Dreyfus Assassination Attempt During Zola Canonization
In Paris at the Pantheon a military writer Louis Grégori shot Major Alfred Dreyfus as dignitaries including President Fallières and Premier Clemenceau left after Zola’s canonization. Dreyfus was wounded in the wrist, Grégori was captured and jailed, motive unclear but linked to royalist intrigue and opposition to Dreyfusism.
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Canoniza
Miles Zola
Panthéon
France
Premier Clemenceau
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la France Militaire
Alfred Dreyfus
Zola
L’action Frangaise
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
Isle du Diable
Lor
Grégori
Major Dreyfus
Catafalque
M. Woumergue
Mme. Zola
Falliéres
Republican Guard
Belmont Dying After Appendicitis Operation
Oliver H. P. Belmont, struck by appendicitis and operated on, sank steadily at Brookholt East Meadow Brook on June 4. His wife family, including W K Vanderbilt Jr Harold Van derbilt, and three doctors remained at his bedside as physicians feared for his life. Belmont had planned to attend races and sail to Europe later this month. his brother August Belmont is abroad.
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P. Belmont
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Harold Vanderbilt
Brookholt
East Meadow Brook
A. J. McCosh
Bull
Louis N. Lanehart
Belmont
Europe
Mrs. Belmont
August Belmont
Fine Letter Carrier Fined $400 for Drunkenness
William Kirn a Wall Street Post Office letter carrier was fined 400 for drunkenness and absence without leave. The case sets a city record among 2200 carriers. Postmaster Morgan notes strict rules against drunkenness and explains consequences including possible dismissal and salary limits after offenses.
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William Kirn
Wall Street
Post Office
Kim
Morgan
Post Ofice Department
Tle
Comstock condemns euchre party as lottery in Summit
Anthony Comstock protests a Summit firemen euchre fundraiser described as a lottery. He notes 25 cent admission and prize play, calls it illegal under New Jersey law, and urges the men to abandon the plan to avoid fostering crime among youths and court trouble.
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New York Times
Summit
N. J
Anthony Comstock
Comstock
Mae O'Reilley Alive in Saratoga New York
Mae O'Reilley, linked by Julius G. Truels on Jr in a Texas confession to the Gunness farm murder claim, is found alive in Saratoga Springs New York. She arrived from New York City last Friday and initially denied her identity before admitting it. She says she worked in New York City last winter and has had no contact with Truels on since their 1905 marriage and subsequent work.
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Saratoga
N. Y
New York City
O’reilley
Truéison
Welch
Elmira
Laporte
Ind
Latest Shipping News Arrivals and Schedule Update
Shipping bulletin notes SS Rotterdam arrives at Rotterdam on May 23. Parlor cars to Bretton Woods New Hampshire depart at 8 40 A M from Joe and reach Hotel Grounds by P M. Advertisement.
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Ss& Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Bretton Woods
N. H
Joe
Trains crash on Brooklyn Bridge injures six
Two Brooklyn elevated trains collided on the Brooklyn Bridge incline near Manhattan. Six passengers were injured, two severely enough for hospital care. The Brighton Beach and Culver Road trains, both carrying racegoers, blocked the bridge as crews battled a fire from a short circuit. Police and wrecking crews restored order after a chaotic scramble to escape, with Motorman Charles O Neil blaming brake failure.
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Brooklyn Elevated
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Jtvo
Shanley
Brighton Beach Line
Culver Road
Brighton Beach
Culver Line
Charles O'Neil
O'Neil
Neil Brown
Martha
Brooklyn
Murtha
6 Injured in Freight Wreck on Bronx Yard
The Adams Express fast freight known as the Million Dollar Freight collided with a switch engine at Port Morris yards near 132d Street and Willow Avenue in the Bronx just before 2 am. Engineer John Norton was scalded. six workers including Bradley, Walllette, Kelly Nicholas, George Ryan, Richard Warren, Joseph Wepb, and Warken suffered injuries. one brakeman was buried under coal but rescued unconscious. The train, bound for Washington from Boston, had its engine replaced and continued to Jersey City after the fire was extinguished.
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John Norton
Port Morris
Willow Avenue
Bronx
Bradley
Wallette
Kelly Nicholas
Lincoln Hospital
Norton
John
Express
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Howard [Avenue
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Richard
Lincoln
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Joseph
Warken
Washington
Boston
Jersey City
Countess to Wed Tutor in Berlin Romance
Berlin June 4. Countess Hertha von Bismarck reveals she is secretly betrothed to the family tutor who was to enter the priesthood. The tutor, longtime private instructor to the Bismarck children at Schoenhausen, faced dismissal after rumors of a clandestine engagement. The countess confirmed the betrothal in a family confrontation with her sisters present.
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Wilhelm von Bismarck
Bismarck
Schoenhausen
German Empire
von Arrim
Wilhelm
Countess von Bismarck
Hertha
Irene
Dorothea
Father Seizes the Bride in Worcester Kidnapping
In Worcester Massachusetts on June 4 Miss Violet Rich and James Robertson wed in Clinton then returned to the Hotel Warren. At a banquet her father John Rich and J J Pomeroy seized the bride as she sat, forced her into an auto and fled. Robertson led a two hour chase through Worcester before rescuing her.
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New York Times
Worcester
Mass
Violet Rich
James Robertson
Clinton
Warren
John Rich
J. J. Pomeroy
Rich
Bride Faints at Wedding Then Rides Off for Honeymoon
Henry Theodore Kluncieck, a young civil engineer, wed Miss Nathalie May Stafford in a Lenox Avenue apartment. The bride fainted upon seeing the wedding carriage, delaying departure for a three week honeymoon before finally leaving in a plain carriage to begin their trip south.
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Henry Theodore Kluncieck
Nathalie May Stafford
West 11St Street
Dr. Nichols
Holy Trinity Church
Lenox’Avenue
Kxtundieck
Diabolo accident ends life of baby on East 124th Street
Children playing with a diabolo in a fifth floor flat on 226 East 124th Street caused Rose Bradley an eighteen month old infant to lean from a window. The toy flew past the window repeatedly before the child toppled to the street and died instantly.
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124Th Street
David Bradley
East 124Th Street
Bradley
Rose
Kent and Cardullo Out End of Controversy at Syracuse
Syracuse University trustees dismissed Dean William Kent of the Lyman C. Smith College of Applied Science and Professor Forest E Cardullo after a bitter dispute with Chancellor James R Day. Kent refused to resign, and the trustees named George H Shepard acting dean to end the controversy.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse University
Willian Kent
Lyman C. Smith
Hoke Smith Defeated in Georgia Democratic Primary Victory for Brown
Early returns from Georgia's Democratic primary show Joseph M. Brown defeating Gov. Hoke Smith by a possible 25,000 votes. Brown, who was dismissed by Smith as Railroad Commissioner, drew support from whisky interests and railroads while Smith faced opposition from longtime state politicians. Prohibition and ending free passes hurt Smith, with regional losses in Atlanta and major cities noted.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Joseph M. Brown
Tie
Gov. Smith
Brown
Hoke
Smith
Thomas FE. Watson
Watson
Partners’ Union
Savannah
Columbus
Macon
Sunday’s American Promotes Colorful Sporting Section
The Sunday’s American announces a new colored sporting section and offers a free ticket to Luna attractions. Readers are invited to not miss next issue for details and promotions, highlighting vibrant layout and engaging content.
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Luna Aye
Open Fight Says Johnson Sees No Nominee Secured
CHICAGO June 4 Gov John A Johnson of Minnesota arrived in Chicago and spoke at Grand Pacific Hotel headquarters. He said the Denver Convention will be deliberative and no candidate has enough delegates to secure a nomination. He added that the conditions favor Democratic success if the right man is named and platform adopted.
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Chicago
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Police Chiefs Convention Deplores Ridicule of Policemen
At Detroit convention sessions of the International Association of Police Chiefs a resolution by Chief Kohlyr of Cleveland was unanimously adopted. It declares policemen deserve more respect and condemns cartooning and caricaturing in publications and stage productions. It orders efforts to stop such ridicule.
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International Association of Police Chiefs
Kohlyr
Cleveland
Huge raft cannot land near Missouri flood saves animals
J W Appleton of Missouri Point Md floats down the Mississippi with his family twelve pigs three cows two horses and poultry on a huge raft built two weeks earlier for flood survival. He started Tuesday afternoon aiming for high ground but has not yet reached safety as floodwaters cover his farm several feet.
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Louis
J. W. Appleton
Missouri Point
Mississippi River
Appleton
A Massachusetts heiress funds 20 thousand thanks plan
C W Averill, who recently inherited 10 million from an aunt in Massachusetts, vows to help 20 000 people. He will set up headquarters in an eastern city to aid those who deserve it, including the intemperate, ex convicts, and others fallen on hard times. He says he will share funds to uplift and uplift even bad people.
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Stedial
New York Times
Los Angeles
C. W. Averill
Massachusetts
Farmington
Argentine corn goes on New York market for first time
Argentine corn traded on the New York market yesterday, reaching as high as 83 cents with a close near 75. Merchants with Buenos Ayres ties expect profits from Argentina supplies. The cargo sold for delivery on arrival, though quantities and exact price were not disclosed. Over a month ago a cargo of oats from Argentina arrived in New York, the first cereal from the country outside special varieties ever brought in.
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New York
Argentina
Crown Prince Conspirator Testimony Shocks Montenegro
In Cetinje on June 4 the trial of two prisoners for revolutionary activity revealed sensational testimony about Crown Prince George of Serbia. Witnesses alleged bombs were made by Serbian officers on his orders to topple the Montenegrin government. The testimony threatens to rupture Serbia Montenegro relations. the Serbian minister in Cetinje says his stay is impossible. The Crown Prince is described as an erratic youth whose escapades have drawn sharp criticism in southeastern Europe.
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Montenegro
George of
Seryia
Lnkey
Prince George
Montengrio
Servia
Thyje Servian
Cettinje
Europe
Boy Survives Eight-Car Train Run-Over at Coney Island
An 11 year old Brooklyn boy named Abraham Morris narrowly escaped serious injury after an eight car Long Island Railroad train passed over him near Van Sicklen Station while he walked along the tracks. He suffered only minor bruises and was checked by a surgeon after an ambulance was summoned.
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Long Island
Coney Island
Crescent Street
Brooklyn
van Sicklen Station
Gravesend
Culver Station
Will Arrest F. G. Bailey Ex-President in Detention
Washington reports that under the State Department request the Honduran Foreign Minister orders the arrest of F. G. Bailey former head of the Export Shipping Company of New Jersey and detains the steamer Goldsboro with its cargo after a dispatch from Minister Dodge at San Salvador dated yesterday.
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State Department
Cloudburst in Juananto Claims Twenty Lives
Mexico City reports a cloudburst in Juananto resulting in twenty fatalities and property damage estimated at twenty dollars.
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Mexico City
Juananto
Death by Own Action Shocks Williamsburg Parade Crowd
A Sunday school crowd in Williamsburg fled in panic after gunfire at the Pietro Monelle steamship agency. Felix Palmeri, a 129 Thames Street barber, lay dead from a self inflicted pistol wound, after arguing with a clerk over a Naples ticket set for July 13 sailing. He claimed bad luck from sailing date and then shot himself. his body was taken to the Stagg Street Police Station.
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Wes
Lepine
Grégori
M. Lepineo
Pantheon
Dreyfus
Mathieu
Tr. Pozzi
Panthéon
Major Dreyfus
Johnson Avenue
Williamsburg
Pietro Monelle
Felix Palmeri
Thames Street
George Cordino
Naples
Cordino
Paximeri
Stagg Street
Hook
Ocean Grove board passes tax ruling on beachfront land
In Ocean Grove on June 4 the Monmouth County Board of Union handed down a ruling restricting tax exemption for the Camp Meeting Association beachfront property. The case centered on a strip of land once dedicated as a public highway, deemed taxable. Samuel A. Patterson presented the association'sarguments, noting long-standing dedication and public use, but the board concluded taxation applies.
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Newe York Times
Ocean Grove
Monmouth County Board Union
Ocean
Property Camp Meeting Association
Samuel A. Patterson
Rtative
Akuerble K
Dewey's Twelve-Year Port Highlighted By Inead & Sons
The advertisement promotes DEWEY'S TWELVE-YEAR PORT as a premier strengthening wine offered by Inead & Sons Co located at 138 Fulton St New York. The copy emphasizes quality and potency of the aged port.
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Inead & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
DEWEY
Auto Racers Camp in Siberian Wilds
Special cable reports Russians sending soldiers as Protos cars overturn on unballasted tracks near Pogranitchnaya fourteen miles from Vladivostok. Thomas and driver George Schuster face delays. camp built from canvas and rail timbers amid harsh conditions. Guards, coolies, and watchful dogs, plus a sunlit yet tense journey toward Paris, mark the expedition's perilous progress and logistical hurdles.
Thomas Company Protests Cup Count in Ra E. R. Thomas Case
In a formal protest, R. Thomas Motor Company challenges the cup count associated with its car, asserting rights under the designation E as presented by the Ra E. authorities. The dispute centers on ownership and brand designation in the vehicle’s official records.
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Thomas Company
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