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-PHE SUSTDAX OBEGK)2nJ!!r.POK3?LA3TIU- JASTOAKX 6, 1895. THE FATE OF A JUDAS TRAITOR. DRBYFUS DCGRADED IX PUBLIC. Striiipcd of InsiRTuin. of Hank, His Sword. Broken, He Was Marched Bareheaded Before the Throng. PARIS. Jin. 5. Captain Albert Drey fus, of the Fourteenth regiment of artil lery, recently attached to the general staff of the army, who was tried by court martial, convicted of treason In disclos ing important war-office documents to foreigners, and sentenced to deportation and imprisonment for life In a fortress, was publicly degraded this morning In front of the military school of this city. Dreyfus turned deathly pale as he signed the prison register. "When this formality was gone through, two gendarmes with revolvers escorted him to a closed mili tary wagon, in which, surrounded by guards with drawn swords, Dreyfus was driven to the military ychool. The route "was lined by thousands. On arriving at the school, Dreyfus was placed In an im provised cell. Detachments from every branch of the garrison of Paris began as tembllng in the Place de Fontoye, and by 9 A. 31. fully &O0O troops were ranged about the quadrangle. At 9 Dreyfus was conducted to the square and led before General Darres.in command of the troops, and the sentence of the court-martial was road to the prisoner. The general said: "You are adjudged unworthy to bear arms. In the name of the French people I degrade you." General Darrcs gave a bharp word of command, and a noncom misaioned officer of the Republican Guard approached Dreyfus. The infantry pre sented arms, the cavalry presented swords aHd there was a long, fcolemn roll from the massed drum corps. Dreyfus started back as the noncommissioned officer touched him, and shouted: "I am inno cent; I swear it. Vive la France." The noncommissioned officer then tore off Dreyfus epaulets and all the distinctive marks of his rank as a captain of artil lery, ontling with breaking the prisoner's eword in two and throwing the two halves at his feet. Dreyfus was then marched bare-headed around the entire square, in front of the troops. He was greatly ex cited, and bhouted repeatedly: "I am in nocent: I swear it." But every time the prisoner spoke, in accordance with the or ders previously issued, his voice was drowned by the roll of drums. As Drey fus passed In front of the place occupied by representatives of the press, he shout ed: "Tell the whole of France I am inno cent." This caused some of the officers of the army reserve, standing near, to re tort: "Down with Judas; silence, traitor." It was evident that Dreyfus felt these words keenly, for he turned sharply around and faced the officers in a threat ening manner: but before he could do or say anything further he was seised by the soldiers and forced to continue his humiliating march around the square. Tho crowd outside the square, on hearing the prisoner's voice when he protested his Innocence, raised fierce cries of "Death to the traitor." The cries of the populace were accompanied by the shrill w.hlstllng peculiar to a Parisian mob. When the proceedings were ended, Drey fus was handcuffed, taken to the prison van and driven to the ordinary prison, escorted by a. squad of gendarmes, amid cries of "Death to traitors," (The arrest of Alfred Drpvfns in rMn her last caused a sensation throughout France and found echo in Berlin which at one time threatened to have serious consequences. The assertion that Drey fus sold the plans of various strongly fir tltiod places to the German government has been vigorously denied by the rep 'resentatlves of that nation. Similarly, it has been claimed and has been denied, that the plans referred to were sold to an agent of the German government. The plans which he is alleged to have dis closed, include thote relating to the mob ilization of the French army In case of war: plans for the mobilization of the Fifteenth arjny corps, covering the de partments of the Jlarltime Alps, Ardeche, Bouohes du Rhone, Corsica, Card, Vas. Vancleer and Marseilles, as well as the plans, for mobilization of the French forces around Briancon, the Alpine Gib raltar, near the Italian frontier. The foitross of Brioncon. which is connected by underground galleries with outlying fortifications, and with the town itself, is a most important place, in view of the possibility of an invasion of France upon the part of Italy. Dreyfus is of Jewish-Alsatian extrac tion. He was born in 1S5S, at Mulhous, where his brothers own a large cotton spinning factory. It is qxpected that Dreyfus will be confined in the Isle du Salut, oft the coast of French Guinea, South America, which is a French penal settlement.) LABOR P.VRTV IX I3XGLAXD. "Unemployed 3Ieu Advised to "Wreck and Plunder Shop. LONDON, Jan. 5. Professor James Bryce, in a speech at Darwent last even ing, struck the keynote of liberal protest against the clamor of the labor party for an Inoreased labor representation in par liament, with a socialist platform. There was no objection, he said, to there being more genuine workingmen in parliament, but he denounced these so-called labor ad vooatos who were continually stirring up diss hostilities and avowing their desire to smash the liberal party into small fragments, unless their demands were conceded. Kier llardie, in a labor article today, ad vises unemployed men to wreck and "plun der shops, declaring that they are abun dantly justified in doing ro. in order to supply their needs. He wrote: "If 50 men, each, in Glasgow, Liverpool, ilanchester, Leeds and London entered shops and helped themselves to whatever they could lay hands on and kept this game going, something would happen. If 1 were in their position. I would do this, and. perhaps, something worse." As to Joseph Wilson, who is a radical member of the house of commons for Middlesexborough, accusations have been made against htm, since the collapse of the Seamens' union, of having misapplied, or in plain words, spent 156,000 of the union's funds, and of having issued a forsed circular purporting to account for the money. Ben Tillett has raised a howl that the dock laborers, of which branch of labor unionism he is the leader, are being crushed because the public will not re pons to their appeals. The dockmen are certainly suffering, but their sufferings are caused by the prevailing hard times rim a surfeit of TiHettism. In the mean time. Tillett himself is thriving. He has recently built a villa which cost 3000. and evinces other evidences of nrosperity. The adherents of the Due d'Orleans in London are in expectation that their leader will, at an oarly date, issue a mani festo, whtch will be followed by a demon stration on French soil, at the risk of his arrest. Faith in this movement is based upon the belief, that the people of France have become disgusted with the corrup tion existing among the politicians and journalists of the repubMc. and are fast turning towards a monarchy for relief. Mr. Gladstone's concordance and prayer book, the work of his leisure hours for 20 years, will be ready February 1. Lord Rosebery intends to Increase the number o horses in his Newmarket stud, whloh now contains IC racers. The famous Cape Colony millionaire. Barnato, has entred the turf ring under the guidance of Lord Marcus Beresford. While Quoen Victoria sojourns at Nice, the dowager Czarina, of Rucsia, and her daughter, the Grand Duchees Xcnla. will be in Mentone, where ex-Empress Eugenia ana .empress iiuzaoetn, or Austria, win also make brief visits. IX VERY HIGH LIFE. Ttto Faab.Ionn.bIe Marriage of Brit- JsH Aristocrats. LONDON, Jan. 5. Two fashionable mar riages occurred this evening. Frederick Carr Glynn, fourth Baron of Wolverton, a lord-in-waiting upon the queen and a member of a syndicate represented by Lord Dunraven which will build the yacht intended to sail for the America's cup this year, W2s married to Lady Edith Ward, sister of the second Earl of Dud ley, at the Cuhrch of St. Mary, by the Abbott of Kensington, at 2:30 o'clock. There were six young and titled brides maids. Lord and Lady Wolverton will pass their honeymoon at the Earl of Dudley's seat at Blandford, and will af terwards start on a yachting trip to the Mediterranean. The wedding presents were numerous and included a splendid brooch, set with diamonds and rubles for the bride, the gift of the Prince of Wales. The Duke and Duchess of York, and the Duke and Duchess of Fife, combined, gave the bride a bejeweled lace pin, and the Duke and Duchess of York presented Lord Wolverton with a splendid diamond and turquols scarf-pin. The Prince of Wales, Duke and Duchess of Fife and other mem bers of the royal family, with the Duke and Duchess of Athol, Duke of Abercorn, Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, Earl of Chesterfield, Duchess of Manches ter and Baroness Rothschild, and other members of the aristocracy, were pres ent. Lord Wolverton is a son of the fa mous banker, and was born in 1S72. The second wedding was that of Sir Horace Farquhar, Bart., partner in the house of Sir Samuel Scott, Bart, At this ceremony the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Fife, Earl and Countess Dudley, and oth er members of the British aristocracy, were present; Mrs. John W. Mackay was also present, OTHER FOUEIGX XEWS. Intcrnntionnl Arbitration. LONDON, Jan. 3. The Times says In a leader on Commoner Cremer's mission to the American congress: "We have no sort of belief In arbitration as a panacea which will get rid of war, but we cannot withhold our sympathy from the laud able efforts now making on both sides the Atlantic." In discussing the value of the proposed arbitration treaty, the writer says that the provisions will apply to questions of intermediate character, too large and complex for diplomacy, yet not involving these vital interests, which no nation can entrust to any keeping but its own. For Annexation of ConRii Stntes. BRUSSELS. Jan. 5. It is reported in of ficial circles that the government will lay before parliament a proposal to annex the Congo states. LONDON, Jan. 5. The Times' corre spondent in Brussels says that the govern ment has assured itself of a majority for the Congo annexation bill. The socialists will oppose It. France will offer no ob jections. More EarthqankcH in Italy. ROME. Jan. 5. Earthquakes have been felt repeatedly today In Reggio dl Calabria and Northern Sicily. The undersecretary of the interior will make a tour of the provinces affected, and will provide for the distribution of money, food and cloth ing among the homeless. The charity ball held last evening for the benefit of the sufferers was attended by many Ameri cans. Rittisia. and Ilnlffaria. SOFIA, Jan. 5. Zankoff, the notorious agitator and leader of the Russophile emi grants, arrived here today. In Slivnitze he was received warmly. In a public speech he said that, a reconciliation be tween Russia and" Bulgaria could be ef fected now, but the first condition would be an orthodox Bulgarian dynasty. Favorable Report on Antl-Toxlnc VIENNA, Jan. P. Official reports re ceived regarding the use of anti-toxine In Trieste and Czernowitz show a large de crease in the mortality from diphtheria. The reports advise that the remedy be ad ministered at the earliest possible mo ment, VIbltcd the Pope. . ROME. Jan. 5. Prince Lobanoff Re3 tovski, Russian ambassador at Vienna, who was sent here to announce to the Vatican the accession of Czar Nicholas II to the throneof Russia, paid his fare well visit to the pope and Cardinal Ram polla today. Overture to Bismarck. BUDA PESTH. Jan. 5. The Berlin cor respondent of the Buda Pester says that Prince Hohenlohe's coming visit to Prince Bismarck is made at Emperor William's request, and that the emperor will prob ably visit Bismarck at an early date. Terrible Snows In Southern Hnnprnry. BUDA PESTH, Jan. 5. Terrible snows have prevailed In Soutnern Hungary. The tmall town of Abanja Szanto was almost completely buried in the snow. Several inhabitants perished. Italy and Runsin. ROME, Jan. 5. Italy and Russia have opened negotiations for a reciprocity treaty. Russia has offered noteworthy concessions to Italian wine-producers. Visited Oar Ambassador. LONDON, Jan. 3. Baron de Courccl, the French ambassador, paid a long visit to Mr. Bayard, the United States am bassador, todaj. CntholicK Authorized to Vote. ROME, Jan. 5. It Is reported that the Vatican has authorized Catholics to take part in the next parliamentary elections. An Austrian Polar Expedition. VIENNA, Jan. 5. An Austrian polar expedition will leave Bremerhaven in ISM. Julius Prayer will be in charge of it. ACTUALLY STARVING. Miserable- Condition of the Working1 Cluskes in St. John's, ST. JOHN'S, X. F., Jan. 5. The Investi gation which has begun into the condition of the working classes of St. John's re veals many cases of extreme destitution, several hundred people actually starving. Lady O'Brien, the wife of Governor O'Brien, of this place, has issued a call to the ladies of this city to meet Monday to discuss the situation, the outcome of which will probably be the establishment of soup kitchens In different parts of the city, and other practical means of relief. The populace is enraged against the government, which, it is claimed, is tak ing no steps whatever to provide assist ance for the needy. Meanwhile, the belief in the efficacy of a royal commission Js becoming general, and the governor has assured a deputation of citizens that he will do all in his power to secure the appointment of one to look into various matters eonnevled with the administra tion of ihe province. The till providing for the winding up of the affairs of the suspended Commercial bank passed through all its stages in the assembly to day. The bill contains the objectionable clause which gives the government partial control of the liquidation of the bank. Sir Ambrose Shea, governor of the Ba hamas, arrived here today. In an inter view, he said that he considered the ap pointment of a royal commission absolute ly necessary. He has been summoned to London. For War Material. LONDON, Jan. 3. The Times' corre spondent in Buenos Ayres says that the Argentine congress. In secret session, has sanctioned the expenditure of JS.OOi.OW for war material. Some J3M.t3 will be spent forthwith, and the remainder if the gov ernment regards Jt as necessary, in view of possible trouble with Chill. FOTDEE OF GERMANY THE VIEW OF THE PRESS IS XOT A CHEERFUL OXE. Emperor William's Abnormal Bump of Sovereignty Makes a. Constitu tional Conflict Seem Unavoidable. BERLIN, Jan. 5. It is a significant fact that the majority of the New Year's day articles in the newspapers reviewing the political situation were pessimistic in tone, expressing grave doubts regarding Ger many's future. For instance, the Reichs bote, the conservative organ, deplores Germany's waning influence abroad, and wishes Prince Bismarck back at the helm again. The Hamburger Nachrichten criti cized the colonial and foreign policy of the past year as being vacillating and devoid of vigor. The most sensational article, however, appeared in the Volks Zcituiiff, the main organ of the central party, which in the present session of the reichstag is again a decisive factor. After mentioning the feeling of uneasi ness and uncertainty as to the future, due, it was added, to the instability of the governmental machine, the article says. "Emperor William II is, no doubt, a highly gifted monarch, with the best of intentions, but, in his abnormally de veloped feeling of sovereignty, he induces responsible statesmen to disappear more and more from view, more than we have been accustomed to, and takes the initia tive in a field In which the sovereign has hitherto not interfered. At all events. the changing of decisions in high places renders it difficult to determine, with a reasonable amount of certainty, what policy is to be pursued, and induce the be lief that the present course will not be adhered to for long." Later on, the article speaks of the Eulenburg dynasty, and says: "Count Botho Eulenburg planned a coup d'etat, and he is probably destined to be the successor of the present chancellor." The opinion is expressed that a con stitutional conflict is unavoidable. These utterances, coming fiom the lending mouthpieces of the most powerful parlia mentary party, are highly significant. Some of the leading Berlin newspapers, notably the Vossichc Zeltung and the National Zeltung, speak very bluntly about the autocratic manner in which the emperor had the district around the royal castle blocked against nil traffic during the court ceremonies New Year's day. The National Zeitung, commenting upon this, remarks: "The streets of Berlin belong to the Berlin people. This people was recognized by the police during the time of William I, and it is time this people should again be recognized." Respecting the alleged utterances of Emperor William New Year's day, the Schlessich Zeitung today declares, au thoritatively, that the report that the emperor delivered a political speech is "pure invention," adding: "He did not make the slightest refer ence to politics. His few words related entirely to military matters." Tho reichstag will resume work Tues day. The opening business will be the first reading of the anti-socialist bill, which went over tho holidays for lack of a quorum of the Iiougc The beginning of the struggle is viewed with general ap prehension. Tho emperor called, unan nounced, on Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe in the Wilhelm strasse yesterday, and re mained for breakfast. Later the minis ters were summoned to the chancellory There was a full discussion of the anti socialist bill and the parliamentary tac tics to be used In pushing it to the .final vote. It is understood that the ministers decided not to amend the bill before the committee stage. The government now acts as if confident that the measure will be carried without important changes. Among the deputies and parliamentary officials interest centers in the expected attack upon Herr von Levetzow, presi dent of the reichstag. Although he has been a good executive, he has earned tho dislike of the deputies on the left by strutting in his military uniform on all public occasions, and by bowing rather humbly to the young emperor's beck and nod. He also hurt himself with the national liberals by refusing to do any thing with the Bismarck monument fund, of which he is the chief trustee, as long as the emperor and Bismarck were out. The radicals and social democrats, who will lead the coming attack, will base their case on the ground that the presi dent compromised his position by trying to force the debate on the anti-socialist bill and by voting to prosecute Deputy Llebknecht against the wishes of the ma jority. A leading Bismarckian paper calls upon him to resign. A bad feature of this muss is that the emperor's ministers are determined to defend Levetzow to the last ditch. The president himself is willing enough to leave, as he does not care to increase the irritability of the reichstag and complicate the tangle in which the proceedings opened. But he has been powerless to act, since the cabinet and the extreme tory deputies have come pug naciously to his support. Emperor William, on New Year's even ing, received a visit from Prince Hohen lohe, and it is understood they discussed the South German situation, the approach ing visit of Prince von Hohenlohe to Prince Bismarck, and the measures to be taken in order to pass the anti-socialist bill through the reichstag. In connec tion with the anti-socialist bill, the Aror waorts, the organ of the socialists, which has become notorious for obtaining and publishing secret official documents, Thursday last, published a circular, marked "confidential," issued by the pres idents of the-' provinces to the police and civil authorities. Instructing them to sup press, on the slightest pretext, meetings held to protest against the anti-socialist bill. The socialists are now sending to the local leaders of their party warnings how to avoid the seizure of compromising papers, and how to cope with the police in the event of the anti-socialist bill be coming a law. There is no sign of a. better feeling be tween Berlin and the provincial capitals. The friendly telegrams exchanged osten tatiously by the emperor and the king of Wurtemburg are regarded as written for appearances only. The proposed re forms of the military code have been dropped, as Prussia refuses to make con cessions to the liberal spirit of Bavaria and Wurtemburg's military laws. The latter refuses to repeat the law granting army trials by jury and other advantages to the accused, which conflict with the secret methods prevailing in Prussia. The cordial manner in which Emperor William greeted United States Ambassa dor Runyan at the reception of the diplo matic corps, was generaly remarked. The emperor warmly shook hands with Mr. Runyon. and returned the felicitations of the day in the purest English, on behalf of himself and the whole country, coup ling these expressions with wishes for the continuance of the welfare of the great transatlantic republic The proposal of the government to pre sent a bill to the reichstag. raising the duty on cotton-seed oil to 10 marks, and reduoing the duty on adulterated cotton seed oil to 3Vr marks, is opposed by the whole liberal press. Prince Max of Saxony, after renouncing allegiance to the throne of Saxony and entering a Catholic institution at Eich stadt, has left for Algeria, suffering from langr trouble. Surroo-Jeltoch, the Gorman ambassador to the United Slates, has been instructed to make a. formal nrotest to th T'nlrivi 1 States government against the restriction placed uponGermans going to the United States, or trading therewith, as being In violation of article 1 of the treaties with the Hanseatlc republics, both of which treaties have been adopted by the Ger man empire. The journeymen brewers, who object to Paul Singers' method of ending the beer boycott, held, a meeting Wednesday and denounced Singer, and the boycott com mittee with socialist fervor. THREE DEAD BODIES. The Killed and Injured in the Tunnel Disaster Xear Altaniont. OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 5. The bodies of the victims of the tunnel disaster, near Aitamont, arrived on a special train at 2: o'clock this afternoon. They were those of Engineer Hubbard, of the ex press train, and Fireman Schramm. Hub bard's body was badly burned. He was found wedged in between the reverse lover and the boiler head. The fireman was crushed between the tender and the engine. Charles Thompson, the fireman of the work train, jumped oft and his shoulder was broken. Engineer William Monroe may be Injured internally. A lady, whose name could not be ascer tained, was thrown against a seat and her face was cut. Mall Agent Howiand was also Internally Injured. It is not known to what extent. A third body was discovered under the wreck, being the remains of a tramp who had applied for a ride at Tracy and was put to work shoveling coal. When his body reached this city, it was identified as that of J. P. Cooper, known as "Postal Card" Cooper, the man who sent so many com munications to the San Francisco board of supervisors and to the officers of this city about thelr failure to enforce the laws against' Chinese lottery gambling. In his pocket, was found postal cards al ready written and directed to the San Francisco board "of supervisors, calling their attention to violations of the law. He pursued .the f occupation of pcddlar about tiie country. The accident i? now charged to the carelessness of the train dispatcher, C. R. Sims, who d'spatched the Los Angeles express thain from Tracy, when it was bound to be in collision with the work train coming from the opposite direction. The mistake was discovered when it was too late, and all the division officials at this point could do was to stand at the telegraph Instruments and await reports of the disaster, which they felt sure was bound to come. Dispatcher Sims was al most distracted before any news of the wreck wag received. An inquest on the dead will bo held here this evening. ripe, Spark and Can of Powder. UNIONTOWN, Pa., Jan. 5. The ex plosion at the Moyer coke plant last night resulted more seriously than at first sup posed. The following were injured: Peter Hoodick, Joseph Braddock, J. Galstick, J. Melyk, Mike Loonlck and Mike Mor gan. The four first named will probably die. The explosion is supposed to have been caused by a spark from a pipe dropping into a can of powder. A Drover Killed. HAZELTON, Pa., Jan. 5. A freight train crashed into the rear of a stationary stock train on the Lehigh Valley railroad early this morning at Whitehaven. A drover named Fuller, from Nebraska, was killed, and another drover was fatally in jured, and Brakeman McGinnis was seri ously injured. Sixty head of sheep were Wiled. Three Drowned From the Sanjson. SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 5. Three men. Baker, Dolan anfl Johnson, were drowned In the wreckof the wrecker Samson. Ba ,ker and Dolan entered a boat, and four others went Jjt follow. The boat was swept away and no, vrae' found. Johnson was of the numboyit behind, and later was washed out orue rigging. - Fatal Patrtfen.Mill Explosion. . XENIA, a, Jan. 5. Corning mill No. 2. of the Miami powder works, located five miles north, exploded last night, com pletely demolishing the building and kill ing Adolph Kreble, Arthur Harris and Clifford Homey. The mill contained sev eral hundred pounds of powder. Two Men Fatnlly Injured. METZ. Mo., Jan. 5. By the explosion of a boiler in the C. B. Wilson saw mill, C. B. Wilson -and W. W. Smith were fatally injured, and P. C. Smith and E. Gillespie badly scalded. ABOUT THE RAILROADS. Another Case of Mahomet and the Mountain. CHICAGO. Jan. 5. As the Canadian Pa cific has refused to come to the meeting of the Western and transcontinental roads, now being held here, Chairman Caldwell was today ordered by the gen eral managers to leave for Montreal to night, there to confer with the Canadian Pacific. Accordingly a meeting will be held in that city Monday, with the Grand Trunk also represented. General Passen ger Agent McNicholl telegraphed his will ingness to do all he could toward mak ing a satisfactory agreement. If the Can adian Pacific still holds out for further concessions the association will be reor ganized without it. A Blow at Labor Organizations. OMAHA, Jan. 5. A local paper declares there is very good reason to believe that the anti-pass rule recently enacted iby the railroad managers is intended for'ariUMw at railroad labor organizations more than for any other purpose. Its belief is strengthened by information received from Cedar Rapids and Vinton, Iowa, respectively the headquarters of the rail road telegraphers and railway conductors. This information bears the dismal intel ligence that the grand officers are utterly unable -to make arrangements for their an nual passes used in their work about the country. The amount of travel performed by the grand officers of railroad organiz ations will foot up into hundreds of thou sands of miles annually to each order. They are on the move continually, settling grievances, visiting lodges and performing other services. State Officials 31ay Ride Free. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 5. Judge Palm er, of the supreme court, has decided that railroad commissioners can use railroad passes issued by the secretary of state and that the new constitution does not prohibit the legislature from providing that passes may be issued to state of ficials when traveling on official business. The Rityht to Stop Over. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5. Dr. Robin son, of Oakland, who has long been fight ing the Southern Pacific, secured today a final victory in the supreme court, which upheld his contention for the right to stop over at Oakland on tickets between San Francisco and Alameda. MANY ARE MORTGAGED. Thoy Huve Been Created by a Deci sion of Xcbraskn's Hlshc-tt Court. OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 5. Three hundrad citizens of Omaha have mortgages on their property today, due to a decision of the supreme court in the case of Eunice Baldwin against Wellington B. Burt, con firming a mortgage given about 21 years ago on property now lying on the West Side. Taking interest and all, the mort gage will amount to $500,000. M. S. Bald win owned the land and gave two mort gages, one to Burt and one to Baldwin's father. Burt foreclosed, but failed to make the owner of the second mortgage a defendant, and the effect of the present decision is to revive the rights of those who trace title through this mortgage, giving them the privilege to pay off Burt's mortgage and levy contributions of prop erty stretching over 00 acres in the city limits, and about 100 acres beyond the city limits. THE GREATEST SRUB Of! EflTH to close these odds have put on these mean by in a clothing stock is simply this one, two or three of any one line of goods left. Just think of it, $7.00 will buy an all-wool suit of clothing worth $18. $9 will buy an overcoat that for merly sold for $18. Odd drawers, ail-wool, only 38e each. Odd percale shirts, only 80c; sold for $1.80 and ber we have any amount of odds and ends. Just as good as full lines, and any of 'em that you find to fit you, you get for less than they cost us in New York City. Don't delay calling at the Great Trustee Sale, if you want bargains. J. Strauss, trustee of the Kohn stock, 2d & Morrison. SAKAHALTHEA AGAIN THE UNFORTUNATE WOMAN'S AF FAIRS ONCE 3IORE AIRED. A LcnRTtliy Statement From Porter AmUc, Wlio Hits Been Ousted as Her Guardian. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 5. Porter Ashe, the California horseman, who is here with his- stable of racers, passed the day pre paring a lengthy statement in answer to the charges recently made against him In the superior court, in San Francitco, by Thomas H. Williams, backed by a state ment of Morgan Hill, alleging the mis management of the estate of Sarah Al thea Terry, whose guardian he was. Ashe denies that he mismanged Mrs. Terry's estate or sold personal property belong ing thereto and converted the proceeds to his own pocket, or violated his oath and duty under the law of California, or neglected to take care of his ward and provide her with the necessaries of life and proper medical attendance. The fea tures of Ashe's statement are as follows: "To recapitulate, to notice some Inci dents which led to Mrs. Terry's unfor tunate mental condition is like stabbing the dead. I had hoped that the last act in her dramatic career had ended, but this man Williams has raised her from her legal grave and 'attempted, with the aid of her brother, to vent his vengeance and spite. His unwarrantable acts force me, in justice to myself, to show to the public who has been her good and true friend Thomas H. Williams, her brother, Morgan Hill, or myself. I was not in California when the murder was com mitted, which I since believe unhinged this poor woman's already tottering rea son. Had I been, I would have prosecuted the murderer when on trial in the United States court, and I would have cross examined Judge Field when he appeared as chief witness in his behalf. "Did Thomas H. Williams or Morgan Hill move in the matter? Did either of them try to avenge Terry's death by bringing the murderer to the bar of jus tice? When a prejudiced press was heap ing calumny on a man so misrepresented, so little understood, did either of these so-called friends of the slandered dead raise his voice in his behalf? Was it not I who had to rush into the breach and call down upon my head the wrath of the dead man's enemies because I told the truth about Field's old political enmity toward Terry. Was it not I who had to stand the villiflcation of Judge Field until Terry's posthumuous letter, made public by the Hon. Zach Montgomery, completely vindicated me and showed that it was not I who lied? "Upon my return to California I did everything in my power toward helping the widow arrange her husband's affairs. When her allowance was stopped she had absolutely no income, no real property. If Williams or Hill went to her assistance then I am completely in ignorance of the fact. I do know that ever since she has been financially distressed and in need that her brother refused her assistance to buy the necessaries of life. I have mailed letters, written by her to him at my solicitation, and have read his churl ish refusals. At last she became my ab solute charge. I furnished her with money to go to Arizona and prosecute her legal battles there. I, .time and again, advanced her money to redeem jewels she had pawned to pay for her sustenance. When the United States court punished her for an offense for which she had al ready been terribly punished, did Williams go to her assistance? Did he interest himself in her or provide any of the sinews of war? The daily papers recorded the fact that I was there day after day watching and guarding her interests and helping her make her defense. At the request of Judge Levy, the superior judge who committed her. I consented to act as guardian of her estate and person after Thomas H. Williams, who swears that he is her old and personal friend, her next friend, absolutely refused to serve and would only promise to see that the brother would relieve me upon his arrival from his Paris home. Relying upon the promises by him in New York, and further promises of Williams that he would make him keep his word, I pre sented my petition for guardianship with great misgivings, knowing well the ill fate that has befallen everybody con nected with this remarkable woman and her case, save her brother, who Is a brilliant exemplification of the old saying: " 'He who fight and runs away, may live to fight another day.' "Immediately after her commitment, I had her property in Fresno and San Fran cisco appraised by appraisers duly ap pointed by court. Her personal property was appraised a3 being worth ?6D51. Some few months previously Mrs. Terry had voluntarily deeded me her Fresno prop erty to secure payment of certain moneys I had from time to time given her. As J had never regarded this In the light of a loan, and never asked for a scratch of a pen in evidence therefor, I was surprised, and begged her to reconvey the property, but when I saw I would deeply offend her by so doing, I allowed the title to the property to stand in my name. When the Inventory was taken in Fresno I explained the condition of the property to the men appointed to appraise her Fresno belong ings, and put them in the appraisement, as held by me lit trust for her, though the deed to me was absolute on its face. Her equity m this property was appraised as being worth $4000. so her whole estate was i appraised as being worth JIO.JGL This is Monday we again start the hall a-rolling. We have been very busy the last week rearranging the stock of Kohn's, now in the hands of a trustee, after the holidays, and find we have a lot of odds and ends in our clothing and furnishing goods stock. We are going and ends out this week. The prices we goods are bound to sell them. What we the vast estate which I am accused of having been splurging on the last two or three years under the guise of a mill ionaire. I filed the appraisements and se cured an order to sell enough personal property, enumerated, to pay the expenses of administration, certain just claims against the estate and the cost 'of reno vating the premises. I sold a part of the property, and shall file in court my state ment showing how I expended the pro ceeds. The statement will be a public doc ument and open for the inspection of ail Interested. "If I have erred in my management of Mrs. Terry's estate and person, it is due to my overzealousness in trying to force an unwilling brother to support his insane sister, and allow the little estate she has left to be applied to the part payment of the debts she had contracted to pay for her sustenance and the defense of her good name. Never for one moment have I been neglectful of her estate and person. It was the desire of the judge who com mitted her, of friends of her dead husband, and it was my wish, that she might never again be before the public, but allowed to remain buried quietly in her legal grave; but Williams, aided by her broth er, has paraded this demented woman's life again before an uncharitable world. So let the sin be upon their shoulders. Their action has made it plain to me that I can be of no further service to my dead friend's widow; to the woman I had prom ised him I would befriend and protect to the best of my power, should he be called away. I am advised by the physicians at the asylum, that Mrs. Terry will never re gain her reason, so that all that is left to care for Is the money her .husband so con-1 temptuously cast on the sod wheniie faced Senator Broderlck on the duelling field. Again and again has he told me he would not touch a cent of Sharon's money should he recover millions. He fought for her honor, and I feel he would not have me enter a bickering lawsuit with her brother over a few worthless trifles. I would go on to the end serving her did I not think that her best interests would be subserved by the appointment of Will iams as permanent guardian of her es tate and person, believing he is the one man who can make the brother support an insane sister during the rest of her life and prevent her from going to a dishon ored grave, a state charge. I shall peti tion the superior court of San Francisco to be allowed to resign my guardianship, and that Williams, 'her old and personal friend, her next friend, the intimate friend of her brother,' be made permanent guar dian of the estate and person of Sarah Althea Terry, an insane person." NEW YORK'S REFORM. No Action Taken as Yet Upon Byrnes Resignation. NEW YORK, Jan. 5. Mayor Strong had another busy day today. During the afternoon Superintendent Byrnes, ex Mayor Gilroy, and Mayor Schleren, of Brooklyn, called to see him. Superin tendent Byrnes entered the city hall by the basement door and reached the mayor's private office by the Infrequently used private staircase. He was conducted to the private office, where the mayor joined him. They were in consultation for half an hour. The impression at first pre vailed that Mayor Strong had accepted Superintendent Byrnes' resignation. This meant that the mayor had forwarded the resignation to the police board, with the erquest that it be accepted. Mayor Strong afterward denied that the subject of Mr. Byrnes' resignation had been touched upon. He added: "I sent for Superintendent Byrnes in reference to some complaints I had re ceived about two policemen. We did not talk of his letter of resignation. Mayor Schlerer called on me in reference to op posing the gr3ater New York bill pend ing In the legislature. He is opposed to hasty action, and I agree with him. T believe in Governor Morton's recom mendation in favor of a new commis sion, consisting of three members ap pointed by the governor, three by each of the two mayors, and the two mayors as ex-officio members, the commission to draft a charter to be presented to the next legislature." At their meeting last evening, the city club committee on legislation discussed the advisability of establishing a compe tent city council to take charge of all matters of municipal administration through a standing committee. This is the system used in London. A committee was also appointed to prepare a bill for the separation of the bureau of elections from the police department. It was de cided to appoint a subcommittee of three to consider proposed legislation on the subject of the greater New York. The committee approved the mayor's power of removal bill, proposed by the committee of 70. 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