St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 13, 1899

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He formed the boys in a double column and Jed them up and down a bill at the west end of the parade ground. It was the of the evening. t, 4 i, , : 4 . , ily ee +o Map oy ¥ ; ‘ ¢ od for was dispensed with ‘singing pa: the Pepamter 4 : iy ie. va tt ; es a. 2 ? 4 viz ? ra e ‘ “ > q x ‘ : Phat ere. ‘ - “as f low and high struggle between areas 0 barometric pressure. If the high prevails, the weather is good. If the low is victorious r 4 follow. Se tow barometric pressure is the result becomes heated and rises. cool currents, which cause a condensat.on of moisture. The re- sult is clands and usually rainfall. The cool air rushes in to take the place of the rising hot air, and we have wind accompanying the rain. That is the w hule of the science oft storms. They Mey be purely local, or the low area may be w.despread. In the latter case the storms are usually more severe. “Now, to get down to the remarkable weather of the last few days, it is the re- sult of conditions such @s l have described. The storms in Australia result from the same conditions that cauéed the storms in Vancouver and Chicago. The remarkab.e about the record of the vast few weeks is the very genera: preva.ence of storm conditions. To the uninitiated ijt weuld seem that a low barometric pressure all over the world. That is not are plenty of high we don't hear of them. I don't . details of the storm in Australia, but I'il bet it was preceded by a hot period, ing which a_low barometric pressure was ae veloped, The eame is true of the in Vancouver and Minnesota. The storm at Chicago Friday night was caused by the defiection of a low area in that direc- tien. . “The low area we had Friday was divided As it rises it meocts by a ‘high’ from the Northwest, a part of it was shunted south, and the main part was deflected toward the lakes. The re- sult was the sturm at Chicago and over the lake region. “The severe heat In England will proba- bly be followed by storms. It will cause a low barometric pressure. The game will be true of France. The terrib.e hurricane in the West Indies was the resut of the game condition, Until recentiy very littie was known about the origin of these West Indian hurricanes. During the war.the Government realized the importance of es- tablishing a signal service on the iskands. This was done, and the approach of the storme i¢ now known at Washington and along the Atiantic Coast before they strike the matniand of this continent, thus giving ampie warning to the shipping interests.”’ —_ - Hourly Temperatures. S Go Gh -escocvasne Tv vy .o-- cose O84 7 Rn 1D. se eee > 78 2 p. ™. . *ee ee eee vs SB. . Bs cccceseceoc a2 im Be eevdabaces OF @ OO ccosestcace B4 SD. £. ststsccede OF BO @. Me cvccss on = YC eeepepeey D2 @. MP. wnceeeees * . See » GS “Spepeoeaqves Nova “eee “seer ee | 7 . za. eeeereeeee Maximum, 66 Minimum, 76 t 2 \.. . ey on ae , cratic platform, Mr. Croker explains: ‘Naturally I am Interested in oe } ,a national piatform that will he a source c strength to the party in my own State. We hope to carry New York for the Demo- candicate for President next year and I am satisfied that nothing will be done by the next Democratic convention that will drive any good Democrat away from his party.” The last question disposed of by Mr. Croker is as to the proposed alliance be- tween the United States and Great Brit- ain. He said: “I am absolutely opposed to it. Nothing could be worse than form- ing the habit of relying on the friendship of Englana. We have nothing to gain by ic and everything to lose.”’ Mr. Croker refused to discuss the action of William Waldorf Astor in becoming a subject of Great Britain. “T suppose you have heard of Judge Van Wvyek's boem for the Presidency?’ Mr. Croker was asked. “No: that’s news. that matter now.” Mr. Croker then said: “I am gaing to Long Branch Monday to see Senator Mur- phy, and after that will go to Saratoga.” VAN WYCK AS A DECOY. I don’t care to discuss Men on the Inside Do Not Think Him | a Serious Candidate. Special to the Post-Dispatch. SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 12.—The hope of Democratic opposition to Mr. Bryan cen- ters in Saratoga. For want of a definite programme the promoters of scheme to defeat Mr. Bryan on a free sil- ver platform have decided that Augustus A. Van Wyck shall be used as a decoy to direct attention toward the selection of a really serious candidate who can command sufficient strength to defeat the Nebraska man. On the surface Mr. Van Wyck is accepted by the second and third-rate po- litical generals of other States *who have been dropping into Saratoga for a week past as a serious candidate. His friends, encouraged by Tammany influence, main- tain that Mr. Van Wyck !s the most suit- able of all candidaces in the field. They cannot be Induced to admit that there is a sing.e obstacle in the way of his con- sideration at the hands of the leaders of the National Democracy. Conservative leaders of the party regard ithe play now g0.ng on at Saratoga with complacency, because they think they dis- cern as an ultimate result the casting away of the silver iseue. The coming of Mr. Croker, whoo is expected Tuesday, will do much to decide the relative amount of sub- stance and wi in the Van Wyck m. With Mr. Croker is expected Senator Mur- Mayor Harrison of Chicago and, phy. Mayor per- | ‘ 4 Ld : ra , Pts a 4) oo $2 : , if ia 3 bee ae, ~~ 7 es pte Ags yA SS bg Sw Ps at ¥ ae 7 ae £38 * aN io oad N THE CONSPIRATORS. — — e age * poe 6 «Sp i ae —-— = Boldly Confronts the Ex-Minister of War on the Witness Stand and Demands That | His Innocence Be Proclaimed. — CASIMIR-P: RIER CECLARES THAT MERCIER’S STATEMENTS ARE FALSE, a , es —_-., - s + se eet Pt; fhe, Bid ¥ 4 i: ‘ aie 7 bee oS ves —— A Day Full of Dramatic Incidents, at Rennes, In Which the Prisoner Was Cheered and His Chief Enemy Was Hissed by the Spectators at the Trial. _ ——— — or the most unscrupulous malefactor com cerned in this affair. THE FIRST WITNESS FAILS. Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch. Copyright, 1899, by Press Publishing Company. RENNES, Aug. 12.—France, in the face of the whole world, breathlessly awaited The first witness to-day was De la Roche Vernet, secretary of the French at Berlin. The Nationalists considered him one of their biggest cards. To understand the importance they @t- tached to him and how greatly his testi- mony disappointed them it is necessary to recall these facts: It was shown before the Court of Cassi- ~~ tion that what was called the Pannisardi —— dispatch was carefully misinterpreted im — 184 in order to secure Dreyfus’ conviction, — That dispatch was sent by an Italian to@ German attache in Paris, and was interes boo what secrets would be told, what crimes would be discovered at this morning’s ses- sion of the Dreyfus trial. Partisans of Dreyfus prephesied Casimir- Perier, ex-President of the Republic, would bring abundant proof of the innocence of Dreyfus. , Anti-Dreyfusards boasted that Gen. Mer- cier, the Minister of War, who was re- sponsible for the condemnation of Dreyfus, would display documents establishing the Captain's guilt beyond cavil. emphatically "ete cepted by the French secret service, it was written in figure cipher to make eer more difficult to deolpher, Bde ee gk Mercier himself had de- -—_——— eo —> GEN. MERCIER, EX-MINISTER OF WAR. when he Mercier was Minister of War when Dreyfus was left the witness stand. He failed @ Kansas City and remained here. Over a year before his death he had his coffin made, and it was kept in his home ready to receive his body at death. ft is a heavy oak coffin, the boards of which are two inches thick. He helped every religious denomination. Among his bequests are the following: Jew- ish Women’s Association, $4000; Christian Brothers of St. Louis, $40,000; Orphan Boys’ Home, $10,000; a large sum for a school for | the Italians of this city and a gift for the colored people of this city. He remembered in his will the Sisters of Mercy, the Home , of the Good Shepherd, St. Joseph's Hos- | pital, the Orphans’ Home for Girls and many other charities. Following one of his requests, his funeral , was held without religious service. At 2 o'clock the body was taken to Forest Hill Cemetery. Over his grave will be erected the great simple shaft of Naugh granite that he had chosen and had engraved three years ago to mark his last resting place. ASSAULT ON A MINE. MANAGER Sam T. Brush Is Beaten Into Uncon- sciousness by Two Unknown Men in Murphysboro. Special to the Post-Dispatch. CARBONDALE, IL, Aug. 12.—Sam_ T. Brush, general manager of the Big Muddy (oal Ca, of Cartersville, at whose mine so much trouble has occurred lateiy, and with whom the miners are invoived in a long strike, was assaulted late this evening on the streets of Murphysboro while attempting to take a train on the more | the | SE the lecture, . bs ae ae Illinois Central. He was met by two men and Knocked down. He feil on the track and was beaten until unconscious. his wounds will not prove fatal. HER LIFE A MYSTERY. Miss Elsie Haslain Commits Suicide in | a Washington Boarding House. Special to the l’ost-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—Miss' Elsie Haslam, 2> years of age, committed gulcide this morning by inhaling Iluminating gas at the boarding house where she had lived for three weeks. She was unconscious from. the time of her discovery till neon, when she died. The antecedents of Miss Hasiam are en- | ve'oped in mystery. She was said to be a trained nurse and recent.y came to this city from some p.ace not known. No clew has vet been found as to re.atives or former revidences Investiga.ion will be made. The dead girl wds a prepossessing brunette, with heavy brown hair. of medium height and rather slender build BRYAN AT HAVANA CHAUTAUQUA. pentcentiary but the pistol, which, doubt- Immense Crowd Listens to His Discus- sion of Pending Problems, HAVANA, Ill, Aug. 12.—Col. W. J. Bryan to-day spoke to an immense audience at the Chautauqua for two hours and half o “Pend.ne Problems.” A reception followed | | arrested, and really managed the proserntion end , with alleged avowals by Dreyfus, but I sol- til long afterward, | escorted Casimir-Perter to one of | taries. , tors, produce any important evidence to show the guilt of Dreyfus. Mercier was forced out of the Cabi- net by the change of sentiment in France. He was a poor wit- audience conviction of the prisoner. ness yesterday, and was hissed by the At first f!t was thought a+ the Ministry | of Foreign Affairs that the dispatch im 9 9) criminated Dreyfus, but later experts ate tached to the Foreign Department, which had charge of deciphering such dispatches, clared that he would crush his adversaries and show no mercy. It was a dramatic and exciting day. Its devopments were wholy in favor of Drey- fus. sent to Minister of War ew Casimir-Perler and Mercier flatly contra- cong hea a ‘the dis seem Se ‘e : dicted each other—each was anxious to “Sage _ »: - ° ‘ae 4 place of the first hasty tendering. * knife the other. ca : , This second correct translation @d not wa Casimir-Perier, with emotion, denied all ; = ‘the fal testin mime tnt indicate treason on Dreyfus’ part. om a pone ies nen eal s a r But Mercier, in his eagerness to convict ec } convictes f . : ‘he Dreyfus, suppressed the secon neala- i. “For the honor of the magistracy and wre ‘ »? econg Ge Ke a the honor of France,”’ the ex-President ex- claimed in ringing voice, “I feel compelled to speak the truth in defense of an’ inno- cent man.” Again he said with feeling to the presi- dent of the court-martial: “IT have sworn to tell the place myself at your disposal. This crime was exposed when Deloasse, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, accident- ally heard the Pannizard! te.egram was being used to prevent the revision of the case. Delcasse sent Palealogue of the For- eign Department to the Court of Cassation to express his astonishment that the wrong transiation was maintained instead of the truth. I now I will an- , , ' ‘ swer any ORE “1 sole desire ‘8 tO | Lorrect one. Not only do eny that Gen. Mercier between the War and Foreign Departments, sent Capt. LeBrun Renault to acquaint me | The virtual accusation was set up that " ‘| the War Department was deliberately using emnly affirm that Gen. Mercler himseif , the false transiation. The suppression ae never mentioned this alieged confession un- | the true ene was easily traced: sau the former President whose defe:.se at ihe time was that he had : added. slowly and impressively. The im- made a mistake. Under the circumstances © fc pression made by these words was tremen- ent ed cota = wes Bee dous. For Casimir-Perier’s manner gaid | Now to-eaay the anti-wrey.usards expected plainer then words, “I am sure the former | he Le Reche Vernet to semen Minister of War lies when he states that credit from Mercier, their principal wit= this so-called confession was known to me nese. Vernet had himeeif announesa ae ad from «the first. Moreover, 1 belleve he lies t eounl prove that several translations ae . when he states that Dreyfus made such ea! dupatch were sent to the Waren etd a confession to any one.”’ that one was as good as any other, Fe Having finished his testimony, a Sergeant Kut Vernet went to pieces on the wit the Ane! oss stand. When confronted by Paleaeuy velvet arm chairs reserved for high digni- | logue, who again represented ue Ministry 3 of Foreign Affairs, Vernet aimitted that omy one transiation waa officiauy given we the War Department; that the otners Were — . mere attempts to Ait words to combing- 5 tions of cipuers, and that they were com- h.» municated with a warning tat corutude — had not been reached. ; # This testimony establishes, once for al, e crucial] day. that Mercier and his sate.uites did not ass The case against Dreyfus collapsed. in good faith in 1. ‘Their suppression C6 After De la Roche Vernet, of whose tes- | facts was intentional and deliberate, | Eisd timony the anti-Dreyfusurds expected ao | Mercier is rulned by tais reveaion, Fae much, had gone to pieces M. Jauresa, of fie | dictions of his arrest or suicide are come Chamber of Deputies and the pre-eminent on. | “ea + a + ree. be i> ra ~=* he a ’ » % te ie = »* Sg, Se “te.” a) His words, his manner, stirred his audl- who broke into applause. When Merc.er arrived there were faint shouts of “Vive Mercier!” “Vive the armee!'’ When Mercier departed he was hissed. The contrast epitomizes the result of the xa : a “ % ? . a Soc.alist Jeader in France, turned to the . ae. Post-Dispatch correspondent and ex- TO FACE MERCIER. a claimed: Casimir-Perier, carefucy CGressed in @ >. “Now nothing can save Mercier from the/| black frock coat and ugal tfoueers, - the second witness. He entered 6. famid perfect si.ence. His brows were Bali” leas, he has ready.” Kvery one who sees him knows, oF It was then safe to say that next Mon- day's duel with documents as weapons Will | pects, that this man resigned the be tragic. And it was safe to predict that | post in the Kepublic after some re between Casimir-Perier and bis vitae. For | Dreytus of conscience, provoked by | “3 Mercier will be proved to be the liar. For this General ls either the most unconscious A v4 ‘ we, i ei flies ge ab a eee ee ee