Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 195, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 July 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1899.

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face: they Trill read my soul; they will be convinced that I am Innocent; as all will who know roe." AFTEIt THE TRIAL. The letter written after his trial reads as fellows: "I auffer much, but I pity you still more than myself. I know how much you love me. Tcur heart must bleed. On my side, my adored one. my thought has always been of you night and day. To be Innocent, to have lived a life without a stain, and to see one's self condemned for the most monstrous crime that a soldier can commit! "What could be more terrible? It see ma to me at times that I am the victim of an awful nightmare. "It is for you alone that I have resisted until to-day; It l for you alone, my adored one, that 1 have borne my long agony. Will my strength hold out to the end? 1 cannot tell. No one but you can Rive me courage. It is only from your love that I can draw it. "Above all else, no matter what may become of roe, search for the truth; move earth and heaven to discover it; lnk in the effort, if need be, all our fortune, to rehabilitate my name, which now is dragged through the mud. No matter what may bo the cost, we must wash out the unmerited! stain." ' m The following is taken from a letter in the same strain, written a few days later: "I do not sleep, and It is to you that I return. Am I then marked by a fatal seal that I must drink this cup of bitterness? At this moment I am calm. My soul is strong', and It rises In the silence of the night. How happy we were, my darling. Life smiled on us; fortune, love, adorable children, a united family everything. Then came this thunderbolt fearful, terrible. Buy, I pray of you, playthings for the children for their New Year's day; tell them that their father sends them. It must not be that their poor souls. Just entering upon life, should euffer through our pain. "Oh, my darling, had not I you how gladly would I die! Your love holds me back; It Is your love only that makes me strong enough to bear the hatred of a nation. "And the people are right to hate me. They have been told that I am a traitor. Ah. traitor, the horrible word! It breaks my heart. traitor! Is it possible that they could accuse me and condemn me for a crime so monstrous! "Cry aloud my innocence; cry It with all the strength of your lungs; cry it upon the housetops till the very walls fall. "And hunt out the guilty one. It is he whom we must tlnd. "I embrace you as I love you. "ALFRED." LETTER FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND. After his fate was sealed and he had been removed to Devil's Island his determination that the truth shall be brought to light is stronger than ever. From the first of the letters written from Devil's island we select the following, which is in Itself sufficient evidence of the bold and undaunted resolution with which he faced his fate: "I made for your sake the greatest sacrifice a man can make In resigning myself to live after my tragic fate was decided. I did this because you had inculcated in me the conviction that the truth must always come to light. In your turn, my darling, do all that is humanly possible to discover the truth. A wife and a mother yourself, try to move the hearts of wives and mothers bo that they may give up to you the key of this dreadful my3tery. 1 must have my honor if you want me to live. I must have it for our dear children. Do not reason with your heart; that does no good. I have been convicted. Nothing can be changed in our tragic situation until the decision shall have been reversed. Keilect, then, and pursue the solution of this enigma. That will be worth more than coming here to share my horrible life. It will be the best, the only means of saving my life. Say to yourself that it is a question of life or death for me, aa well as for our children." And what could be more touching than the following letter to his little boy, written from Devil's island: "Cher Petit Pierre Papa sends good big kisses both to you and to little Jeanne. He thinks very often of you both. I trust you will show little Jean how to make big high towers of blocks, which it is such fun to tumble down. Be good children, and pet your mother when she Ia sad. Also be kind to your grandfather and grandmother, and play no bad tricks on your aunts. When papa returns from his Journey you will come to meet him at the station with little Jeanne, with mamma, and all the rest. ".More big kisses for you and for Jeanne. "YOUR PAPA." The last letter but one that is Included In the book is as follows: "I have written very many letters during these last months. To add anything to these would be superfluous. I have told you concerning all the appeals which I have written since last November to demand my rehabilitation, for Justice at last to so many Innocent victims. In one of my last letters I told you that the last appeal which I had Just sent to the government was stronger and more determined than ever. I am expecting every day to hear that my restoration has taken place, that our punishment, as terrible as it was unmerited, is at an end, that the day of Justice has come for us. I desire to-day only that I may kiss you with all my heart as I love you. as alsc our dear and adored children. Your devoted ALFRED." In conclusion, If there existed the slightest doubt as to Alfred Dreyfus's innocence, the publication of these letters cannot fail to dispel it. As Zola says, "No guilty man could have written them." One feels from the very first letter that the writer is a brave and Innocent man. Here is a passage from one of the letters written from Devil's island. "My mind," he writes, "cannot extricate itself for an Instant from the horrible drama of which I am the victim, a tragedy which has struck a blow not only at my life that is the least of evils, and truly it would have beon better had the wretch who committed the crime killed me instead of wounding me as he has but at my honor, the honor of my children, the honor of you all." QUOTES SHAKSPEARE. And again. In a letter dated June 3, 1S33, he writes: "You remember those lines of Shakspeare in 'Othello I found them again not long since among my English books. I send them to yoa translated: 'Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands; Rut he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him. And makes me poor indeed.' "Ah, yes! he has rendered me vralment

MORE RAINY WEATHER. Showers To-Day and Probably Threatening Weather To-Morrovr. WASHINGTON, July 13. Forecast for Friday and Saturday: For Ohio and Indiana Showers on Friday; probably threatening on Saturday, except showers on the lakes; variable winds. For Illinois Showers on Friday, with cooler In southern portion; threatening on Saturday; variable winds. Local Observations on Thursday. Bar. Ther. It. II. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a.m. .30.2 73 4i S' west. Pt. cldy. 0.00 7 p. m..3U.w .o yu s weat. Cloudy. 0.74 Maximum temperature, 90; minimum tern perature. 63. Following Is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation July 13: Temp. Pre. Normal 7S 0.14 Mean 70 0.74 Departure from normal l 0.t Departure since July 1 17 1.03 Departure since Jan. 1 28 7.43 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yesterday Temperatures. Stations. Atlanta, Ga Bismarck, N. D Buffalo. N. T Calgary. N. W. T .... Mln. . 74 . 54 . 62 . 44 . 70 . 54 . 68 . 74 Max. 7 p. m. 83 1H GS 76 86 M IS 7$ i w 84 7 84 M Cairo. Ill Cheyenne, Wyo Chicago. Ill .... Cincinnati. O 74 7S Concordia, Kan . 70 . 70 . 73 . M . 0 . 70 . 70 . 70 . 60 . 74 . 6S . 76 . 62

Davenport. Ia Des Moines, Ia Galveston. Tex Heiena. Mont Jacksonville, Fla Kansas City. Mo V V Little Rock, Ark -L Marquette. Mich

76 76 82 v1 84 88 2 W 52 S2 Memphis, Tenn Nashville. Tenn 52; MS f ; 82 81 M Jv) 80 M to J3 82 90 M 92 hi New Orleans. La . New York, N. Y .. North Platte, Neb 74 . 64 . 70 Oklahoma, O. T Omaha. Neb .... 84 74 74 Pittsburg. Pa Qu' Appelle, N. W. T. iiapld City. 8. D felt Lake City, Utah . Ct. IjOuIs, Mo CU Paul. Minn Tprlngfleld, 111 . 56 . ft) . 62 . 7S . 6H . 72 82 9 80 8: rorinicneld. Mo . 6S 82 Y'lelraHrircr llna . 70 . (3 84 Washington, D. C......

pauvre, the wretch, who has stolen my honor! lie has made us more miserable than the meanest of human creature?. But to each one hls hour. Courage, then, dear Lucie; preserve the unconquerable will that you have shown until now." And his own view of the tragedy, in which he was the silent hero: "You see, darling, a man of honor cannot live without his honor: it does no good to tell himpelf that he Is Innocent: he eats his heart out. In solitude the hours are long, and my mind cannot comprehend all that has come upon me. Never could a romancer, however rich his imagination, have written a ttory more tragic. Some day, when n.y story is told, it will be Incredible. Rut what we must tell ourselves now Is that I must b vindicated. My name must shine anew, with all the luster It should never hve lost. I should rather see my children dead than to think that the name which they bear is a dishonored one."

This thought is repeated again and again. It is the tlrm resolve that his honor mu.'t be saved that prevents him taking h'.s lire. Throughout he expresses the solici tude of a loving husband and father, lie must live to rave his honor and for the sake of his wife and children. And no v, from present indications, the whole pitiful tale will have a happy ending, for it Is practically certain that the decision will be reversed and that Captain Alfred Dreyfus will realize the drearn which he has expressed so beautifully in tho following letter: "The body mar give way under si:ch a burden of grief, but the soul should remain firm and valiant to protest against a lot that we have not deserved. When my honor Is given back to me, then enly, my good darling, we shall have the right to withdraw from the Held, we win nve for each other, far from the noise if the world: we will take refuge in our mutual affection, in our love, grown still stronger in these tragical events. We will sustain each other that, we may bind up the wounds of our hearts: we will live in our cnn.iren. to whom we will consecrate the remainder of our days. We will try to make them good, simple beings, strong in ooay ana mind. Wo will elevate- their souls so that they may always find in them a refuge from the realities or lire. "Mav this dav come soon, for we have all paid our tribute of sufferings upon this earth! Courage, then, my darling; be strong and valiant; carry on your worK without weakneps, with dignity, but with the conviction of your rights. I am going tn Ha dnwn. to close my eyes and think of you. Good night and a thousand kisses." OBITUARY. MaJ. John Calhoun Courtney, Con federate Messenger During the War. jTT.i vt a r.9 .Tniv 12. Mai. John Calhoun Courtney, president of the irginla cLn,iAtv tt Atlanta Rnrrctarv of the Capital City Club and manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, died at his home In this city to-nignt at me age oi fcixior-Mve. Major Courtney during the civil war was closely associated with Generals Lee, Beau regard and Johnston in establishing communication between the Confederate armies and headquarters. He delivered to General Beauregard the first news of General Lee's surrender, and also bore to Jefferson Davis the dispatch from General Breckinridge announcing the assassination of President Lincoln. Major Courtney was tor a number of rears auditor of the Western & At lantic Hallway. Other Deaths. SAN FRANCISCO. July 13. A cablegram was received here to-day announcing the d-ath at Drycott, Eng., of Capt. Charles Goodall, of Goodall, Perkins & Co., the pioneer shipping firm of this coast, controlling the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, whose vessels ply between all the large ports on the Pacific coast and Alaska. CHICAGO, July 13. Mrs. Solomon Thatcher, Jr., who as a parliamentarian and speaker, was the acknowledged leader of the board of lady managers cf the world's fair, died to-day of heart failure, superinduced by acute asthma. She was fift7-flve years old. WILMINGTON, Del., July 13. Samuel Kenney, sr., father of United States senator Kenney, died suddenly to-day from an attack of paralysis at his farm, near Laurel, aged sixty-five years. . t CHRISTENED "DEWEY." New Geyser In Yellowstone Park Named After the Manila Hero. ST. PAUL, Minn., July 13. The new geyser, which recently broke out before the Fountain Hotel in Yeflowstone National Park, has been named Dewey, in honor of tho hero of Manila bay. Dr. L B. Sperry, of Oberlin College, who recently passed through St. Paul with a large party of tourists for the Yellowstone National Park, has telegraphed General Passenger Agent Fee, of the Northern Pacific, regarding the geyser. "The new geyser is a stunner, second only to the Excelsior. It plays an hour and a quarter constantly and throws a great volume of water 150 feet high. The old fountain geyser has resumed action on a grander scale than usual." WITHDRAW FROM TEXAS Two Insurance Companies Decline to Do Business In the State. AUSTIN. Tex., July 13. Two insurance companies have officially advised the state insurance department of their withdrawal from the State on account of the new antitrust law which goes into effect Jan. 31, UXW. They are the Frankfort Accident and the Thuringla, both of Germany. The department has also received unofficial information of the withdrawal from the State of the Transatlantic, the North German and the Hamburg-Bremen companies, of Hamburg. Germany. The annual report of the department shows that all these companies, except the Hamburg-Bremen, did a losing business in Texas lat year. THREE-CENT FARES. Move at Detroit to Influence the Municipal Ownership Scheme. DETROIT, Mich.. July 13. Commencing to-morrow morning the Detroit Citizens' street-railway will inaugurate 3-cent fares. The formal announcement is made through an advertisement that will appear in the morning papers. It is supposed the move is made with an idea of influencing the people toward Governor Pingree's municipal ownership scheme, which has for its object the institution of 3-cent fares. VICTIMS OF LOCK-JAW. Twenty Deaths at Xcir York Due to Pistol Wounds on the Fourth. NEW YORK, July 13. There were eight deaths from lockjaw in and near New York to-day, making twenty-one in all since the 4th of July. Five new cases were re ported. All but one of the fatal cases were due to Fourth of July pistol wouhds. Mothers Not to Change Their Name. WASHINGTON, July 13. Mrs. Max West, chairman of the press committee of the Congress of Mothers, makes the following statement: "The statement which had appeared recently in several papers to the effect that the Congress of Mothers Is to be known hereafter as tho 'Congress of Parents and Teachers' is unauthorized. The presence of men at the meetings and their co-operation In the work of the Congress has always congress, but no change of name is under present consideration." Stockmen F.ht a Duel. HELENA. Mont., Juiy 13. W. D. Smith and Robert Stevens, prominent stockmen in the Shields River valley, fought a duel last evening on the range, forty-rtve miles trojn Livingston. Mont. Smith was killed. The men had an old quarrel over land and boundary lines, and when they met on the range renewed it. Smith finally advanced upon Stevens with a five-pound rock In his hand and the latter shot him with his revolver. Stevens surrendered. Train Goes Into Chicago Hirer. CHICAGO, July 13. A train of nine empty passenger cars plunged into the river from the Northwestern Hallway Klnsle-street bridge3 to-day. The conductor and brakemen saved their lives by Jumping, the locomotive staying on thv tracks. The train waa backing into the yards to carry a crowd of excursionists to Elgin when the accident occurred. Jait Try for Your Complexion Champlln's Liquid Pearl. Soc. pink or white. Marvelous beautlfler. Great renown. Nc equal.

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VOLKSRAAD ADOPTS TIIE PREA3IBLE TO THE FRANCHISE LAW, Afrikander Party In Cape Colony Canning; Trouble Loral lit Meeting Drokcn Up General Foreign Xews. PRETORIA, July 13. The Volksraad to day adopted the preamble of the franchise law, which declares the necessity exists for the immediate adoption of the law, thus avoiding the three months' previous publication required by the constitution The discussion of the articles of. the law Is now la progress. CAPE TOWN, July 13. The Cape Parliament will open to-rnorrow, and exciting scenes are anticipated owing to the attitude of the premier, W. P. Schrelner, on the Transvaal question. A large number of the opposition members favor his impeachment. In the meantime the Afrikander party is working up a pro-Boer agitation and doing its utmost in this direction. An attempt to hold a loyalist meeting at Worcester this evening was frustrated by the Afrikanders, who precipitated disgraceful scenes, forcibly dragging the loyalist speakers from the platform and expelling them from the hall amid jeers and insults. It Is reported that several Dutch members of the Legislature participated. The publication of the text of the Transvaal franchise law now being debated at Pretoria has accentuated the bitterness between the two elements. The military authorities here are purchasing horses, mules and wagons and preparing to forward supplies to Kimberley. OTTAWA, Ont., July 13. In the House of Commons to-day Lieutenant Colonel Hays suggested that Canada should offer to Great Britain the services of troops to assist- in the Transvaal, In the case of trouble there. He said a regiment of 5.000 could be raised for this purpose. Premier Laurier said he trusted their services would not be required, and after Sir Charles Tupper had spoken in a similar strain, the matter was allowed to drop. WASHINGTON, July 13. No representations have been made to the State Department, as reported from Pretoria, touching the reported Intention of American citizens in the Transvaal to become British cit'zens in order to avoid Impressment into the Boer army. THE CZAREIVITCirS DEATH. It Is Mow Said to Have Deen Due to a Bicycle Acclden.t BRESLAU, July 13. The Schleslsche Zeitung declares the death of the Czarewitch, Grand Duke George, who passed away July 10, was due to a bicycle, accident. While wheeling over the hilly country near Abas Tuman, in the Caucasus, the paper adds, a mishap caused him such loss of blood that he died on the spot of the occurrence." - Wllhelm'a Recent Speech BERLIN, July 13. The newspapers continue to . discuss Emperor William's speech at the unveiling at Bielefeld of the tablet commemorating his speech in 1837 promising protection to national labor, in the course of which he expressed his intention of presenting to the city a cast of a statue of the Great Elector. The Vorwaerts says: "The Great Elector, if Inflexible, was not the less tyrannical to the people upon whose rights he systematically trampled, and this Emperor William evidently does not desire to be." The National Zeltung endeavors to show that the telegram was quite devoid of political significance. The Hamburger Correspondent deplores the publication of the telegram on the ground it "undoubtedly bears on the strikes bill and brings politicians face to face with an exceedingly unpleasant dilemma. Spain' Queen Urgent Generous. MADRID, July 13. The Cabinet to-day, after a long discussion, accepted the offer of the Queen Regent to assist the finances of the country by giving up another two million pesetas from the civil list. Senor Silvela, the premier, had a prolonged conference this evening with the leaders of the opposition, who desire the consideration of the budget proposals postponed to October. Senor Villaverde, the minister of finance, had a similar conference. At a late hour a Cabinet council was called to consider the situation, and it was still in progress when this dispatch was sent. There are persistent reports of a Cabinet crisis, the minister of finance refusing to yield to the demands of the opposition groups. Articles Signed br Shamrock Crew. SOUTHAMPTON, July 13. The cup challenger, Shamrock, left dry dock this afternoon and returned to her moorings at Hythe. The crew was not allowed to go ashore for the purpose of signing articles, but, instead, a Board of Trade official went on board the yacht for that purpose. An interesting clause in the agreement concerning prize money gives the first officer $200. the second officer $150 and the crew $140 each, which, it is asserted, they receive whether they win or lose. The two sailing masters of the Shamrock have a private agreement with Sir Thomas Llpton in regard to prize money. Experts are now asking whether the Shamrock Is not too frail to cross the Atlantic without sustaining damage. Fresh Meat Barred. BERLIN, July 13. The Relchsanzelger publishes a decree issued by Dr. Struckmann, president of the Rhine province, at Alx-la-Chapelle, prohibiting the importation of fresh beef. The decree, whi:h is similar to the regulation adopted by the Oldenburg government. Is due to ihe fact that Belgium having again permitted the importation of live cattle from the United States for slaughter the meat found its way across the Belgian frontier into Germany In contravention of the existing law against such importation. HaWard-Yale Team at Drlsrton. BRIGHTON, England, July 13. The YaleHarvard team put In their first day's practice here to-day. They are all in excellent health, but it was thought advisable to confine the work to short runs on the turf. The team will go to London July 13 for a few days' work on the track of the Queen's Club, In order that they may ac custom themselves to that track. The team attended IJarnum & Bailey's circus this evening, where the Americans were greeted with the national airs and a series of col lege melodies. "Webster Conclude His Argument. PARIS. July 13.-Sir Richard Webster, attorney general of Great Britain, concluded his presentation of the British case before the Venezuelan arbitration commission today. In the course of his remarks he said it would be a death blow to arbitration if the courts sanctioned such claims as those advanced by Venezuela, as it would. In fact, imply that an unsupported claim amounted to a title. The discussions of the commission were then adjourned until Wednesday next. Lady Salisbury Tartly Paralysed. LONDON, July 13. The Marchioness of Salisbury, wife of the premier and minister of foreign affairs, had a slight attack of paralysis yesterday at Walmer Castle. She rallied well and Is now improving in health, Lord Salisbury was obliged to curtail the dlpomatlc reception at the Foreign Office yesterday Immediately after the receipt of the grave tidings and took a special train to Walmer Castle. All-Msht Session of the Commons. LONDON. July 14. 4:30 a. m. The House of Commons, in committee, held an allnight session over the tltbe-rent-charge rating bill, the second reading of which was carried on June 29 by a majority of 314 to ITtJ. The government forced the clauses througn the committee, which rose at 4 o clock. Revolution In Peru. LIMA. Peru, via Galveston, July 11 The Separatist uprising in the southern provinces of Peru is spreading and the gov

ernment has sent 500 Infantry and cavalry Into the rebellious district.

. Cable Xotes. The French bounties on sugar, according to the Paris correspondent of the London Daily Mall, will probably be abolished in October of next year. Germany's exports to the United States for the quarter ended with June last were $21,000,000. as compared with $24,500,000 for the corresponding quarter of last year. The Peking correspondent of the London Times says: "An imperial edict has been issued denouncing the universal peculation in the collection of the Chinese revenue and appealing for a cessation of malpractices which are increasing the country's financial straits." The Rome correspondent of the Paris Figaro states that negotiations have been opened relative to a visit of King Humbert and Queen Margherlta to the Paris exposi tion of 19X), which will be preceded by a visit to Paris of the Prince and Princess of Naples and the Duke and Duchess of Aosta. WAGE SCALE AGREED TO TIX -PLATE WORKERS WILL RE CEIVE INCREASE OF 15 PER CEXT. Schedule Based on VI n at 9-4.25 a Box, and to Be Advanced or Decreased as the Price Fluctuates. CHICAGO, July 13. The officers of the American Tin-plate Company and the wage committee of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, who have been In dally conference for the past two weeks over the question of wages of the tin work ers employed by the American Tin-plate Company, agreed on a scale to-day. The scale which was signed by the tin-plate officials and the Amalgamated Association committee grants a straight increase of 15 per cent- The increase takes effect July 1. The wage list as adopted is to be the minimum ecaie for the year ending June 30, 1900. The agreement of last night, basing the scale on bars Instead of billets, was abandoned at to-day's session, the scale adopted being based on $4.23 as the selling price of a 100-pound box of coke tin-plates. On each 10-cent increase in the price per box a 2 per cent, advance will be paid, while for each 10-cent decrease a deduction of 2 per cent, will be made. Effect of Striken on Society. DENVER, Col., July 13. Deputy State La bor Commissioner James T. Smith, formerly of LeadvIIle, was examined to-day regarding Industrial conditions In Colorado by the sub committee on mining of the United States Industrial Commission, He declared that the economic effects of strikes on society at large were good. In spite of the suflerings entailed, but also expressed the opinion. which apparently amazed Mr. M. D. Hatchford, who Questioned him closely, that "the intelligent use of the ballot is better than strikes for Immediate results." Mr. Smith considered the eight-hour law just and favored compulsory arbitration. He saia that on the average 25 per cent, of the la boring people In Colorado were idle all of tne time and yet nigner wages were paid here than in any other State. Mr. Smith was followed by Harry A. Lee, state commissioner of metalliferous mines. He was very severe in his denunciation of labor agitators, declaring that according to his investigations not 3 per cent, of the miners who strike do so of their own free will. He said he did not believe' in the theory of arbitration by outside parties. Packing; Ilonie Closed by a Strike. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 13. Schwarzschild & Sulzberger's local packing plant was closed to-day by the local management rather than grant a second advance in wages to its 200 butchers and their helpers. One thousand men are out of employment. It has been a nonunion house, and only Monday last the men were given an increase in wages which, according to the company's officials, brings them up to the union scale. The men, however, it appears, were not satisfied with the raise. An official of the company said to-day that If the men did not return to work within a few days new hand3 would be employed. In the meantime the live stock will be shipped to New York for slaughter. The scale paid the butchers ia said to be that paid by other local houses. Struck for an Increase In W'aajes. NEW YORK, July 13. A large portion of the employes of the dye house of the Battery worsted mills, at Passaic, went on strike to-day for an Increase of 20 cents a day in wages. They have been receiving $1.20 a day. The employes of the worsted mills number about 3.000, and they all threaten to go out with the strikers. A large force of police is at the scene guarding the mills. WHITNEY SUFFERS BY FIRE. His) Country Residence on Long? Island Destroyed Last Xltfht. NEW YORK, July 1$. The magnificent country residence of W. C. Whitney, on Wheatly hlll9, two miles from Westbury, L. I., was destroyed by fire to-night, and at a late hour one of the three big barns in which Mr. Whitney keeps his thoroughbreds was on fire. There is small chance that it can be saved. Mr. Whitney was not at home, having sailed for Europe a few weeks ago. It is not known how much of the furnishings were saved, but it is understood most of the furniture, personal effects and handsome fittings were burned. The loss on the house alone will be $oO,0U0. Coal Breaker Durned. WILKES B A RRE, Pa., July 13. The No. 12 coal breaker at Plymouth, owned by D. B. Shock, was destroyed by fire to-day. The loss is $00,000. It is supposed to have been struck by ' lightning. About 450 men and boys are thrown out of employment until the breaker is rebuilt. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The National Circuit bicycles race meet at Janesville fizzled out j'esterday and the remainder cf the contests were declared off. The scarlet fevsr scare at West Point has abated and dress parade was resumed last evening. No new cases were reported yesterday. Hon. B. A. Ives, former president of the Canadian Privy Council, is seriously ill and his life is despaired of. Mr. Ives was stricken at Ottawa with paralysis while en route from the Pacific coast. Mrs. Rebecca Baseck, who was overcome by smoke in the tenement house fire on Monroe street. New York, on Tuesday, Jn which twelve other persons were burned or overcome by smoke, died yesterday. She is the second victim of the fire. A twelve-year-old daughter of David Crlswell, a farmer at Leon, Ky., died Wednesday night and all the members of the family are ina dangerous condition from poison put into the bread. There is no clew to the manner by which the bread was poisoned. Philip Lambele, alias George Scheley, of Chicago, charged with taking $10,000 from the desk of the paying teller of the Metropolitan National Bank, Boston, on June 22, pleaded guilty yesterday and was sent to state prison for a term of not less than two and a half years nor more than three and a half. Oscar F. Lackey, of Baltimore, who was brought to New York last week on board the United States transport McClellan from Santiago suffering from yellow fever, is reported to be convalescent. Mr. Lackey was in a very critical condition when he was removed from the transport to Swinburne Island, and was given the serum treatment by Health Ofiicer Doty. The grand jury of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, yesterday returned fifteen indictments charging forgery against G. Albert Learned, formerly acting auditor of Pittsfleld. When arraigned Learned pleaded not guilty to all indictments. Learned was arrested some time ago charged with forging orders on the city treasurer and collecting the money for his own use. Senators VUlt Torpedo Station. NARRAOANSETT PIER. R. I., July 13. Senators Aldrlch, Burrows and Allison held no currency conference this afternoon, but devoted the time to a visit to the torpedo station at Newport. They returned on the torpedo boat Morris. New Pitcher for Wanhlnfcton. WASHINGTON. July 13. Manager Irwin, of the Washington Baseball Club, has con

summated a deal by which Pitcher Miner, of the Lancaster, Pa., team Is to Join the Senators. First Baseman George Decker was released to-day and probably will join the St. Paul team.

PREMATURE EXPLOSION. It Seriounly Injures Several People and Creates a 'i'anlc. CHICAGO, July 13. With a shock like an earthquake and a roar that was heard two miles a premature explosion took place in the quarry of the Artesian stone and lime works, between Rockwell and Huron streets, to-night, which was followed by a shower of stone, injuring a score of persons, breaking hundreds of windows and creating a panic among the Inhabitants of the district. The names of those most seriously injured follow: Mrs. Gottlieb Relcher, R. V. Angelo, Sully Larock, Sully Salem and Mrs. Sarah Biddle. It is thought all will recover. Many others were bruised by flying rocks. FOR SAVING HER LIFE Sirs. M. E. Cleveland Wills a Pittsburger About Jf 10O,0OO. NEW YORK, July 13. Mrs. Maria Elizabeth Cleveland's fortune is to be distributed In accordance with her wishes expressed In her will, by which she bequeathed the bulk of her estate "To my beloved friend, Marvin F. Scaife, of Pittsburg, who, at the risk of his own life, saved me from accidental drowning." Her will, a contest over which has been pending in the Surrogate's Court for years, was to-day admitted to probate. Mr. Scalfe's portion of the estate is valued at about 1100,000. The income is to be paid to him for life and his children are to inherit the money. Mrs. Cleveland also left to William F. Scaife, his brother, some bric-a-brac, articles of vertu and furniture. A MYSTERIOUS CURRENT POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE "WRECK OF THE STEAMSmr PARIS. The Manacles May Be Peopled by Sirens Who Exert More Force than the Tuneful Maidens of Old. FALMOUTH, July 13. On entering the tidal harbor to-day the steamer Paris, recently aground on the Manacles, under the influence of the wind and tide became temporarily unmanageable. Her stern swung round and struck the end of a wooden pier upon which a large crowd of people had assembled. The pier shook from end to end, the spectators became panic-stricken and made an ugly rush for escape. Ultimately control of her was gained and she was safely anchored. Superintendent Aisbett, of the wrecking company, yesterday gave a contribution of a startling nature to the controversy as to the cause of wrecks on the Manacles. He said: "In bringing the Paris to Falmouth she narrowly escaped a big Manacle rock. It was ebb tide, with a northerly wind blowing, which would naturally take the vessel south, but we found her getting nearer and nearer the Manacles, until within four hundred yards of them, whereas we ought to have been a mile to the southward. Things looked queer for a time, but we altered our tactics and cleared the rock. From what I have seen during the past six weeks I am confident some mysterious current draws the vessels towards the rocks. While working on the Paris wo warned numberless vessels of the danger they were in." Two British Ships Wrecked. PERTH, Western Australia, July 13. The British ship Carlisle Castle was lost In a storm yesterday off Rockingham. The crew perished. The Carlisle Castle, Captain Lindsay, of 1,344 tons net register, left the Clyde March 21 for Fremantle, near Perth, West Australia. She was built at London in IS6S. The British ship City of York has been wrecked off Rottnest island. Fifteen of tne crew were Eaved, but the captain and five men are missing. The City of York, Captain Jones, sailed from San Francisco April 13 for .Fremantle, near Perth, West Australia. She was built at Glasgow in 1SG9, and was of 1,167 tons net register. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, July 13. Arrived: Pennsylvania, from Hamburg; Germania, from Liverpool. Sailed: Bremen, for Bremen, via Southampton. LIVERPOOL, July 13. Arrived: Auranla, from New York; New England, from Boston. QUEENSTOWN July 13. Arrived: Britannic, from New York, for Liverpool. ROTTERDAM, July 13. Sailed: Statendam, for New York, via Boulogne. NAPLES, July 13. Arrived: Aller. from New York, for Genoa. HAMBURG, July 13. Arrived: Patria, from New York. LONDON, July 13. Sailed: Mesaba, for New York. BREMEN, July 11 Arrived:' Roland, from Baltimore. HIS SEA DAYS OVER. Capt. Watklns Will Probably Never Command Another Vessel. Nev York Mall and Express. Manager Clement A. Grlscom, of the American line, said this morning that Capt. Frederick Watklns, of the stranded steamer Paris, was to have quit the sea of his own volition at the end of the present season. For fifty years the old commander had followed the sea. At Southampton he had a quiet home where he Intended to rest from his labors and enjoy the retrospect of a long and useful carter. Now that misfortune has overtaken his vessel he is brokenhearted. "Whatever has happened," said Manager Grlscom to the Mall and Express reporter, "the officers of this company will always regard Captain Watklns as one of the best and most faithful employes the company ever bad. "It was pathetic, though, that the accident should have happened now of all times. For the last few months he haa spoken of the pleasure he would have in settling down to enjoy his old age in quiet. His wife was a Southampton woman, and his home was there, although he was a citizen of this country. He was always a man of frugal habits, and he had put by a competency against his retirement. "After the accident he could neither eat nor sleep, and his grief was almost more than ho could stand. He's better now, though, and I hope in time he'll get over it. When the underwriters no longer require hLs services he will leave the boat and go to his home and stay there." The Paris has now been aground seven weeks off the Cornish coast, near the Manacles. In hLs report of the accident, made public yesterday by the HJnited States Inspectors in this city. Captain Watklns takes the entire blame upon himself, and commends the discipline of his officers and crew. He attributed the accident to a simple mistake in his reckoning, unaccountable in a skipper of so long experience. The United States local Inspectors of steam vesels, Peter C Petrie and Thomas H. Barrett, suspended Captain Watkins's license as maeter of ocean steamers for two years after reading his report. This means now that he has commanded his last ship. Captain Watklns served through the Spanish war as commander of the Yale, and at Its close was honorably discharged with the thanks of ihe government. When Ilia Wife Is Away. Nauvoo Rustler. t A man always lets on that he has a big time when hte wife goes away for a week or so. But he doesn't. If you could hear his thoughts when he goes home in the evening you would hear him thinking that "the old house 13 blamed lonesome." Ex-Senator Gorman Improving. MAGNOLIA. Mass., July 13. Ex-United States Senator Arthur P. Gorman, who is staying here and who has been somewhat indisposed, owing, it is said, to tho change from his accustomed surroundings, was greatly improved to-day. His illness was not serious. "Knox" Ladles Sailors, Cat Prices. Chance ef a lifetime. Daltoa Hat Co.. Bates Housa

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LEAGUE RACE RECALLS EVENTS OF THE SEASON OF 'SO. Brooklyn Took the Lead from St. ' Louis Then and a Dltter Fight Lasted I'ntll the Final Series. New York Press. Brooklj-n's great showing in the National League's baseball race this year reminds a veteran of that progressive club's experience Jy ten years ago, when it was a case of IwJoklyn and St. Louis, just as it has "been this year, only much more so. That was the last year of prosperity for the American Association, the League's second fiddle. The events of 1SSJ in the sphere of baseball were among the most important in the history of the sport, but they were forgotten practically in the turmoil and strife of 1S30, which produced the ill-advised Brotherhood League and all .but wrecked professional baseball. The Brooklyn club was still a member of the American Association in 1&9. Its great record that year won for It the empty honor of promotion to the League ranks in im With the Brooklyn club the Associa tion in 1SS3 consisted of the Athletics of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and Kansas City. The St. Louis team, with its crack players and indomitable leader, Comlskey, had won the Association championship consecutively for the four previous seasons despite Brook lyn's best efforts in opposition. It will be remembered that Brooklyn bought out the entire Cleveland team in lt in order to get strong players to help Brooklyn beat St. Louis. Again, in liwrf, the Brooklyn management made another extravagant effort, actually buying the release from its arch enemy, Chris Von der Ahe, of the crack St. Louis trio Caruthers, Foutz and Bushong. Caruthers and Foutz were pitchers and Bushong catcher. The first two named were excellent batters and could play the outfield in cood stvle. Sn hnth played every day, alternatlnig in right field and the box, Bushong catching them both uay in ana aay out. The price actually paid for their release has never been given out officially, but it is believed that the deal cost the Brooklyn management at least $10,000. Still the Brooklyns could not win. They made a big brace in 1SS9, however, and after the hottest kind of a light with St. Louis won the championship by the narrowest margin. It was a close battle for nrst place throughout the summer, and it was not until Sept. 2 that the Bridegrooms succeeded in wrenching the lead from their hated rivals. The Brooklvna were dubbed Bridegrooms that year because five of them took life partners in a brief space of time. Brooklyn had secured Lovett from Providence, and he, with Terry, the old standby of the club, were the heroes of the season. Their pitching, particularly that of Terry at the finish, won the day for Brooklyn. But that is anticipating. HAIR-RAISING FINISH. From the time the Brooklyns took the lead until the end if the season the race witn St. Louis was of the hair-raising kind agonized Joy for tha rooters'. St Louis was scheduled to play its last two games with Brooklyn on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7 and 8, the first in old Washington Park, with its tremendous natural amphitheater of sodded banks, and the second in Bill Wallace's Rldgewood Park, among the breweries and cemeteries. The Brooklyns played Sunday games at home in those days. Interest was at fever heat and a holiday crowd gathered in Washington Park for that Saturday game. The contest was accompanied by a constant wrangle from the very beginning, disputes and objections by Comlskey's men delaying the game almost into darkness and resulting finally in Comlskey's losing his temper and withdrawing his team from the field. The Browns took the lead in the sixth inning by one run, and then resorted to all possible methods to delay the game in order to have it called on account of darkness. The immense gathering of people took exception to their conduct, but their yells and hootings had no effect on the visiting team. But Comiskey and his crew were confronted with a stern proposition. Goldsmith, once the star pitcher of Al Spalding's champion White Stockings of Chicago, was the umpire, and he knew his business. He realized rully what the St. Louis captain was doing, and insisted that the play go on. The Browns were not content with the ordinary tactics for delaying the game, but stooped to several dirty tricks in the effort to win out in the scheme, which set the spectators frantic The worst of these was an act by McCarthy between the Beventh and eighth Innings. He took the ball over to the players bench and dropped it into the water pail, so that it would be hard for the Brooklyn pitcher to handle. He was caught at It, and another lengthy wrangle followed. The eighth Inning dragged along, and when it ended the score stood at four runs to two in favor of St. Louis. About this time Latham took a hand in the proceedings. Everybody remembers "Arlle," the clever third baseman of the St. Louis team, whose amusing clownish behavior made him popular everywhere. On this occasion he was alive to the opportunities, as usual, and In some way secured three or four candles and an old lantern. These he distributed among members of his team, and when they took the field for the ninth beacons were lighted and carried by "Curt" Welsh in center field. "Tip" O'Neil in left field. McCarthy in right field and Latham at third base. The lantern Latham placed on the plate. It was the cne funny feature of the exasperating contest, and served to put the crowd In good humor momentarily. RESULT OF DIRTY BALL. In the ninth Comlskey ani his pitcher. Chamberlain, kicked about the darkness with every ball pitched, but Goldsmith stood llrm. Clark, the Brooklyn catcher, had reached first base, with none out; when Comiskey, without warning, called his men off the field and refused absolutely to continue the game. Goldsmith gave him the required five minutes' grace and then declared the game forfeited to Brooklyn. Under the rules the St. Louis club was penalized 1,500 for Its act, the penalty going to the Brooklyn club. The immense crowd had waited for the finish, and when the St. Louis players were driven out of the lower gate in a carry-all they were Jeered and abused all along their route to the bridge. That made Von der Ahe mad when he heard of it in New York, and he declared that it would not be safe for his players to go out to Rldgewood the next day, Sunday, as they were likely to be mobbed. Despite that announcement the biggest crowd on record journeyed out to Rldgewood on Sunday to see what might have been the real thing in a. scrapping match on the diamond. But Von der Ahe kept his word, and his team did not appear. An army of 20,000 persons had been admitted to the grounds without charge, and when the Browns did not take their positions In the field at the time advertised for the game to begin Umjjjre Goldsmith declared it forfeited to the Brooklyns. Von der Ahe made his club llabel to expulsion from the association for his rash act, but the authorities overlooked that point in the final adjustment. Among the players on the Brooklyn team at the time were Darby O'Brien. Hub Collins, Tom Burns, "Pop" Corkhlll, George Plnkney. "Germany" Smith and Hughes, in addition to those previously mentioned. The Brooklyn and St. LouU teams played winning ball throughout the remaining five weeks of the season, and so close together did they run that the final result of the race was in doubt up to the day of the last game on Oct. 15. Brooklyn won out by a hair, ihus: Games won. Games lost. Average. Brooklyn 93 44 .679 St. Louis 90 45 .667 The Brooklyns were admitted to the League in ISM), winning the championship of that organization with ease. The St. Louis club came into the League fold at the conclusion of the 1S91 season as a result of the absorption of the American Association by the League. It was after that that the Brooklyn and St. Louis teams both stru-k the toboggan and were among the losing elements for seven years. Von der Ahe went to pieces, and his club passed into other hands last winter. Frank De Haas Roblson. of Cleveland, got a controlling interest in it and transferred the players of his crack Cleveland team to St. Louis. President Ebbets. of the Brooklyn club, and his partner made the now-famous deal with Baltimore by which the Brooklyn team was placed in its present THisltion of strength without doing the Bal'Jmore team any great injury. As in 1RS3 8t. Louis held the lead this year for a long period, until Brooklyn came along with a rush and took it avay. But there the simile ends. St. Louis did not hold, on to a close second position, as In 1SS3, but dropped to sixth like a ton of coal out of an elevator. The Browns may close up the gap again, however, and give the Brooklyns another hard chase to the finish, but it ia not probable thzX cuch trill b the

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The two teams met in Brooklyn for the first time this year in a series of three games on July 11. 12 and IX Mr. Ebbets, who has been president of the Brooklyn club for the last two years, was secretary-treasurer ten years apo. lie says that the St. Louis team's behavior on the occasion under notice cost the Brooklyn club thousands of dollars. FIRECRACKER MAKIXCJ IX CIIIXAThe Poor Iny nnd Long Hoars of ihe BLakers. Leslie's Weekly. So far as the manufacture and us of firecrackers are concerned, all the world seems to be divided into two parts China and the United States. The Chinese make the crackers and we attend to the other end of the business. They do the work and we have the fun mostly. No other nation, outside of China Itself, seems to havo waked up yet to the possibilities of Joy and bloodshed that He in these little rodcoated terrors from the Celestial kingdom. According to a recent report from Consul General Gcodnow, of Shanghai, out of 705.723 pounds of firecrackers exported from China during 1S97, over S0.O00.iMJ pounds came to the United States. A small quantity went to England. Other countries took only inflnltesmal amounts. The value of our patriotism thus exported in the concrete was over $1,000,000 in pold. as valued In China. How much more money was involved in It by the time it sot down to the small boy and its final destiny deponent saith not. In making crackers only the cheapest kind of straw paper which can be produced in the immediate locality where the crackers are made is used for the body of the cracker. A little finer paper Is used for the wrapper. A piece of straw paper nine by thirty Inches will make twenty-one crackers one and one-half inches long and one-fourth of an inch in diameter. The powder is also of the cheapest frrade, and is made in the locality where used. It costs 1.50 to 1.75 per catty, or 6 to 7 cents, gold, per pound. For the fuse a paper (called leather in Shanghai) is. used, which is Imported from Japan and is made from the inner lining of the bamboo. In other places a fine rice paper is used, generally stiffened slightly with buckwheat flour paste, which, the Chinese say, adds to its inflammability. A strip of this paper onethird of an inch wide by fourteen inches (a Chinese foot) long is laid on the table and a very little powder put down the middle of it with a hollow bamboo stick. A quick twist of the paper makes the fuse ready for use. Considering the distance they come, ani all things connected with the trade, firecrackers with us are remarkably cheap. Whatever the American small boy may think about it, this cheapness is hardly an unmixed blessing. It makes an American citizen almost ashamed of himself when re learns of the hours of labor and miserable wages paid to the firecracker-makers. Th hours of labor are from 6 a. m. to 11 p.ni.. and there are seven working days in eaca week. Of the paid work a very large proportion is done by women and childrenwho are paid by the piece. It is estimated that thirty women and ten men can maka 100.000 crackers per day, for which work ths women receive 5 cents each and the men about 7 cents each. An apprentice it bound for four years, and during that tlm receives only his board. At the end of that period he will receive, if he is a fairly good workman, i: "cash" per day. or 7 cents in United States money. An expert at the trade receives 200 "cash" per day, or 10 cents gold. But the worst of it is that the pay is not only meager, but the business is unhealthy and dangerous to a high degree. The fumes of the powder and other things used in the make-up of the cracker bring on dread diseases, which soon end tne careers of the poor creatures engaged in the work. RAILROADS DENSE FORESTS. Routes Novr Surveying from the Con so to Central African Lakes. New York Sun. When we hear that two railroad routes aro surveying through the dense forest of equatorial Africa in regions that have never been penetrated by white men except when Em! a Pasha pushed through them. Jut before he was murdered, it is easy to see that great changes are occurring in Africa. A while ago men were exploring the land merely to Improve the maps and see if the country was worth anything. Now they are entering; new regions with the sole purpose of making preliminary surveys for railroads. Business, and not research, is giving impetus to their efforts. The Congo State has decided to have outlets to the Indian ocean and the Nile, as well as to the Atlantic. It also desires to tap the great central lake region and make a highway for some of its commerce to the west and down the Congo. There is another potent reason for building the proposed railroads. Beyond Stanley Palls the Congo affluents are so cut up by rapids that they cannot be used as routes to connect the provinces of the eastern frontier of the States and the great lakes with the railroad and river route below the falls. So railroads are essential to unite the eastern and western provinces. , A party of six engineers, headed by Mr. Adam, formerly at the head of the engineer corps of the Congo Railroad Company, have begun the survey for the railroads. The station at Stanley Falls Is the point of departure. There will be only one road for several hundred miles east of Stanley Falls. Then there will be a bifurcation, one line running to the northeast to some station near the south end of Albert Nyanza, where it will be at the head of navigation in the Nile valley. The other road will turn to the south and terminate at the north end of Lake Tanganyika, where steamers will connect It with the pouth end and with tho Stephenson wagon road between Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa, which was put Into good condition lat year. Of course, when Cecil Rhodes gets his transcontinental railroad up into the lake regions It will form a Junction with both these lines. It is known that for a good deal of Xhn way these roads will traverse densely wooded country. Just like the terrible forra through which Stanley passed on his way to the relief of Emln. The difflcultles of building the roads are expected to be xir? trying, but Belgian enterprise has carrit .l other formidable undertakings In eQuatorb.!l Africa to success, and it is fully expected in Belgium that the bu!ld!r.g of these roads will begin as soon as the preliminary survevs have been completed. The success of the Congo Railroad, which has been opened Just a year and is already earning good dividends, has made African enterprises very popular in Belgium. In the month of May its receipts for freight and passengers were $22,000. and In the first eleven months of Its operation its ctoss earnings were S1.6TO.I2S. A ROYAL LOVE STOUT,. Comte De Jametel'i Marriage to m Dnebeit. London Cable Letter. The quiet marriage of M. le Comte Cm Jametel to the Duchess Marie Mccklenburtr Strelltz is one of the most romantic rcyal unions of the century. Jametel is the handsome and dtstinguished-lookinj?: son of an apothecary at Fontalnebleau, who made a considerable fortune. Young Jametel went into the army, got in with the smartest French noblesse, became acknowledged as the Due de Sagan's only terlous rival for the position of the best dressed man in Paris, was made a count of the Holy Roman empire by the Pope for his religious benefactions, and at the age of thirty-one has married the pood-look'.n daughter oj one of the most exclusive of German princely families, has become hereditary duke and cousin of the Kaiser, grandncphew of Queen Victoria, and Wnsmati of every royal family in Europe. But he has got Into serious trouble with hH patron, the Pope, over the marriage. The duches-s is a Protestant, and the Pope gave his dispensation on the usual condition that there should be no ceremony except that in a Catholic Church, but after the Catholic ceremony the bridal party drove to a Protestant Church, where the marriage was solemnized according to the Protestant rite, though Jarretel protests he thought that nothing more was being done thin a recital of a prayer. The marriage took place after a month's engajramcnt. tne Jroung duchess having fallen violently la ore with Jametel last Hay, in P&rlx