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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-23

and another measure has been prepared,
somewhat on the same line. which Will be
presented as soon as the investigation Is
over.
RETRENCHMENT AND REFORM.
Some Of the members are becoming un-
easy as TO the cloud which still hangs
over the Legislature In the shape OF the
retrenchment and reform movement.
They do not know whether It will pass
over without affordlng the needed relief.
or whether 1t viii overdo the thing and
flood the country
one Of the most influential members
Of the House said that II the Legisla-
ture did not fulfil the promises made to
the people, that when he returned home
he intended to hand over his commits
sion and tell his constituents that he
had failed in the task assigned him, ana
that they had better send another man
next time to do the job, IL they could
find one. This delegate was in favor or
reducing the expenses of running the
government. He thought many offices
could be abolished, and though most OF
his constituents were farmers, he would
be willing 10 do away with the Commis-
sioner of Agriculture, but was opposed
to making this Office the first one to be
struck down. First show him, he said,
that the Legislature was really sincere In
the retrenchment and reform movement,
and then he would cheerfully vote 70
abolish that Office, but not until others,
which could more easily be dispensed
with, had also been dealt with.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-23
THE INSURANCE BILL.

The Wharton insurance bill will come
up in the House early this week. 1t VIII
be vigorously opposed, but General Whar-
ton thinks 1t sure OF passage 1T Is a me
law for insurance agents." he said last
night. land In their hearts believe many
OF them want It. The effect OF the AL
lanta combination has been to put rates
up and commissions down. Ny bill pro-
poses to reverse this. Why should not
the agents advocate it?'
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
SIMS SAYS DREYFUS
ESCAPED LONG AGO

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The World
prints the following under a London
date: George r. Sims, playwright and
Journalist, has long maintained that
Dreyfus was rescued from Devils Is
land two years ago through the instru-
mentality of a French syndicate or
ganized to secure the liberation of pris-
oners IN penal settlements who can
pay heavily for their freedom. Sims
now says:
THE real difficulty the French Gov
eminent is in with regard to Dreyfus is
to find him. When he was rescued
from Devils Island two years ago and
a substitute was left in his place, the
Government officials, TERRIFIED at the
outcriy which would be raised in
France, accepted the substitute.
"Dreyfus himself went to South
America, where he is living under an
assumed name. His wife dares not
quit France to join him; that would
mean q plot for his arrest or assassi-
nation. Dreyfus does not yet feel suf-
ffcient confidence in the authorities and
the French people to put his head in
the lions den. If Dreyfus ever re-
turns to take a new trial you may be
sure his acquittal will have been abso-
lutely assured beforehand"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
SPANISH TROOPS SOON
TO LEAVE PORTO RICO

SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Sept.
B.-The preparations for the embarka-
ton Of the Spanish troops are reported to
be complete, although the American Com
missioners have not been officially ad-
Vised to that effect.
Two ships of the Compania Transat-
lantica are expected to arrive here on the
26th inst. Five vessels will be required
to transport all the luggage and field ar
tillery and equipment The Porto Rican
troops are to be landed near Cadiz.
The United States Commissioners have
agreed that such troops as desire to re-
main here may do so, and practically all
the volunteers and some of the regulars
whose families and interests are here will
remain. If the necessary ships were here
the island would be evacuated and for
mally in our possession within three days.
The American Commissioners are highly
gratified with the spirit shown by the
Spaniards. The unexpected has happened.
Where it was expected that opposition
and delay would be encountered, none has
been found. In good faith the Spanish
Commissioners have met the Americans
and arranged with them terms of evacu-
alton. Our commissioners expect to see
the American flag hoisted and the Span
ish flag hauled down forever within three
weeks
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
A Daring Hold-Up Near
Council Bluffs.
BULLET WOUNDS CONDUCTOR
He rs OvERPoWERED AND HIS
POCKETS SEARCHED.
After Taking Small Sums From the
Passengers the Outlaws Jump
From the Coaches and
Escape.

CHICAGO. ept. 1S.-A dispatch to
the Times-Herald from Council Bluffs,
Iowa, says: Three men held up a Lake
Wanawa Railway train, returning from
the lake to Council Bluffs, this evening.
The robbers boarded the train at the
lake. When about halfway in they
drew revolvers on Conductor Morris
and ordered him to hold up his hands
He grappled with one of the men and
another fired. The ball grazed the con-
ductors neck, infiicting a slight wound
His face was badly burned by powder
He was overpowered and his pockets
searched, the robbers getting less than
500.
While two of the robbers held the
conductor on the rear seat the other
went through the car, which was but
partly filled and robbed the passengers
of small sums.
The robbers jumped off and started
across the bottoms in the direction of
Omaha.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
ESTERHAZY SAYS HE
WILL CONFESS ALL

NEW YORK, Sept. ia London
cablegram to the World says: Major
Esterhazy is about to make full con-
fession of his connection with the plot
to disgrace Dreyfus. AS he admits
that he cannot return to France, it is
evident that the part he took involves
criminal consequences In an author
lied statement he says:
There is no longer any justice for
me in my own country, and the time
has arrived to make full disclosure
of the part / played in the Dreyfus af-
fair, intend to make this disclosure
in the interest of truth. regardless of
it's result to Dreyfus personally,
81 can no longer allow myself to be
made a scapegoat. The responsibility
must be fairly distributed.
"You want to know whether my dis
closures will! clear .Dreyfus. answer
that out of thousand documents max
ing UP the Dreyfus dossier, know that
six hundred are forged. am prepared
to show by whom and under what cir
cumstances these forgeries were COM
mitted.
Whether Dreyfus be innocent, as his
champions suppose, remains to be seen.
That can be safely left to the public to
judge when they are in possession of
all the facts"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
FRENCHMEN ELECTED
FROM A HAVANA THEATER

HAVANA, Sept. 1S.-At the Taeon The
alter last night there was produced a
play based upon the Dreyfus trial in
which Dreyfus was portrayed through
out as an innocent victim of conspiracy
in the French army. From the start the
sympathy of the audience for Dreyfus
was manifested. Four Frenchmen, one
of whom is supposed to have been an
officer of the French gunboat Fulton.
now lying in the harbor, occupied a box
in the first tier. All of them carried
boatswain's whistles and at every insinu-
alton against the honesty of the trial
they began to blow their whistles and
hiss the players. A scene of indescribable
tumult followed, the entire audience iris
ing in defense of Dreyfus. The French
men were forcibly elected and the per-
Torrance was continued without further
interruption.
One of the Frenchmen, who was
thought to be an officer Of the Fulton,
refused to give his name at the station
house, to which the party was taken after
being elected from the theater and was
locked up over night.
General Blanco has prohibited the fu-
ture production of the play in Havana.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
GATHER To CUT
THE FUSION PIE
Three Conventions at
Santa Monica.
ALL TO OPEN ON TUESDAY
FACTIONS MAY QUARREL OVER
THE DIVISION.
Movement on Foot to Place Senator
White in the Senatorial Race,
Despite His Intention
to Retire.
FACTIONS MAY QUARREL OVER
THE DIVISION.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1S.-The Dem
ocratic, Populist and Silver Republican
County Conventions will be convened
at Santa Monica simultaneously on
Tuesday for tt naming of a fusion
county ticket. The pie has not yet
been divided among the three political
divisions, and it is certain that some
difficulty will be experienced in reach
ing satisfactory apportionment.
The fight now is being waged as to
which party shall have the nomination
for District Attorney. The Silver Re-
publicans wish it for their State chair
man, ]. Noonan Phillips. The Demo
Gratis do not want Phillips, and in or
der to defeat him are willing that the
Populists shall name the nominee for
that office. There are two factions in
the Democratic party-the silk stock
ing" element and the push" 1t looks
as though the push" would run the
convention.
A movement is on foot to have reso-
lutions adopted which will place Ste
phen M. White in the Senatorial con-
test whether he wants to be or not. The
resolution will review Senator White S
services to his constituents and will
advise the people of Southern Califor-
MIA to elect members of the Legislature
favorable to White. Then the state
ment will be made that if White were
given a reelection to the Senate he
would accept and go back to Washing
ton for another term. The resolutions
will also cite the fact that as it is adj
mitted that Southern California is en-
titled to the Senatorship, White is,
above all others, the ablest represen-
tative that could be sent to the upper
house of Congress from this section Of
the State
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
OUTLINING PLANS
FOR OCCUPATION
Disposition Of Regulars
and Volunteers.
SUBJECT OF A CONFERENCE
SEVENTH ARMY CORPS WILL
BE UNBRoKEN.
Probable Assignment Of Troops to
Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines Until Con-
gress Meets.
SUBJECT OF A CONFERENCE
SEVENTH ARMY CORPS WILL
BE UNBROKEN.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Sept. ia Washing.
ton special to the Herald says: 1t Is
not now expected that any more regu-
lar troops will be assigned to stations
west Of the Mississippi. Regulars now
east Of the Mississippi will be ordered
to Alabama, Georgia and South Caro-
lima, where they will be camped with
the volunteers.
This was the plan outlined to me this
afternoon by Acting Secretary of Wal
Meiklejohn. 1t is the result Of con-
ference held yesterday between Presi-
dent Mckinley, Secretary Meiklejohn
and General Niles.
Secretary Meiklejohn said the pur-
pose now was for all the regiments In
the East to go to Porto Rico and Cuba
It is not proposed to send more than a
few, if any, regular to Porto Rico, but
the volunteer army to go to Cuba will
be well seasoned with them. There
will, according to the present plan, be
certainly not less than 10000 regulars
sent to Cuba The whole Cuban army
Of occupation, however, will consist OF
from so, 900 to $4,000 men. The regulars
will remain there at least from sixty to
ninety days. The programme has pro-
crossed no further.
Secretary Meiklejohn said that this
was absolutely the only subject dis
cussed at the conference. The volun-
teer regiments to be designated have
not yet been touched upon, yet 1T is
well understood that the Seventh Army
Corps will go practically without being
broken. The men are believed to be In
good physical trim and well disciplined
and the administration is especially
gratified at the fine condition to which
General Lee has brought them.
General Miles says that the $4,000
men now in Porto Rico will be suffi-
cient, and 10000 men are the most that
is reckoned upon for Manila. The three
additional regiments ordered in readi-
ness several days ago for Honolulu wdl
not be soon added to.
Troops will be kept in Cuba until q
stable form of government is estab-
lished. The island will be under mill
tary government until Congress assem-
bles and adjusts whatever changes ir
conditions there may be thought wise
The basis on which the armies Of oc-
cupation will remain in Porto Rico an6
Manila is different from that Of Cuba
and will be treated, therefore, from q
different view point.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
ODD FELLOWS TAKING
POSSESSION OF BOSTON
Spend Day in Sightseeing Before
the Opening Of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge.

BOSTON, Sept. 1S.-With the coming Of
the morrow, the Odd Fellows Of the Unit
ed States will own this city. They have
come as the representatives to the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge and incidentally to
enjoy week of pleasure under the direc-
ton of the Grand Lodge Of Massa-
chusetts. Practically all the Grand
Lodge representatives are preparing for
the opening sessions. To-day the visitors
spent the time chiefly in sightseeing, al
though the Sovereign Lodge attended
divine service at the Church of the Dis
ciples, where Rev. DR.. Everett Hale
preached, and delegations attended sew
eral other churches, where the services
had bearing on the events of the COM
ing week.
Tomorrow the first session of the high
bodies of the order will be held with pub
lie exercises. Then the Sovereign Grand
Lodge will meet and transact routine
business leading up to the election of
officers, which will be followed by ban
quet. The Rebekahs will also figure in
the early ceremonies. While programme
has been arranged for each day, that of
Wednesday Is the chief figure. The pa
rade will be held then and 1900 are ex-
pected to be in line.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
JOSEPH MAY rs DEAD.
Founder Of the House of Livingston
& Co. Passes Away.

Joseph May, one of the best-known
merchants of San Francisco, died at the
house of his brother, Edward, 1880 Fell
street, early Saturday morning. He had
been failing in health for several years,
and only recently returned from pro-
Ionged visit to the springs.
Deceased was one of the founders of
the wholesale liquor house of Livingston
& Co., which began business twenty
years ago, and during that time was in
partnership with ex-United States Sen
ator A. p. Williams. He gained a COM
potency and two years ago retired from
the firm with the intention of taking
things easy the balance Of his days.
Mr.. May was not only a popular bust
ness man, but a delightful raconteur and
as we'll known among the distillers Of
Pennsylvania and Kentucky as in
this State. Deceased was a native of
Germany, 81 years of age, a widower, and
leaves one child years old.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
FRANCIS JOSEPH
TO HIS SUBJECTS
Deeply Moved by Their
Sympathy.
AN ELOQUENT RECOGNITION
CREATES THE ORDER OF ST
ELIZABETH.
To Be Conferred Upon Women and
Girls Meriting Distinction In
the Various Avocations
Of Life.
CREATES THE ORDER OF 81
ELIZABETH.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VIENNA, Sept. 1S.-A rescript of the
emperor to Count Won Thunn Hohen-
stein, president of the Austrian Coun-
Gil of Ministers, was published to-day,
expressing, in eloquent and pathetic
language, the Emperor's thanks for the
expressions Of national sympathy with
him In his great bereavement. In the
course of the rescript, his Majesty
says:
The numbering hand, the instrument
or frenzfed fanaticism, aiming at the
destruction of existing social order,
which was raised against the noblcst
OF women in blind and purposeless
hate, struck a heart which knew not
hate and beat only for good. Amid the
grief by which I and my house are
stricken and in the presence of the I'M
heard-of deed which has sent a shud-
der through the whole civilized world.
the voice of my beloved people first
brings balm to my heart in affecting
unison with the resound of universal
lamentation for our immeasurable loss.
like faithful echo Of all that moves
my own soul. From my deeply sorrow-
ing heart, l thank all for this neu
festive peals which should have greet
ed this year should remain dumb.
there yet remains to me the memory
OF innumerable proofs Of loyalty and
deep sympathy, the most precious gift
which could have been bestowed upon
me: Our common grief weaves a new
and intimate bond between the throne
and the fatherland."
Another imperial rescript POUNDS a
new order. and medals of ST. Eliza,-
Deth, In memory Of the deceased. will
be conferred upon women and girls
meriting distinction in the various
avocat1ons of life or in special religious.
humanitarian and philanthropic work
The Emperor Is invested with the
sole right Of comforting the order.
which comprises three degrees, with a
grand cross for the first and second
classes, bearing an ena1neled picture Of
ST. Elizabeth of Thuringia.
me hrst recipient of the order was
the Countess Szarpay. who has received
an autograph letter from the Emperor,
conferring upon her the grand cross of
the order in recognition Of her devoted
services to the dead Empress in her
last moments 49,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
YELLOW FEVER NOTES
FROM SOUTHERN TOWNS

LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 18.-Associat-
ed Press advices from the South tonight
indicate no material change in the yellow
fever situation since last nioht's report.
DR.. Cant arrived at Oxford, Miss. to-day,
and after looking into the two cases of
fever in the Jumper family said they
were undoubtedly yellow fever. He also
located several suspicious cases in the
family Of A. T. Wood. Oxford physicians,
however, claim that the cases are of a
malignant type of mala1al fever.
DR.. Primo of Raymond, Miss, reported
that he has a patient who is suspiciously
I'll. The Investigation of the suspicious
cases in Jackson continues, and all sus-
poets so far have been discharged. Each
northbound train from the city carries a
coachload of refugees. DR.. Murray de-
clares that there is no fever at Pontotoc
The infection In Lafayette County has
about run its course and most of the pa
tients are convalescent. One new case is
reported from Taylors and three from
Orwood to-day. The situation at New
Orleans is unchanged.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
LAWTON'S SANTIAGO
HEALTH BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-Sickaess
among the troops of General Lawton's
command at Santiago is increasing.
Nearly one-sixth of his force is now on
the sick list although the number of
deaths is not great. General Lawton's
bulletin of the health conditions of The
American forces at Santiago, received to-
night, follows:
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept 1s..Adjutant
General. Washington Sick, 1922; fever, s41;
new cases, 3d. returned to duty, 3N
Deaths-John Gustafsen, sailor. typhoid fe-
fer. September 10.
United States Volunteers, yellow fever. Sep
Arfbur Bassey, private, Company D, Ninth
United States Volunteers, yellow fever, Sep
William Diltmat, private. Company NJ, Ninth
Tinted States Volunteer Infantry, yellow fe-
Otto sefeldt. private, Company Z, Fifth In
fantry malarial fever, September 16.
Michael J. OiBrien, first lieutenant, Com
pany A, Fifth Infantry, malarial remittent
James Burke, Company. e, Ninth United
States Volunteers bilious fever, September 16.
LAYTON, Major General.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
FREE LUMBER FOR ALL.
Large Quantities Thrown Up on the
Beach Near Monterey.

SALINAS, Sept. 1S-Visitors to Moss
Landing report a large quantity of lumber
of all sizes thrown up on the coast be-
tween that place and Monterey during
the past ten days. The wood, which ap-
parently was cut recently from trees,
ranges in size from that of post stake
to large pieces aggregating twenty eight
and thirty feet. All the pieces are square.
Already over fifty truckloads have passed
through Castroville, having been saved by
the residents. 1t Is estimated that over
100000 feet was secured to yesterday by
the wreckers. The quantity still on the
beach is vast and cannot be estimated.
Where the drift has come from is I'M
known, as no wrecks are known to have
occurred near that vicinity. 1t seems to
have come from a northerly direction.
The wood has not been in the water long
It Is thought it might have come from
Puget Sound, and which broke to pieces
at sea.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
MISS PERKINS is
NOT CONCERNED
Regards Her NOtoriety
as a Joke.
MILL POND MYSTERY GROWS
pIsMEMBERED BODY NOT YET
IDENTIFIED.
Two Young Ladies Whom 1t Ap-
peared to Resemble Are Still
in the Land of the
Living.
DISMEMBERED BODY NOT YET
IDENTIFIED.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MIDDLEBORO, Mass, Sept 1S-A1-
ter telegraphing and telephonlng' a
member of the Bridgeport police gained
possession of the woman's disrhem-
bered body found in Yellow Millpond,
and brought here by Frank w. Perkins,
who had mistaken it for that OF MS
daughter Grace. The town was scarce
Iy awake this morning when Detective
George Arnold of the Bridgewater po-
lice arrived. The first thing he dld
was to call on Undertaken Williams,
who brought the remains of the un-
known woman from Taunton last
night. and requested that they be de-
livered to him. Mr.. Williams informed
the detective that he intended to hold
them until he received definite orders
from the Coroner at Bridgeport to give
them up, supplemented by sworn
statement from Mr.. Perkins that the
fragments of the body In the box were
not those of his daughter.
AT noon a telegram was received from
the Coroner, addressed to Undertaken
Williams and containing an order to
give up the body to Arnold.
Mr. Perkins was induced to sign the
statement demanded by the under
taker. With the two documents Arm
old again presented nlInSelL at the I'M
dertaker's and obtained the body, which
was in an advanced state of decompo-
Sition.
Miss Perkins appears very much I'M
concerned regarding the whole affair
and looks on it as more of joke than
anything else. She kept indoors. to-
day, and although the house was well
surrounded by curious people, few
caught even glimpse of her.
The Bournes are even closer mouthed
than the Perkins family, although
denying emphatically that the two are
married The family have intimated
that at the proper time statement
will be made as to Charles Bourne and
Miss Perkins.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, Sept. 1S.-Mrs.
John r. Thomas of Warrior Union. this
county, received a dispatch from the
Chief of Police at Stamford, Conn.,, that
her daughter Grace was alive and well
in that city. This was a great relief
to Mrs. Thomas, who had been led to
believe from the description Of the
press that the woman found murdered
in pond in Bridgeport was her
daughter
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19
FOUR MORE VICTIMS
OF FEVER AT PONCE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S-In dispatches
to the War Department tonight General
Brooke reports four deaths among the
American troops at Ponce, Porto Rico.
His first dispatch follows:
PONCE. Sept. 1s-s:15 p. m.-Adjutant Gen.
eral. Washington: Three deaths to-day-D q
Brace. Company &, Third Wisconsin. typhoid
fever; Morton Bentley, Company C. Nineteenth
United States Infantry typhoid fever; Freder-
lex Little, Company c, Nineteenth United
States Infantry malarial fever
BROOKE, Major General
A supplementary dispatch from General
Brooke reads:
PONCE. Sept 1s.-Adjutant General, W.ash
ington: Died, September 16, Frederick 8
Phelps, Battery B. Eighth Artillery. not before
reported. BROOKE, Major General
New York Police Captain Dead.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-Police Captain
William Meakin died tonight of cancer
OF the stomach.