Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-09-11
WILL STILL FIGHT ON.
Dreyiusards Declare Judgment Must
Be Reversed.
EXCITING Seen ES AT RENNES
Mobs Only Held In Check by Police
and sOldiery-May Break Out at
Any ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of
the Great Trial.
EXCITING SCENESAT REM.

but though a majority of those In the
courtroom fully expected the verdict they
were completely stupefed when 1t was
] given, and the silence which prevailed in
| the room and the way men turned pale
and caught their breaths was more i'm
pressive than any other manifestation
could have been.
Maitre Demange sank back In his
chair, and tears trickled down his cheeks,
and Maitre Labori turned white as 4
sheet, while all around the court men
looked at each other in silence. Positive
ly the only sound to be heard was the
rustling of papers from the reporters
benches as each press representative
tried to be first to send the news.
AS the audience left the courtroom
fully 10 or Is men were crying openly,
and the majority of those present walked
quietly down the street for more than a
block without speaking word. 1t was
like funeral procession.
Meanwhile a tragedy was being enact
ed in the little room off the courtroom,
where Dreyfus listened to the reading Of
the verdict. He had been told the result
by his lawyers and had wept bitterly, but
when in the presence Of the officials of
the court martial he listened impassively
to the sentence. His wife, whoSwas wait
ing in torture and suspense at her house,
bore the news bravely and, when visiting
her husband, showed the onlookers who
were in the streets no signs of her suffer-
| ing as she walked from her carriage to
the prison.
Dreyfus' Wonderful Nerve.
M. Matthew Dreyfus was not present in
hut vicito6 bic hrothor fbo
verdict had been rendered. He found
him perfectly calm and without any man
| Hesitation of surprise at the finding of the
court. The prisoner simply shrugged his
shoulders, uttering an expressive "Bahw
adding as he embraced his brother as the
latter was preparing to leave, Console
my wife,"
The general belief is that Dreyfus will
be pardoned, but this will not satisfy his
friends, who vehemently declare that they
will refuse to accept the verdict and will
continue the battle until the Judgment is
reversed. The verdict, they say, Is d.
rected more against the Jews than
against Dreyfus and if allowed to stand
will make their existence in France i'm
possible. Maitre Labori and NIaitre De-
mango have gone to Paris. Both signed
an application for revision of the case,
although there Is no hope that the YER
diet will be reversed. They are much up
set, though it can hardly be said that
they are surprised.
Scenes of great excitement occurred at
Rennes Saturday night. The anti-Drey-
fusards broke loose and started demon
stration. which but for prompt and rig
orous measures by the police would I'M
doubtedly have developed into serious
disorders
The first sign of trouble manifested it. |
self Immediately after the verdict became |
known. The streets leading to the Lycee |
were at that time filled with crowds of |
people awaiting news from the court |
room. The announcement Of the prison |
er's condemnation was agreeable to ma
jority of these, and cheers and cries of
"Vive rarmee" were raised, the gen
darmes and troops looking on without
interference. The terrace in front Of the
Cafe dc la Paix, the leading cafe in
Rennes, was filled with people. When
the verdict Of the court was announced,
the customers rose to their feet and de-
manded that the string band which plays
on the terrace should give "The Marseil-
laise.' The band struck up the air, and
the crowds both inside and outside Joined
in the national song.
La Dame blanche In q Row.
An exciting incident occurred at the
Hotel Moderne, which is known as the
Dreyfusard center. Two men, notorious
anti Dreyfusards, entered the winter gar
den and ordered coffee. At an adjoining
table sat La Dame Blanche with COM
panion. The two newcomers at once be-
gan to make offensive remarks about
Dreyfus and Jews generally. One of
them turning to La Dame Blanche, said,
"Oh, these dirty Jews, these dirty Drey-
fusards.'. She replied, telling him not to
address her. The men, however, persist
ed and added personal insults, whereupon
La Dame Blanche became greatly excit-
3D. and called them cads to insult wom-
an. The men retorted Extensively, and in
4 moment La Dame Blanche snatched q
menu card in a heavy metal frame and
threw it at the head of her insuter, mar
'owly missing him. The other diners
seeing the trouble, rose en- masse and
threatened to throw the men out of the
garden. In an instant the place became
perfect babel, every one shouting at
he top Of his voice.
Just as the threatened free fight was
m the point of breaking out detach. !
nent of gendarmes arrived and, after q
Gene Of intense excitement, put the men )
nto the street. ,
This, however, was but the beginning.
The men proceeded to the terrace of the
jafe de la Paix, which was now cram
ned with anti-Dreyfusards, and there +,
ave their own version of the row, and in n
few moments an anti Dreyfusard dem .
nstration was in full swing Finally n
ne man waved his hat and shouted, =
Let us march on the Hotel Moderne." Z
me crowd showed strong disposition ii
D follow this advice, and as the hotel Ia y
'lthin 100 yards of the cafe the situa- t,
ion began to look ugly h
Police and Soldiery Appear. s.
AT this moment the cry "Policew was
lised, and an instant later strong body
gendaimes and police, headed by de- n.
'ctives, rushed into the cafe and cleared %
very one out. At the same time several
luadrons Of mounted gendarmes and -,
ragoons. with carbines slung across III
lelr backs. galloped up and threw them ha
lives across the road leading to the Ho- III
4 Moderne. Other detachments of cav wv
ny cordoned all the approaches to the le'
lfe and then gradually closed in on the Gel
owd, which was now rather large and W.
itremely threatening, and drove them ~
Se cattle across the bridge over the ue
YER and into the upper part Of the town, III
hich was filed with shouts Of give e el
lrmee" and Down with the Jewsv n!
A number Of the more noisy of the "a
were arrested, and the
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