The Helena independent., 1894-12-09

: has ever been shot for Captain Dreyfus
otonse In time OF peace II win be dlal
cult, therefore, for the government To pro
eeed 60 this ox,reme ana VT Il they u,
not do 80 their downfall Is almost certain
NJ, pupuy Is thereforqAn dilemma whtcl
may and almost cecsnlnly will cost hin
ana his colleagues thelr oitlollos.
And now. OF course, anics are seen every
whore. DenuncintionF anonymous ant
others, are pouring Into tho prefecture ol
police ana tho ministry OF war, Every
foreigner Is regarded with suspicion. Two
Germans, said to be Officers OF the Gor.
man army were arrested yesterday In tho
Hotel Terminus. The journals announce
that the ehlef element OF suspicion In their
case Ia that they remained shut up IN
their rooms nearly the whole day. How
under the circumstances they could DO
any spying ls not clear, Another horrible
! crime laid TO their charge ia that they had
In their possession the stan maps OF
France. As these can be bought IN any
stutloner's shop for few sous II does not
constitute a very dreadful charge. Three
more arrests In other parts OF France are
reported. and in the next week or so we
viii probably have dozen more. 1 have
seen 1fty such attacks OF "spy fever" and
| know that they must Just run their
course. The two German officers and
the other suspects viii probably turn out
10 be harmless tourists.
An American slrl here, OF handsome APP
pcarance, was charged yesterday with
having stolen goods from the hon Marchc
ON Oct L.. She said she had come TO Paris
In consequence OF bet made with some
friends In London, At party II had been
contendcd that a young woman could MOI
travel without the company OF a cha peron
The prisoner disputed this assertion, ana
eventually offered 20 bet that she would
come alone TO Paris and then go the round
OF the continent, and her challenge had
been accepted. she accordingly came to
Parts and went about sight seeing. She
was about 10 start for Brussels when she
bethought her OF sending some little pres
ents TO her friends In England and went
TO the Bon Marche where yielding to an
temptation" she stole the
articles. She was sentenced to months
lmpr sonne IT; hut, In 'lsldcIal on of the
fact that she had already been n month
in custody, and that she had expressed the
utmost conthtIon. she was released al.
most Immediately.
Miss Lole Fuller. NJ. Armand Sllvestre.
and Mr., c. II, Meltzer are collaborating
on a "salome," 10 be shortly produced in
Paris by the serpentine dancer. Mr. Melt
ger is the translator of the American ver-
sion OF Hannele.
! have received from friend in Norway
an account OF lbsen's new play. which is
called Rita Allmers." According to this,
Il Is a story of mother and father with |
A crippled son, the father IS crazy with |
love for him, the mother hates his |
the father puts down the sons |
misfortune 10 the evil eye of the mother. |
The child is then drowned
The dramatic world in Paris Is very |
much exercised just now by proposal |
that has been put forward for the estab-
Iishmeut of a French theater in Berlin. |
The Idea originated in the fertile brain OF |
hat very witty impressario NJ. Schurman,
through whose exertlons Madame Patti, |
NJ. Coqueln. Madame Beruhadt. and other |
stars OF the lyric and dramatic stage have |
both hemlspheres. But It seems
there are difficulties In the way. A French !
reporter has interviewed several Of the
Lending actors and actresses. and II seems
that their sense OF patriotism is shocked
At the idea Of playing before a Berlin
audience.
NJ. Mounet-Sully and Mdlle Relchem-
BERG refuse TO entertain the idea, but
more I'm sorrow than in anger" Painters
nay 90 to Berlin. says Mdlle Reichemberg.
,ut when their pictures are hung they can
AXE themselves Off. They are not under
he necessity OF smiling on the Berliners,
II courtesying to them wnen they applaud.
'r of being summoned to an imperial box
md receiving the compliments of an au-
gust parsonage. Madame Sarah Bern
iardt will not blame those who have the
courage to 20 TO Berlin, but she will never
lppear before a Berlin public. NJ. Porel,
II the Odeon, thinks that the younger
generation of actors may 30 To Berlin, but
Madame Rejane and | have seen too much
n the war and its horrors 20 solicit the
applause of Berlin public The case is
Dfrerent with the young people they know
nothing of the Anne terrible, save by
,earsay. They have not seen It," This Is
'ery sad for the Berllners, no doubt. but
hey may derive some comfort from the
'act which NJ Hallays points out for their
'onsolation. All the actresses whom Parts
glll send to delight them viii be under
twenty-five.