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LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD BY TELEGRAPH AND CABLE-?!contp=on
MfilTfft LABOR!
RETURNS TO COURT
, The Great. Uwuer Was flGGorded a Tremen?
dous Ovation by tlie fliidieiiGe. j
f\ CORDIAL GREETING FROM DR&YFUS
The Lawyer Shed Tears When the People Stood Up and
Cheered Him?The Former Prefect of Belp?rt Gives
Testimony Favorable to Priconer and Hostile to Ester
hazy?"A Bad Spy" Rewarded?General Mcrcier As-:
sumes Responsibility For a Report and Witholds Infor?
mation Desired by the Defense ?Labori and Dreyfus Pro?
duce Sensations?A Trap Set For a Witness.
(By Telegraph to Virglnian-Pllot.) |
Vienna. Aug. 22.- Tho N< lies Wclner
Tageblatt says ii understands that one
hundred and sixty d icuments lire ah u(
t.v be published tliul will prove the in?
nocence of Dreyfus und the guilt of
Henry and Eslcrhiixy.
Reimes, Aug. 22. -To-day wan Maltrc
Laborl's day at the Lycoe, where Cap?
tain Alfred Drcyfiis in standing trial
on charge of treason. Labor! wac the
central llgurc <>r the scene.
Labor! did whul people hud expected,
lie galvanized tin- dormant defense in?
to an nctive, living thing. M. Demange
Is conciliatory. He ha? always seemed
to fear to triad "it tho military .?!?.
Labor! Is a gladiator, and always aims
to tom b Iiis fa. to the quick. Lei there
bo tb" slightest opening In hir* op?
ponent's defense and he thrusts home.
AN EL? IQIJBNT HPK EC 11.
To-day, when M, Deinunge found
nothing to ask a witness, M. Labor!'*
quirk rye had discovered weak spots,
and ho came forward with searching
questions.
lie opened to-day with an eloquent
speech, and the atirtlencc couhl have lis?
tened for 'an hour tu I;:.-' rich, inehi
dloils voice, modnl.tted t lie s an I then
Impassioned outbursts, accompanied by
energetic and speaking gestures.
< IN Tili: ANNIOI1S SEAT.
Generals Itoget, Billot, Mercier and
Rblsdefre, with the other military wit?
nesses, gave one auot ber anxious
glances, and put their lie,ids together
tu i xchauge obviously disagreeable Im.
pressions as Labor! plied the smaller
military fry. who occupied the witie ss
stand successively to- lay with disc in?
verting question*.
GENERAL MERCIIOH CORNERED
Labor! cornered General Mercler on
the Schneider letter, which Hie latter
had um d in cvidcil and Which Coll llul
Schneider bad repudiated as ii forgery.
The Gollern I was surprised when Labor I
suddenly demanded that Mercier be re?
called. Evidently he hoped 111 ? - tribunal
would support him in refusing to ex?
plain- how lie v.i>t a .? py ??;' a letter I
Which was of later du.- than ir.s I mm tu?
be ney a.i the Ministry of War.
Hut Lnhori was noi to he denied. Hi
insisted thai Mcrclor should give .'one
explanation. Then, after hesitating,
Morder declared that he would assume]
all the responsibility atlnehlng t.. his
possession ? <( ihe ilneuim-nt. This, us
laibori intended it sliouhl was a|
demons! rat ion of comuiunlcnl i< n by the
general slnff of part, at I nst, of tin
seen t dossier to an ordinary soldier,
such as Mercier became immediate y
on hav ing ;be Ministry of War. When
Labor! bad attained his object and
forced a confession of grave violation
of law mi ihe port of General Mender,
he gave a sniile of grim satisfaction,
and then added slglillleally: "1 shall
have eiber questions to mi: to General.
Mercier."
The scene was highly dramatic and
made a profound Impression up in all
tile spectator.-.
LIABLE TO ARREST.
General Mercier nitisi now be spend-J
Ing u verv miserable evening, for hs the
result of tills admission, and With the
additional chorgi of communicating se?
ct ?t document;' to the court "initial of
lSl'l, he is liable to arrest .it ; hy mo?
ment. Indeed. lOllie |.','le thll k it II >t
Impossible that he will he lying in the
military prison* nrtjolnlng the cell of
Captalli Dreyfus before the week Is
out.
Another series of questions pul by M.
Labor! concerned Liijoux, a spy for?
merly in ihe service of the French War
Ollice. but packed off to South Ameri?
ca, according to various military wit?
nesses, because he proved a Swindler.
Labor! asked how ii was. if thai wore
so. that La Jo tix was still receiving
monthly payments.
A STRONG IMPRESSION.
Commiindtiul Rollln, completely tnkon
oiuuk. replied that a cessation of pay
monts \\a< under COIVli'det'OllOII.
The impression convoyed hy Lab,.:-!'.
questions and ihe rcplb s git en was that
LAJoux was being pail by Ihe Wat
Offlce to keen out of tin- wny In the
interests of Esterhazy, whom Lajoux.
In a letter road in court ? fferlng rcVein.
Ilons in tin- Dr. yfus affair. Indicated as
the real traitor.
M. Lnhnri's cross examination in this
matter, therefore, was a distinct ad?
vantage t.. ib.- nci used.
Lai i i i announced thai he int. tided to
recall several witnesses.
LABORES WELCOME.
Rennte, Aug. 22.~Mnltro I?ibori, L ad?
ing counsel for the defence, who was
murderously assaulted August 14th,
was i resent In court this morning at
the trial of Captain Dreyfus.
The proi i . l.ngs opened at t".:"o a. m.
The arrival of M. Labor! at tin- Lyce*
whs the signal for scenes of extraordi?
nary enthusiasm.
At 6:10 a. m. three carriages, pre-1
I
roiled by n numltcr .>i* bicycles, drove
up. Tii.' first carriage ebntalncd M.
l.abiirl ami bis wife and physicians.
Ti.thers contained friends of the
luwyi i- ami some police Inspc dors.
ACCI 1RDED AN OVATU >N.
The crowd a haul the Lyccc building
rushed up i>> M. Laborl's carriage and
a number of people eagerly thrust theli
hands through the windows ni greet
the distinguished lawyer. When M.
liaborl descended he Wiis surrounded by
friends, and a hundred hands passed
his, while he was assailed with all sortis
of questions, to which he smilingly re?
plied: "I am getting will, my
friends, thank you, thank you."
I .A IK >ltl HI I I .I > TEA ItS.
As M. I,a'o n i. Kiill accohipnnied by
Mine. Labor I and a physician, entered
tin- court-room tin audience greeted
him by standing, and there was a gen?
eral roar of applause, aecoinpanli d by
the clapping of hands, which w?s dis?
tinctly It nrd in the sire. :.-.
Tears sprang to Ihe eyes of the
wounded man. who was evidently deep?
ly affected by the warm welcome ac?
corded him.
Among tho.io who greeted M. Laborl
were Generals Hlllol ami Merrier, who
courteously Inquired as to his condi?
tion. The lawyer looked very well, con?
sidering his recent exiiorlehce.
APHA ID OP JOUAUST.
At (Itvsl the audience seemed appre?
hensive thai Col. Jouaust; president or
the Court, might iroai the applause ol
M. Laborl as a demonstration, which
vvoilld warrant him in blearing ihr
court. It began, therefore, with a few
limiil clips of 111.- hands, but was sooll
followed by general applause upon the
part .if the w hole a lid hull .-.
Till-: GREETING OP DREYFUS.
Dreyfus entered lh6 court-room soon
nfterwards, nod having saluted the
judge, turned to M. Laborl with out?
stretched hand, a smile of keep pleas?
ure lighting up his pale ami usually Im?
passive features. The lawyer look the
prisoner's hand ami shook It warmly,
whereupon Dreyfus gave him another
look .>f gratitud ?, and took his seal iti
front of counsel's table, with his bat'.;
inward them.
A I 1DRESS Fit" >M Til K ?II >r RT.
Colonel Jouaust next read from a
paper an address to M. Laborl, the tone
of the president being quite sympa?
thetic. The lawyer ma I. an impassion?
ed reply. He was deeply affected and
his voice was clear, though leu s.t
strong as before lie was shot. He was
very nervotifl and excited, and swayed
to and fro as he delivered his r< ply.
His hearers wer.- profoundly Impross
? i.
M. LnboiTs reply to the president
considerably fatigued him and he sat
down Hushed and holding his sub . He
afterwards once or twice nervously
twitched his fingers and au expression
llittcred across his face as though lie
were suffering.
THE Fl 11ST WITNESS.
The first witness to-day was M Gre
nler, the former Prefect of Belfort. Ills
testimony was faviirabic to Dreyfus and
distinctly hostile to Esicrhussy.
.Major Rnllin, of (he Intelligence De?
partment, was asked by M. l.nb.iri (lur?
ing Ihe course of the former's testi?
mony how a eerthln document of a
later date than Merolcr's ministry,
came Into General Mercler's posses
siou. Rollln said it was not his busi?
ness t.. explain, bin counsel Insisted
asking whose business it was.
Finally M. Laborl asked Colonel Jou?
aust to request General Merrier to ox
plain. Tue General ruse and said he
declined to answer.
REFUSED To ANSWER.
M. Lnborl Insisted but Merrier still
refused to answer and Major Carriere.
the government ebmniissnry, supported
him on Ute ground that the examina?
tion was eiUi ring upon a mittler which
ought not. in Hie int. rest ,.f the couil
t.y. ;,. he discussed pUblic{y.
M. Laborl then declared in a loud
voice thai he v..11 ] l reserve to himself
the right to take the necessary mea?
sures to obtain the desired Informa?
tion.
DHEYFUS SCORES A POINT.
The hex! point was made by Dreyfus,
in his reply t ? Major Rollln. The lat?
ter had remarked that all the prison?
er's phpers were seized when his rn ?ins
were searched in 1891, nnd Colonel Jou
atisi Bald that certain papers from his'
text book. Ihe School of War, Were
found missing.. To this the prison : re?
torted:
"Not In 1894, my Colonel."
This caused some sensation as Ihe >b
vious interpretation was that the pages
were torn out a! (he War Office and
that then the fact was used against
him .is an Insinuation that he had mm
iv, n nil a ted the missing pages I i : ri Ign
agents.
FORMER SECRETARY'S CONCOO
Til i.NS.
A former secretary of the War Olllco :
named Ferret next testified to seeing
Dreyfus prying into other olllcer'a work
during their absence, and the prisoner
replied excitedly that Ferret's state?
ments were concoctions hy a former
Minister of War. which caused u sen?
sation.
Then In a cooler manner th" prisoner
made a statement explaining the ditn
cumcs in the way of n civilian, such as
Ferret, entering the ofllce.
M. Grenler said lie considered Ester
hazy to i.o an irresponsible personage.
Esterhazy. he continued, was tho order?
ly ofllcer of the witnesses' father, who
always praised Iiis fidelity and devo?
tion; hi::, even then was a disappointed
man. 11^ was -always complaining' of
deception, grumbling a: fate and living
in meat style without means to uphold
i;. lie squandered successive legacies.
At Ksterhazy's request, the witness
made numerous attempts to liiri?
into the Ministry ol War. Which Ester
hatsy tleclared was necessary In order
to en.iid" him to pass for lieutenant
colonel.
A BAD SPY.
Lieutenant Colonel iiollln, of the Tn
tclllgcnce Department, was the next
witness. He described the soy Dajoux,
employed in the department as "a bad
spy'' whom i: was found necessary to
suppress.
M. I.aliot I ashed the witness whether
he knew Dajoux had ? ? 'cd to make
revelations in the Dreyfus affair, and
the witness replied that l.ajonx wrote
to the Minister of War asking for as
slstancc and r< fi rrlng to the Dreyfus
ease.
The clerk of the < ?urt read i letter in
which, after dwelling upon his service.
Dajotix cs.it.l it was in consequence, of
Henry's exactions that the spy, Ctiers,
had become an enemy Instead of an
ally. He also described a conversation
with t uers. in which Cuers declared
Dreytus had never been heard of at
tli.j army lieudquurters in Berlin, and
that on the news lit the arrest of Drey,
fus, General Von Wnldcrscc summoned
They arc Rallying in Towns Pretty
Close to Manila.
THE PROV5NCE MUZZLED
_
[it (lie I'mvlnet' of CivileWlter? <Scii?
rrnl I?i|? NnIII lio l'ili|ilii?M Were
Kenilrreil ?n?l He.-iillr.cil Tliej
llnvo AMttnibleit hu Vrmy ?I Knv*
ernl 1 linn?ii??l .'ion Minim Towim
Threntoii<>il on-llliiiuc. nil l'rrs? |
IMsp.it elie? ~Trilllin- .liilIt tl.
(By Telegraph lo Vlrglnlan-Vilot.)
Manila, Aug. 19.?(Via Hong Kong,
Aug. 22.) -The Filipino rebels appear t i
retain much more ot a lighting spirit 1
than niight be expected ntter their re?
cent Pnn Fernando experiences nnd
General I.aw ton's drubbings In the
j South.
After giving up San Fernando with a
, feeble struggle, they entrenched them
! selves at Angeles, working for sevi i
'days and Impressing non-combatants
ir.to Ihe work, thus savins; the armed
men for the fighting'.
. They engaged 1/leut. Col. Smith's
i regiment and the artillery wurmly f^r
creasing, arid ihai Hie rebel command
era -it \i . , hei points refuse
to obey \guinaldo"a orders in regard
:?> closing tin poi > held by the rebelA
against American i~. nnri say that
any transport bringing stores will be
welcomed, .1 ships from Manila
are now at sin . ports, Hundreds of
people com. Into M ni la ilnlly and re?
turn to th ? Kl lines with food and
other com in Kill
ki:i:i>in<; nu n; eorNTKYMicN.
The guards stat n< i itlonc; one road
reported 'thai :.?>??, | rsons passed
through tho lines In tin ? .i .>??=. and
that 45 tons of I . , were carried out
in small parcels on the same road -ti
ten dayiei Mm h . ,, i mbtedly!
goes to aid the rebels, but tin authori?
ties permit this traillc from m dives of
charity toward the vv> men and > lul
dren, who are undoubtedly suffering.
a TUM h m: j Ali. kd
General Sine Arthur Is rst.tbl hing
municipal governments ti t h \ liases
north of Manila. T.hfl M ?> >r <t ll.iliuag.
tin? lirst town where General l.awton
established the same nil . who was
supposed to be one of tho tu ist friendly
and trustworthy of tin natives, lot,
been placed In jail charged with ar?
ranging with the rehels t u an attack
on the town.
t'anKr?ramiiu KoimI lte?ti;ti?.
(By Telegraph to Vir ;ittlnn-Pil it.)
Augusta, Me., Aug. ? Tho resigna?
tion of Thomas It. Itecd as Cohgri ss
in m in the first Maine district was re?
ceived by Governor Powers to-day. The
' resignation Is to take . ffect September
4th. and it has been accepted by Gov?
ernor Powers.
Iiiilimi 'Trimble* Over.
(By Telegraph to Vl'rglnlan-Pliot.)
j Washington, Aug. 22. General Mer
j riatn wires tlie War Department tha
the Indian trouble at Navhjo Spring
I Is bvi r, the Indians who killed the gain
j bier. Lnndreth, having been arrest' I.
THE CUP CHALLENGER SHAMROCK IN NEW YORK HARBOR.
Sim > s!ii! arrived at New York the Shamrock has '.11 cynosure >'f nil eye-, and she has boon n I most constantly
surrounded by pleasure craft loaded with people who wished t.> sec what the new cup challenger l"ol;s like
In connection tVIth the coming race between the Columbia and Shamrock for Ihe America's Clip it might be of
interest to state that yesterday, August twenty-second, was the forty-eighth anlversary pit the great race when the
American Schooner-rigged boa: '.'America" defeated the entire English yachting s(|tmdron of II boats, and won that
great trophy pup which has been so eagerly contested for by English yachtsmen ever since. The "America'' beat
the English boat ''Majesty" by twenty minutes, but some at squadron did hot cross the finish line till the te xt day.
?ill the German military at laches in
Kurope Lterllh, an.I they unanimous
ly declared thai hot one of them had
ever hail rcluiiojid with Dreyfus.
Cucra added that it'- himself had never
heard of I' eyfus.
Lajoiix then complained .>f his aban-|
dotinichi by Ihe head(|iiurteirs'staff, nhrt
measures tjikCrt au.iiu.--t lilm by <>ili-|
cers of Ihe Ministry of War. II. spoke!
iif tin promises of Colonel Sandhevr and
Henry, who gave him credit for mi si i f
the success of ihe ivbrk iu the Ititei
hce flUl hi.
After reading this letter M, Lahor I
Inquired:
"Can Lieutenant Colonel Itollln ex?
plain how a man regarded as a f"ngud
ami ha I i-uu i- now i icelvlng a pen?
sion of 200 franco monthly?"
The v\ itness replied:
"It i.- no doubt in recognition of hid
previous1 services," (Laughter).
A UK POUT.
Thi n M. i nbrir nskefl If the witness
assumed responslblllt.x for the report of
November no, 1897, which was nttri
buted to u foreign militnry attache.
The Government Commissary, Major
Carrlre, pr tested against this question
saying it referred to affairs of state
anil should not hfl answered except be?
hind closet] doors
M. Lhborl pointed out that lie had
not named anybody, and Lieutenant
(Continued oh Sixth Page.)
; Utierlii Still HoliU (lie ?'?>-1. j
j Paris. Aug. 22.?Ahl elpatlhg an ?
. attack : '-day from |he k ndarmes !
? occupying an adjacent house; M. ;
? Guerln, president of the Anti- {
t Semite League, and his compan- ?
I ions, who are barricaded In the ?
? headquarters ? the I' igue, poured '
J petroleum in a room near the t
, point itom which the attack was J
? expected, preparatory to setting It ?
? en fire. The anticipated move <ui ?
! the part of tho officers, however, J
, did not materialize. ,
four hours, making one <T tho most
stubborn resistances of th ? campaign. \
POOR MARKSMANSHIP.
Hut the Ainerli aus nre intlebted to the ,
usual poor marksmanship of the Flllr
plnoa as well as to their own strategy
lor their small i >ss.
In ibo province of Cavlte, where II j
was supposed the rebels had been .-e.it-!
tered an.l demoralized beyond recuper?
ation, they have assembled an army of
several thousand men distribute^
among the Important towns from the
lake to tho hay. After the Han Fer?
nando eng.in. ment tho rebels ntfetnpi I
to deter the Americans from a further
advance northward by menacing the
railroad communications.
THREATENED SMALL TOWNS;
Several hundred tjf tleneral Pii? del
Pilar's men crossed th- Rio Oranti . -
two. n the American oiifpdsl : and
threatened nnlluag, Qulngu.i and othet
places with small American gaVi (sons,
win during Sunday and Monday
nights smaller ban.is tried !?? tear up
th.- railway track at several points he
tweori I liana and Mnlolns. Reinforce?
ments of American troops, however,
were si ni a! ihg the railway from Mani- i
la io Hm Fernando, while tie forces at
Bnllnag and Qulnqua sallied otit
aguinst Ornorhl Plo del Pilar's men hi l
tin- rebels were easily driven nwayi in1
brushes between these Filipinos and
the Americans during three days the
Americans lost several men. while the
Filipinos' loss was heavy.
PRESS MUZZLED.
Of these operations th- Associated
Press-correspondent was permitted I ?
send only an Inadequate dlspni ill, dic?
tated verbatim by Major General Otis.
The censor writes slerotyped ?dl! in]
phrases and adjectives Into the die- i
patches, the .-tiding to magnify the'
American operations and to minimise
tin- opposition.
General (Mis says newspapers are not
public Institutions,* but private enter?
prises, and the correspondents are only
here sufferance.
Ft ion is scauoIc.
All reports from the rebel territory
agree that the scarcity of food Is In
NEBRASKA POLITICS.
DEMOCRATS. POPULISTS and FU?
sion ists iNi n :.
(By Telegraph to Vlrginlnn-PllotA
Omaha, Neb., Auk, 22. The thvou
State conventions, Democratic. Ponu
llst and Fusion, were called l> ler
this afternoon In separate hails, all lo?
cated m one block,
In the Democratic convention \V. II.
Thompson, National Coiriniiueemun for
Nebraska, was named by Chairman
Dahlen as temporary chairman, Mr,
Thumps iii's appearance wtta the signal
for applause.
ilx-t io\ ? i nor Silas A. Holcbmbe was
nominated for Supreme Justice by thi
Populist Convention and endorsed b>
Democrats ,ind Free Silver Republicans.
The platform adopted by (be Demo?
cratic convention endorses and em
phnsl7.es em h ami every plank of th
national platform adopted at Chicago In
lvv.
Mr. Bryan addressed all thr.'on
ventlons and was emphatic in bis d> -
nun r.'ati 'ii of the Administration'^ pol?
icy in the Philippines. He als.. sp ike
vigorously ill support of the froe-cnln
?n' ot <- Ivcr, declaring it to be the
main Issui how before the public.
denounced trusts In strong terms,
and criticised the Administration for
tl ilng limbing to regulate them. He
tvns ivfrll received with great enthu?
siasm.
('crinnity ami DreyltM. '
\ Hamburg. Aug. 22.?The Ham- \
. burglsche Correspondent discuss- ?
? luv; the assertion that Germany
* sli >uUI publish certain documents
I proving the Innocence ot Dreyfus,
\ says:
? "The inswor to this is that
I documents ?>{ this nature cannot
be produced for tho simple rea?
son tii.it Germany never had'nny
th.ng to do wita Captain Drey
RICHMOND NEWS
AND GOSSIP
Statement Given by Senator Mar?
tin's Friend Excites Amusement.
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM
rite Ailmnnllloii mi <)'?! r.t i in
- I'nriliprn Mlri-i'il Up by a 'Iv.ir
rloui III?ocI- Ills Legacy ?<> Hi'
i:|tl?cti|?*l Cbiirvh Home ii oiiidi
In n Churcli ? holr ?t.'lerUsliUi nl
Home--United in Marriage.
(Special to Vlrgihlnii?Pll t.l
Richmond, Va., Aim. 22.?The state?
ment given out' yesterday by n tri ml
of Senator Martin, in which practically
all the Democratic members "i" th
House and Senate are claimed for the
Junior Senator, has excited much
dmuscmoni to-tiny on every hand.
Even the mi st violent Mi rtlh jutrtisans
are inclined to think tliiit the paper
Is a case of reduOtio ad absurdum. |
j "It's a godd rule to make lug claims I
In advance of an election;" said an old!
politician to-day, "but -.here IS such ti
thing as making yo?rSClf ridiculous,]
and that should be avoid d."
FARMERS STIRRED UP.
Tho fanners of Uehrlco < ilillty ate
much stilted up by the unties of til
mysterious insect; v. hi., li Is devastating
crops right and 1< ft in certain si ctloiia.
Paris Green and ollrcr i olsons have I
been tried, but without effect, appar?
ently. ,
Th, Insects ;.i - described as being nn
Inch and oin -half bun: and coal biack.
They resemble caterpillars, but hone of
the fanners In Hie neighborhood hav-?
ever Been the like before. Thev are
Crying but for relief from the present;
plague.
The first visitation m as on Sunday I
morning, when Mr. Ed Vooglor's farm
was visited by the ins-i ts In such lure. ?,
numbers that In a short time an aero
and u half of millet h oi be n cut d t\\ n
aiid ruined, and an acre of rula baga
turnip tops veto converted Into salad
Paris gre- ti was m-pil d liberally and
a lon-r lino drawn <<n the grbUvMl with
the poison to out off the advance of ihe
worm, but the march was not in tho j
least disturbed, the strange Insects I
crawling over It without Injury. It Isj
even assei-t.-d that several of .till lit wore
seen eating the Paris green as dessert.
131*181 eOPAIi CHURCH 11 CM 13.
Under tho will .-r the hit John
Allen, once a member ? ?:' the In in of
Allen .V: Hinter, n number of legitcii -
?o to Itlchniond pool 1- and instil tu t i ?
This will is on re.,,id in the ChUn
e. ry Court of this City. The provisions
are that $|iia.?iin e., t , \|r. ,|,din lnuilop,
who. with Mrs. Mow. ivas e\ aitor of
the will: $'.'.ono. with the two houses
Nob. 313 ami 31?i East t.'nry street, ore
boi|u.\uhed to Mrs. Lucy li. Catlott;
the Woman's Christian Association io
. eives $2,S0O. the Retreat for the Siek
receives $2.600; Mrs. Caroline Mi ? i and
her daughter. Miss Pantile Morn, arc
given th.- home No. SOS East Cnry
street, Mr. Joseph w. Johnson is givi ri j
$500 and Mr. <'.. W. CiJ-il tl ) i( ?,
The remainder of the estate, ab mi
[ $100.000, Is to go to the Episcopal
Church Home, upon tho condition that
that institution continue in force dur?
ing the lives of tho two sisters.
Th - payment of nil annuity of $.''"> to
MlKS A. J'l. Will - ! i f Hlchards. of
England, and an annuity of $300 to .Miss
Nannie G. Catlott, of Port Hoya I, Car?
oline county.
A CHOlit III ?\v.
A big row is on In the choir of Cen?
tenary Methodist Church, the l ading)
church of the ?.i>. The cause of the
trouble is said to he the fact tlv.it Mrs.
13. It. Clowes, long a men.r of the!
cholf, dots not get along agreeably
with .Miss Helen Nyb, the new soprano.
After a lively .- :;? ul the rehearsal |
last Saturday n ght Miss Nye d lln d|
to sing in Hie (tli ill" any more.
CLERKSHIP ' >F TliC III >U8E. I
Mr. John T. Loving. the Mayor of
rPuhiski. has wrlti n I > a friend her,
that he will 1). a candidate for th
I clerkship of the House) of Delegates. Mr.
I Loving was an efllcient assistant to Col.
Rigger for n number of years.
ilV.\l ICNtixL.
Mr. Eugene Samtlels and Miss Marie
Lie Turner word married here this
morning. P.oth ore of this city.
POttTO RICO.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OP THE
CONDITIONS THERE;
(by Telesrapli to Virstnl.in-Pllot i
Washington; Aug. 22.?-A cable dis?
patch has been received tit the war
i Department from General Davis giv
i lug aiidili-iti.il ib :.tils of tile conditions, j
Iii Poft? Rico, li places ihe number]
of killed at 1,000 and reiterates his
statement of one liundrc I thousand
liest I tit to. <; ii ral 1 >.i\ is says:
i: Hints from Nucvltas uidy he un
j lo.ub d In (|ti:irantiue, but it seems to
li supply in easier >me from State?,
1 the f-ar of y. : ver Crom Cuba
i making extra preoauttohs necessary.
p ras reports t nti Port.? Rtcans ro
| fits 'd ti lief supplies with?
out double pay are untrue. M.icPherson
tin ?. ? i Satin lay afternoon and unload
II g pi ling Sunday morning. Dock
mils i i l I ? work without custo?
mary Sunday pay. Soldlers Porto
Mean battalion volunteered to tak*
their place, but longshoremen returned
to weik when they learned the nature
of suppl: s on l> l.itd, and unloading was
completed by them. Home refused any
pay whatever. Their original strike
was due to misapprehension. Stories
that laborer* In tho interior refuso tn
work because they am to b* fed by
Government Is principally sensational
talk and hysterics* 1 can resolve thai
mntl ?:? s is ly, as n > tasu.es will he made
(?> those able to work unless they do
so. Carg ? of M icPherson has been for
warded to distributing '.enters, and part
was issued yesterday evening'. In a
few limited areas the coffee is half safe,
remaining areas the crop is almost to?
tally ruined and the trees so injured
that nox: year'a crop will not exceed
fifty per cent, average. Bananas fur
11 ?'.) '. no h of the :' iod and sweet po?
ts, beans, rice, corn and yams, all
iwn here, supplied the
half i ilfty per cent, of the Ins?
tants. All the bananas, rice and
n are destroy d, and half the po
l now estimate over l.ooo dead
i.. 1 one hundred th msand hungry, one
half this being homeless. Hunger will
tthcr than diminish for many
panther sails.
la del phi ans thun out to
ski; her sail.
(Dy TfUgtatdi to Vl.-zintan-PIlot.J
?hlladelphia, D.i.. Aug. 22.?The U.
transport Panther, with a cargo of .
: us of food ami ether supplies for
> storm sufferers of Porto Rico, the
ntribution of the people of this city.
it ;'.::0 o'clock this morning for
n Juan
I'here ? ? ?? quite a crowd at loo wharf
the transport God-speed,
ton? t! ? throng being Mayor Ash
idg i, chairman of the Porto Kloo Rc
f i omni it i. e..
The i.irgo It valued at $5?V0t?.
The l't>tt?ii mill i oliareo Crop,
(Hy Telegripb to Virginian-Pilot.)
Washlngteo. Aug. 22.?Following is
the W'eatbi r Bureau's weekly summary
of conditions of the cotton and tobacco ?
over the central and eastern portions
of the cotton belt the conditions oficiat-^
ton continues practically the same as
at the el 'so of the previous week, rust
and shedding being prevalent. All ro
i irts show ihai cotton Is opening rap
? idly, picking being In progress in the
! extreme northern districts. In Eastern
North Carolina the Crop v..is damaged
by tlte high winds attending the hue
hurricane. Drought Is proving very
iglng to :be crop In < iklahoma und
T, xas, but tiie weather conditions have
been very favorable for picking, and,,
while an average yield is not expected
In Texas, the quality of the staple la.
good. ;?
In Ohio tobacco is suffering from
drought, but In other tobacco States
the general outlook continues favora-.
Lie. s mie ?'..neige iias l>een caused by
the Win.:.; in N'.o ;:?. C t.-.l.i. i, and most
weadiir ha? been iihla voDwleftoV'CijT?*
Ing in Maryland.
a BATTLE EXPECT D.
FIGHT BETWEEN MEXICANS AND
AND INDIANS IMMINENT.
<Ry Telegraph to Virginian-Pilot.)
Chicago. III., Aug. 22.?A special to
: Record from Potain. Mex., via N'o
gales, N. M.. says: The inhabitants of
lite town Were aroused to c nslderable|
oxi i im nt yesterday morning when the
? lull resouniliiig of the tambour, the
V n ti er drum, wan heard about three
miles s- iitli of Potain in the woods.
They sa> the beating of the tambouBfi
is the st;;nnl that the liuliiins are top
give La: i!.- to their enemies, and n3.:'
Genital Torres is how within five miles *
of the i>i.dnt where they are located,-ajj
light Is contldently expected to take?
pltn ? within twenty-four hours. 3
L'Jie to il number .if Indians killed^
since the outbreak is 205, while tlu
Mexican loss is given out as not ex?
ceeding P>.
MRS PEROT FSE".
WILL PROBABLY SAIL ii 'ME
WITH G LA DYS.
(By Tetcgraph to Virglninn-Pilot.)
London, Aug. 22.? Mrs. William Y.
Perot, charged with having abducted
Ii r daughter, Gladys, from Baltimore,
M l., and for whom extradition papers
w. ve .? nt from the United States, was
form illy fro .1 from custody in the Bow
Stre Police Court '...-day. and the
ense was thus ended.
Mrs. Perot drovo away from the court
sm'iling, .i mpani d by hi r slater and.
Gladys. Mr. Perot and the child will
- -.i us i 'ssibL for the United
Mrs; an I /.'ng fur Mrynu.
(By Tctcttruuh r.> Vlrslnlan-i'ilot.)
S-.. Louis, Aug. 22.?The Ilrst steps to
organize the Democrats >>? Illinois out
? I i w. J. Bryan In lt?00
have been taken nml a number of prom
in hl D ::i icrats Lave organized tiie
lal V> Ilium Jennings Bryan Club
if 1 ' Congressman B, A. Cald
litecl with Vicing the promot
the plan of organization*. Bryan
clubs; will be organized through the)
i wI h tut tl< hay, the purpose being
ure tho Illinois delegation for Mr.
Bryan. . j _
Klctltnntiil Mm ii Arretteil.
(By Telegraph to Vlratnian-PIlot.)' '.
Rl hmond. Va . Aug. 22?On the rem?
plaint of Anthony Comstock, of New
?\ It ? an v. (I hi ro to-day, Roy H.
Williams, of this city, was arrested this
ig, charged with sending obscene!
i ictures through the United States
moils. ?
Williams waived examination before
the United states Commissioner! an.
was sent on and bailed in $300?
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