Davenport Leader, The (Newspaper) - October 21, 1900, Davenport, Iowa 1 f I r I V il r I t NINTH YEAR DAVENPORT IOWA SUNDAY OCTOBER 21 1 TWELVE PACES GERMANY AND ENGLAND Lord Salisbury and Emperor William Spring a Two Nations Form an Alliance of World Wide Importance Accession of Count Von Buelow to to the Prime Ministership New and Frightful Massacres of the Armenians by Turks engineer named has successfully tried a flying chine It ascended sixteen Jn mid air after four and a descended it started The wings used measure seven square Count Von Buelow will retain the foreign office portfolio and like the late Prince Bismarck Prince Hohenlohe will spend some time at Baden-Baden and He will probably pass the winter in Berlin New Massacres of Armenians dispatch from Con- says that new and ful massacres of Armenians have just occurred in the district of Diarbekir The t is outraged and killed during five days without the intervention of the Turkish troops Eight villages it is were entirely destroyed and bumed Germany and England Allies Oct Germany and England have formed an to maintain the territorial integrity ot China and keep its ports open The terms of arrived at on the between Salisbury and ambassador are officially given out as The German government imd her majesty's being desirous to maintain in China and their rights under existing have agreed to observe the following T Indians May Make Trouble Fort Oct 20 Much uneasiness is felt over the suspicious actions of Chief Chitto Harjo and his band of Creek Indians in the nation Indian have been sont to the scene to maKe an in- reported a rebellion The Indians are said to be holding u cil of their own in defiance of of the Creek nation and trouble Committee of Miners Confer With 4 Lehigh Valley Company 1 4 They Went Away Apparently Satis F tied With the Results Fire Department of Galveston to Burn Up all the Wreckage been blacklisted by the ant companies to secure work the judgment of the lower McDonald failed to state the cause of action was med The court holds that he ed to show he was refused a clearance card or that the companies issued and made false Kentucky Legislature Passes Non h Partisan Election Law Grain Inspector Dead 111 Oct chiet grain inspector under here today from President Will Cast Vote Oct and Mrs McKanley leave Monday evening for where they will remain election day CHICAGO Goes Down to Defeat on its Gridiron Saturday Afternoon The Game Was Full of Misplays and Inexcusable Fumbles Rebellion Gathering Strength Oct rebellion is along the east and the officials here are ing to defend the eity Hong Oct Chinese here say Oct 23 is Uie day appointed for the destructions of missions in Kwang Tung province s the mutual policy in is a matter of joint international that all the rivers ana littoral of uu remain and open to j and to every other Ultimate I form of economic for the peoples all the countries without dis- the two agree J on their part to uphold she same for Chinese territory MS far as they Welcome Royal Couple The Hague Oct nuna and her betrothed Duke Henry j accompanied j by the Queen's arrived herei this morning were The royal party drove the where crowds sang tho national members of j corps arrived at and ivere introduced to the j duke Firemen Injured Oct 20 hundred Miners in Conference Oct committee of four miners employed uie Valley Coal company called F D district superintendent cf that for purpose of ing the superintendent to explain to them now the company intends to ug ure the ten per cent net increase in price of powder offered by the com- pany Serbey nor the com- was inclined to say what took place at the but it is un- the miners went away ently satisfied with tion President Mtichell when seen by the Associated Press tive said knew the committee In- tended calliner He declined to dis- conference To Burn Up Wreckage fin can Both governments agree that they will not make uso of tho to obtain for any in Chinese and towards the territorial of empire In of another use of in China ill to obtain any whatever such territorial the two contracting reserve to the right to come to a preliminary the eventual bo for the protection of their ova in China Tho two will this agreement to the other powers ly Russia nnu the States and invite them to accept ples recorded iii Accession of von Buelow Berlin Oct von low's TO tho imperial and siili form the all absorbing topics Concerning the pre- cise character of the scenes in leading to the retirement of Prince no authentic has yet appeared wall any appear The accounts differ Tho general sion now is Prince Hohenlohe's office was not entirely tarly although Emperor William did everything to the to the tottering old man until the be dubbed ad- dressed the familiar It leaks out that Count von Buelow self wired tlie Cologne Gazette news of his appointment from and that the final turn of fairs only decided on lace The above also explains why Berlin government circles re- mained in ignorance of the change in chancellors until after the decision Von as imperial chancellor will be beset with extreme difficulties and more diplomatic skill ship Not alone will his majesty want to continue to be his own cellor and exercises the right of ceaseless even in the most delicate but there are also great parliamentary difficulties to overcome The from regard Vou Buelow owing to his record desirous to maintain friendly tions not only with but also with United States and Great thus traffic war the Agrarians To carry through the reichstag the commercial treaties now under way will tax Von full energy ami genius At best Von like will only be able to make politics fall 211 from case to meaning that the new will act on each cnse as it conies up In other will not follow the general out will be tered After Private advices received by the Cologne Volks the leading say Viceroy Chang Chi Tung continues the wholesale ex- in Hankow of plotters Forty-two men have bean beheaded and the anti-Christian riots in that province have teen province of every chapel and congregation have been destroyed except in one where the Bishop a number of missionaries themselves ami have erto successfully resisted all attacks Prof Koch as already cabled has returned here with his assistant immediately resumed work in the new Institute of infectious di- men and wore thrown into a commenced the nic today by a fire that destroyed the j work of burning the immense drifts of story of the vester company's cwino house Poter Haxton and three were seriously ral The loss is A Song Recital will be given this at the residence of Mrs vv by Mrs Rita Lorton Schmidt of a pupil of Mrs Henrietta Louise Meyer Weyler Heard From Get Captain of Weyler has been j general of Madrid from the s of bodies and thousands of lars worth or valuables will be thus cremated H is considered the only way of cleaning up tbt rky The work is expected to bo inside of a week The first irio cars the hurricane run Passes Law Porto Rico as Sample j Ky Oct two X Y Oct i of tho this of third day of passed tho election his Now York at i law upon by conference i o'clock Hu spoke from i on Park and the hour of tne nad aji not only largo but the and il A ill rro to Gov Hock There is no ht will si en it It wit into effect in on rhe Uryan c Republicans were Guadalupe Mex Swept Away 1 J i v Vy v 111 and no for trusts He p-r Paso yesterday iho of 1 ing news had been ic face the indication as j a house was loft standing be in Uie is a village of about on the mosa of the forty miles from El and one mile from the Rio Grande Wednesday and the increase of the completely away from Uie my had been done in of the earth hy a thp indication as i a house was loft stnndinc o what jowly i and Bryan again to this afternoon Broncho Evangelists Feats Chicago Oct who obtained a from Mayor Harrison to al o'clock citizens heard fearful up the mountains whore a storm a Sood they tied to the second in time to escape A of r horses as to a That swept through the village a bier crowd 1.0 city carrying everything before it afternoon Mr Million subdued tw vicious bronchos ho a So far ns was known when the left only one man and two the smaU children wore drowned Every a net that j of any to his talks on ibo Christian ifo away to the river All coals aud fowls suffered the same fate R A Torrey of the Moody was an asked Mayor Harrison to allow mem A grear horses were Mr Mullen break the flood The farms of the in connection with his preaching of nieni were si timed just below the gospel Mr Torrey adhered I and the crops were completely iy to the truth and told the mayor he I destroyed El Paso being the nearest vind never seen Mr Mullen break a no news cf the horse or subdue a bucking broncho reached the city until today On mt that he know he was a good Chris the a committee raised Jan They mayor gave the permit ahmit for the sufferers and sent Mr who selected the lot on several wagons with supplies There the lake front almost opposite the Ure no within twenty miles of the village the largely women ana children are home Athletic Club At first Mr Mullen thought he was no s not to have cod crowd to preach less on the hills with Bui the first broncho proved such Cleans of even temporary a tough proposition for the evangelist rhat a gathered Mr Election Under Law Mullen is a horse but he Oct con- he assists his hypnotism with a ference committee the two house of rigging This rinsing the agreed house movements 01 the i IS which is an amendment and The finally the substantial repeal of the Goebel horse breaker Then Mr Mullen j tion law The hill makes the clerk of preached a sermon to the crowd The j Clerk Court of Appeals the horse was mad when tho of the state board composed of one democrat and one republican County hoards are composed in like with die sheriff of rue county as the empire The boards are to ministerial powers The Plot to Kill Oct Times special from Sevastopol news has just leaked out that about a month ago preparations Tor an attempt on the life of the Czar were accidentally discovered on the railway line through this port and far from the runs through a rather long nel at southern end of which is a water pipe going under- neath the Some mer residents in the observed a student engaged in some kind of work at this but at first he did not attract any particular at- as it was thought he might be digging bait for fishing This was 1 or three weeks before the ney of Emperor and Empress from to before the guard of troops had been stationed aJong the route to protect the imperial elers student's conduct at last ex- cited grave and rumors soon reached the Colonel in charge of gendarmes Several of the ler were Quickly set upon the track of the suspected Individual It is related that when the gendarmes ap Broached the spot student threw his spade and tried to get but was pursued and captured Huge Bomb Discovered found that a part of che drain pipe heen extracted i or four feet long containing aii unknown had thrust beneath the line towards e entrance to the tunnel loaded cylinder was exploded outside Sevastopol in the presence of the proper ties the in the opinion of was that had the diabolical attempt been carried out the force of the explosion would not only nave wrecked the imperial train but the mouth of rhe tunnel as well it is the university at Moscow and his rather is an officer in the Black SIM fleet of tlie ter was carried on here and at cow and many persons were arrested is needless to say that official secrecy in regard the facts has been strictly and the no will be contradicted It is doubtful whether any of the imperial is yet aware of the danger which they might have incurred if the plot had not been discovered in time will be remembered that in course of thf trial of the assassin of the late King of Italy he stated chat the international Anarchists had decided to kill the Emporor and the Czar It remains to be seen in case more information on the subject be allowed to which is whether the present crime has any connection with the resolution of the foreign to or whether Us in Count Von Waldersee Expects to Return to Germany Soon Youtsey Declared Guilty of the Crime Charged Against Him Chicago Loses Oct down to defeat on her own gridiron today for the first time in two years The Maroons met the Sons of Brown j on Marshal Field and when the final t the enthusiasm which the oratorical flights of Scanlan just John J Hayes was chairman of the meeting Little Mention of Bryan The body of Mr Hill's address was given to a discussion of preceded by a few words about his personal attitude and followed by a hasty summard of other points in flie Democratic platform which thought win votes He did not mention Mr Bryan's name till the close of his and then he only mentioned it twice Nor did he have any mention of the subject of trusts in his and lie only ed on that subject in a light and non- critical way when the crowd shouted for it Just one reference to financial in the speech but it pleased the for he gave dences cr inclining iu a friendly way toward Its free silver views The Re- publicans talk of sound he they gave us the sound and they took the He followed this witli a criticism of the monetary legislation of last year The meeting was a noisy one with several slight disturbances and al calls on the police to remove ob- people Once Mayor Harrison had to stop all proceedings till some with a cry about the could be invited to march outside HOPEFUL SPIRIT IS EVINCE i British Foreign Office Rejoiced Over German Compact Open Door Agreement Much er Than That uf John Hay That Other Powers Will Join in gram is Now Expected American Capital to Build a Canal Southampton to London blew the score was Chicago C The game full mishaps and fumbles always fumbled to greater advantage than her opponents Defeat in the first few minutes the I although Chicago improved steadily in both offensive and sive and she never took lead On the kick-off sent the ball to the 25 yard line where Chicago bled on the first and Brown started the bail toward the Maroon whirlwind tacKles back In four minutes of play Slocum was pushed through the right left tackle over for a touchdown Bates the Chicago 0 On the interchange of kicks from Chicago's Chicago got the near Uie center field and sent Petit around the left and with did Interference to Brown's five yard but Chicago could not gain over five Chicago started the second half with a rush and on a fumble and hard runs by Pettit sent the ball over in short order Chicago Brown C From this time the both teams settled to strong defensive work with of kicking Keane and Melendy long At wood and nnd Keene went over The was loot by the carelessness of Holder Chicago 11 Waldersee Expects to Return Pekin Oct IS via Shanghai Oct Field Marshal Count von see sairi this morning he regarded the campaign as and expected lo be recalled soon The ministers of the powers are not ready meet Prince and Li Hung so the meeting will probably be adjourned The United States infantry unday S was placed on it While it was over its temper another mon was preached to a crowd of 500 By the time the horse was thoroughly the crowd had grown until the lot was covered The preached another sermon Mr Mullen expects when lie handles the next broncho this afternoon results savage Wood on Cuba York Oct governor of arrived today from proceeded im- to Washington He says that he came up at the request of the department and to make preparations for the removal of his family to Cuba The affairs there are quiet aitd the people are busy preparing for the convention The death in including fever is smaller than for years The recent increase in fever is attributed to the large gration of Spaniards The Governor returns at the end of the month wr v evangelist gency clause is removed from the and it cannot become effective until ninety days after the adjournment of the hence the law will be used at the November tion The republican members have to support and it may be passed by both houses tomorrow Springfield Oct 20 reme court today handed down a de- sustaining the lower court in finding former Banker S of Chicago guilty with holding from his successor in office ot the West Park funds New 20 bank Loans decreased 800 deposits decreased Circulation increased plus reserve decreased Soldiers Sick and Insane San Oct 20 Sick and wounded soldiers who arrived on the transport Sherman were landed yesterday Included in the number were 78 soldiers who had been disabled 174 time-expired men and invalided from ila 44 sick and 32 insane soldiers 71 prisoners and S discharged soldiers from arid 58 discharged men from the hospital ship Relief the officers who returned are Maj J S paymaster United States Capt W C Cant F B 4th Capt A infantry and Guy A Boyle second lieutenant Confers Degree on Hay X Oct memoration day exercises for the year of the founding of the uni- versity were held in Alexander hall before a very large audience Bishop Henry Yates of delivered an Address on the of American iu which he denied that the government of the United States had developed tendencies Ac the close of Bishop address Prof Wood row Wilson presented Secretary Hay to President Hatton red upon him the degree doctor of laws Railroads Win in Suit Oct the case of William F McDonald Central and the Chicago and western growing out of the American Railway union strike in in which McDonald claims to Alger Writing a Book Washington Oct of Russell A is ily occupied at his home in Detroit writing a book of his personal experience in public life It is under- stood that he will devote chapters to his administration of the war ment and his retirement from the Mc- Kinley cabinet It appears that General Alger feels that he was made the victim of by certain men whom he counted as his personal and political friends He does not propose to pass away without seeking to vindicate himself in the estimation of those who believe in fair play The principal object of Alger's book it is said by those who are competent to speak on the is to clear up certain false impressions growing out of the the war department during tho Spanish war The official used is being com- piled by Victor was con- secretary to General Alger while the latter presided over tho war department 1 will probably be put into circulation soon after the cop test ia over Youtsey Declared Guilty Georgetown Ky Oct the find tho guilty and nx aie punishment at life This is the verdict returned in the ease of Henry E Youtsey charged with being one cf the principals in murder or William GoebeL the verdict the jury was discharged It was learned from a juryman thai 10 last Right This rhe vote was unanimous that Youtsey was but the jury somewhat divided on uie degree punishment They finally agreed on a sentence The attorneys for the defense arc preparing a motion for an arrest of which if sustained wilS postpone sentence Youtsey im- February The defense Sled a motion for ar- rest of judgment and Can trill the motion for to the of the February Tore Youtsey will not be sentenced till next year On the own motion he entered the order to have Youtsey moved to tne Frankfort jail Tor safe keeping He will be taken there Bryan in Peril Rochester X V Oct accident to J democracy's standard was averted here last night only by ence mind and energetic action or the part men in the great crowd that greeted the candidate ia this where he made addresses to Oa Bryan's way from the depot his carriage made slow progress through the crowded streets The horses became restless and the liant display of fireworks did not tend to lessen their prancing denly Che leading span sprang forr ward in an effort to run away and then turned swiftly as men ran at their heads to stop them The shock nearly upset the vehicle The ened animals caught by a lumbers of the nearest marching club and again turned in the right direction Mr Bryan retained his seat in the carriage and did not show fright Hill in Chicago Oct B Hill ex- pounded Democratic principles to an audience of people in the Second Regiment armory on Washington last evening Presenting himself as a Democrat who believed in working for his party's no matter how lukewarm he was main points in the party he in criticism of the policy of and ended by urging his hearers to be ive politically in the hope that they might carry Illinois for Bryan Mr Hill was given a splendid tri- the escorted Harrison buto of cheers when he appeared in and also when he rose to speak His lecture did not awaken Archbishop Ireland's Views New Oct to Chicago Archbishop Ireland in an interview yesterday the sentiment at Rome ward the Catholic church in the and in Cuba remarked that he felt Quite willing to repeat what was recently said to him in Rome on this subject The archbishop -one of which he Graciously granted me the pope are well pleased with the lions of the American government to the in Cuba and the pine The American ment gives proof of good will and ex- hibits in its acts a spirit of justice and of respect for the liberty and rights the church The reports wo receive from bishops and others indicate this of detail occur as a quence of war and of newness of com- But we understand such things We have confidence in the intelligence and the spirit of justice of the American government and be- lieve that the future will not lead us to a change of sentiment toward it Under the American government there will bo due respect for rights of property and of conscience You will thank in my name the president of the for what is being done Cardinal Secretary or on my telling him of my conversation with the said that the statements made to me by the pope wore such as he from his own personal knowledge and was ready to ami that I was at to make them known to the American people at large The dinal that on no less than three different occasions petitions were sent to the in the name of the Philippine to between them and the direct official bur that the Vatican always refused to listen to such petitions out ot for tlie American government The said needs in Cuba and the Philippines the of the American for tne protection of its rights and as indeed the American government needs the of no- church for the paci- of those countries authorities in added Informed to a degree that both astonished nnd pleased tne about matters religious and political in the Philippines and in and as they have the interests of the church in those countries most deeply at and know far tor than we in America could knovr the rights of tho church are and how best such rights may ba de- Catholics and may safely accept their ment of and not give selves further and needless trouble about the religious conditions of the Philippines or Cuba As a matter of fact the only safety which the lic church at the present time has in the Philippines for the possession oi her properties and the lives of her priests is the protection by the American and all this is fully understood and recognized in Emphasizes Silver Sumner Oct his George E di- rector of the laid emphasis on the importance of the silver issue in this campaign In part he is no question of policy so important to business or that so vitally touches the earnings of the people the money question Good money is the first requisite to and of all classes those suffer most when there is any uncertainty about the money are the people of small those who work for a stipulated wage per week and per month good many people seem to have the impression that because the Re- party has passed a new act to strengthen our monetary there is no longer anything to fear from the election of Mr liryan They ought to remember that congress and President can congress and the president can undo If the sentiment ot the country is such as to elect Mr it will probably elect a congress in harmony with him There is only one way to protect the existing monetary and that is to keep its enemies from er It has been well said Mr Bryan himself is the paramount sue Mr Bryan as the recognized er and actual director of a great tical party is a menace to the prosperity of this hopeful Spirit Evinced London Oct- agreement between Great Britain ami Germany to maintain the territorial integrity of it savors of ent would doubtless be ed to despite protest of any er and is not looked upon here as forming an obstacle to the progress negotiations upon the laid down in the last French or upon and propositions which will not Infringe upon the of the compact The Associated Press is informed Salisbury's reservations or as he prefers to have them when answering the recent especially that oE France bid fair either to be in toto or result in such cations that Britain will be sured the territorial integrity will be conserved and will be able to join whole hear ted ly in the which may already be said to have started in In apart from gratification over the agreement a much more spirit is evinced at the foreign office at the end of this week than was shown last over the prospect of a termination of and tho belief that they may not be dragged out over such an in- terminable period as to render the eventual decision There is no effort to conceal tho fact that the now compact is ally a repetition of secretary Hay's note to the powers though it is pointed out the general assent to the principle differs greatly publicly expressed of the two great powers to uphold it at all casts That bury should have selected or to be a party to this is taken to be highly significant cf the close relations be- tween the powers and It may most be said to constitute alliance for the purposes of tlie diate bids fair to bring may into even closer touch with Great Britain than she is with other bers of the triple though it can safely be asserted that Austria and Italy will readily accept the tation to concur in tho principles enunciated by the agreement That the United States will follow is taken Here a foregone con- while the British foreign of- fice expects rhat Japan and hopes that France will be tho is a difficult factor in the but ii is not believed that she will our against the in face of such a patiently aggressive alliance as was announced this morning To Build a Canal Tho latest and most important ject on foot in so the Press is tion of n canal from Southampton to London Surmises as to the far reaching consequences such a step would entail are scarcely less inter- esting than the fact it is It is likely to be through instrumentality of American tal Coming on top of London's tion of the American transit system and utilization of American ey and this latest project may well be said to cap the climax No of tlie now scheme has yet been mentioned in the papers and people its existence the route from Southampton to London has been carefully ed by competent engineers who de- clare the canal is nor only feasible hut that it could be built at a small expense The matter has put in the hands of the same firm of contractors which is Verkes new London railroad although the Chicago millionaire self is not known to be taking an ive part in it at present gal and other difficulties which it is necessary to overcome before tho construction of the is assured are so great that some time must elapse before the financial part of the matter comes up prominently Teddy Reports Oct arrived here at 7 o'clock this morning He called at the White House at o'clock and remained with the dent for an discussing the ical situation The governor left this for where he speaks tonight New steel ranges and cooks at Hynes SOS W 3rd street Kruger Sets Sail Lorenzo Oct Dutch cruiser with dent Kruger on at noon Population of Alabama Oct tion of Alabama ia against in an increase of 26.8 per cent s r i i 11 r k i V siVi f i- f t i i i j j 1 i H I1
