The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1898, Page 2

0000000000000 00000000000000000000 HISTORY OF THE DREYFUS CASE One of the Most Remarkable Conspiracies That Has Ever Been Brought to Light. The news of Colonel Henry’s sensational suicide, with its accom- paniment—the reslgnation of General Boisdeffre—will serve to recall the celebrated Dreyfus case, which has now almost passed into his- tory. Some three years ago valuable papers were noticed to have dis- appeared from the War Officé in Paris. A system of espionage, es- sentially French, suggestive of the elaborate methods of Emile Ga- boriau or Sherlock Holmes, was set in motion, as a result of which Captain Alfred Dreyfus. a native of Alsace, was placed under arrest. Dreyfus was wealthy, and, apartfrom sundry affairs with women, bore a good reputation. It was claimed that he sold important docu- ments touching artillery modifications and fortifications to the Ger- man Embassy, and it was further stated that portions cf missing memoranda, with addenda in his handwriting, were discovered in a waste-basket of the emba 8 General Boisdeffre was the man at whose instigation Dreyfus was arrested. The suspected captain was summoned to his presence in October, 1894, but instead of meeting the general himself the supposed traitor found himself closeted with Commandant Mercier Paty du Clam, who, under a pretense that he was suffering from a disabled hand and was unable to write, dictated to Captain Dreyfus an ex- tract from the stolen document. According to Patv du Clam the effect upon Dreyfus was instan- taneous and such as to leave no doubt in the mind of the command- ant that the guilty man sat before him. He shuddered convulsively and refused to take further dictation. He was Immediately placed under t. The 5th of the following January Dreyfus was publicly degraded in the Place Fontenoy. His military buttons were cut off, sword snapped in two—this amid the shouts of an infuriated populace. It is no exaggeration to state that had Dreyfus been accessible to the mob his life ‘would have paid the forfelt. As it was he was.trans- ported to the Isle du Diable, there to pass the remainder of his days, caged and in exile. All Paris rejoiced. Dreyfus was a Hebrew, and why not make him a vicarious sacrifice Was there not much to be atoned for? There were the peculations of the Rouvier period, the commissary thefts of the war of 1870, Reinach’s shady transactions and the doings of the Panama Canal clique—all attributed to Jews. Hence the Socialistic press was loud in its satisfaction, and from Normandy to Nice arose the shout: *“A bas les Juifs!” (Down with the Jews). But a change came. Many months after a man whose name in France was regarded as the synonym of purity, and who was a mem- ber of the Academy and Vice-President of the Senate, M. Scheurer Kestner, publicly asserted his belief in the innocence of Captain Drey- fus. In this belief he was supported by Clemenceau, editor of L'Aurore, an intimate personal friend and great admirer. To .thése two was added the name of Emile Zola, who, in an open letter to L’Aurore, claimed not only that Dreyfus was the victim of a frightful judicial error. but that the guilty party was to be found in a certain Count Esterhazy. A revision of I'affaire Dreyfus was demanded, without success. Instead thereof Zola and Clemenceau were brought to trial and sentenced to fine and imprisonment. Emulating the example of his literary progenitor, Voltaire, Zola fled to avoid his punishment, and is at the time of writing in exile. It is difficult within the scope of a few lines to estimate what the effect of recent developments in Captain Dreyfus’ case Will be. Nor is it possible for the cool Anglo-Saxon brain to regard the matter from the standpoint of the torrid Gaul. If Dreyfus was guilty his punishment merited nothing short of death. certain that he committed the act of treason attributed to him. The mainspring of his action was lacking—a motive. He is connected with the wealthiest familles in Paris. Hence, is it likely that he should have sold secret documents for financial reasons? Whether the suicide of Colonel Henry and the resignation of a litary official in the French War Department will lead to a re- case remains to be seen, but from a knowledge of t dark” of French military tribunals it is tqQ be feared that the prisoner on the lonely Isle du Diable will remain there to expiate the crime of which he was convicted—guilty, possibly—in- nocent probably. 3 06066000000000000OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO But it is by no means “the ways 000000000000 000000UO0UO00000000C0000000CO000000000CO000000000000000000000E000000000000000 CoCOOC00000000000CC00000000000000000000CC00CC00000C000000C0000C000C00000000000000000000000 position to justify himself before his SUICIDE FOLLOWS == 45 CONFESSON | est pain to all honorable men that offi- | cers of such standing show such a lack ‘o( moral sense.” | The Temps this afternoon asserts that | the disclosures made to the Ministers to-day have decided the Minister of | War to place Major Count Esterhazy jon the retired list. Continued from First Page. |STORMY SITTINGS OF THE CABINET PARIS, Aug. 3L—The Cabinet has tation for blunt straightforwardness. | ment to “at once place Dreyfus in a | General de Boisdeffre, in his letter | of resignation, explains that he re-|held two stormy sittings under the gigned owing to his misplaced con- | presidency of M. Faure. It finally fidence Lieutenant Colonel Henry, ch led him to present as genuine what w forged evidence. M. agnac, the Minister of War, | in re asked General Boisdeffre to remain “to see justice rende in the matt General Boisdeffre thanked M. Caviagnac for the proofs of his es- - teem, but persisted in his resignation. He will be replaced, therefore, by General Renourd, director of the Mili- | tary College. | The fact of Colonel Henry's suicide | became known at Mont Valerien about 9 o'clock to-night. It was possible that | it was committed about 5 in the after- noon. When the official entered his cell | Henry found lying in a pool of lood, dead, with a terrible gash in his throat. | Shortly before midnight, Madame Henry, who had been informed, went to the fortress and was admitted, the| officials granting her permission to | pass the night beside the body. | igaro believes that the Chamber of | Deputies will be convoked in extra-| ordinary n, and that a strong | parliament commission of in- quiry will be appointed. M. Cavaignac has declined to accept gnation of General Gonz, un- ef o the general staff. REVISION OF DREYFUS TRIAL A NECESSITY| Spectal dispatch to The Call and the New York * Copyrighted 1895, by James Gor- Aug. 3l.—The Journal des Debats believes a revision of the Drey- fus trial an absolute necessity. Taken separately, Colonel Henry's forgery does not prove Dreyfus' innocence. “Still,” says the Debats, “the fact that one of the docum@nts relating to the affair shows that forgery has been committed, to prove after a trial that the guilt of the condemned man is a matter of such gravity that it must| necessarily provoke serious reflection and call for a most minute .examination of other documents upon which the case was built and of n:oofs produced openly or secretly in the trial.” The Journal, which is anti-Dreyfus, says: The former officer’s guilt was more than ever proved during a scrutiny of the evidence by the Minister of War. wherein no forgery was discovered. The Patrie makes the stupefying de- claration that discovery of this forgery is proof that other documents con- cerned in the case are genuine. The Lantern says the man who pur- gued Plequart with the testimony from the Assize Court to the Cabinet of Judge d'Instruction is a miserable forger who bas not hesitated at crime in order to further some tortuous scheme of the general staff. The Petite Republique says: “The confession of Forger Henty opens up a denouement of the tragefly with which France has been-fighting for years in | peror Nicholas to issue his | ment proclamation, but in face of the | ter of Commerce, darkness,” { The Rappel calls upon the Govern- 4 arose between 6 and 7 o’clock, having apparently failled to arrive at a deci- sion on the question of revising the Dreyfus sentence, for the customary | official note was not issued. It is possible, however, looking to the exclted state of public feeling, that the Government deems it advisable to pro- ceed cautiously and to conceal its de- cision for the present. M. Delcasss, Minister for Foreign Af- fairs, is said to have béen vehemently attacked by hls colleagues for having been ignorant of the intention of Em- disarma- revival of the Dreyfus affair the dis- armament proposal has taken quite a secondary place. It is alleged that sev- eral Ministers, including M. Brisson, the Premier; M. Maruejouls, the Minis- and M. Troplilot, Minister of the Colonies, demanded a revision and the immediate suppression of several staff officers. Cavaignac, however, remained firm, on the ground that Henry’s forgery had not altered the case as affecting Dreyfus’ guilt. The only result thus far, therefore, is that Esterhazy is cashiered and will retire on a small pension. Even after leaving the council the Ministers continued to argue heatedly. M. Faure has deferred his intended re- turn to Havre. It would be impossible to describe the sensation that has thrilled Paris, and it is not unlikely that.at the next meeting of the Cham- ber of Deputies the Government will be defeated. Revision Inevitable. LONDON, Aug. 3L—All the news- paper comments in London, Berlin, Vienna, and e!sewhere regard a revis- jon of the Dreyfus case as now inevita- ble. Rl For Shouting “Vive Zola.” NANCY, France, Aug. 3L.—A court- martial here has just sentenced a pri- vate soldier to three months’ impris- onment and 500 francs fine for shouting “Vive Zola."” _TRANSPORT ST. PAUL ARRIVES AT MANILA Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gor- don Bennett. MANILA, Aug. 8L.—The transport St. Paul arrived to-day. General Merritt's last order before he safled commends the gallantry of the troorl in action and mentions the Cali- fornlan soldiers. TO CONSOLIDATE THE TWO COAST LEAGUES SEATTLE, Aug. 3L—D. Dugdale, formerly manager of the Seattle cham- pion baseball team, leaves for San Fran- clsco early to-morrow morning. He goes to consult baseball magnates in the move- ment to consolidate the new Pacific League of professional baseball players with the California League. GENERAL BOYNTON SATISFIED WITH THE CONDITIONS Reports on Hospitals Affairs in the at Camp Thomas. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3L—Secretary Alger to-day received the General H. V. Boynton upon the state of affairs in the hospitals at Camp Thomas. The report is dated August 29. The general reports that he visited all the hospitals in the camp without giving notice of his purpose and adds: Believing the death list of this camp to measure its conditions as to heaith and hospital service, a full report was ob- tained of all deaths in the camp and its middle of April last. ‘ & total death hist of 198 up to the 22d of this month, when the breaking up of this camp began. Between thes tes, .in- cluding regulars and volunte v 75,000 troops have been Chickamauga Park. The report takes up in detail first the two permanent hospitals, Leiter and Sternberg, and then states with the greatest minuteness the exact accom- modation afforded by each. The first is at Crawfish Springs, under charge of Major Carter. and was converted from a summer resort hotel into a hos- pital, receiving the worst typhoid cases from the camp. Each patient has abun- dant room, woven wire and hair mat- tresses and abundant bedclothes. The ventilation is perfect, plumbing en- tirely new and bathing facilities ample. The number of attendants, when all are well, is entirely satisfactory, and attendants are on the way to take the places of those who are broken down. Major Carter has secured a herd of cows and has made arrangements for pasturing them without expense to the Government. He has sufficient money from the hospital fund to buy what- ever is wanted in the way of milk, ice and other delicacies. There has beén | at tnis hospital full supplies of ice, | milk, commissary stores and delicacies | such as the sick ought to have, and the funds have enabled him to buy all that | has been needed in the way of canned | and potted goods, soups, clam juice, sage, malted milk, eggs, koumiss, Jel- lies, preserves, relishes, ginger, oll, apollinaris, champagne and claret. The entire hospital is furnished with dis- | tilled water and tbe ice used is made from distilled water. Taking up the Sternberg Hospital, in charge of Major Griffen, General Boyn- *| ton shows it is one of the most com- | plete field hospitals ever seen, accord- | ing to veterans of the last war. All the tents are closely floored and they are separate; at present only four men are | in any,tent and in addition to the tents | there are nine large board pavilions. | Every tent and pavilfon has woven- | wire "~ mattresses, iron bedsteads and hair mattresses. There are special diet cooks, five cold storage rooms for deli- cacies, separate refrigerators for each row of tents and every proper measure | of sanitation is cbserved with respect | to_the sinks. | It is stated in addition that all the hospital refuse is burned in a crematory | and, according to Major Griffen, all of the 200 patients now sick in the entire | camp could be safely moved now. | diseases are more of a typho-malarial | character than of typhoid fever strictly, | the death rate being very low, about 8 per cent of the worst cases. The report states that in times when the first division hospital under Major Franke was crowded there was a lack | of nurses, the deficiency being supplied by detalls from the regiments, which were not as satisfactory as trained nurses. General Boynton shows that there is | a full refrigerator capacity for the hos- pita], porcelain-lined baths, sterilized and iced water and every convenience. In the malignant typhoid ward there have been but two deaths out of thirty cases in three weeks. He says that both the medical officers and the hos- pital attendants at this hospital have undoubtedly performed their duty with energy and efficiency. The next hospital inspection was the Third Division Hospital, First Corps, in charge of Major Thomas Clark. Here the attendants were found suffi- cient, though in the earlier days there were not enough surgeons or attend- ants. The grounds were in excellent condition, the tents clean, most of the tents and all of the space between the cots and aisles floored. For a time the hospital was a week behind in >b- taining its medical supplies, but this was before the Government had col- lected its medical stores in great quan- tities. Taking up the last of the field hos- pitals, that of the Third Corps, See- ond Division, under Major Smith, the report states that the fifty-three tents are at present not all occupied, though during the epidemic of measles they were crowded. There were no Red Cross nurses and a detall of two la- dies’ from the Chattahooga association has visited the hospital daily to cook the lighter food for the sick. The report proceeds to treat the whole subject of hospitals generally as follows: In two of the hospitals opportunities oc- curred for discoveries of what undoubt- edly originated many of the sensational stories that have been printed over the country to the effect that patients in the hospitals lacked sufficient food and in many cases had heen on the verge of starvation. In the wards where the con- valescent typhold patients were lound many of the men were constantly asking for food, and as a matter of consequence were as constantly denfed evervthing ex- cept the lighter forms of food which can alone be safely administered to recover- ing typhold ratients. So far from be- lieving, as a result of my observations, that medical officers have been heartless or negligent, T believe that these officers and the hospital attendants as a whole have exerted themselves to discharge their duties faithfully. >4 NUMBER OF DEATHS AT _CHICKAMAUGA Of the 332 Men Who Expired in the Hospital Typhoid Fever Caused r'orty Per Cent. CHICKAMAUGA, Ga, Aug. 3lL—A list of the dead in the army at Chick- amauga from May 1 up to and includ- ing to-day numbers 332. This includes the men who have died in the army hospitals and in the hospitals and private residences of the city. Of the entire number probably 40 per cent were from typhoid fever. Five deaths were reported to-day. Among them was Captain Ira Stowell, Company M, First New Hampshire, To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Dromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If It fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. Q. on each tablet. report “of | | day, having on board 500 men of the to afford an excellent standard by which | hospitals since its establishment in the | The result shows The | Says ‘““Ravings ”’ of Patients Caused Sensational Stories—Many Sick Soldiers Die En Route. o NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—The transport Allegheny arrived at Montauk Point to- Ninth Massachusetts and the remainder | of the First Illinois men, who salled from Santiago on August 25. The hos- pital accommodations are still unequal to the demands made upon them, and last night 150 sick soldiers were obliged to lie upon the bare floors instead of being provided with cots. A Brooklyn Eagle special from Moxn- tauk Point says: The transports Alle- gheny and Panther arrived this morn- ing from Santiago. The Allegheny cast anchor in the bay about 9 o’clock. She left the scuth coast of Cuba August 24 and made a slow voyage. On board are Companies A, B, C, D, E, F and H, Ninth Massachusetts, in all 625, of whom 145 are sick. Fourteen men died on the voyage and all were buried at sea. This is the largest number of deaths at sea on any of the incoming transports, and the deaths were mainly in the cases of those who were critically ill when placed aboard at Santiago. The soldiers were in command of Captain Sullivan. The Panther left two days later than the Ailegheny and got in shortly after 11 o’clock this morning, making a com- paratively fast trip. She carried 106 members of Companies I and M of the Ninth Massachusetts and fifteen are on the sick list. Private Daden of Com- pany M died and was buried at se In explaining the fourteen deaths of Massachusetts men while on the voy- age from Cuba the surgeons said that the Allegheny brought all the seriously sick of the regiment. Dr. Magruder and inspecting officers say the Alle- gheny is a cattle ship not even fit for well troops, much less for sick sol- diers. —_—— STARVATION AND FEVER CAUSED DEATH Lieutenant William Tiffany Not Given Proper Food While Being Brought From Cuba. NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—In connection with the general attack upon Secretary Alger's management of the War De- partment the World has published a dispatch from Boston, giving an ac- count of the death by starvation, as is alleged, of Lieutenant Willlam Tiffany. Dr. F. M. Johnson, the attending physician, says he was starved to death. - He 5pid to-njght: .*“I stated as the cause Of death in the certificate protracted fevers, due to war life in Cuba, and starvation as far as the con- valescent stage goes. It was really the result of different fevers—yellow, intermittent and malarial—contracted in Santlago, and starvation. I do not mean to say that he did not have food, but that he did not have food that was suitable to the condition of a conva- lescent.” Lieutenant Tiffany’s brother, Bel- mont, made only one statement to re- porters. It was: “My brother dled of starvation.” SUICIDE WHILE IN A DELIRIUM OF FEVER Tragic Death of Private Wagoner, a Regular Patient at Mon- tauk Point. MONTAUK POINT, Aug. 31L.—John ‘Wagoner, Company H, Seventeenth United States Infantry, who enlisted from Columbus, hanged himself from the ridgepole of a tent to-day. He had fought at Santiago and contracted ty- phold fever. His suleide is supposed to have been committed in a delirium of the fever. The deaths reported to-day were: Alexander Seller, Company B, Eighth Ohto, typhold; Henry Burdig, Com- pany K, Tenth Cavalry, malarial fever; Philip Gooch, Company K, Twenty- fifth Regiment, malarial fever; John W. Crawford, Company M, Ninth Cav- alry, typhoid. . GOVERNMENT TROOPS DEFEATED BY REBELS Three Thousand Said to Have Been Killed in Pitched Battles Dur- ing the Last Ten Days. LONDON, Sept. 1L.—A special dispatch from Shanghal, dated Wednesday, says: The Chinese Government troops, it is re- ported, have been defeated in two pitched battles during the last ten days by the Kwangsl rebels, losing 3000 men. The rebels are sala to number 80,000 and the provincial forces are against them. A Governor of high rank has bren or- dered to lead his troops in persun and cumpleteler to suppress the rebellion with- 1nhu nrn]t:n h, under penalty of severe pun- shment. An imperial edict just issued strongly censures the Governor of Kwangsi pro- vince for decelving the Emperor in fuly last by reporting that the rebellion had been suppressed. INSURGENTS BITTER AGAINST AGUINALDO Enraged Because the Chief Has Not Been Able to Fulflll His Promises. MANILA, Aug. 8l.—According to Span- ish advices, there is a strong feeling in the provinces against Aguinaldo because the insurgents’ anticipations have not been realized. They are said to have ex- hausted their funds, and the supplies ob- tained from the monasteries and to be un- able to obtain any relief from the insur- ent leader. It is added that Aguinaldo s afraid to make his contemplated visit to Bulacan owing to the fact that he is unable to comply with the insurgent de- mands. NO STARVATION ON THE TRAIL. An Investigation Shows That Gold- Seekers Have Plenty of Food. OTTAWA, Ont., Aug. 31.—A report was published in many United States newspa- pers recently that some 3000 Americans are starving on the Teslin trall between Telegraph Creek and Teslin Lake. T United States Gove ent asked the C: nadian Government to investigate the matter. This has been done and a report received saying that only 1500 peo&l‘e alto- gether are on the trail and that they are well supplied with provisions. There is, therefore, no foundation for the report, and the Washington Government will be officially informed of this fact. MUST FURNISH A STAMPED RECEIPT Express Company Can- not Dodge War Tax. ATTORNEY GENERAL’SOPINION GOVERNMENT CONTRACT DOES NOT EXEMPT A CORPORATION. “Taxes May Be Ruinous,” Decides Griggs, ‘“but They for That Reason Are Not Un- lawful.” Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Aug. 31 Attorney General Griggs, in an opin- fon rendered to-day, holds that under the war revenue act express companies must furnish without extra charge a stamped receipt for all packages trans- ported for the Government, and they are not exempted from furnishing a stamp by the plea that it would impair the contract for carrying such pack- ages at a fixed price. The case came up on the demurring of the United States Express Company to furnish stamps for the receipt glven for a package of money tendered for transportation by an official of the Government. This company holds an exclusive contract with the Govern- ment to transport its money and se- curities, within certain territory, for a fixed consideration. The company contended that in view of the fact that the amount of its .compensation for carrying each shipment had been determined and agreed upon in advance, the imposition by the Government through an act of Congress of a stamp tax upon each shipment was in effect an impairment to that extent of that contract, amount- ing to a violation of the contract obli- gation of the Government, and, in fact, an arbitrary and oppressive act under the guise of taxation. It also contended that money was not goods within the intent of the law, but as th:s point has already been decided in the affirmative by the Attorney General it is not treated in this opinion. “But, ' continues the Attorney Gen- eral, “the provision of the Constitu- tion which forbids the passage of any law impairing the obligation of a con- tract applies only to States; there is no such prohibition expressly made in relation to acts of Congress.” The Attorney General thus concludes his voluminous opinion: “The pay- ment of taxes in any form is not sup- posel to contribute to the profits, but to swell the fu.ds of the Government. Taxes may be ruinous, but they for that reason are not unlawful. power to tax Is power to destroy. long as the contractor is uniformly taxed with all others in the same line of business upon the same transac- tions, and the tax is levied for appro- priate objects of taxation, he cannot coniplain. merelv because his compen- sation or the profits under his con- tract with the Government are there- by indirectly reduced. @The contract is not affected. The business of the contractor is taxed and it is not ma- terial whether that business is with private persons or with taxing the Government itself. The United States Express Company therefore, is not by reason of its contract exempt from the requirements of the war tax in the transportation of money, securities, ete., for the Government. CONCERNED OVER ARMY SCANDALS President McKinley May Soon Act. HAS SHORTENED HIS VISIT UPON HIS RETURN WILL DE- CLARE HIMSELF. If There Is No Reaction in the Atti- tude of the Press and Public the Executive Wili Take a Firm Stand. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Aug. 3L.—A special from Cleveland to the World says: “President McKinley is profoundly con- cerned over the army scandals. He has the situation in hand and will act, probably soon after his return to ‘Washington from his visit to Montauk Camp, provided there has been no re- action in the attitude of the press and public resulting from a belief that the | stories of abuses have been over- drawn.” \ This significant remark was made to me to-day by a gentleman who has The | As | seen and talked with the President and | his closest advisers here during the visit of Mr. McKinley to Outlook, Colonel Herrick's home in Euclid Heights, a fashionable suburb of Cleve- land. Since his departure from Wash- ington the President has received ad- Vi concerning this overshadowing question which have caused him to radically and several times alter his plans. It was his first Intention to pass sev- eral days with his brother, Abner, in Pennsylvania and a week here In Cleveland, but the first stop was cut down to one day and his visit here to two. To-morrow morning he will leave for Canton where a stop of only a few hours will be made and the journey to Montauk be resumed. The reason for this is found in the remark quoted at the beginning of this dispatch. The President is profoundly concerned over the army scandal and is moving with all haste into a position where he can declare himself in the matter. ENSIGN POWELSON WEDS. Married to Colonel Millar’s Daughter at a Hospital. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1—Ensign Vannes Powelson, one of the survivors of the battleship Maine and a hero of the war, was married in his room in the Episcopal Hospital, this city, at 3:30 this :;srnoon. to Miss Margaret Olivia Mil- Millar. ‘Wyoming, O., daughter of Colonel | Wednesday, says: WHY GREENE WAS CALLED HOME First of High Rank to Be Mustered Out. OWING TO A COURT-MARTIAL EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY ON THE TRANSPORT CHINA. Proceedings Against Five Privates ‘Who Were Tried and Convicted Set Aside by the Judge Advocate General. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Aug. 31. Brigadier General Greene, who has sailed from Manila bound for San Francisco, under orders from the War Department, will be the first officer of such high rank to be mustered out of the service. While the War Department will not make public the details of this order it is obvious that it has been brought about by the court-martial convened by General Greene aboard the steamer China on her way to the Philippines. In the opinion of the judge advocate general, the command of General Greene never ‘having been designated as a ‘“‘separate brigade,” he had no au- thority to convene a general court- martial. Five privates had been tried by the court-martial on board the China. The pruceedings against them are set aside by an order issued to-day. New Yorkers, talking of General Greene as a possible Republican candi- date for Governor of that Staté, are sounding his praises as a most accom- plished scholar, a graduate of West Point, and one who knows all about the construction of “good roads.” The ac- tion of the War Department in sum- marily mustering out General Greene may debar these enthusiasts the pleas- ure of voting for General Greene for Governor. Orders have also been cabled to Ma- nila that General Babcock return to San Francisco for duty as nia, and that Major Simpson report at ‘Washington for duty in the adjutant general’s office. The questfon of making an effort to raise some of the ships sunk by Ad- miral Dewey’s fleet in Manila Bay has been before the Navy Department for some time, but it is vehemently denied by naval officials, as rumor hag it, that contract. Officials say the suggestion |18 preposterous, and that should it be | eiips bids therefor will be regularly re- | | contiguity to the worl TERRIFIC GALES ON Considerable Damage Done at At- lanta and Savannah and Is- lands in That Viéinity. ATLANTA, Aug. 31.—The storm which swept up the Atlantic coast last night has interrupted communication near the ocean, and the extent of the damage is not yet known. The officials of the West- ern Union Telegraph Company to-day say that communication with Savannah is comgletely interrupted. The only places reached by wire are Charleston, S. C., and Jacksonville, Fla. The telegraph com- Augusta, to which city all business for Savannah is being sent. From there it goes by train. SAVANNAH, Aug. 31.—A heavy storm is sweeping along the coast. The wind at Savannah has been blowing a gale since 6 o’clock last night, reaching a ve- locity of about sixty miles an hour at 3 a.'m. Telephone connection with Tybes Island is cut off, and nothing has been heard from there since early in the night. There is much fear for the shipping there and at quarantine. The low lands are flooded, and heavy damage to rice and cotton will result. Railroad tracks are washed out and the trains on.all roads are delayed. At 4 o'clock this morning the wind reached a velocity of seventy-five miles an hour and rain poured in torrents. The streets are filled with debris. The last re- port from Tybee, early last night, w: that the wind was blowing seventy miles an hour and the operator in the signal station was just leaving for the light- house for safety. The quarantine station is belleved to have been abandoned before the escape of the occupants was cut off. - MYSTERIOUS SINKING OF A HOSPITAL SHIP FERNANDINA, Fla, Aug. 31.—The hospital ship Olivette, which has been ly- ing near the Quarantine Station, through some mysterious agency sank this morn- ing about 7:30 o’clock. Aboard of the ship was the hospital corps of thirty-five men and a crew of forty-five persons, all scanty attire. The Olivette went down in about thirty feet of water, her main deck being sub- merged. No one apparently knows how the calamity could have occurred, and as no investigation has yet been made the mat- ter remains a mystery. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—It is stated at the War Department that the sinking of the Olivette was not the fault of the United States officers. The steamship company ownlnfi the vessel has already offered to raise he An explanation has been asked for from the officer in charge of the Olivette. bl CALIFORNIANS IN ACTION. Repel an Attack by a Robber Band Near Manila. LONDON, Sept. 1.—The Manila corre- spondent of , the Times, telegraphing Pursuant to the de- cision of the Washington Cabinet regard- ing trade with Spanish ports in the Phil- ippines, General Otis, who is now acting Governor of Manila, communicated on the subject with the Spanish General, Rios, now acting Governor General of the adjutant | general of the Department of Califor- | a St. Louis wrecking firm will get the | morning. leemed feasible to save some of the celved, with the chances that either a San Francisco or Hongkong firm will ! be awarded the contract owing to their THE ATLANTIC COAST| pany has put on a force of extra men at | of whom escaped without injury, but in | QUEEN WILHELMINA @ ACCEPTS THETRLST Thanks People of Hol- land for Their Lovye, FOLLOWSHERSIRE'S EXAMPLE SOLEMN THANKSGIVING SERV- ICES ARE HELD. Everywhere Throughout the Nether- Jands and Colonies the Girl's Subjects Are Glad That She Reigns. Special Dispatch to The Call. THE HAGUE, Aug. 3L—Upon the occaslon of her birthday and the at- tainment of her majority to-day, Queen Wilhelmina Helena Paulina Maria issued a proclamation to the people of the Netherlands. It was worded as follows: On this day, so important to you and to me, I de}s(re before all else to say a word of warm gratitude. From my ten- derest years you have surrounded mo with_your love. From all parts of the kingdom, from all classes of soclelyd young and old, I have always receive striking proofs of attachment. After the death of my venerated father all vour at- tachment to the dynasty was transferred | to me. On this day I am ready to accept | the splendid though weighty_task where- to I Eave been called, and I feel myself supported by your fidelity. Receive m. | thanks. My experience hitherto has left ineffaceable impresSions and is an earn- est of the future. My dearly loved mother, | to whom I am immcnselt' indebted, set me | an example by her noble and exalted | conception of the duties which henceforth | devolve upon me. .The aim of my life will be to follow her example and to gov- ern in the manner expected of a Princess | of the House of Orange. True to the constitution I desire to strengthen the | respect for the name and flag of the | Netherlands, As to my sovereign pos- sessions and colonies, east and west, I | desire to observe justice and to contribute | so far as in me lies to the increasing in- | tellectual and mutual welfare of my | whole people. I hope and expect that tha { support of all, in whatever sphere of of- | ficrul or social activity you may be placed | within or without the kianom, wil} never be wanting. Trusting in God, and | with a prayer that he give me strength, I accept the Government. WILHELMINA. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 3L.—Solemn { thanksgiving services were held here to-day in all the churches as well as | in those throughout Holland, upon the occasion of Queen Wilhelmina attain- } ing her majority. | Queen Wilhelmina, accompanied by | the Queen’s mother, attended divine | services in the great church here this The Grand Duke of Saxe | Weimar, the Grand Duchess of Meck- lenburg, the Prince and Princess of | Weid, the diplomatic corps, the civic | and military authorities and 4000 other | persons were present. The Court Chaplain, G. K. Vander- flie, preached. He dwelt upon the im- | portance of the niemorable day, and | invoked the Divine blessing upon the | Queen. The. chaplain also thanked | the Queen’s mother for amply direct- ing the education of her daughter. The Papal Nuncio, Mgr. Taranassi, {and the members from Catholic coun. | trles, attended divine services in the | Catholic church. SAILED FOR SAN JUAN. | NEW YORK, Aug. Admiral W. 8. Schley and General Willlam W. Gordon, United States Commissioners to settle the conditions for the Spanish evacuation of | Porto Rico, sailed for San Juan to-day on board ~ the steamer Seneca. The third | member of the commission, Major General John A. Brooke, U. S. A., is at present in | Porto” Rico. FREE! LY e, heavy and feverish, if your ‘mouth has a had taste in the morning, if you are get- ting deaf, an opportunity is here offered to test and make sure of the 0z0 treatment for Catarrh. — You can con- vince yourself one way or the other. ~ You pay no ‘money for the test. Ii you (live in the city you should. 4 call and get a free treatment of Oz0. I you live away from the city you can write for a free trial of 070, (all 0 write, Hudyan is a cure for weak ‘men---it stops the waste, or sufierer from Ca- tarrh, i sglmmh possessions in the Philippines, | who replied to-day from Iloilo, agreeing | to permit commercial vessels _to | ports in the archipelago under Spanish or | ey (e 10ss or the seepage in a American flags. tate bona fide transfers of vessels to in- dividuals legally entitled under the con, sular regulations to carry the American colors. There has been considerable marauding of late in the suburbs of Manila. Five cases of abduction are already reported. The English flour mills in the immedi- ate vicinity of the palace at Malacanang were attacked by a band of robbers last evening, but the prompt action of the California regiment prevented serious mischief. HOIST BY NINE BLASTS. PLACERVILLE, Aug. 3l.—An accident at the Larkin mine last night resulted in the death of John McGraw. He and George Turnboo were engaged in setting off nine blasts at the 300-foot level, Turnboo excitedly ran to the skip and gave the signal to hoist, leaving McGraw alone in the shaft to meet death by the repeated shocks of the blasts. McGraw was a well-known and respected citizen. He leaves a widow and two children. Arrangements have been made to facili- | \day. Hudyan cures man. It isonly for men. It has been used all over the United States. 20,000 proofs. | CALL OR WRITE FOR CIRCULARS AND PROOFS, HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Ellis, Stockton and Market Sts. Bly's Cream Balmg Cleanses the Nasal | Passages, @llays Pain and Inflammation, Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. HEALS THE SORES. Apply Balm into each nos- tril. ELY BROS., st, N. Y.