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The herald., 1897-01-21
REDLANDs.
Y. M. c. A. Boys Debate the Cuban
Question--Notes.

REDLANDS, Jan. 19.-The Y. NJ c.
\. parlors were filled last night to hear
the Y. M. c. A. Debating society in their
first open debate decide the question of
annexing Cuba About seventy-five
were present.
President w. l.. Dixie opened the
meeting. and in few words of welcome
prepared the visitors for an evenings
enjoyment
The regular business OF the club was
then taken up and the debate began in
due time.
r. G. Rohrer and B. G. Holmes sup
ported the affirma tive, while f. +. San
ford and w. r. Heacock showed to the
best of their ability the fallacies of the
question. E. F. Howe II. Andrews and
s. Lelean were chosen as judges, two of
whom decided for the affirmative, the
other giving preference to the negative
side.
At the Y. NJ. c. A. directors meeting
yesterday afternoon B. II. Jacobs was
elected president. II. X. Pratt first vice
president, C. G. Abbey second vice pres
ident, X. c. Wells, treasurer, and w. B.
Greene recording secretary for the en-
suing year Secretary Speares says:
THE outlook is good, indeed, and with a
strong board we shall make progress in
this work.
II. 4. Hoptoy, resident of the Barton
tract, was brought before Judge Camp
today on a charge of insanity. He VIII
be tried by jury for disturbing the peace
tomorrow.
The ladies of the First Congregational
church have just finished papering and
electric lighting the parsonage. They
will give genuine house warming there
next Friday evening.
The Redlands Gun club held a shoot
at the Athletic park yesterday after
noon.
c. II. Hobart won the gold medal and
| H. Y. Evans: the silver medal. The at
tendance was small and the score was
not as good as the average.
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The Boston Globe remarks that with
an increase for 1896 of purchases over
sales of So, ,0e0 900, England still counts
herself prosperous, not being quite so
afraid of the balance of trade scarce
crow as some other nations" To this
the Salt Lake Tribune says. 1.-The bill
which the United States owes Great
Britain annually for interest and divi-
dends is shrewdly estimated at $50 000
0o0 When she obtains that money che
not infrequently invests it in the coun
try from which she obtains it, which
makes her interest and dividend account
larger with every succeeding year. Our
country Is no exception. Her colonies
all owe her heavy annual interest pay
ments. SO do most of the countries of
Spanish America and Egypt and all the
world, and the money goes to her SO fast
that It is great tIIouble for her to invest
her surplus funds. so her real balance
with the world is not S55, 100000 against
her, but probably $500, 900, 900 in her ia
vor, which makes difference.
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Long since. when Pierian muses. dwelt on
earth,
And woodlands echoed with the Dryads'
mirth.
When fauns and satyrs reveled in wanton
slee,
Unto the good god Pans sweet minstrelsy;
Then thou vast Amaryllis, thcN the fair
Ausonian maid. who fingered often where
Cicaias sans in the acacia tree,
Ard ceasciess murmured tho Sicilian sea.
Oh, then loved thee in thos e,lalcyor lays,
F'rom rosaate morn until the purple haze
Crept over snow-capped Ena, and the
breath
OF Eolus was stiled to the hush of death.
The simple neatherds pped q. plaintive lay
Unto their hillside kline at close of day,
Thy cheeks are autumn apples, Amaryllis,
And sWeeter far than honey is thy kiss.
Samuel Bispham Koons in Lotus.
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The PEOPLE SAID NO

The people Of Los Angeles do not want
the city charter amended on the lines
that were proposed, and they voiced
their objections to the scheme in no un-
certain way at the polls yesterday. 1t is
true that not over so per cent of the vot-
ers took enough interest in the question
to go to the polls and vote, but the vote
that was cast shows that the proposition
would have been condemned had the en-
tire vote been cast. The fact remains,
however, that those most interested in
having a stronger and more economical
form of municipal government furnished
a larger per cent, pehaps two-thirds, of
the stay-at-home vote, while those who
had no interest in the question other
than as political matter worked hard
for the defeat of the proposed amend
ments
No doubt the amendments would have
been adopted by the very vote that re-
jected them had the question been agi-
tated for, say, three months. 1t was
well understood that the proposition con-
templated giving the mayor almost auto
cratic power, but the checks that would
be put upon him were not understood,
take kindly to the plan. The people can
always be trusted to do what they think
is best for all concerned but they are
suspicious, the great middle class is of
every political proposition that has the
appearance Of being hostile to their lib
critics, and it will be admitted that, with
out a pretty thorough knowledge Of how
the new charter would work, any one
would be disposed to regard it as most
dangerous step in the direction of CEN
traliza tion-a system Of government the
wage-earners of the country more es-
pecially have a great horror of.
If the proposed amendments are again
submitted to the people, and they GER
tainly should be in time, there should be
conducted a well-planned campaign of
education, with plenty of data to show
the advantages, as well as the disadvan-
tages, that would accrue from "one-man
power" If that We're done thoroughly,
the amendments would certainly be
adopted, for, aside from the professional
ward politicians, the people would favor
just such a municipal government as
such a charter would secure But the
overwhelming defeat the propositions
teaches wholesome lesson. 1t demon
strates the loyalty Of the common ueo-
ple' to our Institutions. They dil not
understand what the operation Of ,ne
amendments would lead to- and they re-
fused to experiment or go it blind. "
1t may be that they made great mis-
take by defeating the scheme. but if so.
they showed very clearly that they are
vigiant, and that they must know that
their liberties are not to be put in ieop-
ardy before they win permit radical de-
parture from the old established system
of administering their public affairs
And they are right-the great middle
class always means to do that which is
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TELLING THE PLAIN TRUTH.

There was a frank witness before the
tariff committee on Tuesday aIe repre-
sented the American Hosiery company,
and said the 50 per cent duty now i'm
posed did not afford his corporation the
margin Of profits it'Woud like to have.
What is wanted by the people [ repre-
sent" he frankly said. sis nos revenue,
but prohibition. They Wantel to keep
foreign goods which came in eompeti-
ton with theirs out Of the Unihed States
altogether" Not revenue 'ont prohi-
hition and trusts, is wnat these tariff
sharks are after-Pittsbur PNst.
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BAD BOYS IN JAIL.
Break Into a Store and Steal Candy
and Soda Pop.

Late last evening Detective Goodman
landed in Jail trio of small boys whose
names were withheld, but who were ar
rested for the burgIarizing of a confec-
tionery and deHcacy store at the corner
of Thirty second and Hoover streets
Tuesday night.
Entrance to the place was effected
through a window and some ten pounds
of candy, a number of bottles of soda
water, and some tamales taken. One
of the lads now in custody is said to
have confessed and told where what
there is left of the stuff is hidden.
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WORE THE BRACELETS.
Jailer Richardson Shows Friend How
They Are Worked.

A good story is floating around the
police station in regard to Jailer Richard
son, which will do to tell. On Monday
evening last friend called on the Off
Ger al his home on Boyle Heights and
Incidentally happened to pick up a pair
of handouts, which We're lying upon a
table In examining them and COM
menting on their use, the friend was
given a practical Illustration of the ap-
ptica ton of the ''darbies," they being
snapped around his wrists.
What was Richardson's CONSERVATION,
how weVer.when he came to attempt to un-
lock>them and found that he had left his
key in the jail. There was but one thing
to do, and the friend spent a pleasant
hous wearing the bracelets while Rich"
made trip over town and procured the
key. Henceforth he has sworn off show
ing anybody how to use the bottle
necks"
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SNEAK THIEVES AT WORK

1t was yesterday ported to the ro-
lice that the room o. Wil.iam Walburton,
a bartender ir u Ncr.h Main street sa-
loon, who resides in the Euc.!d house,
had been entered by snea: thief some
time during Monday night and $40 stolen
from his trousers pockets. Entrance
to the room was effected by pushing the
key out of the lock from the outside and
using skeleton keys. The thief took
nothing but money and there is no clew
to his identify
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sHERMAN,s INCONSISTENCY.

Senator John Sherman's latest fnan-
cial utterance is In favor of retaining in
circulation the whole existing volume
of greenhacks, S3i6 009 900 In order to
do this the greenbacks must be reissued
after the government redeems them in
gold. \ the last session of congress
Senator sherman committed himself to
the PROPOSITION that redeemed green
backs should be Cancelled and not reis-
sued. This Vacillation is not surprising;
IT. Is simply Shermanesque.-B Buffalo
Courier
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AN ADDRESS WANTED.

"A telegram was last evening received
by the Chief of Police from Coroner
Curry of Martinez, Cal, asking that the
department look UP an aunt of one Gyles
Jones, who was killed in that city yes
terday. The parents of the deceased re-
side in Missouri, and the aunt in this
city, but her name is unknown
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A TPICAL BUM

On Second street last evening OWcer
Fowler arrested Tom Harris and locked
him in Jail for begging. Harris is pro-
fessional bum and ONLY recently served
twenty days on th4 city chain gang for
the theft of a coa+, and still later like
period in the county hastile, being COM
mitted from Pasadena for vagrancy. lie
will now be given another chance to 90
n little work for no citV
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PARTY ADVANTAGE At ANY COST

The same people who express their
sincere delight because Great Britain
ana the United states are agreed upon
a policy of naton9l friendliness hurl OBJ
jurgation at MIR. Bayard because he has
cultivated the same kind of relations
with the English people personally This
is one Of the lest worthy of all national
peculiarities. 1t is the product Of a mere
" ~ 1oG-~o g. 49,
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The queen Of England IS very glad that
her people and the Americans are going
10 live like lovers and she is pleased to
know that her country is at peace with
all the world, but, all the same, she rec
ommends that the making of cannon be
rushed all along the line
The herald., 1897-01-21

Senator Teller IS of the opinion that
John Sherman Will make the poorest
secretary Of state the country ever had
in short that Sherman does not know a
little bit about our foreign affairs.
The herald., 1897-01-21

Senator Wolcott is social lion in Lon
don. He received sixteen invitations to
dine to one possibility of accepting.
The herald., 1897-01-21

II is probably not true that certain
members of the California legislature
are trying to work the general appro-
priation bill SO as to make it refurnish
their houses, but the session is not yet
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The proposed charter amendments are
a mere recollection. but the ward boss
is in evidence with more energy than
ever
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The American eagle and the British
lion have gotten things in shape to take
much reeded rest.
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A PYTHAGOREAN.

Wonder what Hanna sent messenger
in hot haste to Wolcott for?
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the January examination. Send them as
missionaries to Turkey
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The proposed paper trust failed to or
ganize and publishers are thankful
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daged 1t up. 1t was an exceedingly pain
full cut, and had it been half an inch
lower. would probably have destroyed
the eye.
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shuddering at the thought of the tortures
inflicted on this unfortunate man. But
we must have the proof!
Scarcely had l said these words WI en-
Scheurer- Kestner replied, 4 will prove it
L will assume the responsibility of doing
So
But whenp | asked.
"'Ah, yes, he responded, 4 am &C
cused of proceeding too slowly. Iappre-
ciate that the people are impatient to
have the facts placed before them am
not less anxious to press the matter
quickly. But am not free 10 speak until
certain conditions may have been fulfilled
by others. Soon, L hope, nothing will
remain to restrain me. 1t should be
understood that my keenest desire Is to
be relieved of this weight. Before l place
the details before the public l intend to
conform with all that would exact legal
action on the part OF those who believe a
demonstration of the judicial error can be
made. We will not have TO wait long.
am travelling, through my sense of duty,
a rough road. Insult, l disdain. 1t will
be time to judge me when have spoken. "
NJ. ScheurerKes plainly indicated
in this interview with CIemenceau that
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who is perhaps the last person IL France
to embroil himself in any affair having
the atmosphere of politics, has sided pub
Ecly with the Senator Clemenceau. the
scholar, politician and radical editor. has
been won over TO the belief that Scheurer.
Kestner Is right.
although he has not shown me the
documents on which he bases his opin-
Jon" writes CIemenceau, nor communf-
cated his plan of action, l find his attitude
so pure and disin terested, his words so
resolute and his confidence so profound in
the means with which he expects to prove
the Innocence of the condemned man,
that cannot help being deeply i'm pressed.
nave known Scheurer- Kestner for more
than thirty years. His enemies, if he has
any, Will deny him neither intelligence
nor loyalty. That such a man, whose
whole life has been divided between scien-
tihc labors and statecraft, should so OBJ
stlnately pursue for a year such an IN
grateful inquiry in the mere interest OF
the truth-for he does not know single
member OF the Dreyfus family-is proof
mat he must have been prompted by
strong reasons. Chance put him on the
scent which he has followed. He applied
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DREYFUS UNDER GUARD ON DEVILS ISLAND.

absolutely necessary. at is the only
thing to do" he adds, sin order that
Dreyfus may be actually convicted and
legitimateIy condemned.
That there may no longer remain any
affecting doubt he must be adjudged
anew, and this time before an informed
and attentive public opinion. Let there
be no more closed doors, 10 more secret
documents. The light for him as well as
for usr'
These editors of the liberal and impe-
rial factions are quoted to illustrate the
change that is going on in the political as
well as the public mind.
Rochefort, the mouthpiece of the irrec-
oncilables and barrier builders, however,
bitterly maintains that Dreyfus is guilty
and that the campaign to bring about
reheariDg of the case is the result ola con-
spirEcy supplied with funds by syndi-
cate of wealthy Jews.
From the chIrographlc analysis and
pamphlet of NJ. Lozare the following
striking quotations are made:
The commandant, Du Patty de Clam, having
after An exemi alton affirmed that the writ
ing of the memorandum was like that of Cap
tain Dreyfus. ii was handed successfully. with
several genuine Dreyfus letters, TO two ex-
perts-M. Colbert expert OF the Bank of
France, and NJ. Bertillon, Commissary of Po-
lice, chief of the service of Judicial Idenufi-
cation NJ. Colbert declared that the writing
might be that OF person other than the one
suspected. NJ Bertillon declared that the
same person had written all the documents
which had been communicated TO him.
In possession of these two contradictory re-
ports The Minister OF War ordered the arrest
of Dreyfus without hesitation. Nothing in
the lie OF Captain Dreyfus authorized even
the shadow OF sus picion Belonging TO an
honora bic Alsstian family of Mulhouse he en-
tered. at Is, the Polytechnic School, had next
become one OF the most brilliant pupils of the
College OF War, and his enemies had never
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been able TO represent him Gs other than an
ambitious and active officer.
On October 10, 1894 Captain Dreyfus was
summoned 10 the Nj nistry Of War and was ar
rested by NJ. Cocheiert, Chief of the Detective
Service. and by Commandant Henry. The ar
rest was preceded by melodramatic comedy,
conceived by Commandant Du Patty de Clam.
1t consisted in debating TO Captain Dreyfus
letter containing several phrases included in
the note which he was accused of having writ
ten. NJ. Du Patty de Clam, 8 latter-day psychol-
ogist, pretended that he observed certain
trepidation in the captain. His hand, he said,
trembled in writing. This EN- barrassment ex-
listed ouly in the Imagination of NJ. Du Patty
de Clam, for the letter written by Captain
Dreyfus is in firm hand, without O shadow OF
hesitation.
Arrested the captain was taken to prison.
As soon as he was locked up they searched his
domicile, without result They examined cor
respondence and books of household expenses
and found nothing discriminating. Although
the captain was only under arrest, he was kept
in secret, and his wife was forbidden to In
form his nearest relatives of his arrest For
seventeen days he was ignorant of the charge
against him.
The investigation proceeded for two months
before the trial, and during that time the
prosecution could gather no evidence beyond
he unsigned memorandum.
Has any one inquired what need an officer
OF the general staff, engaged in betraying his
country. would have To accompany these
patches OF documents with q commercial
memorandum
Il am going to start for the maneuvers,"
concludes the letter. 1t has been established
that in 1894, the date on which it was writ
ten. Captain Dreyfus aid not go to the maneu-
vers.
ii we suppose the writer wished to conceal
his identity it would have been much more
simple for him TO deliver the documents
without accompanying them by a memorap-
DUN. But the memora ndum seems to make q
parade of the officer, profession. Hence TWO
hypothesis are alone possible
Either the discriminating letter is the work
of forger, DESTROYS of covering himself nv
throwing suspicion on another, or it is a letter
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ORANGE STORY OF MOTHER, DAUGHTER AND FRIEND

photographs; on the other lay dust-cov-
erei packages and little tin boxes.
Are you Fanny Rice's motherP' l
asked again.
The woman on the edge of the bed was
childishly nervous and frightened. She
must have been ages old, from the num-
Der OF wrinkles that made her skin re-
semble tiuted parchment. She looked
duly toward where l stood and swayed
her body slightly back and forth.
That is not Mrs. Rice said woman's
voice just behind me. Fanny Rice's
mother did live here, but she is not here
now; she's dead ana buried"
She evidently mistook the expression
on my face, for she nodded her curly head
and went on TO tell the story
Il live back here" she SAID, pointing
over her shoulder at the tall house whose
back door looked unfeelingly at the front
door OF the house where Fanny Rice's
mother haC lived. - used to see her
great deal, she went on, coming in and
going out and living her empty life. Then
she knew was friendly to her, and she
used to bring Fanrys letters in and read
them 20 me. Poor old SOUL She only
had two people to talk to-this old woman
and myself"
But she did not have to live this way,
did she? She could have had every thing
she wanted p
81 think there is nothing Fanny would
not have done 10 have changed her
mothers way of living, but the old
woman preferred it So" the little lady
answered with slow shaking of her head.
"She had seven children. OF these Fanny
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D }%1Z
ENLARGED COMPARISONS OF THE WRITING

the innocence of Captain Dreyfus, but
preferred to have them exposed by legal
process, = brother of the captain has
openly charged Count Esterhazy with
having forged the memorandum. The
revelations since that critical step was
token sustain the accusation that
Esterhazy is the traitor. The first mis-
take he made in the flush of fright was to
declare that Nj. Scheurer- Kestner and
Colonel Piquard, military notable, who
is above suspicion, had been bribed to
persecute him. 1t now transpires that
the theft of documents from the military
bureaus having been renewed since the
conviction of Captain Dreyfus, Esterhazy
was suspended without scandal from
headquarter service on suspicion. He
was placed on the retired list, under the
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was the youngest. The rest OF the chill
dren being born in wretchedness and
poverty remained so, l guess. l never
heard of any of item and she never men,
toned any one but the youngest. She
used TO tell me how Fanny would sing
when she was a child and how good and
Kind she always was and how she got one
engagement af.er another until they took
her East and she became great
We'll. it was queer" this genial little
talker went on, lit was strange to see Miss
Rice's carriage drive up this dingy alley
In view of the backs Of all these houses,
ana to see her get oct IN all her elegance
and sweep down these stairs and into this
room. She used TO come every div dur
ing her engagements here, and that was
the only time tn Sc steps were ever kept
clean or the room was ever swept.
do you know" she said. motionine
me to seat on the only chair IN the room
and seating herself on the edge of the
bunk by the side of the still staring old
woman. II don't think it was natural for
Mrs. Rice TO do she did | thing that
she had suffered so much and had to live
so dreadfully before the youngest child
was abe to raise her out OF the surround
iHgs tina: she had grown used to, that her
mind had become affected. Fanny was
mighty nice looking woman and they saw
when she was younger that she was very
pretty and lovable. Don't you ink there
must have been something bright about
the mother at that time or she never
woud have brought forth brightness?"
There might have been something in
that, and it was pretty thought any.