The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 8, 1899, Page 1

The Call VOLUME LXXXVI—NO. 69. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1899, PRICE FIVE CENTS, HARDSHIPS OF Prospectors on the Porcupine L4 GOLD-HUNTERS ON ARCTIC SHORES River Found After Thrilling Adventures. Second Party Led by Scott Mason of Chi- RAILWAY ASSESS ‘ear’s asse cago Depart After Being Rescued. It Is Feared All Have Perished. ICTORIA, B. C.. Aug. 7.—According to arrivals by the steamer Rosalia. John F. Robertson and a party of eleven prospectors. who set out from Dawson City a year ago to prospeet along the Porcupine River, returned to the Klon- dike in an emaciated condition on July 22. At Dawson they told a story of suffering and hardship, a story of narrow escapes from death time and again in their fruitless search for gold. They reached Dawson on the steamer Sault Ste. Marie, which vessel picked them up at the confluence of the Porcupine and Yukon. The unfortunate prospectors left Dawson because of a report of a lone miner. who came in from the headwaters of the Porcupine and told of rich finds there. ~ The Robertson party. led by the miner, started for the scene of his reported finds. but during their journey the miner was drowned, and al- though they searched the country thoroughly Robertson and his party failed to find a trace of the dead man’s El Dorado. Failing to find the golden creeks, they worked their way across the mountains to the Arctic, intending to prospect en route, but they found no prospects that induced them to stop. Colors were found in places, but no pay dirt. After a trying journey the wandering argonauts at length reached the Arctic, and were camped on the ocean’s shores near Herschell Island with their provisions all but exhausted when they were found by a whaler’s longboat and by its occu- pants taken to their ship, the only vessel then at anchor at the Arctic whaling depot. The Scott Mason party of Chicago had been found on the Arctic shores by the whalers a short time before the Robert- son party were picked up, and, after being housed and fed for a month, they had left, intending to make a short prospecting tour and return. They had not returned, however, and it was feared they have perished. The Robertson party spent the winter on the whaler and then started on the journey back to Dawson. The reminis- cences of their irip are replete with hairbreadth escapes. On one occasion the raft on which they were drifting down the Porcupine was swamped, and they had to scramble ashore, leaving their food in the river bed. They managed to subsist, however, on the game of the northern country, for Robertson says enormous numbers of cariboo are to be found there. They were in a very weak condition from the effects of their journey when the Yukon was reached. MENT uthern Pacific to $31,000, ived no second. He move land voted against all of sments of the Southern Pacific as -cd upon by the other members. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION Works Supplying Wabash, Ind., With Illumination Entirely Destroyed. | TABASH, Ind.. Aug. 7.—The gas works | he Logansport and Wabash Valley pany were destroyed by a terrific h shook the ci Workmen had jt g the tanks with calcium ich gas acety- when an_explosion installed the acet- ar ago, being lluminatin; 0 of pla shock the darkness and the new works is heavy. in 1ctec SOUBRETTES FIGHT WITH SCISSORS AS WEAPONS | Both Are So Badly Inured That There Is Little Hope of Their 1 Recovery. | PARKERSBURG, W. Va,. Aug. 7.~Geor- gie Jenkins and Georgie Dealvin, or Con- stantine, soubrettes, while packing up at t Theater to-day, preparing for Cincinnati, commenced to 0,000; $304,400. , $125,- 1 When the door was broken open by at- taches of the theater the Jenkins woman was found with four serious and probably ada, $50,000, the | faia) stab wounds in her left breast. She 5 was taken to the hospital, where it is $180,000; last said there is no hope of her recovery. t, $162,400. The Dealvin woman was so badly stabbed she could not be moved. SOT'S &S Weapons. — - Railroad, Both used scis- year's assessment, | reports that a terrific cyelone was sweep e 2 ope | ing_over them, this afternoon. travelin nd moved to raise the assessment | west-northwest' and heading for Jamaica, e Central Pacific §2,000,000 over Iast | Shipping along the threatened area was sment, but received no sec- | timely warned by the American Bureau @d. He then moved to raise it $1,000,- | branches. | CAPTAIN DREYFUS DECLARES THAT @*O+6 40+ e ebeoe@ |+ + i Dramatic Incidents at Rennes : : | IR nes|: 3 . b + X } ® ® enain e rrisoners $ ; T e ? 4 x Second Trial } i G {2 ; ‘ T 5 & 1 x R4 .| SKed yuestions In a rarsn vanner the ¢ ¢ P -d- Off: . | e ® P R4 * residing Officer of the Court-Martial, |: | . et 1/ . Accused Solemnly Asserts Innocence. |+ X 3! 1 * \ . HAMOIN © WHO | Spectal Cable to The Cal e New Yo 3 4 G bl e e e L T 1 @0+ 0+000080064040430 HAS CHORGE OF THE|f o | | don Bennett. ¢ SECRET DOSSIER oHf o | ENNES, Aug. 7.—At 6:30 a. m. this | $ s pretty city of Rennes, neatly ¥ 11 decked with monuments and be- | 9 < flowered, awakes with Incredible | $ ?| indifference to the great drama f 0| about to open, but on every side there | ¢ 1 is animation—gayety even, so pure and | > brilliant is the summer morning. We | ¢ p&| look for places that have been assigned | ¢ 21 to each of us. There is nothing pomp- | ¢ +| ous about this salles des fetes save its | ¢ @’ name. It is adorned with modest mo- ¢ ®’ dillions, exactly like the theater of a (¢ + casino or club in watering places of | ¢ 9| recent creation. Chairs have been|® § placed in the center for witnesses and a | ¢ 9 fow specially invited persons, and | &l school benches and desks alongside the | ¢ ) walls for journalists. le 34 Some little time is required for every- | & 3¢ body to get properly seated, but every- | & ?1 thing is done with urbanity, almost | ¢ bé! with cordiality. Evidently for to-day & | hel ! partisans have called a truce. The feel- be| + ing of being out on a holiday agitates these Parisians and these Parisiennes who have escaped “rom the stifling heat ; 5 ‘ | of Paris. A breeze delicately perfumed | * {'with the aroma of open country blows | { +| .,,,_,,f.,*;, I O e ?. . £ @ 11 3 kS 53 . . 2 ® ", e e % £ 2 . R £ > ® < 3 * |-& + - © 3 be STREET LEADING TO ®| THE PARLIAMENT FAC-SIMILE OF SECRET ¢/ DOSSIER. 2 < b4 | before Dreyfus’ eyes. We ourselves | R | catch a glimpse from afar of this docu- B | ment, famous henceforward through all Pe time. | aise it to $18,000,000, but received no | the | WRECKS GAS PLANT | - | Half hour has pass vhile w s i v 8 = 2 | Half an hour has passed while we are est degree, mingled with a vague anx- | of his children, brought from Paris by | of 7 the members of the court-martial Mateo e vears | CYCLONE IN DOMINICA. 100,000, | s AT ment, § ’n;.nrnad Gcw ond ‘Tlmely Warning From Americanl ~d), $200,000. | Bureau Saves Shipping. ace Car Company, | KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 7.—The | . { isiand of Dominica, in the Leeward Isles, I able moments of which chroniclers rid | ? e = scsw e — ) } ps l little nervous on the part of Colonel Jouaust and extremely clear and calm | in so far as the prisoner’s replies are | concerned. First of all the bordereau is placed | . S SO e R 2 And at this moment Dreyfus, despite his determination to be firm, again be- trays emotion and his voice is at once | warm and thick as he replies: “No, Monsieur Colonel, I did not write that. I am innocent, Monsieur Colonel, I am innocent. I have been five vears in a dungeon and I am innocent!" 'EMILY CRAWFORD REVIEWS TRIAL | Draws Pen Picture of Dreyfus and Other Actors in the Great Drama. Copyrighted, 1599, by the Associated Press. RENNES, Aug. 7.—The ancient capi- Yl | | i B S e R A AR SRCAR St . The Avenue Le Gare Leading From the Railroad Station 1::‘,::::;‘3:,’“?: :nhever lee: g ) N 9 e | , than on this 3 <: to the Lycee, Which Is Seen on the Right Be- | orable day. It !eemEd&hundredTnei::s 4 yond the Bridge. | away from Dreyfus and his exciting 9 | case. He (Dreyfus) has been known to ‘ib‘e“;xcued. tl’i“t he had been keeping a ‘ : s u 5 |in through the wide-open windows. |tion of curiosity, of pity in the hizh-;fused :\p::e t:e la:;: :;!;t:r;l:():m?;a;;— | s D e ] | getting installed. | iety, with heartfelt anguish in the case | pig brother-in-law. H - 5 : s » ; ° 7 | his -in-law e had remarked Almost immediately after the stroke justl};::e most passionately thirsting for | ¢4 his brother, Mathieu Dreyfus, on the | ox & harristors make thelr entrance, The | It has been so often stated that this | i'era;f;':’,: of h;z S fsoeiengetnat | pngsiognomies of the advocates are|man Dreyfus has a thankless phy- |y oy S S S ok, nbrealiag IC | well known—Laborie, of sturdy build, | Siaue, displeasing voice, an awkward |, . :lgfin;g:a?’ as:?msmd faamore | s a e tra s manner. How will he make his ap- ctions disputing furiously with his energetic face framed with a | about him and to learn that he was an placid, pointed beard; Demange, with | Pearance? frame and face of a peasant from the| Behold him at the foot of & sort of object of hatred to most of the officers. plains of Beauce, high-colored and sly. | pulpit, in which his advocates, De- |} said it grieved him to think that if D eoar ity ths moet istrongiys | maaige and Taborejare/instation with | thiers wes. au, esquittal it wouln ot S A eharacter ate’thobe of the col. | DIEI: ipecrétayics. e s wearing van | chenss thelr minds. B i SAslAing . andt ‘the ‘Govhfamest| Artilscy ycaptaingllomiform,(paydy| o BULONe WaEC SORTSC. AHEhy puses. o Cartierre, The colonel has | Made, his kepi in his white-gloved |1y manifestations as those which shook rather high and mighty air, ma hand. He sits down and henceforward | 2012’s nerves lgst vear and terrified his 2 & 2 made | - ke nev SoVE TR ahe T | Wife. There was no howling in front more_pronounced by an enormous pair | Makes never a move. 1 can see his DIO- | of the prison. There was no crying of of eritirely white musiaches and by o | f1¢ clearly as it stands out.against the | “peath to the traitor!” ar “Death’ to heavy white imperial. From a distance | Side_wall.of the stage. This profile, | his eyes and white hair are the only | strictly speaking, has no striking fea- | | distinguishable features of his face, but | "7 Dreyfus is slightly bald. The| the eye is soft and kindly, in contradic- | coronal of hair which still remains | tion with the assumed unkindness of | <~ SOME SENSAT above his temples and back of his head is rnite gray, almost white. His mus- 0 bristling mustache and dryness and : | volubility of his speech. As for A\Iaj.l,(yl tache h'“d e “’s}f “fi ““h“f‘l‘"- The o ot R - | eves are deep sunken in their sockets. Carrierre, he is a stooping flgure, a|y o complexion is fresh colored. In a wearied man. His face is deeply fur- | i | rowed and fatigued, his voice thin, his | Nerenge: notosis TN reemDli e | elocution stumbling. He apepars to be | sor in the asH st ot ich we | much more hostile to the prisoner than | ghovs’ and which was taken FHaper mumne(ll Jouaust, despite the laner‘s] SRAE B Jont AME L mbiytacksiale jorabbel e i | The hard life of the Isle du Diable Bring in the accused! which prematurely bleached his hair | One of those indescribable, has prevented the lines from filling out and preserved the firmness. delicacy themselves by writing ‘“sensation” or | and lightness of youth. remdion® It is toward the end of the sitting that Ah, yes! An emotion, sudden and |the audience has its greatest sensation, violent, which seems to make the|during the course of the prisoner’s unsneak»] ing an incident which occurred in E: Lyons, who, according to the same whole audience rise to its feet, a sensa- | cross-examination—close, sharp and a | @ o OO DTS- ST R L | sink their differences in | street at ten minutes past P TS TS TS T TS T TS TS T T T OS> @ EVIDENCE EXPECTED PARIS, Aug. 7.—An evening paper here to-day caused a sensation by including among the supplementary witnesses whom Colonel Jouaust announces he is to personally summon the name of cially described as a merchant of Lille, but whom the paper character- izes as a witness from Potsdam, asserting that he will testify concern- It'is also said that there is a witness named Wilton, a merchant of Colonel Jouaust referred as having seen Dreyfus conversing with Ger- man officers during his stay in Alsace. HE IS NOT GUILTY OF TREASON ! HARSHNESS TO DISARM - ENEMIES OF DREYFUS 0 RENNES, Aug. 7. him by Colonel Jouaust, proved a t toward the prisoner. If this be the quite plausible, Dreyfus VTSSO S the Jews!” or anything like that The | Paris journalists who had come to re- port the trial seemed calmed by the quietude of this dead city. It was expected that the Dreyfus- ites and anti-Dreyfusites would shun each other and put up at different hotels, but they have tacitly agreed to each other’'s company. They not only lodge at the same hotels, but they take their meals at the same tables and amicably pass to each other the dishes. Rennes does not want them to be theatrical, and so they do not pose as ferocious patriot but are glad to drop the characters as sumed for the drama-loving public of Paris. No idea exists in Rennes that the| eyes of the world are upon her, yet there must be within her walls 300 men, representing journalism all the world over. It never before occurred to | me what a far-reaching institution the | | press is—or, at least, I never realized | | it so peculiarly. We were all up at 5 this morning, and | after a hurried meal we rushed to the| concert-room of the Lycee, wher the trial takes place. The Ly« cee is opposite the military prison, and, with the parish church, forms a block surrounded by four streets. Military preparations were going for- ward to prevent a lot of roughs com- ing from Paris to act riotously. Drey- fus was to cross the street from the| prison to the courtroom, but nobody was to see him except the military, which barred the street to the right| and left of the Lycee door. An offi-| cer whispered to me, when I was in the Lycee, to go to the window, which he indicated, and get a glimpse of Drey- fus. The prisoner was to cross the 6 and to wait in a private room for the sum-| mons to appear before his Judges. | Precisely at the time named the door | of the military prison opened and Drey- | fus, guarded by a captain of gen-| Aarmes, appesred. He wore a Erand new uniform. The stiff linings had not | yet formed into the shape of the fig-| ure; the whole suit seemed an awk- | ward fit. The three rows of gold | braid that were torn from his cuffs on the day of his degradation were glint- ing in the sun. The man was stiff as his uniform. He held his head high, as if on purpose, but his shoulders | stooped. The step was that of a man not used to freedom and extremely measured and mechanical. One mi think he marked the time as he walk His hair is of a reddish gray, and his neat mustache is frankly red. The face had a drawn and worn expression, the eyes furtively inquiring, as if looking out for traps and pitfalls. His com- plexion is fresh, the kind of freshness that accompanies auburn hair. The lips are rather thin and the chin is that of a strong man. Indeed, the chin contradicts the expression of the eves. | Captain Dreyfus crossed the hall| close to me and entered a room, the door of which closed behind him. 1 saw -also the arrival of the witnesses, | who were taken to the rector's room. Generals Billot, Mercier, Chanoine, Gonse, Zurlinden and De Boisdeffre were in uniform, as were many of the field and subaltern officers. The widow of Colonel Henry leaned upon the arm of Captain Wunos. She was most amiably saluted by Generals de Boisdeffre and Mercier. She looks stagy and not ladylike. General Pel- lieux kept aloof. M. Cavaignac's cheerfulness seemed forced, but former | President Casimir-Perier was blithe as a boy. He wore a summer suit of shepherd’s plaid, a white waistcoat and a straw hat. Lieutenant Colonel Picquart was in plain clothes and was cold-shouldered by the army people. But apparently ne did not mind. He had played the winning card and could afford to be indifferent. The concert-room, where the trial is held, has a vaulted roof. The walls are adorned with tablets containing the names of famous Bretons. Just be- hind the seat placed for Dreyfus is a tablet on which the last name is that of a Roman. | At 7 o'clock the coming of the court | was announced in military fashion. the soldiers presenting arms. The| judges entered from the wings and Were in full dress uniform. They pro- ceeded in Indian file to their places be- hind a long table on a slightly raised patform. Colonel Jouaust, the presid- ing officer, is a man of dignified ap- pearance, not unintellectual, and has an upright, martial air. The counsel for the defense have seats and desks on the stage or platform to the left of the judges’ table. The seat of the ac- cused is in front and also on the stage. Facing it on the right side are desks for the registrar and prosecuting of- | rcer. All were well in view. Colonel Jouaust in stentorian voice declared that the trial be begun and | that, as ordered, the accused be prought in. All eves were turned upon | Dreyfus. His fresh complexion asmn-i IONAL. De Muller, offi- | | ) ¢ ¢ ¢ mperor William's Cabinet. 0 D) | 0 [ & paper, was the witness to whom noon and found him hopeful, although much unnerved, examination, and especially the unfeeling demeanor impression that the harshness of the presiding judge was assumed and was intended to disarm the enemies of Dreyfus, anxious to interpret ordinary courtesy is naturally his highly strung nerves must be very severe. ht | ] | tllery. | Profillet an | also of the artillery. ¢ S Q —Mme. Dreyfus visited her husband this after- ¢ s the rigorous () displayed toward ) remendous strain upon him. X There are many persons who were present at the trial now under the Q ) who are exceedingly (, into the grossest partiality (/ case, and such an explanation is unaware of it, and the effect upon DS @ DT ished all. The figure remains clean puilt. He entered with measured step. His mode of saluting the court was jerky and very composed, but his fin- gers betrayed nervousness. His voice is not good, but it was out of practice for five years The first in of the President C unlimited power to ent was the declaration nel that he had all witnesses. He then ordered those of M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire to be cited. The indict- ment is that of 1894. Dreyfus a red cautiously all questions. The Judge was fair but evidently not friendly. He showed himself, however, sensible and sober- minded and impressed every ome fa- vorably. The accused is unfortunate in mot being able, apart from his sufferings, as told by others, to command sym- pathy. His countenance only expressed a wish to hide his feelings. It is a reticent face, but not a bad one. One would like it to be more frank. The is not pleasing, and the diction is less so. Dreyfus seems without dramatic feel- ing and lacks ease in all things. How- ever, he passed to-day through a cruel ordeal. It was tr , after the | perience of the last five years, to find himself in the full blaze of publicity and stared at and scrutinized by 700 observers. In the course of a conversation with Maitre Demange he remarked that Dreyfus seemed to be unresponsive and uncapable of emitting a flow of feeling. “Think,” he said. “what I or you would be if for five years out of humanity’s reach constantly under the eye of a jailer, and not only under his eye, but within the aim of his revolver. He wasg bound to silence unless when given leave tc speak. He was beset with ene- mies, was treated as the vilest of mor- tals, was put in irons, though docile and submissive. He almost learned to cow- er. He found he was losing the lingual faculties and had to speak to himself to keep it up. T knew him bgfore he was sent to Devils Island. He was then hearty, responsive and really good company with those he Tikted. His voice was singuiarly tuneful and expressive, but he lost it. “Dreyfus is now the ghost of his former self. All spirit was broken by the tyrannical treatment, the vapor bath, the noxious insects and the isola- om all intelligent huntan beings. He is still prcud, but he is cowed. That hollow voice is such evidence to me of and indesecribable suffering. It is ar-off voice, like what one hears in a telephane. His lachrymal glands are worn out. In short, he is a wreck. “I wish his pride weuld suffer him to cqlla If it did he would draw tears from the most stony-hearted. He seem- ed to me miraculous as he bore himself through all thase long hours, the center to which all eyes converged. Dreyfus, . was a a charming man five He was thought fascinating Only a lovable man been loved as he has been EMILY CRAWFORD. B “1 AM INNOCENT I DECLARES DREYFUS o # Rigid Examination of the Famous Prisoner by Colonel Jouaust. , Aug. 7.—Interesting scenes spening of the second fus this morning. Laboric and De- Carriere, vith as- s and the wit- attended t court-martial of D At T o'clock M mange and Major stants, took their se ne s followed. MM. Laborie and Demange were greeted with warm handshakes from numerous friends in the courtroom. Former President Casimir-Perier en- tered shortly before 7. An officer met him at the door and conducted him to the velvet-covered chairs reserved for witnesses. The ex-President found himself between Generals Billot and Chanoin, both in parade uniform. Other ex-Ministers of War, Generals Mercier and Zurlinden and Cavaignac were seated behind. Colonel Picquart took a seat without any demonstration for or against him. The officer commanding the ack of the ry arms row of ourt gave “‘Present d soldiers at the the command arms!” There w a rattle of arm: a moment later Colonel Jouaust, lowed by the other members court, walked on the stage from behind and took seats at the table. Deep silence fell upon the audience, who up to then had engaged in a buzz of conversation. The members of the cou as follows: President, ¢ director in the t Colonel chool of Artillery: fol ctor of de Breon M of the Seventh Regiment of Artillery; Major Profillet of the Tenth Regiment of Artillery Major Merle of the Sev- enth Regiment of Artiilery: Captain Parfait of the Seventh Regiment of Ar- tillery; Captain Beau of the Sev- enth Regiment of Artillery. Colonel Jouaust and his colleagues wore full parade uniforms, with aigrettes in the front of the peaked shakos On the right hand of Colonel Jouaust sat Lieutenant Colonel Brongniart, Major de Breon and Captain Parfait, all of the ar- On_his left hand were Majors d Merle and Captain Beauvals, Immediately after Colonel Jouaust was seated he gave the order to bring in the prisoner. All eyes were then turned to the right of the stage, on which side was a door leading into the room in which Dreyfus was awaiting the summons. Al- most everybody but the most prominent s stood on their feet; some mounted the benches to obtain a better view There were subdued cries of “Sit dow amid which the door opened and Captain Alfred Dreyfus, preceded and followed by a gendarme, emerged into the courtroom. His features were deathly pale and his teeth were set with a determined but not defiant bearing. He walked quietly with almost an elastic step, and ascended the three SXP{:S leading to the platform in front of the Judges. There he drew him- self up erect, brought his right hand sharply to the peak of his military cap,