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The times., 1899-08-19
Picquart and the possier.

We have grown SO used to dramatic in
cidents in connection with the trial at
Rennes that nothing much short OF arson
or murder would stir public interest
Otherwise, the complete victory over the
military conspirators achieved by Lieu
tenant Colonel Picquart in his evidence
yesterday would seem startling.
The principal point which he brought
out in conformation with General Mercier
was that the latter secured the conviction
of Dreyfus by submitting secretly to the
original court-martial four papers from
the ''dossier," all but one since proven to
have been inadmissible as evidence, and
the exception amounting to mere insin-
uation. 1t was the letter referring to
''cette canaille de d." Picquart para
lyzed Mereier by demanding if he did not
know, when he used that document to
destroy an innocent man, that the refer
ence 1t contained was TO one Dubois, and
not TO Dreyfus, and the crime stained gen.
eral was compelled to answer that he .'had
his doubts"
Happily, Picquart has escaped the knives
anu outlets OF the Seneral stan long
enough to complete his testimony. and it
has been SO absolutely conclusive that
there can be no longer any excuse for the
assumption of the prisoners possible guilt,
on the part of his bitterest foes Yet
they are not convinced, or, If convinced.
IL is SO much against their will that
they would gladly seize upon any excuse,
subterfuge, and lie to condemn him, and
in the category of such enemies of justice
and decency there is every reason for be-
lieving that We must include Jouaust the
president of the court-martial, and his as
sociate judges.
Arguing from the incontrovertible proof
before them, it is likely that they see
and realize the necessity for favorable
verdict. II they do they are liable to post
pone II to the last minute in the hope
that the assassination of the accused or
the outbreak of revolution will save them
from agreeing upon verdict which viii
sink Mercier, Roget, Boisdeffre, and others
in the depths of disgrace and infamy.
The Government still acts as if it were
paralyzed. The revolutionary clements.
the anti-Semites, the royalists, and Bona
partists-are gathering strength and blood
thirsty impudence the mobs of Paris,
Rennes. and Marseilles are licking their
vile chaps over the prospect of a few mas
sacres. What shall the harvest be?
The times., 1899-08-19
The Finesse of Kruger.

Instead of replying directly TO the Cham
berlain note demanding joint enquiry into
the workings Of the Boer franchise act. the
willy Transvaal President plays the subter-
fuge Of a proposition to grant the outland-
ers FIVE years retroactive franchise. and
to allow the Johannesburg district a one
fourth representation in the Yolksraad.
OF course the obvious and only object OF
this proposal is 10 gain time. It cannot be
regarded as honest or. if accepted intended
to be effective. II offered in good faith q
few months ago it might have been tol-
Grated by England. Probably it will not
be now, even IL accompanied by sufficient
guarantees, which. of course, the burghers
have no notion of giving.
They have sinned away the day of grace
as far as promises may be concerned They
will now have to comply with the under
standing to which they pledged themselves
in 1888 They must make the Outlanders
equal with themselves in all matters o,
government and taxation, Or they will have
to fight
Il should not be forgotten that the
Out;anders constitute a majority of the
white inhabitants OF the South Az
rican Republic. that they represent
ten-ninths OF its actual civilization.
and contribute nne-tenths OF It's rev
have been having good time change is
desirable and will be enforced. Its terms
will have TO be OF a kind that the element
The times., 1899-08-19
Grigg. nnd the Garter Case,

Attorney General Griggs, in the exhila-
rating atmosphere of Lake Champlain. IS
able TO take an airy and humorous view
of the Carter case which he will find
that the American people do not in the
least share He affects to think that the
malversation of justice involved in the Ad-
ministration scandal is his business a.one
and that il is monumental impudence on
the part of the press or public to ask any
questions or even TO speak of the matter.
Being told that a resume of the Carter
outrage had been printed for distribution
throughout the country, Mr.. Griggs is re :.
ported as exclaiming with hilarity: That
is farcicall Don't you understand that the
contracts involved in the case were given
out by Secretary Lamont during Demo-
cratic Administrator
Here is a Solomon for youi Here is a
Daniel come to judgment" in an up-to-
date automobile, Why, of course Since
Carter's peculations happened under a So
called Democratic Administration, the
Democratic party is responsible for Mr..
McKinley's peculiar and reprehensible pro-
lection of the convicted embezzler. The
Griggs logic is as unanswerable as a Lew
Dockstader monologue. We bow to it, re-
spectfully remembering that, as the con-
tract to murder President Lincoln vas
given out to John Wilkes Booth during a
Republican Administration, it was crimi-
nal not to hold Secretaries Seward and
Stanton personally responsible, and hang
them.
But il would take good many grin
ing Griggses to make this country for
get the disgust and shame the Carter
crime against an honorable service, de-
cency, and plain justice has made all
honorable citizens feel. We fully expect
TO see the deal go on. A new trial will
be demanded, and doubtless conceded
Some of the Government witnesses upon
whose testimony Carter was convicted,
are dead Others are scattered over the
face of the earth. Next time it will not
people. There probably is no way to pre-
vent such an outrage and crime.
The Times in common with about all the
reputable and Independent papers in the
Union has regarded and treated Carter as
among the most obnoxious and contempti-
BILE of his race. But there are others. who
may be worse. II the scheme TO free this
convicted officer from punishment, which
is openly talked about by some OF the per-
sons connected with 1t, is carried into ef-
feet we shall advise Griggs not to read the
papers for a year at least, and certainly
not to patroniEe any clipping agency.
The times., 1899-08-19
TO HEAD OFF FILIBUsTERs.
Cuban Expeditions for santo Domin-
go to he Prohibited.

Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 1S--It is very
apparent that the Insular authorities in
tend to compel observance of the neu-
traiity laws. and to prevent Cuba from
becoming base for expeditions directed
against the Government of Santo Domingo
General Wood received orders from Ha
vana today to hold the revoiutionists who
were captured at Baracoa until further
instructions should be received: 1t is ru-
nored among the Cubans that large ex
pedition is expected to shortly leave from
some place in the vicinity of Cape Maysi.
the eastern extremity of the island The
Government tug Adonis, with an armed
guard aboard win patrol that portion of
the coast to prevent the departure of the
filibusters.
The revolutionists have only sailing YES
sells to use for conveying their expeditions,
but they have plenty Of money, and are
evidently spending it freely. The Cuban
former soldiers in this province are
strongly influenced by the fact that Gen.
Maxine Gomez is native of Santo Do
mingo, and they are inclined TO assist the
revolutionists.
The payment of the Cuban soldiers here
Is nearly finished. There are no new cases
of yellow fever.
The times., 1899-08-19
The Iron Horse in Mexico.

(From the Mexican Herald)
The big missionary wheels has done in
calculnhlc amount Of good in Mexico. 1t has
smashed peonage wherever it has penetrated; it
has battered down the walls of provincial pre-
judce; il has made the man of Jalisco greet as
brothers the sons of Vera Cruz, and il has mingled
all men under the skies of Mexico in a fraternpl
MANNER taking them on their long Journeys with
the untiring strength il derives from its diet OF
COAL or wood, and water. Il has made ii safe
TO send money 10 the most distant regions; il
has reduced the cost OF merchandise, and placed
the wheaton loaf in the mouths OF the people
of enfamined provinces. II takes the abundance
OF one region to relieve the scarcity OF another
1t has broadened the lives OF the Mexican people
Men may still talk of their ''tierra'' bat they
ardently cherish the ideal Of nationality.
The times., 1899-08-19

wards to their destruction, ordinary Amer
lean common sense would admonish US to
retain, maintain, and develop what we
have won. Our productive energies are
illimitable, but not so are our home mar
kets, around which Mr.. Bryan and other
statesmen OF the provincial school would
build Chinese tariff wall--a wall that
ostensibly he and they have been working
all their lives to knock down. Expansion
means the demolition of the robber trust
tariff system Provincial "anti-imperial-
ism" means its perpetuation for all time,
and the serfdom to trusts of American pro-
ducers.
To find markets for the surplus pro-
ductions of our farms, mines. mills, and fac
tories, and hence TO furnish our teeming
millions of workmen with employment, We
must find trade outlets We must secure.
especially in the Far East, developing and
distributing points for our trade. We must
become power in the Orient that Orient
al powers and peoples may respect if they
do not fear us. We cannot expect always to
pursue the cowardly policy of depending
upon British expansion and the British
navy TO promote and protect our COM
merce with the antipodes. Yet that is
exactly what the -anti-imperialists" tell
US We should do, and, they add, that it
is all we need TO do.
No American with a grain of perception
in business affairs can for one moment
question the fact that unless we speedily
provide means for the extension of our
South America, our surplus products in
every branch of human activity will so
of them that an era of glut, low prices,
and misery viii be in full sight within a
very few years. From strictly economic
point of view, Hawaii and the Philip
pines are as necessary to the farmer Of the
West as the Pennsylvania coal mines are
TO the residents of New York A wide ap-
plication of this truth will cover our
identical interest in the possession of trade
foci in the Antilles and the early building
and absolute national control OF the Mica
ragua Canal. All these considerations are
so patent that it almost seems a waste of
ink TO argue from them before an intelli-
gent American constituency. Expansion will
make the country rich. strong. and pros
porous. and it will render a prohibitive
trust tariff as impossible as sunstroke at
the North Pole in January.
ITO be Jefferson is to be the greatest
statesman the world has produced" To
be Jefferson is also to be the greatest ex-
pansionist America has produced, and
safe guide in the path OF duty. humanity.
civilization. and destiny.
The times., 1899-08-19
MAY RAISE POTTERY PRICES.
A Shortage of Men and Raw Ma
terfaI Is Dear.

Wheeling, w. Va, Aug 1S.-Deep inter-
est is shown by manufacturers of pottery
In this district in the movement begun by
some manufacturers to bring about a gen
eral increase of selling prices The prin-
cipal reason for this advance is the largely
into the manufacture of pottery. The man
ufacturers assert that almost every mail
brings them notice Of an increase in the
price of certain lines of material. In ad-
dition TO this reason for the advance, the
wages of the potters were advanced IL 1-2
per cent some time ago, and in spite of
this fact prices of ware are lower than
under the former arrangement
President Robert Burford of the Potters'
Club Of East Liverpool, said today: 1.-THE
price of materials has gone up and wages
have advanced. Owing to the scarcity of
help we have been compelled to give, in
many instances, 33 1-3 up: apprentices as
high as 10 per cent up" President Bur-
ford refers to the fact that apprentices
who are usually allowed wages within
33 1-3 per cent of the scale now receive
wages within 10 per cent of the amount
paid to full fiedged potters. This has not
yet affected the selling price.
Trade in every section of the Ohio Valley
is improving, and manufacturers can hard
ly find men enough to man their plants.
Such condition of affairs was never be-
fore known. Shortages of coke and metal
supplies are causing great annoyance to
the local manufacturers. The freight car
famine is responsible for the situation
The times., 1899-08-19
TROOPS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
A War Map Showing the Position of
the American Forces

stt n fOrceS.
Secretary Roots war map showing the
position of the different army brigaaes and
divisions in the Philippines has been COM
pletsd by Major Simpson aud is being
closely followed by the Secretary OF War.
According to a statement prepared to go
with the map. the first division is under
General Lawton, south Of Manila. and is
composed OF the following organizations:
fourth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth. Twenty
nrst, twenty fourth, and Twenty -nfth In
fantry, First Washington Volunteers, First
wyoming Volunteers, part of the Fourth
cavalry; Battery f, Fourth Artillery; Bat
terry F, Fifth Artillery; Battery ID. Sixth
Artillery, and HawthOrne's Mountain Bat
terry.
The second division is under General
Macarthur, who has his headquarters at
San Fernando. The troops under his COM
mand are the Third, Ninth, Twelfth, Sew
enteenth, and Thirty y-sixth Infantry: Fif-
ty-first Iowa Volunteers, Twentieth Kansas
Volunteers; Light Battery E. First Artil-
| iery; battery OF the Third Artillery and
part of the Fourth Cavalry The provost
guard OF Manila is composed of the Twen
tteth Infantry and eight foot batteries OF
the Sixth Artillery.
The map shows General Lawton to be
stationed as far south as linus, while the
farthest point to the north is Angeles,
which is occupied by troops under General
Wheaton.
The Secretary OF War proposes to keep
perfectly advised of the changes among the
troops in the Philippines and mas had pre-
pared the following statement showing the
garrtsons on the other islands: Panay.
Eighteenth Infantry, First Tennessee, and
Battery G, Sixth Artillery; Negros. Fifth
Infantry; Cebu, two battalions of the
Twenty third Infantry: Jolo. one bat
talon OF the Twenty third Infantry.
The War Department has no Information
confirming the reports that the insurrec-
tion is spreading in the islands outside of
Luzon, and there are no plans on foot
at the present looking to the re-enforce-
ment OF the garrison5 of the other islands
1t is the purpose OF the Secretary how
ever, to meet any emergency that may
arise and should it become apparent that
more troops are needed for policing out
side of Luzon they will be drawn from the
$1,000 to be supplied for the islands
The Secretary is very much gratified
with the outlook for the enlistment of the
ten new volunteer regiments, and every
effort will be made to hasten their forma-
tion. The recruiting returns for the regi-
ments now nearly organized show that
there is surplus on hand sufficient to fill
the vacancies in the regiments now in the
philippines and leave enough TO form a
nucleus for the new volunteer regiments
The times., 1899-08-19
HOME REGISTRY OF MAIL.
Reports Indicate That the System
VIII Succeed.

iAepoFtS lHutcnte That the system
Will Succeed.
The Third Assistant Postmaster General
is much pleased with the reception accord
ed the new plan Of having letter carriers
register letters at houses in the resident
sections of citiss having free delivery He
received from Postmaster Van Cott, OF New
York, yesterday a highly commsndatory
letter IN which the postmaster endorses
the scheme which, he says, he has carefully
considered and he promises to do all in
his power to make it success. 1t is be-
lieved the public will endorse the plan and
that the receipts of the department from
this source viii be doubled within two
years. There is no disposition on the part
of the department 10 throw too much work
on the carriers, but it is thought IT will oc-
cupy but little Of their time, while in many
instances 1t will save the patrons of the
service long walks to the postoffice or sta
tions.
When the new scheme goes into effect.
which viii be in about sixty days, II will
be possible to register letter by handing
it to carrier when he calls at the house
10 deliver mail, or when he passes along
the street. One postmaster wrote that when
the newspapers in his town mentioned the
new plan his carriers were overwhelmed
with requests 20 register matter, one OF
them receiving eleven such requests on
one trip. thus demonstrating the favor with
which the idea was received.
The times., 1899-08-19
A MOB PARADES HAVANA.
A Former Cuban Officer In Danger
of BEING Lynched

havana, Aug. 1s.-0ver 5000 persons at
tended the funeral of Sonora Esperanzs Az
carreta, wife of the former Cuban officer,
finan de Viiiegas, who died in the hospi-
tai Wednesday night, it is alleged, from
the effects of poison administered by her
husband. The burial took place this morn
ing. A committee of the Cuban Club Sism-
previva called on General Brooke this af
ternoon to demand that justice be meted
out TO the alleged poisoner. General Brooke
was indisposed and could not see the COM
mittee, which was received by General
Chaffee, General Brooke's chief of staff.
Crowds are parading the streets shouting
Death to Pinan de Villegas," and the
prison in which he is confined is heavily
guarded by police to prevent his being taken
out and lynched
The demonstration against Pinan de Viii
legas and the threats to lynch him con-
tinued until o'clock. The demonstrators
belonged to the poorest class of people.
At o'clock the police finally ordered the
mob 10 disperse, and upon their refusal to
do so, charged upon them with their clubs.
The demonstrators took to their heels and
the city is now quiet. Several of the mob
were clubbed by the police. 1t is stated
that the prisoner is insane.
General Ludlow has appointed Doctors
Tamayo, Finley, Castro, Gorgas, Davies,
and Plummer to investigate the yellow
fever here. They are to Immediately report
each case and to take measures to isolate
the victims. The sanitary condition of the
city is very good for summer time. There
have been only two cases of yellow fever
among the Americans, neither OF which
proved fatal. There are a few cases among
the Spaniards who live in dirty, crowded
places.
A priest at Pinar del Rio, the abbess of
convent, and three nuns have been ar
rested on the charge of swindiing merchants
by means of forged notes, asking for pro-
visions for hospital Senior Sagrario. the
Spanish Consul General, had an interview
with Secretary of State Capote today and
demanded the release of the prisoners on
the ground that they are Spaniards. Senior
Capote referred Senior Sagrarie to Secre-
tary of Justice LanuZa. 1t is not likely
that the latter will interfere In the matter.
Nothing has been heard of the Spanish
steamer San Augustin, which left here last
Friday for New York. There is also much
anxiety concerning the Ward Line steamer
Havana, which sailed hence Sunday morn
ing for New York, and which is now some
time overdue.
The times., 1899-08-19
why Ignore Maryland.

tFrom the GalyeSton NeWs.)
Not daily paper is published which does not
contain a notice of this or that Democrat being
invited tor Kentucky to make speeches for the
Democratic party. Bryan has promised to go to
Kentucky Stone is to go to Kentucky. Harrison,
of Chicago, is also to make the trip. There are
scores of other; Democrats throughout the United
States who say they have been invited to go
there and save, the State from Republican rule
The question suggests itself, why do not some
of these Democrats offer their services TO go to
Maryland to help out the Democratic party
there? II ID fighting for the redemption OF the
State from. Republican rule, and has as hard
fight as Kentucky Democrats have. Stone says the
loss of Kentucky this year would have a bad ef-
feet on the Democratic States next year. Would
not the loss of Maryland have just as bad effect
Kentucky Is a. border State. Maryland is
border State. Both were always Democratic be-
fore the last Presidential election Why do the
leaders warm up toward the one and turn the
cold shoulder TO the otherl
The times., 1899-08-19
Working by Proxy.

FTom the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
President Mckinley does not appear to the
general public to be doing much. though he
holds an office in which there would seem TO be
abundance of opportunities for performance. This
is because he has faculty OF delegating work and
troubles. See how he turned over the Alger
embarrassment to Vice President Hobart Then,
when public sentiment got restiye on account of
delay in the Carter case, he suddenly switched the
matter, and now the newspapers, obedent 10 the
tip, heaping Goals of fire the head of At
torney General Griggs; and Mr.. Mckinley has
plenty of time to study the political sgnal-ser-
vice bulletins to see which way the wind is blow
The times., 1899-08-19
THE HURRICANE SUBSIDIES.
Steamers Arrive and Depart From
Newport News.


Newport News. Va. Aug. 18.-The Ocean
Steamship Company's large passenger
steamer City Of Birmingham, bound from
New York to Savannah with passengers
arrived in port this afternoon at o'clock
one of her engines having been disabled
in the hurricane outside of the Virginia
Capes. The ship succeeded in making the
shipyard under her own steam. and the
work of making the repairs was COM
menced as soon as she tied up. A force of
men will work on her all night and she
will proceed TO Savannah some time to-
morrow. The passengers decided to remain
aboard instead of going to Savannah by
rail when they learned that the City of
Birmingham will be ready for sea again
tomorrow. The Clyde liner Gulf Stream
is still anchored off the shipyard
All of the Baltimore, Washington. Bos-
ton. and New York steamers went out to-
night. The hurricane has apparently sub
sided. The water in the James is at normal
height and the winds velocity has abated
considerably No damage was done to the
shipping and water front and no disasters
have been reported.
The times., 1899-08-19
Bones of other Centuries.
From the liverpool Courier.)


Very few people who know Covent Garden
and Drury Lane were, until recently aware of
the fact that there is, rather was, eeme-
terry IN the vicinity, although il Is described
in BLEAK House" There a cemetery there
for centuries, and il contained the bones OF many
aristccrats and wealthy people, for the neigh
borhoOd of Covent Garden was at one time
highly fashionable locality-the beginning of the
great West End. Today ness thoroughfare is
10 be constructed between the Strand and Hol-
born, and as the cemetery is in the line of route
it became necessary TO remove the bones and de-
posit them elsewhere. This has been reverentiy
done and unknown to the busy habitups Of
the locality the bones OF IS 600 persons have
been removed. 1t found that some OF the
bodies had been inferred as deep as thirteen feet
from the surface The most remarkable dis
covery was that of u wine cellar full of all
kinds of bottloes Fancy n wine cellar in the
midst Of cemetery
The times., 1899-08-19
A TEMPLE DEDICATED.
Headquarters of the Church of the
Living God.

Shiloh, Me-, Aug. 1s.-More than five
thousand persons assembled in Durham,
on the west shore OF the Androscoggin
River, today. to dedicate the temple that
has been erected by the Rev. F. w. Sand
ford and his adherents as the headquarters
of believers in the Church of the Living
God. Work ON this structure, which is
one of the largest in the State, was begun
in March of last year, and Mr.. Sandford
and his followers hold that it has been
completed through a miracle, claiming that
unless the 200 builders who have worked
night and day for the last twenty days
had been endowed with superhuman
strength they could not have finished the
work The workmen stopped at noon to-
day, and were paid on the spot Then the
building was dedicated by the Rev Mr..
Sandford, who preached sermon. Half OF
the States in the Union were represented
among those present.
The temple is built around a courtyard
160x175 feet. The structure is divided into
apartments for the accommodation of the
members of the Shiloh colony and Offices
for those who have charge OF promoting
the belief.