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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-29
Guerin Is still Besiered.

Paris, Aug. 26.-M. Guerin and his
followers, who are still besieged in the
headquarters Of the Anti Semitic league,
created some excitement by distributing
from the windows of the building cir
culars denouncing the Jews. When
the police prevented the people from
picking up the circulars the Guerinites
bombarded them with bricks.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-29
Financial Crisis In Turkey.

BERLIN, Aug. 26.-The Lokal Anzei-
ger. publishes the following from Con-
stantinople: A financial crisis is immi-
nent. The Ottoman exchequer is
empty. The finance minister has fled
from those seeking payments and taken
refuge i'll a private residence which is
now under the protection of the police.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-29
Precautions Against the Plague,

LONDON, Aug. 26.-Special precau-
tions are bang taken at Southampton
and other English ports today in regard
to the bubonic plague and yellow fever.
All vessels arriving from Spanish and
Portuguese ports r vigorously exam
ined by the medical officers.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-29
Mount Scaffold smiling,

KANSAS CRY, Aug. pa special
from Muskogee says: Cyrus A. Brown
and Matthew Craig e executed yes.
terday: 1t vas the first legal hanging
of white men ever held in the terri
tory. They mounted the scatfold smil-
ing. Both men formerly lived in Kan
sas, Brown belonging to n prominent
Salina family.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-29
Cattle Rustler Bound Over

O'NEIL, Neb., Aug. 26.-Charles A
Haynes, a young farmer living a few
miles east Of this place, arrested fol-
cattle rustling, was bound over to the
district court under u 5000 bond.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-29
|BERTILLON IS JEERED.
Dreyfusards Mock at Testi-
mony Of Handwriting Expert.
Is CALLED THE PRINCE OF QUAcKs.

lIlO1y OF 6anQWTlClnS expert.
rs CALLED THE PRINCE OF QUACKs.
His Queer Diags4sams and Fantastic
cries on Writing Laughed at, but May
Have Carried More Weight with the
Judges Than is Apparent.
RENNEs, Aug. 28.-After M. Bertil-
Ion, the handwriting expert of Paris,
had concluded the first installment of
his so-called demonstration Of the guilt
Of Captain Dreyfus, the Dreyfusards re-
fused to regard him as anything but the
prince of quacks. They cover his re-
marks with ridicule and protest that
the admission of his fantastic theories
as evidence before the court martial is a
disgrace to France.
Nevertheless, even the Dreyfusards
do not deceive themselves as to the eff
feet M. Bertillon's demonstration"
may have on the judges, whom they
fear may be gulled by what the Drey-
fusards consider spurious evidence.
Moreover, with the aid of the innnmer-
able diagrams and specimens Of writing
which he submits to them, they may be
able to follow his reasoning intelligibly,
which is more than any member of the
audience could do. If the judges ac-
cept Bertillon's premises-that Dreyfus
as an expert spy did not write ordinary
handwriting, but in close imitation,
striving to give the letters the appear
ance Of having been traced, in order to
be able to repudiate them as a'forgery if
detected-then the structure built on
this groundwork may be scientifically
correct.
Even Dreyfus, when shown Bertil-
Ions demonstrations, admitted the in
genuity and plausibility OF the system,
though he naturally declared that it was
built upon a false basis.
Bertillon Gets Excited.
A remarkable feature of B%ertillon's
deposition was the heat and excitement
put into what was said to be a calm,
dispassionate demonstration of his the
DRY. He Numbered, shouted and waved
his arms as though engaged in some
terrible dispute. Once he literally
shrieked, and numbers of the usual
audience, who had been unable to fol-
low him and was taking the air in the
court yard, rushed back into the hall,
breathlessly inquiring what had hap
pened and imagined that he was full
minating some dreadful denunciation
of the accused.
Their excitement was turned into
hilarity when they found that he was
momentarily impressing upon the
judges the significance of the exact
space, measured in centimetres, between
two words in the bordereau. The mill
tary witnesses, all of whom sit in a
bunch, leaving Colonel Picquart and
n. Bertulus severely isolated, followed
NJ. Bertillon with a grave and serious
look.
The defense intends. in the event of
Captain Dreyfus being recondemned, to
ask the German government to commu-
nicate documents proving his innocence
and that they had reason to believe such
o request would be granted.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-29

oLoNEL ALLEN c. FAREWELL.
pearance. In the Grand Army his af-
fable have made him a gen.
eral fayorite. In order that he might
go to Porto Rico in uniform and prop
erly attested, Governor Black appoint
cd him to his personal staff with the
rank OF lieutenant colonel. His resi-
dence at 479 Fifth avenue was the
headquarters Of the post recruiting
committee. which raised 5000 volun.
teers for the Spanish war.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-29
TEACHER OF

One Of the
lions at the
coming g. A.
r. n mp
ment at Phila-
delphia will
be Colonel Al:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05
The R. 7. Booth Company Ithaca, NY.

ard Glenwood alias THE Shadow" Is
a burglar who poses as a pious young
man of good family. He is possessed
of wonderful hypnotic powers, which
he used in his work. Herbert Leslie,
his uncla and a physician, has guam
tity of jewels and plate in his house,
and The Shadow" makes plans to
steal it, with the assistance of his pals.
He is caught in the act by the uncle,
whom lie hypnotizes and makes open
the safe. In the end he is betrayed by
Kate Burke, the widow" who be-
comes angry with him on account of
his attempt to poison her.
There are some pretty little passages
in the play, and several songs are sung
by T. D. Miles, who as Noah Lot, the
colored servant, is useful to the plot.
Miss Marie Leslie, who has the role
of Moll Britt, a Mott street girl, sings
some coon songs in the second act, and
sings them well. Mr.. Van Kenzie, as
Richard Glenwood, 1.-The Shadow"
needs no makeup to look his part, and
his facial expression is wonderful. The
intense still OF the burglary scene, when
he hypnotizes the old man, is most i'm
pressive and is more powerful than
words could be. Mr.. Van KenZie Is said
to be really a hypnotist, though of
course he does not exercise his real
power in the play. Miss Lillian Ames,
as Kate Burke, is very good and does
not look nearly the villain she is sup
posed to be. On the whole, the COM
pany is we'll balanced and much at
tention is paid to details, so that there
is not rough spot in the whole per-
formanCe
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05
IN CONCURRENCE.

Petitions MISUNDERSTANDING NJ Mar
tin, for additional compensation for
damage to estate on Hamilton street;
Calvin L. Hartshorn, compensation for
damage to estate on Mill street; John
Bruso and e. L. James, compensation
for time lost from fire duty; H. A. Kim
ball ct ALL, for electric light on Beech
ing street; Charles f. Stevens for
abatement of bill for cons uructing a
sidewalk on Main street; Pierce Pow
ers, abatement of bill for laying water
pipe; j. j. Higgins, for water pipe in
Cutler street; James f. Timon, for
crosswaik on Southgate street.
Orders adopted-To pay Luman Hop
kins $50 for damage to his estate on
Mill street; to pay Matilda Mattson
$l1.44, Mary A. and Joanna F. Smith
1886, Charles A. Young $125.91, and Mar
tin Widerberg $30.94 compensation for
land taken in the widening of West
Boylston street; to pay James Logan
S139.S9 for land taken in widening Sal
isbury street; for curb and gutter on
the southerly side of Institute road
from German to Haviland streets, es-
timated cost $685.; curb and gutter on
the southerly side of Institute road
from German to Westland streets, and
on the '1ortherly side Of Institute road
from Beechmont to Farnum streets, es-
A decree locating a sidewalk on Brit
tan street was ordered placed on file.
A communication was received from
the secretary of the League of Amer
lean Municipalities, inviting the city to
become a member of the league. This
was referred to the committee on leg
islatiVe matters.
Notice of a suit against the city by
Thomas H. Dodge was referred to the
city solicitor.
Mary Flynn and G. w. Sanders pc
titioned the city to assume street bet
terments assessed against their estate
on West Boylston street. On recon-
mendation of the committee on claims,
both boards voted not to do so, but
awarded Mrs. Flynn $2592, and Mr..
Sanders $53.40 compensation, in release
of all further claims against the city.
On report of the committee on claims
leave to withdraw was granted the
following petitioners: Harrison Bliss
heirs that the city assume betterments
assessed against estate on Institute
road; Mary E. Liscomb, admrx, that
city assume betterments assessed
against her estate on same road; FRED
H Daniels Salisbury street, and
James T. McGovern, Sigourney street,
compensation for damages to their
property; Catherine F. McNulty, for
compensation for damage to her bust
ness caused by the operation of sur
face sewer plant George w. Eames
and Mary A. Shannon ct al, for the
refunding of amounts overpaid as
taxes.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05
NOT THE "BLOODIEST BATTLE"

A cable dispatch from London contains
a statement that a message sent by
General Methuen to Queen Victori~
said that the Modder river battle was
the "bloodiest of the century"
1t is not probable that Gen. Methuen
said any such thing, unless possibly
with reference to the losses in compar-
ison with the total number of men en-
gagged.
AS the number of Beers engaged was
only about 5000, according to the Brit
ish reports, and Gen. Methuen is in
command of only one division Of the
British army sent to the Transvaal, no
battle between these forces could have
been the bloodiest of the century, un-
less the slaughter of both armies was
complete.
At the battle of Austerlitz, Dec. O.
1905, the French lost 1000 officers and
men, and the killed and wounded of the
allies numbered more than 5000.
The French losses at Bautgen in 1913
We're 1900, and at Wagram in 1909,
they lost $4,000 although in that battle
they took 10000 Austrians prisoners.
At the Moscova, on the retreat from
Moscow, they lost 10000. At the great
battle of Leipsic, in 1873, three days
Daftle, the French losses We're bo,OOO.
More than 10000 of the French perished
on the field, altogether $4,000 men per-
fishing on the field.
At Waterloo the British lost 1892, the
French 2S,85O The total losses of the
allied armies there were 1856 killed and
1889 wounded, besides 4231 missing.
In the last great attack on Sebastopol,
September 8, 1855, the French lost 1916
killed and $500 wounded, besides 1900
missing, and the English lost 1856 killed,
1886 wounded and 176 missing. At
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05
A VACANCY DECLARED.
Action of G. Alfred 6ushy Removes
Him From Republican Club Drec-
torate.

T1lW from nGpupllCan SIup OIrcC-
torate.
AS has been predicted, there is a
vacancy in the ranks of the executive
committee of the Republican club of
Worcester. AT a special meeting of the
club, last night, motion was made
and carried unanimously that a va
cancy should be declared in the execu-
tive committee from ward 1, on account
of the action of G. Alfred Busby, who
is running as an independent candidate
for the common council. The matter
was discussed at some length, and in
view of the attitude of the club in
such matters and the precedent estab-
lished in former years, it was the gem
eral opinion of members that exception
could not be taken in this case.
The situation in ward was dis
cussed to some extent, and a commit
tee of five made UP of A. H. Bullock,
Benjamin F. Curtis, e. T. Cunningham
]. w Mawbey and Gustaf L. Berg ap-
pointed to confer with the ward rail-
lying committee at meeting to be
held this evening at republican head
quarters The object of the meeting
will be to determine on the best way to
get out the vote.
The annual meeting and election of
officers of the Republican club will
take place Monday evening, Dec. IS.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05
AMUSE MENTS.

Never in the history of grand opera
in Boston has the season been so rich
in promise and never have the pros
poets, both financial and artistic, been
so encouraging as is the case with the
Metropolitan Opera House company,
at the Boston theatre, this season. The
engagement, which this year as last
is for two weeks of 16 performances
(12 nights and 4 matinees), began Mon
day evening, Dec, 4, and is notable
alike for the generosity of the manage
ment as regards both the repertory
and casts and for the extraordinary in
terest already manifested in musical
circles.
Miss Annie Irish, who is a member of
Charles Fromans company which will
present William Gillette's greatest
Him So at the Worcester theatre,
next Wednesday evening, has had no
difficulty in proving that she is an &C
tress Of remarkable ability. Her YER
satility, is wonderful and she has all the
equipment an actress needs for really
the greatest roles. Since Elean has
been put away the public has discov-
cred that there are mighty few &C
tresses on the boards today VINO can
wear superb costumes with such dis
tinction as Miss Irish In short, the
unjust estimate of Miss Irishs abilities
temperament and education has been
clearly wiped out. Her work in Be
cause She Loved Him So is said to
be delightful. Seats are now on sale.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05
IN COMMON COUNCIL.

The common council had one of the
shortest meetings in its history last
night. The calendar was unusually light
and contained but little apart from
routine matters.
Councilman George c. Hunt moved
that the revised rules of the police de-
partment be taken from the table.
Councilman John H. Meagher of the
committee on police objected to the
rules being rushed through at this
meeting. Many members were not
prepared to vote upon them, and for
his own part, there were many rules
that he believed to be open for discus
sion. He suggested that no harm would
be done if the rules were allowed to
slumber on the table for another week.
Councilman Hunt was willing to con-
cede this point, and gave notice that
at the next meeting he would call the
matter up again for final disposition.
Some of the rules are by no means
popular with members of the police de-
partment, and they have powerful
friends in the council that can be de-
pended upon to oppose their adoption
in the present form.
Adjourned for two weeks.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05

Plevna between $4,000 and 10000 Rus
slams were killed and wounded, the
Turkish loss being about 5000 less than
the Russians.
In the war between Germany and
Austria in 1866 the Prussians lost 9172
and the Austrians 44,S14, at KONG
graft; at Nachod, the Prussians 1922
and the Austrians 47S7, and at Skalitz,
the Prussians 1866 and the Austrians
5577.
In the Franco Prussian war the Ger
mans at Weissenburg- Worth lost 1874
and the French 5000 in killed and
wounded, besides which the French lost
$4,000 prisoners.
Another authority puts the French
loss at 10000
AT Sedan the Germans lost 1881. The
French army of the north consisted Of
100000 men, and the three armies Of
Germany Of 100000 men in that three
days battle, in which $4,000 French were
taken prisoners.
In our civil war, the aggregate losses
at the battle of Stones river were 1929
on the Union side and 1O,266 on the Con-
federate side.
These figures include killed, wound
ed, captured and missing.
The Union killed 1880 and the Con-
federate 1894.
At Antietam the Union killed num-
bered 210S, the wounded 9549.
At the first Bull Run battle 470 Union
men We're killed and 1871 wounded, the
Confederate figures being 3S7 killed and
1882 wounded.
AT Fair oaks 100 northern men and
$50 southern were killed, the north los
ing in wounded 1884 and the south 4749.
At Gettysburg the Union losses in
killed were 1910, wounded IA, 497, and the
Confederates', 1892 dead, u, 100 wounded.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05
AFTER CHECK LISTS,
Matter of Determining He
gal Voting in Hands of
District Attorney.

The matter of determining whether or
not there was illegal voting at the recent
republican caucus in ward s, has been
placed in the hands of the district attor-
ney, lockwood Hoar.
At the time Of the caucus in ward no
less than GO persons presented themselves
for enrolment and took the necessary
oath that they had not taken part in any
other caucus and were republicans. Chas.
Forehand, who was defeated by a close
vote for the common council retained W.
A. Gile as counsel to ascertain if possible
whether or not there had been Illegal
voting in that ward. He did this, not be-
cause he had been defeated, but in the
interests of the party. Mr.. Forehand de-
sired to see the check lists of the demo-
cratic caucus In the possession of City
Clerk E. H. Towne. The city clerk
thought that he had no authority to give
up the lists, and only by writ of man
damus from the supreme court can he be
compelled to make public those lists of
names.
Now the matter has been referred to the
district attorney. Last evening w. A.
GLE told The Spy man that the question
concerned not one Individual Charle S
Forehand, but the question was whether
there was illegal voting in that ward. 1t
was wrong to speak of the "Forehand
NATTER he said. He also stated that the
question had been referred to the district
attorney. lockwood Hoar admitted that
he had the matter under his con
sideration, but said that he could
make no statement for publication at
present. The fact that the district attor-
ney has the matter in charge is of itself
significant. The charge or suspicion of
Illegal voting will be taken up according
to the rules laid down by the statutes,
regarding the methods of inquiring into
alleged violation of the election laws,
which are especially referred to in sec
ton 304, chapter 548 of the public statutes,
relative to inquests in election cases. 1t
states that Upon complaint subscribed
and sworn to by any person before q
municipal police or district court or trial
justice alleging that reasonable grounds
exist for believing that any law relating
to the registration, qualification or as
sessment of voters or to voting lists or
ballots, or to caucuses conventions and
elections, or to any matters pertaining
thereto has been violated, such court or
justice may at once hold an inquest to
inquire into such alleged violation of the
law"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05

London, Dec. 4.-"Prince" Lobengula,
the dusky son of an African warrior
who recently took as his bride Miss
Kate Jewell, an accomplished English
girl. is now in prison awaiting a
charge of assault and battery preferred
by his wife.
The princess alleges that when Lo-
bengula attacked her she was COM
PEELED to call in a strange man, who
pulled the prince away after he had
bitten her throat.
Miss Jewell fell in love with Prince
Lobengula, who with some of his fell
low countrymen, was being exhibited
at the Earls Court exhibition in Lon
don last summer.
Miss Jewell constantly visited him.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05
PARK THEATRE.

There is laughing bill at the Park
theatre this week. With the exception
of two acrobatic acts, there is not a
turn which has not a laugh in it, and
most of them have a continuous laugh,
beginning when the curtain rises, and
keeping up some time after it falls.
MIR. and Mrs. Mark Murphy appear in
little farce called "The Seventh Son."
Which hasn't a bit of plot to it. but is
full of fun from beginning to end. Sew
eral songs are sung in excellent STYLE.
and altogether they make one of the
best teams seen at the Park The
Willett Thorne Farceurs, who were
here last season, repeat their funny
farce. IAN Uptown Flat" which made
such a hit last season. The story is
that of brothers who married sisters.
and who, according to the will of their
father, were obliged to live in the same
house. The brothers and sisters are
contrasts, and the funny situations
brought about by their difference of
temperament make the fun of the
piece.
Another little farce is Caught Nap
ping" performed by Matthews and
Harris. The piece itself has nothing
in it but nonsense, but is very funny
throughout. The show is opened by
Edward Estus, the equilibrist who does
some difficult feats of balancing. Fer
nandez, the instrumentalist, plays on
all sorts of impossible intruments, con-
sisting of tin cans and barrel Lima
and Vani, the European novelty duo
do an acrobatic act in evening dress
and succeed in getting themselves very
dusty and incidentally show some skin
in tumbling. Arthur Highly is a BLACK
face monologuist, dressed in the con-
ventional minstrel coat. He tells some
Jokes and sings some songs, and is
rather good. McPhee and Hill, the
horizontal bar experts, are wonderful
In their work. and especially good is
their team work, the two men maneu-
yering together with perfect harmony
The feats they perform are difficult
and are done with so much grace and
skill that the applause is spontaneous
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05

$195S.50; Harriet P. f. and E. D. Burn
side, $2S33; Mary e. Johnson, $6055.50;
H. Slater heirs, 1884. so; George r.
Aitchison, $3427,20; Annie Mcfarland
$2692,29; trustees Second Swedish M. E.
church. $2555.7O; Benjamin F. Haywood
heirs, $1S7S; Alzirus Brown heirs, $780,
25; James Penniman, $1466.50; James c..
Stewart, $2S72.40; Mary, Ellen 7. and
Margaret E. Gildea, $780,; Rola N.
Start, $500; Dwight Foster heirs, $5110;
G. S. Turner heirs $2SS9,60; James w.
Doom, $1,000.
Institute road-Samuel R. Haywood,
$1S7S6; Hattie w. Hildreth, $69,73;
Henry NJ. Corbett, S5215; Stephen Sal
isbury, $5215; E. B. H. Rogers, $S.21;
Charles f. Stevens, $41.02; Alkaline Kid
der, S49.22; NJ. Murphy, $35.75; Olive
M. Childs, S61.53; Amelia V. A. Miller,
$3.50; Katie A. McGirl $3.50; Ellen T.
Murphy, $3.50; Anna M. Streckfuss,
$29.90; w. c. Howes, $3.50; T. w. Whit
ford, $59.O7; w. t. Merrifield heirs,
$4S.64
The following sewer assessments
We're ordered: Pleasant street-James
H. Rowland and Frank H. Rowland,
S50064; Samuel D. Waite, $211.5S; Nor
man F. Tucker, s390.17; Otis Gates,
$71S71 Esther M. Howell $780, Viii
lard Richmond, $357.60; James w. Sulli-
van anu IdiIh I1OWldilNt SiosoVb
James w. Sullivan and Frank H. How
land, $402.15; James w. Sullivan and
Frank II. Howland, S201.0S; James H.
Rowland, $1SS57; Willis E. Sibley
S905.92; Thomas D. Beaver, trustee,
$774S0; Hester N. Wetherell heirs,
SS940; Jean L. Kelley, $S9.40; Hester N.
Wetherell heirs, $26S.2O; Maria A
Chamberlain, $115229; John G. Cue
heirs, 1884; James Cue, $9S34 Dean
S. Ellis. S92.3S; Jerome G. Field, $685.;
Elizabeth NJ. Green, $245.S5; Jerome c.
Field, S466.37; D. Osborn Earle, STAT.
The report of the committee on
claims, granting leave to withdraw on
the petition of James McGovern for
for damage to estate on
Sigourney street, was accepted. De-
crees were adopted establishing the
grade of Dewey street and Wildey ave-
nue., and a decree relocating and wild
ening Webster street was placed on
file.
Alderman O'Connell was called to
the chair and presided in highly sat
isfactory manner during the last half
hour of the session. The board ad
journed until Thursday, Dec. Z, at IL
o'clock noon, to confirm changes in the
list of election day officers.