Dreyfus Case Opens Court With Sealed Dossier
Rennes August court session opens behind closed doors to examine a massive dossier involved with foreign powers. Dreyfus, guarded by four sentries, appears anxious and is questioned about the secret papers while witnesses, including ex minister Mercier, tie the case to undisclosed foreign correspondence.
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Rennes
Dreyfus
Lycét
Lycee
MM. Labori
Demange
Germany
Chanoine
Gen. Mercier
Boers Reject Milner Invite to Joint Franchise Conference
The Volksraad in Johannesburg refuses Sir Alfred Milner’s invitation to a joint conference on Transvaal franchise proposals. Britain proposes a mixed English Boer inquiry, but Kruger would require all causes of dispute to be examined with France and Germany invited, a move England rejects.
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Johannesburg
The
Volksraad
Alfred Milner
South Africa
Transvaal
England
Kruger
France
Germany
Toledo PoliceFace Violent Crowd Ambush
Policeman Lan gerfer tried to break up a nightly crowd of youths when one attacker grabbed his neck and tore his ear. The officer fired after being beaten, and Henry Mead was killed by a bullet through the chest. Two other bullets reportedly struck, as witnesses saw blood on the sidewalk. The officer's fate remains uncertain.
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Toledo
Langerfer
Henry Mead
Four Unfortunates Inmates Declared Insane At City Hospital
Jerry Sheehan a 35 year old wheelwright is declared insane and envisions a looming misfortune and a giant sum of money. John Durks 37 an inmate at City Hospital is called demented and roams at night seeking imaginary enemies to save himself from hanging. Josie Scott a morphine user imagines murder imminent. Mrs Melvina Johnson 66 raves that people are trying to kill her and is considered dangerous.
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Jerry Sheehan
John Durks
Melvina Johnson
Weather Good for Corn Potatoes and Veggies Crops
The weather bureau weekly crop bulletin notes sufficient rain has greatly improved corn, potatoes, and vegetables. Clover seed looks to yield well. Apples in the north state likely larger than many years. Melons ripe. pasturage improved. Oats and wheat quality good. wheat plowing resumed after weather delays. Livestock faring well. Shop-worn pianos and organs advertised as cheap. Marcy's place sells watches jewelry diamonds and silverware at low prices.
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Weather Bureau
Heidler Hanged After Eight Months On Run
Edwin D. Heidler was hanged at 10 17 a m in Erie Pennsylvania for the May 7 1896 murder of Levi Kreider executor of his mother in law’s estate Heidler shot Kreider twice then fled for eight months before capture at Anderson Indiana The execution entailed a partial failure and a 15 minute strangulation before death
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Erie
Edwin D. Heidler
Heidler
Levi Kreider
Kreider
Anderson
Ind
Deserter Benjamin Givens Faces Court Martial Near Manila
Hoosier soldier Benjamin Givens from North Salem Indiana is aboard a transport to Manila to face court martial for desertion in the face of the enemy during a battle near Manila. If convicted he faces the death penalty. Givens, born 1878, cites drunkenness at the time of desertion and traces a family history of alcohol related deaths in North Salem.
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North Salem
Ind
Benjamin Givens
Manila
San Francisco
Indiana
Hendricks County
Givens
United States Service
Indianapolis
Counties' Agents Try to Beat Back Taxation
Grant and Tipton county assessors spar with the State board of tax commissioners over 1891 and 1894 land valuations. Witnesses argue prices fell, improvements lack, and exhaustion of soil, while county boards seek to keep assessments from rising.
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Thomas Winslow
Grant County
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Winstow
W. W. Clark
Tipton
Howard County
Tipton County
Hamilton County
Amos Carson
Self
Harrison County
County Board of Review
Weather Forecast for Indianapolis and Vicinity
Forecast for Indianapolis and surrounding area calls for generally cloudy skies with occasional showers through the 36 hours ending 8 p m Tuesday night and Wednesday. Temperatures recorded include 66 at 7 am 69 at noon and 71 at 2 pm. Strawmyer and Nillus advertise latest style harness and lowest prices at 37 Monument Place.
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Indianapolis
Strawmyer & Nillus
Monument Place
Beetles Invade Indianapolis in Warm August Glow
Geologist and entomologist W S Blatchley returns from tours with an explanation of an insect invasion, identifying the swarm as Harpalus caliosmus beetles of the Carabidae family. He notes July is typical for emergence, but a warm early August surge attracted beetles to electric lights. The story recalls a Terre Haute grasshopper outbreak in 1881 and includes a Mexico anecdote of a beetle-collecting entomologist.
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W.S. Blatchley
State House
Indianapolis
Indiana
Terre Haute
Florida
Orizaba
Mex
Angry husband shoots at wife and man in court case
William J. Taylor a colored waiter of Denison faced police court Tuesday on charges of attempted murder of his wife and James Letcher. Both victims were in court with injuries, Taylor was fined ten dollars and ten days in the workhouse and released.
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William J. Taylor
Denison
James Letcher
Court-st
Letcher
Taylor
Sheriff Clark II With Wife Leaves County Post
Sheriff Cyrus J. Clark has gone to Waukesha with Mrs. Clark on doctor advice for kidney trouble. Chief deputy R. P. Craft will serve as county executive officer during his absence of several weeks.
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Clark iI
Cyrus J. Clark
Waukesha
The Kissel Garden Stage Cast Highlights
Positively every afternoon and night Mignon Bernard opera soprano Norine Mills descriptive vocalist and singing comedienne Chas W Minor baritone and piano virtuoso perform in The Kissel Garden.
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Kissel Garden
Mignon Bernard
Norine Mills
Comedierme
Chas. W. Minor
Coon
Deserted at the Altar Wife Sues for Divorce
Mrs. Mary Klein seeks a divorce from John Keating whom she wed in 1845 after he deserted her at the church door. She believed him dead after a railroad injury and remarried John Klein in 1897, but rumors say Keating may still be living. Attorneys Herron and Carson file the suit.
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Mary Klein
John Klein
John Keating
Klein
Mary White
Keating
Pennsylvania
Herron & Carson
Edward Brewer
Emily
Smith W. Perigo
Prosecutor Pugh Targets Alleged Quack Doctors in County
Prosecutor Pugh announced he will seek affidavits from the State Board of Medical Examination and Registration to support indictments of physicians illegally practicing in the county. He noted an indictment against Dr. Bruning previously returned and due for trial soon.
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Pugh
Board of Public Works
State Board of Medical Examination and Registration
Bruning
Kennedy's Idea Sparks Industrial Parade at State Fair
Charles Kennedy of the State fair association urged an industrial parade during fair week at a Commercial club meeting. Sousa's band will perform September 21 and 22. The club seeks a Wednesday half holiday and plans a gas-town tour to Muncie and nearby Indiana towns. Seven new members joined the club.
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Charles Kennedy
State Fair Association
Kennedy
Sousa
Commercial Club and Board of Trade Gas Committee
Muncie
Indiana
Ohio
Town Talk notes on church festival and local events
St Patrick's church ladies plan a lawn festival at the parish house on Tuesday evening to aid the church. A welcome song will feature Epworth league members and a missionary hymn by Prof J W Black of Williamsport. A rider, Hattie Bell, was uninjured after a bicycle collision at Market and Pennsylvania streets. Congressman Overstreet and wife depart Tuesday for three weeks at Charlevoix Michigan with parents joining later. Six coaches and four sleepers departed for Niagara Falls carrying 300 Indianapolis residents. English's hotel hosts a suede band concert Tuesday night with the band in front. United Mine Workers and Western Union telegraph office conflict at Terre Haute amid messenger boy strikes. Indiana department G A R issues orders for the Philadelphia national encampment trip.
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United Mine Workers of America
Western Union
Terre Haute
State Miners’ Organization
Husband Held After Hatchet Slaying in New York Flat
In New York on August 8 police investigated the murder of Annie Kranmann, 39, who was found mortally wounded by a hatchet in her husband Nathan Kranmann’s flat. He was arrested early Tuesday, denying guilt, as jewelry worth thousands and her $40,000 widow’s share were noted.
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New York
Nathan Kranmann
Annie
Kranmann
City precinct fight over delegates to Republican nominating convention
Ten candidates seek selected delegates as antis and ring clash in wards. Antis target Harry New and Floyd Woods while ring opposes George Elliott for county clerk. Ransdell vs Bookwalter sparks ward battles with party harmony ideas debated among workers.
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Harry New
Floyd Woods
George Flliott
Ransdel
Bookwalter
Ransdell
Maryoralty
Protective action clears stalls from Delaware and Washington streets
Delaware and Washington streets near the court house were cleared of marketers on Tuesday. Gardeners moved to new space at Market and Alabama streets, while others were barred from Delaware and Washington. Farmers parked wagons on Market street east of Alabama, provoking loud complaints from nearby residents. The Board of Safety is puzzled about disposition of the situation.
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Delaware and
Washington-sts
Court House
Market
Alabama-sts
Delaware
Washington-st
Market-st
Alabama-st
Board of Safety
Arrest of Fred Pullum Says He Fears Mob Attack
Police found Fred Pullum crouching under a porch on Meridian Street after he fled from his Muskingum Street home. He claimed a large mob was pursuing him and demanded protection. He was sent to police headquarters and confined as insane.
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Fred Pullum
Muskingum St
Meridian St
St. Clair
McGruder
Struck His Wife Case In Chicago Suburb
William Woerner of 2920 W Northwestern Ave was fined five dollars and sentenced to 30 days by Judge Cox on Tuesday for assaulting his wife Lula. He argued with her and struck her, then threw their infant child face down into its buggy. He appealed the case.
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William Woerner
Northwestern Ave
Cox
Lula
Streetcar Strike in Chattanooga Ends Quietly
The expected street railway employees strike occurred at 6 p.m. Monday but failed to meet feared scale as many quit the union and returned to work. Union members on the Chattanooga Electric Railway lines were discharged and replaced by non union workers while other labor groups launched a boycott against non union lines.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga Electric Railway Company
Lnes
Tobin Faces Police Court Over Nicholson Law Charge
Joe Tobin, a colored saloon keeper at 123 N Senate Ave, will be tried in police court Friday for alleged Nicholson law violations. He is also under indictment for bigamy, after an arrest with Attorney J W Lewis who was later released on promise to depart town.
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Tobin
Joe Tobin
Senate Ave
J. W. Lewis
Grand hotel cafe and swimming bath notice
Readable lines note a grand hotel cafe with meals priced at three cents and a swimming bath run by Schissel. Temperature given as 84 with water described as fresh and clean and a pro bono cigar offered at five cents for a good ten cent smoke.
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Grand Hotel Cafe
Schissel
MacArthur drives out natives from San Fernando in Philippines
General MacArthur orders evacuation of San Fernando residents including women and children after deeming Macabbees insurgents. Insurgents shell Prete lake area and cut Calamba Taguig cable. One child killed. many buildings damaged as troops move to control island.
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San Fernando
Manila
MacArthur
Calamba
Taguig
Prete
Sanita Cruz
Napidan
Lieut. Copp
Lawton
Capt. Otis
Washington
MacArthur Touted as Luzon Campaign Commander
An army officer traveling through Chicago reports President McKinley intends Gen. Douglas MacArthur as field commander for the Luzon island campaign. Maj.-Gen. Otis around Manila may be relieved, with MacArthur to lead after the rainy season. Gossip also places Gen. Leonard Wood moving from Santiago to Manila.
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Orient
Chicago
MacArthur
McWinley
Luzon
Otis
Manila
Philippines
Washington
Gen. Leonard Wood
Santiago
Shipment of Shot to Japan Sparks Aguinaldo Smuggling Talk
The City of Pekin sailing to Hong Kong via Honolulu and Yokohama carried 321,440 pounds of shot the first such cargo to Japan along with 107,650 pounds of pig lead and 64,788 pounds of sheet lead. Some observers speculate the ordnance might be diverted to Manila for Aguinaldo and his forces.
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San Francisco
Peking
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Yokohama
Japan
Manila
Aguinaldo
Typhoon Delays Manila Operations As War Navy Sends Reinforcements
Gen Otis reports three days of typhoon hamper work in Manila bay and coal transport. The transport Pennsylvania sails to Hairo Cebu Jolo departs with troops for San Francisco. Ships Valencia Zealandia Montanas await coal, loading facilities limited. Corbin foresees land operations along Laguna de Bay after Los Banos capture.
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Washington
War Department
Otis
Manila
Bay
Pennsylvania
Hailo
Cebu
Jolo
Sherman
Nagasaki
Corbin
Laguna de Bay
Los Banos
Filipino independence appeal to powers circulated in Manila
Foreign consuls in Manila received copies of Aguinaldo's Tarlac appeal for recognition of Filipino independence. The consuls are asked to forward the documents to their governments.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Tarlac
Canal search ends with Welch found at home in bed
Bicycle police combed the canal for a man named Welch reported missing early Tuesday. After hours of search they found him safely in bed at his home, and leaders noted the prior report was false.
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Welch
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J. W W. Black
Williamsport
Hattie Bell
Eleventh St
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Charlevoix
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