Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1898 — Sparks from the Wires. [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires.

Experiments are to be made in free mail delivery in Bucks County, I’a. A cave said to rival the Mammoth of Kentucky lias been discovered in Center County. I’a. The French Government has ordered the newspapers to cease all agitation of the Dreyfus affair. A semi-official note from the French Government says that the story of the French invasion of British territory in West Africa is merely a revival of an exploded rumor. • It is believed in official circles in London that the French cabinet is attempting to bring about a crisis in Africa in order to return to the popularity enjoyed prior to the Zola trial. Zola has taken an appeal from the decision of the court which condemned him to a year in prison and a fine of 3,000 francs, and the Dreyfus case will again be heard in the French courts. On the ground that a trial of their ckse in court would injure public morals, indictments against Herbert Barnum Seeley and others in New York, for events at the Seeley dinner, were dismissed. The New Orleans carnival was opened by Hex and his retinue. The river was covered with a brilliantly decorated flotilla when the royal yacht appeared with the King of Mirth. The three warships in port. Austrian, French and American, were attractively dressed and the revenue cutters participated. The procession included the military, the King’s retinue, lords of the realm and citizens. Proteus appeared at nighty followed by a grand society hull.