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KIEL'S GREAT FETES.
Sinister Comments From
the Freisinnige
Papers.
SEE ULTERIOR MOTIVES.
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Charge the Government With
Seeking a Large Naval
Credit.
. _
WAR DISCUSSION REVIVED.
The Kaiser Irritated at the Behavior
of the French Naval
Officers.
BERLIN, Germany, June 23.— The ill
ness of the Empress last week was caused
by an attack of neuralgia, to which affliction
she is at all times subject upon the slight
est change in the weather or indulgence in
the least excitement. As her Majesty was
about starting for Hamburg a furious
attack of neuralgia set in and she was con
sequently prevented from going there.
Her physicians advised her to abandon
the idea of her going to Kiel, but a slight*
abatement of her pains, combined with her
eager desire to see the fetes, led her to
make the venture. The imperial circle at
the admiralty ball saw a recurrence of her
sufferings and saw them borne smilingly,
but the Emperor on Friday insisted upon
her withdrawal from the remaining
festivities and her retirement into absolute
privacy. After taking a short rest at Kiel
Castle her Majesty will return to Potsdam.
The officials, especially the high officers,
of the police department, are congratulat
ing themselves upon the fact that the pre
sumed anarchist plot to spoil the fetes by
the commission of outrages peculiar to the
sect were baffled. According to current
report, the anarchists had arranged for a
grand coup at the outset of the proceed
ings by blowing up the artificial island in
the Alster River. Anonymous letters were
received by the Berlin officials warning
them that such an attempt was contem
plated and would be made if the most rig
orous precautions were not taken. Small
importance was attached to these menaces
at first, but the repeated inexplicable acci
dents to the electric wires, which were laid
to illuminate the island, caused the
authorities to believe that there was some
foundation for the reports and to resort to
extreme precautionary measures. Boats
were forbidden to approach the island and
the police patrolled the river in steam
launches night and day and the same pre
cautions were taken at Kiel. The conse
quence was that if there really was any
serious intention to commit outrages, the
plan was frustrated. Nobody who was
not known succeeded in getting anywhere
near any of the royalties present, nor did
they get very close to the scenes of the
variou ceremonies.
The Berlin and other German news
papers are unceasing in their laudatory
reference to the fetes and their "praises of
those who made them so completely suc
cessful. Some of these journals, however,
cannot resist the temptation to attribute
the Government's desire to carry them out
to a success so complete to ulterior mo
tives.
The Freisinnige papers declare that the
Government designed the fetes upon so
magnificent a scale in order that they
might use the popular sentiment thus cre
ated in the interest of getting the Reich
stag to assent to a proposal for a consider
able increase of the navy.
"Doubtless," says Herr Richter's organ,
"if the Reichstag were sitting' now the
effervescence of national feeling might be
the Government's opportunity to obtain a
lirge naval credit, but before the Chamber
meets again a just estimate of the value of
the canal to Germany will control the dis
cussions and decisions of the Reichstag."
; Discussing the commercial uses of the
canal, the industrial press concur with the
resolutions passed at the recent meeting of
the German Nautical Association at which
the leading German ports were represented.
These resolutions declared that advantages
could only be secured in the event that the
dues assessed made the passage of the
canal more profitable than the voyage
around the Skaw. Most ship-owners agree
that the tolls, including pilotage duties,
ought not to exceed 30 pfennigs per regis
tered ton, instead of the present tariff.
The Government does not expect any great
influx of traffic immediately and in view
of the necessity of testing the trading
capacity of the canal, they don't desire any
sudden inrush of shipping. Before long,
however, when traders have learned the
advantages of the canal- and the Govern
ment feels that the waterway is secure,
lower charges will induce the traders to
avail themselves of the immense benefits
of the new route. * .-
The Russo-French convention, which the
Paris newspapers allege ' has * been con
cluded, is said to "" agree that if I Germany
should attack France. Russia would send
300,000 men at once to the German frontier.
On the other hand, if Austria or Germany
should attack Russia, France' would. inter
vene in a similar manner.-- The reports of
the conclusion of such an agreement, how
ever, are received in official circles here
with incredulity. The Hamburger Nach
richten, Prince Bismarck's organ, in an
article commenting on the reports i peats
Prince Bismarck's saying that Russia is
only flirting with France, and that no se
rious alliance between the two countries is
contemplated. Limited references to the
alleged '■ agreement are also made in the
semi-official press, who admit that an en
tente exists, but contend that there has
been no formal Russo-French 'convention.
The Cabinet crisis in England and the
formation of a new Ministry in Vienna are
the factors which hold ; the Emperor to a
policy of suspense. The Berlin :Govern
ment ' expects and 'hopes for Lord Salis
bury's return to power.'which would re
store the practical adhesion of England to
the Triple Alliance.
•In regard to the Austrian Ministry, the
German Clerical leaders are of the opinion
that-, it will .• not last more than three
months, an opinion which; finds almost
general assent. '{Count Kilmansegg has a
good official record and": -.has "displayed
marked , ability in his administration , of
the office 'of ; Governor of Lower Austria.
He ' has carried . his ; schemes ;of Austrian]
unification to Vienna, but the i v Austro-
Hungarian Clericals will not - very long
endure a Calvin ist ; Premier for Austria
concurrently with a Lutheran Premier for.
Hungary. Count Kilmansegg ' ']■-. is ' also
strongly opposed to anti-Semitism j and is,
generally speaking, a Moderate. ".
It is understood that it is the intention
of Emptror Franz Joseph to dissolve, the
Reichsrath in September, and then try to
obtain a permanent Cabinet. '
A statue in honor of the memory of the
late Dr. "Windhorst, the Clerical leader in
the Reichstag, is to be erected in Mcppen:
A large sum of money for its erection has
been raised by popular subscription
throughout Hanover. , The inaugural
ceremonies will take place on July 16,
upon which occasion there will be a great
Centrist demonstration^
In the course of some building excava
tions in Stade, Hanover, yesterday, the
workmen unearthed the corpse of a war
rior of the period of Charlemagne. This
body, which is in a marvelous state of
preservation, is that of a young and vigor-
ous man, upward of : six feet in height,
with blonde hair. It was partly covered
by bronze armor. Antiquarians pronounce
it a perfect specimen of a soldier of A. D.
789. They ascribe its remarkable preserva
tion to the tanning qualities of the earth.
The Disconto-Gesellschaft is about to
issue 10,000,000 marks of shares in the
Brazil Bank.
The dubious position into which the
Russo-Chinese loan has fallen causes a
great deal of gratification on the Bourse
here. In Paris it was reported that the
loan would be issued on June 27, but this
report has since been denied. This hitch
will retard the issue and prevent the public
from rushing to take it up.
Despite the extreme heat and the attrac
tions at Kiel during the week, the Berlin
theaters have done a good business. The
Schiller Theater is running Auzengruber's
"Der Kreuzelschreiber." The latter the
ater will close at the end of the month and
reopen the season under Director Prasch,
with a company including Heir Ludwig
Barnay, Dr. Max Hohl and Frau Sommer
stoff. „ ' .;,.., . ■■ „ .„/.":
The neglect of the French fleet to illu
minate on Friday night, although the Rus
sian vessels were lighted up, led to a great
deal of adverse criticism, and Admiral
Menard has consequently been moved to
make an explanation of the circumstances
to members of the press. The admiral's
explanation in effect is that he did not ex
pect to be called upon to take part in such
a demonstration, and had no orders from
his Government to do so. The excuse the
admiral offers had the effect to remove
the bad impression created by what
is generally regarded as a flagrant breach
of etiquette on his part.
In a scathing article in to-day's issue of
the Vorwaerts (socialist) that paper scores
the German journalists for their obsequi
ous attitude toward Herr yon Koeller,
Minister of : the Interior, who had charge
of the. press arrangements at Hamburg
and Kiel. "It was a pitiful \ sight," the
Vorwaerts says, "to j see members of the
German press cringing before a man who
from his ministerial chair had declared
that he had nothing but contempt for
them, and that ninety per cent of their
statements were lies."
After referring to the fact that the news
paper representatives were debarred from
the banquets at Hamburg and Holtenau
and compelled to take their reports of
these affairs from Herr yon Koeller's
agents the Vorwaerts adds: No paper had
one word of protest against this degrada
tion of the German press. These functions
were doubtless more brilliant fetes than
even the imagination of the Byzantines
could invent to get a smile out of their lord
and master. The trick of formation of the
Alster Island was only fit for theatrical
managers to indulge in.
A number of the newspapers allude to
the drinking bouts : which they allege took
place on board the- press steamer, declar
ing that each member of the press received
an order-book good for fifty bottles of
champagne or other wine. "How this
wine was used," writes Dr. Oppenheiraer
in the Lokal-Anzeiger, "is shown by this
incident: At 8 o'clock on Saturday morn
ing the noisy crowd, who were swiliing
'champagne, became so boisterous ; that I
fled to the deck to escape. from the disrep
utable scene." '* .:;-■* »'-? ;"!
The Hamburger Nachrichten says that
despite the assurances of the official press
to the contrary, the Kaiser is really very
much irritated at the offensive reticence
of the French officers toward his own and
the German officers' .invitations. The
Frenchmen showed plainly that their par
ticipation in the Kiel celebrations was an
enforced act and that France is still await
ing a fit moment to attack Germany.
The Emperor will personally open the
new supreme court at Leipsic on October
20. £-;.:'■.: „ ______ .
AMERICAN SHIPS ADMIRED.
Successful Close of the Great Naval De
. monstration at Kiel. ;-}'> ,* ■■
KIEL, Gkbmany, June 23.— The maneuv
ering fleet returned to the harbor at noon
yesterday..,:,. . <^7}i/Jf:
Their evolutions were highly successful.
The vessels of the American squadron have
continued to be objects of admiration and
curiosity to the officers of all of the assem
bled fleets, who almost without exception
have inspected them. . .
The consensus of opinion is that the San
"Francisco is the neatest, cleanest and
smartest ship ,in the harbor, and the Co
lumbia one of the finest and best.
All of the foreign naval officers speak in
the highest terms of the courtesies ex
tended to them during their stay here.
The American and French ships sailed at
midnight. -
They were boarded by the officers of the
Russian squadron, who heartily wished
their French hosts bon voyage. The Rus
sians were entertained with the utmost
hospitality, ; champagne constituting a
large share of the refreshments served.
Lieutenant Ward, who was attached at
various times to the United States embas
sies at Paris, Berlin and St: Petersburg, de
clared in an interview I last night that he
was heartily ashamed while making the
passage of the canal to think : how the
Americans banged - the ; big drum and
blew the trumpet for years, seeking to
show what a great , nation they were and
what great things they would do in the
tremendous- work ■ of building and con
trolling the Nicaraguan canal, yet they
had neither built it nor allowed any one
else to do it. In the meantime Germany,
saying nothing, ; had plodded along, and
when the canal was ready it was opened
and the world invited to view it.
This impression is largely shared by the
naval officers of other countries. /The en
tire arrangements were perfect, and the
Germans have shown the visitors from all
nations.without the least indication of par
tiality, the utmost - attention. It is ! said
that the Emperor will : pay : a v visit to the
Columbia to-morrow. Xt T he ; : representative
of The United Press went on board the San
Francisco to-day. ; The accident which oc
curred to her steam launch, was caused by
the blowing out of the head of her boiler.
Little damage was done to the vessel or
her "fixtures beyond the tearing- away of
her awning. Four persons were hurt, but
none of them v seriously, not one of them
being placed on the sick list. ,;. .
I The steamer Tantallon Castle, having on
board Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, sailed from
here for Gothenburg Friday evening. The
steamer is expected to arrive at Gravesend
on Monday. .. :..- :.//,. .
■ Sunday Ball Playing Enjoined. .
: TOLEDO, Ohio, June '23.—Judge's Scrib
ner; Haynes and King,' composing the Cir
cuit Court, have "made a permanent - in
junction " against Sunday ball playing in
this city. '
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1895.
CRISIS IN THE EAST
Russia Intriguing for the
Possession of
Korea. \
JAPAN'S VAIN TRIUMPH.
i
May Be Compelled to Relin
quish the Last of Its
Conquests.
THE BEAR READY TO STRIKE.
Advantage Taken of the Present
Weakness of the Mikado's
Navy.
TOKIO, Japan, June 7.— As the days
pass they bring no alleviation of the . un
easy feeling that pervades the East with
regard to Korea. So long as Japan was
mistress of the situation; so long as the
Koreans, saw only that; she had utterly
crushed China, and that the reed on which
they had leaned for so many centuries was
bruised out of all capacity to stand upright,
they listened to the new power's counsels
with apparent attention and showed some
docility in entering the progressive routes
indicated by it. But 'when Japan, in turn,
was compelled to bow , to the interference
of three European states, among which the
principal," indeed the only, power . \ in
Korean eyes was Russia, then politicians in
Seoul began to think that Japan might not
be, after all, as strong as she seemed, and
that Russia was the real dictator of the
Orient's destinies:
Among all the phases of national char
acter developed in Korea by the vicissi
tudes of recent years, no symptom of patri
otism has been discernible. Indepen
dence seems to be a meaningless abstrac
tion to the people -of the peninsula. So
completely have the upper classes been
absorbed in the business of intrigue and
self-enrichment, so entirely have the lower
been occupied with attempts to evade op
pression and peculation that there has
been no room for any idea of state inde
pendence or national integrity. In short,
the Korean mind is imbued' by a tra
ditional tenet that foreign guardianship in
some form or other is inevitable, and hav
ing been freed from Chinese dominance,
the people might have accepted that of
Japan submissively enough had not the
overshadowing finger of Russia loomed on
the horizon just as.they were beginning to
learn that Japanese sway involved a
shockingly radical departure . from the
pleasant old routes of official robbery and
universal self-worship.
The war, having anticipated Russian
forecasts by fully five years arid placed
Japan in the position of Korea's guardian,
the statesmen in St. Petersburg had to
cansider how the situation might be saved.
They resorted to a device with which the
growth of the great northern empire has
always been associated, and for. the exer
cise of which Korea is an ideal field—in
trigue." ".' *'..." I'"'/'"' ''.''.'■-"''' . '■'."'
- When Japan put her hand to the plow
of -Korean reform" she had £ necessarily
to enlist co-operation. There were two
parties to choose between— that of the Tai
Weon-kun, the King's father, and that of
the Queen, represented by the Bin family.
Both alike had always been hostile to Jap
anese influence, but of the two the palm
for corruption and oppression lay with the
Bins.whereas the Tai Weon-kun' partisans
possessed some elements of robustness and
public spirit. The Tai Weon-kun was ac
cordingly selected. But he, mistaking his
country's opportunity for his own", organ
ized , a conspiracy to expel the Japanese
from Seoul, opened treasonable corre
spondence with the Chinese generals at
Ping Yang, and fomented the Tonghak re
bellion.
Then the Japanese had recourse to more
direct methods. They ployed agents
personally pledged to reform; men whose
previous efforts to regenerate their country
had involved- proscription " and flight to
Japan for refuge. The chief of these, Boku
Eifco, had not long held the portfolio of
home affairs when the crafty Queen man
aged to draw him within.the circle of her
influence. The speedy result was a Cabinet
crisis and the paralysis of administrative
reform.
. Gradually the Queen's party commenced
to raise their heads again, and once more
the Russian , legation . began to be visited
assiduously, by politicians intriguing for
the ' overthrow of * Japanese sway and the
restoration of the Bin family. How far Rus
sia has fomented these intrigues or to what
length they have been carried remains still
uncertain. But it is generally understood
that, the Bin chief, long a fugitive in
Hongkong, lias been invited home. This
man, commonly known as Ming Yongik.
is the elder brother of the Queen and has
given proof of exceptionaL ability. Rumor
alleges that his position is compromised
by the fact that - he owes a large sum of
money to the Russian Minister, and that
his estates have been pledged as security
for the debt. >Be that as it may, there is a
general sense that Russia is intriguing in
Seoul, - and that she may at any moment
call upon the Japanese Government to
fulfill its pledge of recognizing Korean
independence— a pledge that might easily
be declared incompatible with continued
interference in the ' little kingdom's do
mestic administration arid with the main
tenance of a large body of Japanese troops
in the peninsula.
Public uneasiness is aggravated j by the
news that Count Inouye, , Japanese repre
sentative in Korea, ' is about to return
home. Count Inouye is past the physical
prime of life and does not enjoy robust
health. • For many years -it has been T
medical necessity that he should enjoy a
period of rest arid sea-bathing in" midsum
mer: "But his countrymen know that if a
statesman so conspicuously endowed * with
boldness, insight, tact and* decision leaves
Seoul re* irif ecta; the world will see '.'failure"
written upon Japan's 7 banner,'" arid ! they
know 'also that* considerations ' of : health
alone; would not weigh with Count Inouye
against such a result. '
There is f iirtn'eV"the consciousness that,
if Russia does not seize this occasion.she
will never find - another- so favorable, and
that "she is thoroughly sensible of the fact.
: Five years hence": Japan will have a navy
that Russia could not grapple with at such
a distance from, Europe, and on shore the
Japanese troops _' are '( already more than a
match for any : armies that Russia could
bring against them. - But. to-day the Jap
anese navy ; is weaker ' than/.' the /. powerful
squadron 'assembled in these waters by
"Russia, and if St. Petersburg says ''get out
of Korea," it is hard to predict Tokio's re- ;
ply. Yet Japan > fought , China : with I the
ultimate object of saving Korea from Rus
sian occupation;: She saw that China could
not protect the little kingdom, that it could
not protect itself, and that in a few years
the shadow of Russia; moving southward
must fall upon it. Are her victories about
to precipitate the very disaster that they
were won to avert? ':■; ' .■!■•';"■'
-For England, also, the situation Is full
of danger. There is no doubt that British
prestige has suffered by. recent events.
For a century the trend of great issues in
the Orient has been shaped by dictates
from Downing street To-day it is openly
boasted that the politics of the East are
controlled from Berlin, St. Petersburg and
Paris. . V. :
. By vetoing Japan's tenure of the Liao
tung Peninsula . Russia has established a
constructive risrht to control its. disposal.
By compelling Japan to evacuate Korea
she would acquire in the peninsula a
position of present dictatorship and of
future possession. Manchuria would then
lie at her feet, and from Manchuria she
could command the Gulf of Pechili and
Peking. The law of growth is inexorable.
Russia on the Yaltt would inevitably pre
lude Russia on the Liao. Nothing less
than the partition of Asia seems to be at
stake, and the Japanese nation, conscious
of the immense issues involved, watches
for the coming of the crisis^
SITUATION IN JAPAN.
Agitation . Against the Government . Not
..•.J "•".- Tolerated.
LONDON, Ekg., June 23.— The Times
to-morrow will publish a dispatch from
Kobe, Japan, saying that the Government
is determined not to permit any agitation
against its policy. . . A . joint committe of
the opposition parties has been dissolved
and the holding of meetings to agitate
against the Government has been prohib
ited. Nevertheless the construction of the
Cabinet in the near future is not probable.
Count Inoyue, Japanese Minister to
Korea, has returned to Japan, and the
Korean question is being earnestly dis- ]
cussed. ■ -.- ••'• -■• ■••
DOLE DEFENDS THURSTON
He Says the Ex-Minister Has
Been Placed in a False
Light.
Had Always Been Known to Favor
the Restriction of Asiatic
Immigration.
HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 7.— A New
York Tribune special from Washington of
June 1, reprinted here this morning, states
that. ex-Minister Thurston had "frequent
conferences with Secretary Gresham at the
State Department on the subject of an
nexation" ; also, that "the ex-Minister at
no time consented that in the event of an
nexation any change in the relation of the
aliens in his country could be brought
about."
Mr.' Thurston being out of town Presi
dent Dole was interviewed on the subject.
Mr. Dole said:
"It is my impression that Mr. Thurston
never had the conferences named with Mr.
Greshara. , The position attributed to him
on the subject of the 'relation of aliens,'
evidently meaning Asiatic contract labor
ers, was : one entirely outside of. any
views of this Government. When the
treaty of annexation was negotiated | with
President Harrison there was no other ex
pectation, than that United -States law
would obtain here on that- subject.' ■> It has'
always been expected that j annexation
would put an end to the contract system."
Attorney-General Smith; was also seen.
He said that to the best of his knowledge
no such interviews as those alleged ever
took place. ; It was expected that the
United States laws, in the event of annexa
tion, would put an end to the present sys
tem of labor and to the importation of
Asiatics, although it would be endeavored
not to make the change so abruptly as to
cause disaster to the plantations.
The special session of the first Legisla
ture of the republic convened as called, at
noon of the 12th,. in the former throne
room. President Dole stated that the
republic of Hawaii had been recognized by
all the principal nations, with whom rela
tions were friendly. Internal affairs had
been in an orderly and prosperous condi
tion, except the January insurrection,
which had been suppressed without serious
difficulty. The outlay, including expenses
of the military court, had been over $90,
--000, paid from current funds in the treas
ury.
Annexation to the United States contin
ued, be said, to be the policy of the Govern
ment, and would be earnestly sought for.
Cable communication, Mr. Dole declared,
must be secured. Franchises and subsi
dies have been promised, but the time has
come for the Government actively to initi
ate the matter.,- A bill would be submitted.
The two houses- organized, the Seriate
chose W. C. Wilder president. The House
elected LimaNuone speaker. '-'-..■ :'"'
Minister Damon recommends to the
Legislature to grant Kaiulani a pension of
$2000, beginning with January 1, 1895. :
This meets with general approval. i"'.
Minister Willis will take an active part
in observing the anniversary' of American
independence, but cannot take part in that
of the promulgation of the republic on
July 4. This tends to ', some' conflict of
celebrations, but no serious confusion is
apprehended.
The Philadelphia • leaves for San Fran
cisco to-day with Admiral Beardslee. The
Bennington remains on duty here.'
DIAZ WILL PARTICIPATE.
The Santa Ana Mine to Be Opened With
Great Ceremony.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 23.— special to
a local morning paper from the City of
Mexico says: {.-..•. > ..;.... . . . - : -
■ President Diaz, {accompanied iby six
members of the Cabinet, members of the
diplomatic corps, the Governors of several'
: States, with several Senators and Deputies
and representatives of / the , press, making
altogether 100 persons, left by special train
for Citorcec, State of { San Luis Potosi, last
night to take part in the formal inaugura
tion of the mine, Santa Ana, a { large plant
now ready to begin working. The cere
mony will take place on Monday,' arid the
party 'will I leave -, Citorcec on the return
journey; arriving in this city Wednesday.
"A ; special train loaded with provisions,
wines and other supplies for the inaugura
tion left over the National Friday. ;
SHE WANTED A NEW WAIST.
Failing to Get { One, Kate McCoy Com
mits Suicide.
.PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 23.—Dis
appointed because her sister had not
brought her a shirt-waist, ■>. 14-year-old
Katie McCoy, committed ; suicide /at her
home; to-night ; by /hanging./ The {child
lived with, her sister,; Mrs. Mary Baker,
who had promised her the coveted garment
on Saturday, but' failed to keep her word.
Itiellne in Australian Exports.
',-. MELBOURNE, /Australia,: June 23.—
The trade of the seven Australian colonies
declined £8,000,000 in 1894. The decline
was heaviest in the exports.
STEAM'S FATAL WORK
Two Men Killed and Sev
eral More or Less
Injured.
PANIC ON THE STEAMER]
She Was Filled With a Large
Party of Pleasure-
Seekers.
CAUSED BY A BROKEN PIPE.
It Is Charged She Was Engaged In
a Race With Another
Vessel.
■ -— :
. CHICAGO, 111., June 23.— men
dead, one possibly fatally injured', three
seriously scalded and five people- slightly
burned is the record of the blistering
steam tnat burst from a broken pipe in the
whaleback steamer Christopher Columbus
on the trip from Milwaukee to this city
Saturday night. The dead and seriously
wounded were all members of the crew.
Three passengers were slightly scalded.
v The dead are Frank Wilson, married,
coal-passer. South Chicago, who died from
inhaling steam, and John Stitz, lately of
Chicago, who died from burns.
John Hoppell, fireman, was .burned
about the head, inhaled hot steam and will
die.
The badly scalded are: James Ryerson,
fireman ; Frank Rosener, Robert McConky,
George Keogh, Buffalo, N. Y.
The slightly scalded are: H. H. Darrow,
Jesse L. Steele, Arnold Kiene, Dubuque,
Iowa; N. Setter, water-tender; James Lor
rimer, water-tender.
The captain of the Christopher Colum
bus still denies that he was racing with
the Virginia. The Government inspectors
will possibly make an investigation. .
When off Waukegan the passengers were
startled by a loud report, as of a cannon,
and this was followed by a hissing noise.
The big vessel. shook from stem to stern,
and then began to rapidly fill with escap
ing steam. . ' '.'* ,- i'y. ''■':'->'■
As the steam poured up through the
hatchways to the cabin and deck the pas
sengers were thrown into a panic and the
greatest excitement prevailed. Women
and children screamed and many fainted.
Men fought with each other to secure pos
session of life-preservers, and efforts were
made by the frantic men to lower the
boats.
Some one shouted that the vessel was on
fire, and this only tended to increase the
fear of the passengers. Finally Captain
Smith and the cooler-headed passengers
succeeded in allaying the fears of the more
timid and partial order was restored.
Then it was learned that .a four-inch
steam pipe connecting the board boiler
with the others in the battery had burst
and that a number of persons had been
badly scalded by the escaping steam. Cap
tain Smith at once ordered the steam 1
turned off from „ the boiler and the pipe
was disconnected. : ~ :
The unfortunate persons who had been
in the escaping steam were writhing on ■
the floor and every effort was made to alle
viate their sufferings. Several physicians
were aboard and they turned the hold of
the vessel into a temporary hospital and
the injured were cared for.
In the meantime the boilers had been so
connected that the vessel was able to pro
ceed at a reduced rate of speed. She had
nearly reached port when she was taken
in tow by the tug Hackley. ' ;. !
, It was 4 o'clock this morning when the
whaleback reached her dock, and the 600
passengers crowded the decks and greeted
their friends on the dock. A half dozen
ambulances were hastily summoned and
were driven to the s Rush-street dock. The
injured were removed to the county hos
pital.
In regard to the rumor that the captain
of the whaleback was engaged in a
race with the Virginia, Captain Smith said
the Virginia was two miles ahead of him
when the accident occurred. "All of our
machinery was new," he said, and it was
our first trip of the season. This accounts
for the accident. I was. not racing with
the Virginia. | On the contrary, I was run
ning slow and was not making time."
Sol Bloom of Reid, Murdoch & Co., Chi
cago, gives the following account of the ac
cident : "I was sitting fin the upper cabin
of the steamer with a party of friends
when, about opposite Waukcgan, at about
7:30 p. m., we heard a loud explosion, fol
lowed by a flash and sparks from the chim
ney, which fell about in the water. -. Before.
I had time to warn my friends the cabin
was ; filled with steam so thick that you
could hardly find your way about. I im
mediately" ran toward the : bridge to see
about the life-preservers, and after leaving
some one in charge directed my attention
to the women who had : fainted. They
were lying about by the score and we went
from one to the other, carrying a bucket of
water and other restoratives." :
Judge Grossciip was seen in the cabin on
the arrival of the boat. He said: "I was
standing on the main deck of the steamer
about 7:30 o'clock. We were sailing side
by side with the Virginia at that time, and
the captain informed me that we were sail
ing with 168 pounds of steam. I thought
that as only 170 pounds .was the test 168
was about the limit, and j not wishing to
run any risk I escorted my party to the
front part of the boat. A few minutes
later I heard a loud explosion arid then a
mist of steam .covered everything around
us." . ■'■'
The Christopher Columbus left Chicago
at 9 o'clock Saturday morning for Mil
waukee. The party was composed of a
crowd of merry-makers and pleasure seek
ers. It was almost a perfect summer day,
arid there was much to draw people away
from the city. The big steamer left the
dock at Milwaukee at 5 o'clock in the after
noon and was soon out of sight on her re
turn journey. The vessel; was due in Chi
cago at 10:30 p. m., but when that hour had
passed and there were no signs of the
steamer H but little anxiety was felt, as it
was thought she had purposely remained
over schedule time in the Cream City.:
, The cause of the accident, as told by
Engineer E. /Webster of the whaleback,
was that the fitting of the main steam pipe
"let go." This caused the 1 explosion arid
the escape of steam. The accident, he
said, was unavoidable arid {unaccountable.'
The boilers were only tested last week arid
found to be all right." .
Released by Yon Der Ahe.
ST. /LOUIS,; Mo;, June 23.-Manager
Buckenberger, of the Browns, was given
his release to-day and will leave for Pitts
burg to-morrow morning. - The poor show
ing made by the Browns, who I have never
been above ninth place this season, caused
President Yon der Ahe to think a . change
desirable. Joe Quinn will be made man
ager at a meeting of the directors to-mor
row, and he will play second base.
TURNERS AT COLUMBUS.
Thousands of Representatives Attend the
■• National Gathering.,
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 23.— sec
ond day's" exercises of the National Tur
ners' societies began at 7 o'clock this
morning with a rehearsal of the wand ex
ercise, participated in by all the societies
I represented. The remainder of the forenoon
was devoted to individual contests in heavy
gymnastic and athletic sports. These con
tests consisted of shot throwing, vaulting
and leaping.
To-night the grounds of the association
were filled by one of the largest crowds
ever assembled there. The contests of . so
cieties and individuals in pyramid group
ing, bar exercises and fencing formed the j
principal features. The festivities will be
continued to-morrow. To-morrow, after?
noon the annual election of officers will be
held. : ..
The meeting so far has been free from
accident. It is estimated that more than
8000 representatives from all States in the
circuit are in attendance at the meet. The
actual- number of contestants for prizes is
800. There will be no awards made until
to-morrow afternoon, and the per cent of
the different societies contesting the judges
refuse to make known.
SHOT BY AN IRATE FATHER.
The Son of a New York Banker Killed in
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. June 23.—Era
met ' Chester, a farmer living five miles
from here, accused C. F. Wilson of New
York of improper conduct toward his step
daughter.' Yesterday he shot and killed
him. ■<;. ;
" Chester is still at large. Wilson was a
new-comer and claimed to be a son of G.
F. Wilson of New York, of the banking
firm of Wilson. Larabee & Co.
THROUGH A STONE WALL
Wild Dash of a Trolley Car
Loaded With Pas-
sengers.
Thrown From the Track by a Broken
Wheel While Going at Tre
mendous Speed.
NEW BEDFORD. Mass.. June 23.—
Thirty persons were badly injured by, an
accident on the Dartmouth and West
port Trolley Railway, at 2: 30 o'clock this
afternoon. Some of them may die of the
injuries received. The injured are: Emma
0. Bowles, broken bone in right foot; M.
M.Bowles, injured in right shoulder blade;
Annie Gavillo, wounded in forehead and
right temple; Anton Cavillo, wounded
over right eye and cuts on leg;
Harry Dodge, face cut and body
bruised; George Dodge, face cut; F. Jen
kins, cut and bruised badly about the face ;
Lizzie Nickerson, scalp wound and wound
on left arm ; Sadie Nickerson, bruises on
right arm and leg; P. J. Ryan, right arm
broken, right collar-bone broken and
small bone of the leg fractured; ' Delia
Remmilard of Woonsocket, bruises on*
right arm and leg: Anna M. Redding, cut
and bruised on arms, hands and face;
Mrs. Walter Rounsville of Fairhaven, hip
injured and badly brtfised; Abbie Sul
livan, flesh wound on " ; left ankle; Ida
Tripp, bruised shoulder, knee and face;
Abram Tripp, bruised right side of chest
and sprained wrist; Albert Tilton, hip
broken; Dr. W. H. Webbery, nose bruised
and face cut. - v — " !
The accident occurred on Smith Mills
Hill, one of the heavy grades on the road,
and to a car running at a high rate of
speed. It was caused by the breaking of
one of the forward wheels just as the car
passed the foot of the steep hill.
When the break occurred the car jumped
the track, crossed the highway and
smashed into a stone wall, toppling it
over and running through the aperture.
Several of the passengers : were crushed
beneath the car. i Ambulances were im
mediately called and physicians sent to
attend the wounded.
P. J. Ryan, who is probably fatally hurt,
said the car was going at a terrific speed.
He thinks eighty miles an hour was about
the clip, and all the others who talked
about it said they never rode so fast before.
DEATH OF MARK LYNCH.
The Impersonator of Villains
Appears in His Final
Tragedy.
Carried Away by Heart Disease
While Stopping at a New
York Hotel.
! NEW YORK, N. V., June 23.-Mark
Lynch, known to theater-goers as a clever
impersonator of heavy villains, died this
evening at the Manor House, Twenty-sixth !
and Broadway. Dr. Chichester, who was
in attendance, said heart failure was the.
cause of death. iy;T.f.-iV
i W. J. AVain wright, the proprietor of the'
hotel, said the actor had been a guest of,
the bouse for several months. He had, so
far as Mr. Wainwright knew, been in good
health up to the day of his death.
• Mr. Wainwright was hastily summoned
to his guest's apartments and, upon open
ing the door saw Mr. '. Lynch rolling upon
the floor, apparently in great agony. - Dr.'
Chichester, who j was hastily summoned,
prescribed for the patient and within a few
moments he had apparently ehtirely re
covered from the attack, but it had left
him in a weak condition. '
Mr. Wainwright visited him several !
times in the afternoon, to find that he was
resting quietly. When he looked in to
see , how Mr. Lynch was getting along,
about 4 o'clock, he found him gasping on :
the bed with his hands clutched above his
heart and seemingly dying. Dr. Chichester
was again summoned, but death had come
before he arrived. .'.-•'.
Mr. Lynch played as leading man with
many well-known troupes. His last season
was with Steve Brodie's troupe. Previous
to that he tilled an engagement with the
Stowaway Company.' ,r:"
"IS LIFE WORTH LIVING?"
A Wealthy New Yorker Who' Came to a
Negative Conclusion.
I PELHAM I MANOR, \N. V., June 23.—
Charles ; Van Wagenen. aged 41, : a promi
nent Netv York business man, committed
suicide -by shooting himself at his resi
dence in this village some time yester
day morning. His family ■ was * away,
and/ the j body -was not found until.
to-day. The cause of the deed is a mys
tery. Near < the bed/ on which the body
lay was found a book entitled -"Is - Life
Worth Living ?" The dead man, it is said,
| was very wealthy. /S :,--v-'~: ' ~r : .
r.
ROSEBERY TO RESIGN.
Continued from First rage.
utes. He found, the whips there, but not
Mr. Balfour, who, he learned, was at Ux
bridge. After resting ten minutes Mr.
McDonnell rode to that place and con
veyed Lord Salisbury's message to him.
Mr. Balfour immediately returned to
London. *•' '
The Bering Sea bill, recently introduced
by Sir Edward Grey, parliamentary secre
tary of the Foreign Office, is the second
measure in to-morrow's list of business in
the House of Commons. .7 uT ; .,
The Chronicle (Liberal) will say that )
Mr. Chamberlain is the real destroyer of
the Government, and that he is virtually
master of the situation.
The Daily Telegraph (Liberal) will say
that the British people will not concern
themselves with the technical and tactical
aspects of the great appeal now to be made
to the country, but will pronounce the in
evitable sentence on a weak and dangerous
administration for what it has done and
undone.
The Standard (Conservative) will say to
morrow: "The decisive voice as to whether
the Government should resign or continue
in office was that of Sir William Vernon
Harcourt. He declined to attempt to carry
on business with the present reduced and
uncertain majority." The paper adds that
there is reason to believe that besides the
Liberal-Unionist leaders, the Duke of Dev
onshire and Mr. Chamberlain, Sir Henry
James, for some time Solicitor-General and
Attorney-General in one of Mr. Gladstone's
Cabinets^but opposed to home rule for Ire
land, and the Marquis of Lansdowne, ex-
Viceroy of India and ex-Governor-General
of Canada, will be invited to join the new
Government. Mr. Gladstone's return to
England, he having gone on a cruise on a
steamer as a guest of Sir Donald Currie, is
anxiously awaited. An impression exists in
Liberal quarters that he will issue a mani
festo in support of the Liberal programme.
The Times to-morrow will say that Lord
Salisbury will be Prime Minister, but that
he is unlikely to reunite with that
office the heavy labors of the Foreign
Office, which will goto the Duke of Devon
shire if he desires to accept it. The paper
does not regard this as an ideal arrange
ment, as Lord Salisbury has unequaled
knowledge of foreign affairs,* while the
Duke of Devonshire's strength is merely
domestic. Yet the latter posseses pru
dence, firmness, sound commonsense and
high patriotic feeling, while he will always
have Lord Salisbury's vast fund of diplo
matic information and political insight to
draw upon. '
Mr. Balfour will be the Government
leader in the House of Commons. Mr.
Chamberlain can claim the very highest
office in the Cabinet next to the three
offices. The greatest opening for the dis
play of his abilities and energies is in the
War Office, where a vast and vital work of
reform must be carried out.
The Times places Sir Michael Hicks-
Beach as Chancellor of the Exchequer, the
Right Hon. George J. Goschen as First
Lord of the Admiralty, and the Right Hon.
Lord Henry Courtney as President of the
Board of Trade.
The Times contends that in a Unionist
coalition Government Mr. Balfour's bi
metallist opinions would make him im
possible as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES.
Settlers on the Winnebago Reserve Ejected!
:?,! V\ by Indian Police:- ' '•'"•'
PENDER, Nebr., June 23.— Captain
William H. Beck served notice on thirty
renters occupying Winnebago lands last
Thursday to vacate inside of 'days.
Fred Smith, a Flournoy Company ten
ant, was visited Saturday evening at 5:30
o'clock by thirteen Indian police with di
rections from Captain Beck for him to im
mediately vacate.
Smith resisted the police, whereupon
they proceeded to load his household
effects, turned out his stock and by phys
ical strength succeeded in throwing Smith
from his wagon. The party then started
for . the agency. A heavy wind and
rain storm came up about 8 o'clock, and
the Indian police left Smith and his wife
to the mercy of the raging storm. One of
Smith's horses had given out, and leaving
his wife on the reservation he started with,
the other animal for Pender.
One hundred, and fifty settlers,|accupy
ing Flournoy lands', on the Winnebago
reservation, and other renters held a meet
ing at Emerson, Neb., yesterday and per
fected an organization for self-protection.
Impulse Wins the German Derby.
HAMBURG, Germany, June 23.— The
race for the German derby stakes, value
70,000 marks, was run to-day. It was won
by Baron Falkenhausen's Impulse. Nie
nuta was second and Almenrausch third.
There were twelve starters.
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