St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-10

plan. Count Won Hompesch-Rurich,
chairman of the Centrist party, how
ever, replied that the eightieth birth
day of Prince Bismarck gives me no
occasion to answer your question"
DR.. Schaedler, another member of the
Centre party, was more pointed in his
answer. He wrote: II beg to say that
in memory of the Kulturkampf and the
oppression of German Catholics at that
time, your questions are of no interest
in any way" The Conservative Ma
tional Liberal and the anti-Seinite
| members of the reichstag will cele-
/ brate Bismarck's birthday by COM
mers, and will go to Friedrichsruhe to-
gether on April to deliver an address
to the eX-chancellor.
dispatch from Cologne states that
an earthquake shock was felt at 10
o'clock yesterday evening through the
whole Rhenish province. The yibra-
ton was from southeast to northwest
A curious and exceptional case of
differentiation occurred recently in the
Emperor Alexander regiment of gran
adiers of the guard. An Alsatian re-
cruit- named Troehner belonging to
the MennoniteS, whose creed forbids
them to take an oath or use the sword,
joined that regiment at the beginning
of the year. The Mennonites previ-
GUS to the year 1867 were exempt from
military service, but that. privilege
has, since been Cancelled. Troehner
objected to taking the oath of allegi-
ance and then simply refused to take
a rifle in his hands. For this he was
sentenced to two months imprison-
ment in a fortress. The term expired
"A 6ax md J.,
his regiment. Tuesday morning when
his company paraded the captain asked
him if he would then take a rifle and
Troehner replied without wavering:
mo, captain" He was Immediately
marched to the military prison, and on
the following day he attempted sui
eide. The military authorities are in
quandary as to how to deal with his
case.
YOUTHFUL FIENDS.
A remarkable story of youthful crime
is reported from Naumberg, in the
province of Saxony. A boy named
Brechel, from the Zeitz reformatory,
was sentenced last July to four years
Imprisonment for strangling comrade
named Schorf, with suspenders during
a quarrel, according to the testimony
~ INCL SoAili iQtS, uilBS anu n,
both seventeen years old. Towards the
end of last year a second boy was
'strangIed and the inquiry which fol-
lowed resulted in the arrest of Junee,
Hoffman and two other boys, Moebus
and Blankenburg, aged respectively
sixteen and fifteen. Junge and Hoff-
man then confessed to having COM
mitted perjury during the trial OF
ClnJ
last when all four were arraigned,
that the murder of Schorf was premed-
1tated. Brechel, it appears, hated the
reformatory and wanted to be sent to
prison, whereupon Junge persuaded
Brechel to murder Schorf, who was a
weak little boy. Brechel at first was
unwilling to do SO. He afterwards
yielded and attempted to strange
Schorf, but gave up the intention, al
though Junge aided him, saying: He
is blue in the face already The next
day Brechel, instigated by Junge,
strangled little Schorf while Junge COW
cred the victims face, as BrecheI did
not like to see it.
In the second case of murder the one
which occurred at end of last year,
Junge suggested the same plan to Moe
DuS anu bldlhenDuTS, WHO were anX-
lious to escape from the reformatory,
and boy who slept between the two
latter was chosen as the victim. Dur
ing the night Moebus crept up to the
victims bed, tied his suspenders
around the lads neck without waken-
ing him and then Moebus pulled one
Fend of the suspenders, while Blanken-
FIburg pulled the other until the boy
was dead.
The shrieks of the victim awoke tile
other boys in the dormitory, but they
Were silenced by the threats of Moe
I bus. The latter then returned to his
bed and slept soundly until morn
ling. Junge and Moebus were both SEN
fenced to fifteen years Imprisonment,
Blankenburg was sentenced to twelve
years Imprisonment and Hoffman to
two years imprisonment. Brechel will
ibe tried again, this time on the charge
Of r1lurdar