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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1899
Page
1
A report argues that Belgium’s national survival rests on fragile footing amid political turmoil. Observers warn the kingdom faces internal divisions and external pressures threatening its future stability.
Brussels reporting on Belgium’s fragile neutrality amid pressure from Germany and France. The piece warns internal splits and a socialist threat endangering independence, while pondering German intervention and English neutrality.
Colonel A S Shepherd of Bryant South Dakota says the National Union Veterans Union did not pass resolutions denouncing President McKinley. He arrived in Sioux City from Des Moines where he represented the South Dakota chapter. He asserts the gathering favored administration support in the Philippine war.
A team linked to a heavy cab wagon ran off at the Co E Sears Co canning factory in Circleville. The carriage holding Mrs Levi Crites, her daughter Mrs Edward Crites, and a grandson was wrecked. Mrs Crites sustained injuries likely fatal. others severely hurt due to the crash and escaping steam from a cooking tank.
Aug 26 Newport Arkansas reports say Pleasant Plains in Independence County was struck by a cyclone last night and blown off the earth. Not a house left standing in the village. telegraph and telephone service is cut, no further details available. The town was formerly called Fairview.
A severe morning storm in southern Wood County Ohio caused fires at oil plants. The Ohio Oil Company lost fifteen 250-barrel tanks and one 10-barrel tank to lightning. Hazelwood Oil Company reported two 250-barrel tanks destroyed by the strike.
A violent storm struck Evansville Indiana with winds of 35 mph, a 2 degree temperature drop in five minutes, and heavy rain. The hailstorm killed birds knocked over horses damaged fences damaged merchandise and shocked several people. Windows were broken across the city as electrical discharges lit the sky.
Kingston Jamaica reports a cyclone forming south and moving toward Dominica and Guadaloupe, with potential impacts to the Leeward Islands as of August 26.
About 100 members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science visited Ft Ancient in Warren County for a day of lectures and observations. They recorded the fort’s earthwork construction, tree growth, limited erosion, and quick return travel times from the site to Columbus.
London reports center on Kruger suzerainty in the Transvaal dispute and Chamberlain's stance. Belligerent postures prompt troop movements and munitions controls as unions in England increasingly oppose the Congress of Trades Unions, led by engineers resisting solidarity.
Newt Kelly, sought by Sheriff F T Gividen on grand larceny charges, was arrested in Louisville after avoiding authorities in Henry County. The case centers on missing funds from the Kelly estate amid suspicions tied to two Henry County deaths in August 1898, allegedly from poisoned well water. He was taken to Henry County jail.
Mrs Amos Cripe of near Middlebury Indiana has given birth to nine children including eight twins this week. The 30ish mother and all nine children are reported robust with physicians noting the feat as a new local record and lasting life prospects.
Mme Chantaloupe visited M Guerin in Paris where her son is among besieged people at the anti Semite League headquarters. The anti Semite President opened the door for forty minutes. She said her son was in a dying condition and a black flag was raised this morning.
London reports note a bond street hosier has filed a bankruptcy petition against the Earl of Yarmouth who is social at Newport. The petition claims unpaid hosiery and underwear bills and asks courts to aid in financial adjustment. The case draws satirical comment from The Star and recalls the Earl’s Tasmania escapades and skirt dance at a charity event.
Columbus dispatch outlines Democratic governor nomination battle led by John R. McLean and General Isaac R. Sherwood. Kilbourne backs acclamation risks while Sherwood may be dropped last minute. Shelby and Northwest factions wary. fusion with Populists cited as past friction.
William J. Jackman a Warsaw restaurant keeper was arrested on arson charges after a boy testified he saw him enter the second story stairway of rival Charles Girard’s building and emerge shortly after the blaze began. The loss is described as several thousand dollars.
In Columbus on the steamer with Horace L. Chapman and other politicians, Richard Croker faced a mock trial over alleged clandestine information. Pools on the ship’s speed entertained by sailors, Croker won three pools, and was fined through a hat-passage for the seamen's fund after being found guilty.
Engineer W H McCarty of a Lake Erie and Western freight train was shot while eight miles east of Muncie near Reed's Station. A hunter's stray bullet pierced his forehead as the train sped through woods. He kept control of the throttle, shut off steam, and notified the fireman before dying at Alexandria at 6 pm.
A steamer was seen burning off Fairport near eight o'clock tonight. Tugs and the life saving crew chased the vessel, believed deserted after the crew escaped in small boats. The vessel is not the City of Erie, which left for Buffalo with many passengers. A fishing tug arrived with the captain reporting the freighter’s name unreadable.
Lexington coal dealers were notified that rates would rise fifty cents per ton after this date by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad following a Court of Appeals decision on the long and short haul.
A dramatic courtroom moment unfolds as Maitre Labori delivers a stinging remark in response to De Clam and Mercier. The exchange heightens tensions, underscoring a high profile legal confrontation.
Special cable from Rennes reports the court martial hearing as M Labori tries to push for medical expert review on Du Paty de Clam. Colonel Jouaust blocks further questioning while General Mercier is silenced. The record suggests Dreyfus was condemned in 1894 on secret and false evidence.
Rennes Aug 26 Captain Alfred Dreyfus case continues as M Alphonse Bertillon Chief of Paris Police Anthropometrics resumes testimony. He demonstrates his system with charts and plates amid laughter and impatience from judges and audience while asserting the bordereau is the prisoner’s work and Esterhazy’s handwriting shows intentional similarities.
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