DHUIINCOni. DECIDED BY LOT. 8allors Cut Adrift During l Hurricane Agree Thai One Must Perish to Appease (he Cravings ol the Others. Puilr.g the ri'rrtit hiirrlonnc the NT wegliin baik. I nut, wan wrecked and three of the sailor Wi re east adrift on a raft. Hunger nnd starvation drove them to ibspcmtnti nnil It win derided by lot Unit one should i1lt. According ly a German was klllnl anil eaten. Tnc men were irsounl by a pnsslnit ste.itn er niul In ought to Chin ! tun, S. C. Monday It was reported that Mail rlre Andersen nnd Ooadniund Thomi. thp two man-paling sailors who killed their ri.mMinloii on the raft from th Norwegian bark lrot, will IIvp. Th Mr rondltlon hn Improved so much thnt thpy are nhle to talk. In kenly of the terrible otdcal through wnlcn tney passed. The mrlcs, however. n:p n.d clear or straight. The y 1 Iff. r In de.all from the lire t accounts given, hut the men have tv en In a muddle 1 to d.tloti mentally since hying Irked tip, and a true account may never be nnd. Thomns, who sptnk snatche of Engllh, told thp eone pii:d"iit that they lived for P day lielore they tie elded to case lot to nee who would die. Chip from the raft were broken off. There wan one longer than the rest, and to the man who drew th" longest wan to fall the lot to die. The (1 . rman got the long splinter, and he took hi fate manfully. The man made hurrlt 1 preparation to die. He wanted the thing to end quickly. He rioted hi eyf , laid Hat on the rait, and when everythlntr wa ready one of hi companion gave him a whacking Mow over the head and an other stal oed h's heart a moment lattr. The Oermun death wa made ea-v. The bodies of the two who died were case overltoard to the shark. Ander en say they lived In water nearly all thp time, thp wave dash In if over the frail raft, and small shark and fish and demon of the deep eame flying through; It w a nothing nave the chance luek of the devil thnt they were not eaten alive before they could kill and eat a companion. On the Hp of Thoma. who I a triers boy, there are deep, black car, the remnant of running ore. At time the men tell that lot were drawn while five allor were on the raft, and again they mutter that only three straws were rut. Their stories are vague and disconnected. It I said that the courts will not handle the case; lhat the sailors enter ed Into on agreement by which one should give up his life, and with such circumstances no punishment can be meted out to those who were left. Henry Emtio, a demented carpenter of Chicago, committed suicide last Monday by hanging. He had .lust mur dered his wife and 5-year old daughter. UNFRIENDLY NATIVES. Soldiers Supplanting Native Policemen at Manila. An American who ha arrived at Hong Kong from Manila says: "livery day the feeling on the part of the Filipino against the Americans 'grow. Native who have never taken part In the revolt against American rule no longer hesitate to t p nly show their unfriendlim to us. A a re sult all the native policemen have hem discharged and their work I being done by soldiers who are Incompetent and tyrannical, Kobln ry and murder run riot in the capital and It Is not safe to be out after dark. The Filipinos claim that the custom directions and taxea are being U'ed for the support of the army and that all need of the mu nicipality are neglpcted. They say It I the heavy taxation that cause the many deeds of violence. "The official reports made to Wash ington of the losses of Filipino In the many skirmishes are based entirely up on hearsay, and there Is no doubt that the Insurgents receive material and continued assistance from their allies inside our lines. Three of the alcadea put in power by our force have been found wanting. The mayor of Baling Is ervlng a 22 years' sentence for treason; the alcade of Kan I'edro Macatl is in jail pending a trial on the same charge, and the mayor of Imus I also suspect ed of being a traitor. The censorship In Manila is as strict as ever." SPANISH SHIPS RESTORED. Lieut. Hobson Says They Were More Damaged by Fire Than by Shot. Naval, constructor Hobson ha sub mitted to the nuvy department a sup plemental report to that recently made on the condition of the Spanish ships raised from Manila bay and now being rebuilt under his supervision at Hong Kong. He says they were more dam aged by fire than by shot, and that most of the rebuilding has been made necessary by the burned woodwork. They were TO per cent, completed on July 1. and Mr. Hobson saya they will be ready to turn over to the navy for aervlce within six week after the ar rival of the batteries and the electrical plants. These were shipped some weeks ago. He again urges that efforts should be made to raise the other ships sunk in Manila bay. Col. Hiwkln's Funeral. With all the pomp and circumstances of regular army regulations, and with one of the most Imposing military pageants ever witnessed at Washing ton, Fa., all that wa mortal of Col. Alexander L. Hawkins, commander of the Tenth Pennsylvania infantry. United States volunteers, wa laid in their last resting place in Washington cemetery last Friday. The whole town was in mourning, and displays of a patriotic nature, mingled with black in honor of the dead, were every where manifest. The passing of the funeral procession along the route waa an Imposing spectacle. Chaplain Jlunter-t.f the Tenth regiment paid a beautiful tribute to th itrave com mander, Slain By Moonshiners. The assassination of Ed Hayes, of th "Dark Corner, Greenville county. S. C, ia charged to the moonshiners of that mountain section. Hayes wan a farmer, and had been active in giving Information to revenue men. He dis appeared August 8, and his body was found in the woods. James Budduth was arrested and token to Greenville. Jail. The evidence is that he shot Hayes. John R. McLean Nominated. The wocratlc state conventlcn of Ooto IVnesville lust Wednesday pomif tn this ticket on free silver platform: Governor John R. McLean, of Ham ilton. ' Lieutenant-Governor A. W. Patrick f Tuscarawas. Supreme Judge D Witt C. Badger, of Madison. Attorney-General J. W. bore, of Ee Baca. Auditor George W. B tafoce, of Parke. Twaaurcr James L Gorman, if lawivr,M. TERSE TELEGRAMS. Admiral Dewey Is now at Gibraltar. Frank C. Ivp, the American billiard king, died at Prugtipsso, Meg., last Fri day. I'attlp raiser are supporting the New York butcher In the light against the meat trust. The United Plate trnnsnnrt Morgan City struck on the Japanese const. No live were lost. Chicago Hebrew will boycott the a lis exposition and French goods If I'rcyius I convicted. Hev. William Thomn. of Akron, wo severely beaten at Cleveland last week for riding on a boycotted car. The thirty-third National pnramp- nient ot the . A. 11. of the Itepiilillr begun at Philadelphia lnt Monday. Albert Hooker, of Chicago, convicted of murdering hi wife to wed a 17-year-old girl, has been divorced by the lat ter. William Thotnn, James Feddlngn nnd Thomn hovan were killed by an explosion in a I'lttsMirg mill last FN dny. I ne citizen or Marietta, o., pip- setiteii n sliver service lo the gunboat Marietta, now nt the Charleston navy yarn. John H. Frlsbl". rr New York, ha so!d his Interest In a Mexican mine In nn English syndicate for $1.2MI,0J In goni. liermnny will not Interfere In the Dreyfus trial, although the Tngeblntt ray that the government could nnnm the guilty spy. Jacob K. Itliickniorp. a soap manufac turer of 1 Itlsburg. wa arrested, eharg rd with forging two note for t!)0, us ing tne name of T. It. Itlter. A movement wa started at Omens burg. I'll., to have the entirp Tenth Pennsylvania rrglmmt nltend the re oeptlon to Admiral Dewey In New i orK. Annie Niienschwander, aged 14 year of Philadelphia, wa killed nnd live other person were Injured Sundy night bi a gnuie crossng accident In Glou cosier, N. J. Adam Itelneman. of Allegheny. Pa who left an estate worth $:!.eno.ooo. left a perpetual trust of tiiiVOoi). the income or which I to be distributed to the worthy poor. William Waco and William Tatter- son, the murderer, respectively, of An na Sestnk and Allse Van Horn, at Pitts burg, were sentenced bv Judge A. Mu- Clung to be hanged. Mr. Joseph Jubnvllle. wife of a suc cessful .etelller farmer near Wlnnepeg, .an., wa burned to death with her two children, aged 2 and 4. Wedneday morning in tneir home. Thp police of New York hail Brent dlfllcully In landing Mr. Knte Hlst'ck. u janltress, In Jnll Tuesday night. She was accused of kicking a boy Id death nnd a mob attempted violence. Argogula, the almost Impregnable stronghold of thp bandits In Negros, wa taken by t-he Sixth Infantry, under Lieutenant Colonel Hvme list Satur day. No American were killed. Usage Indian are taking advantage of the bankruptcy law to prevent their property from fnlllng Into the hands of their crtdit rs. Petition to the amount of $.-n,0O0 have already been filed. A document written bv an aide to the king of Portugal, advising an alliance with England to onnb e Portugal to an nex f.pnin, ha been made public at Madrid. It ha caused a gr. at stir. Tho Dlnro do la Marina says that none of the cattle which I being Im ported Into Cuba I lit for human con sumption. The paper add that a quarantine should be Insisted upon. At the Coroner's Innuest into the denth of n child nt Chicago th" jury In Its verdict censured "Elder" Dlnens, a tnith curlst, charging htm with having allowed the baby to dlo without medi cal attention. The National bank of North America. New York, the depository designated by the secretary of war for the Porto Iilean relief fund, reported that the to. tal amount which it had received amounted to S2S.S01. Ten thousnnd dollars Is the sum de manded of David E. Htudehaker by Mis Louise Itradley for breach of promise. Htudehaker is a wealthy banker of Wabash, Ind., and recently married his divorced wife. Hertrand Duffel. of nrlda-ennrt. Conn., declined a drink of whisky which his wife had prepared for him. She drank It and fell dead. Arsenic was found in the cup. The woman la supposed to have been Insane, There is an agitation going on In Mexico favorlr.g an alliance ef n'l the South American repuhlics. The purposo is to duuu tne interr.ceanie canal In rp position to the attempt of the United States to control the water way. In North Carolina a campaign ha be gun which has for it object an amend ment to the constitution, whereby vot er must be able to read and write the Federal constitution. Hy this IflO.OiX) negro voters will be disfranchised. Hanker Edward S. Dreyer. of Chi cago, charged with misappropriating S;ll9.000 of the Chicago West Park boatd funds, and once convicted, Is having a second trial by ordpr of the Illinois supreme court. Change ot venue waa refused. Striking Girls Brandish Knives. Two hundred girls and women nur. aded the streets of Salem, N. J., Sun day brandishing knives. It wa not a revolution led by amaxons. It was a strike of the table girls in the canning factories. They did not cry for blood. They demanded 6 cents Instend of 4 cent fur peeling a bucketful of toma toes. A their knives gleamed In the sun. light they loudly asserted their de mands, and their conduct waa so riot ous that Mayor Gwynne- and Chief of Police Waddlngton were called to re strain them. Alaskan Boundary Controversy. Correspondence la In progress be tween the members of the American contingent of the Canadian high Joint commission looking to a meeting at an early date with a view to inak'ng pre paration lor a report 10 congress on the state of negotiations undertaken hy the commission. It is probab'e that the preparations for this meeting have caused the circulation of the repirt that some kind of an arrangement has been reached bt tween the United States commissioners and the Canadian mem bers. Rioters Demolish Street Cart. Rioting and dlsordir broke cut at Cleveland Tuesday In connection with ine strike on tne lines of the B g Con solldated street railway and four cars were nearly demolished, while the crews were compelled to flee for their lives, it was only after determined ef forts on the part of SO police under Capt. Uradley that order was flna ly re stored. A Siream Divided Them. Moyer, daughter of a rich cattleman, M'ri wedded wh'la Mtanrllnv nn i,iA of a swollen stream, while ltev. Oarlock stood 60 yards away on the opposite side of the stream at Perry, O. T., a few days ago. The c ergyman could not nvi avtvmm niq rirviit IO fle DrtOr S home, tha nines iniwilnif rn. rlage, and the couple met hint at the Week. iii hit of ens USING BLACK POWDER. Imposslblo to Carry Material Beyond Amerl can Lines Spanish Prisoners Make Their Escape. Many Spnulnh prisoners are escaping from tho Filipino and bringing; Into the American lines stories of hard treatment. They agree that the Fili pino arp exceedingly hort of ration. and that a large section of their troops is reuueeu to the Use of home-made blnek powder. The native are trying every ncheme to get food and munition from Manila. Dnllv arrest are made for attempt to smuggle contraband of war through the American lines. In one case n ensco with a cajgo of bam boo pole wa overhauled and the poles were found full of rice. The Insurgent have a wholesome re spect for the lliltlsh, on account of several threats of Ilrltlsh warship to bombard their town unless the right of Ilrltlsh subjects are respected. Two Ilrltlsh vessels, the Lacson and the Nero, were driven by stress of weather into the harbor of Dagupan, the north ern terminus of the Dauunan Hallway The crew were Imnrlsoned. but. on their protesting thnt they were Ilrltlsh subjects, the Insurgent authorities per mitted one man, Edwards, to come to .Manila, promising to release the crew of the UK-son If Edwards secured from the Ilrltlsh Consul at Manila a state ment establishing the nationality of the crew. A similar concession was made to the crew of the Nero. Edwaid ays, he saw several Ameri can prisoners who were better fed than the Spaniards, or the Filipino soldiers. Moreover, they were not compelled to work, a the Spanish prlsoneis are. A force of native police ha begun to patrol the city of Manila, co-operating with the provost guard, whose lack of resort or native criminal had given many opportunities for burglary, nn in dustry which ha been nourishing of late, i ne new force Include many member of the old force, and some In surgent who hnd grown tlrpd of fight ing. It ha already done good work In running down nntlvp criminal. The American secret service recently loiinn a Filipino spy In Cnlambn. He I supposed to have been thp mnn who to)p four guns belonging to the Wash ington regiment. He offered desperate resistance to tne soldier who wa sent to enpture him, and tried to run away with two revolver shot In hi head. Finally, he wns brought down hy a rllle bullet In thp hip. He died after Jump ing from the stretcher and trying to run. Ijite Monday afternoon the Knnsns regiment Pinbnrked on big barges In the rler. nnd were towed to thp United Stnte transport Tartnr, the regimental Hag flying nnd the men cheering nnd singing. The Tartar anlled for home tills eenlng. CUBA HAS A SURPLUS. From the Receipts ot the Current Year More Than a Million Remain. The war department envn nut Mon. day for publication nn Interesting statement of the financial standing of the island or Cuba. It shows thnt un der the management of the United States government the receipt of the island irom January 1. isiin. to June 1. of the current year, exceed the expendi ture by the very linudsome sum of f 1,' 4N0,njl. This statement probably will be a surprise to many persons who had inoiiKht that Cuba under the military occuiwtlnn of tho United Hlatia was not selfsustnlnlng. During the period mimed the recelnts from all wurces were fH.,982,010; dis bursements, lii.fioi.sss. of the money disbursed $1. 712.014 wa expended In sanitation: SMfifi.l In the erection and Improvement of bariack and quarters; hi.i,i in the establishment, etc., of the rural guard and administration; $:'50.874 on public work, harbor and forts: 2!3.8S1 In charities and hosplta'a; $242,146 for civil government: I723.2S1 on municipalities: jss.'.i-m in a d to the de stitute: S4,?05 In quarantine matters; tOtlll, S,44H,S.'4. The statement for July shows that the custom collections In the entire Island for July alone were SI. 201,637; In ternal revenue collections. S58.3M; pos tal colectlon. 115,000; miscellaneous collections, $65,435. Grand total of re ceipts for the month, $1,338,34; dis bursements, S1.02D.877. CAR BLOWN UP. Five Passengers at Cleveland Have Legs Broken. A combination car on tho Wllsm avenue line at Cleveland was blown up by a powerful explosive between Sco- vill and Uuincy streets Thursday night. There were six passengers on board, five of whom sustained broken legs. Tho other passenger and the crew of tho car escaped without In- Jury. When the explosion came It was wdth such force that It lifted the car entire ly orr the track, destroying th trucks and demolishing the flooring. The car ten again on the track and In such a way as to Imprison the Injured and frantic passengers. These were res. cued by the crew of the car. the report of the explosion wa such that it waa heard on tho public snuaro three miles from the scene. The Injured are: Mr. L. Schr.ieder. No. 20 West Clinton street, left knee broken: Mis Schroeder, No. 26 West Hoy rtreet, left leg broken; E. P. Schultc, right leg broken: Mrs. E. P. Schults. right knee broken; unknown man, who wa taken away in a car riage, had hi leg broken. Robbed By a Cabman. Mrs. Harned. a resident of Phila delphia, but a cottager of Atlantic City for the season, waa the victim Monday night of an outrage by an omnibus driver who la unknown. Mrs. Harned entered the vehicle at Ohio and Atlantic aenucs to be driven to her home In Chelsea section. In stead of being taken there she was drlen to a lonely spot near the mead ows, where she was beaten Into in sensibility and robbed of $15. Next mornlrg she waa found by John Mason and two companions In a salt pond. She wns unable to extricate herself and wua taken home. HVnilloln .Inhnnni Stain m tn ! started on Sunday to climb the Platlca In the Julian Alpa without a guide. As she did not return a search waa made for hep and her Tniitllutori hmlw waa found at the foot of a rock 200 meters nigh. POLITICAL OUTLOOK. One hundred thousand Dmnert are to meet at Dullus. Tex.. October 1 and 3. The profits of a dollar dinner will ko the ways and means commit tee. Ex-Congressman Lewis, of Washing. ton, saya there la not a atata west of the Missouri which will not send a Kryan delegation to tha next Demo cratic convention. . . William Bryan will make 40 - In Kentucky in twenty day In behalf of William Qoobel, democratic nomine lor acweruur. MILLIONS FOR PENSIONS. Ohio Leads In the Number of Pensions With Pennsylvania Close 8econd. There were IM.fM resident of the Btate of Pennsylvania on the pension roll of the Government at the close of the llmal year isw, according lo the annual report of Commissioner of Pen sions Evans, mnde public last week. The pension agent at Pittsburg and Philadelphia disbursed to thl army of old soldiers, soldiers' widows, children and othpr dependants the sum of $12, 470,795.11. Hut one other Ptnto had more pen sioner on the rolls, and thl wa Ohio, where there Wero lnri,fli7, who received H5.4MI.rwffl.no. in West Virginia the number wa 13.0117, and the amount re ceived $77.1,127.4'. Speaking of the Veteran of the war with Spain, Commissioner Evans says In hi report: "The State of Pennsylvania nnd New York, each having two agencies for the payment of pensions, I have directed that all pensioners on account of ser vice In thl war residing In Pennsyl vania be paid by the Philadelphia agen cy, and those residing In the Slate of New York at the New Ymk City agen cy, for the reason thnt some time In the future the ngeneir will be consoli dated, and payments in each of these State will then be made by one agency. During the year there Wfre added to the roll 4n.!l names and 43.IM) were dropped. There wire expended a toial of $l.lu.-,ri,nf2. The annual value of the entire pension roll amount to $1.11.017, 901. being $i;49.4!8 more than It ever wa. The roll I made up of 7fi3.4"il surviving soldiers, 2.17.415 widow nnd dependent relative and 65.1 nurse. The total number of original application Hied during the ypar, Including thoe on account of the war with Sprln, wa 4s,7fin. The number of original claims allowed wa 37.077. legislation Is suggested extend'ng the benellt of the act of June 27. ls!H), to person who served In the Confelprate army, and afterward voluntarily en llted In tho Union army or navy prior to Janunry, 1M15, and were honorably discharged. Complaint have been made against the bureau for the sti p page of tho pension of those who en listed or accepted commission In the war with Spain. These pension ooasvl by operation of law, anil not by any order or Instruction from the bureau. Up to this dnte the number of re-rn-llstments of pensioners for service In the war with Spain ha been reported a 13 of the navy, 44 of the regular army and 66 of the war of the rebel lion. THE FATHERS ESCAPE. Their Children, While Oalhing, Get In to Deep Water and Drown. One mnn and four children three girl and one boy were drowned at Hlack Hock, near llrldgeport, Conn., a rew tiny ago. while sea bathing. The dead are Elijah Mlddlebrook, a farmer and Ice dealer of Eanton: May Middle brook, 14 year, his dntightcr; Tony Koehler, 14 yenrs, of Enston; Ethel Hilt, II years, of HrldKPPort, and Flor ence Hilt, 14 year, her sister. The live victims, with Andrew Koehler. father of the drowned boy, and Loill II tt, t f thl city, rather of two of the drowned girls, were spending the day at Hlack Hook, near the mouth of Ash rreek While In bnthlng they nil got b.yond their depth. Koehler and Ilitt suc ceeded in getting ashoro themselves, but the others perished. Burning Words ol Welcomo. The committee of arrangements In charge of tho decorations for tin 1J wey reception in New iorK nave ngreitl upon the plans for the e'ectrlcnl illumi nation of Brooklyn bridge, tin each or the tall towet a there will be affixed a searchlight 30 Indie In diameter. which will be rentllly seen all over ureator New York and Jersey City. In tne center or tne bridge span, looking down liast river, the words Welcome Dewey, ' In illuminated letter, will be placed. Thl design will be 83 feet high and three feet deep. The letters wld bo the largest Illuminated onea ever mode, and will occupy a spneo of 409 feet in length. The lights will be strung on wire suspended from Iron poles nnoiit tv reet apart. There will be no backing to the letters and the lights will be seen both up and down the river. Al the light will be white in color, and there will be 8,000, of It! candlo power each. Revel's His Falhei's Shortage. E. D. Frs.'. who was appointed Trea- urer of Harnwell county, 8. C, on the death of his father, tho former Treas urer, reports to the Governor that he finds a shortage In his father's accounts or Is.iOO. The shortage wa over $10.- 000, but there wc-re funds to his father's credit to redu-3 It. The son tellB the Governor that his father left him property enough to wipe out the short age, which will be done. fanpson Will Remain. Lieutenant Commander Wlnslow. of near Admiral Sampsons atarr. in speaking tor the Admiral absolutely denied the report that tha Admiral is to be relieved of the command of the North Atlantic squadron at his own te- quest. The Commander said that Ad miral Sampson la enjoying good heulth and that ho wants to atuy wilh Uiu squadron. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL President MrKlnley visited at Can ton, O., last Thursday, returning to Washington Friday. A consignment of carrier nicer ns f ,r military service was sent from Duver, Kngiuud, to tho United States. Gen. Otis is breaking down. Criti cisms have caused melancholia. He has been advised not to read the news papers. for striking his commandpr. Private McVeigh, a Wyoming volunteer, hn been sentenced to death. His fate rests with the president. News was received of the death in battle in the Philliplnea of David li. Dague, of Washington county. P,i.. a private In the Fourteenth regular. Capt. Richard P. Leary, U. 8. N a native of Baltimore, has arrived at Guam, Ladrone Islands, and nua estab lished the sovereignty of the United States. Secretary Hay has Informed Ameri cans In the Transvaal that the United States will not take a hand in the im pending war between Kruger and Eng land. The amount of gold certificates . ex changed for gold and bullion to date is $34,5oU,360. In addition to this $5 O'.O.OOi) additional guld la about to le ex changed. Receipts ot $3,210,000 from the sale of the old custom house alte In New York gives a surp'us i f national receipts over expenditures for the month of Auguat of $1,144,000. In accordance with Adjt. Gen. Cor- bin's suggestion, a memorial service was held last Friday at tho graves of the Pennsylvania soldiers at Paoo cemetery, Manila. Chaplain Suther land eulogised ful. HaAvklna. Cleveland mothers have perfected an organisation and have entered a pro test In the war dtfiartmeiit. They do. clare that the Cleveland volunteers In the Phlllpplne.,ho were granted dis charges, are mill performing active service In tjt Ulana. dw ii iMi FAVORABLE TESTIMONY. Tho Prisoner Did Not Write the Bordereau, lor He Was Not Permitted to Attend the Army Maneuvers. Elation I the only word that expres ses the feeling of the Dreyfusnrds af ter Inst week's proceeding. The tide ha turned at lnt, they sny, and Drey lu ran not be condemned aMer the evi dence given. The spirits of the Drey fusnrds are quite moieminl. Every day Since the opening of the tllnl tins seen them rise or fall. Recently they have been falling heavily, tne cloze ol ine morning esion generally llndlng them In anxlou conversation, accompanied by omlnloiis shaking of their heads. Their buoyancy, therefore la all the more noteworthy. Major llartmann. of lh- artllhrv. no. enpltd nearly half the session Hituid.iy wiin me conclusion or HI expert evi dence to the effect that Dreyfu. a an artillery ollleer, would not have dis played such Ignorance regarding guns nnd brake a was shown In the bnr deerail, while thp other subjects of the bordereau were matter upon which tiny ollleer could Inroim hlmnelf. Major llartmann- testimony practlcully stood uncontested, a neither General Deloye nor General Mertler. who re plied, termed any matt rial point there in. M. llnvet. a member of the Instltnte then entered upon the grammatical as pect of the boidereau, artl In vigorous but elegant language devoted himself to showing that the constiueti n of the bordereau bristled with string, and, In hi opinion, conclusive maiks of Eter haxy's handiwork, while the phraseo logy bore no resemblance to Dreyfus' style. Lnbort for the first lime got General Gonse to admit that he oid-retl the tampering with i'icquart's letter, In order, a he said, to ascertain Plc Miiard'M doing while he wa chief of the Intelligence Kureau. A little later tdtliorl evidently disconcerted Gonse, for the latter blurted out that LletitPn nnt Colonel Henry committed his forg ery In order to have freh proof again! Dreyfus. The audience smiled audibly nt this explanation, (leneral Oonsp thpn added: "Hut It wa. un necessary since the diplomatic dta'er contained Incriminating documents, with 'Dreyfu' written in full." Then came the 1'ading witness of the day, !) Fond Iamotte, a probationer contemporaneously with Dreyfu, who I now a civil engineer and so ha no reason to fear the wrath of the military clique. The witness opened by declar ing thnt, drsplte the fact that he had a tirother in the garrison at Hnnes, he came to tell what he knew In favor of Dreyfus, nnd he proceeded to make a statement which, according to the Dreytusards, practically decide the case. First he recalled the fact that a circular was sent to the probationers on May 14, IM'4, informing them that they must not go to the maneuver, t him showing thitt the man who wrote the bordereau In August and said, ' I am going to tho maneuvers," could n-1 be Dreyfus. The witness then pointed nut thnt none of the ministers, who, he believed, acted 111 good fnlth, were Informed i f the pxlsteneo of this circular, which, he declared, "I consider a vital point in the ease." "This circular." ho continued, "shat ter the prosecution, because after May 17 Dreyfus could not say, 'I nm going to the maneuvers," for then he knew he would pot go, w hile prior to May 17 he could not have known the five docu ment comprised In thl boidereau." Lamotte then brought out another strong point. Alluding to the modlfl inllons of thedlsposltlon concerning the troop he said the writer of the border eau used the term "new p'nn." "Now," said tho witness, "It hns been impress ed upon you that on October 15 a circu lar was sent out from the war ministry containing those very words, and that, therefore, the writer of the bordereau must have been an officer of the minis try. Hut one thing has struck me who sent out that circular? It was the Third liureau, the chief of which waa Lieutenant Colonel Du Paty de Clam, who had the bordereau In his hands for the previous 30 daya." Lamotte. by this, intended to show lhat Du Paty de Clam purposely used the words "new plan" In the circular order by what the witness described as, "Arguing in a vicious circle to bat k up hi contention that an ollleer of the ministry wrote the bordereau and that ollleer wa Dreyfu." It I now accepted a beyond ques tion that thpre Is a serious division of opinion on tho part of the generals. Since the tide of evidence began to turn In Dreyfua' favor, notably during the ttstlmony of Cupta'n Freystaettt r and Colonel Cordb r, wh'ch proved much more damaging to the general staff thnn the latter antic ipated, cer tuln dividing lines have b e ma mani- rest between the various cliques. General Hoget, Major I.aulh. Cap tain Culgnet and M. Grihclln, the prin cipal keeper of the art hives of the war office, form one coterie; General Mer cler and General Gonte form another, nnd Genral Hlllot and General Da Itnisilcffre a third. According to one report, the first two coteries Intend to throw over General D Hosdeffre, whom they feel to be faltering, and declare that h Is rsponslble for all the errors nnd Illegalities of the court-martial of 1M4, thua making him the scapegoat. Caught L'ndor a Burning Root. Fire Thursday in E. F. Sangltettl's merchandise store at Yuma, Aria., re sulted in the loss of six lives and caused tl. ".0,00ft damage. A crowd of men were carrying goods from the building when the secind Poor fell upon them. Ileslde killing six a number were In jured. The dead are: City Councilman H. F. Ncatir, notioiro Wilson, James Tapia, Julian Fiesclado, K. It. lvora, Itlchard Wilson. CABLE FLASHES. Six hundred Uvea were lost by the flooding of a mine at Ilesshl, Japan, lust week. Sarah Uernhardt. the great French actress, steadfastly maintain! that Dreyfus Is Innocent. Relatives say that Dreyfus will not outlive the verdict In hia caaa. II s nerve la falling fast. A wonderful new gun has been mide at the Woolwich arsenal, England, so powerful that a 15-mlle range Is not long enough to test it. A London specialist thinks he can save Walter Wellman, the Arctlo ex plorer, from being a cripple. American minora who were driven out of Alaska by the British Co'umb an government nave presented claims for $15,000,000 to the Ilrltlsh government. It is said that Labor!. Dreyfui' coun sel, Is greatly discouraged or the prospects of his client s release and that he Is suffering Intenae pain from hia wound. Twenty-two members of the Prus sian diet who war also office holders have been discharged by the emperor. Thy voted against the kaiaer't canal bill. WOMEN OPPOSE WAR. Situation In the Transvaal Threatening Chtl dren Leaving Jobannsjburg Krugert Esllmahd Armed Fore. Information rcerlvptl from Prstrr'a and Durban show thnt the Ilitlanders are sulTeilng greatly from the strain Involved In the political crisis. Many Indies are leaving l'lotormarltsburg, capital of Natal, The women are pre paring a petition to gueen Victoria In favor of peace, which will b? sent to all parts of the colony for signatures. owing to the continued tension and warlike conditions, trade In many plao e Is practically at a standstill and great dl-treta prevul s among the poorer clnsses both at Johannesburg and here. The member of the progressive party In the Capp house of aspmbiy freely declare their dissatisfaction with the speech of the premier, W. P, Schrelner, Tuesday evening In the debate prec pl tatetl by lit. Hon. Sir John Gordon Sprlggs' motion to adjourn a a censure to the policy of the government with re spect to the transit of arm Intended for the Orange Free StatP. They an nounce their Intention of organizing public meetings to protest against Mr. Schrelner's course In the matter. Dispatches from Iorolon say the Hrltlsh public I taking intense Interest In the prepniatlon of their own forces already in South Africa. Indignation against Hon. W. P. Rchrelnrr, prem'er of Cape Colonywho, In the Cape house of assembly dAVlared that, under the cu.itom convent'on the Orange Fre State wa justified In Importing arm ttirollch Cnne Ctilonv Is ffllrlv thnil Ch thnt vtlnn whlnh i1Iavp that nn J niiiirnt iii riiifK in inn imi. Frmr to avert hostilities. Commenting on the declaration Eovf-rnioeni to vne eirerr innr tne Hont offer and would not make any further concession, the London p'p-r unani mously draw attention to Increased seriousness 'if the T.ansvaal situation, but at the same time they express un certainty regarding the natu-e of the concessions beyond which President Kruger says hp will not go. Ni f ffl-isl announcement ha been made rf these though they are genernl'y understood to be a five-year franchise and In creased Ultlander repron!atlon. To whatever tlispa'eh or condition President Krug-r's tbflant rtmark re ferred, It ha brought home sharply the kepn possibility of an impending war against no weak-kneed adversary. It I said that wl'h recruits frim over the border the Transvaal would have about SO.noo men at its dlapnsa', whereas the most thp Ilrltlsh now could throw on thp frontier would be 30.000, though, of coursp, this number would be mater ially Increased within a month. The Chpp Town corresp mdpnt of the London Dally Mall says: "A pitiable scene wa witnessed at the railway station to-dny nn the arrival from Jo hannesburg of l.'O children, whofe par ent are too poor to come themselves. It I estimated thnt 1"i.(0O people have left the Transvnal since the cr sis be gan. In the house tf ass mb'y the gov ernment announcd that It wa consid ering n proposal to afford greatpr fa cilities f ir women ar.d children to leave Johannesburg. On her trial trip the new battle' ship Alabama developed a speed of 1714 knots an hour. GOVERNMENT FOR PORTO RICO. Natives Not Granted the Elective Franchise Militia Will Remain. The Insular commission, consisting of Gen. Kennedy, Judge Curtis and Mnj. Watkins, which has given six month' study to the conditions of the Inland of Porto Hlco ha mnde its re port to Secretary Jlr.ot. It recommenta a form of civil government of the Is land, to take the place of the present military regime, and submits for adop tion a code of laws. These laws It re commends should tie placed In opera tlon by executive decree, arguing that a congressional enactment of general laws would change the status of the Is land toward the United States and make It part of the constitutional ter ritory of the United States. The code of laws and the civil government pro posed do not give the Porto Klcans the elective franchise for any office nor ex tend to thew the privilege of trial by Jury except in United States courts in cases of felonies involving an amount In excess of $ii00. It recommends thnt the military force remain in the island, but he kept in the background and touch the people only with a soft hand. Engllah I to be made the official lan guage of the Island, but for the pres ent all except the federal courts are to be conducted in Spanish. The code nbrogatea all Spanish law and royal decree and all systems of procedure and substitutes the provi sions of tho code modified after the lnws of the states of the United States, and declares the common law and prin ciples of equity to be In future the law of the land where no specific direction Is found In the code. Large shipment of cartridges are be ing made from England to the Trans vaal throuirh n Herman agent. COLOSihL STA1UE DEDICATED. Hallowed Spot on Which an Army Was One Sived. princes were among those present at the ceremony. On the base of the statue Is an In scription by the pope praying the Vir gin to guard the frontier of Italy. The statue commemorates what Is regarded as an act of divine Intervention. About two yeara ago a company nf Alpine militia was marching over Rocca Me lons when an avalanche started and burled them In snow. Assistance waa summoned and all of the entombed men were rescued. All Italy wai nuved by the Incident. Blew Up His Home. Louis Burkhor, an eecentrlo and well-to-do German living near Shelby vllle, Ind., Tuesday night quarreled with hia wife, who went to the home of Thomas Sells for protection. At 2 a. m. an ex plosion waa heard and i the Burkhor homestead was found to be on fire. Burkhor had put dynamite under the house, and when the ttxploslon took place and his home wa destroyed, he blew hia bruins out with a pistol. He was 68 years old, had bum married five times and for the past two yeara had devoted moat of hia time to reaJIng the Bible. i Watch lor Counter fells. The aecret service has dlaoovered a new counterfeit $3 treasury note cf th series of ISill, check letter 'D; Bruce, register; Roberts, treasurer; portrait. McPherson. The seal la in dark red. Instead ot pink, end the r'krallel ruling l poor, us is inoac or intatne work. It la a fairly deceptive J ftioto-etched production, ana trie sun liber distrib uted through the gemiubf Vpaper haa oeen cioseiy. mutated f
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