The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 13, 1899, Page 1

The VOTI \l]‘ I\\XVI—\O. T4. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS, BRITONS ANXIOUS FOR GENERAL MERCIER CONFRONTED . WAR AGAINST THE BOERS Y DREYFUS AND GASIMIR PERIER | Wi LEACES e WD | Paris Police Make Raids on | the Young Royalists and Anti-Semites. VAST CONSPIRACY ALLEGED | Some of the Followers of Deroulede Resist Arrest and One Is i % OO0 L - PS - @ - * - e - s - ® 3 & . PS . & . & * & - © + & . ®© . * ( R O O O MM@-O-H o e ot St e Sl i e e e on e e an LV BG e Ve TE et e et e B R R SRUAR SO SRR S 00900000@0@«@0940. S e I e T o S SICE o on e S S e o o e o | Strongly Barricaded. | : . = | DS FORT BEING BUILT BY THE ¢ = et o et G % & "o i Spe Jispateh to The Call. SN PP P 5 BOERS AT JOHANNESBURG. | i [@ et e e ot e ¢ ARIS, Aug. 12.—Following the ar- - ! BRI NP s SO S0 RS SR I H 4 & A [ S ERAE Qe o rest of M. Paul Deroulede a num- Sensa’[lonal SeSS[On it 3 ® et 1e of the populace is evident, ! rs . of ;antl-Semiticl} | & > . e e and patriotic leagues were taken (e g ? ¢ and. notwei anding all that has into custody this mornins. Of the Court_Mar_ B 3 b to the z‘m:.‘ rary that states-| A sem 1 this morn- ? 3¢ ? 5 i <t fp M8 reads as follo - )¢ ? 5 heen fighting their best to . 7 A cer re made t I t R ) : * rnm. there is not the | this morniy . magis: 1al at hennes. s — PP S S SO D D SN D N S ) 'zhu is the public|ot the Ee Dpitacy| —— . oE—NiRAqE‘—-R the Boers. that a g a chane m of governmen RS P B e Tk b R R R e AR the Boers, that a belone o C d g T LIRS i g 1 of war would be hailed Youth After onClu in HlS e - + NEW YORK, Aug Sun + . . & . + timony the Former : \ 3 = g - f ( o, il x v B h )¢ of olonia nd docume . + + L|e . + - speaking to a correspondes War MlnlStel‘ lS HOOt 3 9 + Ry A rIC M. Casimir-Perie? was President of France at the time of Dre} ' con ) 3 said: Surely the - ]"HMH ed and Ca“ed "Mur_‘ General Mercier was Minister of War in 1534 - + ize that their sympathies and their |2 jon of Dreyfus. + 1 re + ) e c o o 21t | & 5 5 bE interests are with Great Britain d L | - B + nand will proceed + ; : erer. | ; % + over the Bogr questi eresane [ specch rather than of a witness'| & “";'z”n AREinE z BPETRFIRL - ST S i ke e Ultland evidence, but not without oratorical | soidiers with fixed bayonets was again it 15 to mterests as L ]7”\,,,”‘ quite cabn and a“d go?:‘rm bu[‘l‘n..l 412:1;’“ }:;11‘.“1 1 s f Jiness There is no mis s that these =E . 5 P f i - 3 rendered honors in the customary man- el e e e g sl s that these - e was taken into custods ENNES, Au —A great| Jooking well, listened with the decp- | ner to the Judges as the latter entered P sc bad signs. There was yeforms should be carried out. The| by four mes and was driven to itling. doubtless the mBston-| ot mhuf{m;. R R e Bl Paris. On his arrival here he was in- g, 6ot : : | T he provcedin gl AT ana no mistaking the fecling and (.}:,,, case of Johm Hays Hammond (the | carcerated in the Conciergerie priso: portant of the whole trial. When Perier had scated himself | ihe hope for a sensation began to lag per of the House of Commons be- American engincer twho was int-|YWhen arrested M. Deroulede shouted: 9 ed 1 pr0 twords— Far Fr le che-Vernct | as the morning wore on, and matters ] ; [ engi ¢ T e i, 15 or the part of tha pIrvoN be resumed tn a few words— | not farfrom M. de la Roche-Vernct | 2 wor M. simir- | began to get tedious a fore 1t closed its sc on on Wednes- prisoned in the Transvaal) ought| Government, which is trying to impli- | the breakdowon of Mercier. In the | General Mercicer entered. He car- 2 e = =5 iy T ; | . | Perier and Gene' | Mercier reiterated citem There is no mistaking the to have brought the situation home | cate me mhflw =u‘me nfl'nflr' as the Or-| o oo had the vague and hesi-| yicd under his right arm a thick | what is already known. But this was i whose adve: ATy am. e L e 3 s ” e r gt | 3 = 3 - | the storm, and only the calm be g of the hastening of the c et - to the Americans. We fully un-| “mne arrest of M. Marcel-Hapert is | tating deposition of M. de la Roche- | “serziclle” bulging out with paper | s Cape derstand the wnderlying sympathy | expect . osca ther amces. ot | Vernet,attache of French em-| zohich he laid upon the witness of the United Stat ague, which are now | passy in Berlin, and i the cond | table. T his lecturer-general po. ses one in the court with it into a whirl- The | pool of the wildest excitement. for all repub- e ‘ 2 Jery s iR S ; > | fus on entering the courtroom 2 : LA [ L ey e T ) s e el ./;v "/'mimg ech by former | q thankless woice and a thank- | aluted the president with h 7 1 i e Lo arred g T S 3 ¥ etk Jldierly mein as on Monday last, : e S M. Guerir the Anti-Sem- | Pre. t of the republic .1/-_(1:1-\-’ | less physique, his woice almost re-| 4 1o or Cotarel douahat re. Sjaeomsy o g SuiL AR ite League, he refused to surrender and ... poyior and the curtain fell on| sembling that of an old woman, and | turning the > “Sit down, himself in his house. He d to hold out f barricade says he is prep having a good stock of rms. The doors and win- Dreyfus.” The 0 the rout of former Minis IWar Mercier, who left the kis residence barricaded, | amid the hooting of the audience | zwhose mouth a practical joker had : hi £ beto e he Dl blawl after an ””"‘”* ntly endless mono-| drazen a pair of much-twisted mus- | platform up his house before / ; On the application “of M. | houses = t il I la Roche-1"er the wi searches various the face also likc that of a lady of | 1 g7 | uncertain age, at the corners of the platform to- acing the Judges back to the table woking across the ght at the rail at which ; taches. Mercier concluded by say-|" - ionel E d in H/”I”‘-’ at the very open-1 ing, “Gentlemen, I know that hu- his morning, including th 7 | ters of the anti-Semites, where only | ing of the sutiug. His te ;"”f“”'\ man nature 1s fallible. If I had the | 53 unimportant papers were seized hea | WAS unimportant. M. Casimir-| Jeast doubt of the justice of the ver- | FEmiens | "It appears that the officials unearthed : i ST s e » e telegrams sent by the Duke of Orleans | Pericr then came. He moved for-| dict of 04 you may rest assured I|§ronEn lier Director of the du Roi, UHe Le oght f Persident | coqrd to the bar and rematned | zoould acknowledged my | iRk aying, “All £ | from Brus i | Faure's funer e Sondy e mecond: telos standing there, as if m a tribune. | gyror.” dispatched the following gesture of invitation Th ]I(‘ said muh unctuous self- [] gram was ] spite the ¢ o toasY = - day, saying, “It is useless to come.” L DL e : gkt . ny colong asainst the Government had in the | fo take a chair upholstered in red £ fus. creupon the | g "What | circumst: --‘ “this docum: P w K ll d t P . Having taken the oath, he| latte came into vour poss 1 L Hn\: nt I used dur- the value o keep it gives you opy of the docu- s in your case. This document there- . was legitimately in your possession. | meantime failed. La during t with an intensity of emotion el covered of a fresh plot and of consulta- | spoke with case and warnmth, git -\ which ran through the audience like au, I wished = ~ " |ing one the impression of a sct|an electric shock, was seen to draz | o-o-o-@ | himself up, his countenance all of a a cond Page. AN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug. 12.—)bodies have alrecdy been recovered |the troops stationed there. Heavy rains GBI A R e .- ts f the sou tificiere,jand motiaihouss wasilett staud yreis B SITE. ¢ | sudden grow red with anger, and | R e e e e o e Major Myers in his report from Ponce Trooper Schoenberg of Troop C,|to Governor General Davis says that th Cavalry, after a terrible ride, | the hurricane began at 7 o'clock in the to General Davis | morning and increased in violence un- Seven men of | til 10 o'clock, when there was some op C were injured during the hurri- |abatement of its fury. It came in again | King of the Eleventh Infantry |at 6 o'clock in the evening and blew was seriously hurt. The extent of the | with terrific force until 2 o'clock in the among the troops stationed | morning without intermission. Rains in Humacao and other towns is not|in the mountains swelled the rivers un- | reau. & |cry out to the v face of his ac-| S qmust— fore. it wa cuser, “That is what you, ought 10 | hed. 1o eltcidate. ; 11 do. do. Yes, that it what you ought to A o e ke * ¢ ldo | riere if he had any. observatic . pS point. |in behalf of the Government. | S sy ey s, | replied by asking to have Dr. Ranso | " Mercier, taken ~ by .. surprise, | Feoost. on Dreytus read, which the clerk ththe < da + | stopped and stammered. & he rapocs. e surveillance over Drey Seve b e ; B nitely known, but it is believed | til towns are from two to ten feet un-| 3 That is your duty,” Dreyfus Ehe " Voyidze o “The prison o Cav Ie ater when th . § . -, | and said among other things that he was i e ina, | that twenty-six were killed in Arroyo | der water. Great damage was done to | & | calls out once again, and then he sits | &ch on board seated on ’a"‘.fi.n,‘[‘:.'m“w = Yt for use, | On the southeast coast. | all public buildings, and private losses | ¥ . ddonly ing. - )t a dwelling was spared in Las | are beyond calculation. Barracks were | 2 | down suddenly. : - o de Ia Roche-Vemet, a sec ! 2 and Juncos, on the main road | flooded; ”"d,"“.‘e.r bulldings, including | . After this explosion the discom-|ifn. was the next witness. certain lnldnvl from Huu acao, nor in Naguabo, | kitchens and dining rooms, were de- | e | g4, LS s .., | though he was scared, there w & of the island |jillo FOrT T e e ot | Officers'’ quarters south of the bar- | & | words, which nobody heard, gath-|fry of War ana Miristre of Foreign Af- - this city, and other towns are known | racks were demolished and their furni- | 2 fairs whenever they were engaged in the + | ered together his papers, folded up |transiation of the Panizardi spe B g 5 H vas‘a_very minute and his “serviclle” and arose. Jecrs and | fer. ‘Several drafts. he ¢ o first made, and finally a offi 1 tr la- & | hooting resounded through the hall, | tion Was drawn up, which was the '"Jm,, g a e . 7 as since published. and a journalist, when the general | Questioned respectively regarding the draft and specific he said the: to have been destroyed, but the loss of | ture and other contents lost. Commis-. e ine Im the | life has not vet been reported. sary and quartermasters’ storerooms T A emor| In Arecibo, on the north coast, thirty- | Were flooded and supplies which they ad. GoveriOr | Ave miles west of this city, the best | contained were ruined. Stables were o umication is | families perished in the flood, which destroyed, but horses and cattle were 2 rescued. The refrigerating plant was istress everywhere D nz to the floods resulting |SWept away three houses. One hundred s ; assed near, cried out in his face, Iy hypothe “hich at many |and twenty bodies have been recovered. | Wrecked and the beef supplles quickly | ‘) !’ sials f Jucsh, hevothetd ich 71" In Yabucoa, ten miles south of Hu- | SPoiled. All that could be saved was Murderer! which the trans the east coast, 200 were killed | Biven to the poor, who were without | B the sense beinz th 3 A0 O R O e G | 6| INES, . A 12 Wh he | Tested and that he had no relations with a town of | and many were wounded. 2 3 ENN Aug. 12. — en the ' Germany. » 8 tOWD 27| Patillas, ten miles to the southwest, | There.are no beds for the troops, Ma- | ! Dreyfus trial was resumed this | M. Paleologue of the French Forezn Of- t]x : de- B i jor Meyers says, and the streets are *°l meorning the curtain rose on the | fice s ;gz 0 ca 5 ';1 "’:;-‘»("d Bm il o 8 i s 3 3 : some of thi statements. _But ne e | Nothing has' beeniheard so far-from | Sled £0 & depthiol & 100t With mud and )¢ same theater-like scene as on | the net re two witnesses’ : the Mayaguez district, on the south | Carcasses of animals are baking in : Monday. The Judges, in uni- plies to MM Laborie and Demange was ya has been | the A8 is Known that coffee |the hot sun. It is feared that an epi- . form, were seated on the stage | that never In the translation was there washing | coast, but 1t 1s Lnown that coffee, |, = rioom ongie & 3 lark cloth-covered table, on | ABY Question of relations with Germany. s no means | oranges and growing crops all over th o B e | behind the dark cloth-cove able, on | “'xr [ anorie, on elic ing the foregoing, D ea. | istand have been completely ruined. | SANCHEZ, San Domingo, via Cape | ¢ | which, in a row, were their kepis, with | showed evident satis The witn malnland, | 158 2 '®d- | Haytien, Aug. 12.—The hurricane | | ® | gay-colored plumes and heavy gold- |rail was empty for a few moments. and Mepends up-| Many towns throughout the island | o=Vt = “OR 0 IETROARE | o 3| B ! | then Colonel - Joua 4, solemnly: | are still under water, and thousands of e 3 o Y- ¢ laced bands. “Bring in the next witn | cattie have been lost by the fnundas | i Soart . Soveral fOWns were par- 4 | Every seat in court was occupled, in | _An infantry sergeant. seated benmealn e B avy couriers are coming m | Hally destroved and there was an Im- | ¢ & | expectation of a sensational scene, | Major Carrieres desk. then walked o the |'tions. X y o ers C B o 14 % i “ | middle o e court, w n ecrimson conthben] foia STIEIAGE ATh Factiegts to General|| Drhie damkge o croputhas muy: bitig| if ¢ | There were more ladies present than on | armchair, placed there for distinguished ot dls.| Davis for alf. i Brampt sction is abso-~ |[0f faiine < Greatifloods are réported;) @ & | Monday. The personage kmown as witnesses, Casimir-Perier. formerly lar dis- | Davis for ald. Pr S abso- | 15 have occurred in the interjor. No| ¢ + | Maa Blanche (The White Lady), | ETeS e ks s as de- | lutely necessary. In view of the ex-| et B atiead 2 b e e e € LACY): | qucted by oldier and ascended the together | treme gravity of the situation Governor gumbpEation by e woad ontelogranhi| © | who has attended every move in the | pjatform. He was dressed in a_black g ¥ /is has futed ahoard ot i * + | Dreyfus affair, was again present to- | frock coat. with the rosette of the Legion General IDa\xs 2 spnotolet s s == e : L | day, wearing a superb set of pearls, |Of Honor at his buttonhole, and light 1 the line | commissioners to superinten e worl % » . 5 i Arls. | heck trousers, and carried a si at in ang | ot relief. Help must come at once from _Horatio Slater Dead. + M. PAUL DEROULEDE. + | But, owing to the expressed objections | his hand. # iies th rest result MAGNOLIA, Mass., Aug. 12_Horatlo| ¢ 3 » & | of Colonel Jouaust, she changed her| In response to the usual questions he F a0, the | outside sources or the gray eSUlts | \oison Slater, the millionaire manyfac-.| 4 Founder of ‘the League of Patriots and member of the Chamber of Deputies, | 00\ % Tlace on the right behind | said: “1 am 52 years old. No profession. chief town on the eastern coast of the | will follow. If fever breaks out it will | turer of Boston and Webster, Mass. dled | Who is again In custody on a charge of plotting to cause a revolution. 1 ‘; St i I was formerly President of the repub- island, is in ruins, and its 6000 people | sweep the island and there Wil un- |at his summer home here this afternoon | & s R e e e atst then aakol “DIT v ara homeless and starving. Sixty-four | doubtedly be great mortality among | after a brief iliness. B+ 0400000404000 000+0+00+0+09+0+0+0-+@®|able position in the body of the hall. | Colone s : you