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The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
REPORT CAME FROM RUSSIA
CAPTAIN CONDEMNED UPON THE
WORD OF THE DIPLOMAT FROM
ST. PETERSBURG
PUBLIC SENTIMENT CHANGING
The PopuIace Not Yet willing to
Admit the Innocence of Dreyfus,
but Convinced of the Unworthy
Character of the General Staff
State Reasons Prevent the Pub
fishing of the Secret Testimony.

PARIS, April 16.-Gradually the public
attitude toward the Dreyfus affair is
changing under the influence of the con-
tinued revelations Of the Figaro. The
anti-revisionists are becoming less blat-
ant and are beginning to realize that their
cause is lost.
They are far from admitting the pos
sibility that Dreyfus is innocent, but they
venture to confess, in the light of over
whelming evidence, that the integrity
and capacity of the general staff as con-
stituted In 1894 was perhaps fallible. They
even suggest that there might have been
other traitors besides the one sent to
the Isle du Diable.
Still another novel and interesting ex-
PLANTATION as to why the French authori-
ties inflexibly oppose reopening OF the
case is now put forward. 1t Is to this
effect:
Dreyfus was originally denounced to the
French government by the Russian am
bassador, who declared that he had been
furnishing information to Germany.
This declaration which the authorities
accepted without corroboration, was the
secret evidence submitted to the court
martial It was impossible to disclose 1t
for several reasons.
l. It was by no means conclusive, even
preSumptiVely, as the government now
recognizes, Of the prisoners guilt.
2. Assuming that the Russian ambas.
sador spoke the truth. the disclosure. OF
his action would put Russia in a position
of betraying Germany.
g. If the Russian ambassador falS1led,
then it was clear he resorted to q desp1-
cable trick to prevent the rapprochement
between France and Germany which
had begun to be mooted.
4. Whatever truth there was IN the
exposure of Russian action, when no al
lance existed with France, the czar
would never tolerate the humiliation.
This story is pertinent in many ways,
but the only question now is the time
when the mystery will be definitely
! cleared.
PICoUARTS STATEMENT.
The Figaro, continuing today its pub
ncation of testimony offered before the
court of cessation in the Dreyfus revi-
sion proceedings, prints some fourteen
columns of matter. A great parfals oe-
voted to Col. -Picquart's statement
He said the document bearing the
phrase canaille de D. was in no way ap-
plicable to Dreyfus on account OF credi-
BILE explanations given of the manner
in which it was acquired Col. Picquart
said he believed 1t impossible that the
documents constituting the secret dossfer
| could refer to Dreyfus. He asserted that
on the close of the conversation he had
with Gen. Gonse the latter exclaimed,
''Then it seems we are mistaken" and
told Picquart to convey to Gen. Boisdef-
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North Dakota Men Dead.

WASHINGTON, April 16.-Gen. Otis
today reported the following addi-
tional casualties and deaths from i'll
ness at Manila:
KILLED.
CORPORAL 1. DRISCOLL, Co. C,
First North Dakota.
WAGNER j. PETER TOMPKINS,
Co. G, First North Dakota.
PRIVATE ALFRED ALMEN. Co.
@, First North Dakota.
, PRIVATE WILLIAM G. LAMB, Co.
G, First North Dakota.
MUSICIAN GEORGE SCHNELLER,
Co. L, First North Dakota.
WOUNDED.
First North Dakota-Company I. Pri-
vate Herbert Files, axilia, severe
First ashington-Company H, First
Lieutenant Edward e. Southern,
forearm, severe; First Sergeant John
j. Carlton, leg, slight.
Second OregonNCompany A, Second
Lieutenant J. A. Young, foot, serious.
First Nebraska-Company H, Private
Deeds Forsbeck, abdomen, slight;
Company F, Private Ora Rosi, side,
ohShl, SOniPdhy -, I1VdlSS jesse
Baird. hand slight; Company E, Ed
ward Matthews, wrist, slight; Com
pany X, William l.. Gilbert, side,
slight; Company L., Sergeant Will
lam L. Baeher, shoulder, slight;
Company B, Private Herbert Ras-
mussen, thigh, severe; Company E,
Frank A. Graham, leg, slight.
Fourteenth Infantry-Company A, Pri-
Yates Moses P. Hard, thigh, severe;
Company K, Alonzo r. johnson, hip,
severe.
OTHER DEATHS.
Smallpox-April 5. Daniel s. Noble,
recruit, Eighteenth infantry; April
9, Nathaniel J.. Prickett, private,
Company G, Twenty-third infantry;
April II, julius Hohfield, corporal,
Company H, Fourth infantry; April
13, Algernon Gardner, private, Com
pany G, Fourth infantry; John Tur-
ner, private, Company II, Fifty-first
Iowa.
Typhoid fever-April g. Charles Kaiser,
corporal. Company F. First Me-
braska.
Fever Undetermined-April 1s. Charles
Rebels private, Company B, First
South Dakota.
Dysentery-April 13, Albert III. Wit
aker, sergeant Company A, First
North Dakota.
Suicide-April IL, George Briggs, pri-
vate, Company G., First Wyoming
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
STORM IN TEXAS.

Gfeat Damage Done by the Violence
of Wind and Hail.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April 1e.-Several
towns were visited by a terrific wind and
nan storm today that followed the heavy
rain that began yesterday At Lyle the
building on the XII ranch was demolish-
ed and Mexican cowboy killed At
Weimar the home Of City Marshal In
sail was blown down and Mrs. Insau
and her two children injured The school
mouse at Medina was overturned and the
teacher, MISS Minnie Haglestrom, received
cuts and bruises. Two pupils. Edward
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.

METROPOLITAN-Da
GRAND-Nance O'Neil in "Magda," 8:15
p. m.
Local dairymen meet, Johnson's hall,
Seventh and Bradley streets, p. m.
Annual ball, Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firerxen, Ryan hotel, p. m.
church, s D. m.
Webster School union, s p. m.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
Crown Prince Betrothed.

CETTINJE, Montenegro, April 16-It is
officially announced that the Montenegrin
crown prince, Danilo Alexander, now in
his twenty-eighth year, Is betrothed to
Duchess Augusta Charlotte Jutta of
Meckienburg- -Strelitz, now in her TWEEN
tieth year.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
MIR. Bryan Kept Busy.

NEW YORK, April 16-William J.
Bryan received a number of callers to-
day at the Hotel Bartholdi, among them
Senator John P. Jones, of Nevada
He attended DR.. Parkhursts church in
the forenoon. Mr.. Bryan will go to
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
Shafter Better

DETROIT, Mich, April 16-Maj. Gen.
a malarial attack he suffered during the
Cuban campaign. Tonight, however, he
will resume his journey to the Pacific
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
Germnnx Is Amused.

WASHINGTON, April 16.-Official. Ger
man circles are amused at the latest
Chinese news which ascribes to emperor
William the Intention to make his brother
Henry a German king on Chinese soil.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
Swedish Conference.

CHICAGO, April 16.-The annual con-
ference of the Swedish Episcopal church
of the United States has decided on Bos-
ton for next years conference The dele
gates today attended service in a body at
Stangarsius church.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
WILL FACE ACCUsERs.

Miss HerIocIxer Ready to Answer the
Charges Against Her.
HASTINGS. Neb., April 16.-Miss Viola
Herlocker returned to Hastings tonight
in company with her mother and friends.
and will face the charges of having at
tempted to kill Mrs. F. c. Morey by send
ing her box of bonbons containing
arsenic.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
sHIPYARD COMBINE.
Capital of the New Concern Is Said
to- BE Thirty Millions.

CHICAGO, April 1.-THE combination
of great lake shipyards 50 long planned
and talked about has finally been brought
about. The capital stock of the new
company is sS0.000.OO0 and its name will
be the American Shipbuilding company.
The new company includes the Chicago
Shipbuilding company, the Globe Iron
works, the Cleveland sShipbuilding COM
pany. the Milwaukee Dry Dock company,
the Detroit Dry Dock company and the
American Steel Barge company. The
owners Of the concerns agree to take so
per cent of the price paid for them In
stock.
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- -
Berlin Is Alarmed,

BERLIN, April 1e:-The entire German
population is greatly alarmed at the
news that Emperor William intends to in
troduce into the Prussian diet a govern
ment measure creating the city of Ber-
lin and it's suburbs into separate prov
ince and largely destroying the present
government of the municipality.
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PanaI Protest.

ROME, April 16-The Tribune says the
papal nuncio at The Hague has been
ordered to absent himself from the pre-
liminary meeting of the peace commission
on May Is.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
Elevators burned.

ST. LOUIS, April 16.-Elevators Nos;
and 3 of the ST. Louis change were de-
stroyed by fire today, causing loss es-
timated at $60000
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17

Schenectady early Monday morning and
return in time for the labor mems dinner
day he will go to Buffalo where he will
speak on Friday night
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
CROP DAMAGE DENIED.
Injury in Nebraska Not So Serious
as Was Reported.

OMAHA, Neb., April 16.-Reports from
over Nebraska received within the last
few days indicate that the damage to
winter wheat and rye has been greatly
exaggerated. Fields which mad all the
annearance of being dead when the
ground was frozen are reported to be
coming out, and with a favorable season
from now on will make fair crop.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
BULLETIN OF
NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for st. Pauli
Warmer; Probably Showers.

New Manila Storm Center.
Currency Reform.
Car Is Involved.
Reception for Raleigh.
SChurch Dedicated.
National Duty.
Inspection Headquarters.
3-SpOrting News. >
Germans Oppose Alliance.
German View of Samoa.
4-EditOriaI.
Fortune Lost With Arm.
b-Legislatiye Review.
6-Markets of the Week.
7-Minneapolis Matters.
Sin the Field of Labor.
State Dairy Interests.
To Hang In Canada.
Doom of the Horse.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
NEW STORM CENTER NEAR MANILA
DEVELOPED DURING THE "a
sENCE OF LAWTON
EXPEDITION HAS RETURNED
THE OBJECT IN VIEW WHEN 1T
WAS UNDERTAKEN REPORT
ED AS ACCOMPLISHED
WILL IGNORE RAINY SEASON

Gen. Otis Expects to Continue Oper-
ations Against the FiIipinos In
Spite. of the Wet Weather-Dis-
posed to Take Cheerful View
of the situation-spanis Pris-
oneEs In PitifuI Plight.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
ATLANTTC IJNERs

NEW YORK-sailed: Pembridge Ham,
burg: Arrived: Steamer Sorrento,
Hamburg
QUEENSTOWN-sa Umbria, Liver
pool, for New York
SoUTHAMPTON-S Sailed: Bremen, Bre-
men, for New York.
LIVERPOOL-Arrived: Lucania, New
York
HAMBURG-Arrived Auguste Victoria,
New York.
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ly injured.
The country around Rockport and Cor
pus Christi is flooded, and communication
with those towns shut off. Telegraph
wires are down, and the Aransas Pass
railroad has temporarily abandoned it's
trains on this division.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
ATTACKED THE AMEER.
Attempt Made to XIII the Ruler of
Afghanistan.

LONDON, April 1.-THE st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
"An Afghan has been arrested on Rus
sian territory, to which he had fed after
making an attempt upon the life Of the
ameer of Afghanistan with a revolver.
The bullet missed the -aneer, but wound
ed an Afghan general standing near"
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
The Globes Carrier Boys, Faithful Fellows
All, Were
Pretty Late Sunday

in reaching subscribers in several dis
tricts because of the heavy increase
running smoothly again in a day or
two.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17

Salute Fired In Honor of the First
of the War Ships Which Shared
in Dewey's Victory at Manila to
Reach a Home Port-Thousand
of People Cheer the Cruiser and
Spanish Prizes.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17

WASHINGTON, April 16.-Gen. Otis
today reported the following addi-
tional casualties and deaths from i'll
ness at Manila:
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17

here is a good one: This is the 1O7th
day of the year. The sunday
G b e yesterday carried more col
umns of display advertising than any
other St Paul paper printed on any
one of the 107 days.
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For Neighbaring Ports.

Schooner Sarah d. Fell, 500 tons, Phila-
delphia to Bermuda, private terms; thence
TO Philadelphia, lumber. 81.
Steamship Iroquois from Jacksonville.
arrived Charleston Nov. 49, and proceeded
New York.
Steamship Bona Muir Fernandina for
Rotterdam, passed Beachy Head, Nov p
Steamship City of Gloucester Milburn,
from Punta Gorda, arrived Bristol. Nov.
13.
Bark Irene (sp). Heredia, from Bruns-
wick, arrived Carthagena, Nov. Z.
Bark Asia (Nor), Michaelsen from Pen
sacola. arrived Ternenze. Nov II.
Schooner Myra b. Weaver, Vaunaman
from Brunswick, arrived Boston, Nov. 10.
Schooner Frank w. Howe, sailed Boston
for Brunswick, Nov. 10.
Schooner David Baird, sailed Boston for
Brunswick, Nov. 13.
Schooner Pendleton Bros, cleared Bel
fast for Brunswick Nov II.
Steamship Admiral Dewey. Davis, ar
rived Jacksonville from Brunswick, Nov
1S.
Schooner Harry Prescott sailed Nov. 13,
New Haven, Conn.,, for Brunswick.
Schooner Horace 2. Shares, Norwich.
from Brunswick, arrived New London,
Conn, Nov. 13.
Schooner Nellie T. Morse, Keniston, ar
rived Rockland, Me, Nov. 13, TO load for
Jacksonville.
OcHooHef susan N. IickeIlng, Easkell,
passed Vineyard Haven, Nov. 13, Fernan-
dina for Boston.
Schooner Fred B. Balano. wentworth.
passed Vineyard Haven, Nov. 1S, Darien
for Boston.
Schooner Richard F. C. Hartley, Falker,
from, Jacksonville. passed Vineyard Ha-
ven. Nov. 1S bound west.
British steamship, 1,423 tons, chartered.
Port Royal to Dublin or Blrkenhead phos-
phate 17s.
Schooner, $50 tons, chartered, lumber,
Fernandina to New York, three trips, $3.50.
Steamship Seminole Bearse, sailed for
Jacksonville from Charleston yesterday.
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Talking Man of samoa.

From the Boston Transcript.
Eamoa's talking-man. or "tolafali," Is a
character. All the affairs of state of the
village In which he holds Office are car
Tied upon his shoulders. In ordinary he is
the chief adviser, persuader, convincer and
restriner of the leading chiefs. Having the
gift of eloquence, he makes the most of it.
He enjoys immunity from many things.
He cannot be spoken of in ordinary terms
II il should be necessary to speak Of his
eyes or his mouth or his limbs. special
honorable words must be used-words
which attach to him alone and have never
been applied to the personal parts of or
dinary men.
AS he stands TO deliver his soft persua-
sive, mellifuous oratory. with STAFF of Of
fee in his hand and his fiy-duster thrown
over his shoulder, any one can see that
he is a man of great Importance, or ir
this is not apparent from his attitude. IL
may be gathered from the attention paid
TO his utterances by gray-haired chiefs
and by youths and maidens.
If the talking man is a clever fellow and
understands his business, he is the chief
ruling power in his tribe, although the
nominal headship is always vested in A
chief or patriarchal figurehead.
The morning news., 1899-11-16

bale. S125; to New York. per bale,
NO0: to Philadelphia. per bale, S.l0; to
Baltimore, per bale, Sl.00; via New YORK
Bremen. SOC; Genoa, 60c; Liverpool, 47c'
Reval, zoe; direct. Bremen, fl04lc; BARGE
iona. 5Sc; Genoa, SOC; Liverpool 49c'
Havre, 47c; Reval via Eremen, oo1i
Trieste 53c; Venice, csc; Naples. SIC
Lumber-By Sai-Freight strons. Se-
gaunah to Baltimore. per NJ, $50; TO PM
sdelphia. $500; to New York, 500; 70 Bos-
ton and Portland. $50; crossues, ~ feet
base. to Baltimore. lie; to Fhiiadeiphla
i7I5c; to New York lSc.
BY Steam-Lumber-Sav 10 Balh-
more. $500; to New York $500; to dock
1915; lightered-to Boston, 10 dock, SOD
Naval Stores-The market is h4m ne
dlum size vessels. Rosin-Cork for orders
IS per barrel OF 80 pounds and per cent
primage Spirits, As 81 pr 20 gallons
gross and per cent primase. Larger Ves-
sells rosln, 2s 90 spirits, As. Steam, lOc per
100 pounds on rosin; SOC on spirits, SaVan-
nah TO Boston. and Sisc on rosin. and soc
on spirits to New York.
The morning news., 1899-11-16

sardines representing in weight several
tons, and generally of large size. five or eIx
inches in length. Frequently the launch
cannot carry all that is caught. and tba
remainder is released; but several tons
constitute a load
The anchor was now hauled up. and nm
der steam and sail the fishing boat headed
for San Pedro, where the fish We're handed
over TO the cannery. Here the sardines are
first washed. then going to gangs ~
workers who cut off the heads and tails
cutting them down to the length required
three and a half or four inches They are
then laid on racks and lowered en- nasse
into caldrons of boiling oil (California
olive. where they remain a short time
and are then lifted out, ard are ready to
pack in boxes.
The fishing Industry Is increasing all
along the Pacific coast. Monterey bav Is
soon to have a cannery, this being ia
nous place for anchovies, and an abalone
establishment, it IS said. is also to be
started The abalone (haliotis) has a de-
cided commercial value. The shell is made
into buttons and jewelry, while the meat
is savory article Of diet.
Don't you sometimes catch things you
are not after?" asked the passenger on the
sardlne boat of one Of the crew
You're right" was the reply. Some
times we get big sharks in the net: some
The morning news., 1899-11-16

extermnatlng factor of the Southern Cal
ifornian waters, and she has taken tons
of fish to the cannery this year. No mercy
is shown and no consideration of the peo-
pie of the future. The spawning fish are
taken by the ten-ton load and hundreds Of
tons of fish are caught. the supply being
decimated so rapidly that it will soon be
the story of the moss bunker over again
almost total extinction.
The boat soon cleared the harbor and
headed due south for Avalon bay, which
was reached in about three hours-a IA
nous spot for sardines. As the launch
rounded to al the anchorage a big Swede
jumped into a small boat and pushed off
90 row around the little bay and locate
the sardlnes. II took him exactly ten
minutes 10 accomplish this, and he held
his boat over the spot until the large net
boat was manned ard had reached him.
The men all wore rubber boots, so that the
net would not be cut, and thick woven
gloves. When the boat was near the
school the net was dropped over under
the direction of the finder, the net boat
then being rowed in a circle perhaps $50
feet in diameter. When this was accom-
phshed The men on board lay on to the
purse ballard, which was hauled in, clos
ing the net below, so that from five TO ten
tons of fish were caught in a tubular net,
the top portion floating on the surface,
the bottom closed. The men now took
hold Of the net itself and with their pro-
tective gloves hauled up the heavy meshes.
1t took perhaps in this instance nearly
half an hour to get the net 10 the surface.
When this was accomplished a line was
passed TO the large boat and she was
hauled alongside boom was now rigged
on 10 the mast and the deck of the smack
separated by board partitions. The salter
hauled out his barrel and slood by; two
men took the ballard. while another fas-
tened to Il a iong-handled scoop net that
held several bushels. All was ready; the
net. like huge bottle, was AZ the surface,
and the myrlads Of sardines, n silvery
mass. were struggling below, while
cloud of silvery scales filed the water and
went drifting away, attracting schools Of
yellow tails. sea bass seals and sea lions.
The Captain grasped the end of the
SCOOP net. a second hauled down the tack
le. and plunged Il into the squirming
throng; the tackle men hoisted away. hand
over hand. and the young man who direct
"a the scoop steered 1t to particular par
tition and dumped it--a glittering gleam-
ing stream. The salter now came to the
front. and threw salt by fac handful upon
the patteriug heap. Down went the scoop,
and up 1t came again, and so the work
went on. the air filled with flying scales,
untn in a remarkably short time the deck
partitions were flied chock a block with
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SIGHT IN SOUTH AMERICA.
bibles which Have Been in Use for
Seventy-three Yenrs.
From the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record.
Mr. A. NJ. Milne, who has been for thir-
ty-seven years in charge of the Ameri-
can Bible Society in South America says
that up to the close of 1898 he had distrib-
uted through his agents sol 619 copies Of
the Scriptures, and had received $92,SS7
United States gold as proceeds of the sales.
The prices charged are merely nominal.
Last year he sold 925 Bibles for $4,945.Ss.
Thirty-three agents were employed, who
Travelled q, ,939 miles.
The work of the Bible Society In South
America first began in 1896, when DR..
Bingham and Isaac Watts Wheelright, a
brother Of William Wheelright. who built
the first railway i'm South America ana
established steamship communication on
the west coast, made a Journey overland
from Buenos Ayres to the City of Mexico
and distributed copies of the Bible in near
ly every town. These Bibles are frequent
ly found by the travelling colporteurs now
adays, and appear to have been well read
In the markets and at the shops in this
country it is the habit of customers to de-
mand what they call a 'yappa"-a pres
ent, little something Ito boot" If you
buy a parcel of vegetables from a market
woman she must throw In a potato an
onion or an orange; IL you buy dress
The morning news., 1899-11-16
THE CALIFORNIA sARDINEs.
How They Are Caught by the Ton
and brought in for the CannerIes.
u~,v, tl,a NIav- Uorlx 1,i,,oe

How They Are Caught by the Ton
and brought in for the Canneries.
From the New York Times
San Pedro, Cal, oct. 2S.-4with charac-
teristic cordiality the captain of the sar-
dine boat ushers aboard his craft the
stranger who wants TO study the details
of so interesting an industry as sardine
fishing and canning, which is extensively
carried on along the California coast
Tumble aboard. Look out, that's the
salt bag; and mind that jug-thatt the
dago red. Take a seat aft" said master
of one of these long, low launches fitted
with n power engine and devoted to the
extermina ton of California sardine.
The vessel was lying at wharf in the
long. narrow harbor of San Pedro near a
building erected on piles which bore a
sign that told the world that sardnes were
canned there. not to speak OF Holsters
(crawfish) and mackerel; and that there
was no admission except on business. The
boat had just landed a cargo of sardines,
and a large number of girls and women
were at work on the inside cutting OF
heads and bringing the fish down to the
right size for canning.
"All ready. Cast off the stern lineW
One bell. and the throbbing engine begins
10 pump; a moment later the Jingle bell
Of the harbor. The crew Is made up of
half dozen herculean fellows-Swedes
and Americans Alongside the launch.
he'd In place by two booms is q long
whaleboat a doube-ender. that holds the
big net while a dory towed astern car
ries another.
This small boat of twenty tons is the