Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-11
AL QUIET At R[NN[S
Troops Withdrawn and the Cafes
Deserted at Scene Of Recent
Trial.
Dreyfus Remains Calm and Shows
Remarkable Couraee Visited
By His Faithful Wife.
Much Speculation as to Whether
He Will Be Required to Serve
Sentence.


committee of leading manufacturers is
being formed for the purpose of pre-
venting German participation in the
Paris exposition of 1900.
Chicago, Sept. II. Garfield lodge, In
dependent Order Western Star has sent
a call to all lodges of the order for al
united appeal to Mckinley to use his
influence to secure pardon for Drey-
fus.
Rennes, Sept. 1l.-Quiet now prevails.
All troops have been withdrawn. The
cafes are deserted. Nine. Dreyfus Wis
tied her husband this afternoon. She
found him calm as yesterday.
Rennes, Sept. 11.-Dreyfus has borne
the terrible shock with marvellous forth
tude, one might almost say with unnat-
ural calm. Saturday he seemed stupe-
fed when Maitre Labori communicated
to him the verdict. but he has since ral-
lied. He passed a quiet night and rose
when his orderly brought him water at
s O'clock Sunday morning, just as he
did during the trial, when 1t was nee
essary.
Nine Dreyfus and Matthew Dreyfus,
his brother, visited him during the
course Of the afternoon, his brother sub
sequently leaving for Paris. The appli-
cation to the coRrt of revision was ta-
ken to Dreyfus at noon by Alaitre La
boris assistant and he signed it.
Sunday he talked but little. though he
has seemed in better spirits than might
have been expected. The meeting with
his wife was naturally very affecting,
but both held up as wei as possible. He
said to her:
II am not uneasy regarding myself,
as l shall soon be free. but l think of
you and my poor children. They will be
branded as the children of traitor"
He is convinced that the ten years
imprisonment to which he Is sentenced
will be wiped out by the five years of
solitary seclusion he has undergone on
Devils island. and he expects to be re-
leased by Oct. 10. which will be five
years from the date of his former con-
'demnation. He is so sanguine that he
has made an extraordinary request of
his wife for a novel to read in the mean
time explaining that his mind is SO.
shaken and weighed down by recent
events that he needs to divert his
thoughts and to try to get all the recol-
lections of the last three months out of
his mind. He thinks that reading nov
ell will afford the desired mental repose
and keep him from broodng.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press called upon Nine. Dreyfus yester-
day afternoon, after her visit to her
husband, and saw her father, NJ. Hada-
mard. who said his daughter was bear
ing up wonderfully we'll. considering the
circumstances, but desired to remain
undisturbed in view of the emotional
strain of an interview. NJ. Hadamard
said Nine. Dreyfus and the family were
hopeful and looked forward to some ia
vorable development.
yThe verdict, he added, sis an in
fanny"
Capt. Dreyfus is in poor health. as
every one knows. He has been ex
tremely Ill from the moment of his ar
rival In France, and has been put on
special regime. His health has not
improved and the nervous strain of
Saturdays terrible blow Is bound to
react on his general condition.
His suppression of all outward emo
tion is due to his almost incredible
force of will. but does not imply that he
is insensible to the mental and physical
torture he has undergone. On the con-
trary the family just now see in his
weak state of health and abnormal inn
passivity an ugly sign and fear for him
more than they care to express"
The town Sunday was perfectly calm.
There was not a sign of demonstra-
tion nor has a cry for or against Drey-
fus or the Jews been heard anywhere.
A number of people gathered to see
Nine. Dreyfus visit the prison, but they
were quite respectful.
The troops and masses of gendarmes
who gave the center of Rennes the ap-
pearance of military. camp have van
ished. There are hardly any gendarmes
in sight except near the Dreyfus resi-
dence, where a few are posted Cav
airy officers were seen frequentlng the
cafes Sunday afternoon. showing that
the authorities no longer fear any trou-
BILE here and are allowing the officers to
leave the barracks.
So far as can be aScertained, military
men are perfectly satisfied with the
verdict which they interpret as safe
guarding the honor of the army and at
the same time doing an act of mercy
to Dreyfus. who. they say, has suffi-
ciently expiated his crime in the awful
existence he passed on Devils island.
They point out that even IL he is sent to
Fort Corte it will be to receive hence
forth the humane treatment he has re-
ceived since his return to France.
One strange fact Is the extraordinary
difference of opinion respecting the ex-
act effect of the Observation-Disclosures he
can be degraded again and whether the
five years solitary confinement he has
undergone will be regarded as equiv
alent to ten years detention to which
he is now sentenced and he will be re-
leased next month. This matter is quite
aside from the general impression that
he will be pardoned in few days by
President Loubet. who will find some
ground to exercise clemency.
Maitre Demange thinks the five years
will count for nothing and that Drey-
1Is, according to law. win have to suf-
~ ten years detention. Many others.
1eweyer. including several lawyers.i