Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-27

French first class cruiser Tage, which
put to sea Sunday evening, the belief
being that she was going to meet the
Sfax, having Captain Alfred Dreyfus
on board, returned here at Z o'clock
this evening.
Some sailors of the Tage who landed
later said they had not met the Sfax.
She encountered a fog and released her
carrier pigeons about twelve leagues
out at sea, after which she returned to
port. 1t has all along been officially
claimed that the cruiser was leaving
Brest solely to test some carrier
pigeons.
Another Dreyfusard meeting, organ
lied by socialists, was announced for
this evening, in the Sale du Treillis
Vert. Circulars have been distributed
during the day calling upon the people
of Brest to defend their liberties
gained at the expense of four revolu-
tions, and to prevent the supreme
shame to humanity of the condemna-
ton of an innocent man.
The police took stringent precau-
tons to prevent trouble. Detachments
of gendarmes were located in the
houses situated in the vicinity of the
hall and the regular police which were
also stationed about the place, doubt
less gave the proprietor of the hall a
hint, because when the organizers of
the meeting arrived at the hall at s: 80
this evening, headed by local anarch-
list leader, named Brossouloux, the pro-
prietor withdrew permission for the
meeting, and hot alteration without
result ensued. Finally Brossouloux
and his friends loudly declared their
intention of creating a demonstration
in the streets and called upon their
supporters to follow them. The COM
missary of police, who was present at
the alteration, Immediately ordered
forty gendarmes to Gordon the streets
and cut off communication with the
centre of the town. Brossouloux was
thus kept outside.
An hour or so later a crowd of some
five hundred made a long detour and
entered the town by another route.
Then, joined by all the loafers in Brest,
they overran the whole place, shouting
"A bas TArmee," give Loubet," ''Vive
Dreyfus,'' and give la Social Revolu-
ton"
Such a thing had never before been
heard of in Brest, whose population
was for the moment almost thrown in
to a state of CONSERVATION, but the
demonstration speedily beca.Ae farci-
cal. AS soon as the crowd met a few
police, headed by a police commissary
with the tri-color scarf around his
waist, it dispersed and by half past ten
the streets were quite calm, except for
a few ragamuffins singing the "Marsel-
laise" and the 'tCarmagnole," out of
the hearing of the police. The latter
only arrested four boys and these will
probably be released tonight.
Brossouloux disappeared at the first
sign Of collision with the police. The
truth is, the anarchists and socialists
are here merely to further their own
propaganda, through the Dreyfus affair
and there is little likelihood OF serious
trouble.
RENNES. France, June 26.-The sec
ond trial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus. by
court-martial. on the charge of COM
municating documents connected with
the national defence to the agents of a
foreign power. will take place in the
army service building here.
VI. Matthew Dreyfus. brother of the
famous prisoner, has arrived here.
PARIS. June 26.-The French cruiser
Sfax with Captain Alfred Dreyfus on
board. coaled at St. Michaels, Azores
Islands, Wednesday last
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