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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-23
NJ. FAURE May RESIGN.
President of the French Republic
Weary of the Dreyfus Trouble.

President of the French Republic
Weary of the Dreyfus Trouble.
PARIS, Dec. 22.-Following the series
of cabinet crises over the Dreyfus case,
the presidency itself is likely to be va
cant soon from the same cause.
Already the city Is filed with rumors
of Orleanist and Republican plots, and
the talk in some circles goes even so
far as to predict a revolution before
New Years.
President Faure has told his friends
that he is thoroughly tired and dis
gusted with the situation and wants re-
lief from the incessant cabinet quar-
rels and dangerous disorders in the
chamber He is now consulting with
his supporters, including several cabi-
net members, as to the most advisable
course to adopt He is considering the
alternative Of a dissolution Of the
chamber Of deputies or his own resigna-
ton.
If the president should resign the
constitution provides that a Joint ses-
sion of the senate and chamber be held
In the palace Of Versailles to choose a.
successor. They may express their con-
fidence by re-electing MIN, or may
choose a violent partisan for chief
magistrate and preeipitate conflict
with the Orleanists and Imeprialists.
Adherents Of the Bonapartists assert
that Prince Victor Napoleon will be
here on Monday and that the coup for
which they are waiting and have plan
ned may occur before the new year
a proclamation issued by the anti
Semitic league has been posted
throughout the city recalling the gov
ernments declaration in the chamber
yesterday relative to the secret dossier
The proclamation asserts that Dreyfus
betrayed the country and was justly
condemned, therefore the government
should put an end to the revision pro-
ceedings and deal vigorously with the
insulters Of the army. Concluding, the
proclamation declares that if the gov
ernment fails to do so, the people will
assume the exercise of their rights
upon the ground that the country is
threatened.
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MRS. BOTKIN'S DEFENSE.
Testimony Had Little Effect on Case
Made by the Prosecution.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-The de-
fense of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, for the
murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning, open
ed today, but the progress made in
the breaking down Of the case Of the
prosecution was very slight.
DR.. George NJ Tyrell was the prin-
cipal witness of the defense today DR..
Tyrell, however, was so uncertain In
his testimony and cOntradicted himself
SO often that he did the defense very
little good. He testified that he visited
Mrs. Botldn on Sunday afternoon, July
81, between the hours Of and o'clock,
and treated her for headache This is
the time and date sworn by Misses
Heney and Dilmarr, of the Haas candy
store, when they sold Mrs. Botkin
box Of chocolate bon bons. DR.. Tyrell,
for some reason, made no entry on his
visit book and rendered no bill for
services to Mrs. BOtkin He could not
specify the time of his visit better than
"between 3 and 5 o'clock in the after
noon" When questioned regarding
arsenical poisoning the attorney for the
prosecution made it very clear that
DR.. Tyrell knew little if anything Of
arsenic.
Mrs. BOtkin was called to the stand
at a late hour this afternoon. She told
Of her acquaintance with Dunning,
denying many Of his statements. She
also denied much Of the testimony Of
Mrs. Lizzie Livernash, q reporter, who
testified to the hysterical condition of
Mrs. Botkin when informed of Mrs.
Dunning's death, and of several in
eliminating admissions made by Mrs
BOtkin in interviews with her. She
deLied ever having purchased candy Of
Haas, or that she ever purchased a
handkerchief Of the City Of Paris She
Will continue her testimony tomorrow.
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PRICE TWO CENTs-,SSPs,Es ErelP; ss;r,

cal supplies and the men suffered greatly.
The officers clubbed together and bought some
tomatoes and beans, so that the men might
have something to eat win their bacon and
hardtack. With great difficulty secured
some coffee, and many men who were sent
to the rear suffered from want of food and
lack OF attention, so that we considered 1t
best to keep them to the front and give them
such food and attention as our doctors could.
Thirteen of the wounded men remained at
the front after their wounds had been at
tended to, and many who were sent to the
rear came up to join us soon as their con-
dition allowed them to walk.
On the 10th the truce was at an end, and
the bombardment reopened. AS far our
lines were concerned 1t was on the Spanish
part very feeble. We suffered losses. We
continued to do our best to get the men,
especially the sick, properly fed, and having
transportation and being able to get hardly
any through the regular channels, we used
anything we could find, captured Spanish
cavalry horses. abandoned mules which had
been shot but which our men took and cured
and dimunitive ponies, purchased from the
Cubans. By these means and by the eX-
ertiors of the officers we were able from
time to time to get supplies of beans, sugar,
tomatoes and even oatmeal while from the
Red Cross people we got our invaluable load
OF rice and cornmeal. All of this was Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-23
REMARKABLE DIVORCE SUIT.
Wealthy OctOgenarIan Was the Vic
tim of a. Mock Marriage.

w eaItnY OcfogennriQn Was the Vic
tim of a Mock Marriage.
OSHKOSH, Wis, Dec. GA divorce suit IN
which the parties have not the same name
seems an impossibility, yet such case was
tried and determined here in the circuit court.
The record was sensational and the court
deemed the proof conclusive, showing a plan
70 get possession of the old mans property.
There was proof of mock marriage and q
false certificate. or a technically legal mar
riage and a substituted bridegroom. The
plaintiff in the case and the
victim as we'll is. 6. II. Moulton.
a wealthy octogenarian residing at Berlin. He
is two years over four score. The defendant
is Anna Bechinski. sfss Bechinski has a
marriage certificate purporting to have been
issued year ago by a Milwaukee justice, Mr..
Moulton being named therein the groom.
He, however, denies any knowledge of any
such ceremony. Miss Bechinski, or Mrs. Moul-
ton, as she calls herself, had she waited,
might have made trouble for Mr.. Moulton' 8
heirs, but. impatient to enjoy the privileges
which she claimed to be entitled TO, she at
once petitioned TO be appointed his guardian.
This opened the fight, which closed with an
order annulling the certificate and all pro-
ceedings had regarding it and giving back
Mr.. Moulton, free OF all cloud. his legal
status as a bachelor
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MOORE BADGER CASE.
Fair Defendant Said to Have Il
Chance to- Clear Herself

Fair Defendant Said to Have "a
Chance tU Clear Herself.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-The taking
Of evidence in the case of Fayne Stra-
han Moore, accused of robbery In the
first degree, was resumed today before
Recorder Goff. Three witnesses gave
testimony confirming that of Martin
Mahon, the alleged victim Of the bad
gering. Then Mrs. Fannie Johnson,
who lives In West Fifth street where,
1t is alleged, Mahon took Fayne Stra-
han Moore, said she knew Mahon and
the defendant, but did not know Will
lam E. Moore. She testified that she
had asked Fayne Strahan Moore in
the Tombs why she did not turn states
evidence.
Mrs. Johnson broke down at this
point and shed many tears. In reply
to a question. she said Fayne Strahan
Moore said she would not turn states
evidence, because Moore said he would
kill her.
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LOST HIS PENSION.

One Over-ZeaIOus Patriot Minus $I2
Per Month.
CHILLICOTHE, O., Dec. %. - John
w. Kelly, a veteran of the Civil war,
received notice from the pension bu-
reau today that his pension of $12 per
month, issued for general disability,
had been stopped because he did serv-
ice i'll the war with Spain.
Kelly first offered to enter the serv-
ice as a soldier, but was rejected on
account of disability, and then secured
a place as mule driver.
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MAI. HARRISON
WAS REPRIMANDED
HOISTED THE sTAR-SPANGLED
BANNER CONTRARY TO AN
AGREEMENT MADE
GEN. LEE ORDERED
THE ENSIGN REMOVED

ReDrimanded the Officer for Exceed
ing His Instructions, but When
the Sun Went Down Its Disap-
pearing Rays stiIl Fell Upon tho
Flag of the Free-CubaEs and
spaniards Accept American Rule.
HAVANA, Dec 22-Maj. Russell
Harrison, the provost marshal who. on
Tuesday, raised the Stars and Stripes
over Fort Alares, without orders, and
In contravention Of the promise Of the
United States evacuation commission
ers that no American flags should be
raised In Havana or it's suburbs until
Jan. l, was today formally reprimand-
ed by Gen. Lee and was instructed to
lower the flag. Lieut.. Lee reported O.
few hours later to headquarters that
the flag had been lowered. Neverthe-
less, at the hour of filing this dispatch
(4:30 p. mo-, it is still flying on tall
staff over the famous fort, plainly Wis.,
ible from the harbOr and city
Maj. Gen. Lee having received a ca
BILE dispatch from Gen. Alger saying
that the secretary OF war understood
that there were thousands Of persons
| starving In Havana, and directing him
to feed them without delay" imme-
| diately ordered Lieut.. Col. Wood to dis
tribute rations and to make systematic
efforts to feed the helpless, without
waste.
There are hundreds in Havana who,
while not actually starving. are In a de-
plorable state of weakness and disease
the effects of the cruel recommendation
policy. They need hospital treatment,
which is not always available. Much
OF the wretchedness Is due to the neg
lected condition OF the tenements.
Every day or so the relief distributors
come upon dead bodies, terribly ema-
| clated. Two We're found in the suburb
of Cerero yesterday. 1t is difficult to
distinguish between the professional
vagabond and the really deserving
| cases, but the committees with local
! knowledge are able TO render excellent
|
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RECIPROCITY POSSIBLE
More ROseate View of Work Ol
Joint High Commission.

WASHINGTON, Dec 22.-The next
session Of the joint Canadian high COM
mission will be adjourned pretty close
TO a fortnight. Lord Herschell, British
member of the commission, is booked
to sail for Europe on the 25th of Janu-
ary. He cannot delay longer In the
United States, for the reason that he
is obliged to attend the Paris arbitra-
tion on the question OF the Venezuelan
boundary, being one Of the arbitrators.
There are indications that after all
the commissioners regard the prospect
Of reaching an agreement as much
brighter than they did before the ad-
journment Of the session, and the opin-
ion is now expressed, in well-informed
circles, that before Lord HerschelPs de-
parture a treaty will have been COM
pleted, settling all questions at dispute
between the two countries, and even
making some slight progress towards
the attainment of reciprocity.
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TRYING TO HARMONIzE.
COntending Factions In Spain MA,

COnfending Factions In Spain May
Become RecOncned.
LONDON. Dec. 22.-The Madrid cor
respondent Of the Standard says:
Most OF the Liberal leaders whom
Senor Sagasta has consulted strongly
oppose a dissolution OF the cortes, on
the ground that 1t would be imprudent
to plunge the country into an electoral
agitation under existing conditions.
'Senor Montero Rios and others urge
that every effort be made to unite the
Liberal party.
Apparently senor Gamazo's party
Of dissidents is relenting, and there are
better hopes of a full reconciliation"
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"Santlago's Duty" Among the others
who responded to toasts We're Hon.
Joseph Wildly, Judge William H. Taft
and DR.. Phineas S. Connor, who is a
member of the Dodge War iEvestigat-
ing commission.
While Gen. Miles did not discuss the
management of the recent war in his
speech or in interviews, yet his close
friends here do not disguise the fact
that the general is not satisfied, and
that the investigation may continue
after Chairman Dodge submits his
rcDOrt
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to China to accept position with the firm OF
Olyphant & Co.. of which the present presi-
dent Of the Delaware and Hudson canal was
then the head In 1874 he returned to St.
Louis after a vacation of two years On the
continent, most Of which was spent at st.
the head of several large industrial concerns
and railway corporations. When he accepted
the embassy to Russia it was at keen per-
sonal sacrifice Of his business interests but
he was not disposed to disappoint the presl-
dent who desired to have an able man OF
commerce at the court of the car Mr..
Hitchcock is a brother of Henry Hitchcock
who was urged for the supreme court during
Mr.. Harrison's administration, and Is Q
nephew Of the late Maj. Gen. e. A. Hitchcock
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-23

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, of St. Louis, the new secretary Of
the interior. is now at St. Petersburg, the
American ambassador to the cZar. Mr..
Hitchcock and the president are friends OF
many years standing, and the appointment
is personal matter with Mr.. Mckinley, as
was the St. Louisan's appointment TO the post
he Is now filling. The new cabinet member
is a great grandson on his maternal side OF
Col Ethan Allen, who captured Fort IT.
conderoga "in the name of the Great Jehovah
and the continental congress-" Mr.. Hitch
cocks father went from Vermont to Alabama
to practice law, and at the time of his death
was the chief justice of the supreme court OF
that state. Ethan Allen Hitchcock has made
st. Louis his home since 1851. In 1860 he went
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-23
T0DAY'S BULLETIN.

I
Flag Ordered Down at Havana.
Roosevelt Reports Made Public.
Perils Of Expansion.
New York Closed to Big Ships.
Victory for Dreyfus.
National Guard Needs.
Seventh Street Paving Poor.
Supreme Court Decisions
Sin the Political Field.
Mr. Lind In st. Paul.
Normal Board Against Freeman.
Editorial.
North Dakota Senatorship.
6-Sporting News.
Corbin Disputes Miles.
Thirteenth Coming Home
6-Markets Of the World.
Bar Silver. 59Ac.
Chicago Cash Wheat, 669sc
minneapolis Matters.
Northwest News.
News Of the Railways.
SIN the Field of Labor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-23
New England Day In Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec 22.-The annual
dinner Of the New England Society of Penn
sylvania was held today at the Hotel Walton.
Rev. Stephen Dana, president of the society,
presided Covers were laid for over 200.
Hon. Charles Emory Smith and ex-Minister
to Spain Stewart L. Woodford were to have
responded to the toasts, New Englanders Of
the Cabinet and The New Englander in
Diplomacy" but they were unable TO be
present on account of illness with grippe
During the dinner Rear Admiral Schley ac-
companied by Col. A. X Mcclure, Senator
Penrose. Gov. Hastings, Mayor Warwick and
Gov.-elect Stone, arrived and was rendered
an impromptu and enthusiastic reception.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-23
STRUCK With DISMAY
NAVAL AUTHORITIES MAKE A
STARTLING DISCOVERY IN NEW
YORK HARBOR
SHIPS AT A REEFS MERCY
chusetts Type Could Not Get to
Sea During Extra Low Water
Prompt Steps to BE Taken to
Remedy the EviI-COnditiOns
Are Not Normal.

are NOV Normal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The naval
authorities have learned, to their dis
may, that 1t is not possible for one of
our big battleships, like the Oregon or
Massachusetts, to get out of New York
harbor during extra low water, such
as prevailed when the latter battleship
struck on Diamond reef short time
ago.
To aid the court of inquiry now in
session at New York, trying to ascer-
tain the responsibility for the ground
ing, the navy department called upon
the coast survey for special measure
ments of the water in the harbor near
Diamond reef, and upon the rock it
self
The report of the superintendent of
the survey has just been received, and
it shows, in the opinion of the naval
officers, that 1t is not possible for a
ship of the size OF the Massachusetts
and with her maneuvering qualities to
get out Of the harbor without touching
the bottom when the tide is ebb and the
wind strong. The ship must pass on
the Brooklyn shore OF Coenties reef.
and then cross over the channel be-
tween Diamond reef and the New York
shore. The turn is too short for the
Massachusetts to make, and the best
water to be found in the best course
she could pick on the day she touched
was one foot four inches less than the
draft Of the ship as she started, name
ly, tWenty-siX feet two inches.
OF course these conditions are not
normal in the harbor, but they may
occur on any low tide with the wind In
a certain quarter, so that the matter
will be brought at once to the attention
of congress, with a view to securing
the removal of the upper part Of Dia-
mond reef
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CLEAR SAILING.
Cubans and spanisrds VIII Accept
American Rule In the Island.

VuDHH5 HHU sDHHIBFUs " TT AcceDt
American Rule in the Island.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-The Havana cor
respondent Of the Times. in the course
of letter published this morning,
says:
president Mckinley will have an
unfettered hand here. A majority Of
the Cubans are prepared to accept un-
reservedly any regime treating them
justly and insuring the tranquility Of
the island.
1.-THE Spanish residents also are con-
tent to accept the inevitable, believing
that their interests will be protected
and themselves fairly treated. There
fore, the way is clear to establish any
system Of government the Washington
authorities may see fit to impose"
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SENSATIONS SPOILED.
Good Order the Rule I'm MnniIn ana
Porto Rico.

WASHINGTON, Dec 22.-Encourag-
ing reports Of the condition Of affairs
in Manila and Porto Rico reach the
department from the officers COM
manding the troops in those provinces.
The dispatches from Gen. Otis, at Ma
Mia, and Gen. Henry. at San Juan,
were in response to telegraphic inqui-
ries by the secretary of war, based on
reports Of a disquieting nature which
had reached the officials here That
from Gen. Otis was particularly graft
flying to the president and Secretary
Alger it is as follows:
Manila, Dec. 22.-Adjutant General, Wash
ington: Believe the city was never more
quiet. Order prevails. Native population
greatly augmented in three months. Vol
ume OF business increasing. Conduct of
troops good; most fayorably commented on
by citizens Discipline improving. Disorders
promptly punished. as business of courts
shows. Newspaper articles published in the
United States, Hong Kong and Singapore
without an element of truth. Military rule
firm. as demanded by circumstances.
Otis.
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BRANDED AS AN OUTRAGE.
Civil Arrest of BrOther-in-Law of
Costa RIca's President.


Costa Rica's President.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-WiIliam TT.
Lynn, the brother-in-law Of President
1glesias, Of Costa Rica, who was ar
rested in this city on Dec. 6, in con-
nection with a civil suit, applied today
in the supreme court to have the order
of arrest vacated. Justice Prior grant
ed the application, and, as 1t was
shown that Mr.. Lynn was one Of the
Costa Rica's presidential party, he
characterized the arrest as a gross in
dignity upon sister republic.
The suit, in connection with which
Mr.. Lynn was arrested, was brought
against him and Francis c. Hatch, Of
Phoenix, Ariz., for an accounting of a
partnership which Francis S. Lusk. of
Wyoming, the plaintiff of the action,
claimed to have existed between them
in contract for railroad construction
in Costa Rica.
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ATLANTIC LINERS.

NEW YORK-Arrived Cufc. Liverpool (:
Karamame, Mediterranean ports Sailed
Edsm. Amsterdam; Germanic Liverpool.
SREAhNATER-Passed in: Netherlands,
Antwerp.
BREMEN-Arrived: Saale, New York
HAMBURG-Arrived: Norge New York
Phoenicia, New York
GENoA-Arrived: Augusta Victoria, New
York
QUEENSTOWN Britannia, from
Liverpool for New York
LIyERPOoL-sailed: Belgenland. New
York.
ROTTERDAM Sailed: Maasdam New York.
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AFTER MANY YEARS.
John l.. Bates, Who Escaped From
Prison, Is Recaptured.

John IL. bates, Who Escaped From
Prison, Is Recaptured.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-John L. Bates,
who nineteen years ago escaped from
the Anamosa, To-, penitentiary, where
he was serving three-year term for
burglary, was arrested here today and
will be taken to Iowa to complete his
sentence. Since his escape, Bates has
served three years in the Chester, H.,
penitentiary and two years in Joliet
and was under arrest in Chicago for
several months under suspicion Of
having been implicated in a murder.
Bates is said to be heir to s32, ,0O0 left
him by his father, in 1892, but fear Of
arrest has prevented him from claim
ing the money.
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SHOT BY A BOY.
TveIve-Year-OId Lad Kills n Deputy
Sheriff.

CHICAGO, Dec 22,-Thomas Crosby, the
twelve-year-old son Of Mrs. Margaret Crosby,
wealthy widow living in Edgewater, a
suburb of Chicago, shot and Instantly killed
Deputy Sheriff Frank Nye today while Nye
was attempting TO serve a writ of resti uuon.
The writ was based on a mortgage for $4,000
which had been forecIosed on the Crosby
homestead The officer was warned by the
boy not to attempt to enter the house, but
disregarded the threats and attempted to tear
n,tt a windoW
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CRUISER HORNET OVERDUE.
Believed to Be FOg-Bound Some
where on the Coast.

WILMINGTON, N. c., Dec. 22.-The
United states auxiliary cruiser Hornet.
which left Hampton Roads for VIII
niington Tuesday afternoon, manned
by detachments of the naval reserves
of Wilmington and Southport, has not
yet reached Southport, and is now
about thirty hours overdue at that
port. Nothing has been heard from her
since she sailed from Hampton Roads.
II is not believed she has met with an
accident, but is fog bound at some
point on the coast.
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sons of New EngIand.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-over 400 sons of
New England sat down tonight to the ninety
third annual dinner of the New England So
ciety, Of New York city, at the Waldorf
Astoria. President Rowland presided. The
guests included many men prominent IN pub
lie and private life
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BOLD BANK ROBBERS.
FOIIed I'm Daylight Attempt on a
Cincinnati Institution.


Cincinnati Institution.
CINCINNATI, O., Dec %. = Three
men attempted to steal a large amount
of money at the German National
bank, Third and Walnut streets, at 8
O'Clock this afternoon. They came in
at the front door and walked directly
to the desk Of Cashier Herzog. He was
counting the money after the close Of
business and had a large amount Of
it on the counter. One of the men
reached through the window in the
wire screen and attempted to seize the
pile Of greenbacks. The cashier struck
him on the hand, and the men, seeing
that their effort was futile, ran out Of
the bank and down to the river land
ing. The police on both sides of the
river are searching for the robbers.
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MANIFEST DESTINY.
Remarkable Utterances of IOwa's
Governor on Territorial Expansion.

Governor on Territorial Expansion.
DES MONIES, To-, Dec. 22.-Gov.
Leslie NJ. Shaw, a meeting here to-
night, made public announcement of 4
change from a very conservative posi-
tion to one fully in accord with the
national administration as regards ter
ritorial eXpensi0n. He said that the ac
quirement of the Philippines and the
other recent territorial accessions Of
the United States was the result Of
manifest destiny; that American civil
ization must be carried to the Philip
pines, and if they cannot assimilate
they must die.