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The herald., 1898-11-15

duous march was blazed out with
bleaching bones and hedged with steel.
Where William pauseS to gaze on ruins.
his predecessors halted to make ruins
Where he is served by a Sultan with
splendid banquets, they We're served
by Sultan's emissaries with poisoned
viands. Cringing Turks obsequiously
conduct the modern crusader to the
very entrance of the Holy Sepulcher.
Their ancestors grimly ushered in
truding Christians into nearer tombs,
and showed them a shorter way to
heaven.
| We are viewing a modern spectacular
play on the stage of the grandest trag-
edies of history. A brief comparison of
the old performance with the new is
most timely and cannot fail to be of in
terest.
| Our nineteenth century crusader has
made his queen a partner in his pill
grmage. In this he is but following
the example of some of his royal pre-
decessors, though the outcome was
not always such As to encourage imita-
ton. Yet the first famous pilgrimage
and that which set up at Jerusalem
the mighty magnet which drew all the
rest, was led by a woman,-Helena,
mother OI lIiS roman emperor VINO
gave his name to the city where Will
lam was so lately feasted by the Turk
She it was. according to tradition. who
brought to light the forgotten tomb of
Christ-for the grave itself lay buried
and reared before it the shrine to re-
deem which millions of Crusaders
thronged to Palestine, and to visit
which William is parading in their
track. To Helena, also, a fantastic
legend attributes the discovery of that
most renowned of relics, the wood of
the true cross" in defence of which hu-
man blood was to be spilled like water.
But that was many centuries later.
In Helena's day Mohamlned was not
yet born. AT the time Of the First Cru
sade, the greatest and most amazing
pilgrimage that the world has ever
seen, the zeaots of the Koran had long
held the Holy City, and the mosque of
Omar profaned the site Of Solomon's
temple.
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EMPEROR WILLIAMS PREDECESSORS
IN P|LCR|MACES TO THE HOLY LAND.
Striking Contrast Between the Weary Jouneyngs of the Kng
Crusaders OF the Middle Ages and the Pomp With
Which William Enters Jerusalem.


whom he has taken such elaborate pre-
cautions
Only year later Richard the Lion
hearted and Philip Augustus OF France
both came to Palestine and quarreled
as French and English are wont to do.
Neither got SO much as a glimpse Of
Jerusalem, though they did succeed In
taking Acre after much trouble. This
was hardly an equivalent for the Holy
City, however, for Acre might be called
the Port Said Of that day in the mat
ter of shameless vice. Philip, as is GUS
tomary with the French, soon evacu-
ated the country. AS to Richard, one
Is sometimes tempted to think that ne
Is Williams chosen model of kingly vir-
tues-but it would be cruel to press the
comparison. and after all, William Is
much the better sovereign, though not
likely to attain the Same renown as q
crusader.
The last German emperor who as
pired to fame as a crusader. previously
to the present incumbent, was Freder-
lex II. Fame he had hardly achieved.
though he did succeed in entering Jeru-
salem and restoring 1t to Christian rule.
But like william, he had become in
volvcd in q quarrel with the pope; and
like William, he came off second best.
AS reward for his eminent services
as a soldier of the cross he was excom-
municated. a coronation in Jerusalem
was the honor which he had proposed
for himself. but the city which he had
rescued would have nothing to do with
him. The Patriarch sullenly refused to
take part in the ceremony, the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre was cheerfully
draped in black. and the exasperated
monarch was actually forced to crown
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in their wake. and the ghastly track
was again whitened by the unlamented
dead.
When we turn from this tremendous
panorama of advancing hosts to con-
template the retinue Of the Emperor
William, we do not find 1t impressive.
Even that spiendidly uniformed body
guard of giants. of which he is so justly
proud. would make but a poor showing
among warriors such as Godfrey Of
Bouillon, reputed able to split an in
fidel from shoulder to hip at a single
stroke. But that Is only one of the
many disadvantages under which our
hero labors from living in this incredu-
lous and unromantSc age.
Still, the comfortable progress of
William on his pilgrimage Is a pleas
ant spectacle compared with the ad-
vance of those military pilgrims Of an
earlier date. A more atrocious warfare
than they waged in the name of the
Gospel of Peace 1t would be hard to
conceive. They bombarded the city of
Nice with the heads of slaughtered
prisoners hurled from catapults. Be-
fore Antioch they made a practice of
roasting spies. Possibly William may
now and then be sorely tempted to
emulate them in this mode of dealing
with these prototypes of the newspa-
per correspondents but the modern spy
is more apt to roast the pilgrim.
At last, after marching and counter
marching for months and years through
famine and pestilence and feud and fire
and carnage. the crusaders of old stood
before the sacred city. The inha bitants
did not then swarm forth to greet
them clamoring for backshish; fierce
cries Of defiance and showers of keen
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arrows We're their welcome. Stout
walls and heavy gates barred the ap-
proaches which are now so easy. The
keys with which they forced an en-
trance were huge engines wrought of
timbers brought from a forest thirty
miles away; long ladders and many
storied towers were their stepping
stones. Once in, their celebration was
a red carnival, In the midst of which
their leader knelt in fervent prayer at
the shrine of Him who taught only love
and mercy; after which the devout
champion rose and with equal fervor
sned more blood. The royal pilgrim Of
to-day may be q trifle too fond of the
atrical display, but on the whole we
prefer his methods to this.
The motives of crusaders are in most
cases mixed. Godfrey and his compan-
ions were faithful to their pledges, and
delivered the city Of our Savior from
Moslem bondage; but several Of them
incidentally carved out principalities
for themselves in the land of their pious
sojourn. The promulgator of this latest
and happily bloodless crusade, who is
certainly no less ambitious. has been
credited by some with similar inten-
tions. Time will show.
In the First Crusade there were many
princes but no kings. The Second Cru
sade was conducted in person by two
monarchs, Louis VII. of France and
Conrad III. of Germany. Both were
unlucky Louis-according to Gibbon
was surrounded by the enemy and
driven up a tree like a coon. This
strikes one as exceedingly French,
though the place was remote from
Fashoda.
Conr'd also was enmeshed, like
victim crowned with flowers and led to
the slaughter" but he finally made his
escape with the loss of most OF his
army. Both these doughty crusaders
reached Jerusalem at last, where they
must have offered up their prayers IN
genuinely humble mood.
The next royal crusader, also Ger
man emperor, was still more unfor-
tunate. Brave old Frederick Barba-
rossa, deserving of a better fate, was
drowned in a little mountain torrent In
Cilicia, far from his goal. These Gill
clan streams appear to have been as
hostile to monarchy as Brutus himself;
for another. close by. once made an
attempt, which barely failed, on the life
of Alexander. william will do we'll to
give these watery assassins wide
berth; they are as dangerous. appar-
emily, as the Italian anarchists against
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FMETHOD OF PROMOTION IN THE NAVY
BOTH UNFAIR, UNPOPULAR AND UNDESIRABLE.
So Strong Is the Agitation Against it That Entirely New
SYSTEM Based the Best Features Of the French and
English Methods, Will Soon Be Adopted
FINANCIAL WRONG WROUGHT FELLOW OFFICERS

There is not the slightest doubt that
congress, when it next assemblies, will
deal promptly with the question of pro-
motion in the navy. The absurdity OF
the present system, as illustrated in
cidentally in the recent advancement
of various officers for meritorious SER
vices is so manifest, and the injustices
done by it are in many cases so scan
dalous, that Immediate action on the
subject is demanded.
The jumping method, by which
Sampson, Schley and others were re-
warded, is nonsensical to the last de-
gree, as may be shown by citing two
or three examples of its working. Cap
tain Lamberton, who commanded one
of Dewey's ships at Manila, was ad-
vanced seven numbers on the naval list
by order of the President. That was in
May last. In the following August he
lost three of these numbers by the pro-
motion of other men over him. 1t is
not on record that he did anything to
deserve the loss of nearly half of his
reward on the contrary. he has been
doing duty faithfully ever since the
historic May 1 on board of his vessel
in the Philippines. If the war had last
ed a little longer, with the consequent
promotions, it is likely that Lamber-
ton would have found himself very
soon just where he was originally on
the roster of officers, or perhaps a lit
tile lower down.
Another instance worth mentioning is
that of Captain Chester of the cruiser
Cincinnati. No man saw harder SER
vice during the war than he. His ves-
sci was enga ged in the bombardment
of st. Juan, and the rest of his time
was spent in arduous blockading duty
off Havana. The Importance of this
latter duty was very great. of course.
and history records the effective man
ner in which the blockade was MAIN
tanned Nevertheless. not having the
luck to be at Santiago, Chester. as
reward for his good work, is now five
lower on the naval list than
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Peter the Hermit at the Holy Sepu1cher.

will be remembered that he was third
on the list of commoGores when the
war began. and was lifted over McNair
and Howell to assume his new rank.
Unfortunately, the sort of mischief
here described seems to have only Just
begun y board, appointed for the pur-
pose at the instance of the President,
is now considering other promotions
that are to be made. Up to the pres
emit time only captains, executive Off
GERS and chief engineers have been ad-
vanced for services during the war;
but it is now proposed to promote all
of the officers who We're on board of
the American vessels at Santiago, and,
if that is done, the same scheme is
likely to be applied to the officers of the
ships which fought at Manila. So there
is in immediate prospect a wholesale
jumping, which will lend to the United
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The paths which the Emperor OF Ger
many is now traverslng in mediaeval
pomp, rather grotesquely combined
with modern ease and safety, are al
ready well worn by royal footsteps.
Mailed feet they were for the most
part. and in several instances the clash
ing metal bore the weight of monarchs
of his own sturdy race.
But while the route Is the same, all
else is changed; and startling are the
contrasts. The roads which have been
SO carefully smoothed for the melo-
dramatic progress of the pilgrim of to-
day, were then rough and bloodstained
The original itinerary was not arranged
by a tourists agency; the long and ar
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ley, five numbers; Dyer, seven num-
bers, and Lamberton, seven numbers.
All of these were Manila men. To these
add the Santiago promotions, which
were: Clark. six numbers; Evans, five
numbers; Taylor. five numbers; Cook,
five numbers; Chadwick, five numbers,
and Sigsbee, three numbers. Also, Nc
Gala was advanced eight numbers,
taking him out of the grade of COM
mander and making him captain.
The following table shows the changes
in the naval list brought about by these
nrOmOtiOnS:
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The above lists are not carried below
the eighth captain for lack of space.
The normal number of admirals on the
navy list is six, but nine are now in
that grade owing to the promotion of
Dewey, Sampson and Schley.
The only officer rewarded who did not
obtain his recompense at somebody
elses expense was Dewey. He got the
thanks Of congress, and so became an
additional admiral without interfering
with the arrangement of the list. 1t
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English Criminal Code Revived.

The English parliament hats revised
the criminal code OF the United King
dom so as to permit THE accused to tes-
tify under oath on his own behalf, both
at the preliminary hearing and at the
actual trial. AS in this country, he Is
not required to go on the witness stand
contrary to his wish, and ne cannot
be compelled to crim!na!te himself. The
act also provides that the wife or hus-
band may testify on beInalf of each
other If desired by the one accused.
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Emperor William, the Last Crusader,

himself with his own hands. This as
the net result of an expensive campaign
was so disheartening that it is little
wonder that the Emperors of Germany
thereupon suspended operations in
Palestine for more than SIX centuAeA
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II IS one of the privileges of Chinese
commanding officers that they may
only be beaten by the hand of their
general.
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RICHARD THE LION-H HEARTED.
William has not, on various Occa.
sions, shown himself very enthusiasts
tic friend to America, but we wish him
joy in the peaceful crusade which he 10
now consummating, and much better
luck than any of his predecessors in
Palestine. DAVIS TURNER.
1899. BY THE INTERNATIONAL LIT.
ERAKY AND NEWS SERVICE.)
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-04-22
NEWTON NOTES.
Last Weeks Correspondence,

Last Weeks Correspondence.
The sociable given at the A. NJ. Z.
Church Saturday evening proved to be
a financial and social success.
Mr.. Paul Walden and Miss Josie
Whitsett drove over to Marshalltown
Saturday remaining over Sunday.
They were the guests of Miss Della
Howard.
Fred Green spent Sunday in Grinell.
There seems to be quite an attraction
there for him.
The A. NJ. f. S. S. elected MIR. Jesse
Walden as delegate to the District S. $.
Convention to be held in Muchalsinock.
Mrs. Pearie Hale of burlington is
visiting with her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
George Lemvinc.
Several of our young ladies looked
charming in their Easter suits, yet they
wore look of disappointment because
their gentlemen friends did not arrive
as anticipated.
| Miss Lottie Green was hostess Of a
| few friends at a quiet Easter luncheon.
Covers were laid for eight and the
lunch was served in courses.
| Easter was appropriately observed at
the A. M. +. Church. An excellent
program was rendered in the afternoon
and evening. Much credit is due Miss
Emma Mayes as she had sole charge OF
the programs. The orchestra ccmpos-
ed of Fred Miller. Jesse Walden, Mari
on Mayes was rare treat The floral
| decorations were beautiful.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-04-22
MOUNT PLEASANT NEWS.
Last Weeks CorreSpt

Last Weeks Correspondence
Mrs. Lydia Clay, who has been spend
ing the winter in Chicago with her gran.
daughter, Mrs. Ed Thomas and Miss Hell.
en- Cane, returned to her home here las,
Friday. She was accompanied by hcl
granddaughter, Mrs. Ed Thomas with her
little daughter. Helen May. They con-
template spending the summer here.
Easter was appropriately observed by
all the churches. St. Clair Chapel and
Second Baptist Church had very inter-
esting programs in the morning. A
very nice program was rendered in the
evening at the A. NJ. E. Church, by the
little ones. The churches were decura-
ted nicely.
Miss Emma jackson of Pennington
Iowa. visited Mrs. Clay Reed for a few
days.
Mrs. Alfred Miner and Mrs. johnson
of keosauqua, Iowa have been the
guests of Mrs. r. johnson on North
Lincoln Street.
We are glad to see that Miss Myra
Carter is able to be in school again
She was compelled to remain at home
on account of spell of asthma.
Little Birdie and Tommy Keith have
been taken to the orphans home.
Mrs. Gordon accompanied them.
Mrs. f. Jones has had a slight at
tack OF pleurisy. We are sorry to hear
that her cancer is troubling her again.
Mr.. VIM. Pierson has gone to Fair
field to work
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-04-22
Respectfully,
SIDNEY J. DAVIS.
CUBANS WILL BE FREE

u CDH NS WILL -DH II ~ I'll
So decided congress last Monday
night at o'clock. Our country
will intervene. Mckinley has or
dered the Spanish army to leave the
island, where she has caused so many
people to suffer, starve and die an
ignominious death, she has split
many loyal patriots blood. The
moan of the Atlantic, the sigh of the
Gulf of Mexico, the piercing cries
of disconsolated mothers, the plead
ings of dying fathers, the prayers of
an enslaved nation has at last been
answered by the patriotic, loyal,
christian nation of America. While
the American government has no
particular i'll will for Spain, yet her
treatment of the Cubans was so
shocking to the moral conscious of
christian nations, so brutal and in
human as to blush civilized nations,
that the Americans said it must be
stopped, and Cuba that sits at the
head of the Antilles and at the foot
Of the United States, must be free.
We are only sorry that her freedom
b as not come sooner.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-04-22
MUCHIKINOCK NEWS.

Mrs. J. Fl. Mcdowell spent several
days in Keokulz last week visiting rela
tives.
Miss Appleton of Muscatine was the
guest at Mrs Jones residence last week
Burt Jones of Abba is making him
self we'll known in our town.
Easter service was postponed Easter
Sunday on account of quarterly meet
ing. Last Sunday was observed at the
A. NJ. E. church.
Oskaloosa was we'll represented in
"Muchy" Sunday.
Britton Thomas visited Abba last
Sunday and reports good time.
Mrs. Jane Archer is very sick at this
writing. Her mother, Mrs. James OF
Colfax arrived here by request this
week.
Mrs. Meadows sister. Miss Henrietta
Jones of Abba is visiting in our city at
this writing.
The following persons attended the
Easter services Sunday, from Oslialoosa:
Mesdams. Williams and Blackburn,
Miss Yiser and Mr. Wm BucSner.
Mrs. John Ellis is in '.Muchy" again.
Geo. H. Woodson. who went to Join
his Company. Il Of the 25th Infantry.
will be home soon on an important
There is considerable changing of
ages since this war talk has started,
and quite Il number of healthy looking
people are almost invalids.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-04-22
BURLINGTON BRIEFLETS
Last Weeks Correspondence.

.-. Last Weeks Correspondence
Al Drew has fully recovered from
his attack of Lagrippe.
Mrs. VIM. Kinney is improving and
will soon be at her household duties
again.
VIM. Shackelford made flying trip
to Fairfield on Easter Sunday.
Peter King has purchased fine
horse and buggy. ~ ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsey. from Cairo,
Illinois passed through our city last
week enroute to Mt. Pleasant. They
were entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. AL
Drew. ~
Quite number Of our young ladies
came out in grand style on Easter.
Mr.. Reed, who has been confined in
the Mercy Hospital for some weeks.
died on Sunday and was buried on
Tuesday from the Undertaking Parlors.
''ns a wife and child.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-04-22

The entertainment given by the
Hawthorne Club at the Olive Baptist
Church on last Thursday evening wasa
success.
The entertainment to be given by the
pupils of the Olive Baptist Sunday
School will occur the first Of next week.
Mrs. Peter King who has been suffer-
ing with very sore throat for past two
weeks is better. Also Mrs. Matte
Roberts has recovered from an attack
of tonsilitis.
John Simmons was inquiring for n
good farm hand the other day, but
none of the Burlington colored boys are
farmers us it happens.
Samuel Reed and Perry Greenups
are steadily employed at the saw mill.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-04-22
A CRY FOR FREEDOM.

lIark to the cry Of the thousands
Suffering in Cuba to day
Stuff ring from work and starvation.
Sutfring from mental decay.
Yet amid all of their suffering
Caused by the country of Spain.
Long have they struggled for freedom
Yet have they struggled in vain.
Shall we not see that they have it?
Shall we go on as before?
No. for the voice of Humanity
Calls us away from our shore
Into the Island of Cuba.
There to make Spain set her free.
So that the thousands now dying.
Henceforth may have liberty.
CLARA A. PORTER,
-. Greenfield. Iowa.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-04-22

fact, that owing to my intended
departure from your village, our
personal association as Sabbath
School and Superintendent must
be severed.
In view Of the fact Of my going
away, it becomes my duty at this
time to respectfully resign the
office of Superintendent of your
school. Thanking you for the
honor conferred in electing me to
this office, l commend you to
Gods care.
Respectfully,
SIDNEY J. DAVIS.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-04-22
DEADLY SHOTS FINED eYNuN

In One Instance an Innocent Man Wa
Sentenced to He Hanged.
In recent paper appeared an &C
count Of strange accident in which
man was killed by the discharge OF Il
gun while lying asleep on a lounge
in his room, the weapon being dis
charged y reflected rays Of the sur
falling ,dpon the cartridge chamber
Of the firearm, says the Cincinnati En-
quiTer. Since the publication of the
story a correspondent from York, IA,
writes concerning the accident and re-
fers to a similar case, in which, through
the efforts Of clever Cincinnati law
yer named G. 9. Wallis, the person ac
cused of murder and 1entenced to be
hanged was set at liberty, the circum-
stantial evidence on which he was con-
victed being entirely exploded by
witnessed demonstration as to how the
accident really occurred. The York
Of the Criminal Law Magazine, page
S07 on which a full account of the case
appears. The case was that OF the
state of Tennessee against Avery, tried
in Henry county, that state. and is one
OF the most remarkable in the history
Of criminal Jurisprudence. In June,
1887, Charles Ensiey, the cousin OF a
man of the name of Avery, was killed
In his room while lying On a louage
about 3 O'Clock in the afternoon. The
weapon which caused the death was
small rifle, sending 32-calibe1 Dali
through Ensleys brain. No on: was
In the house at the time but Ensley
An empty rifle was found lying on q
rack on wall of the room in which
the killing occurred and the bullet
fitted the tube. Avery was arrested TO:
the crime, as he was the only living
relative to Ensley, and by his deaf!
profted to the amount of about $780,.
900. Avery was tried. pleaded nc:
guilty, but was convicted OF murder IL
the first degree and sentenced to he
hanged. He appealed to the Supreme
court and engaged Mr.. Wallis to de-
fend him. The Supreme court remand
ed the case back to the Circuit court OF
technical errors. Two mistrials were
brought about and then came the
strangest part of the story. The bril-
liant Wallis struck the keynote to the
mystery. In August, 1891, he had the
rife loaded and hung on the wall. A
white shee. with the form Of mar
marked on i: was placed in exactly the
position occupied by Enslcy when
wing asleep, and heavy cut-gias.:
pitcher Of water like the one found
in the room was placed on the shelf
above. The temperature was 80 de.
grecs in the shade, one of the hotties,
days of the year. The pitcher acted az
a sunglass and the hot rays of The
sun shining through the water were re.
tracted directly on the cartridge cham.
her Of the rifle. Eight V illnesses were
In the room and few minutes after :
o'clock puff and report occurred and
the Dall struck the outlined form back
III The ear in the exact location where
Ensley was shot and the theory Of cir
curlstantial evidence went to pieces
The incident, being witnessed and
swcrn to. readily explained itself to tie
Jury.