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:y ~ > . r * f Mynhe BY ST. QEORi COPTRIGHT J89", E< CHAPTER XVIII. [Contiuued.l Thus their first day in India has passed, and. as we have seen, it has not been without its adventure. If the record is kept up their stay in Bombay must be an eventful one. One of Joe's first duties upon visiting the barracks is to deliver a message from the commandant at Cairo, which probably contains information respecting Baron Popoff; for the officer who reads it looks very grave, and asks the American many question concerning r\t tlio Ifucolnn TPhleh .Toe. fortunately, is in a position to answer. At this time England is greatly disturbed over the actions of Russia's ruler. He is said to be making preparations for pushing south through the Afghan territory to a point where his troops will be knocking at the door of India. A great railroad is about to be built for strategic purposes, and no one positively knows where it is aimed at?meaning no British subject. Heuce, the appearance of a shrewd Russian diplomat and secret agent, Jifte the baron, upon the soil of India, Is ^ikely to create a sensation. His name has been connected with numerous unscrupulous political moves in Bulgaria and Roumania, and all along the' Balkans, so that it long ago became thoroughly known to all the reading world. Thoce who watch the moves upon the chessboard of Europe can see deep purpose in every action, however careless it may appear to the casual looker-on. Those officers stationed in India have, of course, a peculiar interest in everything the White Cz~r does. Thej are threatened dj* no omer uuuuu France is busy in Tonquin and A1 gicrs; Germany in Central Africa Italy in Abyssinia, while Austria hat no foreign policy, and Spain is con cerned almost wholly in her West In dia possessions. It is Russia whc stretches her vast domains across tin Atlantic to Pacific, and yearns to read: the Indian Ocean as well. Year aftei year she placates flhe tribes en route slowly but surely stretching her hand nearer the prize. The day will cer tainly come when the fiercest wai Asia has ever known t ill be foughi on neutral territory between these twe giants. One has only to travel to In dia by the overland route, via Herat to see the evidences of Russian en croachment. Almost to the gates ol India the traveler finds here and then along the road Russian robats, 01 small wayside houses of refuge erected through charity, where tin weary pilgrim can pass a night with out any charge for the shelter. No reasonable man doubts that Eng > land must some day be prepared t< fight for her Indian empire: jor is ontr ronsnn tn hplieve but thai 1UCIV M*ij ?VU?VM _ she will be able to hold her owi gainst that cunning foe who woult creep in at the back door while th< mistress is engaged in sweeping anc garnishing the front of the house. Whatever may be the mission of th< baron to India, now that his presence Is known, it is not likely that he wil be allowed to go about without somi sort of secret espionage. When the evening meal has been dis posed of, Sandy and Mynheer Joe de cide to see what Bombay looks lik< after nightfall. So they dress as quietly as possible, not forgetting t< carry their firearms, as there must al ways be a certain amount of dangei traversing the streets alone. Mr. Grimes hopes to be all right bi morning, but thinks he had better res until then. Molly complains of a head ache, probably the result of her excit ing race for assistance, and begs t< be excused. This has i influence upon Mynheer Joe in inducing him t< accept Sandy's proposal that they tnk< a stroll, for he has no desire to spent the evening alone, Demosthenes con plaining of bruises received in his turn We. which he wishes to bathe. Peace reigns in the neighborhood o the little hostelry near the foot o Malabar Hill, save in one quarter Joe draws the attention of his artist correspondent comrade to the rear o the hotel, whence loud voices of dts cussioc come. The row seems to bi between the bobajee and a mussaljei tinder him. The cook berates the scul lion and the latter assumes a ridicu lously dramatic attitude, with his hea< cocked on one side. Sandy eagerl; takes it in. If he could only repro <Juce that scene on paper. It would b a dandy. At any rate, his memory i good, and he may succeed. As they walk on in the soft, balm: ~nrt>onligiit, the angry voice of the be bajee continues to float after him. Fin #lly there is a hubbub, and the: know he has launched forth other n> guments than mere words, it ?e nnt inn<? l?ofore thev hav reached the native quarter. Pcrhap some unusual festival is taking place at any rate, the shops anl bazars ar lighted up and throngs are on th street. As in the densely populate ' cities of China, the people of Bombn seem to Lave no particular time r rest, unless during the hot part of th day their enthusiasm dwindles to low peg. Night's cooling breeze briBg them all out-of-doors, and th 4 V.v > I HT* " * > - . . er Joe I i/ qE JRATHBORNL \ I! 5s*ni bonxw;'8 sons. J " o Inoi.se reminds a traveler of carnival time iu Home. Lanterns of every color, made of ! paper or muslin, bang about the streets 1 and in the shops, sending a strange ( light upon the picturesque crowd. Sandy's artistic soul is charmed by the spectacle. He seems to never tire of ! drinking it in. no detail escaping his ' eye, and all the while he utters e?i clamatlons that are judicative of his 1 rapture. > As for Mynheer Joe, he is more rc' served in his manner, and yet enjoys ' the sight almost as well as the correspondent. I They seem to excite no curiosity as ; they move along. The natives are atcustomed to meeting English-speaking t people at all turns; slowly but surely i they are leaving the ways of their ' ancestors, already more than two mil! lion having become Christians, i England allows full freedom of wor1 ship. The only thing she set her iron heel upon were some barbarous cu?I toms, sucV as the juggernaut-ear and its slaughter, the putting to death of * 1,1 * n fnmu** , widows wnen iue umu wi u i died, and like practices, for whi.'li Brahmins, Parsees and Mussulman* i alike have actually become thankful, ; as these things were relics.of ancient barbarism that clung to the country. Such sights the two travelers look > upon?here is a retail grocery witli i many odd things upon the shelves, and , the queerest object about the place is s probably the banija himself; indeed. Joe declares he must be a natural i clown from his dress, while Sandy i berates himself for not having one of ' the new style little cameras with him. , by means of which he could secure 3 masterpiece for a subject. ; Next door is a shelf-like shop, where j all manner of bric-a-brac may be - found, anything that is bizarre hav ing a place, and the Hindoo proprietor. > smoking his hubruc-bubble nods weari> ly over his Koran. 1 Here are some snake-charmers, such ' as exhibited their tricks and horrid . pets upon the square of Esbeliiyeb, In ' Cairo. Then comes a merry fakir, known as a bickharrie here, shouting out his wares. Next we have some t mountebank athletes, performing won > derful feats in agility, with perhaps a wizard who can make a tree grow 'v . the middle of the street, with full-sized leaves and birds singing In the t branches; while it is not uncommon to ? run across a group of howling der.* vishes. who take the place of our New , York little German band, making night ? hideous in a certain locality, passing - the hat around, and then forced to move on by indignant shopkeepers, - who are glad to buy them off. ) ! All of these sights and many more 5 I can be seen around the streets of t I Bombay. Occasionally au elephant t J looms up. but these animals are found 1 ! more in the interior. Of monkeys there ? , is no end. One need not be at all sur1 i prised to feel his hat suddenly jerked from his head. and. looking up, see an i agile fellow climbing to the top of a ; ! house with it. Then the monkey1 police have to be summoned and varl-' ; j ous maneuvers resorted to in order to , recover the lost headgear. - ] One wonders why these things are - I allowed until he discovers that the 1 ' Hindoos, as a class, are believers in > theosopliy. They look upon these ani> mals as unfortunate human beings un j dergoing punishment for some past. r | Thus there are many things going i on all the time in this strange city. 7 ! One need never grow weary with seet | ing the same sights, since there is a i constant variation. The blending of - j bright colors in the shifting panorama ) ! is what pleases Sandy most of all, and 2 he is ever on the watch for a new >| variety of turban, cf which there e' seems to be an endless number. 1 Mynheer Joe has given Kassee the - freedom of the city during their stay, - well knowing that the intelligent Hindoo will not abuse the privilege. As f Kassee has been informed concernf ing the baron and his ways, it may be : presumed that he will keep a jealous - eye upon the Russian. This is what 4 L'nATTC flint flfl l/ , [ joe wisuvb, iui uc biiuno >?..m ? ? r spy, his servant has no superior, e To the surprise of the travelers they, s? discover this same Kassee walking - along the street in company with an other Hindoo, and both of them seem 1 to be in rather a convivial frame of r mind. '* The servant happens to catch his e master's eye, and makes a rapid hands signal that gives Joe solid satisfaction, since it tells him that the other is on the alert, and means something by his actions. Sandy does not see this side-show. [ He is eagerly taking in the sights, au.l as they have now reached a portion of the grand-bazar street where the p lights are more plentiful, and the ' shops present the finest appearance. it is really worth his time to observe ^ these things. Here is a saDnar, or goldsmith, di>r| playing his quaint wares in a most v attractive form, and by eloquent sif lence inviting the passers-by to purchase. Then there are curiosity shops' where a thousand and one queer *s things have been gathered from the e four ends of the earth. Perhaps the \ . - . y* ; v; next place will belong to a mosaic worker, and his shop is certainly a model of neatness. At a turhanmaker's Tandy stops some time to see the yards of eostlv cloth twisted into odd shapes, each tuft being afterward pointed with goM or silver cloth. These turbans are the delight of the Hindoos, and the man v,ho has a n w shape is the envied of his fellows. After tliIs comes a variety of shops, from silversmith's down to the durzee's, or tailor's. Our friends take It in. and will never In all likelihood forget the sights their eyes rest upon. The crowd is such a good-natured one, and. most delightful of all. does not push and surge as crowds generally do. Tn their long walk tlic two friends do not remember baring toadied but one man, who stumbled against them and then rushed away as if filled with alarm. Sandy, recognizing an old game of the thieves in London and Paris, at once looks to see if his watch is all right, and upon finding it so is relieved. "Well." remarks Mynheer Joe, at last, "the hour is late. Have you seen enough for one night. c!d fellow?" Sandy nods. "My head is crammed full of ideas, which I must put into some shape liefore I sleep. This has been a revelation to me. Joe. I never before saw such life as old Bombay presents. Think of the rough sketches I've already drawn?the weird Towers of Silence, that wonderful burial-place of the Brnhnilns?that magnificent statue out on the avenue?the I'arsee broker?what's his name?" "Jamsetjee .Teepeebhoy," smiles .Toe. "Drops from your tongue like oil, old fellow. I must practice on these names. About the sketches: I have the harbor, the strange coasting-craft you pointefi out, a patanmr with its two masts, the small rakish mancbe and the long, narrow felucca with its toteen sails. Besides. I've got glimpses of mosques, that lovely klol and an array of such things, to say nothing of the ideas now in my head which, roughly drawn, will fill pages in the noie-uooK. ics, i m m ciover, joe, ana I " Mynheer .Top lias left his side, which fact causes the voluble Sandy to turn around. He discovers his companion talking earnestly with a Hindoo, and, looking more closely, recoguizes Kassee. whose brown face Is very serious, and whose whole manner proclaims that there is trouble brooding in the air for the Americans in Bombay, CHAPTER XIX. THE FATAL THIRTEEN'. Sandy chances to he a wise little fellow, and evinces no surprise at the state of affairs. lie guesses instinctively that Kassee has made a discovery of some importance, and is now communicating the result of his work to the master he loves so well. Somehow it seems quite natural that they should get into a tangle, that mystery should crop up around tliera. They are surrounded by strange scenes, which the human mind could hardly imagine without a positive experience. The very air of India seems to breathe of mystery, as though it were impregnated with it. He watches Mynheer Joe and the Hindoo with considerable curiosity, while keeping an eye upon the crowd near by, as if seeking* to discover !?/*? nnr Ann nlcn ic intnrPQfp/1 In them. Joe now appears to be questioning his faithful servitor, as though he has heard it all aud knows that it is serious. At the same time he does not * exhibit alarm, for his experience has been great in the past, and he know3 how to preserve his mental equilibrium in the face of the most astoundiug difficulties. "Ten to one it's all on account of that miserable Russian. I expected to hear from lihn again. What in the deuce is the sly rascal up to now?" mutters the correspondent, as he twirls tfAAn inrrnv Otul tlui!T\h 11125 L'ijjtll UCIM CCU uuu tuutuw and keeps his eyes fastened upon his friend. He sees Joe look around him, as though seekiug the danger of whic.* *" has been warned. Then their eyes meet. The traveler cannot help but note the eager look upon the face of Sandy. He smiles and beckons to him. This, of course, means that he Is to be in It; and as the coirespondent usually manages, by hook or crook, to get there, he feels satisfied that matters are shaping themselves all right. It suits him to meet difficulties as they fly. Sandy was never known to turn his back on the foe. "'ul- l-'~ tr\ O \> llll ins lunusiij iuuuolu w - intense pitch, the correspondent, therefore, advances to the fraj*. He casts a keen glance at the face of Mynheer Joe, but that worthy shows little of the emotions that may lie deeply hid> den under the calm exterior. Thus Sandy draws up alongside of his friend and awaits the communication that is to decide a momentous epoch in their lives; nor .is it long in forthcoming. "Well, the baron has been at work, Sandy," remarks Joe. with a peculiar smile. "I knew he would not be long in Bombay without attempting some manner of evil against us, particularly myself, for whom he entertains no great love, you understand." Sandy nods his head i:i that vigorous, thoughtful way of his, more eloquent than words. [To be Continued.] Guide (referring to Egyptian Pyramids)-"-"It took hundreds of years to build them." O'Brien ttlie wealthy contractor)?"Thin it wor u Goverumlnt job?eh?"?Tit-Bits. PAPERS HELD BACKT Further Developments in the Famous Fostoffice Frauds MRS. TYNFR AND THE DEPARTMENT Assistant Attorney General Christiancy Bounced, Pending an Investigation. Washington. Special.?The two important develomnents in the investiga tion of the sensational abstraction of papers from the safe of the office of the Assistant Attorney General for the Poslofflce Department, which led to ;he dismissal of that officer, were the submission of what purported to be he papers to the inspection of the postal officials, and the decision of Postmaster General Payne to immediately relieve Acting Assistant Attorney General G. A. Christiancy from his office, pending an investigation of his conduct. The action in the case of Mr. Christiancy was taken at his own request. He states that he courts the fullest investigation. Mr. Christiancy has held the office of Assistant Attorney General since January 1, 1901, and has been in charge of the legal aftairs of the department most of the time since then, owing to General Tyner's absence, caused by ill health. General Tyner's counsel submitted to Postmaster General Payne and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow papers which they said Tynsr had caused to be taken away, but a statement later by the Postmaster General reciting the corresponuence on the subject and the submission of the papers specifically declines to accept the statement that the papers submitted necessarily constituted all that were abstracted. General Tyner's counsel, after leaving the Postmaster General, made a statement in part as follows: "Yesterday in response to a notification from the department of Justice that General Tyner deliver the papers to the Postmaster General, Mr. Perry proposed to the Postmaster General that a representative or tne fostomce Department should meet counsel at General Tyner's house, where the papers should be examined and such as were private returned to General Tyner and the others, somewhat public in nature, delivered to the department. It. was especially desired that the government representatives should question fully General Tyner, Mrs. Tyner and Mfs. Barrett as to what occurred on Mrs. Tyner'a visit to the Postoffice Department, on Tuesday last, and as to all of her acts in connection therewith, and her authority therefor. General Tyner explaining that all of Mrs. Tyner's act3 were authorized by him. The Postmaster General, in reply, said substantially that if General Tyner would cause the papers to be returned to the department he would have the same examined in the presence of General Tyner and would restore to him all the papers, documents and other property found to belong to him. This morning, after consultation, the Postmaster General was asked to permit Mrs. Tyner and Mrs. Barrett to come to his office with counsel for l full examination by any government official as to the facts connected with the taking of the papers. The Postmaster General refused to permit either Mrs. Barrett or Mrs. Tyner to be present and declined to question them. Thereupon, acquiescing in his decision, counsel brought to the Postoffice Department all papers in question. They were examined minutely and in detail, in the presence of the Postmaster General by Mr. Bristow. including the most private property of General Tyner and especially of Mrs. Tyner. On the conclusion of this examination all the papers were, by direction of the Postmaster General, re~ * ?* ????? turned to uenerai ijua, caiv-pi. papers indicated in a statement of General Tyner which referred to the matter connected with the conduct of a former inspector of the Department, now dead, and which had never been filed and which matter was disposed of over four years ago. Subsequently the Postmaster General gave out a statement covering the submission of the documents which plainly says the department does not acree 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 as follows: "This morning Mr. Perry and General Michener came to the department, bring.ng with them a package which they stated contained the papers and documents which had been taken from the department in the manner heretofore set forth, and offered to submit the same to the inspection of the Postmaster General, or any other official of the department. "In response to this offer, Mr. Perry opened the packages in the presence of the Postmaster General, General | Bristow and Mr. Michener. carerui scrutiny of each paper and document was had and all the papers so exhibited were found to be the personal and private property of General Tyner or Mrs. Tyner. excepting one packago of papers which contained the latter's statements, memoranda and other evidence relating to departmental matters that had been concluded about four years ago. The department does not accept the action taken this morning as evidence that all documents. papers and other properties so carried away have been returned." Revision Refusnd. Boston, Spetial.?The State board of arbitration has refused to revise its recent findings that the Lawrence Manufacturing Company, of Lowell, could afford to pay its operatives the 10 per cent, increase in wages, which the help demand. The board reached its decision after an investigation into the Lowell labor trouble, which involves 7 cotton mills and 18,000 operatives, finding in favor of six corporations 2nd excepting the Lawrence DIES OF HIS INJURIES Spartanburg Negro blacksmith Who Was Statb.'d to Death. Spartanburg, Special. ? Martia Hardy, the colored blacksmith whe wa3 stabbed in the head by George Blanchard, white, of this city cn the afternoon of April 9, in front of the former's blacksmith shop, died Sunday morning from the effects of his wounds. Shortly after the thrust ol the knife, the blade of which peue trated over the iert tcmpio inxuugu the skull and punctured the brain, Hardy has been in a semi-paralyzed condition, and no hope was enter tained for his recovery. The inquest was conducted by Coroner Foster ii the afternoon. The autopsy was held by Drs. Fike and Harry. The testl mony embraced the statements oi three white witnesses and the physi clans' report on the autopsy. The testimony of J. A. Harrison, at eye-witness, who lives next door tc Hardy's shop, cn Broad street, which was in material points the same as that of the other eye-witness, A. J Cunningham, was to the effect that or the afternoon of the difficulty he saw Mr. Blanchard coming up Broad street. As he was passing in front oi Hardy'a shop. Blanchard remarked tc A. J. Cunningham, who was vitii liar rison, "If that old nigger don't paj me I'll beat h? out of him.Said In had done some work for him and wanted his pay, and he meant a ne gro named George Gilmore, living aea: Arkwright. Hardy ran to the door oi his blacksmith shop and asked Blan chard who he was talking about Blanchard turne.d back and said bt was not talking about him (Hardy) adding that he was not afraid of him however. Hardy drew his knife rrou his pocket and ran at Blanch&rd wfct the weapon drawn, cursing "him uni stating that he was not afraid of him and also that he had money to br.o^ up his actions. Harrison at this iunc ture left the spot and went towards Shockley's store. He considered both men drinking. As soon a3 the negrc advanced Blanchard drew nis kniit and dealt the fatal thrust. There wa. only one wound on the negro's body the one above mentioned. Cunning ham testified that as Hardy advance-] and struck at Blanchard, the latter aiming a blow, knifed the negro it the head, felling him. The verdict o: the jury was that the deceased, Mar tin Hardy, came to his death by : knife wound from the hands o, George Blanchard. -Blanchard is in tlx county jail. His attorneys will maki an effort in the near future to secun bail for him. Allftince Fund. Greenville, Special.?Many of th< farmers in Greenville county are interested in the pending litigation over th< distribution of the fund belonging t< the Farmers' Alliance exchange, whict now amounts in round numbers tc $17,000. It will be recalled that Mr. H T? Drnrl/cb ? ro of thiq PHlintv. l*Pnr?* senting himself and others in the nam* of the Cash Hill alliance, has asked foi the appointment of a receiver to takt charge of the fund, and the petition foi a receiver has been made in Columbiz before Judge Gary, who has directed Mr. John S. Verner, the master foi Richland county, to take testimony ir the case and report at a future hearint in this matter. Fatal Explosion. Rock Hill, Special.?Three negroes employes of the Catawba Power Co. had their right arms shattered by z belated explosion of a dynamite blast at the company's works last week They had returned to wcrk after z series of explosions and did not know that one charge had failed to fire. New Corporations. A quarter of a million dollar lum ber company has been organized it the upper part of the State with Greenville as headquarters. The pro moters are R. E. Johnston of Senecz and W. J. Kreamer and H. T. Kreamei of Williamsport. Pa. These parties yes terday made application to the secre tary of state for a commission tp oper books of subscription. The genera purposes of the organization will b< "to buy and sell real estate, timbei and timber rights; the cutting am sawing and manufacture of lumbei and the marketing of the product; t< buy and develop water powers and t< sell and lease the same; to build ant equip and operate tramways," am other such purposes. The Mullins Lumber and Brick com pany has been granted an increase ir its capital stock. The company was in corporated 18 months ago with a capr talization of $15,000 and recently ha* decided to double its capital stock The directors are Jno. B. Boatwright S. H. Schoolfled, E. O. Bransford an. H. L. Boatwright. The Allen and Crews company o Spartanburg was chartered. This is i mercantile establishment with a $10, 000 capitalization. The Summerland improvement com pany, which is an accessory compaa; to the Summerland Hotel company o Batesburg, filed its declaration Satui' day and was given a charter. Mr Asaph Childs of Vermont is president .Mr. J. Pcpe Matthews of this city i: vice president, Mr. A. G. LaMotte o Columbia is secretary and Mr. J. \Vm Mitchell of Batesburg is treasurer. A commission was issued last wee to the Platen Press Roller Adjuste company of Charleston, to be capi talized at $15,000. The corporators an R. B. Cuthbert, Wm. H. Richardson H. M. Parham and R. S. Whaley. ' "% " '.'? *x rffffiiffijVV. fJi? ^''.' . - "'?'9 %* "* ' ^ ' 4.' r'ftjr sDREYFUS APPEALS. 1 i r !. / r u i i vcituid;cu iicuui amiy v. a be may i Be Cpcned A^ain. _ HE WRITES A POLITE REQUEST > Dreyfus Claims That the Court That ' Tried Him Was U.iduiy influenced i By Ojtsiders. . [ Paris, By Cable.?Alfred Droyfua has submitted to Minister of War Andre a lengthy letter, in which he ' earnestly asks for the re-opening cf 1 his case by means of an investigation 1 by the Minister, a3 the supreme head of military justice. The letter, which , is dated Paris. April 21, confirms the reports that Dreyfus had been living quietly for some time. It promises to cause a tremendous agitation among t the various elements of the political groups for and against Dreyfus. The 1 first part of the letter is an earnest 1 plea that the court which condemned Oj i him at Renncs was improperly influenced, first, by the annotated docu taent ascribed to Emperor William 1 and. second*, by the false testimony of > uue oi me witnesses, ^zernssi. I After arguing on the extent to j which these contributed to his con' demnation, Dreyfus recalls in graphic , * terms the long series of horrors to Ffl which he had been subjected. The let- ' ! ' ter throughout is couched in a highly ; dramatic style, which is likely to . make it one of the notable papers of the case. It refers to Esterhazy as /y - "one who stands before the entire world as the culprit." One of the pas. sages, showing the rhetorical style, is as follows: "I will not recall, Mr. Minister, what I have endured since 1894. Pic- 1 : ture to yourself the horrors of a soldier whose life wa3 devoted to duty, to work, to loyalty, and to profound do votion for his country and who in an ' instant is stripped of his good name ,, i and despoiled of the honor of himself [ and his children. For five years thi* soldier is subjected to horrible suf ferings. They seek to crush him physl'< rally, to annihilate him morally. He .</* - is absolutely innocent of all crime and ; struggles in vain to penetrate the myatery, proclaiming his innocence and 1 struggling with all the forces of his > mind and body for that supreme pleas- i; - > ure of vindicating his good name and . character. Days, months, years pass . f thus in most cruel agony, amid the tortures of a murderous climate. At ^ last he is brought back to France, the 1 guilty one is discovered and the sol- >a dier hears himself proclaimed innocent by those who before reviled him 1 as a traitor. It wa3 thus, Mr. Mini*f ter, that I hoped to see my martyr. dora ended. But alas if I returned to ^ find the devotion of friends who had ; battled for the truth it was to find ^ also that deadly hatreds had been 5 loosed. > "In the processes of 1894 I was stab- ' fjj " bed in the back; I cannot imagine how such conditions can prevail through y; falsehood and deception. But so it "was and ray second condemnation was but . ? an aggravated reaffirmation of what occurred in 1S94. When the guilty one was known and unmasked and Ester hazy was recognized as the author of i the treason, the same mep who had ) cheated Justice in 1894 again sought t in 1S99 to cheat justice for the second time by the same criminal manoeur' res. Conscious of these methods, the . government of the republic will not permit itself to keep in prison one , who is known to be innocent. "In constant thought of ultimate ler gal revision, I have reassembled little J by little all the divergent elements of testimony contributing to my convic- \ tion. I have remained silent with the firm eonviction that justice would ' surely have its day of triumph. Thp r victim of criminal tactics and viola-. ' jJE 1 tion of the law twice committed ' against me, now I address myself to the supreme chief of military justice, and. supporting myself by new facta which have been elicited and by the ^ , existence of the pretended bordeau . and note by Emperor William i1 am * going to ask that you institute an in- ? 1 qulry first upon the uses made of this , false document at Rennes and the ' conseouences it produced on those ( rendering judgment; ^second, upon mo r false and fraudulent testimony cf A Czernuski at Rennes." Instructions to Be Opened. Buffalo, Special.?Attorney Wallace r ! i Thayer will open the sealed lnstruci tions left him by the late Arthur R. . Pennell. The instructions are supposed i to relate to the disposition of $25,- ' i * '-miMnofl hold bv Mr. [ (JUU 01 l-lc luoumuvv . Thayer by an assignment in trust for . Pennell. The document will be proi duced in court tomorrow. The insur1 ance money, it is believed, is intend- , v1 L ed for Mrs. Burdick. Negro Beaten to U^ath. ^ j Bainbrldge, Ga., Special.?Monday f j night at an early hour Andrew Rainey,' :>?J j a negro, was taken away from Con*j stable Bell by a mob and so badly beaten that he died. The constable was on the way to this place with ' Rainey to place him in jail to await trial on a charge of arson. He was suspected of having fired the residence of Fred Lange, a farmer, thirteen miles 3 in the country, in the night time and when the family were asleep in the 7 house. Near the town the mob over- * took the deputy and prisoner and demanded the latter under pain of death. ' terribly beaten and his AfliUCJ TTMM . * skull was fractured. After the beating " he was carried to jail, where he died this morning. 74 f Injuries Not Serious. Pensacola. Fla., Special.?The damage to the steering gear of the battleship Iowa by the bursting of ohe of the s steam pipes in the Gulf does not seem . "?}< t to be as serious as was at first reported and the injuries can he repaired at the local navy yard within a few days. ; The ship's officers will say very little r regarding the accident. The cause cf - the mishap has not yet been determin- ? ? ed, but it was probably a leak in one of 1, the pipes. The sailing day of the squadron has been postponed several days. H