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COUNT VON MOLTKE'S ' DEATH.
All Germany Sorrows Over the Domho of
the Great Field Marshall
BERLIN IN THE GARB OF MOURNING ,
Extended Hkctoli or tlio Wo mid
Achievement * uf tlio Great Sol
di cr AVrltlttii l y General
JnnicH Grnut Wilson ,
Biiui.iv , April 85. The death of Count von
Moltko was not generally known until the
was published In the morning papers.
It cans'd deep and universal sorrow. The
empress vlsltod the doatn chamber this
morning imd Inld a magnificent wronth of
roses upon the bed whom the great general
lay. Splendid offering * are arriving from till
parts of Germany.
Great crowd * of people , respectful and
lympntlictic , surround the count's icsldonco
nnd throng the streets , Mnny stores nro
closed nnd nil over the city people nro com
mencing to display emblems of mourning.
The rolchstng nhd 1'russtnn dlot have both
adjourned until Monday out of respect to the
dead soldier. The emperor has summoned nil
the princes and crowned heads of the differ
ent German states to attend the funeral ,
which will tnka place Thursday next , anil
which will bo attended by imposing military
coramonlcs ,
Field Mnrslml Von Molllce'H Cnrror.
The following sketch by General James
Grant Wilson , which appeared In the last
December number of the Cosmopolitan mug-
nilno , covers the remarkable career of the
greatest German captain of our time :
Holtmith Karl Hernhard vonMoltUo , who has
Just claims on Immortality , was as unknown
nt sixty-four to the world in general as was
the lint commander of the army of the Pol-
tomnc when , In 18(11 ( , ho roentcred the United
Statei service. Like Lord Clyde , the illus
trious German strategist had long to wait fern
n Held on which to display his generalship ,
but lllfi ) the patient Scotchman , secure in the
possession of consummate military genius ,
iio quietly bided his timo. ItcamoinlMtt
when hu defeated Denmark , In IMiO when the
star of Austria sank on the lost Hold of Sn-
dowa. in 1870 when the mastorlv cninblnn-
tlons crushed Napoleon III. and fair France ,
oven ns Prussia had been crushed by the llttlo
Contain at Auorstndt nnd Jeim In the sixth
year of the present century.
Von Moltko was born at Parchlm , In the
grand duchy of Mecklenburg Schworln , Oc
i tober 'JO , 1800. but a few weeks later than his
k friend George Bancroft. Ills birthplace Is
still to be scon in the Hinnll walled town of
souio six thousand or seven thousand inhab
1i
* itants , nnd is pleasantly situated on the
banlcs of the Elbe , lie Is descended , like
Mnrshbl Blucher. from n distinguished Lau- )
Ish familv , and his father , a former ofllcor of
the Mallendorf regiment , possessed the estate -
tate of Grcnltz. In his twcltth year Hoi-
muth was sent to Copenhagen to bo educated
for the army. In 1H11 ho becamu a "land
cadet" and commenced service with
the small annual pay of 50
Danish rcichsthalors. Shortly afterward ,
nowovor , ho was admitted in the privileged
ranks of the so-called "pago cadets , " when
Ills pay was advanced to the sum of ! ! 00
tbalera of the Danish mint from the court
treasury , and the nioro valuable privilege of
receiving a higher scientific education. Five
years later ho was appointed to a lieuten
ancy In the Oldenburg ivglment , and In 1822
(10 ( obtained permission with several com
panies to engage for a tlrno in foreign service.
vVo may now smllo at the minister of war
who , when Moltko left the army , reported to
the King , 4Tho departure of Captain Moltko
will not DO a great loss to the Danish army. "
Ho was very poor , and when the permission
was granted ho begged at the same time
to bo allowed three months' pay as "travel
money , " but Frederick VI. thought
that ho bad done enough for the
young ofllccr and replied that no funds
could bo advanced to those seeking foreign
service. Moltko in his written application to
the king , which is to hu seen at Copenhagen ,
in ado ilio now memorable pledge : "If his
majesty will concede my request I trust that
I ahull acquire such knowledge and capacity
in the Prussian service as shall enable mo to
repay the king and Denmark. " Another
strnngo instance In the irony of history. Hud
the young captain's request been granted for
the paltry sum of ? 200 , it iff 'probable that ho
never would have become Held marshal of
Prussia and chief of the general stall of
the army. It is n very curious nnd not
uninteresting speculation ns to what Issue
might huvo resulted from the Schloswig-
liolstcln conflict when Denmark was do-
JUUIUU , 11 JUUllKU II11U UCUI1 UI1 U1U UII1UI
aide ; nnd had the greatest strategist of tbo
ngo remained in the service of that llttlo
state In which ho began his career as n
soldier and lu whloh ho also proposed to end
it , would there have been n Sndown In 1S ( > 0
and Sedan in 1870 , nnd might not Napoleons
still have been emperors of Franco !
Entering the Prussian army in the autumn
of 18 3 as second lieutenant in the Eighth
.infantry , Moltko at tlio same time studied in
the military academy. Thrown entirely on
Uls own slender resources , the young
ofllcer early exhibited that spirit of self-
reliance which prepared him for the
future struggles nnd energetic career
through which ho was destined to pass.
Spending seine time in the school of division
at-Wankfort-on-tho-Odcr , ho was , after ten
yours of arduous studies nnd labors , made a
member of the general stall , and in 183:1 : was
advanced to the grade of ftret lieutenant.
Two years later lie wont to Constantinople
nnd Mnlimud II. , conceiving a high regard
for his ability , the Puisslan military author
ities permitted Moltko , then n captain , to
servo the sultan In Improving Iho fortifica
tions of Turkish cities and In the war
ngainst the Kurds nnd against Egypt , In
Egypt General d'Hnutuoul , who died in
Franco In Juno , Ib'JO ' , was pitted
ngulnst Moltko nnd beat him , Tlio latter
was the virtual commander of the Turkish
nrmy nt Noslb , as was General d'Hnutpoul ,
then n captain of the Egyptian nrmy , of
which Ibraham Paslin was the nominal chief.
The Turks were routed owing to tlio skill of
Captain d'Hautpoul in occupying as ho did
the position dominating the roua to Aleppo.
The intervention of Kuropo nlono saved
Constanlluoplo from being entered b.v the
Egyptian nrmy after the defeat of the
Turks at Nosib. General d'Hautpoul was
sent to Versailles In ls > 71 to negotiate an ar
mistice uml mot there his old fee Von Moltko ,
hut refused to sign until informed about Gen
I eral Bourbahl'a army. General Vnlden then
took lilt place and signed , nnd Bourbakl , to
nvold bohiR captured , was compelled to re
treat Into Switzerland. After being deco
rated by Mnhmud for distinguished services
rendered nt the battle of Hlsill. Captain
Moltko was recalled nnd assigned to
Ire general staff of the Fourth army
corps. In 1843 ho was advanced to the rank
of nnijor , nnd thrco years inter ho published
n n Interesting narrative of his sojourn in
Turkey. During the same year , 1845 , ho was
appointed adjutant to Prince Houry of Prus
sia.
sia.After
After the prince's death , in 1817 , Major
Moltko was engaged on the Hnlne , nnd in
the year following was assigned to the
grand general stall. In 1810 no was promoted
meted to be chief of staff of thu Fourth
army corps nt Magdeburg , and six years
later iio becamoadjutant to the crown prince
and accompanied him to England. Advanced
to the rank of chief of staff of the Prussian
nrmy in 1S38 , ho was in thoyear following
created n lieutenant general. Present In the
Austrian headquarters at the time of the
Austro-Itaiinn war , upon the termination of
hostilities ho entered energetically upon
tlio development , to the fullest extent ,
of the capacities of the Prus
sian general atalT and the Prussian
nrmy. Tno war against Denmark having
been declared , Moltko planned the cam
paign nnd gave to Its execution his personal
assistance , contributing the same skill and
experience In the moro important war of
ISM. The brilliant plan of the Bohemian
campaign was also his. Leading ntjtno battle
of Koniggrntz or Sadown , ho also planned
the advance of the Prussian columns agalnsl
Olmutz nnd Vienna , and the armistice and
preliminaries of peace which soon followed
his great victory nt Sudowu wcro negotiated
bv him. For thcso eminent services General
von Moltko was rewarded by King William ,
who accompanied him In the Austrian cam-
palgn , with the order of the Black Englo , n
national donation nnd tbo colonelcy of the
Celborg or Second Pomeranian regiment.
It is certainly roost remarkable that no re
cently as within a quarter of a century the
popular record * of contemporaneous public
fficu In America and Great Britain contained
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no mention of the name of the illustrious
soldier , although the Men of the Time , in the
edition of IbtiS , include * the name of 1m
cousin , Comto ao Moltko , a Danish statesman
horn in 17S5 , who held the post of minister of
finance under Christian V1I1 , and who oxer-
clsod vast influence under that monarch ,
Hut while the successful strategist was nn-
known to ttm world nt large , and glittering
names were dazzling for the hour , ho was
porlecting , with all the conscientious zeul of
a hard and practical student , those plans
of war and strategy which his prescience -
science told him were to place Prussia
In the front rank of military
powers nnd rcstoro tno Gorman empire ,
Having long foreseen the probable contingency -
gency of n war with Franco , ho was prepared
with his plans when it began in 1870 , and
Prussia was destined under his leadership ,
after an interval of six decades nnd under
moro than ordinary circumstances , to invndo
Franco , and ever the very battle grounds on
which so many of the signal defeats of tholi
fathers had been encountered , to achieve vic
tories only paralleled by those gained on
them by the llrst Napoleon. Surh nro the
retributions ol history as well as Its analogies I
Thcro is what appears to bo a well au
thenticated nnerdoto that tno very day before -
fore Moltko's departure for the sent of war
n diplomat met him In the Wilhelmstrnsso
of Ilorllu nnd addressed him nnologoticallv ,
fearing to intrude upon his busy thoughts
and preparations , hut , "Oh , " said the old
soldier , "I have nothing to do I" And nn
American general who called upon blm nt
Versailles during the siege of Paris and on
the very day that a strong sortie was ox-
tMictod. found him calmly reading a now
Encllsh novel 1
The Emperor Napoleon III declared wnr
against Prussia July 15. 1870. Nominally
commanded by King William , but under the
controlling spirit of Von Moltko , the
Gorman armies crossed the frontiers
early in August. Kuropo and Amer
ica looked on breathless with expec
tation at the gathering of hosts destined so
soon to mar the fair face of Franco hun
dreds oi thousands of men ,
"All furnished , all In arms ,
All plumed HUe ostriches that with the wind
Unted , like eagles having lately bathed ;
Glittering in golden coots , like imnuos ;
As full of spirit us the month of May ,
As gorgeous as the sun at midsummer. "
Encountering Marshal MaoMahon at
Worth , August 0 , they obtained n signal vic
tory. The effect of this rovcrao on the
French was of the most disheartening char
acter. Napoleon's efforts at consolation In
his brief dispatch to the empress that the
marshal had "lost n battle , " but urging forti
tude nnd sacrifices under dlltlcultlo , will bo
most vividly brought to mind when wo re
member that four years later Mao.Malion
hold the reins of a republican government in
Franco , that the empire was dead with the
unfortunatn emperor , who now sleeps on
Knglish soil , his only son by his slilol Uap-
idly following the disaster nt Worth came
the defeat of naiaino in the sanguinary bat
tlo of Gravolotto , fought near Motz August
14 and IS. Shutting himself nnd
his army in Motz , llazaino was besieged -
sieged by Prince Frederick Charles , while
MaoMahon with his retreating columns was
hotly pursued by Moltko and the crown
prlnco toward Chalons.
After collecting a largo army there Mac-
Mnhon marched northward toward the valley
of the Mouse. Wbon Wellington nt Sala
manca saw Marmont's circuitous move ho is
said to have exclaimed , "Now 1 have him I"
Whatever the silent Moltko said or whether
ho niado any ronmrn on the subject when
Informed of MacMahon's march , ho
must have felt that ho was cer
tain ot his gnmo , for ho had not waited till
then to guard too northern passage. "A
general , " says the Archduke Charles , "must
suppose that his opponent will do against
him whatever ho ought to do. " MiioMa-
lion's movement was ono of the possibilities
that Moltko had provided against. Then
came for the French the final caUistropha
of ttio war. Tbo Gorman army , amounting
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tp nearly a quarter of a million
of men , attacked MacMnhon near Sedan ,
nnd after a serious battle lasting several days
mndo Napoleon a prisoner , with his 100,000
soldiers. This occurred on September 3.
Marching on Paris a few days later the Ger
mans began the investment of the city. The
crowning point of those disasters , almost un
precedented in military history , was the sur
render of Motz by Baznino with an army of
170,000 men , inrludlng three French marshals
and the Imperial guard , seine 10,000 strong
which , according to Cambronno , "dies , but
never surrenders I" without doubt the act
of a coward or a traitor. The spectacle of
sued a vast body of well-seasoned soldiers ,
the flower of the French army , hold captive
for three months by n force of onlyono-tourtn
greater , nnd then surrendering without strik
ing a single bio A- for freedom , is certainly
now in the annals of modern warfare.
At the clo o of 187i ; Marshal Bazaino was
Justly condemned by a French military tri
bunal to bo reduced to the ranks and shot.
His scntcnco was commuted by his friend
and former companion In arms , Presi
dent MncMahon to twenty years' im
prisonment on the island of Sto Mar-
guerito. Honor is elevated to the presidency
of Franco , while dishonor in disgrace is sen
tenced to degradation nnd death I As will bo
remembered , Bazaino , after a brief captivity ,
effected his escape and scttlod In Spain ,
where the writer saw him in 18SJ , and where
ho has since died. In March 188U wo visltod
his island prison and that of the Man in the
Iron Mask , and fool perfectly satisfied that
the ox-marshal was permitted to roach the boat
In which his faithful Mexican wife waltod
for him.
The French wcro outnumbered nnd out
generaled by the Germans in all the great
battles of the war , and to the genius of Von
Moltko In directing the movements of the
armies is to bo principally ascribed their
victories. The siege of Paris was main
tained with constancy nnd courage. Com
manded by General Pnladlno ? , the army of
the Loirn doloatod Bavarian Von der Tnnn
near Orleans , but falling to move promptly
on Paris ns ho should have done after Ids
victory , ho throw nwny the only op
portunity that the French over pos
sessed of effoctunlly raising the slego.
Subsequently Paladlnos was defeated in sev
eral engagements. A vigorous sortie from
Paris was made November 29 , continuing
during the day following ; but the accession
to the besieging force by the addition of a
portion of the nrmy of the "Hod Princo"
mndo further rrslstnneo almost hopeless. As
food became scarce the cry of icslstanco a
1'outrancu ceased nnd thu famous
siui-'i' fro long terminated by the sur-
rend of the city January S $ , 1S71.
All- i baron for his great services ,
Molti. lv..s created n count on his sovnn-
tloth uirthdny , and in September ho was
advanced to the chief marabalship , again
receiving n national dotation. Added to the
honors from ids own sovereign and nation
the illustrious soldier was the recipient of
many other distinctions. Including the order
of St. Gcorgo from the late czar , the highest
military order of Hussla.
Carlyle concluded a letter on the "Latter
Stage of the French-German Wnr of 1870-
71 , " in tueso words : "That noble , patient ,
doon , pious and solid Germany should
at least bo welded into n nation and become
como the quern of the continent instead
of vaporing , vainglorious , ccstulating , quar >
rolsouie , restless and ovor-sonsltlvo
Franco , socms to mo the hopufullnst
public fact that has occurred In my timo. "
That the sturdy William , who fought with
Wellington and Bluchcr at Waterloo seven
ty-live years ago , became emperor of Ger
many in llou of being us ho was before the
French war , only king of Prussia ;
that Franco was stripped of her territory
fortresses and a crushing pecuniary Indem
nity sacrifices that two decades nor the
waters of I.otho can wash out 1s unques
tionably chiefly duo to Moltko's military
genius and these superb soldiers who wcro
as calm and steady nnd obedient in tbo hour
of bewildering triumph as if tbo conquest of
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hosts were ordinary everyday events.
Cut with nil his conius , with nil his able sub
ordinates and with the magnificent disci
plined devotion of the German
the army , would
deliberately
planned
" programme of
"Vntor Moltko , ' ' as ho is familiarly called ,
have boon attended
with the
sumo sur-
tjrislnR successes had he , in nlnco of
lighting against second rate generals
sometimes against the very worst fallen
in with such a soldier ns Franco
possessed
in the days of Anstorlitzl It bo
may rea
sonably questioned If there would have boon
n bedun had thu thoughtful strategist boon
pitted neainst the llgntning-llko
conception ,
so invaluable in warfare , which the lirst
Napoleon would have brought to the
strug
gle. In sucti a case it may bo safely as
sumed that there would have boon no sur
render at McU , no loss of Alsaro and
Lorraine , nnd tnat the campaign would hnvo
heon conducted on German soil , nnd in llou
of lingering on the loft bank oT the Khlno in
the helpless manner of the captains of 1870 ,
his own victorious banners would have been
soon on the roan to Berlin.
General Sherman has kindly favored the
writer with his impressions of "Marshal Von
Moltko , whom ho mot during his visit to
Kuropo soon after tlio close of the Franco-
German war : "I saw him twice , llrst In his
room , at perfect case , in n sort of n military
negligee drosswhen ho reminded mo of many
a Gorman doctor or professor that I met in
this country. Ho is rather slender , not very
military In his form , about six foot , or a llttlo
loss in height , wears a wig , nnd his face is
clean shaven and smootlior than tUe photo
graphs represent him. His complexion is
quite fair , and unless you know him to bo a
man of fame ho would not attract your atten
tion In a crowd. I next saw him'in uniform
nt a dinner party , when ho wore a military
frock co.U buttoned up to the throat , with
ono or two orders on 111) broast. Ills face was
the same , calm nnd thoughtful , and his
speech slow and measured. Iio remarked
that ho could wrlto and read Engllsti lluontly ,
but In speaking was not confidant that ho
always convoyed his exact meaning , llo is
well preserved nnd of'good ' habits nnd easy
temper. Ills fana ( , < is well earned ,
derived from a largo experience I
in the cast , iri Turkey , in Asia '
and lu Europe. HoliU n close observer of !
men nnd things , nqd. n hard student of
'
geography , statistics and''facts. Ills value In
war was the rapid divination of the purpose
of hU enemy nnd hlal'nccurate ' knowledge
of all the data that enabled him to
innko the wonderful concentrations by
convenient lines 'tliat ' marked the
campaign of Koniggrata and Sedan. The
movements preceding , the battle of Koniit-
pratz were his , and they form as good n model
for study ns any battle of the century. "
General fahorldan , In dtprblng } ! his departure
from Versailles at tbo close of the war early
In 1871 , says : "Ofcnoral von Moltko
was , 03 usual , ( Jiitot nnd reserved ,
betraying not thoi.qlightost | conscious
ness of his great . ability nor the
least Indication of pridir on account of his
mighty work. I say thW advisedly , for it is
an undoubted fact that it was his marvellous
mind that perfected the military uystcm by
which 800,000 men wcro mobilized with un
paralleled celerity and moved with such cer
tainty of combination that , in n campaign of
seven months , the military poxvor of Franco
was destroyed nnd her vast resources
seriously crippled , "
After lie i ML' the unsuccessful candidate of
tlio conservatives of Berlin , Count Moltko
was in January 1ST I , elected by
another constituency to the Ger
man parliament , of which ho has ever slnco
boon n member. There , as well as In the old
omporor's cabinet , the chief captain of the
omjilro , who concerns himself only with the
strictly military side of political problems ,
advocated the idea that "between
state and state thcro is no arbiter but power.
Small states may intrust themselves to neu
trality and International guarantees , but n
LrreiH state exists only in luolf and out of Its
own power , and fulfils the object of its exist-
oucoVDOU it is determined and prepared 1
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and $2O.
Silk Ten Gowns , worth ? 50 , now only $20.
Ladles' Cashmere Wrappers , worth $12 , now only$7.DO
Ladies' Fine Wraps , worth $2O to $3O , now only $5.
Ladies' Print Wrappers , worth $2.BO , reduced to $1. BO.
Children's Spring Clonks , worth $8 to $12 , reduced to $8.
Babies' First Short Clonks , worth $0 to $3 , reduced to $3
Children's Reefers , O to 12 yrs , worth $4 , reduced to $1.5O
Ladles' Newmarkets , worth $1O to $15 , reduced to $2.
Ladies' Newmarkets , worth $15 to $25 , reduced to $5.
Ladies' Newmarkets , worth $25 to $ 'iO , reduced to $1C\
Black Newmarkets , latest styles , worth $25 , reduced to
.
$1B.
Plush Cloaks , worth $45 to $ OO , reduced to $18.
Plush Newm arkets , worth $75 , reduced to $25.
Ladles' Jersey Waists , worth $2 to $0 , reduced to 05c.
Ladies' Jersey Waists , worth $3 to $4 , reduced to $1.45.
Ladies' Jersey Waists , worth $4 to $5 , reduced to $1.98.
Ladies' Jersey Waists , worth $5 to $7 , reduced to $2.03 .
Tan Cnshmere Shawls , worth $3 , reduced to $1.
Ladles' Summer Skirts , worth $1.5O , reduced to 75c.
to assort its existence , its free
dom nnd its right. " ns n legisla
tor ho is punctual and persistent ,
seldom absenting himself from the reichstag
oven during us most tedious deliberations.
His latest important speech , madein May
last , created a most profound impression
throughout Europe , and It was believed
would do as mucn to preserve peace as all
the now legions about to bo added to the
German army.
In this noteworthy speech , which has the
ring of stool in it , ho dispelled once for all
the delusion that the next war is likely to bo
n short or.o. "Tho powers of Europe , " re
marked Moltko. "aro armed us they never
have been before. No one of them can bo
shattered In ono or two campaigns so com
pletely as to confess itself beaten nnd to con
clude peace on hard terms , oi- not to recover
in a year or two and renew the conflict. It
may be a seven years' war ; it may bo a thirty
years' ' war. Woo to him that sots lira to
Europe ! What is wanted is a strong govern
ment to resist ponulur impulse and passion.
For a long time past only the sword has kept
the sword in its shoalb , " concluded the
count.
Before the close of 1831 the Gorman
general staff , of which Von Moltko was then
the chief , completed its valuable history of
the Franco-Gorman war , In twenty volumes
or parts , embracing plans nnd maps of im
portant battles mid battle Holds. It is no
secret that the count devoted much time to
the preparation of this monumental work , in
which the story of the struggle Is chronicled
witn irreproachable accuracy and admirable
impartiality. Many of its most luminous
chnutors , including the masterly introduc
tion to the concluding volntno , are the pro
duction of his own pen.
The field marshal has two residences. Ho
has a home for life in the stalT palace on the
Konigs Platz of licrlln. His apartment * have
n southern exposure and look outupuntho
recently eroded Column of Victory , which
chielly commemorates hit own triumphs over
the Austrian * nnd French. In This huge
brick building , occupying nn entire square ,
also resides Count Wnldorseo ami his A inert-
can wife , together with many staff oflliors : ,
Moltko's summer homo is in Silesia near
Schwcidnlt/ , where ho possesses n handsome
estate at Krclsau. Hero ho buried his En
glish wife , who died on Christmas day , IbiH ,
nnd who , judging by her portrait taken Just
before her marriage , was a line specimen of
a beautiful British girl of twenty. His
favorite seat is under the shadow of the
giant oak of his park commanding a view
of her mausoleum ami the distant hills of
the Eulcngoblrgo , Like tlui historian Han-
croft , the count devotes much time utid alien-
tiou to the cultivation of his rous.
The marshal U n good walker , still mounts
his horse , seldom smokes , snulT being the
form In whloh , llko his greatest hero , Fred
erick the Great , ho prefers tobacco , and ho Is
usually nn exceedingly moderate cater anil
drinker. Whether In city or country the old
soldier enjoys his evening gnmoof whist with
his nephew , Major von Moltke , and other
friends , and oven during the French
campaign of 1870-71 ho was accustomed
to have his game of cards when pos
sible , and his adjutant , Colonel do
Claer , was compelled to provide suitable
players. Ho U also very fond of music ,
and nightly expects his nlcco and his visitors
to plav or sing for him Iwforo ho retires to his
private apartments. Somotliiun , but very
rarely since passing the fouwcoro milestone ,
docs Moltko permit his early hours for re
tirement to bo interrupted , Perhaps the
latest of tho-to occasion1) was when ho at
tended the banquet and ball crivon in March
last by the emperor whim the prinuo of
Wales visited Berlin and when , but a few
weeks before his ninetieth birthday was
celebrated in Germany and America , the
count received a visit at Krclsau from the
young emperor and his successor , Count
Wnldorsoo.
It may bo safely assorted that no un
crowned captain of the nineteenth century
possibly of all the centuries with the slnglo
exception of England's "Iron Duke , "
has received such honors as wore
rendered to Field Marshal von Moltko in
Berlin on his ninetieth birthday , Never
before were such honors paid to u Gorman
subject. By rcijuost of the emperor ho was
accompanied from Kreisau to tbo capital by
Count vVnldi'rsoo on Thursday , October lit ,
1SOO , being heartily cheered by thousands
upon thousand ? ns they drove from the rail-
wny station to his Berlin residence. Through
out Friday nnd Saturday the old soldier was
overwhelmed with written and telegraphic
congratulations from crowned heads and
grand dukes and by uerman societies
of the old nud now world. Saturday
was mndo n military and gen
eral holiday throughout the em
pire , and lu the evening thcro was an impos
ing torchlight procession in which many thou
sands took p.irt. On the Mill the city was en
fete. In the morning , in the presence of the
emperor , the marshals and poncrals of the
nrmy. the German guards and cuir.issior * ,
some twenty thousand strong , with their his
toric colors , paraded before llio veteran , who
stood bareheaded on his balcony. Thu colors
were then carried into his house. Then all
the notabilities , including Bismarck's suc
cessor , Chancellor von Caprivl , nnd an Aus
trian delegation carrying nn autograph letter -
tor from the Emperor Frnnois Joseph ,
assembled in the great hall , where
they were greeted by llio Em
peror William. Count von Moltko , ac
companied by Count Waldonco nnd the
general staff , then entered , nnd there was n
hearty and universal offering of congratula
tions to the celebrated captain. In the nftor-
noon deputations were received from tlio
principal places of Germany , presenting to
the count the freedom of their respective cit
ies. The emperor and thu city of Cologne
sent field marshal's batons of gold nnd sil
ver , whllo Mecklenburg proiontud nsnm of
money with which to piircluiHo the liouso nt
Purchlni in which the hero was born , at the
same time placing 100,001) ) marks at his dis
posal to endow It ns a hoipit'il. ' In the
evening n banquet was given in his
honor at the Potsdam palaco. The king
of Saxony was seated at Von Molt
ko's right , and on his left sat the
Hmprcss Augusta Victoria. The young
emperor was seated dlrecly opposite , and ,
touching ttio mar-dial's glass with his own ,
called upon the august assemblage to drink
to his health and happiness , And so closed
llio unique celebration of the count's nine
tieth birthday the birthday of nn illustrious
soldier without nmbllioii or vanity , and Iron
from Ural envy which usually follows great
ness like a shadow.
May wo not bo permitted to apply to Von
Moltko\vlio , , like Washington , Is left chiidloss
that his country may call him ' 'Father , " the
lines addressed by the gicatcst of living
singers to thu illustrious Wellington )
"Foromost captain of his time ,
In his simplicity sublime. "
Clean Up.
As the good housewife proceeds to cleansu
nnd rcnovato the family domicile , removing
the winter's accumulations of dust and im
purities nt this particular season , so uhnuld
every intelligent person cleanse and renovate
their internal person , nnd maku it n heath fill
habitation , for it's tlio homo of the souU
There is nothing that will so quickly nnd of-
fcctlvelv accomplish this as u dcuo of St. Pat
rick Pills. They not only physic , but clem
tbo befogged mind and clo.inso and renovate
the whole system , making ono feel bran now.
A
The register of deeds Is recording
mortgage that will not him SIH.50 in fees. It
consists of thirty-nlnu chuoly printed papos.
The mortgage Is given by the Now York bis
cult company to the Central Trust
company of Now York , to secure
the payment of 91,500,000 longtime bonds ,
The property covered Includes the cracker
factories lu Cambridge , Milton und New-
CARPET
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Limit U to cadi customor.
CHINA
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For the next two days wo olTor 100
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CHINA
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This lot consists of every yard of the
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oiler during Friday and Saturday at OOa
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For ONE WEEK wu shall Bel
100 rolls of Moquotto Carpets ,
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to $ ! . ( ( - ) per yard. If you are in need ol
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When in want of a carpet of any de
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bury port , Mass. : Grand Hnplds , Mich. ; Now
York city , Chicaeo , Hartford , Conn. ; Coilnr
Kapldt , in. , and Denver and the McClurg
company In Ornnlm , or in other words , nil of
tlio factories in the biscuit company trust.
Dr. Blrnov cures catarrh. Boo bld'jf.
HOW IT HAl'l'ISMCI ) .
Coroner's Inquiry Into tlio KatuI Sewer
'J ronuli Accl.lont.
Tlio Inquast to determine the causa of the
luath of Charles Holmes nnd Frank Nelson ,
tilled by the caving in of thu sewer Friday ,
was hold yesterday afternoon.
A. PotoMon , a laborer , stated that ho was
working on the scaffold wnen the sldo of thu
trench guvo wiiy and was nearly covered
with dirt , out got out unhurt. Thrco men
mil quit work at noon because tnuy
were afraid of a cave in. llo did not know
thu names of the men.
C. E. Lurstoa said ho did not know any
thing about tlio number of brncob used.
A. Swansun tusttllcd that hu was working
on thu bank and was covered with earth up
lo his neck , but scon got out. The
luulc had c.ivod n llttlo in places dur
ing the foronom : and hu had asked the fore
man to have moro bracoi put in. Sullivan
refused to put in braces until the ditch hud
been dug to n depth of eight feet. Witness
was afraid to work In the ditch because the
soil was .so soft.
John Moody , another laborer , stated ho
had quit work Friday morning because no
braces had ( icon put in. Ho Bald it was cus
tomary to have brucos every suvon or eight
foot when digging in such aoft dirt.
Charles Adolph.son was working at the bet
tom of the ditch , about oluhteua feet from
where Nelson was. when thu slide occurred.
Hu escaped nnd helped to dig the men out.
Several of the men nad spoken to him about
the danger of a cave.
Several ether laborers were placed on the
stand but their testimony was substantin ly
asthonbovi ) . It was u bard matter to ox-
nmino some of the witnesses as all of the
laborers were Swedes and the examination
had to ho conducted through nn intcrprolu r.
11. Sullivan , the foreman of thu gang ,
nas .stan. . lint , ' on the bank of
thu ditch uhon the nccldent occurred.
The trench was about twelve feet deep and
was braced ton Him bottom with two sets of
bracos. Ho Imd taken the UHiial precautions
to prevent an accidunt. Owing to the soft
nnturo of tbo ground nt that pmco hu had
placed braces ami uprights closer together
than was customary.
Jumfti Jensen , thu boss of the gang , work
ing about a block away , Hinted that llioru Imd
boon no neglect on any part of the work to
put in ttm proper .supports.
C. A. Mostlcr , thu superintendent of the
work , stiiteJ that braces had boon put in at
the proper time all along thu line of thu
ditch. For UOO feet on both sides of the accl-
dent lop and bottom braces six or seven feet
apart had been put in ,
Frank Kcovos , the contractor , had pissed
along the linn of the ditch in thu morninu
and know that HOUIU extra precautions had
boon taken on account of thu nnturo of thu
soil. Hu ihought the uccldenl had Ix-ou
caused by tin.1 water from the cesspool seep
ing through and softening tlio ground.
The Jury roliirnod n verdict to the effect
thut the men came tn their death by an tin-
avoidable accident for which no ono was to
blamu.
The funeral of the unfortunate men will
take placa loday at llurkctt'.i ' undertaking
rooms. Interment will be made in Forest
Lawn cemetery , _
Up.
There is n prodigious number of persons
who feel very much down ui the hcul Jusl
now. Ail they really need is u dose of St.
Patrick's PUN to clenso and renovate thuii
system. It would do them morn good thun a
dollar bettlo of uuy blood purifyer. For
by