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pushed in the avenues without uttered
loud and menacing cries against the
prisoExr. At exactly nine o'clock the
drums rolled, the troops presented
arms, and the regimental band played
melancholy tune. The sentence was
read, Dreyfus standing firmly with
head erect, his left hand resting on the
pommel of his sword, and his eyes look
ing squarely in the eyes of Gen. Darras,
who commanded the troops. Then
gigantic sergeant tore the triple band
from the captains cap, the buttons
from his coat, the gold lace from the
collar and sleeves, and the red stripes
from his trousers. AS the sergeant
flung them on the ground Dreyfus
threw up his arms and cried in voice
heard far beyond the limits of the court
yard: "You are degrading an innocent
man. Long live France!" A roar of
eXecration answered him: death to
the traitor!" and the big sergeant
roughly tore the sword belt from him,
wrenched the sword from it's scabbard,
broke it across his knee, flung the
| fragments on the ground and stamped
the mob without, the degraded officer,
a grotesque and lamentable figure in
his defaced uniform, was marched
round the hollow square, protesting his
| innocence and crying: Long live
France!" while the drums rolled in or
der to drown his voice. Finally, after
being photographed and measured as
criminal, he was driven in the prison
van to La Sante prison, and thence
taken, on January 10, to La Rochelle,
where he was embarked for the neigh
boring lie de Re, on which is the prison
wherein convicts sentenced to trans
| portation await their embarkation.
Mobs all along the route sought to at
tack him, and the guard of gendarmes
had to struggle hard to keep their pris-
oner from being murdered. He was
eventually taken to the lie du Diable off
the coast of French Guiana.
The chronology of this famous case
follows:
OCTOBER. 1S94-Gen. Mercler, minister of
war gives order after an investigation
conducted by Commandant du Patty de
Clam to arrest Capt Alfred Dreyfus.
This Is done by Du Patty de Clam and NJ
Cochefort, chief of detectives. Capt.
| Dreyfus Is lodged In the Cherchi-Midi
prison by Lieut.. Col Henry, who delivers
him to Commandant Forzlnettl, in charge
of the prison.
| NOVEMBER, 1S94-An indictment Is found
against Capt. Dreyfus by the officers of
the bureau of information connected
with the general staff.
DECEMBER. 1894-The first council of
war, assembled at Cherche-M Midi. unani-
mously condemns Capt. Dreyfus to de-
portation for life in an inclosed fortifca-
tion
JANUARY 4. 1Ss5-Capt. Dreyfus is de =.
graded by Gen. Darras in the School of
War.
FEBRUARY. 1S95-Dreyfus is taken Wy the
steamer La Rochelle to the Island de
Re, thence to be embarked for Devils
island.
MAY. 1885, Lieut.. Col. Picquart discovers
the petit bleu." successfully attributed
to Coils. Panlzzardi. military attache OF
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martial, read the text of dispatch re-
ceived by Count Won Munster-Leyden-
burg, the German ambassador at Paris,
from Prince Hohenlohe, the German
imperial chancellor, which the former
communicated to M. Casimir-Perier
during a visit to the Elysee palace.
"ais majesty, the emperor, having
every confidence in the loyalty of the
president of the republic and the gov
ernment of the republic" it ran, "begs
your eXcellency to tell NJ. Casimir-Per-
ier that it is proved the German en-
bassy was never implicated in the
Dreyfus affair. His majesty hopes the
government of the republic will not
hesitate to declare so. Without for.
NAL declaration the legeMd which here
continues to spread Regarding the Ger
man embassy would compromise the
position of the representative of Ger
many"
The communication is signed "Ho-
henlohe."
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prisoner guilty and sentenced him to
transportation for life, after being sub
jected to military degradation.
On the morning of January 4 the
condemned man was ordered to put on
captains uniform that had been spe-
cially prepared by having the lace on
the cap, the red seams of the trousers,
and the buttons and trimmings on the
tunic taken Off and then stitched on
again loosely enough to stay in place,
but SO loosely that they could easily be
torn OFF. The sword that he was made
to buckle on had been filed on each side
about half way down the blade. He was
then searched, handcuffed, placed in a
prison van, and taken by military es-
cort to the Ecole Militaire, where he was
marched between guards into the CEN
ter of a hollow square of troops in the
large courtyard of the school. He had
already twice asserted his innocence to
Capt Lebrun-Renaud, who commanded
his guard. The morning was misty and
rainy, and the courtyard was a muddy
waste, round which loomed the build
inss with windows filled with faces,
while vast crowd that surged and
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of the Morlaix district, accepted by NJ.
Guerin, minister of justice, and demand
ing that the Aurore be prosecuted. The
letter signed "Uhlan," produced by Nine.
de Boulancy, and work of Commandant
Esterhazy, is delivered to M. Bertulus,
examining magistrate. Beginning of pub
lie meetings of the revisionists in the
Tivoli-Vaux hall The minister of war
lodges complaint against NJ. Emile lola
and against the Aurore. Messrs. Zola,
author of II accuse" and Perreux, pub
Usher of the Aurore, are summoned. NJ.
Jaures address this question to M Meline,
president of the cabinet: HAS or has rot
information been given to the court-mar-
tlal of which the defendant knew moth
ing?" M. Meline refuses to answer.
1898 Formation OF the
League OF Human and Citizens Rights.
From the 7th to the 23d first tr.al of lola
in the court of the Seine under the pres
idency of Councillor Delegorgue. NJ.
Labori defends Emile Zola. NJ. Albert
clemenceau defends M. Perreux, and M
George Clemenceau defends the Aurore.
Zola Is sentenced to one year In prison
and fine of 5000 francs NJ. Perreux to
four months In prison and fine Of 1900
francs. Lieut.. Col. Picquart is placed on
the retired list.
MARCH. 1S9S-The revisionists provoke an
incident In court during the attempt Of
NJ. Jules Auffray, who proclaims In favor
of the Zola jury. to make himself heard.
The incident has no consequences. Sui
eide of Lemercier- Picard Duel between
Plcquart and Henry. Emile Zola and the
Aurore appeal on the 30th against the
sentence of February %.
APRIL, 189S-Annulment OF the sentence
against Messrs. Zola and Perreux because
the minister OF wa and not the court
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M LFREDDREYFUS captain in the
~ Fourteenth regiment of artil-
ca Ia lery in the French army, was at
tached to the second bureau of the
general staff, where future plans of
mobilization and other military meas
ures of great Importance are discussed,
prepared and drawn up. For some time
constant leakage" of these contiden-
tial documents had been noticed, de-
tectives had been employed and Drey-
fus was under suspicion. On October
/, 1894, he was suddenly detached from
the war office and appointed to service
in the Thirty-ninth regiment at the
Ecole Militaire. On October IA he re-
ceived at his luxurious home near the
Trocadero a summons to attend at the
ministry of war, and he went there the
next morning. He was received by Maj.
du Patty de Clam, who said that he was
very busy and asked the captain to
help him by taking down letter that
he would dictate. There were other
persons in the room whowere strangers
to Dreyfus, and-a circumstance that
only struck him afterward-an ar
rangement of mirrors by which his
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THE SECRET possIER, ..
Records of the rriGi iPfesesvsdb by the
Department tqo3ysKnr,-


The secret dossier. which figures so
prominently in the Dreyfus case, is
collection of papers belonging to the
war department and collected In con-
nection with the .case,, These papers
are said to contain proof of Dreyfus'
guilt even beyond the bordereau. The
latter was admittedly written by Ester
hazy. During the first Dreyfus trial
this dossier (Which in, free transla-
tion would mean record of-the case')
was submitted TO the. court-martial in
executive session; not even Dreyfus' at
torneys being permitted to be present
during this examination. There are,
all told, some 400 Documents in this col
lection. These papersare. examined in
secret session, but ,Dreyfns' attorneys
are present, so they may be Informed
of the record of the charges based upon
these papers. Secreey.is demanded by
the government because. it is claimed
that publication would cause compli-
cations with foreign governments.
The secret dossier has been in exclusive
control of the general staff mp. TO the
present trial, and there, is, of course, no
saying what it may contain. So far
the entire nasty Dreyfus mess has
shown so much corruption: conspiracy
and forgery that the value of this Sc
cret dossier is very ppoblepatical.
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senate, in the case of Dreyfus, who de-
clares on the 14th to his colleagues in the
Luxembourg palace that he is convinced
of the innocence of Dreyfus."
OCTOBER, 1S97-M. de Castro, banker, be-
lieves that he recognizes in the facsimile
of the bordereau, once more published
in the Matin, the handwriting of Com
mandant Esterhazy. NJ. Ranc, senator
of the Seine district, carries to the lobby
of the chamber of deputies the speech de-
livered by NJ. Scheurer-Kestner In the
senate. He has, on the SOth, an inter
view upon this subject with Gen. Billot,
minister of war
NOVEMBER, 1S97-Interview of NJ. Ma
thieu Dreyfus, brother of the condemned.
with NJ. Scheurer-Kestner. Beginning of
the campaign of the Figaro in favor of a
revision. NJ Matthew Dreyfus officially ac-
cuses Commandant Esterhazy with being
the author of the bordereau; Esterhazy Is
turned over to a council of investigation
Commandant Forzinetti is dismissed be-
cause he stated to NJ. Henri Rochefort
that Dreyfus is innocent. Search of the
home of Lieut.. Col. Picquart in Yron-
Villarceau street. Lieut.. Col. Picquart is
recalled from, Tunis, where he had been
sent on a mission, and is examined by
Gen. PellieuX, commissioner of investi-
cation in the Esterhazy matter.
DECEMBER, 1S97-The Dreyfus border
eau, examined in 1894 by the experts Co
bert. Pelletier. Charavay and CrepiuX-
Janun, is turned over to the papers in the
Esterhazy case and is submitted to a
new examination by the experts Bel
homme, Couard and Varlnard. Interpret
lation in the chamber of deputies and in
the senate; Gen. Billot declares that
"Dreyfus has been justly and legally
condemned" Letter of Emile Zola to
the young people of France. The docu-
ments of Lemercler-Picard upon the
factory of forgeries' of a syndicate
documents themselves recognized as for
gerles In the trial1 are published in the
Intransigeant. Call for a court-martial
by Gen. Saussier to try Esterhazy.
JANUARY, 1S9S-In consequence of a re-
port by Commandant Ravary. Command
ant Esterhazy is acquitted by the court
martial presided over by Gen. Luxer and
leaves the CherGhe-Midi prison on the
arm of his friend, Mile. Marguerite Pays.
He receives an ovation in the street.
Lieut.. Col. Picquart lodges a complaint
upon the subject of two kilograms signed
blanche" and "Speranza," addressed
to him at Tunis and intended to compro-
mise him. On the 18th Aurore publishes
Emile Zola's IT accuse" letter to the
president of the republic. Lieut.. Col.
Picquart is arrested. The chamber of
deputies votes the order of the day upon
the motion of NJ. de Mein, representative
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at the first hint of Dreyfus' denial to
charge the minister with trying to
smother the case because Dreyfus was
Jew. That added fuel to his flame,
and Mercier became the most rabid
foe of the imperiled captain. The press
rewarded him by declaring him the
paragon of patriots. Yet he knew he
could not crush Dreyfus with the ma
terial at hand, and he must act at once.
He rose at the first court-martial-
minister of war in the republics cabi-
net-and said: Gentlemen, there is
something more. I shall read you one
sentence from letter in cipher that
some months ago came into possession
of the ministry. You will comprehend
it's source, although l am not permit
ted to present it's context: Decidedly
this scoundrel of Dreyfus is becom-
ing too exacting." He had wholly.
deliberately changed the sentence, for
the paper from which he read did not
contain the name of Dreyfus, but the
initial ID" only. On this bit of ir-
regularly submitted, boldly perjured
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every movement and expression could
be seen by everybody present. Du Patty
then dictated to him the memorandum
which afterward became famous as the
bordereau. AT one point Du Patty sud
denly asked Dreyfus what was the
matter, and asserted that his hand
shook. Dreyfus replied that his hands
were cold. Then he was left alone in
the room and found a loaded revolver
lying among some papers on the table
beside him. Half an hour later NJ.
Cochefert, head of the detective police,
accompanied by Commander Henry, of
the second bureau, entered, and Drey-
fus was placed under arrest on the
charge of high treason and taken to
the Cherche-Midi prison, all the time
protesting his innocence. The order
committing him was dated October IA,
the day before he was arrested or ex-
amined.
On October 2s hint of the arrest was
conveyed to one of the Paris newspa-
pers and the next day an ambiguous
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note appeared in that journal asking if
it were true that an important military
arrest had recently taken place. This
set everybody talking, for in France
anything concerning the army is con-
sidered of paramount importance.
Wild stories were afloat, and the excite
ment reached fever heat when the news
was confirmed on November /, by the
appearance of brief official commune
cation in all the papers. Dreyfus was
kept in close confinement until Deem
ber G, when his counsel, NJ. Demange,
was allowed to see him. On December
10 Dreyfus was arraigned before the
courtmartial which was held in the
Censeilde Guerre building, opposite the
Cherche-Midi prison. Great crowds
gathered to see him cross the street
and shoGte.;; death to the traitor!"
The trial WAS secret and lasted until
December 2s, when the court found the
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the italian embassy, and Schwarzkoppen,
military attache of the German embassy,
and addressed to Commandant Ester
hazy. Lieut.. Col. Picquart comes to the
conclusion that Commandant Esterhazy
is guilty.
1S96-The Eclar publishes
the secret document: "Ce canaille de
D." -
OCTOBER 1S96-M. Barnard-Lazaro pub
fishes his first pamphlet tending to show
Ae innocence of Dreyfus.
1S96-Publicat'or of the copy
of the bordereau in the Matln. NJ. Cas-
telin, representative from the L'Alsne
district, interpellates Gen. Billot, min
lister of war, upon the publication of
papers connected with the trial.
MAY, 1S97-First disputes between Lieut..
Coils. Picquart and Henry
JUNE, 1S97-Leut Col. Picquart takes
counsel with Nine. Leblois.
JULY. 1S97-Mme. Leblois Interests M.
ScheurerKestner, vice president of the
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GENESIS OF THE CASE.
How the Web to Catch Capt. Dreyfua
Was Woven.


Gen. Mercier was minister of war
when the French spy at the German
embassy brought to the secret service
of the French army the fragments of
the bordereau. The report was re-
ceived by Col. Patty de Clam, head of
the secret service. He was n violent
Jew-hater. He appealed to Bertillon,
and the man who invented the Bertillon
system for measuring and identifying
criminals, following Paty's suggestion
who in turn reflected Gen. Mercier's
antipathy to the Jews-said it looked
like Dreyfus' handwriting. 1t was re-
ported. NLercier ordered that Dreyfus
be arrested. Patty de Clam tried to
prepare the case against him. 1t was
not strong enough to suit Mercier, and
the minister of war secured n pleader
whose skill was as great as Paty's in
fanny. The anti-Semitic party and
press had doubts of Mercier, and caught
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THE FAMOUS ponpEREAu.
to he the Main Evil
dence Against Dreyfus.

The famous bordereau (memoran-
dunn list), which is acknowledged to be
the main evidence against Dreyfus, was
discovered in April, 1894, among waste
papers from the German embassy, in
the particular department of Col. Count
Schwarzkoppen, the military attache,
by secret emissaries of the French gov
ernment, who had bribed the janitor
to surrender these papers. 1t is in
translation as follows:
In the absence of any news indicating
your desire to see me, 1 nevertheless send
you, sir, certain Information of interest:
1. A note on the hydraulic brake of 120
(method of operating this piece).
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Hear DreYfus')
bit of evidence the judges based n de-
cision they had already formulated.
Furthermore, that scrap of paper in
Gen. Mercier's trembling hand was in
not even the remotest manner con-
nected with the alleged selling of
French army secrets to the Germans.
1t was fragment from some inter
cepted correspondence, passing be-
tween attaches of different embassies,
and related 10 matters even more in
famous. more unspeakable, than any
treason of which Dreyfus was accused.
But Gen. Mercier's best efforts could
not keep the truth buried, nor could
his subseryiency to the rabble and the
rank alike secure him in his seat as
minister of war. He has been warned
TO leave France, but has chosen to 49,
main, at leasr for the present
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THn EnIrEnoR.s DENIAL.
States Tint Germany -nought No Sc
crcts fr6ma Dfey fIis.

The enemies of Dreyfls laid partic-
ular stress upon the alleged fact that
the accused officer had sold army Sc
crets to Germany. This charge was
disproved August 12 ny ex-President
Casimir-Perier who, before the court
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@ A note on the outpost troops. "a few
notifications will be made by the new
plan)
3. A note on. notifications of artillery
formation.
A. A note relating to Madagascar.
g. The scheme relative to the manual of
field firing (March IA, 1880.
This last paper is extremely difficult
to procure. and can have it at my disposal
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conscientious Hoys.
lrrnn the Now York Sun \


They tell of a college prank the boys at
Princeton played on Prof. ''Winky' Young
professor OF astronomy, whose opening
joke at lectures is Order, gentlemen, or
der was heavens first law" But that 5
not this one. His recitations. says an eX-
change, were recently held the first thing
in the morning, and he had to admonish
the students in his division to correct the
fault of tardiness, which he claimed was
increasing in iamentable manner. and
when one OF the students explained that
they all studied so late at night that they
were apt to oversleep in the morning he
kindly advised them to secure alarm
clocks, which he said were one of the most
valuable and useful of inventions.
The next day nearly every student in the
class came into recitation with an alarm
clock in his pocket, which by patient and
united efforts were set so that one would
90 off promptly al every successive minute
of the hour.
The effect can be imagined. Shortly
after the first student was called to recite
one of the clocks in the pocket of boy al
the other end of the room went off with
a terrible clamor and before it had finish
ed second in another part of the room
made even louder racket. There was n
brief interval which the professor utilized
10 call up another student. but the latter
was scarcely on his feet before the third
clock went off.
The performance was continued for halt
an hour or more, when the professor. who
had keen sense OF humor, recognized the
situation and cut short the fun by tprmi-
mating the recitation. The boys explained
that they had followed his advice and Sc
cured alarm clocks, which they were car
rying around with them because they were
likely to fall asleep at most any time
The times., 1899-02-27
SILK FROM THE SEA.
Mediterranean Fish Witch Spins
"a Eilniy Card

The pima (mytilidae), shellfsh found
in the Mediterranean Sea, contributes 10
the worlds silk production in small guam
titles. This shelltish has the power of
secTeting a vscid silk. which is made
into a handsome fabric in Sicily. This
fibre is elected by the shell-fish for the
purpose of fastening itself to the rocks
and it is able to guide the delicate fila
ments TO the proper place and there glue
(which is done at low tide) is washed in
soap and water dried, Strengthened and
carded, one pound of the coarse flament
yielding about three ounces of fine thread,
which. when spun. is of lovely FURNISHED
golden brown color.
The Berlin Royal Museum has recently
received a pair of golden brown silk gloves
made of byssus silk This silk is obtained
from the small silky tufts protruding from
the byssus shell. This fibre is silky and
changes in color from greenish yellow TO
dark brown. The single threads are from
two to three inches long, and after being
cleaned and dried they are spun into warn.
Byssus silk woven into material is still n
great curiosity, for the supply of material
is so scarce that industrial development
of the manufacture is out of the question
Fishermen tear the shell from the rocks,
and after cutting the tufts. return them
into basins of shallow water; the tufts
will grow again in year. Ii requires be-
tween 5000 and 1900 shells to obtain one
pound of fibre.
The times., 1899-02-27
Making the Servant Happy

bloin lhc New J OK liinesj
Yes. said the woman, u believe in
doing everything possible TO make my ser
wants comfortable. and you would never
guess the one thing / have done which
seems to have given the greatest satisfac-
tion and which ! believe has had the best
results. My one servant now is an Irish
woman of the better class and as YOU
may imagine. she is great tea drinker.
One thing that ! learned after she came
TO me was that she did not care for tea
If she had TO drink il from a thick cup. In
other words. she is something of a con
noisseur. and does not think tea is fit to
drink unless she can have it from a deli
cate cup. / was very much surprised when
| learned that. but ] took ii as a lesson
and made good use of it, have now fitted
her out with pretty set of thin china
for her own use, and you have no idea how
pleased she is. There are two cups and
saucers, several plates and a pretty little
creamer and sugar bowl. and she can have
friends visit her occasionally if she likes
Expensive? No, not at all. You know
what pretty thin china you can get in
japanese or Chinese ware for comparative
ly little. or Of other kinds of china for that
matter. And ! never made a better invest
ment' / never saw anyone as pleased as
Mary was. She has her china in one cor
ner OF the kitchen closet-the one with n
glass front-and have made little cloths
for her table from old table cloths and
such pleased and grateful woman as she
is, She seems 10 enjoy life thoroughly
and she handles my fine china apparently
with a feeling of affection that | have
never seen shown for il before. She has
a fellow feeling with me now. II Is only a
little thing that l have done but If you
will stop TO think, ii is really the little
things that crafty our particular tastes
that give us the greatest pleasure in life
Perhaps every girl would not care for this
particular favor, but il will pay TO study
a girl and find out some of her small fan
cies and crafty them if possible"