Davenport Daily Leader (Newspaper) - March 20, 1898, Davenport, Iowa t f -i i V t T i t H i i V T fc I I I J H vi EIGHTH MARCH 1898 TWELVE PAGES mil British Press Still Urging Combine With United States This Dual Alliance Would Offset Continental War Leagues Spain Alleged Not to Have Any Hope of European Succor I itoe foremost Interest in Hawaii end tt is natural that Hawaii should tie under American The Spectator Americans are assuming they have the support of the Britishers should a continental alliance attempt to oppose them If our people once realize the condition of half of England be the Americans hard names because they have not ed earlier to stop the horrors ed at their very Government Admits United States Paramount is Hawaiis Turkey and Crete March In con- sequence of the Sultan's direct appeal the czar has consented to withdraw his demand for arrears of the was indemnity This is alleged foreshadows Turkey's of Prince George of the candidate of the as governor of Crete Spaniards Make a Final Attempt to Secure Peace in Cuba Willing to Grant Practical ence for Surrender of Insurgents Plan Will Fail to be Accepted by Insurgent Leader Eager for an Alliance March by the Associated remark able unanimity of both of the classes and the of the mere suggestion of an Anglo-American compels belief in the sincerity oC the desire of the British public for an entente the United States The i i Twenty-Eight Millions Excess i March weekly i bank statement shows the reserves in- creased loans decreased f deposits decreased The banks hold in excess of the legal requirements IL S Government About to chase Two More Warships t 1 Another Ocean Horror London steamer eunk with all on board Wednesday fact that most of Ore catte dispatches morning ln a collision with the bark trum America proclaimed this British off the Light tion has been seriously discussed and ig to be the Ville heartily welcomed and it is re- verg the Belgian government training parded as extremely important and sixty cadets and gratifying as evidencing a friendly officers in addition to her spirit as a diplomatists crew put it the hope that the past are buried and that j the near the bark British was spoken near Flushing day Training Ship Sale Antwerp US be found issuing Identical notes j Yolle reported sunk in opposed to their common j a The diplomatise does not require axy stretch of the to say Chat such a condition i has been longed by the best men of Oregon Departs Great Britain tor many not only Saa March of the genuine wish for closer Oregon left this morning for s of because it is Peru she will receive i known fact that all the statesmen of orders it is generally understood Europe realize that a close alliance be- America Great Britain would not only the surest j join the Atlantic j guarantee of the peace the j but would afford a proof that the reign J Blanco Wants Peace Xew York March 19 Captain of law and individual liberty is to be for Wie benefit in from has given prooi spite of efforts to frustrate that he is M for peace as the by reactionary elements and j Madrid He has cabled 1 4 government to postpone the The curious mixture of pacific departure of the Spanish flying and of active of torpedo boats He advised for war which are coming j it not account proceed from the United keeps the furrner toward United Stitea but the is j the Canary Islands The order to ground that the outlook is im- f there proving and that war will finally be sent wholly at Blanco's request avoided fcy the retreat under j The United States government made some more or less excuse anU j mo official on the sub- oa to recognize the claims of the United States for In spilo of stories to the contrary Spam ai Canary Island until it could be is aware that H is useless build But Admiral Bermejo minister of the marine wanted the flotilla held joined by the cruisers Infanta Maria of sympathy from the European j Theresa and Oquendo be- j cause tbe torpedo vessels and Z upon the attitude of j ers started on short notice and were not in full war trim Holding the fleet half way across the Atlantic until the cruisers could join it Ammunition and act as escort therefore probably is the real reason the Review says it is a ive upon by that only means the president calls ua lioly has been for the to popular clamor in an attitude of indifference and such as j List of Dead and Missing Grows might bp expected of Russia While j Chicago en- the president Is sincerely anxious to j gaged in removing the from the avoid war doubtless his desire will fce j sit of the burned Emerson building to strengthened by advices oT the I covered another body this afternoon and army departments tiat This makes eight corpses preparations are incomplete and every j The remains were frightfully burned i trained now may mean the j and and were Playing Their Last Card Via Key West March The autonomist backed by the authorities here and the government at is now playing its last card to secure peace in Cuba and prevent intervention on the part of the United States Near Polo in the province of Santa on west side of the Trocha are gathered several thousand insurgents under the command of eral Garcia and other inent accompanied by Senor Masso president of the Cuban with several members of his on the west of the cha less than thirty miles are stationed two thousand insurgents un- der Carrillo Legion and Gonzales The Spanish commander General Pando is within a few miles of Gen Gen is west of the Trocha within easy reach All the insurgent generals and goi through lines some time ago and the latter gave up the which was to be a grand military Coup De Grace in the ince of Santiago de Cuba or Puerto Principle But in passing the the gents turned on flank It is v possible that this was winked at by Pando for the purpose of attempting to carry out hrs ulterior political poses Such was the position taken by all concerned when the last advices were received from Havana purpose to further which he has ordered a practical armistice in the eastern pan of is stated as To have a personal conference with Cali i to tae president and other and even with if and to make a formal offer of autonomy The program was drawn up by the Radical wing of the party This offer in return for the and dis- banding all commercial treaties to be concluded without ish the maximum sum of two million dollars annually to be paid to Spain by as the nominal no insurgents are to be shot or imprisoned on account of the existing insurrection and no in- arc to sent as prisoners out of Cuba for future political of- I of the war if it coanes by many i as those of sixteen years William Bos clerk of the advices say that the i Co R solicitor ment organ El Globe assumes a much who supposed to have perished in and loftier tone than she has been heard from Globe remarks that were in Another name was added to the list there of missing this afternoon whea the may be external agencies that j mother of Fred B Eidler of Hammand f brine the national downfall to j informed the police that she which the is directly Sieved the body of her son was ia the Sarah who ruins He ieft Hammoad in the room went an operation is now at Saint i to attend business at man where convalescing j and and should bare been par j store about the time the fire to the subject The j broke out- Nothing has been heard impossible foe j from his since This makes the i statesmen of either country to bcr of missing is to lo en- nnd Tares arc actual So tlac of Washington re- muter on Marrb Among on Secretary Dad American people day was Vice may which if wish lor an off Great Britain for The of the foreign in all of can made by a official of British foreign in i the of i upon TV 3 j from intentions to In wiy miy j of in i and chairman of the on foreign and fl saad the called to pay has pre- for lhal Austrian had nothing lo do wft on of but touched Tor is Hut the nf The Spanish officials believe the proposition being the best ever of- and assuring practical will be Such views are not held by those acquainted with Gomez and insurgent nor by the best c lass of business men of vana Jn support of the latter view it is officially announced that after all efforts near Manez Anillo only two in- have surrendered It is known besides that Pando in order to advance the plans of the posed campaign into Santiago de Cuba weakened Trochas taking from them several thousand men and much artillery It is regarded as that Gomel and Garcia afler refusals to confer with take sufficient cattle and provisions from the plantations aud inaugurate a raid upon the inces of Matanzas Havana and bly Del Rio appearing near here within fifteen or days The opinion is that the of the Pando conference be end autonomy aud make the of the States which asserted will be pre- i outrages which disgrace Under the from the of conference is awaited here with ety In spile oT official it is be- thai serious troubles for Spain in Pono are and K is as thil the Spanish cruiser when she Havana go to Porto Rico in carter to strengthen hands of the government officiate i i i expectancy is apparent iu all official quarters id anticipation of the early receipt of the report of the Maine court of Inquiry Warlike preparations con- with unabated vigor at the war and navy departments Interest in the forthcoming report is so intense that many reports have gained tion to the it will be in the hands of the president within 24 but these on inquiry in are declared h curate It as that the report expected within the next few cabinet officer eaid it will be here early next but that no intimation as to its character has been received One rumor had it that Lieut Blow brought to Washington an abstract of the but this was dismissed after Blow hatl been in conference with Secretary Long and other naval officials The chief development is the arrival of four Maine survivors who held a long conference with and were afterwards taken to the White House fcr a talk president These survivors are Lieut tor of the Lieut Blow Lieut in command ot the and q Boatswain Larkin These men have in Havana since the explosion Their arrival was a complete except to a few officials With them came naval constructor sent j from here by Long a few weeks to make a inspection of the wreck The found great difficulty in identifying some battered and twisted plates from the bottom of the Maine and it was believed that ing assisted in building the would be able to make the tion complete It was stated after the conference that the main subject dis- cussed was the explosion com- prising a detailed narrative of the of- and a harrowing description of the calamity Whether the cause of r the explosion was under discussion could not though it is posed they would naturally give the secretary the benefit of their personal views on the Constructor refused ely to talk about his trip to Havana or give any information concerning the work of the board of inquiry He said his lips were sealed by the conditions B i imposed upon The prospects tonight are much brighter for the acquisition by the States of two exceptionally fine foreign the armored cruiser San belonging to the and the ship General belonging to Chili The hope of getting these ships had been up but grams received from Commander now in made the outlook more encouraging The actual purchase has not been but a high official said the negotiations were getting The S an Martino has a displacement of a speed of 19.98 knots and an arament of two eight inch rapid fire ten six inch quick fire six inch quick and 22 smaller quick fire guns The general O'Higgins is 500 tons Her speed is knots Her protective deck U a belt of harveyized steel seven inches Both the navy and war departments continue active preparation for an emergency contracts in all es of arament are bing made daily by various bureaus The naval bureau of ordnance con- for four and half million pounds of brown which is the largest single order ever given This is divided between the California Powder Co and the Dupont Powder Co The order is sufficient in aggregate for two hundred rounds for every gun afloat in the American navy and with this large supply on hand the navy for the first time in years will be more than amply supplied with powder The senators today visited the cial of the state department whom they found deliberating upon to be pursued case the report of the naval conn should have effect to entirely eliminating the Maine dent from the situation So a was the contingency dwelt upon that the inference was drawa by some visitors ahat the department had been lead to or even been informed that the report would fail to connect the Spanish authorities or Spaniards with SUH the e did not any that sach tion was in their Will Spain Fails to Get Assurance of Aid From Appeal to Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria Causes that Monarch to Write Em- William a Letter Neither Power Will Assist Spain in the Event of Conspiracy In China i Shanghai cial The Officials at Chang province of have started a con- for the object of bringing about a it is said to have spread to all provinces along the Vang Tse Ki- ang It is feared it will prove the most since the Taiping rebellion It is professedly a patriotic movement to overthrow the manchu dynasty and save the central provinces from Eu- ropean control But it is suspected the plot emanates from Mandarins who are alarmed at the prospect of a diversion of a part of their pickings to pay the interest on the new loan The Pekin authorities are cognizant of the loyalty of the provincial they are less The conspirators are said to have approached British subjects with in- join in and have offered large sums for arms Secretary Gage Predicts it ID Case of Certain Reports Being Made Says Ninety Per Cent of People Be- lieve Explosion Dae to Report of the Board of Inquiry p acted Within a Few j Powers Will be Neutral Berlin March ted spite of the de- the Queen Regent of Spain has repeatedly and strongly appealed to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria to exert his influence with the monarchs of particularly with Emperor William to secure their efforts to re- store amicable relations between the United States and Spain The laid special stress on the necessity of maintaining the peace of Europe and securing an entente of the European monarchs against republican and and on the affinity of her dynasty Hapsburgs It is understood that Emperor Joseph while replying to the queen cautiously and conservatively has actually written Emperor endeavoring to it a reply pledging the latter to ise to tender this good services in ing to maintain peace More recently Spain approached Germany and tria a view of obtaining ances that in the event of war would assist Spain in some way or other The Spanish ambassador Senor Mendoz De father-in-law of or Polo V Bern a be the Spanish ister at had a conference on Wednesday with the minister of foreign affairs Baron Yon when the latter assured him that while Germany earnestly desired the tenance of peace She certainly would not pledge herself to anything but the strictest neutrality Spain it is ed has received the same answer from Vienna and Paris Seiner the Spanish thus far has failed in his efforts as purchaser of torpedo boats and other warships A remarkable change in party tics is believed to be imminent It is assured that the adoption of the most important measures will he impeded in the reichstag and while it furnishes the leaders with definite issues for the coming the main issue will be commercial treaties now are largely in favor of the industrial interests and detrimental to the agricultural interests The new according to the government promises to be more favorable to the agricultural The Agrarian manifesto have just been signed by the leaders of the different conservative factions and by a pan of the national liberal and centrist parties This is a new amalgamation comprising about half of the present representation in the and over half in the diet In the opinion of this combination all liberal and radical factions have pooled and will be by the issues and win be supported by the the present treaties The campaign has been opened throughout As a counter demonstration of that of the socialists and in honor of the the officers of the dtt corps decorated the the graven of the soldiers killed ia the street the emperor causing a wreath with initials to be deposited at the foot ot tic memori- al The mission of Cardinal Kopp op of Breslau is much com- Advices from Rome indicate thai it has beea a failure The pope deciding to continue to recognize the French protection over Catholic in China France has been actively ing Cardinal i r Postoffice Pass March 1 house today passed the postoffice tion which has been tinder since Wednesday The main points attacked today were the of thirty million dollars for railway transportation of mails and for special facilities between New York and New Orleans and thousand for special facilities from Kansas City to Kansas These items annually attract more or less contest This year the opposition seemed to be less intense All efforts to reduce the appropriation for railroad transportation signally failed and the vote on the southern mail subsidy was 98 against striking out By neat parliamentary manoeuvering the op- of the subsidy were prevented from getting a direct vote on motion to recommit with instructions The passed by a vote of 119 to 61 Four Maine Survivors Have a Lengthy Conference With Long p Revolution in Spain Feared March Lokal ger publishes a Madrid interview former minister of in which he classes Cuban autonomy and the recalling of as the gravest of and is un- able to subdue the which is than ever and the situation with America is most critical I do not know how far Americans mean to but in any case Spain prefers war to humiliation Nobody likes to die but sooner death than shame Xo Spanish government could propose the cession of Cuba for money It was a crime to dissolve the Cortes at this critical time I hope everything goes but I much fear the contrary Then the poor queen and the who must sume the whole responsibility for the may be swept Warlike Gossip March of Treasury who is here to at- tend the annual banquet of the ber of commerce in an inter- view said that if it is shown ly that the Spanish government is re- sponsible for the Maine the United States would declare war i in 15 minutes As far as the people are he thought 90 per cent believed the explosion an He thought the report of the inquiry j would be in by Monday The j Sterling projectile company of has just concluded a contract with the government to supply over f of armor piercing j projectiles of all sizes It will take a year to fill the working t and Sundays President er who has just returned from says he believes war it able V i Trichina Berlin of the Brunswick government report that they have discovered trichinas al packages of American meat and ask the Bundesrath to issue a degree hibiting the importation of American meat Contract for Harbor March navy department has let the contract for dredging the harbor about Fort son to enable larger war ships to take coal at the in- stead of from lighters Fitting it up for a station will be pushed as idly as possible Relief Not for Insurgents March diplo- ri aspect of the Spanish question developed no new phases today Jn connection the relief ures that are being extended to Cuba the suggestion was made today the relief supplies are going r sively to pro-Spanish sufferers and not to those within the insurgent lines This has been suggested as the ble cause for a as it said the authorities here that there should be no the ers because of their political affiliation Commodore Farquhar formerly chief of the bureau of navy and documents of the navy and mow in command of the navy yard in conference with the naval officials day that the finishing es have been put on the monitor tan and she is in a fine condition for sea service It is expected the Puritan will leave soon for Port Royal S C at which place it has reported the navy department will locate a fleet of pedo boats which may be called on for assistance either by the fleet at ton Roads or at Key West should the necessity arise The monitors which it is said win compose the fleet include the Terror and The Brazilian battleship re- cently purchased will probably be en to New York Americans Lose Chess Match York March 1 tional cable chess match between Great Britain and United States began yesterday was by Brit- by to games Last year the Americans were defeated by ly the same in the first played two years ago the Americans were by to a Piano Factory Hi March ier factory at Oregon was ed today The as ninety thousand dollars and is partially insured Rush at New Port Newport R I March great activity Displayed at the tion toere Is due to an order to get in readiness for the shipment of shells for the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius and fill at once the warheads of ail does on the island and those to be ped to the station daily until the out- fits are aH made and the battleships completed The station is also working on a death dealing engine In shape of a buoyant mine discharge is equal to fonr torpedoes and of cient power to blow out the water an American New York March Spanish at Washington today J M of further duty on Cubau committee which a commercial g as his that American by birth Nice is tha to M P is Divorce Keenest E k March Hodgson the has suit for divorce frow Dr Swan The are March MaJl Gladstone's condition is The health of the Marquis of is proved It was otra wish to fcp moved to with as as ever precise nature of his facial can hf no doubt though they have and n follows that his physical powers and action have gravely Nothing Heard York March the s of the junta nothing ehard of reported cap- of Gen There a lioa discredit the story As scon as the rush on the torpedo order is the whole force at the station wiJl be pat upon the mines The entrance to hey both and west have for There arrived for this purpose three thousand pounds of six sand pounds erf ordinary powder and pounds of Admiral Popoff Dead aid de camp of czar is dead In wine of the ron rottan today The the cable bare arrived ana work win be to make the iato ba i March The of the chamber of at which of the the principal of honor v of He t V J v wWa i
