Dreyfus Weeps in Court as Trial Strains Pierce
The Dreyfus case dominates the session with Capt Dreyfus torn by memories of degradation and his wife’s courage cited as his shield. Tests of testimony focus on Lebrun Renault, Ferrignet, and Guerin as judges probe motives and notes amid warnings of possible strategic shifts.
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Hennes
Dreyfuse
Sen
Devil's Stand
Orbin
Lebrun-Repault
Ferginnett
Dreyfus
du Paty de Clam
Perginetti
Drews
Hin
Mme, Dreyfus
Avard
Capita Lebrun-Tenault
Casimir Perley
Elysee
Somong
Roevomobhie
Carnation
Deootes
No Reduction Will Be Made Under 125 Miles
A brief notice from New York on August 8 reports a committee of the Central Pennsylvania Agents' association outlining policy for distance based reductions not falling below 125 miles.
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New York
Paussenghy Agents
Assouii
Pittsburg Democrats Nominate Full County Ticket
The county Democratic convention selected a full county slate led by Jammer4 Clark and Foley for county commissioner. Other nominations included Judge F. H. Collier sheriff Frank J. Rutledge treasurer George H. Svale register S. J. Graham recorder Jere Doherty clerk of courts Cito Koehler poor director John Toewere and James A. Clark for county commissioner. The platform endorsed Ryan and demanded renomination for president in 100.
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Pittsburg
Jammer
Clark
PL Foley
Ryan
Bis
Jjuder
F. H. Collier
Frank J. Rutledge
DO. Marrs
George IT. Svale
S. J. Graham
Jere Doherty
Cito
A. Koehler
John Toewere
James A. Clark
Medals for Soldiers in Harrisburg Welcome Home
Privates Jesse J. Wall Frank L. Wall Charles H. Pastor and Charles H. Delaney of the Tenth regiment returned from the Philippines to Harrisburg. Parents from Pittsburgh accompanied them. A reception included dinner at a hotel, parlor escort in City Grove, and souvenir medals presented at the armory by Mayor Fritchey with remarks by Adjutant General Stewart.
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Harrisburg
Jesse J. B Wall
Frank L. Wall
Charles H. Pastor
Charles H. Delaney
Tenth Regiment
Philippines
Pittsburg
City Grove
Joea
Fritchey
Stewart
Cadet Philip F. Smith Dismissed for Hazing
Washington Aug 21 The president orders the summary dismissal from the U S service of Cadet Philip F Smith third class for harassing a fourth classman The cadet was appointed from Newark Fifth district in June 187 The War Department memorandum says the secretary of war intends to impose the most summary and exemplary punishment on all cadets involved in hazing.
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Washington
Military Academy
United States
Philip F. Smith
Smith
Newark
War Department
Tla
Secretary of War
Mall
Outrage at Cleveland Streetcar Blast Sparks Police Action
Explosive attack on a Willison avenue street car in Cleveland Australia injures several people who are not in serious condition. Police deploy patrols and detective squads from multiple agencies after considering nitro glycerine as the explosive agent. An eyewitness expert testimony locates the blast site and identifies the device used.
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Cleveland
Aus
Willison Avenue
I Wei
Returned Volunteers Parade Through San Francisco
The 1,248 officers and men from the Idaho Fleet North Dakota and First Wyoming regiments arrived from Manila and disembarked from the transport Grant. They marched in triumph through San Francisco to the Presidio where they will camp, and received a hearty reception from the city.
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San Francisco
Idaho
North Dakota
Wyoming Reiments
Wyoming Hight Artllery
Manila
Grant
Admiral Dewey Heads to Gibraltar Amid Naval Plans
Washington reports Admiral Dewey advised the Navy Department of a voyage today from Villefranche to Gibraltar. He is expected to stay until about September 1, with travel in foreign waters to be brief, and the Navy Department holding all mail for the admiral and his associates on the Olympia.
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Hon
Pointe
Coronel William Dickson
Waethington
D.C
Washington
Dewey
Navy Department
Bik Aail
Villefranche
Gibraltar
Foreien
Olympia
Lawyers Meet at Buffalo Elevate International Arbitration Scheme
The eighteenth International Law association conference in Buffalo opens with officers elected led by Ch Richard B Webster and Charles F Manderson honorary president. The meeting endorses The Hague scheme for a permanent arbitration court and urges ratification and treaties to submit disputes to arbitration.
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Buffalo
International Law Association
Joseph C. Alexander
Q. C
London
Bill William
New York
Richard B. Webster
Geneal
England
F. Manderson
Nebraska
William Ratin Kennedy
Endicott
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Bancroft Davie
Wrl Schirs
Higne
Confersnie
Fh Permanent Administration Council
Auniomatie Representative Court of
the Hague
Netherlands
Dewey Home Fund Reaches Over Twenty Thousand Dollars
Washington reports the Dewey home fund now exceeds 21000 with 26695 contributors and about 15000 subscribed. Rumors wrongly claimed Dewey declined the gift. organizers say he expects a suitable home and will accept funds via treasurer Ellie H. Roberts. A $2000 check arrived from the Milwaukee Brewers association.
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Washington
Frank A. Vanderlip
Dewey Home Fund
Filia RR
Admiral Dewey
Hee
Dewey Howe
Ellie H. Roberts
Milwaukee Brewers’ Association
Will Leave Santiago for Santo Domingo Presidency Awaits Him
The unnamed general plans to depart Santiago de Cuba tomorrow aboard a specially chartered steamer George Crosme under orders from Governor General Brooke to release him from custody unless there are indications he is promoting a mibustering expedition. Despatches from Santo Domingo arrive for General Jimmes.
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Santiago de Cuba
Juan Inidee Jinines
Heaphant
Suanto Domingos
Santiago de (Uba
George Crosme
Woo
Covernor
Brooke
Jimmes
Santo Dominic
Fall of Figueroa Triggers Dominican Revolution in Portau Plata
Announcement from the capital states President Figueroa has ceded executive authority to his initiators at noon. General Imbert, provisional governor of Puerto Plata, reports the capital change by order of the revolutionary committee. The revolution appears victorious as Figueroa falls.
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Puerto Plata
Figueroo
Imbert
Thie City
Cornrilt Tere
Vietoriors
Alliance Report Ties Nicaragua Honduras to Costa Rica War Fears
AP dispatch from Managua reports President Zelaya of Nicaragua and President Serra of Honduras meeting aboard a steamer on July 25 and forming an offensive alliance against Costa Rica and El Salvador with possible Guatemala involvement. Washington notes war over canal watershed in sight. Correa of Nicaragua denies any secret alliance with Honduras or arms purchases. says Nicaragua and Costa Rica are on good terms.
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Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Zelala
Serra
Honduras
Costa Rica
Salvador
Guatemala
Castilla
Rio San Juan del Norte
Washington
Isenduras
Europe
United States
Correa
Teddy
Peace on Lackawanna as engineers approve new schedule
New York August statement from President Truesdale of the Lackawanna Railroad reports grievances settled with engineers. A 42 hour workday with a one hour rest and a four tenths extra for switching is approved, limiting talks of a strike and easing tensions at Scranton and Hoboken.
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New York
Truesdale
The
Lackawanna Railroad
Committee of Engineers
Hoboken
Scranton
War of the Dames court decision on name use
Justice Muckstaver in New York Supreme Court ruled for the defendants in two actions by the Colonial Dames against the Cobbled Dames and the National Society of the Colonial Dames. The court held the defendants have the right to use the names by which they are known.
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New York
Justice Bookstaver
Supreme Court
Colook Dames of America
State of
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Bmuckstaver
Waantiona
Infant killed by rifle accident in Latta parish
A tragic rifle accident in Latta Marlon county left a four month old infant dead. A parlor rifle discharged while a child handed bystander tied, striking the infant on the forehead and exiting the back of the head. Police and family name Dr RR A Ban as connected to the incident.
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Ace
Latta
RR. A. Ban
Requisition Filed for Michiel J Costello Aide Bid
An application to Governor Blane was made for a requisition of Michiel J Costello who in hiding was charged in Atlantic City with offering to tell Representative John teler of Lecuming county to vote for the Meurrell jury bill. The executive is in New York and with return date averted as Whee Che paler will be submitted to NN.
Mancherter Hyden Area Fatality Acknowledged
London Kentucky reports a man named Jamena Roberta Wie was killed Wednesday morning at his home between Manchester and Hyden in Levetow county. Police say he was seated when the incident occurred and died on the scene. Authorities note prior trouble between the Roberts family and Markime.
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London
Jamena Roberta Wie
Unclear Historical Pension Certificate Names Cited
Fragmentary OCR lists names and places such as Crighial Kirles Cuolp Khlemiack Creek and Lackawonne with references to Mara Reteer Ransom Slocum and William Vendlermerk Jr. The text appears as a faded pension certificate snippet with multiple garbled terms and unknown jurisdictions.
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Washington
Pension
Crighial
Kirles Cuolp
Khlemiack Creek
Limerne
Mara Reteer
Ransom
Lackawonne
Aiden
Witliam Vendlermerk, Jr
Slocum
Luserns
Cloud of War Over Boer Land Speeds to a Crisis
London reports rapid South African tensions as Dutch influence in the Cape Colony sways policy toward arbitration and a push for a stronger reaction. Hindemfontein notes orders for artillery equipment. Bulawayo dispatches report Petrus Vilgoun’s arrest and re-arrest on theft charges amid Bechuanaland unrest.
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London
South Africa
Cape Colony
Mr. Chamberlain
Cape Town
Hindemfontein
Orange Free States
Joew
Samoa's Chance for Permanent Peace Hinges on Three Governments
Chief Justice Chambers arrives in Atlanta en route to Washington to report on Samoa. He says a permanent peace depends on the three governing powers on the islands and notes annexation by a treaty power may be the only solution. He warns the natives will resist any clear sign of disagreement between the powers. He may not return from the tropics.
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Atlanta
Chambers
Samoa
Washington
Tropics
General Lawton Sets Up Civil Government In Philippine Towns
Washington report details General Lawton's tour along his division line introducing local civil government. He convened town leaders to appoint mayors, vice mayors, and ward heads, urging tax funds be used locally for schools and improvements. Haluag named as first civil government with Senor Guerera as captain general. other towns like Bacoor Parinac and Las Piñas also organized local authorities.
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Washington
General Lawton
Philippines
Ian
Manila
War Department
Banta Anna
Pandacan
Ban Felipe
Lawton
United Stats
Haluag
Senor Guerera Belng
Bacoor
Parinac
Las Plans
National Army Units Mustered in Harrisburg
Fragmentary OCR notes list several regiments and officers associated with the National Army during a Harrisburg dispatch. Mentions include Fourth Regiment Captain Muldoon and Twelfth Regiment quartermaster, with references to headquarters and unit assignments.
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Harrinburg
Lasudd Tedwy
National
Penieeivanta
En Muldoon
Fe Quartermaster Twelfth Regiment
Weather and World News Briefs in Scranton Era
Weather indications today and general news from Buffalo to the Philippines. Reports cover Boer War implications near Cebu, Northeastern Pennsylvanian items, baseball results, and Scranton updates. Local notes include a Sanitary jury action and community ads as seen in the era’s industrial briefs.
Star Pointer's Great Mile at Hartford Oak Park
The Hartford meet featured Star Pointer's great mile in two minutes flat to beat the track record, with exciting odds and multiple heats. Kenney and Letah 8 faced controversy in the 217 trot while Dollade Wilkes and other horses contested the field, and Rubber won the consolation in three straight heats. John Nolan finished second in the Abbott free-for-all as Measure bested his rivals. Norman of Chicago set a pace record in a measured mile. In Scranton, a mysterious tire fire near Selot damaged crops and stock, with owners unable to save equipment or yields.
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Hartford
Dollade Wilkes
Letah
Weidnesdal
Treally
Kenney
Geers
Spears
Flor Evans
Billy Andrews
Tim
Charter Oak
Ihute Ayaculty
Precision
Senator
Abbott
Nolan
Bagte
Flanagan
Monnterey
John Nolan
M. M. Norman
Chicago
W. J. Andrews
John R. Gentry
Young Woman Dies by Own Action at Hotel Bishoy
Miss Etta War mn dining room girl at Hotel Bishoy in New York killed herself with morphine last night. A quiet and popular worker, she had recently shown signs of emotional distress and prepared tokens for her funeral, though colleagues reported she appeared in good health and spirits prior to the act.
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New York
Etta Warmn
Hotel Bishoy
Warren
N. Y
Fight near Cebu drives rebels from trenches
Dispatches from Manila report American forces under Colonel Bayless repelled an ambush by a mobile rebel band near Cebu. The 4th Infantry prepared to receive the attackers but the rebels retreated to the hills with no American casualties and light enemy losses.
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Manila
Cebu
Agmerian
Bayless
Amercan
United Statler Croleer
Charleston Tandaren
Ihe
Lus
Cavite
Transports for Philippines Dispatch From Port
A flotilla of transports with troops and horses is in port awaiting orders to sail to the Philippines. The hospital ship Re Wefix heads next, with surgeons and nurses aboard. Several transports including Tacoma Morgan Cit Senator Chief of Sidney Slam City of Puebla St Paul and others depart from Seattle and Manila routes carry Fourth Cavalry units and freight toward Manila and Cebu.
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Slam
Lorres
City of Puebla
United
St. Paul
Seattle
Fourth Cavalry
Manila
Sheridan
Zealandia
Valencia
Pennsylvania
Wyefield
City of Para
Connemiugh
Tartowr
Ohio
Newport
Indiana
Dreyfus Trial Story Headed By Jewish Sentiment
The Jewish Sentiment’s weekly tomorrow highlights the Dreyfus trial with details on German documents smuggled to America via Germany, then to England. It notes discharge papers proving a former officer’s service and alleges the embassy in Paris sold plans for naval guns and ships through Baroness de Delden, called the Voll lady.
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Atlantis
Wil
Bering
Germany
Cerna
Tnited
Denver
Culp
Gun Yo
Jnaureguiberry
Charles Maytel
Beterhasy
Ble
Williamstown colliery death shocks local workers
In Harrisbore on August 1 Emanuel Leigh, a one year veteran miner, was killed last night at the Williamstown colliery when a full of flute accident occurred. The incident raises concerns about safety practices at the mine and will be investigated by authorities.
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Garnet
Kan
Ate
Marrey Winans
Wee Burt
Harry
Hoth
Jaime
Winans
Harrisbore
Emanuel Leigh Fer
Williamstown
Steamship Arrivals at New York Harbor
Steamships Arrived at New York from multiple ports including Queenstown Bremen and Cherbourg. Vessels Majestic Trave Patricia Fuerst Bismarck reached New York while Amsterdam Rotterdam and Hamburg departures were noted with incoming and outbound movements.
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Queenstonn
AL Bille
Gernan
New York
Literaoel
Majestic
Bremen
Trave
Bouthappplan
Rotterdam
Balled
Monsdam
Cherbourg
Patricia
Hambure
Sthampton
Fuerst Bismarck
Hamvue
Weather outlook for Washington, Aus with unsettled Friday
Forecast shows warm trend with high around 81 degrees for Friday. Strong east to north winds expected. eastern Pontiwical region may see fair conditions while northern areas face breezy, cooler spells.
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Washington
Aus
Baturias
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Lieut
Col. Brogniart
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Guerly
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Titov
Generis
Dpreviie
Keterhagy
Tan
Gonse
M. Couslenne
Miles
Morales Hauteny
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Schwarskoppen
Mme. Badilun
Democrats
OF Law Association
Hague
Scheme of International Arbitration
Jiminez
Santiago
Santo Domingo
Lackawanna
Costello
Pennsylvania Pensions
Orange Free State
Amazons
Bulawayo
National Guard
Sharp
Pennayivania
Mystery of the Bedpost Bank
Steranton
Leon
Weet
Star Pointer
Charter Oak Park
Broom
Pred Keven
Kenney-Geane
Bik
Wilkes
Andres T
Bowhella
MK G
Omohhonry Tohogaan
Dickerson
Wilton Asinil- Hnaw
Ecseer
Sens
Pesegss Precision
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Lockwoods
Bog. Olinger
I John Nolan
Kage
Scranton Tribune
Stroudsburg
Ava
Selot
Wey
Etta Warren
Imus
Mada
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