The Nebraska independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1896-1902, September 07, 1899, Page 2, Image 2
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. Sept. 7, 1899 A DARING MOVE. Counsel for Dreyfus Seek Out side Assistance. PLANS TO INSURE ACQUITTAL Iwbom ri late Foreign. -Military A tackee Eloquent Appeal Wade to Kanparor William end King Hnmbert to Permit Subject to Olve Testimony. M. Laborl telegraphed personal ap peals to Emperor William and King Humbert to grant permission to Colo nel Schwartzkoppen and Colonel Pa- nlszardl, German and Italian military woman took the lrug which ended her . v r i anj life under misapprehension of its true attaches in Paris in 1894, to come to belilJing that it wouid Rennes to testify in the trial of Cap- , merely relieve her of her difficulty, tain Dreyfus. This is the news of the and having no knowledge of its pols dav. and the chief tonic of conversation onous character. It is claimed that in the cafes and resorts of the journal iststhls evening. The appeals were couched in elo quent terms, invoking the assistance of their majesties in the name of jus tice and humanity. They are quite supplementary to the formal applica tion thai will be made by the govern ment commissary, Major Carriers. The demand of M. Laborl that the court-martial should issue process, lubject to the approval of the two sovereigns, came like a thunderbolt at Tuesday's sesrion. The step is fraught with momentous consequences, as it affords Emperor William an opportu nity again to assume his favorite role of arbiter of the destinies of the world. No one will be surprised If Colonel Schwartzkoppen, in the name of the kaiser, makes a declaration that will practically decide the result of the trial ' The first witness who was called to the bar was ( Reporter Bassett, whom the Matin sent to London to interview Major Count Ferdinand Walsln Ester hazy. The witness deposed that Es terhazy confessed to him that he wrote the bordereau under orders from Colonel Sandherr, who was then chief of the secret intelligence bureau. The order, Esterhazy said, was to catch the traitor at the headquarters of the general staff, whom Esterhazy after ward said was Captain Dreyfus. Captain Dreyfus arose and in a clear voice emphatically insisted that the circular of May 17, 1893, announcing that the probationers woqld not go to the maneuvers was written in the clearest language, which the court would see if it were read. He reiter ated that be had never asked to go to the maneuvers, for he was abso lutely convinced that such a request would not be granted. KEARSARGE IS A SWIFT SHIP iaows An Average Speed of Seven tecs and a Quarter Knots. The official reading of the log gave the first class battleship Kearsarge, which went on her trial trip, a speed of seventeen and one-fourth knots, which speed was retained nearly half an hour. This is considered as phe nominal in view of the fact that the vessel's bottom is in a pretty filthy condition, having been in the water continuously for nearly thirteen months. The steam and hand steering gear were subjected to the most severe tests, the mass of steel and Iron re sponding to her wheel almost as readi ly as a steam launch. On the first.trial she made a semi circular turn inward, which was a suc cess in every particular. All the ar mor and main battery of the Kearsarge lain place. -Iler secondary battery will be placed on board, and she will go to New York for equipment REYIEWS THE LONG PARADE freeenee of President Makes the Occasion i Joyoo at Philadelphia. September S was the big day of the Grand Army encampment, and Phila delphia was alive at at early hour. The presence in the city of President MoKlnley and his drive over the route of the parade aroused the greatest en thusiasm among the throngs.'- Ad miral Sampson and the captains of his fleet made a formal call upon the pres ident before 9 o'e lock, 'Mr. McKinley receiving them in the reception room set apart for him at the hotel. The president in the evening ad dressed a large and enthusiastic meet ing in the academy of music, and out later in Odd Fellows' ball Death or Br. P. H. Ilobbs. -Dr. P. M. Hobbs, one 6f the most prominent and best known physicians in southern Nebraska, died at his home in Wymore last Tuesday, after several days suffering with stomach trouble. ttenary Stronger la Seamier. Scientists have discovered that ths memory is stronger In summer thin in winter. Anna ths worst foes of memory ars too much food, too much physical exercise, and, strangely enough, too much education. MYSTERY IS FINALLY SOLVED Woman Wno Killed H.rself at Hastings la Finally Identified. v The Identity of the young woman whose death occurred at the Lindell hotel at Hastings August 9 last, under circumstances that indicated self-destruction, has been finally established and relatives hare claimed the body and taken it away. The dead woman, who registered as Mrs. W. L. Lee, was Miss Laura Lee French of Chicago, formerly of Burlington, la. She is said to have been , highly connected, her people having been influential cit izens of Burlington, and she herself engaged in educational work there previous to her removal to Chicago, pio(ioQ i!ur hr identitv ; through the newspaper reports at the time of her death. After some cor- respondence they became so thorough ly convinced that a brother-in-law came to Hastings and after satisfying the officers that he was such, the authori ties had the body taken up, . and he took it east. It is now believed that the young 1 the members of the family are con- vinced they . know who the party is WHO IS reSDOnsiOie IOr ner irouuie, tuu 1 fit . 1 . l 1 .1 i It is believed that some effort will be made to make him suffer for his crime. DOES NOT KNOW HIS NAME stranger In Lincoln Afflicted With a Total tape of Memory. , ' V The police of Lincoln are entertain ing a man at the city jail who doesn't know his name. Not only does he not know his name, but he cannot tell where he came from, how long he has been in the city, or the length of time he has inhabited the earth, although in no other way does he show signs of mental trouble. , He was taken off the Btreet Sunday morning at three o'clock by Officer Keane and placed in jail. Frequent questioning since that time has failed to elicit the least bit of in- Clam were "victimized by the general formation concerning the man. He is staff to cover their own faults." Con apparently in good health with the tinuing, he says: ; . exception of a gathering in his left "France is being devastated by a ear which broke and gave him some civil war all the more abomnable be pain, He was visited by city physi- cause it is not being fought with arms. ' elan Holyoke and the doctor came The Dreyfus verdict will not end the away with the impression that , the strife. The acquittal of Dreyfus, for man was not shamming, but was suf- which the government is working se ierlng from a total lapse of memory, cretly, will result in the complete dis-1 The doctor said that such cases were organization of the French military not infrequent and he was convinced i li J.J 1 1 1 that the man did not know who he was, where he came . from, nor how long he had been away from home. Re advised the police to hold him un til some information regarding him could be procured. GOES INTO THE STARCH TRUST i Argo Company of Nebraeka City Becomes a Member.' The organization of the United States Starch company, a combination of four large starch companies, has been effected. The company has been I incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, with a capital ol 50,000,000, composed of $2,500,000 0 per cent cumu lative stock, and 83,500,000 of common stock. The companies merged are the Oswego Starch company, the American Glucose company of Buffalo, the Argo Manufacturing company of Nebraska City, Neb., and the Sioux City, la., Starch works. The organization is simply a consolidation, no factories being bought, nor any new stock issued to be sold. . Stock in the new company was exchanged for the stock of the merged concerns. The officers of the new company are: President, T. B. Kingford, Oswego, vice president, 1 Hiram Duryea, of New York; second vice president, Carl Morton of Nebras ka City; secretary-treasurer, J. D. Big gins of Oswego. ( BLOW MAY RESULT FATALLY Bow ol Omaha Midway Ends With Serb out Consequences. As a result of a row in a beer saloon on the Midway at Omaha early Sunday morning John Mullane, a plumber, now lies in St Jose ph hospital and it in a very critical condition. He wai struck on the head with a hammer, the head of the hammer causing a deep indentation in his forehead. Im mediately after the wound had been received he was taken to the emergen cy hospital where the wound was dressed. An operation was performed on the fractured skull and the doctor hope to save the man's life. Mora Floe Specimens. U. O. Cornell, who went with the scientiflo expedition to the fossil fields of Wyoming, has returned to Lincoln. He states that the university of Ne braska museum will be enriched with sixteen boxes of fine specimens as a result of the search. Professor Bar bour is at present in Ohib, and will not return for a few days. With Mr. Cor nell is Professor Peck of the depart ment of geology in Lafayette college at Eason, Fa. . The search for speci mens resulted in the finding of evi dence which Professor Barbour thinks will be conclusive to prove that the dinosaur, a prehistoric creature, was a fresh water animal instead of a marine animal. This has been in doubt but iJrillT 25,t l8t found evidence that will settle the matter. Mr. Cornell went with the expedition to get photographs, in wnicu no was very successful. .1 ' 1 ' I Polk county's fair, held at Oseeole last weeic, was a great success in every particular, oeing one ox me largest and best ever held AWFUL TALE OF SHIPWRECK, Two Survivors mt Fifteen on Nor . . weglan Bark. The British, steamer Woodrt.it has arrived fromHamburg. On August 31, 250 miles south of Charleston, the Woodruff picked up Maurice Anderson and Goodmund Thomasen, survivors of the Norwegian bark ' Drot, wrecked August' 15 off the Florida coast. Ander son is a raving maniac and his com panion is , shockingly mutilated from bites of the crazed "man. Thomasen tells a dreadful story. The captain of t!e Drot and seven seamen were swept overboard and lost in the recent West Indian hurricane. The mate and seven other men put to sen on a raft made irom aeckmsr. lhe rait parted soon after, and the mate and one man were ; separated from the others. The mate's ' companion was landed at Philadelphia . exceeded an inch, and in a few adjoin by the German steamer Titanla on Au- ing counties exceeded one-half inch. gust S3. He stated that the mate sui-, In bnly a few other places did the rain cided. Of the six men on the other fall exceed a quarter of an inch, and part of the raft one became crazed in the southeastern counties practi- from exposure and jumped into the 1 sea. The others, exhausted from suf fering, fell overboard and were lost. Anderson, Thomasen and . a German for the growth of corn. In small areas seaman drew lots as to which should in the 'northeastern counties the mois be eaten, as none of them had had a j ture was sufficient and the high tern mouthful to eat since they took to the perature was very favorable for matur raft. The lot fell to the German. He ing the corn. In all other districts was killed and the blood sucked from his veins by the survivprs. 1 C!nnH n J. A ,1 , 1 L V t HAnnAm ' , - awu anci nuuersou uib ioaauu and savagely attacked his only com panion. Thomasen's breast and face were bitten in several places, chunks of good size being torn out. Roth men are now in the Charleston hospital, and the Norwegian consul has taken the case in hand. '-'" MASS OF STUPID NONSENSE, Eiterhazy't Comment jn the Handwrlt- V A "V U H,'";' Ing Evidence. ;.. Maj. Count Ferdinand William Ester hazy, writing to the London Evening News describes the expert . handwrit ing in the court-martial of Captain Dreyfus at Rennes as "an overwhelm ing mass of stupid nonsense." He says the late Colonel Henry and Du Paty de system and the triumph of the social .-':. ists." GOLD IN PAYING QUANTITIES. Work Mow In Prog-reM on the Dlllenbeca Farm In Seward County. J. S. Dillenbeck, the owner of the farm near Pleasant Dale whe gold was discovered several years ago, tells his friends that he believes his trou- bles are over and that at last he would ' be able to get out his gold at a profit, lie was in Lincoln the other dpy ac companied by Scott Newcomer of Col orado City, who said that he had vir tually succeeded in perfecting a pro cess for taking out the gold from the earth at Pleasant Dale at an expense of not more than $1.50 a ton. As the gravel there averages about 30 a ton in gold, he believed that the profit from mining on the Dillenbeck farm would be about the same great llomestake mine in as at the the Black Hills. He says that the small plant now in operation oij the farm will clear about $20 a day. . HE IS TIRED OF WAITING. food Commissioner Will Sac the Auditor For Salary. Mandamus proceedings will be com menced by Food Commissioner Hib bard against Auditor Cornell to secure the allowance of a salary claim.' Audi tor Cornell was reported to have al lowed Mr. Ilibbard's salary last week after he had paid a disputed appropri ation of $1,500 to the state horticul-j tural society, but the report turned out to have been a mistake. The food commission law created a food commission and closed with the assertion that an annual appropria tion of $5,000 should be made to sup port the commission, but that the amount paid for salary and expenses should not exceed the amount of fees received by the commission. Auditor Cornell doubted that the bill legally carried an appropriation with it. GIVES UP HIS WESTERN, TRIP President McKinley Unable to Coma Far. taer West Than Chicago. Senator Carter of Montana, who has Just returned from a European trip, was at the White house, and in an in terview stated that Mr. McKinley would be compelled to give up his con templated trip through the west He would attend the ceremonies attend ing the laying of the corner stone of the Chicago postofflce building on Oc tober 1, but it was altogether impossi that he would get further west thaq Chicago. Jlmlnea at Can Baytlea. Jimlnex, the revolutionary aspirant for the presidency of the republic of Santo Domingo, has arrived at Cape Haytlenon the steamer George Secroise, from Karacoa, accompanied by hts son . M7erl11 rien Intl,e conrM of a brief interview General Jimtn aaln" 7,?!. 7 General Jlmines said at hla f ans wer progressing favor - " w ueorge secroise would sail to Puerto Plato, where he intends to rest a day or two before eon- tinuing his journey to the.cspital, of Santo Domingo. ' WAS RECORD BREAKING WEEK Last Weak of the Summer Season Was an Exceptionally Warm One The past week has been very warm, with a few light, scattered showers in central and northern counties. The average excess iu temperature - has varied from ten degress in the south eastern counties to seven : degrees in the western. The daily maximum temperatures have been above ninety degrees on five days of the week and at many stations above ninety on each day, but at only a few stations was the weejely maximum above 100 degrees. The mean temperature for the week was higher than during any preceding week this season. The rainfall of the week has been very light. On the 31st of August scattered showers occurred in the southwestern, central and northern counties. In Holt county the rainfall cally no rain fell, The high temperature of the past week has generally been unfavorable the hot, dry weather has caused corn to ripen too fast, and has reduced the ! . .1 1 i mi 1 1 i. J yield somewhat. The early-planted corn was so far advanced that it has been affected but slightly in centra and eastern counties. . Late corn has been materially damaged inmost coun ties, and even early corn has been con siderably damaged by the dry weather I of the past three weeks in south t western counties. Corn has ripened and dried out so rapidly that most of the crop ?s now beyond injury by frost in southern counties. I Pastures in the eastern counties are drying up, but the ranges in the west ern counties are in good condition. U. A. Lovelasd, Section Director,! Lincoln, Neb. CHASING A HORSE THIEF. Culprit Stops at Havelock and Leaves With a Woman. James Wilson, the man who stole a fine team and ' carriage from Sheriff W. C. Davenport of Sioux City, stopped Sunday night at Havelock in his hasty rush through Nebraska. While the officers were on the lookout for him in Lincoln, the thief drove into Havelock and after remaining there several hours left the place in company with a woman. The identity of the woman is not known, but it is believed that the thief found her in Lincoln and arranged to have her accompany him. He took the team to a livery stable, had it fed and then boarded a street car bound for Lincoln. Whether he went to Lincoln or (flopped on the way is not known. The proprietor of the livery stable said that the same man stopped there three weeks ago on his way north with a bay team and carriage. LOCATES HIS MISSING WIFE Divorce Suit In the Fitzgerald Family at " - Hastings.' Papers in a divorce suit were filed in district court at Hastings Tuesday by M. A. Hartigan, attorney for the plain tiff, the case being Fitzgerald vs. Fitz- .. 1J mi 1 a A tITMl a geraia. xne piainun, vviuiam a. Fitzgerald, has finally succeeded in lo cating his wife, who he says deserted him this summer to travel around the country, it is charged with a doctor named Bae, who spent several weeks in Hastings. The defendant was formerly a Miss Ida Cook, and worked in the Fitzgerald family at the time of the first Mrs. Fitzgerald's ' death. She was married to Mr. Fitzgerald soon after this occurrence. Adultery is the ground upon which the action if brought ' COMMISSION TO DISSOLVE. Peaceful Methods With Tagals Prove In effective. A special from Washington says: The cabinet, at its session resolved to cease negotiations through the Philippine commissioners, and the commission will be dissolved. The president and his advisers have reached the con clusion that it is impolitic and un wise to maintain the commission and t attempt to negotiate with the insur I gents for peace. An aggressive cam- paign has been ordered, reinforcements I have been provided for General Otis, ' and the army prepared to deal crush ing blows. Oliver Anderson Bound Over. The preliminary examination ol Oliver Anderson, who is charged with having murdered Andrew Johnson, sr., on the 26th day of August, was held before L N. Vining, county Judge at Stanton. At the conclusion of the ex amination the court bound him over to the district court and fixed the amount of his bond at 91,000. No new Jacti were brought out at the examlnatlof beyond such as were reported. v corporal Ueorge Hirst veao. I Corporal George Hirst of Company M, Second Nebraska regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mat Wilklns, died at ' Grand Island after an Illness of over ' .h month. In .tun th doaaA was taken with appendicitis, and un- . , m. derwent two operations. Notwith- , itandinR the best medical attendants and nursing was secured, the end came with the dawn of day, a peaceful night's sleep merging into the final rest . SULPHO-SALINE BATH-HOUSE and SANITARIUM, Corner 14th AM Sts. LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. Open at All Hoars, Day and Night ALL FOSMS OF BATHS. TURKISH, RUSSIAN, ROMAN, ELECTRIC. With special attention to the application of NATURAL SALT WATER B ATHS Several times stronger than sea water. 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