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FUN IN FRANCE
Over the Trial of Zola the
Novelist
PICQUART IS CALLED A LIAR
AND ARRANGEMENTS BEGUN
FOR A DUEL
Whatever May Be Done Evidence in
the Dreyfus Case Will Not
Be Disclosed
Associated Press Special Wire
PARIS, Feb. 12.—There were the usual
crowds and demonstrations today at the
trial of M. Zola and Perrieux. The force
of Republican Guards around the court
was Increased to four companies. It
was announced today that General El
liot, Minister for War, has instituted
proceedings against M. Courant, the
barrister who, at the close of the pro
ceedings against M. Courant, yesterday,
was arrested for shouting, "Down with
the commanding officers!"
Col. Picquart, who was recalled, said
he believed that Gen. Pellieux had not
thought it incumbent upon him to order
the Bordereau letter to be submitted to
expert examination for the purpose of
the Esterhazy inquiry, and the witness
added that Major Ravery doubtless wil
lingly took the same course and founded
his Judgment on incomplete and inade
quate documents.
Replying to the presiding Judge, Col.
Picquart said he had received M. Le
Blois fifteen times in his private office,
but the witness denied communicating
to him the secret document containing
the words, "That scoundrel D ."
M. Henri who was called back, said
that the document was on the table
when M. Le Blois visited Col. Picquart.
M. Laborie pointed out contradictions
In M. Henri's evidence and Major Rav
ery's report, whereupon M. Henri ad
vanced excitedly upon M. Laborie and
shouted: "I will not tolerate your cast
ing suspicion on my evidence."
Col. Picquart protested against Major
Henri's language, whereupon the latter
shouted: "I aver that Col. Plcquart has
lied In this matter,'' (Uproar.)
Col. Plcquart addressed the Jury. "You
have heard M. Henri. Major Lauth and
Major Paty dv Clam bring elaborate
charges against me. All the steps I have
taken in this matter have not been for
gotten. I believed it was expedient to
Introduce light and justice into the af
fair for which I was overwhelmed with
Insults. I have to pay for the proprie
ty of my conduct and for my attachment
In the cause I consider just.''
After a heated altercation between
the presiding Judge and M. Laborie re
garding some dates, M. Henri startled
the court by affirming that the docu
ment with the words "that scoundrel
D " had no connection with Dreyfus
but belonged to a different lot of pa
pers and was of no consequence.
The real Dreyfus papers, witness add
ed, had never been seen.
Maltre de Manges, who was counsel
for Dreyfus in the court-martial pro
ceedings, said the attitude of M. Schuer
er-Kestner and the denunciation of
Major Esterhazy by Matthieu Dreyfus
had caused him deep emotion because
he saw In them the possibility of a re
vision of the case. He then explained
the law reasons which prevented him
from applying for the rehearing to
which the government was opposed. He
said he was actuated by his feelings and
several facts, among them that he had
learned that some of the members of
the court-martial had said that a sacred
document had been communicated.
After the sensation had subsided, an
swering M. Laborie, witness said the
members of the court-martial and him
self had photographs of the Bordereau
letter, which were taken away at the
close of the trial.
There were heated discussions in the
lobby today, Zolaists claiming that to
day's evidence might cause a revision of
the Dreyfus case, and the Anti-Zolaists
claiming that De Manges bad not fur
nished any proof of M. Zola's case. In
view of the possibility of a demonstra
tion three and a half squadrons of cav
arly were stationed in the Marie Celes
tine and the Chateau d'Eau barracks.
On the resumption of the trial M.
Ranc, a prominent newspaper man,
testified that M. Zola was struck by the
partiality shown at the Esterhazy court
martial, and he classed M. Zola's arti
cle as being "the act of a great-hearted,
brave man."
M. Girard, an author, gave similar
testimony.
M. JuareS, the Socialist deputy, fol
lowed. He criticised the government
generally, and attributed the secresy at
the Esterhazy court martial to the neces
sity for concealing the contradictions in
the opinions of the experts of 1594 and
1R97 on the Bordereau.
Continuing, M. Jaures charged the gen
eral staff with connivance with Maj.
Esterhazy. adding that the only object
of the court martial seemed to be to
justify him. M. Jaures also reproached
the ministers bitterly for not facing the
jury.
"Throw light upon the affair?" in
quired M. Jaures, oratorically. "Why
have the deputies, a majority of whom
are convinced that M. Dreyfus' trial was
lregular, not demanded light?"
The Socialist deputy then lauded M.
Zola for "denouncing his maligners and
perseeuters and dragging the staff from
its miserable iresponsibility, which is
paving the way for future disasters.
This remark caused a tumult, in which
cheers and groans were mingled.
M. Laborie then asked for the produc
tion of the secret papers and the Bor
dereau, for the purpose of comparing the
handwriting; but the presiding judg<
and the advocate-general opposed the
proposition. A w arm disc ussion en
sued, and the aplication was refused,
after a recess had been taken for the
consideration of M. Laborie's written ar
gument.
M. Bertilon, the handwriting expert,
testified that Dreyfus wrote the Bor
dereau, adding that if he had the in
criminating documents seized at the
residence of Dreyfus in 1894 he could
prove it. M. Bertillon also said that he j
bad copies of the documents upon which
tis opinion was based. Replying to M.
aborie, M. Bertillon said he would pro
luce them only on the court's order.
This caused the judge to remark:
"Only the minister for war has authority
to issue such an order."
"They are certain not to get It," replied
M. Laborie.
Court was then adjourned until Mon
day. The crowd accfaimed the officers
and there were a few scuffles, but noth
ing serious occurred.
It is said that Col. Plcquart has sent
his seconds to M. Henry, on account of
the tatter's assertion that the colonel
lied.
IN THE DEPUTIES
In the chamber of deputies today sev
eral members sought to revive the Drey
fus discussion, but the minister for war.
Gen. Billot, and the premier, M. Mellne.
urged that the Interpellation be deferred
until the trial of M. Zola is finished. M.
Roche attempted to reply, but he was
caleld to order and the government wasj
sustained by a vote of 478 to 72.
Gen. Billot denounced the reports that
he was negotiating with the Dreyfus
family concerning a reopening of the
case, and he repeated that Dreyfus was
guilty.
Upon arriving at his residence M. Zola
was mobbed by a crowd, who assailed
him with abusive and Insulting epithets,
but the police dispersed the crowd. The
I latest move of the anti-Zola agitators Is j
[signalling with a whistle, which quickly
| brings together a mob of profesisonal
' rowdies when Zola Is near. It Is re-
I ported that when the excitement shall
I have abated the case of Dreyfus will be
submitted to the supreme court of cas
sation, the Jurisdiction of which extends
to courts-martial when martial law has
not been proclaimed. The secret docu
ment, the report says, will be submitted
to these law lords en camera.
The question of M. Zola's personal
safety is seriously exercising his friends,
who assert that several notorious crim
inals have been seen hovering about the
court building throughout the week. It
is suggested that they have been lavish
ly bribed to Injure M. Zola seriously,
even if they do not kill him.
The grave feature of the situation is
the incursion of mob law inside and out
side the Palais de Justice. Every dwell
ing of the Rothschilds is guarded as if it
were a powder magazine.
It is expected that the trial will be
concluded on Thursday next. It ap
pears that there are certain flaws in the
proceedings which may entitle M. Zola
to appeal to the supreme court.
MOORE'S CONFESSION
CLEARS ONE MAN. IMPLICATES
ANOTHER
' !
After All. the Man Exonerated Seems
to Be a Good Subject For
the Gallows
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 12.—The Bee I
this evening publishes a confession '
made by C. M. Raymond, alias Moore,
who is now in the Folsom prison, and
who Is to be hanged on the Bth day of
April next for the murder of Fred An
drews in a hotel at Baden, San Mateo
county. He exonerates Winters, who is
sentenced to be hanged with him for
complicity in the crime, and implicates
a man by the name of Willets.
The condemned man told Warden Aull
that he and Winters went to Baden one
week prior to th" shooting and exam
ined the building. They then went back
to San Francisco, where Moore secured
a revolver from Winters. Later, Moore
says, he met Willets, who was an ex- I
convict, and together they returned to 1
Baden. While there, Moore said, ho j i
met Winters in Holy Cross cemetery 1
and got another pistol from him. Wil- '
lets and Moore that night entered Fer- '
Titer's hotel for the purpose of commit
ting the burglary.
"Some one who was at the head of the '
stairs," said Moore, "saw me and threw '
me down stairs. The noise attracted
several other roomers who appeared
on the scene. At the foot of the stairs 1
looked up and saw several people strug
gling with Willets, when I shot four
times."
Warden Aull asked Moore what Win
ters was doing in Baden at that time, it
he was not implicated in the murder.
Moore said he was there for the pur
pose of robbing the paymaster of the
Webster Meat company, who was to pay
off the men at the slaughter house the
next day.
Warden Aull asked him if Winters
knew that Moore and Willets were going
to commit the burglary, and he replied
that he did.
Harry Winters was to have Bwung
from the same scaffold with Moore on
April Bth.
PAID FOR A PLACE
San Jose Coppers Treated Like School
Teachers
SAN JOSE, Feb. 12.—Mrs. Mary Scully,
wife of Policeman John H. Scully, today
made affidavit before a notary public
that she paid W. C. Kreig. brother of
Councilman Julius Kreig. $ir,o in money
and a note for $50 to secure her husband's
appointment on the force.
She further deposed that she afterward
saw Councilman Kreig; that he told her
he had received only half of the money,
and that she could take her own time in
paying the note. This note was after
ward exchanged for orders on the city
treasury payable to AY. C. Kreig, who
collected them. Officer Scully was in
terviewed and admitted that $200 was
paid to W. C. Kreig for the purpose of
securing the appointment, but said that
he had never had any conversation with
the councilman about the matter.
Scully has been suspended, and the
case will come before the council on Mon
day evening.
Canadian Customs
OTTAWA, Ont., Feb. 12.—1t is offici
ally announced that the government is
going to ask Parliament to change the
customs law by abolishing the reciproc
ity clause and making the minimum
tariff apply solely to Great Britain and
possibly the colonies. This has become
necessary by the discovery that even
with the German and Belgian treaties
out of the way, the present tariff would
apply to nearly all the world.
A Donner Survivor
RAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Feb. 12 —
Mrs. Samuel Breen, a member of the
famous Dormer party, which was snow
bound in the Sierras in pioneer days of
( California, is dead, aged 98 years. She
had long been a resident of this town,
I and was the mother of a large family,
one of her sons being Superior Judge
I James F. Breen. ,
LOS ANGELES HERALD t SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13,1898
DIET'S DOINGS
! Meet Approval of Press of
| Germany
i _
. A VIGOROUS FOREIGN POLICY
IjTOIjTO BE BUILT ON PLANS I/IKE
11 BISMARCK'S
'I .
t l
< Prussian Land Owners Will Make a
( Trial of Coolie Labor—Tariff
1 Talk—German Gossip
Associated Press Special Wire ,
BERLIN, Feb. 12.—(Copyright. 1895.)
I The proceedings of the reichstag nndj
diet this week were unusually interest-;
ing. There were a number of signifl-;
'cant declarations from ministers, mem-j
bers of the reichstag. The maiden;
1 speeches of Baron yon Buelow, the min-1
ister for foreign affairs, have been ap
proved by almost the entire press, and
I the impression prevails in parllament
i ary circles that a vigorous foreign policy,
' patterned after Prince Bismarck's, will
mark Baron yon Buelow's regime, par
ticularly as the emperor has expressed
I entire approval of his methods.
While Baron yon Buelow's references
to Kiao Chan were enthusiastically re
ceived by even the Leftists, a passage
referring to Crete was the most import
ant. He practically announced that Ger
many would not support Russia in any
future compulsory measures in Turkey.
Herr Bebei and other Socialists se
-1 verely score the government in promis
ing its powerful aid in systematically
'raising the price of cereals in order to
enrich a small number of large land
owners.
Count yon Kanitz declared in the,
reichstag that it was not contradicted,
that "there was not the slightest chance!
of Germany's agreeing to a treaty with
the I'nited States on the basis of th*
prevailing Dingley tariff and the ridicu
lous reciprocity clauses."
COOLIE LABOR
The importation of Chinese coolies was
I also touched upon in the reichstag* It
was affirmed and denied that the im
portation of coolies on a large scale had
; been inaugurated by land-owners of
East Germany. It is learned that sev
eral syndicates have already been
formed for their wholesale importation,
i One syndicate, composed of land-owners
of East Prussia, has contracted for 1200
Shan Tung coolies, to be delivered at :
! their estates, to compete with German
farm labor, before June 6th. Several
similar contracts have been signed.
Letters received from Kiao Chau show
i that things are not peaceful there, as
! the government professes. The Ger
' mans have sent several expeditions into
the interior to punish the natives for'
i outrages upon sentinels at outlying!
points, and there have been several en-,
counters. In one case two Chinese ofß-
I cers and a number of followers were j
killed, and a village has been destroyed.
! and a camp broken up. The Germans
sleep on their arms and fear a sudden
attack.
FLOOD AND STORM
Throughout the week there have been
great snowfalls and inundations in parts
Of the Sudetin mountains, which suffered '
:so severely from floods last summer. The
water rose six feet in three hours at'
Schreibershau, devastating the whole
neighborhood.
At other mountain towns the people
were forced to flee for their lives. If
the weather continues stormy another
big catastrophe is expected.
GERMAN GOSSIP
Duke Theodore of Bavaria, who Is a j
j noted oceulist, is now in Algeria, with 1
his daughter Sophie, earning great |
j popularity among the Arabs. In hlsi
wonderful operations he is assisted by
his daughter. A shiek of great influence >
and wealth, who has been cured by the
duke, has presented his daughter with a
famous Arab horse, which she sent to
i her aunt, the empress of Austria.
The American colonies here will cele
jbrate Washington's birthday. The
I'nited States ambassador. Andrew D.
I White, will receive the Americans at his
j residence, and there will be music and
dancing at the Kaiserhof in the evening.
Mr. While will make a speech.
Miss Minnie Case, an American actress,
' who has been playing at the Central
theater, has suddenly disappeared and
her whereabouts is a mystery. The po
lice have been appealed to, but have been j
unable to trace her.
Sculptor Loeher of Chicago gave an!
j exhibition of his recent work this week.'
which was visited by the emperor, the!
ex-empress, Mr. White and others. The
former empress ordered a bust.
Herbert D. Squiers, formerly second
secretary of the United States embassy'
here, and Mrs. Squiers and their family
sailed for Pekin on Wednesday from
Genoa. Mr. Squiers is going to China
in order to assume the post of secretary
of the I'nited States legation at Pekin.
The mayor of Metz has communicated
the following" telegram from Emperor
William to the inhabitants of that city:
"To give the magnificent and ancient
, city of Metz and its inhabitants a sin
gular proof of my good will and inter
, est, I announce that I have decided to
. abandon the old ramparts east and
! south, and order them to be dismantled,
so that the city may take new and vig
orous - development and extend during
, the peace, without guarantee of which
this measure could not be taken."
A BURGLAR'S DEATH
The Officers Claim That He Shot
Himself
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12—At 4:30
o'clock this morning Officers Peters and
Capels and a special policeman named
Rodriguez encountered a couple of
burglars as they were leaving a cigar
store on Montgomery street with their
booty. Seeing the officers, one of the
men, Edward Solomon, remained stand
ing, while the other, Charles Nelson,
took to his heels and darted up Green
street. While Peters took Solomon in
to custody the other officers gave chase
to Nelson, who turned and deliberately
aiming at Rodriguez, fired at him, the
bullet just missing the offxcr's head.
Rodriguez then dropped upon oTic knee
and took a shot at the fugitive, but.
missed him. Capels then fired at the
lleelng burglar, but claims to have also
missed. Just then Nelson turned the
corner of Union and Powell streets, and
immediately afterwards the officers
heard a single shot. Increasing their
pace, they, too, turned the corner, and
were surprised to find Nelson dead on
the sidewalk with a bullet hole in his
breast, while a smoking revolver In his
right hand indicated that he had com
mitted suicide rather than be cap
tured.
AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY
Will Furnish the Basis For a Tre
mendous Strike {
NEW YORK. Feb. 12—Samuel Gomp- J
ers, President ot the American Federa- ;
tion of Labor, has been In this city for '
two days to get the unions of this city J
to enter into a great movement for an ,'
eight-hour working day. According to
the present plans of labor leaders, a de- ',
mand for the eight-hour day will be ;
made that will Involve fully a million j
men. The American Federation of I.a- ;
bor will make this demand in one trade J
at a time and, according to the leaders, i
great strikes are expected before the j
battle, likely to follow, is decided. j
Mr. Gompers intends to confine his i
" work until May Ist to interesting the <
; unions affiliated with the American Fed- J
'jerat'on in the movement. He will su- i j
• • perintend the operations of a powerful j \
■ i and well-organised staff of organizers;'
. j from headquarters at Washington. |j
SEARCHING THE RUINS
I
I FOB THE BODIES OF VICTIMS OF
WEDNESDAY'S FIRE
Eighteen Corpses Are Recovered,
Leaving Thirty-One People Still
Unaccounted For
PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 12—The re
! suits of Wednesday night s terrible fire
i and the subsequent explosions on Pike I
I street continue to grow in all their har- j
I rowing details. At 10 oclock tonight (
1 eighteen bodies had been removed, near-
Ily all of which were found in the 111
--! fated Mulberry alley. This morning six
; bodies were found, ard 1:30 another
j was discovered, all of which were more
!or less mutilated by contact with fly
ing timbers and bricks.
Following is a list of the dead taken
out today:
WILLIAM EDWARD FINCH, fire
man of company No. 12. His body was
I the twelfth recovered,
j GEORGE EDWARD NEWMAN of
Philadelphia, gas inspector.
I WILL F. DORAN.
PROF. JAMES MOXON.
DAVID BENTON WECKERLY.
I D. A. GEARY.
I JOHN* COSTINE.
In the Asoeiated Pres dispatches thir
j ty-eight persons were reported missing.
Of these four have been accounted for
'and three added to the list of the dead,
leaving thirty-one still unheard from.
To this array have been added the fol
lowing missing reported since yester
day: James Gibson, aged 34; John Hunt
er, aged 35; Charles Dauer, and Robert I
McCabe, aged 17.
This swells the list of missing to thirty- [
' five. The impression is strong that many
of the missing have met their death
under the walls.
I A conference of the city officials was
held at the office of Mayor H. P. Ford,
the result of which was that the city j
has assumed the responsibility of taking
I full charge of the w reck, searching thei
I ruins of the fire for those dead bodies
: that are supposed to be yet burled be
neath the huge pile of debris.
Eight of the victims were buried today
, and the interment of the others will take
place tomorrow. The origin of the fire
is a mystery, but Marshal McFadden is
of the opinion that it was caused by
spontaneous combustion.
DAMAGE AT NEW YORK
CLEVELAND. 0.. Feb. 12—The large
* Hoyt building on the northwest corner
of St. Clair and Bank streets, owned by
the Hoyt estate, and occupied princi
pally by manufacturers of clothing.
| wholesale hatters and furriers, was
' practically destroyed by fire with its
I contents this morning. The fire orig
| mated in the rear end of the building
l and was c aused by an explosion of gus-
I oline. It spread quickly and upon the
! arrival of the Fire Department, it was
' evident that the structure could not be
saved. A terrific explosion sent the
fourth-floor wall to pieces soon after
the fire started. The loss is estimated
jat $375,000, which is well covered by in
surance. The building cost $100,000. The
I following are the estimates of the prin-
I cipal losses:
Buckeye Wolf Co., $100,000, fully in
sured; Hexter & Westheim, $75,000, cov
i ered by insurance; A. Hexter & Co., $50,
--| 000 to $75,000, fully insured; A. L. Bas
sett & Co., $50,000, fully insured; H. C.
Lang & Co., $25,000, insured: Hoyt Es
: tate Building, $30,000; Liebenthal &
Bloch. loss unknown, probably from $10,
--000 to $40,000.
GASOLINE AGAIN
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—The fire lines,
! which were drawn around the scene of
I the Nassau-street fire last night, were
I not removed until after 6 a.m. today. At
that hour tons of water were still be
! ing poured on the smouldering embers.
! About 6 o'clock this morning the build
j ing at 3 Park Row caught fire, owing, it
is supposed, to sparks blown from the
Nassau-street fire. The Cateras, a
hotel publication, was damaged to the
extent of $12,000, and the office of Wm.
Steinitz suffered in a similar manner.
The total loss was about $7000. The po
lice today stated that the Nassau-street
Chambers building had been damaged to
the extent of $100,000, and its tenants,
$52,000. The damage to the tenants at
110 and 112 Nassau street is $50,000; at
118, $28,000, and at 122. $7000. The Van
derbilt building is said to be damaged
to the extent of $10,000, and its tenants
$5000, making a total for last night's
fire of $314,000.
JUST WAITING
Guatemalan Affairs Make Morales a
Little Timid
CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 12.—General
Prospero Morales, the Guatemalan re
volutionary leader, and aspirant to the
Presidency, may return shortly to Gu
atemala. In an Interview today with
an Associated Press correspondent,
General Morales said:
"I was a candidate for the Presidency
at the time of the last revolution, but I
could hardly say that I am a formal can
didate now. I am awaiting develop
ments In Guatemala, where everything
is in turmoil. In no case would I be a
candidate for the official element, but
only of the people, and I should make
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The General added that he had no com
munication with General Fuentes since
the latter went o San Francisco.
Isthmus Troubles
.NEW YORK, Feb. 12—Advices from
the Herald's Nicaraguan correspondent
Indicate that should President Zelaya,
of Nicaragua, finally succeed in sup
pressing the j-ebellious spirit at home,
there is no room to doubt that It will
be followed by serious International com
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