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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-17
GUERIN HOLDS HIS FORT.
Deffes the French Government From
His Home Citadel.

PARIS, Aug. 16-This evening it ap-
pears as if the efforts of NJ Lasces to
arrange for the capitulation of M. Guer-
In are likely to be fruitless, owing to the
excessive demands of the beleaguered,
VINO insisted upon the right to leave his
fortress and proceed at leisure to the
palace of justice, where. he will surren-
der himself. Owing to the excited con-
dition of the public mind, the govern
ment refuses to permit this, as it would
undoubtedly attract a great procession
of followers.
After further consultations with M.
Waldeck-Rosseau and other officers, who
declined to negotiate, M. Lasces return
ed to M. Guenins house, which is still
surrounded by a crowd, although the
street is now barricaded to prevent traf-
f1c. 1t required ten minutes to remove
the beams from the door. After an
hours consultation, NJ. Lasces reappear-
ed, eXclaiming:
1T is all over. These men are so i'm
pressed with the idea of death that it
is impossible to do anything with Them
Efforts will now be made to have their
Socialist colleagues and the leaders of
the Anti-Semite league call upon M
Guerin and his colleagues and endeaVor
to pursuade them to surrender
Provisions were supplied 10 M Guerin
this afternoon from the scaffolding of
a ne1ghboring house, but police were
afterwards stationed on the :caffolding to
prevent this being repeated.
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HOPE FOR DREYFUS
Continued from First Page.

| is admissible because Col. Sandberr was
! the last person to know of the existence
| OF the bcrdereau, which was received in
! the ordinary way. This bordereau was
handed to Col. Henry and was brought
| ny MIN to the intelligence department IT
was shown to others by Col Henry, after
he had pieced it together. Col. Sandherr
| only saw 1t later.
| 'Esterhazy has also said the document
was stolen from an embassy and brought
| by a porter. 1t is false to say the inteln-
gence department ever had relations with
porter Of an embassy. 1t is possible
Esterhazy is preparing some surprises for
| us between now and the end of the trial.
They won't disturb me any mere than
other surprises"
Referring to the question Of the com
plicity of Henry and Esterhazy, the wit
ness said:
IF Henry had been the accomplice of
Esterhazy, how can 1t be admitted that
he himself brought the bordereau, which
might have caused him to be suspected,
to the Intelligence departmental
Gen. Roget, while testifying, constantly
turned towards the prisoner to see the
impression made by his deposition, which
was virtually a speech for the prosecu-
ton.
Here Gen. Roget paused, the excite
ment under which he was laboring being
almost uncomfortable. In a thick, ChOk-
ing voice, he continued:
And yet, in the presence of disinter-
ested testimony like mine, you will not
allow preference to be shown to the evil
dence of persons who have benefited by
treason
At this point the general broke down
and tears streamed down his cheeks
Resuming his testimony the general
set to work in the effort to prove the
-
traces of treason in every paragraph of
the bordereau, and that Dreyfus alone,
not Esterhazy, could have been acquint-
ed with the plans contained. He criti-
cised the dispositions of Maj. Hartman,
of the Twenty second artillery, in answer
to this point.
The witness then traversed the old
ground trying to prove that Dreyfus
alone was aware of the secrets of the
new artillery guns. or the plans for the
concentration Of troops and of the con-
tents Of the firing manual. He then en-
Geavored to show that Col. Picquart had
recourse to fraudulent methods with the
intent of discriminating some one other
than Deryfus. and declared Picquart
spent 100000 francs with the object Of
organizing a campaign Of surveillance
"of an unfortunate officer who was guilt
less
The general impression left by today's
proceedings is unfavorable, owing to the
absence of such cross examinations as
M. Labor would have given NM. Lee
bon and Guerin, and owing to the fact
that Gen. Roget's arguments received no
repFy. This. however, it is hoped, will
prove damaging when M Demange cross
questions him tomorrow, although M.
Demange cannot be said, up to the pres
ent, to have shown to any great ad-
vantage.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-17
TURNED FROM DREYFUS.
Bretons Now the AvO1ved Enemies
of the Prisoner.

Copyrighted by the Associated Press
RENNES, Aug. 16.-The Bretons are first
cousins Of the Irish, though without Irish
wit and gaiety. They have a greater
taste for personal adornment and pic
turesque costumes. They are very like
the Irish in their sympathy with out
laws, especially If the outlaWry be due
to serving the country by unlawful
means, dear to the common people, We
see this in the very attempts to seize
the man who shot M. Labor in the back.
The whole country has been Yainly scour-
ed for him, but all the country folks
refuse to give information, and only
speak to mislead. The police will prob
ably go on searching fruitlessly
The Catholic feeling of the whole dis
trict has been aroused against Dreyfus.
and feeling runs higher than ever since
the archbishop issued a pastoral an
nouncing that no open air procession in
honor of the Virgin must take place at
the festival Of the Assumption. He has
ordered the clergy, In the interest of
peace, to confine the procession to the
cathedral and other churches. The gen
eral conclusion deduced from the Epis-
cOpal pastoral has been that the Drew
fusards, who are either Jews, free think
ers or blasphemers, intended to insult
religion and breed disturbances. AS a.
consequence, sullen feeling is shown.
AS matter Of fact nobody more deeply
regrets the Introduction of the Assump-
ton procession in the former capital Of
Brittany than the friends of Dreyfus.
particularly his friends in the press. The
latter had hoped to find the procession
rich in local color and an interesting sub
ject for dispatches.
Emily Crawford.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-17
A JEWS HEROISM.

1t is impossible to read the details of
the proceedings Of the Dreyfus court
martial, published in our columns to-
day, without a feeling of the most pro-
found sympathy for the unfortunate vic
tim of French madness or without a feel
ing of intense indignation toward the
authors of his sufferings, past as we'll as
present.
The cry wrung from the unfortunate
man is the cry of a soul driven to the
very limit of human endurance. Even il
guilty he has suffered in full the penalty
of his misdoing, when we consider the
utter absence of any harm aceruing to
the French nation. A hundred-fold more
worthy of such punishment are the lead
ers Of the plot which now exists against
the safety of the republic, and Of which
this man is the pitiful victim. To any
sensitive nature the processes of French
courts are the very refinement of cruelty
To those who understand only the pro-
cedure Of courts convened and acting
under the English law system, the pro-
ceedings of French court are wholly in
explicable. How they can be relied on
successfully to do substantial justice to
any innocent man accused of crime is
mystery in itself.
1t would be a humane and merciful act
if by any concerted action of outside peo-
pies The shocking farce could be brought
to a close Infinitely better would it be
for poor DreyfUs could he find rest in
his grave, did he not leave behind him
those whom he loves and by whom he is
beloved. Death has not torments to
equal those to which he has been subject
ed. The exhibition Of equal torture ap-
piled to dog would revolt the soul of a
savage
The unanimous action of the members
of the court-martial in refusing to grant
a stay of proceedings i'll view of the dis
ability of Dreyfus leading counsel is Of
the worst omen. 1t forbodes the
worst results to the country, as
we'll as to the prisoner. His con-
viction will mean that justice is
dead in France, and that the enemies of
the republic may consider themselves en-
couraged in the reckless courses which
they have entered on. It means that the
prevailing conspiracy will gather renewed
force, and that responsible government in
France will have to fight hard for its
existence in the immediate future
The hercism of this poor, despfsed Jew
reaches the sublime. No such man could
ever have essayed the role of a traitor
or spy. All the enemies he is shown to
have had in official life are already
branded as perjured, iAurderous scoun-
drels. He bears himself with more than
the nobility of martyr. Every word
and act of his since his temperance lie.
fore the world is the word and act of a
brave and honorable man. They NAV
drive the soul from his body by their per
secutions; but they Will never break down
the grand spirit Of the man. He is in
deed a glorious type OF a race schooIed
IN persecution, and sustained through
centuries of adversely by the noblest en-
dowments vouchsafed to the human
family.
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Nj. LABoRI IMPROVES.
Sympathy and Regard for Him Ex-
pressed on All Sides.

RENNES. Aug. 16.-Emil lola has tel
egraphed NJ. Labor, saying:
'On learning of the outrage I send
YOU the expression of indignation. My
heart is full Of tenderness and admfra-
ton for you"
NJ. Demange had a long consultation
with Matthew Dreyfus this afternoon re-
specting the action of the court, the
gravity Of which is fully recognized.
NJ Demange is much upset by the loss
of the assistance of his colleague, par
ticularly as NJ. Labor had prepared
special set of questions for Gen. Roget,
and the absence of this. together with
the fact that NJ Labori's secretary was
compelled to be away, put NJ. Demange
to a great disadvantage. Counsel for the
defense, however, will take Gen. Roget
in hand first thing tomorrow morning.
The great disappointment of the Drey-
fus family and M. Demange, however,
is the refusal of the court to adjourn.
when applied to this morning This IS
considered a grave portent, and is taken
to be an Indication that the members of
the court martial have already made I'D
their minds unfavorably to Dreyfus.
The following bulletin has been issued:
THE condition of the patient is sat
isfaetory in spite Of slight fever. The
X-rays has shown the bullet traversed
the skin. simultaneous cellular tissue
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-17
DenOunces the Proceedings at Rem
mes in Plain Terms,

BERLIN, Aug. 16-The refusal to ad-
Journ the Rennes trial, pending the re-
covery of M. Labor, is severely com
mented upon here. Capt. Dreyfus is com
pared to man in the stocks-at the
mercy of anybody choosing to pelt him,
and without means of self-defense.
The German press, hitherto reserved
and moderate. expresses its feeling
strongly on the subject of evidence of
Gems. MERCER and Billot. Keen anaIavz-
ing and criticism characterized every
comment. The references by Gen. Mer-
cier to Germany are denounced as 'in-
accurate, mendacious and puerile." They
will not be officially contradicted "be-
cause Germany cannot be held respon-
sible for the casuistry of French gen
erals"
L is equally improbable that Mercier's
statement will be denied in the reichstag
or that any steps will be taken which
would imply interference in the domestic
affairs of France beyond what has al
ready been done in the name of hu-
mainly to prove that Capt. Dreyfus had
no connection with Germany The press
OF Berlin is practically unanimous on This
point.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-17

and muscles around the spinal column.
hattening against the right side of the
fifth or sixth dorsal vertebra
The bulletin was signed by the four
doctors in attendance upon M. Labor.
M. Matthew Dreyfus, brother of Capt
Dreyfus. visited the wounded man this
morning. Finding him to be progress
ing favorably. M. Dreyfus said:
We'll, be brave. the revolver does not
seem to have done you much harm"
oh" replied M. Labor. smiling, ere
volvers are no use against me. am
too big. 1t needs a cannon shot to do
me much HARM
This is striking illustration of M.
Laeor1s pluck and cheerfulness. in spite
Of the agony he is undergoing
The premier, NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau
has telegraphed to the sufferer, express
Ing his sincere grief and expressing
hopes of his recovery
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-17
COLORADO TROOPS ARRIVE.
First Regiment Reaches Frisco Dr.
rect From the Philippines.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug LEGALLY dress
ed, with lines of many coIored flags, the
United States transport Warren arrived
at this port at o'clock this afternoon,
having on board the First Colorado regi-
ment of volunteers back from the cam
paign in the Philippines
The regiment, commanded by Col Nc
Coy, returns with As officers and 924 men.
about $50 less than the number that sail
ed from San Francisco last year. Just
before the regiment departed from Manila
thirtyffve of the First Colorado enlisted
in the Thirty-seventh regiment of volun-
teers, which was formed there
Two deaths occurred after the Warren
left Yokohama. These We're Private Ivan
Tinnerholm, Company H, and Private
Lindsay, Company L. Private Tinnerholm
died of typhoid malaria and Lindsay sue
cumbed to an attack of dysentery The
remains of both were buried at sea.
In addition to the Colorado regiment the
Warren also brought from the Philip
pines 119 discharged soldiers, comprising
fifty from the Sixth artillery, light bat
terry; fifty from the engineer corps and
twenty-nine stewards and nurses from
the various hospital corps. About forty
of the men on board are suffering from
dysentery.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-17
MUST lind Thu WAR
THAT is THE PREDOMINANT IDEA
AT THE WAR DEPARTMENT
THESE DAYS
MORE TRANSPORTS SECURED

stated That All the Troops Now En-
listed VIII Have Reached the
Philippines by the Openinr of the
Dry sensOn - Such Action May
RENDER Unnecessary the Forming
of New Regiments.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. = Secretary
foot mas been in consultation with the
oIncers of the quartermaster's danar+-
Inent with a view to expeditine the
movement Of the Philippine reinforce-
ihehts, and, as result, he this afternoon
directed that four additional transports
De chartered They are the Pueblo Bel
glan King, Columbia and Charles e. Nell
son. These four ships have a capacity of
2,S5O men. The Pueblo is now at San
Francisco and the Columbia at Portland
Or. The other two vessels are exnectad
to arrive at San Francisco in about fen
days, and 1t is expected that all of them
Will be ready to sail for Manila by Sent
10.
1t Is Secretary Roots desire that the
entire body of reinforcements for Gen
otls army may reach the Philippines for
service during the month of October, at
the latest, and TO that end he has been
quietly negotiating for additional ships.
1t Is now believed that all Of the ten regt-
ments VIII have landed at Manila by the
time the dry season opens. A short and
successful campaign by this new army
would, Of course, obviate the necessity
for sending any additional volunteers to
the Philippines, and the plans under con-
sideration at the war department are said
to be predicated on that idea, it being the
intention that whatever additional
troops may be recruited will be held in
reserve for contingencies.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-17
''VIcARI0Us PUNISHMENT"
mat Is What Correspondent Calls
Our System of Assessments.

/
10 the Editor of the Globe:
Inc amount of the assessment for
| sprllKhng for the year 1898, and charged
TO the abutting property, was $43, O00 Out
oL rms TINS sum the contractors received about
@i9'UVo' So'OOO was paid for printing, and
| the balance of $4,000 was sunk in the
corners OF the water board" 1t should
! oe borne In mind that the sprinkling of
| slfeets Is for the public convenience and
HoI LOT the especial benefit of the abutting
| ploperty' This Isl just as unconstitutional
as charging abutting property for the
! "iiole expense of paving and other street
| improvements which has been the prac-
cice IN st Paul since the city was first
aouhoed- Just why the water board should
iiht'ese upon the property owners this
| UNJUST and illegal expense is hard to de-
| ternine. To continue such a course is
| tyranndcal and without excuse, and is an
! Imposition that should not be tolerated.
| Ohe-halI OF the people who benefit by
the sprlnkling don't pay one cent to-
| W1ru the convenience they enjoy. large
amount OF property assessed has no i'm
pfcNements, and under such circum-
! STANCES can be Of no benefit to the owner
| Whatever, and yet the board of public
! "orks report that the owners are benefit
Gu 10 the extent of the cost. All the
improvements made in st. Paul are call
| ca ana deemed to be public, and yet pri-
'"le parties are compelled to pay the
score. This is the result of a bungllng,
tVrann1cal, Ambitious, inconsistent and IL
loglcal charter, giving, it is claimed by
ehose IN office, the power to Cypress and
lHpoVerlsh the property owner by various
assessments without even the color of
law New sidewalks are unceremoniously
torn up and others forced down in the
interest of pet contractors, without any
previous knowledge or consent Of the
aouttlng owner. Foreign investors are
dlsgusted and order their holdings to be
sold at almost any price they can get
rive hundred thousand dollars worth of
pubhc improvements have been project
ed for the year 1899, and rapidly forced to
completion without any regard to the
hnanclaI distress it will occasion to those
VINO 1t is expected will be called upon
to bear the crushing burden of this enor-
nous expense. But, we think the day of
reckoning is at hand; the unconstitu-
uonal1ty of the procedure will soon be
tested, and the right of the property own
ers determined as to whether the abut-
ting owners shall be forced to bear a
Flcar1ous punishment for the gratif1ca-
| ton and comfort of the general public
-Junius.
st. Paul. Aug 16.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-17
CoRNERING OUR NECEssAR,rS

Our press dispatches announce a gen.
efal movement among the retail meat
dealers of New York for an advance of
three cents and upwards in the prevailing
prices Of their product They declare
that this course is forced on them by the
advances in price which are being made
by the large packing houses of the coun-
try These latter establishments have
long been playing the double role of
siaughterers and wholesale dealers. and
now indicate their purpose, if the retail
dealers do not behave themselves, to en-
gage also in the retail trade. The pretext
is being put forward by the meat combine
that the price of live stock has advanced
so greatly that they are compelled to in
crease their prices to the retailers.
This announcement comes very quickly
after the other, that the retail dealers
would be compelled everywhere to paw
cash, or, falling, would be unable to Sc
cure their supplies. This, in turn, it is
declared by the representatives of the
trust, will be followed by the commenda-
BILE result of squeezing out the little fell
lows"
1t IS hardly necessary to attempt any
disproof of the claim put forward bv the
meat trust, that the price of live stock
Is advancing, so as to make such action
as they have taken necessary for their
own protection. They have secured con-
troll of the market for live stock, as they
have of the retail and wholesale trade
and of the slaughtering business. No
conditions can be shown to ex-
list which would place these people at
the mercy Of the stock raisers of the
country No farmer in the Northwest
need be told that the price at which he
can ship his cattle is dictated by the meat
combine, and that their dictation has the
result Of deciding what they can receive
from local country butchers.
Concurrently with this advance in
meats there is corresponding increase
announced in the price of ice to small
consumers. The commodities necessary
to our supply Of light and fuel are also
on the jump, and the unfortunate con-
sumner may look around in vain for anv
way out of the network of extortion
which surrounds him.
1t is the very refinement of satire on
the public helplessness to declare. in view
of these developments that the move
ment now so generally in progress. look
ing to the disappearance of the middle
man in commercial transactions is de-
signed with view to lessening the cost
of commodities to the consumers. There
is too much of concert of action plainly
manifest to admit of the explanation of
the rule of supply and demand which the
meat combine now puts forward.
While the people are thus having the
significance of the movement brought
home to them and are endeavoring to rec
oncile the existing condition with some
recognition of their rights, the whisky
combine comes forward and openly dis
cusses in the public prints the details of
their plans for the reduction of the out
put Of their product. There is no conceal
ment here. Indeed the pretense at con-
cealment on the part of any of these in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-17
ANGELES OCCUPIED.
Americans Have Il Sharp Engage
ment With FiIipinOs.

MANILA, Aug. 16, $40 p. m.-The in
surgents have been concentrating for two
days before Angeles.
1t is officially announced that Col
Smith, with ten companies of the Twelfth
regiment, and two guns of Battery E, of
the First artillery, under Lieut.. HENLEY,
this morning attacked 2,50C stroEgly-en-
trenched insurgents at the southern ap-
proach to Angeles, and drove them back
after a sharp fight, the American troops
losing two men killed and twelve wound
ed. The irsurSent loss was estimated at
2OG men.
Our forces now hold Angeles About 200
insurgents appC &red this morning in front
of Dolores, q short distance north of
Porac, but they were driven off by one
company of the Twelfth regiment, under
command of Capt. Anglum. One American
was wounded.
Mai Kirkman, on entering Santa Maria
and Depanay, today, with a reconnoiter-
ing party learned that after the fight
with Gen. Pho del Pillars men near Bus
tos, about thirty-three insurgents re-
treated northward. carrying many
wounded including five officers.
The Twelfth infantry left Caluet at
sunrise today, and advanced up the rail-
way Capt. Evans battalion deploycd to
the right of the track and Capt. Wood s
to the left. Two companies remained ON
the track with the artillery. The in
surgents were found well intrenched in
front Of the town, the trenches having
been dug within few days and since the
occupation of CaIuat-
At a distance of 800 yards the Filipinos
opened fire. Their force was estimated
by Col Smith at 1,50O although the resi-
dents afterwards said it exceeded those
figures by a thousand. The enemy sent
heavy volleys against the whole Ameri-
can line Most of their shooting, "a
usual, was high, but they concentrated
their heaviest fire down the track upon
the artillery.
Col Smith kept the whole line moving
rapidly with frequent rushes. The in
surgents attempted to flank Capt. Evans,
and, therefore, two companies were sent
to the right and drove them back. In
able to stand our continuous Vollcys the
Filipinos abandoned the trenches and re-
treated through the town northward.
1t appears they had only secured their
supply of ammunition this mornig. Had
they been attacked sooner they could not
have resisted. The intense heat causes
much suffering among the Americans.
A reporter Of the Mantle Times, who.
was accompanying Col. Smith, was shot
in the head, probably fatally. One Ameri-
can officer received a slight wound in
the face. Lieut.. Rowland, of Gen.
Wheatons staff, who knew the country
thoroughly, and who assisted in directing
the movement, received volley while
riding across a field close to the trenches,
but he escaped unframed.