THE OMAHA DAILY BER : SATURDAY. ATC.UST ! , 1S n.
Hee. Aug. 25 , ' 09.
Something of importance in our
Final Closing Sale of all our summer
Skirts , White Waists and light colored
Lawn Wrappers. Ladies who have attend
ed our former clearing sales , know that
wo never do anything by halves , The prices
made on all the above goods are so low that they will not last
long , so you had better come early.
All our $2.00 , $3.00 , Jl.Oi ) , nnd $1.50 white clearing price 25c.
waists , clearing price fl-00. About a dozen summer skirts , the $1.50
All our $2.00 nnd $3.00 colored waists , nnd $2.00 kind , clearing price EOc.
clearing- price [ JOG and $1.00. $ A lot of nlco wrappers , so mo In lawns ,
Eomo whlto waists In Inrge sizes , slightly - Bomo prints , none sold for less thnn
ly soiled , some were $1 00 nnd $1 25 , $1.00 , clearing price 33c.
AOBRTS FOR FOSTER KID GI-OVEI A7IC MoCALI/S PATTEIlJfS.
BELDEN & Co.
THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS HOUSE IN OMAHA.
V. II. O. A. IlUrUHNO , COn. 1OTU AND DOUGLAS 8TI.
GOVERNOR LEE CONSIDERS
South Dakota Anxious for a Special Session
of the Legislature.
ITS BOYS MUST HAVE A FREE TRAIN
PeralKtrnt niTorlN in Ilnlmhr - NPPOM-
nr > - KniulH llnvo So Kiir Fnlloil
County Apportionment Scheme
llcltitf 1'iiMliciI.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Aug. 23. ( Spccjal
Telegram. ) T\yo-thlrds of the members of
two-thirds of thc'mem-
the state Konatc and -
bers oftho lower house of the state legis
lature having signified their willingness to
attend n special session without cost to the
state , for the purpose of appropriating the
sum uecetaary to bring the South Dakota
regiment homo from San Francisco , that
matter now rests solely with Governor Lee ,
who him taken the question of calling a
special session .of the legislature tinder ad
visement until tomorrow , wtieu he will an
nounce his decision
The members of the legislature nH yet
heard from reside In the country and a
large majority of them undoubtedly will
agrdo to attend the ecbslon without any cc-
penBo to the state.
County Apportionment Si-licine.
Pinilfti : , S. D. , Aug. 25. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Feeling In this city Is strongly In
favor of any move which may help get the
roldlers homo from San Francisco without
cost to them. The banks of this cltv have
agreed to advance the $1,000 apportioned to
Hughes county under the county apportion
ment scheme and wait for legislative action
to reimburse them. Just what proceedings
will bo taken In adjoining counties Is not
jet Known , but the committee feels confident
of raising the amount apportioned to the
coun'tlce In this part of the state.
. \clloii Tnkcn at Huron.
HURON , S. D. . Aug. 25. ( Special. ) A
meeting of the committee appointed to devise
plans for raising funds to defray transporta
tion expenses of the First South Dakota reg
iment from San Francisco to this btato , when
mustered out , was held here Wednesday
evening. Frank Brown of Aberdeen acted
as chairman of the meeting and Ed J. MlUer
of Huron was secretary. Following general
discussion It was agreed that In view of the
fact thut the committee had received the re
port of the Yankton Gazette on the question
of calling a special session of the legislature ,
showing that out of fifty-nine answers received
(
ceived from members of that body , all but
tbreo expressed n willingness to attend a
special session , should It bo called , without
compensation other than actual expenses ,
and this resolution was passed :
"That the chairman appoint a committee
of three to wait upon the governor nnd ascer
tain whether he Intends to call a special ses
sion of the legislature for the purpose of
providing means for the return of the First
South Dakota regiment to the state ns floon
as they are mustered out of the United States
service , and if not , to solicit his personal
co-operation with this committee In raising
funds for that purpose. "
It was decided to have made 5,000 buttons
about the sire of n silver dollar , upon which
shall appear the figure of n volunteer sol
dier , on the upper circle the letters , "First
S. D. U. S , . V. " apd on the lower circle tint
" " Is to sell
word "Wefcome. It proposed
Uieso buttons at ? } each , and thereby create
a hospital fundi
The state treasurer was designated as the
custodian of all the funds raised for "liorae-
cccnlng purposes , " nnd Frank 'Brown 'of
Aberdeen , George A , Matthews of jBrooktngs ,
and O , L. Branson of Mitchell were named
as an auditing committee. Attorney General
Pyle was delegated to.procp.ro the buttons.
It Is quite apparent that tbo legislature
Will bo called together to make nn appro
priation , but failure in this , each county
Mill be called upon to provide n certain sum ,
trusting to the next legislature for repay
ment of what money is advanced cither by
dountlcs or Individual ? .
NO INTENTION OF SELLING
31 r . Hen rut DcnlcH the Humor that
Shu HUH Milil Her Intercut lit
llninmtaUc
'
LDAD , S. D. , Aug. 25 , ( Special Telegram. )
General Superintendent T. J , Orler ofthe
Homestake Mining nnd Milling company was
Interviewed 'tonight In regard to the reported
naie of the Hearst Interest In the company.
Mr , Grlcr has heard nothing of 'the contem
plated transfer nnd he doubts the truth of
the statement , Tho. Hearst pcoplo hnvo al
ways looked upon the Homrutake Invest
ment ns n good one and have never talked
of selling heretofore ,
rSAN KHANOISCO , Aug. 25. Mrs. Hearst.
hen Keen In regard to a special dispatch
from Demi wood , S. D , , stating that It woo
her Intention to ell her Interest In the fn-
mAus Homestake mine , denied incut posi
tively that there U n word of truth In the
statement.
"I have n vcr had the ttltghtntt Intention
ot selling my Interest or any part thereof ,
"Good Beginnings
Make Good Endings ! '
' You ate nuking a good beginning tuhen
you commence to take Hood's Sarsapatillo.
for'any trouble of your blood , stomach ,
Kidneys or liver. Persistently taken , this
great medicine will bring you the good end
ing of perfect health , strength and vigor.
It la n valuable property and I have no de
sire to dispose of It. That Is one piece of
property that I positively would not dispose
of , and besides It has been quoted nt one-
half Its actual value. "
It Js believed hero that the object of the
dispatch was to affect the value of the stock
of the oilnc. The matter will be thoroughly
Investigated.
FARMERS BUSY IN DAKOTA
Hurt out I'rnt'tlonlly Coiniitrfcil Over
Hit * Stntv limn of tlir Tlirt-HliiT
llenril Vlelil Above Average.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Aug. 23. ( Special. )
The last two weeks hao been the busiest
which itho farmers of , South Dakota have
ever experienced. 'Harvest ' has been con
cluded in the several localities where wheat
cutting commenced late and la now practi
cally completed throughout the state. Dur
ing the last ten days hundreds of threshing
machines have been taken to the farms of
South Dakota and all of them are now rapIdly -
Idly pounding out the grain which will
bring the farmers of the state millions of
dollars. Dealers In the various towns re
port greater sales of steam threshing ma
chines this season than for years , but not
withstanding the great number of machines
now at work throughout the agricultural
portion of the state the dcnland among the
farmers who have decided to thresh from the
shock falls far short of the supply. Hun
dreds of farmers who have- their grain ready
for threshing are , owing to the great amount
of work ahead of the threshers , compelled
° towait their turn. In many localities some
threshing of wheat and oats has been com
pleted.
Reports from Randall state that forty
1 acres of wheat on the Strong place yielded
eighteen bushels per acre * This wheat was
on summer fallow and was ono of the best
, pieces of grain In the neighborhood. The
berry Is shrunken In many places In that
locality.
M. E. Dunning was one of the first farm
ers In Turner county to thresh. His fall
plowing wheat yielded'twelve * bushels nnd
ono peck per aero and his cornstalk wheat
six bushels.
In the vicinity of Gerryowen , Union
county , oats IB yielding from fifty to flfty-
flvo bushels per aero , and -wheat , so far BS
threshing has thus far revealed. Is averag
ing from eight to twelve 'bushels. '
T o carloads of wheat shipped from Mel-
letto weighed fifty-four pounds to the bushel
and yielded on an average ten bushels to the
ncre. Some wheat has been received at
Mollctto which weighed fifty-eight pounds
per bushel , graded No. 1 northern , and
yielded fifte-en bushels per ncre.
Wheat In Hanson county Is turning out ns
well as could bo expected and In many in
stances la bolter thnn was anticipated. A.
H. Belts threshed hla nnd It went all the
way from twelve totwenty bushels , his
crop averaging him about sixteen bushels
to the acre. The wheat on the old Stock
ton place , north of Fulton , was threshed
the other day and yielded nn average of
sixteen bushels per acre.
In the vicinity of Alexandria the thresh
ing machines have bcfiiin to tell their story
and It 1 a most agreeabro surprise. Wheat
on the Dobson farm went close to twelve
( bushels to the acre. On the Bctts place It
averaged fifteen bushels. In Hanson town
ship It Is yielding from twelve to eighteen
bushels to the acre ,
< H. C. Kllllon on Lake Madison has
threshed oats of very -good. Quality which
averaged sixty bushels per acre. Ho also
threshed twenty-four acres of wheat and got
420 bushels , or seventeen and a half bushels
to the acre.
The yield'of wheat. InMoody county Is
fully as good as expected , ranging from
fifteen to twenty-five fcushels per acre , nnd
the grade Is better than expected.
Quite n number of farmers In the neigh
borhood of Dell Ilnptds are threshing from
the shock. Wheat 4s yielding from twelve
to twenty bushels per acre-and , while some
of It Is somewhat shrunken , It Is of good
quality and grades No. 1 nnd No. 2. None
of the wheat In that locality. It Is believed ,
will grade under No , 2 unless It IB dam
aged by rain In the shock or stack.
Notwithstanding the fact that many of the
farmers of Aurora county raised the cry n
short time ago that the wheat crop was
"ogone1 \ \ up , " It-is found with few excep
tions , where the toll is light and sandy ,
that there Is no cause whatever for com
plaint , the yield and quality both being
good.
The crop around Clear Lake Is consid
ered by competent Judges to be better thnn
that of last year. "Grain Is going to turn
out better than we all expected , " said a
farmer In Wesslngton Springs the other
day , and his remark will apply to a consid
erable portion of the btaie.
Shipping IlorHfx mill Cuttle ICnul.
HURON , S. D. , Aug. 25. ( Special. )
There were shipped from this place yester
day two carloads of horses for Hampton ,
la. ; three carloads of cattle for Sioux City ;
ono carload of hoes for Be res ford , B , ! > . ,
and ono carload of hogs for Cblcaco , Be
sides ithcso there have passed this station
durlnelie last two days felxty carloads of
cattle ( feeders ) en route to northwestern
louii. Special trains of cattle are either
made nn hero op pass this point dally on
route to eastern markets or to bo fattened
an Iowa and Illinois corn. The cattle busi
ness has opened unusually early and la more
lively than for several years at this season ,
llritfillutlnc School Mini llonpltnl ,
PinilHi : , S. I ) . , Aug. 23. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The Denedlctlno sisters ) have glv n
orders for the Immediate fitting up of the
building which they will use In this city
for a school and hospital , The citizens have
been several years working up this pro.
Ject and are much pleased at the final sue-
cess attained ,
IMiml Slutt * Atmenitiiinnt I'lunrex.
PIISRRU , S. D. , Aug. 25. ( Special Tele-
giam. ) Final figures furnished by the state
auditor jhe : tbo asseosed valuatlou of ttie
rt teat J168,722,704 , an Increaee at 140,142-
JOS o\cr last year. In the total about fl3.-
000,000 U corporate property ,
President and Mrs. McKinley in Excellent
Health Enjoy tli3 Trip Very Much ,
RECEIVES NEW YORK ARMY OFFICERS
Decline * n Piilillr Hri'Piillon V
.11 nlip to Ocriin ( inn p I'rvMli
1'nrty ( Jroplcil v\lth IJn
tliiilit < tin Krrj ttlicre.
LONG nilANCH , N. J. , Aug. 25. 1'rcel-
( lent nnd Mrs. McKinley , with Vice Presi
dent nnd Mrs. Hobnrt. Garrctt A. Hobnit ,
Jr. , Attorney General Grlggs , Dr. nnd Mrs.
Illxoy. Private Secretary Cortolyou and Hx
ccutlve Clerk Darncs , arrived here this
morning at 7:13 : o'clock from Plnttsburg on
a epeclal train of four palace ears. As the
train drew Into the station < hc presidential
Mluto was fired by Wilson battery , Second
National Guard , Now York , anil a detach
ment of Trop C of IJrooklyn presented nrms.
The president was erected with great en
thusiasm ns he emerged from the car and
assisted Mrs. McKinley to alight.
President and Mrs. McKinley looked In
excellent limith nnd bowed their acknowl
edgments repeatedly to the great crowd as
they wcry escorted to their carriage by the
receptlot * committee nnd driven to Vice ,
President Ilobart's cottage , Nonnanlutrst ,
nt Norwood park. At Norwood a great
crowd gathered , which received the presi
dent and Mrs. McKinley with great enthusi
asm. Vice President and Mrs. Hobari nnd
the rest of the presidential party were
driven to Norwood by a shorter route thun
the ono taken by the president's carriage.
The president breakfasted nt Norwood nnd
will remain there quietly until 2:30 : p. in. ,
when ho will review the military tournament
nt the horse show grounds.
OIIIci-i-N Welcome .Melvlnlfj- .
At 10 o'clock the reception committee nnd
officers of Troop C of Brooklyn and the See.
end battery of Now York drove over to
Normnnhurst In six carriages nnd formally
welcomed the president to Long llrnnch.
Miles O'Brien Introduced the members of
the delegation to the president , who ex
changed a few words with each on presenta
tion. Former Senator Uufus Blodgctt wel
comed the president on behalf of the cotn-
mltteo and extended n cordial welcome from
the permanent and transient citizens of
LongBranch. .
The committee nlso tendered to the presi
dent n public reception tonight at the Holly
wood hotel , wh O the president was obliged
to decline. The president In reply said :
"I thank the committee and citizens on
behalf of Mrs. McKinley nnd myself for
their courtesies and hearty welcome. I
cannot say-Just now what my plans are for
today , as Dr. J. E. Price of Ocean Grove
hna a promise froth me 'to visit that unique
stronghold of Methodism. I feel ; , however ,
I am bound by the desires of the Long
Branch citizens , ns their Invitation was the
first. I have wlshp.il for a long time to pay
this visit , as 1 wan fascinated by the sur
roundings of Long Branch when I first vis
ited In this vicinity twelve years , ago. "
Dr. Jacob Price , dean of the Ocean Grove
summer school of theology , called on the
president and extended the formal Invita
tion from the trustees nnd citizens of Ocean
Grove. The president said he would be nt
Ocean Grove at 2 o'clock.
The president , accompanied by Mrs. Mc
Kinley nnd Mrs. Hobart , subsequently drove
to the Iron pier to witness the 'arrival of the
Scorpion. As the carriage reached the plor
the trim little gunboat dropped anchor and
fired the president's salute. The president
took a short drive along Ocean avenue nnd
returned later < o Normanhurst for lunch.
Everywhere the president was greeted with
cheers , hand-clapping and waving of hand
kerchiefs. Secretary of the Interior Hitch
cock left the train at Jersey City.
Governor Voorhees came to the Norman-
hurst -welcome the president to the state.
Policy In tinI'lilllpiilncH. .
OCEAN GROVE , N. J. , Aug. 25. Presi
dent McKluley In an address here this aft
ernoon said :
"I believe that there is more love for our
country and that more people love the flag
than ever before. Wherever that nag Is
raised It stands not for despotism nnd op
pression , but for liberty , opportunity nnd
humanity nnd what that flag has done for
us we wnnt It to do for all people and all
lands which by the fortunes of war have
como within its Jurisdiction. That Hag does
not mean ono thing in-the United Stales and
another In Porto Rico and the Philippine
Islands. There has been some doubt In
eomo quarters respecting the policy of the
government In the Philippines. I see no
harm In stating It In this premises' . Peace
first , then w'lth charity tor all , establish a
government of law nnd order , protect life
and pronurty and occupation for the well-
being of the people who will participate In
It under the stars and stripes. "
BERTILLON IS A BUTT
Continued from First Page. )
of an Infantry sergeant and four privates ,
all staggering under the weight of Immense
leather satchels bulging with documents ,
Charts , etc. , which they deposited on the
stage as a roar of laughter reached through
out the court , Kven the judges were unable
to' suppress n smile as they gazed on M ,
Dertlllon's stage properties strewed over half
the platform. A table was brought In , upon
which thn plans ho was using could bo
placed. The witness began by saying that
only Intelligent men could follow his ex
planations , The court was soon half
emptied , as the audience , after smiling audi
bly at his extraordinary words and expres
sions , bccamo bored and went out.
M. Bertlllon commenced his deposition at
8:30 : a , in. It occupied the nbole of thfs
session and will perhaps occupy a good part
of tomorrow's session.
The court room presented a curious scene
while M. Dertlllon , whnra the Dreyfusards
In their moat Indulgent moments describe
ns a. "dangerous maniac , " spent the thrco
remaining hours of tbo session In explain
ing In unintelligible terms bis "Infallible
system" of proving Dreyfus was the author
of the bordereau. The majority of the
public , however , utterly unable , to compre
hend M. Dertlllon's theories , had left the.
court room. Kvcn "La Da mo Blanche"
abandoned her post. In the meanwhile M ,
liertlllon , with gestures and In the shrill ,
pitched volco of a quack at a country fair ,
continued his monologue , producing every
minute some fresh paper covered with won
derful hieroglyphics , copies of which ho
presented to the judges , who , with an ex-
presslon of owl-like wisdom , carefully ex
amined them. Their heads clustered together -
gethor , their eyes gazing on the long , wide
strips of paper , while M. Ilerttllon leaned
over their table trying to explain his mysti
fying diagrams , which were afterward passed
to MM , Laborl and Dernange , who , however ,
apparently did not derive much profit from
their perusal.
Dreyfus gazed at the scene with a look
of etupefactlon. The clearest utterance of
M. Bertlllon , during the course of his
demonstration , was that the handwriting
of the bordereau "obeys a geometrical
rhythm , of which I discovered the equation
in the prisoner's blotting pad. "
Exiierlmi'iit I * l.'iioutliifaHor ) ' .
The witness finally announced that he.
would give a practical demonbtratlon of the
writing of the bordereau , according to his
system. Then be theatrically cleared the
d ( k attached to the witness bar , drew hl
chair nearer , deposited bla high hat on the
lloor , und , biting down , began copying thu
I
liorilcrcati The audience watched him.
bent over the desk , busily drawing letteni.
the judges gazing nt him until nt the end
of ton Vilnutca the people nnd thr- Judges
becnme restlessly Impatient nnd Colonel
Jounust remnrlfcd that It wni not necressry
to copy the whole bordereau nnd that n few-
lines would Mifnco. A few mlnutei later
M. Hertltlon r6se , strode to the Judges'
table nnd laid before them his copy. The
Judges , counsel , government commissary ,
Major Cnrrlcre , nnd the clerk of the total
clustered around In one gro'ip , eager to * ee
the result. The audience watchol this
strnnge epectnclo until Colonel Jounust
shrugged 'bis shoulders , and then the spol
iators know that M. Ilcrllllon had failed to
satisfy them.
M. liortlllon noticed this nnd snld nt.olo-
gotlcnlly : "I wns too badly placed. "
M. Dcmange of counsel for the defense
returned t& counsel's tnblo and In response
to n look of Inquiry from Dreyfus whispered
n few words to the prisoner , with n slung
of his shoulders nnd a smile on his face.
Dreyfus appeared perfectly flatlsllcd.
Colonel Jouaust then , nt It 4. " > a. m. . ad
journed the court nnd M. Bertlllon packed
up his belongings nnd the soldiers carried
them out.
To the newspaper men who crowded
nround M. Laborl asking him for his Im
pressions , counsel snld there wns a certain
resemblance to the borderenu , nddlng : "But
that Is nil. M. Bertlllon only did what
dozens could do. It only proves he Is n
clever forger. That Is all. "
I'rocrcilliiKi In Detail.
Following are the proceedings In detail :
At the opening of the session of the
Dreyfus court-martial todny conslderablo ,
comment wns caused by the request of
Orlbelln , the principal archivist of the
headquarters staff , for permission to absent
himself for twenty-four hours , owing to a
summona of the minister of war. Oenernl
do Gnlllfct , who desired to see him In Paris.
It wns suggested ( hat the minister of war
wished to refresh M. Grlbelln's memory ,
i\Iilch has been so strongly anti-Dreyfus.
Then followed the reading of a medical
certificate signed by two doctors whoso
names were not familiar to the audience ,
setting forth that Colonel Du Paty dc Clam
Is too 111 to leave his bed and appear at
Ilennes , at which the nudlence was not sur
prised. Mme. Du Paty do Clam nlso wrote
to the government commissary offering n
written supplementary deposition from her
husband.
M. Laborl , nfter securing the names of
the doctors who signed the certificate , asked
the court to appoint two well known phy-
slclnns to reoort officially on Du Paly do
Clam's condition. Colonel Jouaust , however ,
declared It was useless to do so , as the
condition of the Invalid was veil known.
ConfrHMloti Of Kxtprtiiixy.
Rowland Strong , correspondent of the New-
York Times and n 'member pf the staff of
the Observer of London , was the first wit
ness called. He described nt length the
Interviews which ho had with Cstcrhazv ,
saying the Observer offered Esterhnzy JCCOO
for certain documents and a confession that
ho wrote 'the ' bordereau , as published
April 25.
Keplylne to the court , Mr. Strong said
that Estcrhazy , while admitting the author
ship of the bordereau , said the Occuments
enumerated In It had been betrayed by Drey
fus to Germany.
M. Henri Welll a former officer of the
headquarters staff , Was then called , but he
was absent and h [ < j deposition was read. The
facts In the case wore published Asrll 20.
M , Welll's statement , In substance , was that
Esterhnzy told him in 1894 that Dreyfus was
Innocent , but that this would not prevent
his conviction , because he was a Jew. , ( Sen
sation ) .
A brief discussion ensued regarding the
character cf Colonel Plcquart's former or
derly , Savlgnaud , who testified yesterday to
posting -lo'.tera-hv. May and June , 1887r nd-
drcssed by the l"coonel ) to M , Schourer-
Keatnor , the former vice president of the
Senate , who was , prominent In obtaining a
revlsfon of the Dreyfus case. Durlns this
discussion Savlgnaud protested that he had
been confounded with a bandsman of the
same name , who had n 'bad ' character. .
A former sergeant , who was nt one time
employed in the war office , testified to seeing
Dreyfus copying the' list of railroad star
tlons mentioned In the plan of mobilization ,
to which Dreyfus replied : "It Is true , but
I copied the list by order of Captain Besse. "
( Sensation ) .
KxKortH Tnfco n Turn.
The evidence of the handwriting experts
followed.
M. Cohort , after testifying to the facts
published April1 22 and April 24 , vehemently
protested against the Insinuation that ho was
an interested witness. Ho referred to his
thirty years of service , during which ho had
reported on thousands of documents , nnd
added , visibly affected :
"I protest against the term 'Interested
export , ' " adding , turning towards the
prisoner : "After all I have no right to
complain when I look at this unfortunate
man now before you. " ( Great sensation. )
The court clodely followed M. Gobert's
exhaustive story of his examination of the
bordereau and his Interview with Generals
Mercler , le Bolsdeffre and Gonso.
M. Gobert assorted that the handwriting of
the bordereau , was natural and fluent , but
that It was almost Illegible , whereas ,
Dreyfus , oven when writing rapidly , always
wrote most legibly.
The witness aak'cd 'General Gonse If an
envelope accompanied the bordereau , as he ,
M. Qobert , wished tq see what the writer's
careful callgrapby was like , explaining that
the address of a letter Is always In a
firmer band than Its contents. General
Gonso refused -the request on tbo ground that
the witness must not know the name of the
addressee. Th9 general also refused to
allow the bordereau to bo photographed ,
alleging that lf the War oflco | photographers
were allowed to .photograph It all Paris
would be acquainted with the bordereau the
next day. ( Laughter. )
Thereupon-thoj witness remarked : "Gen
eral Gonso , tills' Is a very Interesting con
fession , "
M. Gobert then suggested that the work ba
entrusted to the prefecture of police , where
M. Bertlllon Is tbo photographer. Until
then , -the witnccti also said , he had never
heard of M. Bertlllon iw a handwriting export
port- saying ho became an expert for this
special occasion when hewas called In the
War office. ( Laughter , )
( ienornl tioimp KiiriiKeil ,
Genera ) Gonso , It appears from the testi
mony , was greatly enraged when bo learned
of the result of M. Gobert's examination of
tbo borderenu and visited tbo expert re
peatedly. The latter arways Instated on
learning the name of the suspect.
"It was not proper , " said M. Gobert , "for
me to accuse anyone without being perfectly
vpsnlzan.t of tbo facts , especially In
circumstances of BO grave a nature. ( Sensa
tion. ) I would not accuse anyone an
onymously , for to do so would bo contrary
to the law. "
Amidst laughter In court the 'witness '
deairtbed how , from an examination of an
official report on Dreyfus , from which
Dreyfus' name had been removed , M , Gobert
had tbo malicious satisfaction of ( filing General -
eral Gonse the name of the officer they
-wanted.to arrest.
'jt was after M. Gobert had refused to In-
crlralnata , Dreyfus that M. Bertlllon was en
trusted , with the examination of the
bordereau , and after a few hours' study M.
BertlHoD positively attributed the bordereau
to Dreyfus ,
From that time forward M. Oobert heard
| no more' of the Dreyfus case. He was not
pBk'ed to submit a report , but described'to
the then minister of justice , M. Gucrln , tbo
jL-ircumfctances In the case.
"M. Gijerln , " continued the witness , "In
timated that these were ftoldlers' affairs , "
'which. 4ld not concern him oj chief of the
civil Judiciary.
Colonel Jouaust asked M. Gobert lor a
more definite criticism of the bordereau nnd
the witness replied that he noticed certain
similarities between the handwriting of the
bordereau nnd that of Drejfus , but , he
added , there were ninny Important differ-
j encea which proved to him that lircyfus
was not the author of the bordereau und
hla opinion had since been confirmed , "be
cause It was now proml the bordereau was
the work of Ksterbazy. " ( Sematlini
j Replying to the court , M. Gobert suggested
I that the judges compare the bordereau with
i n letter admitted to bo In Ksterhary's hand-
1 writing and dated from lloiien. Auguit 17 ,
, 1S04 , and with documents written by the
prisoner. "You will then unmlMakibly
recognize , " Gobert added , "that the bor
dereau Is In Usterhazy'8 handwriting nnd
not In the handwriting of Dreyfus. " ( Great
sensation ) .
\VrHlntr TnlllcM u lfh INlrrluiv > V.
The witness nt this Juncture Identified the
bordereau ns the same which was submitted
to him , nnd ho proceeded to point out the
Identity of letters therein with letters
In documents admittedly written by Hster-
hnzy , saying that , while the resemblance
was not apparent In lircyfus1 handwriting.
In Ksterhnzy's there were marked peculi
arities of punctuation and the manner of
beginning lltiea which were also noticeable
In the bordereau , but which were not found
In the prisoner's eallgraphy.
Proceeding , the witness traversed the old
ground of the peculiarities of the tracing
paper which It Is known Usterhazy used ,
nnd Bald the date of the bordereau must bj
July 24 , 1894.
The expert refused , In reply to a question
by the court , to admit that the bordereau
wan written In a disguised hand. He said
it had been written with great rapidity , pro-
eluding nil lilea of doctoring or tracing.
General Gctieo asked permission to ques
tion M. Gobert and said :
"In what army list did you look for the
name of Dreyfus ? "
M. Gobert 1 used the list which Is gen
erally kept In business houses.
The general pointed out that this Hit d d
not give the Information claimed by M.
Gobert. But the latter maintained that be
had stated nothing but the pure and simple
truth.
General Gonaa having nlluded to certain
undesirable- acquaintances formed by ft.
Gobert , the latter replied , amid n sensa
tion In court : 'I emphatically piotest
against the Insinuations of General Gonec.
There is not a single word of trutb In what
ho says. " .
There was it further dispute between Gen
eral Goneo nnd M. Gobert over circum
stances In connection with the lattcr's ex
amination of the bordereau. M. Gobert said
that Colonel D'Abovllle was present , but
the colonel promptly advanced and said be
had never seen M. Gobert before today ,
adding :
"If M. Cohort's other recollections arc hs
exact as this the court will draw Its own
conclusions. " ( Murmurs of disapproval. )
Dreyfus here declared In the most posi
tive manner that he had never been at the
Bank of France , where M. Gobert wns em
ployed , or had relations lth nnv ome there.
The prisoner asserted that his sole desire
wns to Know the truth. He ndmlttcd he
had been engaged In various financial opera
tions , but said he had never nt > rted plthi'i-
for written or verbal Information from the
Bank of France.
ArinloiMlH < > f l'nur | < < .
There was a general movement of
curiosity when M. Bortlllon , the well known
anthrapometcr ( or specialist In the measure
ment of the human body ) , was called , nnd
the Interest deepened when the chief of the
identification department advanced to the
witness bar. He was soon afterwards fol
lowed by four eoldlers and a non-commls-
nloncd officer bearing portfolios , drawing
boards and a variety of packages and para
phernalia , which were deposited on the plat
form , to the armiEoment of the audience.
* M , Der til Ion prefaced his cvldonte by feay
lug his explanations would be understood
only by a very limited number , and there
fore he asked the court to permit him to
refer to documents which he had brought , In
order to make his evidence more Intelllglbli.
( Laughter ) . The specialist then unpacke I
packages of photographs , plans , etc. , ami
another table was brought In to hold the
mass of papers produced.
In monotonous tones M. Bertlllon pro
ceeded. In the manner of a school boy re
citing a lesson , to demonstrate technically
how ho reached the conviction of Dreyfus'
guilt , reciting the facts published April 22.
Ho said he proposed to prove to the couit :
1. That the bordoieau was a doctored
document.
2. That It could have only been manu
factured by the prisoner.
3. That It bad been written In a free hand
by means of a keyboard placed beneath
tracing paper In such a way as to be quite
visible.
The witness , continuing , declared Dreyfus
did not hnvo recourse to Imitating Ester-
ha/.y's free handwriting because It required
too long to study , and he used the tracing
process because It is easier to learn and
more likely to be successful.
With the view of Illustrating his mean
ing , M. Bortlllon handed round photographs
of the bordereau , etc. During the course of
the demonstration the specialist advanced to
the judges' bench and with his finger pointed
out Illustrations of his theories.
Mm. Demango and Laborl. the judges nnd
others gathered In a group around the
nnthropometer.
Dreyfus appeared to be stupefied by tbo
comparatively Incomprehensible Jargon and
many of the nudlence left the court.
IloriliTPnn it I'nlirlcnU'il Doctintriit.
Suddenly the wondering attention of thoco
remaining In the hall was riveted by the
cryptographic remark , enunciated by M.
Bertlllon in loud tones : "Wo clearly have
before us a fabricated document. The ono
word always rests upon the other4 , with a
divergence of 1.25 millimeters and 2.25 mil
limeters. That Is a phenomenon which is
unnatural. "
M , Laborl watched the specialist for n few
moments and then returned to his seat , holdIng -
Ing up both hands and exclaiming ; "H lamest
most extraordinary. "
M. Bertlllon continued his explanations
and caused such a whirl In the brains of
his bearers that Colonel Jouaust finally re
marked : "Wo must have a few minutes'
rt-at. "
When the session of the court wns re
sumed M. Bertlllon made further demon
strations. He compared wo'ds of the bor
dereau with worclfi in the documents of
comparlfcon. Leaning on the Judges' bench ,
lie placed the entire bordereau over a
graphic canvas and proceeded to show that
by doing so Dreyfus succeeded In formulat
ing the principal rules which served to
guide him In making his joining marks , re
marking that any copyist pressing a key
to these mica could learn to replace the
entire bordereau.
The witness , continuing , proceeded to dem
onstrate the practicability of this.
" .When persons nro accused , " ho said , "It
Is not sufficient to meet the charge with
denials , but It It ) necessary to prove that
they have not done what they are charged
with. In this case the handwriting was
disguised. There Is , therefore , presumptive
proof that the prltonor is guilty. "
After this M. Bertlllon pointed out that
five questions In the bordereau wore traced
In tbo same manner , and added : "I had
reached this point In my experiments when
I was bummoned to the Chorche Midi prison .
by Mujor D'Ormcschevllle. The major ex
plained that ho wished my personal opinion ,
on cryptographic method * , sympathetic Inks ,
etc. , which might help the family of Drey
fus In corresponding with him. The request
was partly duo to the fact that a number of
letters addressed to the prisoner by his
family had been received by the officials.
"During the course of the Interview Major' '
D'Ormeschovllle pioduced one of these
letters. I bad hurdly cast my eyes on It' '
when I was astounded to notice the eame'
kind of a necatUe ' 0' with which I bud
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been so struck. It was In n letter from
Mme. Dreyfus. " The specialist then pointed
out how ho found the flame peculiarities of
Dreyfus' handwriting in the letters of
other members of his family and proceeded
to give a long and perfectly unintelligible
exposition , designed to demonstrate that this
proved the guilt of the prisoner.
Theory of < hr Wllm-sn.
The audience , quite In the dark regard
ing the meaning of the technicalities ,
punctured the queer expressions of the
nnthropometer with pnals of laughter. The
members of the court-martial evidently
trie li hard to understand , while Dreyfus ap
peared fatigued , but endeavored to follow
the arguments.
"ily theory , " continued the witness , "wa < < ,
In 1894 , considered by the ministry of war
to bo favorable to the prisoner. If the
defense accepted It they said the long
magisterial Investigation would bavo to be
recommended aad so" hero the witness
raised hlo voice and struck the tnblo with
his fist , "when the word 'grille' ( perforated
card used for ciphers ) was uttered nt the
court-martial of ] 8)4 ! ) , the prliMner's face
contracted. When I spoke of the fabrication
of the bordereau , he exclaimed : 'Oh , the
wretch. Ho saw me write then. ' "
"I did not hear the remark , but as It
was repeated to mo It wn a revelation , for ,
if Innocent , the word 'fabrication' would
have delighted Instead of frightening him , "
Dreyfus listened Impassively to this tirade.
The audience again became animated when
M. Dertlllon announced that ho would give
a practical demonstration of how the
bordereau was fabricated by means of a key
board ,
The \vltnena , seated at a table , began to
copy the bordereau on a sheet of paper ,
similar In character to the famous document.
After a quarter of an hour Colonel Jouaust
suggested that It wits not necessary to finish
the demonstration nnd M , liertlllon rose and
sboned the judges the result of his Tabor , re
marking : "Ina In a bad position. "
The audience conlu < Icd from this remark
that the experiment had not succeeded and
the expression of the judges' face * seemed
to bear out this opinion.
The court adjourned for tbo day at 11.45
a. m.
m.At
At the close nf the proceedings quite a
crowd of people mirrounded M. Laborl ,
anxious to know his opinion of M. Bortllllon'a
Imitation bordereau. The lawyer aimwered
that , HO far AS he could judge by a hurried
glance , It certainly had a resemblance to the
original , but by no means nn Identity with
the document.
"But , " he added , "M. Dertlllon only did
what dozens could dn. It only proves he Is
ft clever forger. That Is all. "
Delia Tilu Dfllii KrnteriiKj- .
CHICAGO , Aug. 25-Tho thirty-fifth
innual convention of the Delta Tau Delta
Fraternity closed hero today with the re
election of the following officers : Presi
dent , Rev. Edward H. Hughes , Boston ; secretary -
rotary , Henry T. Uruck , Mount Saviigo ,
Mdf treasurer , Alvln K. Durr , Philadelphia ,
ritualist , F. C. Hodgdon , Now York ; editor
of official organ , Frank F. Rogers , Iceland
Stanford university.
Con vonMOII of JMro Clilcfit ,
SVRACU8C , N. Y. . Aug. 25.-iAt the con.
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sidered. U was decided , beginning with
next year , to elect a president uud two vlte
presidents , Irreujioctlvu of the vice presi
dents from ttio different statcn , by u major
ity vote of delegates , Section 2 of article 2
U changed so us to provide for a board of
directors to conelHt of the treasurer nerro-
tary and three other members to be elected
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