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He escaped lightly. however, com.
pared to heroic Picquart, who, limo.
cent of anything ave the championlug
Of innocence, had been prosecuted with
out cessation since the day he was re-
called from Tunls, Shortly after the
first Esterha2y court martial he was
brought to trial ON a charge Of divulg.
ing military documents. or the various
counts he was convicted only on that ~
giving his correspondence with General
Gonse TO his counsel, Back he went to
prison and was later dismissed from
the army. Following the second trial
OF Esterhazy he was again brought to
book by the authorities, for he had
been rash enough to assert that he
could prove that Cayaignac had based
his confidence in Dreyfus' guilt on q
forgery. Then august, 1880 can't a
thunderbolt In the suicide Of Colonel
Henry, following his confession Of hay
ing forged the very documents quoted
by the war minister.
Revision could not be delayed much
longer. Sarrlen, the able minister OF
Justice, began TO exert himself, Mean
while Picquart was placed ON trial be-
fore the correctional tribunal, Sept, g'
1898, The military authorities demand
ed that he be surrendered to them fora
court martial, and the Judge granted
their demand. But before he was re-
moved from the court room Picquart
served notice ON the world that II ne
was found dead In his cell he would
be not n suicide, but the victim Of an
assassin; that he should feel obliged TO
hint that he feared for his HE was IN
deed significant, Eventually am appeal
resulted In nm order for his being re-
mnded to prison until he could be tried
by u ciyll court, aud he was thus taken
out of the hands of the military parV'
Some time later he was released ailer
having spent $50 days In prison
As the weeks passed, the movement
for revision spread until finally me
court Of appeal took evidence ana de-
cidod upon giving Dreyfus a new 'rl1l
'lhNl lIS ~ NlltR ~ - oNH' "
island to bring him back to the France
that had treated him SO unkindIN'
Now followed the trial at lenneS
marked by sensational EFFORTS to d',
credit Dreyfus utterly, Moltrc lAOou
was TO the fore I'm his behalf ana 80
bitter was HIS a|rraignment of the mlN,
tary party that few were SURPRISE
when an attempt was made to a%sSasS,
nate him. lie was shot In the back DIV
recovered from the wound. TIE upsnv,
OF the trial was that the court louu'
Dreyfug guilty, with extenuallnE gu
c%umstances." Shortly aftcrWaId y
was purdoned by President Louhe' ~"
has since lived quietly in Paris new
ceaslug TO struggle for the Legal rclnV'
al from his name Of the stl'N WAY"
the world believes II never deaelveu,
II, ARLINGTON BRUCE
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~ S&. lNASMICH as the pres
E>Lln yfY ilentiaI campairn Of
lrVA Ell ,oo. 10 drawing pc,r
IERS5C ~ , -, D..
clAE "''' ~.
IDE 5aA N'l' ''o'"0''u W"
L pfonlol' caNI'u''e VI
the Republican par
Is. il ig of interest 10 note thal nus
nomination would mark the eNorclo-
ing Of the eocmiug "hoodoo' that mas
I'm the past initiated against those
Of mlr chief executives who b"c3Hle
president by the death of The elected
head Of the nation. Prior to President
Ronyevclt there have been four vice
presidents elevated tu the presidential
chair by the demise Of its incumhculs
the four being John Tyler, Willard I'm
more, Andrew johnson and Chester A.
Arthur.
MIR TYLER was elected vice president
in 1870 on the celebrated "Tippccanoe
and TYLER too" ticket and became pres
ident within little more than a month
after the Inauguration Of General VII
liam Henry Harrison, who died IN
April lS4l, with Mr. TylerS accession
TO the presidency the whole political
situation changed. HIS nomination 10
the vice presidential place on the WING
ticket had been governed largely 10y
motives of expcdicucy, for, although a
Wing I'm most Of his political views II
was known chat he was strongly OPP
posed TO "a portion Of the prty's pro-
gramny. notably the recharicrlng oil
the Bank OF the United states, whose
charter had expired five years previ-
ously. As senator from Virginia he
had been stro1ast IN his opposition to
the national bank, and many OF the
Wing leaders In congress foreslW thAt
with him president they would have
difficulty IN carrying out their pct
project. Their hopes were raised by
his inaugural address and by his re-
moyal from office OF the Democrats
who had been appointed by previous
administrations. and they rejoiced
when In his message to the special
session OF congress-. May 81. 1871, Mr..
Tyler discussed the bank question ut
great length.
From the Whlg standpoint things
looked even more roseatc wnen he in
timated to several members that he
would bc pleased to have congress re-
quest the secretary Of the treasury, Mr.
Ewing, TO submit a plan for II national
bank. Both houses adopted resolutions
TO this effect, and Secretary Ewing
framed a measure IN accordance with
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frowned upon what they regarded as
his "dalliance with slavery" and albeit
the Wing nominating convention Of
1852 Endorsed his policy by a vote OF
227 to so, It was not found possible TO
secure his nomination for president, as
he could not command more than TWEEN
~ votes from the northern states. THE
choice OF the convention fell upon GEN
eral Winfield Scott, while the Demo-
Gratis put forward as their candidate
Franklin Pierce, who was elected over
General Scott and John y. Hale. the
nominee Of a third party which, deny
ing the wisdom of the compromise
measures, declared that All the terrific
ries of the United States should be free
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The most expensive railway to travel
on II the Kongo, where the fare Is 500
for $50 miles.
As a result n the frequency Of street
robberles one of the largest banks in
London has decided Ia arm all us mes-
sengers with reyolyers.
Ia Dutch GUYANA the women carry
upon their persons all the family saw
ings in the shape Of heavy bracelets,
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, gained ground. but the conspirators
were not to be crushed easily. FiorzI-
netti, the cOmmandant Of the Cherche
Midi prison, who had become convinced
Of the innocence OF Dreyfus from his
personal observation OF the unhappy
officer while In his keeping, was CASH
Tered for daring to give voice to his
Views. PIcquart's lodgings I'm Paris
were searched. Picquart himself was
recalled from Tunis TO explain why he
had given Gonse's letter TO Leblois.
Esterhazy In a spirit OF brayado de-
handed a court martial. His desire
was granted, and-he was acquitted.
Vlye Esterha2y! yive rarmec! a bas
Dreyfus,
Enter lola. The great novelist. long
a "looker on In Vienna" so far as the
Dreyfus AFFAIR was concerned, had be-
come satisfied Of E~sterhazy's guilt and
Of Dreyfus' innocence, In n f~orceful
letter to the Aurore he entered a formal
series of charges against the court
martials that had considered the two
eases, MI France was in an uproar.
The minister of war resolved TO prOs-
cCutc lola, but 10 do so In such a way
that the Dreyfus case would not neccs-
sarily be %reopencd, Sklllfully the mill
tary authorities used their influence
with the court Of nssize before which
Zola would be tried Now Maitre La
bort, famed lnter az the untirlng and
faithful counsel at the Rcuues trial Of
1893, cXerted an his oloquence, both In
pleading Zola's cause and In trying TO
bring to light the conspiracy against
Drcyfuy. An his efforts wore IN vain,
although his vigorous onslaught on the
citadels Of the corrupt militarism crc-
0tcd an intense sensation, Zola was
convicted and sentenced 10 pay a fno
and undergo 70 years Imprisonment.
IN appeal was successful aud "A second
Trial took place; NJ which Xola refused
20 appear. he was again convicted
and In anger and disgust went into self
exile. Later he returned to France,
but did not live to see the final yindl.
cation OF the man for whom he had so
brayely fought,
Again there was a change OF minis-
try, and now Cayaignac held the reins
Of the war Office. He was determined
10 put an end to the Dreyfus agitation
ana made o careful study Of the case.
Like Bilidt he was hoodwinked into re-
affirming the guilt OF the convict on
PARKWAY Devils island. a
CayaIgnac's disclaimer could not ST.
lence the oar Of an outraged public
conscience, Esterhn2y vas offered up
ms a scapegoat aud brought before a
military court Of inquiry, not TO answer
any specific charge, but apparently to
justify his, military career. II was no
longer "Vlye Esterhazyl" He was con.
vlCted Of habitu0l misconduct and
cashlered. Soon thereafter he with.
drew to England, a ruined man.
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a more stringent fugitive slave law.
This scheme was attacked by both adj
Vocates and extreme opponents Of slav-
cry, but eventually was adopted In
practically It's entirety IN the form Of
several statutes, President Fillmore
signing the various bills before the end
Of September, 1850.
In afixing his signature to the fugi-
tive slave law President Fillmore alien
ated many OF the leading Wings. who
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two-thirds majority to carry II over his
veto. the Wings turned with Increasing
bitterness against the president, the
cabinet resigning with the exception Of
Daniel Webster, secretary Of state, who
remained in office because OF the nego-
tiatlous he VAS then conducting with
the British ministry on the question Of
the disputed northeastern boundary Of
the United States, Before congress adj
journcd IA September, 1871, the Wings
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the American people. President Taylor
had died at the height Of the acrlmo-
Nous discussion IN congress concerning
what were later known as the compro-
mise measures of 1850, designed to pro-
vide a form of government for the ter
ritOry included I'm the Mexican cession,
Henry Clay had offered a general
scheme Of adjustment which provid.
ed for the admission Of California
as a state without any restriction
concerning slavery. for the creation of
territorial governments In the other
portions Of the Mexican cession with
out reference to slavery, for the pro-
hibiiion OF slave trading in the District
OF Columbia and for the enactment of
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published a manifesto declaring that all
political relations between them and
the president were at an end, and to-
ward the close Of his administration II
became apparent that, while he had
lost the confidence Of the Wings, he
had not gained that of the Democrats.
IN May, 1914, a convention composed
largely OF oihceholders met at Baltl-
more and nominated Mr.. Tyler for
president, but In August he withdrew
from the contest. Meantime the Wings
had nominated their faVorite leader,
Henry Clay, while the choice Of the
Democrats was James X, Polk of Ten
nessee, vino was elected.
The Wings again came into power
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states. Congress, however. proceeded
In accordance with its own views and
during the session of 1886 appointed
a committee TO consider the various
problems entailed In reconstruction by
legislation, The first alarum in the
struggle between the executive and the
legislative was sounded when President
Johnson vetoed the civil rights bill,
passed TO secure the full rights of citi-
zenship to the freedmen of the south,
The bill was at once passed over his
veto by the requisite two-thlrds ma
jority. In the summer of 1866, hoping
to rally public opinion to his support,
President Johnson set out on "A Swing
around the circle" accompanied by
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AT HOME AND ABROAD.

auklcts, necklaces and even crowns Of
gold and silver.
There Is an increasing tendency
among the wealthy Berllners to dwell
outside the city limits TO escape the
taxes,
Statistics Of the London county
council show that there are IN that
city 1881 women wage earners.
Canaan, @ Baluchoe convict, was ask.
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of bacon, twenty sausages and five ana
one-half pounds of bread at one Sit
ting, lie won his bet, but fell down
dead the next moment,
a good authority on horses says that
the gray viii i've tho longest and that
the roahs come next In order, Blacks
seldom live TO be over twenty, and
creams rarely exceed ten or fifteen.
The empress Of China declines 10
recognize the fact that she viii soon
reach the threescore years and ten lin
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while the ordinances OF secession were
unconstitutional the southern states
had By adopting them actually been out
of the Union aud could not be restored
to their former status save by legisla-
ton.
on the 9th or May. 1866. President
Johnson issued a proclamation for the
restoration of Virginia TO her place In
the Union and followed this up with
proclamations restoring all the other
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with the elections Of lsiS. General
Zachary Taylor of Indian and Mexican
a fame being elected president and
Willard Fillmore vice president. In
July, 1850, President Taylor died. and
Vice President Fillmore was az once
sworn into office, forming a new cab
met, with Daniel Webster as secretary
Of state, The period during which
President Fillmore entered upon his
high duties was one OF great moment to
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dent Johnson's tenure OF Office was
marked by a succession Of disputes be-
tween the chief executive and con-
gress. the apex of dlssenslon being
reached when he was impeached for
the removal from Office OF Secretary Of
War stanton. etc, The break between
the president and congress hinged on
the method to be followed In recon-
structing the American Union. Presi-
dent Johnson held that the southern
states ordinances OF secession were In
valid, that the seeding states had new
err been out of the Union and that re-
to be settled by the executive, In OPP
position to this, congress affirmed that
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Ni IN the history Of the
NAN !. !. !. !. !. !. !: !. ]: !. !. . !. +. !. 6. !. 1. !. !. !. !.
iva HE Dreyfus case shall
B&&sY VA have been written the
Hfv&fl l{t4 three names which
M HSE viii stand foremost
MgIWVNT on the roll OF honor
WElAA-D Of those who cham-
pioned an unpopular
cause are picquart, Zola and LaborI
10 this trio more even than TO the so
called Dreyfus syndicate headed by NJ.
Relnach must be attributed the final
victory OF right over wrong. In season
and out of season they fought for n re-
vision of the case Of the prosecuted Of
ncer |railroaded to a living death by the
secret court martial Of 1894 at the
Cherche Midi prison, martyr OF the
prosecutions Of the military clique OF
MERCER, De ~Bolsedcflre, G0nse, Sand
herr, Henry and Du'Paty de Clam.
Picquart 1t was who first sounded n
clarion note of protest other than that
based ON sentiment alone. This was
In 1896, nearly two years after the In
famous court martial. In the Interim
there had been a change Of ministry,
Billot succeeding Mercier at the war
office and PicQuart holding the post of
head Of the intelligence department of
that bureau, the position occupied by
Sandherr at the time Of the discovery
of the celebrated borderenu In the
%wastebasket OF the German military at
4.l. IA. nI.t,I IuV az 1904 thaTa
was brought to Picqunrt, as there had
been brought to Sandherr, the produce
Of a spy's rummaging nj the German
embassy, "A torn post card hearing the
name Of q NJ. le Commnnddnt Ester
hazy tending to place that worthy In
the category TO which the court martial
had ~roleguted Dreyfus, Picquart, alert
and interchangeable, pressed nm inquiry
personally and, having obtained speci-
mems Of E%sterhazy's writing, discovered
that they bore a remarkable resem-
blance To the writing Of the iate(ul
document that had convicted Drcyfus.
AZ once he called upon the hand
writing expert who had identified the
writing OF the bordereau as that of
Dreyfus and showed him "A specimen
Of Esterha2y's c~hlrograpily, When the
expert pronounced this to be Identical
with the writing Of the bordereau PIE
quart lost no time IN laying the matter
before De Boisdcffre and Gonse, respec-
lively chief and assistant chief of the
headquarters staff, Had these men
been men the scandal that shook
France from top TO bottom might have
been aycrted, for they could have taken
the necessary steps to set Dreyfus right
before the world, But both counseled
silence. PlcQuart, not needing their adj
vice and mindful only Of the possibility
that an innocent man might be eypiat-
ing another's crime, appealed 10 Billot.
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soil. -Four years later Mr., Fillmore
was put forward as a presidential can
didate by the Know Nothing party,
whose chief platform plank was oppo'
sltlon 10 foreign influence In the United
States, He received the electoral vote
Of only one state-Maryland.
The third accidental president was
Andrew johnson. who attained the
presidency In 1865 when the assassin's
bullet Killed Abraham Lincoln. Presl-
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French possession, His friends were
kept In ignorance of his whereabouts,
and The contemplated proceedings
against Esterha2y were dropped,
Now appeared a now champion,
Scheurer- Kestner, vice president Of the
French senate, an Alsatian %oompatrlot
Of Dreyfus. In common with the great
majority OF l'renchmen, he had taken
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ed In u Delhi court recently how prls-
oners concealed money. lie replied by
opening his mouth and pouring into
his hand a number OF coins.
In the past forty years 1900, 900 per-
sons have left Ireland,
The Russian state scepteg IL of solid
gold three feet long, ada contains
among It's ornaments 26S diamonds, $50
rubies aud Is emeralds.
Belgium ana Holland use Greenwich
time, In Germany Austria, Denmark,
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ratus to revive hrcmen overcome by
smoke or heat. Ordinary citizens may
also have the loan Of the apparatus In
cases Of urgent need,
Probably the youngest general in
The world Is a nephew of the late shah
OF Persia a hoy not yet fourteen years
old, He holds the rank OF full general
In the Persian army.
\ young Hungarian yokcl named
Gaganc recently made a bet at Temes.
var to cat two and one.quarter pounds
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Italy, Scandinavia and Switzerland ono
hour before Greenwich time rules,
In France there are 1879 women
employed as gatekeepers atN the railway
crossings, They get very small pay.
but are provided with free houses,
OF all the money transactions In
England 81 per cent are carvied
through by check, only 9 per cent by
notes or gold.
Every fire station in Berlin has now
been equipped with an oxygen app0-
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It, Great preparations had been I',' y
for celebrating her seventeen ol''uSoi
this year, but she has counIciin'"''
them. c..ot
Deaths from starvation IN ul' w
Britain have fallen from clsh'ee" .
twelve per million IN the last wv"
years. ,Al
Each year about $4,000 is o>p' '1on
In sprinkllng the streets ol h' AIN.
with sand to prevent horses iIO"' '
ping,
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into the authorship OF the bordereau.
Nothing coming Of his efforts, he took
an unyielding position In the front
ranks OF those who olamored for revI-
sion, This was Ia July 1897. At the
same time the Figaro, under the editor
ship OF Fernand de Rodays, added the
weight Of It's influence TO the pro-revl-
sion movement, Slowly the campaign
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Dreyfus guilt for granted, but facts
came to his knowledge that shook his
confidence in the integrity Of the
French war office, lie consulted with
PicQuart's friend and lawyer, Leblois.
who showed him significant letters that
had passed between Picquart and
Gonse, Then he called upon Blllot,
whom he urged to reopen the inquiry
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len the final chapter
In the history Of the
Dreyfus case shall
have been written the
three names which
viii stand foremost
on the roll OF honor
OF those who cham
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-04
Abstract0 DEF c0ncepto
del Attorney General

La Ley dice que Ia renuncia debe ser
aceptada pero no dice por quien debe
ser aceptada. Por consiguiente, 81 Ia
renuncia del Sr. GordilS no es aceptada
de I'm modo formal, 6 81 su puesto no
Sc declara vacante por medic de un ac-
to que as1 10 expresa Ell Sr. Gordils Sc
guira siendo miembro de Ia C5mara,
hasta que una de las dos causas Sc haya
realizado. No hay duda de Que la renun-
cia puede ser aceptada por ell Goberua-
dor, ordenando una nueva election que
Iseg1n La Ley, viene ser 10 mismo que
una aceptacion. En- mi concepto, al Co
bernado puede formarmente aceptar la
renuncia. Ahora bien, falta saber 81 ell
precepto legal de que al Presidente de
la Camara debe trasmitir la renuncia
al Gobernador, signifca tambien que
el Gobernador puede aceptarla con-
vocar nueva eleccion para cubrir la va
cante. ESQ es discutible. Pero como
quiera que Ia ley ME dice que la CANA
ra 8 sus miembros deban tomar deter
mlnacion alguna, sino simplemente que
lei Preside2te remita la renuncia al Co
bernador; puesto que, usando de otroS
terminos, los legislatures tuvieron en-
cuenta 10 que la Camara debe hacer
con una renuncia, expresando el fun
cionario 4 quien debe ser trasmitida,
es logico suponer que dicha renuncia Sc
envfa al Gobernador para que acuerde
10 que estime conveniente. Las razo-
mes aducidas abonan la opinion que sus-
tento que el Gobernador debe resolver
en- difinitiva acerca de la renuncia pre-
sentada por ell Sr. Gorlils, y asi tengo
| el honor de recomendarlos.
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EI agio sobre eI orc

El ministro del Tesoro de Italia, Sr.
Luzzatti, ha pronunciado un discurso on
Ell Senado, para exponer las causas que
han contribufdo q la baja del cambio
International en- el expresado pats. Sc
gun dicho consejero de Ia Corona, ell
fen6meno de la desaparici6n del agio
sobre el orc Sc debe q dos hechos prin-
cipales, que son: los ahorros de los emil
grantees italianos al extranjero y e1
dinero de las Congregations franccsas,
que hace dos amos estan afiuyendo a
Italia.
Estos dos recursos han determinado
Ia posibilidad de queIIos Bancos reforza-
sen sus reservas de orc, hasta tai punto,
que ahora Ia circulation de los billetes
de Banco ha sido casi cubierta por las
reservas metalicas, mientras que los
billetes del Banco de Francia, por ejem-
plo, pierden en- el cambio o,zo por cada
100 frances.
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sELL0s HIsPAM0s


Ia rsina dc unos JueEos asraIeui
En- otro tempo, Ia imperial romano
premiaba 4 los pujantes gladiadores,
y al triunfar los moriscos justadores,
besSbalos en- lauro la Sultana.
De aquella edad caballeresca hermaua,
on los juegos de cafias, los sefiores,
por mas diestros y fuertes vencedores,
rendfan Ia noble Castelana.
Marie y Hercules guardian sus arreos
en- los desvanes de empolvada historic;
hoy Apollo renueva sus trofeos
y Ia Isaura eres t1 de la Poesfa,
y 20 el Bertrand que aspira 4 IA victoria
solo porque me aplaudas, Reina mia.
MANUEL S. PIcHARDo.