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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.