Assassination Attempt on Major Dreyfus at Zola Ceremony
Paris report details Louis Anthemoe Gregori a military writer firing twice at Major Alfred Dreyfus near the Pantheon during Zola ashes ceremony. Gregori, born 1844 to Italian parents, was restrained and jailed amid wide fear of a broader royalist motive and political tension surrounding the Dreyfus affair.
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Emile Zola
Pantheon
France
Louis Anthehnoe Gregori
Nota
Alfred Dreyfus
Zola
Gregoris
Dreyfus Not Badly Hurt After Pantheon Shooting
Major Dreyfus sustained only a forearm wound from a shot at the Pantheon drama. The assailant Gregori fired first from behind Dreyfus, the bullet lodging in a flower pot. a second shot hit the breast as Dreyfus shielded himself with his left arm. Mathieu Dreyfus protected the attacker from an angry crowd, urging lawful proceedings.
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Zola
Pantheon
Henri Rochefort
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Catafalque
Statement on Dreyfus case cited by accused attacker
In a second interrogation the suspect said he did not intend to kill Dreyfus. He claimed his aim was to graze him in protest of Zola's glorification and for Dreyfus's rehabilitation, insisting the blow was not meant to kill but to protest rather than harm Dreyfus.
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Court of Cassation
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Michigan university faculty cracks down on drinking clubs
In Ann Arbor on June 5 the faculty senate adopted resolutions condemning student meetings at saloons and urging disciplinary action for organizers and participants. Investigations target the Friars and Owls clubs while the Pipe and Row is dissolved and members barred from joining Friars or other clubs.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Michigan University
Friars
Owls
Pipe and Row
Delegation Disputes Open as Taft Contests Loom
The Republican national committee began hearings on contested seats for the upcoming convention in Chicago. Delegates at large and district contests total 22 seats, with procedures allowing 30 minutes per side for at large cases and 15 minutes per side for district cases, aiming to resolve 114 hours of proceedings across eight-hour days over more than two weeks.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Taft
National Committee
F. C. Bryan
Washington
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Alabama
Railroad Commission Inspects Flint Division Interchange Plan
Oxford Mich June 5 The railroad commission conducted a personal inspection of the Flint division of the DLR between Oxford and Flint Commissioner Glasgow will issue an order compelling railroads and the electric line to interchange cars once engineers complete surveys for the physical connections Likely no contest to the law’s validity.
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Oxford, Mich
Railroad Commission
Flint
D. UL. R
Glasgow
Carleton Day marked in Jackson with poet Will Carleton
Jackson Michigan plans Carleton Day on July 1 as part of a Chautauqua program honoring Michigan poet Will Carleton. He will read poems and deliver an address, with many Lenawee county residents traveling to attend the event.
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Jackson, Mich
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Will Carleton
Michigan
Lenawee County
Two Deaths by Flood Disrupt Montana Rail Service
Heavy rains caused floods in Montana killing at least two people. Rail lines on the Northern Pacific and St Paul routes west of Deer Lodge were washed out or submerged, threatening cross-state service for days. The Missoula River rose nine feet above normal, and a dam near Butte burst, plunging the city into darkness after flooding the power plant. A ranch couple in northern Montana drowned in the high water.
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Northwest
Northern Pacific
St. Paw
Deer Lodge
Missoula
White
Grant Refused the Post as County Engineer
A 1859 document in St. Louis shows General U S Grant applied for the county engineer role and was turned down. His name does not appear in the county roster of that date, and the engineer’s pay was small with duties mainly bridges and similar construction work.
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Grant
St. Louis
Regan
U. S. Grant
Democratic Convention Hall to Seat 12500 in Denver
The Denver convention will cost about 550000 dollars and provide seating for 12500. The building features an advanced heating and ventilation system for a public venue. The event date is set for June 27 with preparations already underway in Denver.
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Denver
Miss Lida Bridges to Wed Raleigh Taylor in St Louis
Miss Lida Bridges, famed as the "dream girl" after a four day coma last fall, will marry Raleigh Taylor, a local railroad man. He stayed by her during the entire trance like state and her accounts of heaven included conversations with her deceased grandfather and four brothers.
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St. Louis
Lida Bridges
Heaven
Raleigh Taylor
Miss Bridges
Confesses Twenty Burglaries
Chicago June 5 Frank Stanley twenty one years old said to be wanted by the Denver police on charges of burglaries and robberies was arrested at Peckplace and State street by detectives Stanley alleges he is a Bradford Pa high school graduate and that his parents are wealthy He confessed the police say that he committed more than twenty burglaries to Denver.
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Chicago
Frank Stanley
Denver
Peckplace
State Street
Stanley
Bradford High School
Bradford
Convicts Break for Liberty at Birmingham Plant
Nine convicts broke from the Alabama Manufacturing Company plant in Birmingham. Guards and North Birmingham police opened fire. five convicts were shot, two fatally. Two more were captured and dogs tracked the remaining two.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Manufacturing Company
North Birmingham
Young Motorman Falls Fifty Feet at LaSalle Street Station
Michael Finn, 19, of 1311 Ridgeway Avenue, a motorman with the Illinois Tunnel Company, fell fifty feet to the bottom of the LaSalle Street Station in Chicago. He was taken unconscious to Mercy Hospital and is believed to be fatally injured.
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Chicago
Michael Finn
Ridgeway Avenue
Ilinois Tunnel Company
LaSalle Stret
Mercy Hospital
SOME NEW YORK MOTHERS TELLING CHILDREN AT STATION HOUSES
In New York mothers send children to station houses to report themselves missing while they go to Coney Island. Sadie Feinberg left four children at United Hebrew Charities and was arrested for abandonment after officers found her address from the oldest child. The mother was at home reading a paper. Prosecutors will pursue charges. Dream Came True at Last. A Calf Wound Fulfills a Old Dream Shirely Night Watchman at Keller chair factory in Marion Indiana had his leg pierced by a rifle ball reenacting a twenty year old dream of being wounded.
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New York
East Side
Coney Island
Sadie Feinberg
United Hebrew Charities
Marion
Ind
Albert Shirely
Keller Chair Factory
Shirely
Markets Chicago June 5 1908 Hogs and cattle prices
Market notes for June 5 1908 show hog receipts and prices across grades with light to heavy ranges and mixed packers. Cattle and sheep sections list estimated receipts, price bands for beef cattle veal and sheep, and notes on market strength or dullness. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co at 544 & 545 Postal Telegraph Building Chicago.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Quaker City Politics Before a Police Magistrate
Two witnesses swear the leader is guilty of falsehood as Senator James McNichol faces charges in Philadelphia. Kaufmann and Gibboney testify while McNichol is held on his own recognizance. warrants go out for the witnesses for the prosecution.
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Philadelphia
Gorman
James P. McNichol
Max Kaufmann
Reyburn
McNichol
Law and Order Society
Weaver
Kaufmann
Gibboney
Rkeyburn
Senator McNichol
McNichols
Mauretania Sails After Record Westward Run
The Cunard turbine steamship Mauretania, after arriving Monday night and breaking three records, has sailed on the eastern trip. It is believed she will attempt an eastward record to Daunt's Rock using the same three propellers that powered her westward run, which earned three records.
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New York
Cunard Line
Mauretania
Daunt’s Rock
New Zealand Preparations For Fleet Welcome
Festivities planned for four days in Auckland to entertain the United States battleship fleet. Governor of New Zealand federal officials and local authorities will participate in the welcome.
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New Zealand
Auckland
N. Z
United States
Convention Opens of American Antituberculosis League in St Louis
The American Antituberculosis League begins its first annual convention in St Louis, gathering physicians and laymen from across the country. The meetings run through tomorrow evening at Delmar garden as delegates discuss public health efforts against tuberculosis.
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St. Louis
Delmar Garden
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