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WHITE ON THE CONFERENCE.
Ki>lI ,K\T OF THE COMHIS&IO&
1 ALHS OF THE PLAX.
jjHicte* The Hague Conference Did
a i (,ood—First Must Come Ar
bitration. and Diwarmauent Will
l o,|4a —l* 1* the Logical Order.
< ompuisory Arbitration Is Impon
sj|,|,—Thoroughly Good Voluntary
system Wanted.
. ~ -|*.ndence of the Associated Press.)
Hamburg, Aug. 7.—At the request of the
, i(n ,nt of the Associate*! Press here
St ,| r # D. White, United States ambassa
(l. to Germany, who was president of
t , Ann rican Peace Commission at The
H , has written the follow ing in re
a* ihe result of the conference:
: my opinion a great good was a?-
com pitied, far more, in fact, than any of
dared expect or even hope when we
together. As to the disarmament,
ev *;ybody really thinking upon the sub
j, i must see that a good system of arbi
<raiion must come first, and that then,
w , n arbitration has diminished the llke
-1 ol of a war, the argument for cutting
down forces and armaments is greatly
< ned. The .ogical order, then, is,
i.i arbitration, and, next, disarmament.
to the plan of arbitration, any com
p , > ty sy- em is at present utterly out
of the question. There are so many ln
motional differences involving questions
0 is . religion, security and even nation
a .N.stence, and the difficulty of drawing
, i ue between these and questions which
properly be arbitrated is so insur
mountable that there is not a nation on
tht face of the earth willing to risk ah
:ory system. Far better, then, than
a compulsory arbitration which prob
a y, even if it had been adopted by the
ntVren . not one of the Powers would
,i. ra diod. is a thoroughly good sys
tem of voluntary arbitration, recourse to
which public opinion will enforce more
at and more, and this I earnestly believe
c! conference has presented to the world.
•.Some of the features in the plan adopt
ed were due to the United States, some to
Great Britain, some to Russia, some to
various other powers. The present plan
is t : r-sult of most careful thought by
the foremost international lawyers, states
men ind diplomatists of Europe, to say
nothing of other pares of the world.
“The great jx>int gained is that, where
as formerly an arbitration court could
only be provided after long correspondence
between cabinets and negotiations minis
ters, and a thousand other delays just
when time was most precious,
the conference has given to
the world an arbitration tribunal as an
actual and permanent institution. with
judges, procedure, officers of the court,
ii < of meeting and accessories all pro
vided.
lt has added, as subsidiary to its main
feature, carefully systematized plans of
mediation, both general and special, which
are likely in many cases to prove exceed
ingly valuable in preventing nations from
drifting into war.
it has also provided a system of com
missions of inquiry, by which the real
questions and grievances at issue can be
ascertained and brought out to be coolly
considered.
“We may fairly hope that, as time goes
or;, a resort to the tribunal now created
will become more and more usual and
natural, and that the pressure of public
opinion in all cases where questions at Is
sue can possibly be settled will be far
more effective than any resort to a high
international court.”
WAS AN ANTbDREYFUS DAY.
(Continued from First Page.)
At the conclusion of Gen. de Boisdef
fre’s testimony, Dreyfus, on being asked
the usual question, replied that he hud
nothing to say.
(ionMe Against Dreyfus.
After a brief suspension of the sitting
of the court, Gen. <~ronse, who was under
ehi> t' of the general staff, was called to
ih- witness stand. He explained the mo
tives which influenced his action during
’ past four years and said he believed
I. was “animated by the loftiest aims,
i arm ly the protection of the army against
l: " criminal attacks made on it from all
sides.”
'‘ it. Gonse said that in spite of Estcr
hazy's statements it was impossible for
h to have written the bordereau, and
nil more impossible for him to have se
cured the information contained therein.
H'" added that no traces of indiscretion
* r - discovered during all the proceed
ings against Esterhazy.
' i, n - Gonse denied that Esterhazy had
r< * ve d money from the intelligence de
partment, and describing the "strange be
tiavior ' of Dreyfus and his "frequent acts
0 the witness begged the
court to summon the secretary of the min
h,r> of war, who surprised the prisoner
PG ug In the offices at a time when there
"”® s no business going on there.
lie general defended Guenee and re
rerred to another syp as an "honorable
jnun. whose name he could not give, as
ain K furnished military headquarters
'•uh valuable information. The witness
Hurled that, while the name of Dreyfus
'. oft °n mentioned in the documents in
1 " i"session of the intelligence depart
tu* nt .his innocence was nowhere hinted at.
i h.* general then proceeded to defend Du
| ‘‘ | y de Clam from the insinuations of
1 I Picquart and corroborated Gen. Mer
< !• r s evidence in regard to the alleged
< > !• ssions made to Capt. Lebrun Renault.
1 '• general denied several statements
n ' !, by Picquart and referred to the al
' -.>i number of arrests ordered by Pic
c 1 in on "unfounded charges of espion-
Considcrable comment was aroused by
n • * ' • thai, contrary to the provisions
c Inw requiring the testimony to be
v rbal and without notes, Gen. Gonse, ad
j • ' ng his eye glass, proceeded to consult
rg. note book and frequently refresh
f'' * memory.
‘ung wi.li ihe Henry forgery, Gen.
' 1 v uid: "I can say it was already
1 wii (bn. Roget spoke to me about it
b ‘d'gth eight days before Henry con
• 'l." (Sensation;.
-e witness disputed Magistrate Bertuf
uvoutit of the interview wi.h Henry
1 ad mi ted that when ho, Gen. Gone,
r <b,i Henry his forgery, the latbr in
h/ , ' 1 '' niust not be shown to Pieauan.
(Sensation).
P ying to M. Demange, the witness al-
H. }, had oidcred Col. Picquart not
V <^ >ncf?,n himself with the handwriting
? Ihe bordereau, when he com men coil his
1 A •v-.hgaitoqs of Esterhazy. "Then," ask-
M. 1 Hmyn.ge sharply, "when you saw
handwriting wrs identical with the
! *ng of the bordereau did that mak> no
I, ssicn on you? ’
i.vidently," replied the witness, "the
nid writings had a great rose nr-
h* n • Dreyfus was asked ihe regular
7' Mn ' lw * Kaid: *'l will reply directly
•in s.-T'tury of tin* ministry of war,
‘ f ' ’ a ' d be saw me in the office after
• \i*.* hours. As regards Gen. Gonse, 1
'1 n ‘ Kll fprised that a general officer rejoins
* ‘ fi<?r gossip. There is known to b
* 1 nniountable difficulty hi introducing
‘•nyone into tne ministry of war. and it
' iDioluieiy for an officer to
' k any one into the ministry."
* ibis ih g< rtcia) replied: "No doubt
difficult," w*hereupon Col. Jouaust
, doubt it L difficult, but it is
“ lmThe ministry can be en
' and easily enough at certain hours.
v ‘ l,f * VVw In a position to know t uat."
ns.ition.)
1 *t' prleomT said; "1 will reply to gee*
retary Ferret, who has told a lie. What
I have to say to Gen. Gonse ts that evety
time a friend came to see me at the mln
u.ry ’ even when a French officer. I was
obliged to descend to the floor below, and
even members of the Chamber of Depu
ties, who called on me. could not enter
the ministry. It was consequently ab
solutely impossible under ordinary cir
cumstances for a subaltern to bring anv
one into the ministry.” Gen. Gonse de
clarer! that permits could easily be ob
tained.
"Col. Picquart re-entered the witness box
In order to reply to allegations as to the
way he performed his duties. He denied a
number of Gen. Gonze’s assertions regard
ing the arrests which the witness ordered.
Counsel for the defense, after emphasiz
ing the fact that even in the opinion of
Gen. De Boisdeffre there was a connection
between the Esterhazy and Dreyfus af
fairs. asked the president of the court to
request Col. Picquart to give informal ion
in regard to the 100.000 francs said to have
been expended for the surveillance of Es
terhazy. Picquart explained how expendi
tures were regulated in the in
telligence department, and the day's
sitting ended with a colloquy
between Picquart and Gen. Billot n.< to
the expenditures of secret service funds.
The court adjourned until Monday.
OPINIONS ARE CONFLICTING.
Mrs. Crawford Finds People Divided
as to the Outcome.
Copyright, 1899, by the Associated Press.
Rennes, Aug. 19.—Opinions differ as to
what the judgment of the Dreyfus tribunal
will be. Townspeople who know Gen.
Germain and Gen. Lucas of this army
corps w r ell think the decision will be
against the accused. On the other hand,
at the Hotel Modere, which is now the
great conversational news center, the idea
prevails of a reluctant judgment in his
favor.
The tribunal certainly shares the feel
ings of the military witnesses, but there
are signs of coming around. I noticed
a member of the courtmartial watching
Dreyfus to-day with an expression of com
passionate interest. Then again Col.
Jouaust, the president, did not rebuke him
for apostrophizing Maj. Cuignet. who led
the procession of military witnesses to
day, nor order him, as he was wont to
do, not to speak until he was addressed.
Maine Demange is more hopeful, al
though acknowledging the perverse use the
nationalistists make of the Schneider and
Panizzardi telegrams to inflame patriotic
sentiment. That party now demands the
full publication of the secret dossier so as
to heap disgrace on the military attaches
and the illustrious German prince involved,
a prince who lived long in Paris.
I should not be surprised at a tie. This
would enable the prisoner to leave th£
court a free man, but would show’ that
half the judges believed him guilty.
The Schneder letter or telegram is re
sented by all but the Dreyfusites as an at
tempt to cast odium on the French army.
It ought to benefit the prisoner, but does
not. Military men say it would set the
face of the courtmartial harder against
him. The majority seem to adopt Cant.
Cuignet’s opinon. It is thought, though
not expressed, tnus:
That the military attaches have behaved
abominably in the Dreyfus affair; that
the French government is In possession
of numerous specimens of Schneider’s
handwriting; that the document on which
Gen. Mercier relied will bear every test
and that it has been accepted by every
minister of war since 1894 and been com
pared with letters written to six of them
by Col. Schneider.
How i ui&net Impressed Her.
Maj. Cuignet spoke with a hollow voice,
quite different from that in which some
days ago he made his virulent attacks on
Dreyfus. His attitude, however, was as
assertive as before, though his language
was less so. He is a fair, sandy-haired
man, with a big red moustache and a res
onant, metallic voice, good for command.
He is among the few military witnesses
who have deposed while standing. To
day his task was to destroy the effect of
the questions of Maltre Demange and to
set up again the demolished theory of
Gen. Mercier.
Cuignet was in the fourth bureau of the
general staff when Dreyfus was in an
other bureau, but not under his orders.
They were both employed in calculating
what work invasion would throw on the
railways, but were engaged on different
lines. Dreyfus, he said, constantly came
to him for information, which he had no
cause to do. Cuignet kept refusing, until
be was tired of the importunities of the
accused. The;| by degrees, he gave
him, Cuignet deposed, all the notes he
himself had made. Dreyfus, according to
the witness, never returned the notes.
When search was made at his home
they were not found. What had become
of them? Dreyfus was not the man to
cast them away. Cuignet's insinuation
was that they were sent to Beilin. The
conclusion was far-fetched* but the mem
bers of the courtmartial made a note of
it.
Cuignet then defended Esterhazy against
Picquart and next agyinst Du Paty de
Clam. He gave fresh peeps at the secret
military dossier, in which are so many
ordinary letters from women, opinions on
public men, and tittle-tattle of a spicy
source.
Cuignet said he was sorry the court had
not examined this voluminous dossier,
which throws a deal of light "on spies of
different categories, including military at
taches.” The latter, he remarked, were
far from being the only spies regularly
kept up by foreign governments. It was
only natural, he argued, that the military
attaches should accuse Esterhazy. but
ihey knew’ the traitor had been in the
very heart of the citadel, in the general
stair. "The traitor,” he exclaimed, "is
not Esterhazy, but Dreyfus.” Here Capt.
Dreyfus lost his self-control. Starting to
his feet, he violently apostrophized Cuig
net.
But Cuignet did not seem stung to an
ger. C<sld as a toad, he went on with his
invective, the diction clear, measured and
slow. He constantly drank sweetened
water to moisten his palate. No new fact
was brought forward by Maj. Cuignet,
and every one tired of him.
Gen. de Boisdeffre was also a witness.
He denied that Col. Picquart on the oc
casion of the first Dreyfus trial was sent
with secret papers to the president of the
courtmartial. Here was a cautious wit
n< :-s, but he had to support the other gen
erals. He eulogized the suicide Henry
as "worthy of the fullest confidence” and
spoke of Picquart as "the organizer of
the Dreyfus agitation. '* II)e Boisdeffre de
clared himself convinced of the guilt of
the uc used. Really that guilt might be
the subject of a chorus of generals in an
opera ooutfe.
Picquart he accused of wishing to sub
stitute a man of straw for the real
naiior. He argued on this wise: The
three years Drevfua spoke of on the day
of hi:*‘degradation had prs ed. Proscrip
tion for the crime of tnr.son would, there
for.-, protect a man of straw from legal
consequences. A. he was. Picquart
thought, n scamp, no great injury would
!„ .{one h. n by throwing upon him tlie
odium t hat D. < yfus deserved. Ncvennc
!j-a, h,. (the wine.'*i had learned of Pic
qua'i t's scheme, black and abominable.
I: it why fell w O' ii. Ihe Po'sdefTro? Why
(fin. Goes-? Why follow Gen. B I
j t * or the o( <is n their lon j-windcd rlis
,. , .j j. in,? (M. ii. quail a( the end was
a , w , 4 | io defend i ;rm• if ogalnst iho ma
j, . ~t i Indi'u.c or- end ass-rilon* of all
i i. 11 M tint' Dt n angc and Labor! speak,
, h ii and nk n op ni n as i * the out
~ ~ , id.lot thicks there wli; be
in ./iy flueiuatUfi* lef. re ihe trial is over,
bm 'h. . 0.-n.i- mis exp a u dl-i of
guilty.
'Jin government >ccnu more neutral
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 20. ISM.
since the foreign minister. M. De'.casse, re
turned from his visit to Count MuravielT.
Emily Crawford.
LOOKING I I* WITH DREYFIS.
t mlrrstood That Merrier llint*elf In
to Ho Arrested.
London, Aug. 19.—’the Pari* correspond
ent of the Sunday Special says:
“The government, I understand, has de
cided to arrest Gen. Mercier. It is rumored
that orders will be given to withdraw the
case against Dreyfus, it having been prov
ed that the documents relied upon to es
tablish his guiit are forgeries.”
PANIZZARDI HAS NOTES.
Matin an* car Information in Ester
liaxy's Handwriting.
Vienna, Aug. 19.—The Allegemeine Zel
tung says:
“Col. Panizzardi, former military at
tache of the Italian embassy in Paris, has
in his possessionl the identical notes on
Madagascar that are specified in th- bor
dereau in the Dreyfus affair. They are in
Esterhazy’s handwriting and the paper is
similar to that of the bordereau.
“It was sent to Col. Schwarzkoppen, at
tache of the German embassy, who had it
copied. The copy was sent to Berlin and
the original to Col. Panizzardi that he
might make a copy. This he did, but for
got to return the original to his brother
attache.’’
AN EMINENT .11 HIST’S VIEWS.
Say* the Verdict Will Re nn Acquit
tal for DreyfiiM.
London, Aug. 19.—Thomas Terrell,
Queen’s counsel, one of ihe leading jurists
in England, who has attended sutne of the
sessions of the Dreyfus court mart fa!, says:
“There is an air of unreality about the
whole proceedings. Dreyfus alone seems to
be in earnest. No tierce conflicts of intel
lect occur between counsel, as would be
the case in England. In my opinion the
president of the court has already decide!
the question in favor of acquittal. This
appears to be the case from his evident
anxiety to preserve an air of complete un
partiality, and, though on accasions he is
unable to conceal his hostility to the de
fense, bis intention plainly is to acquit.
“The courtrnartia! is as fair as a spe
cial jury sitting without legal assistance
can be. The opinions it will form must be
feeble, and its judgment cannot have the
least weight to the legal mind. Much prej
udice is confounded with patriotism on
both sides, but instructions from the su
perior officials of state will outweigh con
siderations of legal evidence.”
FOR AVAL CONTR ADICTION.
Of the French Statements
May Be Offered.
London, Aug. 20—The Observer publishes
the following dispatch from Vienna:
“It is probable that a formal contradic
tion of the statements of the French gen
erals at Rennes regarding the Schneider
letter w’ill be communicated to the French
government with a request that the gen
erals In question publicly withdraw them.
Such action by Austria-Hungary wonld
break the ice for the German and Italian
governments.
LaVtorl Further Improved.
Rennes, Aug. 19.—The condition of Mal
tre Labor!, counsel fur Dreyfus, who was
shot from ambush on Monday last, is
further improved.
This afternoon M. Labor! was able to
walk in the garden and to attend to im
portant business, but he received only Col.
Picquart. llis general condition continues
satisfactory.
Abandoned the Clue.
Rennes. Aug. 19.—The police have aban
doned the clue to the assassin of I>abori,
which they have been following at Asigue.
The suspect has given satisfactory proofs
of his innocence.
AS A FELLOW SIFFERER.
Negroes Regard Dreyfim, Too, n* a
Victim of Racial Prejudice.
Chicago, Aug. 19.—The Afro-American
council resumed its sessions to-day with
the committee on resolutions deep in ear
nest conference, and the remainder of the
body awaiting the result of the commit
tee’s deliberations. Numerous resolutions
more or less in condemnation of the na
tional administration, it is said, were
shelved during the night. It was resolved
to send a cable to Capt. Dreyfus express
ing the sympathy of the colored people
for a man who had suffered much on ac
count of racial prejudice.
Booker T. Washington was bitterly de.
nounced by Rev. R. C. Ransom, pastor
of Bethel Church, in which the conven
tion is being held, and also by B. T.
Thornton of Indianapolis. Washington
has been in the city, but has refused
to attend the sessions of the convention.
Rev. Ransom and Thornton denounced
Washington as a traitor and a trimmer,
and the audience gave strong assent to
the denunciations.
A lengthy address was issued at the
close of the convention to the American
people, covering practically the same
ground as has been in many of the reso
lutions passed during the meeting. It de
nounced lynch law. demanded better pro
tection for the colored man at ihe ballot
box, and in labor unions, and set forth a
long list of grievances.
jGENF.HAI. WALKER SAILS.
British Commander tlcts Array for
Ills South African Post.
Ddndon. Aug. 19.—Lieut. Gen. Sir Fred
erick Walker, who relieves Gen. Sir Will
iam Francis Butler as commander of Ihe
British troops in South Africa, sailed for
his post to-day. He was given an enthu
siastic farewell by the crowds surround
ing Ihe train on which he was a passen
ger at the Waterloo station.
It was stated by an army officer who
is accompanying Gen. Walker that, in the
event of hostilities in the Transvaal, L.eut.
Gen. Sir Redvers Butler will tak“ com
mand of the fighting force. Gen. Walker
remaining at Cape Town. The officer re
ferred to added litat Gen. Butler's retire
ment from the command of the British
South African forces was entirely volun
tary.
The previous announcement of Gen.
Walker’s departure for South Africa was
Incorrect, as at the time in question he
had only left Devonport in order to come
to London,
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WTIIIN DOCTORS DIMGRKB,
.Army Surgeon* Bo Not Halil \\ltli
Murine Service l-lxpert*.
Washington. Aug. 19.—The finding of the
presidential coirmbcion of marine experts
in support of the Sunareill theory as to lb
cause of yellow fever, does not meet with
unanimous tndorseiinnt in official medl. nl
quarters.
L'ruler the direction of Gen. Sternberg of
the army, the l>a -tl-doglsi* of the army
medical school and mu* um have Wit
making an exhaustive !<•>iltatlon along
Hlmiiar line*, ami their re|iori, about e,
ite mad** public, will hold litut the tCitu
rtdil itaeldua is a variety of bacillus of hog
cholera.
KANSAS CITY SAFE.
Continued from Eighth Page.
There is nothing too great that can be
said in commendation 01 hi< magnificent
work, and to that all of the passengers
were glad to testify when we held our
meeting after ihe storm was over.”
I cKlinionlal to t FUlier.
Naturally the passengers took proper
steps to demonstrate their appnviation of
the worthy conduct of tin- officers and
crew of th Kansas City. After supper
last night and Just before reaching Tybee
the passengers were called together in the
main saloon and a meeting was organized.
Mr. J. W. Cabaniss of Macon was elected
chairman and Mr. F. J. Kulman of Sa
vannah secretary. On mot; n of Mr E.
T. Holmes the chairman was instructed
to appoint a committee of seven to draft
suitable resolutions, explosive of tin
feeling of the passengers toward the cap
tain and crew of the ves
sel lor the bravery and effic
iency displayed by them during he storm.
The chair appointed th< following com
mittee: E. T. Holmes. Macon; \\\ F.
Kline, New York; T. H. Garrett, Augusta;
H. C*. Erwin, Atlanta; A. Wilkinson. New
York; G. B. Maher, Savannah, and Col.
N. W. Polasy of Redd .h. England. The
resolutions as submitted •> the commit
tee were adopted by a rising vote and a
committee of three appointed to present
them to Capt. Fisher. The chairman
named Hon. H. C. Erwin of Atlanta. Mr.
W. E. Dun woody of Macon and Dr. E. K.
Cordon of Savannah to make the presenta
tion.
The resolutions read as follows:
Steamship Kansas City, Aug. 19.
Whereas he steamship Kansas City, sail
ing from Nt w York to Savannah, did, on
tl.o morning of the iUth, encountered the
t* rrib.e hurricane then .aging along
tlic Southern coast; and whereas, for fif
ty hours ihe ship was i. * •;i. - against a
fury of wind and wave, so p werful in its
force tha: it seemed im, . s.l ,Y for her to
live through it;
And, Whereas, we th< passengers, be
lie v now that our present safety is due
to the magnificent bravery and matchless
skill of her captain,
Resolved, therefore, That we, the pas
sengers on board, desire to express to
Gapt. Fisher, his brave officers and crew,
our heartfelt thanks, ad profoundest
gratitude f r their co 3 rid superior Judg
men, and their brave stand at their posts
of duty at a time when the lives of all on
board were in such imminent danger.
The presentation was made by Judge
Erwin, in a few’ well chosen remarks,
expressive of the gratitude of the pas
sengers to the captain and his assistants
and complimenting them highly upon their
brave and efficient discharge of their du
ties under the most trying circumstances.
Capt. Fisher briefly expressed his ap
preciation of the kind words spoken of
himself and his men, hut said thai speech
making was not his line, and that he had
rather face another storm than attempt
to make a speech. There were several
hearty rounds of applause for the captain,
officers anil crew\ As the result of this
incident, the close of the trying voyage
Kft all in a most pleasant humor, and
with the best of feelings for each other
and the officers of the ship in whose care
they ha<l been lor so many hours.
The Kansas City was scheduled to sail
for New York last night on her return
trip. The storm has thrown the Ocean
Steamship Company’s schedule all out of
gear. The Kansas City will sail to-morrow
afternoon on the City of Birmingham’s
time. The Chattahoochee, which was also
due last night, is now believed not to
have left New York. Agent Trezevant
learned late that the Chattahoochee had
put in to New York on her way from
Boston instead of coming direct to Sa
vannah. If she lms. not. already-,left New
York, she may escape the storm.
The steamship Texas of the Baltimore
line, was due in Savannah last night. The
Texas doubtless encountered the storm in
the same neighborhood as the Kansas City
and w’iil have pr tty much the same ex
perience to relate as her sister ship, the
D H. Miller, on her arrival at Savannah.
The Miller sailed for Baltimore Friday,
and if she makes good time whf catch the
storm again before it passes Baltimore.
•It is likely, how. \ r, that Capt. Peters
will lake his tirn* md give Ihe storm all
the leeway necessary to avoid a repetition
ot his rec< nt experience.
NO VESSEL \T EITHER PORT.
An Unusual Occurrence With the
Ocean Steamship Company.
Yesterday morning marked a singular
incident in the history of tho Ocean
Steamship Company. Of the seven steam
ships of the line in active operation not
one was at the hone port.
All were upon the high secs with the
possible exception of the City of Birming
ham. which may have been at Newport
News, though it is thought likely that she
was also at sea. No information was re
ceived as to whether or not the Birming
ham had sailed from Newport News.
Agent Trezevant remarked that it was
probably the first time in Ihe history of
the company when all the ships had been
at sea at the same time. The only excep
tion is the steamship Nacoochee, which
has been in dry dock at New York for
somo time, and so did not count either way
in this incident.
This stale of affairs did not continue
very long. At 3:3'> p. m. the City of Ma
con. which left Savannah at 5 o'clocl
Tuesday, reached \* w York, and at 5:30
the Tallahassee, which spiled from Sa
vannah at 3:80 o'clock Tuesday, also ar
rived at New York. Tho two steamships
had simply reversed their hours of ar
rival and departure, the Macon passing
the Tallahassee on the way up.
The arrival of the Kansas City last
night, two days overdue, reduced the num
ber of absent steamers to four, and the
probable arrival of the Chattahoochee
from Boson this morning will still fur
ther reduce the absentee list. The Gate
City, which left Savannah Thursday, is
due in Boston to-night, and the City of
Augusta, which left this port Friday, is
due in New York to-night. It is hardly
likely that either v* - el will reach port
on time, as it is practically certain -that
each has encountei. and the West India
storm.
The storm, by the way, is a record
breaker in its <l.i for slow movement.
It moves so slow . * hat a vessel can tus
sulo with H for forty-eight hours on the
way down from N* vv York, then reach
port, discharge her* <rgo, load again, then
set soil and catch tie storm again on the
way back to New York. This is
about what has happened to the City of
Augusta. Some of th* pasengers who carp* 1
down on the Augusta, were so pleased with
the able manner in which Capt. Daggett
handled his ship that they took passage
back . lui him on the return trip. If
the Augusto encounters the storm a sec
ond time, as seems iikely, these passen
gers may have rea n to regret the r con
fidence in Capt. Daggett and his ship.
They will at .east have had an unusual
experience.
The successful manner in w'hlch the ves
sels of the Ocean Steamship Company's
iitu lrc.si the *.'tns and come safely
into port w.th both passengers and cargo
furnishes the lx-’ p* sible testimonial of
i • ... • tfhlpff and the <f
flciency of the officer- and crrws who man
them.
The Kansas City and the City
of Macon re the only two steam
ships of the Ocean -teamshlp line which
at* known to be r* * * in port. No definite
Information w.v; • ■ ived yesterday from
the Birmingham, v. iirh put in at Newport
N**ws Fr.day. and is not known wheth
er sin* mam anl-d from that port, though
it is ibought likely that nh*- i-alb-d yester
day.
information wai received here yesterday
of the arrival of the City of Macon at
New York at 3 p. m. The Macon left Sa
vannah Tuesday and arrived at New York
ahead of the Tallahassee, which sailed
from this port Monday.
II All A HOI (.11 TIME OF IT.
Schooner A loin Keppard'n Experi
ence With the Storm.
The schooner Viola Repperd arrived In
port yesterday from New York. Her
master, Capt. Dunton, reports practically
the same experience as the vessels whose
arrival was mentioned yesterday. He was
off Tybee Monday morning, but found it
unsafe to stay there, and put out to sea
again, heading southward. He was blown
about 200 miles off his course to the south
east and only succeeded In making port
yesterday morning. The Reppard lost her
foresail, staysail and mainsail.
t’apf. Dunton says that the #torm was
one of unusual severity. The wind blew
ho hard, he says, that it took the caps off
the waves and threw them over the ves
ml. The crew spent tlie greater part of
the time during the storm lashed to the
decks.
ON A CHARGE >F THEFT.
Atlanta Alan Arouses Another of
Having Hilled 111* Pocket*.
Atlanta, Aug. 19.—W. A. Austin, a con
tractor of this city, had J. T. Shepard, a
prominent insurance agent, arrested on the
charge of robbing him of $lO at the Kim
ball House to-hight. Austin charges that
he. paid Shepard’s lodging at the hotel,
and that during the early hours of the
light in- awoke and discovered him going
through his pockets.
He Investigated and found he was that
much short. He demanded the return of
the money, and upon Shepard failing to
produce, raised Ala alarm and held Ills
prisoner until a patrolman could be called.
Both men are well known here and are
prominently connected. Austin claims he
first met Shepard at Dublin, Ha., and that
he considered him all right.
MIST SERVE AS A SOLDIER.
Congressman's Runaway Son In Now
Sorry lie IHI It.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 18.—<A special from
Cincinnati says:
There was a scene at Fort Thomas to
day when Congressman George W. Tay
lor of Demopolis, Ala., found his son
among the soldiers in the Thirty-first
Regiment. The young man tan away from
his home a few weeks ago on acco. ni of
some trouble and did not let his famly
know where he was until a day or so ago.
w hen he wrote to a friend ;d home, sta'ing
that he was tired of the ranks and wanted
his father to use his influence in procur
ing a commission.
The father came to this city at once and
met his son at the post at Fort Thomas. It
was found that the boy’s discharge could
not be demanded, a* he is of ago, and con
sequently will have to put in his time as
a soldier.
NEEDS CONGRESS* PERMISSION.
AA ithoiit It President Dias Cannot
Leave Mexico.
Mexico City, Aug. 19.—The special com
mittee appointed to wait on President Diaz
with the formal invitation of the citizens
of Chicago to attend the laying of the cor
ner stone of the United States building
in that olty on Oct. 9, was received by the
President at Chepultepec Castle this af
ternoon at 4 o’clock.
Chairman Charles U. Gordon of the com
mittee made an address, which an
swered by the President, who expressed
his great desire to attend, but said that
h* would have to await the notion of Con
gress at its assembling on Sept. 17 to
grant him the necessary permission io
leave the national territory. The Presi
dent received the committee very cor
dially.
IS STRONG FOR API,FAN.
Ills Friends Think It Clear He Will
Be Nominated.
Cincinnati, Aug. 19.—Conventions have
been held in seventy-four of the eighty
eight counties of the state, and of the
delegates selected the friends of John R.
McLean claim he will have 482 on the first
ballot for Governor in the Democratic
state convention, or eighty more than
necessary. Kilbourne, his principal op
ponent, is a close second in the matter of
instructed voters, but the McLean people
claim great strength among the instruct
ed delegates.
DIED FROM THE SHOCK.
The ln<|UCNt Jury Makes No Charge*
Against McConnell.
San Francisco, Aug. 19.—'The inquest
jury in the case of Frank A. Franey to
day, brought In a verdict to the effect
that Franey died from the shock follow
ing injuries received from Frank McCon
nell, in their fight before the National
Club Wednesday night. No charges were
made against any of the m<ti arrested by
the police.
A RIG FIR I? IN TEXAS.
Mills, Elevator, Wheat and Flour
Were Destroyed.
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 19.—A special from
McKinley says:
“The Collin mill and elevators burned to
night. The mills were valued at 175,000;
< levator, $20,000; total insurance. $50,090.
Seventy-five thousand bushels of wheat
and twenty-live carloads of flour were
also burned.
FIRE IN C INCINNATI.
A Five-Story Building; Goon I p at a
Cos* of sir*4>,<MHt.
Cincinnati, Aug. 19.—Fire to-night de
stroyed the five-story building on Second,
near Plum street, occupied by James L.
Haven and C. K. Little, manufacturers of
machinery, and Z. A. Gomersail, dealer In
paper stock and rags. The loss Is $150,000,
partially covered by Insurance. .
KISSED TIIE ROYAL HAND.
Pauucefotc Honored on Ilia Eleva
tion to the Peerage.
London, Aug. 19.—Lord Paunoefote, Brit
ish ambassador to the United States, had
an audience of the Quc*n at Osborne thin
afternoon ajid kissed hands upon his ele
vation to the peerage. His lordship dined
with her majesty, returning to London
ibis evening.
Clo*eil 1 1 n Convention.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 19.—The Typo
graphical Union closed its convention to
day, with tha consideration of committee
reports on minor matters. An organizer
Wri* selected for each of the sixteen dis
trie la.
To Advalire an (MUee,
Washington, Aug. 19. —The fourth-das*
post office at To'.‘cos. Go., will *• advanced
to the presidential class Oct. 1
RICH GIFTS FROM THE SEA.
FLOTVA II Til AT COMES TO 111-:\< lI
(OMUEHS OF Till: A/.OHEB.
% Mrttt Long Held by nn Iceberg.
Submarine Journey of n British
Friunte—Treasure on n Haft Ban
ned b> i lie Dend—A Steamer’* Loiik
Drift—The Myntery of the ion
stance.
From the New York Sun.
The true beachcomber was never known
along the Atlantic coast. Before the days
of the life-saving, patrolmen used to
search the shores after every storm for
wreckage, but they were farmers, vil
lagers and fishermen. Iti days long gone
there were wreckers along the Florida
reefs who were little better than pirates,
and more of them were watching the
shores of Barnegat; but the beachcomber
had no foothold. The term was lirst ap
plied to runaway sailors, and later took
In all classes of had men living near the
sea. but the beachcomber of to-day. no
matter what his morals', lias i recognized
occupation. While he can l>o found along
theshoresof West India Islands and many
other places he is at his best In the Azores.
Here is a group of island* roaring their
heads In tlie broad Atlantic. There is a
current sweeping east from the banks of
Newfoundland to strike the western side
of tliis group, and there is another run
ning up along tin* African coast to strike
the eastern side. The spot was created
by nature as a paradise of the beach
comber.
In nineteen oases out of twenty, the
beachcomber of the Aroze* Is a sal.or.
Every man is In business for himself and
every one has so much territory which
he can call li s own. The rights of each are
as well defined and protected as In a min
ing camp. Efforts have often been made
by the authorities to abolish beachcomb
ing, or to take it over to themselves; but
every attempt ha* stirred up rebellion.
The man may have a bent of five miles,
or only of one, according to the trend
of the coast. Asa rule he knocks up u
shanty of some sort about midway of his
heat. No capital Is required to start in
business, and unless the comlter strikes
luck he is hungry ami in rags the most
of the time. While the men protect one
another to A certain extent, n lumper is
certain to turn up about so often. Then
it is a fight with knives or clubs between
two desperate men. The one who sur
vives takes the heat. The body of the
one who is killed is not found by the au
thorities. If n comber makes a rich find,
his beat is offered to the highest bidder,
but there are no papers to ix* passed. The
average life of a comber is only o year.
If he doesn't hit it and retires by that
time, he is pretty sure to be done for by
a Jumper, or to meet his death in the
surf. As in the eases of brigands, the
native population stand In with the shore
hunters. and whatever of value* comes
ashore finds a safe hiding place until tt
can he realized on. The average beach
comber has neither honesty nor mercy In
his heart. In the yeac 1872 a Spanish mer
chantman was wrecked on the coast of
St. Michael Island, and it Is a fart beyond
dispute that five men reached the beach
alive. The comber on that beot kill'd
them one after another that they might
not dispute bin salvage. The man w.ia
imprisoned and tried, but there was long
delay. <&and he died before sentence was
pronounce ■!.
One of the most curious finds ever mad*
by a lx‘nchcomber occurred at the Azores
in 1858. The island of Corvo was then In
lo*session of two combers, both runaway
English sailors. There came drifting into
a little harbor one morning a craft which
had evidently been frozen up in th* ice
for a fifetime, and had only lately been
released. It had come down from Davis
Strait, and was an ancient and battered
hulk without masts, bulwarks, or nam*.
The craft had been a brig, and she was a
Russian. Her hatches were on and hoi
cabin-doors fast, and the hulk was buoy
ant. She had come out of the belly of an
Iceberg. She* had but little cargo, and that
consisted of skins and furs in prime con
dition. No palters were found In her cabin,
but it was figured that sin* was a scaler
or trader, carrying a cm w of ten or twelve
and that she had been provisioned for a
year. The flour found aboard tasted Ike
chalk, but the beef was perhaps better
than the* clay it was put on board. She had
been abandoned whui fiozeri in. and the
dark color of the woodwork and the growtn
of moss proved lhat she hud drifted for
years. Then she got fast in the ice and.
became part of ab rg. The date of a let
ler found in her forecastle showed that
she had bean ahan lotted nearfy half-a
century before. The hulk drifted on to a
sandy beech .and the combers went to
work on her. They got out the furs, which
brought them $4,000. holered out a couple
of barrels of beef, and then sc*l fire* to the
wreck, and but little remained of her when
tin; story leaked out. That the hulk had
come clown from the far North was proved
only a f*w weeks later by the log of an
English merchantman. She reported piss
ing a great Iceberg to the northwest of the
Azores, and of seeing a curious object Im
txdded n It fifty feet above the surface of
th water. This object was believed to be.
a whale, but It was probably the half of
the brig. Getting down into the warm seas
the berg f 11 to pieces, and that queer old
relic found herself afloat again.
In the year 1812 a British frigate called
the Foxfire was lost between the Azores
and Madeira. She foundered In a gale,
though not until moet of her crew had
been transferred In a wonderfully plucky
way to a consort. The frigate went down
in water a thousand feet deep, but on the
afternoon of July 20, 1874, sixty-two years
after her loss, the bulk crawled ashore
on Formigas Island. A stiff gale which
had been blowing for three days, aided
by heavy seas and a high lid*-, landed
her on the beach, and the relic* was seiz
ed by a beachcomber named Baunderson,
who was an Englishman and a deserter
from a man-of-war. The frigate no doubt
went to the bottom nt first, and it may be
that she rested there for half a century.
Then a heavy storm or a swirl of the cur
rent sent her drifting along. What her
rate of drift was no man can figure, but
she; certainly crept along over a hundred
miles of ocean bed, and was at last
thrown up for human eyes to gaze at
again. Rudder and keel and masts were
down, but the hull could have been made
watertight. Ha unde toon engaged help and
made a good haul from the hulk. Her
guns were worthless, as may be supposed,
but he got about £2,000 in gold from the
purser’s safe, and many relics which
brought high prices from tourists In
overhauling the hulk enough human bones
were 4 found to account for twenty-five
men. From stem to stern and from side
to side, the wreck was covf red with shells
and mud,_pnd gunpowder had to be liber
ally used to dear the way. Curiously
enough, the authorities took so little in
terest in this find that it was not reported
to the English government for a year, and
then it was too late. The remnant* of
the hulk had been carried off with the
ikies, and the runt-eaten cannon had burl
ed themselves in the rands. The appear
ance of the Foxfire settled a dispute of
long standing between hydrographers. The
best of th*m had contended that the cur
rents did not make themselves felt below
seven or eight fathoms. Here was indis
putable proof that they even swept the
bottom of the dec p sea.
In the year 18*51 a Spanish sailing-ship
fitted to carry one hundred passengers
set sail for the West Indies with every
cabin taken, Among the passengers were
a governor-genera 1 of Porto Rico and civil
and military officials re turning to Cuba.
The ship’s course was far to the south of
the Azores, hut she was dismasted in a
gale, driven to the north, and finally aban
doned in a sinking condition. There were
not boats enough, and thirty of the pas
sengers took to a raft. Only two of the
boats were* picked up. The raft came
ashore on the island of St. Marla after
knocking about for days. On it were lash
ed three bodies, shrunken and shrivelled,
and burned black by th*-* sun; but there
was a rare find for the beachcomber.
There were rings on the shrunken finger:*
.uni gold in the pockets of the dead, and
besides this loot there were two or three
jewel-boxes, which had been made safe
before iheir < wners died. It was esii
mated that the comber got $39,000 off the
raft, but he had reaped his harvest and
disap|x*ared before the news of his find
became noised alx)Ut The n< xt c-omber
who p*>k ihai beat was also lucky. A
womans trunk, from the wreck of a.
French steamer, drifted ashore, and It
was Ixdieved that he got about SIO,OOO in
Jewelry and money.
(>n some coasts a comber might wait and
"‘Bell for u yen. and not make a find.
Not so on the coasts of the Azores, howev
er The currents arc always 4 at work for
Areasure-hunters. One day it may be only
a steamer-chair, lost from no one knows
what ship, th* next a broken mast with
ihna* or four j||* attached, th* third a
yawl carried from its davits perhaps a.
thousind miles away. In the year 1878
an English steamer, to the north of tho
s. had to jettison much of her cargo
to save herself. There came ashore on
tU.tclosa Island clothing, dry goods, fur
niture*, flour, and pork to the value of
$22 o<h>. iltd the greviter part of the loot
"cm to aln ach comber. In that, same
V* r, and on the coast of that same isl
and. the sc a brought in a piece of amber
gris weighing seventy-four pounds, tho
largest find of tho kind every reported.
The* stuff sells anywhere for about Us
weight in gold. In 1884 a British steamer
named the Ironsides ran Into a terrific
gate when within 200 miles of Halifax. Her
cargo shifted, ami she rolled so far over
that her propeller was useU ss, and after
every effort to right her she was aban
doned by all hands. The bouts* were adrift
seven days before being picked up. Tho
loss of the steamer was duly reported, and
Hu* insurance money had been paid over
when she was heard of again. Sue was
passed in midocean by an American ship,
and she was riding on an even. keel. Her
cargo had shifted back, and being a
stanch Iron vessel, she was still afloat.
She would have been boarded by tho
American skipper but for the heavy tea
running. A steamer was sent out from
Halifax to look for her, and another left
the English channel, but they knocked
about for a month and got no
trace. The Ironsides, curious as It may
stem, was sighted only that once, though
she was afloat for live months and drifted
thousands of miles. One night she drifted
Into a little harbor on the south coast of
the Island of Pico. A beachcomber got
help, and went off to her before she took
the ground, and brought her to anchor.
Here was a ship which had knocked al>out
by herself tor one* hundred and fifty days,
meeting gale afier gale, and always in the
trough of the s a, ami yet she had not suf
fer* and great damage. She had a general car
go valued at $229.0*10, and it had come to
no harm. 'Hie derelict had accumulated
barnacles and grass, and needed paint, but
she had come through her long fight with
the king of storms in better t*>ndit ion,per
haps, than If she had carried a crew with
her. U was a salvage job of the biggest
kind, and tho beachcomber got enough
out of it to warrant him a life of comlort
for the remainder of his days.
Two years later a French merchantman
named the Constance drove ashore on tho
same is! nd, and a comber got $10,0.0 worth
of stuff ftom tho wreck. Th* re was a raya*
n*ry about the Constance which has not
been cleared to this day. She was in |**r
fect trim below and aloft, but had been
abandoned by all hands. Her papers, log
book, Instruments, and charts had been
left behind, and the table had not l**en
cleared alter the noonday meal. Her boats
were gone, and had been launched In a
hurry, but they were never heard of after.
The French authorities spent many
months ttying to solve the mystery, but
got no satisfaction. The ship was under
p ain sail, but with her mainsail aback to
Ji.hM her steady when abandoned, and her
sails had not been injured in the least
when she spend hers* It ashore and was
wrecked on the rocks.
CHARGES AGAINST BISHOPS.
Another Paper Replies That They
Are Above f.u|)lclon.
London, Aug. 20.—According to a dis
patch from Rome, the Gazette dl Vene
zia recently attacked the morality of the
bishops attending the
conclave. The organ of the Vatican, the
< tatter Vatore Romano, replied that the
bishops were above suspicion.
Now th* Gazette dl Venezia respond*
affirming that a majority of the bishops
brought mistresses to Rome and in some
instances children. It offers to disclose
the name* and demand* that the Pope
take measures against them.
The Spread of the Plague.
fyourenzo Marques, Delagoa Bay, Aug.
19.—Several cases of What are suspected
to be bubonic plague have, occurred at
Magudo, two days distance from this
place.
The German steamer Koenig from Ham
burg July 5, has arrived here with 2,000
cases of cartridges.
Will Visit Portsmouth.
Portsmouth, Eng., Aug. 19.—The Mayor
of Portsmouth has received a lei ter from
Joseph Choate, thei United State* Ambas
sador, saying that an American squadron
will visit Portsmouth next year.
Vision of (lie Spirit Land.
From the Chicago Tlmes-Herald.
Toronto, 0., Aug.—Mr*. Alexander
Taylor, a widow 35 year* of age, wa* last
evening, for the second time, prepared for
burial. She had been gradually dying for
some time from consumption, and on
Wednesday morning became unconscious.
A doctor was called and pronounce*! her
dead. Funeral preparations were begun.
About midnight her friend* were as
tounded to see Mrs Taylor move and ask
for water. She asked that a favorite niece,
who lives in lowa, be summoned at once
to receive a message from her mother,
who lias been dead ral years. Mrs.
Taylor says her spirit was disembodied
and soared through space till a brilliant
and beautiful grove was reached. Here
angels were flying atout, guarding what
seemed to be the entrance to heaven.
She was refused admittance, but was al
lowed to converge at a short distance with
her husband, who died last winter, and
with her sister, the mother of the favorite
niece.
Yesterdav she became unconscious again
and thta time was declared to be dead
wi hour, doubt. Just before she died Mrs.
Taylor again had the vision brighter and
more* vivid than before. She told it calm
ly but ecstatically to the sobbing family
about her deathbed. She said *he felt
her soul disembodied and wafted through
boundless space. Then she approached a
vast walled city, shining and surprisingly
beautiful. On her approach the gates
opened, and she saw her husband beckon
ing. Then she saw her sister and her
playmates of years ago.
The central figure was the King of
Glory. Hh* pleaded to go In, but w*
waved back and told “not yet; not yet.
Go back to earth and reveal what you hav#
seen.” *
Shortly afterward Mis. Taylor died. Her
physieain says her mind was cleat ami
free ft out opiates.
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