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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26

rect. ESep Dreyfus, when shown Ber-
I tillon's demonstrations, admitted the
ingenuity and plausibility of the sys-
tenn, though he naturally declared that
I it was built on false basis.
"A. remarkable feature of BertiHon's
] deposition was the heat and excite
! ment he put into what was expected to
be calm, dispassionate exposition of
his theory. He Numbered, shouted and
waved his arms as though engaged in
some terrible dispute. Once he literally
Ssr1eked, and numbers of the usual
audience, who had been unable to fol-
low him and were taking the air in the
courtyard, rushed back into the tall,
breathlesSly inQuiring what han hap
pened and imagining that he was full
minating some dreadful denunciation
of the accused.
Their excitement was turned into
hilarity when they found that he was
momentarily impressing upon the
judges the significance of the exact
space, measured in centimeters, be-
tween two words in the bordereau. The
military witnesses, all of whom sit in a
bunch, leaving Colonel Picquart and
NJ. Bertulus severely isolated, followed
Nj. BertillonS statements with a grave
and wise expression of countenance,
upon which never suspicion of smile
appeared, as though they understood
every word. Evidently they had re-
ceived a mot d'ordre 10 preserve this
attitude. for, without seeing the
diagrams they could not have under
stood any better than did the general
p:.hlic.
The Echo de Paris announced today
that the counsel of DreyfuS had OBJ
tanned possession of certain documents
mentioned in the bordereau, in Ester
hays writing, which they would pro-
duce in court next week as a coup de
theatre. The correspondent OF the
Associated Press inquired as TO this in
competent Dreyfusard quarters this
afternoon. He was assured that the
statement was erroneous, but was also
told that the defense intended, in the
event of Captain Dreyfus being recon-
demned, to ask the German govern
ment TO communicate these documents
proving his innocence, and that they
had reason to believe such a request
would be granted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
THE PRINCE OF eUAcKs.
Bertillon the Subject of Much Ridi-
cule at Rsnnes.

Rennes. Aug. 25.-After NJ. Bertillon,
the handwriting expert who is at the
head of the arthropometric department
Of the prefecture of police of Paris.
had concluded the first irstallment of
his so-called demonstration of the guilt
CT Captain Dreyfus, prominent Drey-
fusard referred to him as the Fin de
Steele Cagliostro. The Dreyfusards re-
fused to regard him as anything but the
prince of quacks. They cover his re-
marks with ridicule ard protest that
the admission of his fantastic theories
as evidence before the courtmartial is a
disgrace to France. '.CEst Une Honte'
was the remark heard on ali sides when
the session closed, and the audience.
mainly made up of Dreyfusards, was
being pressed outside by the gen
d armes, who clear the court room as
soon as the court adiourns.
Nevertheless even the Dreyfusards
do not dese va themselves as to the
effect M. Bertillons testimony or dem
onstration' may have upon the judges,
who, they fear. will be gulled by what
the Dreyfusards consider spurious.
Ali the judges have passed through the
Ecole Polytechnique, the highest school
of science in France. and they are thus
peculiarly interested in such evidence
as that of Bertillen.
Moreover, with TIE aid of innumer-
able diagrams and specimens of hand
writing which he submits to them, they
may be able to follow his reasoning
intelligently, which is,amore. than any
member of the audience could do today
If the Judges accept Bertillon's premises
that Dreyfus, as an expert spy, DID
not write in ordinary handwriting. but
in close imitation. even continuing to
give letters the appearance of having
been traced, in order TO be able to re-
pudiate them as forgery if detected
then the structure built upon this
groundwork may be scientifically cor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
MORE STRANDED MINERS.
Reach Seattle From Alaska In a De-
nlorable Condition.


Seattle. Wash, Aug. "a number
of stranded miners from the Edmonton
trail reached here today from Wrangel,
Alaska Among them were:
w. Harris Pelican Rapids, MINI.
Alexander Mccullough, Philadelphia.
Henry Holden, Chicago.
William Barton, Cayhoga Falls, o.
H. ODerholden. Manitoba.
j. B. Colvilie, Chicago
William Barker, Akron, o.
Two brothers named Toll OF Ontario
souri,
Five of the party are in a pitiable
condition. They can scarcely hobble
along on crude clutches. Harris lost
five toes on one foot and one on an
other from frost. Mccullough lost two
toes and was frostbitten all over
Holden and Barton are in a deplorable
condition from Scurvy, and Oberholden
is so badly crippled from scurvy as TO
be almost unable to get around.
Mccullough is an old man, but has
lots of grit left. He left wife and ten
children in Philadelphia Vie never
heard from home for months until he
reached Glenora, where he learned that
two of his daughters had died and the
mortgage on his home had been fore
closed. While on the trail last winter,
struggling to get back to civilization.
Mccullough broke through the ice and
was badly frozen before he reached
camp. One night he fell asleep by his
campfire and his clothing took fire and
nearly burned him up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
FEIGNiNG DEATH.
A Well Known Actress Describes the
Death Scene In Various Plays.
dramatic News.)

!
There is something fascinating in a
! well simulated dean scene. The actress
must know how 10 die gracefully. and.
it may be added, that the feat is by no
means easy.
Viola Allen, who started last season
in The Christian" has been called
upon to frequently make her demise
in various plays, and her death scenes
have always provoked much comment,
on account Of their intense reality.
Il have endured many Deaths said
Miss Allen recently. How have 1 died?
Well, in numerous ways. One | re-
member in 'Virginius' l wGs stabbed
and fell backward TO the ground. The
blow made me gasp, then gradually my
limbs became rigid. and l fell just at
the moment that the spark of life is
remain motiOnless. with eyes and
mouth open. My authority for such
action and subsequent pose is the
strongest in the world. l was the un-
fortunate witness of just such a trag-
edy in real lie. The only pain l eXper-
fenced in my scene was the enforced
holding of my breath, for you can i'm
agine that the slightest eXhalation
would show a movement of the body.
The length of the actual death scene is
about five minutes.
When | played in 'Othelio' with To-
masso Salvini, / was always verv ner-
vous during the smothering scene, be-
cause he used to get so excited. 1 used
to turn my face sideways and hold a
small space open under the further side
of the pillow, so that | could breathe,
but even that breathing hole would fire.
quently get closed up under the force
tul energy of Salvini. Then. when he
found that he had killed Desdemona
without cause, in his remorse he threw
himself heavily upon the body. l used
to wait for this piece of business with
fear and trembling. Salvini's fail was
awfully realistic!
'-As Juliet | have died many times.
You know Romeo drinks the poison
and subsequently throws the vial away
as / approach him; then, seeing him
die, stab myself and fall over him. In
one city d property man, thinking pol
son should be represented by Il black
fluid, filed the vial with ink. As Ro-
meo merely made a slight motion OF
drinking. he did not notice the fluid.
But when he threw the bottle away
from him it struck somewhere near me,
and the ink flew all over my face and
lovely white gown. On that occasion
you may be sure l ended my life with
the least possible dela-.
I'm La Carboinniere, / had a slow
death by poison, and took special care
to find out the right poison that should
be mentioned in the piece as the one
which would cause a slow numbing of
the senses.
las Jess in Hoedmln Blind" con-
cludes Miss Allen. II died of starvation
and lay. on my side well down the
stage. This was often an awkward sit
uation, on account of the different cur
tains at the various theatres. Some
times. TO avoid my being struck by the
curtain. the hero would be Obliged to
lrag my body back, and once, though |
a man put out his hand to keep the |
roller away from me, the heavy mass
actually grazed my nose"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26

=.
There were six in the party all of
whom -rea caed 8 Glenora early last
winter after fravfrrs- been en- Che tr;ltl
126 days. Telegraph trait is q pure
map trail as 1hese mem Found when
about=IQe miles otltof Hazleton. Their
horses, forty-five in number, were
drowned and when Glenora was reacn-
Ell the men we're starving, having eaten
nothing for three days. No game what
ever was seen en- route
Most of the Edmonton trail sur
vivors are without money and IN ac-
cordance with instructions recently re
ceiyed from Washington, those in neea
will be cared for and transported TO
Seattle 1T once.
The steamer Strathcona will make
another trip TO Glenora shortly to
bring down the thirty or more stray
glei-s that are being brought III by the
Hudson Bay company. Most of those
left on the trail are the sick and
wounded and are being brought in on
stretchers with medical attendance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
DEED OF DARING MADE
WICKERSHAf1 A CORPORAL
Got Battery Papers Signed, Though to Do NecesSated
Long Trip On Foot Through Dangerous Country.

1t takes pretty stout-hearted mansto
walk forty miles alone through mud and
swamps and bamboo. with Filipino
sharpshooters lurking along his path
But when he realizes that his transport
may sail for home any hour in his alb
sence and leave him behind-only a
hero can stand all that.
Frank Wickersham of battery B went
10 war a private and came back a cor
poral because he had grit and pluck and
luck enough to make such trip with
two valuable documents in the lining
of his coat.
In justice it must be said that ne
never told the story himself. but mod
estly verified il after The Herald
had learned the particulars from
Captain Critchlow and Lieutenant
Anderson Wickersham attaches very
little credit TO his brave deed. which
was cOmplimented by every officer in
the Utah batteries. When he had got
ten back from that all-night perilous
journey. Major Grant and Captain
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
HOW TAMNAAY VIEWS It
POLITICAL SITUATION FROM
NEW YORK STANDPOINT.
Christian schieck Gives His Ideas On
What the Next National Demo-
cratic Platform Should Contain.

/
Christian Sehieck, a member of the
Arion society of New York, which Wis
tied Salt Lake and it's resorts yester-
day. is well known in political circles
IN the metropolis, and an influential
member of Tammany Hall. Before
'ooarulng the train for the east last
HlSht, Mr.. Schieck was asked about ma
lioHai politics and said in substance:
ID tiT1AliiIdhy HAN believes in party and
VIII stand by the nominee of the next
national Democratic convention. no
matter whom he may be or what sort
OF platform he stands upon
Inc platform will not contain the
same Tree and unlimited coinage of sill
yer at ratio of Is TO l plank that il
ala in 1886. | don't know what measure
VIII be substituted for it, or if the con-
Ventlon Will consider the currency
question at all. 1t is too far ahead TO
phophesy with any degree OF accuracy.
as vast changes are liable to occur in a
years time, but whatever the conven-
do.
Free silver has many adherents in
the east, but in New York it's a sure
enough dead duck, and Tammany
KNOWS II, and Tammany has enough
sagacity to see that there are more
potent factors in the next campaign
than currency agitation, and will use
It's influence TO give those factors a
prominent place and relegate silver to
the background.
L think the next platform will SAVIOR
largely of the outcome of the Spanish
war, and on that issue alone the Demo-
Gratis could carry every state in the
Union. The war was successful in one
way-it accomplished most of its OBJ
Ject, the browbeating of a third-rate
power-but the ineXcusabie neglect of
troops in the southern camps, the thou
sands of valuable lives that were lost
through the gross negligence and in
competence of political officers. and the
retention of the undignified late unla-
mented secretary of war. in spite of
universal protests. must all be ac-
counted for, and win be at the polls a
year from this November
This Filipino war Will prove the
biggest stumbling block TO Republican
success, The Tenth Pennsylvania regi-
ment was in San Francisco while I
was there. and they are unanimous in
declaring the merciless slaughter of the
ignorant inhabitants an unholy and
on of this system of determination in
the interests of humanity is farcical in
sentiment and barbarous in practice.
THE hundreds of brave men who
have lost their lives and health in that
climate because the admin
has seen fit to sacrifice them
to a sensn of false pride, nave not been
forgotten by their friends and relatives,
and they won't be in the near future,
either. The Philippine question mas
been bungled hopelessly from the start
and Wen remember it next summer
when we elect our delegates to the con-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
MERRY AND MUSICAL GUESTS
AKRON SOCIETY VISITORS EN-
JoYED THE SIGHTS.
Helped to Fill the Tabernacle With
Splendid Music-Visited Salt Pal
ace and Saltair.

The 1874 members OF the German
Arion Musical society of New York
who arrived late Thursday evening
were up betimes yesterday morning
and started the days doings with a
visit TO the tabernacle at $3.50 a. n.
Fifteen hundred people took advant-
age Of the opportunity TO hear Pro-
fcssor Daynes 1t his very best in the
iniermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana" "MarcissUs." and the Holy
CITY" and the chorus of Arions in two
of their best and most difficult pieces,
..Zieh Humans" by Alfred Dregert, and
I'm erase Thant's." by Max Spicker.
afr. Lorenz, musical director of the
society. pronounced the organ one Of
the most powerful and sweetest toned
Instruments he had ever heard. and
was especially enchanted with the
wonderful effects produced by the vox
humana stops.
Then came trolley ride in three
GERS TO points of interest, including
Fort Douglas. but for some unex-
planned reason the cars got stalled in
front OF the Salt Lake brewery and
there stayed until every Teuton had
Inspected the plant, and sampled its
product. Then they went down TO the
Salt Palace and everyone had cordial
hsndskaking time with Governor
Wells ana ex-Mayor Strong of New
York.
In the afternoon the party journeyed
out TO Saltair and precious few Ger
mans didn't go in Cor q swim They
sang some reusing old German folk
songs while padding around with
elevated feet and depressed anatomies
The Harmonic Circle of Salt Lake
had prepared generous feast and the
Arions fell to with appetiies that need
ed no stimulant. Then they sang
sort of a telephone kind of
song called I'm Void" by Franz Lew.
which took the crowd by storm. 1t was
encored with IAN die ferne Greliebte,i'-
followed by a rush TO a special train
leaving at 5 o'clock. They left for the
east at o'clock last night singing. not
Il German song. but the praises >of
Gustave Kroeeer and Christopher
Diehl and the others who had piloted
ana entertained them during the, day.
and salt Lake. its picturesque STREETS.
Interesting history. and the brewery on
the way to Fort DOUGLAS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26

The engineer misunderstood the signals
and there was frightful railroad collis-
ion, with terrible loss of life. The whole
country was appalled, by that accident.
There is doubtless far greater loss of
life occurring every day, in various sec
tons of the country, for which the only
excuse is" the doctor didn't under
stand the symptoms. These cases are
not the subjects Of special inquest or the
country would be aghast at the sacrifice
OF life to ignorance.
1t has been the experience of DIR. r. v.
Pierce and his staff of assistant physi-
clans, that ninety eight out of every
hundred persons submitting to their
treatment can be cured. People given
up by the local physicians, weak, enla-
ciated, with stubborn coughs and bleed
ing lungs have been absolutely cured by
the use of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
Sick people are invited to consult DR..
Pierce by letter free. All letters are
held as strictly private and treated as sa-
credly confidential Answers are mailed
in plain envelopes without any printing
on them.
Last spring was taken with severe pains in
my chest, and was SO weak could hardly walk
about the hcuSe." says Mrs. g. z, Kerr, Of Fort
Dodge. Webster Co, Iowa. a. tried several
physicians and they told me had consunpt
heard Of DR.. Fleicc's Golden Medical Discov-
ery and thought would try some of it Before
1 had taken the first bottle was very much bet
ter took five bottles of it and have not yet hss
any return OF the trouble
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
Land Office Entries.

Original homestead claims were en-
tered in the United States land office
yesterday as follows:
Walter F. Rawley, eighty acres. lots
and of section 1. township q south,
range west.
William H. Clark, 100 acres, south
half of southeast quarter of section
and west half of northeast quarter Of
section 10. township % south. range
west.
Theodore Cheney, 163 acres. lots and
4. southwest quarter of northwest quar-
ter and west half of southwest quarter
of section 3. township II south, range
east.
Final homestead entries:
Joseph Greenhalgh, 100 acres. south
half of northwest quarter and west
hale of southwest quarter Of section 20,
township % south, range 3 wet.
Neils c.. Christensen. ninety acres,
lots 1. and Of section 81, township
north, range west.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26

threatening Bemark to the woman as
he was riding BY, both being, ON horse-
back, and followed it up. by firing
revolver at her point blank. The shot
took effect in the woman's neck, and
she fell from her horse.
Cowboys nearby started after Sprad-
ing, who emptied his revolver at them.
fusiIlade from Winchesters in the
hands OF the pursuerS brought Sprad-
ling to the ground with six bullets in
MS body and head. He died almost in
stantly.
The injured woman came here from
Marion, Ind, to act as housekeeper for
Spreading. She will recover. No cause
for the trouble is known.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
VICTIM OF CAPE NOME.
Says That Many Miners Have Per
ished In Kotzebue District.

Minneapolis, Mimi. Aug. 25.-A spe-
cial TO the Times from Duluth, Mimi,
says: John c. Morrison, an Alaskan
prospector from Duluth, reported dead
in the Kotzebue country, has written
home, telling of the sufferings of those
who have been at Cape Nome. Mr.
Morrison wrote that over 100 miners
and prospectors must have persisted in
the KOtZebue district last winter. Six
of the party he was With died and the
remainder came very near dying. His
entire party was sick and nearly
starved when a relief expedition found
them. Speaking of experiences with
scurvy, Mr.. Morrison says:
Our arms and legs swelled terribly,
turned black. and our teeth became so
loose you could easily pull them out.
Ny limbs are all drawn up, but I am
doing well and can now walk a short
distance without .crutches. We left
our winter quarters in the Arctic re-
gions on June and were stuck in the
ice till July u. We are now on Cape
Nome. 120 miles north of St Michael
There is no gold in the Kotzebue coun-
try"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
DIED ON THE GALLoWS.
First Legal Execution of Whits Men
In Indian Territory.

Muskogee. l. T., Aug. 25.-Cyrus A.
Brown and Matthew Craig were exc
cuted here today 1t was the first legal
hanging of white men ever held in the
territory. The men mounted the scat
fold smilingly. Both men formerly
lived in Kansas.
Brown belonged to a prominent Sa-
lima family. He killed Daniel Cuth-
bert, an aged white man, who had be-
friended him, on the Arkansas river.
near Webbers Falls, I. T., in October,
1896.
Marshal Joseph Heinrichs at Table
quah. T. T., last March. Heinrichs
arrested Craig for selling liquor in tn /.
territory, and took him to his OWL
house for the night. While the deputy
was asleep Craig shot him with re-
volver passed in by a confederate
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
Correspondence Tempered With.

London, Aug. 26.-The Rome CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says: Italy
and Germany have obtained proofs
that diplomatic correspondence passing
between Paris and other places is sys-
tematically opened. This has been the
case particularly since the campaign
against Dreyfus began, the French war
office having sought proofs TO strength
en- the accusation against him. CUES
tons on this subject will be asked in
the Italian parliament
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
BLACK FLAG IS HOISTED.
Indicating Death of Some One In
Guerin's Fortress.

Paris. Aug. 26. $50 a. Nall was
quiet in the vicinity of Rue Chambrol
throughout the night, but at o'clock
this morning a black fag appeared in
the attic window.
Some days ago NJ. Guerin stated that
in the event of his death, the party
would hoist the black flag. 1T is known
that two of the party have been i'll,
one seriously from congestion of the
lungs.
Communication with the house is
strictly forbidden. even bearers oE.or-
binary police passes not being allowed
to approach.
NJ. Guerin resumed watch on the roof
at a. m.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
Wyoming Postmasters.
Especial to The Herald.)

NSpecldl 10 L ne iierd4u.l
Washington. Aug. 25.-Wyoming post
masters were appointed today as fol-
lows Elk, Uintah county. Emile
Woolf. vice Maggie Cunningham, re-
signed; Jackson, Uinta county. w. l..
Simpson, vice Mrs. Maggie Simpson.
resigned.
In the land contest of Jacob G. Hin
kle VS.. Hugh NJ. Kirkpatrick, which
originated in the Blackfoot district,
Idaho. the acting secretary of the in
terror today affirmed the decision of
the commissioner of the general land
office in favor of Kirkpatrick.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26
IT WAS DREYFUs' DAY.
Testimony as a Rule Was In Favor
of the Prisoner

Rennes. Aug. 25.-Rowland Strong
correspondent of the New York Times
and a member of the staff of the OBJ
server of London, was the first witness
called today. He described at length
the interviews which he had with
Esterhazy, saying the Observer offered
Esterhazy es00 for certain documents
and confession that he wrote the
bcrdereau. as published April q.
Replying to the court, Mr.. Strong
said that Este~hazy, while admitting
ne authorship of the bordereau, said
the documents enumerated in it had
been betrayed by Dreyfus to Germany.
NJ. Henri WE'LL, a former officer of
the headquarters staff. was then called,
but he was absent and his deposition
was read. The facts in the case were
published April 90. NJ. WELLS state
ment, in substance, was that Ester
hazy told him in 1894 that Dreyfus was
innocent, but that this would not pre-
vent his conviction, because he was a
Jew. (Sensation)
A former sergeant who was at one
time employed in the war Office testi-
fled to seeing Dreyfus copying the list
of railroad stations mentioned in the
plan of mobilization, to which Dreyfus
replied:
1T is true. but l copied the list by
order of Captain Besse." (Sensation)
The evidence of the handwriting ex-
pertS followed.