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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-28
A STRANGE CASE.

The case of Captain Dreyfus, now i'm
prisoned on DEVILS island by order of a
French court-martal, has some mysterious
aspects which will hardly rest until they
are explained. 1t may even become an in
ternational incident. History furnishes
many cases OF individuals summarily ar
rested by an arbitrary government on false
charges and sentenced to Punishment, i'm
prisonment for life, or death, almost with
out a hearing all through the spite of some
powerful enemy or to serve some secret
purpose of the government. Whether the
case of Captain Dreyfus is one of that kind
or not remains to be developed, but it has
some strange aspects
Dreyfus was captain in the French ar
tillery and detailed to duty at the War
Office in Paris. Presumably he was a gen.
tleman, and so far as known no charge was
ever made against him before the one for
which he is now suffering punishment.
About three years ago, in December, 1894,
he was arrested on secret charge and
ordered to be tried by court-martial. The
trial was secret and the military officials
refused to make known the exact charge.
In a general way, however, it became
known that Dreyfus was charged with SELL
ing to an agent of Germany a certain docu-
ment conveying important information re-
garding the French army and Notifications.
The document in the alleged handwriting
of Dreyfus was said to have been found by
a French detective in the house of an at
tache of the German legation in Paris,
though it was not stated how the detective
got there or what he was doing there. If
such document was ever sold to Ger
thing that the German government did not
already know. In the Franco-German war
of $780, when the German armies invaded
France they had accurate maps of every
road, cross-road and bride path in the part
of France they expected to traverse, maps
showing the location of every church,
every mill, every available spot for defense,
and, of course, every fertilization. They
knew the country better than the French
did. They have such maps now as would
be quickly discovered in case of war. Cap
tain Dreyfus denied that he wrote the
letter attributed to him or that he even
knew what it referred to. Out of five ex-
perts to whom it was submitted three testi-
fed that it was not his handwriting, but an
imitation. No reasonable motive was as
signed for his alleged treachery. His wife
was rich in her own right and he was in
dependent aside from his salary; therefore,
he did not need to sell military secrets for
money. True. he had a German name and
was native of Alsace. but when that
province was captured by Germany he left
it to take up his residence in France. These
circumstances did not weigh anything in
his favor. The case was railroadod through,
be was convicted and promptly sentenced
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to be deported ard confined in prison for
life. While troops detailed for the purpose
were tearing off his uniform and breaking
his sword he declared his absolute inno-
cence and shouted, ''vive la France!" In
spite of the efforts of friends to procure a
fair hearing for him he was hurried away
and for nearly three years has been con-
fined in prison on DEVILS island, very
unhealthy spot off the coast of South
America. Interest in the case has been re-
vived recently by new evidence A few
weeks ago a well-known American CORE
spondent telegraphed from London that an
officer Of the German general staff was
asked while dining at London club if he
considered Dreyfus guilty. He replied: If
Dreyfus had sent any information TO the
German government j should have heard
of it. On my word of honor as an officer
and a gentleman, 1 tell you that no such
information came to u.s." Since then 1t
has come out that during the court-martial
the Emperor William wrote to the Presi-
dent of the French Republic giving his
word of honor as a man that Dreyfus had
not sold French secrets to the German gov
eminent and that, if necessary, he would
give his word IS Emperor, with all it's
consequences. The bringing out of these
facts has caused the matter to become a
topic of discussion throughout Europe. The
story about Dreyfus being prosecuted be-
cause he was of Jewish extraction is
romantic, but improbable Nevertheless, it
adds interest to the case and increases the
gossip NJ. Scheurer- Kestner, vice presi-
dent of the French Senate, declares that he
has in his possession positive proof of
Dreyfus's innocence which he will produce
at the proper time. Meanwhile the French
government stubbornly refuses to recon-
slider the case, as if there were some secret
involved which it dare not uncover. The
case is already celebrated one, and may
become more so.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-28
THE CAUSE OF 1T.


Those who have been telegraphing &C.
Lower House of the Austrian Reichsrath
the past three weeks seem to have assumed
that readers in this country understand the
causes which have led to it. But we do
not. We read of these acts of men who
seem insane, and ask, What is it all
about? 1t seems that the alliance which
makes Austria and Hungary practically one
empire at the present time will terminate
in few months. If action is not taken
by the Reichsrath, which is the Austrian
Legislature, to extend the alliance the en-
pire will cease to exist. That is the issue
behind all these disturbances, but the os-
tensible conflict the past few days is over
a proposition to make the Czech language
coordinate with the German in Bohemia.
The Czechs are Slavonc and constitute very
much the larger part of the inhabitants of
Bohemia. The national Germans, those who
would unite all the people and lands held
by that race into empire, are opposed to
the proposition to have the language which
represents another race and really another
national policy made the equal of the Ger
man, as it must be hostile to the German
by the Austrian Legislature is regarded as
a first step toward the re-enactment of the
alliance which now holds Austria and Hun
gary together as an empire under Emperor
Francis Joseph t
1t is said that Francis Joseph would gladly
dissolve this riotous Legislature if he could
without involving the division of the en-
pire. BY the terms Of the agreement he
has the power to continue the alliance with
out the consent of the Reichsrath, but the
Hungarian Legislature has shown purpose
to prevent renewal without the authorize
ton of the Austrian Parliament. Evidently
the German element in the boisterous and
riotous Reichsrath is in the minority and
has resorted to riot to prevent the majority
from exercising the rights sof majorities in
legislative bodies. The German element, by
bold and threatening policy of obstruction,
supported by Violence proposes to prevent
legislation, possibly to put an end to the
Acknowledgements empire. In this case
what is known as legislative filibustering
has reached it's legitimate result, which is
defiance of constitutional power - that is,
anarchy
1t seems strange that Emperor Francis
Joseph does not exercise his power to COM
pei the observance of peaceful methods in
the law-making branch of the government,
but it is probable he has ample reasons for
his course. He might incur the hostility of
the Emperor Of Germany, who cannot be
supposed to be a disinterested spectator
when the future of the German race may
be involved. At best it is a war between
races in which the avenging Pole is fac
tor as he has been in most European dis
turbances since Poland ceased to be a king
dom by it's partition among its foes
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an agent Of destruction liquid air is power
full but no useful office has been found foT
1t as yet.
About two hundred young women are said
to have been admitted as Zuhorerinnen at
the University of Berlin. after having salts
fed the authorities regarding their pro-
hciency. The faculties chosen by them are
those of philosophy. medicine, and juris-
prudence. Theology apparently finds small
favor with the fair sex.
When the late DR.. Walsham How became
Bishop of Wakefield. England, he dedicated
$1,000 year. or full fifth of his income.
TO God in charity. /. e.. in direct gifts and
large sum he received for his books. The
greatest part of his income was spent on
his diocese, in travelling about. entertain
Ing the clergy, etc.
A magnificent scheme has been proposed
by Mr.. Perks, NJ p, to the Wesleyan
Methodist Church in England. to which he
belongs. The idea is to collect a million
guineas from Methodists in England, Scot
land and Ireland Ito commemorate the close
OF this eventful century and as a thanks
Of Methodism' The subscriptions are to be
at the rate of a guinea, no more or less,
for each subscriber.
Germany has a new automatic slot ma
chine. AT many railway stations passen-
gers for suburban stations, instead Of going
to the ticket Office and standing in line,
can go to an automatic machine, and by
dropping in a coin equivalent to the amount
OF the fare can supply themselves with a
ticket Rows Of these boxes are erected
against tho wall. The name of the station
is printed In large letters, together with the
price of the ticket.
The visit of the German Emperor and
Empress to Constantinople and Jerusalem,
which had been fixed for the spring. has
been postponed probably in view of the
fact that the general elections for the
Riechstag and the Prussian lower house,
will take place about that time. According
to present arrangements, the conservation
of the German Evangelical Church at
Jerusalem. which it is the intention of the
imperial couple to witness, will not be per-
formed until Oct. 81, 1898, the twenty-ninth
anniversary of the laying of the foundation
stone by the Crown Prince. afterwards the
Emperor Frederick.
The poet sobs, Where are the leaves
OF yesteryear? All, gomez
He'd know blamed sight better if
= = He had the care of lawn.
Detroit Journal.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Sir William L. Drinkwater, who has re-
signed the position of deemster OF the Isle
of Man, occupied the Office for fifty years.
Hall Game has been ordered by his phySi-
clan to go to Rome and abstain from all
work and worry for at least four months.
Mr.. Gladstone. it is said, weighs only III
pounds, and the Marquis of Salisbury. the
present premier of Great Britain, tips the
scales at 252 pounds.
Corbett, the prize fighter, paid S29, 900 for
a house in New York the other day. There
are other men who would stand a pretty
hard tap upon the solar plexus for half that
amount.
1t has ever been the one dream of Queen
victoria's life to undertake pilgrimage to
the Holy Land, and at one time during
the early years of her widowhood she was
on the point of proceeding thither with her
friend and spiritual adviser, the late Dean
Stanley. as cicerone.
The Duke of Coburg has offered prize
OF Zoo marks for dramatic poem dealing
with the past history of his duchy and
suitable for popular representation. The
poem is to be of nature likely TO awaken
"reminiscences of past achievements and
strengthen the feeling of patriotism
A tablespoonful of liquid air poured on ]
fluid ounce of whisky will freeze II at one1
into flat scales. and handkerchief
saturated with 1t is charred and destroyed
as quickly as II placed IN q hot oven AS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-28
COLLEGE GRADUATES AND OTHERS.

An editorial paragraph which appeared
recently in the Journal relative to the ex-
elusive principle in social clubs may have
been construed as unfriendly to the move
ment now on foot in this city for the
formation of a university club, to be COM
posed exclusively OF college graduates.
Nothing could be further from the Jour-
nails purpose in this or any other matter
than to slur college graduates or any move
ment calculated to strengthen their in
fuence in politics, literature or social life.
The object and intent of the paragraph
alluded to was to suggest that the useful
ness and interest of a university club might
be enhanced by not combining its member
ship exclusively to university men, Col
lege graduates are great force in our ma
tional life, at once conservative and pro-
gressive, and every movement should be
encouraged that tends to develop or in
crease their power for cooperative action.
But there are others. We should be very
deficient in the elements of social progress
and national prosperity and greatness If
there were not a great host of other citi-
zens, not college graduates, working ac-
cording to their light and ability on the
same lines to the same ends. There are
many of these in every large community.
Some of them may have spent a year or
two in college and have completed their
education in some special or technical
school. Others may have had only high
school or academic education and have had
thorough course in applied science. Others
may be self-educated in the strict sense.
having acquired an education by reading,
by hard study and by contact with men.
In point of numbers these probably outclass
the graduates of colleges, and in point of
attachments some of them are fully up to
the average alumnus. The mere possession
of a diploma does not prove that a man Is
cultured. literary or even well educated,
nor does the lack of one prove the contrary.
Some of our best preachers and lawyers
are not graduates of any college, and some
who are graduates do not rank high in their
professions. The modern scheme of univer-
sity extension is founded on the idea that
education may be acquired outside Of COLI
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-28
The Old and Young.
Harper's Ba

Bazaar.
1 can conceive of few sadder things in old
age than being without younger persons
who love US enough to correct us. Yes, cor
rect us; neither more nor less than that;
not rudely, of course nor impertlnenjiy'
nor in nagging, disrespectful way as dis
agreeable IN the manner of the mother OF
the child as of the child to the mother; but
who will correct us in a way which. Vioiat-
ing no law of good breeding or courtesy
can keep US up to our own best mark.
For the tendency OF many or US, Wheh
seventy is reached. is to let ourselves go 10
pieces, We can call IL resting on our oars.
or describe it with as picturesque set or
symbols as we choose But for all that a
man or woman comes to one OF the great
critical periods of life about the time thaL
age is reached. They can then either sink
under existing conditions. let every en-
croachment of age have its way, eHcusihs
themselves on the plea of wears for every
failure to meet them gracefully. or they can
readjust themselves to the changes years
have wrought, and with renewed spirit go
on, still young and still attractive because
still growing and still alive.
And certainly the most adorable old peo-
pie are the old people who have met age IN
the latter way and who have kept them
selves alive to the criticisms and sugges-
tons Of the young. Have your ehildfsn
told you yet that you turn out your toes
said one middle-aged parent, laughing 70
another His laughter saved him. For all
children, when first grown. become an
sorbed in their parents-it is a mark or their
affection-and they are more sensitive 70
their failures peculiarities or virtues than
to those of all the rest of the world. Ana
certainly no sweeter sight is to be found
than that of young girls who are Interested
in their fatheT's cravat the latest cut OF his
vest or his looking his very best on az
occasions. For though our fathers anu
mothers bring us up. when a certain IN p sdll
lated families. and return the compliment.
The young educate the old as surely ~, 10
once the old trained them, ana the reaisy
fascinating old person is one who mas sub
mitted TO the process.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-28

A New York paper. tells Of two society
girls on Broadway car who saw two WELL
dressed people seated opposite who seemed
to recognize them. Their faces looked ia
miliar and the girls bowed, receiving a po-
lite salutation in return. After they had left
the car the fact dawned upon them that the
persons they had spoken to were the butler
and maid in certain house where they Wis
tied occasionally. The two girls gasped in
very horror when they made the discovery.
This story is told in all seriousness as an
incident worth relating and as showing the
perils of careless recognition, the inference
being that the two young women would not
for the world, have spoken to the butler
and maid In public had they identified them.
1t would not be worth repeating here were
it not for the fact that it illustrates feel
ing that exists in a considerable circle of
society where better breeding might be ex-
pected. There are women who in public
avoid recognition of servants, trades people
and others who, as they would say, belong
to the 'lower clawses," and men, mostly
very young, however, who do not know
their tailors and their beotnlakers when
they meet them socially. These deluded
folk cherish the notion that by public recog-
milton of men and women not in their own
select social circle they lose caste and that
whoever sees them will rate them as less
fastidious and exclusive than they would
like to appear. That this sort of thing OBJ
tains, even to q limited degree~in this coun-
try, where the servant of to-day may be
the aristocrat of tomorrow, is one of the
amusing phases of human nature, which is
pretty much the same in a republic as else
where. It is not surprising that classes
exist, for they are made by the conditions
of life, but the curious thing. is that people
who assume to belong to the highest So
cial grade do not realize that they betray
doubt of their own standing when they
fear to risk it by recognizing an outsider.
Common intelligence ought to teach them
that those who are quite sure of their foot
ing in society have no feeling Of insecurity
though they address their humblest ac-
quaintapce at every opportunity, and as
every lady and gentleman of them does. 1t
is only because the snob and the parvenu
exist that such incidents as that related by
the New York paper are considered impor-
tant enough to relate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-28

One of the newly-esablished charities in
New York city is a soup kitchen, whose
distinctive purpose is to prepare pure,
wholesome and suitable food for the sick
and convalescent poor. Those who are able
can be served in neat room adjoining the
kitchen or the articles can be taken away.
The foot is not given away, but is sold at
cost A quart of soup is sold for 10 cents,
and with it goes a loaf of bread. 1t has
been found by physicians and nurses
among the poorer residents that one draw
back to the recovery of the sick is the diff
ficulty of getting the kind of food needed
Ordinarily such food, if it can be obtained
already prepared. is high-priced and out of
the reach of those who could afford a small
outlay. and it is to meet this demand that
the kitchen has been opened. 1t is a very
practical charity and one likely to be fol-
lowed elsewhere.
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sHREDs AND PATCHES.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay
Seneca.
There is no education like adversity.-
Disraeli.
A lawyer is the only one who is glad
there are so many trials in lfe.-Philadel-
phia Times
The man who knows nothing except what
he has learned from books is poorly edu-
cated.-Rams Horn.
The greatest deeds are done by those who
are the least conscious that they are
great.-Rams Horn.
She-What do you consider his greatest
fault, then? He-His claim that he hasn't
any-Philadelphia Record.
When you think you oughtn't, then you
want to; when you know you can't, then
you've got to-New York Press
All women know other women whom they
can't afford. to know on earth, but expect
to meet in heayen.-New York Press.
1t is probably argued that Adam was
Chinaman because he was the victim OF
the first exclusion act.-Chicago Record.
No matter what his rank or position may
be, the lover of books is the richest and
happiest of the children of men.-Lang-
ford.
It's pretty hard for some people to dis
tinguish between what they think they
know and what they know they think
Puck.
God bless YOU is the old-fashioned sum
ming up of sincere affection without the
least Smirk Of studied civility.-George
Eliot.
Nearly every man meets his ideal some
time or other, but he is not always able
to secure an introduction.-Boston Home
Journal
The world is full Of men with no other
possession than experience, who would be
glad to sell 1t for less than they paid for
it.-Puck.
Minds of great men may run in the same
channel, but somehow the channel seems
never to become PniiaGel-
phia Press.
The average man gets his ideas about
how not to propose to some woman by the
way some woman has proposed to him.
The Bachelor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-28

Progressive evils often work their own
cure by going from bad to worse until re-
form becomes necessary. Football, in it
self fine game and athletic sport, has,
during the last few years. become so rough
and brutal as to excite general comment
and censure. The game is spectacular and
interesting enough when played legitimate
ly, without making smuggling match dam
gerous to life and limb. This has been the
tendency for some years past, until it got
so bad that reform was necessary. 1t has
begun in the joint action of seven Western
universities, whose faculty representatives
met in Chicago on Friday. The institutions
represented at the meeting were Chicago
University, the Northwestern, Purdue, and
the State Universities of Michigan. Wiscon-
sin, Illinois and Minnesota The faculty
representatives, of these Institutions adopted
the following: ss.
Resolved, That this conference unani-
mously favors such a modification of the
rules now governing football as viii make
the game less rough, and that to this end
the chairman of this conferences appoint a
committee of three, of which he shall be
a member to draft and report to the mem
bers of this conference before Jan. l. 1898.
such notifications of the present rules as
seem wise.
1t is understood that this committee. after
consultation with experts, will draft new
rules which will eliminate the present bru-
tai characteristics OF football, and make a
new game, which shall retain all the spec
tacular and exciting features of the present
one without its brutality The seven institu-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-28

Samuel l. Clemens Mark Twain) has
obtained material for a new story IN a
manner he probably did not expect Ever
since he began his literary career he has
been noted for getting his imaginary char
acters into a peck O. trouble" but he
has generally managed to rescue them
without serious damage. But what Mark
has done for the offspring of his brain he
has not been able to do for himself In
his wanderings through Asia and Europe
he recently arrived at Vienna, where the
Germans and Czechs of the Unterhaus (the
lower house of the Austrian Parlia-
ment) had abandoned law making for law
breaking. On Friday Mark occupied a seat
in one of the galleries during the progress
OF the daily riot, and forcibly elected
with a gang of noisy politicians who sat
near him. The dispatches say that Mark
himself was noisy. but he must have given
offense to the opponents of the German
faction. for it is stated that an angry
Czech assaulted the honorable American
In a pugilistic manner. The author of
"Innocents Abroad" should exhibit more
wisdom By keeping away from a bear
Garden