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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30

Schneider letter, which the latter had
used in evidence, and which Col.
Schneider hadsrepudiated as forgery.
The general was surprised when La
bori suddenly: demanded that MERCER
be recalled. Evidently he hoped the
tribunal would, support him in refus-
ing to explain how he got a cory of a
letter which was of later date than his
incumbency at the ministry of war.
He declined, as stated above, to ex-
plain, but Labor was not to be denied.
He insisted that Mercier should give
some explanation. Then, after hesitat-
ing, MERCER declared that he would as
sumo all the responsibility attaching
to his possession OF the document. This,
as Labori intended it should be, was
demonstration of communication by
the general staff Of part at least of the
secret dossier to an ordinary soldier,
such as MERCER became Immediately on
leaving the ministry of war. When
Labor had attained his object and
forced confession of grave violation
of law on the part of Gen. MERCER, he
gave smile of grim satisfaction and
then added significantly: II shall have
other questions to put to Gen. Mer-
cier." - 8,
The scene was highly dramatic, and
made a profound impression. upon all
the spectators.
Rennes, Aug. "a. - Maitre Labor,
leading counsel for the defense, and
Mime. Labor were present in court
when the trial by court-martial of Capt.
Alfred Drey fus On the charge of treason,
was resumed at the Lycee at $3.50
Wednesday morning.
Esterhazy was called as the next wit
ness, but there was no response, and so
the: court ordered the reading of his
evidence as giyen before the court of
cessation. When Esterhazy's deposit
ton had been finished, M. Labori asked
that Esterhazy''s letters to the presi-
dent of the republic be read, in which
Esterhazy is said to have threatened, if
the scandal continued, that his SOW
ereign, the emperor, would intervene.
T. Gen. Gonse here asked to be allowed
to respond to Esterhazy's testimony as
given before the court of cessation, and
declared in loud voice; that Ester
hays statements that he, was the in
strument of the general staff an alb
solute lie. The generaltraversed Ester
hazy's evidence, contradicting state.
,nent after statement, and declaring
that Esterhazy could only have had re-
lations with Mai. Du Patty de Clam and
the late Lieut.-Gol. Henry. The general
absolutely denied having amy relations
with him. Hull. III. II d a.. s :5.s.
He had hardly finished his special
pleading when tMaitre Labor began tc
heckle him. He. forced him to confess
that it was he Gonse) who himself had
had the idea OF writing an anonymous
letter to Esterhazy warning him Of the
danger he was running. .z... j:
IL Gonse likewise had to acknowledge
that II was he who had selected an as
lssistant second to Este hazy in the due
it was planned for him to- fight with
IaPicquart; also that he mig ut have sug.
lgested ii I the course of his conversa
tons with Du Pat de Clam and Henry
the idea Of their IN terViews in disguise
with Esterhazy, and, finally that Ii.
hat twice had personal interviews with
sAiaitre Tezenas. Esterhazy counsel.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30
WEST AND SOUTH.

In shooting ARRAY half mile south
of Lake End, La, four men were killed.
At Dawson two Indians and a white
man were hanged for murder. It was
the first legal execution in the Klon-
dixie. @:f~ '.7,% 81 ~aa 80
Because of family trouble Mrs. Jen-
ME Weston drowned herself and her
four-year-old son in a cistern at Pierre.
S. D.
In a quail on Lake Huron off Point
Aux Barques the schooner Hunter
Savidge capsized and five persons were
drowned.
A call has been issued by the Inter-
state Good Roads association for a
series of conventions to be held during
September and October in Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Five homing pigeons arrived in San
Antonio, Tex, from Tehuantepec, Mex
leo, making the distance of 1900 miles
in 50 hours.
Out of 1000 men who went into the
Kotzebue country in Alaska last fall
over seven per cent. have died from
scurvy or met tragic deaths.
At Eclectic, Ala, Peter Louin and his
15-year-old son, under arrest for shoot
ing Hall Jordan, were taken from Jail
by mob of masked men and killed.
Flames swept away the business
portion of the city of Victor, COL, caus-
ing loss estimated at $2,0OO,00O.
In windstorm at Winchester, Va,
q To- ~ - ~
down and 40 people were more or less
injured.
The death of Owen Ward, a wealthy
farmer of Shipman, ILL.,, occurred at the
age of 100 years. go,
Bodies of $500 victims of the recent
hurricane in Porto Rico have been
buried, 1000 persons were injured dur
ing the storm and 1900 people are still
missing.
At the age of .72 years Ralph Hill, a
member of congress from the Column
bus Qnd.) district in 1864, died at In
dianapolis., -:
In Racine, Wis.,, Eugene Sprague, an
aeronaut, of Lyons, Mich, and Mabel
Schumacher, daughter of Policeman
Edward Schumacher, were killed by an
electric car. &, ss-s .zs:.- r.
,Adyices from the coast of North Car
olina where the recent West Indian
hurricane touched say that 60 persons
lost their lives in the storm. -.
Bridget Hall, for GO years q resident
OF Dubuque, Ia. died at the age of 1OC
years and two months. ,ssE$s*ss +: $
The late George w. Clayton, OF Den
yer, Col, left 81 ,00o, 900 for university
in Denver. E .z*..E ..1:s: s:%
For cause unknown Daniel Mont
gomery, Il wealthy farmer near Milan
Mo-, murdered his wife and then killed
himself. HEN. Szzz. 5
At Urbana, O., two colored thieve,
were surrounded and shot dead in q
buggy BY officers. .5 81.
Ex-Gov. Silas5 A. Holcombe was nom
mated for supreme justice by the pop
ulist convention in Omaha, Neb., anG
Endorsed by the democrats and FIRE.
silver republ icans.
. In u fit of jealous rage Henderson
|sPierson, living near Davenport, Tex.
shetland killed his wife and her mother
I Is dispatch from Gen. Davis to til.
war department. says that COO per
sons we're killed BIZ he hurricane ii
Porto Rico md that 100, 900 were desti
Lutte.
John 2. wilson, of Oelwein and Cor
lsnelius Matthews, 81 Des Moines, brake
Ismen in the mplo.y 81 the Great West
Tern, were slain BIZ tramps near Mar
shall town, q
boiler iu4 factory at appleton
lly1s., An lodcd, killing three men AMI
lEsersopsl III ariins eig Sc other
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30

A cattle king of New Mexico who has
an income of $4,000 year lives in a
cabin that cost $50, and is perhaps hap
pier than many of his fellow-capitalists
who live in palatial mansions with a
$4,000 imported dog in the brick barn.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30

In making speech the other day
Chauncey Depew solved problem that
has long been a vexing one. He said that
the reason there is always so much
room "at the top" is because "every-
body is trying to get in ON the ground
AoorO
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30

The steamer Ccvic, which made the
port of New York few days ago,
brought strange cargo from India.
She had aboard 10000 bags of copper
coins used in India, the consignment
weighing $50 tons. The coins were for
the Oxford Copper company, and they
will be melted over for refining pur-
poses. The coins are worth more as
copper than as money.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30

According to the figures presented in
a French magazine the number of per-
sons of titled birth confined in the pris-
ons of Europe is 10000. OF these Russia
has the largest representation, $4,000
of her blueblooded lawbreakers having
been placed behind the bars. Italy,
whose dungeon cells contain thousands,
of noblemen, has won second place in
this humiliating rivalry. 1t may be that
William Waldorf Aston made a mistake
after all
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30
Crime Of 1 ) eal ous Man. S.

ST. Louis, Aug. pa special tele-..
gram Is the Post Dispa tch from Paris,
Tex, So vs. that Hende Pierson, liv-
ing near Dayen port, ex., ID q fl OF
Jealous rage shot and killed his wife
and her mot her. s The murde rer was an
rested BY his neig hbors and lodged IN
the ClarksYille jail
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30

Congressman Payne, of New York,
a member of the Alaskan boundary
commission, who has just returned
from a two months visit to that coun-
try, declines to discuss the boundary
question, but says his trip has given
him a much clearer conception than he
ever had before of the great natural
wealth of Alaska. 1T is" he says,
"marvelously rich in minerals and is
certainly to be It great source of wealth
to this country in the future"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30
PLAN HIS CAPTURE.
Otis to Direct Efforts Toward Taking
= Aguina1do-The War to Be
Pushed Vigorously.

Hotel Champlain, N. y, Aug. "a
Through the courtesy of one of the
highest officials in the administration.
the following positive statement of
the conference held here Tuesday by
President Mckinley, Vice President
Hobart, Secretary of War Root and At
torney-General Griggs may be made.
The first step upon the renewal OF
hostilities will be toward the capture
of Aguinaldo. Gen. Otis has been in
structed to leave no stone unturned to
accomplish this end. With Aguinaldo
a prisoner the administration believes
the insurrection will end.
Maj. Gen. Otis will continue in COM
mand of the American forces in the
Philippines. -
Nearly 10000 troops will be available
for service in the far east before No.
yember 1. More than $4,000 will be on
the ground by that date.
No peace proposals from Aguinaldo
or his followers will be accepted ex-
cept on conditions of immediate sur
render to American authority.
From secret sources Secretary Root
received information that the Filipinos
are in much better fighting shape than
he had supposed or is generally known
that Aguinaldo has more than 10000
well-drilled, fully-ammunitioned troops
in the island of Luzon alone.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30

1.-The Oldest journalist in the world" is
yet at the head OF a Vienna paper at the
age of 95. Had he been a newspaper
man he would have worn himself out
and have been dead, buried and forgot
ten long ago. ..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30

Kid I.avigne now proposes to do some
fighting unhampered by the marquis of
.Queensberry or any other old mar
quisian rules. He has enlisted in the
army. '~-- - - ~2~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30
!. lThirtY .Peraons .Hartis. :.

Philad e1phia Aug. q head-on
collision between two troll ley cars oc-I
Cured Sunday On Norrist own,
Chestnut Hill r borough railway.
SiI Plymouth ovynsla Morton county
. few miles moi IS ttlissc thirty
persons were iiljuI4
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30

lives were the captains two sons, aged
"a and ~ years, Mr.. Goldenborough,
connected with the Lee family, and a
relative of one of the vessels owners,
C. Morton Stewart & Co.,,~..,. :....
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30
n us 81 Manila aud SAN iagoswe

Rns Of Manila and .Santiagowere5
4 md the world. title. Ha.yti,f
4 sliIil1 much 20 learn, has listened
Is quest fol. redress
81 a erican citizen met
pDse hicll5 for ,rolnptnesy'
ill lied .z54 few years ago
4 government ID Great ion5
uld fool with big. good
tUr Sam with impunity..
4 llts e rs good mai ured as.
y lit hen he rs re-
q ~ 1I1lI1 aud hose iill the habit.
u sslyess ~ lllis pcnse.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30

u did Dewey fire on the German fleet
at Manila?" asks the Kansas City
World. He did not. The fleet is yet
afloat. r. .&t.s %%s +
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30
An American Killed.

An American Killed.
Manila, Aug. 21.-One lieutenant of
the Twelfth infantry was killed and an
other was seriously wounded while re-
connoitering Saturday evening north of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-30

mines ana III exploring 10 nnQ ore. Its
daily pay roll is more than $4,000.
The Winona Y.M.C.A. has just closed
a prosperous year with a membership
of over 800, which it is expected to
soon increase to $50.
The report that the Northern Steam
ship company has ordered two new
passenger ships, duplicates of the
Northwest and Northland. is untrue.
The state board of equalization will
meet at St. Paul Sept. 5.
The Empire line of so elevators. in
Guiding the terminal Empire in Min
neapo!is, was sold by George w. Por-
ter to John Mcmillan and e. N. o.
borne. These elevators are located on
the Milwaukee system running into
South Dakota.
John Peszka, aged years, fell under
freight car ON which he was stealing
ride at Winona.. He had both legs
cut off.
: Louis Dedrick was arrested at Owa-
tonna under an indictment returned
against him in South Dakota in 1897.
He denies the charge.
Ihomas Hanson, q well known COM
mission man Of Minneapolis, will erect
an American grain elevator in Chris
tiania, Norway. !. .-..ss..I nj
The Sheffield Mills at Faribault are
being equipped with new machinery
which will raise their capacity from
!, 400 to 500 barrels day.
Charles p. Rakestraw, supervisor of
Indian schools for Minnesota, Iowa,
Wisconsin and the Dakotas, has been
assigned to permanent headquarters
ia st. Paul. s stsz
The corner stone Of the Catholic
church was laid at lie Sueur Center
with appropriate ceremonies.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
An Old Family Relic.

Mr.. William Lehr, of Hanwell set
tlement, York county. N. B., has in his
possession a very valuable family relic.
1t is a sword used by his grandfather,
Maj. Peter Lehr, and presented to him
for bravery by Gen. Washington after
n of the great battles in the war Of
independence. Lehr enlisted as a pri-
vate, and during the fight referred to
was badly wounded in the head. The
general came along and told him to
go to the rear, where he could get
medical attendance. He replied: mo,
sir, not as long as l can handle this
musket." This act pleased the COM
mander so much that when the troops
were drawn up after the fray he pre-
sented him with a majors commission
and this sword. The major was a
German by birth. and landed in Am
erica about the year 1774. After the
close of the war he settled at Wald-
boro, Me.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

A New York journal has interviewed
members Of congress IN the current re-
port that an effort would be made at
the approaching session to repeal or to
amend what is known as the Sherman
antitrust law. The replies, as far as
received, indicate no intention upon
the part of the lawmakers to repeal
the Sherman law or to offer n
amendment thereto in the interests Of
trusts; the expressed purpose is, il any
changes are made, to render the law
stronger. One trouble in this country
in the states, in the nation and in all
the cities Is IN accumulation Of laws
covering pretty much every subject I'M
der the sun, passed readily, almost I'M
t~hinkingly, to become instantly dead
letters. There is no need for new
laws: There is grave and urgent need
the execution of the laws upon the
statute b6skk
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
M~ANITOBA'S CAPACITY.
Enough Wheat to Supply Britain Ali
She Requires from Abroad.

She Requires from Abroad.
Toronto, Nov. 10.-The World"
comments on the report of the United
Empire trade league on the capacity
Of Canada as a granary for Britain.
The report refers to Manitoba as fol-
lows: Manitoba has an area of forty
seven millions acres. Deduct1ng ten
million for lakes, rivers, town sites and
waste land, $4,000 600 acres are left for
farm cultivation, Or homes for 10000
families on 800 acres each, and as up
to now there are only $1,000 farmers
there altogether, that leaves room in
one province for S9,00S more wheat
growers. Surprising, then, we got
them there and each one of them out
Of his 800 acres grew on an average
100 acres at 20 bushels to the acre: il
you figure it up you will find it Is quite
possible for Manitoba alone to supply
us with all the wheat we require from
abroad. 1t is only a question of money
and comparatively speaking not money
either. The cost of one irst-class bat
tleship (about f750, 000) would put 5000
families onto farms in the Northwest.
allowing $50 to each to find them in
implements, seeds, horses, ETC., and
would keep them until their first crop
was harvested. Five thousand farm
ers, averaging 100 acres of wheat each
at 20 bushels to the acre, means an ex-
ira 100000 bushels, for If that
scheme is not liked Britain would put
a duty on foreign wheat. In addition
to the wheat lands of Manitoba there
are the millions of acres in Assiniboia,
Alberta and Saskatchewan. 49,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
RATS MAKE
The Little Fellows Leave Som thins
When They Remove an Article.

Tho Little Fellows Leave Something
When They Remove an Article.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer: OF
all curious animals which man has
come across and studied, probably none
can compare with a kind Of rat found
in the Rocky Mountains. Though for
a long time well known to trappers and
lumbermen, it is only lately that my
naturalist has studied these peculiar
little beasts. Although called a rat,
this little animal is larger than an or
binary rat, with a body eight inches
long. 1t is a very pretty creature, with
soft gray fur and a squirrel-like tail,
easily tanned and a delightful pet. The
trappers long ago gave it the name of
the trading rat" from its curious hab-
it of never stealing anything without
putting something in it's place. Two
young women camping in the high
lands of Wyoming left the lid of their
cracker box off night. In the
morning all the biscuits were gone and
the box filled with an indescribable
mixture of chips, scraps of leather,
sticks, bones, dried beans, in fact, ey-
erything movable near at hand. The
trading rat builds a very beautiful nest.
sometimes two feet in height, and is
very clever at storing food. It has a
violent fancy for anything Of a bright
red hue.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

following anccdote about a boy who
was an honest worker: One day, after
a severe storm, q large number Of men
and boys were out on the roads of a
country town to shovel out the drifts.
Each workman was paid a quarter Of a
dollar an hour, and as may be sup
posed, there was no very strict watch
kert upon them; but one little fellow
seemed to be working with all his
might, and his comrades laughed at
him. "Why, Jim, are you after the Job
of highway surveyor, or do you expect
to get more than the rest OF us for
putting in so"" Lets put him out; he
is shortening our job; 'twon't last till
night, at this rate" laughed another.
Il am getting mans pay for the first
time in my life, and 1 mean to earn it,"
said Jim. Il don't suppose the town
cares, nor that I shall get any more
money at night; but I shall feel a big
sight better myself" you've begun
right, Jim," said the surveyor, who was
not very strict in behalf of the town,
perhaps, but had a business of his own
where he appreciated workmen with q
conscience.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
This Was His Good Fortune Early in His Confinement,
But Later the Screws Were Applied
How He Lives.

Alfred Dreyfus, in his prison or the
lie du Diable, is at last to benefit by
a regime of favor pending the investi-
cation Of his case. This news comes to
the French public at the same time
with the first truthful details of what
the old regime has been. And these
details present an ensemble as mys-
FERROUS as any other part Of the mystic
rious affair. Since the beginning Of
1897 Dreyfus has been in solitary ON
fnement, without a view of either land
or sea. He has even been in irons.
The government has furnished him on
ly with rations of goats milk and
bread. And, though the Dreyfus fam
lily is allowed to send him stipulated
monthly sums for extra food and 9th
er comforts in a tropical climate, the
great mass Of this money has accumu-
ELECTROMAGNETIC the amount Of 81 400.
One of the most curious documents
that has come to light is a page from
the account book Of the firm at Ca
yenne from whom all the monthly pur-
chases Of Dreyfus are effected. When
1t is remembered that his only rations
are goats milk and bread, this meagre
list of thirty days provisions is elo-
Quent of an economy that can scarcely
be voluntary; and it presents wildly
the dilemma Of a refined man forced
to make choice between health. clean
illness, comfort--and nourishment.
One litre Of wood alcohol, for cook
ing; two bottles Of orang flower wa
ter, three pots Of preserved butter, two
pounds Of chocolate, two boxes OF
cheese, six bottles of soda water, two
bottles Of mineral water, six pairs Of
socks, two pounds of tobacco, ffty ci-
CARS, one wooden pipe, two large boxes
Of matches, one large package of writ
ing paper, two packages Of candies, one
bottle Of granulated kola, ten pounds
Of soap, two pairs Of white cotton
trousers and six white handkerchiefs.
Other months showed orders for can
ned meats and vegetables. Excepting
always the goats milk and bread, the
prisoner has lived on these canned
goods since early in 1897, when his
mysterious close confinement was be-
gun. He might buy fresh meat and
vegetables; but it is said he will not
cook them. Between Dreyfus and the
d%irecteur Of the administration peni-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

MN. tie never speaks to them. He
has refused to have any word with
the penitentiary administrator. Nor
would he reply to the governor Of Gut
n when he came to see him.
1t was not always thus. During the
first two years of his life on the sun
baked little island, Dreyfus enjoyed
what M. Roberdeau, the governor, has
called a bien-etre relatif-"a relative
Well-being." He then inhabited a cab
in, in which they had kept a herd Of
goats, a little cabin on a bluff, beside
the only grove of trees. His guards
lived in a larger building that had
been a barn. At night they locked
him in. By day he roamed about, col
Letting bugs and seaweed in the cool
hours, reading and writing in his grove
when it was hot. He had his food
from the cantine Of the lie Royale.
During these first two years." the gov
emo himself is credited with having
said, in a monlen of indiscretion, "the
prisoner was permitted liberties SO diff
ficult to explain that they might we'll
authorize certain suggestions. It
would be curious to seek along this
line-as a psychologist" Guarded by
men OF experience, owing no allegiance
to the authorities at Cayenne and act
ing under direct instructions from Par
is, Dreyfus, nevertheless, was allowed
to roam about the island as he pleased,
continually tempted to engage in plans
for an escape. At low tide the rocky
shore. of the lie du, Qiaa5511GS is Separated
from that Vi the lie Royale by less
than one hundred yards Of channel.
Across it Dreyfus often talked with
individuals from Cayenne. He consist
emily refused their offers Of assistance.
Did he fear a trap? Did Dreyfus fear
he would be shot escaping? Or, con
scious Of his innocence, had he re-
solved to wait in patience? 1t is the
common talk at Cayenne, among a pop