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VOL. XXII.— NO. 9.
DOOM OF DREYFUS
Till XT OF CASSATION HAS DKCED
BD AGAIHST A RKVISION OP
THE CASE
CONVICTED CAPTAIN
JUSTLY CONDEMNED
BITCH, . ACCORDING TO REPOUT,
Will, BB TUX FINDING ON
THE APPEAL
MANY WERE KILLED
IN PARIS RIOTING
('lit mli Between Socialist Factions
IU-sulin iii a Fatal Brawl Mme.
lire) fun RccrtTCM a MessiiKi' From
the Prisoner nt Devll'a Island in
Which He Saj « He la Well
From Foreign I.isimln.
PARIS, Jan. B.— Le Soir says it learns
from any indisputable source that the
court <>f cassation is convinced that
Dreyfus was justly condemned.
M. yuesnay de Baurepairen, presi
dent of the section of the court of cas
sation, has resigned his position in
consequence of a disagreement re
garding the Dreyfus inquiry.
M. Beaurepere declines to give the
motives for his resignation, which re
mains a mystery, but it is believed ho
is angry at the government's treat
ment of the affair.
According to Le Matin, Mme. Drey
fus has received a cablegram from
her husband saying his health is good,
physically and morally.
The Socialists' annual pilgrimage to
fiay to the tomb of Blanqui in the cem
etery of Pere la Chaise led to riots be
tween the rival partisans of Henri
Rochcfort, editor of tha Intransigeant,
aw] M. Juarez, editor of the Petit So
cialist Republique. Many were killed,
!in:i the police made a number of ar
rests. The wreath intended for the
throne was trampled upon.
LONDON, Jan. 9.— The Daily Tele
graph publishes a dispatch this morn
ing from Cayenne, French Guiana,
confirming the report forwarded last
Friday that Dreyfus has had a severe
attack of dysentery, and that a physi
cian had been summoned from Cay
enne to Devil's island to attend the
prisoner.
COUNT CASTELLANE FIGHTS.
Ami« Gould's HtiHhaml Seriously
Wovnda Pnni Dcroalede.
PAUIS, Jan. B.— The Droits de
I'M, mmc re-ports that a duel with
swords has been fought between Count
fle Castellane, husband of Anna
Gould, p.iKi member of the chamber of
<!•. ;■ -lies for the Casteliane district of
the lower Airs, and M. Paul Deroulede,
the leader of the anti-revisionists. M.
Deroulede is said to have betn gravely
Injured, and his adversary slightly in
juied. The cause of the difficulty
which ied to the encouniter is unknown.
Sf. i > ■■!•. •iilv.de's friends declare that
'.. ■ has r.>>i been engaged in any duel
and that his apparent injuries are due
to an attack of bronchitis.
■rding to La Liberte rumors of a
duel between M. Deroulede and Count
llane have been current for same
daj ; ; .
CZAR IS SUSPECTED.
i : .i->ir. Is Preparing for War and
\»'. for I'esee.
M'NIH.W Jan. 9.— The Sebastopol
correspond* nt of the Times, who has
been traveling in European Russia for
two months, to discover, if possible,
Borne action on the part of the Russian
z< vernxnent to give effect to the dis
armament proposals of Emperor Nich
olas, says all observations were quite
the contrary. The correspondent says:
"At the nava! dockyards I found fe
i activity. Not a man has been
withdrawn from the frontiers. The
ministers of war and marine have
•ling- all of the military and
naval stations, urging an acceleration
of the- preparations for defense, but ap
parently neVer mentioning the czar's
manifesto. The number of men en-
TODAYS BULLETIN.
Page
J Ki;:;ri:..-- WtH Figiit.
Havana a Plague Spot.
Rioting at Parly.
Doath From Poisoning.
I—Gospel1 — Gospel of Poverty.
Fite vs. Prison Labor.
-MimuviDta's Dsiry Interests.
J-- Landslide In Canada.
Anti-'Ex[ians!on Fight in the Senate.
Germany After China's Trade.
4— Editorial.
Week's Markets Reviewed.
St. Paul .k;i>bir.g Trade,
6- Spoi :ing- News.
News From the Fifteenth.
Convict Camp Brides.
6 — Tolstoi's Spirit Wrestlers.
Many Years Without Sleep.
7— Minneapolis Matters.
News uf the N&rtn-wtst.
Unique Colony.
B— ln tiip Fie:d of Labor.
Farmers "Will Buy Grain.
\TLANTIC LINEUS.
MEW YORK— Arrived: Um'bria, Liverpool;
ii™ n a^ Livnpool: Britannia. Marseilles.
LIVERPOOL.— Arrived: Cevic, New York
OUEEXSTOW.v-Sailed: Servia, New York
PHILADELI'IirA-Sailed: Belgmland Liver
pool.
TODAY'S EYEXTS.
GRAND— "Mistakes WIU Happen," 8-15
Palm. Garden— Vaudeville, 2 and 7 PM
.Annual meeting Young Woman's Friendly
association, Seventh and Jackson streets, 8
P.ate Bar association meets, state capitol, 2
City school principals meet, Central hlrh
school, 4 PM. s
State board of pardons m-eets, state capital, 2
iVa.
State Historical society meets, state capital,
i :JO PM.
■Wefcster school union meets 8 PM
Douglas school union meets 8 PM.'
THE ST. PAUIM GLOBE
rulled in the army and navy during
the months of October and November
last was larger that ever. Rein
forcements are being sent to the far
East as fast as they can be transported,
and all the garrisons along the Russo-
Turkish frontier are being largely In
creased."
SETTLEMENT~AT~ SHANGHAI.
England IMea«ed at the Attitude of
the I'nited State*.
LONDON, Jan. 9.— The Times says,
editorially, this morning: "The an
nouncement by the United States min
ister to China (Edward F. Conger) of
a satisfactory issue of the Shanghai
question is doubly welcome, for it as
sures tis that we have secured a point
of value to our commercial and in
dustrial relations at Shanghai, and we
have secured it by the co-operation of
a friendly power that we highly ap
preciate. Other powers in Enrope will
not be slow to appreciate the value
of this settlement, and we hope that
other powers interested will press for
ward for an immediate settlement at
Shanghai."
AFTER THE_ KHALIFA.
Gen. Kitchener Will Send a Force
Against the Native; ltnlt-r.
LONDON, Jan. 9. — According to a
dispatch to the Daily News from Cai
ro, Gen. Lord Kitchener, the sirdar,
has decided to send a strong expedition
against Khalifa Abdullah, who is now
j in Darfur with a large force of Der
vishes and_ has been taking the ag
gressive against the local tribesmen.
A dispatch from Alexandria says
that 250 men of the Irish fusileers have
been ordered to Khartoum. As the
Soudan has hitherto been garrisoned
only by native troops, the step is va
riously interpreted.
FATAL HOTEL FIRE.
Threie Guests Smothered and Fire
Others Seriously Injured.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. B.— A fire
which broke out in the Hotel Richelieu
at 3:15 this morning resulted In a
property loss of only about $15,000, but
three lives were lost and five people
badly hurt. The dead are:
AMOS LANDIS, G-rapeville, Pa.
GEORGE A. WATEKS, Camden, N. J.
MRS. CATHERINE BOYLE, D UUburg.
The three victims were guests of the
hotel and all were suffocated by the
dense smoke.
The fire originated on the second floor
from an explosion of gas, and in a few
minutes the building was a mass of
flames and blinding smoke. The noise
ol' the explosion woke most of the
guests, abeut twenty-five in number,
and a frantic fight for life ensued.
Robert N. Thompson, of Kalaska,
Mich., a salesman for the Cadillac
Lumber company, was the means of
saving at least six lives. In the first
moments after the explosion he rushed
into the hallway of the second floor
and tumbled over the unconscious form
of a woman, whom he dragged into the
reception room. Five others, two men
and three women who had bean turned
back from the stairway by the flames, j
were shrieking and fighting for some
exit. Thompson forced them all into
the big room and locked the door.
Knowing that it meant death to go Into
the hall, he fought the desperate men
back until the arrival of the firemen,
when all were rescued.
MAYOR SENT TO JAIL
Committed hy a Jndge In Colorado
on a Charge of Contempt.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., Jan. 8.
— James Doyle, mayor of Victor, Col.,
and a wealthy owner of mines In the
Cripple Creek district, occupies a csll
in the county jail here, having been
committed by Judge Lunt, of the dis
trict court, for contempt of court. His
alleged disregard of an injunction is
sued by Judge Lunt against him not
to prosecute a suit brought by him
at Council Bluffs, 10., against James
F. Burns, of the Portland Gold Min
ing company, to recover several hun
dred shares of Portland mine stock,
caused Judge Lunt to order his com
mittal.
Mr. Doyle was in Denver when the
order was made, but, upon hearing of
it, took the first train to this city and
accompanied the sheriff to jail. It is
expected an effort to secure his re
lease on habeas corpus will be made
SHIPS CREW SAFE.
Wrecked Sailors Lived for 3lnny
Weeks on v South Atlantic Island.
NEW YORK, Jan. B.— Capt. R. R.
Shaw and the crew of ten of the British
bark Glen Huntley, given up for lost,
are alive and well and on their way to
Liverpool. They abandoned the Glen
Huntley in a fierce gale on June 4, 1898.
For 154 days the eleven sailormen lived
on Tristan d'Acunha island, more than
1,500 miles south by west of the Cape
of Good Hope. They subsisted on pen
guin eggs and the flesh of sea eaglets,
and shared with the seventy-two white
inhabitants the scanty stock of pro
visions that the captain of a passing
vessel could spare. After almost four
months of such existence the British
warship Thrush, making an annual
voyage of inspection through the South
Atlantic, rescued the castaways, and
late in November landed them in Si
mon's bay, South Africa.
SAGASTA'S SCHEME.
He May Endeavor to Prolong the
i.ilV <»r the Government.
MADRID, Jan. B.— The partisans of
the government believe that Senor Sa
gasta will again endeavor to postpone
the ministerial crisis by suggesting
to the queen regent that she use her
ctrstitutional powers to ratify the
tre&ty of peace after the United States
senate has ratified it, and then con
vene the cortes the beginning of Feb
ruary. In the event that Sagasta
should fall a Weylerist cabinet will be
formed. Senor Sagasta werat out driv
ing today.
A dispatch from Havana says that
all the Spanish soldiers have now left
the island.
Gale Raging.
PORT SAID, Jan. B.— ln a gale here the
light on the breakwater was carried off and
it le Impossible to lend assistance to the
British steamer Golden Crosa, from Batoum
which is ashore at the entrance to the canal!
Ameer Is 111.
BOMBAY, Jan. B.— Dr. Clements, who for
some time has been attached to the medical
service of the ameer of Afghanistan, in the
capacity of veterinary surgeon, has Just ar
rived here from Cabool, the Afghan capital.
He says that the ameer Is in ill health, and
cannot be expected to live long.
MONDAY MORNING- JANUARY $£ lggq
HAVANA A MENACE
COL. WARING FOVND TUB CUBAN
CITY A VERITABLE 1'1.A1.l 10 "
SPOT
URGENT NEED OF REFORM
America Facet* a. Peril More Danger
ous Thau War, and One Against
\V hit-It No Military Valor Can Pre
vail Eight million UollaiH Is
Needed to Put the City in a Sani
tary Conditioli.
WASHINGTON, Jan. B.— The war de
partment made public today a synopsis
of the late Col. George A. Waring's re
port of his visit to Havana under the
special Instructions of the war depart
ment, given him early last autumn, to
Inspect the sanitary condition of the
city and to make such recommenda
tions for the future Improvement of the
town as might be suggested.
Col. Waring condemns the street
cleaning system as Inadequate and
those in charge of it as incompetent.
Nc attention, public or private, is paid
to the laws of sanitation. To make
matters worse, dwellings are crowded
to a dangerous degree, the average
population for every house in the city
belng over ten. Broad marshes near
the harbor are a constant source of
malaria, and into these is dumped the
sewage of the city.
The water supply of Havana, says
Mr. Waring, is of the purest and most
excellent character. This, with the
winde of the gulf, save the city from
being absolutely and unqualifiedly bad.
The city la a veritable plague spot.
Its own people, largely immune though
they are to yellow fever, which has pre
vailed in Havana without interruption
for 163 years, fall constant victims to
the pernicious malaria and depressing
infl noes to which they are always
subjected. The conditions, says Mr.
Waring, will carry the terrible scourge
of yellow fever to our shores unless we
rise in a war for humanity and wipe
out an enemy with which no military
valor can cope.
In conclusion Col. Waring says:
"Would it not be wise to accept the
fact at once that we are confronted
with a danger compared with which
war is insignificant and proceed to
meet it and conquer it while we may?
We cannot afford to wait until we
have fed it and strengthened it with
the lives of our people. The necessary
reforms call for costly work even now.
But months of delay will render them
more costly and more imperative. We
can set about these reforms now calm
ly and judiciously. Later, under the
Impulse of panic, we should work at
far greater disadvantage."
IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED.
The improvements which, in his
judgment, are absolutely necessary to
make Havana a healthy city are set
forth in detail in Col. Waring's report.
I They include a well organized depart
ment of public cleaning under a sin
gle commissioner; the construction of
a complete sewer system; a completely
appointed abattoir; the repaying of all
streets with asphalt; a suitable and
sufficient cremating plant for garbage
and sweepings, and the reclaiming of
all the marshes.
Col. Waring states that it is not
possible, from the data now available,
to estimate the cost of all the work
j needed, save to say that it will be over
$8,000,000. It is estimated, says Col.
Waring, that single epidemics intro
duced into the United States from
Havana have cost in the Mississippi
valley alone $100,000,000 in loss to In
dustry and commerce, aside from the
loss of life, amounting in 1878 and 1879
to 13,891, in addition to the enormous
cost of the sickness of those who re
covered. Col. Waring further states
that, in his judgment, the complete
execution of the work above indicated
would completely eradicate yellow fe
ver from Havana for all time; would
relieve it from the malaria which is
now so fatal, and would reduce its
normal death rate from its present
high figures (not for from 50 per 1,000)
to about 20 per 1,000. He says, if these
improvements are to be made, there
must be no delay and no half-way
measure. All that Is indicated must
be done in the best and most com
plete manner, and it must all be done
before June 1, 1899. If this is not done,
there is reason to fear that yellow fe
ver will be rife in Havana in the com
ing season, on account of the large
number of unprotected people who
will go there from the United States.
ASK FOR AUTONOMY.
Cabana at Santiago Are Not Satisfied
Witli the Situation.
SANTIAGO J>E CUBA, Jan? B.—
Senor Bacardi, the mayor of Santiago,
in cabling to' Havana today concerning
the situation, explained that the local
excitement growing out of the proposal
of the United States authorities to con
centrate the customs receipts at Ha
vana is not allayed, and that the people
want provincial and municipal au
tonomy. It is understood that Gen.
Wood, governor of Santiago, with Gen.
Castillo, will reach the United States
on or " before Thursday next, and ar
rangements have been made for a spe
cial cable service to inform the people
here of developments after Gen. Wood's
arrival in Washington. Lieut. Col.
Ray reports from Guantanamo that a
Cuban major, a short time ago, took to
the woods with several of his men, be
came a bandit and killed five men. The
entire band has been captured and will
be put on trial. Senor Bartolomo Mas
so, who arrived here today from Jamai
ca, was enthusiastically received and
escorted from the wharf by a torchlight
procession.
SPANISH FLAGS FLOATED.
Gen. Brooke Declined to Order Tlk-i,;
Down Yellovr Fever Case.
HAVANA, Jan. B.— This morning two
large Spanish flags appeared over the
Clerks' and the Asthurianos clubs, fac
ing the principal plaza. Their appear
ance created considerable adverse com
ment among the Cubans, who, it is
said, requested Gov. Gen. Brooke to
have the flags removed. No action
was taken in the matter at headquar
ters, where it was generally conceded
that Spanish flags may float as well as
those of other nations.
Today Gen. Brooke appointed Col.
Lasker iV. Bliss, collector of the port of
Havana, to be secretary of the treas-
ury, subject to confirmation from
Washington. Col. miss will begin his
new duties tomorrow.
Surgeon General Slernberg has ap
proved of Las Anl>;as as the best site
for a yellow fever hospital for United
States troops. The proposed site Is
two miles from th* city on the heights
of Jesus.
Inspector Doane, who was sent here
by the secretary « - war to act as In
spector of customs has been sick since
Wednesday. Yes.erday morning he
was visited by Suifeon General Stern
berg and other mescal men, who diag
nosed the case as j illow fever, already
well advanced. Th ■ house in which he
Is in was immediately isolated. In
spector Doane, who was formerly of the
New York collects -n office, has been
attended by Dr. C. O. Dolife. The lat
ter is a discharged army contract sur
geon. Dr. Dolife >vas arrested yester
day for not reporting the case.
BURNED UNhER" ENGINES.
Four Lives Loet in a Wreck on the
Southern Iloari.
KNOXVILLE, Term:, Jan. B.— Four
dead, two Injured, one of these perhaps
fatally, and the loss of properly of the
Southern railway to the amount of
about $25,000 is th« result of a wreck,
which occurred this morning on the
Knoxvllle & Ohio branch jaf the South
ern railway, a mile, west of Elk "Valley.
The dead are:
ENGINEER J. D. MAXEY.
FIREMAN FRANK REEIDY, colored.
BRAKRMAN IRONZA NOOVEJR colored
FLAGMAN DILLOW
The Injured: Bngiiif.er Goff, badly cut and
bruised; Fireman Husklssoo, badly burned
and may die.
Moxey, Reedy, Hoover and Dillon
were burned to death or killed under
the ruins of three engines and a num
ber of cars and coaches of the two
wrecked trains.
This morning at 11 o'clock a double
header freight train crashed Into a
mixed local train when both were run
ning at the rate of thirty miles an hour.
The engines met hoad on, the force of
the impact being terrible. The mem
bers of the crews were unable to es- '
cape by jumping. All the freight trains
on the division had been notified that
the passenger train was fifteen minutes
late, and the only cause for the disas
ter that can be gi\er. is that Engineer
Maxey, of the freight train, misread
his orders. Immediately after the
crash the wreck caught fire. This city
sent a fire engine, which soon had the
fire under control. The passenger train
carried about twenty passengers, none
of whom were injured.
FAST~~MA!L FLYER.
Rock Island Road Enters Into the
Chicago-Omaha Controversy.
CHICAGO, Jan. B.— The Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railroad tonight
er.tered the list of competitors for ths
overland mail contract, now held by
the Burlington roal, by sending out a
tiain which will ru/. regularly between
Chicago and Omaha on the fastest
schedule ever attempted between the
two cities. The tr^ln left Chicago at
7:55 p. m., and is due to arrive in Oma
ha at Ba. m. Tf.e running time of
twelve hours and five minutes is near
ly two hours faster than Hhe ordinary
schedule. Besides the regular express
and mail cars the train was made up
of a chair car, a cuach and a Pullman
sleeping car, all of the most modern
construction.
The train will make stops only at
county seats along the route.
dingleTlmhng well.
Chance for His Recovery, Though
He Is Still Very HI.
WASHINGTON, Jan. B.— The reports
from Representative Dingley's bedside
are a little more encouraging tonight,
and his family believe there Is a chance
for his recovery. Extreme weakness
and the poison in his system, resulting
from his illness, are the principal symp
toms now that the physicians have
to encounter, and in a man of Mr.
Dingley's age make the outcome un
certain. The great nervousness and
restlessness have departed. The patient
is able to rest easier, but one of the
physicians remains. In attendance. The
president called at the hotel today and
made Inquiries as to the patient. Mr.
Dingley's two sons from Kalamazoo
have arrived, but have not yet been
permitted to see him.
TAHITI "PRINCESS^ DEAD.
South Sea Islarid<*rt< Munrn the Loss
of Their Rnler.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. g.— The
French mail boat Tropical Bird brings
the news from Tahiti ot the death at
Papette of Princess Tetua Marama,
hereditary princess of the islands. She
was the" daughter of the Princess
Ariiochan, whose authority extended
over the island of Morea and a number
of districts in Tahiti. Princess Tetua
was ad&pited by Queen Pomara, and
when she grew up she became a great
power in the Southern seas. At an
early age she married John Brander,
a Scotchman, by whom she had nine
children. Brander was the head of
the greatest commercial house in the
islands. After his death she married
George Darse, also a Scotchman. She
was very popular, and all the Southern
islands are in mourning at her decease.
STEAMERS_ARE SAFE.
Furness Line Skips In Port After a
Rough Time on the Atlantic.
HALIFAX, N. S., Jan. B.— The over
due Furness line steamers Manchester,
Trader and Demara arrived in port
today, the former arriving here and
the latter at St. John's, N. F. A brief
telegram from St. John's states the
Demara encountered terrific weather,
being twenty-three days cut from Liv
erpool, but suffered no material dam
age, and all on board axe well. The
Manchester Trader was nineteen days
out. She reports the moet terrific
weather ever experienced.
Sorry for San Martin.
LONDON, Jan. 9.— The Dally Chronicle this
morning says that tin. United States ought to
demand of Spain t&e ptrdon of Col. Julian
San Martin, who hasbeeu sentenced to Im
prisonment (or life iri the Spanisir^Silony at
Ceuta. Morocco, for ;;t>an<2oning Ponce, Porto
Rico, where he was in command of the Span
ish troops when the United States forces un
der Gen. Miles landed In Porto Rico.
Cuban Conimifcxlon. *
TAMPA, V%., Jan. 6.— The members of the
Cuban evacuation commission, who left Ha
vana yesterday evening on the steamer Mas
cotte, arrive* at jfcrt Tamps, today. The
party left thffc eveiing for Washington In a
special Pullmau efflr attached to the Florida
& East fo&ia limited on the Plant system.
The commissioners wilt arriT* la Washington
•arly Tuesday tnornlag.
PdISOID BY OPIUM
JOHN A. WKIS DIES SUDDENLY
AFTER TELLING HIS FRIENDS
HE WAS "DOPED"
WOMAN OF THE TOWN JAILED
It I* Sueipected That She May Know
Sonief hint of the Manner of Wei*'
Dentine— Police Say She Bon»ht
Some Morphine nt a Local Drag
Store Saturday Nifrht DetailM of
the Myatery.
John A. Weis, a salesman In the em
ploy of H. Hoffman, a stove and hard
\vare dealer at 134 East Seventh street,
died at the city hospital from opium
poisoning last night under circum
stances which at once started a search
ing police investigation. The mystery
to be solved is whether Weis took the
poison himself or whether he was
"doped." To several acquaintances
young Weis said before he lapsed into
unconsciousness that 'he had been
"doped." He made no explanation 'as
to how or where he claimed to have
SIR lll'M! V IRVING,
The English Actor, Broken in Health and Fortune, few Whom En«Hshm«nt Are Now Rais
ing a Fund.
' M —^^
LONDON, Jan. B.— Sir Henry Irvlng'a oon
sHion is causing Ms friends serious concern,
though trio reports wMcii have been publish*-!
In tie UnitwJ State* have been exaggerated,
but both physically ankj financially he is in
mmeh distress. He is broken in health— rot
beyond memdiing, -perhaps — and seriously crip
pled In hie business affairs by the disastrous
tellure of several most elaborate and expen
sive "produotlcms at the Lyceum. Overwork
anid pubifa failure, which lhavo tosen an in
trjise strain upon a man of peculiarly ser.sl
tlve organism, and the added demands upon
his strength, dive to Ms social hospitality
been given the poison. Weis was a
congenial young fellow, always of a
cheerful disposition, his friends say,
and they are not inclined to credit the
suicide theory, the only basis of which
seems to be the absence of other ex
planations of his death.
The laet seen of Weis in possession of
his faculties by his friends was about
12 o'clock Saturday night, when he was
In the Ryan hotel billiard parlor with
Howard P. Sanders, a son of Capt. J.
H. Sanders. Young Sanders has
charge of a stock of refrigerators in
the same building, on Seventh street,
where Weis is employed in the stove
business. From business associations
Weis and Sanders, together with
John Ransom, living at 507 Holly ave
nue, were frequently in each other's
company, socially. As Sanders is liv
ing at the hotel with his parents, he
and Ransom often met Weis about the
billiard hall. Saturday Weis left San
ders and Ransom in the billiard room
shortly before 12 o'clock. This was the
LAST SEEN OF WEIS
until he drove up to the hotel yester
day afternoon after 2 o'clock and sent
word into the billiard parlor for San
ders to come out to the carriage. San
ders went out, and says he found Weis
in a partially stupefied condition,
though able to talk. Weis told him,
Sanders says, that he had been
"doped." He talked somewhat at ran
dom on this line, young Sanders says,
continually making the claim in a half
conscious manner about being "doped."
Sanders says he attached no import
to Weis' story about being poisoned,
thinking that his friend was merely
the worse for liquor. With this idea in
mind Sanders decided to take Weis
around to the store and let him sleep
off the effects of the liquor he sup
posed him to have drunk. He got into
the hack with Weis and drove to the
store. Weis was able to walk to .the
door and unlocked it himself. Inside
he drew a chair up to the radiator
and sat down. During this time, San
ders says, Weis appeared drowsy.
Sanders went back to the hotel, leaving
Weis alone. About 4:30 o'clock San
ders returned to see how Weis was get
ting along, and found the young man
apparently sleeping quietly in the
chair. Shortly after 7 o'clock San
ders, accompanied by John Ransom,
visited the store again and this time
tried to rouse Weis. He found the
young man unconscious. Vigorous ef
forts to arouse him proved ineffectual.
Becoming alarmed Sanders and Ran
som summoned Officer William Smith.
The policeman realized the seriousness
of the case and at once sent Weis to
the hospital. The young fellow died
without- recovering consciousness with
.in an hour after reaching the institu
tion.
When Capt. Rouleau learned that
Weis was dead he immediately began
an investigation. Weis' movements
from the time he left the hotel Satur
day night until his return yesterday
afternoon were traced by Lieut. Buhe
and all of the time accounted for ex
cept the two hours immediately follow
ing his departure from the hotel Sat
urday night. Nothing was learned to
substantiate the theory that Weis ,
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might have ended his own life by tak
ing poison. On the contrary, facts
were learned that lead to grave sus
picion among the police and Weis"
friends.
HE VISITED WILLA.RD'S.
It was ascertained that at 2 o'clock
yesterday morning Weis went to Net
tie Wlllard's resort, 49% West Third
street, where he remained until taken
away In the afternoon by the hack that
tcok him to the Ryan hotel. At the
resort Weis was in the company of
Flossie Keefe. Every one else about
the place disclaims any knowledge of
the young man's visit. Miss Keefe
says Weis went into the parlor for a
moment, standing by the stove with
his overcoat on, and that he and she
then went lo another room. The wom
an says Weis made no complaint to
her about having been "doped," but
complained of being very drunk and of
not feeling well. Asked if Weis drank
anything whilo In the house, the w.>m
an said he had not. In the course of
other questions, however, she admitted
that she had given W-'is a glass of
water about 3 o'clock. She said Weis
continued complaining about not feel
ing well and asked her for a drink of
water. She went down stairs, she says,
got the water and returned to the room,
when Weisoralned the glass. She says
the young man offered to buy a bot-
after an evening's work upon the stage, have
wrecked his health and ruir.ed his oner I irge
fortnae. Ke Is now at Bourntin.-»m.ir sreekiTg
the rccDV€Tr of "is strength. A fun<i rs be
ing Quietly and anonymously raised by w«?l
knawn persons, not for his Immediate wants,
but to enable him to curry out his profe-3
sionfi'l plans. .Meanwhile the actor hopetfoJ
of lihe results of his rest at Bournemouth is
cagrerly planning the leasing of th.c Lreeum
end the undertaking of another American
tour, which shall recoup his fortunes. The
report that Elten Terry U severing heT en
gagement with Irving in order to take a
I theater of her own is authoritatively denied.
tie of beer shortly after entering the
hcuse, but finally said he had no
change. She says yesterday morning
Weis still complained of feeling un
well and when he got ready to leave
asked her to call a cab. During this
time, the woman says, Weis made no
reference to poism or "dope. " Nettle
W'illard says she did not see Weis en
ter the house or leave, and that he was
not "entertained" in the parlor.
John W. Caspen, employed at Fred
Schroeder's livery stable, drove Weis
tj the hotel. He says when he went in
to report the arrival of the cab he was
requested to assist Weis down staira.
He says the young man could hardly
walk. While he was helpting him down
j the steps Caspen says Weis remarked
to nun: "I have been 'doped ' but it
is all right, I'll get even." Caspen says
Weis made no other remark that would
throw any light on the question as to
| where or by whom he claimed to have
been given the poison.
THEY SAT HE WAS SOBER.
Weis is said to have been rath-r a
gay sort of a fellow, somewhat given
to drink, but Saunders and others who
saw him at the hotel Saturday night
say he was perfectly sober at that,
time. Michael Keener, employed in the
billiard room, says Weis was sober
when he left the hotel. Keener went
out to the hack when Weis returned
in search of Sanders yesterday, and
says Weis 1 first words to him were
that he had been "doped."
The physicians at the city hosr-ital
say Weis died from opium poisoning,
probably laudanum. The young man
was so far gone when he reached the
hospital' that nothing could be done to
save his life. He had no watch or
jewelry in his possession, but 15.20 was
found In his pocket, together with sev
eral letters and receipts. His home
is said to have formerly been in Man
kato, where his parents are said to
reside. One of the papers was an ex
press receipt for something sent to
Nicholas Weis, of Mankato. Weis was
about twenty-three years of age. He
had been employed at the stove store
several months. He seema to have
had few intimate friends, and little is
known about him here. It is not known
how much money he had Saturday
night, nor if he had a watch or other
jewelry.
Coroner Nelson will hold an inque3t
today.
At an early hour this morning Capt.
Rouleau, after a personal investiga
tion, ordered the arrest of Flossie
Keefe. She was locked up at the cen
tral station to await the outcome of
further investigation, Capt. Rouleau
says he learned that the Keefe woman
purchased morphine early Saturday
nig"ht, ostensibly for her own use.
Champagne Imports in 1898
Aggregated 242,319 cases, of whlcli 8C.855 were
O. H. Mumm's Extra Dry; made of choicest
grapes and first pressings.
Eleventh Cfiesn Game.
NEW YORK, Jan. B.— Showalter and J&now
ski contested the eleventh game of their
match at the Manhattan Chess club today,
and after twenty-Btvwn moves Showalter re
signed.
FILIPIIS TO FIGHT
IDEA OF V COMPROMISE RfDHiu
ED By THE NATIVES OK
II.OILO
AN ATTACK MADE ON
AMERICAN SAILORS
TWO OF THE CREW OF THE NEW
PORT ASSAULTED WHILE ON
GIARD DITV
WILL BURN THE CITY
IF IT IS BOMBARDED
Foreign ReHidents Driven Out of the
Town hy the Threats oil the Fol
lower* of Ajjfnlnaldo— Col. Pot
ter Returns to Manila. W T ith iu<>
i.uioKt News From the Scene of,
the Trouble.
MANILA, Jan. B.— Col. Potter, the
special messenger of Gen. Otis between,
Hollo and Manila, arrived today with
dispatches from the former plar-e. Th a
situation, when he left, wan practically
unchanged and It was jsaW the prin
cipal buildings had b*en closed, the
insurgents having threatened to de-
Btroy the whole city by fire at the first
shot of bombardment. The Europeans
were moving their families to the
tiansport Newport and other veaaeJa
The family of the American vice con
sul has gone on board the Newport.
Col. Potter said that President Mc-
Kinley's proclamation had to be type
written on board ship, as the printers
on shore declined to do the work, and
when the text of the proclamation was
rtad, the natives ridiculed the Idea that
compromise was possible. Privates Sil
vey and Fitzpatrick, of the Sflxth Unit
ed States artillery, while guarding a
water battery astern of the Newport,
were attacked by natives. Private
Silvey's skull was fractuied fatally,
and Kirkpatrick fell overboard, but
escaped with a flesh wound.
The Uniteu States gunboat Petrel ar
rived at Iloilo on Friday and Col. Pot
to! reports that the United States
trrops will probably land on Guiroora's
island, about midway between the isl
and of Panay and the island of Negrog,
where a camp wiil be establisi.
There is no change in the situation
here. On Friday night public demon
strations were held in Pampagas
province for the ratification of
Aguinaldo's proclamation, and the ex
citement was intense. All natives who
enter the city in <Qxe night-tune are
starched and every other precaution is
taken.
* OFFiCIALSiRY'RETiCENT.
Decline to Make Public a Bfepa4rfe
Received From Gen. Otim.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8.-The war
department received another dispatch
I today from Maj. Gen. Otis, corns
Ing the United States troops in ihe
Philippines. The officials observe un
usual reticence with resp.c: to it 3
contents, but it is understm d the in
formation contained is not of an un
favorable character or such as to give
I undue concern to the administration.
: So far as the officials are willing to
I admit, the dispatch shows no material
i change in the conditions existing at
| the time of previous advke:-. One
| cabinet officer tonight said it contained
j nothing of a character alarming, se
rious or exciting. There had been no
collision with the insurgents, he add
j ed, and not a shot had been fired. The
j dispatch, however, is believed to have
| been of sufficient importance t(. be
j brought to the immediate attention ot
I the president and later Secretary Al-
I £er.
Secretary L,ong and the president
were in conference at the White house
this afternoon, presumably on this
| matter. The president's proclamation
| had been published in Manila, but Gen.
Otis did not say to what extent it h >1
been made known to the inhabitants
of the other islands of the group, cor
whether it had been published at Upl
! 10. Gen. Miller has been ordered to
j land the troops under his co:,. :
i now on the transports there, but the
dispatch from Gen. OUs did not indi
j» cate w hether this had been done or
j not.
INSPECTING_THE TROOPS.
I G«ti. Lawton Looking Over lite Men
Ordered to Manila.
CHICAGO, Jan. B.— Maj. Gen. Law
j ton, who was recently assigned to the
j command of the military forces in the
i Philippines, arrived in Chicago today
i on a tour of inspection of the troops
which have recently* been ordered to
j Manila.. A rigid inspection was made
of the Fourth infantry at Fort Sheri
dan today, with the result that forty
or fifty of the soldiers were discounted
and will not go with their regiment.
Maj. Gen. Lawton said: "The force
I for the Philippines should be composed
j of the flower of the army. The United
j States will be on exhibition before the
j world at the Philippines, and for that
reason we should have the best men to
represent us. It is for that reason in
spection was so rigid.''
duluth" flour in turkey.
It Can Fie Shipped From Mlnnoitola
and Sold at a Profit.
WASHINGTON, Jan. B.— Consul Gen
eral Dickinson, from Constantinople,
makes an interesting report on eora
mercial conditions in Turkey. He
■ says: "American goods are sold al
most entirely for cash and at higher
rates, as a rule, than are charged for
European manufactures. An experi
ment was recently made by a Turkish
firm in ordering 200 bags of flour from
Duluth. In spite of the fact that the
freight was 40 English shillings psr
ton, there was a substantial profit in
the. transaction, and the same Brm
has telegraphed further orders for
over 2,300 tons."
Will Die Today.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-Bailer Decker, col
ored, who murdered his wife near Tottcnville,
Staten Island, last March, will be electro
cuted at Stng Sing prison tomorrow. Goy.
Roosevelt having refused to Interfere in nla
behalf.