Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 245, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1899.

VL3. I have thrown up every business care, left every difficulty behind, and have determined to devote myself to the Shamrock only. Whlie I am neither a designer nor & skipper, I will be aboard of her when every race Is sailed. "The best boat always wins in these International races," he added, "even If the nearest excursion steamer had been fifty miles away, the result would have been the same. Let everybody come to the race and have a good time. The more boats there are there, the merrier I will fight for the cup. Just as hard as I can. but the good wishes of Americans are dearer to me than any cup la existence. The New York Yacht Club cabled me offering to change the course, but I replied that I would not race except on the same track as was used before, where others won and lost." Replying to a question as to whether h believed the Shamrock would win, he eald, after a pause: "I never said that I was confident of winning. Of course, if I were betting on the race I should expect odds, as the cup has been here so long." IX HER RACING RIG. .

Yacht Shamrock Heady to Receive Llpton and Fife. NEW YORK, Sept. 1. Capt. Archie Hogarth, the Shamrock's sailing master, and his assistant. Captain Wrlnge, have timed their work so well that the yacht, which arrived here Aug. 13 after an ocean passage of some fourteen days from the Clyde, was ready to-day in her racing rig and In a new coat of green paint to receive her owner. Sir Thomas Upton, and designer, William Fife, who arrived by the steamer Campania. The Shamrock did not leave her anchorage to-day, some of the crew being engaged in painting her deck, or rather the canvas which covers the steel deck. Others of the crew painted the yacht's hull, and during the afternoon all hands were put to work scraping and cleaning the spars stored on board the lighter Ulster, the latest acquisition to the Llpton fleet. David Barrle, Lipton's American representative, said to-day that the mooring buoy of the Shamrock had not yet been put down at Sandy Hook, but it was probable that the yacht, under William Fife's direction, would go down the bay for a trial spin on Saturday. NATIONAL CYCLE CIRCUIT. Jay Eaton, Earl KUcr and Henry Cauldirell "Win Races. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. l.-The first of a two days' meet of the National Cycle Circuit under the auspices of the West End Wheelmen was held to-day, 3,000 being present. Tom Cooper failed to get a place tn the one-mile championship and Earl Kiser won It by a wonderful sprint. Harry Cauldwell easily beat Charles Miller, the longdistance champion. In a five-mile motorpaced race. Summaries: One mile, 2:10 class; professional: Jay Eaton first. John T. Fisher second. Bob Walthour third. Time. 2:16. One mile, national championship: Earl Kiser first. E. D. Stevens second, J. L. Fisher falrd, Orlando Stevens fourth. Time, 2:16. Five-mile motor cycle paced match race: Harry Cauldwell. Boston, first; Charles W. Millet, Chicago, second. Time, 9:23 1-5. Trnnla Champions. CHICAGO, Sept. 1. Miss Carrie Neely, of Chicago, and Mis3 Maud Banks, of Philadelphia, won the double tennis championship -of the West to-day at the Kenwood Country Club tournament by defeating Miss Myrtle McAteer, of Pittsburg, and Miss Elsie Neel, of Chicago, in a four-set match. Except In the third set, in which Miss Neel and Miss McAteer won easily, the champions had little difficulty in defeating their opponents. All four players were In fine form. Miss Neely's playing being especially brilliant. . Dicycle Record Broken. SALT LAKE, Utah. Sept. 1. At the Salt Palace cycle path to-day J. M. Chapman, of Atlanta. Ga.. broke the world's record for three-quarters of a mile, handicap professional race, going the distance in 1:29 from scratch. The best previous record was made by 11. C. Taylor, at Waltham, Mass., in 1:23 2-5. Crnlier Slarblehead Safe. SAN DIEGO. Cal., Sept. l.-The United States cruiser Marblehead arrived at 2 p. m. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair To-Day and ToOIorroTV Warmer tn Northern Indiana. WASHINGTON, Sept. L Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: For Ohio Generally fair and warmer on Saturday and Sunday ; fresh, easterly, shifting to southerly winds. For Indiana Fair on Saturday and Sundayt warmer on Saturday In extreme northwest portions; winds becoming fresh southerly. For Illinois Fair and warmer on Saturday and Sunday; warmer op Saturday In extreme northeast portions; fresh, southerly grinds. Local Observation on Friday. Bar. Ther. R.H. .... -.30.00 73 70 29.39 83 70 Wind. Pre. South. T. North. 0.50 ? a. m 7 p. m..... Maximum thermometer, S3; minimum thermometer. CS. Following is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total rainfall for Sept. 1: Temp. Pre. Normal K 010 Mean 76 0.50 Departure from normal 7 0.40 Departure since Sept. 1 7 0.40 Departure since Jan. 1 167 4.0$ Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. "ytrdaya Temperature. Stations. i Atlanta. Ga Bismarck. N. D Buffalo. N. Y Clgary, N. W. T. Chicago. Ill Cairo, HI Cheyenne. Wyo MIn. .... 6 .... S4 .... & .... 4S .... 72 .... 72 . ... S3 7 . . . . . 4 .... .... 70: Max. 88 m 7 58 76 SO 00 K 76 88 S3 88 73 88 86 84 80 94 88 88 88 74 98 86 32 82 90 88 88 S6 7 p. m. 80 76 66 56 74 84 80 80 88 86 8t 78 70 80 84 82 63 Cincinnati. O Concordia. Kan Davenport. Ia Des Moines. Ia.. Galveston. Tex Helena. Mont Jacksonville. Fla Kansas City, Mo Little Rock, Ark. Marquette. Mich MemphH, Term Nashville, Tenn New Orleans. La New York. N. Y North Platte. Neb Oklahomi. O. T .... 79 .... 4 .... 72 .... 70 .... .... M .... 74 .... 70 .... 74 .... 70 .... 64 .... 6.S 82 80 74 ?2 84 82 76 82 82 88 7 82 84 76 76 Omaha. Neb .... 72 nttsburg Pa Qu' Appeile, N. W. T.. Rapid City. S. D .... 4 .... 56 . . . . 64 -Salt Like City. Utah.. . St. Louis, Mo .... 74 St. .Paul. Minn Springfield. Ill . .. . 64 .... 70 . . . . 66 .... 70 C2 .Springfield. Mo Vicksburg. Miss Washington, D. C A Hot Anarnst Record. In only one month since the Weather Bureau was established hat the average temperature exceeded that of last month." aid the weather man last night when asked about how this summer compared with past ones. This Information, the weather man tll no doubt surprising becauso there ?S6 frn no hot wa,v during tha month. fmmL generally supposed that this summer had been cooler than any other refhifil'v Th.e averaK or August during the last twenty-nine years has been 74 der ' v. Le inis AUsust it went up to 75. mo "wiimi average temperature for a ny Y?.a was m wnen it reached 79. while In Aucrust of lri ictj km and and era It reached the same average tempera " ta.o. luyum, no oiner August above that nolnt. Last went erac " "- "tsirr cooler man mis year. The hottest single day in any August wi on Aug. 12, mi. when the records rhow temperature of 10L The other hot Augu is a st )b vtuicti wrni oove me average the month were: Aug. l. 1833, 100: Aug. 1S7I. 97: 25th and 26th. 1ST? r.th imi for 13. tth. usi. 12th. issi. ioi: nl Vsr. oil 2 96: 2,1. im. H: .'Id. 91: 3d. IVjOl 9: 9th ikoi wu 98; 58;

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FREXCH GOVERXMEXT REFUSES REQUEST OF A CARDINAL. Two Professional Beauties Thwarted French Officer Accused of Dar barlsm In Africa. PARIS. Sept. 1. Cardinal Richard, archbishop of Paris, paid a visit to-day to the premier, M. Waldeck-Rousseau, on behalf of M. Jules Guerln, the anti-Semite agitator, and his companions, now besieged In the headquarters of the anti-Semite Leagu. and urged a peaceful solution of the difficulty. The premier, while expressing his sense of the value that attached to the visit of the cardinal on such an errand, said the government must take counsel of itself alone In settling the present crisis. "We have shown great patience," M. WaldeckRousseau declared, "but all those who respect Justice will hold that the law must prevail." Two professional beauties,- Mile. Llane De Pougy and Mile. Blanche d'Arvllly. made an attempt to revlctual the "fortress." In a stylish landau they had concealed legs of mutton and other edibles beneath flowers, and they pretended to be dying with curiosity to see the Grand Occident, the name by which the building Is known. The police, however, were suspicious, especially with reference to a garland two yards long, which proved to hide a loaf of bread. The dodge failed. The police discovered and stopped a hole in the cellar of the house adjacent, through which food supplies had been conveyed to the beleagured anti-Semites. BARBAROUS FRENCHMEN. Africans Decapitated and Their Heads Placed on rickets. PARIS, Sept. 1. The Matin to-day publishes details of the Investigation into the conduct of Captain Voulet and Captain Chanolne, charged with barbarous cruelties to the natives in the French Soudan, which led to the sending of an expedition, under Lieutenant Colonel Klobb after them According to the paper the two officers mentioned, who were in command of a column of troops, began their work of barbarity by beheading a native who had declared he did not know a road about which he was being questioned. Subsequently, it Is declared, Voulet captured eighty natives, of whom he killed twenty of the women and children, shot a soldier for wasting ammunition and burned a village of ten thousand inhabitants. Chanoine, it Is added, shot two of his men without trial for not pursuing a native who had wounded a soldier. He also burned a village and, having lost six men In an engagement, rushed a village and captured twenty of the inhabitants, of which number he killed ten. placing their heads on pickets. It is further charged that Chanoine allowed his men to mutilate the bodies of the natives who were killed by cutting off their hands. All these acts, according to the Matin, occurred in January last. SHOT BY GERMANS. Six Chinese Slain In the Hinterland of Kalu-Chon. LONDON, Sept. 1. A special dispatch received here to-day from Shanghai reports that serious trouble has occurred In the Klau-Chou hinterland between the Germans and Chinese, in which six of the latter were shot. The German Minister to China, Baron Von Kettler, has handed an ultimatum to the Chinese government, declaring that unless there Is security of life and property and order Is maintained in the hinterland Germany will take steps to protect her own interests. AVUhelm to Ills Guard. BERLIN, Sept. 1. On the occasion of the autumn review of the imperial guard to-day Emperor William delivered a speech at the Royal Schloss, in the course of which he said he felt It Incumbent upon him, at the close of the nineteenth century, to express his thanks to the guard and his hope that in the new century also they would distinguish themselves by unswerving efforts In works of peace and if necessary on the battlefield. "Thus," said his Majesty, "both officers and men will be worthy to look upon the quiet abodes of both my predecessors, especially the great old Emperor." Sharp Fighting- in Africa. BRUSSELS, Sept. 1. News has been received here of sharp fighting between the Congo Free States troops, under Baron d'Hannls, and the Batetla natives beyond Songola. The rebels were driven back with the loss of one hundred men. The Congo troops lost twenty-five native soldiers. The natives were not followed, because they retreated over the famine and smallpox-devastated tracts. The country is now reported to be quiet. Charged vrlth High Treason. BELGRADE, Sept. l.-The preliminary inquiry into the attempt last July by GJura Knezevlc. a Bosnian, to assaslnate former King Milan, of Servla, was concluded, today. Sixteen persons were liberated. Twenty-nine, including Editor Zauschamovlcs, of the Radical organ, Odjek Atseag, were charged with high treason and ten others were committed for trial on charges of lese majesty. Spanish Reserve Called Out. MADRID, Sept. 1. The Queen Regent today signed a decree calling out 60,000 men of the 1S93 class for military service. Thirty-five Spanish soldiers, survivors of the garrison that long held Baler, on tho east coast of Luzon, against the FilipIno3, arrived at Barcelona to-day and were enthusiastically received by the populace. Alleged Horse Thief Caught. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind.. Sept. l.-Maston Burtch, aged twenty, was arrested here this afternoon on a charge of stealing a horse from Joseph Foote. at Merom. Ind. He is said to have confessed. He waar taken to Sullivan to-night. Turkish Cruiser Wrecked. LONDON, Sept. l.-A dispatch from Constantinople says that the Turkish cruiser Ismlr has been wrecked in Besika bay, between the coast of Asia Minor and the north end of the Isle of Tenedos. Six Hundred Lives Lost. YOKOHAMA. Sept. l.-Slx hundred lives have been lost by the flooding of a copper mine at BesshL Island of Shikoku. , Cable Notes. In a collision between two river steamers on the North sea canal. Holland, one of the vessels sank and nine persons, including two women, were drowned. The French minister of war. General Marquis de Galllfet. has announced that the grand maneuvers planned for the Fifth and Ninth army corps have been abandoned owing to the prevalence of typhoid fever and that garrison maneuvers have been substituted for them. Herr Van Der Seypen, president of the Industrial Association of Cologne and Duesseldorf, has accepted the invitation to attend the Philadelphia International Commercial Congress, to be held in conjunction with the export exposition, which will meet at Philadelphia Oct. 10. The Berliner Correspondenz says tho Prussian government has temporarily suspended and placed on half pay a number of political and administrative officials on the ground that under the present circumstances they "do not adequately meet the high requirements demanded in the Interest of public service." The Alaskan Boundary Dispute. BUFFALO. N. Y.. Sept. l.-In an interview to-night on the Alaskan boundary dispute Sir William R. Kennedy. Judge of the High Court of England, who is in attendance at the conference of the Internal Law Society, said that it was generally believed in England that the matter would be settled without any trouble or even the straining of friendly relations that now exist between the United States and Great Britain. International Law Conference. BUFFALO. N. Y.. Sept. l.-Judge William J. Baldwin, of Washington, presided at to-day's session of the international law conference. The report of the committee on roarltime law was read by Judge Raikes. or England. No resolutions were adopted on

the subject. A paper on international rules of maritime insurance was read by T. G. Carver, of London TO ESCAPE MISSOURI LAW.

Casualty Company Reported to Have Transferred Its Business. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 3. The Republic to-morrow will say: John T. Stone, of Baltimore, president of the Maryland Casualty Company, left St. Ixuls for Chicago last night. Mr. Stone carried with him in a small leather grip 5153,000 worth of premiums and documents, which represent the liability business of tho Union Casualty Company, of St. Louis. Fear that Attorney General Crow would institute proceedings against the Union Casualty Company under the anti-trust laws of Missouri is the ascribed cause of a deal the like of which has never before been witnessed in the Insurance buslnesa The Union Casualty Company was originally a St. Louis concern. Organized In December. 1892, with a capital stock of $X),000 and surplus fund of $100,000 paid in, the company started business on April 1, ISM. The business of the company extended the width and breadth of the Mississippi valley, and finally attracted the attention of Eastern capitalists. "On March 1, 1K, the original stockholders sold their interests to the Hanover National Bank, of New York, owners of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company and known on Wall street as the Standard Oil Company's bank. The consideration paid for the Casualty Company stock was 0,000, deposited at the Bank of Commerce in St. Louis. In the month of July, when Attorney General Crow began hurling firebrands into the camp of the insurance companies of Missouri, negotiations were opened by President Cluff, of the Union Casualty Company, with President John T. Stone, of the Maryland Casualty Company, to reinsure what is known as the liability business of the Union Casualty Company. The company, with others, had been throwing Its 'experience' Into one bureau In New York called the bureau of statistics and arbitration, and an agreement existed on rates. It was a question with the officers whether the company would come under the anti-trust laws of Missouri as interpreted hy Attorney General Crow. The transfer of unexpired risks could only be made to a company doing business in another State, and there would be no danger of a charter surrender. If the Maryland Casualty Company is prosecuted it simply can withdraw from the State of Missouri. "General Manager Gary, of the Union Company, was found last night. He was questioned concerning the deal. 'Was not the transfer of the liability business made to avoid possible prosecution under the anti-trust law?' was asked. 'This is a question I don't care to answer was the reply." RIOT AT CLEVELAND. Stones Thrown at Street Cars and rollcemen The Crowd Clubbed. CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 1. Another riot broke out at 9:3Q to-night on Central avenue, near Giddlngs avenue. A small torpedo exploded under the wheels of a Central-avenue car, and a large crowd of foreign worklngmen assembled. They soon began to throw stones at the passing cars. Stones were thrown at a patrolman who ordered them to disperse, and after fighting his way through a crowd, ho telephoned for help. Three officers responded, and later a patrol wagon arrived, with Captain Rowe and six more men. They charged the crowd and clubbed it severely. As the lioters broke away, the police made ten arrests. During the rioting the crews of several street cars that passed fired revolvers over the heads of the mob. With two -xceptlons the prisoners are foreigners, scarcely able to speak English. It has Just been learned that Rev. V- Mi? m Thomas, a Congregational mintstor tf Akron. O., was sevrely beaten by a gang of roughs last Saturday evening upon alighting from a boycotted car in the South End. Strike at Cramps Shipyard. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Sept. 1. Expert machinists and their helpers, to the number of 150, employed at Cramps' shipyards, went on strike to-day. The men demand a nine-hour day and the reinstatement of discharged employes. The entire works closed down to-night and will remain closed until Sept. 13. The only reason given for the shutdown is that the firm desires that the visiting Gr.nd Army veterans shall have a full opportunity next week to visit the works. Late this afternoon twenty of the strikers sent a signed statement to Charles H. Cramp, saying that they had been misled and would return to work on Sept. 11. A resolution signed by 1.600 of Cramps' employes has been presented to the firm, condemning the strike and pledging themselves as loyal to their employers. The pattern makers, boiler makers and ship Joiners held meetings to-night and at each gathering the strike was deprecated. Stojrle Makers in Convention. CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 1. The fourth annual convention of the National Stogie Makers' League began to-day in Arch Hall. Delegates were present from Columbus and Cincinnati. Wheeling, W. Va., and Pittsburg, Clarion and Unlontown, Pa. The ses slon was secret.' Resolutions were adopted encouraging the Cleveland street-rallroaa strikers In all lawful attempts to better their condition. MICHAEL SWEENEY DEAD. He Had Assisted in Constructing Some of Indiana Earliest Railroads. Michael Sweeney, aged about seventy-five years, died at 11 o'clock last night at the home of his son, Andrew M. Sweeney, 1703 North Illinois street. Mr. Sweeney for many years was a railroad contractor and assisted In the construction of some of the earlier roads in Indiana. Among those which he helped build were the Indianapolis & Vincenne9, the Vandalia, the Whitewater Valley, the Louisville & Nashville and the Louisville, Evansvllle & St. Louis. He was born in County Limerick, Ireland. After a residence of half a century in Cincinnati he came to Indianapolis about eight years ago. Mr. Sweeney leaves five children, Andrew M., Patrick, ex-Senator Michael A. Sweeney and Mrs. Mary O'Brien and Miss Katherine Sweeney. His wife died in 1891. Mr. Sweeney's remains will be taken to Cincinnati for burial Sunday. Proposed 2 1-2-Cent Coin. Washington Special. "It would take seme thought to forniulate a positive opinion on the proposal for a 2cent coin," said Mint Director Roberts to a caller, apropos ot a recent newspaper suggestion on the subject: "but at a first glanc I can hardly see what would be gained by It. It would not fit Into our decimal system anywhere In particular. The only coin of which it would be a tenth part would be the quarter-dollar, and it seems to me that wo are not in need of anything of that sort Just now. The coins representing sums between a cent and a half-dime have had their day here and there, but they have all passed out because they did not seem to respond to any popular demand. A good many persons now are asking why the government persists tn issuing two-dollar bills, yet there ia more reason for doing that, perhaps, than for increasing the number of our metal coins. A two-dollar bill takes up no more room, and weighs no more than a one-dollar bill, and may be said in that sense to be a convenience; a 2' cent coin, however. If of the same material as the cent, would be two and a half times its weight, or, if made half the size of the 5-cent coin and of the same composition, it would tend rather to confuse the ordinary person who handled It for shopping and similar purposes. "Apart from all these technical considerations, I wonder what any one would do with a 2-cent piece. He would not buy a 2-cent or 3-cent article with it, or combine it with cents to make up enough for a S-cent article, because there are no half-cents In circulation to make change. I don't know of anything that is sold at retail for 24 cents, and I should think a man with a coin of that value In his pocket would feel rather lost to know what to do with it. Still, this is only a hasty generalization." Bad Weather for Peary's Steamer. ST. JOHN'S. N. P.. Sept. 1. The whaling steamer Neptune reports that, while making her way toward Hudson's bay, she was caught In an ice floe half way up the Labrador coast, on Aug. 21. This seems to indicate that Lieutenant Peary's steamer mjst be having very unfavorable weather In tho Arctic regions. Deautlful Complexions by I'stne; Champlln's Liquid Pearl. 50c, pink or white. vciw- esuus: narraieas.

MORMON ELDERS MOBBED.

Young Woman Killed and Suicide of Her Slayer Follows. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 1. Wednesday night six Mormon elders were conducting a meeting In a schoolhouse at Pine Bluff, Stewart county, Tennessee, when the building was stormed by a mob of over one hundred men. Eggs and rocks were thrown through the windows and the building almost demolished. Those present fled in a panic to save their lives, as bullets commenced to strike the building thick and fast. Elders Hiram Olson and 11. C. Petty left the building with a view of escape. Miss May Harden, a popular young woman of the place, walked between the elders with a view of checking the work of the mob. While the trio passed down the road shots were fired from ambush. The woman was hit by a ball and almost instantly killed. Her brothers vowed they would avenge the crime, and after the first excitement died out secured bloodhounds and placed them on the trail of the assassins. Burton Vinson, a prominent young farmer, and superintendent of a Sunday school, wrote a confession, stating he had killed the girl, but that it was an accident and that he wished to rid himself of remorse of conscience. Shortly after the confession the bloodhounds trailed to his home. Vinson turned, picked up a knife and cut his throat, almost at the same instant sending a bullet through his brain. His family and the officers' posse witnessed the suicide. "EMBALMED BEEF" MUTINY. Soldiers on .a Transport Force Officers to Throw Ment Overboard. HONOLULU, Aug. 26, via San Francisco, Sept. 1. There was an "embalmed beef" mutiny on board the transport Senator, which arrived here Aug. 22. The second day out from San Francisco the soldiers, CCO recruits for various .regiments In the Philippines, discovered that a considerable portion of beef served for their consumption was the tinned beef which had acquired the name of "embalmed beef." Trouble arose Immediately. The soldiers refused to eat It or allow It to be served. They Insisted that It be thrown overboard and finally this was done. Refrigerated beef was used for the rest of the voyage here and at this port a large supply of fresh meat was put on board. The second day the Senator was in this port a riot occurred. A number of the soldiers from the transport became Intoxicated and a fight was started among themselves, wrhich soon involved over one hundred of them. The Senator sailed a few hours later with many of her men in irons and in the guardhouse. "HOLD UP" IN ILLINOIS. One Bandit Killed While Trying to Rob a P., D. & E. Train. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Sept. 1. A dispatch to the Globe-Democrat from Springfield, 111., says: Word was received here late to-night to the effect that a Feorla, Decatur & Evansvllle train had been held up by robbers at Lincoln, thirty-five miles north of this city. The robbers boarded the New York passenger train when it stopped for coal at a mine near the city. Resistance was made by the train crew and one robber was killed. Further details of the affair are not now obtainable. The Story Discredited. PEORIA, 111.. Sept. 2. The report of an attempted train robbery at Lincoln, III., Is discredited here. Communication with five cities on the Peoria, tecatur & Eyansville road has failed' to elicit anything regarding the alleged crime. Railroad officials here know nothing of it. PACKING HOUSE ABLAZE. The Jacob Dold Plant at Kansas City Onrnlng This Morning. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Sept. 2.-Fire broke out at 1 o'clock this rooming in the big plant of the Jacob Dold Packing Company, which covers several acres of ground In the west river bottoms between Ninth street and the Missouri fiver. The fire started in the fertilizing department, burned through the engine room and at 1:30 o'clock was burning In the lard room and the main plant. . At 2 o'clock a large section of the plant has been destroyed and the fire Is still burning fiercely. The plant is valued at over $500,000, and It is estimated that $250,000 damage has been done at this hour. The water pressure In the vicinity of the fire Is very low and the firemen are being handicapped in their work. At 2:30 a. m. the fire was under control. JUSTICE ASKED. (Concluded from. First Page.) Counsel also showed Germain was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for embezzlement in 1838. M. Laborl asked Germain If he was acquainted with M. De Beaurepaire, and the witness replied that he was not acquainted with him, but he added that M. De Beaurepaire knew the 'facts to which he testified through the witness's friends, and he also admitted having written to M. De BeaureEaire giving Information which the latter ad published In the Echo de Paris. DREYFUS WAS AT MULHAUSEN. In reply to the usual question Dreyfus admitted that he had spent a furlough at Mulhausen, adding: "Every year, both while studying and attending the gunnery and artillery training schools, I passed one or two months at Mulhausen. But I can positively affirm that I was never present either in an official or semi-official capacity at the German maneuvers. I was never. Invited to attend the German maneuvers, and I never dined or lunched with any German officer. On each visit I called on the genejal commanding Mulhausen, with my regular passport, in accordance with my duty. I would like to point out, in regard to the maneuvering ground to which reference is made, that the Mulhausen ground is not ground over which maneuvers could be carried out. It is merely a small drill ground, nothing more than a clearing on the Hart forest on the road from Mulhausen to Basle. It Is true that In the course of my excursions in 1SS6 I might have seen regiments drilling, but I emphatically declare that while I was out riding in 18S5 or 1SS7 I never dined nor lunched with German officers, was never even invited to do so by foreign officers, and never spoke to any officers." Replying to Colonel Jouaust, Dreyfus said that while he was at Mulhausen he rode his brother's horse and did not remember anything about the horse mentioned by Germain. Kulmann. the livery stable keeper, who employed Germain at the time, testified that he never rode with Dreyfus, as stated by Germain, that he never went to the maneuvers in company with Dreyfus, and absolutely denied all Germain's statements. Germain, the liveryman added, was in his employ and possibly accompanied Dreyfus, but the witness had no knowledge of it. In conclusion, Kulmanrt emphatically reiterated that he never rode with Dreyfus. He said he was well acquainted with the whole Dreyfus family. Major D'lnfrevllle testified that he had known Germain since im. He added that M. Germain informed him that Dreyfus attended the Geiman maneuvers. Witness had never said that the officer Germain saw in Bols de Boulogne was Dreyfus, for the simple reason that he did not know Dreyfus. Germain, on being recalled, asserted tlt he certainly thought Major D'lnfrevllle told him the officer referred to was Dreyfus. Captain Lemonnler, of the .headquarters staff, who was a probationer on the taff at the same time as Dreyfus, deposed that at the time they were at the school of war In 1S4 Dreyfus. In course of conversation, referring to the covering of troops in the Vosges region and the movements necessary ' for the invasion of Alsace, said he was well acquainted with a certain position to which the Germans attached great Importance as a mean of

checking a French advance. This position, witness continued, was westward of Mulhausen and Dreyfus said he reached this opinion after following the German maneuvers on horseback. . DENIAL FROM DREYFUS. The prisoner, at this point, quietly pointed out that the position mentioned by Capt. Lemonnler was situated entirely in a different locality from where he, the prisoner, is supposed to have followed the maneuvers. Dreyfus added: "Captain Lemonnler must have confused It with a position which I described from knowledge acquired when traversing the whole district on horseback while a youth." The prisoner reiterated that he never attended the maneuvers in question. M. Villon, a tripe merchant, and another cf the friends of M. De lieaurepaire. declared that while in Berlin in the year 18)1 he overheard a conversation of some German officers who were lunching in an adJoining room. One of the officers, the witness said, expressed Indignation that a French officer should be guilty of treason and his companion replied: "It is a good thing for us. You know we were getting the plan of mobilization from Dreyfus." At the request of M. Demange, M. Villon detailed the alleged conversation, and said he had not mentioned tho conversation in because' Dreyfus had lieen arrested, and, knowing him to be guilty, the witness foresaw ho would be convicted. - Special Commissary Fischer, of the Eastern military railway system, deposed that he was ordered to investigate a leakage in the gunnery school at Bourges, and, he added, the results of his inquiries did not seem to incriminate Dreyfus. Fischer asserted that he was not long In flndinf out that a former artilleryman named Thomas had communicated to a foreign power documents affecting the national defense. Thomas, he added, was sentenced to death for attempted murder in 1SS5, but the sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life. The witness went to Avignon and secured the convict's confession that he communicated sketches of "Shell SO" of the artillery gun and of the "120" siege gun, for which he had received 1,000 francs. Replying to Colonel Jouaust, the witness declared that as Thomas was arrested in 1SSJ he could not have been a spy at a later date. Lieutenant Bernhelm testified that while in the garrison at Rouen he furnished Esterhazy with information and documents regarding the artillery, in which Esterhazy was much intore3ted. The witness was never able to recover the documents. He supposed at the time that Esterhazy was anxious to increase his military knowledge. Replylrg to M. Demange Lieutenant Bernhelm said he had not testified p.t the Esterhazy trial because his testimony was then considered to be of no great value. BRUGERE ANGERS THE CLIQUE. Lieutenant Brugere, the artillery expert, the next witness called, said It was perfectly easy for any officer to closely inspect the "120 short" gun. Moreover, he added, detailed explanations and information regarding the brake were given to the officers present when the gun was fired. On two occasions, witness said, when the gun was fired, he noticed the presence of a group of nonartlliery officers. Therefore, the lieutenant pointed out. It was plain that access to the gun was quite easy. In May. 1891. Lieutenant Brugere continued, the new firing manual was distributed. A copy was given to each battery, and, as the captain's lectures were not fully understood, further copies of the flritig manual were printed, and all officers and noncommissioned officers so desiring could obtain as many as they liked. In some regiments even the ordinary gunners secured copies, and among these favored regiments. Lieutenant Brugere pointed out. was the Sixth Artillery, stationed at Rennes. Excitement. The witness said he gave his copy of the firing manual to an Infantry officer May 17, 1S94. The Societe de Tir a Cannon, of Paris, also reprinted the manual and distributed it among its members. Captain Lerond here interposed, saying that no batteries of the "120 short" gun were at the Chalons camp in 194, and Lieutenant Brugere retorted that he only referred to what he saw in the month of May. A lively discussion ensued. General Roget and General Deloye denying Lieutenant Brugere's statement. General Rogct acked of Lieutenant Brugere if he was not the officer who wrote M. Cavaignac, then mlnistar of war, a violent letter, tendering his resignation and declaring it was a dishonor to serve in the French army. Sensation. Lieutenant Brugeie energetically protested against such a meaning being given to his letter, which was quite contrary to its effect. General Deloye, to whom General Roget appealed, said he had been consulted by the minister of war as to what ought to be done in connection with the latter, and witness read the report which he made on the subject to the President of the republic. The latter, he added, signed an order relegating Lieutenant Brugere to the territorial army. After this Lieutenant Brugere again arose and emphatically maintained that he had made no statement in the sense Indicated by General Roget. but had only alluded to some personalities, and had not mentioned the French army. It would have been absurd to do so, he continued, since the French army consists of all citizens over twenty years cf age. M. Labor! said he thought it would.be advissable to produce the letter in question and Col. Jouaust promised to ask the minister of war for the document. Capt. Carvalho, of the artillery, also testified to the ea?e with which the "120 short gun could be Inspected. He said the gun was frequently operated in the presence of nonartillery officers, who were told everything they desired to know, including a description of the, hydro-pneumatic brake. Regarding the 1S95 firing manual witness said copies were obtainable In 1S94 In all the regiments of the army and asserted that he had purchased a copy of the manual, which he placed at the disposal of the court. A SPY'S ALLEGATION. At thi3 Juncture M. Laborl read ai letter from a spy named "Cornlngue," stating that he had copied the firing manual In the room of Major Panizzardl, the Italian military attache at Paris, in the presence of Colonel Schwartzkoppen, the German military attache at Paris, referred to as "A" and "B." He said he was not certain whether this was the 1S94 or the 1S95 manual and begged the president to question Col. Picquart on the subject. Col. Picquart said he believed It was the 1!5 manual and that the copy was made in 1S'j6 in Mizzardi's room in the presence of Major Panizzardl and another person. Col. Picquart added that Major Lauth ought to know something about a certain mark on the manual. All the manuals at the Versailles garrison were ordered returned to headquarters In order to see which one waa missing. General Deloye admitted that he was not sure whether it was the 1834 or the 1E05 manual and corroborated Col. Picquarfs statements. Major Lauth expressed surprise at the fact that Col. Picquarfs recollections were fco vague and added that Picquart had relations with the spy "Corningue," who, he said, was a doubtful character. M. L-xbori asked to what spy Major Lauth was able to give a good character, to which the major replied: "Why, none." Laughter. M. Laborl said Major. Louth insinuated that "Corningue" was trying to levy blackmail. Was that his idea? CoL Jouaust refused to allow the question and M. Laborl exclaimed: "You disallow every awkward question." Sensation. The stir caused by this lively retort had not yet subsided when the government comfmlssary, Major Carriere, rose and begged to point out that the defense was constantly asked leave to speak, and that when he, the commissary, wished to do so he was refused the necessary permission, to which Col. Jouaust replied: "I have heard enough. Hold your tongues. Be quiet. The incident is closed. Prolonged laughter. . . Addressing Col. Picquart M. Laborl asked: "When did you know the firing manual was being copied?" Col. Picquart During the summer of 1S96. GEN. SEBERT'S TESTIMONY. M. Laborl, having remarked that this was all he desired to ask at present. Gen. Hlppolyte Sebert, retired, of the marine artillery, deposed. He preceded his testimony by saying he did not think he ought to withhold the evidence he was able to give, as he felt It would contribute to the repatriation of a Judicial error. . The general then criticised the bordereau from a professional standpoint, pointing out that the writer must have been a low-classed man, negotiating directly with a correspondent on whose doles he was dependent. He said he was probably an officer, but certainly not an artillery officer, adding that this was proved by the employment of expressions an artillery man could net have used. The witness gave a number of instances showing the dense Ignorance displayed In gunnery technicalities by the wrlier of the bordereau, and, amid profound silence. General Sebert declared that his study of the case had led him to the conviction that the bordereau could not have been written by an artillery officer nor by an officer belonging to a special arm of the service who had passed through the polytechnic school. Excitement. General Sebert referred to the satisfaction he felt at knowing that the experts of the highest standing in handwriting had confirmed his opinion and had dl hissed M. 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amlnatlon, he (the witness) had easily found proof of the worthlessness of that demonstration. ISensation.) "It is painful to me." added General Sebert, "to express such an opinion of the man whose name Is connected with the application of the anthropometric mathod, which has done the greatest service. But French science cannot give its authority to lucubrations o Kretentlous as those M. Bertlllon brought ere. I reassert, most emphatically, that the bordereau was not written by an artillery officer, nor by an officer who passed through the polytechnic school. "I have been sustained in giving my evidence by my firm belief in the entire Innocence of Dreyfus, and I am glad to have had strength enough to bring here the stone which I have to lay on the edifice of repatriation which you are constructing so carefully and conscientiously, while holding aloof from outside passions. Excitement. This edifice is a work of appeasement and peace, which will restore the country to an era of concord and union." (Prolonged excitement. A brief suspension of the cession followed. When the session was resumed, at th request of M. Laborl General Sebert expressed his opinion of Valerlo's evidence in support of M. Bertlllon's system, saying that, in spite of the latter's talent, he had not succeeded in converting a false thory into a true one. M. Bertlllon, at this point, exclaimed: "I beg leave to speak." Colonel Jouaust asked t the prisoner If he had anything to say in reply to the witness, and the prisoner replied that he had not. Then Colonel Jouaust, without taking the slightest notice of M. Bertlllon, called the next witness. Major Ducros, of the artillery, who showed that Dreyfus had abundant opportunities in 1S94 to obtain information relative to guns, but did not take advantage of them. General Mercier tried to belittle this testimony by saying Dreyfus was probably aware that knowledge of the Ducros gun was no longer of importance, since the gun had been rejected in favor of the Deport gun. Major Hartmann, of the artillery, was the next witness for the defense. He asked permission to refer to certain of the documents which were produced during the secret session of the court yesterday, upon which, he said, he had reached important conclusions. .But General Deloye objected, as it was contrary to the instructions of the minister of war. The major then asked the court to sit briefly in camera, and Colonel Jouaust promised to render a decision later. Proceeding, Major Hartmann testified on highly technical subjects, his evidence being the same as given before the Court of Cassation, as already published early In the year. He rpoke in loud, energetic tones and occupied the whole of the remainder of tho session. The major will continue his testimony to-morrow. The court, at 11:40 a. m., adjourned for the day. Hartmann on the Stand Again. RENNES, Sept. 2. At the opening of the Dreyfus court-martial this morning Major Hartmann. of the artillery, who was on the witness stand when the court adjourned yesterday, was recalled and continued his technical explanations. PATENT OFFICE METHODS. Evils Connected with Them That Should De Done Away With. Philadelphia Record. Any one who may have occasion to make a study of the records of the Patent Office will find many things therein to awaken surprise, apart from the actual novelty or utility of the devices for which the government issues patents. In the first place, he will, no doubt, be surprised at the length of time elapsing in many cases between the date of filing an application anl the date of granting the patent This may be due, of course, to several different causes. Interferences may bo claimed, and argument and reargument and the modification of claims may cause endless delay. In some departments the number of applications so greatly exceeds the ability of the force of employes to cope with them promptly that months elapse between the filing of the papers and the first examination thereof. The custom of granting a separate patent for. every little detail of a complicated machine, or for every possible modification thereof, has enormously Increased the business and revenues of the Patent Office, but It is questionable whether this has benefited anybody except professional promoters, who frequently secure from the patentee an option on a dozen or more patents for one invention at a moderate valuation", and then appraise each subsidiary patent at a figure far above its value relatively to that of the fundamental patent. An American Inventor was reported several years ago to have taken out over a thousand patents up to that time, and huge oou.nd vc.i'mrs of the papers certifying his rirs wero exhibted at the electrical exh:lutlon reld some years ago under th-3 au ji-cv?i. tf the Franklin Irstitute. The constantly growing complication In the Patent Office business is proving a veritable bonanza to the patent lawyers, who make handsome fees from their clients In practically duplicating the claims for patents on each separate detail of a machine. Many of these patent attorneys made a practice of filing claims and taking out patents covering slight modifications of new inventions which may seem to them to possess possibilities of future value. Then when the inventions come into the market the patent sharks swarm about the projectors, claiming a share in the business or threatening litigation if their "rights" be not recognized. Very often the cheapest thing to do is to buy out these claims, and thua a species of legalized blackmail Is encouraged. A bona-f.de Inventor Is compelled. In order to protect his invention from these plratea. to hedge in his idea with a thicket of sub sidiary patents or else to ipeclfy with such minuteness of detail each part of the machine (and make a distinct claim therefor) that the fundamental patent Itself becomes complicated beyond reason, and also of very inconvenient length. A remarkable 11it

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