| Show CRIMES ON CHRISTMAS DOUBTLESS christmas throughout the country was attended w ith all its delightful features chief among which are the family and friendly reunions that occur in the holiday season but the otherwise joyful picture was blotched and blackened by horrible scenes of debauchery and blood of which the dispatches furnish enough information to render the reader sick in glancing down the carnage column of the telegrams one cannot help being struck with the fa fact ct that probably no former christmas day to in this country ever witnessed so BO many fearful crimes as did yesterday some of the murderous affairs that marred the record of the day were ot of a most extraordinary character one stabbing tragedy in illinois occurred over a dispute about a distribution of presents from a christmas tree in a church what a fearful mockery of the day and occa occasion sionI how out of harmony with the genius of chri christianity a are many of the features of civilized society today he whose future reign is to be characterized by peace on earth as well as goodwill to men has said to this generation that not long hence and peace would be taken from the earth as preliminary to the inauguration of a brighter era the evidences that it is gradually departing are too potent to be mistaken |
