The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 5, 1898, Page 1

The Call VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO 97. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 189 PRICE FIVE CENTS. MME. DREYFUS NOW DEMANDS REVISION| HSTH Tit REQUESTS A NEW TRIAL FOR HER HUSBAND Touching Appeal the Minister of Justice. IS POINTED OUT to HIS DUTY ONLY ONE WHO CAN REOPEN THE CELEBRATED CASE. In Her Communication the Wife Tells of the Undying Loyalty of the Prisoner of Devil’s Island. PARIS, fept. 4—Mme. Dreyfus has sent {n the following demand to the Minister of Justice for a revision of | her husband’s trial M le Ministre—T had the honor in the of July to place before you a re- quest in which I asked you to exercise the ght conferred upon you by law—and which_is conferred upon no one else—to | pit to the Court of Cessation for | ion the judgment rendered | unfortunate. husband in vio- f article 101 of the Military Code. | the honor, now, M. le Ministre, to address you a second time ap- you, e the law which a revision does not permit d by my own agency to nd you alone have the right of fon of the judgment bringing with it tion, on the ground of the dis- new facts tending to establish e of the imprisoned man ly and without reference to stance from all the revelations of months past which have thrown 1894 and which have caused such profound emotion and excitement throughout the y. It is not pessible that you, e all others, should not be struck by > following facts: st—There is the examination of the eau which was made in the trial ary of this vear. The results of this examination were not communicated to my counsel, the counsel of war re- fusing them ss to it. But I have certain information that the conclusions drawn from this examination were not the same as the examination of 1594, There is, also, following this exposure, the confession made by one of the prin- cipal accusers and witnesses against my husband in his trial, in which he admits that he forged the dogtiment that the Minister in his speech to the Chamber on July 7 last declared to be proof positive of the guilt of my husband, though it was written long after his condemnation. This proof, therefore, crumbles to pieces and destroys the value of the depositions which convinced the judges in 1884. Since then this partisan witness of the culpa- bility of my husband has been convicted of the crime of forgery under circumstan- ces of which you are fully aware. But M. Le Ministre, as I have just told you, In case of revision instituted by law for judicial errors, the right to demand such revision belongs neither to the inno- cent man who has been unjustly con- demned, nor to his wife nor to his chil- dren. This right belones to you alone. Now, therefore, I beseech you, M. Le Ministre, to use without delay the rights which are conferred upon you by law, which are only conferred upon you both for the annulment and revision of a ver- dict which was neither just nor legal. 1 beseech you to hear the voice, now al- most unanimous, of public opinion, and put an end to the suffering of an inno- cent man who always has been a loval soldier and who has not ceased—even among the tortures of an unmerited pun- {shment—to declare his love for the fatherland and his faith in justice being finally done him. I beg vou will receive, M. le Ministre, the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. - ESTERHAZY AS AUTHOR OF THE FAMOUS NOTE; Special dispatch to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gor- don Bennett. PARIS, Sept. 5.—The Gaulois this morning published under reserve a statement to the effect that the Minis- ter of War has been officially informed that Esterhazy proposes shortly (o de- clare himself to be the author of the bordereau. The Gaulois says doubt is east on the story by the fact that when defore the Council inquiry recently Es- Ll | | g | <5 5 MAY SU ruary last General Pellieux especially nocence of Colonel Esterhazy, and maintained that no other man than Cap- tain Dreyfus could have written the “bordereau.” by declaring “It is a war on the army that they are making here,” etc.. re- ferring to Scheurer-Kestner. Zola. the innocence of Captain Dreyfus. gery and ended his life, General Pell matter, while Cavaignac maintains that it is not necessary, and resigns be- cause he cannot accord with the vie CCEED M. CAVAIGNAC IN THE FRENCH CABINET. General Pellieux of ‘the general staff of the French army, and of late an advocate for the revision of the Dreyfus case, is mentioned as the suc- cessor of M. Cavaignac as Minlster of War. Now, that through the efforts and in- vestigations of M. Cavaignac Lieutenant Colonel Henry confessed the for- During the Zola trial in Feb- charged himself with proving the in- He ended his testimony Labori and others who sought to prove ieux is for the revision of the whole ws of his colleagues. terhazy mentioned a sum which had been offered him to make this affirma- tion. - MANY MINISTERIAL CONFERENCES HELD PARIS, Sept. 4—Owing to the resig- nation of M. Cavaignac of the Ministry of War President Faure returned to Paris this morning and conferred with M. del Casse, Minister for Foreign Af- fairs; M. Bourgeois, Minister of Pub- lic Education, and General Zurlinden. The Cabinet will meet to-morrow ex- pressly to deal with a Mme. Dreyfus for a revision of the pro- ceedings of the court-martial that con- demned her husband. As the Cabinet is now practically unanimously in favor of revision— partly because the Ministers are aware that there is no other method of satis- fying public feeling—the outcome of the meeting is almost a foregone conclu- sion. ’ 1t is not thought that M. Cavaignac’s retirement will involve the resignation of other Ministers. The fact that Gen- eral Zurlinden had been in conference with M. Faure is taken to mean that he will succeed M. Cavaignac at the War Office. The Ministerial conferences, Wwhich have been continued throughout the day, have had to do with the details of revision. There is no foundation for the report that the Chambers will be immediately convoked. According to Le Soir M. Faure, who received M. Cavaignac to-day, strongly urged him to withdraw his resignation. The paper also asserts that at the council to-morrow the President will endeavor to prevent a decision in favor of revision. On the same authority it is announced that General Roger, chief of M. Cavaignac's military staff, will retire at his own request. The name of General Saussier, for- merly Military Governor of Paris, is POOOOOPEPPNNNPNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO000000e of Manila. San Francisco. {0, COXOROROROROROIoJoFoYoJ o ofoXoRoOIOJOJOXO] RIOS IS SHOOTING PROMINENT NATIVES MANILA, September 4.—According to advices fr9m Iloilo Governor Rios, ‘governor of the Vizcayas,. is arresting and shooting suspected persons, including prominent natives The obstructions on tae railway from Manila to Caloocan have been removed and the first train left yesterday. I.t is expected that traffic will be resumed to the Dagupantemxnus to-morrow. The steamers Ohio and V::xlencia have sailed for @O@@@@@@@Q@@O@@@@@@@@@@@@@G@@O@@@ fooJoNoYoXoYOROXOXO! ) ({0, 0XOCXORONOXORORORO request from | Imen(!nncd in connection with the War | Office portfolio. In her letter to M. Sarrien, the Min- | Ister of Justice, Mme. Dreyfus says she} addresses him again, since he alone has the right to demand revision on | the ground of a “new fact.” She ar- | | gues that Lieutenant Colonel Henry's admission of forgery deprives his depo- sitions and acts of all welght, and con- | | cludes her appeal by calling upon M. | Sarrien to “listen to the voice of public opinion and put an end to the punish- ment of a loyal and innocent man.” The Temps, Liberte and Journal des | Debats express regret at M. Cavaig- | nac's “‘obduracy,” asserting that it adds | to the difficulties of the situation. RELIGIOUS SERVICES [ WERE FORBIDDEN PARIS, Sept. 4—The services at the | interment of the remains of Lieutenant | Colonel Henry at Pochy yesterday were civil, the Bishop of Chalons having forbidden religious - services. Several staff officers were present at the cere- mony. = WEYLER DRIVEN FROM HOME BY A SCANDAL BOSTON, Sept. 4—The surprising an- nouncement was made to-day that Gen- eral Weyler lived in Boston for several months in 1864, having fled from Spain be- cause of a domestic scandal. Superinten- dent Henry S. Treadwell of the South Boston postoffice says that he and Wey- ler worked at sandpapering wall brackets and other fancy articles during the latter part of 1864 in the establishment of O. L. Briggs, at the corner of Essex and Wasn- ington streets. Mr. Treadwell says: “I was foreman for O. L. Briggs. This man was a boarding- house acquaintance. He asked me If there was any work in my shop for him. He sald he had been out of work and was | anxious to get something to do. He was then not more than 30 years of age—a re- fined, well educated gentleman, courte- ous and intelligent. He told me he was a Spanish officer, obliged to leave that country on account of a soc¢ial - scandal. He also told me of his father’'s title and rank in the army and of his own position, and said his mother was prominent in Spain. He went to New York, where he worked for a while. Shortly after he learned from Spain that his trouble had been settled, and he was at liberty to return, which he aid.” TROUBLE IN STORE FOR PREMIER SAGASTA SpectalVcable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 183, by James Gor- don Bennett. MADRID, Sept. 4—The Cortes opens to- morrow at 2:30 o’clock. Weyler, who is said to be full of fight, arrived this even- ing. His friends describe him as resolved to tell truths which were not possible at the time of his last speech in the Legis- lature. As I write the Carlists are in session evolving great plans to torment the Government. Sagasta declares the moment has not arrived when peace will be signed. The situation is merely this: There is an armistice and peace Is under discus- sfon., Sagasta has to speak. He has put on his best sult of armor and is well quipped for a severe political tournn-l e ! ment. 4 | of four days from the date of sailing of | Goodrich was to be given sealed BLUFFED T0 END OF WAR How Naval Officials Scared Spain. SOME “INSIDE” HISTORY | ONE SCHEME THEY DID NOT HAVE TO EXECUTE. Sampson Would Have Been Sent to the Spanish Coast With All the Armorclads TUnder His Command. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Sept. 4—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: Spain’s action in suing for peace at the time she did saved her the humiliation of being the subject of another bluff on the part of the Wash- ington authorities. The story of the plan under which the eastern squadron was to operate is one of the interesting bits of history which will be officially published when the correspondence of the war is presented to Congress in De- cember. The auxiliary cruiser Har- vard, which was returned-to her own- ers only on Friday last, was to have played the star part in the game which was destined to hasten Spain’s decision to plead for peace. To a certain extent the formation of the eastern squadron itself was merely for the purpose of frightening the Ma- drid Government and the announce- ment made at the time of its organiza- tion on June 27 that “this ‘squadron will sail for the coast cf Spain imme- diately” was wholly intended to bring | Admiral Camara’s command back to Spain. The object of the department’s an- nouncement was soon achieved. Then came the danger of European interfer- ence in the disposition of the Philip- pines, and to impress Europe with America’s strength the attachment of ail the ‘armorclads to the eastern squadron was ordered. But the naval war board, after a conference with the ‘President, was not through with its policy of scaring Spain. As told to me to-day by an of- ficlal in a position to know, Rear Ad- miral Sampson was Instructed to leave Guantanamo Bay and proceed to a rendezvous at sea, where he was to awalt further advices. The auxiliary steamer Harvard, of great speed and coal capacity was held at Hampton Roads, despite the earnest representa- tions of the War Department, that she was required for the transportation of soldiers from Santiago. If at the end the armorclads, which date was to be made public and cabled abroad, Spain failed tc sue for peace, Captain O. F. in- sructions to be dellvered to Rear Ad- miral Sampson, directing him to con- tinue to the coast of Spain and de- stroy the ships of the Spanish navy. If, on the other hand, Spain should ask for a cessation of hostilities within that period, the fact was to be communi- cated to Rear Admiral Sampson with instructions to proceed to Tompkins- ville. NOW IN PURSUIT OF THE KHALIFA LONDON, Sept. 4—The War Office has recelved the following dispatch from General Kitchener, dated Satur- day evening: ‘“The remnant of the Khalifa's force has surrendered, and I now have a large number of prisoners on hand. Our cavalry and gunboats are still pursuing the KXhalifa and his chiefs, who, with only about 140 fight- ing men, are apparently making for Kordolan. “The left bank of the White Nile is so difficult of approach, owing to the overflow and thick bush, that the gun- boats cannot effect a landing. I there- fore can only rely upon the cavalry to capture them. “I visited Khartoum to-day. The town is a complete ruin, but the lower portions show some of the principal houses still standing. The people are naturally delighted to see us. So far as I can see a¢ present, Khartoum is tLe best position. Omdurman is very ex- tensive and the stench there is unbear- able. “I have, therefore, moved the troops down to Khor Skambat, where we now are in a good camp on the river. All the British wounded will descend the river with this dispatch. There are no cases that cause grave anxiety.” CAIRO, Sept. 4—The following tele- gram from the Cirdar, dated to-day (Sunday) at Omdurman and forwarded by camel post to Nasri, was received this evening: ‘The camp has been moved outside Omdurman to the river banks. Our wounded are doing well and are now descending the river. The Austrian sister, Theresa Grigolini, and all the European prisoners have been rescued. They are well. The jist of our casualties has not yet been received. The population of Omdurman maifests joy at the arrival of the expedition.” : Transport Panama Sails. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—The follow- ing cablegram was received by the War Department to-night from General ‘Wilson: PONCE, Sept. 4.—Adjutant General, ‘Washington: SPO) anama salls at 4 o'clock this afternoon with 246 conval- escent soldiers. Surgeon Daly and three assistants on board. Could accommodate no more. ‘WILSON, Major General. l DEALS DEATH BLOW TO THE DERVISHES GENERAL H. H. KITCHENER. Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-Egyptian Army. SOUTH 15 SOLID FOR HENRY GAGE Will Roll Up.,a Large Majority. REPUBLICANS ARE CONFIDENT ELECTION RESULT DEPENDS ON | SAN FRANCISCO. If the Demcecratic Majority Here Is Normal It Will Be Easily Over- come Below Mount Te- hachapi. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4—Henry T. Gage went to his ranch near Downey early this morning and will remain there three or four days to obtain rest. He will probably make three or four speeches, including one at San Diego, before he goes north. His cam- paign movements will be governed in some degree by the directors of the Republican State Central Committee, but as the nominee is a man who is in- clined to be independent and out- spoken, he may go whither his inclina- tions lead him and speak in his own fashion when the spirit moves him. The great meeting last night is the talk of the city to-day. The Populists and the Democrats) in the Populist camp admit that the demonstration was greater than they imagined it could be. The Silver Republicans are on the way back to the regular Repub- lican fold. Many of them have al- ready re-enlisted in the ranks of the grand old party for this campaign. The rooms formerly occupied as head- quarters of the Silver Republicans on Main street have been closed and the sign “To Let” i1s up. The Maguire * Democrats and the Populists are now building their hopes of success on an overwhelming ma- jority for their little gaint in San Francisco. On all sides one hears the comment: “The battle ground is .San Fran- cisco.” Gage will get a large majority south of the Tehachapi. So many Demo- crats here of the old school openly an- nounce their intention to vote for the Republican nominee that the Maguire foliowers are inclined to put forward their main efforts in the San Joaquin Valley and the Democratic precincts of San Francisco. All that the Repub- licans in this region of the State ask is that the Democratic majority in the metropolis shall be limited to its nor- mal figure. The followers of Gage are confident that they can offset as large a metropolis majority as Budd ob- tained four years ago, but they hope that Gage will hold Maguire down to smaller figures. ¥ It is understood that Mr. Gage will visit the mining districts in this part of the State. He will make one speech at Randsburg. ' TWO BRITISH OFFICERS ‘KILLED IN THE BATTLE _ CAIRO, Sept. 4.—General Kitchener telegraphs saving: “Only two British officers were killed in the battle—Licutenant Grenfell of the Twenty-first Lancers and Captain Caldecott, Warwiciishire Regiment. Grenfell fell in a brilllant charge by the Twenty-first Lancers, who lost 21 killed and 20 wounded. AGUINALDO STILL - IN WARLIKE MoaD Determined to Keep on Fighting. NATIVES BUILDING TRENCHES STRENGTHENING THE WORKS AROUND CAVITE. - Their Leader Will Insist Upon Con- tinuing the Struggle to Win Independence for +‘ha Islands. BY SOL. N. SHERIDAN. Special Cable to The «"anl and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. S MANILA, Sept. 4.—Visiting the Ma- late trenches yesterday, I saw insur- gent soldiers in strong force holding the exact position behind the aban- doned America:: works from which Gen- | eral Greene displaced them before the fall of Manila. This morning I saw some Tagallos rebuilding a trench in the vicinity of San Pedro de Malate and Santa Mesa, which were aban- doned last week. While the more intelligent natives talk annexation and unruly lieuten- ants continue to commit depredations within the city it is clearly the pur- pose of Aguinaldo to place himself in the same position he occupied before American occupation, pending the de- cision of the Paris conference. What- ever may be the outcome, the rebel leader will insist upon his purpose to struggle for complete independence, while protesting his friendship for the Americans. There has been no attempt yet made to cut off access to the country. DERVISHES SUSTAINED A HEAVY LOSS LONDON, Sept. 5.—The war corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph with the Anglo-Egyptian forces says: Kha- lifa Abdullah, with his harem and Os- man Digna, his principal gereral, man- aged to escape, but Abdullah’s banner and thousands of prisoners are in our hands. It is estimated that 15,000 of the enemy were slain. Our total casualties were about 500. Besides Colonel Rhodes, another cor- respondent was slightly wounded. Mr. Howard, the New York Herald corre- spondent, was slain by a shell in Om- durman. The war correspondent of the Daily News says: Our victory was not easily or cheaply won. The Dervish loss was enormods. It is estim}ted that the killed of the enemy were not fewer than 8000. Our whole force was engaged in fighting from 6:30 a. m. until sundown. Instead of waiting for us in Omdur- man, where they could have made a resistance that would, have cost us thousands of lives, they advanced to meet us. The right was extraordinary. Some 12,000 men in four brigades at- tempted to rush our Zereba. With des- perate gallantry they were repulsed, suffering huge loss. Our Maxim guns especially made terrible lanes in their ranks, and our artillery dealt havoc in the town, which was full of women. The Dervish army of 60,000 is utterly broken, but we are fully prepared to fight to-morrow if they wish it. KITCHENER'S CAPTURE OF ONDURMAN How Followers of the Khalifa Fought. THOUSANDS OF THEM SLAIN WONDERFULVALOR DISPLAYED ON BOTH SIDES. One British Regiment, Surrounded by the Natives, Cuts Its Way. Through Living Walls of the Enemy. Special Dispatch to The Call. OMDURMAN, opposite Khartoum, on the Nile, Nubia, September 2 (by camel post to Nasri)—The Sirdar, General Her- bert Kitchener, with the Khali- fa’s black standard captured dur- ing battle, entered Omdurman, the capital of Mahdiam, at 4 o’clock this afternoon at the head of the Anglo-Egyptian column, after completely routing the Der- vishes and dealing a death blow to Mahdism. Roughly our losses were 200, while thousands of the Dervishes were killed and wounded. Last night the Anglo-Egyptian army encamped at Agaiza, eight miles from Omdurman. The Dervishes were three miles distant. At dawn to-day, our cavalry, patrolling toward Omdur- man, discovered the enemy advancing to the attack in battle array, chanting war songs. Their front consisted of in- fantry and cavalry stretched out for three or four miles. Countless banners fluttered over their masses, and the copper and brass drums sounded through the ranks of the savage war- riors, who advanced unswervingly with all their old time ardor. Our infantry formed up cutside the camp. On the left were the First Battalion Northum- berland Fusileers, the Second Bat- talion Lancashire Fusileers and the First Battalion Grenadier Guards, with the Maxim battery, manned by the Royal Irish Fusileers. In the center were the first Battalion Warwickshire Regiment, the First Battalion Cameron Highlanders and the First Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment with Maxims worked by a detachment of the Roval Artillery under Major Williams. On our i~ht were the Soudanese brizades, commanded by General Maxwell and General Macdonald. The Egyptian bri- gades held the reserves and both flanks were supported by the Maxim-Norden feldt batteries. At 7:20 a. m. the enemy crowded the ridges above the camp and advanced steadily in enveloping formation. At 7:40 our artillery opened fire, which was answered by the Dervish riflemen. Their attack developed on our left, and in accordance —ith their traditional tactics they swept down the hillside with the design »f -shing our flank. But the withering fire maintained for fiftec « min:tes bv all our line frus- trated the cttem~*, and the Dervishes, balked, swept toward our center, upon which they concentrated a fierce at- tack. A large force of horsemen, try- ing to face a continuous hail of bullets from the Cameron Highlanders, the Lincolnshire Regiment and the Soudanese, was literally swept away, leading to the withdrawal of the entire body, whose dead strewed the field. The bravery of the Dervishes can hardly be overstated. Those who car- ried the flags struggled te within a hundred yards of our fighting line. ‘When the Dervishes withdrew behind the ridge in front of their camp the whole force marched in echelon of bat- talions toward Omdurman. As our troops surmounted the crest adjoining the Nile the Soudanese on our right came into contact with the enemy, who had reformed under cover of a rocky eminence and had massed beneath the . black standard of the Khalifa in order to make a supreme effort to retrieve the fortunes of the day. A mass, 15, 000 strong, bore down on the Soudan- ese. General Kitchener swung around the center and left of the Soudanese and. seized the rocky eminence, and the Egyptians, hitherto in reserve, joined the firing line in ten minutes, and be- fore the Dervishes could drive their attack home the flower of the Khalifa's army was caught in a depression and within a zone of withering cross-fire from three brigades, with the attendant artillery. The devoted Mahdists strove heroically to make headway, but every rush was stcpped, while their main body was literally mown down by a sustained deadly cross-fire. Deflantly the Dervishes planted their standards and died beside them. Their dense masses gradually melted to com- panies and the companies to driblets beneath the leaden hail. Finally they broke and fled, leaving the fleld white with jibbah-clad corpses, like a snow- drift-dotted spot. At 11:16 o'clock the Sirdar ordered an advance and our whole force, in 2 |