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The Georgia Record.
VOL I.
DREYFUS PARDON IS SKsNED
French Cabinet Takes Final and Official
Action In the Matter.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISION CAUSED NO SURPRISE
Pardon Was Made “In Principle” To Avoid Demon
strations, Though Paper Was Actually Signed.
A Puris special says: The council
of ministers at a meeting Tuesday
decided to pardon Dreyfus. The par
don will take effect in a few days.
Dreyfus relinquished his appeal for a
reversal of the judgment of the court
martial.
The announcement that Dreyfus
was to be pardoned had already been
discounted by predictions and there
was absolutely no excitement displayed
.anywhere along the boulevards when
the newsboys ran along at about 3:15
p.m. with the first editions containing
the statement that the cabinet had
decided to pardon Dreyfus. The news
papers sold quickly, but there was no
rush for them upon the part of the
boulevard ers.
Those who bought the papers sat
down in front of the cases and read the
announcement without comment,
Every one expected it and the de
cision met with no opposition. The
Droits de LTlbmme, socialist organ,
said:
Gur lu —.-remains the sa.ne-a.s '-..•fore the
liberation of Dreyfus, to continue the cam
paign against all those who are responsible
for the lamentable affair and unmask the
forgers, traitors and false witnesses, even
though they may be covered by glittering
decorations."
“In principle” is an idiom some
times in semi-official announcement of
forthcoming action. It seems to have
but the slightest bearing on the mat
ter, except, perhaps, that it implies
the fulfillment of various formalities
befoie the pardon is actually issued,
thereby qualifying the announcement
of the pardon with slight tentalive
ness. It is not known yet whether
the pardon includes amnesty.
Pardon Actually Signed.
The official announcement was made
in the form cabled to the Associated
Press in order to avoid demonstrations
of any kind at Rennes and Paris. But
the pardon of Dreyfus is not merely
imminent, it was actually signed Tues
day morning. Measures have been
taken in Rennes in connection with it.
The newspapers now publish the first
semi-official announcement of the cab- I
inet’s decision without comment. The |
Journal Des De Bats, however, says:
“We arc assured that the family will re
ceive an order for Dreyfus to leave Rennes,
unperceived, shortly, during the night time.
The government does not know or in any
case does not say where Dreyfus is going.’’
The Journal Des De Bats, however, :
follows the foregoing with the report |
that Madame Dreyfus has taken a villa '
at Folkstone, near Dover, Englaad.
This report has been denied, but many
believe Dreyfus will go to England on
his release.
The result of a telephonic inquiry at
Rennes Tuesday afternoon showed
TO APPEAL EATONTON CASE.
Supreme Court of Georgia Will Bo Asked
to Make Final Killing.
Judge John 0. Hart’s decision in
the Eatonton, Ga., railroad case, has
attracted wide attention in thia sec
tion, as it decides an important issue
involving the constitutional powers of
the state of Georgia. The decision
was not entirely unexpected, and
Judge Hart’s ruling seems to be re
garded as a clear statement of the
case, but the attorneys for the state
have announced that the case will be
appealed to the supreme court of the
state for final ruling.
The principal issue involved was
whether the Central of Georgia Hail
road company had violated the stale
constitution in the purchase of the
Middle Georgia and the Atlantic rail
road, an alleged competing line. The
question of competition figured in the
case prominently.
ATLANTA. GA , SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1899.
that Dreyfus had not yet left his pris
on. It is said that Dreyfus will be
sent abroad, before the promulgation
of his pardon, in order to avoid dem
onstration. The Press of Tuesday
evening contained:
“Dreyfus withdrew his appeal today. This
was the various formalities mentioned In
the official communication as ‘remaining to
fulfill before the pardon would be signed
The traitor will now be set free and be able
to give lectures in England and America on
the secrets of the iron safe In the etat major
bureaux.”
I.oubet Assorted To Be a Semite.
An organ publishes
, a long story asserting that President
' Loubet signed the decree of a pardon
a week ago after an interview between
Jos. Reiuach and the premier, M.
Waldeck-Rousseau, the result of which
I that the latter insisted upon the pres-
I ident signing the decree which was
done, the paper in question declares,
at the cabinet council on September
12th.
This story is impossible, its object
obviously being to bring discredit up
on the president and the premier by
making it appear that they are com
pletely under the thumb of the Jews.
It can be regarded ascertain, however,
that the decree was only signed Tues
day because it eould not be signed un
til the court of revision had given its
decision on the Dreyfus appeal or un
til Dreyfus had withdrawn the appeal.
Pardoning Dreyfus does not drop
the curtain on the drama. The Drey
fusards arc determined to pursue the
campaign against the generals and
other officers of the general staff who
lied and committed gross illegalities
in order to keep the prison door closed
on the victim.
Pardoning Dreyfus, therefore, only
closes one act of the drama, and
France will again find herself in the
throes of the party passion before the
Paris exposition opens its doors next
May. '
No Excitement In Paris.
The decision of the cabinet to par
don created less interest in Paris than
would the result of a big horserace.
In fact it may be said that it caused
no excitement whatever. There was
i no rioting on the boulevards. In front
lof the office of The Libre Parole,
j where a crowd usually assembles in
the evenings to gaze on the huge col
ored transparencies outside the win
dow of the leading anti-Semite organ,
there was not the slightest gathering
either for or against Dreyfus.
Dreyfus Already Out ?
The Rennes correspondent of The
London Daily Telegraph, wiring at 9
o’clock Tuesday evening, said:
“There is reason to believe that
Dreyfus is already out of prison, and
that, with his wife, he will probably
leave Rennes tonight.”
GUERIN SURRENDERS AT LAST.
Ills Six Weeks’ Seijr® In Paris Gomel to
nn I»nominous ICnd.
A Paris special says: At 4 o’clock
Tuesday morning M. Guerin promised
to surrender. There has been con
siderable activity in the Rue de Cha
brol throughout the night.
Precisely at the hour appointed a
captain of the manicipal guards rap
ped at the door of Fort Chabrol.
There was a moment of expectation
and then the door opened. M. Guerin
calmly presented himself, meekly sur
rendered and was driven to the police
depot in an open cab seated beside the
captain of the guards. His compan
ions were allowed to go free.
'Thus the six weeks’ seige ended in
sublimely ridiculous style.
Marital Bliss a Luxury.
The Chickasaw legislature has passed
the bill raising the fee for marriage
licenses from SSO to SI,OOO. The meas
ure is aimed at squaw men.
TRAGEDY IN HALL COUNTY.
L
| Two Men Killed With an Ax In
The Hands of an Enraged
Husband.
Monday night, Wtilian Dudley a,
Hall county, Ga., farmer, living two
miles west of Marysvil.e, chopped Jim
Smith and Bury O’Kei'y, both white,
to death with an ax.
The killing occurred at Dudley’s
house, some time near midnight, and
was caused by Smith and O’Kelly call
ing at Dudley’s house during Dudley’s
absence.
In accomplishing the death of the
two men Dudley split their heads open
with the ax, then heeled their bodies
into pieces.
Dudley is a man of middle age, and
has a wife and four children. It ap
pears from reports th .t he has been
somewhat troubled in his domestic
affairs with Bury O’Kelly, who has
endeavored to win the affections of his
wife. On », former occasion the two
men had a difficulty about this matter,
and Dudley severely cut O’Kelly with
a knife, the wound almost proving fa
tal. Since then there has been bad
feeling between the men.
Dudley went away from home Mon
day for some reason, and it was pre
sumed that he would not return until
Tuesday. O'Kelly and Smith vent to
■ Dudley’s, and bad been in the house
I for some time when Dudley suddenly
; returned and found both men and his
wife asleep.
Seizing an ax, Dudley knocked them
both in the head and chopped their
bodies almost to pieces. He then
turned upon his wife, and as she ran
out a back door, struck at her with
| the bloody ax, leaving its imprint,
stained with the blood .of two victims,
upon the door facirf. She rap for
life and escaped to a negro cabin,
some distance away, where she was
given a refuge until Dudley went
away.
Retracing his steps to the bouse,
Dudley took in the situation, and go
ing to a negro house, secured a horse
and buggy, stating that he had “down
ed two of the boys,” and securing his
three children, drove away.
RAILROAD FoiTsALE. .
State of Georgia Will A*k For Blds on the
Northeastern.
Governor Candler, of Georgia, de
cided Tuesday morning to offer the
Northeastern railroad for sale. The
attempt will be the third the state '
has made in the last ten years to rid .
itself of this properly, which was
seized on account of not meeting its j
obligations to the state during the ad
ministration of Governor Colquitt. ;
Attorney General Terrell was in- i
structed by Governor Candler to pre- ’
pare at onee the advertisement for I
bids, which under the act of the legis- ,
lature of 1897, must be sealed and filed ;
by a certain date in the executive
office. The minimum price which the I
governor is allowed to accept for the i
Northeastern is $287,000, the amount ■
of the bonds of the Northeastern taken. ■
up by the state through Governor
Colquitt.
The Northeastern, running from
Athens to Lula, Ga., is forty miles in
length, and is in the very best repair.
For the last few years, since its opera
tion has been controlled by the state,
the Northeastern has been making op
erating expenses and fully enough to
pay the interest on the bonds.
It is understood that the reason for I
the sale of the Northeastern at the
present time, is the opportunity offered I
in two roads to be projected across the I
state, both of which are to pass through I
or near to Athens. It is the idea of ;
the officials of the state that both pro- I
jected lines can be induced to bid for I
the property of the Northeastern, as |
the roads traverse that section of
country, contemplated by the new i
lines.
W. K. SUCCEEDS CORNELIUS.
Dead Millionaire** Brother Elected Presi
dent of Harlem River Road.
At New York Tuesday William
Rockefeller was elected a member of'
the New York Central railroad to suc
ceed the late Cornelius Vanderbilt.
William K. VandorJjilt succeeds his
brother, the late Cornelius Vanderbilt,
as president of the New York and i
Harlem River railroad.
Municipal League Meets.
The third annual convention of the
League of Municipalities opened at
Syracuse, N. Y., Tuesday, with four
hundred delegates.
I DREYFUS FREE;
QUITS RENNES.
Under Cover of Darkness He Is
Hurried Awav.
HIS DESTINATION IS A SECRET
With Detectives the Artillerist
Boards a Train For
Nantes.
At 3 o’clock Wednesday morning
Captain Alfred Dreyfus left the prison
I in Rennes in which he had been con
j fined since his return from Devil’s is
land, and proceeded to Vern, where
’ he took a train bound for Nantes. His
departure was completely unnoticed.
M. Viguer, the chief of the secret ser
vice, and the prefect, M. Dureault, ar
rived at the prison after midnight,
bringing the minister of war’s order
for the release of Dreyfus. The latter
walked from the prison to the Boule
| vard Laenne, where he entered a wait
i ing carriage and was driven to the
i Vern station, outside of town. Mat
thieu Dreyfus met him at the train
and accompanied him to Nantes.
"While this dramatic turn in the
Dreyfus drama was taking place all
Rennes slept and the departure of the
famous prisoner of Devil’s island was
no more noticed than that of an ordi
nary traveler. - . »
A small crowd of people bad waited
1 round the prison until midnight, ex
pecting the release of Dreyfus, but it
then dispersed, thinking it to late
■ for Dreyfus to leave.
Mme. Dreyfus left Rennes at noon, |
accompanied by her father and friends.
Dreyfus Makes Statement.
The Aurore, Paris newspaper, pub
lishes the following declaration from
Former Captain Dreyfus:
“The government of the republic
has given me my liberty. But liberty
is nothing to me without honor. From
today I shall continue to seek repara- .
tion for the frightful judicial error of
which I remain the victim. I wish |
France to know by a definitive judg- |
ment that I am innocent. My heart
will only bo at rest when there re- ■
ffiains not a single Frenchman who .
imputes to me the abominable crime !
perpetrated by another.
“Alfred Dreyfus.”
Party Reaches Nantes.
A special from Nantes states that i
Dreyfus arrived there Wednesday I
morning from Rennes, accompanied I
by his brother, Matthieu Dreyfus; ,
the chief of the secret police, M. Vig
uier, and one policeman. The party
traveled as ordinary passengers. The i
train reached the city at 8:15 a. m.
Dreyfus’ brother alighted on the plat- ;
form first, followed by M. Viguier,
who inquired if they could have a pri- '
vate room. A waiter replying in the i
affirmative, the brothers entered a I
room and ordered two. glasses of milk, ;
while M. Viguier and the policeman .
remained outside in the public bar.
Inquiry was then made concerning :
the Bordeaux train, which they were
informed left at 8:58 a. m. All four j
then entered a first-ela-s compartment, I
in which there were already other I
passengers. It was intended by thus :
refraining from an attempt to secure 1
privacy, to avoid exciting curiosity, |
and this apparently succeeded. M.
Viguier and the policeman only went |
as far as the first stop, Vertou, whence I
they returned to Nantes to catch the
12:13 p. m. express for Paris, leaving
the brothers to continue their journey
alone. It is believed the Dreyfuses
alighted at an intermediate station to i
take a frosh start in an unknown
direction.
May Come To America.
The London Times publishes the
following dispatch from Liverpool:
“A quantity of luggage has arrived
here from Havre and Folkestone ad
dressed to Madame Dreyfus, and rooms
have been taken ata local hotel. The
luggage is marked for New York and
it is supposed that Dreyfus is going
to America.”
NO. 13.
CONSPIRATORS ON TRIAL.
French Senate Organizes as a
Court to Try Twenty-Two
Prisoners.
A Paris dispatch says: The French
senate met as a high court of justice
Monday afternoon for the purpose of
trying twenty-two politicians, includ
ing MM. Demonicourt, Deroulede,
Marcel-Habert, Thiebaud, Baron do
Vaux and Jules Guerin, on the charge
of conspiring against the government.
The procurator general, M. Bernard,
read the long indictment. Not one of
the accused was present or in the
palace at the time, but nine cells were
fitted up for them in the library.
President Fallieres opened the pro
ceedings amid general silence by read
ing the decree of the president of the
republic constituting the senate, on
the report of the minister of justice,
into a high court to try the charge
against the accused of making an at
tempt on the security of the state.
M. Fallieres then declared the sen
ate constituted a high court and the
clerk of the court called the roll of
sanators, who answered with the word
“present.”
'I he indictment commenced by re
citing the facts of the arrest of MM.
Deßoulede and Marcel-Habert, and
said the inquiry had shown the exist
ence of a conspiracy to change the
form of government, to which the dis
orders of last February, it was added,
were due and in which MM. Deßou
lede, Marcel-Habert and some mem
' bers of the League of Patriots, M.
i Guerin and some members of the Anti
■ Semite league, M. Dußac, and some
members of the Society of Anti
; Semitic Youth, MM. Buffet, Godefrey
and Shevilly, and memb>>™ .roy
alist party's ers iaeufpaKd.
The indictment gave a few particu
lars of the provincial organization.
Referring to the Provincial League, it
said it was worthy of attention because
the idea of monarchic restoration ap
peared inconceivable, it bad played a
preponderant role in the recent events,
its leader being the duke of Orleans
himself and its managers his accredited
representatives. All the leagues, it
was asserted, seek to change the form
of government by street risings.
The culminary point of the royalist
conspiracy was reached February 23d,
when M. De Roulede made his noto
rious attempt on the Placede la Nation
to induce a brigade of infantry to
march on the Elysee palace. Every
thing, it seems, was prepared to carry
out the royalist plan that day, but M.
De Roulede’s failure spoiled all, and
the duke of Orleans, who was awaiting
at Brussels the signal to come to Paris,
received instead a telegram from M.
Buffet saying:
“Useless to come. Send you fur
ther news tomorrow.”
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
l.lst of New In dim tries Established the
Past W eek.
The more important of the new in
dustries reported during the past week
include a barrel and basket factory in
Virginia; a box factory in Louisiana; a
brewery in Kentucky;Portland cement
works in West Virginia; coal mines in
Texas and West Virginia; cooperage
works in Georgia; two cotton mills in
Georgia and one each in Louisiana,
Mississippi, North and South Car
olina; a crate factory in Geor
gia; an cicatrical construction com
pany in South Carolina; electric
light plants iu Alabama and Ken
tucky; a flouring mill in Texas;
a furniture factory in North Carolina;
a hub factory in Arkansas; an ice fac
tory iu Virginia; an iron furnace in
Alabama; a knitting mill in Louisi
ana and two in North Carolina; lime
kilns in Arkansas; lumber mills in
Alabama, Aikansas, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas arid Vir
ginia; an oil company in West Vir
ginia; a pottery in South Carolina;
quarries in North Carolina; rice mills
in Florida and Mississippi; a shoe fac
tory in Texas; stave and heading fac
tories in Tennessee and Virginia; a
telephone company in Texas; zine
mining companies in ‘Arkansas and
Tennessee, , —Tradesman (Chattanooga,
Tenn.)
Soldiers Enforce Pence.
Two companies of militia are keep
ing the peace between the whites and
the negro non-union miners a Carters
ville, 111. A third company is’expect
ed from Newton. There has been no
furthur violence.