The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1898, Page 1

Call VOLUME LXXXIII.—NO. 70 SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENT SENSATIONAL TRIAL OF EMILE ZOLA, THE BOLD DEFENDER OF DREYFUS For Denouncing the Methods of Esterhazy Case Emile B e e e e o 2 8 S S I shall be satisfied. -~ O R R R R R RN sentence. efforts to clear Dreyfu & Sy clear as the light of the sun.’ fession of faith made this mor stand upon his trial in one of bres wn to the present cele SUPREME COUNCIL OF WAR OF FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 7.—* Whatever be the decision ot the jury My conscience is easy, for it alone dictated my conduct, and 1 hold its sentence higher than any other 1 am absolutely confident of the final success of my whose innocence, in my eyes, is as Rue de Bruxelles for the Palais de Justice, where he was to This Body and Its Action In the Zola is Placed on Trial. AR E R S R e e S R R This was Emile Zola’s con- ning before he left his house in 2 the most remarkable of causes generation. + + PR ettt E ittt d d S Jb DI P Y 7.—The trial of M. Emile manager of the PARIS, Feb. Zola and M. 0 & Perreux, being prosecuted by ent as the result of a letter which the novel d to be pub- the sre in December last, s reflecting upon high officials Dreyfus case, » Assizes Court of was represented by Perrieux was de- Au . Zol M. Laborie fended by M. Clemenceau. The most keen public interest was manifested In the case. Hundreds of people surrounded the court anxious to gain admittance. The crowds in- creased in number all the morning. The arrival of Henrl Rochefort was the signal for shouts of “Vive Roche- | fort,” and counter-cries of *“A bas Rochefort.” Turning in the direction | of the hostile cries, M. Rochefort shouted: “It would s 1 that with | four of you at five francs apiece the Dreyfus syndicate will not be ruined.” M. Zola, who arrived in a carriage shortly afterward, was greeted with ve- hement shouts of onspuez Zola"” (spit upon Zola). An individual who shouted “Vive Zola” was promptly hustled and suppressed. The proceedings commenced at 1 p m., under the presidency of M. de La G who announced that the cuart suld be cleared if there was any dem- onstration. Although the court was thronged, quiet was maintained, owing to the knowledge that a conipany of repub- had been placed at the sal of the judge to p While th2 jury was being selected M. d the dock. He was pale. of “Vive Zola” were promptly suppressed by the vigorous protests of the majority of ¢ audi- ence After the reading of th» indictment the advoc al explained ~ that ¥ tl mited to the T e in M. Zola's letter denouncing | 2y court-mart ng, the advocat -general sald | t the pro- | d “thus | i im; ceedings . frc playing into the han = aim it is to get a rev fus affair by and ion of the D circuitous route.” | ® court declded to allow the ac- | cused to call evidence In support of the other charges contained in his letter, | including the accusations which he | made against Colonel Paty du and, Generals Mercier, Ellot and Pellfeux. ¥ read cluding one from the Minister of Jus- | tice, M. Darlan, announcing that the | Minister for War, General Billot, had not received the authority of the Cabi- net to testify. General de La Gorgue tleo read a letter from ex-President Casimir-Perier, saying he could not Clam- Boisdeffre, M. de La Gorgue | a number of letters of excuse, in- erve order. | testify except as to facts subsequent to his Presidency. Colonel Paty du Clam was then called and refused to testify. M. Laborie urged the importance of his testimony, adding that unless the court ordered the witness to testify he might be com- pelled to demand an adjournment until the next session. Counsel also said he was not prepared to oppose a secret | trial, 1f it was absolutely necessary, | “But,” continued M. Laborie, “the alle- gation that the matter they discussed was connected with state secrets and national defense was a mere joke.” The Advocate-General then protested | against the national defense being | called a joke, to which M. Laborie ho! replied that he would not permit any one, not even the Advocate-General, to cast suspicion on his patriotism. eers.] Addressing the jury, M. Laborie said: ‘““The proof we wish to show you Is so striking that our own opponents are making efforts to prevent its be- coming known. Nevertheless, if it is necessary, I will declare it alone, with- out witnesses. If I fail, Dreyfus will remain in the galleys, where he was placed by a- law expressly made for him.” [Violent protests.] M. Laborle insisted that the judges of Dreyfus should give evidence, and that ] Boulancy, whom Zola had sum- moned, but who has deelined to appear on the ground of ill heaith, should also testify, urging that she be ordered to appear if necessary. Counsel added that Mme. Boulancy. in addition to the noto- rious Uhlan letter, possessed others from Major Esterhazy, outrageously in- sulting the French army, which had not | | been published. M. Laborie further contended that Major Esterhazy was persecuting Mme. Boulancy in order to prevent her from surrendering the let- ters. Counsel for the Aurore supported M. Laborie’s request for the appearance of Mme. Boulancy, and urged the court to obtain a verification of her alleged ill health. Later on M. Laborie insisted that the depositions made before the examining magistrate be read in court. This was opposed by the Advocate-General onthe 1s of the accused, | ground that the examination was not | concluded. M. Laborie then violently protested against the absence of the subpenaed | witnesses, and, referring to the non- appearance of General Mercier, said: ‘When he was Minister of War he sub- mitted to the judges of Dreyfus, behind the backs of the prisoner and his coun- sel, a secret document, which, how- ever, he sald, was unimportant. If this document, as he declared, was unim- portant, then the incident is ended and there is no further need for General Mercfer’s testimony, but if, as alleged, the scret document did not exist, let D R R R s This attempt to drag the former Min- ister of War into the witness stand | aused much commotion in court, which was Increased when on several ! members of the Dreyfus court-martial | refusing to testify M. Zola rose up in | the dock and indignantly cried, “We | must know if these persons are acting under the orders of the Minister of | War or their own volition.” General Boisdeffre was then called land claimed exemption on the ground of professional secrecy, whereupon M. shouted, “One would really | think all these officers imagined they form a separate caste, above all rights, |and that they are totally exempt from i the laws and the respect due to jus- tice.” ! The court then ordered a short ad- | journment until 4:30 p. m., in order to allow M. Laborie to draft his argument. On the resumption of the hearing M. Laborie made a speech demanding that the witnesses be ordered to attend and testify. Counsel for M. Zola deposited with the court written applications re- questing the court to order the sub- penaed witnesses to appear. Regarding Colonel Paty du Clam, the application charges him with illegal acts in the Dreyfus and Esterhazy af- fair, claiming that if these acts are proved in court the good faith of the accused will be demonstrated. There- | Laborie | fore, Colonel Paty du Clam should be compelled to testify, or without pre- judice to the right of the appellants, | counsel would demand the postpone- ment of the trial to later sessions, if necessary. M. Laborfe further affirmed that he is prepared to show that the letters which Colonel Paty du Clam alleges “the veliled lady” sent him, prejudicing General Mercier come and tell the court so, and our side will be satisfied.” Continued on Second Page. STOKES HAS THE PAPERS OF BOSS TWEED Several Big Men in the Nation Made Uneasy. Records of the Direct Payment of Money as Bribes. Confession of the Old Tam- many Chief Still in Ex- istence. IT WILL MAKE A STIR. The Man Who Holds the Documents Will Publish a Book Upon Them. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—There is at least one man in Greater New York to- day who holds the hdppiness, honor and fortune of a great many people in the hollow of his hand. This man is ‘W. E. D. Stokes. Mr. Stokes came into possession of all the private papers of William M. Tweed several years ago. He has made a thorough study of them with the idea of writing a book on the subject. According to his story more than $11,000,000 was paid out by the *“boss” for bribes and buying up individuals that other people to this day know nothing about. Evidences of these pay- ments are still in existence with the in- dorsements of the parties directly con- cerned. The surrender of Tweed by the Spanish Government after his es- cape from Ludlow-street Jail is de- scribed by the papers in possession of Mr. Stokes as a political stroke to se- cure the election of a Republican Presi- dent. Mr. Stokes says also that there is a real confession of Tweed in existence which is likely to be published and which is bound to create the liveliest kind of a stir. He says Tweed’s diary is the most interesting of all the pa- pers. It contained references to every one that called on him and his busi- ness, showing that nearly every one could be treated with on a cash basis. The papers were delivered to Mr. Stokes by a man whom he had be- friended. MODJESKA ONCE MORE DONS THE TINSEL. Appears as Mary Stuart Before a Large Audience at New York and Is Warmly Welcomed. NEW YORK, Feb. T.—After several years’ absence from the metropolitan stage, Mme. Modjeska made her reap- pearance this evening at the Fifth Ave- nue Theater, presenting Schiller's classic drama “Mary Stuart.”” The audience was large and the actress was warmly re- celved on her first entrance and enthusi- astically applauded during the perform- ance, particularly after the dramatic scene between the two queens in the third act. Mme. Modjeska, in whose repertory the role of the unfortunate Mary Stuart has long been a favorite, acted the part last night with all her old force and queenly bearing. Damage Suit of George’s Widow. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Annie C. George, widow of Henry George, is the plaintiff in an action for damages against the Pennsylvania Rallroad which is on’ trial in the Supreme Court in this city. Mrs. George alleges that her foot slipped in a hole in the floor of the Pennsylvania Company’'s _depot in Philadelphia on March 21, 1897, causing injurles which ne- cessitated the use of crutches for months. She asks for damages. [0S ANGELES COUNCILMEN TAKE ACTION The People Victorious in the Water Fight. Corporation Ordered to Submit a Complete Inventory. Must Include, in Detail, All Im- provements That Have Been Made. GIVEN BUT TWO WEEKS. In the Event of Failure to Comply the City Will Take a Default. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. 000000000000000008 LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7.—The Common Council has spoken, and the water company is beat- en in its fight for delay. To-day the Council adopted a resolution giving the monopoly two weeks in which to file a complete in- ventory of the property it took from the city under lease thirty years ago, together with all im- provements that have been made since that time. If, at the end of two weeks, the water company has failed to comply, the city will consider itself released from any obligation to arbitrate as to the value of the improvements, and will take a default. This action means that the Los An- geles lawmakers, after the mo- nopoly’s proposed steal has been laid bare to them by The Call, intend to prevent the robbery of the people who placed them in power. (] 000000Q0C0000O0Q00CO Q0000000000000 00000000000000 00000000000C0000000000000 JFeb:. 1 thanks to the Ban Franciso Call, have at last obtained evidence in substantial shape that three ‘syndlcated dailies and the water com- pany do not control absolutely the Common Council of this city. That body to-day took a most important for- ward step in the negotiations to bring about municipal operation of the city’s | water plant, now held under lease by the City Water Company. The for- | ward movement was in the nature of a resolution adopted upon the advice of | City Attorney W. E. Dunn, demanding of the water compnay officials that they give to the city within two weeks an in- ventory of the property they took over from the city under lease thirty years | ago, and an inventory of their improve- ments and the value they place upon them. The water company was further | | notified that if within a reasonable time | | it failed to respond to this resolution | | the city would consider itself released | from any obligation under the so-celled | contract between the city and the com- pany. When the Council convened this morning it was apparent that some- | thing was about to be done to reassure the people of this city and to allay the | feeling that has been aroused by the | exposures made in The Call of the man- | ner in which the people’s interests were being trifled with in the negotiations with the water company. The Call had clearly shown that not a single for- ward step was being taken and that | owing to a nefarious newspaper com- | bination made between the Times, Her- ald and Express, the people were being | decefved as to the real facts of the case. { But when a full exposition was made | by The Call, the aroused public senti- | ment was so great that it became abso- | lutely necessary for the easy going pub- | lic officials to do something. The storm of indignation as to the Times, Herald and Express for the pol- | icy of deceit they had pursued toward their readers and the protection of the water company, was manifested on every side. The papers were universally | condemned and denounced. | Toward the Councll the wrath of the | people who felt that their Interests in the water contest were not receiving | the attention they should, was directed. On the other hand, Councilmen Grider | and Hutchison and Mayor Snyder, who | $00000660000000000000000006000 96 struggle on behalf of the people, were | everywhere being received with ac- | claim. On all sides The Call's effort to in- form the people of Los Angeles of the manner in which they were being be- trayed in the water negotiations met with indorsement and commendation. Resolutions were passed by the Demo- cratic City Central Committee, by the Populist City Central Committee and by the Los Angeles County Council of Labor, representing 5000 organized toil- ers, thanking The Call for the fight it was making against the syndicated | press of Los Angeles to save the tax- payers of the municipality from being mulcted in the sum of $2,000,000. And now the Common Council of the city | falls into line and in response to the unanimous demand of the people, as| voiced through The Call, it adopts the following resolutions: Resolved, That in order to enable the city of Los Angeles ‘to inquire into the value of the improvements hereinafter mentioned, and thus be able when the proper time arrives to endeavor to agree upon such value with the proper party or parties, and meet the obligations of said city, the successors in interests of John O R R R R R RO R OR R CROROROX 'cummudw-fimuhn % had made a consistent and honorable | & NO CHANGE [N RELATIONS WITH SPAIN President McKinley and Cabinet Are Serene. Now They Are Neither Seeking or Fearing Trouble. The Reply of Sagasta Must Be to a Note Presented Some Time Ago. MAINE STAYS AT HAVANA. It Is Decided to Keep the Battleship in the Harbor to Look After American Interests. 8pecial Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—A Washington special to the Herald says: There is no change in our relations with Spain. | There is nothing concealed under the | surface as to the President’s policy. No coup is meditated at present or in the immediate future. Pessimistic press dispatches from' Madrid and Havana show this is the exact condition of af- | fairs. President McKinley and his Cabinet are serene. They are neither seeking nor fearing trouble. At present there 18 not the slightest cause for anxiety on the part of any citizen. This morn- | ing’s dispatches from Madrid speak of a new note delivered to the Spanish Government on Saturday by Minister ‘Woodford and also replied to “in vigor-’ ous fashion” by the Minister of For- eign Affairs. As a matter of fact Min- ister Woodford presented no new note on Saturday. Six or seven weeks ago this Government did send to Madrid an answer to a note which had been received from Spain in response | to the communication dellvered by | General Woodford earlier in the year, or shortly after his arrival at his post. If the Spanigsh Government has just to this one of last December, but the reply cannot be of a serious or critical | nature, for up to to-night the State De- partment had received no word con- cerning it from General Woodford. It was officially announced at the Navy Department to-day that the sec- ond-class battle-ship Maine would re- main at Havana. It was generally expected that the vessel would join the Texas during the present week and | proceed to New Orleans to represent | the navy at the Mardi Gras festival to | be held on January 21 and 22. In fact it was stated at the department on Sat- urday last that orders directing the execution of this programme would be issued in a few days. Communication Dbetween the Presi- | dent and State and Navy departments has caused the change in the pro- gramme, and the Maine will now stay in Havana harbor for an “indefinite period.” It is stated that all is quiet at Havana, but now that an American ship is there it is desired to keep her at that port to protect American inter- ests should they be endangered. e ————————————————————————— POPP0OOPP VP00 000O 006 NEWS OF THE DAY. ‘Weather forecast for San Fran- clsco: Fair on Tuesday; northwest- erly winds. Maximum temperature for the past “twenty-four hours: San Francisco . Portland ... Los Angeles . San Diego . FIRST PAGE. Sensational Trial of Zola. Stokes Has Boss Tweed's Papers. Los Angeles Council Surrenders. No War With Spain Yet. Dole Afrald of the Hawallans. SECOND PAGE. Rain Pleases the Farmers. Queen Victoria to Speak To-day. Fresno Winemakers Fined. China Cannot Ralse Cash. THIRD PAGE. Relfef Starts for Dawson. Smuggling Whisky in Sticks. Congress May Punish Germany. Belew to Plead Not Guilty. The Murders by Deputy Sheriffs. ® Rebels in Nicaragua Aggressive. @ FOURTH PAGE. & Congress at Work. & San Jose Counctl Rebuked. & Ringer at & Coursing Match. | & Officer to Be Court-Martialed. FIFTH PAGE. Cake Walk at the Falr. News Along the Front Ex-Mayor Sutro’s Incompetency. Bunkoed Out of Jewelry. SIXTH PAGE. 4 FEditorial. Is Annexation Republican in Prin- ciple? The School Scandal. A Japanese Invasion. The Corruption of Youth. Attention. Republicans. Chailenved by the Mormons. The Merry Madness of Gentlemen Who Maltreat Their Wives. Storfes From the Corridors. District Irrigation. Answers to Correspondents. SEVENTH PAGE. Grand Jury Investigation. Work of the City Fathers. At the City Theaters. Death of John Staude. EIGHTH PAGE. The Commercial World. NINTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. Harbor Board Case To-day. A Princelet Baptized. TENTH PAGE. Racing at Oakland. ELEVENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths. TWELFTH PAGE. A Symposium of “Prayer."” Starvation Nears a Child. A Big City Realty “‘Buy.” Figel's Trial Opens. 900009009000 0000090 9 @9000@0000000@@@@@@0??0 00090060000000000000000000090000000090000000000000006000 | with itself. | nounced to the PLAN FOR A PROTECTORATE OF HAWAIL Advocates of Annex- ation Are in Des- perate Straits. Trying to Hold Up the News of the Failure Until Dole Departs, If Disturbances Occur at Hono- lulu the Stars and Stripes Will Be Raised. REED YET IN OPPOSITION, But If the Morgan Resolution Is Pressed He Will Permita Prompt Vote in the House. Special Dispatch to The Call. 308 308 38 308 306 38 308 X08 308 308 06 308 X0F 30 306 ¥ WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The Star, the chief organ of the an- nexationists, admits to-night that the Japs will have the right of naturalization, when it says: “The fact is that tHey would have the same opportunity after annexation to become citizens that they have now, and that all Japanese now have, to become citizens. The laws now probably admit of any citizen or subject of Japan coming to this country, as do the subjects of other coun- tries, and becoming a citizen of this country under the naturali- zation laws. The annexation of Hawalii will not affect this ques- tion.” 306 0 106 308 106 308 308 30 306 308 306 308 308 30 060K Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb. 27. Speaker Reed denies emphat- fcally that he now favors Ha- $ wailan annexation and {s ready to put ‘the Morgan annexation bill through the House prompt- ly if the Senate fails to ratify the treaty. He says the story to that effect is an invention of the annexationists and with malice aforethought. He has not changed his position, but is still opposed to Hawailan annexation in any form. It is evident that the treaty is not likely to be ratified and that it will be difficult, if not im- possible, to get annexation by legislation. The Senate will hold the matter up, at least until President Dole leaves San Fran- cisco for Honolulu, so as to en- able him to be in Hawail before the news of the adverse action can reach there, lest there should be disturbances there. It is understood that our representa- tives at Honolulu have been given dis- cretion to raise the American flag and declare a protectorate if disturbances occur, and if the annexation scheme fails the islands may be seized in this way. The alleged change of attitude on the part of the Speaker toward the Ha- waiian question is the chief subject of gossip in Washington to-day. As cur- rent report has it Reed has undergone a change of heart on the guestion of annexation generally. There is no good reason to believe this. What has been interpreted as a reversal of opin- ion Is probably only a change of ad- ministrative tactics. For months the Speaker has been holding the House in check to keep it from running away All this time he has been hoping against hope for a change of sentiment, belleving tnat the House was simply smitten now as it has been ped X o fod a3 o o pad bed o o o o o o o ped o o o o e k=3 =3 bad o o = =3 08 K08 30¢ 508 508 308 X0 408 308 308 308 30 308 308 106 308 30K 308 308 308 308308 306 306 308 308 08 30830 30K 308 308 308 X0 10K 30K 308 308 30 306 308 30K 30% 308 30 30% 308 308 060¢ f=g=gegegugeTageFoReFoFafeg =TT .33 1 | smitten before with a madness, epl- demic among the masses of the people. But he has become convinced that the check-rein is no longer a self-depend- ence. The administration having com- mitted itself to Hawalian annexation and the rank and file of their constit- uents having either actively espoused the idea or at least assented to it, re- | ports from parts of the country which seemed least likely to favor any ac- quisition of outside territory have an- Speaker that they would certainly have to vote to annex Hawaii if the question should ever come before the House. So the proba- bility is that if the Senate fails to rat- ify the treaty and the Morgan joint resolution is pressed in its place, the Speaker will permit the House to reach a speedy vote. In other words, he will bow to the inevitable and get a trouble- some subject permanently out of the track of the necessary appropriation | bills, and thus further his plan of early | adjournment and a long and hot cam- paign for control of the next House. The opponents of annexation still cherish the hope that if the Morgan resolution is substituted for the treaty, the House may insist upon amending it out of shape. They think that am- bitious members will try to improve the phraseology or introduce new ele- | ments for the sake of having their names figure in historyas Wilmot's and Gadsden’s and others have flgured, and that "if the Morgan resolution should go back to the Senate seriously disfig- ured it might be lost in the wrangle between the two houses which would follow. This is a frail fabric of hope, how- ever. The more imminent danger is that the news of the Speaker's more moderate attitude will produce an ef- fect upon the Senate in favor of ratify- ing the treaty. Some of the Senators