DBEYFUS MINIS Scarcely Anyone but Officials Witness the Lauding at Brest , HURRIED TO THE SCENE Of TRIAL Bnmll Crowd nt Thnt I'olnt AVIilcli Wn * on tlio Wntcli Cntcho * but n I'lt-cllnK of tlio 1'iuiiouN rrlaonor Mot by III * Faithful Wife. V , < NNES , France , July 3. Dreyfus VI bore at G a. m. , via L'Ortent * iedon. The prisoner appeared to jgood health. He were a blue gray overcoat and soft felt hat. air Is turning gray and his beard reddish color. He held hhr.self , 'ary ' erect. , * The landing of Dreyfus nt Qulberon wns almost unnoticed. At 9 o'clock yesterday evening the gunrdshlp CniN dan put to sea to meet the Sfax , which had been sighted. The unusual bustle attracted many people to the harbor , but as they saw nothing , the crowd dispersed. The only persons remain ing were those who knew whore the prisoner was to bo'landed. The weather was most stormy , nnd for n time it was feared it would bo impossible to effect a landing. For hours the lights of the Caudan and Sfax were plainly visible , as the ves sels pitched and rolled. It seemed Im possible to approach them in the rough sea. sea.On the landing stage were M. Vlsnle , ! i the chief of detectives ; M Hennlon , a i si commissary of police , and n force of gendarms and police Inspectors. Final ly , at 11 n. m. n cutter manned by ten men and In chnrgo of n naval officer , put off from the Caudan and went alongside the Sfax. Thence the boat rowed to the shore , where Dreyfus was landed at 1:30 : a. m. A company of infantry was drawn up at the land ing point. Dreyfus , who had boon brought ashore In the boai , was Immediately placed under the guard of n cnptaln of engineers nnd n sergeant and cor poral of gendarmes , who formally handed the prisoner over to M. Vlgulo. The latter then entered a landau with Dreyfus and two detectives and start ed for the railroad station. Dreyfus did not speak \ word. Ho personally opened the doors of the compartment of the special train , con sisting of three cnrriages nnd a bag gage car , which was in waiting As the train was about'lV start the local health officer refused to permit Drey fus to leave , on the ground that he had just arrived from the colonies. The matter was quickly arranged , how ever , and the train proceeded. Dreyfus was only visible for a moment to the reporters. The trnln stopped at Rabelais , three kilometers from Rennes. There the party alighted nnd quickly entered a carriage drawn by two splendid horses , which Immediately started at a sharp advance. It was 5:30 : a. m. At tlio level crossing * of the line n wagonetto containing the prefect of of Ille-Et-Vilalne M" the department - - , Viguie , and three inspectors joined ' the party. An amusing Incident occurred there. The woman in charge of the crossing , when told that If she watched she wojld see Dreyfus , nsked : "Who is Dreyfus ? I have never even heard of him. " The -Jrlvo from Rabelais to Ronnes wns without Incident. Owing to the precautions the prisoners passed un noticed In front of the arsenal. Work men reading the posters there did not turn their heads , little suspecting who was passing. The clc-ck was striking C when the crowd which had been waiting around the prison , the people beginning to think themselves the very alms of a prncticnl joke , saw a landau surround ed by guardsmen beyond the station. Then they all cried with ono voice : "There he is ! " At this cry the people started off to meet the cariiage and suddenly troops and mounted gendarmes hurried mad ly forwnrd , yelling nnd shouting , as If accompanying a fire engine instead of escorting a prisoner. The transformation from tranquillty to a wild scene of gesticulation almost defies description. The suddenness of the movement stupefied everybody as much as , apparently It did the prison er , whotse face showed from the quick ly passing carriage. But beyond the exclamations of surprise and curiosity there were no cries of any sort raised. The carriage was driven BO fast that it covered the distance In a few min utes , passing the watchers like a flash. It was a race for the prison gates between I tween the gendarmes with their captive nnd the spectators. Preceded by his guards , Dreyfus en tered the prison and was consigned to the care of the governor and taken to n cell on the second story. The governor of the prison sent Mme. Dreyfus the news of the arrival of her husband and she immediately went to the governor and nsked per mission to see the prisoner. Leave be ing granted , the faithful wife entered the prison almost unobserved and was conducted to cell No. 830 , accompanied by Mme. Havct. The meeting between the long-part ed husband and wife can better bo imagined than described. Naturally , it was most touching. Both Dreyfus and his wife were deeply affected They remained long clasped In each other's arms , tears and smiles inter mingling with tender endearments. Up to noon there has been no sign of a public demonstration. . ' " " " .Jumps from the Ilrookljn Hridto. NEW YORK , July 3. An unknown mnn dropped from the center span of the Brooklyn bridge early today , about 130 feet from the water. Two men who saw the suicide climbing over the rail described him as about 54 years of nge , of fair complexion nnd weigh ing nbou 200 pounds. In falling ho made several re\olutions of the body and struck horizontally upon the , water. On the bridge near the place 1 \ whore the man took his fatal drop were found a brown coat and a black fedora hat , but they afforded no clue to his Identity. ' 1 ORDERS ISSUEDEOR RECRUITS. 1 lr t stop Taken Tomirtl l * rr 1'or Oils. WASHINGTON , July 3.Tho nrst orders were Issued today for recruit ing the troops under the clause Tiu- thoi-izing the enlistment of 35.000 men. i no order contemplates enlisting men the ' , Mm"T akclct ° n regiments In Philippines. Recruiting officers ? ln"tnicte < l to enlist men with this understanding. inn 00 lhc , nnno "coment that about inln lliutccrs wepe to bo mustered into the army for service in the Phll- pplnes , the president has been de luged with applications for commis sions. Almost every congressional caller has ono or more applicants \\liom he presses on the president's attention. The president requests all his visi tors to file their applications with Ad jutant General Corbln. At the same time he makes It clear In a general way thnt the policy of the adminis tration In granting commissions will Do to give preference to volunteer of ficers who showed ability and who performed valuable service during the Spanish war. Some regular officers are also to bo given volunteer com missions , in the belief that one or two regular officers in a regiment will bo of great advantage. The number of officers to be com missioned Is being carefully guarded to prevent n scramble. A statement prepared In the ofnco of the ndjutant general of the army shows that with the departure of the Pennsylvania from San Francisco about 3.500 reinforcements were dis patched to the Philippines this week. About half of the troops are recruits intended to fill the gaps In the regi ments in the Philippines caused by deaths , disnblllties nnd discharges. There are about 3,000 recruits nt San Francisco , which nre nlso Intended to recruit the regular regiments In the Philippines up to their maximum strength of 128 men to n compnny. Including the Nineteenth Infnntry , un der orders for Manila nnd troops nt Snn Francisco , there are 4,000 ready to start for Manila as soon as trans portation can bo provided. Ono of the members of the cabinet , speaking In connection with the cam paign in the Philippines , said : "The president has given General Otis to understand that he is to have nil the men necessary In the conduct of the operations ngnlnst the insur gents. General Otta has been told this In so many words , the president hav ing said to him in effect that If ho ( Otis ) did not have enough men It was his own fault. Before the rainy season began General Otis wns in structed to prepare for it , nnd in va rious wnys was given to understand the president's desire that the soldiers should be well cared for and well fed. CALL Off THE QUARANTINE. Suspected riiiRito Ship lit Sun Friinclnco SAN FRANCISCO , July 3 The steamer Nippon Mnru , suspected of being Infected with the bubonic plague , has been released from quar antine , after being thoroughly fumi gated by Dr. Kinyoun , the federal quarantine officer at Angler's island. Its passengers and crew wore hold on the island , but the steamer Is now lying oft the Pacific mail docks , where it is the intention to unload the cargo. Although Dr. Barbat , bacteriologist of the board of health , fears that the bacclll from the glands of the two Japanese sailors found in the bay are plague bacilli , from their close resem blance to the germs of the Asiatic disease , ho cannot express a definite- opinion until today , when the cultures will have been developed. Meantime the members of the board of health declare their intention to prevent the Ian-ling of freight from the vessel. There Is a clash between tbe federal authorities and the Nippon Maru nf- falr. The federal authorities hava ic- coived Instructions from Washington to release the vessel from quarantine , but the board of health ha-i gone Into the matter more deeply and has sta tioned n squad of policemen around the steamer to rrevent any one from leaving the suspected vessel. Dr. Bar- bat , the bacteriologist , is convinced that the bacilli is that of the bubonic plague , but will innoculate a pig or other animal with the germs to llnally determine the question. In Hie mean time the steamship company will ap ply for nn Injunction permitting the cnrgo of the vessel , which has been fumigated , to be removed. It Is prob able that the Maru will again be or dered into the stream on the strf-ngth of Dr. Barbat's second nnnlysls of the bncilll. The pnssengers who nrrlved on the Nippon Mnru nre still dotnlned nt the Angel Island quarantine station. ITln IndlniiH Are Dancing. PRICE , Utah , July 3. The White river Uncompahgre and Uintah Utes are dancing at White Rocks agency. T.hey are about 2,000 strong , and the band of which old Sowoclc Is the leader numbers fully 1,000. They nro camped in n bunch about a mile from the ngency. Among this crowd nro some 350 bucks , followers of old Sowo clc , who snys ho will lend them back to their lands in Colorado when the dnnco Is finished nnd the Green river has gone down so it will permit of their taking their ponies and squaws across. This year the dnnco is known ns the hnrvest dance. Indian Agent Myton having forbidden the sun dance It Is nothing more or less than the old ghost dance , or the coyote dnnco , nnd its significance Is to mnlo bad medi cine. One troop of the Ninth cavalry hns Intoly been withdrawn from Fort Duchosno nnd sent to Fort Douglns , leaving but ono troop , or 103 men , at the Fort Duchosno post. to Fight Union * . DETROIT. Mich. , July 3. The Pln- greo & Smith shoe factory lockout Is In full force today. Frank C. PIngrce , brother of Governor Pingree , wTio Is manager of the business , snld today : 'Wo have stood a great deal from the unions on account of Governor Filigree's position in politics. No , there will be no decrease in * wages If the men return. It is simply n question of who Is going to run this business. ici ? I/MOT / o HAM P'ght Between Otmiogie Company auil Unions Coming Ou. WAGE QUESTION IS NOT INVOLVED lien llelonpliiK to Ainu1iriuimt < d tlou Dlm-hiirRi'd inn ! Told Tholr Mt'in- In tlio Orciintrntlon Wni tlio e Mutters Unit May Hrlnjt On n Serious Ituptnro. PITTSnURG , Pa. , July 3. The re ported strike at the Homestead steel works of the Carncglo company has not taken place as yet , but the men are worked up over the discharge of the members of the Amalgamated committee , who waited upon Super intendent Corey yesterday and de manded the return of the fifteen men dismissed recently for Joining thw as sociation. Threats of a strike are heard on all sides , but the plant was In full operation today and all the men were at work save the twenty- four discharged. A meeting of the Homestead work ers was In session until an early hour this morning and n conference with Superintendent Corey was hold nt 9 o'clock today , but the closest secrecy wns maintained by both sides. A short time later Superintendent Corey left the works for Plttslmrg to con sult with the officials of the company. At the offices In this city nothing could bo learned , ns the olllclals preserved their customary silence upon all mat ters concerning their affairs. When Superintendent Corey was seen the following Interview took place : "Did 2,000 of your men quit work last night ? " "They did not , " was his answer. "What reply did you give the com mittee ? " "I prefer not to talk for publica tion. " "Well , then , Is the story true ? " "I would prefer that you see Mr. Lovejoy on the subject. " "Can we say authoritatively that there Is no strike and that the mop -lid not quit ? " "You can. " An effort was made to communicate with Mr. Lovejoy , but he was inac cessible. * President Schwa ! ) of the Carnegie company , when asked for a statement about the proposed strike , refused to discuss the matter at all. Ho would not ndmlt the truth of any conference between himself and Mr. Corey , on one side , and the committee of nine on the other. Them are 4,000 men employed In the big works. The company asserts that only about 150 or 200 of them are skilled workmen in the sense that the term used Is to be accepted. It is true the laborers predominate numerically , but the Amalgamated people claim to have received every promise of aid and support from thorn. The com pany has not made any attempt to conceal the reason for the dismissal * ! . It was solely for the reason that the men went into a labor organization when they had been forbidden. The question of wages does not enter into the controversy , the men being ns well paid and In many Instances bettor than those of the mills recognizing the unions , and paying what is known as the "scale rate. " The Amalgamated association has been working with the Carnegie em ployes for some time. It was intended to make the matter of formation of the organization public several woek. ago and declare an open fight. A secret ballot wns taken and It was decided to keep the secret , awaiting developments. The officials of the company , by some means , cnmo to know that some of their employes were members of the union. Dis charges immediately followed , with the plain statement by the officials that they did not want union men in their employ. Ono by one men were discharged , ns their nflllintion with the labor organ ization became known. That there has been much quiet work done among the men during the last five yoais Is known among the officials of the or ganization. Open meetings wore heH at Homestead some time ngo for the purpose of gaining a foothold. The meetings were well attended , but the men were afraid to show their colors. Many of them wore discharged for their attendance at these gatherings The open plan was then abandoned and secret work begun. Hum * Homes of Union Minor * , ST. LOUIS , July 3. A special to the Post-Dispatch from Carbondale , 111. , says : Union City , named from the fact that It Is occupied by union ir-ln- crs , was the scene of a battle last night about midnight , and as a result the town Is In ruins. The non-union negroes and the other men employed by Brush nt his mines near Frodonln , having become crazed over the killing of the womnn yesterday , wont to the camp , which consisted of mine houses , and opened flro on them , which wn < 5 at once returned. The battle ragrd until the union miners ran from their homes and took refuge in a i-lump of timber close to the vlllnge The non union men nt once applied the torch to the houses and all wor.j burned to thq ground. After the men had de stroyed all the property previously occupied by the union men they moved on to the woods and until daylight the fusillade wns kept up. No IIvs have" so far been reported lost In tlio cn- gngement nt Union City. Union min ers have been arriving nt the scene of the trouble all night an-1 the out come must bo a long-drawn out battle. Both sides scorn determined to win. I'liNHim Out of ICrr.-U'fillip , BALTIMORE , Md. , July 3. The re ceivership of the Baltimore & Ohio road terminated nt 12 o'clock tonight and the property was turned over to the stockholders without formal cere mony.- The now officers are : Presi dent , John K. Cowcn ; first vice presi dent , Oscar G. Murray ; second vice president and general manager , Fred D. Underwood ; trensurcr , W. HI I jams ; secretary , C. W. Wool ford ; general attorney , Hugh L. Bond , Jr. GOBBLED BY THE CENTRAL. \V. K , Vititdi-rhllt I'liui * u llg | Itallrnnd Uonl. NEW YORK , July 3.-TI.O . following stntcmont was given out by President Cnllawny of the New York Contra ! rnllroml : "At n meeting of the board of directors of the Now York Central & Hudson River Railroad company hold recently the leaseof the Boston & Albany railroad to the Now York Contra ! for n period of 909 years waa unanimously passed , and President Cnllawny has boon notified that similar action has boon taken by the Boston & Albany railroad. " Supplementary to the foregoing an ofllclal assertion was also made that the terms of thin 999eai - lease pro vided for a guarantee by the Now York Central of 8 per cent annual dividends on the $25.600,000 of capital stock of the Host on & Albany. ThlH motgor Is ono of the mou Important railroad events In recent years. The scheme was planned ahd carried out by William K. Vandcrbllt BO quietly that less than a half dor.on persona connected with the Now York Central system know anything about It until It was made public. J. Plerpont Mor gan and H. MeK. Twombloy were as sociated with Mr. Vandorbllt In ar ranging the details of the transaction. HOSTON , July 3. Simultaneously with the mooting of the Now York Central directors In Now York the Al bany directors came together In this city , and after a short conference passed a resolution recommending the lease , with a proviso , however , that an 8 per cent dividend , payable quar terly , shall bo guaranteed by the New York Contra ! railroad , and also that $4,000,000 In money or property shall bo reserved by the UostouAlb.iny road. Thin sum consists of the trust Improvement fund of the roiul and other funds and property which had been laid by for Improvements and other special expenses. This sum of $4,000,000 , Invested at the current rates of Interest , would mean a return of at least one-half of 1 per cent additional to the stock holders , so that the proposition , stated broadly , Is that the stockholders of the Boston & Albany will derive net dividends of 8V per cent on their lease. This recommendation must bo ac cepted by the stockholders , who will vote on the proposition at the annual meeting to bo hold September 27. Then It must be approved by the legislature of this state. All these preliminaries being favorable to the proposition , July 1,1900 , will find the lease In oper ation and the new tenants In control. flRST REGIMENT Off. Colonel MiilCord Informs nv. I'oynter of I > piirtur < > from Miinlln. LINCOLN , July 3. ( Special Tele gram to the Beo. ) Governor I'oynter this morning Issued the following proclamation calling attention to the departure of the First regiment , from Manila and recommending that some kind of public demonstration bo ar ranged to show the appreciation tlio people entertain for the valorous deeds performed by the Nebraska soldiers : "The executive oillce is Just In receipt of advices that the First Nebraska 1ms this day sailed from Manila. The homo-coining of this gallant regiment is such a notable event in the history of our state as to call for olllcal rec ognition and for such n demonstration of welcome upon their return as will fittly commemorate their splendid courage and fortitude. "As chief executive of the state , and in obedience to the dictates of my own feelings , I recommend that the warm welcome which the people have al ready prepared In their hearts for our returning heroes shall take shape in an organized and concerted movement and that such a demonstration be ar ranged as will give ample' proof to the world that Nebraska appreciates her noble sons who have by their val orous deeds made her famous through out the world. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state of Nebraska. Done at Lincoln this first day of July , A. D. 1899. By the governor , W. A. POYNTER. W. F. PORTER , Secretary of State. The following cablegram was re ceived at the governor's office this morning : MANILA , July 1. 8:52 : a. m. Gov ernor Poyntcr , Lincoln , Nob. : Sail today. Touch Nagasaki , Yokohoma. MULFORD , Colonel. MANILA , July 3. The United States transport Hancock sails for homo to night with 740 men of the Nebraska regiment and 250 men of the Utah ar tillery. About thirty of the Nobrns- harbor this week awaiting the Utah's main here , a majority of them reen- llstlng. The Nebraska troops have been living on board the ship In the kans and twenty-five of the Utahs re- readiness for departure. The soldiers enjoyed transport life Immensely after months spent in the trendies. Sheriff CullH for Troop * . SPRINGFIELD , 111. , July 3 Acting Governor Worder today received a telegram from Sheriff Gray at Cnrter- vlllo saying ho was powc'rless to con trol the rioters and asking that riiles and 200 troops be sent at once. The acting governor Immediately ordered 150 rifles and ammunition sent to Sheriff Gray and ordered him to sum mon and arm a posso. No troops will lie ordered out until the sheriff's re sources are exhausted. Sheriff Gray telegraphed that a coroner's Inquest was held over the body of the negro woman killed yesterday and several warrants issued. Sheriff Gray arrested three men , but when on his way to the jail his carriage was surrounded by the men's sympathizers , the horses cut loose and the prisoners released. ItoliliiTH llrnuk u Depot Sufi ) , CEDAR RAPIDS , In. , July 3. At 1 o'clock last Saturday morning tlirco men In a buggy drove up to the Noith- western depot at Dewitt , hold up the operator at the point of their revolvers vers , blow open the safe and escaped with $100. 11Y ALL WANT PE Soutkuru Islanders Anxious that War Shall Ooiuo to nn Eml , OlfEICULTY FROM HEAVY RAINS nnd Waiting Kiiriipatly for tlio Dt-frut of Acnlnuldo Hluirnmn 1'li'HM'd with Trip to Otlinr Inland * of Arohl- pt < hio | Neeml 1 < itiiitiitt | * ( liven In III * Honor I'uhllti School Opening. MANILA , July 3. Prof. J. 0. Schur- mnn of the United States advisory committee for the Philippines return ed to Manila today from a three weeks' tour of the southern Islands. Ho takes an entirely hopeful view of the gener al conditions thoro. The Intelligent and substantial citizens dcslro an American protectorate. The masses nro awaiting the settlement of the war in the Island of Luzon before de claring themselves. They are chlolly anxious to bo undis turbed. The president of the town of Snntn Nicolas , in tlio Island of Cebu , said to Prof. Schurman ; "Wo want pence , food and prosperity. Wo do not wish to light. Wo would bo neu tral. " The president of the commission thinks his declaration fairly oxpioss B the sentiments of the people in the southern Islands of the archlpolngo. Many of the toxvns there are In tlio hands of small b'nuds of Tagalos and the people fear to endorse American rule until they are certain that Agul- nnldo must bo beaten. Lot them once bo convinced of this and the aliegl- ancc of the southern islands , Mr. Schurman thinks , can bo secured by diplomacy. The United States gunboat Bonulng- ton took Mr. Schurman o Mindanao and the Islands of the Sulu and \Ma- cayan groups. Ho traveled through the Island of Nogros with Colonel Smith anda party of natives. In several of the principal towns ho vas tendered banquets and ho had an hour's confer ence with the young sultan of Sulu , who received him In the royal audi ence chamber , surrounded by a body guard of llorco looking Moros. Mr. Schurman told the sultan that the United States hud acquired the sov ereignty of the Philippines from Spain but had no wish to subjugate tlio pop ulation nor to Interfere with the cus toms or religion. On the contrary , the great desire of the Amoiican govern ment was to help the people of the islands to develop their country. The sultan replied that ho earnestly desired peace and was anxious to con tinue the existing treaties On the return voyage the president of the commission visited the. town of Draco , capital of British North Bo- nee , whore ho was cordially received by the British officials , who afforded him every facility In his study of the local government and the customs of the people. The population ho found much llko that of the southern Philippine ippineIslands. . The government Is at present in a rather elementary state , but a more complete organization is being devol- open ns rapidly as Is practicable. Yesterday General Lnwton and Prof. Worcester of the commission visited the principal towns in the province of Cavlto , out of which the natives were recently driven. Their chief purpose was to direct the elections of the pres idents of Imus , Bncoor , Parnnaquo and L-is Plnns. Under the municipal sys tem thus Inaugurated the presidents , or the mayors , of the town are em powered to appoint minor officials and to levy tuxes , which are to bo expended - ponded solely In public Improvements. Before acting General Lnwton and Mr. Worcester had consulted with the leading men In each town and selected candidates whose honesty and friend liness to AmcM'lcnn rule were beyond question. Wherever they went the Americans were heartily cheered by the people. Tomorrow the public schools In Ma nila will open and It Is expected thnt there will bo 5,000 children in attend ance. The teachers Include Ameri cans , Spaniards and Filipinos. Ono of the Instructors Is the widow of the Filipino patriot , Dr. Rlznl , who prepared - pared the statutes of the Philippine league , and who , when about to board a steamer for Barcelona In the autumn of 189C , was arrested 'by the Spanish authorities and sent to Manila , where lift wan tried by court-martial on a charge of having organized the upris ing In the Philippines , sentenced to death and shot on December 29 of that year. After her husband's execution Mrs. Rlznl , who Is the stepdaughter of n retired Hong Kong gentleman , went to Imus nnd was chosen captain of a company of insurgents , English will be taught In the schools ono hour each day. The proscribed holidays Include the twenty church days observed In Manila , Washing ton's birthday and the Fourth of July. Almost every steamer brings mis sionaries. The arrival of ono in Cebu made no little trouble , as the report spread rapidly among the ignorant classes that the Americans Intended to compel them to give up their churches. The American authorities , in the Interest of harmony , requested him to withdraw , and he complied. Senor Llorento , who Is considered the most Influential native in Cobu , said to Mr. Schurman : "I llko the American Idea of the separation of church and state , but I think It would be unwise to Introduce Protestantism while conditions are so iiiiHeUled. " Ho has since arrived in Manila and taken his sent on the bench of the supreme court. SiiyitViiHhlnclon U'nt ICIghf , CHICAGO , III. , July 3. In an Inter view today William J. Bryan said : "I believe George Washington was right. We ought not to enter Into en tangling alliances with foreign na tions. The question of an Anglo- Saxon alliance is Involved In the question of Imperialism. No entang ling alliance would bo suggested were it not for the fact that a colonial policy would strengthen those who desire a foreign alliance. " SPYING ON PLANTS' GROWTH. Mot ( lift Vtcttirn Mni'lilnit I'rcRficil Into Now HiTtlroi WASHINGTON , July 3. The Agri cultural department his pressed the moving picture machine Into the serv ice of science. The division of vege table pathology has n machine of this sort In operation In ono of Its green houses photographtne the growth of n small oak tree. The machine works automatically , taking n picture each hour. At night an electric light is thrown Into the circuit ns the exposure Is made. The machine has boon run ning about two weeks and will bo k pt going about two weeks longer on Its present subject. When the series of pictures Is completed It will bo pos sible to reproduce with the atorooptl- con the growth of the plant from the time the first shoot appeared above ground till the tree Is In full leaf ami a foot or more high. i - While the oak tree pictures are pure ly experimental to develop the capacity of the machine It Is Intended to use the cereal photographs In watching the progress of plant diseases , blights , Insect parasites and the llko. The de partment hopes In the near future1 to bo able to loan to the agricultural c6l- leges and experiment stations rplls of lantern slides film to Illustrate certain of the department's bulletins. It la pointed out jLlwt n lecture be fore a class of students could show In live minutes the growth and seed dis tribution of any noxious plant , such ns the Canadian thistle or the life his tory of an Insect post , so that It could bo readily recognized and combated on Its first appearance In a vegetable , al though the workers there had never HociiftU In actual life. In addition to the straight photo graphic work expected of the now ma chine Its designer Intends to adopt It to use with the X-ray , so as to take pictures of certain objects that other wise would bo Invisible. It Is thought by the department that a series of pictures of this sort taken during the period of gestation would bo of value to stockralsors and might bo adopted to the nso of the medical profession In certain lines of research. CANNIUALISM IN KLONDIKE. Htory of llorrlliln HnuVrlni ; ICndured by tlin ArKonuntn , CHICAGO , July 3. A special to the Chronicle from Portland , Ore. , says : "Tho stories of cannibalism practiced In Alaska are enhanced In their hld- cousness In a letter received hero ycs- torday by Captain Hans Svonson from Majonlno , In the Kotzobuo sound country. The writer , Olof Jorgensen , depicts a condition without parallel. He , with two other sailors , hulling from Stockholm , Peter Martin and August Olson , together with twenty others , went to the Kotzobuo country last September from Seattle. The letter Incloses ono to Jorgen- KCII'S mother in Stockholm , which Martin , In some roundabout manner , succeeded In mulling at St. Michaels , where ho Is now lying at the point of dnath , unable to give an account of what ho and his follows suffered. Jor- gcnson's letter to his mother must have been written some days before ho penned his to Svenson , as It is more lucid. After explaining how ho nnd his col leagues scporated from the rest of the argonauts and went prospecting on their own account with dogs and sledges Jorgensen told how they got lost In the most Inhospltnl region on earth In December lnst ° . The greater part of their provisions were stolen by wild beasts and by January they had nothing loft but a few sides of bacon. "Hunger also stalked among us , " added Jorgensen , "and you have not even n faint idea what It means among a gang of hopeless men , desperate In the extreme. A dozen of my party died In thirty days and wo then began to cast lots for healthy human flesh. There- are only four of us allvo , but all too weak to travel , excepting Mar tin , who will try to mall this letter and obtain relief. But I suppose the letter will bo too late. " The writer says that only a few days before ho discovered a largo nest of nuggets peering out of the frozen ground of hla tent , but ho turn ad from the gold with disgust. JURY riNDS COLE NOT..GUILTY. Out Only nn Hour Accused Man Hlioutl for iloy whim Iln Ilimrx the Vordlot. BLOOMINGTON , Nob. , July 3. The jury In the Cole case , after being out one hour , Informed the ballff that they had reached a decision. Ho immedi ately Informed the judge , who had re tired , and ho came up nnd opened court. Cole wns brought In nnd took his accustomed place by his attorney , Mr. Mooro. His other attorney , Mr. Uyriim , wns absent. The foreman then handed the Judge the vordlct , and when ho read It Cole jumped from his chair nnd shouted : "Glory to God ! " Then ho leaped over the table nnd shook hands with the Jury nnd his attorney and every body In sight. After awhile he left the court room , clapping his hands. This ends one of the most sensa tlonal trials ever held In Franklin county. John Philip Krolchbauni dis appeared on December 2 , and soon Toomnn nnd Cole began to haul off the stuff on the farm. Immediately foul play began to be suspected and Tooman and Cole were spotted as the men who had committed the crime. On the night of December 14 the body of Krclchlmum was found In n hole In the stable floor on Krolchbnum's plnco. Tooman and Cole were arrested nnd confined In jail at this plnco , and while Tooman has not always been the fa vorite , Cole has now the favor of all who visited him , by his honesty and straightforwardness. Ho wns tried In March at the time Tooman was con victed , but the jury on the Cole case failed to agree. Since ho was arrested ho has boon In jail and tonight , when lie was released n free citizen , he wont down the btnirs on the Jump nnd clap- plng his hands. All Uloomlngton was aroused and many pressed around to congratulate Cole , but ho quickly went to the , homo of his relatives. It Is re ported that he and Grace Tooman nro engaged , but this cannot be ascertain ed for sure.