TU SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1SS0:
Consolidated Ans:. 2,1881.
'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's."
THE TREK SOCTHKON, Established Jone, 12*6
SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7. 1898.
Sew Series-Vol. XVIII. No. 6
Published S70T7 Wednesday,
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DREYFUS' INNOCENCE
COMM TO LIGHT.
Suicide of the Man who Forg?
ed Proof of His Guilt.
CABINET PACING A CRI8IS.
Par?9, AngQ6t 31 -Lieot. Col
Henry, who had been arrested on tb*
discovery that he was she antbor of
&n important letter that figured io
the Dreyfus case, has committed
'suicide
It appears that so soon as M.
Cavaignac assumed the office of min?
ister for war, be charged the officiai
?-- burean to make a thorough research
into the Dreyfus case, and it was this
inquiry which resulted in the dis?
covery of documents lately read in
the chamber of deputies by Uavaig
x nae, showing that proof of the gui it
of Dreyfus was forged. When Col.
Henry was summoned to the minis?
try for war and questioned by M.
Cavaignac, in. the presence of Gen.
Boisdefifre and others, he at first af?
firmed the authenticity of the incrim?
inating document. Bot when dis?
crepancies were pointed ont, be at
first admitted adding sentences and
finally confessed to fabricating the
whole letter. It is affirmed, bow
ever, that while this discovery has not
changed M. Cavaignac'n belief in the
culpability of Dreyfus, the minister
is determined to punish all the guilty
. parties, no matter what their rank or
position may be.
Col. Henry confessed to having
committed forgery, "owing to the ab
solute necessity of obtaining proofs
against Dreyfus." It is understood
that the document in question is the
letter which had hitherto been writ
ten by the German military attache
io the Italian military attache in Oc?
tober, 1896.
It is also said that when the inter
pellation in the Dreyfus case was
coming up In the chamber of depu?
ties; this letter was secretly commu?
nicated to the courtmartiai and was
the chief evidence upoc which Drey
fas was convicted The anti-Drey?
fus papers are dumbfounded at the
turn of events? while, on the other
band, the papers which have beeu
supporting the proposition to reopen
the case, aje jubilant. They now de?
mand the immediate release of Col.
Picquart, who is imprisoned on
charges connected indirectly with
the Dreyfus affair, and they also ?
insist upon a review of the Dreyfus j
trial. '
It is reported that at to-day's ca bi
cet meeting the ministers admitted
that a revision o! the Dreyfus trial was
absolutely unavoidable, and a public
announcement that the ministiy has
decided to initiate such a revisiou is
expected soon. ^
10 p m -Gen. Le Mouton de
Boisdefifre, chief of the general staff
of the French army, has tendered Lis
resigoation to the government. In
bis letter of resignation he explains
that he resigns owing to his mis?
placed confidence in Lieut. Col Hen?
ry, which led him to present as gen?
uine what was forged evidence
M. Cavaignac. the minister of war,
in reply, asked Gen. de Boisdefifre to
remain to "see justice rendered in
?be matter."
Gen. de Boisdefifre thanked M.
Cavaignac for proofs of his esteem,
but persisted in his resignation
He will be replaced, therefore, by
Gen. Renouard, director of the mili
tary college. Col. Henry was at?
tached to the war department when
Dreyfus was convicted, and he was
one of the prominent wituesses who j
testified unfavorably to M. Zola dur- j
iug the latter's sensational trial ou j
the charge of libeling militan- o fifi j
.< cials.
Xancy, France, August 31.-A j
courtmartiai here has just sentenced
a private soldier to three months im- j
prisonment and 500 francs fine for I
shouting "Vive Zola."
Col. Henry cut his throat with a j
razor be bad concealed in his valise.
During the iccent Zola trial Henry \
accused Col. Picquart of falsifying!
telegrams. A duel followed, in
which Henry was wounded. The
next scene occurred in the chamber
of deputies, where Col. Picquart pro
claimed the letter a forgery, and as a
result was arrested, while Heo
villany was rewarded by his be
appointed Col. Picquart's succe?
in the intelligence department.
It is now evident that Henry f<
ed the letter with the express
ject of paralyzing Picquart's eff<
to expose Maj. Estebazy and ge
revision of the Dreyfus case. '
letter was written in bad Frencl
fact which first led it to be regan
as spurious.
It is said that if the cabinet
cides upon revision of the Drey
case, M. Cavaignac, minister for i
will resign.
The scene of Lieut Col. ITenr
avowal was most painful. When
saw it was almost useless to de
further, his tongue grew too thick
his mouth, and he was unable
speak. It was feared that he wo
have an apoplectic stroke.
After the arrest he was permit?
to visit bis wife wtiile on the way
the fortress at Mont Valerien. 1
ofncer accompanying bim was un<
orders not to lose sight of him for
moment, and, therefore, he could i
see his wife alone
All three proceeded to his bedroi
to get the necessary clothing. He
ry then clasped his wife in his an
and exclaimed :
"My conscience is pure and fr
from every sting "
This exclamation is much co
mented upon, as going to show th
he may possibly have forged the 1<
ter under orders from his superioi
Lieut Col. Henry was a peasan
son. He was born on Pouzy,
Marne, in 1848, and enlisted in a fo
regiment, as his brother's substitu
in 1863 He had a good military i
cord for bravery and inexorable d
cipline He was a prisoner of w
in 1870, aud was wounded in the A
gerian campaign. He retained mu<
of the rough and ready manners ot
non-commissioned ofncer. He w
lacking in education, spoke no fe
eign languages and owed his prom
tion primarily to his reputation f
blunt straight forwardness.
Wilhelmina, Queen of
The Netherlandi
The Hagae. August 31 -Upon ti
03casion of her birthday ac
the attainment of her major
ty to day, Qaeeo Wilhelm ii
Helena Pauline Maria issued a proel
mation to the people of the Netherland
It was worded as follows :
"On this day, so important to yo
and me. I desire before ali else to sa
a word of warm gratitude. From m
tenderest years you have sarrounde
me with your love From all part6 <
the kingdom, from all classes of society
young and old, I bave always receive
striking proofs of attachment. A ftc
the death of my venerated father a
your attachment to ihe dyoasty ws
transferred to me. Oa this day I at
ready to ace f t the splendid thoug
weighty task whereto I have been callee
and I feel myself supported by you
fidelity. Receive my thanks. M
experience hitherto bas left ioeffacabl
j impressions and is an earnest of the fe
tura. My dearly loved mother, t
whom I am immensely indebted, sa
me an example by her noble an
exaited conception of the duties whic
henceforth devolve upon me. Tb
aim of my life will be to follow her e*
ampie and to govern io a manner ex
peofed of a princess of the House c
Orange
j "True to the Constitution, I desire t
strengthen the respect for the cam
and flag of the Netherlands. As sov
ereign of possessions and colonies eas
and west, I desire to observe justic
and to contribute so far as in me lies tc
the increasing intellectual and materia
welfare of my whole people, i hopi
and expect that the support of all, ii
whatever sphere of official or social ac
tifity you may be placed, within thi
Kiogdom or without, will never b<
wanting
"Trusting in God, and with a prayei
that He give me strength, I accept tb(
government.
(Signed) Wilhelmina."
Queen Wilhelmina, accompanied by
tbe queen mother, attended divine ser?
vice ;n the grear church here this morn<
ing. The Grand Duke cf Saxe-Weimar,
the Grand Duchess ot Mecklenburg,
the Prince and Princet-s of Weld the
? diplomaf-c corp?, the civil and military
j authorities and 4 OOO other persons
were present.
Tbe papa! nuncio. Monsignor Tara
oas?i, ar:d the ministers frcm Catholic
countries attended divine services in
the Catholic church.
Amsterdam, August 31.-Solemn
thanksgiving services were held here to
day in ell the churches, as well as in
the churches throughout Holland, upon
the occasion of Queen Wilhelmina at?
taining ter majority.
- iiaia-i- ---
New York, August 31. - Gee.
Wheeler received a telegram from Adjt.
Gen. Corbin to-day directing him to
"muster out the Rough Riders at
Camp Wikoff at once." The cavalry?
men wiil accordingly be mustered cut
of the service to-morrow.
GEN. MILES MUST EX
* PLAIN.
Clash of the War Secretary
and Commander-in-Chief.
Washington, August 30.-When
Gen. Miles returns to-Wachiogton he
will be asked for an explanation of re?
cent interviewe appearing with bim,
ana the publication of certain dispatch?
es, which the war department bas not
made public. Whether the investiga?
tion will take the conrse of a military
.Court of Inquiry or of a private inter?
view between the President, the Secre?
tary of War and Gen. ?Miles remains
yet to be feen. Until the arrival of
Gen. Miles the war department will not
discuss the matter. Secretary Alger
says that the department will not enter
into any coatrovery with its subordi?
nates, and be does not propose to dis?
cuss matters affecting Gen. Mile? dur?
ing his absence
The deparrment is of opinion that
Gen Miles made public the dispatches
of the Secretary, Gen. Shaffer and
himself, published this morniog.
Such action it regards as a breach of
military regulations, but no military
Court can secure proof that Geo. Miles
made public the dispatches if be and
tbe person to whom they were furnish?
ed refuse to give the information, as
several military trials have made it set?
tled law that no military Court can
compel a civilian to testify if he does
not want to Geo. Miles also may be
called to account for the interviews
with him, as, unless disavowed, they
would place him in the attitude of
criticising his superior officers, and sub
ject bim to military discipline.
The publication of the dispatches to?
day, taken together with previous in?
terviews in the Kansas City Star, were
the topio of conversation among offioers
of the war department, and already
there is a disposition by some to take
sides in the matter, while others de?
plore the conditions as tending to lower
the tone of the army and to do irrepar?
able injury to the service. It is ex?
pected the controversy will extend to
both houses of Congress, and it is fear?
ed will have an adverse effect upon the
legislation which will be asked to bet?
ter the army. It is generally under?
stood that the regular force will have to
be largely increased, at least until the
conquered islands are disposed of, and
it is feared that legislation in this di?
rection will be hampered by the inevit?
able controversy between the Secretary
of War and the general commanding
the army.
- <B - ? -o- - -Bf -
The Savannah Storm.
Damage to Property Nearly
a Half Million Dollars.
Savannah, Ga., August 31.-While
there was no loss of life from last night's
storm which swept Savannah, the
damage to property will foot up close
to half a million dollars.
The storm began early Tuesday
night and raged with increasing vio?
lence until 8 o'clock this morniog it
was at its height between 4 aod 5
o'clock, when the wind reached a ve?
locity of 80 miles an hour. It was
theo'that the heaviest damage was done
Whan daylight came the streets were
inpassible from debris
Probably 1?0 buildings were wholly
or partially unroofed, and as maoy
were damaged in other ways. The
roof was torn from half of the Savannah
theatre, and tbe auditorium of that
building was transferred into a lake.
Tbe First Bapitst cburoh is among
the most heavily damaged buildings.
The entire eastern half of the roof was
lifted from the walis and carried into
tie streets below. The handsome o -
gan was filled with water and the rich
frescoeiog was ruined
St John's (Episcopal), the First and
the Independent Presbyterian and
the Lutheran church and the As?
cension were al.*o damaged.
Ia the business part of the city doz?
ens of stores were unroofed and win?
dows were blown in and the interiors
flooded There was no telegraphic
communication during the day until
iatp in the evening, when the Western
Union and Postal Cable lines were
io partial working order. Street
travel is blocked, and to night the city
is in oarkoe.es. The streets are a net?
work of tangkd wires.
Montgomery, Ala , August 31.
The State commissioner of agriculture
to day made pnbHc the condition of
the cotton crop in this b'ta?e as per
reports received at his office ile
puts it at 74, as against 1.12 per
cent. July 1st.
Washington, August 31 -The
French ambassador, acting for toe
Spanish government, has notified the
state department that orders have been j
issued to the Spanish authorities at Ha- j
oana to remove the mines and other |
obstructions to navigation in that har
bor &6 rapidly as possible.
Latest Election Returns.
ELLERBE LACKS MORE
THAN 7,000 VOTES OP
GETTING ONE-HALF
VOTES CAST.
Colombia, September 1.-The pri?
mary election ia still the talk of the
folks here. Those who are interest?
ed are figuring and calculating, but
they do not know any more than
The News and Courier gave this
morning in its comprehensive tables,
which were the most complete ob?
tainable. The tables were correct
as far as they went, and were at va?
riance with other figures, bot The
News and Conner's estimates will
turn out correctly
It has been very difficult to get re?
porte from many of the counties, and
the delay is puzzling to many here.
It has been taken for granted since
Tuesday night that the second pri?
mary would be between Governor
Ellerbe and Mr. Featherstone, al
though Col. Tillman's friends had
high hopes of his pulling up suffi?
ciently to get into the second race
The friends of Col Schumpert and
Mr. Watson were especially disap
pointed. There is most disappoint
ment over the light vote of Col.
Watson, as it was figured by the
"knowing ones7' that he would run
up at least to the ten thousand
mark. *
Towards the iast the olitical
guessers argued that it would be
Schumpert, and not Featherstone,
who would be in the second primary
with Governor Eilerbe. They urged
that the tide was fast turning in that
direction, but in this, as in a great
many other things, the prognostics
tiona have proven wrong, and long
ago-6ince the Evans Earle campaign
-it has been decided at this end of
the line to quit publicly estimating
on results The good people have
taken things into their own hands,
and there is no more voting by fae
tiona regardless of men, as the
returns from the various coonties in?
dicate. The interest for the time
being is in the Comptroller General's
race. Mr. Epton, who held the office
for a brief time until the appointment
of Mr. Derham, is making a strong
race, and is certainly ronning
Derham very close. Mr. Derham
may pull through, but it is uncertain
in the extreme. One satisfaction is
that it will have to be settled one way
or another in the present primary,
there leing only two candidates.
The figures this morning indicate
that Col Fioyd will have to make the
race over with Major Blythe, although
this race is in extreme doubt
Col Willie Jones has requested all
county chairmen to telegraph him
without delay the result of the pri?
mary for State and Congressional
races, so that the tabulation may pro?
ceed, and the committee need not be
held here when it meets to morrow
night for the purpose of announcing
the results
The Congressional races, as indi?
cated in these specials have all been
settled except in the 5th district,
where Mr. Barber and Mr. Finley
will have to make the second race.
This leaves Congressman Strait out
of Congress after next March. This
is the first material change to be
made in the line of the Congressmen j
from this State, and the events of the j
last primary haVe no doubt raised to
the highest pitch the Congressional
aspirations of quite a number of
young men.
There has not been any talking of
holding additional campaign or rallying
meetings, and the chances are that
what work is done will be entirely "on
the quiet,'' except by letter writing,
aud there will no doubt be considerable
effort made to rally the voters through
this course.
There has not yet been any talk of
esttiog a kind of "round robin," and
addressing it to the Grand Sachem of
? Reform, who ts at present in Washing- i
I ton.
ic is likely that the officiai count j
will have to be made to settle some of
the contests.
The return0 are practically all in !
The election has in ninny respects been
remarkable on account of the closeness
of several of the contests. Tho exact |
figures from every county will have to .
be had to show whether Mr Epton cr
Mr. Derham is elected, and the storm ;
has interfered with reports aou one or
two indifferent correspondents. The
retaros given to night, ?re very com- j
pletp, and were gotten at considerable
expense and pains They show the
totals, with a few missing votes, to be : j
Eilerbe 29.096, Watson 7.262, Till-!
mao 12 '212, Schurobert 7.770. Feath?
erstone 16,890 -News and Courier.
Washington, August 31.-T?e fol?
lowing ?9 Gen. Lawton's daily health
report, posted at the war department :
Santiago, August 31. - Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington : Total sick 348,
total fever 289 ; tota! new cases of fe
ver 9 ; returned to duty 54 ; ?eatb6 5
"Chicago Limited''
Wrecked by Tramps.
Three Men Were Killed and
Eight More or Less In?
jured.
Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 1 - A spe?
cial to the Herald from Fulton says :
Train No 5 on the New York, Onta?
rio and Western railroad, known as
"The Chicago Limited/' was wreck?
ed at Ingalls' Crossing, four miles
south of this village, at 5 o'clock this
morning
The wreck was doubtless due to
the dastardly work of tramps, who
threw open the switch at which the
train was wrecked, as weil as two
switches to the north of the wreck.
The train was an hour and a quarter
late and running nearly 60 miles an
hour when it struck the switch, and
wa6 thrown over to the 6ide track.
The rapid speed made it impossible
to make a sharp turn snd the train
left the track when it struck the safe?
ty rail
The engine was thrown 20 feet and
blown to pieces. The tender was in?
verted. The trucks of the baggage
car were torn off and the head coach
telescoped the baggage car. A vest?
ibuled chair car and the sleeper Far?
ragut were derailed, but neither was
badly damaged. Engineer Hall and
Fireman Dowd both jumped, and
were found under the wreckage of
the tender by passengers from the
sleeper. Both were alive at the time,
but Dowd died in a few minutes and
Hail succumbed to his injuries three
hours later. The body of Brakeman
Osborne was torn in two. The dead
are : Engineer B. C. Dowd, Oswego ;
Fireman William Hall, Norwich ;
Brakeman A. L Osborne, Walton.
The injured : Baggageman Charles
Desmond, three ribs broken ; David
Mills, Oswego,'face and legs bruised
and scalp wound ; John Golden, Os?
wego, burned about both writs ; C.
A. Patten, Oneonta, hip sprained ;
John Ross, New York, shoulder
bruised ; Peter J Hawkinson,
Swede, Wellesley, Mass, scalp
wound ; C. A. Johnson, Swede,
Wellesley, Mass , scalp wound ; Gus?
tave Magunson, Boston, injured
about head ; Carl Svenson, Boston,
injured internally.
An Addition to the Navy.
Washington, August 30 -Nov? that
hostilities are over the Uoifed States is
at liberty to receive from the British
builder the fine cruiser Albany, sister
ship to the New Orleans, which was
one of two acquired from Brazil just
prior to the outbreak of tbe war. Act?
ing Secretary Allen to-day ordered
Passed Assistant Engineer Norton, who
has been of the greatest service io the
engineering bureau during the war and
for many ruooths preceding when war
preparations were makiog, to proceed
at once to Newcastle oc-Tyce, England,
to supervise and inspect the completion
of the machinery of the AlbaDy. It is
expected that the ship can be completed
in about four months, wheo she will be
brought aorose the Atlantic by an
American crew.
The Election.
Results are still commiog io and sev?
eral counties are yet to hear from.
Later figures may change relative posi?
tion io the smaller races, but the gu?
bernatorial contest is now beyond a
doubt between Eilerbe and Feather?
stone.
Toe election has developed little be?
yond the fact that tbe prohibition
movement has oot the strength claimed
for it. It is a fair presumption that
the bulk of that vote bas been polled
and Featherstone bas run about 10,
000 votes behind Eilerbe In stead
of there being 40,000 Prohibitionist in
the State, there appeajs to be consid?
erably lest? than half that number ; and
tbis we assume to be a fair indication
of their relative strength. Some Pro?
hibitionists, of course, voted for other
candidates, but some whiskey men
voted for Featherstone, and there wa?,
probably, little loss by defection oo
tbis account
We had hoped to see all the returns
io time to make intelligent comment, I
but at this hour (2 a. m. ) they nave j
not all come in.
lt can only be said, therefore, that j
Gov Eilerbe has received a very flit :
tering vote, and it will, we believe, en- j
sure his election at the next poll- The
combined opposition, which included
many strong men, was unable to cut ?
doivn his vote to any material extent. !
for he has received over a third of the j
total vote against all competitors, iii
indications aro anything, be will be
the next governor of South Caro?ra j
-The State.
The happiest ladies are those using the
White sewing machine.
THE FIRST S. C.
TO BE MUSTERED OUT.
!
THE P?TITIONS HAVE
HAD THEIR EFFECT.
Ordered to Columbia-There
Are Several Others.
Special to the State
Washington, Sept 2 -The follow?
ing troops were ordered to be mus?
tered out of service to day : First
Pennsylvania, Second and Third
Pennsylvania, Fourth Wisconsin.
Seventy-first New York, First New
Jersey, Thirty-second Michigan, two
squadrons First Ohio cavalry, Eighth
Ohio, One Hundred and Fifty eighth
Indiana, Third Ohio, Second North
Carolina, Simon's leland, Oa, to
Raleigh ; First and Second Alabama,
Third U. S. volunteer cavalry, Sec?
ond Massachusetts, First South Caro?
lina, Jacksonville to Columbia, S. C.
THE NEWS IN CAMP.
Jacksonville, Sept. 2 -The after?
noon papers state that the First South
Carolina is to be mustered out. There
was not much cheering when the
news reached camp. Of course the
report may be false.
Col. Tillman is now in Washington
with a petition signed by 850 men
asking for discharge.
Adjutant Frost and Maj. Stokes
left last night for Columbia It is re?
ported that Gov. Ellerbe has the pow?
er of selection of a regiment and the
inference is that these two officers
are there in behalf of this regiment.
No State papers or news of the
election, so eagerly awaited, have
arrived here ; washout on railroad.
The regiment has been issued brown
trousers, due us two months ago.
The boys have suffered no serious
consequences from the review on
Wednesday. The march was very
hot and maDy were fatigued, but
none are sick from the effects.
William Banks.
Express Company Not Al?
lowed to Increase Rates.
The question as to whether the South?
ern Express company doing business
in this State should be allowed to in?
crease its rates 1 cent in order tu por
vide for the payment by them of the
war stamp, was formerly settled by the
railroad commission yesterday in favor
of the shipper. So hereafter the reg?
ular schedule cf rates will be in force
and the company will "pay the freight"
on the war stamp. The commission
will not deliver themselves of an opin
inoa on the 6ubjeot, as the matter Las
already been fully discussed, and the
position of both sides is well under?
stood by the readers of The State. The
commission will simply write the com?
pany that they have decided not to al?
low the increase.-The State,Sept 3.
-HM I ? .?.?.
Everyday Heroism.
The commonplace duties of life de?
mand and exemplify it. Perhaps ouly
the Den: God sees and knows of the
battle fought with self and of the vic?
tory over foes that attack the soul, but
the heroism is heroism ail the tame,
and the crown of conquest is as truly
glorious as if all the world fceheid irs
shining. Homely little tasks done,
humbly., faithfully, for love and duty's
sake, and not. for honor or reward ;
truth spoken because it is truth, when
the speaking is hard ; the soft answ r
that turneth away wrath ; the smile
that covers one's own heartache or
soothes another's-all io the beautiful
spirit which does not seek or exact
even a recognition of praise or grati?
tude-these are the signs by which we,
who have eyes to see, may know the
hero and heroine of every-day bome
life.
The government transport Olivette
sack ia Fernandina harbor yesterday.
The crew escaped w.th difficulty. The
affair is a mystery.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
RQVAl BAKING POWOER CO., NEW YORK.