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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 NJ. Eertulus,
examining magistrate. Beginning of pub
lie meetings of the revisionists in the
Tivoli-Vaux hail. The minister of war
lodges complaint against NJ Emile lola
and against the Aurore Messrs. lola,
author Of II accuse" and Perreux, pub
Usher of the Aurore, are summoned. M.
Jaures address this question to NJ Muline,
president of the cabinet: Has or has bot
information been given to the court-mar-
tial of which t,Ic defendant knew roth
mgr NJ. MeiI1e refuses to answer
1898 Formation OF the
League of Human and Citizens Rights.
From the 7th to the Esd first tr:al of lola
in the court of the Seine under the pres
idency of Councillor Delegcrgue NJ.
Labori defends Emile lola, III. Albert
Clemenceau defends NJ. Perreux. and M.
George Clemenceau defends the Aurore.
lola is sentenced to one year In prison
and fine of 5000 francs; NJ. Pe-reux to
four months in prison and f1ne Of 5000
francs. Lieut.. Col. PicQuart Is placed on
the retired list.
MARCH. lS9S-The revisionists provoke an
incident in court during the attempt OF
NJ. Jules Auffray, who prcclaims in favor
of the lola jury, to make himself heard.
The Incident has no consequences. Sui
eide VI Lemercier-Picard Duel netween
Picquart and Henry. Emile Zola and the
Aurore appeal on the 3lth against the
sentence of February 3.
APRIL. 1S9S-Annulment Of the sentence
against Messrs. Zola and Perreux because
the minister OF wa and not the court
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MAY, 1S99-M. Ballot Beaupre finishes his
rannrt tho oourt

MAY, 1S99-M Ballot Beaupre finishes his
report to the court.
JUNE, 1S99-Paul Deroulede acquitted.
Court Of cessation decides in favor of
Dreyfus on the revision Esterhazy con-
fesses having written the bordereau.
JULY, 1S99-Dreyfus returns to France on
the Sd. Governor of DEVILS island dis
missed for cruelty to Dreyfus. Esterhazy
refuses to testify before the new court
martial which is to retry Dreyfus.
| AUGUST, 1S99-New trial of Dreyfus be-
, gins on the 7th.
August Z, 1899, the court-martial held
its first session. The court was COM
posed as follows: ,....
Col. Jouaust, director in the engineer
| corps, president.
Lieut.. Col. Brongniart, director Of the
| school of artillery.
| Maj. De Breon. Of the Seventh regiment
| of artillery.
Maj Profillet, of the Tenth regiment of
artillery.
Maj, Merle. of the Seventh regiment of
artillery.
Capt. Par.ait. of the Seventh regiment of
artillery.
Capt. Beauvais. Of the Seventh regiment
of artillery.
Counsel for Dreyfus were Maitres
Labor and Demange-the latter one of
the most celebrated criminal lawyers
in France. Maj. Carriere represented
the government as counsel for the pros
ecution. Early on Monday morning,
August IA, while Maitre Labor, one
of Dreyfus' attorneys, was on his Way
to the court, he was shot by an assassin
and seriously wounded.
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pushed in the avenues without uttered
loud and menacing cries against the
prisoner. At exactly nine o'clock the
drums rolled, the troops presented
arms, and the regimental band played a
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 q
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 its scabbard,
broke it across his knee, flung the
fragments on the ground and stamped
upon them. Then, amid bowls from
the mob without, the degraded officer,
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 a
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: .ta
! OCTOBER, 1S94-Gen. MERCER. 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 Cherch.-Midi
! prison by Lieut. Col. Henry, who delivers
him to Commandant ForSinett 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, 1S94-The first council OF
war, assembled at Cherche- Midi, unani-
mously condemns Capt Dreyfus to de-
pertation for life in an inclosei fortinca-
ton.
JANUARY T. 1S95-Capt. Dreyfus is de
graded by Gen. Darras In the School of
| War.
FEBRUARY, 1S95-Dreyfus is taken by the
steamer La Rochelle to the Island de
Re, thence to be embarked for Devils
| island.
MAY 1S96-L.eut. Col Picquart discovers
the petit bleu," successfully attributed
to Coils. Psnizzardl. military attache of
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THE SECRET DOsSIER.
Records of the Trial Preserved by the
Department of War,


The secret dossier, which figures so
prominently in the Dreyfus case, is a
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 dosser (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 papers are examined in
secret session, but Dreyfus' attorneys
are present, so they may be informed
of the record of the charges based upon
these papers. Secrecy is demanded by
the government because it is claimed
that publication would cause compli-
cations with foreign governments.
The secret dosser has been in exclusive
control of the general staff up 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 problematical.
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senate, In the case Of Dreyfus, VINO de-
clares on the 14th to his colleagues in the
Luxembourg palace that he is convinced
of the innocence of Dreyfus."
OCTOBER, ISM. 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. M. Ranc, senator
of the Seine district, carries to the lobby
of the chamber of deputies the speech de-
livered by M. Standardization in the
senate. He has, on the S0th, an inter
view upon this subject with Gen. Billot,
minister of war.
NOVEMBER, 1S97-Intervlew Of M. Ma
thieu Dreyfus, brother of the condemned.
with NJ. Scheurer-Kestner Beginning of
the campaign of the Figaro in favor of
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 M. Henri Rochefort
that Dreyfus is innocent. Search of the
home of Lieut.. Col. Picquart in Yron-
Vilarceau 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 Go
bert, Pelletier, Charavay and Crepiux-
Janun, is turned over to the papers in the
EsterhaZy case and Is submitted to
new examination by the experts Bel
homme, Couard and Varlnard. Interpret
laton in the chamber of deputies and in
the senate; Gen. Billot declares that
"Dreyfus has been justly and legally
condemned" Letter Of Emile lola to
the young people of France. The docu-
ments of Lemercier-Picard upon the
factory of forgeries" of a syndicate
documents themselves recognized as for
geries in the trial. are published in the
Intransigeant. Call for court-martial
by Gen. Saussier to try Esterhazy.
JANUARY, 1S9S-In consequence of re-
port by Commandant Ravary, Command
ant Esterhazy is acquitted by the court
martial presided over by Gen. Luxer and
leaves the Cherche-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 II 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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martial, read the text of dispatch re-
ceived by Count Won Munster-Lev dem
burg, the German ambassador a; Paris,
from Prince Hohenlohe, the German
imperial chancellor, which the former
communicated to M. Casimir perieI
during q visit to the Elysec palace.
His majesty, the emperor, kGving
every confidence in the loyalty OF tie
president of the republic and the gov
eminent of the republic" it ran, 'begs
your eXcellency to tell NJ. Casimir-Per-
Ter 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 a for
NAL declaration the legend which ere
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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GENESIS OF THE CASE.
How the Web to Catch Capt. Dreyts4A
Was Woven.

Gen. MERCER was minister of VIZ
when the French spy at the Germa"
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 a 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. MERCER ordered that Dreyfus
be arrested. Patty de Clam tried to
prepare the case against him. 1t was
not strong enough to suit MERCER, and
the minister of war secured pleader
whose skill was as great as Paty's in
fanny. The anti-Semitic party and
press had doubts of MERCER, and caught
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every movement and expression could
he seen by everybody present. Du Patty
chen dictated to him the memorandum
which afterward became famous as the
gsordereau. 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 loaded revolver
lying among some papers on the table
beside him. Half an hour later M.
Gesclefert, head of the detective police,
accompanied by Commander Henry, of
She second bureau, entered, and Drey-
1us 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,
che day before he was arrested or eX-
amiaed
On October % hint of the arrest was
conveyed to one of the Paris newspa-
pers and the next day an ambiguous
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the italian embassy, and Sch va rzkoppe1 Al,
military attache of the German embassy,
and addressed to Commandant Ester
hazy Lieut.. Col. Picquart comes to the
conclusion that Commandant Esterhazy
Is guilty.
1S9G-The Eclair publishes
the secret document: "Ce canaille de
D."
OCTOBER, 1S9G-M. Barnard-Lazare pub
fishes his first pamphlet tending to show
the innocence of Dreyfus.
1S96-Publicatio of the copy
of the bordereau in the Matin. M. Cas-
telin. representative from the L'Alsne
district, interpellales 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-Lieut. Col. Picquart takes
counsel with Nine. Lehlois.
JULY, 1S97-Mme. Leblois interests M.
Standardization, vice president Of the
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bit of evidence the judges based 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 a fragment from some inter.
cepted correspondence, passing be-
tween attaches of different embassies,
and related to 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
bis subserviency to the rabble and tbs
rank alike secure him in his seat ss
minister of war. He has been warned
to leave France, but has chosen to re-
main, at least for abe present.
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THE FAMOUS BORDEREAU.
Acknowledged to Dc the Main Evil
dence Against Dreyfus.

The famous bordereau (memoran-
dun 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
eminent, 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, nevertheless send
you, sir, certain information of interest:
/. A note on the hydraulic brake of 120
(method of operating this piece.
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"a, f = b.
mole appeared in that journal asking if
1T were true that an Important military
arrest had recently taken place. This
set everybody talking, for in France
anything concerning the army is con-
sfdered OF paramount Importance.
Mild stories were afloat, and the excite
1nent reached fever heat when the news
WAS confirmed on November /, by the
appearance of brief official communi-
cation in all the papers. Dreyfus was
Kept in close confinement until Decem-
her 6, when his counsel, NJ. Demange,
was allowed to see him. On December
10 Dreyfus was arraigned before the
scourt-martial, which was held in the
Csaseiide Guerre building, opposite the
Gherehe-NIidi prison. Great crowds
gathered TO see him cross the street
and shouted: death to the traitor!"
The trial was secret and lasted until
Necsmber %, when the court found the
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M M E. DREYFUS,

2. A note on the outpost troops. "a few
notifications will be made by the new
plan.)
8. A note on notifications Of artillery
formation.
4. A note relating to Madagascar.
5. The scheme relative to the manual of
field firing (March IA, 1890
This last paper is extremely difficult
to procure, and / can have 1t at my disposal
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THE EMPEROR's DENIAL.
States That Germany Bought No Sc
crets from Dreyfus.

The enemies of Dreyfus laid partic-
ular stress upon the alleged fact that
the accused officer had sold army Sc
crsts TO Germany. This charge was
d;sproved August ~ by ex-President
Casimir-Peri1r who, before the court
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-08
oEwEY's LESSON TO THE WOMEN
He Called on q Newspaper Woman
Whom They Had Ostracixed,


San Francisco Bulletin: The Oriental
hotel in Manila has long been the favorite
abiding place of the wives Of army and
navy officers stationed there. Naturally
they have their little. all-important %"set,"
in their eyes the cream OF aristocracy.
This set has a rigid outside; 1t does not
include any woman Of less aristocratic
position than theirs, any one whose money
is the result Of her W honorable labors.
There was one Of the latter class OF
women staying at the Oriental hotel dur
Ing the months Of the war excitement, q
Miss Thompson. who was the correspond
ent of q syndicate of American newspa-
pers; In was a woman OF ability. She
did her work well and won the respect
and esteem of every one who knew her;
she was universally liked, except by the
officers' wives, who could not condescend
TO know her. They made their attitude
pronounced; they drew the social line. on
whose safe inside they congratulated
themselves upon being.
Admiral Dewey undoubtedly has a sense
of humor as well as many other things
that go to make up a capable officer and
charming man. He evidently smiled, per-
haps In an amused way at first, then a lit
tie grimly and ironically. when II came to
his ears that the wives of his s~ubordinates
had entered into a crushing social ring TO
ostracize and prosecute the newspaper
woman. To see the point vas TO act.
Miss Thompson had an unexpected Wis
itor one day. Admiral Dewey sent up his
card. He paid a long call. He and Miss
Thompson found much that was interest
Ing TO talk about. In the enjoyment of
their talk they were apparently oblivious
that the re-. of the Oriental hotel had
gone mad. The world had quite come TO
an end i'm the teapot district, with its self
righteous ideas of the fitness of things.
The admiral had called on a working
woman! They were made to appear in
the wrong. Perhaps 1t is better to draw
a veil over the subsequent wailing and
gnashing OF teeth, the tears and a OF
the would-be leaders OF Manila society.
But Dewey was enthusiastically relent-
less. He rubbed In the lesson he haA
given. He asked Miss Thompson IL he
might lunch with her the next day, and
again the whole Oriental hotel knew il
and was atiame. The woman who had
been Inundated by the pettiness of petty
people was honored by a great man. And
no one can doubt that behind the iron
commander. with the eye of an eagle, the
brain of lightning and the will Of steel,
there exists the very tender heart OF a
gentleman of the old school.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-08
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ssass the Of &Mz2zZw
The First

me firsJ
A bluebird sat up on the limb Of a tree
And sang a sweet sonnet OF spring,
And seemed just as gay as a bluebird
could be,
Poor little unfortunate thing!
II warbled away I'm the sunshine so bright
IN a sweetly encouraging way,
And thrilled many hearts with exquisite
AS it piped its clear promising lay.
1t sang of the flowers and fields robed in
green,
OF birds making love in the trees,
Or brooklets a-sparkle with silvery sheen,
And the hum of Industrious bees,
IL told us of skies ever tinted with blue,
OF the moonlight in shimmering show
or lovers permitted to bill and to coo
In the shadow of vine-netted bowers.
1t told of fair Flora, the queen of the
spring,
Who'd sent it to say she was near, y
Who bade it come hither and toyfully
sing
Ger the grave of old winter so drear.
A maiden who stood at the window and
The song, in her rapture cried: pray
Build your nest on my window, you sweet
little bird,
And I'll love you, I'll love you Away!
Come sing till you teach me in JOY to
The lover now truant from me; y
His place you shall take i'm my heart,
pretty pet,
My only love you shall be.
Come into my life like a hope-beacon
bright
And linger for aye by my side;
Come cheer me with songs of ecstatic de-
light,
And forever I'll be your sweet bride"
Next morn on her easement the birdie lay
dead
With a cruel big lump In it's throat.
And the painfully wise old post-mortemite
said
1t had choked on a hard-frozen note.
It's mem'ry she'll cherish when spring
lowers bloom
She has made a wise provision for that
She'll wear the blue winglets which bore
Ii to doom
On the deck Of her new Easter hat.
Denver Post.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-08
Modern Damascus.

Harper's Magazine: Compared with
Jerusalem, Damascus is Partisan. The
Jerusalem air presses heavily w. \ it's
melancholy past. Half a score of sects
make it a rendezvous for pillage or for
mummery, and its memorials of i'm
perishable events have to be looked at
through the dust of persisted dynas-
ties. 1t is mystic, solemn, arcane.
Damascus is practical, positive and
even merry. The will of Israel sounds
along the arid valleys of Zion, but Da-
mascus sings a vo%luptuous carol by
means of its %ice-cool, tabled river. The
tinkle of its bells mingles forever
with the gurgle of it's waters, and
above all you hear the silvery laugh of
the Syrian girls and catch the dancing
humor of their dark eyes through
their little wells. Jerusalem has it's
austere character to sustain. Its
temples r tombs. It's weight of
poignant history keeps it grave. But
in Damascus you are under no obliga-
tons to the past that the present can
not make you forget. It's innumerable
shuttles and armories call you back to
the busting ~exigencies of life. The
coffee bazaars defy melancholy. So
this stranded city on the shores of
time-the gold on whose mosques new
er corrodes-basks in the sun and
eats figs merrily, just as it did when
Saul of Tarsus journeyed that way.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-08
Onion Seed ESQ and TN n LII.

Catalogue tells how to grow 1918 bus.
per acre as easily as 100 bushels. Largest
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Salzer's Seeds produce them weeks ahead
Of others. Coffee Berry 15c. per Id. Pota.
toes $1.20 q Bbl.
Cut this out and send with lac. for great
Catalogue and 10 packages Of vegetable
and flower seed novelties to JOHN
A. SALZER SEED COMPANY, LA
CROSSE, WIS. &C.. ~
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