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* 4 1 VOL. XII. FORT MILL, S. ( WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, mil. NO. (L PAPERS HELD RACK. Further Developments In the Famous Pcstoffice Frauds i MRS. TYNFR AM) THE DEPARTMENT Assistant Attorney General Chris tiuncx Corniced, fending an Investigation. w'y ! hi. Special.?The two important <hvclopim nts in the lnvestlga uoii < : nic sensational abstraction of' papi'i i the safe of the office of:' the As:-: taut Attorney General for the i I'ostoiiii e u. partm nt. which lei! to j the ili -i.t i i that officer, were the 1 submit:a;:i.i of what purported to be j the papc:s to the inspection of the postal official*, aiul the decision of l'ost- ! master General Payne to immediately relieve Acting Assistant Attorney General t;. A. Christiancy from hit office, pending an investigation of his conduct. The action in the case of Mr. Christiancy was taken at his own request. states thai lie courts the fullest investigation. Mr. Christiancy has h< 1:1 the office of Assistant Attorney Gen ral since January 1. 11)01, and luis- We. n in charge of the legal af- I fairs o* the department most of the | tin. since then, owing to General | Tyner's absence, caused by ill health. General Tyner's counsel submitted to j Post mas! or Ce. noral l'uvnn ?n.l Wniii-lh I Assistant Postmaster General Rristow pane;. which they said Tyner had caused to be taken away, but a statenn p.L later by the Postmaster General reciting the corresponuence on the subject and the submission of the papery ificall; declines to accept the stateirr< n* that the papers submitted : nr'di constituted all that were 1 abstract d. I (!ni i Tvnrr's counsel, after Ie?.v-' ing tii- Postmaster General, made a ] statement in part a follows: "Yesterday in rt.spons to a notification from department of Justice that General Tyner deliver the papers to i th" 1';.?? !master General, Mr. Perry I proposed .) the Postmaster General that a . < prissentatlv of the Postofiice Depa ti.uut should meet counsel at General Tyner's house, wlrre the pa- j pevs : b. uld be examined and such as I were private returned to Gc:i? ral ' Tyi: r and the others, somewhat pub- i lie in nature, delivered to the depart- ; tneiu. it was especially desired tlint j tlte i;ov< rr.ment representatives should ! jiU'dkn fully G neral Tyner. Mrs. j Tyner and Mrs. Rarrett 3: to what occurn ! on Mrs. Tyner's visit to the Postofiice Department, on Tuesday last. r..i as to all of her acts in connection therewith, and her authority j therefor. General Tyner explaining that ill < f Mrs. T\ner's nets were an- : thovi>; . 1 y him. The Postmaster Gen- , fun ;.i ly, sr. at si;: tanur.ily that; if (" > noral Tyner would cause the pa- 1 per;; he returned to the department lie would have ihr same exarnin d in the : rnco of General Tyner and j wot;M restore to him all the papers. ] doeunrcn'.s and other property found to i litdoiii, to him. Th morning, after consultation, 1 the iv troai ter Cencral was ashed to permit " Irs. Tyner and airs. Barrett I to tor. : e. his olilce with counsel for i a fell e- min itir.e by any government 1 ofmia! as to ihe facts connected with I the taxing of t i * papers. The Post- j nire il nerr.l refused to permit | eithi . rs. Barrett or Mrs. Tyner to j he eat and declined to question | th; ?u. Thereupon. acquiescing in hist deeh-:. a counsel brought to the Post- j ofllc 1 , arturnt all papers In (pies- i lion. They were examine d minutely ' mill i: detail, in the pres nee of the j IV.sn.'.a . General hy Mr. Bristow. includ.i;g the most private property of Genera! Tyner and especially of J.Irs. ! Tyner. ?>n the conclusion of this or: ainiratien all the papers \v io, by dire*;. i r. c.l the Postmaster General, retlll'lu * ? r\ t -i siorn 1 'i'et. ??.??.* ?? m> m i ui i , u* i , v;?? \ i?i mc ! papers indicated in a. statement of ! G< nerrl Tynt1* which referred to the j mnttrr < onnr-lt d with the conduct of j a form* inspector of the Department, I now tlea>l, and which had never been filed and which matter was disposed of ever four years ago. Subs que ntly the Postmaster Genera! gave out a statement covering the submit , ion of the doruments which plainly rays the department docs not agree to the assumption that the papers submitted constitute all those taken. After reciting the proposition of General Tyner's counsel and its rejection by him (setting forth the text of the letter in reply, the statement concludes a3 follows: "This morning Wr. 1 Try and General Mirhener came to the department, bring.ng with them a par!.age which they stated con- i tained the pap rs and documents which had been taken from the departmcnt in the manner h- retofore set forth, and offered to submit the same to the inspection of the Postmaster General, or any other ofllcial of the depurti.e nt. "ir. response to this offer. Mr. Perry opened the packages in the presence of th Postmaster General. General Bristow and Mr. Mi? he a or. Careful scrutiny of each pap. an ! document was had and nil the papers .so exhibited were found to i.e the personal and private property cf General Tyn r or Mrs. Tyner, excepting one packape cf papers which contained the !".tter'r statements, memoranda an! other evidence relating to departmental matters that had been concluded about four years ago. The department does not accept the action taken thlr morning as evidence that all documents. papers and other properties ao carried away have been returned." SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Industrial Miscellany. S. J. Jackson, recently reported as contemplating the establishnu nt of a knitting mill at Sparta. Tenn.. lias organized the Sparta Knitting Mills, with capital stock of $!.">.000. Richard Hill is president; S. S. Dibrcll, vier-pre.sidcut; J. R. Tubh. secretary-treasurer, and S. J. Jackson, general manager. n equipment will be installed for a daily output of about lot) dozen garments? medium to heavy ribbed and lleoeed underwear?and the company is ready to correspond with makers of machinery relative to awarding eontract. Water-power will be used, and the equipment for this purpose !.s not wanted. The company is also desirous of securing a superintend*' nt and forewoman convers ant with the knit-goo is demand in the South and boutiiwes-t. Reference was made last week to rumors that the Madison Manufacturing Co. of lluntsvillc. Ala., is about to rrcet u large addition. The Manufacturers' Record io now authoritatively informed that the company wiil build a mil! to he equipped with 15.000 spindies ami 525 looms for manufacturing print cloths. The erection of the necessary buildings will begin within two wet ks. In January this company adopted its present title, which until then was the Madison Spinning Co.. and increased its capital stock from $100,000 tci $300,000. Tins additional capital will lie invested in the new plant. The present plant has 7200 ring spindles, and manufactures hosiery yarns. Lumber Notes. D. P. Tate and R. L. Hurkiiead of Lexington. N. C.. have purchased 12.00(> at r? s of timber lund in Polk county, ;>n 1 w ill iU i . lotv c<i?-*isv The plant of the Valentino Luperfc Lumber Co. at Puller. Tenn.. was deFtrovrii l?y lightning. The loss la estimate (.1 at $10,000. with $2000 Insurance. The Low-Oills-Powell Lumber Co. of Austin, Texas, has hern incorporated with a capital stock of $20,000, by Tin o(ioro l.ow, Simon (iillis and NV. Powell. The lle-.inrtt ? Roach Lumber Co. of Yr. oo City. M:m-.. h.as Lcn incorporatv .1. wi ll a capital stock of $io,u'?o. The incot norators are R. L. Ilennett and ,i. 11. Roach. M- . r:\ \V. A. Cathoy. Charles M. Putnam end Thomas Settle have incorporated the Mountain Island Lumber Co. of Asheville. N. ('.. with a capital stock of ?10,000. The tide in the Tennessee river which set in has:, wool; brought down another large lot of logs, making the receipts at Chattanooga by recent tides more than 10,000,000 feet. C. H. Rexford & Con of Pennsylvania, who recently purchased 1S.OOO acres of timber land .v. North Carolina. have purchased l?.000 acres ad uii!uii:n in swain county of that State. The exports ?>f lumber Irst week from the port of Mobile amounted to l.iiSO.907 feet. The sh'pannta for the season aggregate 52.900.0:19 feet, against f?J.397.t><>4 it r t for the same period last year. The St. Louis Caliine Co. of St. Louis. Mo., h.-.i been incorporated, with ti capital stock of $J0O. for ioa:inf.ic:urIng fr.rnitur;. The incorporators are .lucol) riurber, Crorge L. Weiss, John Jcnses anil others. The American Planing Mill Co. of Tho nasviile, Oa.. n-. r.tly incorporated. began work last v.tel;. Tin plant has born buiit at an <: i< ensc of 000. and has orders ahead to keep it busy for several months. The record for the highest price rv< r paid for onVsavv log in Alabama waa broken last week, when J. 15. Grayson paid to Andrews fz Co. of HiuUuvilln $25.1"}, one which will net over 1 o(>(? feet of lumber. The log was poplar. The Ensign Lumber Co. of TIfton, On., has applied lor a ehnrtcr. The rauilal stock of the company is $20,000, with privilege of increasing it to $100.000. The incorporators are J. I.or Ensign. Thomas ii. Puckett and Johu H. Powell. The Woodruff saw-mill plant at Eureka Springs. Ark., was destroyed by tire on the 14th inst. The lessees. W. H. & Willis Bakes, lost machinery, drykiln and entire equipment. with a large amount of finished lumber. The total loss is $12,000, with no in3urunce. I Textile Notes. A company will be organized to build a knitting mill at Clinton. S. C. P. S. Bailey will he present. Efforts a.e being made to organize company for building a $20,000 kniting mill at Camilla. Ga. B. F. Floutnoy of Trion Factory, Ga.. will build a cotton mill. He has not decided as to location nor other details. 'Efforts are being trade to organize tkn * 1 * ..r?- oranrn company, referred to last v:ct';. for building a sill; mill at Cl.;rksb::rg, \V. Va. The ItamMjy & Gore Manufacturing Co. of I'atcrson. N. J., whose president and secretary presented the proposition for the above mill, has n $i*0,0<'0 plant at 1'aterson, not $i>0,000. as stated last week. Grantville (Ga.) Hosiery Mills has let contract to It. D. C lo Manufacturing Co. of Newman, Ga., for erection of an addition two stories high, ISxSrt f ct. and will Install additional machinery in position. Nownnn (Ga.) Cotton Mills has declared a dividend of ?> per cent, and appropriated $17,000 to Its machinery fund \ .v \,i -:v " ' * DENOUNCE THE BILL I Pennsylvania Editors Hot Over the New Libel Law j ARGUED IT BEFORE THE GOVERNOR i n.v^icscmavives ut livery Important Newspaper in ihe .State Appeared i in Opposition. Hani-burg. Pa.. Special.?Every important newspaper in Pennsylvania was represented at the In arias on the Grady-Salns libel I.'11 by Governor Penny packer in the hall of tlie House of Representatives. Attorney General I Carson sat with the Governor through I out the hearing, but neither indicated j what would he the Governor's action I an the measure. The opening speech was made by Charles Emory Smith, of | The Philadelphia Press. At the outset | of Mr. Smith's address Governor Pea: nypaekt r took exception to his use of the word "insolently" and suggested | that it would he well for the speakers to omit strong adjectives. Mr. Smith accepted the suggestion, saying at the same time that he spoke strongly because he felt strongly. Mr. Smith said j in part: I "This bill is utterly powerless to I stop the particular kind of publication j which it aims at. but it encompasses ! Ippitimnlu '< , - ? i#m?iiv;ui.iuiis wiin an unlimited network of embarrassment and vexation; it would cripple and curtail the presentation of the regular and | proper news of the day; it would start up a whole sv.arm of speculative sliysI ters and curbstone blackmailers; it inl fringes the just and constitutional lib| t rty of the press and would impair that j valuable protection for public morals and public rights which is found in the searchlight of publicity; it is special legislation in undertaking to make a law for newspapers while excepting the weekly newspapers from its operaI tions; it p< rpotrates a gross wrong iu seeking to fasten the principal's responsibility upon the agent, where the agent not only does not commit the offense but where he has not even the power to prevent it." Alexander Simpson, Jr.. and Richard C. Dale, both of Philadelphia, spoke in favor of the bill, and Thomas V. Cooper, a member of the Legisla; turn and Cyrus G. Day, an attorney, against it. The libel bill provides that civil action may be brought against any owner or managing editor of any newspaper published in Pennsylvania to re j cover damages resulting from negligence on the part of such owners or Managing editors in puhli ntions affecting the character, reputation or business of citizens, and that compensatory damages nay also he recovered for 'Ure physical and mental sufferings endured by the Injured partira," and whenever such publication is given special prominence by the use cf cartoon.a. etc.. the jury shall have the right t I award punitive damages against the | defendants. It also provides that every newspaper published In t'ennsylvaui i .-hall publish on the editorial page. the name of the owne . or owners, tog' tiler with the name of the Managing j editors. Strike Leader killed. Charleston. \V. Ya , Special.?An other tragedy growing otti of the battl b 'tween striking miners and deputy , I'nited States marshal:; at. Stanil'ord City la t February occurred near that plae Tuesday, when John llarlcss. on of th strike leaders, was shot and killed by John Liang, and a man name I George, who went with Deputy Marshals Cunningham and Summers I to arro.it Mai lass. Cur.niniiham ni.?i ! Summers went to the house of llar, less, accompanied by Lain*; and i George. As they approached the house ; the two latter were stationed some (lisI tanre away to stop llarless, in ease he I should try to escape, llarless. seeing Cunningham and Sumir.crr approaching. made an attempt to escape from the opposite side of the house. Laing and George called on him to halt, and as he continued to run they killed him. llarless is said to have been one of the strike leaders at the Staniford City fight. Further trouble is feared a.s the result of the killing of llarless. An Extra D vld.*nd. New York, Special.?The Central Trust Company has declared an extra dividend of 20 per cent., payable May 1. in addition to its regularly quarterly dividend of 15 per cent. This i3 equal to an annual dividi nd of .SO per cent. The company has been paying dividends at the rate of GO per cent, since January, 1800. 'I he Reichstag Opined. Berlin, Special.?The train on whir.'i the President of the Reichstag, Count Von liallestretn, was travelling was dug out of the snow in Silesia in time for hi:n to reach Berlin and open the Reichstag Tuesday. The genera! election will not o cur for seven weeks, but so little remains to lie done that the house will probably adjourn early In May. Most of ihe session today wus devoted to a discussion of the proposed changes in the election regulations. which have been submitted to the Rundsrath and which arc designed to provide greater secrecy in balloting. ' The bill was passed. I EDUCATORS MEET. I I | W. A. Biair, of Winston-Salem, Treas- i nrer, for the hisuing Year. R.C. GGDEN IS ELECTED PRESIDENT i Dr. Ald:rm.in and Dr. Mclver Re ! sponsible for the Beginning of tlie Present Revival. Richmond. Va.. Special. The attendant e at the meetings of the Confen nee for Kdueation in the South was large ( nn I enthusiastic. The following offi? ? wore elected for the ensuing | ye.;:-: President. Robert t'. Ogdon. of] New Yor!;; vice prosid'tit, G. Murphy. of Montgomery, Ala.; sccrc- j tnry, P.. J. lluldwiii. of Montg< mcry. ' Ala.: treasurer, \Y. A. llialr, rf Win- ! r.ton-Sahni. N. C. Tlie executive and i resolutions committees are: Executive; Chairman. it. 1$. Valentine, Richmond; J. G. lirown. Raleigh. N. C.; It. It. Fulton. Mississippi: President Caldwell, of the State Normal School of Lluisinna; Superintendent C. it. Gibson. Columbus. Ga.; D. F. Houston. Texas; l'resli dent .Irsse, of tbo t'niversity of Mis souri; Superintendent G. P. Glenn. Jacksonville. Fin.; S. A. Minders. Tennessee; H. 11. Snider. South Carolina; committee on resolutions, Richard Watson. Gilder, editor of The Century ; United States Attorney General P. C. Knox; E. C. Itronson. Georgia; State ! Superintendent Joyncr, North Caroj Una: E. C. Sanford. Knoxville. Tenn. l)r. Lyman Hall, of the Georgia In- j stitution of Technology. was the first I speaker at the morning session. He de- | clared facetiously that If the move- j ricnt continued its work, the people of j the South wmibt in- i-i'Lim- .if li-n-i.-. I Now England.* 'and referring to *"i 11 itorato Boston." H" took a most encouraging view of tlie future of the South 1 educationally and industrially. The next address was ity Josephus Daniels, editor of The Raleigh News ! and Observer. and a member of the I national Democratic eommitten from Mbrth Carolina. He started out by saying that there have been four obstacles to educational progress in the ! South: 1. The n >gro. enfranchised ' against the protest of the people, who I were foreed against their will to pay j i taxes to cdueaie hi.n; 2. Poverty, j ["^rinding poverty, following war and ! reconstruction such as this generation ; I knows not of; The laek of <i>.ialitied | teachers and the lack of indueeim nt ! to capable men and women to become , o aehers; t. Geographical difficulties. | Tlie greatest of these olxstach * has been and is now and must bo at least j in this generation, the negro, lie has ; been the lion in the path, the ever pres- j cut and often insurmountable ohst.n lo i to public education." .Vr. Daniels took a hopeful view as lo o\ Tconie all these ohstacl s ami 1 touching tlic greatest, sni<i in part: I | ' There is a elno ,, and in that < lass. I i believe most oi the thoughtful people of the South are to he found, and feel : i that, whate ver may ho the result. !thy dare not shut the door of hope | an 1 opportunit.s to any people anywhere?the it' .:' in ill - South, the Indian in the \V , ?' Filipino in Manila. 'ilicy hoped, tiiey belit-ved. they trust d, t lnit eventually it would prove ' lien fi? ial, lire mse tlioy have faitii that light and knowh lye will sureiy hie:.; 1 j wherever they abound. The last speaker war. Dr. J. II. Kirk- j j hmd. chancellor of Vandcrhilt Fr.iver- i j sity. who made r.n int< r .ding talk on ten T.err an '. the State. The r inference 1 ' lhe:i tn-ll. :i 1 . nnlll "" CI i Tin* tine :tu 'it < attending tli si si s'uvs nf the Confersnee for Hditcntion | have lontinued n> the end. The Aend] cmy of Music was a Rain thronged at ; I night. tlio moral rs of the conference ! and the ladi's with tnem being, re- | enforced by many of the most ppuni- i nent people of tho city, not only cdn- I cation.'.lly sj)i akiny. I)iit as respects s<>< iety. tlio professions and all lines of , IjiisinF o and industry. The speakers i were Dr. Walter H. Hill, chancellor of the I'niversity of Georgia. who spoke ! <;n "Negro Education at the South." and Hamilton W. Mahle, associate editor. and Or. Lyman Abbott, editor, of the Outlook, New York. Dr. Abbott's theme was "Impressions at the South," and lie spoke eloquently of the revival of education represented by the conference. The highest education, he said, is that for serdce. Industrial training, instead of heffig looked down upon, should, and would, eventually, lie believed, be regarded as of the highest type in its direction. He paid a glowing tribute to thp hospitality of Richmond and expressed joy in the growing unity of the country. The civil war. he said, taught the North and South to respect each other as they had never done before. Referring to the suffrage, he quoted Henry p ward lJecchcr to show that many nu n In the North believed that placing tha bollot in the hands of the negro could not he a success until iho black man should fit himself to exercise the privilege intelligently. The ballot is a prerogative and a responsibility, he said, rather than a ri< iit. Manhood suffrage is the thing, he continued, but it must ha remembered tliat manhood comes first and suffrage second. i>r. Abbott cloved with a beautiful nrcast of what the present educational revival w 11 acult in. of what the twentieth century will otfret in the way of per.' tin? manhood. He attributed the 1.-inning of the present revival, by the way. to ? certain evangelistic trip made some 14 years ago through North Carolina it yc.vo young men. Dr. A1 icrmaa, president of Tulane University. New Orltuns, and Dr. Mclver, president of the Normal School, at Greensboro. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of General Interest In Short Paragraphs. Down In Dixie. Two im In s of snow foil at Minefield. \V. Va.. on Wednesday. Before .Judge Moffat, in the Roanoke cown'y eourt at Salem, Vn.. Wednesday, eight cares in which the Norfolk it Western Railway was some time ago convicted before a magistrate's eourt if unlawfully running fn ight trains . n the Sabbath, nii.l lined $50. and costs in each ease, the jury decided against the railroad. At The National Capital. The i"ostolliee Bopartment lias diseontiaued the serve < s of inspectors of stairp-eanceling tnaeliines. T!lo fJnvftrniii'-iit i.? ->i - A ? ... i.-> ii.in. in:; U) construct the largest artificial lake in the wo'In in Arizona for irrigation purposes. H is raiil Civil Service Commissioner William 1 indlcy l-Ynlkr may resign in order to try to combat the Fairbanks Presidential movement in Indiana. Officials in Washington are watching with interest developments in the i barges of smuggling made against certain officers in l'orto Rico. An animated controversy is in progress to decide whether the naval observatory shall be transferred to the Department of Commerce or remain under the Navy Department. A bid of 102,r?i:t for all or any part of the $3.000.000 certilicntcs of indebtedness of the Philippines was the best received. At The North. It is reported that Mi.?. llalli" Krmieie Rivers is to desert literature for the stage. Sons of tin- \rnerican Revolution hold an annual banqu-'t in New York Saturday ni? lit. Tli" N<ithorn Securities Company has declared tin- rrvrular quarte ly ?1 ividend of 1 1-S p i c* nt.. payable-on May ?. Th" bondl" Itwestimations at St. ai: and .!? (Terr. in City. Mo.. are leadins to tin- belief that bribery was much mo; n extensively practiced in the l.esi.-dature than had In- n supposed. Stockholders of the raited States Steel Corporation (.hose directors who, it is said. will re-elect President Charles M. ScliwaV. The Pressed Sb d Car Company has declrrvd the regularly quarterly dividend of 1 per cent, on the common stork and the second quarterly installment of 1-4 of 1 nor cent, on the extra dividend of I per rent, recently authorized. The Northern Securities Company and allied Interests I at St. Paul thflr appeal to lac I'nltcd States Sup. nne Court in fie mrr;;? r ease; the (oaipany was allowed by the court to disburse divide sids. .If-tire Cil" rich, in New York, prattled an order pormitlins William K. Vanderhilt. head I th. t family, to t.iarry attain. '"rrdericl: Span*;. of I itt shurr. in a crrtffl i adition. terroiiz; ! tli .T-at irow i in Herald Square. N >w V ik, Sunday night uj shotting and waving .a pistol. In spite of t?-1 pro 'i-ti in for an iainicr. grain crop in the Wo. t ill ail road companies. will; iii?i? vmtl> in err as ! equipment. except to l?o ald< to move i! wiiho.it a con v.'lioii i t' f: .,!n Fv a at M. A. Ilanna. of Qui . . ays ho will answ-r at Columbus ; ;.nrow tho k! rift arcs made enon organ'.?* I labor in thr iwni annual eport if M. Parry, president o' the Manufacturers' Association, at Now Orleans. it is holieved the new Republican niovomont agitating tli- development of Central and South American trade is intended to offset the Iowa idea" of tariff reform. From Across The Sea. The party of Gorman agriculturists who aro to tour this country will spend one i'av in Baltimore At the international Anil-Alcohol Congress, in Bremen, the abstinence element proved stronger than the "moderates." The Russinr. Austrian. Ger.na:? and Italian Ambassadors at Constantinople urged the Sultan to suppress the outbreak i:i Albania. A hurricane in Berlin injurr 1 many persons and mused great c-jt action of nroDcrtv. The Dominican rebels : e besieging Monte Criatl by land and si. Sir Oliver Mowat. who wa.t Premier of Ontario 24 years, it. d? ad. Misc 'Urnoous flatters. Coal operators !o 1 ;1 out a ut HO.000 miners at < -.jlllerirs in th" ?::ithrauite region Icvhip i!v y refur ul to work nine hours on Saturday. Eight pc-rans were killed and 10 injured in a collision near .lamest nvn. N*. Y.. between a limited express train on the Erie railroad and a freight train. The body of the murdered man found in tho barrel in New York was identified as that of lieneclotte Meduanio, an Italiau of Buffalo. DREYFUS APPEALS. Celebrated French Army Case May Be Cpened Again, ? ?? HE WRITES A iOLUE REQUEST Dreyfus Claims That the Court That Tried Mini Was Unduly Influenced By Outsiders. Paris. My Pablo. Alfred Dreyfus has submitted to Minister of War A ml iv a lengthy letter, in which he earnestly nshs for tin reopening of his ease l?y means n ; a investigation by tlie Minister, a-, the supreme head of military justice. The letter, which is dated Paris. Apiil "1. confirms the reports that Dreyfus had been living quietly for s-vitue time. It promises to | cause a tremendous agitation among in;- > minus eieilll'HtS Ol the political groups f??r an.I against Dreyfus. Tli? first part of the letter is an earnest plea that the eonrt which condemned him at ltenncs was improperly intluenced, first, l?y the anuo-ated document aserib. d to Kntpcror William and. second, by the false testimony of one of the witnesses, C/.ernski. After a railing on the o\tent to which these contributed to his cm dent nation. Dreyfus r> calls in graphic tertns the long series of horrors to which lie had been subjected. The letter throughout is couehed in n highly dratnatie style, whieh is likely to make it one of tlie notable papers of the ease. It refers to 12sterhazy as "one who stain's before the entire world as the eulprit." One of the passages, showing the rhetorical style, is as follows: I will not recall. Mr. Minister, w hat 1 have endured since ISP I. Picture to vourse'.f the horrors of a soldier whose life was devoted to duty, to work, to loyalty, and to profound dei votion for his country and who in an instant is stripped of his good iiame i and despoiled of the honor of himself , and his children, fur live years this I soldier is subjected to horrible sufferings. They k to crush liim physically, to annihilate him morally, lie is absolutely innoet nt of all crime and | struggles in vain to penetrate the mys| tery. proclaiming his innocence and i struggling with all the forces of his ; mind and body for that supremo picas- ' i mi' of vindicating bis good name and character. Dave., months, years pass thus in most cruel agony, amid the tortures of a murderous climate. At last, lie is brought hack to Prance, tho guilty one is discovered and the soli dier hears himself proclaimed inno| rent by those who before r viled liira i as a traitor. It was tints. Mr. MinisI tor. that I imped to see my martyrdom ended. Hut. alas if I returned to find the devotion of f ; a nds who had i battled for tin? truth it was to llnd also that deadly hatreds had Iron un,loosed. "In the processes of !. >!?I I was stahlied in the hark; 1 cannot ima ;in< !iow such conditions can prevail through fa!s< hood at <1 deception. Hut so it was an 1 my second condemnation was Imt an aggravated icafiirman ion of what occurs, d in 1M 1. When th gui'.ty one 'was know ii and unmasked am' Psterhazy was rcnvign.zd as the author of the treason, the ; an: men who had 1 ch"?to I j;: iiee in C 1 sought la i hft tc < l.eal j. .t i?. for the serr.tul i tim by the sain ( luminal manoeuvres. Conscious of th.es > methods. tho government of the i. ;> il lie will not pe.mil Itself to keep in p. i a ntui wis > is known to he innocent. In constant thought of ultimate leva! revision, 1 ha\ reassembled lit.tlo I?y littl all the dive * :it < leaients of i testimony < i.ntribii'in;- to my couvic; tion. I have renin' i'- nt wilh the j linn conviction ih..; jnnlico would uiroly have it day of tliumph. Tilt; j victim of criminal tactic:; and violation \>f t! !.i\v twit committed ajminst ir.. . now I address myst if to j (!> . ij>r< inc chief of military justice, ; nil;'.. supporting my. It Ry new facts j which have he; n elir it< -I ami liy the i existence of the pretended liordeau and note by Kmperor William I am going to ask that you institute an inquiry first upon the uses ma !e of this false document at Ilennes anil tho consequences it produced v>n thosa e.k??/i .l ie r in/1ir?n nt uo/u.Itil t!lir?n t hi* i ri.ir I IMP, jiivih". false and fraudulent testimony of ('/. Tnuski at Homes." Negro Beaten to Dentil. ttainbrldgc. ('.a.. Special.? Momlay night at an early hour Andrew Hainey. a negro, was taken away from Const able Hell bv a mob and so badly beaten that he died. The constable was on the way to this place with Hainey to place him in jail to await tiial on a eharge of arson. He was suspected of having fired the residence of Fred l.ange. a farmer, thirteen miles in the country, in th night time and when the family were asleep in the hvir.se. N< nr the town the mob overtook the deputy and prisoner and de rnandcd the latter under pain of .loath. Rainey wax terribly beaten and his skull was fractured. After the boatinfi ho was carried to jail, where lie di.d this uorninrc. Instructions to 15:* Opened. Tbiffalo. Special.? Attorney Wallace Thayer will open the s. al? .1 in-.tractions left him by the late Arthur it. Penn -ll. The instructions are siippr ?*d to relate to the disposition of 000 of life Insurance held by Mr. Thayer by an asslfinnulit in trust for PouiipII. The document will bo produeed In court tomorrow. The Insurance money, it is believed, is intended for Mrs. liurdiek.