Capital Safe For Few Days In Port au Prince
Reports from Port au Prince indicate a postponed clash between revolutionary forces led by General Simon and government troops. Meanwhile Louis Borno has sought refuge in the German legation as ministers resign and the president weighs a successor. General Gilles is favored by President Alexis for the next leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Au Prince
Simon
Jacmel
Department
Louis Borno
Legation
Leconte
Interior
Laleau
Marcelin
Celestim Cyriaque
Lannon
Alexia
Firmin
Gonaives
Turenne Jean Gilles
Solon Menos
Department of the South
Gilles
Alexis
Mining Congress Opens With Nationwide Representation
Opening session in Pittsburg brings delegates from across the nation. The event aims to secure uniform state mining legislation, worker safety, investor protection, and waste reduction. Prominent figures like James J. Hill, Edward H. Harriman, and John Hay Hammond are expected to speak. Governors from sixteen states invited for Friday gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
American Mining Congress
United States
Congress
James J. Hill
Edward H. Harriman
John Hay
Hammond
Stuart
Man Injured in Hunting Accident Near Nelsonville
Bert West, colored, was hurt in a hunting accident near the new brick plant in Nelsonville Ohio on December 1. A group of boys mistakenly fired into a covey of quail and struck West with nineteen shot but his injuries were not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ohio
Bert West
General Grosvenor to Press Wool Tariff at Washington
General Grosvenor left Tuesday evening for Washington to address the Ways and Means Committee on wool tariff proposals for the Ohio Wool Growers' Association. Theodore Justice of Philadelphia and major wool dealers will attend. the hearing extends over several days. Grosvenor plans to return to Athens later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Grosvenor
Washington, D. C
Committee On Ways and
Ohio Wool Growers’ Association
Theodore Justice
Philadelphia
Grosvenor
Athens
Elk Game Banquet Moves to Thursday Night
The Elk game banquet announced for tonight by Tuesday's messenger has been rescheduled to Thursday night.
Postmasters of the Fourth Class Ranked for Life in Athens County
President Roosevelt’s order classifies fourth class post offices across Ohio and Indiana and east of the Mississippi. Many Athens county postmasters will hold their jobs for life unless removed for cause, with future removals requiring charges before the civil service commission and a formal defense. The list covers Carbondale, Marshfield, Mineral, Cannanville, Stewart, Lottridge, Hebbardsville, Albany, Torch, Amesville, Coolville, Federal, Plantsville, Chauncey, Millfield, The Plains, Hockingport, Oakdale, Buchtel, Hamley Run, East Clayton, Floodwood, Glen Ebon, Beaumont, Luhrig, Pratt's Fork, Shade, and Sharpsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Athens County
Government Civil Service Commission
Washington
Carbondale
Marshfield
Mineral
Cannanville
Stewart
Lottridge
Hebbardsville
Albany
Torch
Amesville
Coolville
Federal
Plantsville
Chauncey
Millfield
the Plains
Hockingport
Oakdale
Buchtel
Hamley Run
East Clayton
Floodwood
Glen Ebon
Beaumont
Luhrig
Pratt's Fork
Shade
Sharpsburg
American Artists Talk by Louise Stahl at Ohio University
Miss Louise Stahl, art teacher at Ohio University, outlines her talk on American Artists and Their Work tonight at 6 30 in Music Hall. She will discuss masters and their products, with ster eopticon views illustrating the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stahl
Louise Stahl
Ohio University
Music Hall
Stahl
Death of Capt. Harris Linked to B and O Railway Staff
Local railroad men mourn the death of Capt. Frank Harris at 65, who served with the B. and O. line between Parkersburg and Cincinnati as a dispatcher and later a conductor. He died Monday at his Lebanon Ohio home and leaves a family. Funeral is held in Chillicothe Wednesday at 10 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Harris
Lebanon
Ohio
Harris
Parkersburg
Cincinnati
Chillicothe
Belgium’s roadside orchards yield modest income per tree
Belgians line roadsides with cider and perry trees. Eight hundred thousand trees produce about £15,000 annually, a little over fourpence per tree, while preplanting sinking fund costs add a trifling amount per tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Fire destroys Hisylvania Store in Trimble
Trimble Ohio December 2 Special a devastating blaze wiped out the Hisylvania Store company building and stock. Fire started from a gas stove and by noon the structure was ruins with $6000 loss. Insurance of $3000 covered, building owned by Spicer Kittle, other adjacent property damaged and miners helped save nearby homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trimble
Hisylvania
Jacksonville Fire Department
C. A. Smith
Nelsonville
Hisylvania Store Company
C. B. Murphey & Son
Gilbert Gillie
Levi Barstow
L. G. Carey
Governor appoints new common pleas judge and hospital trustee
Governor Harris names Charles M. Wilkins of Trumbull county as common pleas judge to fill the balance of the term after the death of Judge E B Roberts. Wilkins was elected in November to succeed Roberts. Harris also appoints Dr G E B Robbins of Chillicothe as trustee of Athens state hospital to replace Captain William Metcalf of Ross county, deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, C
Harris
Charles M. Wilkins
Trumbull County
Common Pleas
E. B.B. Roberts
Wilkins
Roberts
G. EB. Robbins
Chillicothe
Athens State Hospital
William Metcalf
Ross County
Topeka man instrumental in domestic hotel scene
Dee J J A Daley of Richland Kansas called police last night to rescue his wife who was at a leading hotel with another man. Police found Mrs Daley with P D Hains and wife registered in Hains room. Hains admitted fault but no arrests were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Dee. J
J. A. Daley
Richland
Daley
Mrs. Daley
P. D. Hains
Hains
Song Recital by Evan Williams to Open December Program
A program announces famed tenor Evan Williams performing a song recital followed by a choral concert on December 1. The list includes works by Mendelssohn Haydn Schubert Schumann and Donizetti with pieces such as Moonlight and Spirto Gentil among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Williams
Pra
Kasi Mendelssohn
Ee RY Ee
Haydn
Schubert
Schumann de i Asso
Bebie Acs
Ronald
Spirto Gentil
Donizetti
Mrs Dollie Burke McCoy Returns to Work at Bell Office
After a month of illness at her Elliott street home Mrs Dollie Burke McCoy is able to resume her duties at the Bell telephone office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dollie Burke McCoy
Elliott Street
Bell Telephone Office
A Modern Messenger Want Ad Turns Sellable Artifacts Cash
The piece notes a shift from attic castoffs to a business of antiques and heirlooms. It touts advertising unused items in Messenger Want Ads as a quick way to convert old articles into cash, framing it as modern commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Nations affirm peace and mutual territorial respect notes
The United States and Japan publish notes affirming peaceful Pacific trade, defending the status quo, and pledging to respect each other’s territorial possessions in China while preserving China’s independence and equal opportunity for commerce. The exchange is described as a frank reaffirmation between trusted allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
United States
Japan
Far East
State Root
Ambassador Takahira
Takahira
Root
Pacific
Pacific Ocean
China
Tuesday Club Discusses Tuberculosis and Humor Evening
The Tuesday Club held an engaging meeting at Ella Moore's home on College Street with Drs. W. N. Alderman and J. T. Merwin presenting talks on Tuberculosis. The English Club met at Dean Chubb's Park Place home with humor and poetry readings by A. E. Cherrington and readings from Gilder and Venable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Club
Ella Moore
Edith Jones
College Street
W. N. Alderman
J. T. Merwin
Alderman
Merwin
Dean Chubb
Park Place
A. E. Cherrington
Ohio
Richard Watson Gilder
William Henry Venable
Finnigan
Strickland W. Gilligan
O. U
Lake Coal Season Ends as Shipments Wind Down
The Hocking Valley, Sunday Creek, Lorain, and New Pittsburg firms complete lake coal contracts with one vessel left to load this week. Afterward, dependence shifts to rail trade. Warm weather dampens domestic demand while steam coal demand grows slowly but remains better than several months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Lorain Company
New Pittsburg Company
Extended Illness Death of Mrs. Mary Maxwell at Home
Mrs. Mary Maxwell aged 40 wife of A L Maxwell died at her Carpenter street home after a prolonged illness due to heart trouble. Survived by husband five children Ruth Fima Vida Ada and Anna mother Mia Anna Thomas two sisters Mrs Charles Eirdmanson and Miss Hallie Thomas and one brother Rev W A Thomas. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Maxwell
A. L. Maxwell
Carpenter Street
Ruth
Fima
Vida
Ada
Anna
Mia
Anna Thomas
Charles Eirdmanson
Hallie Thomas
Athens
W. A. Thomas
Buchtel
Carbolic Acid Mistakenly Used On Eye Incident
Emmet Cray is recovering after an eye irritation intensified by carbolic acid mistakenly labeled as eye wash. His wife, using a pipette, dropped a small amount into his eye from a bottle kept on a drugstore shelf. Camphor counter irritation helped, with burned lids as the only lasting effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Cray
Mr. Cray
Two Beautiful Songs Performed by Miss Spencer at Convocation
Miss Kay Matthews Spencer sang two pieces at the university convocation. She opened with In a Boat by Grieg, rendered with refined, undulating rhythm. She followed with the Habanera from Bizet's Carmen in French, capturing Carmen’s defiance with striking realism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Matthews Spencer
Grieg
Bizet
Carmen
Madame Calyve
Mrs. McCoy Returns Home After Marshfield Visit
Mrs. John McCoy has returned to her home in this city after a several day visit with her mother Mrs. Harvey Clutter of Marshfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCoy
Harvey Clutter
Marshfield
Secretary Straus Urges Corporate Reform and Immigration Curbs
Washington reports show Secretary Straus in the sixth annual Commerce and Labor Department release urging a public registry and supervised regulation of corporations. He notes interdependence of labor and commerce, cites ongoing probes into tobacco steel lumber inland waterways and petroleum sectors, and warns large combinations must not harm wages or health. Immigration stats show foreign born share steady for 40 years, with a 1908 decline of 29 percent and 209,867 net new arrivals. 26 percent illiterate and $17,794,226 brought in by immigrants, averaging $25 per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretar Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Straus
Bureau of Corporations
Tobacco, Steel and Lumer
Inland Waterways
International Harvester Company
Iimmigrants
Miss Olive Cameron and Lucile Rothman Visit Miss Anna Mason
Miss Olive Cameron and Lucile Rothman return from Columbus after several days as guests of Miss Anna Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Cameron
Lucile Rothman
Columbus
Anna Mason
Dry counties expand as Ohio votes trend toward prohibition
Mercer County faces contested election as dry forces gain ground in Ohio where 54 counties have voted dry. Knox County joins the dry list by 2485 votes, Mt. Vernon records a 143 vote margin, and 22 Mt. Vernon saloons close under the Beal law amid liquor trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Drys
Niles
Knox County
Ohio
Mt. Vernon
Inex
Vet votes in local option contest in Colina
Official returns show a 243 vote margin for the vets with tallies of 474 and 3,281. Rev. Anderson, head of the local option league, says the election will be contested over alleged illegal voting, open ballots, intimidation and challenger refusals. Niles orders closing of 15 saloons selling nonintoxicants after November 26, with proprietors facing a $1,000 annual Dow tax risk per state official statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colina
Election Board
Rev. Anderson
Local Option League
Niles
Naylor
R. D. Dunlap
Pie Tri Trial Resumes After Prolonged Delay
A man named Pie Tri, jailed since September 1870 awaiting trial on an unspecified charge, is about to face the jury. The case lagged after Italy’s unification disrupted proceedings. the presiding magistrate and two principal witnesses died, causing the matter to lapse from official notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietri
Kingdom of
Italy
Pioneer Wil son of Lee Township Dies at 85
Alpheus Wilson aged 85 died at about 6 am in Albany at his son in law Dr Holmes home. He suffered paralysis for a decade and had been feeble since. Survived by son Andrew Wilson and daughter Mrs Holmes both of Albany. Wife died nearly twenty years ago. He was a longtime Lee Township resident and Civil War participant, a leading Athens county citizen. No funeral arrangements announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Dee
Alpheus Wilson
Dr. Holmes
Athens
Wilson
Lee Township
Athens County
Marriage Licenses Ledger Records Two Athens Couples
Theodore Rowell 51 farmer and Myrtle M Shipp 38 of Frost wed in Athens November 11 by Rev Thurlow. B A Hooper 54 farmer of Athens R D 1 and Mrs Winnie Moore 42 of Athens married November 24. Hooper had previous marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Rowell
Farmer
Myrtle M. Shipp
Frost
Athens
Thurlow
B. A. Hooper
Athens R. D
Winnie Moore
Seth
Local company organized in Athens for Bremen oil field
Articles of incorporation filed Monday for Gibisonville Oil & Gas company Athens with capital of 15000. Incorporators include George Gregg William Bowers Martin Walsh James J. C. Tow ten and C F Dixon. Holdings target Bremen oil field in Fairfield county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibisonville Oil & Gas Company
Athens
George Gregg
William Bowers
Martin Walsh
James J . C. Tow Ten
C. F. Dixon
Bremen
Fairfield County
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Mining Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Indiana
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Capt. Harris
Hisylvania Store CO
Metcalf
Hospital Board of Trustees
America
Lake
E. Cray
Miss Spencer
Strauss
KNOX
Prohibition
Pioneer
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