The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 2, 1899, Page 1

The Call 54l STATE ) / i VOLUME I:i\\ SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS, SPREAD OF YELLOW FEVER THROUGHOUT CITIES OF THE SOUTH Key West Has Been Placed in Strict Quaran- Friend of the Priso L R I SCEL S S oo i o ) : . | > tine and the Garrison Is to Be : e B S s s R d 3¢ ¢ 3 FUTILE APPEAL FOR GUERIN. ¥ emoved. ! 40 — 3 S ! 3¢ & |+ PARIS, Sept. 1—Cardinal Rich- + ? + |+ ard, Archbishop of Paris, paid a 4| LSS s . . ¢ &7 114 visit to-day to the Premler, M. 4 The Disease Appears as Far North és Indiana, a Soldier S 13 Waldeck Raussens, on benalt of M. + INS|EEH ¥ | 4 Jules Guerln, the anti-Semite agi- 4 3 i ® 5§ . ® | 4 tator, and his companions, now be- 4 WhO Fougm n cflbfl Dymg at 113 S ¢ |+ sieged In the headquarters of the + Sa & | 4 anti-Semite League, and urged a 4 : == | b i | 53 4 |4 peacetul solution of the difficulty. 4 VLHCEHHES | =3 4 |4 “We have shown great patience,” 4 > = == + |+ M. Waldeck-Rousseau declared, 4 2|4+ “but all those who respect justice 4 LE, s 1 death from yellow 4 will hold that the law must pre- 4 x st b : this afternoon. 3|+ vail” )¢ er Blunt ordered a rigid 20 b6 igainst New Orleans on D R R gk R b T R e 1a and freight business and all ol 3 ¢ s were notified to refuse : aths s to any persons or freight L] N Sept. L—Owing to one 3 5 a »w fever in New Orleans, | ¢ s & r s declared there, Mo- | & .t t med a quar- | 4 to-night against persons, bag- | and freight from New Orleans e Y g g Mobile ( . The night tr. ¥ : ew ( ns, due at 2 b d i ses prohibt from dis . + S N w Orleans passengers her: o & p will be established to-mor- o . = also proclaimed J 26 . jEmes : )¢ ) OFFICIAL REPORT ON ? p - 1 b¢ s , . THE ALABAMA’S TRIAL b K e . D Commander W. H. Brownson Ex- : ‘; g 3 presses Himself as Entirely Satis- | | @ s fled With Results Attained. . NEW YORK, Sept. 1 & . i AN AFTERNOON SCENE BEFCRE GUERIN’S HOME. & . S bed e eb e et e e eD e ebebeHe +D e v et et e e ® = jepartment Sept. 1.—This was a|of to-da proceedings, which were | charged with treason, the president of . yards of the actory day for Drey- |not marked by any incident of unusual | ‘H_w court, Colonel Joua aroused the al of the Germain, who was .to have |in which General Roget clearly gave |, ~8ltC Lalorl the other day asked that he lowe proved that Dreyfus attended |himself away, being the only matter | character of ortain witness. 1 would the Alsatian maneuv: found his which attracted especial attention. not e acceded the witn had not statements denied by a reputable wit- M. Bertillon were severely snubbed | expressed a similar desire. ormation ness, while Germain himself, it was by the president of the court:when he | Which has now reached me will be read.” = lightship | proved, underwent two convict sen- | wished to reply to General Sebert, who | The clerk of the court accordingly read t s for swindling. had condemned his system as fanatical. two runs of 16.3; ness,” whereupon M. Bertillon, ex- A CONFERENEE. WITH BOEIRS Colonial Secretary Makes Public the Text of the Correspondence Passing Between London and Pretoria. D e O S = A @rieveieieieies S Fleet of British Warships in Port Natal Bay. From a Photograph. With respect to intervention, the im- | perial note says that the Government cannot debar themselves from their | | rights under the conventions, or divest themselves of the obligations of a civil- | ized power to protect its subjects abroad from injustice. The note concludes by reminding the Transvaal that other matters exist which the grant of a political franchise | will not settle and which are not the proper subjects for arbitration. These, the note declares, it will be necessary to settle concurrently with the ques- tions already under discussion, and they will form, with the questions of Britain was not ready. Herr Fischer was present at the se- cret session of the Volksraad this even- ing, a circumstance that caused a great deal of curiosity. Large crowds gath- ered around the building, anxious to learn the latest intelligence. President Kruger remained in the executive ses- sion until a late hour discussing the sit- uation. An influential section of the Afrikanders here wired to-day to Herr Hoffmeyer, leader of the Afrikander party in Cape Colony, to come to Preto- ria immediately. CAPE TOWN, Sept. 1.—Reports re- ceived here from various outlying dis- company are going to that place daily. Sixty South Rhodesia vol- unteers were sworn in yesterday. LONDON, Sept. 1. Archibald McDonald, the LONDON, Sept. 1.—This evening the | Secretary of State for the Colonies, Jo- seph Chamberlain,. issued the text of the Transvaal dispatches of August 19 and Angust 21, and the reply of the im- perial Government of August 28. The publication is accompanied by a note emphasizing the advisability of mak- ing the correct version known, owing to the fact that an incorrect version has been published in Pretoria. The Transvaal dispatch of August 19 contains the proposals regarding the franchise, which go upon the assump- tion that Great Britain will agree that Omdurman report at the War Office. to go to Cape Colony. JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 1.—The town is preparing for the eventualities of war. The inmates of the Children's Home are going to Natal. The Town Council is providing a three months’ supply of food for the men and animals connected with the municipal depart- ments. All outgoing trains are crowded and most of the prominent men have He expected v - bitration, proper subjects for the |tricts of the Transvaal describe them mh"ff’}f;;?“:fi“fifl‘ dofisa;‘.l%‘wcgt :fiomud_OEQ\T%cgn@p. as belng in a state of excitement. The | already left Johannesburg. Symp: guen. slves :{‘" s was the only testimony agalnst | As soon as General Sebert had finished | ¥ NS Sap e ap e B e ey Farna of the deposi- | his tat M. Berrillon bounced up was perhour, and of the tons being in his faver, several of |and asked < be alloved to speak, but was made with a | them being very weighty, as in the | Colonel Jouaust quickly turned to the ka Jts per hour, givi case of Captain Carvallgo, General Se. | usher and said, “Bring in the next wit- B O e R SO SRS = . . . Qo +e 5000000 e0ed D I S R e e e SO + ONDON, Sept. 1.—The +suzerainty question to drop. [etns - imperfal | burghers. it s said are watching the > € o 1 The dispatch of August 21 makes the | reply ain was | developments keenly, but the majority 36 Stene corr”m“d?m- $ | proposed g nn:z:»xm‘ oy condi. | unable to consider the aal's pro- | of them hope for & peaceful settiement + of the Morning Post says: 3 B T L e Britain undertaking | POSAls as an alternative to a joint com- | of the crisis. There is a general ex- + President Kruger told a prom- 3 pan Great bt ndertakifs | 1oiion of Inquiry. s IhTE e b e 4+ inent Boer yesterday (Wednes- 4 | 1ot to Interfere in the future with the | PRETORIA, Sept. 1—The Volksraad | s beeni issued toithe - Sl fcally ¢ Transvaal not to insist upon a further | has deferred the discussion of the cor- | c and field cornets to have | + day) that war was practically % assertion of e e of suzerainty and | respondence exchanged between the | themselves and the burghers in readi- + certain. Every Boer is mow 1 to agree to arbitration. imperial and Transvaal Government | ness in the event of an outbreak. 4 armed with a Mauser and has 'I'h‘b r;'lvll.\"l ’I\\ltl\‘;‘..( ’34’:'pi‘“‘l‘lr:;'wflir:; u)nlil Monday, \\r'hrn “i n‘;minn regarding | BLOEMFONTEIN, Orange Free . ract] WERLe GaLol 2 Bl ok, OO at | the presance of British troops on the | State, Sept. 1.—The assertion made ye! $ 100 rounds for practice. LT am 4| Grou{ Britain considers that the propo- | Transvasl border will be debated se- | by & local newHpapes that e 3 convinced that reports of the 1 | sals put forward as alternative to those | cretly. Herr Fischer, the special envoy » been given for the immediate + Boers not being prepared are | of July 31 assume the adoption in prin- | of the Orange Free State, has arrived | supply of equipment and cartridges to ¥ only a pretense and that they 4 | ciple of a franchise which will not be | here from Bloemfontein and is consult- | the Orange Free State Artillery Is de- 5 4 1 ik bl hen least < | hampered by conditions impairing its ing with the Government on the situa- | clared to be unfounded. 3 VL ks & B0 B o 3| usefulness and which will secure imme- | tion. Last night's session of the Volks- | BULAWAY, Matabeleland, South + expected. + | diate representation. raad was short, as the reply to Great | Africa, Sept. 1.—Recruits for Colonel “olonel Hector | hero, has been urgently summoned to | GENERAL SEBERT SAVS DREYFUS IS INNOGENT Retired Artiller‘\_; Comrfiar\der Proves a Powerful ner. { a report regarding M. Debruil, the Paris- {lan friend of M. de Beaurepaire, who testified on August 23 to the effect that Dreyfus met house of a mutual friend named Bodson, the cross-examination reflecting severely | on his reputation. The report was to the effect that M. Dubriel never was a horse ¢ uns 91,16, Knots. | bert and Major Hartmann, their evi- | {ron e Yy Yeturned toilis seat: | deeler, as claimed by M. Labori, andthat i ‘on the di: . | dence goi to show that particulars -~ the character of the witness was most , 11.25 knot hual of the gun” respectable, he being held in general es- with fre: and hy« umatic brake were - GENERAL SEBERT COMES teem. D: orthward of common Kknowledge A groom named Germain then deposed et e omon nowlcage TO THE AID OF DREYFUS | ;B ome resras at the German = f the ship on s A e ohecial army maneuvers in Alsace. The general serious na- | ‘10 ¢ el el O E Immediately after | effect of the testimony of the witness was consid. | Position on the staff and peculiar move- |, (EU L of the | rather unfavc . to the prisoner. Ger- State | as | ments could be acquainted with them | ro,rth week o tr main declared he saddled a horse for I This was the sum | martial of Alfred Dreyfus, | Dreyfus to follow the maneuvers and he that said Drey witnes Major Infreville accompanied dding that the major told the me of his companion. Colonel Jouaust questioned Dreyfus, | and although he did not confound the prisoner in any way, Dreyfus made a weak repiy in declaring that he could not whether he hired horses of employer or not however, gave of Dreyfus and - 's testimony about. . a man named Kuhlman, got up and declared that all Germain had said was untrue, and Major Infreville and_declared he never knew us. 5o Germain's allusions to him Jaseless. tain Lemonnier, who was a proba- the headquarters staff at the time as Dreyfus, deposed that the r told him he was well acquainted certain_German position because lowed the Alsatian maneuvers. s replied that Captain Lemonnier mixed up his remarks. The led that he was acquainted art of Alsace because he had his vouth there, and not because sent at the maneuvers of the there then told a tale versation in rlin carfe wo German officers in which a r made that mobili- lization plans were expected from Drey- fus. The cafe. however, has since dis appeared and the fying Villon® her Commiss; : testified that he was charged to investigate the leakage of documents at the gunnery school at Bourges and found nothing to incriminate Dr Lieutenant Bernheim testified that he v _documents dealing with was unable to get them ieutenant Brugere, who course at Chalons, easy for an outsider He attended testified that it ) to obtain particulars about the guns. sald that he himself had lent his firing A gunne 3.4 = to an infantry officer. General sked to be confronted with the witne nd said_the latter wrote to M. Cavaignac, then Minister of War, a vio- lent letter of resignation, in which he de- clared it was a dishonor to serve in the manual Roget | French army. | “This declaration caused a | Lieut | Roget, cried: | “T protest against General Roget's words. 1 affirm that I never said any such thing.” General Roget then backed down, say. B{vell. that was the general sense of the | letter. > | “AFoar of disgust came from the audi- ence at this apparent underhandedness | upon the part o tenant Brugere again emphatically | clared Geperal Roget was wrong. M. Labori and Colonel Jouaust agreed that the letter should be obtained from | the Ministry of War and read in court. | The Lieutenant expressed satisfaction at this step. The next witness, Captain Carvalho, | handsome youn; | AR exeatient reinforcement He gave his evidence clearly and boldly. He emphatically declared that there were a anism of the ‘120 short gun'’ secret. More- over, he added, from April, 1894, the ar- tillery officers had a description of the hydro-pneumatic brake given them. “Here,” said Captain Carvalho, “is an actual copy of the manual, which I hand over to the court-martial.” M. Labori then had an animated discus- sion with Colonel Jouaust, who at first refused counsel's request to read a letter which the latter had received yesterday evening, signed “Corning,” setting forth that the firing manual had men referred to as ““A” an 5 Colonel Picquart, in reply to M. Labori, confirmed the statement made in the let- ter, and said he thought Major Lauth could say something on that point, where- a German attache at the| e are no means of vert- | [ | | tion he artillery officer, provea | for Dreyfus. | no special precautions to keep the mecn- | | { | the st | structin been copli by | been, cobled by | AN DOMINGO, Sept. 1.—Members of the retiring Cabinet of former | President Figuereo were detected vesterday loading a lot of arms and ammunition on board schoon- to ers, which they intended to send | Azua. This discovery caused gr citement in the city and led to s demonstrations. Large crowds quickly formed in the streets, the majority be- ing young hot-headed men, who marched up and down the thorough- fares in disorderly mobs shouting “Viva Jimenes” and “Viva Revolucion” at the top of their voices. The great throng finally gathered around the Governor's Palace last night,-angrily demanding that the Min- isters should at once relinquish all their powers. The mob then broke into the Palace and destroyed a painting of the late President Heureaux, hanging in one of the rooms. From the Palace the mob marched to the residences of several members of the Cabinet and begun hurling stones through the windows, after smashing the shutters. The Governor appeared powerless and made no effort to curb the disorder. These riotous demonstrations contin- ued until midnight, when the fright- ened and helpless Ministers announced that they would turn over their powers to men to be selected by the citizens. Four citizens were promptly chosen by the mob to act as a committee of safety, and it was agreed that this committee should act in concert with Governor Mejia until the members of | | the provisional government arrive to take controi of affairs. The mob dis- persed after firing many shots. Foreigners here are safe as vet, but it is impossible to tell what the next fort- | | night may bring. Things look gloomy for the establishment of a stable Gov- ernment. The revolutionists have or- ganized a provisional Ministry in San- tiago, headed by Horacio Vasquez, with Ramon Cacceres as Minister of War. The revolutionists are undecided as to the man they want for President. It understood on excellent authority however, that they are not in favor of putting Jimenes at the head of the re- public. This attitude of the revolu- | tionists is likely to cause a clash, and thus lead to fresh disturbances. Jimenes cabled to-day that his emi saries would soon arrive here and that he would follow them. Jimenes is pop- ular in this city, but the masses are fickle and will desert him on the slight- est provocation. | REIGN OF ANARCHY ‘STARTED IN SAN DOMINGO'S CAPITAL Mob Breaks Into the Governor's Palace and the Homes of Members of the L@te Cabiyt. Enraged Becanse Former Ministers Were Detected Loading Arms and Ammantion Aboard Ships in the Harbor. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. | now is Cacceres, who has assumed the offi f Minister of War. Wise heads among men who have had long experience in San Domingo affairs regard the outlook for e future as warranting a feeling of grave appre- hension. — DOMINICANS ARE GREATLY REJOICED They Are Pleased at the Success of the Revolution of Jimenes. CAPE HAYTI . Sept. 1.—There is great fejoicing in the Dominican col- only here over the report that Jimenes has been c resident of nto Domingo by the s sful revolution- ists. A telegram has been received by General Imbert from his uncle, the provisional Governor of + Porto Rico. asking him to request Jimenes to go there without delay. Jime cabled to agents here that he would sail from iago de Cuba to-day. The news has just been received here of the resignation of Figuereo as Presi- dent of Santo Domingo. « 1 Ayb an insurgent leader, h t returned from Cuba. where he cor ed with Jimene: He left to- night for Dajabon to confer with Gov- ernor Pichardo of Monte Christi, who has not yet surrendered. VASQUEZ AT THE HEAD OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT Provisional Officers Chosen and a Committee of Safety Named by the People. SANTO DOMINGO, Sept. 1.—The revolutionists have formed the follow- squez. —Jose Brache. Ramon Caceres. Foreign Affairs—Do- ster of Inte ter of War Minister of mingo Ferreras. Minister of Finance—Samuel Moya. Minister of Justice—Jose Manoel. Minister of Agriculture—Arturo Zeno. Minister of Posts and Telegraphs— Joseph Fro Guzman. The seat of the provisional govern- ment up to the present has been at Toca. > . e was some disorder here. The residences of Amiami Diamaron and former Minister Henriquez and that of former Governor Pichardo were stoned. | Nobody, however, was injured. Hen- riquez has resigned, and it is supposed that the other Ministers will do the same. A commission composed of Patino Marana Castro and Alvaro Logrone has been appointed to main- The popular idol just| tain order. s | Counsel in waved him down, when M. Labori cri You suppress all awkward questior not y commissary, Major Carriere, begged to point out that the defen constantly asking leave to speak, when he, the commissary, he was refused the nece to which Colonel Jouaust replied: “] have heard enough. Hold your Be quiet. ‘rhe incident is tongue: closed.” (Prolonged laughter ‘Adaressing Coionel ricquart, M. Labori When did vou know manual was being copied ‘Colonel Plequart—uring the summer of 189 M. Laberi having remarked that this vas all he desired to ask at present Gen- al Hippolyte Sebert, retired, of the ma- that the firing rine artillery deposed. testimony by saying hie did not think he | ught to withhold the ewidence he was able to give, as he felt it would contribute he repatriation o | ::r:erem t‘;wn criticized the bordereau from & Professional standpoint, pointing out | that the writer must have been a low ‘lassed man, negotia | t'(l:"re;pondi t on whose doles he was de- | pendent. He said he was probably an of- Ticer, but certainly not an artillery offi Cor. 'adding that this was proved by th employment of expressions an artillery- man could not have used. ; The witness gate a number of instances owing the dense ignorance dispiayed jn unnery technicalities by the writer of the B otdereau, and amid profound silence Gen- the bordereau could not have been writ- ten by an artillery officer nor by an officer belonging to who had pa school. sted, but Colonel Jouaust)had ansthing t He preceded his | f a judicial error. The | ting_directly with a | | scene, for | eral Sebert declared that his study of the | ant Brugere, turning to General| cuse had led him to the conviction that| a special arm of the service | ssed through the polytechniz General Sebert referred to the satisfac- | eIt at knowing that the experts 5¢ the highest standing in handwriung had confirmed his opinion and had dis- Mmissed M. Bertillon’s assertions, saying the worthlesSness of that de (_SPnsu!ion.l monstration. “It is pal anthropometric ch has done the greatest serv- rench sclence cannot give its the application of method, whi ice. But Fr authority_to_lugubriations so pretentious 28 those M. Bertillon brought.here. I as- sert most emphatically that the bordereau was not written by an artillery officer nor by an officer who passed through the poly- technic school. evidence by my firm belief in the entire fnnocence of Dreyfus, and I am glad I have had strength enough to bring here one which I have to lay on the edi- fice of repatriation which you are con- so carefully and conscientiously ding aloof from outside passions. (Excitement.) This edifice is the work of appeasement and peace which will rastore the country to an era ‘of concord and union.” (Prolonged excitement.) General Sebert expressed his opinion of ‘Valerio's evidence in support of M. Ber- tillon’s system, saying that in spite of the latter's talent he had not succeeded in ‘while hol upon the major rose and declared he did Lab BT o, R S e a8l o_be allowed to_question 1Lauth, but Colonel Jouaust refused. converting a false theory into a true cne. M. Bertillon at this point exclaimed, “I leave to speak.” olonel.Jouaust asked the general, and Lieu- | {hat on examination he, the witness, had | de-| casily found proof of | the prisoner.it he). - ness and the t 2 lion, Jucros _pf hat Dreyflis ral Mercier tried to belittle this tes- by saying Dreyfus was probably aware that knowledge of the Ducros gun was no longer of importance, since the gun had been rejected in favor of the Depot gun Major Hartman of the artillery was tha next witness for the defense. He asked n to ref. to certain of e docu- which were produced during tha secret n of the court yesterday had reached im- But General de L upon which he said he portant conclusions. objected, as it contrary to the in- structions of the Minister of War. The major then asked the-court to sit briefly in camera, and Colonel Jouaust promised to render a decision later. Pro- ceeding, Major Hartman testified on highly technical subjects. his evidenca be- ing the same as given before the Court of Cassation and as already published early in the year. He spoke in loud, ~nergetic tones and occupied the whole of the re- mainder of the session. 'The major will continue his testimony to-morrow. DU PATY DE CLAM MAKES A CONFESSION | Sensational Revelations Exposing All the Crookedness of Which He Is Guilty. | RENNES, Sept. 1—The World's corre- spondent is Informed on the best author- ity that Colonel Du Paty de Clam has made the most sensational revelation, ex- posing all the crookedness of which he is guilty, in obedience to the direct in- struction of his chiefs of the general staff. This was revealed to Major Tavernier, the commissioner appointed by Colonel Jou- aust, president of the court-martial, to take Du Paty de Clam's testimony in Paris, where he lies ill. At this moment, 11 o'clock at night, a meeting of the generals and of the prin- cipal satellites is being held in_the house which M. Cavaignac, a former Minister of War, has secretly maintained here as the headquarters of the inner circle of anti- Dreyfusites. M. Cavaignac pretended to Bo to Paris after the fourth day of the trial. He really has been in Paris since [ meha tained fn | afving my | [NSGrSt day of Malor Tavernler's exam- “1 have been sustaine: v v ination of Du Paty de Clam, He has been ulling wires in the attempt to learn what g)u Paty de Clam has been testifying to. M. Cavaignac returned here to-night. The World correspondent learns that he brought if not a complete copy of La Paty de Clam's testimony at least a fairly explicit synopsis of it. Upon his return was issued the hurried summons which gathered the generals in his house. They are now discussing their plan of defense. General Roget's and Captain Cuignet's mean abandonment of him has defiantly antagonized Du Paty de Clam. All ef- forts made by General Gonse to’ pacify him have been in vain. Du Paty de Clam’s | family have persuaded him to resign his commission in the army as soon as he has Continued on Fourth Page,