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The times., 1899-09-05
The cnrter-otfs scandal.

One can say with safety that the ar
rangements 70 give Admiral Dewey a wor-
thy reception on the occasion Of his land
ing al New York have not been more eIab-
crate or calculated to excite popular inter
est than the pyrOtechnicaI display under
taken by the friends Of Captain Carter to
usher in the final act in the great drama of
pun and politics with which his name is so
distinguishedly involved
The long expected --oral argument" be-
fore his majesty. the Attorney General. IS
expected this week and that fact suffi-
ciently accounts for the industry manifest
ed by counsel for the dessnee in fertilizing
the public mind in advance. Lawyer Blair,
Of Chicago, for example. has thrown the
fashlight Of his legal genius on the per-
eonality Of Otis. who presided at the Carter
court-martial, and on Barr, who was its
judge advocate.
The Chicago Times Herald" has man
aged TO get itself OF Mr.. Blair In rather
deep water by publishing an interview with
that gentleman. for much OF which he de-
nies responsibility. In it he is made to say
that be accuses Colonel Barr of perjury
and subornation OF perjury. and TO charge
that Carter's conviction was procured by
perjury and subornation Of perjury. OF
which the judge advocate was well aware.
Possibly Mr.. Blair may have been mis-
represented in the published account of his
interview, but, taking it at its worst, other
friends Of the prisoner have said things
nearly or quite as strong on the subject.
We can hardly believe that the mendacity
OF even the average Chicago reporter could
account for some OF the queer statements
in the Times Herald" article Among
other things II alleges. on the assumed au-
thority OF Blair, that Carter is the victim
Of second Dreyfus conspiracy. concocted
by members OF the general staff having
for its purpose the degradation of a worthy
officer whose only offence was that he stood
IN the way of interests promoted by men
high in the esteem Of the Administration.
According TO the Chicago paper. not otis
and Barr alone. but the people behind the
Nicaragua Canal project were bent upon
his destruction. Carter was classed as an
anfi-canalofard. and as a member OF the
Aioaraguan Commission was expected. il
We are 10 believe some OF his adherents IN
lind some means 10 hlacken the enterprise
O. obstruct its prosecution, in the interest
or those noble patriots who desire its de-
feat, that there may be no marine CONNIE
tttion In the trans-continentaI transporta-
tion business. Here is TO be found the key
OF the awful plot against innocence and
The times., 1899-09-05
CHAMBERS HAS NOT RESIGNED.
samoa's Chief Justice Here to Maxi
RrnnrI

W. L. Chambers. Of Alabama. Chef jus
tice Of Samoa. is in washington. He has
come here to submit to the President re-
port OF the occurrences which began with
the Mataafa outbreak on January l. Tbs
report IS nearly ready. and will be i1sd De-
fore Mr. Mckinley IN few days As ths
Chief Justice was appointed BY the con
eurrence OF the three pro-e-tosat powers.
the United States Great Britain, and Ger
many. Identical copies OK the repost will
be also transmitted 10 the Ministers OF
Foreign Affairs OF the othsr two nations.
Justice Chambers made IL plain yesterday
that he has not resigned the Office Of Chief
Justice. His idea that be Is merely absent
on leave is sustained by the State Depart
ment. During his absence Nj Luther Os-
born, the United States Consul General at
Apia, is acting as Chief Justice. Mr.
Chambers declined to discuss the recent
political troubles in Samoa. except 10 say
that the agreement OF the three powers as
sures continuance OF peaceful eOnditionI.
and demonstrates that the three rations
viii not allow differences in the is-ancs TO
draw them 20 an armed eonh-ct. About
Pago Pago Harbor. on which the United
States has coaling station, the Chief JUS
tice is enthusiastic. He says thai the har-
Dor could hold the entire naval 70. &C. OF the
United States, but IS 50 perfectly arranged
that only two vessels can enter at the same
time and the eoaling station telag sur
rounded by high buns. cannot lie reached
by shells from outside
The times., 1899-09-05
The Grand Army.
(From the Philadelphia Ledger.

(From the Philadelphia Ledger.)
A word should be said of the services OF the
armies of the Republic during the War of the
Rebellion The younger generation has no con
ception of the gigantic character of the struggle
lasting more than four years between men Of
the same race and equals in high courage and in
telligence San Juan and Fl Caney were but
skirmishes compared with Fredericksburg. Antie-
tam, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga. More than
two and one-half millions of men were enlisted
in the Union Army during the war, and the army
in actual service at the close of the struggle
numbered more than million. Nearly three
hundred thousand Union soldiers died of wounds
or disease during the war, of whom nearly one
hundred thousand killed in battle or died
OF wounds received in battle The losses of the
Confederates were at least as great The famous
battles of Europe not to be compared with
those of the Rebellion for stubborn fighting and
losses in action! Fhe Grand Army which pre-
served the Union and whose representatives will
be the guests OF Philadelphia during the week
was the grandest army the world has ever seen
and its survivors viii have the warmest kind
OF welcome in what has been justly called the
most patriotic city in the Union
The times., 1899-09-05
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1899.
Desperation of Dreyfus' Enemie.


The last vesrige of doubt as to Josausts S
attitude toward The defence in the Dreyfus
case may now be dismissed. IN summon
ing the mysterious foreigner who calls
himself Cernuschi to tell the cock and bull
story be presented to the court yesterday
its president has written himself down as
a contemplate tool of the headquarters
Perjurers and conspirators.
Cernuschfs testimony in itself amounts
10 nothing What he related would not be
listened to in an Anglo-Saxon court OF JUS
tice for half minute. He swore that On
one occasion in Geneva he met an attache
: Of a foreign legation who told him that he
had received reasonable Information from
Dreyfus, and that later in Paris the same
artaehe showed him plans Of mobilization
for the French infantry. asserting that the
prisoner had furnished them.
Who this witness in reality may be seems
unknown TO anybody but the people who
doubtless hired him to swear away the lib
erty and honor of an innocent man: but
Labori viii find out all about him, we may
be sure. The episode is not so important
in itself as on account of the fact that it
VIII relieve the defence of a grave embar-
rassment. Cernuschi. if that be the feI-
lows name, is the first foreigner who has
been called upon to testify in the case. A.
long as the prosecution refrained from 60
ing outside OF the country for its witnesses
Labor considered il bad tactics, and likely
10 prejudice the case of his client, 10 do
otherwise. Jouaust has opened the door for
him and it is certain he will take advan-
tage of the act. He viii force the new
witness TO disclose the name and nation
aiIty OF the alleged military attache," and
he viii proceed TO secure a statement from
that parsonage and his Government. AS
the situation looks this morning the con-
spiratOrs have committed gross blunder.
which is likely to react upon them fatally.
No reason NOW exists why the friends of
Dreyfus should avoid bringing the German
and Italian Embassies into the affair Jou-
aust's course is a direct challenge, which
Msitre Labori VIII not fail to accept with
ayidity. or we are much mistaken in the
man
The times., 1899-09-05
THE DEATH OF MRS. HUNToN.
All Warrenton In Mourning for the
Venerable Lady

WARRENToN, Va, Sept. 4.-The death
OF Mrs Eppa Hunton, wife of former SEN
ator Hunton, which took place at an early
hour this morning, has thrown Warrsnton
into mourning. Literally beloved by high
and low and especially enshrined in the
hearts of the poor. among whom her char
titles were numberless. the venerable LADY
leaves place no one can hope to fill. AMI
not a soul in Warrenton today but thinks
of General Hunton's sorrow as his own.
Mrs Hunton was seyenty-four years old
and had been married to General Huntoa
for ffty-two years. She was the constant
companion of her distinguished husband
during his public life in Washington, VII re
he served his State for many years in the
House of Representatives, and finally IN
the Senate, and the wonderful confidence
and affection which existed between them
impressed every beholder. General Hun
ton did not come TO Warrenton until after
the close of the war, but since then tEeI
have been constant residents. Mrs. Hun
ton was born in Prince William county,
her maiden name being Lucy Weir. Ons
son, Eppa Hunton, jr.. prominent lawyer
in Warrenton, survives her.
The funeral will be held on Wednesday
at noon from the Protestant Episcopal
Church, of which both General and Mrs.
Hunton have long been members. II is no
more than truth to say that all Warrenton
will attend
The times., 1899-09-05
The Jews and Dreyfus.

A considerable agitation is in progress
among the Jewish people in the United
States, over the question of a boycott
against the Paris Exposition. We are glad
to observe that the idea, at least for pres
ent purposes, is generally opposed by rep
resentative men among Dreyfus' core
ligionists in this country. They say, and
with propriety, that it would be monstrous
to assume that the court-martial at Rennes
viii necessarily perpetrate crime against
justice and humanity, and that it viii be
time enough to talk about retaliation whel
the reason for it has been supplied.
With hardly an exception the leaders
among our Hebrew citizens deprecate the
idea OF a formal boycott in any event.
One OF them calls attention TO the fact that
when the late Judge Hilton excluded Jews
from. the Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga
which he then owned, no formal or con-
certed action was taken by the c,ass he SO
cruelty affrcnted. II happened, however.
that from the day when he turned the
prominent banker Seligman from his doors
the great business built up by A. T. Stew
art began TO shrink away; in a few years
the firm of Hilton, Hughes & Co. went by
the board. and the anti-Semite head of the
house suffered a loss of something like
four million dollars.
The obvious suggestion is that it would
be better not to make open war on the
Paris- Exposition or France. in case of a
French assault upon the Jews through
Dreyfus, but. on a larger scale to apply
the silent methods that ruined the great
dry goods house IN New York, we may be
The times., 1899-09-05
Death of Noble woman

All Washington will deeply syrnpathize
with former Senator Eppa Hunton of
Virginia in the loss of his deeply-loved
companion of more than half century.
Two years ago General and Mrs. Hunton
celebrated their golden wedding, and then
their host of friends hoped that they
might be spared to each other for many
happy years still to come.
But it was not to be. The place so
long and nobly filled by this devoted wife
and mother will be vacant, here on earth,
but the bereaved ones will have the con-
ISOLATION of a thousand blessed memories,
and of that faith which teaches US that
the inevitable separations which affiict us
all bitterly in this life are but precursors
of happy and eternal family reunions in
that Golden City where partings and sor-
rows are unknown
The times., 1899-09-05
More woods in Demand.
lFrom the Detroit Tribune.l

(From the Detroit IriDune.)
General Woods report that Santiago would vote
annexation four to is not extravagant as
it might seem. If the ratio is less in other prov
inces, the explanation is not lacking. General
Wood himself is a better argument for annexa-
tion than most OF the districts have had. His
administration has conferred such benefits upon
the city and the province as they could hardly
have worked out for themselves in century of
independent government. II other provinces are
less favorably inclined toward such proposition.
it is because they have been less blessed in the
assignment of military governors and less i'm
pressed with the advantages OF military rule
Had we Woods enough it should have been a com
paratvely easy matter to make annexationists
of practically the entire population in the course
of a year There is still time TO do great deal
in that direction The rumor that Wood will be
made Governor General is hint that the Ad-
miuistration means to do it.
The times., 1899-09-05
THEIR CARS RAN TOO FAST.
Seven Motormen Fined in the Police
Court.

Seven hotoFmen Fined in the Police
Court.
Seven motormen of the Columbia Rail-
way. who gave their names as W. B. joyce.
Christian Anderson, Thomas L. Carlins.
Charles Wehausen, Dever Rollins. George
Martin, and James Helm were arraigned in
the Police Court yesterday morning
charged with violating a police regulation
in running their respective cars at a rate
Of speed exceeding twelve miles an hour
The men were arrested Friday evening b.
Bicycle Policemen johnson and vii .iams.of
the Niath precinct, who appeared in court
yesterday as the prosecuting Witnesses
The motormen were defended by Attorney
Campbell Darlington, who endeavored to
show that the speed instruments used by
the policemen on their bicycles to deter
mine the rate Of speed of the cars were
cheap contrivanees and unreliable Judge
KimbaIl ruled that the case did not hinge
on that point, and stated that the motor
man certainly violated the law when they
operated their cars in conformity with the
schedule Of the railway company.
1t was shown during the course OF the
trial, which consumed over two hours. that
the time limit put on covering the distanee
between the termini of the railway AT Fif-
teenth Street and New York Avenue nOFth-
west and Fifteenth aRd II Streets northeast
4 is seventeen minutes. The actual distance
between the termini is two and two-tenths
miles, and in order to cover that distance
in the schedule time and yet conform To
| the speed rate of twelve miles an hour pre-
seribed by law only three minutes would
be allowed for stops. The mOtO-mel
stated that eight stops are required hy Law
during the trayersing of the distance
/ There are two stops at transfer stations
and ofteRtimes there are iunumer&ble stops
along the line TO let passengers get on or
/ OF the cars. The stops at the transfer
stations. 1t was said. frequently consumed
two minutes each After bearing that evi-
dence Judge KimbaIl stated that it would
be impossible to operate according to the
schedule of the railway company without
/ violating the law. tie statsd that the
schedule should be revised or else the mo-
tormen would be constantly in CO-rt fOr
/ law violation. If on the other hand he
said the motorInen do rot cover the dis
tance in the time prescribed b. the present
schedule they are compelled TO answer for
il to the company.
In summing up the case Judge KimEaI
stated that while he disIiked to impose a
fire on the offending mOto-men becau e h.
was alive 10 their position in the matter
he could not overlook the fact that the law
had been violated an fine of s. in each
case was imposed and paid.
The times., 1899-09-05

We are happy to learn that the Hon.
Marcus Alonzo Hanna has arrived in Lon
don on his way to the Land of the Free.
He will remain in the Cog and Magog
vicinity long enough to pay his respects
to the wealthy friends who were so help
full in the cause of gold in 1895. and then
he will come sailing home. We shall be
glad to see his frank and open countenanee
again. To a great extent he has missed
his share of the odium attaching to his
Administration during the summer; but
that need not worry him. He will reach
here in time to catch some of the indig-
nation which is rising in connection with
the Carter case, and he will be expected to
say the last word in the Otis matter, and
so he will be apt TO hear things which
will make him soon feel quite natural
again.
The times., 1899-09-05

Leaf by leaf the roses fall" 1t is an
nounced that DENLY, attended by School
master Worcester, is to leave Manila
shortly and return to the United States,
from which country he never should have
departed Neither as diplomatist nor a
Peace Commissioner has his service been
calculated to breed Presidential lightning,
while his conduct in connection with the
Alger Relief Commission farce should have
forever barred him from further public
employment. Perhaps he might have his
uses out in Indiana. For example, as
cashier of one of the banks of the Wa
bash, far away" he might become an
eminent success. Let US be thankful that
the Philippines viii be soon rid of him.
Otis next
The times., 1899-09-05
ENFORCING THE GAME LAW.
a Misuuierstanding Between g
Court OMciaI and the Police.

4 Observation-Disclosures Befween a
Court Official and the Police.
The supposed suspension OF the game law
for Labor Day caused great deal OF fric-
tion between the officials Of the Police De
partment and the District Attorneys Office
yesterday morning. Attorney Mullowney.
ut the Police Court, refused TO Yrosecuts
the cases that were presented during the
day. but the police continued to arrest ali
gunners found on the marshes. The trouble
was caused By a misunderstanding that
existed between the two Offices. Il was
understood by the prosecuting attorney
that the operation Of the law was to be
suspended. while the police were instructed
to arrest all parties found cunning on the
marshes
A number of arrests were made and when
the cases were brought into court they
were promptly Holle pressed. Mr. MuI-
lowney notified the police that he would
not prosecute any cases made during the
day Owing to the general misunderstaud-
ing the personal bonds cf those arrested
after the adjournment OF court were taken
for their appearance this morning.
The times., 1899-09-05

President McKinley's epistle to the Gu
bans does not seem to give universal salts
faction throughout the island The poll
ticians and generals whose only hope to
earn an honest livelihood lies in the direc-
ton of offices or brigandage, do not fancy
the long wait its terms suggest. On the
other hand, it appears. to be acceptable TO
the business, and generally the intelligent
class. who are daily developing strong
bent toward annexation, or, If they cannot
have that firm American protectorate.
The times., 1899-09-05
THE PRESIDENT IN aUAKERDoM
Welcomed by Prominent People and
Given a Serenade.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept 4.-Presi-
dent Mckinley arrived at the Pennsylvania
Railroad station at o'clock. In theaparty
were Secretary Root Secretary Wilson
President JIG. Schurman of the Philippine
| Commission, George B. Cortelyou, the
Presidents secretary; Captain Loefier, the
private doorkeeper, and a servant. The
Presidential party was met at the station
by Mayor Ashbridge. Gen. Louis Wagner,
Chairman of the G. A. R. committee; AS
sistant Secretary of the Commonwealth
Lewis E. Better. Major Richard Colum
Representative Bingham, and several mem
bers of the council.
The streets adjacent to the station were
crowded with people, who cheered the
President as he entered the carriage and
followed him to. the Hotel Walton, three
squares away. Arriving at the hotel. the
Presidential party at once went to the
suite of rooms on the first floor reserved
for them. Rear, Admiral Sampson and
Lieutenant Commander Winslow also have
rooms at the Walton. Lieutenant Com
mander Winslow, as soon as the President
reached his reception room, called on him
and presented the respects of the rear ad-
miral to him The President said he would
receive the admiral and commanding off,
GERS of the feet at S:45 in the morning.
Soon after the arrival OF the President
members of the United German Singing
Societies assembled on Locust Street, near
Juniper just under the window of the
Presidents parlor, and sang three songs,
concluding with the Star Spanglcd Ban
ner" crowd of fully 10000 people stood
on Broad and Locust Streets and at the
conclusion of the singing cheered the
President and party. There were calls for
a speech, but he only bowed.
After receiving the officers of the squad
ron in the morning, the President will be
driven over the route of the parade. Sec
retary Cortleyou said he did not believe
the President would make any spEeches
while here, and that unless he changed
his plans, he would leave lor Washington
on the II 30 train tomorrow night
The times., 1899-09-05
Mining In the TransvaaI.

-- NT IOIII lIlt 7 IIII"1IVIPIIIa I'VVVtU'I
Gold mining in South Africa resembles iron
mining in the Lake Superior region, from the
fact that the metal is not visible to the naked
eye in the form OF grains or nuggets, but is dis
tributed sparsey through the matrix or earth,
and if the ore contains ounce of gold to the
ton 1T is considered rich In order to recover
the precious metal thus disseminated complicated
metallurgical processes are necessary and very
costly machinery is required. The investment of
British capital ~ the mines must be stupendous
in amount and one OF the serious questions caus-
ing great anxiety in England today is; ''What
viii happen TO the mines in of with the
BoeYs?'
The times., 1899-09-05
A Good Point.
(From the Minneapolis Tribune.

(From the Minneapolis Iribune.)
Every citizen who has spoken the matter
says he would rather the Thirteenth Min
nesota march down Nicollet Avenue in the soiled
and ragged suits 1t wore on duty in the Philip
pines than in the finest of new uniforms. We can
see spick and span soldiers in good clothes almost
any time, but it is perhaps only once in life
time that can see soldiers wearing the uni
forms and hats in which they actually engaged
the enemy
The times., 1899-09-05
psaIms Ms Mnr Cries.

CFrom the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.)
declaration OF war in Biblical quotation fits
in with the rugged character of the Beers, who
have much of the old Cromwellan spirit His
tory shows that men who believe in and stimu'
late their military prowess with those Old Testa-
ment imprecations are terrific fighters. Should
war, unhappily, follow the present negotiations
it will be a desperate coutest-worse, for time
at least, than any OF Britain's recent wars.
The times., 1899-09-05
SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
Meeting to Arrange for the va
tionaI Encampmeuf.


A meeting Of the veterans of the Span
ish-American war resident in the District
of Columbia was held in the drill hall OF
the National Guard ATmOry last night The
meeting was called for the purpose OF elect
ing delegates to the national encampment
OF the Spanish-American Veteran Associa-
tion, which is TO be held in this city on
Friday and Saturday next. Owing to the
small attendance, however. the election Of
delegates was postponed until tomorrow
night at p m, when another meeting
will be held and full representation Is
desired.
Sergt- George C. Meigs presided over the
meeting, with Sergt W. ". Hill as sscre-
tary. Major F. S. Hodgson was elected
chairman Of the executive COMMITTEES and
announced the following as ehairmen OF
other committees: Decorations. Capt ID.
V. Chisholm; reception, Surgeon Cox; ar
raRgements. Col. r. A O'Brisn-
The times., 1899-09-05
Two Leaders
(From the chicago News.

tftOW me NIItds0 NfNs-l
Maxine Gomez, the Cuban army leader. has been
little heard Of during the past few weeks. and
is probably enjoying the peace and increasing
prosperity which have enfoldcd his adopted couI-
try An immense amount Of trouble and expense
would have been saved had that other military
a,lvcnturer AGuinaido. reasoned and acted as
Gomez has done. while incaiculable loss Of life
and money might have resulted had Gomez acted
on the Aguinaldo pattern.
The times., 1899-09-05

quite sure that, in one way or another,
France would be made bitterly to repent
any deviation from the straight path OF
duty and honor in connection with the trial
of the Jewish captain. 1t will be sorry
day for the French nation if ever the
united voice of all Israel is heard in ma e.
diction against 1T