The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1899, Page 1

The sl VOLUM LXXXVI—NO. 84. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY., AUGUST 23, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS, LABORI CONFOUNDS THE ENEMIES OF DREYFUS e Schneider, the Aus- FRRREAER RN XXRX % ALL READY FOR * * NAVAL PARADE i e e R T R O o e SICE S i SCE Sl ] I Suffers From His;i; Land Him in a: ® Which He Knew Wound but Loses © { trian, Scores the None of His Aler- : : General Staff of [ ;) France. HERCIER IN A TRAP : { TELLS OF FORGERY Forced Into a Con- : His Name Attached fession That May : {10 a Document of . * Prison Cell : ' . + Othlng. from the Philippines. i [ . 14 e 22.—To-day was| . Spectal Cable to The Call and the New York | Her wigil is near to an end. at the Ly- Herald. Copyrighted, 18, by James Gor- | D e Vlfl * don Bennett N | reyfus is E | 4 oh ot | { ARIS, Aug. 22.—Colonel Schneider, | ot an iy g | the Austrian military attache, | \h»‘ nrl;‘vm\- & arrived in Paris yesterday. He | e D s| | writes to the Figaro confirming s ibale Wt his repudiation of the document | i bTaRe e e produced at Rennes, adding: | Jieec piy In fiontiof] T “On November 30, 1897, my opinion | booming in salute. agnet which, | $ bsolutely contrary to that ex- S enal g d in the document in question. | Al et noon aew i | Y The addition of that date and my sig- | nature to the text attributed to me constitute a forgery, even if—what T cannot say without it—the text ema- nated from me at different dates.” The change in the attitude of Captain | Dreyfus is attributed to the advice of Maitre Mornard, now associated with Maitres Labori and Demange in the cenduct of the defense, who told him he must speak in his own behaif, as his sullen silence would send him back to | Devils Island. Dreyfus now fights for | curiosity . His | ht had ex- formed. MAITRE LABORI ADDRESSING THE CCURT. [ *-¢ P S PP D MU S S W S ° ) D : This was at the conclusion ‘he lawyer took the pris- | himself as energetically as does his mel Bertin's deposition, when, wi d shook it warmly, where- | 7 ; Golons E e, ave him another look of | COUnsel. | . broken voice, the accused de took his seat in front of The confusion into which the ranks with his back toward|.¢ the military witnesses are thrown by love of France and the arm) M. I el xes o eroiee " : Frag : t read an address to | anything approaching a lively cros spots e e el . S beimeiaulizy | examination is due to the fact that : : ot | s oy o it repli e s soliion | their cases are all prepared for them. loquent. .speech-and the audience | < to-cay LeSULY | vaice was-clear. 2h not so strong as | and, in*some instances, ovén written ave 1 it hour to his | % ke be He was very nervous | gut hy M. Ployer, who pulls the strin : SR aborl, if anything, was better and excited and sway and fro as he VT e - T yus voice, modulated tones ibitions then before Thess | GEHPEREs tis repiy. hearers were | for Paris in the interests of the mili- attempted here. a oned outbursts, ac- A o | Profoundly impressed, tary party. Hence the dismay spread | | labored although M. Labori’s reply to the president con- and he sat down He The excitement under which b seemed to act as a stimulant, by, éhe reappearante of M fahytls The spy, Lajoux, so prominént in to- and aking getic rably fatigued him aind holding his side. after- A Eitlot A s e ] Sty twice nervously twitched | day's evidence, was one of the least feared there might be a relapse. So far n expression flitted over N } fre, with the other military Wit- | gror this beins the case. however, he Wgalig reputable connected with the intelli- another anxious | ble to g drive with his i the celebrated EENCERDAICENS B e il ol ooee Market to Van Ness avenue to the Presidio. cir heads-tc i , LiaCe il ong’ those present in court to-day. | France and is still paid 200 francs a . e in an auto-car this afternoon and | S ade the trip to Rennes especially | g e e ' disagreeable his return he held quite a recep- the trial and return of M. Labor, | month. He knows all about Cuers, who ri plied t ion, afterward spending the time until hejjtale fend miibiwen inskobitioeel) Detrayed Coyoieny SisRtots 0 Tiate upied vitness | qinner in goin:- over to-day’s evidence pplaude st he his €n-| and, among others, that a decorated to-day with discon-|anq prepafing to-morrow The'fi ay was M, Grener, | colonel of (hc; ;’;Onor?l lstafil._fl;mpl_i"! The scurrilous tactics of the anti- | the former Prefe elfort. His testi- | Germany with Important .mobilization Mercic Dreyfusard mewspapers may be illus- | tinctly hostile to Esterhazy. - plans apd, other secrets. : This was tw vears after Dreyfus was condemned, and the traitorous colonel was Henry Major Rollin of the ment was asked by M intelligence depart- which the Labori during the in trated by a paragraph appearing Next morning— Friday—the boys CALIFORNIA AWAITS §°*=® Fokokk ok ok ok ok kok ok ok kA K kok & MAN DUE * TO-MORROW x AXXXERXEREXXEXNXXNXEXY HER SOLDIER SONS @™ W M M P M P e P P Y M My R P R P P P P P T P P P P P Pem R P R R R R R R PROGRAMME FOR THE RECEPTION. AR out to sea California gazes for the first sight of the transport bearing her warlike sons Enthroned on the hills of San Francisco she watches over the waters, counting the minutes hours, the hours days that separate her from the embraces of her boys. At noon to-morrow, if all goes well—and there is no reason to expect otherwise—the Sher- man will be off the Farallones, the news will be rushed to the city, and from the dome of The Call building a vast kite carrying the stars and stripes will shoot up into air, announcing the anxiously azaited hour. A few hours afterward the transport will steam through the Golden Gate: into the landlocked harbor of San Francisco, with the guns on the battleship Iowa and of Alcatraz island The reception that has been in preparation for weeks will begin, officially, with the naval parade of the tugs and yachts of the bay, under command of Commodore John D. S preckels. After the signal announcing the arrival of the Sherman, the citisens of San Francisco will have a full howr’s time to board the boats on which their tickets call for passage. liance, Alert, Union and Millen Griffith will start from Howard No. 3. Sea Queen and Sea Witch will start from Vallejo-street wharf. It has been arranged that a letter will be handed by the boar quartermaster in charge of the transport Sherman, requesting him not to enter the harbor before 2:30 p. m., so that she may be met off Fort Point by the parading flect of handsomely decorated tugs and yachts in tow, which will steam toward her in two columns, circle around her stern and conie up the harbor abreast of her, one column on cach side. Outside of these columns, to the north- cast and rear, all other steam and sail vessels < port and escorting vessels will move to the bay off Folsom-street dock, where she will cast anchor. After that an informal pandemoninm of welcome will undoubtedly break out and continue, cven after the night illumination of the bay is inaugurated. No such spectacle has ever before been After making camp bovs will be granted furloughs wntil 10 o’clock the following morning. electrical illumination will be displayed for the first time. On Saturday morning military concerts will be given at 11 o'clock at Union square and Columbia square. In the evening will be the great night parade. pyrotechnical and electrical dis- play, followed by a banquet to the Californians at the ferry depot. The night parade will form on Van Ness avenue and streets leading into it, and zwill march to Market strect to the ferry, where the Californians will march to the banquet, the column continuing on Market to Montgomery, to California, up California to Kearny, Kearny to Market, and which Col their organ here this evening, declaring | course of the former's testi . - 2 E pudiated 8sa forgery. | that the attack on Laborl, which, 1t in- | eottaln oot of o Tanony, Bow 2| Wnen Plequart wasiinvestigating this was surprised when Labori | sinuates did very little harm, was ms Mercfer's Ministry came into General | affair Henry got himself sent to Basle anded that M solely to arouse the pity of the people 3";"‘1"?*\"]\3‘;7 \\'fl"v".x;-if}}if‘ ;:\.}s{.x .-‘f;.n‘.""fifi to take the statements of Cuers and to alled. * Evidently he h of Rennes for the lamentable lot of an isking whose business it was, | Prowbeat them into suppre = e ; bunal would support h escaped convict from Devil's Isiand. sori asked Colenel Jouaust | truth. Hush money is still be out Market to Van Ness avenue. fercier to explain. | On one occasion Lajoux was thrust into atn how he got a copy 1id he declined to.| lum to prevent awkward COURT SPECTATORS x x * x * x x x x * X x * x x * x x * x x x % x x x x x * X * x x x x x x x X x ¥ x x x * * x x * * x * * *x * * * x * * * x * * * * x * x * x * * * * x * x x x * * * * * * [ ch of later date ths sted, but Mercier | & lunatic mbency as Minister of War. T LABORI & d_to answer and Major Car-| disclosures. i ariiwas not to be 5 riere, the Government commissary, sup-| HAMBURG, Aug. 22 3ut Labori was not to b He WARMLY GREE AB ported him, on the ground that the ex- il Co ", a medals. sisted ‘that Mercier shou —_— | amination was entering upon a matter | PUrg che orrespondenz, explanation. Then, afte WoundadiCpunsell Opniiiaes Sevaral| TNCISGUELE ot HugGielintizentiatiitne | tho s gspertion 0d SEIRAC RS o8 Mercier declared that he e % codritry: o ‘be disc ublicly. bublish certain documents proving the Mercier declared that h of the Witnesses Against the [abori then declared in a loud voice | PUPHISR Lo e the responsibility attaching to his Priscnst serve to himself the right | innocence of Dreyf ay nesanc session of e d mer This, s b ary measures to obtain | swer to this is that documents of this % I nosseselon of < = ’1" 5 This, 85| RpENNES, Aug. Maitre ~Labor, sineg dnformation. nature cannot be produced, for the sim- Santa Clara counties. Labori intended it uld be, Was a|jeading counsel for the defense. who was | next point was made by Drevfus in | plo'reagon that Germany never haa monstratior cot tio - assaulted e is reply to Major Rollin. The latter had e g St s MOpSE " ot ‘” v 2 "’ o i il "‘ “]"‘ " ":, WS | remarked: that all the prisoner’s papers [ anything to do with Captain Dreyfus. the eral staff of part, east, present in cour s morning at the be- | i 1 when his rooms were searched | homs were e B S O Y the secret dossier to an sol- | ginning of the second day of the third|jn 1894, and Colonel Jouaust said that c i ios 2 ! dier, such as Mercier became in wee the second trial by court-martial [ tain papers from "his textbook, “Uhe|am deeply sensgle. and 1 thank you, Mr. | ately on leaving the Ministry of War, | °f Captal Alfred Dreyfus, of the artil- f*]' ’wfml‘ of War,” were f"ll‘!l'l missing. To | President, and mbers of the court ml,n’n.ql_ | diately on leaving the X Sl 7 AK0! this the prisoner retorted, “Not in 1894, [ and also all these eminent men, though I have | When Labori had attained his object Hig ’l “'”\'I‘r’ s s my colonel.” This causeq Some sensation, | not tne honor of Knowing them except in the | nd forced a confession of grave viola- 1e arrival of M. Labori at the Lycee|,Jthe obvious interpretation was that the | course of these long strug in - which we a for 8 2 % i b 2~ | was the signal for scenes of extraérdin- | pages were torn out the War Office | have met and in tne progress of Roh stha g tion of law on the part of General Mer- jisiasm. At 6:15 a. m. three car-|and then the fact was used against him | faces:of adversaries ended by sTNE & BILE | « he gave a smile of grim satis ages, preceded by a number of bicycles g at he had communi- | 1" Who have expressed their | tion and then added significantly drove up.. The first carriage cont 'r. ARECS) (s" foreign agents. u, friends and colleagues, ‘ 1 shall have other q | M. Laborifand his w and phy next. testifled to havi n;"u“:“;; o ta the hbRoF 1o W u-'"iimmr“hl(-n‘)’:l'»:.t} to General Mercier.” [ The others contained friends of the Jaw-| Hreyfus pryirg into other officers’ work | giving their address, because their marks of | T ene was highly dramatic and | ver police inspectors, The during their absence, and the prisoner re- [ sympathy, though coming from the humblest | cen e crowa he Lycee bullding rushed up | plied excitedly_that' Ferret's statements | abodes, were aiso the most sincere wnd the | rofound impressio on al X s 2 : Srasacattions TR nostfouchini e oo st ; to M. Labotl's e and a number of s, Somters canmed o semantion. e in | L resume my place in court rather to he | ectators. G Me St | others eagegly thrust thelr hands through | "ot 00 W0 Tenans e SR A i than i to speics am less active sha spending a very miserable even- | the wind _“E o “ereet. thet dlktintisNea ) p oler m _the prisoner made a | pring no less conscientiousness, no less good | s 0, 1 i 4 e stinguish statement explaining the difflculties in | temper fnto my work. It s a difficult task we | r as the result of this admissi lawyer. When M. Labori descended he |the way of a lian, such as Ferret, cu- are all performing. You who are the arbiters | th the additional charge of was surrounded by friends and a hun-| tering the of the general staff. |and who will renderustice Cwe the auxtllaries, | | dcea hannstpriasetinia e was as. | General Go: reupon presented two | But all of this will help us on, for we shall \ting secret documents to the | dred hands pr d his. while:h; “"“' oh | letters to the effe t the writers, both | have the sense of duty done. | artial of 1894, he is liable to ar- | Sailed with.all sort of questions, to which | ¢ whom were civi . obtained easy ad- | et us now continue the proceedings, in | / t. Indeed some peo- | P€ Smilingly, replied: mittance to the offices. whiich ‘we have vel to pass through ‘many | any moment. Indeed some peo. | "y am going on well, my friends, thank | Dreyfus reiorted "that the regulatjons | e e it notimposs blef e 1| you, thank yo were very strict in thls respect and that | them perfect truth and complete justice mak- | I the military prison adjoin- |* ¢ M. Labori, still accompanied by |therefore some pecsens Rullty of |ing for peace s <« breach of dis an e- 2 3 r of Captain Dreyfus before | Mr Labort and physician, entered ! mange scored by addin el In conclusion M. Laburt said that they 3 B i ange scored by a g that if enfry in B \ ut | the courtroom, the audience greeted him | these offices was easy, why anyhe could :\;‘mt had the ‘rx;(:llx|"|.u_ hg\,]wl‘:‘ \:1 xI’e:t‘Ln‘i A ries of questions put by M. | by standing up, and there was a general | procure information Dreyfus was al- [ that protests and reertuiatHens siler the | . ¢ 2 leged to have obtained 8o surreptitiously, | Success of the work of the justice must 1 ncerned Lajoux, a spy for- |roar of applause, accompanied by the | leged to have obt: o entil i | be regarded inadmissible and that it must | clapping of hands. Tears sprang to the | potit WCEL W IIER § ead of Dreyfi he known that “error has ever a larg ervice of the French ¥ share in human affairs than treachery. eyes of the wounded man, who was evi- | fiee in 18%, showed himself to be a m d off So Amer- g e Tanke A e 4 el 1 off to South AMET-| o0 qeeply affected by the warm wel- | virulent enemy of the prisoner. He had | {APPIause.) As the e s whosel] ling to various military wit-| 00" qccorded him. Among those who | evidently learned his testimony by h N e et : because he proved a swindler. | greeted M. Laborl were Generals Billot | and declaimed it In a strident, aggres el W e o] 1 ed how it was if that were|and Mercicr, who courteously inquired as which, Erated JROn athe cars Oy the | "B Grenier, former Prefect of Belfort, | E L 1% still receiving | to his condition. The lawyer looked ve: his declarations that he r’z;:“!d\:‘r; gr \\"‘m s called. 's|x..l"~1:I1 ||)yr- " considering his recent experienc - eyfus’ b cons e T £ pon- 1 nts. Commandant Rol-| well, considering his recent experlence. | vinced of Dreyius® guil¢ by M. sible personage. Bsterhazy. he continued, | Jir taken aback, replieq | He walked quite br , but held his left | chart and his Irodyciion of & was the orderly of witness' father, who | arm close to his side, in order not to dis- | 51A1FIERIE gl Ry alw: praised his fidelit d devotion, ments was under even then He was alw + disap. but erhazy s complain- pointed man. Counsel was conducted turb the wound. well-cushioned Following are the proceed The president of the ngs in detatl: court. Colonel impression coxn- rmchair in- to a light, | J g ri’s questio; re- bl N it o % (5 5ea ing of deceptjon, grumbling at fate and 3 L 1 ns and the re- | ;i0qd of the ordi canebottom behind | Jouaust, on ;’;‘:\'r;’fir;‘;;m-;;';";t turned to M. 1 jiving in great style without means to up- APTAIN A. J. DUNLEAVY of the s given t the table set apart for the lawyers. bt ngt stlence read | 1o1q it, He squandered successive legs harbor police believes that it will 4 by the Mme. Labori, who entered the court- | 2" address as 52 cies. The witness said he Introduced take the entire police force of San Esterhazy to M. Jules Roche, reporter of Allow me, M. Labori, to express to you the the Budget of the Minister of War, who unanimous ‘sentfment of the court-martial at the crowd Office to keep out of st of BEsterhazy, Francisco to handle room ahead of her husband. also received | e whom X, in a letter read in court | a hearty greeting. As she took a Seat in | (ha ndjous sentiment to which you nearly fell | wanted an educated, intelligent officer, | that will congregate on East offering re 1 the Dreyfus af. | court she was surrounded by friends, who | a victim. Thia unspeakable act has exeited | capable af explaining military technicali’ | street, between the Folsom-street wharf ina 3 cverwhelmed her with congratulations on | everywhere, and especially among the mem- | No- o : to M, Gren he ferry depot on the morning the T4 real traftor. M. | Sve "husband’s recovery, to which she | bers of the court . the keenest indigna- | was better quali this than ji2na tua terry Len sk stine with s e1 amination in this mat- | smilingly responded. At first the audi- |t . ) re nl.nld xhx did not have | ., “\Who spok Buropean lan- | tYOOPS lmw: the transpor . cting therefore, was o distinet advantage | ence seemed to be apprehensive that Col. | £V SrRRIuener 12 Vou At IO (e AL | guage and w Doster4m Jan- | {he Parents’ and Relatives' Association, to the acciised. Labor B¢| Cnel Jouaust, president of the court, | fit RO GUSCIIED G TXD REEAN ftary science and the general and military | he appeared before the citizens executive 3 «abori announced that | ;hyont treat the applause of Mr. Labor{ i e PARaBTE B histcry of Europe. At terhazy’ committee yesterday and presented a he intended to recall several witnesses. | as a demonstration which would warrant mltn‘gl*g;eu:ue D lf;‘b;'°r';p?{e‘g_"°“ quest witness made NUMErous attempts to | pian that would possibly discourage many Merc toget and others will be put | him in clearing - the court. It began, Pk : get him Into_ the Ministry of War, which | 1 le" Trom conregating on the water Bsterhazy declared was ne der to enable him to pass therefore, with a few timid claps of the | Tn spite of the president’s exhortation hand, but was soon followed by general | not to fatigue himself M. Labori replied: front at the time of debarkation. The o Mr. Ta Tor 1 éutenant proposition was to take the troops from examina- tion. To his friends Mr. Labori has ex- | use on the part of the whole audi- | - g colonel. I himself confident of belng able | ches With the exception of a few standing | M- le President; Perml me, rotwithstnding | * M, Grenier continued that at the time | the Government wharf on a ferry-boat 0 pieces the evid at the back. of the courtroom. | K you have done me the homor th | Esterhazy attributed the —resistance | apq land them at the breakfast tables at pieces the evidence these gen- | ',y Labori shook hands with Gen- | {d1%. (o me In such deeply touching terms. | Which he encountered to varlous people, | {} o gepot, thus obviating the march 1 vee given so confidently before | erals Billot and Mercier, who smilingly | It was for me a visitation of a particularly | including the late Lieutenant olonei | the pot, o tic tribunal congratulated him on being able to re-| painful nature to be struck down at the time | Henry, but when the witness reassured | along East street, The committee agreed with the plan, but Captain Batchelder, representing the officer in charge of the wharf, knocked Esterhazy on this point he exclaimed: “Tt is the last thing I should expect for Henry to be nas the lawyer thanked | when this case was beginning to realize my | beautiful dream of the last few vears, namely | to plead this case in all its amplitude before a r in the case, s for calling at his residence while he appea Dreyfus to-day pursued the them took yesterday attitude and replied | pe was in bed. sty e S et o f . ot tribunal of soldiers. That was my aspiration, a o] ollin of th - = ;h' ;:;:‘1‘;1;]‘ v 1 {1“‘ e areece [?(rr 'f“;:d ”'-‘L”r'&'l ll}'::x m“ns:.lmu,t“ed E‘:‘l)m:!"““ that will fi""'“y"}oiofn.'zycmf'mfll and ;#:3‘52‘§gtrl:n{§g?e«lie§cribed n.ee.é;"‘“‘ out the wrf:ole“&;]!en lziy nr:lr‘lgu::tlngp !p?g_t with arj T s anc he presenta after, . sorrow, as well as m; . Wi not R ‘easible and wo 2 e - ation-of tncd to. M. Labori with outc | Sortow; a8, mell 88 3 Jo¥, Sofd¥i [, "lonet | Joux employed, in the depar(ment as “a it was not feasiple a0 Vo o ntormed judges, tched hand, a smile of Keen pleasure| or foes or indifferent people Who have honored S et me w Gontinued on Second Page. counterfacts, only once giving way to his feelings and offering a cry of pro- lighting up_his pale and usually impgs-|me with thes pigus of FYmpathy, of which I Ewen this wwill not end the reception. < banqueted at the ferry depot by the Native Daughters, and, still later, will be decorated with VOLUNTEER RECEPTION At date. The transportation companies have anmounced their intention of running late trains and boats on the night of the big parade to accommodate residents of Marin, Sonoma, Alameda and — Ipmu\ll\\\mm MORGENSTER *CHIEF A1D TO GRAND MARSHAL - -+ PARADE OFFICIALS. lowed on the wharf. His list_included two representatives from each. of the San Francisco. morning and evening papers, the Governor and staff, Mayor helan and members of the cttizens' executive committee, twenty-four members of the executive committee of the Parents’ and Relatives’ Assoclation and a limited com- mittee rep!‘esenlln? the State Legislature. At the request of the Red Cross Society Mayor Phelan has sent’the following tel- egram to Governor Lee, Pierre, 8. D.: Discharged slck and injured South Dakota volunteers here awalting transportation. Un- derstand your State will provide transporta- tion for regiment. In that event these men should be considered at once. They are en- titled to the benefit and several members ask my mediation. The acting Secretary of the Navy has sent orders to the commanding officer of the Iowa to fire the national salute of twenty-one guns when the transport Sherman enters the port. Orders have also been received instructing the tars and marines to participate in the nignt pa- rade. These orders were issued upon the request of the citizens' committee. The following telegram was received yester- day in reply to their appeal: An hour later the parade will be ill take up their position. will disembark and breakfast at the ferry depot with their parents and relatives, and at 10:30 o'clock will march to the Presidio under an escort of the Third Artillery, the Colorado Volunteers and the National Guard. The linc of march will be up t to be fived the Fighting Fi All the ‘Committees Have Completed Their Work and Nothing Has Been Left Undone to Make a Success of the Big Reception. Initial Test of the Great Incandescent Lamp Display Flooded Market Street With Light and Was Greeted With Shouts of Admiration From a City Full of People. The tugs Fearless, Re- The Monarch, Sea King, ding pilot to Captain J. C. Reid, In this order the trans- at the Presidio the California In the evening the grand will be @ % ok ok e ok e ok ke ke ke ek ok ke sk ke ke e A ke ke ke ok kA ke ke ek ke A A A R AR A A A A A AR AR AR A AR AR AL KRR E RN AR D / T MERIGAN DOivIdSION MARDJIHAL. OF A O.F authorized to participate in land parade. Cone fer with Admiral Kautz. C. H. ALLEN, Acting Secretary. A request was made on Genera! Shafter to order a salute from the battery at Alcatraz, but he stated that it was not customary to thus honor returning sol- the committee as to who would ‘be u-J Iowa authorized to salute Sherman and crew | dlers and that, if he should take it upon