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FOR A UNIFORM SYSTEM.
Michigan Bankers Call \ Conference OF
the Clearing House Association.

Deroit, Mich, Aug 2O.-The Detroit
members of the Michigan Bankers as
sociation state there is widespread mis-
apprehension among newspapers and
financial writer's concerning the object
of the conference of the clearing houses
called for Sept. S, in Cleveland The
conference was called by the Michigan
bankers because, as they said, they
were tired of waiting for others to take
the initiative. The object is not to an
tagonize New York or to use the ma
chinery of the bankers association tn
conference being called at the same
time and place as a matter Of conven-
fence.
President Hayes of the Preston Ma
tional bank of Detroit explaining the
scheme, said: 1T is desired to bring
all the clearing houses together for con-
ference with the hope that they will
amend their constitution so as to give
the same power to the respective clear
ing house committees that the New
York and Detroit committees now have.
When the associations in the principal
cities shall have taken action similar
to that of New York, there will be a
uniformity of charge in each state to
banks in that state which will permit
the organization of state clearing house
associations, which can never be es-
tablished until par points are abolish
ed. When state clearing houses are es-
tablished, charges for collections can be
materially reduced, and in the end an
other reduction can be made by estab-
fishing nominal clearing house"
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London. Aug. 20.-Owing to the set
tlement and the holiday there was little
doing in the stock exchange last week,
but decidedly good tone prevailed,
and in several cases prices showed a
dlstinct improvement. The feature of
the week was the marked revival of in
terest in Americans, which showed
sharp advances notably on southern
railroads, which We're most in demand.
Louisville & Nashville rose 6 points;
B. & O., 5la do preferred, 21a: Central
Pacific. .; Missouri, Kansas & Texas,
preferred, 3: Southern preferred, 21a,
and Denver & Rio Grande preferred, 2.
Money was easier and plentiful at from
Z to per cent on calls, 2le on fixtures,
and 3i2 on three months bills.
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GENERAL BUTTERFlElD ILL,
Chairman of the Dewey Reception Com
mittee Stricken With Aphasia.

New York, Aug. 2o-Word came to-
night through kilograms to Bellevue hos
pital that General Butterfeld, chairman
of the Dewey reception committee, had
been stricken with aphasia at his summer
home, Cold-Springs-on-t Hudson. Four
or five kilograms to Bellevue inquired
for DR.. James, an expert in nervous dis
eases. and they requested that the doctor
be sent to Cold Springs at once. Cen
eral Butterfield is being treated there. It
was also learned that other kilograms had
been sent to this city during the day in
an effort to reach other specialists in ner-
vous diseases. Members of the Dewey ex-
ecutive committee learned early in the
day that General Butterfield was i'll, but
they were informed that he expected to
be able to go with them to Washington
tomorrow. Aphasa is the loss of speech
as the result of an affection of the brain.
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AN ALLEGED REPLY.
Report Current That the Transvaal Coy.
ernment Has Made Answer to En- gland

Cape Town, Aug. 21.-The Transvaal
government, it is reported here, has
handed its reply to tae British agent
at Pretoria to be forwarded to Sir
Alfred Miner. British high commits
sioner for South Africa and governor
of Cape Colony. Conflicting accounts
are given as to its contents, and it is
possible that the report is premature
and that the reply will be delayed,
owing to the trouble with Portugal
about the transportation of ammuni-
ton now in Delagoa bay, consigned to
the Transvaal.
Strong feeling has been aroused here
by the fact that the Transvaal is send
ing large quantities of war material
for distribution among its supporters
in Cape Colony and the Orange Free
States. More than seven tons have
been landed at Port Elizabeth, on Del
agoa bay, and sent over the Cape rail-
way lines to AllwaloX for distribution.
The Cape Colony government COM
plains that 1t could not prevent their
transportation to a friendly state and
If permission had been refused the
supplies would have been sent to Del
agoa bay. 1t is probable that the
matter will now be referred to the
imperial government.
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ROANOKE ARRIVES,
Alaska Steamer Brings Little Gold and
Some Passengers.

Some Passengers.
Seattle. Wash, Aug. 20.-The steamer
Roanoke arrived tonight from st.
Michael, Alaska with $50 miners and
gold estimated at $3.50, 0OO Most of thiS
was brought out Of the Cape Nome dis
trfct. G. Price had the largest individ-
ual amount. about $50, 900. The failure
of the Roanoke to bring q large amount
of gold dust from Dawson is explained
by the fact that she failed to make
connections with the Yukon river boats
at St. Michael.
The Roanoke brings further particu-
lars of the laundering of the river
steamer Louise July 81, with three
barges. two of which carried United
States government supplies near the
mouth of the Yukon in a storm. The
Louise has been raised and taken to
St Michael for repairs. Her hull Is
badly damaged and her upperworks are
badly twisted. The total loss on the
steamer is estimated at $4,000. One
Of the barges and its cargo, consisting
OF supplies for Fort Gibbon, are 2 to-
tai loss. The cargo was valued at
$4,000. 1t consisted Of Quartermaster
stores. commissary stores and fodder
for cattle. 1t was not insured. Captain
Reubens has sent a requisftion to the
quartermaster's department At San
Francisco to duplicate tho consignment.
With average good luck It viii be pos
sible to get a barge up tho river to
Fort Gibbon before the ice comes In.
The barge was valued at $4,000. The
other two barges were recovered with
their cargoes but slightly damaged
One carried army supplies for Fort DS-
bert. the other carried goods belonging
to the Alaska Commercial company.
They have since started UP the river
again. This will probably be the last
voyage of the Roanoke to st. Michael
this year, as negotiations are pending
for her transference to the government
as transport.
The Roanoke reports that steamer
Portland was to have sailed shortly
after the Roanoke left. The Portland
would have about 81 600, 900 in gold be-
longing to the Alaska Commercial COM
pany. News is brought from Kotzebue
sound of the wreck of the schooner
NJ. M. Morrill,. Her captain, Louis F.
Berhnhart, is reported to have been
drowned
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WILL BE ACQUITTED,
Labori's Former Secretary Is Positive That
Dreyrus Will BE Restored to Liberty.

Dreyfus viii BE Restored to Liberty.
Seattle, Wash, Aug. 2O.-M. Leon
Bureau Of Paris formerly private sec
retary to M Labori is in the city, a
guest of DR.. Adriene Monod, French
vice consul. He said to-day that the
present trial of Dreyfus will result in
his acquittal. If a verdict of guilty
is returned the court of cessation. tina
highest French authority, will at once
set it aside and order another court
martial. and so on until he is acquitted
This court knows that French law is
being juggled by this military court
and has two grounds on which 1t could
set aside such a sentence: First, viola
ton of the law and second, abuse OF
power.
when the court of cessation sent
Dreyfus back for second trial he was
remanded on the charge of having been
the author of the bordereau. Now, this
is the only thing he could be tried for.
Instead of sticking to this, the court
has permitted witnesses to talk or MS
relations with women and other out
side matters, which is directly viola
ton of French law. If some matter
not connected with the bordereau
should come up in testimony proving
Dreyfus guilt this court-martial could
not try him. The court of cessation
would have to order new trial for the
specific purpose.
Mr.. Bureau said it was within the
power of the court of cessation to have
decreed Dreyfus' innocence. In fact
there were but TWO things for that tri-
bunal to do: Either adjudge him not
guilty or send him back for trial This
latter proceeding was deemed best as
through retrial a medium would be
furnished to give the military party
chance to redeem itself. 1t would look
much better in the eyes of the world,
and help to take away the odium an
acouittal by the court of cessation
would make. NJ Bureau is a lawyer,
and an intimate friend of the Dreyfus
family. He left France four months
ago, and has been travelling in the
JTnited States and Canada.
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MERCER VERY BITTER
He Says Dreyfus Will Surely Be
Condemned.
WILL BE JOYFUL 1IDINGS
France Will Applaud If Dreyfus Is Con-
vlcted-Foreign Newspapers Are De-
ceivine Their Readers-Labori
Expects to Crush Mercier.

Rennes, Aug. 20.-General Mercier
who was minister of war when Captaip
Dreyfus was condemned, and who in
the present trial is tire virtual prosecu-
tor, was called upon this afternoon by
the correspondent of the associated
press, who invited him to make a state
ment of the position of the anti-Drey-
correspondent in person. General Mer-
cier sent his oldes. son to convey he
following expressions of his views:
General Mercier considers it useless
to attempt to convert foreign opinion
regarding the Dreyfus question; more
over, foreigners have no right to in
tervene. Foreign people have been mis-
led by their press, which is violently
Dreyfusard, for the good reason that a
majority of the foreign newspapers
have been bribed by the Jewish syndi-
cate. General MERCER considers any
thing he might say explaining his posi-
tion, which Is that Of a majority of the
French people, would be useless. The
best reply to Dreyfusard statements S
abroad will be the condemnatio of
Dreyfus.
This condemnation is only a matter
of 10 days. or a fortnight. for con-
demned DrPyfus certainly nil he For
eigners will then see that their Jour
nails have deceived them. for they will
recognize that the mass of the French
nation. who Will receive the news of
the conviction of Dreyfus as joyful It'd
ings. is not composed of officials. and
that if the majority of the French ap-
MIA nd ha Iar, n 10, iii Ia, I,,,
cause it is just and mer.ted."
The associated press correspondent
then called upon NJ. Labori, who lives
within 200 yards Of General Me cier
the houses of both being guarded by
gendarmes and detectives. who ST in
chairs in the roadway in front of the
houses.
NJ. Labori was taking the air in the
garden. He has been suffering severe
ly from insomnia. and to-day was few
erish and excited The wound itself
has not made the progress the doctors
hoped for. although there has been no
relapse.
4 In view of his general condition, his
medical advisers opposed his going to
court tomorrow, as he bad desired.
They predict that the exertion would so
overtax his strength as to compel him
to take to his bed, which he would not
probably leave in that event for a
month.
Tuesday or Wednesday, therefore will
more probably see his temperance in
court He will be provided with a
specially constructed chair that Will
enable him to conduct the cross-eXami-
nation at the outset without rising
from his seat
NJ Labori is intensely anxious to re-
turn to court even if he has to be car
ried there in an ambulance. He is dis
satisfied with NJ. Demange's conduct of
the case thus far, and on his return he
intends to have General Mercier and
the other generals put back upon the
witness stand. After reading their evil
dence he is confident of his ability to
crush Mercier, and he expects to use
the Schneider and Panizzardi kilograms
also to confound Mercer.
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Splendid Purses Offered.

Louisville, Aug. 20.-The programme of
the regular fall meeting of the Louisville
Fair and Driving association has been an
nounced. Forty thousand dollars in
purses is offered by the association. The
meeting will begin Monday, Sept. %. with
the kentucky stakes for trotters. $500,
and the Commercial Club stakes Of 81 600
for PAGERS. An excellent programme has
been arranged for the five succeeding
days. including the Douglas stakes of
s. 600 for 2:12 trotters. the SeelbaCh stakes
of s., 900 and the Louisville stakes of 81, ,O00
All the stake races have been closed but
there are yet IA purses, to close Sept. g.
The best harness horses in the country
are entered.
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AN ADMINISTRATION MAN.
senator Carter Returns From Europe
and Talks Il Bit
Special Dispatch ;o the Standard.

Special Dispatch &c the Standard.
New York, Aug. 2l.-United States
Senator I. H. Garter of Montana. WHO
was among several distinguished Amar-
leans who arrived on the fog -belated
American liner New York, said he never
felt before SO proud of returning 10 his
own country.
"TraVelers may talk as they like" "
he said. of the advantages abroad: as
for me, l come back more ferVa9tly
American than ever. All you have TO
do to become fascinated with this land
is to go over and take look at he
foreign places.
Il am an administration man, and
my relations with eX-Secretary Algcr
have been always pleasant. but [ be-
lieve that Mr.. Root is competent and
an able man for the place of secretary
of war
Il am surprised to hear of the at
tempted assassination of LahOri.
gathered while / was abroad that there
would be some sort of a compromise
verdict in the Dreyfus case. believe
that failure to acquit may lead 10 a
revolution in France"
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MISS HORlOCKER INSANE.
Nebraska Poisoning Case Will Come to
Abrupt Close.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. 2O.-A special TO the
Bee from Hastings. Neb.. says: Word
comes to Hastings that Miss Viola Hor-
locker. who is resting under a 5000 bond,
charged with having attempted to take
the life of Mrs. Charles F. Morey by
sending her a box of poisoned candy on
April 10 last, is now in an insane asylum
at Jacksonville, ILL., About two months
ago Miss Horlocker went to New York
city to visit her sister and recuperate. but
it was generally thought at the time that
she would not return to Hastings to at
tend the continuation of her hearing
which was to come uD in the equity term
of the district court in September, after
which she was to have been bound over
to the grand jury term of the district
court in December. 1t is the general
feeling here that Miss Horlocker will be
properly judged insane and this cele-
brated case will thus be brought to a
close,
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HEAD-ON COLLISION.



Alleged CareIessness of a MOtOrman.
Philadelphia. Pa. Aug. 20.-A head
on collision between two trolley cars
occurred to-day on the Norrstown &.
Chestnut Hill and RoXborough railway
in Plymouth township. Thirty persons
Were injured. The following are be-
lieved to be fatally hurt:
John Parson, Philadelphia, internal
injuries and several ribs broken.
William Hartstine. West Point, Pa,
internal injuries and ribs broken.
Mrs. Bridget Nunan, seriously injur-
ed about the body.
Others badly hurt. but not fatally
injured. are: Mrs Julia Moeslin. Nor
ristown, and Miss Alice McGuigan,
Philadelphia.
The railway is a single track road
with switches. The passengers of the
southbound car assert that the motor
man failed to wait at the switch for
the arrival of the car going north and
the accident resulted.
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A Mistake,

Havana, Aug. 20.-The Army and
Navy Journal, in its issue Of Aug u,
reports the death from yellow fever Of
Private Beatty, of the Sth infantry. TIE
report bearing the signature of Major
O Reilley. This is an error due to the
translation of dead" the word in the
code message which should have been
rendered sick" Beatty had a very
light case, and it is even doubtful
whether the disorder was yellow fever
He has been on duty now several days
since his convalescence
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Rennes, Aug. 21.-The Dreyfus court
martial reconvened this morning at the
usual hour. Maitre Labori was not
present. His doctors considered that it
was inadvisable for him to attempt 70
take part in to-day's proceedings, in
view Of the danger Of a relapse.
The first witness was Colonel Fabre,
who deposed that he had discovered a
similarity between the handwriting #
the accused and that of the bordereau.
He reiterated his conviction of the guilt
of Dreyfus, saying; Il am sure he
wrote the bordereau."
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Soldier Crushed to Death.

Chicago, Aug. 20.-James P. Young, a
private in Company d, Sd infantry vol
unteers, was killed by freight train
a Evanston to-day while on his way
to Fort Sheridan to report after a days
absence. The body was strewn along
the track block and the only remain
ing vestige of the uniform which Young
wore was a brass button found on the
roadbed. He was a member of the 18th
Indiana regiment during the Spanish
war.
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network Of espionage under the direc-
tion of foreign military attaches and
OF negotiations on the subject of the
Dreyfus case between several French
notabilities and the representatives Of
foreign powers
The dOSsier, moreover contains
proofs that the sum of $4,000, 900 francs
was received in France from abroad COR
the purpose of prosecuting a pfo-Drey-
fus campaign"
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Ordered to he Ready.

Fort Thomas, KY. Aug 2O-Orders
have been received here by the @'st
United States infantry to be in read
mess to move at a moments notice.
The regiment expects to start by ratl
for San Francisco before the end Of this
week. All troops were withdrawn from
the rifle range to-day,
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Will Drag Its Weary Length.

Paris. Aug. 20.-The Liberte says that
the Dreyfus trial will not be finished
before the middle of September.
According to the Echo de Paris. as
consequence of Captain Cuignets
evidence, General Chamoin. who took
the war office secret dossier to Rennes,
has started suddenly FOR Paris.
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DOCUMENT MISSING.
The Entire Dossier Has Not Been Com
municated to the Court.

Paris, Aug. 20-The Echo de Paris, in
commenting upon the testimony offered
at Rennes by Captain Cuignet, former
attache of the ministry of war. to
whom was assigned last year the task
of collecting matters bearing upon the
Dreyfus. PiCquart and EsterhaZy af-
fair, says:
Captain Cuignet's evidence shows
that the whole secret dOsSier has not
been communicated to the court mar
tial. A document has been withheld
which proves the existence of vast
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Alleged Murderer Captured.

St Louis, Aug. 20.-Frank w. Funk
accused Of the murder of William Brooke
at Washington, d. c., was taken to the
capital city in charge of Detective Wo-
don. who left on train for the East to-
day. The accused had been captured at
Columbia, Mo. and brought here.
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Rome, Aug. 2O.-At the festivities of
St Joachtman to-day the pope granted
an audience Of more than an hour to
800 persons. all of whom were present.
ed. in addition t. 16 cardinals and many
other prelates. His holiness expressed
his happiness at being able again 10
celebrate the feast and gave numerous
historical "reminiscences. He cOnVarsa I'd
freely with the cardinals and appeared
in excellent health
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French Officers Assassinated.

Paris. Aug. 20.-Intellsence has been
received from the French SOudan indi-
eating that Lieutenant klopp and Lieu
tenant MOunier, who Were sent tn take
command of "A column of troops there.
have both been assassinated. The assas-
s.nated officers were sent out to replace
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Captain Voulet |h, ,ntain Chanoine.
to the natives. ~
The Figaro prints story. according
to which the assassinated officers were
killed by a discharge of rifles ordered by
Captain Noulete out of revenge. Lieuten-
ant kiopp having been the means of his
recall by undertaking an inquiry into the
charges of barbarity
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Lisbon. Aug. 2O--The sanitary board
has resolved 10 isolate OpOrto, where the
huhOnic plague has broken out, with a
sanitary Gordon
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BLOOD FLOWS.
IN PARIS
Red-Handed Anarchy Stalks
Through the French Capital
and Sets Law at Defiance.
APPLY THE FIRE BRAND
Churches Pillaged and Their
Sacred Contents Burned.
FOUR HUNDRED INJURED

Rioters Used Hatchets and Paving Stones
as Missiles-Fierce Conf ct With the
Polics-Disturbanc Incted by News
paper Articles and Rabid Speakers
Looked Upon as a Pro-Drey!us DEM
onstration and Will Be- Detrimental
to the Prisoners Case
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An Ordinary Watch

Now, thoroughly reliable time
keeper can be bought at a very
insignificant price, and the poorest
laborer can now afford the luxury
which a few years ago only the
rich could buy.
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Plague Victims.

London Aug. 2l-The Madrid COL
respondent of the Daily Mail reports
that one victim of the buboniC plague
died at La Puebla just as he was about
to quit the country
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n GOOD
Watch
Is a Great Boon to Mankind-lt is
a Companion and Friend

And is absolutely indispensable in
this progressive age. There was
time when it took a whole years
salary to buy
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Let Us Supply Your
Watch Wants

We can please you. We are show
ing the largest and best assorted
line we ever carried. 1t embraces
all the standard makes. We can
sell you a Watch for
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$I.5o, $3.50, $500,
$500, $500, $500,
$1,000 and up to $3.50.

Our cases are the best products of
skilled labor and are very pretty
and artistic. The new models, Elgin
and Waltham, in 12 sizes. are par
ticularly attractive and the prices
are very reasonable.
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Our Canjidates.

c. NJ. Boettcher, nominated for
county clerk, needs no Introduction to
our people. He has been resident
OF our city for many years. His abil-
ity and integrity are beyond question.
He was educated in Germany and has
n thorough knowledge of hook-keep-
ing, which viii make him an invalu-
able man in The clerks Office. He
served this county for two terms as
dis ric. clerk and made an enviable
record, so much so that when the pop
ulists, conforming to the anwritten
law of the party not to elect any man