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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
1
Deposed Haitian President Nord Alexis fled Port au Prince as mobs looted shops and homes. General Poidevin rallied loyalists to quell the unrest while General Simon and a coming army force moved toward the capital. Alexis planned to seek transport to Jamaica St Thomas or Martinique.
New York December 4. In the government suit to dissolve the Standard Oil trust John D Archbold said he knew of no reason for loans totaling 22 million dollars to P S Trainer. Trainer directs the Standard's pipeline system. Archbold argued railroads vary rates and a shipper may receive a lower rate on the way home, provoking distrust about railroad discounts.
Poison in a letter mailed in San Francisco is believed to have caused the death of Henry Boas, a salesman for an electric company. A physician’s signature letter sent by special delivery urged Boas to take two powders for indigestion, and police believe the note was penned by a woman.
Guthrie, December 4 Gov Haskell proclaims the state dispensary system abolished by the recent vote leaving Oklahoma without lawful means to buy liquor for medicinal use He says courts must decide if the law allowing sale for scientific and industrial purposes was repealed.
A remark to Police Inspector McCafferty by a friend’s son led to Garrett E. Lamb of Clinton Iowa recovering a necklace valued at about 15000 dollars. Lamb said he was staying with Jank G. Jones in Memphis Tennessee last February when burglars stole 25000 dollars worth of jewelry, including the necklace.
In Lewistown Pennsylvania on December 4 Frank Lee, a Black man, shot and killed George Porter over wages. Lee is surrounded in a barn near McCoysville, Juniata County. Sheriff Kemberling has arrived. Lee asked to sleep in the barn, was recognized, and now refuses to surrender while threatening to kill the first arresting officer.
In a government antitrust case, C. D. Simpson testified about collieries sold to Temple Tron and a $5,000,000 check. He recalled meeting Robert Bacon of J. P. Morgan and Baer of Philadelphia and Reading demanding price restraint after the 1902 strike. Simpson said Baer replied to his high price, and he would protect the rich rather than the poor.
In Benton Hawaii on December 4, Dr. B F Brayfield of Mulkeytown faced new indictments in a double death case. He pleaded not guilty, bail set at 5000 dollars, and was released on bond. Mrs Reuben F Parrish widow says local enemies and gossip drive the case as exhumation plans for Parrish’s body aim to test for poison traces in Richview Illinois.
Joseph Milroy fired on Richard Denna Daniel Foy and Kenneth Stanton in a Dryden saloon. He told police he would have killed more if time had allowed. Victims are in critical condition. Milroy is believed to be a maniac.
In Columbia Alabama two men shot J. W. Grace during a robbery at his store and his body was cast into the Chattahoochee River. In Coalmont Alabama Charles Dass, mine superintendent, was held up robbed and killed. An Istanbul killing sent General Ismail Mahr Pasha, former sultan aide de camp, to death after five shots. Mrs Martha Dudley of Topeka Kansas dies in New York after auto collision injuries.
Washington December 4 reports at the White House that Dr Charles P Neill will be re appointed commissioner of labor.
In Omaha on December 4, testimony in the Charles E. Davis murder case centers on Mrs Abbie B Rice. She recounts a conversation in which Dr Frederick Rustin allegedly told Davis he arranged for Rice to execute him. Rice says Austin grew despondent and drank heavily and that Rustin proposed she shoot him to provide for his family and allow insurance collection.
A forty eight hour storm along the Newfoundland coast has sunk ten fishing vessels and caused the loss of seventeen sailors. The fatalities come from crews aboard three of the sunken ships as a northerly gale drove many boats off course toward harbor.
Hartford Dec 4 A Washington decision declares it illegal to mail invitations to bridge or other card parties where prizes are offered Card parties with prizes are treated as lotteries making related mail unmailable by postal rules.
Timothy R. Palmer, former president of the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company, committed suicide after resigning from his post due to ill health. The report notes he had been unable to attend to duties and died by his own action. In Merrill, Wis., a separate item reports Peter Wessel seeing a pack of fifteen wolves crossing his farm.
The Marine Corps will be transferred to the infantry according to authoritative statements. The article also surveys the history and practice of sun cooking, noting sun stoves using a spherical mirror and reflector for roasting and boiling, with early pioneers like Baron Tchernhausen and Sir John Herschel associated with solar cooking.
The London Graphic notes that old English laws remain binding until repealed. It cites Queen Elizabeth era land attachment rules for builders, James I price limits on ale, and a ban on Catholic owners selling horses below £5, highlighting potential conflicts with modern enforcement.
Leo F. Zelinski of Buffalo New York says he cured a severe cold sore using Bucklen’s Arica Salve. He applied it once daily for two days and the sore vanished. The product heals all sores and is sold under guarantee at Houseworth Bros. drug store.
Hoyt's play A Midnight Bell which started in Goshen and opened on Thanksgiving Day in Kokomo has rang for the last time ending its engagement at the local venue.
A student of insanity asserts many people in cities are insane on a single topic only needing a prompt to trigger irrational outbursts. He recalls an Edinburgh asylum case where a former physician shifted from cultured to violent behavior after a brief remark about the moon. The anecdote illustrates how focus on a subject can unleash dangerous tendencies.
A physician once with a large practice pursued astronomy and spent years attempting to invent a telescope for an interior view of the moon. The pursuit drove him to madness, and his case was deemed incurable, as reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Chicago banker at a bankers' convention promotes a treatment using citrox to cure eczema and tetter. He claims dissolving a teaspoonful of citrox in hot water and applying the warm solution twice daily baths the skin for twenty minutes, stopping itching and drying eruptions quickly.
A New York Times note recalls that carpets entered New York society around the late 1600s. Captain Kidd, then ship captain of the Antigua, introduced the fashion, settling in Hanover Square and owning the first known carpet valued at 25 pounds or dollars, marking a shift from sand and rushes to floor coverings.
A Chicago News item notes Biffkins, who left college years ago and boasted of forging a path, ended up in a penitentiary front row cell. Contemporaries describe him as a forger who achieved his aim, yet at great cost.
The passage questions Athan's self perception and whether his thinking abilities reflect true intelligence. It suggests that when he believes others perceive his thinking, it undermines his hope.
An article notes vast neglected water power in Massachusetts surpassing Niagara Falls extraction, emphasizing unrealized energy potential and calls for development and modernization to capture the resource.
The snippet blends literary quotes from Spector Victorie and Savonarola with an odd line about a dangerous operation and a medical ad for a New Life Pill priced at 25 cents from Houseworth Bros. drug store. It mentions Dr King and a vague, sensational claim of curing multiple ailments.
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