Dreyfus Case Trusts Council of War Over Court Martial
Paris dispatch argues General De Gallifet can force a council of war to try Captain Dreyfus in peace time. It notes strict secrecy, pay rights, and limited contact with counsel, contrasting with drum court martial procedures and highlighting alleged bias in military law.
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Dreyfus
Rie Bellechasse
de Gallife
Council of War
Conseil de Guerre
General de Gallifet
Algeria
Constantine
de Gallifet
Germany
Fourth in Columbus Elks Carnival Lights Fourth of July
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune Columbus O July 4 The Elks carnival produced the biggest Fourth in the citys history An industrial parade five miles long took two hours to pass a point The floral procession of traps and carriages drew crowds of about 40000 with only minor injuries reported
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Czar Slights the Finns In Helsinki Style
The Czar refused to receive the Finnish deputation in St. Petersburg on July 4 but issued a rescript. He said he assumed the sacred duty of guarding all under the imperial scepter and hoped Finland would show loyal devotion to its Governor General.
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ST. Petersburg
Finland
Police curb arms on Johannesburg streets
Special Cable reports that Johannesburg police are forbidden to carry arms while on street duty. President Kruger says the nation will act fairly within reason and justice, with a clear course and threats deemed ineffective.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Johannesburg
Kruger
Castellane Attacks Monaco Prince Over Dreyfus Letter
Comte Boni de Castellane who married Miss Anna Gould publishes a sharp rebuke to the Prince of Monaco. He accuses the sovereign of meddling in the Dreyfus affair and warns that a foreign prince cannot influence French officers. He questions the prince’s motives and asserts no equal footing in such matters.
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Paris
Comte Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Monaco
Mme. Dreyfus
Comte
Dreyfus
Nine Injured in Denver Rio Grande Wreck Near Leadville
Nine persons were injured when Denver and Rio Grande Passenger Train No. 2 derailed eight miles west of Leadville Colorado. All injuries were non fatal with drivers and conductors among the wounded. The wreck was caused by a broken rail after a washout forced the train onto Colorado Midland tracks.
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Denver & Rio Grande
Leadville
Col
W. C. Hamilton
Lehigh
R. F. Wyan
Portland
Ore
A. Schack
Park Ridge
Ill
R. F. Worrow
Milan
W.T. Musktumuss
Pennsylvania
E. R. Kinney
Denver
J. .G. Brennan
Rio Grande
G. M. Burkhardt
Thomas Walker
Colorado Midland
William Coke
Cousin of General Grant Photographed at 72
Special Dispatch from Georgetown Ohio reports Uncle Billy Marshall aged 72 walked into a gallery to have his portrait taken for the first time in his life. He is a first cousin of General Grant and said this would be the only photograph ever made of himself.
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Commercial Tribune
Georgetown
Thic Village
Billy’’ Marshall
Grant
Hodges Ends Life Over Business Troubles in Bluff City
Q. P. Hodges, a prominent Bluff City merchant, died this afternoon after cutting his throat with a razor. The Bristol Tenn paper reports the act followed severe business difficulties affecting Hodges and his ventures.
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Commercial Tribune
Bristol
Tenn
Q. P. Hodges
Bluff City
Explosion at Odessa Coal Mine Kills Forty-Four
A dynamite cartridge exploded in a coal mine near Odessa during excavation. The blast killed forty-four workers and wounded twenty, according to a dispatch from Odessa dated July 4.
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Odessa
Berlin
Drowned Picnicker on Roger's Island Near Dayton
Joseph Bach, 25, a cigar maker, drowned while bathing at Roger's Island on Mad River four miles upstream from Dayton. He leaped from the bank, struck his head, and failed to be rescued before the body could be found. He lived with his parents at 201 Church street.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Joseph Bach
Roger's Island
Mad River
Church Street
Fire destroys Gayoso Hotel in Memphis blaze injures ex chief
A Memphis fire at the Memphis Paper Company plant and adjacent buildings caused $450000 in losses and killed an unknown man. Ex Fire Chief Cleary suffered a spinal injury and Assistant Chief Ryan broke a leg. guests in the Gayoso Hotel were rescued as it burned. The Gayoso, dating to 1842, housed historic headquarters for Generals Grant and Sherman.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Paper Company
Gagosoana
Cleary
James Ryan
Gayoso
Blumenthal
Ryan
James E. Cleary
Paper Company
Blumenthal & Heilbronner Liquor Company
American Biscuit Company
Standard Oil Company
Blumenthal & Heilbronner
General Grant
Sulksiden
Sherman
Hurlburt
Forrest
Spain in unrest as Barcelona stores close again
Disturbances resumed in Barcelona with many shops closed and horse car service suspended. The lines are operated by an English company and diplomatic representations to the government are expected over the damage.
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Barcelona
Rioters Target Shops and Octroi Officers in Spanish Unrest
A mob in Alicante stoned shops that refused to close and set Octroi officers on fire. In Valencia a cavalry charge left a Frenchman injured after he attempted to raise a French flag.
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Madrid
Alicante
Octroi
Valencia
Woman Fatally Burned Carrying Stove In Fire
Mrs Martha Thomas died from burns after a match ignited gasoline and set her clothing alight at Alton Park a suburb of Chattanooga Tennessee. She tried to carry the stove to the door to avoid an explosion but the flames engulfed her before help could reach her.
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Commercial Tribune
Chattanooga
Tenn
Martha Thomas
Alton Park
Fireworks Blaze Stuns Indianapolis Crowd
A wealthy Chinaman in Indianapolis set off 100000 fire crackers at once on East New York Street. The pile measured about two by three feet and stood five feet high, creating a din described as terrific and loud.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ind
May Sing
New York Street
Remains of Mrs. Josie Doyle Found in Fire Ruins
Fire at Western Paper Stock Company in Chicago left charred debris. The body of Mrs. Josie Doyle was recovered from the ruins, confirming a fatality in the blaze. Authorities continued investigations into the cause of the fire.
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Chicago
Josie Doyle
Western Paper Stock Company
Texas Flood Crisis Drives Governor to Seek Aid
A telegram from Brookshire residents pleads for immediate air and food as floods wipe out sustenance and shelter. Governor Sayres responds by asking Houston Galveston and San Antonio to help, while reports list thirteen drowned in Brookshire and a total death toll around sixty three across the region. Dewey village washed away and Calvert declines aid offers amid worsening flood danger.
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Texas
Sayers
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
Brookshire
Tex
Water County
Dewey
Death of Dowager Queen Kapiolani in Honolulu
Dowager Queen Kapiolani, widow of King Kalakaua, died June 24 in Honolulu at age 65 after a cancer illness and a recent stroke. Her remains lay in state eight days before a ceremonial burial. She founded the Kapalionia Home for Leper Girls and supported other charities and visited San Francisco in 1887.
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San Francisco
Hongkong
Yokohama
Honolulu
Kapolani
Kalakaua
Islands
Kapalionia
Liliuokalani
Miles at Mansfield Fourth of July honors General Miles
General Nelson A. Miles was guest of honor at a Mansfield Colorado Fourth of July celebration. He hunted and fished with locals, spoke briefly at Sherman Heineman Park, said he cherished Richland County ties, and planned to return to Washington tomorrow. General Brinkerhoff introduced him to the crowd.
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Commercial Tribune
Mansfield, CO
Nelson A. Miles
Sherman-Heineman Park
R. Brinkerhoff
Miles
Richland County
Surgeon General Reports Model Camp For Returning Troops
Washington July 4 Surgeon General Sternberg visits the San Francisco model camp for volunteers returning from the Philippines. The facility includes Sibley tents with stoves, a new 1000 bed hospital, detached sinks and kitchens, and ample detachments. Angle Island detention camp adds quarantine capacity for 1500. Combined regular and detention camps house 5500 with potential six to twenty day detention.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Sternberg
San Francisco
Philippines
C. S. Greenleaf
Angle Island
Manila
Shawhan House waitress shot by colored cook in Tiffin
Anna Sheeley, head waitress at the Shawhan House, was shot in the abdomen today by the restaurant's colored cook who believed the revolver contained blank cartridges. He pointed and fired in a playful manner, sparking a probable fatal incident in Tiffin Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Tiffin
Anna Sheeley
Shawhan House
Clemency Granted in 1891 Street Killing Pardon
Governor Bushnell pardons William J. Elliott, longtime editor and Irish agitator, for murder in a Chicago street fight tied to a newspaper feud. Elliott departs prison for Chicago to seek eye treatment before moving to Los Angeles with his family. parolee P. J. Elliott remains on parole.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Bushnell
William J. Elliott
McKinley
Elliott
Heaven and Earth
W. J. Elliott
Albert C. Osborn
W. L. Hughes
The
Sunday Capital
F. Wy. Levering
Sunday World
Arbitration Rages Over Optional or Obligatory Arbitration
At The Hague a meeting of the Arbitration Committee debated whether arbitration should be compulsory or voluntary. The German delegate stated he would not accept obligatory arbitration except by special conventions, leading to Article 1 of the Russian proposal being struck and replaced with an optional arbitration provision. All delegates agreed, with M Bourgeois of France calling it a compromise.
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The
Hague
Arbitration Committee
M. Bourgeois
Grau Included in Queen's Windsor Dinner Party
Maurice Grau attended the Queen's dinner at Windsor Castle and afterward presented the opera Il Pagliacci before a large gathering of royalties.
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London
Maurice Grau
Windsor Castle
Women Visitors Searched at Ohio Prison for Whisky
In Columbus on July 4, women visitors at the state penitentiary were searched and liquor bottles found hidden on several visitors. Matron Brehm led the search as part of the Fourth of July observance. convicts had limited yard access, and violators were barred.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Penitentiary
Brehm
City Police Department
State Prison
Interior
Cannon Fire Harms Four Boys in McCook salute
A premature cannon discharge at a noon salute in McCook Nebraska injures four boys. Charles Traver loses a right hand and may lose both eyes with life in danger. Willie Kilpatrick loses a thumb and suffers facial powder burns. Jack Wentz suffers a facial powder injury and Orville Hammel sustains a calf wound as the rammer injures a building along Main avenue.
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Omaha
Neb
McCook
Charles Traver
Willie Kilpatrick
Jack Wentz
Main Avenue
Orville Hammel
Rockwell City Man Kills Sweetheart Then Ends Own Life
William Ludwick of Rockwell City shot and killed his sweetheart Bertha Whiteside in Des Moines after she refused his marriage proposal. He then fatally wounded himself.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William Ludwick
Rockwell City
Bertha Whiteside
Destiny of the Nation as Clark and Dolliver Speak in Lexington
July 4 at Lexington marked a large Fourth celebration with fireworks and business closings. Champ Clark defended McKinley and urged patriotism while Dolliver delivered an expansion driven speech amid a cheering crowd.
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Lexington
Champ Clark
Commercial Tribune
Missouri
Chautauqua
Dolliver
Iowa
Democratic Editor Urges Goebel Support Despite Allegations
Carlisle Kentucky July 4 G R Keller editor of Carlisle Mercury and former Secretary of State candidate will publish in the July 6 issue a call for Democrats to rally around the ticket despite claims of fraud and treachery at Louisville. He urges loyalty to the party and to join the Courier Journal in praising its leaders and voting support.
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Commercial Tribune
Carlisle
G. R. Keller
Carlisle Mercury
The
Mercury
Nicholas
Democratic Party
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Fiji Islands Chief Magistrate Appointed to Samoa Post
In London the Foreign Office announced that Mr. Hunter the Chief Police Magistrate of the Fiji Islands is named British Consul at Apia Samoa during Mr. Maxse’s absence. He will carry out the same functions as Maxse but not supersede him.
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London
House of Commons
Foreign Office
William St. John Broderick
Hunter
Fiji Islands
Apia
Samoa
E. B. S. Maxse
Maxse
Runaway Firecracker Tragedy Claims Ky Family
A giant fire cracker exploded in Cynthiana Kentucky on July 4 causing a horse driven by Sam Redman to run away with a survey containing him and his family. Mrs Redman was killed and both Redman and his son were fatally hurt. their baby escaped injury.
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Commercial Tribune
Cynthiana
Sam Redman
Redman
Wesley Ewing Fatally Injured in Peculiar Fall
Wesley Ewing of Milo a Columbus suburb was fatally injured when he toppled from a railing outside the Chittenden Hotel. He fell backward into an area way, fracturing his skull, in the incident reported on July 4 in Columbus Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Wesley Ewing
Milo
Chittenden Hotel
Tribute from America Honors Hugo Grotius at Delft
In Delft Holland a July 4 ceremony at Nieuwe Kerk paid tribute to Hugo Grotius. Andrew D. White laid a wreath on Grotius tomb, and Dr W H De Beaufort spoke for the Netherlands. President Seth Low of Columbia University thanked Holland, as Baron Bildt announced King Oscar’s telegram.
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United States
Netherlands
Hugo Grotius
Andrew D. White
Germany
Mr. White
Grotius
W. H de Beaufort
America
Hudson
de Beaufort
Holland
Seth Low
Columbia University
England
Baron Bildt
Norway
Oscar
Delft
Report Denies Sicily Sulfur Mines Dissolution
London reports no dissolution of the Sicily sulfur mines company. Imports to the United States exceed 100000 tons yearly. Company says mines run at full capacity and no price rise is expected despite rumors fostered by speculators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
London
Sicily
United States
Quiet Fourth Observed at White House
Washington July 4 reports a quiet Fourth as President McKinley stays at the White House with partial relief from duties and only a few callers. Patriotic societies met as usual with no other distinctive celebrations in the capital.
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Washington
Capital
McKinley
White House
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