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CIRCUS BARONESS FAINTS.
Goes 60 Washington 10 Face Charge OF
Theft-Husband Feared Suicidal Attempt.


Tbeft-HusbandF Feared Suicidal Attempt.
Mrs. Alice Lansen, the circus rider, ar
rested on Sunday at the Hotel st. Denis
on a charge Of grand larceny. made by
Mrs William Sla ter OF 1871 street, Wash
ington, ID. c., was taken before United
States Commissioner Shields yesterday.
While papers were being made out the
woman who says she il the Baroness Otto
Maria DEWITT, tainted. When she came to
che was nervous and hysterioal. She made
a move toward an open window and
her husband. the Baron, and a detective
grabbed her. They had an idea that she
contemplated jumping out Of the window.
She said after q minute that she wanted
20 go TO Washington Immediately TO face
the charge and would not require reduidtion
papers. Detective Bauer took her to Wash.
ington last evening.
WASHINGTON, May AFTER a brief er-
animation at police headquarters here, In
which MTs. Jansen disclosed nothing, she
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d. Altnta1t & On.
FANCY NEEDLEWORK.

Fo, the making Of embroidered articles such as promise
to be much favored for Summer wear, an extremely
attractive selection Of Stamped Linens has been
provided among which are:
Shit Waist Patterns Of Handkerchief Linen with designs
for eyee embroidery and various other patterns linens
Of different weighb Stamped Collar and Cuff Seh in
variety Of style, and deGgns Stamped Beb Of heavy linen
or canvas and Stamped Hats for eyee embroidery IN the
newest eaec Suitable embrOidens msierah are also offered
Department on Third Floor
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D. Altuta&t & ON.
woMENs HOSIERY

for wear with HafShOes and Sippcrn during the Spring
and Summer
Especially attractive assormenh Of Blad. White and Tan
Hosiery are offered in plain openwork and embroidered
varieties and in suitable grade, Of silk and isle thread
Tn, day. Tuesday May I'd the following yles Of Womens
Hose will be placed on sale:
Black Lse Thread Hose with openwork design
26c. per pair. $l.55 per boz Of 81 paiS
Black Gsuze Isle Thread Hose. plain
35c. per pair. $l.90 PEI bo1 Of az pairs.
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Cuba Lower. euEar dude.


3 HtvkNA, May The House Of Repre-
hentetiyeS to-day passed bin lowering the
duties % crude and refined sugar 10 i've
and IN francs per 100 hlos respectively.
Ths hn al.O empowers President Palma
70 taAoetops - have Cube Join the Brusaels
sugar oonvUutidh n n h thought advisable
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BLAZE IN NEWARK.
4 woman VINO Loaped Into . Blanket
Injured.

Five three story frame tenements in
jackson street, Newark, near the Central
railroad, were burned last night. A Polish
woman threw her baby from a third hOor
window into a blanket held by neighbors
The baby Was unhurt, but when the woman
leaped into the same blanket she went
a.
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BRITISH ASHORE AT KOWEITp
said to Have Raised Their FIaE There and
Porte Has Protested.
sp.eiol Gable Despatch 10 The Sun.

Special Gable Despatch 10 The Sun.
PARIS, May i.-Acoording to the Con-
stantinople correspondent OF the Petit
journal, a report Ia current there that a
number OF British sailors, with guns, landed
at Kovelt, on the Persian Gulf, raised forth
Hcations and hoisted the British flag. The
Porte has protested to the British Ambas-
sador and also to the British Foreign Office.
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was taken 20 the House Of Detention, where
Mrs. Bull Mrs. Slater's housekeeper, in
terviewed her.
A member Of Mrs. Slaters household said
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late tonight that the charge az inst Mr. 4
Jansen would probably be dropped to
morrow as a result Of the interview between
Mrs Bull and Mrs. Lansen.
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NO MAY DAY PARADE AT MILAN.
Annusi Event Abandoned IN Pear Of Dis
tH .. orders

Special Cable Dsspaiehss 10 THH SUS.
Milan May THE usual May day pro-
oesEon here was abandoned for fear that
Il might give rise 10 disorders.
FEHRARA, May MAY day was oale-
brated here with fetes, lectures and meet
inga.
hoRENcE, May i.-Meetings were held
hens to-day 10 protest against the Govern.
ment's large expenditures for military
purposes and against the grain duties
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our Treaty Negotiations with Germany

Spscai cabis DEDafeh 70 TIE SUN.
COLOGNE, May Ia semi-oficiAl dAspatoh
10 the Colo0ae Gazette says that the COM
m@cil treaty negotiations with the United
States win not be opened until fall, which
neans that the negotiations must be con-
cludod before Dec. /. as the treaty provides
for three months notice Of the termination
Of the treaty by either side.
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Conrt of AnnrnIa CaIendar.

o ALRANI, May i.-coun Of Appeals calendar 70,
and ts9,
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Tn. Standard DIN for over 400 Years
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ost Universal Of All Holidays

anv religious recognition of the Christ
mas season, and their Calvinistic
brethren on the continent tried to emu
late them, although they were less. sue
cessfuI. The Lutheran communions re-
tanned Christmas day with all its old
time significance.
The German reformation dealt ener-
geticaIly with the existing holidays, but
Tutber and his fellow reformers were
too familiar with the Teutonic tempera-
ment to attempt any decided change in
the observance of Christmas and Eas-
ter, and it does not appear that they
had any desire to do so. From the re-
hottest antiquity, long before the Eng
lishmau,. Boniface, had converted them
to Christianity the Germans had cele-
brated the winter solstice by a great
YuIe feast. The custom had become a
feature of the national life and marked
the return of the fiery sun wheel These
interesting pagans believed that during
the twelve nights from Dec. rs to Jan
6 they could trace the personal move
ments and doings on the earth OF their
great deitfes. Many of the beliefs con-
corning this matter passed over into
Christianity and many of the usages
were modified and retained. OF course
the church tried to combat the deep
rooted heather traditions and succeed
ed admirably by substituting the gospel
story of the birth of Christ and by de-
vising an elaborate Hturgical ceremon-
iaI
To this end, also, the early dramatic
representations of the Nativity were in
vented. With Christmas dramas came
the so called manager" songs, which
developed into carols. AS the secular
character Of the celebration became
more prominent Christmas farces and
fools feasts were introduced. At
much later period the Christ trees. or
Christmas trees, decorated with lights
and ornaments, and the custom of recip
rocaI gifts became popular. Finally
Christmas became a universal social
anniversary for young and old, rich and
poor. such one as no other Christian
festival could become In medieval
times the festivities were continued un-
til Candlemas and Twelfth day
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amid and the Concert of Powers

that he is being robbed right and left
by his greedy and dishonest collectors,
and he has more than once made up his
mind to institute some sort of reform
on his own account. A year ago a pri-
vate syndicate submitted a plan which
met his approval, but it was combated
by the Ottoman bank with such force
that it was rejected Abdul Hamid is
anxious for reform in this particular.
The sultan regards the present atti-
tude of the powers as a direct attack
upon his sovereignty. a notice to relin-
quish his European holdings and be-
take himself to Asia. This, of course,
he is not anxious to do. Owing to many
contributing causes his position in re-
gard to his own empire has been
strengthened greatly within the past
few years. For the first time in thirty
years all interests within his jurisdic-
ton seem to be united, and he Is SUI
preme. Two things that have con-
tributed notably to his increased inn
portance at home are his victory over
the Greeks in 1896 and the Turkish
escape from punishment for the mas
sacre of the Armenians Moslem cOur-
age has revived markedly, and the sui
tan is now recognized as the leader of
the faithful all over the world. There
has been an active renaissance of Islam
ism since calamity settled upon Russia.
and many of its adherents believe that
a holy war against the infdels is close
at hand. This sentiment is so strong
among the followers of the prophet that
the sultan may in time be driven to as
sumo the aggressive.
The time will arrive when the sultan
can no longer accede to the further de-
mands of the powers and retain his po
sition at the head of Mohammedanism
The European concert in it's present
state of disintegration is not the strong,
almost invincible force that it has been
for so many years. Germany seems to
have lost interest in it, and Russia is
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as the cars Christian subjects have
treated the Russian Jews. This is an
illogical way to reason, but the sultan
has found in it an argumentum ad
hominem that nobody can deny
Abdul Hamid. now in his sixty third
year, is one of the shrewdest and most
capable politicians in the world. He has
demonstrated that fact by the clever
equilibrium which he has managed to
preserve among the various rivalries of
the so called European concert" This
has been an absolute necessity. If he
had not been endowed with remark
able capacity for intrigue and for read
ing men and playing them to suit his
purposes he could not so long have
maintained himself in his decidedly
ticklish position. On account of the
aloofness of the German emperor in the
demonstration it has been suspected
that portion of the sultan's new found
courage may be attributed to a secret
understanding between Turkey and
Germany.
But even though there has been no
understanding between the kaiser and
the sultan. the latter has the gratifying
assurance that he may ignore Russia
whenever he chooses. He also knows
/ perfectly well that no other power, ex-
cept Austria, has sufficient interest in
Macedonia to fight for it. Austria, sin
gle handed, he can afford to defy. Since
these recent demands for reform in
Macedonia were instgated by the car,
it must have been a bitter experience
for him to be met with such a prompt
refusal and to realize that he was
without the power to enforce his wishes
The scheme of the contemplated re
form, which is purely financial in it's
nature, has been urged vigorously both
by Russia and by Austria for a long
time. At one time, just before the
breaking out of the Russo-Japanese
war, these two most interested powers
] had almost obtained the sultan's con
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enfeebled beyond immediate repair A
holy war would bleed Great Britain in
India and Egypt, and France in Moroc-
CO and Algiers. The provinces under
the protection of Russia would be sub
jected to invasion.
Sooner or later-and no one knows it
better than Abdul Hamid-the Turks
will be obliged to fight in order to main
tain their supremacy in Macedonia. It
is not at all strange that they should
have looked upon the present as an ex-
cellent opportunity. With Russia dis
abIed, Austria weakened by internal
political differences. Germany indiffer-
ent, the sultan, like the traditional
worm, some time may turn.
AS a further complication. Bulgaria
declared that she was ready to take up
the quarrel at a moments notice. 0Re
of the most clearly defined duties OF the
powers Ia. recent years has been to keep
the Bulgarians from invading Mace
donia. Left to themselves, the peopls
of the princlpality and Danubian prev
inces would not wait long for a casua
belli to turn up.
It must be remembered. however. that
Abdul Hamid is not unused to foreign
naval demonstrations in Turkish wa
tiers. Fleets of the powers, either sin
ely or in combination, have made so
many adfnonitory visits to the Oar
danelles that the sultan is accustomed
to refer to them as naval reviews" In
1901. when Turkey refused to fulfill her
contract with a French company which
had built docks at Constantinople, the
authorities of the republic threatened
to seize the customs of ne island of
Mitylene. In 1896 the powers blockaded
the island of Crete until the sultan
granted an autonomous government.
In 1904 a squadron of American war
ships made a demonstration in the har-
Dor of Smyrna, and the sultan came to
terms without delay
CLAIMING A. BARLOW.
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No one knows exactly when Christi
mas began to be celebrated as a re-
ligious festival. That it was not OBJ
served for some time after the sys-
tematic and visible institution of the
Christian religion is admitted bv all
schools of theology. Not one of the
writer's, sacred or profane, who lived
in the three centuries Immediately fol-
lowing the birth of Christ speaks of If.
There is a tradition that the festival
was instituted by Pope TeIesphorus.
who lived in 127, but this is .unhistorical
and entirely mythical. The earliest
mention Of the feast is found in the
works of St. Chrysostom, who was
bishop of Constantinople in the fourth
century. He speaks of it as though it
had existed for some time, especially in
the western church, which made much
of it even then.
One thing. however, is certafn-C.brist-
mas was not observed on Dec. Is in
those early days. 1t is not believed bv
any one who is familiar with the con
ditions that the date now celebrated
could have been that of the Nativtt0,
In Judea Dee. Is would fall in the heigi.
Of the rainy season, and scholars do no.
see how shepherds could have been
watching their focks by night on the
flooded Judean plains. It is also 4 4ae+
1l4oO tilSAS WaS no uniformity IN the OBJ
servance of Christmas among the early
churches. Some of them held the fes-
tival in the month of April. Others IN
May and still others in January. Tbers
was no especial controversy, as in fba
case of fixing the time for Easter. he
tween the eastern and western churcbe,
in those days Still. it was not Vrftho,,f
due consideration that the present dafe
was selected by the western church
and transmitted to the religious and se-
GUAR posterlty which has sprung. there
from. 1t is no discredit to the C,brIstf.,,
character of the festival to admit tbs5t
the December date was the outcome -
expediency, a concession to the NOM
lar belief that the winter solstfee ~.
the most vital point of the year the ~
ginning of the renewed life and ac+i,ssf,.
of the powers of nature.
THOMAS MAHLON.
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LlNlLy season there Is
a widespread and rather ludicrous pub
lie density concerning the holiday itself.
This has arisen partly from the OBJ
security in which the origin of the Gus
tom is involved. The most potent fac
tor, however, in America that is, has
been the sharp distinction which has
been made between its secular and re-
Hgious phases.
IN the early days of the republic
Christmas was rather an unimpOrtant
day in the calendar. There were GER
tain localities, of course. in which the
holiday spirit was abroad but the civ
ihzation which was beginning to take
such an energetic hold in New England
and in the Quaker and Huguenot set
Elements of the middle east was ar
rayed against the holiday and de-
nOunced it as a dangerous survival of
the religious evils which the fathers of
the republic had suffered expatrfatiOn to
overthrow. Cecil Calverts colony in
Maryland made much of the old tradi-
tions until the Puritan influence OBJ
tanned the ascendency. The stanch
churchmen of the Virginia and Caro-
lima plantations chung to their trans
planted customs with grim tenacity
that deded all pressure. The little
AIoravian settlement at Bethlehem con-
tinued to furnish IAN awful example"
to the staid Quaker population Of Phil
adelphia and its neighborhood. The
Swedish Lutherans of the Delaware
peninsula kept the Nativity fast and the
subsequent feast The Nederlanders. on
Manhattan Island, and their upriver
brethren We're not enthusiasts over the
holiday. reserving all of their energy for
Paas. the low country Easter. The
English residents of New York how
ever. made much of the blessed season.
Reports Of the Christmas dOings Of
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Rev. Daniel Fairchild, Nancy's father.
who had just been chosen pastor of a
little church at Durham a hamlet near
Middletown. and it must have shocked
the good minister sadly, especially this
extract:
sYe peple heare do mix their Pies
ure and their praying in We droIIest
fashion Ye Christmas is constant
rout from ball to church and thence to
feast again. Whether or no such gal-
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liant doings are ye handiwork OF, Belize
bub, 1 know not at all
But the thing that must have struck
terror to the heart of the good divine
was the naive confession that she
rather liked it all IF I We're of ye
kings way of thinking. she wrote. Il
should not esteem it in We least de-
testable. Even as it is, am not wholly
averse to it."
It has been asserted that the pilgrim
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fathers instituted Thanksgiving day as
a ssubstitute for Christmas. That this
cannot be true is made evident by the
fact that Thanksgiving was originally
a fast day. In 1921 it was the most
dreary of Puritanical days of alb
stinence. Two years later it was
metamorphosed into a feast on account
of the unusual harvest of that year.
The Scotch Presbyterians and English
nonconformists were bitterly opposed to
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these loyal churchnen now. and then
reached the New England colonies, and
the stern Puritans were properly scan
dalized
A descendant of the Chauneeys. a
family which settled in Middletown.
Conn., in 1886, stiH has in his possession
a letter written by Mistress Nancy Fair
child, a spinster cousin who visited New
York during the Christmas season of
100. This letter was written to the
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MAP SHOWING STRATEGIC POSITION OF coNsTANTINoPLE.

sent to the measure. The scheme pro
vides for the collection of taxes through
out nearly the whole of European Tur-
key by the local authorities under the
supervision of the powers. The plan
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kish authorities appointed by the SUI
tan. A very small proportion of the
annual levy ever reaches the national
depository, and practically nothing is
left for local needs. The sultan knows
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would be acceptable to the people them
selves and would probably result in
great gain for the Turkish treasury AS
the matter is conducted at present the
bulk of the taxes is stolen by the Tur-
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eG2S@eCtNi HE recent refusal of
:: :: :. !. !. !. :"
lis the sultan of Turkey
NM sSf to accede to the de-
HbR XII mands of the powers
IVb ~ for reform in Mace
WM - ~ donia and the subse-
k%NFFBA Cyl quent naval demon
49, stration by the inter
national fleet in Tur-
kish waters, followed, of course, by the
sultans usual 'backdOwn,7 have been
sufficiently engrossing to relegate the
Russian situation to second place for
a few days. Although every previous
demand upon the Turkish ruler for re-
form has met with the same reception
sullen defiance at first, followed by a
speedy and rather undighifed compli-
ance-it is, of course, always within the
realm of possibility that he may some
time continue to be obstinate until
something serious actually occurs.
1t was also realized that in the re-
cent trouble Abdul Hamid was able to
assume a somewhat holder front than
had been possible for a long time. Aft
er the humiliation of Russia, his neigh
Dor and arch enemy, by Japan and the
internal connections which have fol-
lowed, and especially after the disclos-
ure that the formidable Black sea fleet
of Russia was only a collection of junk
manned by mutineers, a wondrous
change came over the spirit of the
oriental pOtentate's dream. He con-
Guided that he might with safety open
ly defy the powers before whom he has
been in the habit of assuming a cring-
ing attitude. AS for the concert OF
Europe, he meditated, let it continue to
play for its own amusement.
For once in his life the sultan faced
his old enemy with an argument that
carries a certain amount of force. Ac-
cused of being unkind to his Christian
subjects, he retaliated by declaring that
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THOUGH the entire
Christian woodland
much of it that is not
Christian for that
matter ~ is keenly
alert to all that per
tains to the practical
observance of the Ma
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-04-13
One of Presidents Desires Graft
fled by Seeing J. Alternately
Catch an Animal.
.FAvUUITE DOG CANNON BALL"
Alternately Leaped From His Horse
and With Heavily Gloved Hands
Seized the VOLTS Jaws.
He Lifted II In His Arms and smiI.
ingly Carried II To the Presl.
dent, Who Was About
Forty Feet Away.

Lawton. Okla. April l2.-One OF
President Roosevelts expressed de-
sires has been gratifed. He has seen
John Alternately. said TO be the cham
pion wolf catcher Of the world. In his
unique way kill a coyote and bear it
VIGOROUSLY to the nations chief ex-
ecutlye. Abernathy's favorite dog.
Cannon Ball." led the first big race
Of the four days event Monday morn
ing and captured the first wolf in the
chase. Alternately leaped from his
horse and with heavily gloved hands
seized the PROSTATE animals jaws. lift
ed Il In his arms and smilingly deliv-
cred II to the president who, 40 feet
away. had dismounted and walked to
Abetnathy's side.
That the president is enjoying ev-
cry hour OF his recreation is evident
by the fact that he has expressed a
desire to remain in the pasture until
Saturday evening. thus extending his
allotted time two days. Should he
thus resolve his special train would
be retained in Fort Worth until Sat
urday.
President Captures a Coyote.
The third hunt has occurred. Il Is
only In the afternoon that cowboys
coming out Of the reservation bring
reports OF maneuvers of the presi-
dents party. All results are there
fore delayed for a day. A lessee OF a
portion Of the pasture arrived in Law
ton and reports that the president
himself captured a coyote. The les
see was within a few yards OF the
president when the capture was made.
The president ate his first dinner
In the reservation at the COW camp OF
Waggener 4 Burnett Sunday. The
party sat In a semi-circle on stools
around the end Of the chuck wagon
encircling the big pot and Toasted on
beef and beans. The president ate
heartily and during the meal related
some of his experiences in the COW
camps of the west in former years.
Encounters a Monster Rattlesnake.
While the president was exercising
early Sunday morning he encountered
monster ratt'esnake coiled up In the
tall grass. its rattles oscillating and
Its poisonous fangs protruding from
it's mouth. He dismounted, reversed
his riding quirt and slapped the rep
tile on the head with the heavy butt
end. II keeled over and died and the
president severed the rattles and took
them back to camp as a memento OF
the hunt A report from Frederick
says that arrangements have been
completed for the banquet to be given
at that place. In which the presidential
party. Gov. Ferguson and Hen. Dennie
Flynn will participate.
Fort Sill officer said that arrange
ments we're being made for the recep-
ton of the president at that post but
he was not certain the president would
come