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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.
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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
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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.