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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-01

rupted him, and asked that Colonel
PIcquart's previous letter be read first,
but, as the letter was not available for
the moment, the reading of aIl the let
tiers was adjourned until tomorrow.
Major Forzinetti, who was governor
Of the Cherche-MIdi prison during the
time Dreyfus was Imprisoned there,
who testified In behalf Of Dreyfus, de-
elaring he had never heard of the con-
fesslon Dreyfus is said to have made,
was the next witness called, he re-
peated his testimony before the court
Of cessation, adding that he frequently
met Captain Lebrun-Renault and Cap
tain Dattel, and that neither Of them
ever alluded to the alleged confession.
The witness declared that he once tax-
ed Captain Lebrun-R enault before
General Gonse and other witnesses,
with saying he had spoken to the wit
ness (Major Forzlnetti), Of the confess
sion, and that Captain Lebrun-Renault
did not reply.
.eWhereupon." Major Forzinetti said,
IT seized his arm and cried, II the
words repeated as yours are true, you
are an Infamous llar."".
Major Forzinetti then declared that
on visiting General De BOIsdefre to ex-
press fears about the health of the pris-
oner, the general asked him his opln-
ion Of Dreyfus, and the major replied:
my general. had you not put that
question to me would have kept my
counsel. But, since you ask my opln-
ion, declare I believe he Is innocent"
The witness then recounted Colonel
Du Patty de CLAIMS theatrical devices to
surprise Dreyfus, to which FOrzinetti
declined to be q party. and the major
also said that on one occasion, when
Dreyfus was in a crisis of despair, he.
the witness. remained with the prisoner.
consollng him until three o'clock in the
morning.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-01

NONE hut Wheeling Bakery Bread
viii Batlsfy you once you try II.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-01
MERCER AGAIN
Aftrms the Position of the De-
Tense in Dreyfus Case.
THE PRISONERS EMOTIONS

In Denying Certain ISLANDERS Mako a
Good Impression on the cOurt-GOT.
ernor Of cherOhe MIDI Prison De-
cIares that he Considers Drcyrus
Innocent OF Charges of Treason.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
German Pesssmism.

The Academy quotes the following
aying of the great German pesslmist,
schopenhauer:A"Certain ~porcupines hud-
died together for warmth on a cold day,
but as they began to prick one another
with their auills they were obliged to dis
perse. However. the cold drove them to-
gether again. when the same thing nap
pened.. AT last they discovered that tney
would be best off BY remaining at a little
distance. In the same way the need OF So
ciety drives the human ~porcupines To-
gether. only to be eventually repealed by
the many prickly and disagreeable quall-
ties Of their nature. The moderate dis
lance. which they at last discover TO pc
the only tolerable condition OF inter-
course. is the formal mode of p~oiiteness
and manners" ..
See something of human nature, put
do not try to mend it.
Resolve to make use Of those you an
not alter"
9Rascals are always sociable, and the
chief sign that a man has a~nygnobillty II
his nature Is the little pleasure ne taxes
in others company
sThe safest way Of not being very mis-
cradle is not to expect to be very happy.
..sTo forgive and forget means to throw
AWAY dearly bought experience"
Your friends will tell you they. are SIN
cere vour enemies are really so.
stDo not tell a friend anythlng You
would conceal from an enemy.
ssGive way neither to love nor 70 mas
;s one-half of worldly wisdom; say noln-
ing and believe nothing is the other half
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

DR.. Byron Halsted, of the New Jersey
Agricultural Experiment Station, while
discussing the Keiffer pear at the
Moorestown Institute, had said "Keefer.v
For his Secretary Dye took him to task.
We've got settled to Kifer pears and
Holstino' cattle. and let's stick to It.
DR.. Halsted was sorry, but when in
Washington, a few days ago.. he found
DIR. Taylor and DR.. Waite and the rest
of the folk of the chronological division
saying .Keefer.'' and he had corrected
his Jersey pronunciation to talk with
them. Being authorities down there III
nomenclature, he thought it included pro-
nunciation, too, and had expected to set
the fashion for up here. But the rest
sided with Secretary Dye. When the
question Of Keefer or Kifer came Up
years ago, they said, Judge Parry, who
brought out the variety, and Thomas
Meehan both declared for kifer, be
cause Mr.. Keiffer, of Germantown, who
had originated the variety, said his name
was pronounced "Kifer.' Washington
must be taught better: the ~pronuneia-
ton for Jersey Is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Ledger.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

The German Crown Prince William, VINO
is an extremely clever boy. and very ad-
vanced in his studies. thoroughly under
stands his position as future klng ana
Kaiser. and in consequence he keeps his
n brothers in the best of order, and
does not allow any liberties to be taken
by them.
His Imperial Highness has a very Sc
rious character. and is most painstaking
in acquiring knowledge of every kind that
he thinks may be useful to him in the fu-
ture. His great passion is for music, and
he allows nothing to interfere with his
music lesson. He already plays the violin
with great taste and execution.
His devotion to his mother is something
extraordinary, and he thinks her the most
beautiful woman in the world. He and
his brother love to see her in her court
fnery, and on a recent occasion when a
handsome new gown was to be worn he
made her promise him a sight of herself
before she vent to the ball. At 10 O'clock,
when ready to leave home, she tiptoed to
the room where her children slept. think
ing to find them all in the land of nod.
The instant she stepped through the door
there was a wild shout of joy. Every child
was awake: kept awake, too. by q queer
trick of Prince Williams. He had tied
= string to the feet of his brothers and
whenever he noticed they were succumb-
ing to the sandman, he pulled the string
and jerked them awake.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
Geniality TO d

There is in London a sssmile" doctor.
For a small fee he will transform an UNI
comedy grin into a dainty and bewitching
smile-oniy he must have his fee first. It.
is no easy matter to control the curves of
the lips and mouth. Small wonder, then,
that the services Of the smile doctor are in
great demand. This gentleman puts his
clients through certain lip and mouth ex-
ercises OF his own invention, and by con-
slant practice the desired smile slowly
grows into grace. Actresses and music
hall artists largely patronize this smile
tutor, and rumor has it that he is in q fair
way to make q fortune. There is one
drawback to the method-the mouth and
cheeks become SO used to dimpling that
the subject is with difficulty able to keep a
serious face. Even when she wants to
appear serious she cannot without diff
Guilty do so. This is inconvenient-at flu
nerals, for instance. This is certainly a
drawback in some walks of life, but ac-
tresses and the gay soubrette do not object
to it SO much.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

pushed under it, nearly upsetting IL.
Some of the males diyed also and made
all of the boats leap, plunge n careen,
~springing leaks in many of them. The re-
naming males and all of the females
moved off to either side, encircling the lit
tie hotilla, and then with mouths wide
open the whole herd advanced to the at
tack. Some of the boats were already leak
ing SO badly that certain sailors had to be
assigned to the task of bailing in order to
keep them afloat.
Captain Stubs had demonstrated what
were the vulnerable spots of a sea hon,
and such of his men as could be spared for
the fight followed his example. For the
most part the boats were riding on the
backs of those who furiously dashed back
md forth under them as much as upon the
water. At first the lions tried to reach the
men, striking at them with their teeth
Failing in this, they smashed in the gun
wales as they sank back into the water.
Oar after oar was pushed between their
jaws. When reaching down to stab n
in the eyes another would strike at the
sailors arm with his tusks.
Thus, in the space of three or four min
utes, one man, Fred Matson, lay in the
bottom of a boat badly wounded, and an
other, named Forewood, exhausted. Cap
tain Stubbs had fred his last shot, having
made every one CUNT. But the wounds
that he had inflicted ON the herd had in
one sense counted against the men as well
as against the herd. 1t had enraged the
herd. They were pressing in more sharply
to the combat. Two of the boats were on
the point of sinking. All in a few min
H. -~.,,-Aa9 fo rraitnnrccn
and the men torn to pieces and tramped
down by the fippers of the writhing mass
Of elephantine bulk and energy which bel
lowed and made the water foam and boil
in the triumph of battle.
Just in the nick of time the New Eng
lands steel prov came blowing its way
through the herd, throwing them off,
| right and left, crushing their heads and
gashing their sides. Captain Anderson OF
the New England threw out a rope ladder,
and tho men from one boat after another
crawled up it and fell on the deck, weak
from exhaustion. The arrival of the re-en-
forcement and the wounds itinficted only
seemed to make the lions redouble their
| efforts. AS one boat after another was left
undefended by its escaping occupants, who
did not stop to save their tackle, the sea
lions crushed IFS gunWales With tnelr Jeetn
and smashed it in with the impact of their
huge bodies. The captains boat, as the
| first man was taken from it, was SO badly
battered that it would certainly have sunk
had it not been bouncing back and forth
on the backs of the lions underneath. As
no sprang up the ladder the tusks of a
lion just grazed him in a final pass, n
the next moment his boat was as much of
@ wreck as the others.
Captain Stubs and his men will con-
tinue fishing in Queen Charlotte's sound,
though not in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the sea lions rookeries. But for
Captain Stubs GOODNESS and courage
/ Captain Anderson of the New England
thinks the mel would all have been killed
before the arrival of the tug on the scene
Of the battle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

went into the heart of the enemy's coun-
try and secured information which was
very much needed.
Atthe beginning Of the war he was con-
nected with the bureau of navigation in
the capacity of assistant to chez chief. He
volunteered for the secret service work
and was sent to London. The nava Off
Gals supposed he would stay there and
learn what he could from that distance.
But Ensign Ward had other plans. He be-
lieyed that the only way to find out what
was transporting in Cadiz was to go there
himself. Go he did, with a passport which
declared him to be a British subject tuck
ed away in his inside pocket.
It was Ensign Ward who sent word to
Washington of the departure of Admiral
Cervera's fleet. He sent his news in cipher
from Cadiz to London, whence it was
cabled across the ocean. Then he started
for Porto Rico, but stopped at St. Thomas,
where the Spanish consul suspected him
and had him arrested as an American spy.
His British passport saved him. In San
Juan he was again arrested, and only es-
capped by aGroit maneuvering.
Mr.. Ward is we'll and favorably known
In diplomatic circles and to- newspaper
men, and to prevent suspicion as to his
absence it was stated at the department.
that he had been assigned to duty in con-
nection with the coast signal service and
was on an Inspection trip. TIT explana-
ton was satisfactory.
In the belated official reports Ensign
Ward is warmly commended for his work,
| and it is probable that a substantial re-
ward in the shape of a promotion awaits
him
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

to. I'm sure my treatment at the hands
of these burglars is entirely undeserved.
It's enough to fhake a mans faith in hui
man nature to lave games like this play
ed on him." ana the injured official al
most wept.
The burglars It is assumed, had masks,
dark lanterns aid jimmies. They worked
for two hours getting into the institution,
patiently and like beavers. There is no
night Waterman there, as all the inmates
are wayfarers, who couldn't be dragged
out Of the nice warm building with a trao-
ton engine in weather like this.
Sheriff Interest was asleep and did not
hear the burglars, although they woke up
nearly everybody else in town by their
clumsy methods. The $500 VAS in his
trousers pocket. When the sheriff started
dressing yesterday morning, he couldn't
find the trousers. One of the prisoners
who had been up first and who had gone
down town for tho morning papers found
them in the roadway and brought them
to their owner.
It did not strike Mr.. Interest at the
time that there was anything out of the
way in all this. He is a man whose sus-
picions are not easily aroused. 1t was not
until q prisoner, who wanted to go to the
corner to get a few cigars, came to him
for some change that he missed his money.
There are some people in New Bruins
wick whose sense of humor is SO warped
that they think the incident funny. They
say that at last burglars have got them
selves into the Jail and, although they
didn't stay there very long, the ice is bro
ken and there may be others.
But the bulk of the community is great
~ shocked, feeling that an era of lawless-
ness has come to New Brunswick when
irreverence is shown toward such q veneer
able and ~defenseless institution.
10 such burglars nothing is sacred. The
prisoners sympathize with the sheriff
They will meet and pass resolutions con
demning the burglars and providing Q
| vindioation in a frame that he can snow
to visitors who might be inclined to scott.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

the accused Getchell was no surprise to
those who have followed his judicial ca
reer. In this case the words of tho judge
in his cross examination of GetcheH made
an impression upon the jury which could
not be effaced by the abject contrition
which followed during his charge. The
mischief had been done and Getoheil was
convicted"
Upon the summons of the offended judge
Mr.. Wardener appeaxed in court. He said
in reply to questions of the judge that he
would s'stand for whatever appeared IN"
his paper
"You don't mean to defy the court, do
you?'' asked the judge sharply.
.sNo, sir; I am a law abiding citizen, :
he replied. "My convictions are sacred,
and when / feel that / am right I propose
to say so in my paper"
swell, / want you to understand that
such articles as you have printed are not
in line with good Judgment
IDOL understand by, that" said Mr..
Wardener, that the judges Of the court
will proceed to edit the Boston newspa-
PERI"
II consider that an impertinent ques-
tion,n Judge Sherman replied, with appa-
rent vexation, and sentenced the editor &c
80 days in Dedham jail for contempt.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07


it. Our millionaires and successful public
men would soon have large families if the
custom were to be indorsed. Who wouldn't
have q Vanderbilt or a Gould for a grand
father2 Wealthy old gentlemen, especially
those in poor health, would be In great
demand.
1t was during the last presidential CAM
paign that Yamachera, in faraway Japan,
heard of Colonel Bryan. Yamachera is
the son of a poor farmer, but he has large
ambitions. He wants TO be a leader OF his
own people, and hearing that Mr.. Bryan
was the leader Of a great body OF Ameri-
cans he decided to come to AsEerica, adopt
him as his father and learn tho leadership
business from top to bottom. Before he
started he wrote to Mr.. Bryan telling him
his plans.
The reply sent from Lincoln was any
thing but encouraging. Mr.. Bryan plain
~ and earnestly sought to dissuade him
from making the trip. Nebraska summers
were described as decidedly the reverse OF
sunny Japan and Nebraska winters of a
degree of frigidity calculated to make the
oriental teeth chatter. Nothing daunted,
however, 15 months ago Yamachera set
forth, and in due time reached his desti-
nablOn. ne lHloriHeu oue coioHci uhoo NJ
must henceforth regard himself as his IA
ther, but at the endiof seven years, If all
went well, he might call the n sided bar
gain off.
The persistency of the boy, if nothing
else, has aroused the interest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan, and they have seen that his
wants are provided for. He is at present
taking special studies in the University OF
Nebraska and seems to be making prog
rpSc
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

unable to stand on his swollen legs, and a
dozen other members of the cat tribe are
in danger from the same disease.
According to the medical mon, ricketts,
may affect any animal in its immaturlty.
They say it is u softening OF the bone'
caused by lack of the lime element IN nu-
TRITON, or because of deficiency in the or
gans of assimilation. In the Lincoln park
lions the softened bones of the forelegs
curve downward and become rigid, while
the hind legs assume the stiffened shape
of the letter IS" Initiated air and lack
of sunshine are the allies of improper food
in producing ricketts,. Left to its final
course the disease paralyzes almost every
organ in the body.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
EIGHT FOR LIFE WITH SEA LIONS THE NORTH PACIFIC.
OR DOGS MUST DIE.
A Condition with Which Chicago
Authorities Are Confronted.

Authorities Are Confronted.
Within the last ten years 81 African
lions have died in the Lincoln park, zoe,
representing a loss Of more than $40, 900.
Keepers diagnosed the trouble as paralysis
and disposed of the bodies in various ways.
Within a year Chicago physicians have
become interested and have pronounced
the cause to be ricketts,.
Finding the cause, the physicians have
prescribed the remedy. The remedy is a
dietary of yellow dogs from the pound, but
President John G. Shortali Of the HUI
manes society, with more consideration for
the dogs than the lion, claims this treat
ment must cease, as being plainly against
the laws of the S. P. G. A.
AS a result, Nero, a handsome young
African lion, 2 years old, lies crouched on
the floor of his cage in the animal house,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

I am myself an intermittent golfer,
getting very violent attacks at Irregular
Intervals. Ii usually takes me about
two months TO convince myself that /
shall never be any good, and then | give
It up until, d fresh burst Of energy sets
my trying once more. 4 played II Egyp5s
10 paw 4 special tax. I in~augurated a
private course in Vermont also, and the
Yankee farmers asked us what we were
hofing for. III ever the Ormeau Club
wish any part OF their links re-
turfed I could undertake in a few games
to clear away any sod now existing
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
EDITOR IN TROUBLE.
Sent to Jail He Criticized a
Dedham Judge.

beQnAnl Judge.
Mr.. Torrey E. Wardener is the editor OF
the Boston Traveller who was recently sent
to jail for 80 days because he wrote an
editorial criticising a Dedham judge and
refused TO apologize for the same when
hailed into the courtroom.
The case which excited the editorial
criticism was one in which an engineer on
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
was tried and convicted Of granddaughter
for his connection with a railroad acct
dent. Editor Wardener intimated that
Judge Sherman had made a scapegoat Of
the engineer. Here is the offending edi-
torial:
"There are those who agree with US
that Judge Sherman is untitled, both by
nature and by training, for a judicial po-
sition, and that always, in any case which
is tried before him, he is still the prose-
cutting attorney for the commonwealth.
Under these circumstances his very ex-
citable and rasping cross examination Of
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
o BRYAN's JAP.
Young Oriental Who Showed Us .
New Wrinkle In Adoption.

Young Oriental Who Showed Us .
New Wrinkle In Adoption.
Yamachera Y~amachita, the e~nterprising
young Japanese who adopted Colonel W.
J. Bryan as his father, is a good looking
youth Of 90 who does not seem to realize
what an embarrassing precedent he has
established. In Japan the custom of adop-
ton is quite a common one.
According to Aneki Shigeno, a Japanese
savant, there are ten distinct varieties in
methods of adoption. He is the only man
in the country who understands all OF
these methods. He has Investigated them
personally and has made a large number
of experiments in adopting and being
adopted, SO that now the lines of his de-
scent look like the ruins after an explo-
sion in a wire factory.
But here in America the adoption of
children is not at all frequent, and the
adoption of parents by children was wholly
unheard of until Yamachera introduced
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
His worship Corrected.

At the licensing sessions held in a GER
tain west country city recently the chair
man, dealing with the statutory limit for
bona fde travellers and getting his express
sions d little mixed, referred to it as be-
ing athree miles as the flow cries."
Whereupon some one engaged in the
case ventured to correct his worship.
with d d~eferential smile this exponent
tried to amend the phrase, but could get
no nearer than, Your worship means as
the fy crows, or rather, = he added hastily,
las the. cry dowaIA No one was sufficient
~ rash to make a further attempt.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

.In the uburb of sedalia. Mo- says
the Kansas City ssTimes," there lives a
scholarly gentleman who was awarded
the order Of Christina by the Queen 81
Spain for his Jealous care Of her Two
7rrs ndsons1 fRavmondo Guell Y Borhon
snd Eernando Alfonso. who afterward PEE
came the King OF Spain, and was the
father of little Alfonso. the present King
This gentleman is Colonel Van =; WiSheT.
whom nearly all Missourians with q State
acuuaintance know.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
BIG PRICE ON HIS HEAD.
Capture Of a Notorious Greek
Bandit In New York.
HE TRIED TO KILL KING GEORGE.

His Fellow Countryaen Afraid to
Accuse the Prisoner ON Accouaat Of
His Size and Fierce Th-reats-Acii-
max of a Career OF Crime.
In Micarlo Christofero, a giant Greek
recently arraigned in a New York police
court, charged with assault and robbery,
several of his fellow c~ountrymen claimed
to recognize Soteoros Ferrantos, a noted
brigand, for whose apprehension a reward
of ST. 200 was offered.
Ch~ristofero, who is more than six feet
high and of fierce aspect, looks the brig
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
A JAIL,
Keeper Interest Robbed In a
New Jersey Prison.
CONNECTS SORRY FOR THE VICTIM.

Interest Says He Las Always Run
an Ideal Prison, and such Burglars
Shake His Faith In Humanity-How
He First Missed His Money.
The meanest burglars in New Jersey
broke into the county Jail at New Bruins
wick on Monday night and stole every
thing they wanted, including 500, from
Sheriff and Jailkeeper George Interest,
who was furious recently at the in%solence
with which the housebreakers behaved to-
ward his institution.
There is no precedent for burglars find
ing their way into the New Brunswick
prison. They visit with impunity every
other building in town, but for a burglar
to be in the Jail is wholly unknown That
is what makes the offense one of such bad
taste on their part.
"I'm doing the very best I can, said
Sheriff Interest. "I'm keeping a model
prison here. The inmates get the very
choicest of fare and leave when they want