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SENSATION EXPECTED.
Gen. Mercier and Casimir-Perier
VIII Confront Each Other Today.
Emily Crawford.

RENNES, Aug. 13.--Tomorrows' ses-
sion of the Dreyfus court-martiaI is
awaited with the greatest anxiety and
expectation, in view of the conformation
of MERCER by Casimir- -Perier when the
former will virtually be in the prison
ers dock A dramatic scene is inevitable
1t is understood that even q more thrill
ing incident than that which ended yes
terday's session was expected by the
counsel of Dreyfus, and would have oc-
CURED but for Gen. Mercier's prudence
Dreytus intended and had actually de-
clared his determination to slap Mercier's
face before the whole court if he brought
up the story of the rela tions of Dreyfus
with Nine. B., who, some newspapers
have asserted, acted as go-between for
DreNfus and the attache to whom he is
alleged to have made reasonable revela-
tions.
Mercier abstained from all reference to
the story, but, despite this, the people in
the court thought for a moment that
Dreyfus was about to strike MERCER, un-
til q captain of gendarmes took him gen
tly by the arm and pushed him back into
his seat
The Petit Journal and some other pa
pers, including those published here, ac-
cuse the foreign press men present in
the court of being the authors of the
demonstration against MERCER when he
left the court. The accusation is ridicu-
lous and was prompted by the obvious
desire of the anti-revisionists to exclude
foreign newspaper men from what thev
maintain is a purely French matter. It
was even stated that measures would be
taken against the foreign correspondents.
About sixty Of the correspondents met
this evening to protest against the
charge During the course of the pro-
ceedfngs Nine. Severin, the famous wom.-
an journalist, came on behalf of a com
mittee of the French judiciary press, who
had just held a meeting on the subject.
and decided that no measures against the
foreign press would be taken or were con-
templated, and, should the press be OK
cluded from the court room, French
newspapers would be treated exactly the
same as foreign newspaper men. The
meeting thereon decided to treat the mat
Ter OF the attacks Of a section of the
French newspaper men with silent con-
tempt.
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HEAVY LOSS AT ROULETTE.
Saratoga Club Member Said to Have
WRgered Large Sums.

SARATOGA, n. Y, Aug 13-There are
two sides to this story amounting in all
to a cash difference of about $39, S75 On
one side appears Mr. Garfield of the
Saratoga club, on the other William II
Clark, the racing man, and young poll
tician of Saratoga.
AT the clubhouse it is q rule that resi-
dents of Saratoga are not admitted This
LEGAL politician, however, was an excep-
ton. -Four nights ago Mr. Clark, in COM
pany with some friends, walked in and
proceeded to enjoy himself In the
midst of their play the Saratoga politi-
clan concluded that Mr.. Clark ought to
discontinue the entertainment. You are
losing too much,' said he, warningly.
Don't you think you ought to stopo''
Mr. Clark said that he was the arbiter
of his own fortunes, that it was his
money and that he proposed doing as he
chose. So the youthful Saratoga politi-
cian went forth in search Of aid to save
Mr. Clark from himself. A few moments
later Mr.. Clark left the table, went up
stairs and proceeded to other amuse-
ments.
By and by the gentleman who had
warned Mr.. Clark returned and Mr. Can
field requested him TO withdraw Ever
since that day the story has been going
the rounds in Saratoga that Mr.. Clark
lost $4,000 at his first sitting at roulette
and $23,0QC at the next
Mr.. Clark" said Mr. Garfield this
evening, played here, think, about five
hours. and the transaction amounted to
no more than people frequently wager on
one bet. 1t was in the neighborhood of
$ee59,'
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with their multitude of minor issues, is
being left largely with his assistants and
chiefs and he is concerning himself with
the larger questions of the reconstruction
and future of these islands and with the
substitution of orderly civil government
for the military regime now in force.
When former Premier Rivera urged
that an order be speedily issued for
municipal elections in Porto Rico, the
secretary replied that he hoped these
elections would occur as soon as the
present unhappy and storm-swept condi-
ton of the island would permit.
When 1t was suggested that the desola-
ton in Porto Rico made opportune re-
mission of duties on articles of prime
necessity the secretary said he was al
ready comforting with Cen Davis, gov
ernor general of the island, as to that
step.
Mr. Root has little time for the crowd
of callers with small requests. He is
laborious and methodical worker When
there was some surprise at his remaining
at his desk until o'clock Thursday even
ing-three hours after the building was
deserted-he explained that it was his
habit to concentrate his attention upon
important work from 10 o'clock in the
morning until II o'clock at night, usually
without the distraction of meals. He has
been making his studies at home most
of the evenings since he has been here.
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RIOTING IN PARIS.
Police Compelled to Clear Streets
to Prevent Serious TroubIe.

~ L serious trouble.
PARIS, Aug. ADMINISTRATIONS oc-
Cured this evening outside the office of
the Anti-Semite league, where Jules
Guerin, president of the league. and MAY
Regis, the former Jew-baiting mayor of
Alg1erS, against whom orders of arrest
were Issued yesterday, on a charge of
conspiracy to bring about a change Of
government, are still besieged by the no.
lice. Fifty anti-Semites took up a posi-
ton In a restaurant opposite, and NJ
Guerin harangued them from a window
Finally the police closed the thorough
rare to prevent the demonstration becom-
ing serious.
In the course of the evening Col. Cod
Trey, president of the Jeunesse Rovalists
was arrested and a dispatch from Saint
Lo, capital of the department of Manche
announces the arrest of NJ le Meut sec
retary of the League of Patriots. II an
pears that the report of the arrest Of
M. Marcel-Habert, member of the cham
Der OF deputies for Rambouillet and a
high official Of the League of Patriots
was incorrect He is still at large. Out
OF thtrty-seven warrants issued some
twenty-five have been executed.
M. Denis COchinis, Monarchist. and one
of the deputies for the Seine department
has written to the premier, NJ WaIdeck-
Rosseau, announcing his intention to in
terpeIlate the government when parlia-
ment reassembles regarding its general
policy
The situation is believed to be less dan
gerous than is pretended. The arrests
serve to turn attention from the Dreyfus
aHalr, while the seizure of papers may
enable the government to make further
examples among the superior officers of
the army.
The editor of the Temps, who obtained
admission to the offices of the Anti
Semitic league, found the place a verita-
BILE fortress. The grand hall contained
twenty Winchester repeating rifles and
plenty of ammunition, revoIvers and side
arms.
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VETERANS OF GERMANY
Gathering at Chicago to Meet and
Greet Old Comrades.


CHICAGO, Aug. 13-One hundred
thousand German-American citizens par
ticipated today in the celebration Incl
dent to the opening of the fourteenth an
nual conference of the Kriegerbund and
the twenty-ffth annual reunion in Ameri-
ca Of the Deutscher Kreigerverein. The
former includes veterans of the Franco
Prussian war
The day signalized the opening of the
conventions. The pageant was large and
imposing. The cordial relations be-
tween the Germans and their fellow coun-
trynen was made manifest in the en-
thusiastic cheering that greeted on every
hand the two young women who repre-
sented Columbia and Germany and in
the singing by multitude at Sharp
shooters park of German and American
national anthems.
The day began with the arrival of
trains bearing delegates from all parts
OF the country. AS each train slowed
up at the depots commissioners stepped
forward to welcome the visitors 1t was
not a formal reception of strangers, but
a reunion of old friends Many of the
arrivals were recognized by members of
the committees as former messmates on
the battlefield, and the welcome extended
was hearty one.
Among the visitors were vereins from
st. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland. Elein.
Milwaukee, Dubuque and many other
cities.
Tomorrow the business sessions of the
conventions begin
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equipment, particularly as to Gen. Otis
forces III front of the enemy. OF the COM
missary general he asked just how many
rations were in actual stock at Manila,
how long this supply would last, how
quickly it could be replenished and wheth-
er there was ample margin for every
emergency.
The same information has been drawn
as to ordnance medical and hospital
supplies, engineering and signal equip
ment. Each bureau officer submitted
succinct tabular statement, and this
was s1pnIemented nv personal talk
with the secretary. Not only the Of
fcials here, but those at Manila and
Havana have been consulted by cable
whenever it has been necessary TO add
to the completeness of the information
at hand here In this way Mr.. Root
has speedily brought himself into touch
with every branch of the military serv-
ice, and has gathered a complete re-
sumo of military affairs.
MILITARY SITUATION.
While getting in hand this admins
trative machinery Mr.. Root has at the
same time made a careful inquiry into
the military situation in the field. Prob
ably the most important military inquiry
he is pursuing is as to the fluctuations
of the insurrection in the Philippines
since the day it began. For that pur-
pose a military map IS now being pre-
pared by the adjutant generals office
for the private use of the secretary,
showing the advance of our forces
,crI1n Cc17 fjev>
campaign, the position and movements
on different occasions, the retreat of the
enemy and its position and force from
time to time. 1t will be a bird d's-eye
view of the theater of military opera
tions throughout the insurrection.
Data will be written in to show the po-
sition of the army as the campaign
proceeded and, as lar as possible, 1t
will convey to the eye an idea of the
scope of the military operations in the
Philippines UP to date. The preparation
of this map has been put in charge of
Maj. Simpson, chief of the bureau of
military information, who mas been Civ
ing his undivided attention to making
it complete and comprehensive.
While going over the military phases
of the work, the secretary has conferred
with Gen. Miles and with Gen. Merritt,
who is second in command, on the mill
tary problems presented, and, in addition
to the military results, these councils
have established cooperation between
the executive head of the war depart
ment and the ranking officers of the
army.
MAKING HASTE SLOWLY
Meanwhile the secretary has announced
no far-reaching policies. He proceeds
slowly while the facts, on which policies
must rest, are being assembled. If
there have been loose and rather careless
statements as to a proposed policy, they
have probably been as much a surprise to
him as to the public. So, too, the reports,
set af1oat before he entered office, that
he would confine his attention to Cuban
affairs, leaving the Philippines to 1.-The
military authorities, have not been borne
out but on the contrary the military
exigencies in the Philippines have been
the subject of his most earnest solicitude.
Concerning Cuba and Porto Rico, the
detailed administration Of their affairs,
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ASSASSINS ATTACK THE ATTORNEY
FOR THE DEFENSE IN THE
DREYFUS CASE
THE FUTURE OF FRANCE
1T IS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE
OF THE TRIAL OF
DREYFUS
RESULTS FAR REACHING

Freedom of Dreyfus the Present
Stake of the Game, but the Real
Contest Is Between the Opposing
Forces, Which Have Been in Ex-
fsteace in France Since the Days
of the Revolution.
ing ambushed Maitre Labori, counsel for
Dreyfus, and one shot was fired, hitting
Labori in the back. NJ. Labori fell in the
roadway He is still alive.
Maitre Labor left his house alone for
the court at about o'clock this morning.
His residence is situated in the suburbs
of the town, about quarter of an hours
walk from the Lycee, the route being
along a solitary road besides the River
Villaine. He had reached a point half
way on his journey when two men who
had evidently been lying in wait for him
rushed out of a narrow lane and one Of
them fired a single shot from revolver.
The murderers were only couple of
yards behind their victim, and the bullet
struck Maitre Labori in the back. The
wounded man uttered an agonizing cry
and fel! fiat on his face. The murderers
Immediately He'd through the lane frcm
which they had emerged pni both es-
capped.
At 1870 o'clock it was announced that
the bullet had entered the stomach, that
there was no outward bleeding, and that
the physicians believe that M. Labori
will die from the wound.
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sANTO DOMINGO SKIPPED.
hurricane In the West Indies Did
Little Damage There.

SANTO DOMINGO, Aug. 1s.-The
storm on Aug. did comparatively little
damage in the city of Santo Domingo.
The barometer at o'clock a. m that
day registered 2S.62. The wind which
was accompanied by terrific rain. last
ed thirty-six hours, causing the river to
overflow and carrying away all of the
bridge at Ozma.
At Macoris there was not much dam
age done on the shore, but the rise of
the river caused the loss of many light
ers. No reliable news yet can he re-
cetved from the interior, the telegranh
lines having been interrupted. It ia
known, however, that everywhere
throughout the country the rivers over
flowed their banks, stopping communi-
cation and drowning many cattle,
BUSINESS continues dull, but the pres
ent situation is tranquil. The Tinted
states cruiser New Orleans and the gum
boat Machias returned here this morn
Ing. The steamer Carib from New
York, July 2S, arrived today.
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L. A. W. ANNUAL.
Seven Thousand Visitors Are Ex-
pected at Boston.

BOSTON, Aug 13.-The twentieth an
nual meet of the League of American
Wheelmen will begin in this city tomor-
row. The trains arriving here today
were filled to overlooking with wheel
men for the meet. Large delegations ar
rived Saturday. 1t is expected that at
least 1000 visitors, mostly L. A. w. men,
will be here during the week The races
will be held On Wednesday and Thurs
day afternoons, Friday evening and Sat
urday afternoon at Charles River park
Tomorrow the riders who competed at
the International meet at Montreal will
arrive in town and the entry lists for
the races will be announced. Chairman
GerIach, of the l.. A. w racing board,
will be referee at all the races.
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BULLETIN OF
NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for ST. Paul.
Fair and Warmer.

Weather Forecast for st. PaulI
Fair and Warmer.
1-Amer1cans Take San MateO.
New War Department Regime
Need In Porto Rico.
M A"O0Fi Shot }5
2-Mefggs Wants His Money. va
Death of Helen De Witt. u
Inspecting Warehouse Books.
3-MinneapOI1s Matters.
Iowa Democratic Convention.
Rising Feared in Africa.
Views of Mr.. Croker.
4-EditOriaI.
Cuban Race Issue.
6-SpOrting News.
St. Paul Defeats Blues.
Brewers Best MIIIers.
Worlds Cycle Events.
6-Week's Markets Reviewed.
Interests of Dairymen.
7-Gardeners of Egypt.
SIN the Field of Labor.
State Fair Exhibits.
Compact With Esau.
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PEOPLE OF PONCE PEACEFUL.
EndeavOring to Make the Best of y
Distressing Situation.

PONCE, Porto Rico, Aug. 13.-Althoueb
the disasters which followed the bnrTi-
cane have not been overestimated. the
people are peaceful and endeavoring to
make the best of the situation. The
bodies are buried where they are found,
Supplies are being pushed forward under
military supervision with daily payments
to the workmen.
1t Is gathered from interviews with
merchants and planters, some Of vbon1
owe European houses, that there will ha
numerous failures
The steamer Australia, with cargo. was
wrecked during the storm off Arrovo. on
the southeast coast, and. the Vasco off
Arecibo, on the north coast.
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TO-DAY IN ST. PAUL.

POLITAN-Vitascope pictures Of
Jeffries-Fitzsimmon fight, 2:30 and S:l5
p. m.
Base Ball, at Lexington park, ST. Paul
and Minneapolis, at 3:45 p. m.
Lake Shore pavilion, White Bear, Vaude-
vile entertainment, at p. m.
Como Park, Minnesota State Band, at 8
p. m.
St. Paul Council Royal and Select Mas
ters, Masonic hall, Fifth street, at s
p. m.
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DEMAND OF UNCLE SAM.
Trade and Harmony All That Il
Wanted of South America.

RIO JANEIRo, Aug. 13.-Col. Parker
Page Bryan, United States minister to
Erazil, in q communication to the Ar
gentine and Brazilian press, asserts that
the United States wants nothing CT South
America but trade and harmony.
Immense crowds representing the libra
ries and the schools have been besieging
the palace this evening cheering the pres
idents of Argentine and Brazil. The peo-
pie have been shouting for union be-
tween the two governments
Tonight the president of Brazil gave
another reception and banquet followed
by ball. At the banquet the finance
minister, Senior Porela, toasted THE
eternal union of Argentina ard Brazil -
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Panic Threafened.

CHICAGO, Aug. 13-The blowing out
of an elbow in a steampipe on the steam
er r. j. Gordon,zsan excursion boat plying
between Manhattan Beach and Chicago.
left the boat afnlSst helpless mile and
half from shore and with more than 100
men, women andschiIdren on board. Only
the other members OF the crew prevented
a panic.
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MANILA CASUALTIES.
Gen. Otis Gives List of Killed and
Injured In Recent Fighting.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Gen. Otis re-
ports the following additional casualties:
Killed, Aug. 8, Thirty-sixth infantry,
near San Fernando: Corporals Louis J.
Wagner; M, Andrew Wilson.
Wounded, Seventh infantry: D, Nicholas
Nolan, chest, very severe; ]. Woods, fore
arm, moderate; Celestine Botino, elbow,
Edward Woods, thigh severe; John W.
Raymond, thigh, slight Twelfth infantry,
H, Corporal Albert Beryow, shoulder,
Fifty-frst Iowa infantry, G, Peter J.
Hariff, chest, severe; Thirty-sixth infan-
try, Maj. John Hugh A. Braden, knee,
slightly; Capt. Robert F. Alternately, fore
arm, slight; c. Matthew E. Ham, arm,
severe; D, James F. Higgins, thigh,
slight; NJ, Michael Mccarthy, knee,
slight; Twentyfourth infantry at De-
posito, E. Corporal L. B. Price, foot, mod
Novaletta, B, Glenn Wonghtel leg, slight.
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BAROMETER Fauino

BRUNSWICK, Ca, Aug. 13-The ha-
Tometer has been falling slowly since
o'clock; At that hour dense clouds rolled
continued for some tine sending clouds
OF dust in every direction and creating
much alarm. Everything portable has
peen put where it will suffer the least
damage should the storm strike. Ali
shipping is securely tied down.
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RIDICULED AT BERLIN.
Gen. Mercier's Story of a Threaten.
ed War Amuses GERMANY.

RERLIN, Aug. 13.-The statement Of
Gen. Merc1er before the court-martial at
Rennes yesterday regarding the ina,,,ir
nence Of war between Germany and
France excites ridtcule here. The gener-
al opinion is now that the former war
minister ought to be regarded from a
pathological point of view.
The semi-ofticial newspapers declare
that there was never any idea of war and
even had Count Won Munster, the Ger
man ambassador in Paris, been recalled
a charge d'affaires would have been left
to carry on the embassy business.
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dents and episodes are the beginning of
a struggle of a far-reaching consequence.
L must give the Nationalists credit for
having, from the very beginning, seen
what the investigation would lead to.
They may not be accused of blindness.
They accepted the madman Qaesnay de
Beaurepaire as their spokesman. But
they had a keen instinct for the ultimate
trend of the revisionist movement.
Dreyfus is generally unfortunate in the
use of the pen He lacks sensibilities and
cannot diSsect himself from his ego to
enter into the feelings of others. One
sees his egotism in his correspondence
with his wife. He was never more TN
fortunate than in the letter complain
ing that M. Casimir-I erier did not keep
a promise to him. 1t exasperated Cast
mir-Perier, who treated as a foul libel
the assertion that he, as president of the
republic. entered into a pact with an Of
f!cer accused of treason. Casimir-Perier
has habit of thinking morbidIy He
has taken deep offense at several asser-
uons of Mercier and will try conclusions
with him tomorrow. We expect fur to
hy-in Casimir-Perier' case canine, in
Mereier's feline
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OCEAN LINERS.

NEW YORK = Arrived: Rotterdam,
Rotterdam and Boulogne; La Bretagne,
HaVre.
HAVRE = Arrived: La Touraine, New
York.
QUEENSTOWN = Sailed: Lucania,
Liverpool for New York.
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REPORTS CONFIRMED.
Gen. Davis second dispatch is as fol-
lows:
Further details and Incomplete renorts
confirm previous reports as conservatives
I suggest the appointment of an officer in
New York to receive relief funds and
supplies, cabling the quantities end kinds
shipped on each beat. Col Hofer. of the
medical department, has charge of the
relief work here There should be shipped
this week not less than $500 tons food.
leans, rice and cheap grade of cod
fish. Money will be supplied in assisting
to rebuild houses. and huts and in the
hire of help.
Il recommend that bags for sugar and
cottee' all kinds OF rough lumber for
building, fencing hooks, slaves and hoons
for sugar packing and galvanized iron
and nails for roofing purposes be placed
on the free list I have authorized the
employment of labor for rebuilding the
barracks at Cayey and Aibonao. which
were wholly destroyed
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DOCUMENTS IN DossIER.

Several of Countess Won MINISTER'S let
ters, in the secret dossier, were to Nile.
Louise Faure. They may be forgeries. I
cannot imagine that she gave them to the
minister of war as proof that the family
of the German ambassador took an inter-
est in Drcyfus The Schwartzkoppen let
ter, speaking of the impetuous interven-
tion in the affair of the German emperor,
for reasons unknown even to Hohenlohe,
is believed to be genuine.
In this connection it is said, in military
circles, that a lady in whom Emperor
William took a deep interest had picked
out for him Dreyfus as a person conpe-
tent to inform his majesty on French
military questions. This lady, it is said,
was relative of the late jacques Saint
Cyr, of the Figaro, who was condemned
to thirteen months Imprisonment for
hlackrnailing the late millionaire Max le
Baudy. She came to Faris as a pictorial
artist, as the story goes, and exhibited in
the Salon. There was such a lady, but L
should be sorry to declare her the mis-
tress of the German emperor and the
temptress of Dreyfus. What the officers
say about her may be another lie, which
should be nailed to the counter. Military
credulity is boundleSS.
Emily Crawford