The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-09
when intending to converse with visi-
tors. EMILY CRAWFORD.
THE COURT PROCEEDINGS.

THE COURT PROCEEDINGS.
RENNES, Aug. S.-The police ar
engagements in the vicinity of the Lycee
this morning were exactly the same as
those of yesterday, but not more than
a hundred persons had gathered at the
early hour-6:3O o'clock-fixed for the
opening of the days proceedings in the
trial of Captain Dreyfus. The prisoner
was conducted to the Lycee at 6:15, and
exactly the same precautions were OBJ
served as on yesterday. AS soon as
Dreyfus was inside the Lycee, however,
the police cordons were removed and
the few spectators were allowed to cir
culate freely in the streets around the
building.
No demonstration was made upon the
arrival on foot of Maitre Labori or
Maitre Demange, counsel for Dreyfus,
or the members of the court martial, or
OF General Chanoine, formerly Minister
of War, who attends the court to give
necessary explanations as to the secret
dossier.
General Chanoine appeared in uni
form. His presence, it is expected, will
be needed to-day or tomorrow. Then
M. Paleologue, one of the prominent Of
ficials of the Foreign Office, will take
up the task of enlightening the Judges
regarding the dossier.
The secret session lasted until 11:45,
when the court adjourned until to-mor
row morning. The day thus far passed
quietly There was a much larger
crowd than yesterday assembled in the
hope of obtaining a view of Dreyfus,
during the ten seconds occupied by him
in crossing the avenue on his way to
the Lycee from his prison.
During the sitting the crowd, number
ing 1000 persons and composed purely
of sight-seers, was allowed to pass
freely before the Lycee until a few mo-
ments before Dreyfus emerged. Then
the chief Of the gendarmie made sign
to his assistant, who blew a whistle.
Before the shrill sound had ceased the
sound of hoofs was heard and a strong
guard of mounted gendarmes, a mo-
ment later followed by gendarmes on
foot, galloped into the avenue from a
side street and divided into two de-
tachments. stretching across the ave-
nue., and cleared space of 800 yards in
front of the Lycee.
The horsemen rode on the sidewalks,
clearing everybody out. Even the
newspaper men were driven away.
Then a detachment of infantry. headed
by bugler, dashed up at the double
line formed across the avenue from
the door of the Lycee to the postern
gate at the Manutention. The soldiers
We're stationed shoulder to shoulder,
facing toward the spectators. and be-
hind the mounted gendarmes a hundred
yards off.
Soon afterward someb5Gy h tied,
Here he is and the spectator, zt..y
of whom had come from neighbo uS
towns expressly to see Dreyfus, era I'd
their necks and stood on tip-toe, hop ne
to catch a view of the famous prisoner
as, preceded and followed by sendarmes
and with captain of gendal,. IS beside
him, he passed through the lane of SOL
diers with a quick military step eyes
'front.' and with soldierly bearing but
with the slight jerky movement of the
left arm and shoulder of the continen-
tai officer, accustomed always to rest
ing his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Dreyfus, however, being under arrest,
Is deprived of his sword.
The crowd just perceived the prison
er's head and shoulders as he passed by
the gaps between the heads of the in
fantrymen, whose red kepis. dark-blue
tunics and bright red baggy trousers
threw a band of color across the road
way. Less than a minute was occupied
il crossing the roadway, and immedi-
ately after Dreyfus reached the wall of
the Manutention the postern gate was
thrown open and he disappeared with
in.
The shrill whistle was again heard.
the gendarmes wheeled around and
galloped back to their barracks, the
crowd quickly dispersed and in a few
minutes the vicinity of the Lycee was
almost deserted.
In the meanwhile Colonel Jouaust
and the other members of the court
martial, Major Carriere, the official
representative of the Government, and
General Chanoine, all in full uniform,
as yesterday, left the Lycee by the
main portal the crowd saluting them
respectfully.
The condition of Dreyfus is disquiet-
ing. His wonderful will power alone is
lending him strength to go through the
present ordeal. Physically he is ex
tremely weak His stomach refuses all
SolIU 1OOu anu lie Is OILY dOlc W ldht
milk His family is very anxious.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press learns that the court martial was
able this morning to consider only part
of the secret dossier. The documents
were submitted to the Judges in the or
der in which they We're classified. Cen
eral Chaoine gave lucid explanations of
points which were not clear to Colonel
Jouaust General Chaoine took the
documents individually and explained
them.
Major Carriere will later on state the
conclusion he draws from the dossier.
Maitres Labori and Demange, who lis
tened with close attention to General
Chanoines explanations, did not enter
into the discussion of the matter, to
days discussion of the dossier being of
a general character and more in the ma
ture of a preliminary examination.
BAR HARBOR ACCIDENT.