Dreyfus Court Martial Hearings On Bordereau
Rennes Sept 2 large crowd attends open session as Major Hartmann testifies on artillery matters and the bordereau. General De Loye clashes over truth with Hartmann while Picquart and Gonse exchange letters and Henry’s forgery claims surface. witnesses discuss firing manuals and probation rules amid tense courtroom exchange.
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Rennes
Lycee
Dreyfus
Hartmann
Robin Shell
de Loye
Whnil
Jounst
Labori
Lemange
Chalons
Madagascar
M. Labori
Mercier
Hartman
DeLoye
Drefyus
Courag
da Loye
M. Domange
M. Lahori
General de Loye
Gen. de Loye
Orman
Dereau
Esterhazy
Bordereau
Major Varriere
M. Havet
Havet
Carriere
Col. Picquart
Gen. Gonse
Asterhazy
M. Scheurer-Kestner
Senate
Pontius Pilate
Gonse
Vol. Picquart
Tunis
Vol. Henry
de Boiadeffre
Col
Picquart
Gongse
Henry
Gen
Piajuert
Gonge
Petit Blea
Esperenza
Gol. Jonast
Coonse
General Gonse
Col Henry
Jouast
M. de Fond Lamothe
Droyfon
Manuel
DeBoisdeffre
Roget
Lamothe
Bogut
Sailors and firemen threaten nationwide strike in Britain
Shipping crisis looms as Seamen's Union pushes for recognition and wage columns. Sailors and firemen plan to strike at every port starting Monday, risking paralyzed commerce. Union leader Joseph Havelock Wilson campaigns in multiple cities while shipowners resist recognition.
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London
Seamen’s Union
United Kingdom
Joseph Havelock Wilson
Middlesborough
Liverpool
Bristol
Newcastle
Glasgow
Oceanic
White Star Line Steamship Company
Dominion Hine
Cambrian
Firemen’s Union
Shipping Gazette
Terrible Tale of the Sea
The British steamer Woodreff reports the Norwegian bark Drot wrecked August 15 off the coast. Survivors Maurice Anderson and Goodmund Thomason describe a months long struggle on a raft after six men were cast adrift. Anderson attacks Thomason in a frenzied state and Thomason is bitten and mutilated as hunger and exposure drive the group to deadly acts.
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Charleston
Woodreff
Milburn
Hamburg
Maurice Anderson
Goodmund Thomason
Florida
Buenos Ayres
Anderson
Phildelphia
Thomason
Kavagely
Rugby team from Ireland sails to Canada for match
London Sept. 2 J M Franks of Dublin University expects to sail soon for Canada with a squad of rugby players including many of the best Irish players.
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London
J. M. Franks
Dublin University
Canada
Transvaal conference offer amid franchise law debate
Pretoria reports say the Transvaal government is willing to meet the Imperial government in Cape Town to explain the new franchise law and to consider friendly suggestions. Berlin notes rising war talk but Germans urge restraint while a London speech urges firm diplomacy to avoid catastrophe in South Africa.
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Pretoria
Covernert
Eut
Dsoiteh
Cornelius Greene
Capetown
Transvaal
U S Victory in Manila Takes Impregnable Stronghold
U S forces, Sixth Infantry under Col Byrne, seized Angelis hill fortress after fierce fire. About 400 Filipino fighters resisted. 21 rebels killed, several Americans wounded. Americans captured provisions and wrecked 119 fortifications amid ongoing bombardment and counterattacks.
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Manila
Argenila
Col. Byrne
Col. Smith
Angelos
Nickels in the Slot Gang Busted in Colfax Wash
A Colfax Washington group was arrested for attempting to rig slot machines. The gang used a sleeve wire run through a concealed hole to press pegs in the wheel while others distracted the bartender with a dice game.
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Colfax
Wash
Nelson
Robbers Drain Nickels From Saloon Slot Machine
A trio works a saloon slot machine while two distract patrons. One inserts a nickel for the top prize and cranks, the other guides the wire and pegs. When the winning number hits the indicator the wheel stops and the prize money pours into a cap, then the gang moves to another saloon to repeat the theft.
Gun Play at Grand Forks Leads to Arrest
Mike McQuinlan is to be arraigned on attempted shooting charges after a morning gun battle at Riverside Avenue eating house run by his wife. He fired at Chief of Police Harry Sheats and others, prompting a chase. the weapon jammed, and McQuinlan was captured after being wrestled to the ground. Spectators escaped injury as bullets flew.
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Mike McQuinlan
Johnson
Riverside Avenue
Harry Sheats
McQuinlan
Sheads
Shenda
Grand Forks
Royal Mail Steamer Trade Change Hands in Canada to Australia Line
The Canadian Australian steamship line between Sydney and Vancouver has been sold for 145000 dollars to the New Zealand Shipping Company Limited. The mortgagees will be paid, unsecured creditors receive a dividend, and shareholders lose. James Huddart, a key shareholder, loses his investment but plans a new venture to run larger, better steamers to drive the trade between Australia and North America.
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Royal Mail
Warrimoo
Aorangi
Miowera
Ottawa
Sydney
Vancouver
New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited
James Huddart
Australia
Canadian Customs Revenue Reaches New August High
Canada’s customs revenue for August totaled 2,681,870 dollars, the highest monthly figure in Dominion history. The gain of 512,672 dollars over August last year follows an abnormal July rush of German and Belgian goods to exploit the 25 percent preference. The department expects the rise to reflect broad gains across import lines as fall and winter trade moderate on continued prosperity.
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Customs Revenue of
Canada
Dominion
Department
The Queen Fraction Mine Near Silverton
The tunnel on the Queen Fraction claim just below Silverton is in the vein at 80 feet. The face shows a ledge over four feet wide with about three feet of ore, similar in character to the Noonday mine. Owners may soon strike a rich shipment from this promising property.
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Silverton
Silvertonian
Big Ore Strike At Mascot Mine In Rossland
Rossland report from September details a six foot vein with two feet of clean ore at the Mascot property operated by the Big Three Mining Company. Tunnel No 3 extended 43 feet to 786 feet while assay shows silver 201.76 ounces value 121.15 dollars gold 6.81 ounces value 186 dollars and copper 2.01 per cent value 87.56 dollars. Weekly ore production surpassed 1899’s 100000 ton mark and set a new shipment record as Columbia and Kootenay and other lines increase output.
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Rossland
Mascot
Big Three Mining Company
W. ¥. Williams
Williams
Centre Star
Iron Mask
Tur
le Roi
War Eagle
Columbia
Kootenay
Hall Mines
Nelson
Prospector Drowns Crossing Kootenay River Ford
East Kootenay prospectors Joseph D. Garand Lee Crockett and William Goundry set out from Okotoks for Finley Creek to work two claims. Garand slipped in a swift high ford at Sinclair Pass and drowned after his horse toppled. Crockett and Goundry searched a day with no success before resuming their trip. Garand, born in St Lawrence Quebec, was 40 to 45 years old and long active in Northwest mining.
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Kootenay River
Sinclair Pass
E. K
B. C
East Kootenay
Joseph D. Garand
Lee Crockett
William Goundry
Okatoks
Alberta
Finley Creek
Windermere
Key
Gounary
Garand Ann
Garand
Grand
Goundey and Crockett
Ghorn
St Lawrence
Que
Goundry and Crockett
Minister Coming West to Visit British Columbia
Ottawa Sept 2 Hon David Mills announced plans to visit British Columbia in two or three weeks. He said the trip would be both official and private in nature. Sir Wilfrid Laurier had hoped to visit BC this fall but will defer until next summer.
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Ottawa
David Mills
British Columbia
Mills
Wilfrid Laurier
Metal Quotations Report From New York Market
Market note lists metal quotations with buy and sell points for aluminum silver and other metals. Prices given in dollars per ounce and per pound with varied unit conversions. Includes brief notes on silver and Mexican dollar value and market tone.
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New York
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Dreyeus
Col. Henry
House
Chat Bodereau
The
Kruger
Chamberlain
Berlin
Great Britain
Independent Press
Associated Press
Germany
Kreuz Zeitung
Herbert Asquith
Lord Rosebery
Liberal Association
Leven
South Africa
U. S
Rossland Gamp
Columbia and
Prospector
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