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"Othello. I found them again no
 long since among my English books
 l send them to you translated:
 Who steals my purse steals trash; 'ti: l something, nothing;
 | Twas mine, lis his, and has been slaves
 to thousands;
 But he that filches from me my good name,
 Robs me of that which not enrlches him. l And makes me poor indeed,' "Ah yes! he has rendered me 'vrai- | ment pauvre, the wretch who has sto- | len my honor! He has made us more l miserable than the meanest of human creatures. But to each one his hour. Courage then, dear Lucie; preserve the unconquerable will that you have shown until now"
 And his own view of the tragedy in which he was the silent hero You see, darling, a man of honor cannot live without his honor; it does no good to tell himself that he is innocent; he eats his heart out. In solitude, the hours are long, and my mind cannot comprehend all that has come upon me. Never could a romancer, however rich his imagination, have written story more tragic. Some day when my story is told it will be incredible But what we must tell ourselves now is that I must be vindicated. My name must shine anew, with all the lustre it should never have lost. l should rather see my children dead than to think that the name which they bear is dishonest one.'
 This thought is treated again and again. It is the firm resolve that this honor must be saved that prevents him taking his life. Throughout he expresses the solicitude of loving husband and father He must live to save his honor and for the sake of his wife and children. And now, from pres- ent indications, the whole pitiful tale will have a happy ending, for it is prac- tically certain that the decision will be reversed, and that Captain Alfred Dry fus will realize the dream which he has expressed so beautifully in the follow letter.
 "The body may give way under such a burden of grief, but the soul should firm and valiant, to protest ]
 (Coptiu,ad on E1eventh Page
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TO BUILD AUTOMOBILES.
Two New Western Companies to Begin
 Work

Kenosha, Wis, July 14-The c. H. Sieg Manufacturing company will be reorganized, and instead of making bicy- cles will manufacture automobiles and gasoline engines. The company had had it's factory in this city for the last five years, and has done a successful busi- ness. Owing, however, to the changes and fluctuations in the bicycle trade, the company has decided that there is mora money in automobiles The present building will be enlarged, and more men employed,
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Elgin, Ill.,, July 14.-Ten thousand dollars has been paid as earnest money on the purchase of the Elgin Sewing Machine and Bicycle works, long idle. The buyers are automobile manufactur- CTS. who will start to work next week at the factory.
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 In conclusion, if there existed the slightest doubt of Alfred Dreyfus' in- nocence the publication of these letters cannot fail to dispel it. As Zola says, No guilty man could have written them" One feels from the very first letter that the writer is brave and in- nocent man. Here is a passage from one of the letters written from Devils Island. My mind,' he writes, "can- not extricate itself for an instance from the horrible drama of which l am the victim, a tragedy which has struck a blow not only to my life-that is the least of evils, and truly it would have been better had the wretch who com mitted the crime killed me instead of woundng me as he has-but at my honor, the honor of my children, the honor of you all.'' And again. in a let ter dated June 3, 1895, he writes, You remember those lines of Shakespeare in
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MINISTER'S RAISE PRICE OF SERMONS.

WANT s. INSTEAD OF So. FOR EACH DISCOURSE
AT IOWA PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Des Noines Iowa June d (SpeciaD.-The State
BOARD of Control is in trouble with a new trust
The ministers Of Marshalltown have announced
that they will not preach sermons at the institn-
tions for g each. This is the Boards schedule
rate and the Ministerial Association of Marshall
town insists that after July the rate must be $
a sermon But the Board OF Control is composed
OF men qualified TO meet any emergency. Governor
Larrabee proposes to speak to the members of the
Soldiers Home week from Sunday. and the MEM
bers Of the Board WILL II necessary take the places
Of ministers who cannot preach at the State rates
Governor Larrabee says he will make an anti
trust discourse and incidentally will refer to the
advice of ST. Paul to the Bishops in OF the
Epistes
short time ago letter was received indicating
that the Ministerial Association OF Marshalltown
had determined that after July its members Will
not continue TO preach for 80 a sermon. The Board
discussed the situation. 1t found that no ex-
preston Of dissatisfaction had come from any other
institution Nobody else had asked for an increase
An investigation Of the acts of the Legislature
proved that $500 had been appropriated for the
preaching for biennial period at the Mitcheville
Reform School. This less than 2 sermon
The Board concluded that s3 was fair price for
sermon.
letter was directed to the secretary OF the
Ministerial Association Of Marshatown saying. in
rather curt terms that the Board would not recon-
sider its ultimatum. The Board members have not
had much to say about the matter. but they allow
It to be pretty generally understood that they
will not pay more than s.. we don't want any
thing said about this subject which will give the inn
nression that we take an irreverent view OF IT,
<aid Mr. Cowne OF the Board Of Control we are,
however willing II necessary, TO undertake TO do
our share OF the speaking at the institution rather
Than that the custom should be discontinued. Gov
ernor Iarrabee has agreed TO make the first ad-
dress" ,-,,.- -.
The Roman Catholic priests OF Marshalltown are
not members OF the Ministerial association ana
q is understood that the Board OF Control VIII asB
Tor their services at the Soldiers Home II is be
lieved they will do as requested
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DISORDER IN BRUSSELS.
MoBs FIGHTING SOLDIERS AND POLICE
GENDARMEs UNABLE TO oUELL THE RIOTERS
FREE FIGHT IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES

GENDARMEs UNABLE TO QUELL THE RIOTERS
FREE FIGHT IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
Brussels June ga disturbance occurred in the
Chamber of Deputies to-day when the order OF the
day Of the Right was adopted expressing conh-
dence In the President OF the House against the
vote of the Socialists. The announcement OF the
vote a signal for a general uproar, all the
Deputies rushing to the centre Of the floor. where
free fight took place. NJ. Guchtenacre, Catholic
Labor member from Client, badly beaten by
Socialists guard OF soldiers on duty finally
cleared the galleries. and the session later was
suspended the Minister of War, NJ J. II. p. Van
den Peereboom the object OF great abuse by the
Socialists who blamed him for originating the
uproar
Numerous crowded meetings were held tonight
to protest against the bill Those who attended
subsequently formed themselves into monster
procession and paraded the principal streets When
fees of the Government the police drove them
back.
the neighborhood Of Parliament House the Gov
ernment Offices and the palace all Of which were
protected by the police. The efforts or the latter
and Of the Civic Guard to dsperse the people were
repeatedly charged the crowd. greatly incensing
the demonstrators who hurled stones and other
missiles at the gendarmes. who thereupon dis
charged their revOvers
This also failed to scatter the crowd. and the
gendarmes finally charged with fixed bayonets ana
drawn swords. Two gendarmes and several riot
ers were wounded
Many arrests were made. Numerous windows
and street lamps were smashed and the scufling
continued until after midnight. when a heavy fall
Of rain dispersed the demonstrators
At the hour Of the filing OF this dispatch the
Guards. and attachments Of the eendarmerie are
arriving from the provinces.
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MASS-MEETING AT CAPE TOWN.
FOUR THOUSAND LOYALIsTs COMMEND THE
COURSE OF SIR ALFRED MILNER.

Cape Town June 2S.-A meeting Of four thou
sand Loyalists under the presidency Of the
Mayor Of Cape Town was held here this even
ing and adopted. with the greatest enthusiasm
resolutions supporting Sir Alfred Miner, Gov
ernor Of the Colony and British High Commits
sioner in South Africa, in his recent negotiations
with President KRUGER, and thanking the Cana
dians and Australians for their offers Of assist
ance An immense overflow meeting was also
held
The former, at which the Right Hon. Sir John
Gordon Sprigg, former Premier Of the Colony
and numerous other political leaders were pres
ent was addressed by several Johannesburgers
Sir Gordon Sprigg also addressed the meeting
declaring that lnless Sir Alfred Miner was alb
solutely supported, there was danger that
Cape Colony would secede from the Empire. He
declared himself convinced that Great Britain
was solidly behind the Imperial Secretary Of
State for the Colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, whose
recent speech before the Unionists OF Birming-
ham, England, dealing with the Transvaal prob
lem he warmly commended.
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MORE RUMORS OF UNION.
REVIVAL OF THE REPORTED PLAN OF
THE METROPOLITAN TO ABSORB
THE MANHATTAN.

The strength of Metropolitan and Manhattan
in the stock market-the former yesterday max
ing a net gain of IL per cent and the latter
of 33s per cent-is causing a revival OF the ru-
mors often printed that negotiations are IN
progress for the absorption Of the elevated rail-
way system by the great surface railway corpo-
ration controlled by the Whitney syndicate.
That such a consolidation may be effected is IN
this era Of consolidation by no means an I'M
possible or improbable suppostion, and stranger
things have happened than that the Metropolitan
should also swallow its rival in this borough the
Third Avenue system. with its potentially valu-
able lines in the Borough of The Bronx, and also
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system. owning ooth
the elevated roads and practically all the surface
roads of Brooklyn.
But the best opinion seems to be that even
the first move of this vast scheme OF urban
TRANSPORTATION combination is still a consider
able distance in the future. Manhattans up
ward movement began with the public an
nouncement a day or two ago that the hrst
definite and practical step had been taken tow
ard the putting into concrete and visible form
of the company's plans for the electrical equip
ment Of its system.
Metropolitans increasing strength is ascribed
DY It's frlenOS 10 lne COIlpdhJ
statement Of it's business and earnings. ana
there are also rumors that the Metropolitans
stockholders are before long TO be asked TO
authorize at a special meeting the cutmtlng UNI ood Od
a melon" in the shape Of the issue or SoUocUu
new stock to be given to stockholders on oasls
which will he equivalent to cash dividend OF
about Is per cent.
The rumor that William c. Whitney has gone
abroad with the object of financing a comolna-
ton of the Metropolitan with the Manhattan
7 tl,.,r mt NC
terdav by one of Mr. Whitneys friends to be
entirely without foundation. Mr.. Whitney he
said when he was at work upon one OF MS tar-
reaching projects Of organization and consoll-
laton, devoted his entire attention and time
to IT, but when he had brought his plan 20 exc
cution he dropped the matter entirely and took
a rest He had for the last eighteen months
worked steadily and absorbedly upon great
schemes despite the long Illness and the death
OF his wife; he had just carried to a successful
completion the negotiation Of an important
transa ction; he was tired. and he suddenly de-
cided to go TO Europe for rest-and for no other
purpose.
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CANADA AFTER CONCESSIONS.

Washington June 2S--In official circles the course
of Canada in seeking deal with the British West
Indian commissions which have recently been here
to negotiate reciprocity treaties is regarded as sig
niicant of Canadas desire to enjoy all the trade
concessions which this country secures with its
British neighbors TO the southwark. The invitation
to the commissions came from the Canadian Gov
ernment and not from London as was first stated.
II was transmitted through the British Embassy.
and two OF the commssions-those Of British
Guiana and Bermuda-have already accepted II, and
are in Ottawa, comforting with the authorities
there Canada and Bermuda have convention
with favored nation" clause, but. besides the
same rates as are granted the United States.
Canada desires further trade arrangements. and
doubtless will concessions though the great
distance between the ports of Canada and the West
Indies is likely to negative these advantages to a
large extent
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NO BAIT FOR THE FRENCH.

THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT ADOPTS A PRO
HIBITIvE POLICY.
St Johns, N. F.. June 2S-In consequence Of
the French attitude and the attempts to make
trouble for the colony along the Treaty Shore
the Colonial Government yesterday decided to
prohibit absolutely the French from obtaining
bait at ports along the Newfoundland coast
This policy meets with general approval
To-day the Colonial Legislature voted addi-
tonal sums to help enforce the bait laws
stormy meeting Is expected between the
French commodore and the colonial authorities
when the former arrives Saturday.
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CAUGHT AFTER A LIVELY CHASE.
Az ALLEGED PIcKPocKET ALMOST ESCAPES
FROM A CROWD OF PURsUERs'

FROM A CROWD OF PUksOEhs'
D,,a,ers IN the neighborhood OF Lexlngton-a'e'
and Fortieth-st were treated last eFe"i"s ~ - -
excitins chase in which a hthe young man "
the fugitive and crowd headed Dy al o'u maj"
the pursuers. ..u. ,yho
Phillip scheu hfty-hve years DID, merchant WV
lives AZ No sSe East Forty-second-st. was rioihs
- o rbird-ave. car, and standing on the
oor nlatform Near Thirty -nnth-st he felt tug
AZ his watch and a young man VINO had oeeh
standing beside him pushed 10 the side OF the pat
form and jumped of The old man theh oiseo'eieu
that his watch was gone .,
h got off the car as quickly as he could. shouting
that the man had stolen his watch, ana set al'er
him Nearly all the men In the car got on ana ran
with him They caught sight OF the man waking
across Thlrty.nnth-st He did not appear TO notice
them till they surrounded him. The old man con-
fronted him and accused him Of stealing the
He looked for moment as II ne was going 70
strike Scheu Instead he turned, and throwing tne
men in front Of him aside. started toward Lex
ington-ave The crowd set after him again no one
fhe old man the fellow turned up Lexington-ave.
Inhn M Martin OF No. iS East Forty-nlnth-st., who
was walking toward the CROWD. heard the CRIES
and saw the man running toward him As ne passed
Martin put out his foot and tripped the fugitive at
the same time striking him on the head with his
umbrella BY the time he recovered his senses
Scheu was upon him. The old man was so angry
that ne did not hesitate, but caught hold OF him
and yelled for the police ., c., 49,,
a blow IN the face. and would have escaped again
had not Policeman Sexton arrested him.
The prisoner said he was Frank Smith, a stenog-
rapher twenty-five years old. OF East sIxty-nfth-
St The watch was not found upon him when ne
About an hour and a half after the arrest Scheu
returned to the station with the watch He said
he had gone home and IN putting his hand In his
found II there The ring had been wrenchsd on
He left the watch with the police as evidence
against the prisoner.
.
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IyFAyTICIDE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

Richmond. Va June %.-Mrs. Lizzie Ellis. OF
Farmvre Va. aged seventeen years. killed her
sixteen mon ths-old child by giving II laudanum,
and then attempted suicide When the Coroner
was called in to view the body Of the child. which
was reported as having been found dead in bed
the mother told most improbable story. but ou
being informed that she was not believed she
made full confession. She said she had been
deserted by her husband; that she could not sup
port her child and that she had bought the drug
In Farmvi.le and came 10 Richmond with the de-
lberate purpose OF killing the child and taking
her own life She arrested on the charge OF
murder Her family is well connected.
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FATALLY BURNED on NAPHTHA LAUNCH

HOW A wE1L-KNowN RESIDENT OF NEw-oR-
LEANS DIED IN COSTA RIGA.
New-OrIeans June 2s (SpeciaD-News reached
this city tonight Of the death on June B at
Rocas del Toro Costa Rica of c. X. Browning a
prominent citizen Of New-Orleans, and MEMBER
of the late Constitutional Convention. MT brown
ing came to his end in a remarkable manner He
wished to catch the steamer Hispania in the ofng'
and went out in n naphtha launch. On the way
he lighted a cigarette. and was puffing ieisurely
when gasolene vapor escaping from the naphtha
tank became ignited Browning Inhaled the
flames and was so severely burned internally that
he died in spite OF every effort Of the Marine Hos
pital surgeons at Bocas. Several other occupants
OF the launch were severely burned
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CHICAGO JURY-FIXING CASE.
NEW EVIDENCE SECURED WHICH IS EXPECTED
TO rNDIcr THE PRINCIPAL.

TO INDICr THE PRINCIPAL.
Chicago. June % CSpeciaD-New evidence mas
haa, discovered in the Coughlin-Tayor bribery
case. and 1t is expected that before the sun goes
down Saturday night the Grand Jury Will have
indicted the man who placed in the hands OF jury
axers the money by which John F Taylor was 10
have been swayed Juror. In the $Hvo damase
suit brought by Thomas Caroihe asah'' ING -'''
nois Central Railway Company o-.
u,+b regard 10 the cases against Daniel cough
lin and his bartender. William Armstrong against
whom true bills have been returned no tur.het
evidence is being sought and IT IS expecteu aat nnat
H. Attendants will be brought TO ulal carry -
month The State is satisfied that II mas an an tne d
proof needed Witnesses who VIII suEp1se begn ine To
nrd aeainst this the bribery gang Is mahIns
heroic Efforts Detective MeGarry be WORKING nS for the
Pttrnevs Who will figure in the defence ASKING @
for employment in the Coughlin case, h nheSe thev
e,,e heen shadowed back TO the offlces "here IheS
draw their pay
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KRUEGER'S DEMANDS NOT ALTERED

London. June 29.-The johannesburg corre-
spondent Of "The Standard" says:
President Kruger it is understood here, per-
sists in his demand for arbitration as an essen
tial condition in any settlement. In the mean
time the Transvaal continues buying provisions
and war material, and It has arranged with the
Netherlands Railway Company to have absolute
control Of the railway lines in the Orange Free
State in the event of war
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TIE SIX NEW CPUISEPS.

Washington June 2s.-The Naval Board OF Bu-
reau Chiefs held two sessions to-day trying to de-
termine whether the six small cruisers about 10 be
built shall have steel protective decks. The original
plan did not contemplate this deck and In case of
a change the entire plan OF construction will have
to be modified In order to accommodate the addi-
tional weight. The Board was unable TO reach a
hnal decision, but Admiral Hichborn asked 20
procure da.A the ships in case the protective
deck is determined upon.
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DEPUTIES FIGHT WITH SWORDS.

NJ. MI1LEvoYE WOUNDS NJ BERTEAUx IN THE
LEFT CHEEK.
Paris June 2S.-A duel was fought this morn
ING with swords between NJ. Berteaux, Socialist
and NJ. Millevoye, Republican Nationalist. as a
result Of the alteration which took place be-
tween them in the Chamber Of Deputies yester-
dav. After NJ Millevoye had wounded VI. Ber-
teaux IN the left cheek. the two Deputies shook
han nd
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OFFICERS WHO WILL TRY DREYFUS

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE NEW COURT
MARTIAL AT RENNES
Rennes June 2S.-The official list of the compo-
stion Of the Dreyfus court-martial, which is to
assemble in the Army Service Building for the
retrial Of the prisoner. is as follows
Colonel Jouaust, president: Major Brongniart.
Major De Breon. Major Profet Major Merle.
Captain Parfait and Captain Beauvais. all OF
the artillery Of the service
All the members Of the court-martial have
passed through the Polytechnic School
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DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN TEXAS.
DROUTH ENDED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOUR
OF RAIN, ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH WIND
LIVES LOST OFF THE COAST


LIVES LOST OFF THE COAST.
Houston. Tex June 2s (specaD-The most de-
structive storm for twenty years is raging In this
portion Of Texas and from reports continually
coming in II must extend the entire coast
country OF Texas and several miles inland. The
storm began on Monday night and soon developed
into damaging downpour of rain, with the wind
blowing forty miles an hour. An day Tuesday ana
to-day the storm continued and seemed to increase
in FURY The bayous and rivers are oVerno"lnS
their banks Whole counties are inundated, ana
the loss to cotton and wheat growers VIII DC
The storms have swelled the Colorado, Brazos;
East Bernard San Jacnto and Trinity rivers untn
they have oyer1owed their banks. Houses are
Inundated and the loss 10 crops Will be neavy.
Buffalo Bayou has risen ten reet o"i"e " ''ie
storm and Is still rising
Port Arthur. Tex June % (speciaD.-The storm
continues in fury the tides are the hignest IN
twenty years the wind is blowing forty-slx miles
in the lower part of the town, and the water Is
flooding many houses A number Of fishermen nave
been lost At least a dozen wrecks or nshing
crafts have been reported to-day. The New-YoIk
Dredeing Company suffers considerable loss Al
IanoTte and Bolivar Point the sea mas swept over
large area Of territory usually SAFE FROM rtich-
rnond Montgomery Tom Green, Smith ana
number Of other counties come reports OF great
loss especially to cotton growers. , ~.
The drouth beginning TO De seVeley y.orp. tr,,
oil over Texas and the first sign OF the storm
was hailed with delight. but It has increases "a ~ ~
fury until total destruction OF crops is s
I'm some regions. Two railroad wrecks na'e ooe"
renorted owing to the binding rain ana 1og
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sARAGossA CONTINUES TURBULENT.

Madrid June B.-At Saragossa the populace con-
tinues turbulent and fresh troops have been sta
toned ct strategic points in the city. Many OF
the wounded have been hidden, II Is difficult to
determine the number OF injured.
Quiet has been restored at Seville and Valencia
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TJyPLATE WORKS TO SHUT DOWN.

Anderson. Ind. June 2S (speciaD.-The tnplate
trust to-day began banking the fires In its big
plants in this city and at Ewood and other points
preparatory 10 a complete shutdown on Friday
night The workers do not expect A settlement OF
the wage scale for some time and they starting
for the East 10 spend the time the plants are closed
Ten thousand persons will be thrown out OF en-
ployment In Indiana By the failure TO adjust the
scale for the ensuing year
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STILL ANOTHER CONFERENCE.

AMBASSADOR CHOATE AGAIN CoNsULTs
WITH LORD SALISBURY.
London, June 2S.-The United States Amoas-
sador Joseph H. Choate. had another conference
this afternoon at the Foreign Office with the
Marquis of Salisbury the subject of the
Alaskan boundary dispute
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NINE. DREYFUs AT RENNEs.

Rennes June 2S.-Mme Dreyfus arrived here
to-day. There was no demonstration upon the
part of the inhabitants.