Labori Faces Dreyfus Trial as Mercier Publicly Confesses
At Rennes on August 23 Maitre Labori dominated the Dreyfus court scene. He pressed General Mercier over a forged Schneider letter and forced a confession of grave law violations, signaling further questions and possible arrest for Mercier.
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Rennes
Maitre Labori
Lycee
Alfred Dreyfus
Labori
Mme. Labori
M. Demange
M. Labori
Jouaust
Schneider
Mercier
Ministry of War
Laberi
General Staff
General Mercier
Labori Probes Lajoux and Dreyfus Case in Court
M Labori questions Lajoux about ongoing war office payments and links to Esterhazy. Commandant Rollin notes possible cessation of funds. Cross examination targets Mercier Roger and others, while Captain Dreyfus defends with counter facts and a final emotional appeal of love for France.
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M. Labori
Lajoux
French
War Office
South America
Labori
Rollin
Esterhazy
Dreyfus
Mercier
Roger
France
Retrial Efforts Highlight Labori's Condition After Testimony
The article notes M. Labori's stamina after intense proceedings as he recovered from exertion. He took a drive with his wife in an auto-car yesterday afternoon and returned to receive a reception, then reviewed yesterday's evidence before dinner.
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M. Labori
Dreyfus Case Sheds Light On Suspicious Devices
In Rennes Maitre Labori received two infernal machine devices turned over to police after being placed in the artillery powder magazine. One device was a cylindrical tube four inches high and one and a half inches in diameter. the other a four inch square parcel. Both were filled with guncotton with no explosion method yet revealed. The report notes other Dreyfus related dispatches from Hamburg Paris and London with Esterhazy scorned by a crowd in Oxford Street.
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Rennes
Dreyfus
Maitre Labori
London
Comte Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
Oxford Street
Esterhazy
Illinois National Guard to take part in Old Settlers’ reunion
The First battalion of the Fifth Infantry under Major J C Cabanis heads to Mount Pulaski to join the Old Settlers reunion with a sham battle. The Second battalion under Major Nicols drilled on the range while the First and Third battalions trained. General Horace Clark arrives to command the brigade and a mammoth cake presented by George S Connelly will be judged at a Thursday cake walk.
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Springfield
Ill
Fifth Infantry
J. C. Cabanis
Mount Pulaski
Ills
Nichols
Quincy
Horace Clark
Mattoon
George S. Connelly
Culver
Porto Rico Havoc Reported From San Juan
A San Juan dispatch says the charity board ships supplies by land and water daily as petitions for food medicines and money pour in. Typhus follows decomposing bodies at Arroyo and coastwise ports report foul odors. General Davis totals Puerto Rico casualties and destitution with about 1000 killed and 100000 destitute.
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New York
Herald
San Juan
Board of Charity
Arroyo
Board of Health
Washington
War Department
Davis
Porto Rico
Baseball Scores From Yesterday’s League Games
Yesterday’s results list major league scores from Chicago to Baltimore with doubleheaders in several parks. Notable outcomes include Cincinnati edging Pittsburgh in eleven innings and Baltimore sweeping Washington in two games. Western League saw Minneapolis and Milwaukee both win, while Grand Rapids split with St. Paul?
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Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
Louisville
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Washington
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Detroit
St. Paul
Grand Rapids
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Freight trains collide near Dayton. two engines destroyed
A head end crash one mile east of Dayton on the Northwestern line left two freight engines utterly demolished and a work-train engine badly crippled. One engineer is seriously hurt after a midnight collision caused by misunderstood orders on a steep grade at twenty miles an hour.
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Fort Dodge
Dayton
Jehu Baker Shows Some Improvement in Illness
Jehu Baker former minister to Venezuela and ex representative from Belleville Illinois is somewhat improved but remains seriously ill. He cannot sit up and still suffers fever with blindness leaving his wife and daughter hopeful for recovery.
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Jehu Baker
Belleville
Ills
Venezuela
Caterpillar Plague Hits Kenosha South Side
The entire south side of Kenosha Wisconsin is plagued by a caterpillar infestation that descended on the city early Monday and disrupts local activities.
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Kenonsha
Wis
Kenosha
Holcomb Nominated by Populists with Democratic Silver Republican backing
Ex-Governor Holcomb was nominated for Nebraska supreme court justice by the Populist convention and endorsed by Democrats and Silver Republicans. Democrats reaffirm the Chicago 1896 platform, praising free silver, anti monopolies, and opposition to expansion in the Philippines, with calls for constitutional reforms and an elected senate.
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Omaha
Holcomb
the Supreme Court
W. H. Thompson
Nebraska
Dahlman
Thompson
Andrew Jackson
Union
Chicago
Union Reformers nominate state ticket in Ohio convention
The Union Reform party in Ohio nominated Governor Seth H. Ellis Warren county lieutenant governor G W Seelye Wayne auditor Frank S. Montgomery Franklin judge A R McIntyre Knox attorney general Thomas Bartham Hamilton and board of public works A A Weaver Putnam. The convention voiced opposition to Mayor Jones Toledo and endorsed direct legislation via initiative and referendum. G W Seelye is a Greek professor at Wooster University.
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Columbus
Union Reform Party
Seth H. Ellis
Warren County
G. W. Seelye
Wayne
Frank S. Montgomery
Franklin
Supreme Court
A. R. McIntyre
Knox
Thomas Bartham
Hamilton
Board of Public Works
A. A. Weaver
Putnam
Jones
Seth W. Ellis
Wooster University
Reed Resigns From Maine Seat in Congress
Augusta Maine Aug 23 Representative Thomas B Reed announces resignation from the First district of Maine Congress effective September 4 in a brief letter published today.
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Augusta
Thomas B. Reed
National House
Congress
Maine
Weeks Calls Trusts the Key Issue in Populist Campaign
Des Moines IA August 23 Chairman A W C Weeks of the middle-of-the-road Populists addresses the state convention. He calls trusts the campaign’s main issue and pledges a unified plan to denounce trusts and clarify policy on the Philippines.
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Des Moines
A. W. C. Weeks
Weeks
Philippines
Indiana farm report shows wheat losses and low yields
Indiana statistics bureau reports 3,427,577 acres sown to wheat with 397,644 plowed up and 3,089,933 harvested. Average six bushels per acre about 18,000,000 bushels valued near 10 million dollars. Notes on rye barley flax buckwheat tobacco timothy and clover. farm hands and wages. women in farming households and pay ranges by county.
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Anderson
Ind
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Timothy Meadow
Warren County
Jackson
Newton County
Switzerland County
Boiler Blast Kills Three in Wisconsin Factory
At 8 10 yesterday morning a boiler explosion at the BE H Wieckert company sash door and blind plant in Appleton Wisconsin killed three men and seriously wounded eight others. The dead are Robert Pasch Nathaniel Pattison and William Bolduan. Wounded are Joseph Wettingil John Foster William Hoffman Edward Koletzke Paul Hoepner Herman Miller August Rehefeldt and William Weaver. The blast damaged the main building and dry house and all other workers received only minor scratches.
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Paul Hoepner
Herman Miller
August Rehefeldt
William Weaver
Laborers Wanted at Joliet in Drainage Work
Gahan and Byrne contractors seek 500 laborers for section 18 drainage ditch in Joliet Illinois at $1.75 a day and up. They aim to finish by mid November if weather allows and workers are secured. High wage noting efforts to complete Jackson street dam and delays due to sanitary trustees cement testing.
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Joliet
Ill
Gahan & Byrne
Byrne
Jackson Street
Gahan & Bryne
Plague Reaches European Russia and Global Movements
The bubonic plague has reached European Russia. The Pennsylvania regiment recently returned from Manila has been mustered out. Forty thousand people are said to have died from famine on the east coast of Africa. The United States cruiser Olympia with Admiral Dewey aboard is at Nice. The admiral is well.
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Russia
Pennsylvania Regiment
Manila
Africa
Olympia
Admiral Dewey
Nice
Misnamed Republic and War Hopes in Transvaal Fray
A verbose report from Pretoria and New York describes Oom Paul and Chief Justice Kotze in a clash over constitutional limits. It notes three diplomatic questions franchise dynamite railways and cites Uitlanders paying most taxes with little representation. Dynamite trade reveals a 75 shilling monopoly vs a 45 shilling American offer affecting 400,000 cases yearly.
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Kotze
Oom
Transvaal
Uitlanders
Witswater Rand
Transvaal gold fields attract British investment amid looming war talk
The Dutch railways control construction and rates amid high freight costs from Chicago to New York. Verading to Johannesburg transport is expensive, miners walk long distances and pay for a government badge with lashes if late. Gold ore yields about 10.40 per ton with 5.00 cost to produce, spurring cautious capital. English reform hopes spark war anticipations. Gov Tainer to speak at Peotone on Labor Day signals local event in Joliet Illinois.
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Netherlands
Chicago
Vernigning
Johannesburg
New York
Transvaal
England
California
Colorado
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Reed
Ohio
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Mt. Pleasant
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Pretoria
Alfred Milner
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Cape Colony
J. W. Regan
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Rogan
Oom Paul
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Joseph Keck
Prank Stewart
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O. M. Keck
Casey Bros
Reed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
E. M. McConaughy
Corton
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East Main Frost
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Washington Lown
Marsh W. Bailey
Ofeice
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Iowa
J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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Opvice
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School OF Music
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Waste Hall
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Kemple Flowers Co
Oskaloosa
Frank Rogers
Tanner
Joliet, Ill
Peotone
Cirtine
West Delong's
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
H. Sanford
Selephone
T. J. Dempsey
BES Coffee
Capital
Young
Jeperey
Padersgon
Anderon
Washington County
Jon. Kuck
A. Warre
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O. H. Keon
V. P.O. M. Kaow
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First National Bank
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A. H. Wall
0. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
Vk Stewart
J. ¥. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Orall's
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