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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JTJXE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , MCTNDAY MORNING , SEPTEMBER 11 , 18J)9. ) SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. DREYFUS IS IIOPEFUI M Not Uncwj Resarding Himself , as Ho Expects to Ba Free October 16 , * . . THINKS ONLY OF WIFE AND CHILDREN Madams Dreyfus Visits Her Husband. Accompanied by His Brother , DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON THE VERDICT Colonel Jouanst Declares Drtyfua Must BerTo Full Ten Years. i PRESIDENT MAY EXERCISE CLEMENCY Military Men Hntlnlled frith Verdlot , Which They Interpret o Snfe- Btmrillnir Army'n Honor and Merciful Aat to lrcyf" . IU3NNE3 , Sept. 10. Dreyfus has borne the terrible shock with marvelous fortltudn , ono might almost say with unnatural calm Yesterday ho scorned stupeIIoil when M , La bor ! communicated to him the verdict , bul ho has since rallied. Ho passed a qulel night and rose when his orderly brought him watar at 5 o'clock this morning. Mmo. Dreyfus nnd Matthlcu Dreyfus , hie brother , visited him during the course ol the afternoon , his brother subsequently leav ing for Paris. The atvnllcatlon to the court of revision was taken to him at noon bj M. Labori's assistant and he signed it. Today ho has spoken little , though ho ha ; Deemed In better spirits than might have boon anticipated. The meeting with hli wife was naturally very affecting , but bott held up as well as possible. Ho said U her : "I am not uneasy regarding myself , as I shall soon be free , but I think of you and my poor children. They will bo branded ns the children of a traitor. " Ho Is convinced that ten years' Imprison ment to which he Is sentenced will ho wlpeil out by the five years of solitary seclusion he has undergone on Devil's Island , and ho ex pects to bo released by October IB , whlot will be flvo years from the date of his formei condemnation. Ha is so sanguine that hi has mndo an extraordinary request of hi : wlfo for a novul to read In the meantime explaining that his mind Is so shaken ant' weighed down by roccnt events that ho ex- poets to divert his thoughts and to get all the recollections of the past three month : out of his mind. Ho thinks that reading a novel will afford the desired mental re- peso and keep him from brooding. The correspondent of the Associated Press called upon Mire. Dreyfus after her vlsll to her husband and saw her father. M Hadamard , who said his daughter was bearIng - Ing up wonderfully well , consldcrlnc the circumstances , but desired to remain undis turbed today. In view of the emotional strain of the interview. M. Hndamar said Mme , Dreyfita and the family wetv hopeful and looked forward to some favorable develop ment. "Tho verdict Is an Infamy , " ho said. "Cap tain Dreyfus is In poor health , as everyone knows. Ho has been extremely III from the moment of his arrival In France. His health 1 as not Improved nnd the nervous effect of yesterday's terrible blow Is bound to react on his general condition. His sup pression of all outward degression Is due to his almost Incredible force of will , but it does not Imply that he Is Insensible tr the mental and physical torture he has undergone. On the contrary , the family | uat now see In his weak state of health mil abnormal Impassivity an ugly sign , and fear for him more than they care to ex press. " neniien 1'erfccty Ciilni. The town today has been perfectly calm , There has not been 11 sign or a demonstra tion nor a cry for or against Dreyfus or the Jews heart anywhere. A number of people gathered to see Mine. Dreyfus visit the prison , but they wore quite respectful. The troops and masses of gendarmes whe yesterday gave the center of Henries the np pearance of n military camp havn vanished There are hardly any Remlarmps In sight except near the Dreyfus residence , where t few are posted. Cavalry officers wore seen frequenting the cafes this afternoon , showing that the au thorities no longer /ear nny trouble and an aflowtng the officers to leave barracks. So far as can be ascertained military mcr are tatlsflod with the verdict , which the ) Interpret ns safeguarding the honor of the army , and nt the same time doing nn act o mercy to Dreyfus , who , they say. has suf ficiently expiated his crime * In the awful ex perience on Devil's Island. They point oui that oven If ho Is sent to Fort Corte It wll ! bo to receive henceforth the humnne treat ment ho has experienced since his rcturc to France. Ono strange fact Is thn extraordinary dif ference of opinion respecting the exacl effect of the Judgment whether ho can be dogrniled again , and whether the flve years aolltnry cnnflnwnent ho has undergone wli : regarded ns equivalent to the ten years dotontlnn to which he Is sentenced and h < will bo released next month. This matter Is quite aside from the gen eral impression that he will be pardoned Ir a few days by President Loubet , who will flnd Bome ground to exercise clemency. M. Demange thinks the flve years wir count for nothing and thnt Dreyfus , ac- cordltiR to law , will have to suffer ten years detention. Many others , hnwover , Including several lawyers , hnlfl n contrary opinion am' ' declare that he will bo released In October This is the belief of Dreyfus himself. The correspondent of the Associated Preae this evening Interrogated M. Coupers , the clerk of the court-martial , on this point , Ho was most emphatic in declaring that Droyfus must serve ten yevirs from the dntc of a froth degradation , the court-martial having considered thn rasa as beginning when Dreyfus apppared before thorn , ills- regarding altogether his previous sentence , M , Coupars cold * "I have no doubt whatever - over that , according to the military e'-de Droyfu must undergo degradation again as he wan reinstated as a raptnln lu the army nnd he appeared before the court In uniform. That he will actually he put through this cruel ordeal I think doubtful If It depended on me , I know what I shouM do , and the president ; of the republic may think with me. " Mnxt Serve Ten Yenrn. Colonel Jouaust also declared that Droy fus must porve ton years , but speaking wltti frlonda today , hu expressed a conviction that tlioro would not bo a fresh degradation , This corwiiony requires breaking the prls- \ oiier'i sword and tearing off his epaulum , But Dreyfus never had hU sword restored to him , and he only wore undress uniform without epaulets , set that U would be Im possible to carry out the regulations foi degradation. Those whi think Drev'm will be re'easec In October , because the flvu year3 on Devll'i island will wipe out the present sentence aw lu the fact that ha wua sentenced foi exactly ten years a confirmation at their v But they are mistaken. Ho waite to ton years , not because that l > e double his time on Devil's according to the m 1 tary | n nis favor Had the verdict been uRAjSlafflto have been s n- tcnccd to twn&jS PHBrhoe professing to have aa rr'alncenliC ! | p TO diet he opinion of the judges , declare hat the TOIO of five to two was not given by mutual agreement , but because tbe two judges voted In Ms favor from i conviction of his lnno"ence. The present procedure Is the application for revision , signed by Dreyfus toJay. It will bu sent to Paris. The clerk of the court-martial must send n complete d ss or of the trial , Including all the documents sub mitted. A reporter will oe appo ntcd to ex amine It minutely and ascertain whether there bo any flaw In the proceedings. The result will bo submitted to the court of ie- \Islon , which will maintain or annul the sentence. An Interesting fact developed t'day Is that the pollen had taken eve y precaution to get Dreyfus safely out of Rcnncs In the event of acquittal , In which case It was agreed there would have boon serious dls > rder and probably nn attempt on his llfo. The police had arranged to conduct him back to the military prison after the verdict with the same precautions as during the trial. He wns to have been given civilian attire and a false beard and then to have left the prison by the small door of the recruiting office leading to the Avenue do la Gare. No one would have expected him to leave through that building , which Is attached to the mil itary prison , and thanks to the disguise the police hoped he would reach the station safely , where a special train was waiting to rush him oft before the crowd could have heard of his leaving prison. MOVI-2 AOAI.\ST HK.MH.NG K.XHI1IITS. Mniiy Kxhlbltorn Clv - Notice of Wlth- ilriiwIiiK' from 1'nrln ISxponltlon , BUDA PEST , Hungary , Sept. 10. The following aoml-officlal statement has been Issued : A move la on foot against sending ex hibits to the Paris exhibition In 1000. Many intending exhibitors have withdrawn their notices of participation c-n the ground that the present state of things In France renders it unsafe to bend exhibits. The catholic chapter of Gran , capital of the county of the same name on the Dan ube , and the residence of the Catholic prlmato of Hungary , has canceled Its de cision to send exhibits , giving as a reason Its unwillingness to endanger works of art worth millions of florins. liuriiN the French I-"I UK. INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. , Sept. 10. When the news of Dreyfus' fate reached Indianapolis Captain Wallace Foster , who originated the plan of floating the American tlac over In diana school houses , announced that he would have the flag of Franco burned In the public streets. Last evening a large crowd was drawn to his home , in North Capitol avenue , , ind , encircled by women , children , bicycles and buggies , the trl-colors were brought out and burned on the macadam biulovard. There was loud cheering as the flag , which Captain Foster had obtained at the World's Fair , was reduced to ashes. A Frenchman participated In the ceremony. Ilrcyfim Cannot Accept Sword. ATLANTA , Ga. , Sept. 10. Mrs. David RIchborg oj this rky , who recently started a movement to raise a fund among American Jews for the purpose of presenting a hand some sword to Captain Alfred Dreyfus , con victed of treason toward the French gov ernment , received a letter yesterday from Mme. Dreyfus In which she said the captain could not accept a sword from American people. \VnitliiHT for the Word. LONDON , Sept. 10. A special dispatch from Berlin says : "It Is now permitted to be known that the war offlco holds documents conclusively proving that Esterhazy and Henry betrayed their trusts , and that only the permlssl"n of Emperor William Is awaited for the pub lication of the documents showing the sen tence of Dreyfus to be a brutal act of In justice. " Iloycott Pnrln Exponltlon. ROME , Sept. 10. Proposals have been mndo to both Austria and Italy to boycott the Paris exposition as a protest against the verdict at Rennes. Demonstrations In denunciation of the verdict occurred today in several Italian cities. At Naples the dem onstrators attempted to attack the French ccnsulate and the police were compelled t ( Intervene. l-"lftri-ii Arri-ntn nt Iliivrr. HAVRE , Sept. 10. The socialist and revolutionary groups demonstrated here today against the verdict. The police dis persed largo crowds and made fifteen ar rests. MOB THREATENS TO LYNCH Governor Mulnnrlii ( ioeit I'tTNi to Itmmloii , Mini. , Scene of the Trouble , to .Stop Same. JACKSON , Miss. , SepU 10. A report reached the city yesterday that n mob waa gathering between Brandon and Raleigh to bnch white prisoner named James S. McAlpUi , charged with murder. Governor McLaurln left the city Immedi ately and reached Brandon last night. He left Instructions for the Mississippi Rtllea to follow him If necessary , to escort the prisener to Smith county. A Inter message says the governor loft overhuid In a buggy this afternoon for Smith county nnd if he meets with the mob ho will endeavor to Induce It to disperse. Smith county la the governor's old home. McAlptn Is charged with the murder of John Thornton while enroute home from church. The Rifles are awaiting orders. Helen ( ioiilil Accept * Honor , WASHINGTON , Sept. 10.- Adjutant Gen eral William C. Llllcr of Lancaster , Pa , , president of the Spanish war veterans , to day received the following telegram from Miss Hu'on Miller Gould , who was unani mously elected mitlnnnl sponsor of the Span- Ich War Veterans' association : "Your kind mnsnie hes reached me. Informing me of my rlnctlon as sponajr for the Spanish War Veterans , und I take great pleasure In ac cepting the honor , for which plcat > o ex- prt s my thanks to the association. " A r in jof Ciimherluiul Ueunlon. DETROIT , Mich. , Sept , 10. A program for the reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland In this city September 26-27 waa adopted by the chairmen of com mittees having charge of the event. Briga dier General Henry M. Duffleld Is the gen eral chairman and Mayor Maybury ! ia charge of the reception to the veterans. An attendance of at lonst 2&U veterans is ex pected , The principal public gathering will bo addressed by ex-Coneret mnn Charles E. Belknap and the reunion win conclude with the society's annual banquet. Movement * of Ooeiin Vennelx , Sept. 1O. At New York Arrived La Gascogne , from Havrti ; Cyitrlc , from Llverprol , At Southampton Arrived Steamer Bar- baroe ii , from Now York for Bremen , At Havre Arrived Lu Touralne , from New York. At Queenstown Sailed Steamer Lucanlo , from Liverpool for New York. At Philadelphia Arrived Steamer Waa - land , from Liverpool , I W/IPIVT il t vi n \ pniptrpt\ IMOGEN ! MAN SACR1HCED General Opinion Expresvsd in Encland Concerning - corning OonY.otion of Dreytna. V RDICT CONDEMNED IN STRONG LANGUAGE l.uniloii PrcKti IndnlKC * In Kmphiitlo llciiiiticliitlini of the Act of the Conrt-.Miirtlnl In Auxin Convlctlnit Uroyfuii. ( Copyright , 1S93 , by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON , Scut. 10. ( New York World Ca- blegraui Special Te/egram. ) Though people ple here , owing lo the coune of the Drey fus c&no durlug the last few clays of the trial , did not expect a striking proclamation of Dreyfus' Innocence from the court-mar tial , It was expected he would get a suf- Ilcent number of votca to secure acquittal. The news of the sentence was heard with amazement and disgust. The general feelIng - Ing Is that an Innocent man has been basely sacrificed In the Interest of the gen eral otaff In the face of overwhelming proof of innocence Threats to boycott the Paris exposition next year are frequent unlers justice Is vindicated. News of the verdict was awaited with keen Interest by the French colony In London. When announced It was received with en thusiasm In the French cafes lu Soho amid erica of "Vive 1'arraeo" and "A has les Julfa. " French men and women came out In thi streets and congratulated one another , dancing nnd madly gesticulating. A party of Jews came Into collision with Frenchmen In Soho and a' free fight followed till stopped by the police. A serl.ua dis turbance might have resulted but for the foresight of the police , who bad stationed special constables In the foreign quarter be forehand. All the Sunday papers speak strongly In condemnation of the verdict. The Observe ! says : "The meaning of tha verdict Is simply this : A majority of the court-martial , driven to choose between condemning Drey fus and condemning the ccneral staff , have sided with their superiors. The flrst court- martial , misled by the forger , Henry ; by the lunatic Bcrtillon , and by the fraudulent Mercler , and knowing nothing whatever ol the cart played by Esterhazy , condemned an Innocent man unanimously. The second court-martial , knowing everything , without n solitary proof against Dreyfus , without oven a fact tending to create a legitimate suspicion , condemns him again by a majority of flve to two. Thla Is the view the whole civilized world will take. A new sentence Is passed uixm the Innocent man of ten years' Imnrlsonment for the crime of being a Jew , for the crime of having survived live years of torture'already , for the crime of having proved Mercler to be a villain. It Is for tie party of justice In France to fight on. They cannot acquiesce In a crime which threatens to banUh France from the comity of civilized nations. " The Sunday Tlmca says : "We are disposed to think that not only the two membere of the court-martial who voted for acquittal , but probably the whole court , would have been glad to acquit Dreyfus , but they feared the result on the army and to themselves , They could not resist what they know \yas the wish of their superior officers and we are not surprised at the scheme falling en tirely , the disposition on all sides being to acquit the prisoner by degrees. The court- martial has slranly bowed Its neck to the army fetish. It Is not at oil probable that the verdict will stand. " INDIGNATION IN GERMANY Coiidemnntlon of Dreyfnn In Generally Cliurnc-terlrcil n * nn UnrlKhteona nnil Uiijunt Verdict. ( CopyriRht , 1899 , by Press Publishing Co. ) BERLIN , Sept. 10. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) Following Is tbe opinion of Dr. Mlttelstaedt , one of the most profund German Jurists : "The sentence of Dreyfus Is the worst dis aster which tha bitterest enemy of France could wish to happen to this much tried land. Germany con watch further develop ments with equanamlty with the firm con viction that this unrighteous verdict will be most severely revenged on the French themselves. " Following Is the opinion of Dr. Stephany , an eminent publicist"There can be onfy one opinion about the verdict. It disgraces France It throws her back into a state of barbarism. " With hardly an exception the German papers are filled with Indignant article. ! against the verdict. An article In the National Zcltung best expresses the opin ion of the average educated person here. It says : "The verdict Is the greatest crime which has been commltte-d against humanity slnco thn days of the Inquisition , since the days when witches were burnt. The five Judges who found Dreyfus guilty were five criminals In uniform. Either Dreyfus has been guilty of treason , In which case be should have been sent again to Devil's Island , or ho Is Innocent , In which case bo must be declared Innocent. " The Berlin Tngoblatt writes similarly regarding the ambiguity of the verdict : "Cowardice and wickedness have triumphed but It la a triumph fraught with danger to the * republic. The personality of the Inno cent victim disappears before the consequences quences of thU terrible verdict. Germany can look on with equanimity. Sha can al low France to simmer in the fate of her own dishonor. " M. Vorwaarts attributes the startling ver dict to tbe general incirapoteucy of military men rm judges. Soldiers cannot weigh ques tions of right and justice. Lokal Anzolgcr emphatically declares : "The Judges themselves were not convinced of the guilt of Dreyfus. Their verdict is the expression of uncertainty of their con sciences. " On reception of the news last night there was much excitement on the streets. Eager crowds snatched papers from news venders and crowds gathered on tbe street corners to dlmiFs the verdict. On all sides were heard either the satisfied laugh nf the anti-Semite or tbe Indignant protest of his opponent. Seimutlou nt Home. ( Copyright , 1S99 , by Prfsa Publishing Co. ) ROME , Sept. JO. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) Although not unexpected , Drejfus' condemnation produced an Immense sensation. Public opinion unanimously condemns the verdict. Tbe press Indignantly exhorts th government to Imitate Germauy by making an official declaration. The clerics ale no are iiuletly jubilant. The pope has addretsed socrct in structions to the French episcopate ) recom mending prudence. Tvrcnly-HUth KIIroute. CHICAGO , Sept. 10. The twenty-sixth United States volunteers , New Gngland'4 regiment , commanded by C lonel Elmund Rice , passed through Chicago tonight en- route from Boston to San Francis'o , whcra they will embark for the Philippines Sou. t ember 15. MeVutt Identlllm Hplcuel. TORONTO , Sept. 10. G. W. McNutt. an officer from DCS Molnea , la. , arrived here today to take back Chariea A. Spiegel , who is wanted there on a chfrgo of arson. Ho was Indicted last month nnd was out on ball on the charge and also on n charge of tending otacrno matter through the malls , and It Is alleged fled. jMeNutt positively Identifies his man. * NATIONAL EXPuRT EXHIBIT Phllnilelphln KxpoMtlon AVI1I Open r\ext ThurNilny nt Noon President HepreNeutert liy llrpliiirn. PHILADELPHIA , Sept. 10. The National Expert exposition will be opened at noon on' ( Thursday next nnd remain open , Sundays' ' exccpted , until November 30. Lets than lUe mouths ago the first spadeful of dirt was turned up for the foundation of the < upcrb buildings which have since been completed at a cost of more than $1,000,000. The opening ceremonies on Thursday will be attended with much aolemnlty and Inter est. The governor of the state , mayor of the city nnd representatives of the govern ment at Washington and many of the g : cat- eat nations of the world will be present. President WIdeuer of the Exposition nsao- clatlon will turn over the exposition to Governor - ornor Slono , who Is In turn to deliver It Into the custody of the mayor of the city ami Congressman Hepburn will accept a J Int supervision of the enterprise on behalf of President McKtnlcy , thus establishing it upon the broad basis of city , state nnd na tional endorsement. The addresses and ceremonies of the day which will be participated In by Archblshoi Ryan of this Catholic diocese and othei prominent clergymen , will be of the mosl Interesting character. The conception of the Idea of an cxhlbttlot to Illustrate the astonishing growth of th ( export trade of the United States In recent years was the outgrowth of the tour of th < representatives of various foreign govern' ments who came hero to study our Industrie ! In 1897. The display of manufactured product ! which have a present or contemplated for eign market Is very complete and the meth ods of manufacture , showing the progress It the making nnd completion of a needle or r cuff button or of a giant locomotive or greal bridge , will be everywhere before the eye and In varied and almost endless succes sion. sion.Tho The United States government , In addltloc to a very large appropriation toward the buildings themselves , has expended $50,00 ( In the selection of samples from abroad It wares , business data and samples. A brilliant musical program has been ar range for the exposition , which Includes the co-operation of the United States Marine band ; Sousa , the great march composer ; Damrosch's great orchestra , the Bauda Rcesa. Innes' famous concert band and the Municipal band of Philadelphia. The International Commercial congress which Is to be opened In the exposition aud itorium about October 10 , under the super vision of Director Wilson , will bo repre sented , In addition to the presence of Presi dent Diaz of Mexico , by thirty foreign gov ernments and raoro than 125 foreign cham bers of commerce have named delegates , These sessions of the congress will continue for about three weeks. TRADE WITH U. S. COLONIES Statement of the N vr Dcpnrtmcnt Shown MnrTclmW'"Grotl 'of- Onr Commerce. WASHINGTON , Sept. lO.-The War de partment made public today a statement ol the trade between the United States and all of Its colonies under military control , and with Cuba as well , for the seven months of 1899 ending July 31 , making comparison witb the year 1S98. The exports from the United States to Cuba for the seven months were $14,116,993 In 1899 , against 14,485,937 In 1898. The im ports into the United States from Cuba for the same period were $19,976,950 In 1899 , against $12,474,770 In 1898. The exports from the United States to Porto Rico for the seven months were $2,299,221 In 1899 , against $569,110 In 1898. Imports Into the United States from Porto Rico during the same time were $3,379,944 In 1S99 , against $2,253- 800 In 1898. The exports from the United States to the Philippine Islands from January 1 to July 31 were $386,109 In 1899 , against $65,736 In 1898. Ttio Imports Into the United States from the Philippines for the- same period were $3,274,134 In 1899 , against $2- 283,775 in 1898. The trade of the United States with the various Islands when stated by months shows n marvelous growth of our commerce , The crowth of exports by months has beer very gratifying in all the Islands , and especially so In the Philippine Islands. The only fiscal years since 1877 showing for the entire twelve months a larger value of merchandise exported from the United States to Cuba than Is shown by the first seven months of 1899 were the years 1892 , 1893 and 1894. If the same ratio Is main tained until tbe end of the year the Im- pipts Into Cuba frcm the United States will be larger than the exports from the United States to that Island In nny fiscal year in the entire history of the trade between this country nnd Cuba. The Imports Into the United States from Cuba from January 1 to July 31 , 1899 , were greater than the corresponding Imports for either of the entire fiscal years 1897 nnd 1898. If the same ratio Is maintained for the remainder of this year the Imports into this country from Cuba will exceed $32,000- 000 nnd be more than double those of the fiscal year enilinc June 30 , 1898. The Imports from Porto Rico into the United States for the first seven months of 1899 wore larger than thceo of any of the preceding entire fiscal years since 1890 , oxcoptlnR 1893 , while the exports to Porto Rico for the first seven months of 1899 have been exceeded only by three of the Huenl years since 1877. Aa far as the exports from the United States to the Philippines are concerned , fur the first seven months of this year , under American occupation , they are larger than tlioso of any previous year in our history. Not only this , but they arc more than double those of nny year , exe-optlng the years 1842 , 1KD2 , 1660 , 1870 and 1872. TRAIN HfcLD UP IN ARIZONA Southern I'nclllt ; I2xprta Itohhed hy I-'tinr MimUn ! Men \ > nr Co- nhhrm I COCHISE , Ariz. , Sept. 10. Express train No. 10 on the Southern Pacific was robbed bore last night by four masked men , who blew the eafo open and took everything in eight , Thn amount or their booty is said U > bo small , The train was tttopped , the mall and express cars were cut off from the rewt of the twin and run a mile further up the road , where the bandltu stopped to coin- plote their work. The express meesenger was forced to op n the car and the robbers attacked the safe with dynamite. The strong box was soon blown open and the contents taken by the thlevew , who hastily departed. They were last seen going north on foot and a pceso soon started on their trail. The dynamite used on the &afo blew out thu Bide of the express car and tore up the floor. Thcro IB 110 clue to the Identity of tbe robber * . Ol'POSiriON ' TO ARBITRATION Extract * firm England's Bine Book on tbe South Alncan Imbroglio. FOREIGN INTERVENTION IS NOT WANT D Sir Alfrril Mllner niul Chnmuerlnlit KvelmiiKc > < > ( .on tlir Subject KruRor'w Proposition DOCK Not VluA Knvor. ( Copyritfht , ISM , by Prefn Publlshlnc Co. ) LONDON , Sept. 10. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) Follow Ing is the matter on the arbitration In the blue book n,518 : Dispatch from Sir Alfred Mllner to Cham berlain , Juno 1-1 , transmitting a note from the government to the South African re public submitting proposals for arbitration. The note suggests that all differences be tween the two governments arising out varying Interpretations of the London con vention , shall be referred to the arbitration tribunal consisting of an arbitration to be nominated by the British and one by the South African republic , these two to ngreo respecting a third person , who shall act ns president of the arbitration tribunal , which third person IB not to be n subject of one of the parties. In forwarding the note Sir Alfred Mllner says : "I cannot see the smallest reason why Her Majesty's government should not at once reject this particular proposal , and I adv'.so that this course be adopted. The scheme Is shown to be unworkable , but more than this It doc * not exclude that foreign Inter ference between Her Majesty's government and the South African republic which Her Majesty's government has always declared nnd which I repeatedly declared at Blocra- fonteln they would never admit. It Is evi dent that the third person to be chosen as president will virtually decide everything and It Is provided that ho shall 'not be n subject of one of the arbitrating parties , ' that Is , a foreigner. On this account I feel Her Majesty's government will not accept the proposal. For every reason I think It desirable that It should promptly Intimate ,11s , total Inability to entertain It. " The dispatch of Chamberlain July 27 to Mllner , stating the views of Her Majesty's government regarding arbitration. Is as fol lows : "In view of the relations established by the conventions of Pretoria and London , Her Majesty's government have felt them- that under no circumstances whatever will they admit to the Intervention of any for eign power In regard to their Interpreta tions of conventions subsequent to the pro posal of the Transvaal government for a tribunal of arbitration composed of two members nominated by Great Britain and two by the South African republic with a foreigner aa president. It Is objectionable Inasmuch as It Involves the admission of a foreign element In the settlement of con troversies between Her Majesty's govern ment and the South African republic and for this reason It la Impossible for Her Majesty's government to accept It. Her Majesty's government recognizes , however , that Interpretations of conventions In mat ters of detail are not free from difficulty. If , therefore. President Kruger Is prepared to agree to an exclusion of any foreign element In the settlement of such disputes , Her Majesty's government would be wil ling to consider how far and by wl-at meth ods the question of Interpretation of the conventions should bo decided by some judicial authority whose Independence and capacity would be beyond suspicion. " YELLOW FEVER SPREADING City Clerk of Jnuknon , Minn. , Han u. Very Miillfcnniit Type of the Uliiennc nuil Cannot Live. JACKSON , Miss. , Sept. 10. One case of yellow fever In Jackson was reported to the State Board of Health today. The patient is D. P. Porter , city clerk. Dr. Murray of the marine hospital service confirms the diagnosis and his report to Surgeon General Wyman says that the case la of a very malignant type. The patient IB not ex pected to live during the night. It Is ex pected many other Mississippi towns will quarantine against Jackson during the night. Kever Cnncx nt New York. NEW YORK , Sept. 10. Health Officer Doty reports that all of the four patients removed to Swlnburn Island from the steamer Lampasas have developed yellow fever. After his last visit to Swinburne Island tonight , Dr. Doty said that J. M. Burley , who first showed symptoms of yellow fever Fri day , "Is a very sick man. " The doctor also stated that the three cases under suspicion Saturday unmistakably had developed Into yellow fever. The patients are tbe sisters , Annie nnd Minnie Zlmet- baum , young girls , and F. Agolozoga , n young man. The condition of these three Is encourag ing. All the patients arrived on the Mallory liner Lampasas from Key West , an Infected port , Thursday. Buroy and Agolozoga are being treated with the Banarelll scrum. Merlillnii TIioroiiKlily Qiiiiriiiitlneil. MERIDIAN , Miss. , Sept. 10. Meridian to night quarantined against all places Infected with yellow fever. This will prevent the United States circuit court convening In this city tomorrow. Judge Nile * and Marshal Collins , v.lio sro at Jackscn today , tclo- graphed the local authorities for permleslon to enter the city , but Mayor Dial refused and Instructed the ofllcers not to permit any one from an Infected point to enter Me ridian. Himploloun CIIHCH nt Tnmjiu. JACKSONVILLE , Fla. , Sept. 10. Dr. Porter , state health officer , has wired that there arc several suspicious cnee-j of sick ness at Pert Tampa City , supposed to bo yellow fever , nnd one death. The death and suspicious cases ore at a hospital la Port Tampa City , nine miles from Port Tampa , A dispatch from the representative of Kie State Board of Health at Tampa says thera are no suspicious oases there. Twenty-Threw Xe > v Cn en. KEY WEST , Fla. , Sept. 10. Twenty- three new cases of yellow fever and two il oaths have been reported In the last twen ty-four hours. The situation Is still very gloomy and largo numbers of people are being sent to the detention camp at Dry Tortugas , uKfii nt \ < MV Orlrunn , NfiW ORLEANS , Sept , 10. President Sou- chen of the State Board of Health has Issued the following bulletin : No new ca ( H. Third case improving. Dr. Cant wires that the Isolation at Mississippi City Is perfect. Aini-rlfiin riiynli'lnii HfmlyliiK I'liiRiie. OPORTO , Sept. 10 , One new case of the bubonic plague wag ofllclally reported yen- terday. Dr. Irvlns , an American phvM-ian , arrived here today to study the epidemic. ( ) III fin I Iteporl on Kercr. WASHINGTON , S pt. 10. The marine hos- pltal service here baa an official dispatch CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska : Fair ; Cooletv- Temperature nt Umnhn YentenlHyt Hour. Den. Hour , 1'en , from Key West giving the total of yellow fever cases reported up to data ns 155 , with ten deaths. The detention camp at Dry Sprlnps Is now In operation nnd refugees are being received nnd' cared for there. TRAIN uROHS FlrTY FcEf Trentle Given AVny ! Nrnr Colnmhnn , S. C. , Willie Trill il In CronnliiK Four People ICIIInl. COLUMBIA , S. C. , Sept. 10. l > nst night 200 feet of trestle on the Columbia , New- berry & Lourens road over Broad river , near this city , gave way under a tralnload of granlto. Several cars and an engine fell fitly feet Into the water. The following \inrn Itlllnd : ENGINEER DICK WEATHERBY of Co lumbia. SILAS RKNNICK , fireman , of Greenville. S. C. STEWART MARTIN , a negro , of Alston , S ' C 'UNIDENTIFIED LMAN , with head severed from body. William Bates , an uxtrn fireman , wont down with the wreck , but wa dug out from under tons of grnnlto without a scratch. Jamca Watson , superintendent of cxplo- shos at the granlto quarry , jumped from the train and landed ntty feet below , un hurt. The bridge had Just been completed and only yesterday was pronounced In flrst- claes condition. Hend I3nd Colllnlon. ERIE , Pa. , Sept. 10. A head-end colli sion on the Philadelphia & Erlo railroad , seventy miles east of this city nt Tlona , to day resulted In the death of one man and the Injury of three. The dead : H. J. GERLACH , engineer , of Erie The Injured : W. G. Schaff , flroman , of Erie , both legs crushed ; will die , John Fabey , brakeman , Erie , bruised. J. K. Nell , brakeman , badly bruised. Engineer Gerlach fulled to see a set targe land crashed Into another freight that wao about to take a Biding to allow him to pass. The crow of the westbound train escaped by jumping. The track was not cleared until this afternoon. YOUNG MAN KILLED BY TRAIN Martin Wheeler' ! ) MniiRlod lloily In Fonnrt Lylngr on the Trnekn ! Vvur Union Station. Edward Roach , a Union Pacific baggage man , found the mangled body of a young man between the Burlington and Union Paclflo stations about 1 o'clock Monday morning. From a lettsv found upon UIB dead man's person It in thought that It Is the body of Martin Wheeler of Nebraska City. A letter addressed to Martin Wheeler , Douglas , Wyo. , was found in ono of his pockets. There was a return card on the envelope , with the address of J. M. Wheeler , Nebraska City. The remains were removed to the core ner's office , where they will bo held until a Jury may he called and word from the dead man's folks may he had. The body was found near the place where the tracks divide and It was Impossible to tell what train had struck him , or how the accident occurred. His head was terribly crushed In and hla left arm broken , while the hand wns badly lacerated. Sergeant Bebout , who formerly lived In Nebraska City , states that he does not know a J. M. Wheeler there , but was ac quainted with J. M. Wheclan , who was formerly chief of police , and thinks that the man may be the son of Wheelan. LAKE NAVIGATION OPENED Cnnned by Sinking of Steamer UonfflnH IlnnKhton In See I'liUHUKe In Lifted. SAULT STE. MARIE , Mich. , Sept. 10. The embargo on Lake Superior navigation by the sinking of the steamer Douglass Houghton In the See passage last Tuesday was lifted at 3:30 : o'clock this aftcrn on The largest fleet ever accumulated on the lakes , If not In America , began to move soon after and one vast naval procession headed down the lakes , while another started on Its way to Lake Superior. In the two there were over 200 of the largest craft under the American flag save the few ocean liners. The downbound fleet Is carrying nearly 300,000 tons of iron ere , 11,900 feet of lum ber and 900,000 bushels of wheat. Flour and general merchandise add materially to these totalH. Cftmrlng the channel by blasting out the Houghton was n surprise to the assembled captains. They were unanimously predict ing this morning that it would take forty- eight hours more to get the Houghton out of the way , but the wreckers were only three and a half hours behind their original estimate. POLARIS A 1RIPLE SYSTEM Fnut Heflnltely Axeerliiliieil hy Prof. Cniuphell Through Grout Tc-U'- ncope nt MeU ( Miner * iilory. LICK OBSERVATORY , Cnl. , Sept. 10 Prof. Campbell , thn ujh ; the great telescope , has definitely ascertained that Polnrls , p pu- larly known as the North Star , Is really a triple system. Two of the IK dies In thin eyttttm revolve around each other In a perl def of fi.ur . duvs nnd at the same time movu in a much wider sweep around the third b' dy in a much the sumo way as do the utara and the moon around the sun. The beiwratc bodies which compose the system cannot be seen with the tek'sor.pe , nor Is it llltoly that they will over bo seen by any Instrument Their existence Is de termined by the spcotrcflc po. Quito a num ber of similar casoa are knrwn , fourteen of which , Including the brilliant vlnnry star Capulla , have been discovered at the Lick observatory. PoJariu now , however. Is the mopt intorcmlne of these. The velocity changes by a period of three days and twenty-thren hours by about six kilometers , or nearly f"ur mlleM per second. The longest period of the change had not as yet been determined , so It may amuunt to several years. Vfi ! > Filnr * llnliiIn Wntren , MARQUETTB Mich. . Sept. 10. The Iron mining companies of the Marquette ran < (4 have announced a voluntary raise in wages nf 10 cents a day , takliiK effect September 1. The raise Is In anticipation of en ad vance which will probably be demanded for next seas' ' n , based on much higher prices For ore , which will prevail The raise aft- tacts both underground and iurfac men , leveral thousand. OLYHPIA'S ' LAST LAP Dewoy'e riatrshlp Loms Q'btaltar nnd Enters Upon the Homo Stretch. RL ABOARD H\PPY AS THEY SAIL AWAY 1'ritisb Scimon nnd Landsmen Giro tie Cruiser a Parting Salute. 1UARTY CHEERS FOR THE AMERICANS Admiral Hns Nothlne but Kind Wordi for Hia Gallant Officers and Ortiw. TALKS A LITTLE OF THE PHILIPPINES Aiixlonn to Get to WnnliltiKton mill Klnlnli lip Illn Vork nn Mem ber of the CommlHHlou to the Inlniiiln , ( Copyright , ISM , by Prow PubllshlnK Co. ) GIBRALTAR , Sept. 10. ( Now Work World Cablegram Special Tclegrnni. ) Thcro was Joy aboard the Olymnta this morning. The admiral was cnrly on the nfterileck and the bridge watching the final preparations for departure. To Executive Officer Colvo- cores , a strict disciplinarian , who gave orders to his men , good naturcd fellows , he said Jokingly : "So you are going homo tomor row. " The next Instant ho was telling the orderly to ask the approaching pilot boat not to put their hooks on the brass rails of the afterdeck ladder. "Thcro Is nothing aboard ship that the admiral does not know , " said the navigator. "The lot of the navigator the next two weeks will not be one for nn Idle man. The ad miral will bo broken-hearted If It Is not In Now York bay on the night ngreud. I must be prepared at any minute for the voyage aud give him every detail of current and wind. " The Olympln will take the southern route for steamers and will bo off Hnttcras Sep tember 22 or 23. Then keeping well out from the land will sail about a hundred miles direct out to sea In n southward direc tion on the afternoon of the 20th. Then the ship will coino lu slowly , anchoring the evening of the 28th. In chats In the little sitting room at thrt hotel Admiral Dewey expressed lo mo with that simplicity which won the heart of the Spanish landlord , the Spanish captain and the waiters. Ills feelings of the penalties of fame and delight In serving his country , and also his victory. "If I could only go ashore with a traveling bag , " he said , "and quietly take a train for Washington as I did when captain , I would In my heart prefer It. I can accept so few Invitations and would llko to accept them all In order to show my appreciation. . I have Just received a telegram from Three Oaks , a town In Michigan which won a gun from the Spanish flout which Captain Hooper offered the town subscribing the most In proportion to its populatl-n , asking me to visit there If I go to Chicago. Now I ask Three Oaks If they think I could ever show my face at Montpclier again If I went to Chicago Instead of home ? " Mlncn In Manila liny. He fond lately received n copy of the Naval Institute with the article by Navi gator Caulklns on the battle of Manila which states that no submarine mines were ex ploded and only one torpedo bo.U encount ered entering the bay. "That ho did not see them himself Is what ho means , I suppose , " buld the admiral , "though ho does not state it that way. I inyeolf saw mines exploded utid saw a tor pedo boat , wdtch wo disabled. Captain Lamberton saw another. Apprentice Allen was set by Commander Colvocoros on tUo lookout to report anything ho saw. After fire was directed at her she sank , I hove asked that my report be printed also In the Naval Institute for the sake of accuracy. " Ho also spoke of a p'ln 3d ermon sent him by a southern minister , which ceonieil to him to represent nn erroneous no'Ion prevailing in certain quarters. The proacner said the admiral first ought to have 11 ret been reduced to the ranks for foolhardl- ness , and afterward made a full admiral. "As It Is , wo did not know what we wore doing , " the admiral exclaimed. There wore many mines. The reason why they failed to explode we afterward learned. Before the battle the happlcut moment of my life was when I learned that the Bp-anlsd squadron was not lu Sublg bay. The Spaniards made very poor use of their opportunities. After expressing his delight that his men had entirely recovered their health In the Mediterranean , ho sold : "All hands worked wry hard at Manila bay. Moat of us vvuro worn out and 111 when wo loft. There \vcro times when the officers ought to have given the men nick leave , but they needed them and kept their noses on the grindstone. But I saw to it that they got the vacation Uiey dcsepred , for I was responsible for their health and happiness. There Is not much rent , however , now. Lieutenant Caldwell , with all these letters and telegrams , Is hav ing little rest. When bo v > ns assigned to the Asiatic utatlon I asked Emory If ho know a clever young man for a secretary ? 'Thorn's Caldwell , ' said he , 'hut he's nlmopt too young , only 20. ' 'Twenty-nix , ' I replied. 'I wan commanding the Colorado at that age. He will do , You and I uro growing old , ' "My secretary has been a treasure. I'rnU.-H IllH Men , "How proud 1 am of all my men's be havior at the ports wo visited was duo to eucrosfitu won , " The admiral Insisted that both Captain Lamt/orton and Lteuteuant Ilrumby uccom- pany him to Washington. Brumby cx- piuued a preference that the Georgia com mittee should not como to New York to present him a t > w rd on the Olympla. "This Now York reception , admiral , " ho Bald , "ull ought to bo for ) ou. " When n dry dt > ck for Manila V.KH men tioned to the admiral hu bnid : "Wo ought not to continue going to Hong KOIIK and ought to huvo one If wo retain the Phil ippines. " Ho expressed hlu gratification at tliu report that Mllrs was going to Muullii. When the admiral jinld u call to the gov- urnor yetttorduy he asked nt parting where the hobpltal was. " 1 want to call on that l > or fellow who wan Injunm when bo fired tbe u.iluto for us on arrival und oxpreua my hyinpdtliy. " "I will go with you , " Sir Robert replied , "His greatest regret frr that Injury was that It prevented him from seeing you , " They spent tome time at the young fel low's cot und tbu admiral , after carefully Inquiring Into his future , left as u tiwtl- nonlal $138 from the Olympla'u crew. The Olympla got under way at 10.20 , tha jand on the British war ship Devastation laying "Tho Star-Spanglud Bannor" ami ; be Olympiad band "God Save the Quooo. "