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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12
The DISGRACE OF FRANCE,
New York Tribune.)

On no principle known to our jurls-
prudence was that astonishing tribunal
entitled to be considered a court of JUS
tice. But what presumption of justice
was there, or could there be, at Rennes,
when the judges were all the subordi-
mates. the creatures, of the prosecutors,
sworn by oath to obey them, Dounu py
military tradition and discipline TO De
subservient to them, and moved pE
every selfish hope of advancement ana
fear of punishment to traIckle to them?
The example of Colonel Picquart was
constantly before them. The judges at
Rennes We're practically told that I'M
less they wanted to suffer a like fate
they must condemn Captain Dreyfus
And they have condemned him.
Notice the vindication of the move
ment for revision. In 1894 Captain
Dreyfus was found guilty Of treason,
with no extenuating circumstances, and
was condemned to the most rigorous
form of solitary confinement for life.
Now, by tribunal of similar compost
ton, he is again found guilty, but with
"extenuating circumstances" whatever
they may be, and is condemned to only
zen years ordinary confinement in a
fortress. Between ten years in a French
fortress and a lifetime on Devils Isle,
between humane treatment and diaboh
cal torture, there is a vast difference.
This later verdict practically declares
that first one to have been too severe,
to have been unjust. Merely to have
gained such reduction OF the original
sentence is ample payment for all eff
forts of the revisionists. That such
reduction has been made by the Rennes
court is proof positive that revision was
needed. Nor win it escape the minds
of the thoughtful that the same result
suggests the possible need of further
revision If the 1894 court erred, as the
1899 court has declared, whoShall main
tain that the 1899 court was itself in
fallible?
Finally, observe the tone of even the
most respectable anti-Dreyfusites. Pass
over the frothings and rawlings OF
Rochefort. Drumont, Judet and their
like, and notice what the dignified and
authoritative "Gaulois" has to say. Its
editorial reproduced yesterday was a
frank declaration of war against the
republic. 1t could scarcely have said
more plainly than it did that the anti
Dreyfus campaign Is an anti-republicar
cier" and Colonel Jouaust and his fell
low judges, and 'Deroulede and his no
BILE companions, and the royalist
chiefs"-we quote its exact words-are
all in a league to establish, first, the
supremacy of the army over the civil
government, then to suppress religious
liberty, and finally to find the "trus
head of the nation''-to wit, a Bourbon
king. That is, as the Tribune has here
tofore commended the real aim of the
prosecutors of Captain, Dreyfus.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12
rules which intelligent men in civil
lied countries apply to conduct.
(The BROOKLYN Eagle

Labor, a mere civilian, had under
taken to bring home to the generals
dishonorable conspiracy, and in that
effort he had ignored all the Difference
due to official usage and had appealed
directly to the hated Prussian. The
general staff took alarm. The esprit
de corps of the army was shocked into
self-defense. The members of the court
martial ceased to be judges in the case
of a fellow officer and became units
in the French army arraigned to repel
an insult and to resist the attack of the
mortal enemy of their army and of
their country. That was the turning
point in the case of Dreyfus, and it
turned against him.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12
WHIMSlCALITIES.

The maid-"Oh, how l should love to
see real live train robber.
Conductor-"S Sorry miss, but the Pull
man car porter has gone up in town
somewhere. Chicago News.
Oh, Eddy, Eddy Atkinson, you take a
silly stand
You vllify your country and disgrace
your native land;
We wish you'd run for president, for
When II came to vote
Americans would give you an effective
antidote
Washington Post.
And you broke the engagement?" said
one young man.
Yes; not. brutally you know. But /
How"
Told her what my salary is,"-Tit-B Bits.
=, some, withdrawing folks" said Uncle
9Th, de devil is due dat dey clean ovuh-
looks q Tack dat some weil-behaved hui
man folks has claims to attention"
Washington Star.
tracts
Professor--Cor Give an example.
al !ons or city people for their country rel'
auVes expand. and in einter they con-
tract-Ohio State Journal
idaI"Belle said the man she marries
must nave fashionable name" NA
May1MIhe ideal And then engaged
herselt 70 an Italian" "
Chicago News.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

lawyers who were engaged on his case
the court officials and most Oh lIe
jurors have passed away, and few OF MS
contemporaries remember his crime OF
his existence. This speaks well FOR
prison management in the Pine Tree
State. where capital punishment Is IN
known. Next to having DR., Holmes IN
durable disease" apparently the best
guarantee Of old age in Maine is to be
sentenced to prison for life.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12
fNew York Times.l

A careful, dispassionate consideration
Of the proceedings in Rennes forces
foreigners to the conclusion that the
course of the judges was taken along
the line of least resistance. 1t is hard
TO comprehend upon what grounds five
of the seven judges could have based
their opinion of the guilt of the ac-
cused But this opinion may be ex-
planned in their unjudicial minds, by
the rules of the French military proce-
dure. which clearly indicate that con-
siderations OF state are never to be
subordinated to the interest of the ac-
cused Anglo-Saxon countries know
nothing of this kind of justice. Here
and in England the government is not
forced to protect itself at the expense
of the Individual In France II is DIFF
ferent. There the "paternal" idea Of
government pervades the national in
stitutlons
1t Is. of course. not to be forgotten
that the judges in this trial can not
be condemned as having consciously
violated their oaths and having pro-
nounced guilty man whom they knew
70 be innocent or at least Of having
done this wantonly and without plausi-
Bile motive. 1t Is not easy to read their
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12
Boston GlnheN

Again the Jew has been sacrificed.
Marvellous. race! For Is centuries it
has withstood the prosecutions of the
world without single weapon Of de-
Tense, only to pose today as the most
powerful object of hatred in France,
the boosted home Of chivalry and hon
or. Shall we say this, or rather say
that the questions underlying the great
drama which has just been closed in
France, transcend the Jew and Judism
For Dreyfus was but nominally Jew.
He is said to have been very lax
votary of the faith of his fathers. He
was a Jew only in name. Is there not
something behind all this that most
concerns the world and which this is
intended to conceal? This is what most
men believe today and will continue
to believe, though 20 courts should de-
clare Dreyfus guilty.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12
A NARROW ESCAPE.

Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hart Of Groton, S. D.. WAS taken
with bad cold, which settled on nv
lungs cough set in, and finally termin-
ated in consumption. Four doctors gave
me up, saying 1 could live but a short
time. l gave myself up to my Savior,
determined If / could not stay with INV
friends on earth, would meet nv an
sent ones above. My husband was adj
vised to get DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds I
gave 1t trial; took in all eight bot
ties. 1t has cured me, and, thank God.
am saved and now well and healthy
woman. Trial bottles free at Brewer &.
cos drug store Regular size SOC. and
$l.OO. Guaranteed or price refunded.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

minds. But we are bound to think
that either they distrusted their au-
thority to stamp the first court martial
with discredit or that they believed in
the guilt of Dreyfus for some reason
not disclosed in the evidence or that
they deliberately made a choice which
they deemed necessary between sacri-
ficing him and provoking disaster for
the army and the nation of France.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

BoycoJting the Paris exposition seems
to be a popular method of showing the
worldwide disapprcval of the indig-
nation at the second conviction of
Dreyfus. The suggestion comes not only
from the United States, but also from
England and Germany.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

1t was a fine spirit that prompted
Admiral Dewey ard his men to make
up a purse of $50 for the poor British
sailor who lost an arm while firing a
salute to the Olympia on it's arrival at
Gibraltar. British and American sail
ors have been great cronies since 1872
IA
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

1t would be a curious conjunction of
destinies if Dreyfus should be sent to
Corte, in Corsica, to serve the remain
der of his sentence of imprisonment
That town is historic with associations
of Paoli and Napoleon.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

Worcester Academy promises to keep
up with the procession of the other
growing schools and colleges of the
country. 1t looks as if Principal Aber-
crombie would have to pass the hat
again, if he expects to provide accom-
modations for all the boys who yearn
to come under his roof.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

Lieut.. Peary has offered up Several
toes" as his inevitable sacrifice to the
violent spirit of the Arctic regions The
census returns are not all in, so the pub
lie is not informed how many toes he
has left
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

Apparently Parson McKinny and Pri-
vate Secretary Amos L. Allen are to
fight it out Cor possession of Thomas B.
Reeds seat in the first Maine district.
The former New Hampshire democratic
congressman will have the experience
of the campaign and Mr.. Allen will have
the profits.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

The malfeasance of Louis Lange, Jr..
United States consul at Bremen, has
deeply stirred the state department,
and there are threats of demanding,
reforms in the consular service, when
congress meets. The stronger the feel
ing the better. II the inspection of con-
sular offices is farce, it is time for a
rigid reform, and that is what the
state department is represented as say
ing. The present is a favorable time for
the agitation, for the necessity Of i'm
provement in the service is generally
recognized.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

With that fine sense of the fitness of
things which characterizes the Bos-
tonians, a Boston woman went over to
New York to commit suicide. She knew
she couldn't get. unto a worse place.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

The Rennes verdict sounds much like
an insult to Emperor William. His for
eign office has distinctly declared that
it has had no dealings, directly or in
directly with the accused.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12
(Boston Post.)

If the whole process of the court
martial at Rennes were anything but
horrible farce, establishment might
be, expressed at that paragraph of the
formal verdict which states that THE
majority agreed that there are ex-
tenuating circumstance" This same
majority found Dreyfus guilty of hav-
ing in 1894 entered into Vaccinations or
held relations with foreign power or
one of its agents, to induce it to COM
NIT hostility or undertake war against
France or procure for it the means
therefor by delivering the notes and do
cuments mentioned in the document
called the bordereau." If such a crime
as this were committed, where is the
possibility Of extenuating circum-
stances? The conduct Of this affair
throughout is an insult to reason and
to JUSTICE 1t can not be judged by the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

The death of a fourth artist engaged
on the Dewey arcl imparts to the i'm
pressive structure q melancholy inter-
est that is in singular contrast with its
festal character.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

Winter is coming. New York's act
ing street cleaning commissioner has
just opened bids for the removal of
snow from the city streets.-Boston
Globe.
You're wrong. Winter has gone Wor-
cester city and street railway officials
are haggling over the snow that has
been removed from the streets.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

Down in Maine there is convict who
has served AZ years Of life sentence in
prison, but is hale and hearty and of
sound mind at the age OF 50. Meanwhile
the judges who sentenced him, all the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

The Melancholy days are here once
more, and it looks as though they would
be unusually sad ones for James H.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

1t may be that some Frenchmen can
look with Indifference upon the second
sentence of Dreyfus, but there are
many of them who do not. 1t is hard
to understand how any American or
Epglishman, knowing how sacredly the
rights of the individual are guarded bv
the laws of his own country can be
otherwise than horror-sricken
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

1t is astonishing how the growth of
treasury receipts is maintained from
month to month. For the first nine DAYS
Of September the tariff revenue was
100000 above that for the corresponding
days of August, and the internal reye-
nue. a round million higher. Expendi-
lures have also increased, but not at
the same rate as the receipts. Extra
sessions? More taxes? Go to.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12
Altgeld doesn't believe that

Altgeld doesn't believe that this coun-
try is in any danger through an en-
largement of the standing army made
necessary by expansion, and he will be
unable to make any one else believe it,
His attempt to project Dreyfus into the
campaign is a feeble effort. Bryan is the
democratic candidate, not Dreyfus.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

Hordes of American tourists who did
not engage a return passage are dfscov-
ering that it is much easier to go to
Europe than to get home again, unless
they are prepared to buy the boat, and
there are obstacles even then. The ex-
perience is not new, but on the con
trary is repeated from year to year,
though the crush this season seems to
have attained record proportions.
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Festival Ticket Sale Today.

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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

Another worlds championship and in
a new quarter. The French have long
been considered the masters at sword
play But a young American, a mere
boy, met the expert swordsmen of the
world in fair combat at Paris, last
week, and defeated them all. Bernard
Miller is now the amateur fencing
champion.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE THE EYE OF ARGUS He
is HONORABLE IF HE 90 BUT LOOK TO The WEI
FARE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IL. 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12
Festival Ticket Sale Today.

Have you tried an I. x. L.?
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-28

1t is very seldom that so fine an ex-
hibit of Cattle is shown at a fair as the
ane now on exhibition in the cattle
department at the fair grounds hero,
The exhibit is not only extra good on
account of tho large number shown,
hut, also, for the value of the animals
entered.
Ned M. Athey, superintendent of the
cattle exhibit, Is enthusiastic over the
interest which the stock raisers of the
county have taken in the fair this
year and states that never during his
years of experience In county eair
work has he seen such cattle exhibit
from q standpoint of quality and
quantity as the one now under his
charge.
Among the principle exhibitors in
this department are;
VIM Kelley, four Polled cattle.
John Aahner, five Herefnrds.
l.. p Stebhins, one Jersey.
j. Il. Mann, twelve Short Horns
=. Ii. Teigler, one Jersey
Homer Caldwell, five Red l'olled
cattle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-28

the main attraction for few
hours, and whenever an unex.
pected horse seemed to extend his
conscious nose in advance of his
antagonist, the exultant crowd
would cheer the echo, and the gay
refrain could be easily distingu-
ished because of the feminine
voices as they were rendered un-
conscious of the final outcome OF
the superior foe. Thus ended the
second day Of the Harrison County
Fair, made more so because Of
fine weather accompanying the
satisfied nature of all who were
successful in participating in the
recuperative pastime.
"a CLAss-puRsE $2OO.-FlRsT HEAT.
Daisy j, 1-Owner, E. F. James, Mo.
Valley.
Dina Boggs, 2-Owner, Gus. E.
Hooks, Carroll.
Miss Huckins, 3-Owner, w. l..
Sharp, Nebraska City.
Time x l.l9-mile s.25.
SECOND HEAT.
Miss Huckins l>t.
Daisy j End
Dina Boggs 3rd
Time Il l.7O-mile 2:25
Miss Huckins, owned by W. s.
Sharp, Neb. City, 1st.
Daisy j, =. F. james, NJ. v.
End.
Danl. Boggs, Gus z. Hod., 3rd.
Time: l-2 mile, l:09. Mile
2::22.
FOUATM HEAT.
Miss Huckins Nv. L. Sharp.
Daisy j 2-E. F. James.
Dina Boggs 3-Gus E. Hooks.
x mile l.12-mile 2.2511l.
COUNTY TRoT.
Half mile heats, best two in three:
Buck I'D. Roach, Mo. Valley.
Spider Pr. Newton, Mo. Valley.
Doll 3-P. Terry, Little Sioux.
Belle Mack 4-Harry Newton, Mo.
Valley.
George 5-P. Terry, Little Sioux.
First heat-time Il mile 1.2O.
Second heats mile 100.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-28


Exhibitors were not yet finished
with their products when the
noon hour rang out the message
announcing that chicken-pot-pie,
chicken salad, roast turkey, coffee
and ham sandwiches, were in
waiting, as everywhere could be
seen busy men arranging the diff
ferent products of mans conceiv-
able forethought and uuceasing
muscular and:mental strides.
To say that Harrison County
Agricultural Society, have catered
to the ever sukpecting public,
would indeed be putting it lightly.
They seemed to have chosen a
path calculated to win additional
laursls for tho year 1899, as not
only have they had erected com
modious barn, for the sole recep-
tion Of prime cattle, but they
have made extensive improve
ments in other lines, recovering a
portion of the out sheds tributary
to the covered sheds, and have
also erected public comfort
houses, and when these with the
increased display Of chickens,
cows, hogs, horses aud machinery
is looked upon ,&ith the visible
eye, one is made tds feel keen
interest in the present compliment
|tary management Of the present
fair.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-28

By being centrally located, the
Fair Management have succeeded
in attracting a variety of race
horses and some of them il is
needless to say, bear good records,
and what is more creditable to the
Management than anything else,
is, the horses are principally, if
not quite, entirely of local owner
ship.
Among the owners, appear the
names of A. s. Tolbert, with (3)
horses: Sedger G, Captain jerks,
and Emma Balms; are registered,
and it might be mentioned Incl
dentally, that a match running
race took place this morning upon
the track, between Capt. jerks,
Mr. Talbert's horse, and Post
Maid, owned by Mr.. Gray of
Castania, and another by the
name of Liger, owned by Dem
ningan, for purse of $500.
Mr.. Talbert's Capt. jerks, got the
money, while Post Maid came in
End. Time 81 3-4; heat Ia mile.
Mr.. Jim Autrems also has three
horses; w. II. Price, Pat Dowing
and one other, with records rang-
ing about 2:20.
Mr.. L O Chamberlain of Maple
ton, has his horse, Major B" with
record of 2.2l Ia; also another
registered, name, Montana Girl;
has record of Las at the age OF
IL years, Sd heat; both horses with
records unequaled by any borse
in this part of the state. Mrs. 8.
L. Chamberlain, with her horse
Gee Gee, sired by Spokane.
Trotting record, 2:35. Gee Gee
has a record at 4-years-old of 2:l5
Ia.
There are lots of other horses,
belonging to Mr. Frazier, Mr.
Mercer, and MIR. w. S. Shoup,
with records ranging from 2;26 l-9
Idown.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-28

Every advantageous point in
the spacious floral hall has al
ready been spoken for by pros
nectiya exhibitors, and one Of the
finest displays in the history of
tho Association may be looked for
In this department. Many Of the
departments are already being
fixed up in splendid shape. Those
in charge of others are making all
possible haste to get ready.
The building proper has not
been overlooked by the decorators,
but instead has received due at
Ienntiop: The once bare bare walls snf of
The structure are now adorned
with beautiful festoons Of the
products Of the farm, patriotic
emblems are in abundance. In
tho hall the display of corn, wheat
oats and other cereals is one
which any county may be proud
Of, and bears mute testimony to
the fertility and productiveness ol
Hsrritoa cennty..s soil,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-28
E1SE HOGS:

One of the most worthy and
prominent display to be seen upon
the grounds is a boar hog, owned
by Mr.. VIM. Kirk. The animal
was one year of age in April, of
this year, '99, and will tip the
scale at 525 pounds.
The boar is a full-blooded
Poland China, and is registered.
He also has some smaller ones,
bred in April and July, '99 respec.
lively; but 525 lbs for a yearling
| hog is extraordinary, as the aver
age weight considered at that age
is 1926 lbs.
Mr.. Talbert has among his Other
attractive features fine ostrich
whose feathers might be more
conspicuous were they adorning 8
lady's head-gear.
This afternoon the races wer'
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-28
MACHINEEY:

Messrs James & Zahner, rep
resenting the Columbia Carriage
Co.'S, goods, have a very credit
able display Of farm machinery
and wagons of the light road type,
comprising phaetons and buggief
principally.
Also, Mr.. WIN. Neufind, rep
resenting the goods of the Deere
& Wells Co., and Pioneer Imple.
ment Co.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-28

N. M. Athey, who looks after
the cattle exhibits on the grounds,
has extended to the exhibitors
every courtesy possible, and, the
display which will be made in the
new cattle sheds, north of the
floral hall, this year promises TO
be one capable of pleasing the
most fastidious.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-28

MT. and Mrs. William Ross, Of
Arapoho, Nebraska, left this morning
for Modale, after few days visit in
the city with John Hatcher and family.