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Ttti" ,ia "n'i rpB-EVENING BULLETIN. m w . 4ie u $ 7VF . VOLUME XVIII. MAYSVILLE, KY., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1899. NUMBER 238. IS it Testimony Qf Captain Lobrun-Ke-nault of the Guard. DESTROYED HIS NOTEBOOK. 0. Labori, Counsel For Defense, Snows Inopportune Time For Disposing of theMemorunda With the Confession. Rennes, Aug. 31. The fourth session Df the fourth week, of the second trial by courtmartlal of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, of the artillery, charged with treason, opened behind closed doors in the Lycee so continuing until 9:15 a. m. Majors Hartmann and Ducros and General Deloyg, all of the artillery, rfere present. The court discussed tho secret documents relating to the artil lery subjects of the bordereau. In addition to the usual cordon of troops in the streets leading to the Ly :ee an, extra guard was posted sp as tp ;ompletely isolate the hall in which the ludges met in secret session. The public was admitted to the court at 9:30 a. m. The first witness called after the public session began was Daptaln Lebrun-Renault of the Repub lican guard, who reiterated his testi mony given before the court of cassa tion, repeating th,e terms of the alleged tonfesslon of Dreyfus: "I am innocent, n three years they will recognize my Innocence. The minister knows it. If delivered documents to Germany it was to have more important ones in return." The witness' explanation that he did not refer to the confession of Dreyfus during his interview with President Casjmer-Perier because he overheard a conversation during the course of which he was called "traitor," "ca naille" and "cur" It cajne as a sur prise, for he did not mention this in his evidence before the court of cassation, as M. Labori, leading counsel for the defense, pointed out. M. Labori also laid stress on the fact that Captain Lebrun-Renault should have kept his notebook in which he asserts he made a note of his conver sation with Dreyfus for four years and have destroyed It on the very morrow the matter was brought up in debate in the chamber of deputies. The cap tain's reply that he looked upon (he copy made by M. Cavaignac, then min ister of war, as being sufficient was considered rather lame. Dreyfus, replying1 to the witness, be gan by calmly declaring Lebrun-Re-nault's statement that a certain Cap tain Dattel was present during his con versation with Captain Lebrun-Renault was Inaccurate. The witness, however, maintained that Captain Dattel was present, whereupon Dreyfus said that if he was present he, the prisoner, did not speak to him. Dreyfus then raised his voice exejt edly and accompanying his words with Bhort, emphatic gestures, and quiver ing with emotion, protested that Cap tain Renault should have repeated to his chiefs his utterance which began with a protestation of innocence with out asking him to explain his words. Dreyfus Indignant, "Those are manoeuyers," cried the prisoner, "which must fl.ll all honest men with indignation." Dreyfus spoke the last words through his teeth and was evidently laboring under greatest excitement and. indignation. The au dience broka into "brayos" which the gendarmes immediately suppressed. Captain Antolne followed and repeat ed wh,a,t Captain Dattel bad said, con firming thq confession. Dreyfus re? plied that he had not spoken to Cap tain Dattel. On being recalled, Captain Lebrun-Renault said this was true, but he added that Captain Dattel was pres ent and could have overheard the con versation. Mf. Labori here pointed out that Cap tain, Dattel had not spoken tp his chiefs on this subject and General Mercier, who like all the military witnesses, fol lowed the proceedings with the keenest attention, arose and admitted that this was correct. Colonel Jouaust told Dreyfus, that he had not explained why he mentioned the term of three years, to which Dreyfus replied: "I did not give three years as the term. I only said that I hoped that in the course of three or four years my innocence would be rec ognized and I wish, to state, my colonel, that, As my letters to General Gonse show, my words did not haye the sense evil minds have' sought to give them." M. Labori then bad General Gonse called to the bar and asked him if he had not used the alleged confession of Dreyfus in opposing Colonel Picquart's arguments in favor of a revision. Gen eral Gonse replied that ho had not whereuppp. M, Labori as)eed that the letters exchanged between Genera) Gonse and Colonel Picquart should be DREYFUS AROUSED read. The clerk of the court began reading a letter beginning "My Dear Picquart" when General Gonse Inter rupted him and asked that Colonel Picquart's previous letter be read first, but as the latter was not available for the' moment, the reading of all the letters was postponed. AN ENGLISH PAPEB Comments 911 the Platform of the Ohio Democracy. London, Aug; 1, Commenting on the paragraph in the platform adopted at the Ohio State Democratic conven tion at Zanegyille denouncing "Jhe secret and vicious alliance now in fer idence between England and the Re publican administration," the Globe says that no such alliance is ever likely to come to pass. The paper belittles the effect of such an utterance upon the Americans and says: "The more cordial friendship which has latterly grown up between the great English speaking nations has struck too deep roots on both sides of the Atlantic to be blown away by a puff of electioneer ing wind." Tho Full Ticket. Zanesville, 0., Aug. 31. The Demo cratic state convention adjourned at 9:20 p. m., after completing the ticket and selecting the rooster as a party emblem. The full ticket Is: Governor, John R. McLean of Hamilton; lieuten ant governor, A. W. Patrick of Tusca rawas; supreme Judge, Dewltt C. Badger of Madison; attorney general, W. H. Dore of Seneca; auditor of state, George W. Sigafoos of Darke; treas urer 0? state, James I. Gorman of Law rence; mem.ber board of public works, Flecher D. Malin of Lake. McLean Will Command. Columbus, 0., Aug. 31. It is said John R. McLean himself will remain in Columbus after Friday, Sept. 8, dnd command in person the Democratic armies of Ohio. Visited Their Dead. Canton, 0., Aug. 31. The president With Mrs. McKinley, her sister and niece, drove to Westlawn cemetery, where he visited the graves of his fam ily, freshening them with their flowers Many letters and telegrams awaited him here, congratulating him on his Pittsburg address. , New Incorporations. Columbus, O., Aug. 31. The Epping Forest Mutual Aid, Cincinnati ; the Delta Home Telephone company, Delta, Fulton county, capital stock $10,000; the Erie County Investment company, Sandusky, capital stock $65,000. Military Rule Unsatisfactory. Ponce, Puerto Rico, Aug., 31. The present military form of government is unsatisfactory to every one military authorities and civilians alike. Every thing Is in a more or less chaotic con dition and there are two or three "bosses" for every Job. This is caused chiefly by retaining the native courts, police and municipal governments and at the same time making them sub servient to the military authorities. To Test Explosives. Washington, Aug. 31. Secretary Root and General Miles left Washing ton for New York to witness several important tests of high explosives, pro jectiles and other munitions of war at the Sandy Hook proving grounds. The tests will be made under the direction of the board of ordnance and fortifica tions, of which General Miles is the ex ofllcio president. All the members of the board will be present West Point Cadets. West Point, N. Y., Aug. 31. The fol lowing Ohio candidates were admitted as cadets to the mljjtary academy, hav ing successfully passed their entrance examination. Twentyeight of the sixty wljo reported, failed to qualify: Charles F. Coone'y and Louis R. Dice. Ilanna In Conference. Frankfort, Aug. 31. Senator Mark Hanna had a long conference with the United States ambassador to Germany, Andrew D. White," who came from Hamburg, and Consul General Genther, on the present and prospective German-American, relations. Revolutionists Organize. Puerto Plata, Santo' Domingo, Aug. 31. The revolutionists established a provisional government in the city of Santiago, with General Horaclo Vas quez as president and General Ramon Caceres as minister of war. ' Gold For America. Sydney, N. S. W Aug. 31. The American steamer Mariposa, Captain Hayward, which sailed from here prior to August 30, from San Frauclsco,had on board 180,000 in gold. Officers Released. Lourcnzo Marquese, Delagoa Bay, Aug. 31. The two Transvaal police officers wtip were arrested on their ar rival here have been released. Sailed For Gibraltar. Villefranche, Aug. 31, Tho United States crulsr Qlympla with Admiral Dewey on board sailed fo) Gibraltar. PRESIDENT FIGUEREO Resigns as Chief Executive of San Domingo Republic. JIMINEZ REACHES SANCHEZ. Santiago Taken by the Revolutionists After a Hard Fight, but Other .Town Favor the Upheaval of the Old Regime. Santo Domingo, Aug. 31. President Flguereo has resigned, The ministers will continue at the head of their var ious departments until a provisional government has been formed after which the elections for president and vice president will take place. The city is quiet, but business is at a stand still. News of Resignation Confirmed. Washington, Aug. 31. The navy de partment has received official confirma tion of the resignation of President Figuero, of Santo Domingo, in the fol lowing cablegram from Captain Long neckcr of the New Orleans: "President Figuero resigned Wednesday." Arrival of Jiminez. San Domingo, Aug. 31. Juan Isidro Jiminez has arrived at Sanchez on board the French s steamer Georgo3 Crose. Santiago, Moca, Lavpga, Porto Plata, San Francisco de Macoris and Ban! have declared in favor of the rev olution. Santiago was taken after a strong fight. It is expected that all the dther places will submit to the revolu tion without any more fighting and Jiminez will become the president. Report Denied. Santo Domingo, Aug. 31. The news of the landing of Jiminez is contra dicted. General Figuero leayes for Azua. The political prisoners have all been released. AThrillIng Fight. Coleman, Mich., Aug. 31. John Mel cher and William Graves fought over the action of Melcher in closing up a piece of road which had been used as a highway. Melcher drew a revolver and fired at Graves, but only wounded him in the knee. Graves' wife started to her husband's rescue, carrying a ri fle, when two men,, said to be relatives of Melcher, attempted to take the guri from 'her. Graves seized the gun and shot and killed. one of the unknown men and mortally wounded Melcher. Graves is in custody. Insurgents Driven Back. Manilla, Aug. 31. Dispatches from Cebu announce that the American troops under Colonel Bayless, with two field pieces, sallied on Monday into the bills against a band of natives who recently ambushed four of our soldiers and who have been generally trouble some. The American force found the natives entrenched and drove them from their trenches, further ipto the hills. There were no casualties on the American side, though there were some heat prostrations. The natives' loss is not known. Wanted at Huvana. Washington, Aug. 31. Acting Attor ney Genera Boyd received, through the secretary of war, General Brooke's papers demanding the return to Ha vana for trial of W. A. Cox, who is now in custody at New Orleans, charg ed with embezzlement committed in Havana. The papers were forwarded by mall to United States Attorney Guerley to New Orleans for use in the bearing of Cox's case there. Three Men Crushed. Danville, Ills., Aug. 31. A south bound freight pn the C, E. & I, road struck some box cars standing on the main track at Rossvllle and wrecked the engine and a number of cars. En gineer Tlton, Fireman Hollls and Car Inspector Kellogg, who was on the en gine, were crushed beyond recogni tion. ' The three men resided In this city. Big Run of Salmon. Sap Frapclsco, Aug. 31, The" barken tine Gardjner City has arrived from Bristol bay, Bering, with 5,025 barrels of salmon. She and the barkentine WiHio R. Hume, which arrived on Tuesday, report that the run of flsh at Bristol bay this season has never been exceeded. Hinges on Shamrock. London, Aug, 31. The Yachting World says: "If the Shamrock is suc cessful the building of three or four English defenders is already assured. If the Shamrock is beaten It is not likely there will be much big boat rac ing on this side next year." No Assets. Chicago, Aug. 31,-Au3ust Jernberg, a local real estate dealer, confessed bankruptcy, placing his liabilities at $1433,137 without assets. BEPOBTjON PENSIONS. Slaty Claims For an Increase Rejected by the Department. Wishington, Aug. 31. The annual report of Hon. H. Clay Evans, commis sioner of pensions, shows that during the year there were added to the pen sion roll 40,229 names and 43,186 were dropped, 34,345 of these by reason of death. There was expended for pen f'ons $138,355,082. The annual value of the pension roll amounts to $161,617,901, being $649,496 more than it 'ever was, due to the higher average annual value of pen sions. The roll is made up of 756,451 surviving soldiers, 237,415 widows and dependent relatives and 653 nurses. The total number of applications filed during the year including those on ac count of war with Spain wus 48,765. The number of original claims al lowed was 37,077. During the year 107,919 claims of all classes were re jected, a large percentage of these be ing claimed for increase. The report will state that the delay in the adjudication of claims is in nearly every case the fault of the claimants or their attorneys. In order that the recent complex system of pensioning may be simplified and to secure a more uniform practice In the future, the appointment of a commission on the revision of the laws, rules and regulations is recommended Proposed Trading Company. San Francisco, Aug. 31. The project of certain monied men to organize a IjJnited States and China trading com pany 10 control tne traae 01 unina nas excited much comment among the com mercial people of this city some of whom give the scheme, formulated by Ho Oyow, the Chinese c6nsul general, their unqualified approval. A move has been made to organize the com pany which, it is understood, is lib erally bestowed by the Chinese govern ment. In bdef the position Is that if the company is formed here with $5,000,000 capital it can secure from the Chinese government about every trading contract and commercial con cession that It sees fit to ask for. I IIJ . -. M Plans of Robbers. Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 31. Mall ad vices by the steamer says robbers in the Sachlcu mountains have become more formidable and their numbers have greatly increased. It is reported that at every meal there are over 300 tables,,each accommodating 10 robbers. One hundred cooks are employed. They go to different marketB to buy food which is reasonably paid for. They are not to commit robberies on ordinary people, but to blackmail shops, junks and well-to-do families. Some shops, being unable to pay the heavy blackmail, have been closed and many junks conveying native products from different places to Canton for sale have also been forced to discon tinue traffic. Transports Returning. Washington, Aug. 31. General Otis informed the war department of the departure from Manilla of the trans port Para in the following dispatch: "Para sailed, 14 officers, 41 enlisted and 925 discharged men. Six civilians." Another dispatch from General Otis gives the dates of sailing of the trans ports now at Manilla and which will bring all tho state volunteers in the Philippines to this country. The ca ble says: "Tartar sails September 3; Pennsylvania, September 5; Newport and Ohio, September 7." Not Suspended. Chicago, Aug, 31. Too ill to con tinue his Journey without a day's rest, Dr. Edward Bedloe, United States con sul at Canton, China, halted in Chi cago, and while here took occasion to deny the report that he is under sus pension and to discuss the charges that have been filed against him by the state department. "I am not under sus pension," said Consul Bedloe, in speak ing of these charges, "I am away from my post on 60 days' leave of absence." The Glass Makers. Pittsburg, Aug. 31. A meeting of window glass manufacturers of the country Is in session here for the pur pose of discussing the wage question and the general situation. All the fac tories in the"American Glass company and a majority of the independent factories are represented. A strong ef fort is being made to prevent an early resumption of operations as it is claimed that overproduction would de moralize the market. To Avoid War. London, Aug. 31. A petition from the Netherlands Women's Disarma ment league has been presented to the queen, praying her Jn thq name of wo-, manhood and motherhood to avoid war with the Boers and saying it would "cast a. frightful blot upon your maj esty's most glorious reign." Manilla, Aug. 31. The Fourth in fantry haying prepared to give the in surgents a warm reception, the latter have ceased ttielr preparations for an attack on Imus, IS For Formation of a Court of Inter national Arbitration. REPORT TO LAW CONFERENCE Deep Gratification of the Action of the Hague Convention For Maintaining Peace Is Ex pressed by Them. Buffalo, Aug. 31. The international arbitration committee reported to the international law conference as fol lows: The conference accepts the report adopted by the executive council on July 18, 1899, of the special committee appointed at the London conference of 1893, which has, in accordance with the direction of the Brussels conference in 1895, presented a scheme for the for mation of a court of international ar bitration. The conference cordially thanks the committee for the care with which it has completed the work and directs that the scheme be printed in the proceedings of the conference and commends it to public notice as the as sociation's contribution to the further elucidation of the question. 1. This cqnference expresses its deep gratification at the adoption by The Hague peace conference of a scheme of'internatlonal arbitration which car ries out the main objects of the asso ciation as expressed in the resolutions from the time of its opening conference at Brussels in 1873. The conferences recognizes as especialy valuable the following leading features of the scheme, viz.: 1. The noraipation of a body of men of recognized competence In questions of International law and enjoying pub lic esteem, who will be ready to act as arbitrators. . 2.- The selection by the parties to any international dispute from among the members of the above named body of arbitrators and an umpire to form -an arbitration tribunal. 3. The creation of a permanent ad ministrative council, composed of the diplomatic representatives at the court of The Hague, with the Netherlands minister of foreign affairs as its pres ident. 4. The establishment under the di rection of the above named council of permanent bureau, whose services will be at the disposal of all arbitral tribu nals. The conference, therefore, urges the their influence in their respective countries: (a) .to procure the early ratification of The Hague convention relative to the settlement of interna tional differences; (b) to promote treaties between two or more states agreeing to submit their differences to arbitration under the provisions of the convention. 5. The conference decides that a special committee be appointed to ex amine in detail tho provisions of The Hague convention and to prepare a report thereon for the next conference. Officers of the International law con ference were elected as follows: Sir Richard E. Webster, attorney general for England, president; Senatpr C. A. Manderson of Nebraska, honorary president; Sir William Rankin' Ken nedy, president of the Eighteenth con ference; W. C. Endicott, judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts; Ban croft Davis and Carl Schurz, vice pres idents for the United States; Right Hop, Sir John Lubbock, London, treas urer; Joseph G. Alexander and George C. Phillmore, both of London, secre taries. Hon. Sir William Kennedy der Ilvered his Inaugural address. He spoke of thq necessity for an adjust ment of international maritime insur ance, the question of foreign Judg ments and the question of lmmunltyof private property in time of war. Volunteers Disembark. San Francisco, Aug. 31. At 9 a. m. the 1.388 officers and man nt thn TrinJ.'n First North Dakota, and First Wyoming regiment of volunteer infantry and a battalion of the Wyoming light artil lery, who arrived from Manilla, dis embarked from the transport Grant at the Folsom street wharf and marched to the presidio, where they will remain in camp until mustered out of the ser vice. The reception accorded the re turning volunteers was hearty and! noisy. - Rate Wur Avoided. Chicago, Aug. 31. The threatened rate war between western railroads wl)i not take place, officials, of the var ious toads reaching an agreement hero to cancel all notices relating to the-' payment of excessive commission's ari(t binding themselves to adhere strict) to tho authorjzpd basis of clmmissions. .The Milwaukee and St. Paul, whoso "red" circular palled forth retallato-y action on the part of the Burlington is a party to ihe, agreement SCHEME APPROVED