The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-04
Semi- Centenary of
 Title Bout Between
 WOr1nald and Marsden

During the days of the Common
 wealth in England and throughout, that country's great civil war the rOurth of January was %annua1ly
 victory in the long struggle between king and parliament This date; was often called the "Day Of the Arrest
 of the Five Members',-a designation
 scarcely accurate, for the M. Ps were;
 not arrested. although that was not
 the fault of Charles l. It was 273
 years ago today that the king. and
 his followers enacted one Of the most
 memorable dramas of English his tory when they invaded Parliament
 House with the intention of placing under arrest Pym Hollis Strode. Hase1rig and Hampden, the five members who had been largely Ir- strumentaI in the production of the Grand Renonstrance. in which all the errors and foI1ies of the monarch were exposed Charles hoped by visiting summary punishment on the five men, to stem the impending <tn- surrection and restore his full royal authority. There were traitors even among his own followers, however, and lady of the court warned the five. men in time for them to make goeds heiE escape. Only a short tine had dabeeore thskirsk ,appeared with a Iarges body of armed men, but he entered athe chambers accom- panied only by his nephew. His ques- H tions as to the whereabouts of the five members brought no answers. and the king left raging wildly and threatening revenge. Shortly after ward the unfortunate monarch fled from Whitehall, by the close of the year the civil was was commenced; and in January seven years later Charles I. was executed
 The king adopted a conciIiatory tone in beginning his address to the assembled members. declaring.
 Gentlemen, ann sorry for this oc- cas1on of coming among you.'' After accusing Pym and his associates of high treason, he said: ssThereforA have come to know if any of these persons that were accused are here He paused and cast his eyes yainIy around. but the members answered oniy with stony stares or downcast and ayerted eyes The king repeatat1s his question. but received no an swer Another pause, and he asked
 Is MT. Pym here?'' Silence greeted and in turn he asked regarding each l or the other accused mem
 Anger and ernbarrassment were . r.e. nected in the expressions on fhe kings face as he turned his attention | to the speaker and again iflullired as l 70 the presence of the five members | LenLhal, kneeltng before the monarch l begged him to understand thai ba had neither lips nor eyes excent 11y I consent of Parliament After sa [ dreadful silence Charles again afI dressed 9the crowd of mute and spI- len men. "s Apparently realizing the posslpIe consequences of his act in | forc1bly invading Parliament. inc king concluded his address witt, 1ac bored and forced apologies, but in concluding could not repress an angry exclanati on
 The silence was broken as the king f csaTy I Y, nnutterings of fierce discomfort hrolra out as he passed a1ong'' Those ssloyU nutterfngs were the omnibus warn. lngs Of the coming storm which wac soon to break over England, engtt1f- ing the country in a terrible civil wa.
 
 Shipments of cotton to Mexico. bald up for several weeks on notice efrorn Vera Cruz that no freight for interior points would be accepted there, will be resumed next week.
 Charles P. Sumner, General Agent of the Cunard Line in the United States, took over the management of the Anchor Line on the retirenoant of William Couerly after fifty years of service.
 The Mexico Petroleum Co., has plans under way for a reinforced con crete oil plant to be constructed at 1,5OO, GOO. : The Anti-SaIoon League of New York State will attempt to get tbe .egisiature to pass, a bill requiring hat all advertisements of alcoholic beverages be labelled poison
 Dr. Fritz B. -Talbott of Boston an lounced that he has discovered method to cure children iof a et1, ,,, :, 1.- noculating them with white of eggs
 A $500, 900 fire destroyed the large rain shed and station of. the Phil 6 Reading Railway Co. unber yard and several buildings in ohila adeIphia. COrsage Bouquets For Dances
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