Dreyfus Trial Presses On Amid Labori Wounding
The Dreyfus court refuses adjournment after Labori is wounded. Narration details cruelties at Devil's Island and Volleys of accusations by Lebon and Roger. Bertulus Picquart and others testify in favor of Dreyfus, challenging military coverups and questioning handwriting links to the bordereau.
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Dreyfus
M. Labori
Devil's Island
Lebon
Roger
Col. Picquart
Wes
Guiana
Jugee
Henry
Mercier
Col. Piequart
M. Bertulus
Bertulus
Mme. Pays
Col. Henry
Court of Cassation
Esterhazy
du Paty de Chim
Estrhazy
Piequart
Col. Viequart
Elier
Intelligence Bureau
Bureau
du Paty de Clan
Filipinos driven from Angeles in key battle
In a major engagement near Angeles 2 500 insurgents fought ten American companies with two cannon. The Filipinos were repulsed with 200 dead while Americans suffered two killed and twelve wounded. The action marks a significant strategic push during the rainy season. The Wheeling sailed northern Luzon coast.
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Angeles
Twelfth Infantry
Root
Wheeling
Luzon
Negros
Cebu
Big Army for Otis Ten New Regiments for Philippines Service
Secretary Root orders ten additional regiments for service in the Philippines. President McKinley approves the move and selects regular officers for colonel and lieutenant colonel roles. The plan assigns Gen Otis a total force of about 62 451, including personnel en route or set to sail, with volunteers to be organized in the United States.
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Philippines
Root
Mec- Jsinley
Secretary Root
Otis
United States
Army Expansion for Philippines Raises Total to Ninety-Five Thousand
Aggregate combatants for Philippines reaches 62,451 with hospital corps to 2,000 and medical officers increased. Gen Otis to command about 65,000 men in Manila as part of a false campaign plan. Ten extra volunteer regiments raise total volunteers to 30,507, leaving 4,498 of 35,000 authorized uncalled, for an army near 95,000.
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Philippines
Otis
Root
Manila
Death toll in Porto Rico nears 2000 after hurricane
General Davis reports appalling conditions in Porto Rico with deaths likely to reach 2000. A San Juan cable describes starvation, flooding in Arecibo and Bayamon, 200 bodies recovered, and hundreds missing swept to sea.
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General Davis
Porto Rico
War Department
Davis
San Juan
Bayamon
Arecibo
Manati
Reactions Across Papers On Dreyfus Case Shootings
Newspapers react to the attempted assassination related to the Dreyfus case with strong opinions. Editors cite threats to justice, condemn violence, and warn of renewed calls to reconvict or free Dreyfus amid public opinion shifts.
Business optimism drives steel demand and market strength
Chicago correspondence notes widespread upturn in business and trade statistics with iron and steel showing unprecedented demand. Mills booked orders into next year as money loosened, exchange fears eased, and markets regained tone, while wheat corn oats and provisions mark modest gains amid broadening interest.
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Chicago
Sterling Exchange
London
Board of Trade
Sear
Four Die in Red River Parish Shootout
Four men died in a fatal affray half a mile south of Lake End Red River Parish Louisiana. The clash began between B G Freeman and Callie Brown then Brown and his brother Robert Brown and Dr W H Glover joined. Callie Brown and Dr Glover were killed and Robert Brown wounded. Freeman shot Brown as he re entered the building and both men died. The incident caused intense local excitement.
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B. G. Freeman
Red River Parish
Lousiana
Lake End
Callie Brown
Brown
Robert Brown
W. H. Glover
Freeman
Dr. Glover
Harrison Stricken Ill at Santiago Yellow Fever
Major Russell B. Harrison inspector general with rank of major is critically ill with yellow fever in Santiago. He has been isolated and will not be moved to a fever hospital. Russell B. Harrison is son of ex president Benjamin Harrison and was appointed by McKinley on May 12 1898 amid opposition. He previously served as provost marshal for the Seventh Army Corps in Jacksonville and Havana and earned strong ranks for maintaining order.
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Washington Star
New York World
New York Times
St. Paul Pioneer Press
The
Republic
Philadelphia Press
Dreyfus
New York Mail and Express
Atanta
France
Boston
Labori
Minneapolis Tribune
Boston Post
Lmr of Justice
Boston Transcript
Cincinnati
Commercial-Tribune
Illat Santiago
Russell B. Harrison
Santiago
Harrison
Benjmin Harrison
McKinley
James G. Blaine
Seventh Army Corps
Jacksonville
Havana
Confectioners Back Aluminum Pennies Plan
Wholesale candy makers, meeting in Buffalo, urge the government to switch cent production from copper to aluminum. They argue pennies risk poisoning children who bite them, unfairly blaming confectioners for impure goods.
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Buffalo
Continent Tensions and Domestic Reassurance Notes
A collage of editorial excerpts discusses Latin American alliance fears and U S policy. Opinions warn against uniting against the United States while urging restraint, responsibility, and relief for Porto Rico after the hurricane. Other items touch on marriage norms and crime policing trends.
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Providence Telegram
Troy Times
United States
Terre Haute Express
Washington Times
Boston Transcript
Brooklyn Eagle
Last Man on Earth Examines Death Scenarios from Science
A long discussion presents possible fates of the last human on a dying planet. It outlines death by suffocation from carbonic acid gas, ice cap expansion, drownings in drying seas, and a final cold extinction as the sun cools. The piece blends speculative science with literary framing and contemporary dialogue.
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Atlantic Ocean
Brazilian
Rio Janeiro
Cape
Antarctic
Polar
South Pole
Earth
London
Irish Officer Barry and the Republic Hat Tale
Michael Joseph Barry, the poet, was named police magistrate in Dublin. A prisoner faced him for suspicious conduct wearing a hat labeled republican. The judge asked for meaning, and Barry suggested it is a hat without a crown.
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Michael Joseph Barry
Dublin
Barry
Bren
Letitia
Joaquin Milier
How He Fooled His Folks
A college anecdote recounts a gay student who used a yachting party lie to slip away with friends. He sent a telegram reading Am becalmed to mislead his family, then returned home to the startled crowd, claiming clever misdirection.
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Moe
New York Commercial Advertiser
Hindu asylums care for aged animals in India
In India Hindoo communities maintain animal homes including a large facility near Sodepur Station, ten miles from Calcutta, with eighty staff and a veterinary surgeon. It houses 979 pauper animals such as bulls cows calves horses buffaloes sheep goats pigeons cocks hens cats donkeys and dogs. The Pinjrapole in Bombay is a noted site where worn out or ill animals are cared for until recovery or death.
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India
Sodepur
Calcutta
Bombay
Spain Abolishes Jewish Worship Rights
In Spain Hebrews are denied the right to build or maintain houses of worship and exist in the kingdom only as aliens with no civil rights. Turpentine industry reports 340 distilleries in Florida.
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Spain
Florida
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