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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
Sought Information.

"I replied that / did not see the ne
cessity of giving him the scheme, and
that i'm any case he had better apply TO
his own chief, Mai Bertin. Dreyfus
pretended that Bertin would not i'm
part any information. Day after day
he pestered me so that finally. having
no reason to distrust him, l began CIV
ing him explanations. Dreyfus- DIS
played the keenest interest and took
copious notes. When later his house
was searched, these notes were not dis
coverable. l don't know what became
of them. But IL is difficult TO believe
they were destroyed, considering the
importance he seemed TO attach to the
Information and the persistence shown
i'm procuring IT,"
After launching the above declara-
tion, which he apparently considered to
be weighty evidence OF the treachery OF
Dreyfus, Major Cuignet proceeded TO
recount I'm detail the task which Cen
eral Gonse assigned TO him in May, 1898.
Of classifying the documents in the
Dreyfus Esterhazy and Picquarts
cases.
"The first question will ask here Is,
said the witness. sis Dreyfus guilty?"
NV conviction OF his guilt Is based on
these grounds: First-His confessions
10 CAPTAIN Lebrun- Renault. Second
The technical nature OF the contents OF
the bordereau. Third the examination
of the secret dossier.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
Mai. Culgnet Iestihes.

Maj. Cuignet, the first witness called.
was not in uniform, as he is not at
present attached to any corps.
Before beginning an account Of the
special investigations into the case
which / was ordered TO make by min
listers of war from NJ. Caivagnac TO Nj.
De Freycinet," said the witness, L
wish TO mention a personal fact, which,
in conjunction with the evidence al
ready heard, will constitute fresh proof
OF the prisoners indiscreet behavior
when employed on the headquarters
staff | was on the stam when Drey-
fus was a probationer, during the lat
ter half OF 1898. Among other duties,
| was connected with the railroad SER
vice and the mining of railroads, with
the view of interrupting traffic in case
of need. 1t is hardly necessary TO point
out the secret character OF such mat
ters. Dreyfus, as a probationer on the
eastern railroads, had been ordered Ia
specially study the mining on them and
possessed information relating solely
TO them. One day Dreyfus asked me ia
give him the general scheme of mining
which / possessed. giving as reason
for his request that ne was anxious to
increase his knowledge and that II
was necessary for him To
know the general scheme in order to
properly carry out the work entrusted
90 him
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19

SPINE FRACTURED.
Hoffman Lived Six Years and Gained
70 Pounds in Weight.
Died Yesterday In Hosplia---Lower Part Of
Body Was Paralyled.

New York Aug. 19.-Henry Hoffman.
who for more tnan ave years had lived
with a broken spine in the Eastern
District hospital Williamsburg, died
there yesterday.
Surgeons everywhere were greatly in
terested In Hoffman's case. His seventh
and eighth dorsal vertebrae were frac-
tured and he was paralyzed below that
point. That he should have lived so
long was remarkable. No man before
ever lived longer that is months with
a broken spine. Yet he had the free
use of his arms and talked and ate and
laughed as well as any man with a
normal spine.
Hoffman. a German born, was sail
or on the English ship Silver Craig. The
boat was moored at the Commercial
street dock, Greenpoint, and HOFFMAN
was helping to unload her, when pull
ley block fell and struck him in tho
middle of his back, breaking his ver-
tebrae.
DR.. Blaisdell, chief of staff OF the
Eastern District hospital. put Hoffman
in an apparatus that prevented pres
sure by the broken bones on the spinal
cord. Hoffman slept on rubber bed
filled with water For six months no
was bidSitI VI Hnii Aipi's
his neck down. Except 70 rthe restora-
tion OF slight sensibilty i'm some of his
toes. Hoffman did not improve. and
latterly the treatment was directed TO
make him as comfortable as possible.
When he entered the hospital he weigh
ed only $50 pounds. but he took on 70
pounds OF flesh.
Word recently reached the hospital
authorities from the British GARD NJ
Trade. which has regularly sent a re-
mittance 10 the Institution OF $25 a
month that the British government
would give Hoffman n cot In the Marine
hospital OF London II he could safely
stand the trip across the Atlantic.
When the proposal was made To Hoff-
man he said he would rather remain
where ne was.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
A POLICEMAN DEFENDANT.


Everett Hall. a police officer connect
ed with the Second police station, was
directed by Judge Rogers in the appel
late court today to pay Hrs. Ellen j..
Hall who is seeking a divorce from
him a weekly allowance of $ week
and counsel fee Of S25. Mrs. Hall tes-
titled she had one child and that her
husband had been on the police force
five years and received S2l a week that
she had no means TO support herself
during the pendency Of the petition
Mrs. Mall said she would require ~ OF
$40 week FOR her own support ana
that Of her child. judge Rogers besides
the custody OF her child. H. g.. Curtis
was attorney for the petitioner ana MT.
Hall was neither I'm court hmslt nor
was he repres nted by counsel
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
REWARDED in WILL
FOR AN ANCIENT LOAN
Hedden, Who Borrowed $500 Forty
Years Ago and Failed, Left
$4,000 to BenefaCtor.

South avenue. Plainfield. n. j., yester-
day received notification that the be-
quest of $4,000 made him by the viii
or the late w. +. Hedden, who died in
the West, would soon be forthcoming
a few MINOR formalities to comply with
before the estate could be disposed OF.
This bequest comes as the result or a
venture OF Frazee forty years ago in
Newark, when he loaned $500 TO He'd
den TO invest in factory. The money
was lost in the concern. and with his
MISFORTUNE and bad luck behind him,
Hedden decided TO strike out for the
west. Before going he promised Frazee
that II he ever made any money he
would pay the debt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19

Rennes. Aug. 19.-No especial incl
dent occurred this morning when the
second trial by court-martial of Capt
Alfred Dreyfus of the Fourteenth ar
tillery, charged with treason, was re-
sumed at the Lycee.
The first witness called today was
Maj. Cuignet. formerly attached to the
minister of Sar.
The witness, who declared he was
convinced OF the prisoners guilt, was
cross-examined by NJ. Demange, coun-
sci for the defense. who succeeded in
pointing out that several OF his state
ments contradicted his previous depo-
sitions.
The president Of the court, Col. Jou-
aust, asked Dreyfus IL he had anything
to say. whereupon the prisoner rose and
again vehemently protested against the
denunciations levelled against him, an
innocent man. Gen. De Boisdeffre was
the next witness called.
Following is the evidence in detail.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
CITY in NEED OF A
r1ARkET PLACE.
Obstruction of South Water and Dyer
Streets and Crawford Street
Bridge Serious Inconvenience.

The continually congested condition
of Dyer street. South Water street and
Crawford street bridge every morning
except Sunday, has prompted several
members of the city council to take up
the discussion of a project to establish
a regular market place in the city, or
otherwise to have ordinances adopted
that wifi better regulate the movements
of the pedlers and wholesale vegetable
dealers who take up the greater part Of
the street, from very early in the
morning until after 9 a. m.
There is hardly a morning that one
or more of the electric cars bound for
Market square is not blocked by the
mass of pedlers' wagons. and quite Of
ten this causes serious inconvenience to
persons who desire to connect with
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
BertiIIon's Conclusion.

Tho Major dwelt admiringly on the
conclusion OF NJ. Bertillon that Ester
hazy had learned to initiate the hand
writing of the bordereau after Its pub
Iication i'm the Matin. He then review
ed the police reports on Dreyfus.
Replying to a question OF the court
Cuignet described the circumstances of
the discovery of the Henry forgery ana
how il was that the probationers did
not participate in the maneuvers OF
1894. although they had long believed
they would attend.
Mai. Carriere. the governments com
missary, at this juncture said ne
thought Il desirable to remark. as tne
representative OF the government, tnat
he must not be understood to endorse
all Mai. Cuignet had said with refer
ence to a foreign military officer. VINO
at the present time held a diplomats
appointment in France" tSensationJ
Replying TO Demange. Maj. Cauignes
insisted that IL Henry committed for-
gerry ''it was in the interests OF the
country"
To this statement counsel retorted:
"You did not say that TO the Court OK
CaasatiOn."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
Culgnet Cornsred.

AT the request OF NJ. Demange the
majors deposition before the Court cf
Cessation. relating to Henry's motives
and Patty de CLAIMS share In the prep
aration OF the forgery was read. 4
showed that Cuignet emphatlcally de-
clared before the Court OF Cessation
that ne was convinced an investigation
,.o,,ld easily show that Patty de Clam
was the principal author Of the Henry
forgery. Witness claimed he thought
ne was doing his duty I'm saying al
that is I'm my mind"
"Do Won adhere" asked counsel. TO
all Won said before the full Court or
Cassation7 ,.-
,,.ho a,,en,pted 10 explain by saying he
was "only arguing at that time" and
that is was not for him to Judge Patty
de Clam.
~ the many arguments Maj. Cuignrt
had advanced against Patty de- Clam.
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
A Constant Leakage.

"The Importance OF the dosier," he
said, shows that in 1893 there was
constant leakage in the ministry OF
war. We have had proofs of the plans
or Notifications reaching the hands or
a foreign power. 1t is known to a GER
tainty from the letter Of an agent OF
the foreign power that the stolen plans
emanated from the ministry OF war. A
vast network of espionage had. there
fore been organized against us headed
by agents belonging TO the same power
as "A (Col Schwartzhoppen) the Ger
man military attache) the agents or
other powers also collaborating"
Witness then invited the courts spe-
cial attention 20 this dossier, in which
he said would be ample proof or the
prisoners guilt.
At this stage OF the proceedings Drey-
fus promptly arose and interrupted the
witness, shouting: That Is a manifest
lie."
After this the witness recited in de-
tail his reasons for the belief that the
agent supplying the information was
French staff officer. He then en-
deavored to show that traffic with for
eign military attaches could only have
I been carried on by probationer in the
department occupied by Dreyfus. the
witness specially referred TO the Paniz-
zardi telegram OF November s94
which, he explained, left an impression
on him that in 1894 Dreyfus was an ola
friend of the ItaLan government.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
[. A. W. MEET.
In SPITE OF The Hoi " her Parties Started Out on
A DIV Runs.

Boston. Aug. 19.-The last day Of the
goth annual meet OF the l.. a. w. was
marked by decidedly hot weather. but
this did not deter the enthusiastic de-
votees OF the wheel from entering with
n zest into the pleasures which had
been provided by the entertainment
committee The morning opened with
the starting OF an all-day run 10 Ply
mouth.
At . o'clock another large party
started on all-day runs TO South Natick
taking a circuitous route. visiting
Echo Bridge, and going through the
grounds of Wellesley College TO the
destination. The afternoon was given
up 10 races at Charles River Park.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
The Bordareau.

Another docun. mt of the dossier. ac-
cording to Major Cuignet. showed pe-
yond dispute that the bordereau ac-
tually passed through the hands or Col
Schwartzhoppen. This to the witness
established the authenticity of the oor-
dereau an examination of which. ne
pointed out. proved that Schwartzhop-
pen and Panizzardi had the closest re-
iations in all matters of espionage. Re-
ferring next to the dispatch of Col.
Schneider. former Australian military
attache at Paris, denouncing as Tor
gerry a letter purporting to have been
written by an attache in which he was
represented as referring TO the enorts
being made by Schwartzhoppen ana
Panizzardi to conceal their relations
with Dreyfus, witness maintained Gen.
Mercier's statements on the subject
were correct and that the authenticity
of the letter had been proved. The IN
telligence department he ADDED had
other documents from the same at
tache.
witness said Col. Schneider's contra
diction was really addressed 10 the
Grench government. tSensation).
Besides" added Cuignet, Il WISH 70
point out that the attache issuing the
denial Is a person with somewhat less
consequence than his allies. II Is not
impossible therefore that this denial
was i'm. osed upon him (renewed sensa-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19

Frazee became one OF the pioneer
pony" expressmen on the Central rail
road of New Jersey, and for twenty
hve years he Travelled back and forth
between Plainfield and New York. well
known TO many business men of New
YORK city, with whom he transacted
business for local merchants. He re-
tired rev years ago. He has since
been in poor circumstances.
Hedding engaged in mining ventures.
ana made n fortune. When he died he
bequeathed Frazee $4,000. The news
was conveyed to Frazee two months
ago by w. E. Robinson. one of the exc
cutors, who obtained the proper iden-
tification of the beneficiary.
Frazee lis nearly sevenuty years old.
Four years ago he was compelled TO
nave one OF his feet amputated as the
result or runaway accident.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19

trains at the Union passenger station.
The services OF one or more policemen
and a police sergeant are required to
keep the street open so that traffic of
any kind can be carried on, and all of
these thirgs combined have led num-
ber OF persons to think that something
should be done TO improve the condi-
tion OF affairs.
There was quite an extended talk at
City Hall this morning in regard to the
matter but while many members OF
the city government agreed that some
thing ought to be done, none of them
were prepared TO say where such a
market place az is required should be
located. The consensus OF opinion was
that II would be better. for the present.
to leave the market where IT is, but ar
range matters so that electric car and
other traffic should not be inconve-
nienced.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
Copegan Araignsd al fI'chburg on Charge Of
Numbering Hahan Hartman.

Fitchburg, Aug i9.-Karop Copegian
was before Judge Gallagher in the local
court to-day % answer to charge Of
numbering Nathan Hartman. az West
Fitchburg yesterday. Copegian pleaded
not guilty and the case continued one
week
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
Sul, on a Pr m ssOU Holp.

Theodore +. Dresser OF Boston. has
begun suit IN The common pleas divis-
ion Of the supreme court against Byron
+. Daggett. clinton w. Eastwood, NJ.
Lowell and william III. Nixon 10 re-
cover S52S 81. The suit Is on promis-
sorry note made october /, 1896.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
Decree In Diyrrcs Case.

In the divorce case Of Annie y. Ev-
ans VS.. william l.. Evans. decree was
entered i'm the appellats court today be-
fore jude Rogers BY consent by the
provish-s Of which the respondent is
TO pay his wife 81 we kly for her sup
port and a. her counsel the sum of $50.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
Iva Steamers Az ount.

Cape Haytien. Hayti. Aug. l9-Ihe
British steamer Andre and the 6er.
mon steamer Hungaria have grounded
on the reefs outside OF this port Inc
buoys. swept away by the last cyclone
not having been replaced.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
HUsH roR PEstIls UglBATtD.

The rush for the News Calculating
Pencils was unabated yesterday. Ev-
eryb0dy wants one.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19

the table. Cases el. 20 delivered IN ffoNi.
dence. 1IIos. GMMEs & BRO, opp. new
station
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-19
Tells Him That Part Of His
Testimony is a Manifest Lie.
De BoiSdetfre a Bitter Witness Against
Accused -GonSe Also Says He
is Convinced Of His Guilt.

Patty de Clam. He then returned to the
secret dossier OF the war Office from
which he declared. the court was sure
to draw important deductions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
FACTS ABOUT DIAMOND
Most of the Gems Ara Purchased by
Americana.

South Africa is the worlds greatest dia-
mond mine, and the United States is the
hest market in the universe for diamonds,
saws spare Moments" The exports OF
diamonds from South Africa diamond
fields exceed E3, 000.0 eco per annum and Inc
worlds total output is about I4,OVu,0VO; VI
This total the United States buyS ABOUT
60 000 ONO worth. almost entirely in cut
While tariff changes have affected some,
what the diamond 5 ba1e nron me dni the
business of diamond cutting and settlns,
tbev have been without serious effect up
on the American market Wnleh TOT aia-
monds is the best in the world.
In the United States one Is Impressed
with the extraordinary popularity ana al
most lavish use of DIAMONDS. MOI only
are there more diamonds there lnan IN
anv other part of the world, but H1ey
are in more general use. -
The most valuable individual diamonds
of the worlds supply are seiqom wor oee
karats The value of the famous kohl-
moor. which weighs 103 karats, IS 4Ioo,VVo
hrt the value of diamonds is not wholly
regulated by weight, eoioi oeniS III M
Until a century and a half ago the
worlds diamond field was India, n for
nearly a century India held this position.
Brazil brought South American diamonds
into the market; and, in 1865, the south
African or Cape diamond nelds We're us
covered. and nave been worked with great
nrofit ever since, while the Brazilian
fields have been abandoned practically.
The South African diamond. field covers
X 600 square miles. and one feld-the kim
herley. covering nine acres-has produced
more thar G20,0 900. 600 worth of diamonds
since 1871. 1900
from, the South African diamond fields
averages !, 800 pounds in weight to a value
as we nave stated OF over $4,000 eco
miners are employed there. For some rea-
SON which is not plain. although the pro-
ducts Of diamond mines have been Tor
-r a e9smsrs ny 9gisnd Spain or Portu-
gal, the business of diamond cutting has
entered N ana about Belgium. The first
euild Of diamond cutters was established
in the town of Bruges, in that country.
more than 500 years ago, and since that
time the business has been a very profit
dan,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
MAD OVER MURDER.
Says Lavinia Wilson
Was Killed Because She
Knew About Dolly
Reynolds.


A well dressed, reined looking woman
apparently about IS years old, accom-
panied by a girl Of perhaps Is called on
Clerk e. ]. Rooney in the office Of the
County Board of Health yesterday and
asked for a transcript of the death GER
tihcate of Layinia Wilson. She said that
Miss Wilson died on the ferryboat Chau-
tauqua in July, 1898.
Mr.. Rooney looked over the records but
could find no entry of Miss Wilson's
death.
What did she die off" asked Mr.. Roo
ney.
Wen, I'll tell you replied the woman
IN a confidential manner. She was muir
dered to cover up the Dolly Reynolds
murder. She knew a good deal about
that and wou have been a witness
This statement led Mr.. Rooney to be-
lieye that his visitor was insane.
That was not the only murder com
mitted to cover up that crime,' continued
the woman. "A newspaper man was
burned to death in the Windsor Hotel fire
because he knew al labout the Dolly Rey-
nolds murder. He found out SO much
that they decided to get rid of him.. l car
hear his dying shrieks now. | could tell
you about a whole lot of other murders
Thoroughly convinced that the woman
was insane Clerk Rooney advised her Il
go to Speer's morgue. where she said Miss
Wilson'S body had been taken, and see il
there was any record there of her death.
The woman thanked him and went away.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
CONTESTS JOHN cR0NHAR'S WILL
Children by First Wife Or e Their

A caveat against the probate of the will
of John e. Cronham, the well known
painter, who died last January, has been
filed in the Surrogate's office by Lawyer
Otto Grouse. The contestants are three
of Mr.. Cronham's children by his first
wife. They are Charles E. Cronham,
Mary T.. Snyder of Hoboken and Mrs.
Bertha Brooker, of No. f54 Mount Pros
pect avenue, Newark.
The testator left an estate valued at
about $35, 600. He bequeathed his paint
shop and business to his son Charles and
the remainder of the estate to his wife,
The children allege undue influence on the
part of their step-mother and also tesla
mentary ~incapacity.
The will was offered for probate in the
Orphans Court yesterday and Judge
Blair fixed a hearing on the caveat fol
next Friday.
Lawyer Thompson is taking care of Mrs.
Cronham's interests.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
eREEavlLLE MASQUERADE.
Musical and Social Club E~ntertains
Its Friends.

The Greenvi1le Musical and Social CLUB
held a most successful masquerade recep-
ton last evening at Belvedere Hall, Old
Bergen Road and Danforth avenue. The
hall was. crowded with merry masquer-
aders. All kinds Of costumes were in or
der. many Of them being unique The in
clement weather had no terrors for them.
The hall was crowded at an early hour.
A cake walk proved an amusing feature
of the affair. The dancers unmasked at
midnight. The fun continued until the
small hours of the morning.
Among those present were:-Miss cora
Mansfield, Miss Gertrude Petit, Miss Min
ME Petit, Miss Anna Muller, Miss Selling
Flynn, Miss NJ. Ring. Miss r, Ring, Miss
Elizabeth Walsh, Miss Morrison, Miss
Robins. Miss Hattie Muller, Miss N. Null
Ter, Miss G.. Smith, Miss Ethel smith,
Miss M. Jansen, Miss M. Farrell, Miss
Fountainbaeh, Miss Stevenson, Miss M.
Goldsmith. Mrs. Erwin, Miss Higgins,
Mrs. Metzger. Mrs. Haverman, the Misses
Haverman, Mrs. Piel, Mrs. E. ]. Kruger,
Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Manning, Miss Ethel
Mcdonald, O. J.. Prior, Richard Flynn,
Charles Ewart, Fred Furbett, Edward Ed
niger. Richard Harnett, Henry steven
son. Frank Turbett, Robert Ring, Archie
Stevenson, Walter Saybolt, Lester McDon-
aid, M. Furnancin, NJ. Maheney, Mr.. AZ
buckle. NJ. Haverman, Bert Perry, Har-
nv Won Glider, Harry Pearby, william
File, Bert Walshs William Livingstone
Henry Livingstone, Mr.. Hampton A.
Radcliffe, John Abrahams, W. S~chracer,
Fred. Fenner, William Darmstetter and
Mr.. and Mrs. Cavanagh. Mr.. Q. J. Prior
was Floor Manager. Arrangement Com
mittee was:-Chairman, J. W. Sayboit;
Miss A. Muller, Miss D. Nelson, f. r.
Abrahams. Richard Flynn and Charles ".
Eyuyo rt