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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-08-26
Labor Makes Things Hot for the Ac-
CuserS of Dreyfus.
MERCER AGAIN LOSES HIS TEMPER
Accuses freyslaeller of Lying on the Stand
Spectators Again Hiss the Ex-
cited General.


Ha'hem"e 'has pfus wrote the bacsau continued his
with OF documents which Uttered
considerably reduced b. The witness svns copies 81 the dsmon
nons to each the aas and other members OF tins court Including
the lawyers ror the defense.
Of
they
tive Of The pnoaps Of hs eodscau rs'ouehed BERTH
Ions that Dreytus
ssruioas testimony finally a
handwrng
E.haHys ssrisssss
Labor hder-au
Ia preyfus handwrnS but disguised when >. said
written By ureyfus a natural hand"
Bsrons ~siy
Investigation
his innocence So~ Mh~n he ns.ss nrst testimony hal been wholly
dscrdted around and stu; his r.yus) handwr
Bsruon Wa reivsa q his onra au, in the Apthroorpetr
partnen
his present position Bsrson anaily consented to quit
Cap, Valerie Berton next the stand and
whsn IN. latter concluded prpyfus spoke
the
Belon
rnouy suddenly
Of the ast eour'marta took the stand
president Of eourma
confront him with Feystaettr
had said that the
decided after the documents OF the
permit MauroI Mever 70
conviction preyfus
guilty had been based on the evidence Of experts ana a q" can
conviction Of the Judged formed AZ
Dreyfus. charging him with
his also the document contain
Ing the phrase: D." letter establishing the
warned Deyfus arrested
There in cited the last
that the panzzard ds
patch not NJ Paieologue
had pronounced he 4 forgery
Msre jumped and demanded to be confronted with
stand He said that he meant In his
only secret document
He existence Of otherr
Frsystaetter replying documents had been
toned not presented commented by
Naure protested amid murmurs from the
he shouted Il have nothing to
greeted by burst Of laughter
Labor asked for an explanation the
indignant The general directed his questions at once
you to the Robin
he asked excledly
replied something about shell in
ercer raising hand witness with uens
a
of sham we're heard from all
- -
discovered until year later
Robin shell retorted freystaetter
DO not reme called
when MERCER
and calm demeanor made an eS
Labor had one more shot today Nercer
conn9ng 10 tetfv aypaned ana Thursday pu Clam
Maurel In an envelope "n' II" no"
sd Iabor garaatany dead. Henry Is dead
Col oua here Interrupted stopping argument
NJ Jauayhl another handwriting expert next TOOK .e si' .
BcrHon JausVa haa
the essrt adjourned
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-08-26
BISHOP GAINES LECTURE

Bishop Wesley J. Gaines, OF the
African Methodist Episcopal church,
lcotured last night In the First NJ f..
church on conditions OF the race
question. The audience was a large
one Tomorrow morning he will
preach at the African Nj. e. church.
and In the evening In the First NJ. r..
church.
Bishop Gaines sayH the work In his
Jurisdiction ON the coast is not as
good az he would like. though some
prlgress Is being made. He attrih-
ute this to the rowing disposition OF
the colorod race.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-08-26
THE HAWTHORN CLUB.

The Hawthorne Athletic club to-
day announces n 40 between Mike
Leonard. Of Brooklyn, and w. H.
Jones. of Philadelphia. to be pulled
on September II. II VIII be for a
limited number of rounds. w II.
Jones was one OF the principals In
the clever exhibition before the club
at the jefferson theater recently.
Mike Leonard Ii equally as clever as
Jones, and has fought many n good
battle. This promises to be the most
interesting exhibition ever given In
Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-08-26
DOES GRIM DEATH BROOD
OVER GUERIN'S STRONGHOLD

PARIS. 2s-rt today duern the anti
Semitic leader who long police
thoHe has committed suicide the house which he has bar
rieadsd Chabrot likely hia
aHeatea the have also killed themselves At dayhnk
a black
II Is that duerin announced days that
the black haE would be dead A. Of
a
cr
The Of Vincent de tire. today
but failed lie bell furious
~. and yelled windows. received
II II the besged show themselves by night
the police W probably invade the building
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-08-26

wAsH1NGTuN. Aug "a
II was learned here aulhori-
taliyeiy today. that highly
important step, hooking to-
waui the independence u
cuba, waA about 10 be- TAX
en- by President Mckinley.
which viii be made public In
the shape uf a presidential
proclamation to be issued an
the ialand OF cuba
The president VII inform
the people 90 cuba that tho
taking " the census II 10 he
Interpreted az the first step
toward Independence When
that H. completed. iuCal eiee-
tiona Will follow ia the PROV
iucca, and next viii como the
establishment OF local gov
crumcuth.
n these work satisfactorily.
the tinal step Will hr the with
draWal Of American troops
from the island.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-08-26
TROUBLE over THE
EXPOSITION MUSIC

Considerable criticism being heard business circles this
that the
WaEner Seattle hand
members
refusal
deatoFaL and O o
one the added
AnyhoN. and
fhis the directors
good
him a was To be
brought should than band.
Having made
call attention
bands
the Victoria band only secured prz
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-08-26
Asylum for Miss Horlocker

JACKSONVILLE. III. Aug. 90
Miss Viola Horlockcr. charged with
poisoning the wife ~ her employer,
NJ Hastings. Neb.. Is said to be a
patient nj Oaklawn sanitarium. n
private insane asylum here, enrolled
a. MIaa Alien.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-08-26
RACE WAR IN GEORGIA TAKES
ON A MENAClNG ASPECT

SAVANNAH Ga. Aug Alt O'Clock this morning de-
the Mcintosh
dragoon cavalry
bloody
troops sn guarding paren and
a general
negro
gradually
and charge
be regarded extreme
~ critic
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-08-26

oGDENsnuRG. y. Y. Aug. &C.
Large numbers Of deer are swim.
ming the 81 Lawrence river TO es-
cape the forest fires. The steamer
Empire state. which arrived today
passed close to a herd crossing tbs
stream.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
SUBMITS TO THE
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
Charles Truax Resigns Craftsmanship
of the Autumn Festival Associa-
tion of Chicago
ton of Chicago.

CHICAGO, Sept. T.-Charles Truax has
resigned as chairman of the general COM
mittee of the Autumn Festival Associa-
ton. He issued the following letter:
An open letter TO the general committee Of
the Chicago Autumn Festival
AS il has been stated by the city press and
by those representing the labor organizations
of this city that said labor organizations Will
heartily cooperate to contribute TO the success
of all the features of October celebration
provided will resign my office as president of
volr committee ! deem 1t to be my duty to
meet this emergency, which / now do by
rendering to you without reserve my resgna-
tion as your chief executive officer
/ assure you of my earnest cooperation in
any way in which / can be of service to your
committee. As mark Of your regard for me
ask that you accept this without comment
or discussion far as II relates to my actions
and at once name my successor that the work
of preparation may proceed without Interrupt
ffon to the end that the citizens Of Chicago
NAV meet the great responsibility resting
unon them in the discharge of the duties ne
cessary to the occasion The incidents about
to transpire in this city will appear as pages
in our history Our chief executive Is to
he our guest and he will here meet the rep
resentatfves of other nations and many dis
tinguished citizens of our own country. These
facts give to the autumn festival inter
national significance that this occasion, in
INV estimation dwarfs men and committees.
Will you kindly consider this call for a
snecial meeting at the Union League Club at
i O. clock Wednesday. September 81 at which
time l will present this communication in a
formal way. CHARLtS IRUAA,
President Chicago Autumn Festival.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
Millionaire Always Intro.
duced the Indian Woman
as His Wife.
WILCOX'S TESTIMONY
All the Witnesses Examined During
the Day Gave Evidence Favor
able to the Prosecution.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MARIPOSA, Sept. 27.-The long ex-
pected sensation in the Hite divorce
case arrived this afternoon. 1t was
perSonified in Wilcox, man of Her
culean build, though bent with age. He
had gray mustache a foot long and
nerve that not even Attorney Foote's
caustic sarcasm and threatening could
feaZe.
He had a story to tell and he told it,
though at one time a general free fight
seemed imminent. Wilcox has been in
the Legislature five times, three times
as a Republican and twice as a Demo-
crat, and has during all that time been
on friendly terms with John r. Hite,
the millionaire defendant in the divorce
suit.
He frequently visited Hites Cove
ranch, and saw Lucy Hite there. Will
cox said that Hite had always treated
plaintiff as his wife. He had seen Hite
take Lucy on his lap and call her his
dear Lucy. The sensation was brought
out by w w. Foote's cross -eXamina-
ton. The leading counsel for the de-
fense waded right in to attack the
credibility of the witness. His games
Of politics was the first mark; then he
| came to his personal relations with
Hite.
Wilcox said he had warned Hite
against Mrs Cecilia Nougues. One one
| occasion, prior to last March, Hite told
him that he liked Mrs. Nougues, giving
sustained intimate relations with her.
and would continue to do so. He said
he could not marry her as he was al
ready married to Lucy Hite.
Witness addressed Mrs. Nougues, or
Hite, as q kept woman, in the presence
Of the defendant, after his alleged mar
riage to the lady. Foote's questions
brought out that witness first stated
that he would have nothing to do with
the case. This started a verbal fight
between the attorneys and witnesses.
Both Foote and Wilcox were bellfger-
ent. Il propose to conduct this exam
ination myself, without interruption by
counsel and the threatening looks Of
the Mariposa blacksmith shouted
Foote. dramatically After the wran-
gle witness said he had changed his
mind.
]. A. Wall of the plaintiffs counsel
had induced Wilcox to call and see
Lucy Hite when she was in San
Francisco. He did so. He told how
the Indian woman in telling her story
of Hite's desertion cried, and described
how for many nights she would look
down the road from her ranch, expect
ing to see John returning. And this,
said the witness, so worked on his
heart and manhood that he determined
at once to assist in righting the
wrongs of Lucy Hite.
The testimony of all the other wit
nesses examined to-day was along the
lines of establishing the relations of
John r. Hite and Lucy Hite. Their
stories agreed in the main, Hanlon and
Van r. Paterson alternating in the
direct examination.
On cross examination by Attorney
Foote these witnesses were in some
measure confused. There were no alb
solute contradictions, however. Alto
gether this was a favorable day for the
case of the plaintiff, who sat silently
in court while the attorneys fought and
Wrangled over her case.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
ARGUED FOR
CAPTAIN CARTER
Wayne MaCVeagh Be-
fore Attorney General.
ASKS FOR JUDICIAL TRIAL
ATTACKS FORMER SECRETARY
OF WAR ALGER.
Declares That Many Statements
Given Out by the Department
Were Falsehoods Invented
for a Purpose.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-Attorney
General Griggs to-day gave a hearing
to Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, counsel i'll
the court-martial case of Captain Car
ter Of the army. Mr. MacVeagh asked
for a judicial hearing in the case. say
ing that if the President affirmed the
proceedings he would be guilty of an
act of great cruelty and wrong The
record was, he contended, so saturated
with errors of law that it is impossible
in a country governed by law to affirm
the finding.
Before proceeding with his argument
proper he corrected what he described
as erroneous reports concerning the
case. The first Of these to which he
gave his attention was a statement that
Secretary Alger had allowed the attor-
ney for Captain Carter to take away
and keep possession Of the record in the
case. This was, he said, absolutely un-
true. The counsel for the accused had
never seen the original record, and had
received no favors.
1t was also false that the represent
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28

ILL VALLEY Sept 27Ibenezer Wormouth
MI committed suicide to-day by hanging himself
o
of
Ito bring the holdma nbackto
the woldo of the
L
to
house
the
He found The aged IA msef
the
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the
had
had
notified arrived An
hands Wormouths brother
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hadbe
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
MARC0NTS PREPARATIONS
FOR THE YACHT RACES
Ponce's Big Spar Not Set, as 1t Would
Prevent Her From Passing Under
the Bridge.

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-Marconi had
a busy day to-day preparing for the re-
porting of the yacht races for The Call
and the New York Herald by his sys-
tenn of wireless telegraphy. A visit to
the first receiving station at the High
lands of Navesink and trip to sea on
the big steamer Ponce, which is to be
one Of the sending stations, occupied
his time from early morning until well
into the afternoon. The big spar on
the Ponce was not put in place yester-
day, owing to it's great height, which
would prevent the vessel passing under
the bridge. The steamer leaves her
Brooklyn dock Friday morning for
Pier 81, North River, and will not re-
turn until after the races are con-
cluded The stick will be erected to-
morrow, and on Friday Marconi ex-
poets to be sending his messages
through air.
The Ponce, with a large party of
guests on board, left the Empire
Shores shortly after II o'clock to-day
and went down the bay. AS she
passed the Olympia and the North At
lantic squadron, at anchor off Tomp-
l1insville, she saluted each vessel in
turn The ship was decorated with
flags and bunting, and, with her freshly
painted hull and upper works and shin
ing brass work, made a pretty picture
The Erin, Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht,
also received a generous salute, and
then the Ponce went outside, where her
compasses were adjusted and the en-
gineS were given a chance to snow
what they could do. On the return trip
the new ship attracted much attention
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28

as she passed the fleet Of vessels clus-
tering around the warships.
The big Plant line steamer Grande
Duchesse, will arrive from Boston Sat
urday to receive the installations of
wireless instruments which will enable
her to act as the second transmitting
station during the races.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-Instruc-
tions were given to-day by Rear Ad-
miral Bradford, chief of the bureau OF
equipment, to Lieutenants John B.
Blish, John T. Newton and George w
Denfeld, directing them to report to the
New York Herald office to make ar
rangements for witnessing the report
ing of the coming yacht races by wire
less telegraphy.
Admiral Bradford has charged the
officers named to be careful in their re-
ports on the operation of the system, to
fully describe it's performance and pre-
sent such facts as will be valuable in
the naval experiments soon to occur.
Admiral Bradford is taking particular
interest in the matter of wireless teleg-
raphy because of the Importance of the
system to the naval establishment.
Admiral Bradford was in conference
this morning with Captain Thomas
Perry, secretary Of the Lighthouse
Board, with regard to the use by the
navy of the fiagpole at the lighthouse
at Atlantic Highlands in the coming
experiments. The Call and Herald will
have the use of the pole during the
yacht races. 1t is proposed in the navy
experiment to make this point one of
the stations and to communicate with
it from the two ships. which will be
supplied with instruments. Admiral
Bradford wrote to Marconi to-day to
make final arrangements for the naval
experiments.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
FIRST SESSION OF
PAN-PRESBYTERIANS
Exercises, Devotional in Character,
Are Held at the New York
Avenue Church.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-Delegates
representing Is. 900 900 Presbyterians
throughout the world assembled at 1870
to-day in the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church to attend the first session
of the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance.
The church auditorium is one of the
most commodious in the city. 1t is the
church which Lincoln attended when ne
was President, and the pew which he and
his family occupied was an object of
particular interest to the delegates when
they assembled.
About 125 delegates were present to-day,
but it is expected that by tomorrow $50
delegates will have reported.
The sessions of the alliance will last
ten days The body is purely deliberative
and not in any sense legislative. Its ca
pacity is entirely advisory.
The first session to-day was devotional
in character. the services being in charge
of the Rev. DIR. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor
of the church in which the sessions are
held: The opening sermon vas preached
by the Rev. John Dewitt. D. D., profess
sor of church history at Princetown Theo-
logical Seminary, his subject being The
Attitude of the Reformed Churches To-
ward the Bible
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
RUSH OF PROSPECTORS
TO CATALAN DISTRICT
It Was Known to Be Very Rich, but
the Indians Formerly Were
Hostile

CHILPANZINGO, State of Guerrero,
Mexico Sept. 27.-The recent rich gold
discoveries in the Otatlan district, this
state. have caused several thousand
prospectors, including many Americans,
to rush into this region in search of
wealth.
The Indians living in the mountains near
Otatlan have been bringing large quanti-
ties of almost pure gold into the settle
ments of that section for many years, but
they resisted al attempts of prospecting
parties TO enter the rough territory until
recently.
A few years ago party of three Ameri-
can prospectors entered the forbidden
region against the warning of friendly ILL.,
dams and all were murdered.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
SAYS BALLOU
STOLE HIS WIFE
l.. A. Cole Files a SEN
SatiOnal Suit.
SEEKS HEAVY DAMAGES
DEFENDANT FORMER SHERIFF
OF SAN LUIS OBISPO.
The Woman in the Case Has Been
Married Three Times and
Has Been Twice
Divorced.
DEFENDANT FORMER SHERIFF
OF SAN LUIS OBISPO.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, Sept. 27.-Ten. thousand
dollars for alternating the affections of
a wife is the basis for sensational
suit commenced in the Superior Court
this afternoon by l.. a. Cole, Los
Gatos carpenter, against ex-SherlH ;.
D. Balou of San Luis Obispo County.
Prior to March II, 1897, Cole and his
wife lived happily together at Los
Gatos, where she was engaged in
teaching school. On that date she
left her husband Ballou is charged
with Wrongfully contriving and intend
ing to injure plaintiff and to deprive
him of his Wife's comfort, society and
aid, it being said that on the above
date he maliciously enticed Mrs. Cole
from her husbands residence in Los
Gatos to a separate residence in Ven
tura County and has ever since de-
tanned and harbored her against the
consent of the plaintiff. BY reason of
these acts Cole alleges he has suffered
great distress of body and mind and
asks damages to the extent of $4,000.
Ballou is well known in this city and
lived here for many years, but for the
past fifteen years has been in San Luis
Obispo County, where he became one
of the most prominent citizens. Ballou
is said to be the brother-in-law of Mrs.
Coles sister.
On July IS last Cole obtained di
vorce from his wife in this county on
the charge of desertion. At that time
Cole averred that his wife had deserted
him while he was confined to his room
with a broken hip, sustained while at
work She refused to return and said
all she wanted to see of him was his
obituary notice. About $1,000 of COM
munity property was divided at that
time Mrs Cole has been married three
times. Her first husband was G.
Coyle, from whom she was divorced,
and ]. H Fuller, the second, died at
Los Gatos. Cole was third.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
Two Valuable Calves.

WOODLAND, Sept. 2.-Mrs. E. w
Coil, who is travelling in the East, pur-
chased two calves of the Brown Swiss
breed at the State fair recently held al
ST. Paul, Mimi, and shipped them tc
Woodland by express. They arrived in
good condition Monday night Some idea
may be formed of the value Of these
calves when it is known that the express
charges amounted to 1929 so.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
OUTBREAK OF TEXAS FEVER.
Many Gases Reported in San Joaquin
County.

STOCKTON, Sept. 27.-Texas fever has
appeared among cattle at several points
in the county. Veterinary surgeons have
been investigating and have become con-
vinced that it is the genuine plague. To-
morrow official action will be taken by
the officials in the matter.
The investigation has been under way
for several days and the matter was kept
quiet in the hope that the alarm might
prove false The affected cattle are To-
Gated at several points in the county.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
Richardson at Liberty.

AUBURN, Sept. 27,-John w. Richard
son, who was arrested near Auburn by
Sheriff Conroy and United States Secret
Service Agent Harris in May, 1897, and
ment by the United States District Court
is again a free man and has returned to
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
Baptist Anniversary.

WOODLAND. Sept. 27.-The Baptists of
this city held special services yesterday in
honor of the twcnty-hfth anniversary of
the organization of the local church Ravs.
Petty of Dixon Dye of Willows and
Adams, Banks and Herrick of Sacramento
were present and delivered appropriate
addresses. Judge Fisher read a carefully
prepared and interesting history of the
church and other members read a history
of it's auxiliary branches.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
SUIT FOR TEXAN LANDS.
Property Valued at Two Millions
Will Be Involved

AUSTIN, Sept. 27.-Ex-Go ]. S.
Hoff is in the City of Mexico. where he
is making a research of ancient docu-
ments in the Government archives for
the purpose of securing data to be used
in a suit that he is soon to file in behalf Of
a number of claimants to a large tract
Of land in Southwest Texas.
The town of Corpus Christi Is located
on this land and its present value Is about
000
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
Tariff Suspended.

VERA CRUZ. Mexico, Sept. 27.-It is an
nounced here that the Government will
suspend the duty on American corn ex-
ported to Yucatan in order that the short
age of grain in that State caused by crop
failure may be relieved.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28

Auburn. Richardson had an unusually
fine apparatus and made his dollar pieces
of pure silver He incidentally remarked
when taken that if they had left him
around Auburn by putting a little more
money in circulation.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
ITALY Renounces Her Claims.

ROME, Sept 27-It is semi-officially an
nounced that Italy has finally abandoned
the idea OF acquiring San Nun Bay,
China.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
EXPENDITURES

Net amount paid for Fire Losses
dncluding 1882. 633 So losses of pre-
vious years.
Net amount paid for Marine Losses.
(including losses of previous years.
Dividends to Stockholders
Paid or allowed for Commission or
Brokerage ......................
Paid for Salaries, Fees and other
charges for officers. clerks. ETC..
Paid for State. National and local
taxes
All other nayrnents and expenditures
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28

JAMES NICHOLS President.
e. G. RICHARDS, Secretary
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 22d
day OF January, 1899.
FRED B. SEYMOUR,
Notary Public.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28

Total Expenditures $1.S27, ,661 Of
Losses incurred during the year,
fire .........-.. --.-.....--....... 1851, 152 A
Risks and Premiums. Fire Risks Premiums