HARRISON PRESS-JOURNAL
CEO. D.
HRAB 8 3N,
CANON. Editor.
- NEERASKA
NEBRASKA NEWS.
Jacob Wolfe, commissioner of public
lands and buildings, auctioned off the
tate school lands in Keith county last
Week for lease to the highest bidder
Borne 35,000 acres of land were leased
and $237 bonus was paid.
The sanitary condition of AM?MKt
baa been greatly improved during the
past week. F. M. Brown, appointed by
the mayor and council to manage the
work, hired a great number of men
and teams and the work has been well
Advanced. On Friday the city water
Was examined and found perfectly pure,
Officer Ben Stump of Fall City, who
was shot by a tramp In the Missouri
Pacific yards there on the morning t
juiy i, is aeaa. xne bullet, whin
lodged In the brain, was never removed.
Nothing has been heard of the tramp
Vho committed the deed, although
bloodhounds were put on the trail the
morning after the shooting. '
W. A. Pazton of Omaha and George
M. Bostwick of Carlisle, Pa., have plac
e da fine marble monument at the last
resting place of Dick Bean, the once
famous cowboy, whose remains lie bur
led In the Ogalalla cemetery. Very feW
of his associates are left. Re ws well
known along all the old trails from the
gulf to Puget sound. He was a man. of
many good traits and a general fa
vorite among his class.
THE DREYFUS TRIAL
TESTIMONY OF BERTULUS AND
PICQUART AIDS PRISONER.
Explodes the Theory ThaY Victim
Of Army Plots Is Cullty
, of Treason.
There Is now a slight possibility .of
finding out who the woman was that
committed suicide last week Tuesday
at the Lindell hotel, Hastings. Rev.
John Power, pastor of St. Mark's Epis
copal church, who officiated at the bur
tel. has Just received a letter from
penoo In Iowa that may lead to the
discovery of the Identity of the woman.
The writer of the letter claims to have
wen In one of the state paper an ao-
Aennea. (Special V With the ti.imi
attendance and without any noteworthy
uuam me second trial by court-martial
of Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the
artillery, charged with treason, warn r-
uorea in me iycee.
Previous to the opening of the pro
ceedings it became known that Malt re
Laborl, leading counsel for Dreyfus,
who was shot in the back from am.
Dusn Monday, was slightly worse. His
physicians have not yet extracted the
bullet; his fever continues to increase
ana it is not believed he will be able
tO attend COUrt Mondav. fnnnn.nMv
Maltre Monard, counsel for the Dreyfus
Mjnuy oeiore the court of caselon, in
the trial revision proceedings, baa been
summoned to replace M Labori until
sucn time as the latter la able to re
sume conduct of the case. la. Monard
is expected to appear early In the morn
lng. Although he is a poor substitute
lor ine nnuiant enerretic Labor!, it la
hoped his presence will strengthen the
oeiense.
Friends prevented Maltre Albert Cle-
menceau from coming to the assistance
or ureyrua an planned Immediately
after the attempted assassination of M.
Labor!.
However, In spite of the difficulties
encountered by the defense, the session
of the court opened with brighter pros
pects for the prisoner, as M. Demange
of counsel for the defense evidently
came primed with questions to be put
to General Roget The latter resumed
hie deposition on the opening of the
court, dealing with the theft of Ester
haxys letters from Mile. Pays. A num
ber of counsel's shots struck the bulls
eye and made the general squirm in his
seat
Unfortunately, M. Demange Is not yet
In a position to go thoroughly over the
wnote ground of this witness' deposl-
"How was It you knew," counsel ask. 4 OTfTIW AT?
d the witness, "that 600,000 francs were A U 1 U 1 I Ul?
wich:u unerour it ne wouia conxess
to being the author of the bordereau?"!
This assertion evoked murmurs, but
the general shouted: .
POVERTY.
(By Edwin Mark ham of California.)
"I believe in a bell. I have spent nine
hours in New York's dreadful sweat
shops."
This was the statement written for
DREYFUS FIRES BACK.
"Why does he deny even the most
obvious things?"
M. Demange shrugged his sboulden
and ejaculated, "Ah!"
The prisoner, however, rose and em
phatically denied point blank some ol
the reneral'a nIhm 14 a maiA w v. . .
never trVH . r; , tDe Bt- UI Sunday Post-Dispatch by
centratlon of mobilization, nor ever had Edwln Markham. author of "The Man
any anowieage or the details of those " n ine Hoe,'- arter Investigating the
movements, nor of the plan for the dls. 1 unslirhtlv r.i n .knt. , .....
tHh,,.l .K. 1 - " me
out" tSe departments. , elothln, worn all over the country Is
"Let us," added Dreyfus, "understand mde
one another in regard to what is The story of the poet-reformer's visit
meant I aasert that I did not know : to the East Side In New York Is thus
in Its details of the plan of concentra-1 ,nlH K M 1
Uon. In regard to the circumstances 101(1 by MmBeit
dwelt upon before you yesterday there1 "Oho! This Is the New York Greek
was nothing precise stated. There was colony, eh? Whew! What dirt, what
nothing but argument' I disorder!" Thi. -
The audience here gave expressions - . , , ,
of assent and dissent j ot u s,r Youthful, and Sir Grayhead
M. Bert ul us, the examining magls-' and myself- began picking our way
tra.,ei described how Major Ravary had through Roosevelt street Everywhere
asked his assistance in examining the , ....
secret dossier at the Cherche Midi prls-' 1Utle c,um- ot children or little
on, and how, after he had learned "the "UP t noisy tradesmen. Every one
contentsof the documents, he declared seemed to be busv. but all thlnva were
in itli.WtJl,1 ih?I WM. fltW ' "fulon-no order, no beauty, no high
in the dossier which would occasion the i . .. .
collapse of the whole case. Intelligence. Was it to such that St.
The witness explained that he m.nl Poached on Mars Hill? Was It
the petit bleu. It must be Droved h for such as these that Socrates drank
told the major, that the petit bleu was the hemlock? No, since then there has
. v. bwjun iiu. .v. - . . . .
ouart. and that a. ,., ,.. " wiuuaauu years oi me
goes without saying that ail the
are unfit to bear children or rear these.
At No. 44 is a tenement house con
taining twenty-four rooma A family
of three to seven lived In one room that
had a large closet attached. The land
lord, who has a teeming brain, has the
hardihood to call this little rathole
room. Children naked and filthy, most
of them gnawlag a crust of bread;
mothers In filth and rags nowhere a
spark of hope or a gleam of rational
Joy. Nearly every face was either milky
or leathery.
At one of the houses we entered the
old lady thought we were looking to
purchase a building. Her face sudden,
ly brightened. She led the way through
winding lgalls. She gave a guttural cry
as she reached the back yard and a
dozen young ragamuffins scampered to
a dirty wool sack in the corner.
She saw nothing but virtue In the old .
rookery. "See this finely-lighted hall!"
she cried, as we passed Into one dlmly
llghted by a little dirty window. "See
CUTS OFF THEIR HEADS.
The sultan of Morocco is going ta
jrevent his subjects from evading the
)ayment of their taxes, even if by do
ng it he baa to behead every tag
lodger in the country.
In his majesty's domain tax dodging
I y thv rich is well nigh universal, and
! veil informed students and travelers,
mow lng how corrupt- and rapacious
the sultan's government U. do not
loubt that much of it Is Justifiable.
But the sultan looks at the matter la
l different light He declares that
there is no excuse for tax dodging;
lhat It Is criminal, and, nvweover, that
oe has hit upon a punishment to fit the
i crime.
j Frank E. Jackson, a globe trotter of
thirty years' experience, has recently
m' de a tour of North Africa, Including
, the accessible parts of Morocco, and In
I personal letter to Frank L. Dingier,
j f Lewlston, Me., a brother of the well
knnwn nnr.vlaMvA rf that n c. m a K
what sunny rooms!" All of them were , jives a graphic account of the sultan's
proved the, case could not hold. ,eak-ble Turk."
Continuing. M. Bertulua racanltulnied "Look out or von nrtll atari An thoeu
the evidence he had given before the b;,f -naked little fellows. A man's bir
court of cassation.
M. Bertulus then related tho nntxhlt
Interview between himself and Lleuten-
foot would flatten one out like a fly.
We stop a moment to look at seven lit
ROOET SHOWS ANGER.
General Roget was unable to conceal
nla annoyance and anger when M. De
mange scored. The witness' Angers
twitched nervously and be frequently
turned for consolation toward Generals
count of Mr. Powers' performing the Billot and Zurllnden, former ministers
cony of burial of an unknown wo- j gr
man and aska for a perfect description threw glances of savage resentment at
o" m ine man mai cameo ner ih audience wnen. aa oappeneo sev-
Tha erai times, suppressed titter went
t ivuuu uic cuun nwn, vsn ax. ie
I mange cornered him.
Finally General Roget became quite
1 red la the face and answered M. De
mange In a hollow voice contrasting
St-.
Whether Judge Dickinson will retire
from the district Judicial ticket to ac
cept the nomination for supreme Judge
la the question that Is being asked moat
xequently by republlcana at this time.
.Impression that he will accept the
ticket and viewed the remalna.
letter la brought to a close with the
following sentence: "I do not aek out
of Idle curiosity, but am deeply Inter-
sumngeiy witn nis oonaaeni tone oi tne
day previous.
Then came a witness who proved to
be a splendid reinforcement for Drey
fus. It was St. Bertulus, the examining
magistrate, who received the late Lleu
tenfit Colonel Henry's confession of
for (fry. In almost Inaudible tones, ow-
''-i Viatlon If It seems to be desirable testimony which waa a veritable ad-
iccess ot tne parry is necoming - 7, " " . .
" TjZSMZJ?i&Pmml'l evidence raised the hopes
ant Colonel Henry, July IS, 1M8, shortly ' tie toU. all crowded In the cranny of
ntturVr!:.Crmiit.,,U!-. T?'! '' "all. The least one of these little
Mrs. Henry, the widow, who was much fellows with &reat satlsfac-
distreased and went allentlv mm ih. Aw. tlon a riennv'n wnrth nf miMnhl.
matin scene when M. Bertuls and Hen- j cream. This little one was a great
perTT.Tel.cterTh? SLSSt T. "a cha.k-ilke face, pinch-
la ted the whole story with emphasis features and starved expression In
and It had a great effect on th &n- 1 the evea. It una iu rt ihnu iiriku
oience.
After recanltulatlna: his rrfhor mvu
dence before the court of cassation.
M. Bertulus energetically affirmed his
belief In the innocence of Dreyfua. He
declared the bordereau waa In three
pieces, and not In little bits. He also
aid It did not reach the war offloe by
the ordinary obannela.
M. Bertulus said his belief In the In-
document in the secret dossierTwhlch ' In 016 mld8t of 1)1 thl8 uJr aea
ha had seen. But what, above all. con- the Imposing front of a Greek Catholic
firmed the witness in his behalf ni ' rhnreh At h !. f i k.,
JT'LLl JLhi.'upon tne mind the memories of the
w -u.r.w W WUlUaiK
babes that are old at birth.
On all hands there were the Indica
tions of watered milk and adulterated
' food. But there were also the remains
, of the old and classic beauty. The
Greek outline, the small Attic features,
the fawnlike eyes that do not think
, but feel!
such a crime.
"Without motive." emDhatlnallv ik.
clared the experienced maaiatratA.
'there waa no crime."
The earnestness with which ML JW-
tulus Insisted upon the Innocence of tha
accused created a profound Impression
upon nis nearera.
You have been told." h nid -tt,mt
Dreyfua la guilty. For myself. I hlUv
and believe Drofoundlv in Ma tann.
cence. If I come hero ta tall vmi an I
great Constantino and the splendors ot
' A ' 4MAX' jp.- H very
Uj jt ' tl .lift" ' 1 - '.uv; :rtz ::--l)X
, , ' - .r i-vir a t-- v. h-" r;erA r-.ftor or middle
. ' J- " v- ij rJT JLi- V-f M (.. J7 '" ' ln ln the hands
, . .Vv'A-'r-W. Vi?.f '.r.- I -idltrea. as his w
A-rl tl ' ir AUpiK? -.W-., fk lhf 'took nine pairs of
. - - ' 9tf " r - v 5 JJl " , i T-. " r4-- dozen from the i
'rfv' VA.! k''-r' il'fViV t.l .?S1'rfk hands and all exj
1 -(-""it Mm.- w- M'i1 rt". 'ton- ,.'.1 , -- i. . a .
the Byxantlan era.
My guide directed me to a place In
Cryatle street
"This Is a sweat shop," saldVtny guide.
(And at the words, with the glance that
followed, I thought of the bloody sweat
of Christ the eternal martyrdom of
man.)
Wa hail In atn mnttw M.ui.h tk.
nnfennatM Mg '"
am performing' a duty, an absolute duV , that ,ed Into tn,a human bell. Soon we
ty. The court of cassation has declared were on the third floor, looking out on
i.h )er,a t0 08 wwk "t Eateri the neighboring roofs, covered with
fyitj2joy teute farbajre broken bottle, tnd
IV I ,Ioppjr P00"- 0'y oaors were con
tinually blowing through the work
shops, The work people were bowed to
work with a strained Intensity In
movement Anxiety was written
every feature. Hunger rode a-strad-
spurs on his heels, as If death came
riding hard behind!
Every worker In every room was
, more or less misshapen; those who ran
machines had great humps on their
- ihoulders, hideous and abominable dis
tortions of the majesty that God made.
through all this horror would
. sometimes break a crackling rill of
laughter. Truly It waa a Dantesque
circle.
one dim corner of the room I saw
man bent over with a saffron-faced
umptlve girl. His face ws cloee
hers. Was it a word of affection he
breathed to her ear. A pale, sad little
mile flickered over her face.
nutes with the con-
man, who stands be-
and the wholesaler. He
as much pinched with
workmen. He told how
hands to make one
how he got J5 cents
wholesaler.
had to pay all his
expenses. He claimed
week and that the
operatives got from 70 to 90 cents a
'day. I must say, however, that a
knowing youth, grown up In that com
munity, whispered to my ear, "This Is
a mistake; no such amount ever reach
dingy and dark. Perhaps the mole, too.
finds Joy In his unlit chambers below
ground. But the mole gets his rent for
nothing; but these wretched families
are forced to pay $7.50 a month for one
wretched little room. , And this room,
this rathole, this den of dirt, is e
home!
I looked for a moment through the
old tenement at the Junction of For
syth, Division and Bayard streets the
old robbers' roost of evil memory.
Many a nimble thief has slipped in and
out of Its winding passages. This old
tenement contains perhaps 400 Inhab
itants. We entered Pelham street Both sides
of the street are crowded with sweat
shopas. Aa I approached them, the
buildings gave forth a perpetual rum
bling, a groaning, a grating. Some one
said that he took It to be the sound of
machinery. Perhaps so. Still one thing j
Is certain I heard In the Jarring noise
the sound of the awful Jaws of Mam
mon the crunching and crushing of the
monstrous Jaws that are devouring the
children of the king.
We wound our way Into Noa. 7 and 8.
They were the same old story young
men growing old before their time, girls
losing their health and beauty.
In these last days society Is confront
ed by two gigantic evils the trust and
the sweat shop. These are typical of
all the rest They are the two giants
destroying the Industrial life of the re
public One stands for congested cap
ital; the other for emaciated poverty.
They are the reductlo ad absurdum of
the competitive system. They spring
from a failure to Justly distribute the
products of labor. They both show
the power of co-operative principle.
They are the modern Titans, who are
shaking the public safety so that ev
erywhere the voices are beginning to
cry: "Let us consider the new duties
of new occasions let us build the New
Republic!"
Co-ope rat We Industry, then, la the
hope of the New Time. In the ever-enlarging
realisation of the principle of
fraternity Is the hope of social pro
gress in this age, and In all agea.
bloody and desperate method of pro
ted u re.
While In Tangier, Mr. Jackson
learned that the sultan at the' head of
large body of troops was marching
hrough the country collecting taxes,
tnd that at Lerolc-he he had decapitat
ed a large number of tax dodgers and
tplked their heads above the city gates
to serve as a warning to others who
might not be disposed to pay their duel
promptly.
j "A company of five was formed, "
.writes Mr. Jackson, "to visit Larolche
i and see If the ghastly report was true.
The party consisted of an Englishman,
. who spoke Arabic; a German and three
. Americans.
"We reached Laroiche about noon. It
, Is impossible to describe the sickening
light which met our gaze as we rode
up to the main entrance of the city.
There above us, in a ghastly row, were
fifteen human heads, shriveling in the
broiling sun. We rode around to the
other gates, only to find the same
grewsome display. In all we counted
forty-five heads spiked to the board
srehes over the city gates. Our curios
ity waa fully satisfied and all of ue re
gretted tht we had traveled so far to
learn that there was at the close of
the nineteenth century so barbarous a
tountry on the face of the earth as
Morocco." (
name
? aak-
t M. Bor
ed, Mme.
platform
ieral Zurtln-
Jlth left the
en called to
ted most
Ion of having
of any docu-
Documents
not con
sran oe. He
(that be had
I officer in the
of the bor-
contlnued.
Dorval waa
sroua man.
io you know.
fval waa de
Un. Major Du
4 to reply to
la upon him.
f'are evidently
of seasoning
oonnec
ary eoi-
istry of
.AXwtm. tha
X of herJ tne nana of the workman."
i ne oiu rooaeiy consists OI lour noors
and fourteen shops.
Next we entered a shop In Hester
street "Hold your breath, brethren.
I cried to those behind me. New and
unnamable stenches greeted us In the
corridors. Up winding and unlighted
jrtalrs, past cluttered landings we pick
ed our laborious way. On an occasional
face there would be the light of Intel
llgence or a trace of beauty, but In gen
eral there waa everywhere the look and
Lgeature of the Joyless workman; Instead
a certain carnal and stolid expression
seems to be creeping over their faces.
Nowhere did I sea any Joy in their
work. Nowhere In a true sense waa
(here mind In their muscle or heart In
their handiwork.
Bo, after all that I have seen, I am
certain that I have found the "hoe
nan" taking root on our American
soil Certainly the decadent of labor
la here In the making. Give us time
enough and we will be able "to point
m.miAmM M n m 1 -
i " ,v" iriiua My m iMunaiing norror
M"lt equal to the older lands.
Sett 'Aa we passed out to the open air,
vLWme one remarked that Colonel Inger
)n waa always Instating that there
mm mw urn, tv hi laiuuy, inougnt I.
rhUe theologians have been debating
(h ether or not God aver made a devil,
ea have bvUt p a devil In tha In-
ladastrlea of tha world.
Ifoey, w went drifting down Forsyth
Watt feM old atory children with
lOtr, wasted-oat faeea, Mothers ama-
mi mm warh-werm. Of mum. It
Chestnuts ae Food.
The absence of Indian corn as an ar
ticle of diet among the poorer classes
In France Is, writes Commercial Agent
Griffin at Limoges, to a certain extent
replaced by the popular chestnut
Throughout the center of this country,
from the Bay of Biscay to Switzer
land, there are large plantations, and
almost forests, of chestnut trees.
These nute differ very much from the
ordinary species Indigenous to the
United States; they are broad, large,
and resemble the American horse
chestnut or buckeye, and are exten
sively eaten by human beings and ani
mals. Great care Is taken in harvest
ing this nut before the severe frosts
touch it as freezing hastens fermenta
tion. The poor people, during the fall and
winter, often make two meals dally
from chestnuts. The ordinary way of
cooking them is to remove the outside
shell, blanch them, then a wet cloth
is placed In an earthen pot, which Is
almost filled with raw chestnuts; they
are covered with a second wet cloth.
and put on the fire to steam; they are
eaten with salt or milk. Hot steamed
chestnuts are carried around the city
streets in baskets or palls; the major
Ity of the working people, who usually
have no fire early In the morning, eat
them for their first breakfast with or
without milk. Physicians say that aa
an article of food, chestnuts are whole
some, hearty, nutritious and fattening.
These nuts are often used aa a vegeta
ble and are exceedingly popular, be
ing found on the table of the well-to-do
and wealthy. They are served not
only boiled, but roasted, steamed, pu
reed, and as dressings for poultry and
meats.
Chestnuts are made tnto bread by
the mountain peasantry. After the
nuts have been blanched they are dried
and ground. From this flour a sweet,
heay, flat cake Is made. It resembles
the oaten cakes so popular among the
Scotch peasants. They are extensively
employed for fattening animals, espe
cially hogs. The nuta are boiled with
out shelling; only small. Inferior fruit la
thua used.
In good seasons, chestnuts sell so
low aa 1 cent a pound retail, and
wholesale at $1.60 per two hundred
weight.
Soma Queer Appetltee.
The novel operation mentioned re
cently of the removal of over six
Inches of hatpin from the neck of a
kitten la not altogether without pre-
cedent
Kittens and puppies, and cats and
dogs, it was stated, are frequent suf
ferers from a lack of discrimination In
swallowing things never intended for
consumption. Hatpins, meat skewers,
knitting needles, and ordinary needlei
and pins are among the articles they
have been known to swallow. Only1
recently a tiny fox terrier was sub
mitted for professional examination on
what was gupposed to be an abscess
on the side. The surgeon, however,
decided that a foreign body was pres
ent, and nothing could of course be
done without the merciful aid of chlo
roform, for It is both Interesting and
gratifying to know that even the least
painful operation Is never attempted
until the animal to be operated upon
Is placed temporarily beyond the reach
of pain. The results of this operation
disclosed the presence of a wooden
meat skewer In the terrier's stomach,
with the point projecting between Its
ribs. The obstacle was successfully
removed, and today the tiny pet Is a
frinky as It ever was.
Another small spaniel paid the pen
alty of Its avorio.lmmnesa with its life,
mainly owing to the fact that lis
owner was a comparatively poor man.
One morning the dog entered the bed
room, and bouncing upon the dressing
table, lapped up a diamond stud worth
125 or 130. Ordinary emetics had no
effect, and unfortunately under chloro
Torm on the operating table the surgeon
was unsuccessful in dislodging the slud
At the wish of the owner a further
supply of the drug was given and a
post-mortem revealed the missing gem
It is attributed to some cats that
they show an Intemperate Inclination
for wine corks, and frequently swal
low them. Others swallow needles,
which gradually work out through
their skin, and there Is a case on record '
of an omnivorous goat that swallowed
a packet of small needles, and for somt
months afterward, owing to its porcu
pine exterior, was a terror to the small
boys who attempted to take a seat on
Its bock.
Slate la produced In Prance to
very large extent and la taken from
both open and closed quarries. The
beat of these quarries are located la
tha neighborhood of Anger, Depart
ment of Maine at Loire. The slate ex
tracted la principally used for roflng
tllea; from certain quarries, for large
alana, billiard tables and subtle toilet
Three Very Queer Mlnee.
The so-called soap mine at Ashcroft,
British Columbia, is really a lake con-'
tainlng water strongly Imoreenated
with borax and soda. Theoe have sol
idified on the bottom and sldee, where
blocks of it are cut aa If It were Ice.
All of the emery used In the world
comes from the little Island of Naxos,
near Oreece.
As It Is one of the hardest aubotanoes
known, ordinary quarrying tools can't
be used to cut It out The WO men
engaged In the trade get the stuff out
by building big fires about It until It
cracks, and then prying ft off with le
vere. It Is shipped In big lumps aa II
It were furnace coal.
The emerald mines along the Tokovs
river, In the Russian province of Eka
terlnoslav, are owned by the govern
moot A peasant named Kojevnlkoff found
the first one In In the roots of a
tree that had been Mown down.
The government mined on its owa
amount until IMS, then leaned th
mlnea to contractors, who have lost
moi7.?n tbm' b"'u, 0e beat em.
aralda Ue near the surface. Those dai
up from a depth art Inferior. Ooo4
Iain-was, m view or meir growing
oarmtv, ought to hold their value well
