Dreyfus Trial Opens With Dramatic Courtroom Portrait
The Rennes courtroom opens at 7 10 a m with Capt Alfred Dreyfus in a new artillery uniform. He denies the charges, pleads innocence, and faces Col Jouaust in a tense session observed by 700 spectators while the crowd and security react to the proceedings and the famed bordereau is displayed.
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Rennes
Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus
Labori
de Mange
Maj. Carriere
Col
Jonaust
Col. Jouaust
Jouaust
Brongniart
de Broon
Parfait
Artillery
Profillet
Merle
Beauvis
la Dame Blanche
White Lady
Esterhazy
Zola
Piequart
Court of Cassation
Dreyfusard
Bordereau
Preyfus
France
M. Labori
Col. Jourist
Paris
Bridgeport Trenton Street Car Disaster Kills Near 40
A Shelton extension trolley plunge at Peck's mill pond near Oronoque claims about 36 to 40 lives with many injured. The iron trestle collapsed after the car sped along south of the bridge. Conductor John Carroll perished. motor man Hamilton escaped. Ambulances, a morgue, and rapid responders aided victims at Bridgeport General Hospital.
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Bridgeport
Comit
Stratford
Shelton Street
Peck’s Mill Pond
Oronoque
Shelton
John Carroll
Hamilton
Bridgeport General Hospital
Straford
Frances Peck
Frank Cramer
Bridgeport Traction Co
Death toll soars in Juvisy railway collision in France
Paris reports 17 killed and 73 injured in a thunderstorm linked wreck on the Paris Orléans line near Juvisy. An electric signaling fault is suspected as the second train struck the first stalled train at about 50 miles per hour, telescoping three cars. Passengers, many excursionists, were entangled by debris and rescued with difficulty.
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Paris
Juvisy
Orleans
Nantes
Lyons
Thirty Persons Drowned In Mount Desert Ferry Accident
A slip from the Mount Desert ferry dock broke as excursionists headed to see warships. Over 100 fell into the water. twenty bodies recovered and death toll expected to rise to 30 or more. Identified victims include Mrs. Murray of Brewer Irving Bridges of West Hancock Albert Colson of Levant and others from Bangor Ellsworth Corinth Portland and Danforth. Four remain unidentified.
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Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Ferry
William Murray
Brewer
Irving Bridges
West Hancock
Albert Colson
Levant
Alonzo Oakes
Bangor
Joseph Murphy
Old Town
Hollis Estey
Ellsworth
Clifford Cushman
Corinth
Mell McCadd
Lizzie Wood
Louisa Bartlett
Grace Sumner
Charles W. Downes
F. I. Sweetser
Portland
Ora M. Lank
Danforth
G. R. Bennett
Admiral Dewey approves Washington reception plans
Washington August 8 Admiral Dewey endorses the reception arranged by the committee of 100 led by W H Moses and W P Van Winkle. He favors simple ceremonies aboard the Olympia with the sword presentation by Congress. He notes he cannot fix his arrival date yet and will inform promptly. An 1873 note reveals Dewey’s early Manila interest aboard the Narragansett during the Virginius affair.
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Washington
Moses
Admiral Dewey
Congress
Olympia
Trieste
W. H. Moses
W. P. van Winkle
D. C
Secretary of the Navy
Tam
George Dewey
Dewey
United States
Narragansett
Asiatic
Spain
Navy Department
Manila
Citizens’ Committee
Battle at Balabac Moros as light restored
Admiral Watson reports a Manila crew, led by Ensign I. Lt. Bissett, encountered Moros at Balabac while reestablishing a lighthouse. One officer and one enemy were killed. seven Moros captured, two escaped. Light now in service, with Charlestown bound to aid. Balabac population about 1,100 with 200 in the capital.
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Washington
Admiral Watson
Asiatic
Nazro
Manila
Cape Melville
Balabac
Philippine Islands
Moros
Diengo Manalo
Ubalabac Moros
Kalabac
Charlestown
Watson
Philippines
Navy Department
Night doorbell tale of a weary man’s odd fee
A man locked out at two in the morning sought help at a West side apartment. He paid a physician four dollars for a night call after fails to reach his janitor and endured a weary ascent home, relieved to escape his trouble. A separate testimonial praises Teething Powders for a grandchild.
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West Side
N. Y. Tribune
The Common Fate and Quick Cures
A compact collection of 19th century adage lines and pill advertisements. The Philadelphia Record notes the sea arriving in style and leaving broke while Rev D Buch mueller touts Piso's Cure for Consumption. Answers cites a quip about care and spending. Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as a constitutional remedy. Aghast quips note that a quarrelsome man is always petty.
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Philadelphia
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Reveus
Hood
Joseph
Key
D. Buchmueller
Lexington
Harry
Hall
Price
Atchison Globe
BaeAess
Ayer
J.C. Ayer Lowell
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
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