, I am always very
sincerely yours. W. H. Schley.”
CAPT. GILLETTE AT ST. SIMONS.
Inspect* the Camp and Ortlt-r? nu
Artesian Well liored.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. I.—Capt. Cassius
E. Gillette of the Engineering Corps, Sa
vannah, arrived here this morning on an
inspection tour of the camp at St. Si
mons. He was received by Maj. Taylor
and Capt. Lapcwaki, who showed him
the camp and he seemed satisfied with
its completeness. On application of the
citizens and soldiers Capt. Gillette wired
for authority to ltore an artesian well for
the soldiers to supply drinking water.
Permission was granted and he issued or
ders to have the well bored on the light
house reservation at once. When this
is done there will be no chance for the well
to be bothered by anyone as the govern
ment will have complete control of it.
DEUT OF THE NATION.
Tlte Total Less Cash in the TreuNury
tffilTH.OS L,fHiq.
Washington, Aug. I.—The monthly mato
ment of the public debt shows that at the
close of business July 3tl, 1898, the debt,
less cash in the treasury, amounted to
$978,081,006, a decrease for the month of
$49,004,486. Independent of tbe cash the
statement shows an increase in the debt
of $182,159.
The cash in the treasury increased dur
ing the month by over $49,090,(1)0, princi
pally from receipts on account of the
new war loan. ,
LONDON’S ROTTEN FIN \\ t ILKIX G.
Dooley'* Revelation* Throw Share
holder* Into a Pnnie.
London, August I.—(Mr. Hool j ievetu
nons of tho rottenness of Lo K>n finan
ciering have thrown into a p tut.- millions
of Englishmen who have invested their
savings in the stock of compact s.
It was a matter of common notoriety tHat
the small promoting journalisti, parasites
fattened on company Operations, but the
gigantic fabric of bribery an.) blackmail
ing by which boards of dire tors are or
ganized of purchased names and backed
by a subsidized press, some lords . ven be
ing paid to quit the coin path. - when no
longer needed, was-.unsuspected.
The only question asked is who will bo
the next, and the chorus of denials, some
merely technical, Is received with cynical
scepticism.
An exodus of aristocrats on foreign
tours is expected, and investigations are
sure to result.
Proposals of legislation to t- gulate and
purify companies are already broached.
In the meantime, the promoting Napo
leon. turned informer, mounts nu- pedestal
as a popular hero. People an forgetting
his share of the responsibility of the sys
tem he exposes, the crowd in court ap
plauding every time he scores off a noble
man.
To-day's proceedings were filled with
dramatic episodes, especially tin- revela
tion of attempts to bribe Mr. Hooley lo
perjure himself by withdrawing the state
ments made at the lust examination.
These efforts drew from the registrar
tbe remark; “It is a most scandalous
thing.”
The testimony given to-day implicated
many well known Londoners whose names
would not lje recognized in America,
smirching some in the business world
hitherto untarnished by suspicion.
One of the gravest charges was th*
story of dealings with Lloyds Bank, where
Hooley deposited 86,000 shares of the Sin
ger company. The day Hooley went bank
rupt these shares were transferred. He
swore this afternoon that he never trans
ferred them an.l that the certificates
u.-ed were signed in blank for another
transaction.
When replying to an Interruption, he
denounced the speaker, exclaiming:
“Dean, Harrison Davis and Beall are
three of the greatest blackmailers in Lon
don.”
He was tremendously applauded for this
retort.
RIOT AT FORT M’PHERSON.
Negro Soldier* Tl-y to Kill n Negro
Who Cut a Comrade.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. I.—A serious riot
was narrowly averted this afternoon at
Fort McPherson and but for the prompt
arrival of the corporal of the guard and
a large squad of men, together with the
assistance of Marshal Ryan of Oakland,
one man would in all probability have
been lynched by an infuriated mob of
soldiers.
A fight took place bet wen a negro hy the
name of Harmon McGinnis and one of the
negro soldiers stationed at the post, in
which the latter was dangerously if not
fatally cut. After the cutting a large
crowd of negro soldiers made for McGin
nis, who immediately fit I to a house anti
crawled under a bed lo escape the mob in
pursuit.
The crowd, which by this time number
ed nearly a thousand, surrounded the
house. A number,of the soldiers enter
ed, and discovering McGinnis under the
bed pulled him out an.l began boating him
with sticks and rooks.
Lieut. Hill, with a large squad of men,
arrived on the scene and entering by way
of window, attempted to rescue the negro
from his captors. McGinnis, who was
Weeding profusely from a score of wounds,
made a dash for liberty, but was met at
the front door by Marshal Ryan, who
caught the negro and held him.
When the crowd saw McGinnis on (he
porch of the house, an effort was made
to take him from the marshal, and cries
of “kill him!” “lynch him!’’ were heard
on every hand, and for it time it looked
as though they would make good their
threats.
Bricks, rocks, clubs and other missiles
were thrown by the molt at the prisoner
and those who had him in charge, and
Marshal Ryan, received painful blow on
the right leg from a (lying brick.
The crowd was pressing the marshal
and those with him to such an extent,
that it became necessary for him to draw
his revolver and with this he held the
mob at bay until re-enforcements arrived
trom the barracks.
DEMOCRATS OF TATTNALL.
Full County Ticket Fat in X'nntlnn
tlon nt Ht-iilnville,
Reidsville, Ga., Attg. I.—The Democrats
of Tattnall county met in convention at
Reidsville to-day and nominated the fol
lowing ticket for the various county of
(ies:
Representative—W. R. Hendrix.
Clerk—D. J. Padgett.
Sheriff—S. A. Hrewton.
Tax Receiver—Joe ('our? y.
Tux Collector—J. CoUman, Jr.
Treasurer-D. S. Partin.
Surveyor—Elias Hodges.
Corouei— H. Kennedy.
Hon. Wi liam Clifton, secretary of state,
was in town to-day shaing hands with
his many friends.
H'Ditllle Defeats luylore,
Boston, Aug. I.—McDuffie defeated THy
lore to-night by two-thirds of a lap in
twenty miles. Tim**, 34.56. McDuffie breaks
all world's records for twenty mlk-s by
22 1-5 seconds.
Rare* to He Hidden at Montreal.
Toronto, Aug. I.—Monti* al ha* been se
lected us the place for the world's cham
pionship bicycle race in 1899.
—A devotee of football, well known to
be very stingy, was present at the playing
of the Uriel tie for the association cup.
Carried away by the dashing performance
of a certain player, he offered to pay for
some refreshment for him. He deVoutly
hopefl and expected the player to ask for
a glass of beer or some other Inexpensive
drink. Rut the player knew him. Seeing
an opportunity that was not likely to oc
cur again, he said, with a moment's hesi
tatkm, “I guess I'll have a bottle of cham
itagne.”
“Guess again,” were the only words the
ast9nlshed admirer had power to utter—
“guess iigaln!”—Tit-BUs.
STORIES OF BISMARCK.
IK W THE \V \lt U itH I'll \\CK \\ Vs
IHKM t.HT V 1101 T.
Tin* Otspatcli of tin- Klim of I'rnnKin
Dflllirralrl) Edilcd for lln- Pur
of Making Wnr tcrtiitn—\n-
I'eilotcN of noil Eiilhtihiin li> the
lion < Tin n eel lor.
On July 4, 1870, Spain announonl to the
world that Ix<>|m>M of Hohenzollern-K g
maringen, a prince of the Proesian royal
house and a colonel in the Prussian army,
was to Im come her king. The swift reply
from Paris was, "Never!” Strong pro
test from the French government caused
Leopold to retract his acceptance of the
throne. Not satlstl.<l with this, the French
emperor demanded that King William sign
a letter expressing approval of Leopold's
relraction and pledging himself never
again to allow Leopold to tie a candidate
for the Spanish throne. The King re
fused. Just at this critical point Bis
rnarek stretched out his hand. What lls
cunning wrought can he told best in the
master's own words.
"When the uproar broke loose in Parts
concerning the candidacy of Prince I Leo
pold of Hohenzollem for the Spanish
throne, the King was In Eras and I was
in Yarzin. The French behaved as reck
lessly as possible. For us the situation
was extremely favorable. We were, in
fact, the injured party, and, as the ne
cessity of a iinal settlement with France
had long been apparent to us all, the mo
ment seemed to have come to strike out.
Therefore I left Varzin for Berlin to dis
cuss the important questions of the tour
with Moltke and Koon. On the way I re
ceived this dispatch:
” ‘Prince Anton of Hohenzollern has, for
the sake of peace, withdrawn the candi
dacy of his son, Leopold. Everything is
now’ all right,’
"I was dumfounded by this dispatch,
and 1 kept asking fnyself: When will we
have anolher opportunity -as favorable as
this? In a dispatch to Ems I communi
cated to Ills majesty my resignation as
minister president and federal chancellor.
In reply 1 received a dispatch to the effect
that I should come to Erne. I had already
got a clear view of the situation, and I
said to myself: If Igo to Ems the whole
game will be up; at best, we will come
io a rotten compromise and the only hon
orable and adequate solution will be Im
possible. I must do all in my rower lo
bring his majesty to Berlin, where he can
feel the pulse of the Orman people het
ter than in Ems; that I leave Berlin at
this time Is not to be thought of.
“As good luck would have It, the French
did meantime all jiossible to push matters
to a crisis. They would have the King
sign a letter—in fact, would humble him.
Tin* King, by telegraph, asked my ad
vice, and I answered, with a clear con
science. ‘Signature is impossible.’ On
the evening of July 14, I had Invited
Moltke and Boon to dine with me, ami we
diseased) at table nil the possibilities of
the situation. We ail hoped that France's
foolish behavior in making the impreco
dented request for his signature to the
letter would not be allowed a pass. As
we wets speaking on this point a dis
patch from Ems came. It begii h the
words: ~ .
" ‘After the news of the (loci'.nation or
the hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern had
been communicated oflicially by the rojal
Spanish government to the imperial
French government, the French envoy in
Ems made the demand upon his Majesty
for authority to telegraph to Baris that Ills
Majesty, the King, pledges himself for all
the future never again to give his consent
in case the Hohenzollern should return to
this candidacy.’
• ■ -Then came a long explanation, rno
substance of It was that the King directed
attention to what he had already told
Benedetti. Count Benedetti accepted this
answer thankfully, and slated that he
would communicate It to his government.
Meantime Benedetti tetjuested another
meeting with his Majesty, if only again
to verify orally the statements which his
Majesty had made to him on the promo.
Hide. Then the dispatch proceeded:
•• ‘His Majesty declined lo receive the
French envoy again, and had iiini informed
through an adjutant that his Majesty had
nothing more to communicate to him.'
" ‘When I had read this dispatch Roon
and Moltke let fall knife and fork and
rushed back from the table. There was a
long pause. All of us were deeply discour
aged. We had the feeling that the whole
affair would come to nothing. Then I
asked Moltke:
” ‘ls our army really so capable that we
can lie gin war with greatest probability of
success?’
“ ‘Moltke was firm ns a rock in his confi
dence in the army. ‘We have never had a
better instrument,’ he said, ‘than at this
moment.’ Roon Confirmed the exactness of
Moltke's statement.
“ ‘Then go on wkh you dinner,’ I replied.
"I sat down at a little marble-top table,
near the dining table, read the uespatch
carefully through, and then took mv pencil
and struck out all the intermediate part,
about Benedetti's request for further au
dience, etc. 1 left only the head and tail.
Now the despatch was something different,
and In this new edition I read it to Moltke
and Koon. Botli cried out:
" ‘Splendid! That must do the business.'
"We went on eating with improved ap
petite. 1 at orice gave order* for the tele
graphing of the dispatch to all newspapers
and foreign missions, and we were still
together when we learned of the effect
which the dispatch had had in Paris. It
had fallen like a bomb. While In fact an
Insulting proposal had been made to our
King, the dispatch worked uiion the
French people exactly as if their chief
representative had been rudely repelled by
our King. The whole. Boulevarjl gang
was of the opinion that this could not be
endured. The cry 'On to Berlin!’ was rais
ed by the yelling mob. The proper temper
was there.
"And In Germany the effect was the
same as in France. The King, at my
pressing request, terminated his visit in
Ems and came to Berlin, dumbfounded
everywhere by the great enthusiasm
shown by the people. The indescribable
demonstration that he received In Berlin
touched Hie old gentleman to his heart’s
core. His eyes were wet with tears. He
realized then that it was a national war,
a people's war, whleh the people desired,
wh.eh the people needed.
"Already, before his arrival In Berlin,
we had received the King’s consent to the
mobilization of part of the army. As the
Crown Prince stepped from the royal train
he spoke purposely in a very loud tone of
the approaching mobilization, and then
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the cheering broke loose again. By the
time we bud reached the castle the King
was al|* ready to command the mobiliza
tion of (he whole army. What followed
everybody knows. But the point 1 have
been making Is the one concerning whieh
Gramont in his memoirs expresses uriuf
leeled astonishment. He could not under
stand how, after affairs had taken such a
pacific turn, the warlike spirit all at once
got the upper hand, 'line apparition sln-
Istre survint. Tout d'lin coup tout est
chanqe. Qu’ etnit-il arrive? Monsieur de
Bismarck a Berlin.' That is about the
language of Gramont. as l remember It.
At all events I was the sinistre appa
rition.”
All accounts agree that Bismarck was,
while yet In his teens, a prodigy In physi
cal strength, endurance and In what are
called accomplishments. He was a great
Jumper, a awlft runner and it strong
swimmer. He could row and fence, was
a crack shot with both ride and pistol,
and a daredevil on horseback. But he
was not reputed a studious fellow nor re
markably bright. The seer has never
been found who saw in the boy Bismarck
the future empire builder.
He wus sworn in ns royal ausrultator,
or official law reporter, for one of the
German courts, and served one year in
that capacity. An Illustration of Bis
marck's choleric disposition was given in
(Ills court. Becoming incensed at a re
fractory witness, he openly threatened to
kick him out of court. The Judge reprov
ed the auscultator and told him, “the
kicking out Is my business.” The witness
ngain annoying Bismarck, he exclaimed:
"Sir. take care, or I will have Hie Judge
kick you out.”
His first medal was from the Pomeran
ian •Lnndtag for having saved a life at
the risk of his own. Ills groom was
thrown by the stumbling of Ids horse into
a river's wifi current, and was about
drowning when Bismarck jumped in to
save him. The man, In an insanity of
fright, pinioned Ills rescuer In his arms.
Bismarck, seeing he could not loosen the
death grip above water, dived, thus
lug him to release his hold. Then, seizing
the now helpless fellow with one arm and
swimming with the other, he took him
safely to the bank.
But while saving life and getting a med
al an l making money, he was sowing wild
oats at a great rate. His hoim- was a
hurricane hall, his wine cellar a flowing
stream. In his revels he drank huge cups
of champagne and porter mixed. He
would awaken his guests at morning by
tiring off (listold close to their curs, and
on one occasion when some of his lady
cousins were visiting him, he turned sev
eral foxes loose in the drawing room with
them. H<- was dubbed by his neighliors
“Mad” Bismarck and “Devil” Von Bis
marck.
In ISiri his father died and the estates
fell to Otto and hts brother. The latter
got two of those in Pomerania, Otto get
ting the third. Kniephof, and the ancestral
scat at Shoenhaueen, which now became
his home. He wrote in 1847: "1 must marry
—the devil take me. I feel lonely and for
saken, and this wild, dump weather makes
me melancholy and longingly prone to
love.”
While at Frankfort he had two colli
sions with Count Thun, the representa
tive of Austria, whose liearlng toward all
the other members was arogant and < f
fenslve. On the occasion of his first call
upon Thun, the Coqnt received him sitting
and in his shirt sleeves. Bismarck was
astonished by the discourtesy- hut. equal
io’ the occasion, exeJalmed: “Exactly so,
It is terribly warm here," and was re
moving his own coat when the Austrian
member Jumped up and resumed his.
Fntll Bismarck became a momlwr of the
Diet only the Austrian member had dared
smoke during sessions. At the first ses
sion Bismarck attended. Thun, puffing at
a cigar, ironically invited Bismarck to
Join him. At the second session Bismarck
pulled out a. cigar and calmly asked the
Austrian presiding officer for a light.
His brother Merniann received two
thirds of the paternal estate, the re
mainder going to Otto. At one time In
his wild young days Otto wrote to hie
brother, who had held himself aloof from
the future great man, requesting a lem
•porary loan. His brother replied in a curt
epistle, subscribing himself “Hermann von
Bismarck, landowner.” Bismarck im
mediately penned a response, which he
signed in contempt, “Otto von Bismarck,
braitiowner."
In July of 1847 he married Johanna von
l’uttkamer. Her parents objected to her
union wilh such a wild young fei!ow of
no apparent future, but Bismarck went
before the family circle, folded the girl
In his arms, and, with tils eyes on Herr
von Pultkamer, sternly stroke the words:
"What God has brought together let
no man put asunder.” To the end he loved
this wife with such earnestness, devotion,
and absolute fidelity as have few parallels
In the lives of great men.
Immediately upon William’s ascent of
the throne he proceeded to pjtr Into prac
tice, as far as he could, the designs which
he hiul brooded over while Crown. Prince.
His theory of government was a curious
mixture of belief irt the divine tight of
kings and paiernal administration. He
could brook no opposition to his plans.
This was made clear by one of his after
dinner speeches, iu which he said: "My
course is the right, one, and it shall he
steered.” and "I will crush every one who
oppoaes me in my work.”
Ibre are Bismarck’s own worile on the
point at issue:
"The essence of constitutional mon
archy," ia* said, ”lindor which we live,
consists In the co-op ration of the mon
arch's will with the convictions of the
people ruled. * * * I never was an abso
lutist, and shall least of ail become such
•n my old age.”
The veteran continued to defend himself
and his Ideas vigorously in interviews,
S'" echos and the liewqia|s rs, Thorf Chau
'• llor von Caprivl was instruct.*l to say to
the German minlMors at foreign courts
Hull no weight was to lie attached to Bis
marck's utterances, jytd that “His Ma
jesty distinguishes between Bismarck
formerly and now ”
Bismarck owned numerous valuable ee-
HHes, the largest ol’ which Were Fried
rlehsruh, Varzin and Eelioenhausen, the
first named the most extensive and his
home estate. It comprises 20.000 nones, and
was a present from the old Emperor Wil
liam smut after Hie close of the Frataco-
Prusslan war. It Is one of the finest prl
vote possessions in the world. He had
considerable Income from the sale of tim
•<er from his forests to ship builders. There
are nrnny fields under cultivation, and he
owned extensive distilleries, manufactor
ies and saw mills, all of whieh had tils
general oversight. He kept his residence
•In Berlin. No. 78, Wilhelmotrasge, and
had extensive possesions In Pomerania.
The title of Duke of Lauenburg, which
Bismarck never used, preferring not to
bury his own great home under a title
however elevated, was eonfcrrril upon the
Prince by the present Kaiser at the time
when the latter called for his resigna
tion as chancellor of the Empire.
No man In Burope was more honored
by crowned heads than Bismarck. He
had received at least one hundred and
twenty-five decorations. Of these fourteen
were fashioned of diamonds. They were
the Black Eagle of Prussia, the Star of
the Order of ilonhenzollern, the Com
mander's badge of the same order, the Ba
den Order of Fidelity, the Bavarian Order
of Saint Hubert, the Saxon Outer of the
Crown, the Saxon Order of the Falcon,
an<l Wurtemburg Order of the Crown, the
Iron Crown of Austria, the Christ of the
Holy See, the portrait of the Shah and
the Saint Andre of Russia.
Bismarck was the author of a number
of epigrams, among which are the follow
ing:
"A Bavarian Is n cross between on Aus
trian and a human being.”
"if Alfstrla has astonished the world by
its ingratitude, England will astonish it
by Us cowardice.”
"Go.l made man In His own Image and
Italy In the Image of Judas."
“The French are a nation of redskins.
The other European Powers are repre
sented at foreign courts by persons of
mark, but France Is often represented by
marked persons. You ean always distin
guish a French ambassador by the simple
fact that he never speaks the language of
the country to which he Is accredited.",
Bismarck showing a friend round
hi" house some time ago and, as he laugh
ingly (glinted to the ponderous and forbid
ding Iron safe in his wife's bed room,
said: "You see, my wife acts as my
cashier, and let me tell you that a man
who trusts his wife with his financial in
terests has discovered an Infallible way to
save money.”
After the tiay on which Bismarck was
shot at (May 7, ItWtll by Karl Blind, his
wife said: "If 1 were in heaven and saw
the villain standinfc on the top of a ladder
lending down to hell I would have no
hesitation In giving him a push.”
“Hush, my deur,” replied Bismarck,
“you would not be in heaven yourself
with such thoughts as those.”
Bismarck was fond of tobacco and good
drink. "Southerners,” ne said, “are born
with a bottle of champagne inside them.
We Northerner!* have to put it in, and the
moment we cease putting It In we shall
knock under to the Southerners.”
“Radicals,” said he, "are forever want
ing the unattainable, like the Prussians,
who crave cherries In winter and oysters
In summer.
Of himself and his relations with Frede
rick William Bismarck once said: “The
King regarded me as a kind of egg cut
of which he might be able some day to
hatch a minister. It was a long time be
fore my poor mother could be persuaded
that In hatching me she had not produced
a goose.”
At the close of his official career he said
to some friends at Krledrlchsruhe: "I
have seldom been a happy man. If I
reckon Up the rare minutes of real hap
piness in my life I do not believe they
would make twenty-four hours in all. In
my political life I never had time to have
the feeling of haptiiness. But in my pri
vate life there have been moments of
happiness. I remember, for Instance, a
really happy moment in my life, and that
was when I shot my first hare. In later
years it gave me pleasure to see my Irri
gated meadows and plantations thriving,
and at home I look pleasure In my wifo
and children.”
—Penman—l've been sending funny arti
cles to the paper for three weeks.
Popham—And have you received a check
yet?
"Yes; I got a note from the editor to-day
telling me to quit.”—Yonkers Statesman.
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