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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
3
A chronological panorama of the Dreyfus case from 1894 to 1899, detailing arrest, court martial, degradation, transport, public upheaval, and key figures. It tracks the bordereau, Esterhazy, Picquart, Zola, and successive trials, revisions, and political shifts surrounding Alfred Dreyfus.
The article recounts wartime French intrigue around Alfred Dreyfus, Gen. Mercier and Col. Paty de Clam. It details accusations of anti Semitism, secret dossiers, forged evidence, and Mercier’s controversial role as minister of war amid calls to resign.
The bordereau, acknowledged as key evidence against Dreyfus, was found April 1894 among German embassy waste in Col Schwarzkoppen's area. The note lists five points on artillery, outpost troops, Madagascar, field firing manuals, and a restricted copy. Esterhazy’s confession is cited as context to the disclosure.
Ex-President Casimir Perier read a dispatch to the French court martial showing the German embassy was not involved in the Dreyfus affair. The telegram from Prince Hohenlohe to Count Munster-Leydenburg urged the French government to declare Germany clean, asserting imperial confidence in the republic. The note is signed by THin denlohe.
The Automobile Club of America is incorporated in Albany with George F. Chamberlain as acting president and Homer W. Hedge as secretary. It plans 300 applications by October 1, limits membership to 400, and aims to influence national road legislation while protecting automobile owners. Initiation is 25 dollars for the first 100 members and 50 dollars for others, with annual dues of 35 dollars.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr enters the New York Central motive power office after testing locomotive 947 at West Albany. The self built fire box is removable for repairs unlike previous models, and the locomotive made its first run on Wednesday afternoon. Vanderbilt, a craftsman in Waite’s office, has designed several locomotives.
A Clusago record recounts a humorous dialogue where Maud refuses a breach of promise suit unless the man promised to buy ice cream, illustrating a lighthearted take on courtship promises.
President McKinley and party including Mrs McKinley Vice President Hobart and officials reach Long Branch from Plattsburg by four palace cars. A public reception is offered but declined. a tour to Ocean Grove precedes a speech urging peace and a government of law in the Philippines.
Dun and Co reports 23.1 percent higher actual payments at major clearings than last year and 56.2 percent above 1892. Monthly averages show 26.3 percent gains, while Chicago tonnage in three weeks exceeds last year by 0.7 percent and 74.6 percent versus 1892. Falls in failures show 163 in the U.S. and 16 in Canada. Prices and demand remain firm, with iron, steel, metals, cereals, leather, and cotton goods trending up. Fall demand expands, especially in the northwest and corn regions likely to post surplus production.
Manila Aug 25 Gen Bates returns from Sulu stating a five week negotiating success. The pact acknowledges American sovereignty over the Moros and limits religious persecution while allowing land purchases with sultan consent. It bans firearms, suppresses piracy, and keeps American courts with Moros excluded. The sultan and several chiefs signed.
Five miners were killed near Carville when a stick of dynamite exploded while Henry Gilbert prepared a blast. The blast demolished the large concentrating plant at the Margaret Mining Company mill and the five workers at the site died. The victims were David J. Sinclair from Duluth R J. Robbins from Sedalia Henry Gilbert from Joplin Frank Huddleston from Joplin and Will Messmore from Carterville Mo.
The state department does not expect international complications from Gen. Otis s temporary military exclusion of Chinese in the Philippines. The move follows military regulations, not detailed enforcement of the Chinese exclusion laws, and Congress will decide the broader question.
Washington August 26 The regular army has 90 671 men enlisted since the Spanish war including those discharged after the war and the army increase for the Philippines. Three hundred and ten thousand and sixty five applications were rejected.
Genesee and Beaver started at 11:15 in the Canada cup series race on a triangle seven mile course. The Genesee won by over a mile, defeating the Canadian yacht Beaver.
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