Dubuque Sunday Herald (Newspaper) - August 13, 1899, Dubuque, Iowa SUNDAY 13 1899 A TEAK Dreyfus Creates a Sensation During the Testimony in EXCITES CHEERS OF THE AUDIENCE Kormer i 91 lit IK to Confront I f lin red and white the won bathed in lit morning apt Dreyfus crossed the Avenue la inre entered the building for public session of his trial by The same stringent liee precautions were taken but bare- persons gathered to witness Cnl president of the martial and tho other judges began shortly after six o'clock They followed by Gens Billot nnd rier in uniform The latter drove up in an open carriage nnd the small crowd which had gathered by this time greeted him with cries of nacl vivo Mercier On alighting at I of the Gen looked very anxious but immediately assumed a smiling demeanor Ho spoke u few words to thu at the gate a ad laughed but hU laugh sounded false mill his face us he ascended the half steps and disappeared in the took on nn expression o anxiety M arrived on foot shortly afterward The crowd saluted him Then came Col Picquart who was greeted with shouts of which he smilingly edged The session opened at with precisely the same formalities at ou Monday Scene In the Court Hoorn The curtain rose on the scene as Monday The judges in uniform were seated on the stage behind the dark cloth-covered table on which in a row were their kepis with gay-colored plumes and heavy bands Kvery inch of the court was pied in expectation ot a sensational scene There were more ladles present than on Monday The known us Mine Blanche tho wMU who has attended every move in Hie Dreyfus affair was again present Saturday wearing n superb set o pearls owing to the expressed ob- of Col she her conspicuous place on the right be- hind him for n more modest but still noticeable position in the body of the hall There a large sprinkling of forms among the audience and a row of soldiers with fixed bayonets was n train arranged at the bottom of hall and rendered honors in the tomary manner to the judges as tho ter entered or left the court proceedings opened tamely and the hopes of a sensational sitting be- Iran to as the morning wore on and matters began to get tedious as M and Gen what is already known But this was only the calm before storm and when the broke 11 carried every one in court with it into u whirlpool of tho wildest excitement Dreyfus on entering tho court rd the president with tho same ly mien as last Monday and the dent Cnl returned the salute Sit down Dreyfus The of tho prisoner placed further to the of the platform Saturday Instead of facing the judges Dreyfus sat with his back to the tablu of his counsel thus across the platform straight al the rail at which tho witnesses stood Copy of tlic Uordereno Col Immediately after court hud settled opened tho by asking Dreyfus ths In January 1395 the director of penitentiary of the Isle de Re in the course of duty searched tho clothes you brought from the prison He found this document in an inside ol your waistcoat The president here handed o paper nnd Do you recognize it as having be- to my colonel Millie liy you tell me how and under what circumstances this ment came into your is a document I used ing my trial In order to discuss the value of the bordereau I wished to keep it military code gives you the right to have a copy of the ments in your case This document legitimately in your session do yon wish to keep itV n souvenir of the text of the bordereau was not proper and therefore it taken from you I merely wished to elucidate this point That will do then asked Maj riere if be nny observations to make in behalf of the government The major replied by asking to hove Dr Hanson's report on Dreyfus read which thu clerk of the court did The report deals with the measures of surveillance over Dreyfus adopted during the voyage of the prisoner to Cayenne nnd snld among other things that he seen on board seated on a stool nnd weeping M tie la a secretary attached to tho French embassy at was the next witness called Although he scared there was no hesitation in his replies He said he acted as tho transmitting agent of the ministry ot war and ministry of for- eign wherever they were en- gaged in translation of a dispatch which was a very minute and complicated matter Several drafts he explained were made and nn translation was drawn up which was the same as einco published Questioned respectively regarding the draft and tho translations he said they were purely hypothetical tho first draft only having two words Cap- tain of which the translators were really sure the sense being to the effect that Dreyfus had been arrested and that ho had no relations with many No frith Germany M of the French for- eign was then called and greed to some of this witness ments But tho net result of the two witnesses replies to MM Labon and was that never in translation there any Of with Germany Never of then told of visit to the at the time of tho trial in 1894 to inform him that lon's demonstrations had little effect on tho lie I received Doe 14 and 15 at the Instance ot tho minister of war who thought his demonstration very curious Interesting and conclusive but I must judged them differently All was done and said among the ters was done without my knowledge Witness then related the connection and futile efforts of to prevent tho first court martial ting behind closed doora and that ho witness never received any ber of tho Dreyfus family raising his voice and speaking very excitedly For the of the chief magistracy which I occupied for tho honor of the re- public I will not allow It to bo said I ex- changed with fn the French army accused of treason The statement which speedily suppressed Various questions wore then asked by the assistant judge and Demange on tho subject of Capt statement that fus had confessed to him Witness said emphatically ho never had from any communication such as a confession during the cap- visit to him He added he was not prepared to deny that Gen cier told to cate this alleged confession but he the captain did not apeak of it to him Knowledge of Letter then Introduced the tion of the letter that assorted Dreyfus wrote to respecting him Witness em- replied he had never entered into any such engagement and asked that the letter which was by Eclair of Paris should be produced in court and that the whole matter be cleared up Tho president ended his I before this tribunal of soldiers my resignation was not con- with the diplomatic incident concerning Germany gave his evidence with a blanched face but in the tone of a man who maintains every word uttered which inspired confidence in his words Denies then asked Dreyfus if he had anything to say The prisoner rose accompanying his utterances with gestures of tho right hand and My words are certainly distorted for 1 no recollection of such u letter The words of the former president of the re- public Just uttered arc exact I never even In my own mind supposed there was nny engagement undertaken by him aud he hnd not held thereto I can well understand the indignation of but such au Idea never crossed niy mind had asked me at the time of tho trial in conveying through my request for a public trial This publicity should only be on the con- dition that the question of the origin of the remained a secret I my word of honor not to ratao this aud in I bow before the superior Interests of niy country In my mind it with defense not with tho president of the republic that the word of honor I never had un idea un between thu president und never never Then you declare false these letters in which It is said the president of the republic entered Into certain engagements with Dreyfus In any case the souse has been completely distorted on Stand Then Gen Mercier was conducted to the witness stand He appeared in broken health He spoke in a hoarse voice coughed frequently and asked to be allowed to bo seated He was on the witness stand from 8 a m un- til noon To a stranger his ance and bearing produced far from a favorable effect He gave impression of shiftiness forehead wrinkled brows contracted eyes peered through between puffy eyelids cheeks I were sallow and he spoke almost in- audibly in a weak monotonous voice which produced a soporific effect upon those not able to distinguish the While under examination Mercier asked to allow him to present a document showing how the espionage system was organized in France by Col former German military attache at Paris The ment referred to the fortifications ol the Mouse Mercier then entered into an ex- planation tending to prove that was at the head of the German espionage in France He afterwards had a famous letter con- the words Cette canaille de read Dreyfus watched Mercier apparently quite unmoved The witness who dis- played the deepest interest was He leaned forward with his hands on his knees except when He with Several Other French ters Are Thrown Into a Paris Prison A REVOLUTIONARY PLAN CHOKED OFF very when he lifted his hands the of Im urn Arch Are It Prove That n Plot to the Government Paris Aug Paul founder of the League of Patriots and a member of the chamber of deputies for the Angouleme division of up in expressive gesture of disgust or Impatience The Mercier who had his back turned to the former president saw nothing of this but after he had completed his testimony and reiterated all charges contained in of indictment Mercier presented the document to be read by the clerk which proved to be the alleged fus letter concerning alleged ment entered into with which the latter had so hotly denounced The last breath had barely left the clerk's lips jumped up and That's the letter I read in the newspapers Mercier startled turned round tered excuses saying he did not believe the president of the republic would enter into such an engagement To this retorted with the bitterest Thank you eral for this testimonial At the end of his evidence Mercier said he be- the only motive of Dreyfus treason was Dreyfus had no feeling of patriotism The cruel utterance brought forth hisses from the audience whose blood had been sent up to a fever heat by the witness savage at- tacks on Dreyfus Mercier not heeding the hisses If the least doubt had crossee my mind gentlemen I would bo the first to declare it to you and say before you to Capt Dreyfus I am mistaken but in good faith Then Dreyfus electrified his hearers He jumped to his feet and That is what you ought to say The audience burst into cheer Mercier I would come and Capt Dreyfus I was taken in good faith I come with the same good faith to admit it and I will do all in human power to repair the frightful error The prisoner then Why don't you That is your duty At this there was another outburst of applause Mercier after pause when the ex- bad partially calmed Well no My conviction since 1894 has not suffered the slightest ing It is fortified by the deepest study of the dossier and by inanity of the means resorted to for the purpose of proving the innocence of the ed man of 1804 in spite of the evidence accumulated and in spite of the lions of money expended to Deny M then rose and dramatically demanded to be ed with Gen Mercier in order to deny some of his statements for Col ordered the court to be adjourned until Monday at a m for the confrontation and as Mercier turned to leave the court the audience rose en masse and hissed and cursed him those at the back of the court standing on chairs and benches in order to better hound him down The gendarmes placed themselves be- tween the general and the audience who showed a strong disposition to maltreat the former minister of war Gen hurried out of the room through a side door amid fierce denunciations from the audience On emerging Into tho street crowd outside cheered him and Vive cried ft spectator of the scene in court if they had heard the man monster speak they would not cheer him now Failed Mercior played the now well worn war scare today but thn effect must be discouraging to him as his hearers listened without stirring a muscle to the story of how France was on the threshold of war with Germany He said In 1804 the diplomatic situation was and continued to plead that this was the reason for his action regarding the secret do sier If Dreyfus is guilty he must possess superhuman nerve for he listened to Gen Mercier's pitiless arraignment this morning until he approached the end of his deposition with rigid features but watching Mercier like a cat would a mouse When at last his feeling obtained mastery over him and he sprang to his feet and ed his accuser one appreciated the was arrested at four o'clock morning at his estate at sey near Paris A number of members of the Anti-Semite and Patriotic were also arrested M was taken into custody by four gendarmes and was driven to Paris v On his arrival here he was in- in the Conciergerie prison The arrest of M is ex- The police have closed the offices of the Patriotic league which is now guarded by gendarmes MM chief of the League of Patriots and a ber of the chamber of deputies were arrested on the evening of February 23 last on the charge of inciting diers to insubordination in connection with the election of President Loubet On May 31 the prisoners who hod been on trial before the assize court in we're acquitted although ing the proceedings M ad- mitted he wished to lead a brigade to overthrow the parliamentary republic that his action was fully premeditated and that he would not cease his at- tempts to overthrow parliamentarism He acknowledged ho was guilty of nil the charges except the allegation that he wanted to lead soldiers astray without a leader He said I wanted a general at their head I would have preferred the in-chief Unhappily I hnd no choice He finished his harangue by ing a republic asserting at the same time that intended to turn the soldiers from their duty but only wished to carry ften who was in command tile with him M admitted that he wished to cause a revolution but denied having incited soldiers to disobedience He said he only sought to lead Gen to the Elysee nce and that the men with him had been merely following the officers Evidence of Paris Aug 12 A note issued this is A certain number of made this morning as tho result of a magisterial In- and by virtue of article ot the code regarding a conspiracy for the purpose of accomplishing a change In tho form of government The Implicated belong to the groups of the Royalist youth and tho and leagues At the trial ot the barrack affair facts relating to that incident alone wore as the basis of the prosecution but searches were then made and documents were seized which led to tho discovery of an organization dating back to July 1898 and of a plot to seize the government by force The documents leave no room for doubt cither In regard to tho existence of tho plot or as to the chief actors therein After very close watch organized proof was obtained that the same groups woro preparing for a fresh attempt at an early date the proof being such as to the disturbances to be averted by diate Tho of tho affair is intrusted to M Fabre examining magistrate Ills Home When an attempt was made to arrest M Guerin president the Anti- Semite league he refused to surrender and barricaded himself in his house Ho says he is prepared to hold out for three weeks having a good stock of food and The doors and windows of his dence are barricaded and M Guerin an- he will blow up his house be- fore he surrenders On the application of M Fabre fresh searches of various houses were made Saturday morning including the quarters of the where only unimportant papers were seized A number of additional arrests of un- known persons have been made in con- with the conspiracy Sixteen Altogether 16 members of the Anti- Semite and Patriotic leagues and the Young have been arrested M Guerin as thU dispatch is sent armed with revolvers and knives still holds possession of his apartments the headquarters of the league to which entrance is only sible after running the gauntlet of a strong guard of It is reported that M vice president of the Young Royalist league has been arrested Later during the trial of traces were discovered of a fresh plot and of consultations at the tion was discussed whether an attempt should be made to change the form of government before or after the Rennes court martial The government upon time for action had arrived ordered a number of arrests already captured or who tare to be taken into custody When arrested It is rascality on the part of the which is trying to implicate me in the same affair as Orleanists whose adversary I am Escaped Paris Aug police sary called at 4 a m at the residence of M Thiebault and a number of policemen surrounded the house Thiebault escaped by a balcony to an adjoining house The police have seized the newspaper office The house of Andre de Buffet of Duke of Orleans and vice president of the Young Royalist League was searched and a number of papers seized Buffet was arrested on the frontier about to cross into Belgium M Mailliard of the Petit Parisian staff has been arrested on the charge of urging soldiers to plebiscite on the form of government The police have placed seals upon the doors of Jules Guerin's residence in which he still defies them At Nancy a man named was arrested on the charge of espionage Be has been condemned to three years imprisonment and 500 franks fine and will be deprived of civil rights for a decade Of seventeen warrants for arrest sued only fourteen were executed According to rumors current in cial circles the affair is likely to duce serious consequences It is stated that the government possesses precise detailed instructions from the Due to his agents Prince Victor Bonaparte has been closely watched by the Orleanists for several months they fearing that he might d is turd their schemes WORST IW ITS HISTORY Visited by n nnd Two People Killed Milwaukee Aug special to the Daily News from says that section of Wisconsin was visited by two of the worst storms ever known in its history Friday The re- sult has been not only loss of life bu an almost immeasurable damage to crops Two fatalities resulted from th storm Mrs wife of Joseph Freede farmer of Richfield Washing ton county was killed by flying tim bers and the hired man was blown from a load of grain to the ground he died shortly after the accident Losi through storm in Washington and Dodge counties ALMOST A HURRICANE ANOTHER SUBJECT FOR MILLET LET HIM PAINT A PICTURE ENTITLED THE MAN WITH THE SWORD 6 judges lords and rulers in fair France Is this tho handiwork you give to God This defamed man distorted and soul How will you ever straighten up this shape Touch It again with i back the upward looking and the light Rebuild in It the music and the dream Make right the immemorial Infamies Perfidious wrongs immedicable O judges lords and rulers In fair France How will the future reckon with this man? to Edwin Markham SHOT A MILITIAMAN of a Between Police und of the Fourth I X G depth of emotions his previously suppressed and Mercier recoiled before Continued on Paste Four all of which apparently have not yet been effected ministry of the interior declines I to give the of prominent persons Storm Striken the Shipping In Tied Up Pensacola Flo Aug terrifi storm struck this city at one Saturday afternoon The wind has in creased in velocity until it almost as the force of a hurricane shipping is tied up and no serious nge is apprehended Omaha Neb Aug 12 Attorney General Smyth Saturday began in the district court of this county against the Standard Oil com- pany The case is brought under the Nebraska law He asks that the company which he alleges is a trust and controls the price at which petroleum and its products are to ba sold be ousted from the state nnd en- joined from doing business therein The petition not only names the ard Oil company as defendant but a number of other firms and corporations which are alleged to be owned and con- trolled by the Standard Oil company for Kansas City Mo Aug a French-Canadian who had lived in Kansas City for 20 years is dead He leaves an estate of nearly all of which is willed to local charities He was an and in many ways an eccentric character Years ago he purchased the coffin in which he is to be buried and his tions were that there should bo no services or ceremonies at his burial Mr Benoist was divorced from his wife many years ago In earlier days he lived in Illinois where he was nn intimate friend of the late Gen John A Wind and In Detroit Aug rain and lightning caused an aggregate loss of many thousands of dollars in various parts of the state Friday but no damage is reported from any section At Big the destruction of crops trees and small outbuildings is quite general Coldwater reports the destruction of many barns with their contents in Branch county by light ning and Battle Creek St Louis naw and Metamora record able damage by lightning nnd wind No casualties have so far been heard ot Her New York Aug American line steamer St Paul Capt Jamison from Southampton and Cherbourg ar- rived here early Saturday morning after a passage of about days 19 hours and 13 minutes lowering her own record between Cherbourg and this port by nearly two: hours Springfield 111 Aug a result Df a collision between the police and two members of company H Fourth in- fantry Friday night Private Perry Scott St Johns hospital in this city a bullet wound in his left shoulder Scott and Private Moss of the same company on the steps of the Edwards school building in company with two girls A policeman ordered them to Words passed and the man struck at the soldiers with clubs Scott ran in one direction and Moss in another Moss returned to camp after midnight and shortly afterwards Scott arrived with a bullet wound in his shoulder He alleges that Colored Charles Walters pursued him when within eight feet of him shot aim He ran until he fell and then he says the policeman clubbed him He evidence of clubbing Watters says he fired in the air Scott was taken to the St Johns hospital He is 20 years age and a farmer AID FOR PORTO RICANS Serious Consideration Given by Department to Smuggling by Filipinos Prompt in to Appeal for the Storm Washington Aug to the appeal of Secretary Root for aid for the suffering and destitute in Porto Rico are coming in from the mayors of the different cities in the most ing manner Promises of money food ind clothing are made and it is said hat the work of relief will be com- at once and pushed with nil rigor The war department is already tured of having a full ship load for tho which sails Monday In addition to the rioe and peas ordered by the department the ship will be filled with donations that have been generously offered The tary has designated the Bank of North America New York as the repository for funds and Col B F Jones chief quartermaster to receive supplies and provisions His office is in the Army building on Whitehall street New York Storm In England London Ky Aug severe wind and hailstorm accompanied by a heavy swept down the Rock tle river Saturday morning through the southern portions of Laurel and Pulaski counties destroying corn and fruit crops Trees and fences were blown down Col Hodges a farmer tried to wade a raging mountain rent and was drowned So heavy was the rainfall that the river rose two feet in half an hour LOSS IN REVENUE ON HEMP AND RICE toy Interdicting Traffic Between the of Ican nnd the Ex- to Throw n Starving Cltr Upon the of Climbed to Summit Vancouver B C Aug from Honolulu by the steamer were that the Hilo volcano is making things decidedly interesting for one in Hawaii One of the roost trips to its smoking summit was made by A M Atherton who re- turned to Honolulu the day the wera sailed for Vancouver a photographer sent out with Prof of the department ol of tie state of Yock New York Aug special dis- patch to the Herald from Washington says that serious consideration is be- ing given by the authorities to the question of suppressing the illegal trading between the Filipino gents and the territory under their con- trol and the outside world The situation is complicated ing to advices from Gen Otis by the tion of Aguinaldo in interdicting traffic between the natives of seaports not under the control of the American forces and ships of American register This interdiction Gen Otis says is in retaliation for his action in issuing censes to persons in Manila to con- trading in the staple products of islands Military officers say the native in- habitants of Manila now rely largely upon their commercial trading tions for their livelihood and they see in Aguinaldo's decree an attempt to stop the trade between Manila and other island ports in the hope of ing a starving city upon Gen Otis hands Authorities are much exercised over the possibility of a general smuggling of hemp and rice These articles have appreciated in value 300 per cent and the immense gain to be secured is a great temptation to smugglers Rear Admiral Watson is cooperating with the army to prevent the ance of the illegal trading and in a to the navy department he announced that on account of the necessity of preventing such ing he would be unable to send any of Bis ships north as advised by Acting Secretary Allen At a conference held by Secretary of War Root with Acting Secretary of tho Navy Allen the advisability of a blockade of certain ports was discussed but on account of the status which such action would give to the struggle in the islands it is ful if action of a formal character will be taken A blockade in fact however will exist stricter in character than that now enforced the purpose being to prevent military supplies or ance of any kind reaching Aguinaldo during the rainy season jand to keep his as unprepared as possible for the fall Only One Vote the Columbus O Aug special to the Dispatch from Sabina campground says that at the Ohio conference of the Methodist Protestant church held here the proposition to permit women to go as representatives to the general conference was favorably acted on There was but one negative vote matter
