Dreyfus Court Martial Promised Dramatic Public Session
Paris reports sensational developments at the Dreyfus court martial with talk of a possible execution if convicted. Mercier may reveal the woman agent and a dossier linking Dreyfus to German secrets as Maitres Labori and Demange brace for cross examination.
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Mercier
Paris
Dreyfus
Press and Co
General Mercier
M. Cas‘air-Perier
beieutenant-Coeronel de la Roche Vernet
Berlin
Droits de l’Homme
War Office
Colonies
Dossier of Dreyfus Reports Shock in French Press
Emily Crawford reveals a dossier alleging spies of a German prince and scandalous links to Chancellor von Hohenlohe. The piece discusses Dreyfusards demanding full disclosure and fears of forgeries within the war and diplomacy offices.
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Emily Crawford
Chancellor von Hohenlohe
Socialists Back Dreyfus in New York Meeting
Benjamin Feigenbaum, a leading Hebrew Socialist, spoke at West End Union Hall about The Dreyfus ascendancy among French socialists. He praised the Dreyfus cause and cited socialist friends like deputy Jean Jares, predicting acquittal as workers favor equality and oppose antisemitism.
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West End
Benjamin Feigenbaum
New York
Dreyfus
France
Socialist Labor Party
J. Epstein
Feigenbaum
Edmunds Proposes War Dept Leave to Block Cuba Cable Landing
Ex Senator George F. Edmunds forwards to Secretary Root an opinion on the War Department’s right to use military force to stop the Commercial Cable Company from landing on its property in Cuba. He argues against Spanish grants but supports establishing a private telegraph wire to the United States, urging President Roosevelt’s consideration to avoid government concessions.
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New York
George F. Edmunds
War Root
War Department
Commercial
Cuba
Ite Abi
United States
Brooke
Commercial Cable Company of
Washington
Edmunds
Griggs
Eaymunds
Filipino evacuees under MacArthur as rebels retreat
At Manila Aug 11 General MacArthur reports no shots fired overnight. At dawn a Seventeenth Infantry reconnoitering party with one field piece moved toward Los Angeles four miles north and engaged rebels within 1200 yards. Rebels fired poorly. they burned the town and fled, leaving it to American occupation.
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Manila
MacArthur
Seventeenth Infantry
Los Angeles
Hey
Seventeenth
Messengers' Union Sets Strike Powers After Meeting
The messenger boys vote to empower their negotiating committee with full strike powers if demands are not met. M J Davis is elected inspector and James Murphy sergeant at arms. A dues level of 8 cents per week is set as the union plans to invite Mutual District boys and seeks a response from Superintendent Yetman.
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Messenger Boys
State Board of Arbitration
Messengers’ Mall
M. J. Davis
James Murphy
Messengers’ Union
Yetman
Family of Ess Boston Man Hearts Destitute After Crown
The family of John Murray of Ess Boston, crowned Wednesday afternoon after a fishing trip, faces destitution. His wife Mrs Murray and six children, including twins aged one and 18 months, rely on aid as she cannot leave the babies. Murray’s widow fears her children may be taken from her and remains at a street residence with friends’ support.
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John Murray
Ess
Boston
St. James Parish Games Set For August Gathering
The annus pienic end games of St. James Parish of Salem will be held at Centennial Grove next Thursday August 1. A fine set of sports has been arranged with strong contestants and expectations of a lively day.
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St. James Perish
Salem
Centennial Grove
Promiass
Gare
General Otis says Santa Rita seized in province push
General Otis reports MacArthur has taken Santa Rita and reconnoitered Berac Angeles and other points. Insurgents driven north with one casualty yesterday, none today. Poor roads hinder moves but action aims to open the area, gaining control of Bataan province and easing local inhabitants.
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Manila
Washington
Macarthur
Santa Rita
Berac
Angeles
Bataan
Major Rockefeller Connected To Missing American Officer
A cable from Manila dated August 11 reports an American officer held in southern Luzon and identified as Major Rockefeller. The officer disappeared months ago after arriving in the Philippines, with no further word until this latest dispatch from General Otis.
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Washington
General Otis
Manila
Luson
Renewed Fighting Reported in Samoa
A Victoria telegraph bulletin relayed to Chicago states renewed fighting is taking place in Samoa with no further details available.
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Samoa
Chicago
Aus
Tribune
San Francisco
Victoria
B. C
Devastating Puerto Rico Hurricane Strikes Ponce and Surrounds
The hurricane hit early morning wading through Ponce and nearby towns, flooding streets, destroying buildings, and causing hundreds of deaths. Fifteen ships wrecked. crops ruined. power and water scarce. ayudas deployed as authorities face public unrest and ongoing relief efforts.
Santiago Feels Heaviest Storm in Years at Santiago de Cuba
The city endured a record storm with incessant rain and lightning for about 24 hours. Many lower-town houses were undermined and tents in the American camp were blown down. The Santiago steamer, arriving from New York via Nassau, faced rough weather in the windward passage damaging the bridge. no new yellow fever cases reported.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Aus
Werd
Santiago
Taighton
New York
Nassau
President Directs Aid as Porto Rico Storm Harms Island
Plattsburg N Y August 11 The President has been kept fully advised regarding the terrible storm in Porto Rico and he directed that everything possible be done to relieve distress. Mrs McKinley and the President were driving this afternoon with the President holding the reins.
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Plattsburg, N. Y
Porto Rico
McKinley
West Indian hurricane nears Nassau and Florida coast
The hurricane moves toward Nassau Bahamas with rain and winds of 36 mph. Weather officials project possible coastal impact on Florida by tomorrow morning, noting Ponce was not warned while San Juan Had distributed alerts.
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Ponce
Mirgapy
Playa
Ead
Porrata Doria
Fifth Cavalry
Myers
Infantry
Aponita
Juan Diaz
Arroyo
Guayama
Salinas
San Isabel
Washington
Nassau
Bahamas
E Islands
Weather Bureau
San Juan
Porto Rico
Weather Bureau predicts possible hurricane impact on New England
The storm that began Thursday may reach the Gulf Stream tonight and threaten the South Atlantic coast. Weatherbul bright forecasts show Nassau hurricane center near Bahamas with possible passage to New England later tonight, affecting Boston steamers and Maine seas.
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Weather Bureau
Middle States
Pridey
West Indies
Nassau
Bahamas
Gulf Stream
Tremont
Port of
la Fu
City of
Bistas Bay State
Maine Sonal
Boo Killed in San Juan
Police in San Juan report a fatal incident as a person named Boo is killed in the event. No further details are given in the fragment.
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Boo
San Juan
Desperate youth captured after rooftop pursuit through city blocks
Officers Towle and Little led a dramatic chase across three story roofs and over seven buildings to corner Edward Mahoney 17 and Thomas Lyden 18 in a tobacco factory and later Quincy cigar factory. An immense crowd gathered as the pair were booked at the station.
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Te Reserve
Omicera
Congress Street
Little
Sheehan
Fulton Street
B. ¥. Brown
Lews Street
Commercial Street
Cigar Factory
Breslin & Campbell
Edward Mahoney
Thomas’ Lyden
Quincy Cigar Factory
Police Shake-Up Promises Promotions and Retirements
A sensational police shake-up is slated to appear on general orders read at all stations tonight. Promised changes include promotion for Lieutenant Butters to captain and retirement for Captain White of Station 1, with uncertainty over Station 15 placements and other captains reassigned.
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Butters
Lst
Captain White
Fuitters
Station 12
South
Boston
Astela
Cain
Atation 1
Death by gas claims life of Roxbury youth
Chavine Silver, 19 percent, was found dead in a lodging house at 67 Waverly street Roxbury. The landlady Misa Moran discovered him in the morning with gas escaping from a partly open burner. He was in good health and spirits when he retired Thursday night and had no known troubles.
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Chavine Silver
Waverly Street
Roxbury
Misa Moran
Silver
Local man dies in accident. family mourns in city records
Fragmentary text notes an elderly man named Billy Murphy from a city area dying in an incident at Oliva. The brief mentions a son and other relatives, with unclear details about the event and dates.
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City
Lew Anatveiian
Billy Murphy
Q Kier
Oliva
Notice to mariners on obstruction near Ultonia and buoy placement
Commander Selfridge of the lighthouse board warns mariners near Ultonia and the Alanie obstruction. A second-class non-striped buoy is placed on bearings from Point Allerton, Boston Light, Harding's Ledge Beacon, and Wes Nein to mark safe water and keep vessels north of the buoy. The notice notes a vessel named Vineyard Sound will light again around August 17 after repairs, with details from July 15.
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Commander Selfridge
Lighthouse Board
Alanie
Point Allerton
Boston Light
N. W
Harding's Ledge
Wesnein
Vineyard
Kipling Barred from Cambridge Sunday School
A Cambridge Sunday school librarian removes Rudyard Kipling from a library after two young drummer boys in the story swear and glorify disobedience. The minister backs the decision citing content that portrays drunken, despicable behavior as heroism. The incident follows earlier bar ban in Indiana and Cambridge, prompting boycotts.
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Kipling
Indiana
Cambridge
Mulvaney
Prim and Proper
Ruy Kipline
North Avenue
Cris
Lew
Cambridge Sunday School
Plague Rumor Circulates About Oporto Portugal
An unconfirmed report claims bubonic plague started at Oporto, capital of Douro, on the Douro river northeast of Lisbon. The Official Gazette notes suspicious illnesses observed in Oporto over the past two months.
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Lisbon
Oporto
Province
Douro
Gagette
Car plunges from Prairie street bridge into river
A street car on Prairie street in Merrill Wisconsin slid off the bridge and into the river twenty feet below. The wrecked car injured none of the passengers fatally and emergency crews responded to the accident.
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Merrill
Wis
Prairie Street
Mary E Burke Case Reported In Harlem Court
Mary B Burke four year old of Ridgeway Street Brookline Mag a case of alleged kidnapping and assault was heard in Harlem court three persons were arrested Lillian Maher charged with abducting the girl along with Herman Rocchi and Louis Kahn charged with assault the matter was postponed to August seventeenth.
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York
Mary B. Burke
Ridgeway Street
Brookline
Maga
Harlem
Lillian Maher
Herman Rocchi
Louis Kahn
Mrs Helen A Sands Dies Aboard Steamship New York
Mrs Helen A Sands of New York dies suddenly aboard the steamship New York off Lonaaf Ear Harbor Aug 11. She had just reached the gangway to greet Admiral Sampson, fell to the deck and expired. She was visiting from Southwest Harbor where she spent the summer. Remains sent to New York for burial.
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Ear Harbor
Helen A. Sands
New York
United States
Admiralson
Obituary Notice of John McKane in Go _ay Island
New York August 1 1 John McKane well known as a politician suffered a sudden illness on Goay Island and friends say he died at home. details of nature of the illness are not given.
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York
John ¥. McKane
Gopay Laland
Burglary gang shootout wounds deputies in Bourne area
Aug 11 Sandwich report details a failed search for gunmen after Deputy Sheriff Burgess and Watchman Smalley were shot near Bourne. Detectives and citizens followed ledges and shoe imprints as Williams refuses to reveal the suspect. Smalley face shows throat wound. Burgess’s wounds are not serious. Smalley to undergo operation at St Botolph. Authorities pursue clues from Buttermilk Bay raft crossings and statements from Joseph Potter regarding his son implicated in the affair.
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Sandwich
Imbo
Burgess
Smalley
Bourne
Letteney
Buasari's Bay
Williems
Anny
Fficer Smeksey
St. Botolph Hospital
Frien
Joe
Jefferson
Joseph Potter
James Gerfield Potter
Rescue at sea as a crewman is saved from drowning
The schooner Weskey M. Oler hauled a Russian Finn named Martin Peterson from a wrecked boat near Hog Island. Peterson, 28, showed signs of internal injury and was taken to the Marine Hospital in Chelsea. He claimed he fell overboard during a squall while aboard a three masted schooner and was in the water for nearly four hours before rescue.
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Weskey M. Oler
Martin Peterson
Marine Hospital
Chelsea
Oler
Dennis
Mass
W. H. Harriman
Newport News
Hog Island
Harriman
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M. Jaures
Gossier
Lyceum
Maitre Demanga Bag Lont
Court of Cassation
Mattre
Petit Journal
Gaulole
Echo de Paris
Eclair
Maitre Demange
RENN
Ave
General de Boisdeffre
Russia
Scowled Sim
Military Club
New Yorker
Cne
ST. James Parish
Otis
The
John J. Ahern
Uncle Sam
Boys In Blue
Cuban
J. Ahern
Torello
North Street
Aleeen
Peters
Be Diament
Fred T
Florida
Fire Department
Old North End
B. F. Brown
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Thomas Lyden
Credit Oue
White
Portugal
Mary E. Burke
J. Y. Weane
Adreite
Kruger
London
Cane Town
Daily
Transvaal
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Peru
Lima
Keaton
Tex
Vizcarra
Ecuador
Soldiers Pane
Sta Lega
Hampton
Old Point
Dward Wilson
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