Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1899 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAiX GEO. E. MARSHALL. Publisher. RENSSELAER, INDIAN .

BURGLAR IS KILLED.

fRECEIVES A FATAL WOUND IN Battle with officers. and Patrolman Bear Teatij asouy of Convict’s Marksmanship— SB Choctaw Brides in Great Demand by Impecunious White Men. p A desperate fight took place at Colum- £ bus, Ohio, between Charles Dumont, an Tex-convict, and Detective Abe Kleeman | and Patrolman George Gaston. All i g three were wounded, Dumont fatally. | Dumont was wanted for burglary and the & Officers Were watching for him on HarE/rison avenue, when he came along on a bicycle. They called upon him to stop, but he kept on, at the same time drawing a revolver and shooting at his pursuers. Patrolman Gaston was the first to go down with a bullet in his head and an- ! other in the arm. Dumont lost his balance and fell from his wheel, but sought ; refuge behind a telegraph pole and eon- ■ tinned firing at Detective Kleeman. Dumont received three wounds in the body. Dumont is 25 years of age. He was rej cently released from the penitentiary and ‘was known as a* desperate man. CHOCTAW BRIDES IN DEMAND. Whites Wed in Haste Before Intermarriage Law lakej Effect. i Tams Bixby of the Dawes commission, ■ who is in Kansas City, says that there 5 has been a great rush among white men to secure Choctaw brides in consequence * Of a ruling by the commission that inter\marriage after Sept. 10 would not entitle intermarried whites to participate in the allotment. The price for a Choctaw lii cense for an intermarriage is SIOO, but ' the thrifty whites who wed Choctaws will receive 550 acres of land apiece as ’ the dividends of their investments. It is estimated that every one of the 16;000 Indians of that tribe will get that amount iof ground, so that impecunious whites have no trouble in borrowing the price of a marriage license by pledging their pros- ' pective allotments. RACK FOR THE PENNANT. Standing of the Clubs in the National and Western Leagues. The standing of the clubs in the National League race is as follows: W. L. W. L. Brooklyn .. .84 37 Chicago 65 61 Philadelphia 78 47 Pittsburg .. .62 62 ■ Boston 75 48 Louisville ...51 67 Baltimore ..71 50 New York... 50 72 . Cincinnati ..71 54 Washington. 42 79 St. Louis.... 71 56 Cleveland ... 19 112 «*» Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L Indianapolis 75 47 St. Paul 57 69 /Detroit 64 60 Kansas City.s3 70 J Grand Rap.. 63 62 Buffalo 53 70 | VALUABLE DAIRY COWS DIE. Death Caused by Lung Apoplexy at Toronto Exhibition. The directors of the Toronto, Canada, j Industrial exhibition have been engaged ‘on a peculiar case. A dozen valuable dairy cows exhibited died early in the week, and it was suspected that they had ' been poisoned. On investigation it was | found that the cows had died of lung apoplexy. Now it is believed that death was caused by milk being pumped into 5 their udders in order to inflate them, after they had been milked out clean by the officers on the evening before | judging. No one charges the owners of ■ the cows with fraud, but the exhibition i directors showed their disapproval of the practice by canceling all prizes awarded ’ to the cows in question. K TWO FIREMEN ARE SUFFOCATED. K Lose Their Lives While Trying to Save S? a < hild from Death. fc Two members of the fire department ” and a child of 4 years were killed by | gases in a vault in Cincinnati. Monroe h Dent, aged 4, fell into a vault ami the K fire department was appealed to for aid. I Thomas Bland and Harry Heinsheiiner ■ responded with a ladder and, descending, B were suffocated by the gases. Their L bodies and that of the child were recov:ered. May Unite Textile Unions. Twelve prominent labor men, delegates Bfrom the six big textile unions of this g country, in Boston formulated a plan for ’■ the federation of the several textile organizations, with the ostensible object of E signed the agreement recommending a general federation, which will be reported - to the big unions. An Unsuccessful Search. €■'. The steamer Antarctic, which left Heli singborg, Sweden, on May 25 last, with 4 an expedition under Prof. A. G. Nut|horst, was spoken off The Skaw, the ’ northern extremity of Jutland. Denmark, £ on her return from her search along the northeast coast of Greenland for Prof. ; Andree. She reported that she bad found b no trace of the missing aeronaut. Cod Fisheries Are a Failure. K Fishermen who have returned from gthe cod fishing grounds on the Labrador Lt coast report a serious condition of affairs. |'The cod fishery has been almost an absopiute failure and all vessels are returning E with small fares. James B. Eustis Is Dead. g James B. Eustis of New York, former|;ly of New Orleans, ex-United States SeniJator end ambassador to France, died at R. 1., of pneumonia. Train Falls from a Trestle. ■ Near Columbia, 8. C., 200 feet” of tresfctlO OH the Columbia. Newberry and I.iuI'rens road over Broad river gave way linnder a train load of granite. Several Efeira and an engine fell fifty feet into the water. Four men were killed. Polar Star is Threefold. ‘ &-prot. Campbell of the Lick ObwrvagSter' has discovered that the polar star is two of the bodies rev.lv- ’ about the third body.

CLASH OVER THE TAX CLAIMS. St. Louis County and the State of Minnesota at Loggerheads. St. Louis County, Minn., of which Duluth is the county seat and in which nearly all the great ore deposits are foung, is threatened with a suit from the State, and wlhen it comes up will raise two important questions in a counter claim. A few days ago the county, in sending the State the amount of its apportionment of its taxes, took out $17,300.24. the State’s share of the county’s losses in dead banks. The State has disregarded this and drawn for the* full amount and will sue if it is not paid, which it will not be. The county will put in a large counter claim on two points,; The first is on the iron ore tonnage, which was declared unconstitutional. Under it the State took half the tax and the county will sue for the difference between that and what it should have had, one-tenth., Another point is the railroads’ gross earnings tax. The county will claim that it should have been apportioned Anong the counties in which the railroad property is situated instead of the State using it, and will sue for its share. The amounts involved will be several times the State’s claim. ■ORGANIZING A BRASS TRUST. New York Concerns Start Movement for a $5,000,000 Combine. President Hewitt of the Brady Metal Company of New York and the Buffalo Brass Company of Buffalo, N. Y., are said to be interested in a plan to form the leading brass works as far west as Chicago into a $5,000,000 trust. L. Miller of the Galena Oil Company is also said to be in the deal. Options have been obtained on fifteen of the largest plants, embracing all the principal concerns except the Atlantic Brass Company of Jersey City. The following plants will be included: Brady Metal Company of New York, Buffalo Brass Company, Buffalo; Ajax Metal Company, Philadelphia; Hewitt Manufacturing Company, Chicago; Moore, Jones & Co., St. Louis; Damascus Bronze Company, Pittsburg; United States Bronze Company, Cleveland, and the Fulton Brass Company, Detroit. TO COVER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. New Long-Distance Telephone Enterprise Projected. Hopkins J. Hanford, general manager of the Kinloch Telephone Company, went to St. Louis from Minneapolis, Minn., recently to arrange maps and profiles for a gigantic new long-distance telephone enterprise which will cover all important points in the Mississippi valley. The proposed company will be incorporated Oct. 1, with a capital stock of $1,000,000. paid up. It will be known as the Kinloch Long-Distance Telephone Company, and will extend many miles to the north, east, south and west of St. Louis. The company is the outgrowth of the Kinloch Telephone Company of St. Louis, which organization has recently made a large extension in its local service, involving an additional expenditure of $212,000 on its switchboard facilities. STREET CARS ARE BOMBARDED. I ! • ■ ' i Cleveland Strike the Cause of a Riot iu Which Pistols Are Used. A street railroad strike riot occurred in South Brooklyn, a Cleveland suburb: A meeting of strike sympathizers was held early in the evening. When it broke up the crowd collected on Pearl street, and the first car that came along was thrown off the track by an iron catch basin cover placed on one of the rails. Stones and clubs were thrown at the car and the crew hit. Another car soon appeared, and it also was derailed and bombarded. Word of the trouble was received at the Holmden avenue car barns near by, and a force of street railroad men was armed and sent to the rescue. When the reenforcements arrived they began to shoot their revolvers into the air and the crowd broke and ran.

SPANISH OFFICERS TO GO FREE. Captain of Cristobol Colon and General Parede Acquitted. •The trial of Captain Diaz Morou, who commanded the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon at the battle of Santiago de Cuba, and Gen. Parede, who was on board the Colon, on charges arising from the destruction of the Spanish fleet off Santiago July 3 of last year, was concluded at Madrid, both the accused officers being acquitted. Lightning in a Crowd. Lightning struck among a gang of men on the grounds of the fair association at Camargo, 111., while the fair was in progress, and ten were thrown to the ground, two being instantly killed and two fatally hurt. Many women were shocked and stunned. The bolt struck on rhe north end of the grand stand, which was filled, just a short time previous. Nearly all of the killed and injured were young men and they were seated at supper when the bolt came. Wreck Blocks Lake Traffic. The steel steamer Douglas Houghton, the largest ship on the lakes, was sunk across the channel of St. Mary’s river at the sailors’ encampment and effectually blocked the passage of all Lake Superior commerce for several days. The Houghton came into collision with her tow, the Fritz. Both were loaded with iron ore. Rockefeller Gives to Brown. John D. Rockefeller has given $250,000 to Brown University, Providence, R. I. This is the first substantial lift toward the $2,000,000 endowment fund which the corporation of Brown University has been trying to raise for the last five years. Makes a New Record. The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arrived at New York from Bremen, Southampton and Cherbourg after a record passage of five days eighteen hours and fifteen minutes, beating her own westward record. St. Louis-New York Line. The Hollander Line will soon open its service between New York and St. Louis. The steamship Catania will sail from New York to Mobile, whence the Mobile and Ohio Railroad will be used to- St. Louis. Three Miners Are Killed. Three miners, Fred Hamilton, Clarence Hardesty and Eliza Powers, lost their lives in Highland mines, near Fairmount, W. Va., the result of a powder explosion, followed by a fire started by the falling of a lamp in a keg of powder. Lone Island Hotel Burns. The Garden City Hotel at Garden City. I* L. owned by the A. T. Stewart etatf. was burned. Loss $155,000.

ESTIMATE FOR NAVY.

TOTAL AMOUNT IS FIFTY MILLJON DOLLARS.. Expenditures for Fiscal Year Ending Jnne 30, 1901, Are Ex >ected to Be Large—Terrible Deed of an Insane Man in Mexico. The naval estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, will aggregate about $50,000,000. This considerable increase in the cost of the navy is due in great part to the expenditures which will have to be made during the present and coming fiscal year for the construction of fifty-four vessels building, and the three battleships and three armored cruisers which will be contracted for as soon as Congress takes action enabling the department t<> place contracts for armor. Admirals Hichborn and Melville have estimated that $18,000,000 will be required to meet bills of ship builders. In addition to this sum, Admiral Hichborn estimates that $5,000,000, instead of $3,000,000, will be required for repairs of ships. Admiral O’Neill’s estimates for the armor for the vessels under construction and proposed are. very high. His estimate for the present fiscal year amounted to $4,000,000, which was appropriated. The estimates for the coming year will exceed this amount. LUNATIC KILLS CELLMATES. Terrible Deed of an Insane Man at Chihuahua, Mexico. News comes from Chihuahua, Mexico, of the terrible deed of a lunatic there. A crazy man created a disturbance among the people in the plaza. He attacked an American with a heavy billet of wood, but the American knocked down his assailant with a walking cane. The police arrived quickly and soon overpowered the lunatic and took him off to jail. ■' They locked him in a large cell where fifteen other prisoners were confined and neglected to search for weapons. It soon develpoed that the lunatic had a lon gknife concealed and began slashing right and left at his unarmed cell mates. Two of them were killed and a third fatally wounded before the guards could rush iu and disarm the lunatic.

Killed on His Front Porch. Frank W. Pape, the assistant park commissioner, was murdered on his front porch in the presence of his son William at St. Louis. Henry Fry, the assassin, fled from the scene, pursued by the victim’s son. After a flight of two blocks Fry turned the weapon on himself and expired almost instantly. was a huckster, who became infuriated because Pape could not obtain a city license for him free. For a Great Railwax System. There is a plan arranged to form a gigantic railway system which will create a trunk line consolidation greater than any now in existence in this country, and it will embrace the Baltimore and Ohio, Pittsburg and Western, Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg, Philadelphia and Reading, West Virginia and Pittsburg and several smaller roads in as many States. Illinois Convent Burna. St. Xavier’s Girls’ Academy and Convent of Mercy of St. Columba Deanery, at Ottawa, 111., together with a new sl3,- ‘ 000 addition under construction, were destroyed by fire. Forty Sisters of Mercy and twenty boarding pupils escaped in their night clothes without accident. The loss.on the buildings is $50,000 and on contents $25,000. Swept by a Tornado. The little city of Bowling Green, Ohio, had a narrow escape from a tornado. Just north of the city limits a strip about two miles long and half a mile wide was literally swept clean. One person was perhaps fatally injured, while several others were more or less hurt. Porto Rico Needs More Help. The central Porto Rican relief committee has issued another appeal to the people of the United States on behalf of the sufferers from the hurricane. The appeal declares that $1,500,000 will be required to procure for the destitute the bare necessities of life. Lightning Strikes Five Men. John L. Larson. John Lundstrom, Albert Larson aud Henry Eggan, of Garfield, and O. C. Westman, from Belle River, thrashers, while returning from Brandon, Minn., were struck by lightning. Lundstrom and Westman were killed. Two others were injured. Girl Is Chained to a Pump, Mabel Prindle, 16 years old, was chained by the neck to a pump in a yard at Watertown, N. Y. Her father, Charles Prindle, had taken this means to punish her for going away from the house to spend the forenoon with her aunt. Death at a Banquet Table. Richard B. Leech of Brooklyn, N. Y., died suddenly just as he finished his address at a banquet of the Forty-eighth New York volunteers at a Brighton Beach hotel. He was 54 years old. Takes Charge at Tuskegee. Mrs. B. K. Bruce of Mississippi, widow of the late United States Senator Bruce, has accepted the position of lady principay of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute at Tuskegee, Alh. Memphis Vau Fatally Hurt. Attorney General George B. Peters of Memphis, Tenn., was injured while making a tour of inspection of the Chicago stock yards. -He fell through a shaft and fractured his skull. ' Costly Blaze in Brooklyn. Five vessels were burned and a loss of $250,000 was entailed by a fire which, destroyed one of the largest buildings of the Brooklyn Storage and Warehouse Company at pier 47, South Brooklyn, N. Y. • John Y. McKane Is Dead. John Y. McKane, at one time “king” of Coney Island, died at his home at Sheepsheafl Bay, New York. His death was due td a paralytic stroke. His, health had been poor for abbut a year. Japanese Ports Are Opened. United States Minister Buck, at Tokyo, has notified the State Department that the Government of Japan ha/opened to foreign trade twenty-two additional ports under the operation of the new treaties. Children Are Fatally Hurt. •In St. Louis, an electric street car col-'* tided with a wagon load of school children, fatally injuring two and badly hurting four others.

NO TROUBLE OVER TRRaTT. Salisbury Expected to Abrogate Clay-ton-Bnlwer Agreement. Administration officials do not expect to experience trouble in securing the consent of Lord Salisbury to the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. The report that the Colombian Government proposes to inaugurate a movement in England with a view to continuing ihe Clay-ton-Bulwer treaty is not viewed with any alarm at Washington. It is'said'kt the State Department that there is a boundary dispute between Colombia and Nicaragua over a strip of territory which is said to take in the Atlantic terminus of the proposed waterway, but Nicaragua holds that there can be no doubt of her right to the territory. Besides, it is pointed out that Lord Salisbury agreed last December to abrogate the Clayto>vßulwer treaty, and. that the negotiations for such abrogation were practically completed when Great Britain presented her demands in the Alaskan boundary controversy and declared that this dispute would have to be settled before she would conclude the Clayton-Bulwer negotiations. STEAMER RE CUES SAILORS. Survivors of the Lost Schooner Lisgar Adrift on Lake Huron. After drifting around Lake Huron for ninety-one hours in a yawl boat two survivors of the lost Canadian schooner Lisgar were picked up by the steamer Case. They are Captain Freeman and Nelson Alture, a sailor. Captain Freeman is of the opinion that the other five members of the crew, including his wife, were all lost. The Lisgar had a cargo of coal for Parry sound and with the schooner Grimsby formed the tow of the steamer Clinton. In a gale of wind on Lake Huron the Lisgar foundered. ' The Clinton and her other consort put into Goderich after much difficulty. Captain Freeman and Alture managed to get into the boat, but they drifted nearly four days before they were sighted by a passing boat. In that time they had gone nearly the length of Lake Huron. AMERICAN APPLES IN DEMAND. shipments to Germany Commence a Month Earlier than Usual. American apples are in such great demand in Germany this year that shipments have commenced one month earlier than usual. The first consignment left on the steamship Lahn, and was from the Hudson river district. Last year 22,851 barrels were sent abroad. This year it is expected the shipment will reach 100,000 barrels. Bad Baltimore and Ohio Wreck. Probably fifty persons were injured in a rear-end collision on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Connellsville station, Pa. The presence of mind of Engineer John Haggerty saved the lives of many. The first section of train No. 5, an emigrant' special of eight sleepers, ran into the rear end of the Cumberland accommodation. Engineer Murray of the emigrant trqin lost control of his engine, the air brake refusing to work. Dunhams sell out to Trust. The Great Lakes Towing Company has taken in the Dunham Towing Company of Chicago. This is one of the three companies that remained outside of and endeavored to fight the trust. There is but one company now outside the trust and that is the Milwaukee Tug Company. Probable Murder at Cleveland. The body of a man supposed to be William Kendall of 3843 College street, St. Louis, was found in the river at Cleveland. Numerous wounds were on the body, and the police believe the man was murdered. Rules on Mother-in-Law. It costs $8.50 to beat a mother-in-law, according to a finding of Judge Kinsey in the first district police court at St. Louis, if the beating is not too severe. The severity of the beating is decided by the number of visible cuts and bruises. Found Dead, the Gas Turned On. Herman Groth of Chicago was found dead in his room. Gas was escaping from a jet turned partly on. It is supposed he committed suicide. Groth was 56 years old and had been ill for some time. Six Passengers Injured. As a result of a collision between two electric street cars on Ontario street, Cleveland, six persons were seriously injured. Wet rails caused the accident. Both cars were badly wrecked. Name Lowndes for Governor. The Republican State convention at Baltimore, Md., nominated Lloyd Lowndes for Governor.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, coipmon to prime, S $3.00 to $7.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.0() to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2,31 cto 32c; oats. No. 2,21 c to 22c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 57c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 15c; potatoes, choice, 40c to 45c per bushel. , Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.75? sheep, common to prime, $3.25 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2 red, 66c to 68c; corn. No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $7.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, ,No. 2,68 cto 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats. No. 2,22 cto 24c; rye, No. 2,52 cto 54c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep. $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed. 34c to 35c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2,58 cto 60c. Detroit—Cattle. $2.50 to $0.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2,70 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, 58c to 60c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye, No, 2,56 c to 57c; clover seed, new, $4.80 to $4.90. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 spring, 67c to 69c; corn, No. 3,32 cto 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye. No. 1,55 cto 57c; barley, No. 2,42 cto 44c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steen, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $4.75; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $6.75. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 74c to 76c; corn. No. 2, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; butter, creamery, 17c to 23c; eggs, western, 13c to X7c. ‘i . x ? . ■ • 5-. - J-

DREYFUS IS GUILTY

This Is the Verdict of ihe Rennes Court-Martial. FAMOUS TRIAL ENDS. Judges Uphold the French Army at the Expense of Justice. < losing Scenes in the World's Most Famous Military Trial—M. Demange Pleads Eloquently for the Prisoner —Accused Dramatically Declares His . Innocence—Verdict Was Not Unexpected—Precautions Taken to Prevent an Outbreak. The court martial in the case of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus having deliberated for three hours came into court at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon, and after the usual impressive formalities pronounced the prisoner guilty of the charge of treason. A wild scene followed, but the presence of a strong force of gendarmes prevented* serious results. Dreyfus dramatically proclaimed his innocence. The morning of the day which was to decide the fate of Capt. Dreyfus broke dull and cheerless at Rennes, and the court room was filled with a cold, unsympathetic light, which lent sadness to the

CAPT. DREYFUS.

proceedings. This was enhanced by the grave aspect of the audience. The faces of the judges also reflected the solemnity of the occasion. The last session of the court martial opened at 7:30 a. m. The prisoner looked flushed and in ill health, apparently suffering from the great strain. M. Demange resumed his speech for the defense, which was interrupted Friday by the adjournment of the court. The audience listened to his remarks with the most serious attention and he was also closely followed by the judges. The peroration of M. Demange was a splendid piece of oratory. His voice thundered through the court and echoed outside. The officers and troopers stationed in the court yard crowded around the entrance of the hall, standing on tiptoe to catch a glimpse of the speaker, while inside the hall many of the audience were moved to tears. After Maitre Demange had spoken Maitre Labori arose and formally renounced his right to plead. The court then adjourned its session until 3 p. m., the judges retiring to deliberate on the verdict, which was announced in open court at the hour of its reconvening. Chronology of the Breyfns Case. 1894. April I—Esterhazy writes the bordereau and sends it to Schwartzkoppen. September—Bordereau brought to Colonel Sandherr. Oct. 15 —Dreyfus arrested on charge of treason. Dec. 19 —Dreyfus court martial begins. 1895. Jan. s—Dreyfus publicly degraded. Feb. 9 —Law passed sending Dreyfus to Devil’s Island. June I—Picquart placed at head of Intelligence bureau. 1896. May I—Picquart discovers the petit bleu. Sept. 14—Eclair exposes the fact that Dreyfus was convicted by secret evidence. Nov. I—Henry’sl—Henry’s forgeries used to convince Chamber of Dreyfus’ guilt. 1897. Nov. 15—Mathieu Dreyfus denounces Esterhazy as the real author of the bordereau. 1898. Jan. 11—Esterhazy acquitted of charge of writing the bordereau. Jaq. 12—Colonel Picquart arrested. Jan. 13—Zola writes the “I accuse” letter. Feb. 24—Picquart expelled from the army. July 18—Zola flees from France. Aug. 31 —Henry confesses to forgery and commits suicide. Sept. 26—Dreyfus verdict referred to Court of Cassation. 1899. June 3 —Court of Cassation decides Dreyfus shall have a new trial. June 7 —Dreyfus ordered home on cruiser Sfax. June 30 —Dreyfus lauds in France. Aug. 7—Trial opens at Rennes. Sept. 9—Dreyfus is found guilty.

OLD WORLDS NOTABLES

“Oom” Paul's salary is $35,000 a year. Queen Victoria seldom drinks tea or coffee. The Duke of York has an imposing collection of dgaret holders. The Sultan of .Morocco will not allow a lightning rod agent to enter his domln-

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

W. W. Stone, known throughout theUnited States as the “blind address” reader of the New York postoffice, is dead

W. W. STONE.

United States. He was originally appointed to a clerkship in the postoffice on June 13, 1855, and served continuously up to the time of his death. Webb C. Hayes of Cleveland, lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-first United States volunteers, and son of the late

President Hayes, was for years a member of the famous Cleveland Troop A. He served in the Cuban campaign. At the close of the war he was brevetted lieutenant colonel of volunteers for gallantry at the battle of Santiago. At the battle of San Juan

Hill he was wounded and his horse shot from under him. He also served in the Porto Rican campaign. Col. Hayes bears a striking resemblance to Col. Teddy Roosevelt. Brig. Gen. Cole, who died recently at St. Louis, fought during the war of the rebellion in a Missouri regiment. He

GEN. COLE.

during the Spanish-American war, without solicitation on his part, the promotion being recpmmXmded by Gen. Schofield. • X Irvin James Maston is the well-known band leader of Cleveland, Ohio, selected among fifty competitors as the band lead-

er for the Thirtyfirst United States volunteer infantry. Maston was bandmaster of the Fifth Ohio volunteer infantry during the Spanish - American war, and after be-, ing discharged from* the service with chat organization, he re-enlisted as bandmaster of the

Tenth Ohio volunteer infantry, serving until mustered out. The Thirty-first regiment will go to the Philippines. Gen. Jacob S. Coxey, who led the tramp army to Washington five years ago, has become a zinc mining magnate.

J. S. COXEY.

just struck a vein of lead ore ten feet thick. It is taking out ore in great quantities, and Coxey’s fortune is made. S. P. Stroud, the pioneer undertaker of

Mason, Mich., is 75 yean old, and went to Mason forty-five years ago. Up to the time he retired from business, a couple of years ago, Mr. Stroud was a familiar fig- , ure at funerals. He was the only undertaker in the vicinity for years, and during the period

he was engaged in business buried 2.150 persons, or 350. more than the present population of his town. Lieut. Thomas Mason Brumby, Dewey’s flag officer, is a native of Marietta,

LIEUT. BRUMBY.

body can see Dewey without first seeing Brumby. They are constant companions.

GENERAL FIQUERO. JUAN ISIDRO JIMINES. CHIEF FIGURKS IN SAN DOMINGO'S REVOLUTION.

from heart failure. His siAcess in supplying deficiencies in addresses was wonderful. H i» memory - was remarkable. Given the name of a small country postoffice in the United States he could name the State in which it was located or how many of a similar name there were in the

COL. HAYES.

took part in most of the battles which occurred within the limits of the State and won promotion first as lieutenant colonel and later as colonel. After the close of the rebellion Col. Cole was sent to the Northwest to fight the Indians. He was appointed brigadier general

I. J. MASTON.

Last year he organized a mining company among some of his friends at Massillon, 0., and and took a lease on the Shoal Creek Mining Company property, three miles south of. Joplin. The company began operatong last spring, and has

S. P. STROUD. z

Ga. It was he who planned the battle of Manila Bay, and who, fr o m the bridge, signaled all the orden that sent the Spanish fleet to the bottom. It was Brumby who raised the Stars and’ Stripes over Manila. He was practic all y Dewey’s chief of staff. No-