Paris uproar as Brisson cabinet resigns amid Dreyfus clash
Paris watchers report a feverish opening session as Brisson faced a vote of confidence. Chaonoine resigns after Deroulede attack. Chanoine opposes reopening the Dreyfus issue. Debates erupt, crowds flood streets. 100 arrests by 4 p.m. Riots target Jews. later, London notes Boulangism pressure.
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Wrisson
Wim- Gen
Chanoine
Chamber of Deputies
Saime
Paris
Brisson
Chaonoine
Deroulede
Dreyfus
de Mahy
Baily
Paulinmary
Turbulent Chamber Scenes Foretelling French Cabinet Shakeup
After General Chanoine resigned the chamber erupted in insults toward Brisson who stood firm. A deputy reported the adjourned chaos as immense and greater than the Comedie Francaise. Rumors place civilian control for the war portfolio to assert military subordination and Haunotaux or Meline as potential premiers amid ~250 arrests. Royalists rallied outside the Military club singing Gammele as a call amid the political crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genral Chanoine
Brisson
Tribune
Comedie Francaise
Faure
Chanoine
the Elysee
MM. Faure
Mm, Faure
M. Brisson
Fashoda
M. Haunotaux
Foreign Office
M. Meline
The
Soleil
Gaulds
Gammele
Gemmela
Churchill son of Jennie Jerome speaks on London stump
Lieutenant Winston Churchill, returning from the Sudan, addresses a large London audience including his mother Lady Randolph Churchill. He lauds government foreign policy and warns that Britain may need to defend its holdings if a great power challenges Nile access, drawing cheers. Cecil Rhodes meanwhile recounts warning France to avoid breaking the Nile link, claiming Britain would fight if needed.
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London
Winston Churchill
Randolph Churchill
Jennie Jerome
New York
Leutenant
Churchill
Cape Town
the Times
Cecil Rhodes
Baron de Courcel
Great Britain
Lord Rosebery
Nile
Rhodes
England
Kidd Goes On The Stand In Oshkosh Conspiracy Case
In Oshkosh Wisconsin the state rested in the alleged conspiracy case with defendants Thomas I Kidd George Zentner and Michael Treiber. Kidd testified on working class unrest in the Oshkosh woodworkers union noting long standing dissatisfaction and wage issues since 1894 to 1898 with monthly pay and withheld earnings. He said he did not advise a strike. Civil Service Law Covers Them in Springfield Supreme Court holds city clerk and Chicago collector posts are under civil service and mandamus requires vacancy certification by civil service commission.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Thomas I. Kidd
George Zentner
Michael Treiber
Civil Service Law
Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Chicago
Civil Service
Loeffler
Martin
Civil Service Commission
AFL executive council backs eight hour law push
Washington Oct 26 The executive council of the American Federation of Labor met at its headquarters with Samuel Gompers and other leaders present. The session focused on finances and union complaints and resolved to push the eight hour law pending in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Senate
Massillon Fire Brick Trust Plans Big Buyout
Massillon Ohio reports William G Hipp of Massillon Fire Brick Company has secured options on the plants of all leading county fire brick firms. A trust is to purchase and run them with Eastern capital claimed to be about 12 million dollars backing the scheme. Also note citizens in other cities report marriages and a ballot writ ruling in Missouri.
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Massillon, O
Willam G. Hipp
Massillon Fire Brick Company
No Faith Cure For Digestion Says Ad
Advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets claiming they provide digestion and nourishment by supplying digestive juices and peptones. It notes effectiveness in water at 98 degrees and after meals, lists price and mail order from Stuart Co Marshall Michigan. Also brief notes on elephants on Indian railways, cough cures, and local distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Witnesses reveal dire conditions at Chickamauga camp
At Aniston and Washington reports detail medical supply delays poor camp sanitation and drunken mule drivers at Camp Thomas Witnesses include Major King Major Lee Major Benson and Colonel Cabell who describe horrible hospital conditions and inadequate leadership amid wartime investigations The section notes the U S naval response to Spanish fleet actions and moments of cipher-confusion regarding Admiral Schley and Cervera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Ala
Charles F. King
Wisconsin
King
Thom
Wilson
Henry H. Lee
Third Corps
Chickamauga
Benson
Woodbury
Frank
Camp
Thomas
Fremont
Hubbard
Fountain Ragland
Edward Simmons
Alabama
H. C. Lemke
Colson
Kentucky
Cabell
Arkansas
Connor
Third Army
Frozen Lemonade Method and Serving Style
A simple recipe for frozen lemonade describes freezing rich sweet lemonade with occasional mixing until soft like a frappe. It uses one quart water, one pound sugar, juice from four large lemons, and grated lemon rind for extra aroma.
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve and other 19th century items
The ad text urges avoiding counterfeits for DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve and claims many piles are cured by it. It cites H J Moogh Em mert Burrell and Wm F Jungkunz Co and mentions fashion and technology items like Australian soft hats and electric cabs in Paris. It references croup cures and cement factory growth in 1890 and beyond.
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H. J. Moogh
Emmert & Burrell
Wm. F. Jungkunz & Co
DeWitt
Grain-O Replaces Coffee in Stores Nationwide
A new preparation called Grain-O made from pure grains is now sold in grocery stores as a coffee substitute. It suits delicate stomachs and is indistinguishable from coffee to many, costing about 15 to 25 cents per package. Children may drink it safely and benefits are claimed.
Berlin building continues as 30000 houses stand vacant
Despite a bustling construction push in Berlin, the city faces a backlog with about 30,000 vacant homes. Officials say new development coexists with ongoing abandonment, highlighting housing shortages and urban renewal efforts.
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Berlin
Ely's Cream Balm Cures Catarrh and Cold in Head
A Word to the Wise is Sufficient Ely's Cream Balm has cured me of catarrh when other remedies failed Alfred W Stevens Cald well Ohio. It has cured the most obstinate cold in the head and I would not be without it Fred’k Fries 283 Hart St Brooklyn NY A 10c trial size of the 50c size mailed kept by druggists Ely Brothers 56 Warren St NY.
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Ely
Alfred W. Stevens
Caldwell
Ohio
Fred’k Fries
Hart St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ely Brothers
Warren St
War Atlas For Sale 16 Pages Colored Map Plates
Atlas containing 16 pages of colored maps showing Spanish possessions with principal cities and towns. Size 14 by 21 inches. Sent postpaid for 18 cents. Address J Morton G P T A Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Spanis
J. Morton
Cedar Rapida, Ta
Hardware store opens in Freeport with full stock
On Oct 22 1898 the hardware store opens with a full stock for fall trade and offers tin work galvanized iron roofing and all tin shop services. The note invites builders hardware purchases and promises a square deal and economy from H Thomeson at 41 S Galena Ave Billerbeck Block Freeport Ill.
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H. Thomeson
Galena Ave
Billerbeck Block
Freeport
Cuban Assembly Opens in Santa Cruz del Sur
Santiago de Cuba Oct 26 The first Cuban assembly session at Santa Cruz del Sur features a military delegate majority led by General Calixto Garcia from the Fifth corps. The main issue is whether to disband the army with expectations of U S policy and Cuba’s ultimate evacuation by Spain’s suzerainty.
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Santiago de Cuba
Santa Cruz del Sur
Calixto Garcia
Fifth Army Corps
McKinley
United States Congress
Cuba
Episcopal Convention Ends After Three Weeks of Work
Washington October 26 after a three week session the Episcopal triennial council closed last night noting record business including a full constitutional revision with amendments and canon changes the new constitution awaits ratification at the next convention in three years unity measures were debated an amendment adopted a new Indiana diocese created six missionary bishops elected and a failed marriage and divorce canon referred to a 13 member committee to report nine months before the next convention Baraboo Wisconsin Turner Conger dispute to be settled by arbitration in Columbia and Sank counties in the Twenty seventh district Bravely the race riot in Harpersville Mississippi leaves fourteen who are dead with more bodies found in the woods Meridian reports say the violence is ending Life imprisonment for John O'Donnell Jr for murdering his wife with strychnine in Ashland Wisconsin and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers holds a secret proceedings in Pittsburg with sixty members in attendance.
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Washington
Episcopal Triennial Council
Indiana
Baraboo
Wis
Turner
Columbia
Sank
Meridian
Miss
Forest
Harpersville
Legal and civic briefs from early 1900s
The Minois supreme court rules a wheel tax illegal. The National Grain Dealers' association to meet at Chicago Beach hotel on November 2. Milwaukee brewers push for Wisconsin to be christened with beer. The American Chinese exclusion act applies to Hawaii per Acting AG Richards. Chicago Commercial association targets a fall carnival. Atlanta invites President McKinley for a peace jubilee. Pardo Lucero, aged 125, dies in Salinas, California. Northwestern delegates gather in Chicago for the American Sunday School union conference. Eighteen Chicago medical students in the Seventh Illinois infantry learn they are in the regular army. S. B. Walt of Austin near Chicago lies near death from hiccups. Frank Collier ordered out of Chicago county hospital after objecting to room use during trephining. General Pio del Pilar summoned to Malolos and arrested amid Philippine insurgent rivalries.
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Minois Supreme Court
National Grain Dealers’ Association
Chicago Beach
Milwaukee Brewers
Wisconsin
Hawaii
Richards
Chicago Commercial Association
Chicago
Atlanta
McKinley
Pardo Lucero
Los Angeles
Soledad
Salinas
American Sunday School Union
Northwestern
Seventh Tlinois Infantry
S. BP. Walt
Austin
Malolos
Greely's Man Found Cervera Details Signal Tricks
Washington Oct 26 The Creely report to Secretary Alger reveals how the signal service identified Cervera and his squadron location at Santiago and how Sampson and Schley relied on signals for naval movements. Allen Maxfield and other signal corps officers provided verification. The piece notes Secretary Long stressed the central role of signals in military actions.
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Santiago
Cervera
2Rd
Schley
Cienfuegos
Santiaga
Signal Corps
Washington
Creely
Alger
Sampson
Signal Service
Joseph I. Maxfield
Secretary of the Navy
Bherly
Army
Long
Allen
Santiago de Cuba
Comanding
Madrid
Pelayo
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Mont Valerien
Marsel- Vaise
Military Club
Orleans
Longue
Rue
Auher
Rue Berbe
M. de Baudry d'Asson
General Chanoine
Times
Rue Royale
Jennie Jeromes
Kidd
Federation of Labor
Manila
San Francisco
Frederick Funston
Twentieth Kansas Regiment
Therese Blankart
Ijaklaund
Jefferson City
State Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Fred Baker
Company HW
Miss Monteith
Des Moines
King Was
Gruff
War Office
Col. Cabell
Savere
Carvera
White House
United States
Sam
Spain
Episcopal Convention
Ashland
O'Neill
John O'Donnell, Jr
Engineers Union
Pittsburg
Board of Adjustment
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Greely
Telly
Cate
Zeeuk Duavcl
Vasiuil
AUR Company
T?t Murray
York Orty
Freeport Light & Fuel Co
Stephenson St
Palmer Gox
Inter Ocean
Chicago, Ill
Pioneer
Rockford
Koning
Jefferson Junction
Waukesha
Milwaukee
Sv. Milwaukee
Av. Freeport
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
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