Ihe Weather To-day: ! CAROLINA* | GENERALLY FAIR. The News and Observer. VOL. XLVI. NO. 133. LEADS ALL NOHTOII CAROLINA MIES 1 lEIS Ml OKMIRI IT IS HIS NOW TO DESTROY 00 SAVE The Eyes of France on Ger many’s King. HE CAN SAVE DREYFUS TESTIMONY OF SOHWARTZKOF FEN ALL NEEDED. IT IS BELIEVED THE KAISER WILL ACT First Official Testimony to Esterhazy's Guilt. Labori Accuses Jouaust of Partiality, and Cheers Drown the Gen erals’ Murmurs. Rennes. Sept. 0. —Tin* salvation of Captain Dreyfus hangs on a word from Emperor William. This is the general opinion here tonight. If the Kaiser consents to allow Colonel Scfcwartz koppen, the German, military attache in Paris in 1894, to testify before the court martial, or to send a deposition, or, what is considered still more probable, to al low his deposition to be accompanied by the actual documents mentioned in the bordereau, then Dreyfus Is saved. If the Emperor, however, decides that it is not in the interests of Germany for Colonel Sehwartzkoppen to intervene then Dreyfus’ ease is hopeless and his eondemnation certain. Tonight the eyes of France are look ing across the frontier to Stuttgart, where the Kaiser is staying, and anx iously awaiting his decision. He is in the position of the spectators of a gladia torial combat in the Coliseum in ancient Rome, with Dreyfus lying at the foot of his antagonist and watching whether the Emperor points his thumb up or down. At a late hour this evening lie had given no sign either way, and Frenchmen are waiting with breathless interest the first indication of his will. To all intents and purposes Emperor William stands today the arbiter of the internal ireaeo of Frame, for everyone anticipates that King Humbert will fol low his lead. This is probably the ex planation of the delay. Emperor Wil liam has gone to Wurteinburg from Alsace-Lorraine, and King Humbert is at Tufin. Communication between the two monarchy is, therefore, somewhat complicated, and. as they will undoubt edly agree upon identical measures in replying to M. Labori’s appeal, it is possible that several days will elapse before their decision is known. The opinion generally held here is that the Emperor and King liunipert will al low Colonel Schwartzkoppen and Colo nel I’auizzardi to be examined by a rogatory commission and their deposi tion's to be sent to Rennes with supple mentary evidence from the originals ot Esterhazy’si 'treasonable communica tions. The Amti-Dreyfusards are extremely exasperated at what they characterize as M. Labori’s “trick.” lie had long Iks n seeking an excuse to invoke the interven tion of the German and Italian sover eigns, ami seized the appearance of Cor liusehi as his opportunity, declaring that the admission of the evidence of this foreigner justified his application regard ing Schwa rt z kopjK ii and Pandzzardii. M. Labori insisted that the appearance of ’(VriMisciui on the witness stand was quite without precedent, but the Anti- DreyPusards point m and with a cer tain amount of reason that the counsel for the defence were really the first to introduce foreign testimony, as they sunumoued the English journalist, Row land Strong, on the question of Ester hazy’s cwnfieessiion to haring written the bordereau. Anyway it can be, safely asserted that the admission of Cemnse'hi as a witness for the prosecution cianno as a veritable godsend to the defence’, giving them al most at the last moment a more or less legitimate 'basis for M. Labori's appli'ca tiotn to punmion the Gentian and Italian attaches. 'Hie Anti-Dreyfusards assert that the memliers of the court martial wi 11 ig nore the affirmations of Colonels Seihwnrtzk* pp<»n and Pauizaardi, ibecuuse they recognize that the testimony of these officers will be given by order, with a view to save their own spy, but in less prejudiced circles if is believed that tile court cajimot disregard: 'the solemn declarations of the two attaches wit li mit giving rise t to a still more grave situation in an internal ionial sense Ilian now prevails. Today’* public proceedings were mark ed by threw important episodes. The first was Generali /mrliiwlen’s admission that the erasure and resitfitution of Es terhazy's name in tlie Petit Bleu. could not have tieen
f I’al co
logne, sent to Esteriilaz.v the identical
Petit Bleu for which Colonel Pieqnar.
was detained 10 months on a charge of
forgery. The third Was General Billot's
msinuafiou that Enterh.r/y and Captain
Dreyfus wore accompli' <■« which led to
an imipasriojK'd prote-A'iitiion on the part
of ffic accused and to a thrilling seem
lietweeai M. Labor! and Colonel Jouaust.
peeuMiikg iiu the advocate’s excited de
nnneiafion of Colonel Jonanst’s treat
ment of hinii, a deiitMieiiaftiioin tantamount,
to an nceuisait inn of open partiality.
General Zurlinden's admission that
Colonel l’icquart could not have perpe
trated the erasure in the Petit Bleu was
a startling incident.
Then the statement by M. Paleologue
that Colonel Schwartzkoppen had ad
mitted that it was almost certain that
the Petit Bleu was sent by him or
caused to be sent by him to Esterhazy,
caused a sensation, as being the first
official testimony to the treason of
Esterhazy. And it was certainly a
strong point in favor of Dreyfus, the
importance of which was immediately
seen by the prosecution and -shown sub
sequently in General Billot’s broad in
sinuation of complicity between Dreyfus
and Esterhazy.
From a spectacular point of view,
however, the great event of the sitting
was the battle royal between M. La
bori and Colonel Jouaust over certiain
questions which the advocate wished to
put to General Billot. M. Labori lost
control of himself under the influence
of his deep feeling of indignation and
his belief that Colonel Jouaust was de
liberately gagging him in the interest of
the military clique. His voice, which
at first resounded through the court
room, became choked with emotion.
The spectators held their breath as he
retorted defiantly to Colonel Jouaust’s
refusal to put the questions, his words
drowning Jouaust’s voice in an irresis
tible torrent, whose force was heighten
ed by his passionate gestures.
The following is a detailed report of
the proceedings:
The secret examination of M. Eugene
de Cernusehi. the Austrian refugee and
witness for the prosecution, occupied the
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NAME LLOYD LOWNDES
REPUBLICANS OF MARYLAND NOMINATE
THEIR STATE TICKET.
Platform Favors Gold Standard, Declares again: f
Trusts and Leaves Disposition of the
Philippines to Congress.
Baltimore, Md., Kept. G. —The .Mary
land State Republican Convention met.
at the Academy of Music today and
nominated the following State ticket:
For Governor—lion. IJoyd Dnvndes,
of Alleghany comity.
For Comptroller- Philips I*e Gold 8-
boroogh. of Dorchester county.
For Attorney General —Ex-<'nngross-
man John V. L. Findlay, of Baltimore
city.
The nominations were all made by ac
claim, vt ion.
The platform endorses the present Na
tional Administration, declares in favor
of the gold standard, in favor of sup
pressing the Filipino insurrection, the
disjMJsitiou of the Philippines* to be made
by Congress, and in favor of laws for
the suppression of trusts which create
monopoly.
THEY SPAR OVER PENSIONS.
Grand Army Men Rely on McKinley
to Redress Their Grievance.
Philadelphia. Pa., Sept. 6.—The Grand
Army encampment today elected Senior
N ice Commander in Chief, \V. (’. John
son as Commander-in-Chief to serve the
uuexpired term of two days of the late
Colonel Sexton, and selected Chicago
for the next annual encampment. The
day's proceedings included also numer
ous addresses and reports and r. O’Malley
at Harvey's Landing, yesterday. The
Bishop lias been in the Scranton Dio
cese for the past mouth, soliciting funds
for tlie rebuilding of his cathedral in
St. Augustine. The stricken prelate was
removed to St. Mary's Parochial Resi
dence this city today, and the Vicar
General of the St. Augustine Diocese
notified. The Bishop was tonight resting
comijjj raldy.
Woman is a eerature of moods and
after she gets nmirried it is usually the
imperative mood.
ItALEIGII, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1899.
"HE KNOWS IN HIS
SOOLTHATHE LIES"
B, S, Sheppard’s Reply to
C. M. Bernard.
INFLUENCED BY NO ONE
THE ATTACK HAD NO POLITICAL
SIGNIFICANCE,
FROM THE WRATH OF AN OUTRAGED MAN
Bernard, Flying, Knew the Cause of the At
tack, and the Words of Denunciation
Were Heard by Many
By i tinders.
Greenville, N. C., Sept. G. —( Special.V—
After reading in yesterday’s papers the
statements District Attorney Bernard
made relative to the. attack on him Sat
urday night, your correspondent had
another interview with Mr. B. S. Shco
pard, who gave the following for publi
cation:
“1 do not intend to dignify a dirty,
mean wretch like Bernard with u news
paper controversy, but I will not allow
him to create the impression, as he is
seeking to do, that my attack upon him
was instigated or encouraged by his
personal or political enemies. I solemn
ly assert upon the honor of an 'inno
cent and injured man that no human
being had any information or intimation
that I intended to attack him, and lie
knows in his guilty soul he lies when tic
says tht' act was instigated by his po
litical and personal enemies. He also
knows he lies when he says that I did
not denounce him tit the time 1 fired
upon him as the destroyer of my home.
There were numbers of persons, black
and white, standing near him, who heard
it and will so testify. But he did not
need me to tell him the cause of tlie
attack. In his black and guilty heart he
knows the cause, and when he was
Heeing like a cowardly cur he knew he
was fleeing from the wrath of an out
raged man.”
As further evidence that Mr. Sheppard
was not “intlueneed by personal and po
litical enemies of Bernard's” to make
the assault, he showed a letter from his
son, who is off at school and who has
not been in Greenville in four years.
This letter was dated the 4th ilist, and
in part reads as follows:
“Dear Father:
“1 read this morning in the News and
Observer that you had shot at Claude
Bernard. It was no more than I had
expected. Write me . and tell me all
about it. You ought to have practiced
shooting before you tried your hand.
The paper said that all the p«*ople re
gretted was that you missed your mark.
What did they do about it, and where
is (.Maude Bernard now? I was mad
when I heard about it, that you did not
kill him.”
Numbers of parties at the depot at the
time of the shooting say emphatically
that Sheppard did accuse Bernard of
mining his home. Your correspondent
was present at the trial before the Jus
tice and heard Sheppard face him with
the charge while Bernard wias on the
witness stand. There are many other
false things in Bernard's statements.
Your correspondent alone is the author
of every telegram sent to the press from
Greenville bearing upon the matter, and
is in a position to substantiate every
word that lias l»een sent.
DEAD AMID ALASKA’S SNOWS.
Seven Members of a Scientific Prospect
ing Company of New York.
Seattle, Washington, Sept. (I.—Otto
Thews, of Primrose. lowa. >who Hi as ar
rived here from Copper ltiver, Alasikta.
brings news coanfuriuimg the reported
deaths of seven mcu.lbers of the scientific
prospecting company, Os New York.
The dead are: Earnhardt, Miller, Al
lormnn, Schul'tz, Peter Siegel, Biutncr
aml Buifnigia rt mer.
George Hooker, anot her niiemlber of tlhe
party, gelt out alive, limit is badly crippled
with scurvy, which can lied aiwiay the
miajoinity of his companions. ißuuinrgart
iiiar went out hunting and was mover seen
again. The most affecting tin so was that
of Butnoir, who was driven insane by his
sufferings. IJiis weak comipauuioiis had
to strap him dawn, 'but even then they
courtd not restrain him. One miorning
'Thews, whose camp was near, f»un l
Bnther sitting out in the miUw with his
clothes and hat off. The thermometer
was 45 degrees below zero. But nor was
taken inside, but he died in a few hours.
Thews also brings a gruesome story in
connection with the find Os (the remains
of a jeweler named Smith, who perished
las! Novemils ron Yuhh*z Glacier, Every
exposed portion of the body htad! born cati
on by ra veins.
TH E COTTON LOSS OP TEXAS.
Galveston, Texas, Ke|ii. G. —The News
will print tomorrow a report of the cot
ton cron otf T' xas and the tonrlitories
made up of 385 reports of an average
date of September 3i'Ji. covering 154
Texas counties, and 23 points in tin- In
dian and Oklahoma Tertriltonuis. These
reports indicate ta decrease iTi the yield
of Texas of 33.8 par cent, mud for Texas
until the territories of 37.5 §*er cent,
brought caused most of the loss.
ESTABLISH A REPUBLIC.
Then, Says Bryan, Let Them Work Out
Their Own Destiny.
Sam Francisco, Cab. Sept. G.—William
•L Bryan at Woodward Pavilion, tonight
stated that ho did not favor the with
drawal of our troops from the Philip
pines before a stable government Is es
tablished 1 .
Mr. Bryan during his address said he
believed that our Government after es
tablishing the Philippine Republic should
extend to its people the same protection
that it is mow giving to the Republics of
Souith and Central America —protect ion
from outside interference and unham
pered freedom to work out their own
destiny.
TRADING CO. CHARTERED.
Will Carry on Trade Between United
States and Foreign Countries.
Norfolk, Ya., Sept. G. —The Eastern
ami Southern Trading Company was
chartered here today with a minimum
capital of $590,000, and a max ini urn of
$1,000,000 to carry on a general im
porting and exporting trade between the
'United States and foreign countries.
Hippolyte L. Hardy, of New York, is
President; Charles S. Knight and
Charles R. Ilebnrd, both of New York,
Secretary ami Treasurer in. the order
named.
BRITISII STEA MER ASIIOIIE.
Key West, Fla.. Sept. G. —The Brit
ish steamer Hannah M. Bell, Captain
Storm, from Pensacola, September 2nd,
for Venice, with a cargo of cotton, is
reported ashore tat Marquesas Key, near
here.
ELEVEN DIE IN WRECKS
SEVEN IN DINGESS IUNNEL ON NORFOLK
AND WES’ERN ROAD.
Four at Miller's StafTon on the Erie. Those on
the Latter Road Killed at an
Open Swi ch.
Williamson. W. Va., Sept. 6.—Seven
persons were killed by a freight train
wreck today in Dingess tunnel on the
Norfolk and Western railway.
The dead are:
FRANK R. ARCHER, brakeman.
CHARLES BOOTH, brakeiuan.
JOHN CHAFFIN, fireman.
Four tramps, names unknown.
PUH'GHED THROUGH THE CARS
Meadville, Pa., ‘Kept. 3.—-An open
switch caused a wreck on the Erie rail
road at Miller’s station, a short distance
above this city today in which three
Mitidville men were killed and one in
jured. A tramp was also killed and
another injured.
A west-bound freight train had taken
the siding to allow train No. 5, vosti
buled limited New York-Chieago ex
press, to pass. The switch was left