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The Nebraska Independent
li:LT 19, ,1fi
tSsBlxONERATED
. ,., Founaes Convic
fcourts of - '
tion of Alfred Dreyrus -
Restores Rank in Army
piris The court martial ferdict of
Yi .. . ,. h which he
l Alfred I'M.' i u p '
MS condemned on .1 w. -
,r,nv s.-nvis has been an-
.,, i, .he Cassation cou.w Wu.u
nuncu "j
.i 1 ho cast.
ri'eru ... j
n.vf will renter me aim, n
U "reported .hat hi, promotion to
the rauk of major Has Deen uec.u
An order has been issuea mat lu?
court's decision lie posiea m
Pronrh communes, printed in any, 100
'...nawrs which Dreyfus selects.
Alfred Drevfns was born in Aiaace
tj 1859, and removed to Paris in
im ... . t
n Wnhor 15 K 4. ne Was arresi.
i ! AU mill-
ed on the charge 01 naviug uu..
trv secrets to a representative 01
the German government. It was al
leged that a letter conveying mis m
(,.,tinn .9. fiinnd bv a servant in
iui uiui luu " ' -
the pocket of Colonel Schwarzkoppen,
German military attaciie in raris, auu
delivered to Colonel Henry, of the in
telligence of department of the war
office. Major du Paty de (Jiam maae
the investigation that resulted in Drey
fus' arrest.
in nwmh4i 1894. Dreyfus was
tried secretly, and it was afterwards
proved, most irregularly, by court-
martial. He was found guilty, sen
tenced to public degradation and to
solitary confinement for life at Devil s
island, off the coast of French
Guiana. - .
In March. 1895. he was transported
to Devil's island. He was for two
months chained to his pallet.
In May, 1896, a letter stolen rrom
Colonel Schwarzkoppen, was brought
to the war office. It bore the signa
ture of Major Esterhazy, an omcer 01 e.
dOUDUUl repuiuuuil me ricaui
general Staff, and the handwriting was
found to be similar to that of the
Dreyfus letter.
Two vpars of tremendous agitation
followed, the friends of Dreyfus striv
rne to brine out the truth and the
ermy officials to suppress it.
Tn 1S9X c.a onei Henry or me un di
ligence department; confessed to hav-l
ing forged a secret document which
pointed to Dreyfus' guilt, and com-!
mitted suicide.
Major Esterhazy was tried by court
martial and convicted, but escaped
and made his way to England. There
he confessed that he had written the
letter to Colonel ,Schwartzkoppen
which had resulted in the conviction
of Dreyfus.
In June, 1899, the court of appeals
ordered that Dreyfus be given a new
trial by court-martial.
In August, 1899, after more than
four years of torture on Devil's island,
Dreyfus was again given a military
trial found erniltv with extenuating
circumstances, and sentenced to serve
ten years, from which ms previous
confinementw as to be deducted.
On September 19, 1899, he-was par
hv President Loubet.
At the suggestion of the chamber of
tho nrmv commission today
approved the promotion of Dreyfus
to be a major, lcquan, was yiuu.ui
a t ho n hrie-adier general. A fur
ther honor is proposed for Dreyfus
in his election to tne uegum ui nu. .
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COMING TO UNITED STATES
Birmingham,, England, Manufacturers
. to Change Locations
Birmingham Speaking here today
Walter Chamberlain, brother of Jo
seph Chamberlain, said that as the re-
suit of the election postponement ot
fiscal reform, the Messrs. Avery had
decided to erect a factory in the Uni
ted States in order the better to
compete with American manufactur
ers of scales and weighing machines.
Find Many Adulterated
- Concord, N. H.-The report of the
state board of health of examination
of food products, made public today
says that of 408 samples analyzed 186
were found adulterated, misbranded
or below the standard. These sam
ples, most of which came from oner
states, include canueu
nrorfuets. iellies and preserves, catsup
and other articles.
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p PiiSui -S, lk Rnta (new and
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itoivi-., i , f mre Lace ana
vt0iUi . r..i ; was, si, WS
May Send Son to America
o-iir, Tho imoiip Militarische Po-
litsche correspondent has published
the report that Emperor wnnam p.uU
QiiW win sonrt his fourth son, August
William (born in 1887) to an Ameri
can university after the young p. .u
has finished his course or biuuy di
the German university.
Lipton Postpones Visit
unoniiu Wis In response to an
invitation to visit Milwaukee this sum
mer Sir Thomas Lipton has cbdiu
Mayor Becker that the proposed jour-
t-m i?Tiri9nri has been given
lit;: j iiwiu
nn for the nresent. Sir i nomas su
he hoped to come later.
Nominated for Congress
Scranton. Pa Thomas D. Nicholls
rcciHont of district No. 1, United
Mine Workers of. America, was nom
inated for congress from the Eleventh
district by the Lackawanna county
democratic convention.
Oil Kina Will Keep Away
n nn amount of a state
. l- V : i n mi , v.
warrant being issued for him, KOcke-
lowa a Refuge From Oppression
Des Moines, la. Iowa may well be
called a cradle in which the offspring
of religious revolutions in many Euro
pean countries were nourished to life
and prosperity or soothed to peaceful
death.
When oppression of the established
church weighed heavily upon reform
ers in France, Cermany and Holland,
the new world was sought as refuge
and the fertile valley between tne
Mississinni and Missouri river orrerea
hmiA of sustenance and freedom of
thought. Within six years, from 1842
to 1848, men and women speaKing iue
languages of many nations, bearing
the faith of many religions m ineu
hearts and having hope of prosperity
through as many social plans, made
their home in that territory yei 10 ie-
corre prosperous Iowa.
Followers or n;nenne i-aun
Vranoa in 1848 for IOWa to form &
communistic society, which was later
to die at Corning, Adams county.
A body of Dutch, to pet rengious
t.aoAnm loft Holland for Iowa in 1847,
and settled in Pella, where they yet
llVG. '
In 1846 there was located in John
W hv fiflO Germans who had
come to America to avoid religious
persecution, and their society
as a successful communistic organi
zation to this day, increased in wealth
and numbers.
In 146 there was located in John
son county a body of Arr.ish who came
as refuges from religious persecution
in Holland.
The Mormons, driven from Nayoo,
in .fartoit westward on their Utah
pilgrimage in 1847, pnd while one son
or tne nia.ii.yi om"" -" - - i
to the western stale, another son,
Joseph Smith stopped n Iowa and
formed a church, which has since had
Lamoin as its hea iquirters.
The Icarian community, a commu-J
nistic society, is the only one which
died, the others have lived and have'
had their influence upon the upbuild
ing of the state. The Amish in John
son county are co-operative,' but not
communistic. In Pella they live with
old Dutch customs and have supplied
the state with some of its most stal
warf citizens.
; . .
Bishop Was "Not Guilty"
Upon one of his tours, Bishop Pot
ter syent a few days at the home of
a prominent churchman. The latter' s
wife took particular pains in making
the bishop's room worthy of the
guest, and among other things intend
ed for his comfort put a fine silver
toilet set on the bureau. The bishop
however, preferred his own, and
transferred the set to a drawer. The
consequence was that when the host
ess went to the bishop's room after
h's departure, the silver set was miss
ing. She worried for several days,
thon flnllv summoned un courage to
write a very apologetic letter to the
hiKhon nikins if bv anv chance he had
found any of the articles among hla
luggage. There was an " immediate
and characteristic reply. The tele
gram read as follows: ,
"Poor, but honest. Look in the
wash stand drawer."Human Life.
A Smart Scholar
Recently while on a tour of Inspec
tion through the East Side schools
of New York Citv, the visiting inspec
tor asked a pupil to give him a sen
tence containing the word judicious,
and was amused to receive this reply:
"I like onions, garlic-and all other
Jew dishes." Human Life.
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Tftrr the killing of cqulrrel. Yesterday J much a' mystery
turn ww v V avA)riMiWiU fff
sus ever. t .
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