Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-05
The Eastern Question.

The Eastern Question.
! RUSSIA GETTING READY TO FIGHT AUSTRIA
! and is masSing 120.0O0 troops in Romania for
defence against Austria. 1t is now thOnglt
That England will be conciated in rela ion TO
the Straits, but with regard TO the Sclayonlc
! tribes Russia is determined to consider her
own nonor and aims as Well rs the supposed
interests of Austria.
ENGLANp AND THE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
Ihe debate on the supplementary vote was
resumed yesterday in the House of Commons
MI. G.adstone argued that the vote was un-
NECESSARY, as the armIstice had removed all
| appTehensionS of Turkey being encouraged or
OF RusSia occupying ConstantinOp!e Mr.. Ca
,hoine h Hardy, secretary of war, denied that
that the government might perform lis part i'm
the European conference for the benefit of
subject races and mankind. The debate was
continue Their Warllke operations in TnesSaly.
lhey captured DOmoco at the point of the bay
0het losing l30 IN killed and capturing 1910
turkish prisoners The BeyS OF EpiruS have
submitted to Greece.
PHILADEIPHIA's MIRACLE Tlc Clecer
IftcH 9f Nan Whose Past Career Has Been
One o. Ffoud:-The story of the dead man
WHO came to life in Philadelphia has a
sequel related in the Times OF that city as
IolioWs: There was no sermon delivered in Old
| SWedes Gloria Del Church Sunday upon the
death and coming TO life of j. Harry Schrack,
| nor did one of the pupils in his Sunday school
class re1er to the wonderful vision that he saw
in the other world. People down town who
aFn iorFmeIly spoke OF the Schrack affair as mir
dcle, now deneHnce II as an admirably exc
| cufed fraud, of which the hanging of crane
! from the door of l23 Mary street the sending
lor an undertakeT. and the announcements in
cHllfcI Oh Schfack'S death were part and par
cel. The members of the Old Swedes Church.
VINO, IL now appears, have been supporting
nG;nrack. ;,L paying his rent and providing him
Wilh money during his supposed illness, have
| ceased their contributions. Nestryman Nor
rls3n, who had provided him with a sick chair
ana hnaa dressing gown, has taken those ARTICLES
| nome AGAIN Schrack expected that the Rev,
Snyder B. Shines, of Old Swedes Church. would
! pay hm visit and administer communion,
| but the pastor did not appear. Schrack is a
| fraud, and his death and resurrection is de-
! iuSlon. Says one of his SchOolmateS. an ND
| Town undertaken, Joe Schrack' (he was never
liar on the face Of the earth This suspended
| animation is only another one of the tricks
| that lie has been at all his life
THE FATHER OF CHARLIE Ross will be in
baltimore today to see the little fellow from
Demerara, brought there by Mr.. Perot, and
now domlcllch at the Home of the FriendleSS
! He has very little hope of finding his lost child.
ana only comes to satisfy public opinion. The
father and family have been wearied out by
false representations and their patience and
/ means dlSSlpated by long Journeys TO such an
! extent that it is not to be wondered at that
/ they move cautiously and apparently negi-
! gently III all new Investigations.
! THE COAL TRADE OUTLOoK-A SuS0enSi0n
! q! Pfodnction tOr T,co H'eeks-The anthra-
| cite coal movement during the past week has
! been without special feature. All that has
| transplred has been in the direction OF q full
conSummation of the compact entered into by
! the operators Of the several coal regions and
! the large coal carrying companies. AL Ope-
raiors in the Lehigh Valley region will Sus-
| pend mining for two weeks from to day. The
tStntral railroad of New Jersey and the Le-
hgh Navigation company are doing their
| part 10 dcplee the stock of its surplus what.
ever II lnay De, and during the month of Feb
r'at, Will not give to the market more than
! the proceeds Of ten days work, which is not
more than Dper cent. of their capacity An
entire Su>penS ion of mining operations will
commence in the Schuylk!l region on the 1lth
! instant, and continue for two weeks from
that date Fhad. Ledger. eth.
THE New YORK RING-Return OF Hurry
! Genet.-The sudden return of Genet to New
York Yesterday caused quite 4 sensation.
Henry w. Genet, eX-State senator of New
York, who was known in the palmy days OF
! the Tweed ring as Prince Harry" first came
TO grief by being indicted for forgery i'll con
| nection with the frauds on the Harlem Gus
tom house. This was just after the discovery
OF the ring frauds, and Genet was bailed at the
time. On November "A, 1873, he was again ar
! rested, this time on a bench warrant issued by
Judge Davis in the court of oyer and terminer.
! He was held to appear for trial in the sum OF
| S?,tto bail On each INDICTMENT. He was con
! Vlcted on one OF the indictments on December
70 1873. his trial occupying only three days.
| Three days afterwards the district attorney
was about to move for sentence. when it was
| discovered that Genet had fled
! THE PENNSYLVANIA MIRACLE-A PIT Up
! JOb.-Many statements are atOat tending to
| show that Miss Greth, whose miraculous cure
! was mentioned in yesterday SSTAR. was guilty
| OF pretending death and resurrection. aud
! that in vulgar phrase the miracle was "A put
| up Job Archbishop Wood is still without
! any offlcIal information regarding the al
| legged miracle, and still prOnOunceS it a delu-
! sion or deception, but intends taking no ac-
ton III the matter unless the excitement over
| the affair is prolonged, in which case il is pos
| slDle an explanation NAV be demanded Of Fa-
| ther Henen i'll reference to his activity in the
! matter. The case of Miss Greth is very far
! from Being regarded as 4 miracle, and tue
| priests conduct is not considered as rejecting
credit on himself or his office, if the published
| account OF what took place is correct. If Fa-
| ther Helnen said. as reported. that the woman
! was not dead nor yet in q trance, but was
| living though her soul had left her, the priest
| was guilty Of hereSy. as such theory is not
| according to the doctrines OF the church
PROTEST AGAINST SILvER.-The New York
| board OF trade and transportation have re
| solved to forward to Congress memorial set
| ting forth the evil effects OF silver plethora
! and declaring gold the only proper standard
| sale merchants of New York experience great
| inconvenience from the accumulation of sill
yer coin received from their customers, who
are principally retail tradeSmen AS the banks
Will not receive the silver on deposit except to
| pay II back i'll kind merchants are obliged to
| sell it at :: discount. and add the amount of
the discount 10 the price of their goods. The
dred firms, whose annual sales are estimated
at hundred million dollars