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VOL. XL SALISBURY. N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28.1898. NO. 48. Ilffllli BOARD IBIS; THE DEPARTMENT I NYESTI GATORS CONFER WITH PRESIDENT. THEIR WORK IS MAPPED OUT. Major General Dodge Hade President of the Commission and Major Miles .Se lected as Military Recorder. ; The cofhmission to investigate the conduct of the war department daring the recent conflict with Spain held its initial sitting in the -office of President McKinley at the white house Saturday. There were eight members present. Dr. Phineas 8. Connor, of Cincinnati,' was the absentee. The eight who were present were: Major General Granville M. Dodge, of Iowa: Colonel" J. A. Sexton, of Illinois, Captain E. r. Howell, of Georgia; Major General J. M. "Wilson, chief of engineers of the United States army; Hon. Charles Denby, '.of Indiana, late minister to China; ex-Governor Urbana Woodbury, of Vermont; ex-Governor James A. Beaver, of Pennsylvanial and Major General A. McD. McCook, of the Winy, retired. The commission spent an hour and tl half with the president, and then proceeded to the room assigned it at the war department for the purpose of organizing and beginning work. The proceedings with the president consisted in the main of a general ex change of views as to the scope o? the commission's investigations, in which j the president participated quite freely. The president had put his .own views in writing and read theln before pro ceeding to a verbal discussion.. In this statement he said that complaints had been directed especially at the surgeon general's, "the quartermaster generals and the commissary gener al's departments of the army, and he suggested that the conduct -of these departments should receive especial consideration at the hands of the com mission. He wished the commission to go to the "bottom of the subject in1 all cases and proceed with its work without fear or favor. fc "If," he said in the . formal discus i eion that occurred, "the commission ehould have difficulty in flecuring the Attendance of witnesses or obtaining nccoss to papers thought to be essen ftial to the prosecution, of ita labors,; I liopo the'matter will be brought to my attention, whn I will do all in my power to overcome the difficulty. I want the commission to have a clear field, and I will do all that is possible for. mo to do to see that it has." - -The suggestion was also made to the commission that the first effort should bo to secure general information in re gard to the organization of the army and the time in which the work was performed. The president suggested the name of Major Miles, of the army, ior the position of recorder of the com mission. Secretary Alger's request as made in the letter read by the president was for a complete inquiry into the con duct of tho war, especially on the lines of the charges published in the newspapers. He said these charges had assumed such magnitude that he did not feel satisfied to have the de partment rest under them, and that he desired an investigation by men emi nent in military and civil life. Dr. Phineas S. Connor, of Cincin nati, announced as the ninth member of the commission, was selected be cause of his eminence as a physician. The president had been anxious from the beginning to secure the services of a medical man, because the medical department of the army is much ' in ' volved in the charges that have been made. After the close of the conference at tho white house, the president ex pressed his .satisfaction with the per - fionnel of the commission, adding that he believed their investigationwould be. thorough and their report fair and impartial. - The commission organized by elect ing Granville M. Dodge chairman and Richard "Weightman, of Washington, secretary; Major Miles, of the in spector general's omce,to be military recorder. The commission adjourned about 10:30 o'clock to meet again Monday. Tho session was devoted to method of procedure, nothing definite being reached. DEWEI'S RICH PRIZE. Vessels Captured at and Near Manila Are Given a Value of 81.500,000. An Associated Tress, correspondent, writing from Manila- under date of August 30th, says: . "The work of setting the wheels of business in the harbor of Manila in motion has been entrusted to Captain Henry Glass, of the United Spates steamship Charleston. One of his first duties was that of taking an inventory of all the .shipping that fell into AcU miral Dewey's hands on the 14th in stant. This includea'every thing Afloat, cither on the bay or river, which means a radius of forty miles, and its valua is about 81,500,0000." BOARD IS MADE UP. President McKinley Declines to Announce the Fall Membership. JThe president gave out the informa tion Friday that the commission to in vestigate the conduct of the war de partment had been completed, and would consist of nine members, as first announced. He has not announced the full membership. Several of "tho members of the commission arrived in PEREMPTORY ORDERS ISSUED By Washington Authorities Thai Span iards Evaeaate Cuba at Oaee. - - A Washington special says: A very peremptory message of instruction has been sent to the Cuban military commission, and by them made the j basis of a note to the Spanish com missioners. The authorities in Wash ington will not make public the terms of the note, but its general tenor is that the United States will not be sat isfied rith any further delay in the evacuation of Cuba. It is to the effect that the terms of the protocol called for the immediate evacuation of Cuba and that Spanish sovereignty must be relinquished. The American commissioners . have been informed tbat the evacuation of Cuba cannot be delayed. The war department is determined that Cuba, at least, shall be ready for some of our troops by the middle of next month, and all speed is being made to equip troops to bo sent there at that time. The administration has determined that the Spanish shall be brought to an understanding that they are the vanquished and not the victors, and they are to take terms and not dictate them. A SENSATIONAL STORY. It Is Said That Germany Will Furnish Arms to Filipinos. The San Francisco Post publishes a sensational story to the effect that Germany is planning to send numer ous trading vessels to the Philippine islands and will arm 150,000 Filipinos, besides furnishing Krupp guns and artillery for field use. The islanders, The Post alleges, will be thoroughly drilled by German offi cers, and by February Aguinaldo will be prepared to make an onslaught on the American forces. According to The Post, German agents have made a report to their government that it will be impossible for the United States to Jand more than 50,000. in the Philip pines " before Aguinaldo is ready to make his coup. ' WHEELER FIRST SELECTED To Command a DItIhIob ot Regular Cavalry In Cuba. A special to The New York Journal from Washington says: The first Bteps were taken Friday toward preparing an army for the occupation of Cuba after the evacua tion of tbe Spanish troops. General Miles and Acting Secretary Meikeljohn had a long conference on, this subject for the purpose of assigning regiments and officers to, this jHutj in Cuba, and j Porto Rico. General Wheeler is the first officer to be selected as a result of the con ferences for a responsible command in1 the Cuban army of occupation. He will have charge of a cavalry division consisting of two brigades, and com posed of six regiments of regular car airy. WOODFORD FORMALLY RESIGNS. Former Minister to Madrid Follows Usu al Custom on Breaking Out of War. Following the custom in the case of a minister who has been obliged to leave his post by. the breaking out of hostilities, btewart L. Woodford has filed "his resignation as minister to Spam. It is believed that it will be six months before the United States has occasion to send a minister to Madrid again, and if Mr. Woodford's resignation remains so long Unacted upon his status will be merely-nomi nal, for under the law, his salary ceased after the expiration of 60 days from the date he left his post . WU TING FANG NOTIFIED Accession To China's Throne of the Dowager Empress. The Chinese minister at Washing- mar m ton, Mr. vu ling rang, received a cable dispatch Friday from the Chi nese loreign omce at I'efcmg giving the tex$ of the edict issued by the em peror Thursday in which, owing to the critical condition of Chinese affairs,, ne calls back to power the empress dowager and commits to her hands the direction of affairs of the' empire. THE FEYER SITUATION. City Board of Health Reports No Chang: In New Orleans. , The New Orleans board of health issued an official bulletin Friday-night showing thai there have been no cases of fever in two days. There has not been a single death among the five cases previously-reported. One new case is reported at Houma, in Terbonne parish. There have been no new cases at Harvey's Canal in four days. KHALIFA'S ARMY DEFEATED. The Irfkst Remnant Driven From 8trons hold at Gedarlf. Advices from Suakini just received state that the only organized remnant ot the khalifa's army was defeated and its last stronghold, Gedarif, captured September 22d, after three hours hard fighting, when an Egyptian force numbering 1,300, under command of Colonel Parsons, routed 3,000 der vishes, of whom 500 were killed. Three Egyptian officers were wounded and thirty-seven Egyptian soldiers killed and fifty-nine wounded. EXPRESS TRAIN ROBBED. nichwaymen In Missouri Blow a Car Up With Dynamite. The Colorado and UofTeyvUle ex press train tn the Missouri Pacific railroad, which Jeft Kansas City at 9:15 o'clock Friday night, was held up Iytt rnhbers about six males out irom the city. : " . The locomotive and baggage . car rAra ,WkHi from the train, after which the robbers shattered the Fa cific"-Express Company car with sivWamitA -Tha amount of booty se cured is not known- .' : SHY MB HID. COAL MINE DISASTER CAUSED BY GAS EXPLOSION. EIGHT WORKMEN TAKEN OUT DEAD The Other Sixty-Two Made Miraculous Escapes, Though Tltreo of Them Were Badly Injured. Seventy men were entombed Friday in the Empire mine of Snowden, Guild & Co. , short distance from Browns ville, Pa., as the result of an explo sion cf gas, followed by another ex- plosiqn of fire damp. Of the number entombed all escaped or were taken out by rescuing parties except eight, who were killed outright, and three more or less hurt. " The list of the dead is: John A. Haiston, Salem Haiston, Robert -Davidson, John Bennett, William Pritch ard, Henry Hagar John Cartwright and James Hall. Those injured are: George Baker, miner, burned about face and breast; tfuuu xas.er. bukiihy uurueu: oamuei xl. "r l t a. ft i clntyre, cut on head by fall of slate. The explosion is said to have been J uauteu uy mo loueemng. oi a large b ock of coal which ? opened a pocket - of gas. Immediately -following the explosion of gas there was a second explosion of fire damp. Intelligence of the disaster , soon spread and the crowds gathered around the mouth of the mine. ..Terrible scenes of grief and horror were pre sented as it was thought that all of those in the mine had perished. Wives and children of the entombed men were frantic with grief and their shrieks and wails were frightful to hear. Notwithstanding the great dan ger, tiie rescuing parties wotted bravely. L At 9 o clock Friday night the last of the explorers of the mine crme out and announced that tuere was nothing liv ing or dead left behind in the mine, leaving the list of fatalities as given above. ' i - COL. J0IIXST0N PASSES AWAY. The Well Known Lecturer and Novelist Dies In Baltimore. Richard Malcolm Johnston, the lec turer and novelist, died in Baltimore Friday morning, after an '-illness of several mom ns. Richard Malcolm Johnston -was born " at the old homestead near Powellton, Ga., on the 8th of March, 1820. After receiving such schooling as the neigh borhood afforded he entered Mercer university, then located at Pennfield, in 1841, He graduated with the first honors of his class, which was the first one formed at this noted school. Af ter teaching school for a year he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1843. At the close of the war he .removed to Baltimore and established the noted Penn Lucy school for boys at Chestnut Hill about two miles north of Balti more. This school was named in honor of his daughter, Lucy Davenport, who died in Georgia. For many years the Georgia poet, Sidney Lanier, was as sociated with him in conducting this school. Mr. Johnston has written in all more than 100 stories, the majority of which have appeared in book form. Per haps his most important literary work is a book called "The English Clas sics," a historical and critical work on English literature. It was prepared by him for publication while professor in the University of - Georgia. This book, is-used as a text book in the higher classes of most of the colleges and universities of the northern and eastern states. EXODUS OF AMBASSADORS. Only a Few Representatires of Foreign Countries Are Now In Washington. With the departure of M. Cambon from Washington, the ambassadors of France, Germany and Italy will be abroad, leaving only Great Britain and Russia with their ambassadors at the national cpital. The exodus toward Europe at the time of the meeting of the peace com mission at Paris has given rise to reports that there was some significance in the trips, although it is said at the several ambassies that no political con siderations are involved. " " THEY DOST SPEAK. Friendly Relations Between Colombia and Italy At An End. Advices received from Bogota, the capital of Colombia, -Bay that all rela tions between Colombia and Italy have been severed, owing to the action of the Italian government, in the Cerruti affair, - which the Colombian officials considered arbitrary and in violation of the treaty of 1892, which was there by annulled. News received from Cajthagena says it is rumored there that Colombia agrees to pay the claim of Punclrard, McTaggart & Co. of 10,000 francs as a result of a breach of the Antiguain railroad contract. - GENERAL JACKSON DECLINES. Tennesseean Will Not Servo On the War Committee, as Reported. A Nashville dispatch says: General William H. Jackson has declined to serve on the commission to-investigate the wax department because of private business,: which has accumulated dar ing his summer's absence', and because of his sale set for next month of about 150 thoroughbreds. He "sent a tele gram to President McKinley declining the honor. - . - IBIIIIDIH. SEC05I) BEGIHEXT ABRITE8 IS AT. tASTA FROM. HUKTSTULE. PATRIOTIC OVATION AWAITED THEM Into Camp at .Fledmont Park -Until October 1st When They Will - -V EecelTO Furloughs. "... The Second regiment of Georgia volunteers reached Atlanta at noon Thursday. ville, Ala., its advent The regiment left Hunts Wednesday evening and into the Gate City was heralded by cheering crowds, screech- ing whistles; clanging bells and booming cannon 'from the time city limits their way the trains reached the until they . had pushed through the great : throng that surged about the union depot. - The progress of the four special .trains" with their loads of "tired look- . ing soldiers was a triumphal march from the t xt. i:--u ii.t Mothers, sisters, ' sweethearts and riends were at the raiiway stations -11 ann t, i,- a m;- ' ofi. gHmpae t the returning Volunteers. a Wtere the trains stopped the sold- iers eagerly rushed out to greet their friends and rushed back to the cars at the sound of the bugle, , Where the trains did .not stop peo ple stood in their doors or at the sta tions and waved a welcome. - 1 lie royal welcome, jiowever, was given by" Atlanta. ... Nothing compara ble to it has been seen in the city i since the reception of the Liberty bell in lbyo. The demonstration in nonor of the soldiers was 'of the same kind, with the same patriotic fervor, and was participated in by all classes Men and - women, little children, white and black, workmen from the shop, grimy with the sign of honest toil, men of business from their stores and counting houses, and professional men frour their offices, all joined in the welcome to the home-coming vol an teers. - - '. . " Lunch For the Boys. . Near the depot the ladies of the At lanta Relief association awaited the soldiers with a dainty but bountiful lunch, which was tlio . thing most The roval reception at tbe- depot was followed by a; parade of the prin- ! cipal streets, with a review at the park by Governor Atkidson and General Pennington. . The address, of -welcome wa3. deliv ered at the auditorium in the: after noon by Hon. John Temple Graves and was followed by the luncheon to the Second by the Army and Navy league in the government building. - The regiment has gone into camp at Piedmont Park until the first" of Octo ber, when the men . will receive their pay witu a 3U days luriougu ana go o their homes. On the first of . No vember they will return to Atlanta to be mustered out of service. s Though not in actual war, the regi ment has seen, many hardships, and has been somewhat thinned , by sickness.- About sixty of the men who marched on the streets are oh. sick call, reporting to the surgeon every morn ing ior examination. r. Others are absent on sek leave and. few were - left in tba - hospital at Huntsville. The twelis companies were reduced to about 871 men. Death has laid his hand on alout a dozen since they lt;ft the stata light-hearted and bouyant with tha effervescent spirit "of youth. ANXIOUS FOR PROTICTORATE. Filipinos Want AmerlcansfTo Becojjniaa Independence of laands. Advices from Tklanila state that the Filipino national assembly' has decided to request the Americans first to re cognize the independence of the is lands, second, to establish a protecto rate over their, extemal affairs and to induce me powers . i .i ' A i V Decognize their independence; third to appoint a joint commission or Amricans aad F ilipi nos for the arrangiment of details to reciprocate the Amiican services. IS ROOSEVELT OELLIGIBLE? Supporters of Got. Back Say the Colonel Is a Son- esldent - A dispatch f ror Albany, N. Y. , states that the sup; rters of Governor Black have exposei their hand, which has been . responsil e for their great confidence in : the , ability to defeat Colonel Roosevelt : r the gubernatori al nomination, andfwhich makes the nomination of the lonei an impossi- bility. - Colonel Koosevel they say, is "in- eligible" to run as candidate for gov ernor in New York ftet as when he was sworn in as assistdt secretary of the navy he swore t his residence as Washington, D. Cl COLUMBUS REMAINS. Their Contemplated! kcraoTal From Hsv- vana Bids Fair To a 1 foase Opposition. A asmngton a atch says: No- tice has been take of the expressed purpose of the Sparsh captain general to remove from thekland the remains of Christopher Colthbus' with part of the surmounting mdument. : If a monument is fixture, then it is hid to decide what is, and it is possiblepat attention will be called to the inf r tion of the terms of the protocol. . Go HIS YISIT BADE SUBJECT OF MUCH SPECULATION. WENT TO MEET , GOY. HOLCOMBL Looking After Interest of His Sick Sold iers and Not Trying- to Oat Mus- -tared Out as Beported. A Washington special of Thursday Bays: Colonel W. J. Bryan has again, disappointed his critics. , The colonel spent the day in Washington, saw the war department officials and the presi dent and went away without suggest ing either that his regiment be mus tered out or that he proposed to resign his commission. . . This was Colonel Bryan's first ap pearance here in uniform and natu rally he attracted much attention. Be fore he came the dispatches from Jack sonville, Fla., had much to say of his intentions. Bryan met Governor Holcomb, of Nebraska, at the capital. "When it was learned they would be together, the conclusion that they were present to secure the muster out of Bryan s regi ment was jumped at. - " The fact is, however, they have made no such request. They did have a list of sick men in the regiment whom they wanted sent home, and they thought the best way to accomplish what they were after was to go to headquarters. After seeing . the adjutant general. the acting secretary of war and the general of the army, they called at the white house and paid their respects. The governor talked of the exposition at Omaha, which the president is soon to visit, and the president questioned Colonel Bryan at some length con cerning conditions in the camps at Jacksonville. , Neither at the war department nor at the white house was the possibility of mustering out the Third Nebraska discussed, and there was no sugges tion at either place of 'Bryan resigning his commission. So far as known, therefore, the talk of his resigning is confined to the newspapers. He did not disclose his purposes. Like' many another, who enlisted for fight, he does not partic ularly relish the idea of -garrison duty Like other volunteer regiments, the Third Nebraska is not anxious to stay in the service, but will probably do so. If Bryan decides to resign, the colonelcy, he will undoubtedly be able to give good reasons for doing so. As it is, all he will say is that he has noth ing to say. "' WILL BE NO DELAY. vacua tion of Cuba Mast Proceed With Expedition-. , It is stated that the war department has received ho detailed report of any information from the Cuban military commission regarding the work of the commission at Havana. -. In reply to the question as to wheth er there was any disposition to accede to the request of the Spaniards for a postponement of the evacuation of Cuba until some time next spring, the statement was made that no delay would be considered; that the evacua tion must proceed with expedition, and that the troops of the United States were now being put in readi ness for the occupation of Cuba would be sent there. YETS OF MEXICAN WAR Hold Association Meeting: In XioalsTllle, Ky., and Elect Officers. The National Mexican Veterans as sociation in session Thursday at Louis ville, elected General E. H. Hobson, of Greenville, Millenburg county, Ken tucky, president; Ay L. Ogg, of Indi ana, vice president; Wilbur R. Smith, Lexington, Ky., secretary and treasu rer; Alexander Williamson, Lexington, corresponding secretary.;, . The following state vice presidents were chosen: 'P. T. Briggs, of Illi nois; Sam McFadden, of Indiana; James Givins, of Kentucky; D. G. Wood, of Tennessee; N. H. Garr, of Oklahoma; A. N. Davis, of PennsyK yama. Indianapolis was. selected as next place of meeting. the CHAPLAIN MAKES CHARGES. Another Preacher Criticise Management - ' of Volunteer Camp. Key. Cyrus L. Brady, archdeacon of the Protestant Episcopal : diocese of eastern Pennsylvania and chaplain of the First regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, in a sermon at Philadel phia Sunday night, severely criticised the management of the volunteer camps which came under his supervise ion at Chickamauga, where his regi ment was stationed for a long time. He said the medical, commissary, quartermaster and ordnance depart ments were all to blame. TESTING CONGRESSIONAL ACT. Jurisdiction of Indians Over Their Own Citizens To B Decided. - ;j The . long and tedious undertaking of testing the, constitutionality of the act of congress depriving the courts of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory of ' exercising jurisdiction over their own citizens has been insti tuted in the United States court at Muscogee, L T., by Judge Yancey Lewis and William -T. Hutchings, attorneys for the Creek aril Cherokee nations. jrjtrr jsyacxjatio miss. AnHaossisU la Cnbs Waat to Taka Fast KertlAtions. OfSelal dispatches rscelreh by one of the embassies J Washington from Havana confirm the reports that the colonial : government of the island is taking a hand in shaping the terms on which the evaouation "shall be exe cuted. This, it is believed, mar develop some new phases in the situa tion in. uuba. ; . r - The colonial gorevanient was estab lished by Spain shortly before the war broke out, there being a cabinet or nve officers at Havana and a - legislative body with two houses. It carried out in a measure the long pending plan of giving Cuba home ml by means of an autonomous government, but while in name autonomous, it was contended by the insurgent element that genuine home rule was lacking and that this colonial regime was a continuance of Spanish domination. It appears, however, that these col onial authorities are taking a very act ive part in the present negotiations and that there is more or less co-operation between them and the Spanish government. This creates a condition in which the United States must deal not only with Spain, but with those who claim to 'represent the island it self, free from Spanish control. The colonial or autonomist administration is v8ry thoroughly organized and can exert much influence. It established a regular legation.in Washington prior to the war with especially prominent men of Havana on the staff. It num bers in its ranks much of the wealth of Cuba and claims' to stand for the educated olasses as against the insur gents and illiterates. This makes two distinct Cuban classes the autono mists, who are co-operating with Spain, and the insurgents, who are opposed to Spain. . - , It now seems clear from the official as well as from the press, reports of ; Havana and Madrid that the autono mist government is taking up the claim first . advanced by Spain that many incidental questions as to Cuba must b3 settled before the evacuation begins. , .But the. view among government officials here is that the Cuban autono mists as well as the Spaniards have no questions to advance or settle before evacuation is determined upon. The time and place of .evacuation is looked upon by the. authorities here as the only point involved and there is likely to be a rude awakening if the pro Spanish element, either as autonomists or as native Spaniards, insists upon bringing in .the, determination oi .the Cuban debt,1 future forms of govern ment, rates of tariff for Spain and many other subjects as a preliminary to evacuation. .Jr v ;v--- The American .commissioners, ac cording to the understanding here, will insist upon a strict adherence to the protocol for an immediate evacuation of the island, and if need be, will submit ' an ultimatum against taking up subsidiary questions, on v Cuba's future. While the Cuban colonial government is "thus, combining with the Spanish government in bringing forward these incidental questionjf.yet the opinion was expressed by - a high diplomatic officer based on re cent advices from Havana, that a se rious issue would be averted and that the actual evacuation of the Spanish troops from Cuba .would begin within the next month. -- But it also appears that the evacua-, tion will cover a much longer time than has been anticipated. There are some 100,000 Spanish : troops in the island. Allowing 1,000 men on a transpbrt and a vessel leaving every day it would take 100 days, or over three months, for the evacuation. - But the vessels are not available, for a trip every day for 100 consecutive days, so that the time for departure would probably far exceed three months. SANTIAGO'S CUSTOMS FIGURES. Collector Donaldson Takes In 9107,783 From July IS To September 1. The report issued by Customs Col lector Donaldson , covering the4rans action of the custom house at Santi ago during the period between . July 16th and September 1st shows that the sum of $107,783 was collected from various sources and payments were made of $13,101 for sanitary and simi lar purposes, city police, and munici pal salaries, salaries of custom house officials and miscellaneous expense. Collector Donaldson estimates the annual income of the province of San tiago at $2,150,000. . GEX. WHEELER HONORED. ' - . . Will Take Prominent Part la Bl Kalshts Templar Facade. Word was received at PittsbuTg.Pa., Saturday, from General Gobin, grand marshal of the Knights Templar parade on October lltb, that Major General Joseph Wheeler has accepted the ap pointment of commander of the mount ed division. Every inch of ground along the four-mile route has been se cured for tbe erection of grand stands. It is estimated that there will be 20, 000 persons to the mile viewing the parade. " TOO 3IAXT LETTERS. Tt.e 'Commissioner ef Internal ReTeane Issues Ifotiee t Correspondents. The commissioner of internal reve nue baa issued a special notice to co-respondents of the internal revenue office, in which be explains that the delays in answering letters are wholly occasioned by the paseage of the war revenue act, which," he'says ''touch ed the business interests" of the coun try" at so many points that this ofSct rat.' literally. overwhelmed after it passage by correspondence from evert action of the United States." f ADMITS THAT HE WROTE COX YICTIXU DOCUMENT. DETAILS OF NEFARIOUS PLOT. Ex-Major Says Ho Was Ordered to Maa .nfaclnre" Proof By His Superior and Blindly Obeyed the Command. The Loudon Observer of. Sunday morning continues its Eaterhazy rev-. elation s in a', long article, the most salient feature of which is Esterhazy'i .disclosure, made,-it is asserted, in the presence of more persons than one, that he was the author of the famous Dreyfus bordereau which he wrote "at the request of Colonel Sandherr, now dead." "It. was intended," he said, "to constitute material proof of Dreyfus .guilt. It was known through a French' spy in the service at Berlin that certain documents had reached the German general staff which Dreyfus alone could have obtained. It was a list of .these documents which constituted the bor dereau. Dreyfus had been tested in several ways. For instance, a pian for the concentration of -troops on the : southeastern frontier had been dictated to him which Was quite fantastic.; A short time afterwards our spies in Italy informed us that the Italian staff was making modifications around Nice, which corresponded to the changes announced in the imaginary scheme dictated to Dreyfus. , "Then Dreyfus managed to spend long holidays in Alsace without being apparently ; found out by the German authorities a very suspicions sign, for . . it was almost impossible for a French officer to remain for any length of time . in the conquered provinces without being found out. In fact, there was considerable moral r proof against ' Dreyfus before the trial took place,but no material proof. . ' "Colonel Sandherr, who was 'an Al satian, like Dreyfus; but intensely anti-Semitic, determined-to forge, this proof. He was convinced of the ac cused man's emit, but it was neces sary for the purposes of the-courtmar- . tial that documents should exist. "When Colonel Sandherr told me to write out the bordereu,I did so with out the .slightest -eampunction; - ,1 am one of those men who are soldiers by profession, and cling to old medieval traditions of military discipline. When I received an order I obeyed it implic itly and without question. I wrote the bordereau because Colonel Sand herr. told me to. I knew, of course, the purposes it was intended to serve. I knew I was committing a forgery; but I also knew, that all intelligence departments in all countries were run on precisely the eame lines, and that it was impossible to achieve the results in any other way. "It was exclusively upon the evi dence of the bordereau tbat Dreyfue was condemned. The document pri vately shown to the officers of the court mar tial was fetched from the war department during the trial with the object of convincing judges should they show signs of wavering." ) A SCOURGE OF SCURTT- Carries Off Nearly the Entire Crew of s German Vessel. A Philadelnhia disoath savs: The German bark 01 ga arrived at the Dela- orders from Samarang, Java, laden -with sugar. She brought to a cloie a voyage of strange, fatalities, having only a few of the original officers on board, Captain Dreyer, her com mander, and five others having died of that dread disease scurvy, which so often breaks out on board vessels from the far east. The Olga sailed from Sourabaya on April 3d., RETURNS TO 0MDURMA3L V General Kitchener Established FoiU st - Fashoda and On Sabat BItcv. - Advices from Cairo, Egypt, state that General Kitchener, commanding the Anglo-Egyptian expedition, has returned to Omdurman, having estab lished posts at Fashoda and on the Sabat riyer. . The troops did no light ing except with a dervish, steamer on the way south, which was captured R00SEYELT IS C0SFIDE5T. Claim Thai lie Has Iost His Cltfienshlp Is Denied By Bon(h IMder. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is not worried about the claim that he is not eligible for the "governorship by rea son of an affidavit filed with the com missioner of taxes. Tou maybe sure," the colonel said to a World reporter, "that this talk of my being disqualified is all rubbish. That paper does not affect my standing as a citizen in the least I signed it only to avoid paying double taxes in Washington and 2s err York on my per tonalpTOpertj, It is all poppycock for any one to say that I have lost my citizenship in JJew York." G0YERX0R TAYLOR ILL. Tennessee's Chief Execntire Said to E In a Dan jerons Condition Advices from Johnson City Tenru, are to the effect that the condition of Governor Taylor who has been ill for some time is alarming. It has been decided to pnt a guard around the house and allow no one to approach The strain of seeing visit tors and attending tor public business in his weakened condition has worried him very rnach. ' IK lilt 0 41 i Washington Friday. . ' f Western Electrician imore American.
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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