Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-24

story that he had made confession to
Capt. Lebrun-Renault.
A number Of other witnesses were
heard, including Beaurepaire's friend
Muller, who testified that he found a
marginal note on the subject of the ar
rest of Dreyfus on newspaper in Em-
lperor Williams bedp,om at I0tsdam.
Adjourned for the day.
POINTS IN THE TESTIMONY.
Some of the Salient Features in Drey.
fus Case Commented on.
Rennes, Aug. 24.-The session Of the
court Wednesday was comparatively
uneventfuL The dispositions were not
productive Of any really thrilling Incl
dents The systematic production of
the fiimsiest trash, which the prosecu-
| ton deems profitable to infiict on the
judges, and which the latter accept
as evidence, was proceeded with. Much
of the ridiculous testimony of the morn
| ing was devoted to an attempt to blast
Dreyfus' private character, though
when Maitres Labori and Demange had
finished with the witnesses their bub-
bles of tittle-tattle were badly pricked
Much of the time was occupied in read
ing the testimony OF Esterhazy and
Mile. Pays before the court of cassa-
ton, during which many OF the audi
ence left the court. NJ. Labori again
distinguished himself in laying bare
the weak points OF the evidence. He
was less fierce, however, than Tuesday
though quite aggressive enough to
arouse the latent hostility of the judges
/ which showed itself in various litt1a
ways.
NJ Labori bore little traces of the
effects of the outrage upon him. He
rose, sat down and moved his body and
limbs apparently without much diff
Guilty. Only occasionally he put his
hands to his back as though suffering
pain During some of the dispositions
M. Labori appeared very nervous He
was unable to remain still an instant
twltching his fingers and shaking the
papers in his hands. Counsel was al
most too impatient to wait till the wit
nesses concluded their testimony.
The only dangerous opponent of
Dreyfus yesterday was Gen. Gonse.
VINO mounted the stage with quick
step and apparently light hearted, but
ne left 1T badly mauled by Labori. Gen.
Gonse began by declaring he came to
defend his honor against those "drv-
eli1ng against him. But when his
cross-examination was finished he re-
turned to his seat thoroughly discom-
hted, for Nj. Labori had driven him
into corner on the attempts of the
| general staff to shield Esterhazy and
showed that the general staff, for which
IGonse was responsible, had engineered
/ Esterhazy's escape from the hands of
justice. The confident tones of the gen
eral had by then dwindled into the
proverbial still, small Voice. and his de.
liant bearing had changed into the
abashed air of a school boy caught
telling a lie.
The day certainly proved a poor one
for the general staff. Two good sam
pies of the men put UP to sully Drey-
4 rus private character were the third
i and fourth witnesses. First Mai. du
/ IChatelet, repeated an alleged conyersa-
ton with Dreyfus regarding lady at
whose house Dreyfus is alleged to have
gambled and lost money. But when
| Icross-eXamined du Chatelets memory
tailed him entirely, especially when
asked the name of the lady and the
street she resided in and the sum Drew
fus lost.
| Next NJ. Dubreuil showed equally as
founding forgetfulness of important
points of his evidence concerning Drew
rus mountaineering with foreign
attache, and when NJ. Demange capped
his successful examination of those
points by promising to show NJ. Du-
brueil'S record in the law courts is far
| from clean the witness left the stand
badly discredited.
! The correspondent of the Associated
Press talked yesterday afternoon with
NJ. Juares, the socialist leader, who.
with Matthew Dreyfus sees Maitre La
bori every day after the session and
who is acquainted with the entire tac-
tics of the defense. NJ. Juares said:
| II am convinced that Dreyfus will be
acquitted. He must be acquitted for
mo new fact has been brought up
| against him. The generals, I believe
lare going to make their last stand on
| IBertillon's system, which they intend
to submit as proving Dreyfus guilty
| Intelligent men laugh at 1t, but it is
VERY ingenious and has the merit in
! the eyes of the generals of being in
comprehensive to an ordinary man and
thus calculated to impress him if sup
ported by the puppets of the general
staff.
.Bertillon's theory has already been
introduced by some of the military Wit
nesses. who declare their confidence in
lit. The trial, in my belief, will last
about another twenty days"
MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATS MEET.
Endorse Bryan and the Principles
of the Chicago Platform.
| Jackson, Miss, Aug. 24.-Hon. A. H.
Longino. of washington county, was
yesterday nominated for governor of
Mississippi by the democratic state con-
vention without opposition. The plat
/ form endorses the declarations of the
| Chicago convention of 1896, and declares
that Bryan is the ablest exponent of
those principles, a statesman, patriot,
and the great tribune of the people,
| OF trusts the platform says: I'VE
enter our solemn protest against the
encroachment upon government affairs
| by aggregated capital in the form of
| trusts and combines. as being inimical
| to the best interests of the masses of
the people and the cause of free and
untrammeled government. We express
ourselves unalterably determined to aid
by all possible and proper means the
control or destruction of these enemies
OF good government
Jackson, Miss, Aug. 24.-The demo-
cratic state convention named the fol-