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JUSTICE Fill mini
:‘hFrenoh Cabinet Decideg'in Favor
of Revision.
AND THE PEOPLE APPROVE
'Ihe Documents to Be Sent to the Court
of Cessation. The Minster of Justice
Hus Announced that he Has Given In-H
structlon to Proceed Against Any Ono
Attacking .i he Army.
Paris, Sept. 27,—At a meeting of the
cabinet Monday morning, all the min-
.lsters being present, a, decision was
taken in favor of a. revision of the trial
:of Albert Dreyfus, the captain of artil-
lery who was degraded on charges of
selling military secrets to a foreign
.power, and sentenced to imprisonment
on Devil’s island, near Cayenne, and
the documents in the case will be sent
alto the court of cessation;
The crowds of people outside the min-
istry of the interior, where the cabinet
council was held, loudly cheered the
mi:.isters, and there were shouts of
’ “i .ve Brisson!" -“Vive la revision!"
he cabinet ordered the minister of
jzxstice, M. Sarrien, to lay before the
x .urt of cessation the petition of Mme.
" reyfus, wife of the prisoner of Devil's
.»
.i sland, for a revision of her husband’s
rease. _
The court, therefore, will decide the
.legal question as'fito whether the first
trial of Captain Dreyfus was vitiated
”by the forgery committed by the late
Lieutenant Colonel Henry, who was a
"witness before the court martial, and
who confessed to having forged a doc-
ument in the case. , ;_ .
The minister of justice has announce
ed that he has given instructions that
proceedings are to be taken immedi-
.ately against any one attacking the
-:-army. - » . '
Henri Rochefort, in his paper, the-
ZIntransigeant, accuses Major Esterha-
:zy of having been bribedby the so-
called Dreyfus syndicate, to “cover
himself with dishonor by confession to
a forgery, of which charge he was
twice vaui'tted." M. Rochefort asserts
.r»':."that, he. paid Esterhazy 1,000 francs for
copies of all the documents in the case,
if and that, in addition, withtwo other
-. newspaper : men, .he paid Esterhaey,
'- who was literally without a ceritime,
300*‘franc's-m'onthly to prevent him. from
‘ dying ofihunger while waitingtoobtain
"Ya péfi'sibn. - V‘ . ‘
Continuing, M.Rochefort says: “Re-
cently,=without any apparent incentive,
Esterhazy mysteriously went to Lon-
don, ‘ abandoning his three . hundred
francs monthly. Why this emigration?
NVho paid for his journey? With
wvhat money has Esterhazy paid for
iii-his meals ?"
., 'i‘l‘ihe Figaro says: “The government
may safely decide in favor of or
against a revision, but its duty is to
come to a prompt determination."
M. Clemenceau, in the Aurore, says
“France is divided into two camps,
:those who conceive that the interests
.of the country depend upon the con—
»cealment of facts by lies, and those
"who have a sufficiently high esteem
:for the country not to separate patri-
otism from the aspirations of justice
and truth,"
___._____._._———
A Bank Teller Shot.
Blissfield, Mich, Sept. 27.—While pas-
sing the postofllce here at about 12.30
o'clock Sunday morning, Samuel Roth—
:Euss, teller in the Blissfield State Bank,
was held up by robbers intent upon
:robbing the postoflice.- -
They commanded him to hold up his
hands, and in doing so he exposed a
revolver, whereupon one of the men
fired upon him.
Rothfuss fell to the sidewalk, but re—
turned the fire, firing three shots,
which failed to take effect, and the
robbers escaped with a stolen team.
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The A~ has of Columbus.
Havana, Sept. ill—At nine o’clock
yesterday morning the remains of Co—
lumbus wet; exhumed in the presence
of General Blanco, Secretary Govin, the
civil governor, the bishop, the dean of
the cathedral and other authorities.
The general public was excluded
from the cathedral at eight o’clock.
The entrance was guarded by a force
..of Orden Publico, which kept back the
crowds which had assembled in front
of the-edifice.
A Circus Train Wrecked.
Huntington, W. Va., Sept. 27.—-Sells
Brothers & Forepaugh's circus train
was wrecked at 'Wilsondale, on the
Norfolk and Western railroad yester-
day. James Doyle of Philadelphia and
Harrison Kipps of .Virgin-ia were fatally
‘ sinjuned. Patrick Forepaugh was serl-‘
--ously hurt. A car with elephants rol-
.'led down an embankment, and the ani-
'mals were injured, but none killed.
An Artist Lost in the Snow.
New Whatcom,
"The party sent out to search for Wal-
ter Schroeder, the young St. Louis art-
ist, who was lost in the Mount Baker
:- hills, has‘ returned without finding
Shim. The searchers found his outfit,
' which they brought in. They say that
further search is impossible on account
m‘ the snow.
Illlnoll State Fair Begins.
Springfield, 111., Sept. 27.—The forty-
?fifth annual exhibition of the Illinois
I to board of agriculture opened yes-
.te ay at the state fair grounds. In
point of numbers and merit the exhib-
its this year surpass those of any for-
mer year. The fair will close next Sat-
...urday night. "I“
The Death of Funny Davenport
New York, Sept. 27.—A dispatch re-
:teived in this city last night from Dux-
bury, 'Mass., announced the death at
10.30 o'clock of Miss Fanny Davenport.
Mlss Davenport died at the home of
her husband, Mr. McDowell, where
she had been seriously ill for many
-..sveeks. ,
nob-on and the Colon.
Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 27.—Naval
r? Constructor Hobson says that he can
raise the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Co-
’ ion with air bags .in a week if given
Hobson 'says .he
uCol‘on. .
Wash, Sept. 27.-— ,
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} : OR GDN’S CHA°LAIN ON TR'AL-
I
, Remarks About Sampson and Evans?
l Denver,. COL, Sept. - 27.;The court
. martial convened for the trial of Chap-
i lain Joseph P. McIntyre of the battle-
Ship Oregon met here at‘ 1 o'clock yes-
‘ terday afternoon. It was ushered .in
with a sensation.
, Instead of the calling of witnesses to
- inaugurate the trial, as is, customary,
Attorney Earl M. Cranston, attorney
!or the accused, madean address to the
' court. » ,
Although the text of that address is
unknown, the doors being closed, those
I, who are bost'qualified to Judge of such
matters, assert that it is practical
admission of the charges d specifi-
cations and a proposition to submit
to the. court the expert testimony of
Drs. Eskridgc and Pershing.
These“ two physicians are specialists
in nervous disorders. They made an
examination of Chaplain McIntyre on
Saturday. This was done at the in-
stance of friends of McIntyre, who
think that by reason of great mental
excitement resulting from his experi-
ence in the Santiago campaign he was
not responsible for utterances he may
have made in his lecture delivered here
on August 8. ,
The object sought in trying to have
the testimony of these specialists sub-
mitted would obvidusly be to waive a
trial and throw the chaplain on the
mercy of the court.
' The charges against Chaplain McIn-
tyre are three: Scandalous conduct
tending to the destruction of good mor-
als, conduct to the prejudice of good
order and discipline, and conduct un-
becoming an officer of the United States
navy. ~
The specifications are ten in number
and comprise quotations from a news‘
paper report of the lecture which the
chaplain delivered in the Trinity Meth-
odist Episcopal church here on August
8, and in which he is alleged to have
questioned the honesty of Admiral,
Sampson and. the courage of Captain
Robley D. Evans. .
THE ARMYHQSPITAL DISPUTE.
The Conflict Between the Division and
Regimental Systems.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 27.-——Ofilcers
of the Twenty-fourth Michigan regi-
ment are very indignant over a dis-
patch printed in the New YOrk Herald
from Washington saying thattheir
regimental hospital is in bad condition.
They claim that. this report is part of
' _ a conspiracy ofvthe medical department
”to put regimental hospitals in bad re-
pute, so that the divisional system may
be maintained.
The Michigan regiment made such
a vigorous protest against the divis-
ional hospital that they were allowed
to restore regimental hospitals.
Colonel Gardiner was very indignant
yesterday morning and emphatically
denied that the charges were true.
statements as utterly without founda—
tion. The officers of the regiment are'
determined to uphold their regimental
hospital, and have large numbers of
, affidavits to prove its superiority over
the division system. '
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Democratic Convention.
Syracuse, Sept. 27.—The Democratic
politicians of the Empire state are
gathering here for the convention
which opens to-morrow. ’
Mr. Croker still avers that he has no
candidate and that Tammany has
none. Senator McCarren said yesterday
that the strongest man would win, and
that without any dictation from any—
; body. As to who that man is the sens.-
~tor says he knows no more than the
! average citizen.
The names of Van 'Wyck, Herrick, Ti- ,
tus and Earl have
mentioned for the chic:
been prominently
of governor.
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.7? " Empire State Politics
Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 27.——To-day at
_ ten o’clock will be called to order the
state Republican convention. A com-
plete state ticket is to be nominated.
Much interest has centered in the gu—
bernatorial contest between Hon. Theo-
dore Roosevelt and the present encum-
bent, Hon. Frank S. Black. It now
looks as if Roosevelt would be named
on the first ballot. Beside the 700 od-‘J
delegates the town is well filled with
prominent Republican politicians from
all parts of the state and more than or-
dinary interest is manifested.
Sullivan the “’inner w“
New York, Sept. 27.——After 5 rounds
of fast fighting at the Greater Nev.
York A. C., at Coney Island, last night,
Dave Sullivan, the Boston feather-
'weight, was declared a Winner ovu-
Solly Smith of Los Angeles, a1.
;:Smith~ failed to respond when the
fifth round was called, explaining that
the-bones in his left forearm_b-‘-r‘ ‘\
livering-a blow. Smith showed a. swol-
len wrist as evidence that hls‘state-
. ment was correct.
The Situation in China,
Washington, Sept. 27.-—Mr:'Wu Ting
Fang, the hlnese minister. said yester-
day that he had received no word con-
cerning the reported death of the em—
peror beyond press reports. The troub-
loul condition of. affairs in China is
exciting much apprehension here,
mainly because of the threatening atti-
tude of the great powers and their
readiness to seize upon any pretext for
further encroachments upon Chinese
territory. '
Gen. Shutters Plans. '
San Francisco Sept. I’D—Advices from
. General Shafterto friends in thisclty
say that he .will soon return to resume
, his station here as commander of the
' department of California, relieving.
General Merriam, who fill, probably,
be assigned to his” former; dutlell’ias
co ander of the department of ‘the
Columbia.
Secretary Alger Expoc led on Wednesday
. Washington, Sept. 27.—Secrebry Al-
ger hassent word to the war depart-
ment from, Jacksonville, Fla.. that he
expects to be in Washington to-mor-
row. Acting Secretary ,Melkeljoh’n will
then go-oudeave of,,abs,e_nce. to recuper-
atefrom the. severeystrailn he has been
under for "so many months:
favourite. in Wyoming.
Cheyenne, nyoming, Sept. 21—Ho-
ports from various-parts of: the' state
show that serious forget fires‘are burns
-i'ng"infmany"places.- “ , 4
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Will Ho Plead Mental Irresponllbility for I
Surgeon H. A. Haze characterized the J
broken lathe-second round while .de- -
: . THE- GILL MYSTERY SOLVED.
Bridgeport Police‘Say that Oxley and the
‘ Two Drayton Women Have Congo-led. '
., Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 27.—The
. death of Emma Gill, the Bridgeport!
' police say, is now an open book. All
those alleged to be implicated in the
crime are under arrest save tthe per-
son'whose hand brought an untimely
end to the victim and subsequently dis-
memb’éra'i Elsi: bady. That person, the
police say, is Mrs. Nancy Quiyord.
The police say that Harry Oxley has
confessed to cOmplicity in the crime,
and that Rosa Drayton and her daugh-
ter Clara, laundress and housemaid re-
spectively in the employ of Nancy
Guilford, confessed yesterday to that
portion of the crime with which they
Were acquainted.
The police say further that these
confessions bear out the theory con-
tained in their statement madepublic
on Saturday as to the circumstances
of the dismemberment and disposal oi
the body of Emma, Gill. ,
Harry Oxley of Southington, who is
alleged to have paid Dr. Nancy Guil-
ford for performing a criminal opera-
tion on Emma Gill, which resulted fa-
tally, has 'been rearrested charged
with manslaughter.
Extradition papers were made out
yestetrday for the return of Miss Guil-
ford to this city. She is now under ar-
rest at Elmira for alleged complicity
in the crime. '
The police say that Mrs. Guilford is
“under cover near Wellsburg, N. Y.,
and will soon be compelled to come out
of her hiding place owing to her fast
diminishing funds.”
A RiVAl. OF THE L. A. w.
Bald, Gardiner, Cooper ind Other Bacon-g
Form the American Racing Union.
Trenton, Sept. 27.——-A meeting of a
number of crack professional bicycle
racers was held at the Trenton house
yesterday morning and the American
Racing Cyclists’ Union was formed, to
be run in opposition to the L. A. W.
Eddie C. Bald was made chairman and
F. Ed Spooner secretary.
An agreement was circulated, and a
mdtion was adopted that those failing
to sign the agreement could only be-
come members of the union through
formal application.
Those who were at the meeting and
who signed the agreement, were: Ed-
die Bald, Arthur Gardner, Tom Cooper,
Jay Eaton,- Orlando, Stevens, H. F.
'Terrlll; J. "B. Anderson, W. E. Becker,
RIB. Stevens, John Zimmerman, H. T.
Barlow, W. J. Wi'gr'nore; James P. Log-'
ne, John Ruel, R. A. Miller, E. P.
.Thompson and Eddie Stout. ,Those
|present appointed themselves a com-
mittee-at-large to circulate the agree-
ment among the rest of the sixty-three.
iprofésSionals entered for the races, and
l appeal to them to sign the document.
Filipinos in Chicago.
Chicago, 'Sept. 27.——Felipe Agoncilla,
; second in power among the Filipinos to
iAguinaldo, and his private secretary,
Slxto Hopez, arrived in this city at
.8.35 o’clock Monday morning over the
{ Chicago & Northwestern railroad.
They. were accompanied by Major
3 General Greene and his aides, Captain
! W. G. Bates and Lieutenant Schuyler
' Schieffelin. After a. two hours’ stay in
the city the party left at 10.30 o’clock
' over the Pennsylvania route for VVash-
ington.
A Lynching in Tennessee.
1
I Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 27.——A dis-
patch to the Sentinel from Mountain
City, Tenn., says that at about two
o’clock Monday morning a mob of 100
men overpowered the Johnson county
jailer and took John Williams, a negro,
who seriously stabbed Sherman Dunn
-and assaulted Mrs. Mollie Shelton in
this county 3. week ago, from the jail,
and hung him to a tree about one
mile back of the town.
Anny of Sofas Defeated.
Paris, Sept. 27,—An official dispatch
:from St. Louis, Senegal, French West
I Africa, says that a force of Sundanese
'sharpshooters in the French service.
.commanded by Lieutenant Woolfel,
has defeated an army of Sofas, under
one of .Samory’s chiefs, capturing 5,000
men and seizing 300 Gras rifles and
quantities of ammunition. The French
force had one sharpshooter wound~
ed.
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New Army Orders.
Washington, Sept. 4 7.——The acting
secretary of war has ordered that at
least two medical officers shall always
be kept on duty with every volunteer-
regiment, including the surgeon, with
the rank of major, and that all the
regiments will keep four hospital tents
and field furniture to equip them for
a regimental hospital for each regi-
ment.
Soldier Hated Ell Uniform.
Denver, Sept. 27.-—Frank Ficks, a pri-
' vate ofvthe Seventh United States in-
fantry,‘ has died at“ the home of his
‘ uncle in this city of typhoid fever, con-
:tracted at Santiago.
g I—Ie said he had been ill treated and
neglected ever since he was taken ill
and -made a dying request that he be
not buried in his uniform.
Gold Como I from France.
New York, Sept. 27.-—0n the French
liner Gascogne, which has arrived at
this port, were the following consign-
_ments of gold: National. City Bank,
500,000 francs; Heldélbadh,‘ Ickelheimei
& 00., 500,000 francs; Alla'l'd &. Co., 500,-
000 francs, and the Credit Lyonnais,
1,000,000 francs.
. An' Aged Farmer Murdered.
Akron, .10., Sept. 27.—The body .cf
Oscar; Osborne; a farmer who “lived
near here, was found dead .in his barn
yesterday. He had been murdered
during, the night for ,money. . He was
eighty years old and very wealthy.
Therein no clue to the murderer.
Kltchener in Be suns.
London, Sept. 27.—It is ofilcial-iy an-
nounced,- that, Major. General, sir ‘sz0r-
bertJlitchener, commander-in-cme: of
the ,JVA‘n'gIOrEé'yptian forces, , is to be
Kinkdom- .
Virginia gaank Closes Ill noon.
Shout. Bank .-a.t.-_-.Cli_fton. Forge 01.0.!“
”mason, :{ No'st'atement of its .fi'nl'm-
ltd.-
elevated-ftp the.peexia¢e",'of the United -
Richmond. IVs-a Sept; 27.-The Allen
clalcondition has yet 'b‘e‘dn ma'dep'ub- .
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PAUL MORPHY AND THE DEVIL
flow the G'reat Chess Player Defeated fill
": . Satanic Majesty.‘
On reading the notes in the July
number on Paul Morphy’s visit to
Philadelphia, I am reminded of an
incident in connection with his visit
to ~Richmond, -Va., about the same
time, which was related to me some
years ago by Rev. Mr. H. of that city.
I'do not remember ever to have seen
it in print. Mr. Morphy was Mr. H.’s
guest while in the city, and on his ar-
rival was at once attracted by a paintL
ing over the mantel, which was a fine
copy of a celebrated painting repre-
senting a game of chess between a
young man and the devil, the stake
being the young man’s soul.
The artist had most graphically de-
picted the point in the game where
it was apparently the young man’s
move, and he seemed just to realize
the fact'that he had lost the game,
the agony of despair being shown in
every line of his features, and atti-
tude,'while the devil, from the oppo-
site side .of the table, gloated over
him with fiendish delight. The posi-
tion of the game appeared utterly
hopeless for the young man, and Mr.
H. said he had often set it up and
studied it with his chess friends, and
all agreed that the young man’s game
was certainly lost.
Mr; Morphy walked up to the pict-
ure and studied it for several min-
utes, when finally, turning to Mr. H.,
be said:
“I can win the game
man.” .
Mr. H. was, of course, astonished,
and said: “Lt is impossible!”
Mr. Morphy replied: “Get,out the
men and board and let us look at it.”
The position was set up, and in a
few rapid-i moves he demonstrated a
complete win. for the young man, and
the devil was checkmated.
Rev. Mr. H. was wont to apply the
evident and beautiful moral, which I
leavetoeach one of your readers to
think oven—B. M-unford in American
Chess Magazine.
for the young
PROFITS FROM STREET PLAYING.
Considerable Amounts of’Money Gathered
' , by Strolling Italians.
When an Italian “goes broke,”
which-isn’t very often by the way, he
does not run to the selectmen with a
long-tale of poverty and woe, neither
does he land at the poor house and
settle down for the rest of his days.
Not at all. The unfortunate son of the
land of sunny skies,»penniless though
he may be, always has three good
standbys, which will put him on his
feet and turn the tide his way—ba-
nanas, peanuts and pianos. g
There are six. street pianos in daily
use in New Haven. Four of these'are
owned by an Italian saloon keeper on
Union street and the others by the
individuals who operate them. The
first mentioned rents pianos to, his
countrymen, who call for them every
morning and return them at night.
The men who drag the piano about
the streets all day divide their receipts
with the owner every evening on re-
turning. When the money taken in
during the day is less than $5, the
trip is considered poor. On the other
hand, receipts average about $6 or $7
per day, and sometimes go as high as
$9 or $10. Routes where this harvest
is gathered are carefully watched, and
kept as secret as possible from com~
petitors in the, field.
One of these pianos costs $250 in
New York. and they are made most
substantially in order to stand the
wear and tear of street service. The
owners each year contract for a new
“barrel” of tunes, ten in number,
which is supplied by the dealer at a
cost of $55. So, following the original
investment, this is the only yearly ex-
pense—New Haven Register.
'HAS THE MAKING OF A FINANCIER.
He Accepted Ills Unclo's Offer and
Pitched In on His Own Book.
A certain wealthy man has set his
nephew up in business three times,
butthe young man'lacks something
essential to success in the mercantile
line and failed with each eifort. When
he came with the fourth request for
financial backing, the uncle 'demurred.‘
“You must learn to lean' on your-
self,” he said.‘ “I can’t carry you all
your life. It wouldbe an unkindness
in me to keep supplying you with
money to carry on "enterprises, that in-
variably end in assignment. I’ll tell
you what I’ll do. You owe a good deal
as the result 'of that last failure.
Pitch in on your own hookand go it
alone till you pay those, debts om
When you’ve done that I’ll give. you
a check for all'the amount due. Such
unexperience would do you mere good
thanall'the moneyrI could give you
now.” , - . .. .
Three months later the nephew
walked in with feveryclaiin receipted
in full, ‘ and the uncle was " delighted
as” he gave the. promised check. '
“"‘That’s‘_ something like it now, and
I warrant yoqueel all the better for
the" hard training. How did you
manage; Tom?” ' .
‘fBorrowed‘the money, uncle.”
*Now the “old‘_ gentleman is telling
about'that' there is the-making of a
great financier in his nephew.
The can of Russia at Home.
Alexander 111., the late Czar of Rus-
sia, was said _‘ to be an autocrat,
even in the bosom ofibis family.
Nicholas IL, however. is the very re-
verse.. He regards his consort as a
good comrade, and when, in urgent
cases, Ministers seek an audienCe late
in the eveningg-he is invariably to be
found in her company, chatting and
laughing withoutzrestraint. The Czar
is generally " occupied 'at his desk.
while the Czarina‘ busles herself with
embroidery. work; Immediately a
Minister’eutcrs " she rises as if' to re-
tire, but more often than otherwise
the“ Czar .: informs , her- that she “is not
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