Dreyfus Counsel Labori Shot Ambush Near Lycee
A dispatch from Rennes reports Maitre Labori, counsel for Dreyfus, was ambushed while en route to the Lycee. Two men fired, wounding him in the back as he walked along a river road. He survived initial shock. doctors feared death after the bullet hit his stomach.
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Labours
Lycee
Rennes
France
Maitre Labori
Dreyfus
Labori
M. Labori
Vithine
Dreyfus Court Scenes Stir Audiences in Rennes
Dramatic second court martial features Captain Dreyfus shouting at General Mercier who defends the conviction. Applause and hisses erupt as authorities shield Mercier amid anti Dreyfusite protests. Paris arrests widen crackdown on anti semite and patriotic leagues with plans of Royalist uprisings uncovered.
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Rennes
Dreyfus
M. Casimir-Perier
General Mercier
Mercier
Marcier
France
Germany
Extradition Policy Between United States and Cuba
The state department sets a general extradition policy for this country and Cuba Hawaii and other U S possessions. Recent cases show fugitives claiming immunity by fleeing to Cuba or insular areas arguing that extradition processes do not apply due to transitional relations.
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State Department
Cuba
Hawaii
United States
Rich denies offer of reward for Jasper County mob capture
President Rich of the Southern Mor n Mission publicly denied offering a $500 reward for the capture of the Jasper County mob in Georgia. He says no such statement was made and that the previous report was false. Since publication he has received many letters and telegrams from county officers and Georgia detectives offering to assist in the capture.
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Forman
Jasper County
Rich
Southern Morn Mission
Bey
Jasper Nty
Lerand
Georgia
Georgia Agricultural Society endorses fair plans and reelects officers
On Thursday the Georgia Agricultural Society refused to join the cotton baling quarrel by a narrow margin. It endorsed efforts for the forthcoming state fair in Atlanta, re-elected its officers led by President Brown, and chose Dublin as the next meeting site.
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Georgia Agricultural Society
Atlanta
Brown
Dublin
Pension Roll Dwindles in Evans Report
Pension Commissioner Evans reports for the year ended June 30 show total disbursements of 135,253,928 with a treasury balance of 1,857,188 from 140,000,000 appropriated. The pensioner count stood at 991,519, down 2,195, with 40,991 names added and 43,186 dropped.
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Evans
Fiscat
Treasury
Atlanta City Council Adopts Investigation Of Mayor Woodward
In a dramatic session the council approved a five member committee to probe charges against Mayor James G Woodward. An amendment by Councilman Burns broadened the probe to include Moyers claims that the mayor would have respectable officials with him if he fell from office. The vote was unanimous.
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Atlanta
Thompson
James G. Woodward
Woodward
Burns
W. T. Moyers
Colonel Moyers
Couneilman Burns
Council
W.T. Moyers
Locked-Out Chattanooga Street Car War Spreads
Union labor factions in Chattanooga and suburbs wage a heated dispute with the electric street railway company over a lockout of motormen. Four more workers join the picket, bringing the locked-out total to thirty-five. Transfer wagons shuttle riders from suburbs not served by rivals, while petitions push for extending routes to St Elmo and other points. The boycott is reportedly cutting the electric company's daily receipts more than expected.
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Chattanooga
Electric Company
Yenn
Electric Street Railway Company
Rapid Transit Company
St. Elmo
Fielder and Mower Lease Larger 61 Peachtree Street Quarters
Fielder and Mower, a long time Atlanta typewriter and supply firm, have leased the three story brick building at 61 Peachtree Street from Hatey Organ Company for a multi year term. They plan to move in next month and use the entire building for expanded operations including office supplies and furniture.
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Messrs
Fielder & Mower
Messrs. Fielder & Mower
North Carolina mills by county report
The North Carolina agricultural department released its annual cotton mill report. It lists 205 cotton mills in the state, plus thirteen hosiery, four knitting, one towel and one cotton goods finishing mill. Gaston leads with 22 mills, Alamance 19, Mecklenburg 13, Randolph and Richmond 12 each. mills exist in 43 of 97 counties with eight counties over 12 mills.
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Gaston County
North Carolina Agricultural Department
Alamance
Mecklenberg
Randolph
Richmond
Widow Nancy Jones Dies at Ninety Five in Tennessee
Nancy Jones, widow of a Revolutionary War pensioner who fought with George Washington, died Tuesday at her home near Jonesboro Tennessee at age ninety five. She was among four Revolutionary widows still receiving US government pensions. Her husband married her when he was fifty and she sixteen.
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George Washington
Nancy Jones
Jonesboro
Tenn
Jones
United States
Secretary of War Appeals for Puerto Rico Relief
Secretary of War Elihu Root urges cities with populations over 150000 to aid hurricane victims in Porto Rico. Dispatches report at least 800 drowned and widespread destruction in Ponce and surrounding towns. Army and civil officials distribute rations as silenced communications hinder aid.
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Porto Rico
Playa
Ponce
Porrati Dorin
Fifth Cavalry
Major Myers
Eleventh Infantry
Nicalde
Aibonito
Juan Ding
Arroyo
Guayama
Salinas
San Isabel
Yancao
Secretary of War
War Department
Washington
Davis
McPherson
New York
Root
Exim Roor
San Than
Otis confirms battle details of six thousand insurgents
Mantua August 9 Adjutant General Washington reports MacArthur led 4 000 men against an insurgent army of 6 000 around San Fernando at 5 15 this morning by 10 00 a m they had pushed the insurgents five miles toward Angeles and casualties were observed an attack planned for the 7th was hindered by rain with rail lines north of Angeles wrecked by six weeks of floods signed Ons indicates the situation and transportation difficulties across the line.
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Otis
San Fernando
Mantua
Washington
MacArthur
Angeles
Insurgenta
Wheeler at Honolulu Arrives Briefly for Entertainment
A Honolulu dispatch reports General Wheeler aboard the transport Tartar arriving August 1 and sailing August 8, with a two day layover during which he was handsomely entertained. The transports Newport and Ohio reached Honolulu on August 3.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Tartar
General Wheeler
Newport
Ohio
Aguinaldo Appeals for Filipino Independence Recognition
Aguinaldo and Filipino leaders claim sovereignty over the islands and urge foreign powers to recognize independence. The document, dated July 27 from Tarlac, seeks a peace treaty with Spain and asserts U.S. acquiescence. Washington officials say no formal offer exists and doubt any government will respond.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Tarlac
Buencamino
Spain
Paris
United States
Honda
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Aguivalde
Washington
State Department
Speae
Fishermen’s boat fired on near English waters by Leda
A London report says the British torpedo gunboat Leda fired on a French fishing boat Etoile de Mor when it did not stop after a warning shot. The shot disabled the vessel and killed its helmsman, with the boat towed to London carrying the body. Officials note the French boat ignored signals and presume drastic action was needed.
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London
Three Mile
Admiralty
Auoreme
Leda
Jiminez Confident Renown Dominica Presidency Aspirant
Havana dispatch reports General Juan Isidro Jiminez, seeking the presidency of the Dominican Republic, stating funds are daily placed to his credit in Paris. He says he refused over 800 offers of service from Cubans and Americans willing to cover expenses and mocks the government’s ability to stop him, claiming Santo Domingo is practically his.
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Havana
Juan Isidro Jiminez
Republic of Dominica
Paris
Striker dynamite blasts hit Cleveland streetcars near Rockefeller home
Dynamite blasts struck two Cleveland streetcars Friday night on Euclid Avenue and near the Rockefeller residence. One car was wrecked but no injuries were reported as the explosion damaged a high‑class neighborhood, also near the home of S. T. Kyverett.
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Cleveland
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
8. T. Kvyerett
Farmers Meet in Convention Parting of the Ways with the Negro
President Brown at Quitman Georgia Agricultural Society convocation declares the time has come for the white and black to part ways. He calls for aiding the negro in leaving, cites race tensions, outlines labor questions and the need for practical education and agricultural relation to manufactures.
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President Brown
Georgia State Agricultural Society
Quitman
Brown
Hoke Smith
Major Hanson
A. H. Martin
Smith
State University
Pope Brown
The
Georgia Agricultural Society
J. F. Hanson
South
John Temple Graves
Automobile gun carriage under construction in Peoria
An automobile gun carriage being built in Peoria Illinois will be completed in a month. The three wheeled vehicle will seat four men and carry at least 1000 pounds of patridges.
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Colt
Peoria
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Mencier
M. de Roulede
Chamber of Deputies
Angouleme
Charente
Groissey
Antisemite League
Patriotic Leagues
M. DeRonlede
City
Conciergerie
Patriotic League
M. Guerin
M. Fabri
Antisemites
Jeague
Duke of Orleans
Brussels
Faure
Menilley Barracks
M. Fabre
Paul de Roulede
Atlanta City Council
North Carolina Mills
Pence
Elihu Root
Wheeler
Jiminez
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