Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 4, 1897, Page 2

The Bevald--Beview. Kiley. }RAND RAPIDS - MI OTA. Sam Jones having the first mansion in Georgia, it would seem that he is more successful in saving money than in saving souls. Bismarck is not right in the declar- ation that the Monroe doctrine is in- solence to Europe. It is rather a means of natural protection, and its purpose is to prevent insolence from abroad. It is likewise a guarantee of peace without the undemoeratic main- tenance of a great army. The effort of Louis Napoleon to make an em- pire of Mexico must never be forgot- ten. The Kaiser wanted to telegraph the Spanish government his congratula- tions because of what he called its firmness in its relation with Mr. Wood- ford. He intended a slap at this government after the manner of his rebuke of England through congratu- lations to Uncle Paul of the Transvaal. Happily his advisers talked him out of it; but his desire to burn his fingers will be gratified some day. It is kings, we believe, that rush in where angels fear to tread. Every time we raise the pen in be- half of bleeding Cuba, we hesitate, thinking that perhaps before our hum- ble protest has been read by the peo- ple, the government at Washington will have raised its hand in the cause of humanity. There seems, however, to be long delays, and the patience of the American people is being severely tried. If the “comity of nations,” or whatever the anti-Cuban liberty junta call it, will not permit the administra- tion to act, then the sooner that this country discards “comity” the better. Our hands are becoming stained with the blood of Cuba. Look at them. The attempt to keep young children in ignorance of stories about ghosts, fairies, giants and gypsies would cer- taiuly prove futile. If they are of a nei. vous and imaginative temperament thay will invent new terrors for then- s@ijes instead of the old traditional ones. A little girl of six, who had heer. jealousiy guarded against any @rquaintance with nursery bogies and ruperstitions, suffered from night ter- rors of a severe kind, in which she always screamed out that she was be- ing chased by robbers. But while it may be impracticable to protect chil- dren from a knowledge of the super- natural and mysterious, it is inexcus- able to frighten them with hideous sto- ries or to leave them a prey to the terrors of _ the solitude and darkness. Considerable opposition is being man- ifested toward the postal savings bank bill fathered by the Chicago Record newspaper. Quite unexpectedly this opposition comes from those from whom hearty support was expected. And what would seem more remark- able still, the bankers, as a class, favor the proposition. It may therefore be inferred that the bill contains some provisions favorable to the men who deal in money, as against those who produce the things for which money exchanges. Every. sensible person must favor postal savings banks. It is not likely, however, that congress will authorize that kind of a_ postal savings institution that will be noth- ing more than a colecting agency for the national banks. The Record’s bill has several bad features. We hope that these will be amended. We bhe- lieve, nevertheless, that the bill has been drawn up in good faith. Thou- sands have thoughtlessly signed peti- tions favoring the bill. These peti- tions, of course, will have no weight in congress. The dictum that, while civilized man cannot live without dining, he might live a good deal longer without so much dining—or, rather, without din- ing so extensively—may be accepted without any reservation. A celebrat- ed physician once said that he had been convinced by circumstances that had come under his notice in the course of his experience that more mischief in the form of disease has accrued to civilized man from erroneous habits in eating than from alcoholic drink. He also declared himself in doubt whether improper and inordinate eating were not as great evils as inordinate drink- ing. Many of our best-known medical men say that the habit of over-eating is at the bottom of most troublesome diseases. There is no doubt that the halit is most often contracted in chiid- hood. There are many mothers who feed their babies as often as they ery, taking it for granted that the baby cries for food, when more often the helpless little creature is crying be- cause they already had too much food. When the stomach once becomes ac- customed to being crowded with food, if the supply is cut short, there is at first a gnawing sensation that is fre- quently mistaken for hunger. If peo- ple who experience this will only perse- vere a little longer in their abstinence, they will find themselves greatly ben- efited by it. It is not unreasonable to suppose that, as alleged, Spain would give up Cuba were it not for the danger of a consequent revolution at home. It is a choice, in other words, between the killing of Cubans and the killing of Spaniards, and everybody in these cases prefers the sacrifice of the ene- my. A slight war with the United States would perhaps pacify the Span- jards at home and open the way to Cuban independeace without excessive humiliation of the Spanish govern- ment. ‘ THE NEWS RESUME DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM. ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- egraph Reports—The Notable Events at Nome and Abroad That Attracted Attention. Have Washington Talk. y been granted for the ft of the National Bank of ile, Mo.; capital, $50,000. New patent rules provide that no in- vention submitted is ntable if it has been described in printing publica- tions two or more y 's before its nator Teller, who has just reached ington, said: “I do not believe there willl be any legislation looking to the substitution of bank notes for greenbacks and treasury notes, which to be the favorite method of porters of the gold standard.” People Talked About. Waiter Burns, manager of the bank- ing house of J. S. Morgan & Co., of London, died of heart failure. Harry C. Fisk, a well known theatri- cal manager of Washington, died after a long illness from a complication of diseases. Henry Depenn, Count de Penanelaso of Paris, was married to Mis: Reinfusz, a prominent and wi lady of St. Louis. Ex-Judge William D. Conklin of Trond du Lac, Wis., is dead, aged 66. He has been a resident of that city for fifty-five yea and closely identified with all its interests. Capt. William P. Anderson died sud- denly at his home in Oincinati of heart failure, aged fifty-seven years. He was a nephew of Maj. Anderson of ort Sumter fame. Dr. Miner Raymond, for thirty years the main: y of the Garret Biblical in- stitute, died of old age in Chicago. Dr. Raymond was 80 years old, and at the time of his death was the oldest theo- ical student of the country. thra Mulock, the thirteen-year- n of the postmaster general of , is to receive the entire estate unt, Mis. Cawthra. Mrs, Caw- & as the wealthiest woman in Canada. She died a few days ago. Py her will she left an estate of § 660,000 and the handsomest residence in Terento to the boy. althy Casualties. Iieacock, a young West Branch, William living nea farmer Iowa, was killed by his team running away. While t ving to save the life of her lt son, Henry, ¥ Arthur struck by a train near St. Both mother and n were killed. the coll: Cory Methodi 580 colored tated seyen feet. but only three pe they not seriously. ‘The fire in the Smuggler mine at As- pen, Colo., remains unconquered, and it is now conceded that it will require weeks, and perhaps months, before it can be subdued. A new method of at- tack has been decided upon. The boiler in Milton Artley’s large woodworking factor at Calumet, Mich., exploded, killing the fireman, Edward Craft, and injuring Fred Art- ley, son of the owner; Otis Baker and Cyrus Burroughs. The force of the explosion shook every building in town and left the factory almost a total wreck. Because Theodore R. Merric torman in the employ of the & Northern railway, disobeyed orde ofiicers of that road there was a frightful head-end collission near Bal- ng of the floor of the chapel, at Cleveland, hipers were percipi- A panic followed, ns were hurt, and timore, in which Merrick was instantly , killed and William E. Horner, motor- man. on the car which was going in the opposite direction, received injur- ies resulting fatally about half an hour later, Criminal. Albert J. Frantz, the murderer of ie Little of Dayton, was electro- the Ohio penitentiary. Daniel A. McLelland, twenty-two 3 s old and clerk in the Bronx Bor- ough Bank, New York, hi disap- peared, with $2,500 of the bank’s mon- ey. + renzo Gallitielle, a street sweeper, ubbed to death Dominico are, during an altercation in the hallway of a tenement at New York city. The New York court of appeals ren- dered de on granting a new trial in the ca e of William Jay Koerner, under sentence of death for the mur- dev of hi: etheart, Rose A. Red- gate, in New York ¢ in September, 1896, Mrs. Emmeline H. Rudd, sixty-two years old, and the widow of Commo- dore John Rudd of the United States navy, a woman of education and re- finement and highly connected, was ar- rested for theft and locked up in the police station at West Brighton, L. I. A team, harness and buggy were stolen from Chris and Fred Felton of Spring township, near Cherokee, Iowa. Suspicion is pointed toward two young men who were in the employ of the Feltons, who have disappeared. A re- ward of $50 is offered for the capture | of the thieves. Foreign Notes. Sir Morell Mackenzie’s medical 1tib- rary is to be sold at auction in London. Turkey has ordered four new iron- clads from the Krupps. The Canadian Pacific earnings for last week increased $129,000, Duke Ernest Gunther of Schleswig. | Holstein, brother of the empress, is dying from dissipation, Argel Paz, the Cuban insurgent who recently betrayed Gen. Castillo into the hands of the Spanish troops for $5,000, has been killed. Many of the Berlin newspapers com- ment unfavorably upon Emperor Will- fam’s speech upon the occasion of swearing in the guards recruits, reform advocated by the sup- Marie | SREB aS Sats One woman, Mrs. Susan E.. Maxon, of 1536 Williams street, lost her life in the great fire at the “Great Scott” furniture store at Baltimore. At Colberg, Prussia, Capt. Von Hahn and Capt. Von Ostraki had fought a duel and the latter had been danger- ously wounded. The second duel was fought at Bremen. Lieut. Siegmund of the Seventy-fifth regiment mortally wounded Lieut. Schoenfeldt of the same regiment. While a recent performance of wild nd their tamer was in progress a village near Koyno, Poland, the lion-tamer was killed by a lion and A fearful panic ensued among » spectators, and eight persons were crushed to death, many others being seriously injured. Bishop Anzer, vicar of the German- Catholic missions in China, has re- ceived a dispatch from the South Shan Yum saying the murders of the Span- ssionaries were committed in the of Chang Kio Chang. The ans defended themselves and wounded some of their assailants. Nothing was dene by the mandarins to | discover the murderers. ; According to a dispatch from Shang- hai, Admiral von Diederich, command- er of the German cruiser Division, be- fe anding marines at Kioa-Chau, ed the British, French and Rus- | sian admirals of his intention; and it is said the Russian admiral expressed | approva. The Chinese do not appear to be much distressed over the matter. The dressing case of the duchess of Marlborough was stolen from Pad- dington station, London, as the duch- ess was about to start for Oxford. The maid who accompanied the duchess left the case for a short time, and when she r turned to the spot where ; she had put it down, she found that it ‘had disappeared. Otherwise. Senator Morgan in an interview says we ought to annex Hawaii. The contracting firm of Hulings Bros. of Pittsburg have made a volun- ta ignment for the benefit of their creditors, The Evangelization Union at Boston elected Horace Hitchcock, Detroit, president. Dr. J. F. Force of Minneap- olis is one of the directors. The Dauntless returned to Jackson- ville, Fla., from a mysterious voyage on Noy. 13, after having been lost sight of for nearly a month. The 300 miners of the Crawford ; Coal company, at Brazil, Ind., struck because of the employment of two non- union men. The Cuinberland, Wis., ¢ council as voted to put in an electric lighting | system at once, and has levied a direct | tax to cover expenses. Work will be- in at once on the plant. | Consul Morris, at Ghent, Belgium, | reports to the state department that a movement is on foot in that city to have all business houses voluntarily close at noon on Sunday. The grand jury convened in special session at Taunton, Mass., and found Shay and PF. Fall i | | i | } dictments against W rd, common councilmen of River for soliciting bribes. Ferry hall, one of the largest build- ings of the state agricultural college nt Pullman, Wash., was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $40,000. The tire was caused by a defective flue. Commodore Dewey, president of the naval trial board, has returned to Washington from the sea trial of the lowa, which he declares is the best ship of her class in the world. John D. Rockefeller has telegraphed to the faculty of Mount Holyoke col- lege at South Hadley, Mass., that he will add $10,000 to his previous gift of $40,000 to complete Rockefeller hall. A $50,000 attachment against Thom- as W. Lawson, of Lawson, Wieden- feld & Co., by James and Isaac Selig- man of New York, was filed in the East Cambridge, Mass., court. The ‘Thompson Dry Goods company, operating the Boston store at Mans- field, Ohio, capitalized at $60,000, and one of the largest concerns of its kind in this part of the state, was closed by the sheriff. Announcement is made of the mar- riage of Miss Lizzie MacNichol, the well known contralto, now in Phila- delphia, Pa., with the Castle Square Opera company, to Charles Lewis Reitz of Baltimore, Judge Seaman, of the United States court at Milwaukee, holds that the voluntary assignment law passed by the st legi ture was invalid when applied to contracts made prior to the enactment of the law. The Northwestern Grain company’s eley tor at Sheldon, lowa, with a ca- of 50,000 bushels, and contain- bout 10,000 bushels of small grain, burned to the ground. The loss rly covered by insurance. O’Brien, the Boston middle- weight who defeated Frank Craig, col- ored, at the Olympic Athletic club, Birmingham, last month, has signed articles with Dick Burge to box twen- ty rounds for £1,550 in London Dec. 21 next. he federal grand jury has returned indictments at Indianapolis against John 8. Thurman, E. T. Silvius and J. C. Burgess of Indianapolis, Charles B. Avery of Cincinnati and an unknown man of Louisville, Ky. It is claimed they are patent sharks. The Interurban Medical society at West Superior, Wis., has elected the following new officers: President, Dr. L. B. Shehan, West Superior; vice president, Dr. Homer Collins, Duluth; secretary and treasurer, Dr. H. J. Ochard, of Superior. The warehouse and contents of the Ravenwood Distilling company at St. Louis were destroyed by fire. Loss, $91,000. The new recitation hall which John D. Rockefeller has just built for Vas- sar college at a cost of $100,000, was dedicated. Authority has been granted for the | reorganization of the National Bank of | ee: Mo., with a capital of $50,- 000, | Sidney Coats, Albert Seitt and John | Johnson, three young men of West Superior who went out deer hunting with a horse and buggy, got thorough- ly soaked in the icy waters of the : Nemadji river, and had a narrow es- cape. ‘They tried to cross the river with the horse on the thin coating of ice, and went throtgh. The horse was __ ; saved with considerable difficulty, -for action. _ BADENI GIVES THE MEMBERS CF THE AUSTRIAN MINISTRY RESIGN, Emperor Francis Joseph Accepts the Resignations and Entrusts Baron Giutsch With the Forming of a New Cabinet—The Emperor Adjourns the Reichsrath Until Further Orders—Demonstrations Broken Up by the Police. Vienna, Noy. 30.—The members of the Austrian ministry have tendered their resignations to Emperor Francis Joseph, who accepted them and en- trusted Baron Gautsch, who holds the portfolio of public instruction in the retiring ministry, with the task of forming a new cabinet. Emperor Francis Joseph addressed an auto- graph letter to Count Badeni decreeing the adjournment of the reichsrath un- til further orders. During the assembling of the reichs- rath dense masses of people, mostly workmen, thronged the Rightrasse from the university to the outer gate of Hofburg. A charge by the police with drawn swords failing to disperse them, a body of hussars cleared the streets at the saber’s point, many per- sons being wounded. The ambulances of the city immediately sent the vans to attend the injured. At least 10,000 people gathered about the same time in front of the town hall and the provincial criminal court to demonstrate in favor of Herr Wolff, who was to be arrested there on a charge of public violence com- mitted when being removed from the unterhaus by the police acting under orders of President von Abrahamovics. The police, with drawn swords, dis- persed them, one man’s skull being fractured and two others being severe- ly injured. A third ambulance was sent to that point. i Simultaneous meetings of workmen were held in various quarters of the city, but the police dissolved these, making twelve arrests. The streets became more quiet during the after- noon, but at sunset thousands reas- sembled in the Franges Ring and the Rathhaus Park, where they indulged in stormy protests against the govern- ment, the passengers in the street cars and omnibusses which went by, join- ing in the cries of “Down with Bad- eni.” Suddenly a change came over the scene. ‘The report spread like wild fire that Count Badeni had resigned. The demonstrations ceased almost in- stantly when the news was confirmed by the police authorities, who an- nounced to the people at various points that they were instructed to inform them of the cabinet’s resignation. After 8 o’clock the city was quiet. The judge of the provincial criminal court discharged Herr Wolff from cus- tody. There were demonstrations at Gratz, Prague and Asch, in Bohemia, but they were not of a serious charac- ter. TRAIN ROBBERS CAPTURED. The Men Who Looted a Santa Fe Train Are in Custody. Albuqueraue, N. Me: Noy. 30. — District Attorney Finical of this city has received a telegram from Dalm Graham. the constable at Bisbee, Ariz., saying that he has apprehended three train robbers who held up the Santa Fe & Pacific passenger train at Grant: three weeks ago. The prisoners are Jesse Williams, Tom Anderson and an unknown. The crime was committed in Valencia county and District At- torney Finical is now preparing the papers to have the robbers extradited from Arizona. While the exact amount of the booty secured by these robbers is not known, it has been estimated at between $25,000 and $100,000. Train robbery is a capital offense in this territory, so that if the men now ar- rested be proven guilty they will have to answer with their lives. Booming Presbyterianism. New York, Nov. 30.—Rev. Dr. Jas. A. Worden, superintendent of the Sun- day school department of the Presby- terian church in this country, has be- gun a movement to celebrate the open- ing of the twentieth century. His idea is to recruit the Sunday school army of his church so that instead of 1,000,000 members as at present, it will consist of about 1,500,000. He wants this work of enlisting the half- million reinforcements completed by April 1, 190i, the beginning of the church year in the first year of the next century. He has worked out an elaborate plan and has urged the pros- ecution of a vigorous campaign throughout the Union for the next four Allotment Will Proceed. Fert Duchesne, Utah, Noy. 30.—Sat- urday saw the culmination of the Un- compahgre allotment question, when, at a council held at Ouray, the whole question of allotting the Uncompahgre lands was gone over. Alhand, who has been bitter in opposition to the move, detailed the talk with Secretary Bliss and the Indian commissioners on the recent trip to Washington, and then came out squarely in favor of allot- ment, which he said was for the good of his people. McCook, another of the Washington delegates, echoed his words. This settled the matter, and the work of allotment will now pro- ceed as soon as the commissioners can get ready. Virginia Quakes. Richmond, Va., Noy. 30.—Ashland, a small town north of here, reports hav- ing experienced an earth shock. The; vibration was very distinct and lasted about five seconds. No British-French Fight. Lagos, West Coast of Africa, Nov. 30 —The report of a collision between British and French troops near Nikki is unfounded. The French expedition from Porte Novo has reached Nikki without any trouble. Fixing Their Currency. Guatemala, Noy. 30.—Plans for put- ting Guatemala on a gold basis are be- ing discussed by President Barrios and the cabinet. When the scheme is per- fected it will be laid before congress fi UP} ‘has been appointed 1BAD FOR THE COMTE: THE WORST ON RECORD. Thousands Perished in the Philip- pine Typhoon, San Francisco, Nov. 30.— The ty- phoon which swept over the Philippine isiands on Oct. 6 was the cause of one ef the worst disasters that has been } reported from the Southern ocean in many years, if not in the history of that section of the world. Thousands of lives were lost, including many Europeans, and the damage to prop- erty is something appalling. Tele- graphie advices concerning the calam- ity have been very meager. ‘The dif- ficulty in getting news from the is- lands is great at any time owing to the remoteness of some of the prov- inces visited by the hurricane, full de- tails of the sterm did not reach Hong Kong until Nov. 1. The steamer Gaelic, from the Orient, brought let- ters and papers which contain ac- counts of the ravages of the tidal waye and the winds. Several towns were blown away. Fully 400 Euro- peans were drowned, and it is esti- mated that 6,000 natives perished. MYSTERY CLEARED UP. z Sweat Box System Reveals 2 Revolt- ing Crime. Chicago, Noy. 30.—The mystery sur- rounding the disappearance of Mrs. Pauline Merry from her home at No. 50 Hope street, was solved by the con- fession of Thomas Hickey, who was arrested on suspicion. Hickey told a revolting story of how Christopher Merry choked and beat his wife a week ago last Friday. Then, finding it impossible to restore his wife té& consciousness, Hickey says that Merry decided to put her “out of her misery” by beating out her brains with a poker. The horrible story told by Hickey was extorted from him after hours of ques- tioning in the “sweat box.” Later he led a party of police to an uninhabited portion of the city, near Eighty-sev- enth street and Western avenue, where Mrs. Merry’s body was found buried beneath a few inches of loose dirt by the roadside. SWEPT BY FIRE. Entire Business Portion of an Indi- ana Town Destroyed. Muncie, Ind., Noy. 30. — Fire broke out in the heart of the town of Farm- land, twelve miles east of Muncie, and the entire business part of the town is destroyed. ‘The loss cannot yet be es- timated. Muncie was called on for assistance and responded. ‘Telegraph- ic communication is cut off and partic- ulars cannot be secured. Last of the Strike. Spring Valley, Ill, Noy. 30.—At Sat- urday’s meeting of the coal miners of this district it was voted to return to work. The resumption at Braidwood weakened the strikers here. Opera- tions were resumed throughout the Wilmington field after an idleness of nearly five months and the coal strike of the Northern Illinois district is practically broken. Should Be Understood Wy Now. New York, Noy. 30.—Tomas Estrada Palma, the Cuban delegate in this city, speaking on the terms of autono- my decrees, said: ‘These propositions were scorned in advance of their pre- sentation. ‘They can receive no con- sideration zow. With Cuba it is as it has been since the war began, and will be until it ends—independence or death.” Congratulate Sagesta. Madrid, Noy. 30. — A deputation of Cuban Autonomist deputies waited upon Senor Sagasta and congratulated him upon the sincerity of purpose evinced in the autonomy decrees. Sen- or Moret, the minister for the colonies, has received numerous dispatches from the provinces and from the Antil- les, congratulating the government. Austrians Sent Home. Baltimore, Noy. 30. — The steamer Muenichene, which sailed for Bremen, carried the forty-seven Austrian stave- cutters who were recently arrested in Memphis for violation of the contract labor law. Johann Poje, their former leader, was released in consideration of his services to the government. Big Turtle Far From Home. Chicago, Nov. 30. — A_sea_ turtle weighing about 500 pounds was cap- tured in the Chicago harbor by some fishermen. The big turtle became en- tangled in their nets and almost cap- sized the boat in its struggles when the fishermen attempted to capture it. How it got there is a mystery. Tod Sican’s Success. London, Noy. 30.—The close of the flat racing season sees Mornington Cannon at the head of the winning jockeys, with 145 successes, Loates second and Wood third. The papers comment at length upon the remarka- ble success of ‘Tod Slean during the present month in England. Damaged Millinery. Philadelphia, Noy. 80.—The millinery and furnishing s of Apt Bros. were damaged by fire to the extent of about $75,600, on which the firm car- ried $50,000 insurance. The building was damaged to the extent of $10,000, covered by insurance. ‘The origin of the fire is unknown. a New Archbishop. Rome, Noy. 30.—The pope has ap- pointed Rey. P. L. Chapelle bishop of Santa Fe, N. Mex., to the archbishop- ric of New Orleans. Rey. Father Pitz- maurice, rector of the Church of the Annunciation of Williamsport, Pa., coadjutor bishop of Erie, Pa. Dies From Self-Inflicted Wounds, Worcester, Mass., Nov. 30.—Charles C. McCloud, a screw manufacturer, well known all over the country, died at the city hospital from a self-inflict- ed wound. He cut his throat Friday night with suicidal intent. Killed at a Political Meeting. Montevideo, Noy. 30. — A monster meeting of native Uruguayans and for- eigners was held here in favor of the candidacy of Senor Cuestas for the presidency. His opponents interfered and a great tumult ensued in which several were killed and many injured, Would Be Rid of the Treaty. Tunis, Noy. 30.—The Depiche Tunis- ienne intimates that Franee will short- ly ask for the renunciation of the treaty of 1797 between the United States and Tunis. - + 4ura: (EM MEN Wildl eo. SENSATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE DREYFUS AFFAIR. Letters Purperting to Have Been Written by Comte Esterhazy Are Made Public—His Great Love for Frepchmen—Wouldn’t Hurt a Lit- ¥ tle Deg, but Would Heve a Han- dred Shousand Frenchmen Killed With Pleasure —The Comte Says the Letters Are Forged. x Paris, Nov. 30. — The Figaro" has caused a sensation in connection with the Dreyfus affair by publishing sev- eral letters purporting to have _been written by Comte Ferdinand Welsin Esterhazy, who has been accused by M. Scheurer-Kestnar, one of the vice presidents of the senate, of being the author of the unsigned letter which led to the condemnation ef Dreyfus. _ In one of them, after ng his intention to enter service, ) Comte Esterhazy is represented as say- ing: “I shall not leave without hay- ing played_a trick of my own on these amiable Frenchmen.” : Other passages illustrating the char- acter of the letters follow; “Our cowardly and ignorant great chiefs will go once more to people- German prisons.” “I should be perfectly happy if I were told I was to be killed to-morrow oo as a captain of Unlans sabering = Frenchmen.” “Iam capable of great things or ciimes if that could avenge me. would not harm a little dog, but I would have a hundred thousand Frenchmen killed with pleasure.” Comte Esterhazy proceeds to say that “Frenchmen are not worthy of the cartridges intended to kill them,” -= and he conjures up a “dream of fes- tivity” in the shape of the pillars of Paris by a hundred thousand drunken soldiers. Interviewed by reporters as to the publications in the Figaro of letters purporting to be of his authorship, Comte Esterhazy displayed great in- dignation and declared that they were forged by the friends of Dreyfus, who, he said, had taken words and sen- tences from his letters and pieced them together by a process with which he was acquainted. He said also that he had been warned some days back that such a publication would be made. Sues a Trust. Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 30.—Mel- vin B. Church began a $1,000,000 dam- age suit against the plaster trust of New York. Mr. Church several years ago turned over his wall tinting pat- ents and plaster properties to the trust for operation. Recently he be- gan suit for $250,000, claiming that the trust had not accounted to him prop- erly and had withheld profits. His last suit is based, the bill avers, on discoveries of further irregularities. All-the-Year Navigation. , St. Louis, Noy. 30.—At a meeting/of the joint committee appointed by the Merchants’ exchange and the Business Men’s league to formulate plans for the establishment of a line of steel barges between this city and the gulf, steps were taken which practically in- sure the navigation of the Mississippi river the year round. A subcommit- tee was appointed to draw up plans for the organization of a company and the operation of the barge line. Grain Dealers Combine. St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 30.—A federa- tion of the grain dealers association for Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Ne- braska has been formed here. The meeting was held behind closed doors and no in mation was given out ex- cept that Secretary Smiley, of the Kan- sas association, stated that the federa- tion had been formed and officers elected. The plans and object of the federation will be announced when the meeting shall adjourn. Painless Hydrophobia. St. Louis, Nov. 30. — Ernest Egg- seicker, a farmer, died from hydre- fobia here. He was bitten by a dog in September. His death was in di- rect contradiction to the popular be- lief that death from hydrophobia_ is always attended with horrible suffer- ings. The patient was rational at all times, drank water freely, did not froth at the mouth nor bark like a dog and did not suffer. He died while sleeping. May Court Martial a Chaplain, Washington, Nov. 30.—The navy de- partment has received from Capt. Picking, of the receiving ship Wabash, Ps ges against Chaplain M. M. Good- @» of that vessel. The charges are that the chaplain has been of irregular habits, and he has furnished a copy ocuments to the chaplain to he should 1, yage. Philadelphia, Nov. 30.—The British steamship Kensington, Capt. F: ‘zett, has arrived from London after a tem- pestuous voyage that lasted all the way to Delaware Capes. Her decks were broken, bridges smashed, stanchions bent and twisted and her entire deck cargo of thirty drums of naphtha and a large quantity of phos- phorus washed overboard. Selling Bogus Butter. Denver, Nov. 30. — The grand jury has found true bills against several firms for selling oleomargarine. The Colorado Creamery Men’s association { instigated the prosecutions. It is: claimed that out of every ten retaib grocers in the city six handle oleo- margarine. Seized Gunpowder. 5 London, Noy. 30. — Bight loaded with cases of sunpordes, ike A ly labelled’ “arms,” have been seized a 2 by the customs officers in the Thames. FE They emanated from Russia and were- ¢ about to be transferred to a steamer § for Persia. i Steamer Stranded. Atlantic City, N. J., Noy. 30.—The- two-masted schooner Henry Finch of New York is stranded a short distance- below Barnegat. Her position is a dangerous one. The crew was saved.