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MINNEAPOLIS j
TAKE POWERS'PLACE
CAMILLE WEIDENFELD'S ATTOR
NEYS TRY TO ESTABLISH
STANDING IN COURT
NEW YORK BROKER
COMES IN UNEXPECTEDLY
Lawyers Representing Man Said to
Have Backed "Elusive Peter" Don't
Question Legality of Retirement of
Northern Pacific Preferred Stock.
The Northern Securities case was
taken up in the United States court
yesterday morning before Judge Ami
don. No appearance in behalf of elu-
Bive Peter Power was anticipated, but
to the surprise of many, Camille Weid
enfeld, a New York stock broker, in
tervened in behalf of the invisible
Peter, asking the same relief. Mr.
Weidenfeld was represented by M. H.
Boutelle of Minneapolis and A. W.
Bulkeley, of Chicago, Power's former
attorneys. C. W. Bunn and Frank
B. Kellogg, of St. Paul, represented
the Northern Pacific railroad. It is
(asserted that Weidenfeld has been be
hind the case from the beginning and
contributed tlie money for its prosecu
tion.
Mr. Bunn, in his argument, said that
the Northern Pacific company would
be glad to secure a decree on the mer
its of the case. Mr. Bunn declared
his belief that Weidenfeld was trying
to Intervene from corrupt motives and
that the attempted intervenion was in
furtherance of a conspiracy. Mr. Bunn
contended that the retirement of the
Northern Pacific preferred stock was a
perfectly legal transaction, and that
the owners of the stock could not par
ticipate in the obligations which were
Bold in order to retire the stock.
Doesn't Question Legality.
Mr. Boutelle submitted a copy of the
petition of Weidenfeld, which differed
somewhat from the Peter Power com
plaint. Mr. Boutelle said he didn't
question the legality of the retirement
of the preferred stock of the Northern
Pacific as a separate and isolated
proposition, but he alleged that this
transaction was but part and parcel
of the consummation of a, grander
scheme, the ultimate object of which
was to place the controlling interest
of the railroad companies—the North
ern Pacific, Great Northern and Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy—in the
Northern Securities company. This,
he maintained was illegal inasmuch as
It was a device by which the interests
of two competing and parallel rail
roads became identified in the holding
of stock, a scheme which was in viola
tion of the constitution of the state
of Minnesota and other states through
which the railroads ran.
Mr. Boutelle described the course of
the Northern Pacific and cites the
statute which provides that parallel
and competing lines shall not effect
combinations within the state.
Argue Weidenfeld's Standing.
Judge Amidon interrupted the argu
ment of Mr. Boutelle, and said that
one of the important questions in the
case was whether Camille Weidenfeld
could intervene, and whether he had
any standing in this court The judge
asked counsel to present argument to
clear up in this matter before going
further.
Mr. Boutelle stated that no objection
had been made by the defendant in the
case, but was prepared to show that,
•While Peter Power, or any other stock
holder, who made the original com
plaint in behalf of himself or any
stockholder who might wish to partici
pate, had failed to show their interest
In the stock, there was no reason why
any other stockholder could not come
in and prove his interest in the ques
tion involved.
The entire afternoon was consumed
by the argument of the question of
the right of Weidenfeld to intervene.
Mr. Bunn and Mr. Kellogg contending
that he had no right to do so. Kellogg
was talking when court adjourned un
til 10 a. m. today.
MILLS SEEK MORE MEN.
Eight-Hour Schedule Proves Costly to
Flour Men.
Flour mills in Minneapolis will be
compelled to employ from 24 to 26 per
cent more labor than was required be
fore the new schedule as to hours and
wages was agreed on. There were 464
men affected by the change, directly
and indirectly, and at least 100 more
will have to be put on when the eight
hour shifts are started.
This means that the mills will pay
out $7,200 more in wages per month
than before, a total difference in a year
of $90,000. Advertisements for millers,
oilers and sweepers have already ap
peared, and it is expected that most of
the men to be taken on will come from
Superior and Milwaukee. Many let
ters have already been received from
mill employes at these places asking
for positions, should the eight-hour
Bchedule be adopted.
SORRY HE DISPLAYED ROLL.
Harvest Hand Is Felled and Robbed by I
Supposed Friends.
Thomas Burns, a returning harvest
hand, was slugged and robbed of $30,
within a stone's throw of the central po
lice station in Minneapolis last night.
The robbery occurred in an alley lead-
Ing from Hennepin avenue. Burns cul
tivated the acquaintance of several har
vest hands while in the Dakota wheat
fields and they returned to Minneapolis
yesterday. . , '
Burns concealed his money in his
shoes, a fact which his friends were well
aware. Yesterday they induced him to
buy a few rounds of drinks. Not having
the necessary change in his pocket, Burns
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retired to a rear room and took out a
$20 greenback and $15 in currency from
his shoe.
After paying for the drinks Burns left
the saloon. Later he was summoned to
a saloon a block from the police station
by a stranger, who said a fellow wanted
to see him there. On the way to the
saloon, the stranger enticed Burns into
an alley and felled him.
When Burns regained his senses he dis
covered that his pockets had been rifled.
The holdup was reported to the police.
FINISHES FORTY-DAY FAST.
Minneapolis Man Feels Well After
Taking Heroic Treatment for
Paralysis.
After fasting forty days and forty
nights for the purpose of satisfying
himself of the effectiveness of such
discipline, A. Davis, 616 Tenth avenue
south, took his first nourishment in
solid food last evening.
During that scriptural period Davis'
only nourishment was mineral water,
and as it gradually began to take the
place of solid food, he diminished the
quantities of fluid, so that in a short
time he imbibed comparatively little
of it.
Davis was surprised to discover that
his physical condition began to im
prove. He grew weaker, owing to the
absence of nourishment in solid form.
He says that he weighs very nearly as
much as when he first began to deny
himself food.
During the fast period he has kept
close track of his symptoms and tak
en notes of his daily temperature, res
piration and pulse. He intends to
write an elaborate article on the bene
fits of fasting as a cure for paralysis.
A NEW JUNGLE
FOR BABY TIGER
As the Pet of Small Boy, Yaqui Lives
ill Style at the Waldorf-
Astoria.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—Don't
get unduly alarmed if you hear
loud cries on the tenth floor of the
Waldorf-Astoria. It's only a young
tiger in room 1072, the pet of little
four-year-old Carl Harlow, son of W.
P. Harlow, millionaire copper man, who
has a suite there for the winter.
Yaqui is its name —a female cub,
perhaps six weeks old. Its mother
was shot by an Indian near the mouth
of the Yaqui copper mines, of which
Mr. Harlow is president. In the mouth
of the big tiger was tightly clutched
the little one. Mr. Harlow got the
baby and promptly brought it home
to his boy.
Yaqui is enjoying life. She finds it
far more comfortable taking it easy in
room No. 1072 at the Waldorf-Astoria
than ranging around the state of
Sonora, Mexico. Her birthplace was
Campo Santo Mino, but there she
didn't find a bottle filled with hot milk
every time she was hungry, nor was
there fresh meat ready to chew when
she got her teeth. She will give the
Waldorf-Astoria a very good reference
as to its cuisine, for hot milk and chop
ped beef is the regular Waldorf bill
of fare for tigers.
Yaqui doesn't mind when the waiter
calls the milk "lait chaud," or dubs
the chopped meat "viande nature," as
long as she gets enough.
"Yes," said Mr. Harlow yesterday,
"she's a Mexican tiger whose mother
was shot near our mines in Sonora.
She's pretty lively, too, and I'm afraid
after three months more I won't be
allowed to keep her. I've told my boy
that he can have her for a pet as long
as he can lick her. But things are
getting pretty serious already.
"You ought to see Carl's legs now.
They're all scratched up by the tiger.
Yaqui is getting pretty well able to
hold her own. It's only a question of a
little while now when I shall have to
give her to the Zoo. Just now she's
harmless."
ON HER MUSCLE AND
THRASHED BURGLAR
Did Not Want the Poor Fellow Arrest
ed, So She Gave Him a Genteel
Knock-Out.
NEW YORK, Sept 29. — Mrs.
Mary Sarvis, wife of James
Sarvis. captain of the Long Island
railroad police, believes that a good,
hard cuffing will subdue the ordinary
burglar. She gave a man of that class
a sound thrashing in her home late
Thursday night
The Sarvis family occupies the
ground floor of the apartment house at
No. 125 Fifth street, Long Island City.
On Thursday night while Mrs. Sar
vis, who is thirty-eight years old and
a well built woman, was seated in the
parlor of her home awaiting the arriv
al of her husband, a servant rushed
into the parlor and informed her that
there was a burglar in the house.
"Go back in the kitchen and I will
look after the burglar," said Mrs. Sar
vis, starting to look through her
apartment. Crouching in a corner of
the bathroom she found a tall, slim
man of light complexion, wearing a suit
of light clothing, but having no hat.
She caught hold of the stranger, who,
when he looked at the determined
woman, said: "Please let me go, lam
no burglar."
"Oh, yes, you are," said Mrs. Sarvis,
who immediately began to trounce the
intruder. She cuffed him all the way
to the street door and then threw him
from the stoop to the pavement.
"I only gave him a few punches,
which was better than having him ar
rested," said Mrs. Sarvis last night to
a World reporter. "He has our keys
and I think I know him. If I ever
run across him, I will compel him to
give them back."
HOOSIER PRIZE WINNERS AT HOME.
Indianapolis Fans to Celebrate With a Big
Parade.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 29.—The
Indianapolis baseball club returned home
tonight, winners of the American associa
tion pennant. Tomorrow the fans will
celebrate the homecoming with a mon
ster parade, escorting" the Indianapolis
and Sf. Louis National league clubs to
Washington park, where an exhibition
game will be played. Mayor Brookwalter
Will address the players at the park and
in the evening they will be tendered a
banquet at the Grand hotel by business
men and baseball fans of this city.
Intercollegiate Tennis.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Sept. 29.—The
twenty-second annual Intercollegiate ten
nis tournament began today on the courts
of the Merion Cricket club, at Haverford,
a suburb.
In the preliminary play. W. J. Clothier
and E. W. Leonard, of Harvard, beat J.
S. Wain and Cokett, of Pennsylvania, G-3
6-2.
Ward and Bishop, of Harvard, beat
Schley and Lewis, of Yale, 6-3, 6-4.
From New Mexico to the Coast.
SANTA FE, N. M.. Sept. 29.—The New
Mexico & Pacific Railway company was
incorporated today by St. Louis capital
ists. The company intends to build to the
Pacific coast.
s Wanted a Good Time.
Nodd—-I'm going to give a children's
party. Will you come?
Todd—On one condition.
"And that?"
"That I can play with the chidlren, and
don't have to talk with the grown-upa."—
J-ife.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1902.
WIRTENSOHN
HURTS AMES
Continued From First Page^
slightly rattled, he stuck to his story.
"It might possibly have been some
one else who told you to go with Cohen,
might it not?" demanded the attorney.
"No, sir."
"You are sure it was the chief?"
"I am."
"Why didn't you tell Mr. Boardman
when he asked you if the chief told you
to go with Cohen to those places?"
"I don't know."
"You just remembered it now?"
"No, sir. I never forgot it."
"Didn't you testify before the grand
jury that you didn't know who ordered
you to go with Cohen?"
"No, sir. If I remember right, I told
them I got it from the chief at head
quarters."
"Didn't you tell me at my office, in
the presence of Charlie Nelson, Chief
Ames and Mr. Hubachek. that you
never had any talk with the chief about
going with Cohen?"
"I don't remember that I did. I might
have."
"Didn't you tell Ernest Wheelock
that?"
"No, sir."
"Didn't you tell Mrs. Ames that and
haven't you told her so right along,
ever since this indictment was re
turned?"
"I don't remember to have said so."
"You don't?"
"No, sir."
"That's all;" and the attorney for
the defense leaned back in his chair. It
was a few minutes before 12 o'clock
and court adjourned for the noon re
cess.
In the afternoon Wirtensohn was re
called for redirect examination.
"How did you happen to go to the
office of Mr. Welch?" asked Mr. Board
man.
"I was sent for."
"Who was there?"
"Mr. Welch, the chief and I think
Mr. Howard."
"Ames was chief then?"
"Yes."
"And you acted under his orders?"
"Yes."
A call was made for Addie Mills,
but she was not in the court room, and
there was a delay until she was sent
for. The state had all its evidence in,
with this exception, and gave notice
that it would rest.
Mr. Welch stated that he would ar
gue for a dismissal, and the jury was
excused during the argument.
Motion to Dismiss Denied.
At its conclusion Judge Brooks de
nied the motion.
Judge Brooks stated that the serious
question in the case was as to whether
or not Cohen was the go-between. If
he was, the fact that the same ma
chinery was used in every case would
make the testimony material. There
were circumstances in each case that
was like the Addie Mills case, and it
was a question to go to the jury, as
tending to prove whether Cohen was
the agent or go-between or not. ■
Defendant Takes Stand.
"I'll call the defendant, Frederick W.
Ames," announced Mr. Welch, after
taking exception to the ruling of the
court. The defendant took the stand
and the direct examination of the de
fense began.
After the usual preliminary questions
Mr. Welch inquired:
"Did you, in company with various
officers, visit certain stores in the early
part of the present year?"
"Yes, sir."
"What was the occasion of your
making these visits?"
"I had heard rumors of what is usu
all termed 'graft' and I did not pro
pose to stand for it. The mayor told
me to visit these places and stop those
people from paying money to anybody
for any such purpose."
"Did you ascertain the location of
these places?"
"I got a list from Detective Brack
ett."
"Where is Detective Brackett now?"
"I haven't any idea."
"How many places did you visit?"
"About twenty-five or thirty."
"Did the mayor give you any or
ders?" asked Attorney Welch.
Instructed by Mayor.
"The mayor instructed me to go
around and visit these places and stop
the women from paj'ing money to any
body for any such purpose whatever."
"Did you ever make such a trip?"
"I did."
"Before you made such a trip, how
did you get the locations?"
"I got a list that was furnished me
by Detective Brackett, and I think
Detective Norbeck furnished some of
the numbers, but it was finally pre
pared by my private secretary, Mr.
Wheelock."
"You did have some talk with Nor
beck, then, on the matter?"
"Yes, sir."
"Where is Brackett now?"
"I haven't the least idea."
"Did Capt. Hill ever receive any or
ders from you?"
Rarely Gives Orders.
"He was appointed my assistant by
the mayor, and rarely did I ever give
him any orders."
"What did you say to your officers
when the list was given to you?"
"I said after it was prepared that
we would go around and tell those
people not to pay any more money to
anyone."
"Did you ever say anything to Nor
back about the subject?"
"I think I did ask Norbeck once
about women paying tribute to cer
tain parties for protection."
"Do you remember calling on Addle
Mills?"
"Mr. Welch, I don't know any of
these women and probably never would
have seen or heard of them again if it
was not for this trial. These women,
you understand, look different in their
homes than they do in street dress."
Visits Many Places.
"How many places did you visit?"
"About twenty-five or thirty."
"Did you talk with the women pri
vately?"
"I think so."
"Did you say to Addie Mills, "I heard
you were paying money to Gardner,
and I want you to stop it, until I can
let you know what to do?"
Ames smiled in a sarcastic manner
and said:
"I did not."
"What did you say to these women
when you called on them—state your
exact words, as near as you can re
member?"'
"I said I heard rumors that they
Lad been paying- money to some one
for police protection, and wanted them
to stop it, and would not stand for
it."
"Was that all you said?"
Other Remarks Made.
"No; there were other remarks about
what it meant, and the women wanted
to know if they were to be closed up,
and all such things as women of this
character usually would talk about.
I told them that I was in a hurry, as
I had a great many other places to
visit, and that if they wished to
know anything further about the mat
ter they could find me at my office."
"Did you order any of the women to
call at your office?"
"No such orders were ever issued by
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"Did not some of the women call at
your office?"
"Yes, there were fifteen or twenty
who called."
"Did you say to any 3>f tjae women
who camo that you had not yet de
cided what you were going to do and
would let them know later?"
"No, sir, I did not. "
"What did you say to these women
when they called?"
Along the Same' Litres.
"I can't remember, but it was along
the same general lines as was talked
on the night of the visit;"
"Did you tell them they must run or
derly houses?"
"I most certainly did, as that was the
only kind I would permit them to
run."
"Did May Mclntosh ever ask you if
it was all right to pay money to Joseph
Cohen?"
She never asked me such a question
and I never answered such a question."
"Could you go to all those places you
visited with your officers, and do you
think you could recognize the women?"
"I couldn't do it to save my soul."
"Did you ever say to Emma Murphy
you understood that Brackett was col
lecting 1 money?"
"No; I never said anything of the
kind."
"Did you ever say anything to her
about Gardner collecting money?"
Gardner Not Mentioned.
"No; I can't remember that Gardner's
name was ever mentioned. I never used
the language 'collecting fines;' but almost
unanimously the women said that they
had been paying fines.' "
"Did any of the women tell you they
were too poor to pay fines?"
"None of them ever said anything to
me on that subject."
"Did any of the women tell you Cohen
had been to see them, and told them to
pay money?"
"No, sir."
"Did you ever inquire of any of these
women whether Cohen had been there to
see them?"
"No, sir."
"Did you ever say to Witness Barr
that she should not.-pay any more money
until she heard from you?"
"No, I never used such words."
As to Protection.
"Did you ever say to any of these wom
en that they would get protection from
the police department?"
"No, sir."
"Did you ever directly or indirectly re
ceive any money for any purpose what
ever from Addie Mills, or any of these
other women who have testified, or from
Joseph Cohen?"
"No, sir; I never received one cent."
The witness denied in ( toto all of the
testimony offered by Norbeck.
"Did you ever give Detective Wirten
sohn orders to go with Cohen to the
places that you had previously visited
with your officers?"
"No, sir."
"Did you have anything to do with
the trip made by Wirtensohn and Cohen
to these houses?"
"Most decidely not?" .
No Directions to Cohen.
"Did you ever direct Cohen to repre
sent you at these places"
"No, sir; I did not. I never heard any
thing about Cohen's doings in this regard
until this trial. I had nothing whatever
to do with it."
The court here took a recess until 9:30
this morning.
CAMP ROOSEVELT
DEDICATION CHART
G. A. R. Week to Be Full of Corps and
Other Reunions of the
Veterans.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 29.—The
programme of corps and other reunions
to be held on Camp Roosevelt during next
week's grand army encampment has been
completed. About focty meetings are
provided for, including a formal dedica
tion of the camp Monday, Oct. 6, at 4:30
o'clock in the afternoon, at which Secre
tary Hay, Gen. Torrance and others are
to deliver speeches. The reunions are
to be held in large canvas tents, which
are to be designated respectively Grant,
Sherman, Sheridan, Farragut and Meade
tents. The meetings are to extend from
Monday until Friday inclusive. The pro
gramme of exercises at the dedication of
Camp Roosevelt Monday, Oct. 6, is as
follows:
Bugle call, assembly; call to order, B.
H. Warner; invocation. Rev. W. G. Dav
enport; medley of patriotic airs. Marine
band; introductory address, Henry B. F.
MacFarland, president of the board of
commissioners of the District of Colum
bia; address of welcome, John Hay, sec
retary of state, representing the presi
dent; "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground,"
Marine band; response, the commander
in-chief, Grand Army of the Republic;
"The Star-Spangled Banner," Marine
band; "Unfurling the Flag," Past Depart
ment Commander Israel Stone; national
salute of twenty-one guns, battery of
United States light artillery.
NEW ORLEANS MEN GO INTO
THE STRIKING BUSINESS HEAVILY
Street Car Men Out, and Linemen Quit in
Sympathy.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept 29.—The
strike of street car men whiph took place
at daylight yesterday morning continues
without a break. 'Three man cars were
the only cars moving by the railway com
pany today. In the absence of street cars
vehicles of all shapes, sizes and styles
were brought into play and have done a
thriving business. - .
The linemen of the New Orleans and
Carrollton Light and Pofver company and
also the linemen employed by the New
Orleans Railway company, all of the sev
enty-five members of jthe -International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers were
ordered out on a sympathetic strike to
day. Although New Orleans is lighted as
usual tonight, the mayor has been noti
fied that the strike of the linemen will
seriously interfere with the lighting of the
city after tonight.
MAMMOTH LEAD
COMBINATION
All the Important Manufacturing Con
cerns in the Country Said
to Be Included.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—Plans are
said to have been practically concluded
today for the formation of a mammoth
lead combination which will include all
the important lead manufacturing con
cerns in the country. Its capital will
be at least $60,000,000 and the plans for
financing the deal have been Satisfactor
ily arranged. It is expected that in
terests identified with the American
Smelting and Refining company, the
Morton Trust company and the National
Lead company will be the concerns which
will supply the necessary cash.
The scope of the new combination will
include manufacturers of sheet, pipe and
shot lead and white lead corroders.
MADE $285,000 IN
LESS THAN TWO YEARS
Good Illustration of What American Ge-
nius Can Do In* a
Pinch. ,
BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 29.—John M.
Fisher, head of J. il Fisher & Co.,
pleaded guilty in the United States dis
trict court today to nine indictments
charging him with defrauding customers
by means of the United" States mails. He
told without reservation how he, a for
mer driver of a laundry wagon, and his
partner, an employe of ■■■an fexpress com
pany, without a penny of capital, posed
as bankers and brokers and took from
their dupes $285,000 in! nttle more than
a year.
New Mayor for London.
LONDON,* Sept. 29.—Sir ijarcus
Samuel was today elected mayor of
London for the ensuing year, succeed
ing Sir Joseph C. Dimsdale.
Laura Is Scarce.
BAYONNE, N. J Sept. 29.— Acting
under a warrant issued by Justice of the
Peace Seymour, of Long Branch, a con
stable today came to this place in search
for Laura Biggar. She could not be
found.
ZOLA'S FATE TRAGIC
Continued From First Page.
Zolas passed the night in their mas
ter's bedroom. They were alive this
morning. It is believed they owe their
lives to the fact that one slept on the
bed and the other on a chair, thus es
caping the heavy carbonic gas whiqh
settled near the floor.
A druggist, who was the first to ar
rive at the house to attend M. Zola and
his wife, said:
"When I entered the bedroom M.
Zola was lying partly on the floor, ko
especial odor likely to cause asphyx
iation was distinguishable. M. and
Mme. Zola did not present exclusive
symptoms of asphyxiation. Their
faces were contorted and their lips
bloodless, but not violet colored. I
think the accident was probably caused
by the Zolas inhaling heavy carbonic
gas, which lay mainly below the level
of the high bed. This would account
for Mme. Zola's escape. They were
not suffocated on the bed. M. Zola
was awakened by the effects of the
gas and tried to rise, but he was seized
with vomiting, fainted and fell to the
floor, where he was suffocated. Mme.
EMILE ZOLA,
The French Novelist, Who Was Killed by Asphyxiation Yesterday.
Zola was also overcome by the gas,
but to a less degree than her hus
band."
Accidental Poisoning by Drugs. •
The commissary of police who was
summoned to the Zola residence said
in his report to the prefect of Paris:
"The heating- stove was not lighted
and there was no odor of gas. It is
believed that M. Zola's death was due
to accidental poisoning by drugs. Two
little dogs found in the bedroom were
alive."
In a second report the commissary of
police indorsed the medical opinion
that M. Zola's death was accidental and
due to asphyxiation.
Dr. Leyrmand, who attended M. and
Mme. Zola, is quoted as saying that
the heacing stove was still warm when
he entered the room.
The prefect of Paris has ordered the
city architect to examine the bedroom
and has issued instructions that analy
sis be made of M. Zola's blood and of
the atmosphere in his room.
M. Zola had been resting from liter
ary work since he finished his book
'The Truth," which is being published
in serial form in the Aurore.
The obituary notices pay tribute to
M. Zola's high literary talent. The
Temps says French letters have suf
fered a loss which will be keenly felt.
The newspapers judge M. Zola's role
in the Dreyfus affair according to po
litical bias.
The Novelist's Career.
Emil Zola was born in Paris April 2,
1840; the son of an Italian engineer.
After working for Paris publishers
and writing for the press he attempted
fiction with successs. He first appeared
as a novelist in "The Mysteries of Mar
seilles." "Therese Raquin" further ex
hibited his remarkable power of criti
cal analysis of human nature. 'L'As
sommoir," perhaps his most popular
work, has gone through fifty editions.
Author of "Nana," "Pot Bouille," "The
Earth," "The Human Brute" and other
works, M. Zola was appointed a knight
of the Legion of Honor in 1888 and
elected (April, 1891) president of the
Society of Men of Letters. In 1892 he
published "The Downfall" and "Doctor
Pascal" in June, 1893. This book was
the final volume of the famous Rougon
Macquart series of twenty volumes,
and was dedicated to the memory of M.
Zola's mother and to his wife. Dur
ing 1894 he published "Lourdes,' a love
story set in the scenery of the famous
resort of French pilgrims. "£ ome,
followed in 1896, "Paris" in 1897 and
"Fecundity" in 1899. During 1897 and
1898 he took up the case of Capt. Drey
fus, whom he declared to have been
illegally condemned, and was in con
sequence of his action prosecuted by
order of the French government and
condemned to imprisonment. He es
caped punishment by voluntary exile
in England.
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It is now said that Mme. Zola was in-
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formed of the death of her husband be
fore she left the hospital. She at first
refused to believe the news and was
terribly affected. She did not wish to
leave the house, but the physicians per
suaded her to allow herself to be re
moved to the hospital.
A large crowd assembled in front of
the Zola residence this evening. Among
the callers at the house were almost all
the literary celebrities of Paris.
Tributes of Englishmen.
LONDON, Sept. 30.—The tragic cir
cumstances of M. Zola's death have
-called out a great display of sympa
thetic regret in the British press. M.
Zola is regarded as having been one
of the last great pillars of the nine
teenth century literature, whose death
Is a serious loss to the world. His
methods and work are freely criticised,
but no word is heard against his ab
solute honestly and sincerity, which
are held to have been proved by his
courageous defense of former Capt.
Dreyfus.
On hearing of his death, it is re
ported that the pope exclaimed: "If
he was an enemy of the church, he
was a frank one. God rest his soul!"
New Command for Beresford.
LONDON, Sept. 29.—1t is said that
Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford,
who is now in the United States, will
succeed to the command of the British
channel squadron in March.
RELIES ON STATUTE
OF LIMITATIONS
Robert M. Snyder, Banker and Pro
moter, Tried on Charges of
Bribery in St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 29.—The first
day's proceedings in the trial of Robert
M. Snyder, the banker and promoter,
of Kansas City and New York, on
charges of bribery in connection with
the passage of the Central Traction
bill several years ago, ended in a com
plete victory for the state, represented
by Circuit Attorney Joseph W. Folk,
every objection offered by the defense
being overruled by Judge Ryan.
Snyder was arraigned, but refused
to plead, and the court ordered the
clerk to enter a plea of not guilty. To
morrow the selection of a jury will
begin. It will then devolve upon the
state to prove that the defendant is
not a resident of Missouri. The stat
ute of limitations, which has sheltered
all the officials who took part in the
deal, is the legal loophole through
which Snyder's attorneys hope to pull
him to liberty.
The law is plain. If Snyder, at the
time of his indictment, had lived in
Missouri for three years since the date
of the bill's passage, he cannot be pros
ecuted for his part in the transaction.
If he had lived outside of the state
for so long a time as to reduce his
term of residence in the state to less
than three years, prosecution is possi
ble. The defense is confident of prov
ing residence in the state, namely, at
Kansas City.
Mr. Folk, on the other hand, is con
fident of proving that Snyder has been
a resident of New York city during
the greater part of the four years
which passed between the crime and
the indictment. The punishment of
the crime with which Snyder is charg
ed is imprisonment in the penitentiary
for a term not exceeding seven years.
INSURRECTION BREAKS
OUT IN MACEDONIA
Former Bulgarian Colonel Is the Lead
er—Provisional Government
Formed.
SOFIA, Sept. 29. —The organ of the
Macedonian revolutionary committee
announces today the outbreak of an
insurrection in Macedonia under the
leadership of Jankoff, a former Bul
garian colonel, who has at his disposal
over 3,000 combatants, who have been
divided into several bands. A pro
visional government has been formed,
which is directing operations of the
insurgents in the district of Kastoria,
Vodena, Guevuelli and Neglena. Rail
road and telegraphic communication
has been interrupted in several places.
The journal calls upon the Macedonian
emigrants to hasten to the assistance
of their brethren.
BELGRADE, Servia, Sept. 29. —
Fighfing between Turkish regulars
and Albanians is reported from Mitro
vitza, European Turkey. -The Turkish
forces shelled and reduced to ashes
the Albanian villages of Koprin and
Babronitch. Albanians at Mitrovitza
have recently most bitterly objected to
appointment of a Russian consul there
and this opposition has lecl to clashes
with Turkish troops.
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Whitewater, Wis.
Class sittings for the development of
the psychic powers will figure as part
of a curriculum, most of which con
forms to the courses offered in acade
mies or the first two years of small
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MANEUVERS AT FORT RILEY
VERY SATISFACTORY
Forces of the Blue and Brown Get To
gether After Feeling Cautiously for
Hours, and After a Great Deal of
Firing It Is Decided to Quit and Save
Ammunition.
FORT RILET, Kan., Sept. 29—March
ing over a soggy field, swept at inter
vals by blinding rain driven by a for
ty-mile gale the men of the maneuver
division carried out their day's pro
gramme in splendid style. The work
was without a flaw, and at the con
clusion of the day's work the umpires
pronounced it the most satisfactory un
dertaking that has so far been carried
out in the maneuvers.
In working out the problem of the
day it was presumed that a blue force,
with headquarters at Abilene, Kan.,
was operating against a brown force
advancing from the east. A division
of the latter was presumed to have
already reached Stockdale, Kan.
Col. George B. Rodney, of the artil
lery corps, was in command of the
blues and was camped on the banks
of the Republican river, on the Fort
Riley reservation. His command com
prised the Sixth battalion of engineers
Twentieth and Twenty-eighth batter
ies of field artillery and the First
squadron of the Eighth cavalry- The
plan of the day for Col. Rodney was
to make a demonstration in force to
ward Stockdale to gain information of
the enemy, said to be about ten thou
sand strong.
The brown division, which were sup
posed to be encamped near Stock'lale,
was under the command of Col. James
Miller, of the Twenty-second infantry.
It was reported to Col. Miller that the
command of Col. Rodney was moving
north by way of the Fort Riley reser
vation. He decided to attack and cap
ture the blue enemy if possible or at
least drive the enemy from his direct
line of retreat through Junction City.
After hours of strategic movements
the forces encountered each other and
firing was continuous. It was finally
decided that the forces were so closely
in contact that further continuation
of the maneuvers would simply mean
close-range fighting, and at 12 o'clock
the war for the day was declared over.
Tomorrow's problem is to be the at
tack and defense of a convoy. The lat
ter will consist of fully one hundred
wagons and it is thought that the day's
work will present one of the most in
teresting of the series of maneuvers.
CONCLAVE ON COAL
Continued From First Page.
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first Monday of November next.
Under the rules of the court the de
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may not reach a hearing until after
Dec. 3.
ESTIMATE OF COST OF
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Amount Is More Than Double That
of the Current Year.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 29.—
The estimates for the rural free de
livery service for the next fiscal year
were finally framed today. They ag
gregate $12,655,800, a net increase of
$5,126,400 over the appropriations
made for the current year.
Irish Newspaper Men Sentenced.
-DUBLIN, Sept. 29.—Timothy McCarthy
and Thomas Dwyer, respectively editor
and manager of the Irish People, on trial
charged under the crimes act with pub
lishing intimidations, were each sen
tenced today to two months' imprison
ment. They gave notive of appeal.
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