Dreyfus Trial Opens in Rennes with Innocence Claim
The trial of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus began at 7 am in Rennes. Dreyfus declared I am innocent as guards escorted him from the military prison to the Lycee. Prominent witnesses included ex Ministers of War and the court prepared for a long examination of the dossier in a dramatic opening scene.
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Paris
Alfred Dreyfus
Cincinnati Court House
Dreyfus
Lycee
Peiéwing Dreyfus
Hix
Casimirr-Perier
Zurlinden
Chancoine
Billot
Col. Picquart
Capt. Dreyfus
Rennes
Stiga
Mme. Henry
Maij. Esterhazy
Maj. Carriere
Col. Jouast
Arso
du Paty de Clam
Jouast
Col
Jonast
Germany
Italy
Itaty
Maitre Demange
M. Carriere
Gen. Cha~ Noine
County Council Meeting Opens Under New County Government
Five Marion county council members met in the auditor's office Monday but adjourned to 3 p m due to the absence of Councilman Ratliff. With three Democrats and two Republicans present, no successor to Wm A Bell was chosen. The new system will require council approval of officer budgets and may trigger special meetings if expenditures exceed appropriations.
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Marion County Council
Auditor's Office
Ratliff
West Newton
Dr. Ratliff
Court House
Wm. A. Bell
Allen
Prosecutions in Faith Healers Moot, AG Says No Power
Inquiry at the attorney-general's office questions whether prosecutions of faith healers will proceed after a medical board ruling. The AG says he cannot prosecute. only county prosecutors can act. Marion county grand jury has indicted several quacks, but no action has been taken by the prosecutor, who has not indicated intent to pursue.
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Attorney-General
State Board of Medical Examination and Registration
Atttorney-General
Marion County
Teslow Brought Back After Cattle Theft Arrest
Capt. Colbert brings back John Teslow alias Jones alias Black from Hot Springs Arkansas for stealing seven cattle from J. J. Cooper and selling them at the stock yards. Teslow denies guilt but a letter from the stock yards firm with a forwarded check was found in his possession.
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Colbert
Hot Springs
Ark
John Teslow
Jones
Black
J. J. Cooper
Teslow
Capt
Rotten egg shower reported in Chattanooga area
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an incident titled rotten egg shower in Chattanooga involving two Mormon elders in Sweetwater Tennessee on a Sunday night with unclear timing or details.
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Chattanooga
Sweetwater
Tenn
Four men freed and paroled from life sentences in Indiana
Governor Mount granted parole to four life prisoners after a review of over 100 cases by the state charities and prison boards. The men are James Baker, Josiah Wall, Michael Gillooly, and Alexander Fleetwood, each described with past crimes and current parole prospects.
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Gov. Mount
Michigan City
Board of State Charities
Board of Control
Friends of Life
James Baker
Josiah Wall
Michael Gillooly
Alexander Fleetwood
Allen County
Adams County
Wiliam Howell
Baker
Howell
Swn
Fifth Cavalry
Mberating Gaber
Isié
Mark
Matthews
Coeur d'Alene Mine Troubles Under Martial Law
Governor Steunenberg deploys troops to Idaho to crush union activity at Standard Oil mines in Wardner and Kellogg. Miners and their families suffer as 700 are jailed in the bull pen without counsel or contact with relatives. A press censor redacts truth while nonunion workers toil at lower pay.
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Stennenberg
Standard Oil Company
Cincinnati
Post
H. H. Smith
Wardner, Ida
Coeur d'Alene
Smith
Wardner
Coeur d’Alens
Coeur d’Alene
Standard Oil Trust
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Companies
Steunenberg
Miners’ Union
Bull Fen
Gev. Steunenberg
Idaho
Burke Miners’ Union
Gov. Sinclair
Mike Johnson
Johnson
Agitator A Cattermull Promotes Eight Hour Day Push
A Cattermull of Chicago, UB of C and J of America, campaigned in Indianapolis to rally carpenters for the union wage scale and eight hours. He contrasted Indianapolis with Chicago, urged rule changes to aid workers, and cited past strikes won in Canton and Marion. A carpenters union meeting was called for Monday night to hear him.
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A. C. Cattermull
Chicago
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Indianapolis
Ers
Canton
Marion
Ind
Carpenters’ Unions
Cattermull
Indiana G A R Leaves for East September 3
The Indiana department G A R will depart Indianapolis for Philadelphia for the national encampment on September 3 at 2:30 PM replacing a prior Saturday date. R M Smock reports a $215.72 per capita assessment for 17 257 Indiana members and quotes Thos J Steward praising Indiana department administration.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
R. M. Smock
Thos. J. Steward
The
Grand Army
Department of Indiana
Indianapolis Forecast Brief for 36 Hours
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity through 8 p.m. Tuesday. Fair conditions this Monday day, with possible thunderstorms Monday night and into Tuesday. Temperatures show 67 degrees at 7 a.m., rising to 74 at noon and 80 by 2 p.m., with highs likely around the upper 70s to low 80s.
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Indianapolis
Tree Ordered Removed on N Illinois Street
The Board of Works has ordered the removal of a tree in front of 1418 and 1415 N Illinois St due to risk of tipping over onto passersby.
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Board of Works
N. Mllinois St
Peeler Turns Bandit on New York Trolley Car
Policeman Patrick Deloughey of the Coney Island station was arrested after allegedly boarding a trolley car on a Sunday night and drawing a revolver on 30 frightened passengers. The incident occurred in Brooklyn and was reported by Jos A Trahan. Deloughey was said to be intoxicated but did not obtain any money.
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New York
Patrick Deloughey
Coney Island
Jos. A. Trahan
Brooklyn
Trahan
Deloughey
Hissel Garden Highlighted Singers In Afternoon Program
Mignon Bernard soprano and Norine Mills descriptive vocalist headline a concert at Hissel Garden each afternoon and evening. Chas W. Minor baritone and other performers join in a varied program of songs and comic numbers for an all day entertainment feature.
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the Hissel.Garden
Mignon Bernard
Norine Mills
Comedienne
Chas
Plato
Fighters Arrive in Indianapolis for Thirty-Third Recruit Batch
Ten Filipino fighters were shipped into Indianapolis from Anderson Monday, four from Sullivan and three from Lafayette. Sixteen men came in from Detroit Saturday night for the Thirty-third, with Indianapolis serving as the shipping point.
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Indianapolis
Anderson
Sullivan
Lafayette
Detroit
Political tips surface in city committee report
Democratic party headquarters prepares for a 60 day poll to close this week. Republican candidate for city clerk Chas N Milcott denies ties to County Clerk Elliott while noting rumored Elliott family holding offices. M Horine seeks Republican councilman nomination in ward 9 at the Grand Hotel cafe. Also advertised are harness and trunk sales by Wai Vanderpool at Meridian Street.
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Democratic City Committee
Chas. N. Milcott
Eliott
Elliott
Bridgeport Traction Car Plunges 40 Feet. 29 Die
A new Bridgeport traction line trestle over Peck's Pond fails as a trolley car with 44 aboard plunges into the drained pond. Twenty three die instantly, six die later, and 14 are injured. Motorman George S. Hamilton is jailed on manslaughter charges as investigators probe speed and construction questions.
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Bridgeport Traction Company
Stratford Town Hall
S. Banks
Shelton
Frank Blew
Stratford
Mabel Blew
Elias E. Bradley
Milford
Elias &. Bradley
Patrick Brennan
John Carroll
Henry C. Coggswell
William Cotter
Irving Dorus
Bridgeport
Margaret Farrell
Brook Iyn
Daniel Gallivan
Ansonia
William H. Harvey
Arthur Holmes
Joseph Hotchkiss
Frank Israft
William McCullough
Patrick McDermott
D. McDermott
McDonald
William Osborne
S. A. Pits
Pitt
Baby
Peter King
J. H. Euce
Bessie Hoames
Orlando K. Wells
Margaret Brennan
Charles Delaney
George Hamilton
Fred Hilerous
Arthur J Telmes
Frank Kraft
Matthew Olbir
Sydney A. Pitt
Mabel Rugg
Wm. Kelly
Kelly
Pier Collapse At Mount Desert Ferry Disaster
Swenty bodies were recovered from the water after the Mount Desert ferry pier collapsed near Bar Harbor Maine. About 200 people fell into the sea as the pier split, with 60 injured hospitalized and a list of dead released. Rescue efforts were coordinated by Sappho and Seba nca crews, aided by physicians.
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Bar Harbor
Mount Desert
Maine Central Railroad
Hotel Bluffs
Capt. Dixon
Frederic Sanborn
Portland
Train slips switch injures only one aboard excursion run
Atlantic City Aug 7 A portion of an excursion train on the W J & 8 railroad jumped a switch Sunday night The fifth car of the 14 was turned partly over There were 1200 passengers on board but only one was hurt and that one slightly.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Lifer Griswold Dies in Joliet Prison
Harry C. Griswold died Sunday at Joliet penitentiary from consumption. He and James Lake were sentenced to life for involvement in the murder of a freight conductor and the wounding of a U S marshal and several farmers during the 1894 American Railway Union strike. Griswold was the son of a wealthy former...
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Joliet, II
Harry C. Griswold
James Lake
United States
American Railway’ Union
Tragedy in Big Four yards claims Walter Gammons
Walter Gammons a 19 year old colored youth living with his mother at 423 West Fourteenth Street died after being crushed by a train in the Big Four yards at Wabash. He fell under the wheels while attempting to board the train and suffered severe injuries. He begged his companion to kill him to end the pain and died shortly after. The youth had been en route to visit his grandmother in Muncie last Thursday, per his family.
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Walter Gammons
John Grysell
Fourteenth St
Wabash
Gammons
Muncie
Multiple Fatalities Reported in Electric Auto Crash and Other Incidents
A Sunday tally includes Motorman Merritt Abbott killed in Launder town when two electric cars collided and caught fire. Patrick Drury dies at Springfield Alabama after grabbing a live wire. Fireman Devany crushed en route to Winnipeg fire when engine upset. Four miners in Houghton Michigan fall 38 feet. one killed and others severely hurt. Tom Haney known as Tom Patch dies in a dive from Louisville Big Four bridge striking stomach, instant death.
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Laundertown
R. L
Merritt Abbott
Patrick Drury
Springfield
Winnipeg
Man
Devany
Houghton
Mich
Tom Haney
Tom Patch
Louisville
Kennedy proposes industrial parade during state fair week
Secretary Kennedy of the State board of agriculture plans a Tuesday presentation to the Commercial club proposing an industrial parade and parade night during state fair week to attract visitors. He will advertise the event at no cost to the club. The board notes it already funds concerts with Souna's band on Wednesday and Thursday evenings for about 3,000 dollars.
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Kennedy
State Board of Agriculture
Indianapolis
Caen
Sheety
Souna
Pro Bono Cigar Trial Echoes Through Dustload Data
A fragmented item notes a pro bono cigar effort linked to mercy and a watch shop named Mercy’s Place. The fragmentary text mentions feeding a horse and references Janes dustload data with peers context.
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Mercy
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