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ILLI $<•% '• i v : f,€ M¥:. 9Ji (EVENTS O^THE WEEK 1 At Salt LakfcyTJtah, a carpenter named Gnildtec sljiYe his two children, a boy And a pii-l, k«*ivy doses of morphine, then #bot the gtrl*\«rough the head, killing fc* itostaitiii. He afterward shot the Way fthrofl^'lAu" bead* probably fatally, and ItheniSiW himself. • A s&i "has been filed In the District Court «S Omaha. Neb., hy Attorney Gen­ eral Bttiythe, the petition of which de- felares #e existence of a school fttfluiture trust, %nd nsks that the unlawful combi- inatiofc be prohibited from (loin* business la Dallas GonKty or in the Sfcsfce of Ne- • Wsfca. •••I •«- , • ; Rtf:.'ent!y a party of Tw>ys tttpn}! in age frojh 18 to 20 years left Wulo to see *he« country 4Ad tb*sr decidwi #o rough it, defending o« bfating their way on the fctSmsf Fo^ir Of tthem joined from a |t»t flying Baltimore and ^hio train alt Akron am! all were mjwwd, Abraham iKteia dyiifcr. ' Masked robbwts invadft 'the home "Robert Jane, * <eattlema» firing south s»T Hope, Kan., «*S secureR $2,100, wtateh Vune bad just sreceived flts the proowfc iof his vear's M of ciitiie. June and Ills family vwwe intimidated with sJhUt- jjviti!5 while tin house wss searched. TThe, itobbers esca®>3<i. The east-%ound fa* '««ui train ©o tke (Wabash lis* crashed into the rear end pt a freigitt ttrain near Birmingham, Mo. flFhe fast HMiil locom*ltiv,e and three cars inf the flight train were demolished. iPireman Reft Gallagher of Kansas City (was probably fatally injured aad Porter Bert Oasjper was slightly injured. No ipassengier was injured. A de^erttte fisht occurred at Sedan, Kan., toe is ween Clem and Marcus Dar­ nell, two .desperadoes, -aad Marshal A. A. fWllsom .of Sedan and O. G. Riser. sheriff of Chautauqua County. Marshal Wilson "was shotsmd killed by Clem Darnell and Sheriff Kiser was badly wotmiled in the arm ijy ^Marcus Darnell, Tine Darnells Are wanteid io Missouri oa * charge «f (horse stealing. ' Aug. 0 a yoang woman flapped at * jboteOI at-Ha*tines, Neb.,, and registered a* •Mrs. W. i'L. Lee. She was accompanied jby a mittdle-ajred man,'who left an hour 'ilatee. -He did not register. That even­ ting Mhs. .Lee died • from the effects of jpoisnn. Detectives have been at work ion the cr>se. The fact has developed that the "woman -was Miss . Laura Lee Freaeh of Burlington, Iowa, a prominent school iteacber. Foal play is suspected. Her (TeUftives do not believe she took the p«- jeon with suicidal intent. The itandiog of Che dubs In the Na* <tio>>al League race- 4s aa (oUnri: • . W. L. W. L. 'Brooklyn ....78 30 Chicago .... .00 59 jBaaton 72 44 Pittsburg ...159 58 iF&ta&lphia 73 'Baltimore . .66 !St. Louis 68 :>••• JOfccinnati ..64 York. [agree, a hotel porter. Ie* Wdangerously^ounded. Bx^TTnlted States Senator Warner Miller has Maimed as •ecwtMjr rt the Iatcivational Faj^c <?«apa«t Wk New York, but continues to be a aWfeWlolder. He has been succeeded by B. W, Hydi^ formerly assistant secretary. N. E. Crtssy, 25 yeara oM> m wronaftt of Johnatawn, Pa., f^l WO ^ to IpstMpf^ death oa the Punxa«tawn»r> PaM grounds. The belt by which he was heM broke hefore "his parachute was spread, and be shot Jibe a stone to the iwand. What is said to be the larges* packet freight carrier <e® the lakes was launched at Buffalo. The new boat, f*> be called the Buffalo, is 403% feet Iwig, 58 feet Ibpioti and 28 feet deep. She was built for the Western Transit Company at a oe^t of $350,000. The conference between President Truesdule of the Delaware, Lackawanna •and Western Railway with Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotfvc Engi­ neers, at-Scrantoa, resulted in an agree­ ment that all engineers on the regular.1 :pasaenger runs shall he paid a stated sum for each 100 miles ran. A report has been handed to the Man­ hattan Trwst Company of New ¥*rk naming a price for which Baltimore CAtf wonid sell its interest in the Western. Maryland Railroad. The Astors are-salAj to bo ictenested in a project to develop the road to which the Brwoe aaraftMi «ot! roatds-waaM be a natural ally. 46. Louisville .. .52 64 47 New York...49 65 53 Washington. 41 74 52 Cleveland .. .19103 Following is the~ctandlng of the cluba in the Western League: W. .L. v W. Ik, jMioneapdiis. 73 44- St. Pao$....«55 61 'Indianapolis 69 4Q Milwaukee . 151 62 iGrand Bap..59 58 Kansas City.48 67 (Detroit .58 58 Buffalo 48 69 The commercial stiuation is thus out- Bnaflby Bradstreet's: "With an excep- tioBally heavy business already booked for ;the latter portion of the year, the mercantile community faces the trade sit- nation with confidence, testified to by •My generally firm prices and with quo­ tations in a number of lines showing fur­ ther marked advances. The most con­ spicuous exception to this is found in cereals, which are weak and declining. Wheat (including flour) shipments for the wewlf.aggregate 3,613,413 bushels, against &3J%S2S bushels last week. Corn ex: porta Jar the week aggregate 4,1G7?86S bushels, against 4,590,09? bushels totiit WBSTERH. gt, NEWS NUGQBTS. Twenly-fi»e guests at a weddiqg in! lliddletosra, Conn^ *ere poisoned^by eat­ ing ioe cneam. Twenty jpersons mere hart in a rear- end collision on the Long Island Bail- toad at Yanderveer Park. > ; Gilbert Benning, iiO years old, and Ab» • tahaui Hill, aged 13, were drowned from M rowhoat in Buffalo harbor. Deputy Sheriff Lewis of Manchester, 3Ky., was killed in Clay County while at- Jtenpting t» arrest Mart Smith, a mur- #erer. > Commissioner Woodward, at Paris, in tie name of Ferdinand W. Peck, sends an open letter to the French papers stat­ ing there will he no gold statue at the United States exhibit at the exposition Vtxt year. Gov. BushneJI of Ohio, in behalf of x tte citizens of Marietta, presented a sil- * Ver service to the gHnboat Marietta at |he Charlestown navy yard. Gov. Bush . . jell was accompanied bj a delegation of Marietta citizens. At Darien, Gil, the jury in the cases •tainst Ben Dunham, James Willy, Mar­ shal Dorsey, Louisa Underwood and Maria Currj-, charged with rioting, re- « <®rned a verdict of guilty. The jury was Mit only fifteen minutes. The second attempt of prisoners to weak out oi the Toledo jail in three inonths occurred the other day, and five .United States prisoners were nearly out Of the building when caught. They had ' ^ «sed saws to effect au escape. ; A special train bearing Cooper's circus *** wrecked at Twiner's. Station, Tenn., : l»y the bursting iJrrt'n air brake hose and v twelve persons were injured and circus proiK'rty and animals scattered in all di- Pactions. Nofie is fatally hurt. I1/ At Atlanta, Texas^Captaln R. E. Boyle •hot ai^d killed A. • L. Culberson, his brother-in-law. The men had up to a tew days ago been on the best of terms. A dispatch from Constantinople says % that the Tur^isJi cruiser Ixmir has been " wrecked ^I^si}^( bay, BWt|j|en tfie coast of Asia JBntpr. <ftn4 tfie noru end of th« .JTsle of ppiedos. Joseph Maitin, a half-breed Indian, liv­ ing twealije «dles southeast of Coffeyville, Kan., kk^dSi his 14-year-old sister to j|eath to prevent her marrying Albert Ball, to nrh^JWt^e objected. Martin es- It. M<cL>can, editor «f tbe(G&ncin-t atati Iin(ialreit, was nomiaated for Gov-5 em«r <of Ohio J^v the Deawcratic oonven-! tioa ai Zamesville. la Oeveland, ji car au Wilssat .avenue was draaaaiiseil, presumably strike sympathizers. There were five .passen­ gers in the car. All were ktjarad. A Cittcinnati firm has received an or­ der ax»e«mtiQg £o $500^)00 from a French company for electric railway generators, be shinned t« France, China and South Africa. At Maiyyllle, Mo., investigation of-the affaks of Henry Graves, vho-ahot and killed himself, shows that he was 912,763 ahort in his accounts as public adminis­ trator. The only direct descendant of Colum­ bus in America--Mrs. Mary Harriet Ro&iasoB--<died at Sandusky, Ohio. She was $0 years of age. Her maiden name was Colomba. McCook, Neb., is much stirred np over the mysterious disappearance of Bobert Barr, a prominent cattle man. He >was traced' to a point two miles north of Dresden, Tvsm. " Williaiit I>»wnej, indicted by the grand jury at Jefferson City, Moi* in 1897, .for complicity in a postoffice robbery at Holt's Summit, that State, was arrested at Alliance, Ohio. .. The, ,iron; frame work of the new Coli­ seum la, process of erection in Chicago collapsed, "burying many workmen in the ruins. "Nine men were killed, nine were injured and five reported missing. Great forest fires have been raging in the vicinity of; Deuver above the Platte Canyon of the national forest reserve and in , the center of one of the most thickly studded timber areas in Colorado. While hoisting an immense casting five men were seriously injured at the E. P. Allis foundry in Milwaukee. The cast­ ing, weighing twenty-seven tons, and the structure by which it was hoisted, gave way. Bioting broke ont at Cleveland in con­ nection with the strike on the lines of the Big Consolidated Bailway, and four cars were nearly demolished, while the crews .were compelled by a mob to flee for their lives. A fire started at Tiro, Ohio, and the larger part of the town was destroyed. The fire departments from Tiffin, Ohio, and New Washington went in response to calls. The fire started from an ex­ plosion. It is reported !n San Francisco that a Chinese-American corporation with a capital of $20,000,GOO is being formed to establish large enterprises in China. The Chinese Government is said to be back­ ing the undertaking. Mrs. H. T. Concannon, aged GO years, a well-known and wealthy woman of Leavenworth, Kan., died with all the symptoms of hydrophobia and convul­ sions. Mrs. Concannon was bitten by a pet dog nine weeks before. The barkentine Gardiner City has ar­ rived at San Francisco from Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, with 5,025 barrels of salmon. She and the barkentine Willie R. Hume report that the run of fish at Bristol Bay this season has never been exceeded in the past. N. W. Harris & Co., bankers, of Chi­ cago, have sol dtheir street car lines in Seattle, Wash., thirteen miles in length, and operated as the Seattle Traction Company, to a Boston syndicate of capi­ talists. The price is aaid to bare been $1,250,000. Lizzie McCullip, a domestic employed In a South Omaha family, was found dead oa Park avenue with her bead frac­ tured. She is believed to have fallen or thrown herself from a buggy which a man drove furiously through the street the night before. ataralMMMa# ate MtMh A crowd • "ST' " coon from t«% Sir ten upon/#£iai. Mai liiss is esdn^ted at 1A pitched bafttc t©ok pW5* ^ames Hayes and hli 'three sons on otta, side and S enator William Clarke aft* Sherman Leadford on of M^fcKy. |S§**> pistol tirwads was 'ahot in the -breabt. An order Ifo^'MMfrMttO/fcgt ern yellow ^Bao, tfce-Wurftst in the history «t' the lum^br /trytet J«; use in thVBM«tx«ct!on proposed, t3a#fr'<» Cairo mlltAMp in rica, Is said to feave beerygivenyto twenty mills along several Texas and| LouisHua railroads. j it 90RBIGN. ' /%}, St»o recentls/a«difc*ea"4ljn-" Psal* the/»|ghtful king of Corea. He was Ktancbi.'to death and 'was decapitated. •^Tiile /sixteen men Kvere descending Anto -the/Couchard mine at Etaute Croix, IFranceJthe cable broke and -they were «U killed. fFhe<Transvaal Government "has notified 'Great .Brittin that it adheres to its lat­ est offer and will not make any farther concessions. The London Daily Mail says that ow­ ning-to > the physical and mental weakness of the . young King of Spain, there is * general desire for the -Queen -Begent to remain in power. The greatest fire in'the .history of -Yo­ kohama occurred recently when a square mile of buildings was destroyed and six- i teen lives lost. The property loss is es­ timated at between $5^000,000 and 9^- 000,000. Two municipal governments establish­ ed in the Philippines by Americans have collapsed through the treachery of na­ tive officials. The mayors of San Pedro Macati and Baliuag have been arrested for helping the insurgents. President Figuereo of Santo Domingo has resigned. The ministers will continne at the head of their various departments until, a provisional government has been formed, after which the elections for president and vicerpresident will take place. ,-|WI ed^ti) fus' fradkly that he hid *tatettint. Lieut. GSbfcl called to th» stand , itit he Drey; p'ike becalBe sure tl^.. ..^l^'^.3q^Wrtiie guilt Sff the accrui^a; '«ad' e«Kaio -̂wita tended strongly td the prrsnlnption-^at he was innocent. -He >«l«tad the first description «iven of tite traitor. It was tlutt he was n colonel, 45 y«ar8 old and deoftated, which did ii«t -«n»lr*r closely to Dreyfus. The last nanied -was 84 and not decorated. Una tkt^ta««, continuing, said: *'JFor- etgn officers are aware that some of the members of oar service make a regular boataees of treason." This was received with murmurs of surprise and negation by the audience. "Some of these know only <F!renci^ bat there are others who are linguists, snch as Esterhasy, for in­ stance, who ie .proficient in 'the lan­ guages." 1 "Gol. Sandherr," continued CordiCr, "was loyal and a patriot and he died an honest man. Trouble began in the bu- rean with the .arrival of Col. Henry. Be­ fore that there was harmony. Sandherr disliked Henry. The latter's famous for­ geries were simply committed In order to demolish the evidence amassed by Lieut. Col. Piequart. There is no proof of Drey­ fus' guilt, while on the other .hand itherfc were numerous suspicions acts in other Quarters." Maj. Lauth here arose ahd > f > j/v DBEYFUS OONPl^Cl^ FltO.\I PBISON TO COURT. On leaving the prison" CaptbinJiiPreyfas passes between a line of soldiery who are drawn up at attention with their front to the crowds on eaoii side. ON THE VERGE OF WAIL Brltlsit and Bocra Likely ,to Sooa Begin Hostile pperattoaa* • There Is m diminution in the tension over the Transvaal crisis. War is now discussed ht London as a ccrtaicty. It is the consensus of opinion that Kro­ ger Is proving him­ self & great man at his country's ex- pense. The reserve of the royal artil­ lery has been in­ structed to hold it­ self in readiness for service in Sooth Africa. This is the most serious mili­ tary announcement since the beginning PAUL KKUQ**. of the crisis, and tpoints to early action in the field and to FAflMfcRS IN POOL Map KUlMi Thlrtiiii Ara Ialartd, • V-i fPIWii the UNi *$Npl M«s «ith tbc Hoe Unite tin twoaty Million Trnat, - '* • The Farmers' Federation of the Missis- Vaik^y has been organised at To- peko, Kan., and officers elected. Walter N. Allen of Meridea is president and bus­ iness manager. The object of the fed­ eration is to refoiate and control the shipment of farm products of all the States in the Mississippi valley, to estab­ lish and maintain offices, yards, grain ele­ vators, to maintain agents to handle, sell and distribute such products, and to lend and borrow money and do a banking bus­ iness at -Tofeka* Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louie, Chicago. Cincinnati and New Orleans. The capital stock will be $20,- 000(000, in shares of $10 each. President Allen, in a long statement of the purposes of the federation, says the cost In commissions for marketing the products in the Mississippi valley is over | iRUJNS <£MF THE CHICAGO COLISEUM BUILDING. •*»> * •! , *"• '} " » ' ijl ...rill \ . . wj& caped. nevly EASTERN. Ill:; twarehonae H. Rogers iyi, «|t ^ fire( causing a loss of |don, formerly in the pElmira, N. Y., ha* inkruptcy. Liabili- ts. tuder, a member of the iety Society of New .died suddenly of heart disease on an's special train east bonnd from Poet feeder, the New York poet and i - , Wf £k A . . k, . Fire which startcd^n the coal bins en­ tirely consumed the CTilorination plant of the Golden R?wsrd Company at Dend- wood, S. D., which was the largest of the kind in the Black Hills. The fire throws 225 men out of employment. Losk $150,- 000, insurance $75,000. While a4 herd of (100 cattle was being driven over a bridge which spans the big Carey river south of Elgin. Kan., the structure suddenly collapsed. John Ke- hen and Tom Baker, cowboys, and 140 head of cattle fell to the stream, sixty feet below, and were killed. E. J. Rickes, 37 years old, of Kansas City, who, it is said, holds a responsible plave under Swift & Co. in that city, was taken to Bellevue hospital. New York, violently insane. He had been visiting friends in Maine and was on his way to Dutchess County, New York. The Gillette-llerzog Company of Min­ neapolis has secured a contract for the construction of a $35,000 all steel sugar mill, to be delivered at Honolulu within five months. A sugar cane crushing plant Is already under construction by the -yy company for another Hawaiian firm. SOUTHERN. Mormonism shows a remarkable growth in the Southern States. J. B. Ransdell, Democrat, has been elected to Congress in the Fifth Louis­ iana district. r Apache Indians of Aiisona are on the warpath against the Zunls, whom they accuse of murdering three of their num­ ber., Gor. Candler of Georgia has accepted an Invitation to attend the national re­ union of the Blue and the Gray In Ev- amville, Ind., Oct. 10 to 13. ' At Huntington, W. Va., Henry Lusher, while dreaming that be was engaged in GENERAL. . .. The United States secret service haa discovered a new counterfeit $2 treasury note of the series of 1891. Mrs. Catherine Parr-Traill, the oldest Canadian authoress, died in her eighty- ninth year, at Lakefield, Ont. . The steamer San Salvador, in leaving Bio Janeiro, came into collision with the United States cruiser Montgomery, caus­ ing some damage. The executive council of the Interna­ tional Typographical Union has voted $10,000 to assist the striking printers on the New York Sun. A trust with $150,000,000 capital is said to be negotiating for the purchase of every print cloth and tine .gouus mill in the United States. Gen. Jiminez, leader of Santo Domin- gan„ revolutionists, has been .placed un­ der arrest at Santiago by Gen, Leonard Wood, the American military governor. Lady Yarde-Buller, the heroine of many escapades in Europe and Califor­ nia, has been adjudged insane and a guardian Appointed for her person &nd es­ tate. Howard Lykes, son of a Florida cattle king, has disappeared in Havana, .after having had a fistic combat with Gen. Gomez's son. It is supposed to be a case of kidnaping. A telegram announces the death of Frank C. Ives, the champion billiard player, which occurred at Progress^ Mexico. Consumption was the cause of death. Ives' remains will be brought to IMainwell, Mich., for burial. A company of volunteers went from Hermosillo, Mexico, to Pitaya to join Col. Peinado's command aud arrest the Ya- quis who had destroyed telegraph lines to Potam. The troops met a band of about eighty Yaquis and a short fight occurred, in which one soldier was killed and the Mexicans routed. Andriano Grullon, the representative of the Santo Dominican revolutionists in this country, has received the foiiowing cablegram, signed "La Marche" and dat­ ed at Santiago de Cuba: "Revolution in capital. Government surrenders." La Marche is the representative of the Jimi­ nez revolutionists at Santiago de Cuba. It is officially given out that the organ­ ization of the $37,000,000 window glass trust has been abandoned. Brown Bros. & Co., bankers, who were financiering the deal and are out $50,000, have with­ drawn, the immediate cause being the action brought in the Indiana couits by the Glass Workers' National Association enjoining the Indiana manufacturers from entering the trust. The indepen dent aad co-operative manufacturers or­ ganized in Columbus and will open their ^plants Sept. 15. MARKET reports, . Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2, 30c to 32c; oats. No. 2, 20c to 21c; ryc\ No. .2, 53c to 55c; butter, choice creamery, 10c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes, choice, 27c to 35c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.25; bogs, choice light. $2.75 to $5.00; sheep, common to prime, $3.25 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2 red, 66c to 68c; corn, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; oats. No. 2 white, 23c to 24c. St. Louis--Cattle, $8.50 to $0.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 60c to 71c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 54c to 50c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2, 68c to, 71c,; corn. No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats', No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 57c tt> 59c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep* $2.50 , *o $4.50; wheat, No. 2, JJU*, to 72c; jcorp. No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats. No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, 58c to 59c. r ,• > Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 70c to 71c; corn. No. 2 m'xed, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 mixed. 20c to 22c; rye. No. 2, 55c to 57c; clover seed, new, $4.50 to $4.60. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 09c to 71c; corn, No. 3, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye. No. 1, 54c to 55c; barley, No. 2, 41c to 43c; pork, mess, $8.00 to $8.50. Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.50; hogs; common to choice, $3.25 to $5.00; sheep, fhirte choice weth­ ers, $3.50 to $4.50; latnbs, common to extra, $4.50 to $5.75. New York-Cattle, $3.25 to $6.50; hogs. $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to S4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 73c to 75c; corn. No. 2, 38c to 40c; oats. No. 2 white, 27c to 29c; bntter, creamery, 17c to 22c; eggs, West' ere, 12c to 16c. O F SKETCH TAKEN IN THE INTERIOR FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE FIRST ARCH. disputed certain of the dates and facts' mentioned by Cordier. Later, however, he firmly reiterated W» statements. M. Labori then rend a tek>grata frora a man named Pages, who was a friend of Col. Sandherr, denying that Matthieu Dreyfus attempted to bribe him (Sand­ herr). Gen. Roget now confronted Lieut Col. Cordier, saying: "What part of my deposition are you pleased to designate as fake?" Cordier: "It is all false,." A Jong dispute between Gen. Reset and the witness then ensued. "Were you not an anti-Semite in 1894?" asked Gen. Roget. "Yea, 1 waa," replied Cordier, "and I still object to having Jews in the army, but not enough to bring false evidence against one of them who ie accused of the crime of trea­ son." This direct thrust at Gen. Roget caused a great sensation. Col. Fleur and Archivist Gribelia of the general staff also confronted the wit­ ness. Their argument, however, waa without result. Gen. Mercier then took the stand, and to the surprise of every one supported Cordier in some of his statements. He also affirmed Pages' telegram, read by M. Labori, to the effect that Matthieu Drey­ fus ever attempted to bribe Sandherr was correct. The next witness was former Minister of War de Freycinet. He looked like a little white mouse, which, in fact, is his political nickname. M. de Freycinet tes­ tified in barely audible squeaks. The wit­ ness first testified in regard to the 35,000,- 000 franc foreign syndicate to free Drey­ fus. He said he got the idea that it ex­ isted from a discussion with Jamont on possible coincidences and happenings as the Dreyfns case progressed. This was the only basis for his statement to Gen. Mercier that such a syndicate existed. ,v Col. Jouaust, president of the court, 'then asked the witness what was his lopinion of Dreyfus. M. de Freycinet re­ plied: "I will be satisfied, Colonel, with whatever verdict the court renders as correct." The audience was disappointed at this diplomatic answer, which saved the wit­ ness from publicly declaring his opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the ac­ cused. M. Labori asked M. de Freycinet: "Do you know a single fact which would lead you to think that any foreign agent had done anything in France to bring about a revision of the Dreyfus case?" "No, nothin," replied de Freycinet "Or any­ thing that would influence the court of cassation?" insisted Labori. "No," em­ phatically said the former war minister. The court adjourned after the testi­ mony of a few minor witnesses was heard. M. Gallichet, a reporter on mili­ tary matters, and a friend of Col. Hen­ ry's, testified that Henry was uncommon­ ly uncommunicative when the Dreyfus case was on. Belhomme, another hand­ writing expert, who testified at the Ester- hazy trial, persisted that the bordereau was not written by Esterhazy. He would kot say, however, that Dreyfus wrote it. MAY ENLIST NATIVE MORO& SsplOtt of Dsto Mundl QItn War Department an Idea. The dispatches from Gen. Otis, refer ring to the attack on the insurgents by Dato Mnndi, were extremely gratifying to the War Department officials, and were at once communicated to President McKinley. The fight is the first direct result of Gen. Bates' visit to the Sultan of Sulu. At that time the Sultan agreed to accept the American flag, and as evi­ dence of hia loyalty offered to make war ea pirates and insurgents. It WNp not definitely known whether p*fmiaa!i» had feeen given, but the report wema to Indicate that such permission was given when the same request came from the Mindanao warrior, Dato MtmdR, as oaaof the most powerful chiefs on the the certainty of a conflict. Unless Presi­ dent Kruger is aggressive, it is reckoned that the first engagement will come about the beginning of October. In the event of war the headquarters staff must turn to the artillery, for Brit­ ish infantry--even if 80,000 be sent, as is suggested--will be ahot': down like part- , • / vfi PBKSIDBSr KBU«EB'rt HOME. ridges by the Boers. The artillery, how­ ever, next to the engineers, is the strong­ est branch of the laud forces. The Pretoria correspondent of the Lon­ don Daily Chronicle, telegraphing on Tuesday, says: "Events have taken an alarming turn. Great Britain, at the re­ quest of the Uitlanders' Council, has en- $21,600*000. He plans that his company shall do this business for the farmers for less than $1,000,000. The by-laws pro­ vide that there shall be no rebates to shippers or dividends paid to stockhold­ ers, and that the surplus earnings shall be reserved to finance a bank department, to pay interest on the bonds of the com­ pany and for the purchase of the busi­ ness and good will of commiss ion houses. CAUSED BY A WEIGHT, \ Collapse of Chicago Coliseum Be Pne to 1 hia. * Searching investigation made Wednes­ day probably establishes the cause of the collapse of the twelve giant steel arches for the Chicago Coliseum, killing ten la­ boring men and injuring a score of oth­ ers. A bkw weight upon two arches at the extreme north end of the structure where the trusses, first gave way is re­ garded as the cause of the awful acci­ dent. A Chicago dispatch says that experts who searched the ruins discovered four large chains attached to these two arches. From them were suspended two-inch ropes, running through a pulley, and the former wonnd around a cross section of heavy iron timber. The jarring of the hoisting engine and the attempt either to V ; ' f; }/lM m V THE VOLKSRAAD--THE BOER HOUSE O* PARLIAMENT. larged the original demands of Sir Alfred Milner, the British High Commissioner, and is adopting the view of Cecil Rhodes that President Kruger will never with­ stand an ultimatum. I have, however, high authority for asserting that Presi­ dent Kruger, the Volksraad and the na­ tion will unitedly resist an unconditional demand for giving effect to the Milner program, but will concede reforms on the conditions already reported." Both the Transvaal and Britain ace busy seeing to their military preparations, and in Pretoria a most gloomy view Is taken as to the outcome. Indeed, in tele­ grams received in London it is stated that war is certain, but the papers hesitate to publish them owing to their gravity. In an interview Tuesday, President Kruger said that the Boer position was best described in Psalm lxxxiii., 1-5 and 13-7, in which the psalmist declares that the enemies of the Lord have banded to­ gether against his people to exterminate them, and calls upon him to punish them, to fill them with shame, and to cause them to perish. The London Daily, Mail's Cape Town correspondent says it is estimated that 15,000 persons have left the Transvaal since the crisis arose. The Government has announced in the Assembly that it is considering greater facilities to enable women and children to leave Johannes­ burg. In view of the increased tension in South Africa the Government of Queens­ land is making preliminary arrangements for the dispatch of its miilUor tontin- gent. hoist or lower this beam is said to have brought down tfhe two1'steel arches and thejr in turn catfsed the collapse of .til the remaining steel framework. WS&f/VDS or mi™* Cleveland was the first dab to {day 100 games. They will alao be the only one to acore a century of defeats this year. One of the sensational pacers of thia season is the stallion Hydroger that broke into the 2:10 list with a record of 2:07%. Already during the present season over a score, of horses have entered the 2:10 list, among them the trotters Surpol, Gayton and Oopeland. It Is a remarkable fact that since the organisation of the present twelve-club team In 1891 grandstands in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louie, Cincinnati and Louisville have been barfed down. W. J. White has signed a contract with S. S. Thomas of the Empire City Driving Park, New York, to start Star Pointer in a race for $4,000. The entries are to be limited to Joe Patch en, John R. Gentry, Searchlight and 8tar Pointer. The race is to occur in September. 'Ifr Oomfrnar,:..^^ woi& ->--»»• uae&li During the nteftiliigitHji men. Then came the taking down of the! b**111* that formed the »econ$ section.: '• s A-'topailuoiPn nter the tktsi* , , Engineer McCabe waited below for th*' .' * signal to lower. Suddenly the engine *ave a sntirt, the arch trembled, began' to itmy. came of iSSJ^ 5 1 and file collapse of ; - i the building. ̂ Men on the ground nuf through theJ- - 4 arches, now beginning to creak like,, ' breaking lath«, and most of them had * ^ time reach the street or the alley, but ' * *?- tnelr unfortuiatt companions m. th€%> • • archea came elowly down to Injury jad f: GKHltu* ^ The movement of the arches was at first so slow It neetned as If minutes were;. •" consumed before they swayed far enough < to touch each other. When they came together there was the sound, of rending I• J ~» a! iron girders and braces, the breaking of .s. $ rivets and trnaaaa, and the whole struc- * -M ture came down with a crash, while the' >'O-? 4 doomed qp* shriekM out their last pray- / A ers as they were dashed against piles of ' - - * t i unused braces or fell under portions of : - r ̂ the broken arches. J?. g .9*** ̂ 'Mlinf (Colomne overturned^ I .t the boiler and the escaping steam cover- * • - - \ wreck • blta^fBg veil, whiter*'V (doude of dnat roae from the earth toV-'^'i'l baffle the aeaiMb. for the wounded, some^S^slff^^ of whom called out piteously. ' :? Columns and arches lay piled on one - , • (i another, broken and shattered as though" •; ' ,1 t h ey were s ta f f ; heavy t im b e r s , two f e e t ' - 1 j s qua r e , we re tw i s t ed and sp l i n t e r ed a s - f if they were twigs, and beneath this'*' •. r'h*tC 2 mass of iron and wood and stone human , 4, vij"^ beings were wiithing in pain or were ly- ' Ing cold In death. n H" $ Fire added to the horror, the overturn-̂ e d e n g i n e s k i n d l i n g t h e w o o d w o r k n e a r , 4 d them, but theae Incipient biases were '• soon extinguished and the whole atten- ^ \ ;Z1 tion of firemen, policemen and citizens jg' " * - was gtven to reaching the victims and , * I taking out the bodies of the dead. There/ ' ? " J were hundreds o< willing hands to help f/v! drag the iron beams from the crushed ^ ? ^ a n d b a t t e r e d f r a g m e n t s o f m e n a n d t o | I carry the bodies tenderly to the ambu- " lances. . fhe living were first taken from the ruins, but at times the reocuers found it difficult to determine whether or not the t - s mangled forms they carried so tenderly ;i " ^ 1 still retained the spark of life. Nine men W4 " we re -dead . The ir bod i e s we re t ak en ou tH ' t ' i ; mutilated ahaeet beyond human sem- s t» blance by the blunt edges of the ponder- ff ous metal beams. Twelve other unfor- 4 * « V; tuna tea, still alive, but shrieking and,;.' writhing with the pam of cruel injuries,- !C|i some of them legless, others making pite- . ' V?t' ous appeals with the stumps of what?\.V^V were once arms, were removed, and more r J deaths may follow. It has not yet been decided where the - ' 4 : - j loss, which may reach $30,000, will fall. J The work of the FHtsburg Bridge Com-' ' pany was just finished, the last arch hav- r * 'A ' i ing been placed Saturday. The men were . placing the bolt* and rivets Monday and , '- -2 '>?, removing the traveler and scaffolding*, 1 used in doing the work. Members of the firm were congratulating themselves , ": ',} that they had had no accident, and the-' *-' 1 ^ work was done. But the work had not H been accepted by the Coliseum company and the question of responsibility for the^-f^^/-^ loas on the building rests unsettled. The exact cause for the collapse seems ^ to be unknown, at least those supposed to know hesitate to put themselves ^on J i record. Many theories are advanced^ l>ut •, it may require aa official investigation to -«• • bring out the truth and properly place the responsibility. EmHe Zola's latest fad ia amateur pho- *-r tography. • 1 ^ Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden nsea^-.1;%^ £: an automobile. " King Oscar of Sweden takes delight in "^4 * fishing for salmon. " ^ ^ Henry Labouchere never eats butter, ] 1 as he prefers oleomargarine. " ^ Nearly every member of the Rnaaian -v' ; Imperial family rid«« a bicycle. , u.. '•'» nj Baroness Jamea de Rothschild ownsf?:». , , /H the finest collection of fans in Europe. *?„'? ' j The Duke of Bucdsuch has the finest 4 collection of miniatures in Great Britain. ; The Princess of Wales tried golf for ^ ? 'i aeve ra l mon t hs , bu t doesn ' t l i k e t he : ' - i< game. , • ' ! During the summer months Abdul Ha- mid consumes enormoua quantities of ice ^ f . cream. • ' " P* ^ Though only 16 years of age, Prince '/ ^ 'r"• Arthur of Oonnaught la taller than his ^ fatiier. , 'V •' : General Buller of the British army •;'j usually goes to bed at 9 p. m. and rises ' "V at 2:30 a. m. '• ^ The Princess of Wales haa sold her game bantams because they were too fond of fighting. • ij .£" & Michael T. FarreHy, whose name indl- / " J ^ cates his Irish birth, is President Kru- ^ ger' legal adviser. . •• , President Loubet's wife is an excellent " ! cook, preparing village dishes that few =• ' " % Parisians can concoct. ̂ .5.' • M. de Black, whose work on war is •aid to have inspired the peace eonfer- ? »• ence, is a rich Dutchman. <v'- G«ld has been introduced in Constant!- \ r ^ i nople by Colonel Ponsonby, the military * f attache of the British legation. K V *, The Duchess of Bedford is said to bo, the best hunter of any woman in En- * gland. She is also a good angler. 4 The Rev. John Escreet, rector ofi | Hempstead Ghurch, England, preaches from a pulpit that he carved himself. I j i. The Rev. H. R. Haweis, of London, .< ^ * j <kas traveled 100,000 miles in Europe, V'-'4v Asia, and America during the last ten years. • „ . Queen Victoria always wears a brace­ let to which ia attached a medallion por­ trait of her latest grandchild or great* arandchild. i * W' &.-A \ ] i V! vl 'iCl k -w' 'f *• ^ ^ 'A " . "J .Jki.JJe. .A .». >1,4 ik..* *