The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-09-10
RoRn1aN NEWS.
THE PAIL MALL GAZETTE AFFAIR.

THE PAIL MALL GAZETTE AFFAIR.
LONDON. Sept. 7.-Mr. Stead, editor o
the Pail Mall Gazette, Mrs.. Jarrett
Brownlow Booth, Mrs. Coombs, Mrs
Jacques and ID. Maurice, defendants II
the so-caIled abduction case, appeared
to-day In the Bow street police court II
answer 70 charges against them. MI
Stead conducted his own case while
/ counsel REPRESENTED the others. The eX
citement IN the court room and in. the
vicinity has seldom If eyer been equalled
The police were pOWeTless to control the
mob of people who had assembled &c
hear the proceedings. Members of the
salvation army Wet5 arriving all the
the morning In cabs and we're hustled
and jostled on their way into The court
room. In the court room there was G
compact mass of people. A mum.
Der OF reporters were present
also many members of the
salvation army. Mrs. Jarrett sal
in the prisoners dock. Mr. Stead and
Bramwell Booth bad seats In front of
the dock. Mr.. POLAND, solicitor for the
treasury, opened the case for the crown
with long speech, IN which he gave q
description of how the girl was obtained
from the mother, the Outrages she had
been subjected to and the I'll treatment
she had received from the time che left
her mother until she was recovered and
taken home. POLAND demanded the
committal of all the defendants for trial.
The child Eliza Armstrong was placed
on the witness stand and identified Mrs.
jarrett as the woman who had secured
| her from her mother on the plea of
| needing her assistance to do Homework
The girl then gave in detail all the cir =
cumstances connected with her 6btiuc-
ton.
THE EASTERN TROUBLE.
| MADRID, Sept. 7.-Dispatches receiY-
| ed regarding Germany's occupation of
Yap, state that the Spaniards on the
islands had hoIsted the Spanishiflag and
had lowered ii at sunset, for the night,
as is customary with all nationalties,
| and that immediately afterwards the
German gunboat ran in and landed the
| marines and sailors and hOisted the
German colors, formally occupying The
| place despite the protestatioDs of the
| Spaniards. Prince Bismarck has offered
| to withdraw the German forces from
zap, provided SPAN will not occupy il,
pending q diplomatic solution of the
question as TO SPANS claim over the
island. Germany will acknowledge the
Spanish occupation of Yap, provided
Spain proves that the Spanish flag had
been hoisted on the island before the
German gunbOat had arrived In the har-
Dor. Excitement IN Madrid over the
affair has quoted down, and everything
was tranquil last night.
THE PAIL MALL GAZETTE CASE.
LONDON, Sept. 8.-The examination
of MIR. Stead, editor of the Pail Mali Ga
zette, and other defendants in the Eliza
Armstrong abduction case was resumed
fhia Me-
of Eliza, testified that Mrs. Jarrett OBJ
tanned her daughter from her on the
plea Of needing the child to assist in the
homework. The witness secuted the
idea that she knew anything of the char
acter of Mrs. Jarrett other than as she was
represented by the prisoner herself, and
denied in an emphatic manner that she
had hired her daughter for immoral pur-
poses. Upon cross examination Eliza
Armstrong stated that her father, mother
and six children lived IN one room. She
admitted that with the exception of the
indignities referred to in her testimony
Yesterday her Sbductors had treated her
kindly.
MADRID, Sept. S.-There were 1870
new cases of cholera aud 631 deaths
throughout SPAN Yesterday.
THE SPANISH PREMIERsHIP.
PARIS, Sept. ga telegram from
Madrid states that General Lopez Do
miniquez has submitted to the pressure
brought to bear on him ana has accept
ed the premiership.
LONDON, Sept. 8.-ThOugh the report
that General Lopez Dominique has bt Ell
appointed to the head of the Spanish
government is not verified, it is gen.
orally believed that he will be appointed
nFHInIRF He ia Tho nRaiU nh 60
suppress the present popular agitation,
or, II out of necessity, corld cGilnteFact
KING AlfonsO's desire for peace with
Germany. He ID very able officer and
has great influence with the army In
either direction.
REVOLUTIONARY FEELING.
PARIS, Sept. 8--The majority Of the
newspapers in this city expect that the
strong anti-Germau feeling prevailing
throughout Spain by the Carolines affair
Will result in revolution in that coun-
try. as the people manifest hostile feel
ing against King Alfonso and his min
istrY for their actions respecting the
German occupants of Yap. Queen Isa-
bella of SPAN in an interview expressed
herself as very hopeful of an amicable
settlement of the difficulty between
Spain and Germany.
BERLIN, Sept. SIT is believed that
an arbitrator wilt not be needed in the
Carollnes affair. When the matters
connected with the German occupation
of zap are settled Emperor William will
receive Count De Bonarman. the Span
lsh ambassador, on his former footing.
MADRID, Sept. Sizing Alfonso an
nounced to the Spanish cabinet to-day
that he preferred TO make peace with
Germany, even though it did not please
the majority of its subjects and should
give rise to bloodshed. It is now
thought an amicsble settlement will be
made, leaving Spain in the possession of
the Caroline islands.
SPANISH DIFFICULTY.
MADRID, Sept Cit Is rumored that
the government has received informa-
ton from the Man of War Velasco,
showing that the report that the Caroline
islands had been occupied by Germany,
Is not true. The military men here in
sist that their comrades al Yap acted
under orders from Madrid and ManIta
in order to- avoid u conflict with the
Germans The campaign against the
Press is active, "a papers of Madrid
have been prosecuted. Carica:ure jour-
mails are being seized by the Wholesale.
Censorship also prevents true accounts
being received of the expressions of the
popular wrath against Germany at
SaragOssa Valencia, Barcelona, Granada,
and twenty other places. King Al
fonsp drove through the streets of Mad
rid yesterday without an escort. He
was greeted respectfully by the people.
UNEASY.
BERLIN, Sept. 9.-Much uneasiness is
felt here owing 70 the possibility that the
German vessels in the Pacific under or
ders to annex the Carolines, may come
into collision with the Spanish meu-nf-
war.
PARNELL's DEMANDS.
LONDON. Sept. 9.-Mr. Chamberiin, iu
q speech at Warrington, yesterday, gave
the full radical platform He said that
the radicals now formed q great major
ity OF the liberal party aud they would
oppose MIR. Psrnell tooth and nail. This
declaration was received with prolonged
cheering. He said the granting OF home
rule to Ireland would mean the destruc-
ton of the British empire. He had pre-
pared moderate scheme OF domestic
government for ireland which had met
with the approval OF the
National League and If the
liberals did not like the radical plat
form they must sever their connection
with the radicals. The platform of the
radicals besides giving the local govern
ment and land plants, advocated free
schools, revision of taxation and game
laws and mineral royalties, and declares
that II an appropriation of lands Is Beces-
sary for public good. the rights OF prop
| ertY must go to the wall. Chamberlin
secuted the idea and Lord Harrington