Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1899, Page 1

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WASHINGTON, D. ©., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER fn THE STAR BY MAIL, Persons teaving the city for any period can have The Star mailed them to any address in the Unit States or Canada, by ordering it this office, in person or by letter, Terms: 13 cents per week; 25 cents for two wecks, or 5 cents per month. Invariably In advance. Subs scribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should give the last address as well as the Sie rtemmnermn | No, 14,511. 1, 1899-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS, | = : SOON TO COME HOME| PORTO RICAN TARIFF FIVE MEN KILLED/WAS NOT IN ALSACE Three Volunteer Regiments to Leave Manila Within a Week. AMONG THEM FONSTON WILL BE Young General Discusses the Sit- uation in the Islands. —__+—__ NEED OF CAVALRY MANILA, September 1.—Of the troops about to return to the United States the Kansas men will leave on board the trans- port Tartar, the Washington regiment on board the Pennsylvania and the Nevada cavalry on the Ohio. All three departures will occur within the next week. Eight hundred men of the Kansas regiment will return and 20) will remain at Manila, 150 of them re-enlisting. Three officers and thirty men of the Kansans were killed and nineteen officers and men died from dis- ease during the smallpox epidemic, while members of the regiment were wounded. Of the Washingtons 875 men are embark- ing, while eight officers and 208 men will stay, most of those remaining re-en- sting in the new regiments being formed here. One of the officers of the regiment was killed, one was wounded and one died from dis ; twenty-four of the men were killed, 128 were wounded and nine died. Fanston Coming Home. Gen. Frederick Funston and Mrg. Funston are with the general's regiment. Gen. Funston has undergone an operation neces- itated by an injury resulting from a fall from his horse while serving in the Cuban army with Gen. Gomez. In the course of an interview Gen. Funs- ton remarked that he would not mind stay- ing in Luzon. He disliked war, but inas- much as there is fighting he would like to remain and aid in bringing it to a close. Speaking of the future, he said: “The only solution of the problem will be through whipping the insurgents. I do not think they will surrender. When we begin active operations against them on a large scale in the autumn we will scatter them into small bands, and I think when the soldiers composing these bands see that they are persistently pursued they will throw away or hide their arms and return to the pursuits of peace. A year hence small bodies of armed men will be able to Reduction of Duties Urged by the Tnsular Commission. THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT Decision Rendered by the Supreme Court. FREEDOM OF COMMERCE Touching the question of customs and tariff relations between Porto Rico and the United States the insular commission holds that our own tariff, being an enactment of Congress, cannot be changed or modified by the President except as provided in treaties of a reciprocal nature with foreign coun- tries. As the occupancy and control of these islands is now !n our own hands there is no one to treat with, and there is absolute'y no authority given by law for the President to make any modification whatever. ‘The insular commission has recommed- ed in its last, as in its former, report that Congress authorize the President to use his discretion in making such modifi- cations of the duties charged by the United States on goods imported from our military possessions as he in his discretion may deem wise, based somewhat the reci- procity clause in the present iaw and the treaties already negotiated with several foreign cour.tries. Of course, as to the duties collected in Porto Rico, until Congress does act the rate of duty is wholly within the power of the President. However, if he should at- tempt to reduce all duties from customs from the United States it would be tanta- mount to reducing the duties from all other countries, and would leave the peo- ple of the island without revenues from this source. Thus the entire burden of supporting the government of Porto Rico would be thrown upon direct taxation. Necessity far Revenues. Just now, being in a formative state, Porto Rico needs more revenue than ever. In the states school houses, highways sad bridges have been made gradually, as the country has settled up, but Porto, Rico is an island with a population of 1,000,000, thickly settled from one corner to the other, without a single school house on the island and few public highways or bridges or other public improvements. All these go anywhere in Luzon. The island was always infested with bandits, and was never safe for Europeans to travel in. Probably after the end of the fighting the highwaymen will be more numerous be- cause the members of Aguinaldo’s army, who have lived for years with guns in their hands, have acquired a taste for bush life, and would rather continue as highwaymen then return to work. ‘ The Need of Cavalry. “Cavalry is greatly needed here. The country, when dry, is superb for cavalry operations. The insurgents have none. One of their strong points is their ability to retreat rapidly. Cavalry could overtake and hopelessly scatter and punish them, and could subsist largely on the country. When cavairy is once here it should be given a chance to go ahead and not be kept in towns for guard duty. Our great- est. su s have been gained when the regimental commanders have been allowed to quickly follow up the advantages gain- ed in battle. Small bodies of Americans operating freely and commanded by offi- cers of dash and energy, could badly break up the enemy. The capture of Aguinaldo by cavalry would be a less difficult propo- sition than the capture of the Apache ehiefs in Arizona Reports About Gen. Otis’ Health. information has been received at the Department to indicate that Gen. is ill, and consequently all the officers discredit the report to that effe by way of Victoria, B. € press dispatch from that city, Holmes who ha ist a rived there on a from the Philip: is que aying % has bec} fheulties and the been subje s. It i sericusly and anxietie severe criti affected by of the cam- to which ted by some of the home repres at Gen. victim to melancholia ' mnia, and is ia a critical condi- tien. There 1s nothing in the oificial ad- vices to the War Department. to justify these alarming statem Gen. Otis’ physical condition, and @s is Known h &eod health Greeley, chief signal officer, received ‘ssage from Manila today, say- 1th Volunteer Signal Corps y sailed for home on the City of erday, and that the 18th Com- d_sail on the Newport on Sep- These last are the only volun. teer signal corps soldiers in the Philippines. VOLUNTEER OFFICERS’ Gen. Otis in his usual RANK. Statement Being Made Up by the War Department. The War Department 1s making up a statement showing the lineal rank of the officers recently appointed in the first thir- teen volunteer regiments. These are being made by regiments only, not for the whole of the volunteers. Promotions in the fu- ture will be made tn regiments based upon eal rank. Length of time in which sofficers served as officers in the United jt army will dete: @ the rank of the officers. The e in the militia not count, but ers of the state nents. will have their service dated from the time they were m into the United States serv: selected from the either in the Fegular or volunteer service, will go to the foot of the i uperior rank in the state volunteers during the Spanish war will have any weight in determining the ative rank In the United States volun- total length of service as commis- officers being the sole factor. Oe Personal Mention. Dr. Francis P. Morgan has returned to the city. Dr. James Dudley Morgan has returned from Bethlehem, N. H. Messrs. M. A. Clancy and W. E. Williams of the clerk's office, Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, returned today from vacation trips north. Mr. Alf. G. Buhrman of the same office departed today, to be away a month. Mr. Harvey Given, chief clerk office of the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, returned today Yrom a fortnight’s sojourn at Aurora, W. Va. He left this afternoon for Atlantic City, where he has arranged to spend the remainder of his tion. Captain 8, C. Lemly, judge advocate gen- eral of the navy, has resumed his dutie at the Navy Department, after a month's yacation among the Thousand Isles and in Baguenay bay, Canada. ——__—__ ++ ____. Spanish war. sioned of the The Dewey Fund. Treasurer Roberts of the Dewey fund to- @ay received two large subscriptions to the *Dewey home fund. One for $1,000 was raised by the New York Journal, and the other, $1,000, was contributed by Marcus Daly ‘& Co. through the Journal. Smaller subscriptions made the aggregate to date $%,500. things must be attended to, and practically at once. The people need a large amount of the revenue derived from customs, but they could stand, and it is claimed it would be wise, to make large reductions of duties on many articles of necessity not pro- duced In Porto Rico. The reciprocity treaties recently nego- tiated with British West India Islands and now awaiting confirmation by the Senate make reductions on many articles to be imported into the United States. Under existing conditions those competing fslands would have just that much advantage of Porto Rico. View of the Insular Commission. It is the opinion of the insular commission that until Congress declares Porto Rico an integral part of the United States the duties must continue in force as if Porto Rico were a foreign country. The United States Supreme Court has held in the Tam- pico case that military conquest does not extend the boundaries of United States territory and that it requires an act of Congress to do that, because until Congress does act no one knows whether Congress proposes to retain the conquered territory or not. In the case referred to by the Tampico decision, Congress did relinquish to Mexico some of the territory then held by United States troops. The commission found that as coffee w: a principal product of the island and affect- ed labor interests to a large degree, stimu- lation could be given the material int of Porto Rico by moving the coffee c! This could be done more easily, too, cause re is no tariff duty on coff commission therefore recommended that the War and Navy Departments should pur- chase their supp‘ies of coffee in Porto Rico, and this is now being done by the War De- tment. free Commerce Demanded. pite of the fact that the Attorney eral of the United States takes the vi of the Insular commission as to the power in the President to take any a in advance of legislation by Congre: which would make Porto Rico for comm cial purposes a part of the United States, some law officials of the government con- tend that Porto Rico is now a portion of the United States and that free commercial intercourse could be established by execu- tive action. On the strength of this opinion it is vigor- ously urged in some quarters that the President should issue a proclamation de- claring Porto Rico a part of the territory of the United States, thus opening a market for the Porto Rican products and encourag- ing business activity, which alone can re- Meve the inhabitants from their distress. Opposition to Free Trade. The sugar interests are making a deter- mined fight against any step being taken which will result in the admission of sugar and molasses free of duty as a product of American territory. What other interests unite with the sugar people in fighting against the opening up of Porto Ricantrade and industry has not yet developed, but a very determined fight 1s being made and the argument of injury to the beet sugar industry of the west, similar to those ad- vanced against the annexation of Hawail, is being strongly urged, and an effort is being made to have pressure brought from the sugar beet producing sections of this country to indefinitely delay the recogni- tion of Porto Rico as a part of the domin- ion of the Untted States in a way to bring it under the provisions of the Constitution With respect to the exchange of commerce between the states and territories. Net Result Advantageous. The official statistics of the government of ction show that whatever may be the ef- fect upon the one industry of sugar by Porto Rico being brought into free competition the net result of a per- fectly free intercourse of trade will necessarily be greatly to the advantage of this country. The Porto Ricans being cut off from the trade of the world by the anomatous condition in which they are now placed, leaves them in a perfectly helpless condition, which It 1s not belleved can be relleved satisfactorily until they are given a market for their products, as well as safety and encouragement for business en- terprise. The government foreign commerce reports show that there Is very little im- ported into this country from Porto Rico that could come into competition with American products, and that the highest value of imports to this country when Porto Rico enjoyed the advantages of the reci- procity treaty between the United States and Spain was only a little more than four mil- lions. During the past few years the ex- change between the island and the United States ha been but slightly in favor of Porto Rico, being generally in the neighbor- hood of two millions each way. By the admission of Porto Rican prod- ucts free this government would sac- rifice the duty on nearly two mil- licns of sugar. On the other hand, the export trade which Spain formerly’ en- foyea in Porto Rico would be almost entire- ly diverted to this country. This amounted THE LATEST THING IN POLITICAL SPOOKS. in "96 to about Porto Rico by 000,000. ‘The goods sold in in were such as could country under free tage. They co are, firearn p, Wax, perfumery, cot- woolen manufacture ton manufactur silk manufactures, paper, books, wood man- ufactures, leather and leather manu: tures, machinery, butter, erved flour, foods, playing cards, ha ble number of ot manufacture. 3 dera- articles of general As an offset to this the exports from Porto Rico to Spain amounted to no more than about $3,000,000, comp of things which could n m- peting with products of the United States if admitted to this country fre The Volume of Trade in ‘96. According to the government statisti with the yolume of trade as it was in ‘9 the balance sheet between this country and Porto Rico, under free trade would stand about thus: . American exports to Porto Rico, $2.000,- 000, plus Spanish exports which would bi replaced from this country, Total, $7,000,000. Porto Rican exports to the United States, of $2,250,000, plus exports to hich would be d $4,000,000, Total, coffee, fruit and sugar, only valuable export now dutiable. ‘These figures show that practically only interests served by the continuat present conditions are the sugar inter while diversified s in this count Spain, most to this count ),000-—principally he latter being the the and the int sts of the inhabitants of the acquired territor: crificed, not to mention the delay rtive develc ment and business i of American capital. In this connection f£ consideration and the Phi Amit of th it is a matter worthy wrto Rico, Hs ypines, the climatic cc production of produced in this ec xCTED 'TOMOKKOW. The President’. Probable Return—Mr. Porter Resumes Hiv Duties. Mr. John Addison Porter, secret to President McKinley, has arrived in Wash- ington and resumed his duties at the White House. Mr. Porter, who has been absent a long time in the mountains of Scotland, was cordially greeted by the at- taches of the White House when he went there this morning. Mr. Porter says that his health is greatly improved, and he feels as If he can resume his duties with- out danger. Mrs. Porter and children will reach the city in a few days. President McKinley is expected to reach Washington tomorrow. He will probably see few visitors before next week. His office and the furniture have been repaired and renovated during his absence. Capt. Loeffler, the veteran doorkeeper, was on duty today, preparing for the arrival of the chief magistrate. Return of the President. The President and the members of his party will arrive at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and will lunch at the White House. It 1s not known how soon the President will settle the question of the two local offices that are to be filled. The resigna- tion of Mr. McGill as register of wills does not take effect until the lest of this month, nnd it is not likely that his successor will be announced before that time. i ‘There 1s ne absolute necessity that the vacancy on the Supreme Court bench of the District should be filled at once, but the opinion prevails that the President will soon make an appointment. Should he ap- point District Attorney Davis there will be @ vacancy in the district attorney's office, which will have to be filled with reasonable promptness. —_———__+*+ The History of Guadeloupe. The State Department has received through United States Consul Ayme at Guadaloupe a valuable contribution to its library in the shape of a set of volumes of the history of the Island of Guadaloupe prepared by the official historian of the Pileny, M. Jules Vallet, on a most elaborate Seale and calculated to be of great value to students of Americana. scar ran No News of the Monongaheia. The Navy Devartment ts still without the slightest apprehension on the score of the Monongahela, although the vessel is about four days overdue at the Chesapeake This is a trifling delay in the case onongahela was not expected to use her engines to any ex- tent) on a cruise as long as that from Funchal to Hampton Roads. The torpedo boat Gwin has arrived at Annapolis. $5,000,000. | FORM A GOVERNMENT Dominican Revolutionists Name Full Quota of Officers. —_ HORACIO VASQUEZ PRESIDENT ape ieenes By General Jiminez is on His Way to Puerto Plata. RIOT AT SANTO DOMINGO SANTO DOMINGO, September 1—The revolutionists haye formed the following provisional government: President—Horaclo Vasquez. Minister of the interlor—Jose Brache. Minis eres. r of foreign affairs—Domingo Fer- ce—Samugl Moya. —Jose Ma griculture—Artuto Ze of posts and telegraph—Jo Minister of justic Minisie Mir Guzm he to of the prese: provisional government has been at Moca, the s some disorder here last night. ences of Am 1 Damivon, For- mer Minister Henriquez and that of For- mer Governor Pichardo wete stoned. No- ver, was injured. z has resigned and it is sup- t the other ministers will do the on composed of A. Patino, d testero and Alvaro Legrome has 1 Appointed to intaln order, The French warship Cecille has left this port Dominican warship Restaur ill on the rocks at M: pris and will prob- bly prove a total 1 5 Jiminez Leaves Cuba. HAYTIEN, Haytl, September 1.— pt of a telegram ‘from Jiminez, sr of the revolution in Santo Domingo, ying he has been set at liberty, and is leaving Santiago de Cuba for Puerto Plata, Gen. Imbert, the actual governor of Puerto Pata, has announced that Jimincz will soon arrive at Puerto Plata. The whole country, it is added, is awaiting .his arri- n 1s cahn. governor of Monte , alone refuses to capitulate. He de- he is awaiting confirmation of the of the success of the revolution to val, and the populat Gen. Guellit the give up the city and commit suicide. PORT At i ~ The PRINCE, Hayti, September 1. revolutionary forces of Santo Do- occupy Puerto Plata and Santiago. ts > entarily expected, << ->___ CRAMPS’ WORKS SHUT DOWN. Expert Machinists and Biacidimiths Resolye to Strike. PHILADELPHIA, September 1—In ac- cordance with the resolutiofis pafsed at their meeting last night, 15% expért mea- chinists and their helpers, empidyed at Cramps’ ship yard, went ouf*on sttike to- day. After quitting work the méi went to a hall near the ship yard and “held a mas meeting, at which théy dfficussed their troubles. The men demand @ nine- hour day and the reinstatefhent ‘of dis- charged embloyes. It was the intention of the machiifists to have a committee call upon the firm, but up to noon this had not been™done.” ‘The blacksmiths employed at the yard were to have struck today, but that de- partment was shut down at noon yester- day, thus frustrating the plans of the men. ‘The entire works will be closed down to- night and remain closed unti) September 11 The only reason given for the shut- down is that the firm desires that the visit- ing Grand Army veterans sha have a full opportunity next week to vis! ie works. TO BE THOROUGHLY = er Minixter Hunter Directed to Find Out About Bxpulsion of Richards. About two months ago Mr. John B. Rich- ards, an American citizen, was summarily expelled from Guatemala. He appealed to Mr. W. Godfrey Hunter, United Statee min- ister at Guatemala City,/against such ar- bitrary action. Mr. Hunter replied by tele- gram that the authorities claimed they were In possession of abundant proof to justify their order. Upon the afrival of Mr. Richards in the United States he came directly to Washington and laid his. com- plaint before the Secretary of State, who directed that a copy thereof be forwarded to Mr. Hunter for full investigation and report. The Department of s now in ceipt of Mr. Hu ing the ult of his inve ements. furnished are affidavits by per: in the employ of the Guatem ment. + - Mr. Richards, who is at present in Wash- ington, has filed a strong counter-statement ons mainly an govern- with the Secretary of State, in view of ich Mr. Hunter has been directed to sonally vi pa and make a full omplete tion in order that Department of State may definitely de- termine its future course in regard to Mr. Richards’ complaint. ‘The merits of his c: mined until the I pessession of 1 te or States does not question the author- foreign ernment to expel from {ts shores undesirable or dangerous per- sons, since this authority is the interna- tional right of every government, yet it i felt’ the arbitrary use of such power ma. sometimes do incalculable harm and work cannot be deter- ment of State is in and not an ex- nment of the ity of an undeserved injury. e+ PRACTICED GROSS CRUELTY. Brutal Conduct of ‘Two Officers in the Soudzn. ptember 1,—The Matin tod PARIS, § publishes details of the tion into the conduct of Capt. nd Capt. Chanoine, charged with barbarous crue!- to the naj in the French Soudan, which led to the iz of edition, under Ideut. Col. after them. Ac- cording to the paper the two officers men- tioned, who were in command of a column of tr n their work of barbarit beheading a nat who had declared aid not know a read about which he was being questioned. Subsequently, it is declared, Vou piu eighty native of whom he twenty of the women and so! r for wasting children, jon and burned a village of 10,000 d, shot men without tr ‘or not purs tive who had wounded a soldie! burned a vill nd, having lost s in an ei nt, rushed captured twenty of the which number he killed v heads on pickets. It arged that Chanoin . mutilate the ho who were killed by cut All th oceurred in J The French Naval War College. The uperieur de la Marine, which was organized for nbout the same purpose Naval War College, appears to be as our on the decline, that is to say, it is faliing into disfavor with French officers. The competitive examination for admiss’on to the school is voluntary, and the decline of its popularity is shown by the following facts: In 1806, the year the school was there were 60 candidates; in 189 31; in ISOS, 25, and this year the number has fallen to 20, of which six were not allowed to compete bi they had not the requi- site service. By it is belie doned, or, founded, n of this diminution of the ad thut the school wili be al pended temporarily, a3 the exp ining the three cruisers assigned to the school will be out of all proportion to the benefit derived from it, The French authorities are mak- ing investigations as to the causes of the distavor In which the school appears to be eld. Se Western Naval Recruits. The Navy Department has taken steps for the-opening of a naval recruiting sta- tion at Buffalo, N. Y. Lieut. R. M. Russell, at present attached to the receiving ship Vermont at the New York navy yard, has been ordered to Buffalo to open the station, and he wiil be assisted In his work by Boatswain Larkin and Surgeon Marstellar. The department has been encouraged to take this action by the success attending the efforts of Commander Hawley in his western recruiting tour last summer. ed Arrest of a Connterfeiter. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, CUMBERLAND, Md, September 1. — Cyrus F. Miller, a miner twenty-nine years of age, who lived at Garrett, on the Balti- more and Ohio railroad, a few miles north of here, has been lodged in jail for making counterfeit money. Miller has confessed his guilt. Two secret service agents from Pittsburg, under the guise of coal operators wishing to purchase land, visited Garrett and soon spotted Miller. Two crude molds were found in his house. Altogether Milier had not made over $2) worth of coin, but it was in small denominations and’ was goon spread. Boiler Explodes in Pittsburg Iron Works With Terrible Effect, os WRECKED BUILDING TAKES FIRE Accident Occurs Just as Night Force Was Leaving. AEAVY FINANCIAL LOSS PITTSBURG, Pa., September 1.—A boiler explosion at the Republic iron works, on South 2ith street, shorily before daylight today killed five men and sertously injured seven others. A fire which broke out fol- lowing the explosion added to the horror. The mill was partly wrecked, and the en- tire plant was compelled to close down. The list of killed and injured ts as follows: Killed—David Matthews, a heater, mar- ried; Thomas Beavens, a heater, married; William Thomas, a heater, married; John Warminski, heater; unknown man, crushed almost beyond recognition. Injured — Malachi Donahoe, fifty-eight years old, puddler, badly burned, not ex- pected to recover; Neil Donahoe, his son, twenty-eight years old, burned about the head and breast, will die; Frederick Herb, a helper, forty-eight years old, skull frac- tured and burned all over the body, will die; Stephen Milakaski, laborer, bruised and cut, will recover; Gregory Sanders, a pud- dler, not serious; Peter Schnitzer, a helper, not serious; unknown man, cut about head, left the hospital without giving his name. Occurred at Fortunate Time. The explosion occurred just as the night force was leaving and the day force was coming on duty, so that there were only a few men in the mill at the time. If it had happened a half hour later the list of dead and injured would have been appall- ing. It occurred in the fourteen-inch de- partment. The concussion was terrific. Buildings were shaken a mile away and dust filled the air for two or three blocks. It entered open windows and neariy svf- fccated perrens who were aroused by the roar and the shock. Immediately following the explosion the wreckage took fire, and this added to the difficulties encountered in rescuing the burned and mutilated victims. A fire alarm was quickly sounded, and in a short time the flames were under control, after which the firemen were employed in searching the ruins for the dead and in- jured. The first two bedies taken out were identified as those of Beavens and Mat- thews. The bodies ying against their wrecked furnaces. The men had been knocked down by the flying bricks and were ed to death by the heat of their own aces. others were found soon after and sent to the morgue. The injured were re- moved to the South Side Hospital, where they received prompt attention. Boiler Blown Through Roof. When the boiler burst a section of it weighing four tons was blown through the roof and crushed into the side of the house of G Sanders, on Wright's alley, about yards distant. The bdujlding, which was of frame, was wrecked, but the occupants escaped with a bad fright. This flying portion of the boiler tore down the central supports of the reof, which fell in and partially burned some of those injured. ‘The collapsed roof and torn and scattered Pieces of machinery and masonry formed a mass of wreckage in which the work of searching for the additional bodies sup- 1 to be hidden by it was slow and te- work. mill, in which the accident oc- curred, is a part of what is known as the eld Wharton mill, and the present owner, the Reput s. is a department works, recently merged The : of the explesion has not yet termined. The damage to the plant hat the firm could not estimate time. ——_~<--»__ INDIANS K A COWROY, ican Vaqucrcs Have Serious Fight With Yaquin. CHICAGO, September 1.—A special to the Record from Pota Nogales n, Mex., August 26 (via Ariz., September 1) say: queros left Potam for the mountains to bring in some cattle that were in danger of falling into the hands of the Yaquis. The men in the party were warned by Gen. Lorenzo Torres of the danger of the undertaking, but were determined to make an effort’ to secure their property. ‘They reached Cuamachil ir return yesterday in an exhausted ition and with one of their number ng. Joaquin Pena, the champion va- quero of Sonoro, had been killed. While the party was driving the stock to the alley the Indians took possession of the and pursued the cowboys to within a few miles Gf a settlement. The fact has been well quite a numbe i ainst tablished that of Mayo Indians are fight- the government with the —_++<___ STREET FIGHT IN KANSAS TOWN. City Marshal Killed and Sheriff Badly Wounded. SEDAN, Kan., September 1.—A. A. Wil- son, city marshal, was killed, and C. G. Kiser, sheriff, was badly wounded in the arm by Clem and Marcus Darnell, while the latter were resisting arrest here last evening. T! Darnell boys were wanted for horse stealing. A posse of citizens is in hot pursuit of the murderer: —_2>—_—$_ ‘S$ FIRE ON CHINESE. GERMA Serious Trouble Reported in the Kiau i Chou Hinterland. LONDON, September 1.—A special dis- patch reccived here today from Shanghat reports that serious trouble has occurred in the Kiau Chou hinterland between the Germans and Chinese, in which six of the latter were shot. The German minister to China, Baron von Ketteler, has handed an ultimatum to the Chinese government declaring that un- less there is security of life and property and order is maintained in the hinterland Germany wi'l take steps to protect her own interests. ++» —___ OEVENUM TO BE DISINFECTED. Portuguese Ship From Plague-In- feasted Port of Oporto. NEW YORK, September .1.—The Portu- guese steamer Oevenum arrived today from Oporto, Lisbon and St. Michael’s with ten cabin and fourteen steerage passengers. Owing to the prevaler of the bubonic plague at Oporto and Lisbon the Qevenum wil! be detained at quarantine for thorough disinfection ——_+-+—__ ® Nine Persons Drowned. AMSTERDAM, September 1—In a col- Usion last night between two river steam- ers on the North Sea canal one of the ves- sels sank and nine persons, including two ‘women, were drowned. Dreyfus Succeeds in Clearing Up One Charge Against Him, —_.—___ GERMAIN’S TESTIMONY REFUTED Artillery Expert Declares Bordereau Was Written by Ignoramus. PROCEEDINGS N DETAIL RENNES, September 1—Immediately af- ter the opening of the Dreyfus trial this morning the president of the court, Col. Jouaust, aroused the Interest of the audi- ence by remarking: “Maitre Labori, the other day, asked that information be obtained regarding the character of a certain witness. 1 would not have acceded if the witness had not ex- pressed a similar desire. Information which has naw reached me will be read.” The clerk of the court accordingly read a report regarding M. du Brieul, the Paris- fan friend of M. de Beaurepaire, who tes- tified August 2% to the effect that Dreyfus “met a German attache at the house of a mutual friend named Bodson, and whose cross-examination reflected severely on his reputation. The report was to the effect that M. du Brieul never was a horse déal- er, as claimed by M. Labori, and that the character of the witness was most respect- able, he being held in general esteem. A groom named Germain then deposed to seeing Dreyfus at the German army ma- neuvers in Alsace. Col. Jouaust questioned Dreyfus on this point. 5 The gencral effect of the testimony of the witness was rather unfavorable to the prisoner. Germain declared he saddled a horse for Dreyfus to follow the maneuy- ers, and he said that Maj. Infreville ac- companied Dreyfus, adding that the major told the witness the name of his com- panion. Col. Jouaust questioned Dreyfus, and al- though he did not confound the prisoner in any way, Dreyfus made a weak reply in declaring that he could not remember whether he hired horses of Germain’s em- ployer or not. The next two witnesses, however, gave strong testimony in favor of Dreyfus and sadly knocked Germain's testimony about. His employer, a man named Kuhlman, got up and deciared that all Germain had said was untrue, and Major Infreville followed and declared he never knew Dreyfus, 0 Germain’s allusions to him were baseless. Captain Le Monnier, who was a proba- tioner on the headquarters staff at the same time as Dreyfus, deposed that the prisoner told him he was well acquainted with a certain German position, because ha had followed the Alsatian maneuvers. Capt. Le Monnier Mistaken. - Dreyfus replied that Captain Le Monnier must have mixed up his remarks. The pris- oner added that he was acquainted with that part of Alsace because he had spent his youth there, and not because he was present at the maneuvers of the German army there. A witness named Villon then told a tale of how he overheard a conversation In a Berlin cafe between two German officers, in which a remark was made that mobili- zation plans were expected from Dreyfus. "The cafe, however, has since disappeared, and, as there are no means of verifying Villon’s story, it certainly should not have much effect on the judges Two or three witnesses, In support of Dreyfus on artillery questions, were next heard, and Commissary Fischery testif that he was charged to investigate leakage of documents at the gunnery school at Bourges and found nothing to incrimin- ate Dreyfus. Lieut. Bernheim testified that he lent Esterhazy documents dealing with artillery and was unable to get them back, and Ars tillery Lieutenant Brugere, who attended @ gunnery course at Chalons, testified that it was easy for an cutsider to obtain par+ ticulars about the guns. He said that he, himself, had on one occasion lent his firing manual to an infantry officer. General Roget asked to be confronted with the witness, and said the latter wrote M. Cavaignac, then minister of war, a violent letter of resignation, In which he declared it was a dishonor to serve in the French army. This declaration caused a scene, for Lieus tenant Brugere, turning to General Roget, cried: “I protest against General Roget's word I affirm that I never said any such thing. General Roget then backed dow yingt Well, that was the general sense of tha letter.” The Audience Disgusted. A roar of disgust came from the audienct at this apparent underhandedness upon th¢ part of the general, and Lieut. Bruger¢ again emphatically declared Gen. Roget Was wrong. Maitre Labori, leading counsel for the defense, and Col, Jouaust agreed that th¢ letter shou!d be obtained from the ministry of war and read in court. The lieutenant expressed satisfaction at this step, whil¢ the general returned to his seat with lest buoyaney than he left it. ‘The next witness, Capt. Carvalho, a hand+ some young artillery officer, proved an ex< cellent reinforcement for Dreyfus. He ga) his evidence clearly and boldly, and em- phatically deciared that there were no spe= cial precauticns to keep the mechanism of the “129 short” gun secret. Moreover, he added, from April, 1694, the artillery offi- cers had a description of the gun brake given them. “Here,” said Capt. Carvalho, “is an actual copy of the manual, which I hand over to the court-martial.” M. Labor! then had an animated discus- sion with Co}. Jouaust, who at first refused counsci’ quest to read a letter which the latter had received yesterday evening sign- ed “Corningue,” setting forth that the fir- ing manual kad been copied by men re- ferred to as “A” and “B."" Cot. Piequart, in rep:y to M. Labori, con- firmed the statements named in the ‘etter, and said he thought Major Lauth couid say something on that point, whereupon the major rose and declared he did not know “Corningue.” M. Labori then asked to be allowed to question Major Lauth, but Col. Jouaust re- fused. Counsel insisted, but Col. Jouaust waved him down, whereupon M. Labori erled: “You suppress all awkward questions.” (Sensation.) The government commissary, Major Car- riere, sald: “I desire to point out that the defense iq