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WTINGfM, LABORl 'Tho As3a3jin's Act Oaiuaa Great Sonsa Uon la the Court. THE COURT MARTIAL SUSPENDED. Ifnw. Ilroken to the Court lijr Mmo I.n lmrl IIir.i-H Only Two Witms-c- to tho Shooting The Victim- Wife Oulrklr nt Ills M.lo llullclln Is-urd ij tho I'hynlcluiM. ItENNES, Aug. 15. The shooting of M. Laborl, leading counsel for Cap tain Dreyfus, robbed the morning ses sion of tho court-martial of Its para mount Interest. Tho Intended mur derer, apparently, chose yesterday for tho attempt because It was anticipated that M. Laborl would crush General .Mcrclcr, the former minister of war "with his cross-questioning, Tho news of tho shooting of M. La borl caused an Immense sensation In the court room, whore the usual audl enco had assembled nwalilng tho en trance of the Judges. M. Labori's ab sence had Just been announced when suddenly M. Jaunny, syndic of tho Ju diciary press, rushed Into tho room and shouted: "M. Laborl has been shot." All present gavo a gasp of horror and surprlso and every man Jumped to his feet and a volley of questions was hurled at M. Jaunay's head, who, cry ing "That Is all I know," rushed out of court again, followed by a number of his henrers. TI1030 who rcnin'ned excitedly discussed tho crime and vig orously denounced tho authors. Colonel Jnunaust, president of tho court, when tho news, reached him suspended tho sitting cf tho court martial until 7:15 a. tn. It appears that Mine. Laborl herself broko tho news to tho court and informed M. Jaunay of the crime, navlng rushed from her husband's side to tho court crying for a doctor and shouting that her husband had been shot. NRW YORK, Aug. 15. A special to tho Now York World says: Only two or thrco laborers going to work wit nessed tho shooting of Me.ltro Laborl. Tho spot wns well chosen, as tho mur derers could not bo seen by M. Laborl until they rushed out upon their vic tim, tho cntranco to tho lane being hidden by bushes. Moreover, tney woro afforded an easy means of escape by passing back through tho lane, which led to tho country. One of tho laborers, named Patoux, who wit nessed tho shooting, said "As I was passing along tho road 1 saw a tall man walking quickly in tho direction of Rennos. Ho was on tho towing path of the Villa no. Ho was nttlred in n dark loungo suit and woro a bowler hat. It was just as ho reached the bridge crossing a stream falling into tho Vlllalne'that two men, about medium height r.nd wearing dark suits and round, s'.ft felt hats, cmorgod from a rural path entering the main road. One of them carried a heavy stick. They approached M. Laborl from behind, suddenly ono drow a revolver and fired point blank nt Laborl. Ho was so near that It was quite Imposslblo for him to miss. Tho bulletin issued by physlcTins says: "Mnltro Laborl was shot from behind, tho ball penetrating tho nos torlor region of tho thornx, on tho right side, at tho height of tho fifth or sixth dorsal vertobrne. Tho ho.ivy flow of blood provents for tho moment exploration of tho depth of the wound Tho doctors hopo tho ball Is burlod In tho muscles enveloping tho vertebrao column. They must, however, main tain full reserve respecting tho In tegrlty of tho lung and spjual cord " Mine. Laborl, wifo of tho wounded lawyer, was promptly notified of tho crlmo and rushed to lior husband's side. She found him with hi3 head on tho sidewalk and his body in tho road way. Sho threw horself by his sldo nnd took his head in her lap and fanned him with a colored paper fan, vnicii sno nati ovii'.ently t Hatched us as she left tho house. ANOTHER AMERICAN VICTORY. Forco of Flvo Hundred IiiHiirgvnU In Suvnrrly Wnrntril. MANILA, Aug. 15. A force of United States troops liom Qulnga, four miles northeust of Malulo.s, and from Ballnag, near Uustos, about six miles northeast of Qulngua, encoun tered a body of insurgents estimated at about 500 half way between Bustos and Qulnga. In the engagement that ensued tho Flllpiiicd ,voie soveroly punished and catiored. Tho Ameri cans lost one man hilled, Tho Insurgent forco is bollovod to have been under tho command of Oen cral Plo Del Pilar and to havo had In view tho tearing up of tho raUway at Bocavo and Blgga, aoout three mlics northeast of Hulacau. A battalion of tl.? Yv.onty-llra; In fantry will be sent to tnoso points this afternoon to strengthen tno railroad guard and to reconnoltor tho country In tho direction of Norzagay nud on tho Buatos road. General Wheatcm, with tho troops nt Calulet, met a roconnolssance on Angels, about four miles to tho north west, whore ho found 500 of tho enemy. He silenced their flro ard then re turned to Calulet. AntMInyrottcr- Kngngn Cniinnel. CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 15. Tho business men's anti-boycott commit tee which was appointed as a result of tho meeting held tho other day, met today and decided to hlro lawyers to prosecuto morchants and others who vlolato tho civil rights law In com pliance with the demands of tho boy cotters. Thoy also agreed to hire de tectives to hunt down and arrost dy namiters who havo boon placing ex plosives under street cars. Tho busi ness men havo pledged a fund of $10, 000 to meet tho oxpeuso of tho crusado against tho violators of the law. riRST REPORT PROM II0BS0N. Inform (lovt-rnincnt of Sitting) of Nninlli Vcrl. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. Naval Constructor Richmond Pearson Hob son wn3 heard from by the navy de partment yesterday for tho first tlmo at any length since ho was assigned to duty In charge of tho Spanish ships raised from Manila harbor and now undergoing repairs at I long Kong. His report Is unusually Interesting, dealing In general questions surh as the need of a large dock yard In tho orient, the Increasing shipping nt Manila nnd tho prospect that It will succeed Hong Kong as tho emporium of the oast, tho valuo of Chinese labor in nil branches of Industry, etc. Ho also says the three Spanish ships which r.re completed will be worth to tho government about $610,000, and ho contemplates trying to raise Hires moro Spanish vessels now at tho bot tom of Manila bay. Tho letter Is ad dressed to Hear Admiral Hlchborn, chief of the bureau of construction, and Is dated at Hong Kong, July 17. Ho snys: "In compliance with tho bureau's directions, I encloso n special report on the raising nnd ropnlrlng of tho Spanish vessels sunk In Manila bay. "Tho thrco vessels ttnCtr construc tion, tho Isla do Cuba, Isln de Luzon nnd Don Juan do Austria, are nt about equal stages of completion, which I cstimato to bo about 80 per cent com pared with tho vessels fitted out ready for sea. Tho batteries and olertrlc plant, which have not nrrlvcd, will doubtless be the last Items. I csti mato that tho time of completion will be about six weeks after tho arrival of tho armament and electric plant. "I estimate tho value of those ves sels whon completed, exclusive of nrm nment. to bo nbout as follows: Isla da Cuba, hull, fittings nnd outfit, $1-10.000; machinery, $73,000: total, $215,000; Isla do Luzon, hull. etc.. $110,000; ina chlnory, 575.000; total, $215,000; Don Juan do Austria, lain, etc., $12o,000; machinery, $55,000; total. $180,000, Total cfctlmnted valuo of nil three ves sels, $010,000." ANOTHER RELIEP PROCLAMATION. Socrotnry nf Wnr I -sup N'v Iintrurtloin on Moiln of l'roi'rilurr. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Tho sec rotary of war yesterday Issued the fol lowing proclamation to governors of states for aid for tho storm sufferers In Porto Rico: "Sir I oncloso herewith copies of two telegraphic dispatches received last evening from tho governor gen oral of Porto Rico, by which It op pears that tho devastation wrought by tho recent hurricane In that Island Is oven greater than wns at first sup posed. It Is evident that a great mul tltudo of people rendered utterly do3tl tuto by this awful calamity must bo fed and cared for during n considerable period until they can have tho oppor funlty to produce food for themselves Enormous quantities of supplies such ns Indicated by tho governor general must bo procured. "Tho magnitude of the work to bo accomplished leads this department to supplement tho appeal already made to tho mayors of tho principal' cities of tho country by n more general ap peal and I beg yon to ask tho peoplo of your state to tako ganorously to tho relief of Porto Rico. "Swift steamers havo been provided to leavo tho port of Now York to carry tho supplies directly to Porto Rico n3 rapidly as they can bo collected. "Contributions should bo oither In supplies of the character Indicated or In money, In order that the supplies cf n uo purchased. Tho supplies should bo sent to Colonel F. 11. Jones, Army building, foot of Whitehall street. Now i ork city, In packages plainly mark ed 'Porto Rlcan relief.' nnd he should Do consulted ns to tho tlmo of ship ment. Money should bo sent to tho National bank of North America, New lork city, which has been designated as n depository for tho relief. Very respectfully, ELIhu ROOT, "Secrotary of War.' LOSS OVER SEVEN MILLIONS. 7 Onichil Kxprrt lti'ixirlH on I). i inline by Tcxiin I'lnniN. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. E. S. Holmes, Jr., an export of tho statlsxical bureau for tho department of agricul ture, hos Just completed n report of Chief Statlsclan Hydo of that depart ment, embodying tho results of a tour of tho Hood devastated region of Texas nnd mnking a careful est mute of tho damages done, the aggregate of which ho places at $7,411,000. Tho report stntes that tho greatest damage was In McLennan Kalis, Mi lam, Robertson, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington, Wa.ler, Austin and Fort Ilend nnd Urnznrla counties. The number of farms submerged la es timated at 8,100, with a total area of about 1,380,000 acres. Of this nrei at tho tlmo of tho Hood there were about 503,000 acres under cultivation, 339,000 acres being in cotton, 121,100 acres In corn, 10,800 acres in sugar enne and 28.C00 ncrco In other cropi, with a ti.tal production In sight equivalent to cutout $7,050,000. Although nearly 90 per cent of tho total loss occurred In tho desetrucion of or Injury to growing orcps, tho dam ago to farm property nn.l tho losse.i to live stock, etc., amount to tho largo sum of $841,000. Tho '"nil itsei: la damaged by washing and gulleylng to tho extent of over $200,000. Natural !ii In loii-u. MUSCATINE, la.. Auk. 13. Natural gas In great quantities has been struck on tho farm of Robert Lee, near this city. Tho vein Is 170 feet below the surface. (Ionium lire Acltittnl. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. Tho Stato department has received a report from Louis Stern, United States commercial agent nt Hamburg, Germany, telling of irgltatioir In Industrial circles throughout Germany, over tno enorm ous development of tho Industries in tho United States. Ho says several meetings of representatlvo Industrial branches havo taken placo In Ger many of late, to discuss this constant extension of American oxports and adds that a strong fight will be mado against American competition. TO Your Uncle Samuel Will Lead All Nations at the Paris Show. Out on tho Avonuo Rnpp In Paris nro sho splendid olllcei of the American commlFslonor. When I was thero re cently, Commissioner Peck wns away, but smooth-faced, pleasant- mannered Commissioner Woodward told mo that the plans for tho American pavilion had that day been approved by tho special fire department, which had been organ ized for tho exposition. It will bo reminiscent of the Administration building at tho World's Fair In Chi cago, and will be qulto tho finest build ing erected by any visiting nation. Its elaborate white front, surmounted by a tremendous dome 180 feet high, will rise majestic on the banks of tho Seine a llttlo below tho Alma bridge. 1U slto now Is uttorly bare except for tho pleasant Muttering of tho American flags. Whatever may have been tho feelings of France toward America at tho time of the Spanish-American war, and whatever may be tho general sentl. ment of tho peoplo of Franco toward tho people of America now, Franco haa certainly showed the greatest desire to bo ngrroablo to our commissioners nnd generous to our exhibitors. Notwlth- 1 L UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HUILDING AT THE PARIS EXPOSlTION-180 FEET HIGH. standing differing reports concerning tho amount of spaco allotted to Amor- lea by the Paris managers, tho fact re mains that America has been given a lurcr lloor area than any other one ex hibiting nation, and when tho spaco upon which our pavilion will stand wns dedicated In the presence of Commis sioner Peck and his staff, tho French man In charge turned courteously to tho commissioner and said: "Gentle men, you are on American soil, you need not cross tho ocenn to bo In your native land. Franco welcomes the presenco of this wnall piece of Amer ican territory, as sho ever has und evo: will welcome tho citizens of your coun try." Tho American pavilion will havo a floor area of 75 by 90 feet. Thero will ho four stories, and aside from tho of fices of tho commissioner general and his staff of twelvo commissioners for 1900, tho building will bo practically a homo for visiting Americans. Thero will bo reading rooms, resting rooms, a bureau for guides Indorsed by tho com missioner, a branch of tho New York Chamber of Commerce facilities for exchanging money, nnd offices of American express companies. Even with all these things thoro will bo space loft to bo utilized. It Is probablo that this will bo divided into rooms for ceporato statos, In which ono of tho plonsantost foaturoa will bo completo files of home papers. I asked Commissioner Woodward what ho thought would bo tho finest American exhibit. "Probably machinery nnd electric ity," ho replied. "I expect America to take moro -pace In those sections thnn In any other. In ono field, which wa at tho beginning essentially French, wo havo mado marked Inroads. Our ex hibit of American nutomoblloa will bo extremely fine. "Another and very gratifying exhibit will bo that which our painters will make. Our sharo of tho art soctlon will unquestionably bo n revelation to Franco. Thero Is something line In thinking that America, tho newest or the countries, will come over horo and do something In the very art center of tho Old World which will b striking and meritorious. The man In charge of tho work of collection and rarango mont John 11. Cnuldwolt of Now York will, I am 6uro, ploaso everybody. "Somo of tho stato exhibits will ho very fine. California Is particularly proud of Its horticultural Interests; Now York is anxious to show Its grcal strldos In tho path leading toward popular education. Iowa and Illinois havo both appropriated largo sums toward making thoir agricultural dls play porfeot und devolving tho idea of establishing experiments In kttchon and cooking work. These two states will especially emphasize tho advan tages of corn as a food product. Corn Is llttlo known over horo, and tho Fronchman who always likes good things to eat will open his oyes and smack his Hps when ho tastew out American corn muffins, "Nearly all tho states are planning for special exhibits. Wo aro also try ing to secure gomo annexes to our na tional exhibit, ono In which to show tho working of our agricultural depart ment, and another ono with a typical western log cabin, especially Imparted for a forest and fisheries exhibition. Wo foel that wo havo something to show concerning our morchant marlno, and aro also trying to annex a building In which to give un Idea of our chem ical Industries. Still another plan which wo havo In mind Is tho erection of n great American printing press. Europeans understand llttlo about American Journalism, and almost noth ing of Us mechanical marvels. Thoro Is not a paper In Paris, for Instnnco, which can print moro than 10,000 four page coplos In on hour on nny ono of IU printing presses. In America thero are presics In oxlstenco which will dollvcr, cut, folded, pasted and counted, 48,000 jy -f. i- k. l .u.'V-i1 1 -t t"j & viK. . rrn WORLD sixtecn-pago newapapcrs, printed In lino colors, every sixty mlnutc3, Thla would bo cqunl to 152.000 of the Frcncb fcur-page papers every hour." Tho American government and the various stato governments will ortl dally spend more than $3,000,000 on tho exposition. Tho federal npproprla tlcn amounts to $1,200,000, nnd In ad dition to that almost every ono of the states has appropriated n sum. Thcso stato appropriations ranso between $10,0C0 nnd $120,000. The man who said that every street In Paris seemed to bo called tho "Rue Rarree" (closed street) spoko wisely. Tho French capital Is literally torn asunder and turned upside down by Uio approaching exposition. It Is pleasant for an American who knows might of our World's Fair ol 1891 to contemplate tho exposition grounds In Paris. They will not com. pare with tho great World's Fair grounds In Chicago. This may bo wholly because of tho circumscribed space, and It may bo because tho French do not understand ns well as wo do how to lay out tho slto for such a great show. Thero will bo no such grand whole nt Paris In 1900 as thero waa In Chicago six years before. Somo of tho buildings will bo superb, two particularly tho great nnd little pal aces which will glare finely and nlmost virgin whlto on tho Clin nips Elysces after thoy nro finished, and will bo liner than anything that Chicago had. This Is not because of their Impressive design, nor because of their tremen dous slzo, but becauso of tho fact that thoy havo been constructed of solid stone, without any of tho subterfuges usually resorted to in exposition build ings, and aro planned to remain perma nent after tho Paris show of 1900 haa passed Into ono of tho memories of tho groat French capltnl. From tho samo vuHt Biibtorranonn tract In which tho Catacombs grin gloomily horrid bo nenth tho city, tho stono of theso build ings has been excavated In tremendous blocks, soft nnd nlmost workable ns clay. Reforo tho exposure to tho air hardens It this pleasant eandstono can hi easily carved Into thoio delightful designs of which tho French f-nilptorj aro so thoroughly tho masters. You can saw this stono with cross-cut kiw3 as they saw logs In tho forests of Michi gan. You can chip It with nxos as tho American carpenter chips his timber with his ndz. It Is scarcely less easy to handle than wood Is and has the whiteness and beauty of marblo after It has been placed In position. Tho wholo tremendous Inclosuro In which theso great buildings aro being con structed shines and glitters bllndlngly from tho whlto dust of this Strang stone. EDWARD MARSHALL. Tho doubt that Is an Interrogation may bo a blosilng, but If It Is a deter mination, It Is a cures. - p'"'1'''''' SLEEP IS NEEDFUL. . Tho bollof that Is slowly making Its way Into tho metropolitan mind of Now York that half of tho noises ot Its streets aro provcntnblo Is duo to a growing appreciation of tho valuo of sleep ns a restorative Tho provaJllnE lack of knowledge on tho benoflta of sleep Is well shown by tho conduct of the nverago volunteer regiment beforo It gets "whipped Into shape," saya th Army nnd Nnvy Journal. Tho i'm mon Idea In tho mind of tho recruit la that If he can't kill tho country' enemies, nt least ho Is to Imltato Mac beth nnd murder Bleep. This ho pro cccds to do with tho usual enthusiast? of tho recruit. When tho serious work of tho cam paign Is on, however, ho soon finds that sleep Is too valunblo to bo trifled with. Even If ho does not think so himself ho 13 soon mado to understand It by tho strong protests of his comrades. When Lieut. John McCllntock, U. S. A., was last year recruiting n regiment In ono of the Now York city nrmorlcs hn found that tho recruits wcro making night hideous with their horseplay. Tho men wcro appearing each day moro and moro run down, nnd finally Lieut. McCllntock lined tho command up nnd made a little speech to them on tho value of Bleep. All listened with listless cars until tho speaker said: "Romcmber tbnt Gen. Grant once said: 'Two hours' sleep Is worth heavy rc enforcements.' " This was enough to let light Into tho tousled heads of tho recruits, and that night tho armory wa? 'is still as a graveyard. Now that our soldiers aro being brought face to faco with climatic con ditions to which thoy nro totally un nccustomcd, It ought to bo Impressed on thorn unceasingly that thoy cannot afford to underrate tho valuo of slum ber. The Medical News of New York pays on this very subject: "It la well known that heat prostrations nro duo much moro to th exhaustion Incident to Insufficient Eleep on sucnccslvo hot nights than to the nctual Intensity of tho dally hent. Anything that Is cal culated to add further to nocturnal disturbance and wakefulness deserves especial attention during tho heated season." Such mlvlco, of course, la not needed for tho veteran, but so many of our regiments nro mado up of rav "intevlnl Ht"t Hielr pn wnmil-.- nt u r rrf ru V'i r7v-rxr,-Sv ficors taking tlium to the hoi cumaiu of tho Philippines will do well to ob cervo tho wnrnlng sounded by tho medical journal. , How tn Holt Money. A well-known chemical expert ro :ontly boiled a slxpenco and watched It dissolve and pass nway In tho form of vapor, Just as nny one might do with n pot of water. While ho wa3 doing It ho declared that any substance on earth might bo boiled nnd mado to bo como vnpor( If only you had heat groat enough to do It, not excepting granite rockj J.n boiling the jdxpenco, snya fearSon's'veeTy, (T wns exit up Into small piece?, which woro placod In tho hollow carbon of an olectrlc nro lamp. Any ono who has examined tho dis carded carbons of nn nro lamp will havo noticed that ono of tho carbott la always pointed, whllo tho other enrbon hns a small eupllko holo In tho end. When tho lamp Is lighted tho carbons stand ono abovo tho other, tho shnrp point of ono carbon fitted Into tho "cun" of the other. It was In thla llttlo cup that tho slxjpenco was bol'ijd Probably It was tho smallest pot anT tho hottest fire in tho world. Hi plnccd tho plccc3 of tho coin In tli3 hollow end of the ono enrbon, nnd fixed tho other pointed enrbon down against them. Then ho turned on tho electric curront. Ho had arranged hla apparatus In front of a magic lnntcrn, ho that tho wholo thing could bo scon on n largo whlto screen. Tho carbons, tho coin, nnd In fact, ovorythlng could bo vlowcd plainly. Of course tho oleo trlc curront passing between the car bons mado them very hot, nnd tho cup noon becamo filled with a whlto heat. It was wonderful to seo how quickly tho silver melted and slnimorcd, nnd finally boiled. Hprnrnr 1'. Ilnlril, NuluralUt. "Ho knew tho birds of tho air, from tho ptarmigan that lives among tho everlasting snows, to tho humming bird that revels among tho orchards of tho tropics; ho know tho boasts of tho forests and tho prairies, and tho rep tile that crawl through tho desert sands or slimy marshes; ho know tho flBhe,s that Bcale mountain torrents, that bask In qulot lakes, or that Jour noy from zone to aono through tho deep waters of tho sea. In all his realm of nature ho had a mlnuto anil comprehenslvo knowlediro Mint other man has over ncqulred. What others had recorded In this field search ht know, and to their discov eries ho mado a contribution bo boun teous, so stupendous, that ho la vpc. ognlzod ns tho master of systematic zoologists." "Self Culture" II I.iMt III Jnlk "Funny, wasn't It!" said tho young man with the hnrd-up look. "I had a dead-suro thing on a $2,000 clerkship In Washington last winter, but Just be fore I got my paws on it a man ahead of men on tho street struck aii Icy spot and went down. I laughed, of course. es, I leaned up against a Inmp post and roared. Tho man got up, took a long look nt mo and limped off. Next dny I called on tho chief clerk who had my llttlo affair on hand and as we met ho pointed to tho door. I went out. It was no uso to linger. Ho was tho chap I had laughed at" Twonty-flvo years ago tho United States supplied 15 per cent of th world's coal consumption; now it sup plies 30 per cent.