The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-06-30

The Pcopic at the Town aii kEog "a
See the innocent Man W ho Mas
Made >rapeEont.

Brcsi. France. june ai.---The inhab
.ianis of this port are absorbed i'm the
pending arrival of DreN fus. The ques.
tior on every ones lips Il When will
he arriNe?' but no one seems To he
able 10 reply. The town. however. is
perfectly calm. Along the faNoYite
promenade. the Cours Dajci. on The
elm overlooking the splendid harhor
ia which half dozen picturesque old
tlrcc-dcckers are lying moni.d beside
modern cruisers. were few groups
"a sailors ana marines. gazing sea-
wards When questioned. they admit
ted that they were Watching for the
French cruiser SfaN. bound from
French Guiana. with the famous pris-
OF ar on board. but in the same breath
c> pressed The belief that She would not
arrive in the day time. Tnev think
The war ship Mill he kept outside The
harhor until night and that then Drey-
ius Will hc landed inside the arsenal.
This is also the general opinion OF he
tcwnspeoplc. who are meager 10 Wit
ness the landing.
The military and civil authorities
Profess 10 know nothing about the
matter. not even II the SfaN is COM
ing 10 Brcst.
\ representative OF The press called
at the maritime prefecture Yesterday
afternoon. and had an interview with
II, port admiral. Barrera. who was
typical Of French politeness. but who
displayed most praiseworthy ignor-
aEce. lie said:
up TO now l have received absolute
y no Instructions | am waiting or
cerr from the new minister eli marine.
can not even say Drrs fus will be
landed here. In any case he can not
arrive Yet and. taking a map. he
traced the course Of the s.fax from fhe
Cape Nerd islands. which she left
tuesday. adding:
You see, she can not have passed the
Canary islands before yesterday. So
shf VIII NOT arrive here at the earliest (
Until SUNDAY. or perhaps Monday"
The project Of police aiSo SAID that
he had not received any instructions
regarding Drcyfus.
H. spite Of these declarations La De
lecl4e. Of this city publishes an inter- (
view with naval officer. who Il quot +
60 rs saying positively ihat the author
itives received the fullest instructions
long ago respecting the military ana 4
police precautions.
II IS understood that Drcyfus viii \
be- landed az the arsenal at night. and .
strict orders have been given 10 pre-
vent amy one from entering the ar
senal IT, will then be whisked Oft
t. i'ennes by special train without
staying an hour in Brrst.
IL would be easy however, To land
I,reyius on the coast In the vicinity
q lirest and place MIN ON board 4
train without the fact becoming
1nown.
The military signal men AT the
g maphore stations Thursday received
he Sirictest orders 20 exclude all
strangers.
The French first-claSs cruiser Tare.
CIV lying in the harhor has been IN
'irucfed 10 put TO sea on sunday even
iig AMI il is thought She has been or
Iered 10 meet the SfaN and have ORGY
w. transferred 10 her. But. ADMIRAL
'arrcra says the Tage IL simply going
o sea for the purpose of experiment.
ni with carrier pigeons
No doubt a big crowd will be pres
al TO witness the landing OF Drcv-
us, If he is allowed 10 bc seen. bnt
(" disorder is expected. \ detachment
z secret police has arrived here from
'aris. and has been distributed about
h. town.
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