Rennes Court Martial Delays Adjournment In Dreyfus Case
Aug 16 Rennes dispatch reports Major Carriere pressures for adjournment as Maitre Wariange requests delay. Labori moves to court residence by ambulance. doctors optimistic but wary of relapse. Demange and Dreyfus appeal for more time. Colonel Jouaust expected to grant brief extension. Dreyfus writes to Labori after near murder tease. motive linked to protecting papers Labori carried. Paris unrest flares with anti Semite incident. three wounded, anarchist arrested.
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Fadie Ts
Major Carriere
Maitre Wariange
Rennes
M. Labori
Profess F Basch
M. Demange
Cap‘Dreyfus
Eross
Jeyfus
Wyer
Mer
M. la- Ti
Earlfelt
Labori
Paris
Fauborg
Guerin in Paris Faces Arrest Over Antisemitic Flag
In Paris on August 16 M Guerin displayed an antisemitic tri color flag at the anti semite HQ the slogan France for Frenchmen. Waldeck Rousseau plans to detain or imprison Guerin rather than risk lives while efforts to persuade surrender continue with government mediation and terms to deliver him to police.
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Paris
M. Guerin
France
M. ‘Waldeck-Rousseau
McGuerin
Stevens
Nhat
Setake
Joseph Lasces
Guerin
Lasces
M. Waldeck- Rousseau
Anarchists Threaten Hostages Over Paris Outrage
Paris reports that Le Journal Peuple vows to hold General Werciler and Messrs Drum Rochefort and Audet as hostages in retaliation for the attack on M. La ori. The paper says the anarchists will assume personal responsibility for actions against them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Orean le Journal Peuple
M. la
Werciler
MM. Drum
Rochefort
Audet
Hopeful update on Prof Hench after bicycle accident
Professor George Hench of the University of Michigan, injured in a Franconia New Hampshire bicycle crash last Saturday, arrived in Boston and lies at the city hospital with a fractured skull and contusions. He has undergone a successful operation and doctors express cautious optimism about his recovery.
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Hench
Boston
George
University of Michigan
Franconia
N. H
Capeak
American Firm Wins Glasgow Tramway Engine Tender
Glasgow tramway committee on August 16 voted 7 to 0 to accept P. Allis Company tender for engines to supply power. Tender total £134,544.
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Geta Tha Job
Glasgow
Glasgow Tramway Committee
Emeaierdae
Ard P. Allis Company
Unitates
Senator Hayward Stricken With Apoplexy In Nebraska
Omaha reports Senator M. L. Hayward collapsed on the Brownville dais while addressing Modern Woodmen picnic guests. Doctors worked from just before 11 until nearly 2 o clock to revive him. He remained in serious condition, with transfer home delayed as his condition fluctuated.
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Nebraska
Omaha
M. L. Hayward
Brownville
Neb
Tie
Hayward
Blackville in Real Life Excludes Negro Voters to Incorporate
Anniston Alabama Aug 16 Hudson City voted 90 percent of registered voters to become the United States only exclusively Negro town. Incorporation carried unanimously with 400 residents and 100 houses three churches a schoolhouse stores and no saloon. Town turnout was full with order and no liquor as residents plan a municipal election within five days selecting all colored city officials.
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Alabama
Anniston
Ala
Hudson City
United States
City Board backs union labor with transit rules
Chattanooga leaders sanction the locked out motormen by requiring fifteen days training under an expert before active service and void sleeping franchises. They also grant a rival company a right of way on key streets to suburbs, while the railroad vows court action against the measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Electric Street Railway Company
Chicago Scores from Yesterday's League Ball Games
Yesterday's league scores list results across major and Western leagues. In the National League games, St. Louis defeated Washington 8 to 3, Boston edged Cincinnati 1 to 0, New York triumphed over Louisville 9 to 5, Brooklyn beat Cleveland 6 to 2, and Philadelphia won against Chicago 2 to 1. In the Western League, Buffalo beat Grand Rapids 4 to 3 in the first game and 12 to 3 in the second, while Detroit beat Indianapolis 3 to 2 and St Paul defeated Minneapolis 8 to 5.
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Chicago
Washington
St. Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
New York
Louisville
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Altimore
Buffalo
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Indianapolis
St. Paul -Minneapolis
St. Paul
Woman Attacked by a Ram in Wisconsin Barnyard
Elkhart Lake Wisconsin August 16 Mrs M Sperl of Rhine was attacked by a vicious ram while walking in the barnyard knocked unconscious and nearly killed. She lay in the yard under watch as rescuers found her in a precarious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart Lake
Wis
M. Sperl
Rhine
Miners Strike at Cantrall Coal Over Pit Boss
Springfield Illinois August 16 miners at Cantrall Coal company Cantrall Illinois struck after serving notice two weeks earlier that they would walk out unless pit boss Peter Bechen was removed. Operators failed to comply and the strike began at the expiration of the ultimatum.
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Springfield, Is
Cantrall Coal Company
Cantrall
Ills
Peter Bechen
Kruger Reply To Chamberlain Probe Not Yet Forwarded
Pretoria dispatch says Kruger has not yet forwarded a reply to Chamberlain’s joint commission proposal on franchise concessions. The report adds that circulating alarming rumors are without foundation.
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Transvaal
London
Pretoria
Kruger
Chamberlain
Bryan League of the Empire State call issued
Calvin E. Keach of Lansingburg chairman of the Chicago platform Democrats of eastern New York calls a conference at the town hall in Saratoga on August 22 to organize a Bryan League of the Empire State.
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Bryan League
Empire State
Troy
N. Y
Calvin E. Keach
Lansingburg
Chicago Platform Democrats
New York
Saratoga
Republic Iron and Steel Company receives Illinois license
Republic Iron and Steel Co, Springfield Illinois, Aug 16, announces that the company recently incorporated in New Jersey for 55 million dollars has been licensed to do business in Illinois. The Illinois capitalization is reported at 1.75 million dollars.
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Republic Iron and Steel Co
Springfield
Ills
Republic Iron and Steel Company
New Jersey
Ilinois
Czar to Visit Queen Victoria in Late August
St Petersburg correspondent reports Emperor Nicholas and the empress will visit Queen Victoria in London around the end of August. The Telegraph notes the planned royal meeting and the historic ties between Russia and Britain.
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Czar
Queen Victoria
London
St. Petersburg
Daily Telegraph
Nicholas
Rioting in Belfast Catholic Quarters Causes Damage
In Belfast on August 16 a riot in the Roman Catholic quarters saw police pelted with stones and windows and street lamps broken as crowds clashed in the streets marking a tense public disturbance.
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Belfast
Foot and Mouth Disease in Egypt infects Peyot area
Aug 16 report from Alexander Egypt states all of Peyot is infected with foot and mouth disease with 1 827 cases reported since July 18 1926. The outbreak prompts disease containment measures across the region involving local authorities and farm operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Alexander
Peyot
HAWKEYE DEMOCRATS CONVENTION ON HAND FOR BRYAN SPEECH
Des Moines Aug 16 Democrats from across Iowa attend the state convention to hear William J Bryan General Weaver and others advocate 16 to 1, anti imperialist and anti trust platforms. Delegates crowd two meetings, Cato Sells favored by conservatives and Rev S H Basher backed by radicals with fusion possible depending on control of the platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
William J. Bryan
J. B. Weaver
Tabernacle
Weaver
Bryan
Rev
S. H. Basher
Waterloo
Fred White
M. J. Wade
Iona Ity
Baker
Davenport
B. P. Holst
Boone
Ed K. Stall
Mount Pleasant
Holst
Republican Party
Klondike
Cato Sells
Chicago
Sells
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Letter
Mr W W Wheat of 803 Elk Street recounts kidney pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills, noting backache and urinary issues improved with a full course. Pills sell for 50 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY ships on receipt of price, Doan's urged as the sole name to trust.
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Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac
Dean
W. W. Wheat
Elk St
Emmett & Burrell
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
United States
The First Hansom Cab in America Story
A New York World reminiscence recounts the first hansom cab imported in 1870 or 1871 by John Patent and driven by John Carter of Liverpool. It cost £70, sat at a Pacific hotel location, and later operated near Broad Street and Exchange Place with brokers as fares. The cab featured a claret body and red running gear with patent axles.
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America
Thirty-third Street
John Patent
Pacific Hotel
Greenwich Street
Cortlandt
John Carter
Liverpool
New York
Carter
Broad Street
Exchange Place
Morosini
Jay Gould
Stock Exchange
New York World
Bride Faints As Coffin Spills Onboard River Steamer
A couple from Koote nat lake named J A Garson and Miss Maud Crans wed aboard the steamer Klondike while a missing preacher arrives as a prisoner. A submerged-ranch coffin spills its corpse when a dog and bulldog crash the scene, causing the bride to faint. the corpse is revealed to be her former fiancé, Capt Newman confirms.
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J. A. Garson
Maud Cranstot
Kootenat Lake
San Francisco Chronicle
Columbia River
Bonners Ferry
da Ho
Rice's Landing
James Carter
Capt
Newman
Capt. Newman
Stone comments target Bryan in New Yorker interview
Governor William J. Stone weighed a New Yorker dispatch about Croker backing Bryan. Stone said Tammany would back Bryan with little opposition if Croker endorses him, noting strong Bryan sentiment in New York and the East. Separately, McLean delegates were elected in Becker Hall, Zanesville convention, endorsing Bryan and the Chicago platform, amid intra party disputes with Dowling.
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St. Louis
Wm. J. Stone
Richard Croker
New York Dispatch
Croker
Bryan
Tammany
Hogg
New York
Tammany Organization
East
Mr. Croker
McLean rents Cincinnati mansion for campaign period
John RR Mc Lean proprietor of the Cincinnati Enquirer rents the Shoemaker mansion on Pike street from Aug 20 to Nov 20. He plans to canvass for the Democratic nomination for governor at the state convention in Zanesville on Aug 29 and will remain in the area to lead the campaign through the November election. Eau Claire singers hold sixth annual Norwegian Lutheran saengerfest with 200 to 300 participants and a large audience.
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Mclean
Cincinnati
John RR. McLean
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Shoemaker
Pike Street
Zanesville
Eau Claire
Wis
Reformations master Froude praised as seafaring expert
The essay discusses historian Froude, noting his nautical skill and eye for detail in evaluating projects. It cites his approval of Crookit Meg’s workmanship with a caveat on sea dialect and rigging terminology. The passage then advertises Dr. Price’s free medical consultations for chronic diseases at the Buffalo World’s Dispensary.
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Blackwood’s
Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Hotel and Surgical Institute
N. Y
Pieres
Dro Rly. Ploreo
World's Dispensary Medical Association
BulTalo, N.Y
Lake Bluff Summer Meeting Excursion Tickets Offered
The North Western Line announces low rate excursion tickets from Illinois points to Lake Bluff and return through August 81 with limited return tickets. Apply via Chicago and North Western Railway agents. Also advertise gas house coke available at once.
Ticket Offer for Union Veterans Encampment Trip
The Chicago Great Western Railway sells excursion tickets to the Annual Encampment of the Union Veterans in Des Moines Iowa August 22 to 25 1899. Tickets go on sale August 21 and 22 and are valid until August 28. Fares are one fare plus 2.00 for the round trip. Inquiries to any Chicago Great Western agent or to F H Lord General Pass and Ticket Agent 118 Adams St Chicago.
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Unions
Chicago Great Western Ba Y
Des Moines
Chicago Great Western R.y
F. H. Lord
Adams St
Chicago
Old Time Doctors and the Dutch Medical Lineage
The Dutch West India Company urged colonists to support a minister schoolmaster and comforters of the sick in early New York. Seventeenth century doctors relied on humoral theory and rudimentary remedies, while dressing in elaborate fashion and riding in grand style.
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Dutch West India Company
Island
Manhattan
Zieckentroosters
New York
Europe
Henry IV
Louis VII
France
James I
Charles I
England
Charles II
Onion thief kept alive by stolen produce in New York
Patrick Cawley, found lying on the Second Avenue sidewalk near Thirty-eighth Street, admitted to Bellevue Hospital that two weeks without work left him starving. He said he survived by stealing and eating one onion each day, holding a fragment when discovered, after losing his laborer job two weeks prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Cawley
Bellevue Hospital
Second Avenue
Thirty-eighth Street
N. Y
Lake Bluff Summer Meetings Excursion Tickets Offered
Excursion tickets from points in Illinois to Lake Bluff and return at low rates through August 27 with return limited until August 28 inclusive. Apply to Agents Chicago and North Western Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Bluff
North-Western Line
Illinois
Chicago & North- Western Railway
Mob disrupts stroll in Paris with taunting shouts
An incident report from Philadelphia North American describes bystander heckling in Paris as a mob of wellborn Frenchmen shouts Vive la rabble and mocks the president during a daily boulevard stroll. The visitor asks what is happening, and a guide explains the crowd sees only “mouseer le president.”
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France
Mouseer
Philadelphia
North American
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Lake Bluf
North-Western
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Pullman
Florida
Jacksonville
F.C. & P. Railway
AVAN
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Tampa
West Coast
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Nassau
Santiago
San Juan
New Orleans
W. A. Beckler
Adams Street
Ill
W. C. Rinearson
Foley’s Honey
W. F. Jungkunz & Co
H. J. Moogk
Devil’s Lake
Freeport
Cliff House
Chicago & Northwestern Rays
California
Oregon
Union Pacific
Hery
Surers
Hower, Inc
Cardus
Minnie Stodghill
Foradyien
Cagea
Tha Cha Teasonoga Medicine CO
Senn
Rinearnon
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