Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1899, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. LISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. femporary Businees Office, 1109 Peansyivasis Avenue The Evening Star Newspaver Company. 8.H. .UFFMANN, Pres’t. Wew York Office: 62 Tribaae Building. Ohioago Office, Boyce Building, London Ofloe: Trafelgar Buildings, Traalgar Square ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers fa the elty by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents or 44 cents per month. Copies at the cente each By mail—anywhere in the tes or Cauada—postage prepaid—50 cent ber month. Saturday Qnintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year; with forelgn postage added, $3.08. t Washington, D. (Entered at the Post’ 0! as second-class mail matter.) (7 All mall subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of ndvertising made known on application. IMPORTANT CAPTURE Alleged Perpetrator of Criminal Assault Under Arrest. POLICE RETICENT ABOUT THE MATTER Prisoner Believed to Have Been Assailant of Mrs. Hardy. HAVE CONFESSED oe SES SAID TO Harry Johnson, alias John Hale, a col- ored man, whose age is given as thirty-five, was arrested at 9:2) o'clock yesterday morniag by Policeman Henry Steinbraker of the Georgetown station, and locked up on the charge of suspicious conduct. This charge will most Mkely be erased and a more serious one substituted tomorrow The party is said to be the man who, se’ eral months ago, chiminally assaulted Mr: Ada Hardy, a white woman, at h-r home Just south ef the new Methodist Univ sity, and who successfuily eluded arrest until yesterday. The assault occurred May 2%, early in the morning, during the time the peace jubilee was in progress in this city. A description of the man was secured at the time, and several arrests made, but in each case the prisoncr was permitted to go free, there being no evidence to hold him. In the ar- rest of Johnson the police seem to think they have the right man, and are en- deavoring to weave a chain of eviden arcund him which will insure his convi tion. ‘The details of the arrest have been kept on s to the suspic about the 2 pre- was and no word man was spol majority of the p t are not aware tha charged with the heinous off to be one of the regular petty cl at abound at every on house tenant Swindelis this afternoon re: divulge anything concerning the case. even refused to state where the man was ed, and were it not for the record on the station blotter the name of the man making the arrest would not polic have been disclosed. As it was, all persons connected with the arrest have received notice not to talk to reporters or others about it, and they are obeying the injunc- tion. Major Sylvester Notified. Word was sent this morning to Major Sylvester regarding the case, and a short time later Detective Mueller and Steno- grapher Rabbitt appeared at the station. They held a private conversation with Lteu- nt Swindells, at the conclusion of which Detective Mueller started out to investi- ate the matter still further. Policemen Steinbraker and Cornwell were also kept both being in citizens’ clothes. understood that Johnson, thinking It is himself sate from arrest for the commission of the crime, was indiscreet enough to men- who in turn, told the po- the arrest. The negro is made a confession, in implicated himself. When Detective Mueller and Mr. Rabbitt were in consultation with Lieutenant S known that a number of yy the prisoner re ive to the outrage were taken down in shorthand. These statements were made to Lieutenant Swindells by the prisoner, and he in turn, reduced them tb writing. and dictated them to the steno- ographer. The prisoner was not in the room at the time of the consultation, but was kept back In cell No. 5, and no one ‘was permitted to tater the cell corridor. Strengthens the Belief. The belief that the man made a conf sion is further strengthened by the fact that Mrs. Hardy, the victim of the assault, was not called upon to identify the pris- oner. All of the evidence which has been secured has been on other lines, the police working on the belief that they will have to secure con usive evidenc to make 4 conviction ou! of ev which may be furnished by Mrs. Hari ory is adopted bec use of the re- arles the negro cai who was within a short he commi: of the crime and entified at the station by Mrs. the assailant. He was picked out hi nd while standing with three who som resembled hearing the wom: her identification, and as several ad testified to seeing F © morning the crime wa been committed he ¥ tive in canal pec = up the canal t ement that could be secured from Lieut. Swinc wa s he knew, Johnson with the canal traffic, his further talk led to the belie suspect had ren he committed his dastardly crime be remembered that at the time the theo of the police wag that some one familiar with Capt. Hardy, the husband of the vic- tim, and one who followed the canal, was the guilty party. Identified by Mrs. Hardy. It was 2:30 o'clock this afternoon before any definite information was given out re- garding the matter. Shortly after noon to- day the suspect, in company with Detective Muller and Policemen Steinbraker and Cornweil, drove out to the house where the assault was committed. Mrs. Hardy resides there no longer, the e being occupied by a colored famtly. and negro remembered the locality weil, and was free in giving the officers infor- mation. He showed them the way in he rea the house from’ the Ridge road, s them where the chick- en coop was located, and when in the room where the assault was committed he described the lecation of the furniture, even to the couch. E The prisoner w tion and the brought back to the sta- went up to the house of Mrs. Hardy, who lives on what is known as Frizzell’s Hill, just back of the Catholic grave yard, on 32d street, and brought her to the station When the woman arrived at the station late in the afternoon she was taken in the lieutenant’s room and the prisoner brought before her. She identified him as being the man, remarking that he looked much more like the culprit than did Busey, whom she once positively identified as her assailant. No one but the police officers named and Sergeant Lydia were in the room at the time. Johnson was brought out and stated that he had no recollection of ever having seen the woman. Later he changed his mind and had a faint recollection, although he did not remember her as being the vic- tim. verything is now ready to have the vase heard in the Police Court tomorrow. Has Been Under Suspicion. According to the story teld by the police, they have suspected Johnson ever since the date of the outrage, but he has kept out of the city. They have traced his movements ever since that time and have partly verified their findings. It is sald that after the commission of the crime Johnson walked down the Ridge road to the canal road, and then crossing the Chain bridge went’ up to Lewinsville, Va., where he stopped for a week at the place of J. W. Mukursbaugh, a dairyman. He claimed to have remained there a month and then proceeded through Vir- ginia on a bumming trip, reaching this city Saturday night. Sunday, he says, he went {Continued on Second Page.) TROOPS FOR AFRICA Great Britain Hurrying Men to Transvaal Frontier. GERMANS OFFER 70 AID THE BOERS Result of Meeting of Outlanders at Johannesburg. SITUATION VERY WARLIKE SOUTHAMPTON, August 24.—The Brit- ish steamer Arundel Castle sailed from this port today with 30 officers and 770 men of various regiments bound for Cape Town. GIBRALTAR, August 24.—The Manches- ter Regiment, numbering 1,000 men, has sailed for Cape Town. DURBAN, Natal, August 24.—The men belonging to the British first-class reserve residing here have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to rejoin their regiments. JOHANNESBURG, August 24.—At a meeting here of 200 Germans a committee was appointed to express to the Transvaal government the willingness of the Ger- mans to volunteer for service in case of war, but requesting that they be enrolled in a separate corps on acount of the hard- ships endured by the Germans in the Ma- gato campaign. Boers Securing Arms. CAPE TOV August 24—The Delagoa bay incident, coupled with the recent tran- sit of a large amount of ammunition, has directed the attention of the British offi- cials to the immense accumulation of mu- nitions of war in the South African repub- lics, especially in the Transvaal. The Outlanders being debarred from car- rying arms the supply of weapons, as shown in Lourenzo Marques (Delagoa bay) returns for e years, is greatly in excess of the burghers’ requirements, and consequently there is a growing feeling among the British community in South Africa that no settlement of the existing C will insure lasting peace unless it a provision for the reduction of uteting News From Natal. LONDON, August 24.—The Johannesburg correspondent of the Times says: “Disquieting reports have been received here from Natal. It is said that on Sun- day a train from Johannesburg was fired on in Transvaal territory. The feeling near the border is bitter, and the disloyal Natal Dutch are armed with Mausers. ‘The Johannesburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: “It is reported that a proposal is made for the abolition of British suzerainty as a condition of the concessions President Kruger is prepared to advance, but this is only regarded as an astute move on his part.”” A dispatch from Pretoria says: Conyn- ham Greene, British agent and charge d'affaires at Pretoria, has presented to the government a further dispatch from the British secretary of state for the colonies. Mr. Chamberlain, the nature of which hai not yet been divulged. The presumption is that it is connected with the recent pour- parlers. The members of the executive are apparently more cheerful. Summary of Counter Proposal. A Cape Town dispatch says: From an ex- cellent unofficial source of information it is ascertained that the substance of the Transvaal’s cornunication to the British government, in reply to the latter's de- mands, is a conc n of a five years’ (re- troactive) francaise, a share in the elec- tion of the prrsident and an increase in the representation of the gold fields, prob- ably eight additional seats, and a stipula- tion that all other questions are to be sub- mitted to arbitration—but not to a foreign power—that Great Britain shall not use the ference as a precedent and that n government Shall relinquish all rights. patch from Lourenzo Marques, Dela- goa b s: The detained ammunition intended for the Transvaal hes been re- moved to the Portuguese troopship India. It is reported the Boers contemplate send- ing commands for the ammunition. FROM OTIS. Tells of the Entire Success of Gen. Bate: ission. The following advices were received at ment today from General , under thi e of Manila, August 24: ‘he following men of Company G, 24th Infantry, were drowned on the morning of the near the pumping station, by jumping in a panic from a boat while cross- ing the swollen Sanmatee river: Sergeant ‘Thomas W. Countee, Privates William Car- ter, John Dean, J. E. Johnson, Edward Jone oil, Emmett McMillan, Hampton dall, George Moody. The following were drowned in attempting to rescue the others: Private J. E. Poole, Company H, 24th Infantry, and one pri- vate, 4th Cavalry, name not yet learned, but has been telegraphed for. “General Bates has returned. His mis- sion was successful. An agreement was made with the sultan and datos whereby the sovereignty of the United States over the entire Jolo archipelago was acknowl- edged; its flag to fly on land and sea; the United States to occupy and control all points deemed necessary. The introducing of firearms is prohibited. The sultan is to assist in suppressing piracy. He agrees to deliver criminals accused of crime not committed by Moros against Moros. ' The relations between the United States troops and all the Moros are very friendly. Two other points in the archipelago will be oc- cupied by United States troops when trade and commerce can be controlled. The Moros in western Mimindanao are friend! and ask permission to drive out the insui s. Reports by mail. » Newport has arrived. Private El- ymond, Company E, 19th, died Au- the War Dep gust 7, uraemia. There were no other casualties. The Montana men, enlisted strength 711, sailed yesterday morning. Took all enlisted men.” The Newport sailed from San Francisco July 26, with A and E, 19th Infantry, and a detachment of recruits, 11 officers and 489 enlisted men, Captain F. H. French, isth Infantry, commanding. ————— Naval Orders. Lieut. J. H. Glennon has been detached from the naval station, Havana, and or- dered to duty at the Naval Academy. Capt. L. W. Robinson has been detached from recruiting duty at Chicago, but will continue his other duties. Passed Assistant Surgeon M. S. Guest has been ordered to the navy yard, Boston. Lieut. E. R. Pollock, from the Lancaster to the Scorpion. ‘The request of Capt. H. C. Taylor to be detached from command of the Indiana has been denied. Lieut. W. R. Field has been detached from the Piscataqua and ordered to the Naval Academy. Lieut. C. N. Offiey has been given three months’ sick leave. Lieuts. J. P. Parker and W. 8. Montgomery have been transferred from the Petrel to the Solace; Lieut. Commander J. T. Smith, trom the Solace to the Petrel; Lteut. Com. mander T. B. Howard, from the Charleston to the Monadnock; Lieut. C. Thomas, from the Monadnock to the Baltimore; Ensign A. T. Graham, from the Solace to the Princeton; Ensign E. M, Gelm, from the Bennington to the Solace. | A TOSS-UP: AT RENNES. TWO CENTS. The Road to Fortane, The Road to Fortune is through Printer’s Ink.—P, T. Barnum. SIGNS OF PROSPERITY Ex-Representative McDowell Tells of Good Times in Pennsylvania. Captain McKee Speaks of the Big Boom at Joplin, Mo. “Times are good in my state,” sald ex- Representative McDowell of Pennsylvania, now clerk of the House of Representatives, to a Star reporter today. ‘There is not a man in my neighborhood, Sharon, who need be out of work if he is willing to work. Common labor is commanding about $1.50 a day, and skilled labor gets big wages. The fact of the matter is that the laboring man is on the top of the heap in my section and is able to dictate terms to his employer. “Every factory and mill is running full time. The merchants are doing a good busi- ness, the railroads are hauling vast quanti- ties of freight, the farmers are prosperous and the whole community is at work. Benks Can't Get Borrowers. “It may sound strange to say it, but it Is a fact that the only people who are lagging behind the procession of prosperity are the banke} can’t find a market for their ke our little town, of prob- 10,000 inhabitants. 1 will assert th: 2 is $1,300,000 idle money in that town bunks cant get borrowers. on for this is that the mills have gone into the trust; and are being run with joney put up by the trust. Formerly, s the custom for every bank to carry paper of the mills, sometimes as high 000 to a bank. ‘That market is now “The most encouraging feature, I think, is the good price which common labor com- mands. When the day laborer, the un- 1 workman, can get $1.50 for his work, it means that the community is prospering.” A Boom in Missouri. Captain Thomas McKee, journal clerk of the House of Representatives, has just re- turned from a trip to Missouri, during which he visited the lead mines around Joplin. “That whole country is on a big boom,” said Captain McKee to a Star reporter to- day. “The Dingley bill gave protection to the lead miners and the result is apparent immediately. The biggest mining camps I have ever seen are around Joplin. The mines are running full time and paying good wages. “It is something of an object lesson to the free trade democrats of Missouri. They had just the reverse under low tariff and felt the pinch of poverty. “Within sight of the hotel where I stopped were six banks—not faro banks, elther, but national and state institutions. On Saturday nights they would keep open until after midnight, attending to the wants of their patrons. Every thing is settied on Saturday night and you could see thou- sands of men coming to those banks to make deposits. “Of course, good times in the mines means good times for the merchants, the railroads and the farmers. You don’t hear any grumbling in that part of Missouri. HE ee LIKELY TO BE A LOSS. Indications That the Cable Hooker May Not Be Saved. Cable advices received at the War De- partment indicate that it will be impossible to save the cable ship Hooker and her cargo of supplies for the extension of the cable service about the Philippines. The Ship Hooker was the Spanish ship captured early in the war. —————E—— Gen. Hale Leaves the Service. An order was issued at the War Depart- ment today honorably discharging from the volunteer army Brigadier General Irving Hale, to take effect October 1. Gen. Hale went to the Philippines as colonel of the 1st Colorado, and was made a brigadier general for gallant services in the cam- palgns in the islands. His regiment has recently arrived in the United States, and Gen. Hale arrived yesterday at San Fran- cisco. * Movements of Naval Vessels. ‘The Navy Department Is informed of the arrival of the gunboat Wilmington at Mon- tevideo yesterday, and of the arrival of the Marbiehead at ico. ISLAND INDUSTRIES Porto Rican Questions Expected.to Be Soon Settled’ ¥, es BE LEFT 0 CONGRESS PROBABLY Plan for Permitting Tobacco to Enter Cuba Free. A NEW CODE OF LAWS With the return of Secretary Root, Porto Rican interests are again becoming promi- nent, and it is believed that a determina- tion will soon be reached. The indications are that most of the impogtant questions relating to that island will be left for Con- gress to deal with, instead of being settled by executive action, as had been expected. One of these questions relates to the free exchange of commodities between Porto Rico and this country. Such a course has been strongly urged by the Porto Rican authorities, on the ground that their in- dustries were seriously distressed, and would be quite prostrated if more ready ac- cess to the American market was not granted. It is said this was one of the questions considered during the recent con- ference at Lake Champlain; and the im- pression is growing among those usually well ‘Informed that favorable ‘gonsideration was not given to the proposed plan. The understanding is that the negds of keep- ing government revenues up tera good point is one of the reasons why it Ys inexpedient for the present remission of all duties on Porto Rican goods, and, moreover, it is felt to be a question of such magnitude that Congress should pass Wpon it. Free-Tobacco-for-Caha Plan. Another plan for relieving Porto Rico was to permit her tobacco t@ enter Cuba free of duty. This would give an easy market to Porto Rican tobaceo, but the point has been raised that it would de- press the Cuban tobacco by giving them this added competition. As between serv- ing the Porto Ricans and injuring the Cu- bans in this respect considerable doubt has arisen. Mr. Quesada, the Cuban commis- sioner, strongly opposes the free admis- sion of outside tobaccos into Cuba. He says the native tobacco raisers have enough to contend with already without a com- petition from without. cto Rieans, in- A number of prominent’ cluding the former premiesy Munog. Rivera, were at the War De it goday in hopes of securing definite, information on these and other subjects {relating to the island. 5 Code of Laws P; a ¢ The insu’ar commission cbmpleted the code of laws proposed 10 Rico, and as soon as the index cai be Drepared the code will be submitted tothe Secretary of War for his consideration. While the commission is withholding the cé@e until it has been acted upon by Sécretéry Root and but little is known of dts pgovisions, it is understood that the new.¢ode will com- prise about 5,000 sections. One of its fea- tures will be the inhibition of. trusts in the island. os The code was prepared by the xcommis- sion from the codes of all states and territories. Provisions whigh seemed par- ticularly applicable to Porte ican condi- tions, with which the commission is thor- oughly familiar, of course, taken from the several codes of the states and modified or expanded to suit the f It remains with.the President and the Secretary of War to decide whether the new code shall be put into application im- mediately under the military form of gov- ernment, or be submitted to Congress for revision gnd application. It is understood nes ig a strong sentiment in official circles favorable to the immediate enforce- ment of the code. a —————_+2+____ . Pay to Soldiers’ Families. Orders were issued today for carrying out the provision of the army law allowing sol- diers serving on distant duty to have part of their pay allotted to their famliles. Pay- ments to the families of soldiers will be made by direction of the paymaster gen- TIDE TURNS TO KILBOURNE His Friends Elated Over Late Primaries in Ohio * Outside of His Headquarters, That McLean How- ever, Belief Preval! will Be Nominated. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 24.—The man- agers of Col. James Kilbourne’s campaign for the democratic nomination for gov- ernor are much elated over the course of affairs this week, claiming that 80 per cent of the delegates selected since Monday have beet. for the colonel. Judge R. M. Ditty, who has charge of Col. Kilbourne’s campaign, says it is certain now that Kil- bourne’s friends will organize the conven- tion, as eleven of the twenty-one districts are controlled by them. It is noticed, how- ever, that he counts in this Ist the twen- tleth distrigt, which is certainly in doubt, but probably for McLean. McLean has suffered a sharp defeat in Highland county, where a Kilbourne dele- gation, headed by McLean's bitter foe, Judge Ulric Slcane, has been chosen. Allen W. Thurman came out in an inter- view last night declaiming that McLean's nomination would be suicidal for the party and would insure the election of George K. Nash, the republican candidate. He ex- pressed no fear that McLean would be nom- inated, however, claiming that he (McLean) would see that his nomination would bring out Mayor Jones as a candidate, and spli: the democratic vote. However, McLean is very active and shows no signs of being scared off the track. ‘The purchase of the Toledo Commercial by Geo. W. Hull, several weeks ago, proves to be a McLean purchase, as suspected at the time, and James W. Faulkner, formerly city editor of the Enquirer, has assumed the editorship of the paper. By this move- ment McLean certainly carries war into Africa, for Toledo is not only the home of Mayor Jones, but of the most outspoken an- ti-McLean democratic newspaper in the state, the Toiedo Bee. Outside of the Kilbourne headquarters the opinion ts general that McLean will be nominated on the first ballot at Zanesville next week. ——++-—____ THREW LETTER INTO QUEEN’S LAP. Sensation Caused by a German Who Auked Her Aid. LONDON, August 24.—Considerable ajarm was created yesterday evening by a man throwing a letter into Queen Victoria's carriage as she was driving into Osborne, Isle of Wight. A rumor spread to the ef- fect that the letter contained an explosive, but this turned out to be false. The police arrested the man, whcse letter was only an appeal to her majesty to secure for him a new trial of a civil suit which he recently lest. The prisoner was found to be a German, who was not aware that his action was against the law. As it was evi- dent that he had no intention to do any harm, the man was released. The queen was surprised when the letter fell into her lap, but she betrayed no alarm. ++ BEAVER AND GENESEE. The American Yacht Soon Took the Lead in the Third Race. TORONTO, Ont., August 24.—The Ameri- can yacht Genesee and the Canadian yacht Beaver started at 11:15 in the third of the series of races for the Canada’s cup. The course is a triangular one of seven miles to a leg. Wind light, with prospects of in- creasing. The Beaver had the best of the ‘start, but the Genesee was soon in the lead. ——»__—_ PETER JACKSON KNOCKED OUT. Jim Jeffords of California Whips Him in Four Rounds. VANCOUVER, B. C., August 24.—Jim Jef- fords of California knocked out Peter Jack- son in four rounds. Jeffords had it his own ‘way all through. ——_+>__ Naval and Mari: Promotions. The following promotions in the navy and Marine Corps were announced today: Maj. T. M. Wood, U. 8. M. C.; Capt. B. 8. Neu- mann, U. 8. M. C., and Capt. C. H. Stogk- Perry Thomas Foie oa : and Capt. G. WEST FOR EXPANSION Incustrial Commissioner Kennedy Discusses His Recent Trip. MANY EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY Silver Republicans With the Presi- dent on the Philippines. — EIGHT-HOUR MINING LAW Mr. J. L. Kennedy, a member of the in- dustrial commission, while recently in the west as a member of a subcommission to take testimony on mining conditions, was particularly impressed with the evidences of prosperity which he observed every- where he went. “Not only were there evidences of great prosperity in every branch of industry,” said str. Kennedy today, “but I am ficd that this Is recognized as a fact by such a large majority of the peopie that so-called imperlatism or anything eise will not lessen the administration’s support by the country at large in the next presi- dential campaign. While in Uia testimony that dustry was thoroughly prosperous. — Mr. Harauer of the tianauer smelting work and a very tensive silver mi that there is tuday more of p: mining at the pres nt price of sixty cents an ounce than there was when that metal was worth mnety cents an ounce. ¢ of the siiver mines carry other me alue in conjunction with. silver. the subcommission had by«-products are more carefully now than ever. Machinery, toois, powd: and other supplies have been greatly re- duced in price during the last Tew Powder that has worth eighty cents can now be purchas d from ten to twelve ccnis a pound. The methcds of treating the ores have been improved. Eight-Hour Law for Miners. “While in Utah the subcommission in- vestigated the operation of the eight-hour law in that state, which is the only one in the Union where there is an eight-hour law applying to miners. We found that the law was giving great satisfaction both to the laborers and to their employers. The testimony of the operators was to the ef- fect that the men did as much in eight hours as they formerly did in ten hours. Men who mined coai by the ton got out as many tons in eight hours as they for- meriy did in ten. ‘The men who work in the metaliferous mines work by the day, and they get out as much in eight hours as they formerly did in ten. The managers of the mines said the men came to work with more vigor after their longer hours of rest, and that they now work with an eight-hour stroke. The men appreciate their exceptional conditions in regard to hours of labor. ‘The testimony showed that their morgi and intellectual, as well as physical condition, was fmproved by the shorter hours. here is less drunkenness than under the ten-hour system, Silver Republicans for Expansion. “I found while in Montana that the sil- ver republicans are almost unanimous in favor of expansion, and it is believed in political circles in these states that the great ‘bulk of them will be in the republi- can party on that issue alone next year. They believe that expansion is a good thing for the west, and that it will increase its trade generally, and will build up the Pa- cific coast and Puget sound cities. While in Utah Goy. Wells, a republican and Mor- mon, delivered a speech in which he said that there could be no issue so important or paramount as to take away his al- legiance from the republican party next year. Mr. Wells was elected as a repubii- can in 1805, and in 18% he voted for Wil- liam Jennings Bryan for President. Former Senator Lee Mantie, by the way, is sup- porting President McKinley in his paper, the Inter-Mount News, published in Butte, Montana. Mr. Kennedy was formerly president of Columbia Typographical Union of this city, and while west made a visit to the Childs- Drexel Home for Printers, near Colorado Springs, where there are a number of print- ers formerly of this city. The home is two miles from Colorado Springs and provides for over eighty printers, five or six of whom are from this city. He found them well provided for and ihat the home was ma tained in a condition of scrupulous cleanli- ness. They were well satisfied with the treatment accorded them there, their only complaint being of the terrible monotony of their lives. Since 192 sixty-one printers have died at the home, and their graves are better cared for than any others in the cemetery. —_—__--o+_____ MEDICAL OFFICERS DISTRIBUTED. Assignment to Regiments of Those Recently Appointed. By direction of the acting secretary of war, the following named medical officers, recently appointed, are assigned to regi- ments as follows: To the 38th Volunteer Infantry, Maj. Jas D. Glennan, now at Fort Myer, Va., and Capt. Frederick S. Dewey, now at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. To the 39th Volunteer Infantry, Maj. Philip G. Wales, now at Fort Niobrara, Neb.; Capt. Seaton Norman, now at Fort Monroe, Va., and First Lieut. Edward G- Beeson. To the 40th Infantry, Maj. Thomas U. Raymond, now at San Francisco, Cal. Capt. Edward A. Romig, now at Santa Clara, and First Lieut. aston Burchard. To ‘the 4ist Voiunteer Infantry, Maj. Allen M. Smith, now at Fort Hancock, N. J., and Capt. Thomas R. Marshall, now at military hospital No. 1, Havana, Cuba. To the 42d Volunteer Infantry, Maj. W: ter D. McCaw, now at Fort Porter, N. and Capt. Wiiliam Duffield Bell. To the Volunteer Infantry, Maj. Henry D. Snyder, now at Fort Ethan Ai- SCORED BY LABOR! Accusers of Dreyfus Un- der the Lash, HELD DOWN TO LEGAL EVIDENCE Gen. Mercier Again Refuses to Answer. FALLS BACK ON HIS = poh RANK how-d that the mining in- +Heated Encounters With Counsel for the Defense. — PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL August martial of Capt 24.—When the court- Alfred Dreyfus opened at the Lycee he at 6:40 am. today, Col. Jouaust, president of the court, ordered that the evidence given by M. Penot, a friend of the late Col. ndherr, chief of the intelligence jepartment, be read by the clerk of the court. It wes to the effect that Col. Sandherr said the Dreyfus family offered him 150,000 franes on condition that he wouid clear Dreyfus. Maitre Demange, for the defense, dis- posed of this alegation by reading the actual note on the subject written by Sand- herr, thereby proving that the colonel’s remarks d been distorted, Dreyfus’ brothers having only said: “We are convinced of the inne ce of our brother, and will spend our entire for- tune to discover the truth.” The testimony of the first witness of the day, M. Linolle, » former official of the government, was in favor of Dreyfus, as it was in direct contradiction of what M. du Breuil deposed yesterday regarding the al- leged intimacy of Dreyfus with the Ger- man attache, at the house of M. Bodson, mutual frien. The president of the court then called the next witness, Col. Maurel, who was presi- dent of the Dreyfus court-martial in 1804. Complete silence fell upon the court as the infantry sergeant who was acting as usher conducted Maurel to the witness bar. The colonel was attired in a black frock coat and wore the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor at his buttonhole. His hair is gray and he has a ragged, iron-gray mus- tache. His face showed anxiety. As M. Labori lashed n with pointed questions the colonel hesitated and then answered in a short, choppy manner, and when M. La- bori finally disposed of him the witness left the platform with the pale face and scared look of a man who has awakened from a nightmare. Counsel had drawn from the colonel a confe on that the secret dos- sier was communicaied to the judges of the court-martial of 1894 by Colonel du Paty de Ciam. This avowal produced a sen: jon in court, and Maurel’s declara- tion that he on!y read one of the documents did not affect the main fact, while his protestation that the reading of the do ment had no effect upon him, as his mind was already made up, was nullified by his subsequent declaration that this one docu- ment sufficed to convince him, Mercier Cross-Questioned. M. Labori then put a s of searching questions to General Mercier with refer- ence to the communi tion of the secret dossier for the court-martial and his atti- tude in 1894, and an interesting scene en- sued. The general refused to repiy to all the questions and there were sharp pas- sages at arms between counsel and Colonel Jouaust, who upheld General Mercier, while the dialogue between the general and M. Labori became acrimonious. Counsel became very heated and showed it in his voice and gestures. The general, however, troubied as his mind might be, seldom de- parted from the callous demeanor charac- teristic of him. The lawyer made a strong point on the pert Esterhazy played. Mercier said he did not know Esterhazy, and only saw him once 2t the Zou trial. “That is very interesting,” exclaimed M. Labori. “But, surely Gen. Mercier was present at the Esterhazy trial?” The general replied that he was not there, and that he knew nothing about the evi- dence in the Esterhazy prosecution. “What,” cried M. Labori, “Gen. Mercier, who was the chief accuser of Dreyfus, did not even follow the proceedings in the Es- terhazy trial?” A loud murmur of surprise and indignant comment came from the audience, but Col. jen, Vt., and First Lieut. Dudley M. Welch, | Jouaust immediately suppressed it. ‘now at Mayari, Cuba. To the 44th Volunteer Infantry, Maj. William F. Lippitt, jr., now at Washing- ton barracks, D. C.; Capt. Charles L. Fur- bush, now at Havana, Cuba, and First Lieut. Thomas T. Jackson. To the 43th Infantry, Maj. M. W. Ire- land, now at Fort Wayne, Mich.; Capt. F. E. Artaud, now at Puerto Principe, Cuba, and First Lieut. Frank Donaldson. To the 46th Infantry, Maj. William Cogs- well, Capt. Henry Lee and First Lieut. Robert W. Andrews. To the 47th Infantry, Maj. J. T. Clarke, now at Madison barracks, N. Y. To the 35th Infantry, Acting Assistant Surgeon C. W. Fry. To the 38th Infantry, Acting Assistant Surgeon G. H. Jones. —————_++____. IN OUR NEW POSSESSIONS. Receipts in Porto Rico and the Philippine: Counsel then brought Gen. Mercier to his assertion that 35,000,000 franes were sent by the defenders of Dreyfus, and asked the general to say how he knew this, who spent it and other awkward questions which thé gencral was unable to answer. | A question as to how the bordereau ar- rived at the offices of the general staff, its date, ete., was then introduced, which led to a strange scene for a court of law. Strange Scene for a Court. Gen. Roget, in mounting the platform to give explanations, was followed by Gen. de Boisdeffre, M. Gribelin, Maj. Lauth and other military witnesses, all holding up their hands to signify that they desired to speak, while at the same time M. Labori was. firing questions. The result was a perfect babel, until the president of the court couid stand it no longer, and when ‘The War Department announced today | the government commissary, Maj. Carriere, that the receipts from internal revenue in | 2/0 interpellated a few remarks, Col. Jou- the Island of Porto Rico from October 18, | @USt turned to him and asked him to be 1898, to June 30, 1899, were $301,740.05. The total amount received in customs dues from July 23, 1898, to June 30, 1899, from all the ports of the island, was $1,235,- 081.93. The total amount of receipts of internal revenue received at Manila for the mqnth of June, 1899, was $16,639.61. The total amount of internal revenue receipts re- quiet, remarking that the judges could not hear half a dozen people at the same time. During the course of the morning M. Labori questioned Gen. Mercier with ref- erence to a document in the secret dossier, which, it is affirmed, existed prior to 1894, and yet was not produced at the first court- martial of the prisoner. ceived since the date of occupation is $295,- ‘The general confessed that he did not 835.87. know of its existence, and the same state-