Port au Prince Faces Delayed Battle Amid Coalition Shifts
Haitian affairs unfold as General Antoine Simon plans to attack Jacmel to weaken the government hold before resuming toward Port au Prince. President Alexis weighs successors while ministers resign or seek asylum. Foreign fleets and naval presence grow as tensions rise in the south.
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Port Au Prince
Antoine Simon
Revolutionary Forces
Jacmel
Department of the South
Louis Borne
Ignation
Legation
Leconte
Interior
Lalau
Marcelin
Cyriaque
Louis Borno
Lannon
Alexis
Firmin
Regations
Gonaives
Turenne Jean Gilles
Solon Menos
Willes
Simon
Teterhance
Nord
Uacs
Des Moines
Tacoma
United States
Duguay Trouin
Scylla
Fieramosca
Infant Pu Yi Enthroned as China’s Young Emperor
Pekin reports the three year old Pu Yi was formally enthroned today with grand ceremonies and officials from across the empire in attendance. Notables included Yuan Shikai Prince Chung Chang Kai Tung and Chen Tung Liane Chang, former minister to the United States.
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Pekin
China
Middle Kingdom
Pu Yi
Kwang Sen
Yuan Shi Kai
Prince Chung
Chang @aih Tung
Chenu Tung Liane Chang
United States
China envoy presents imperial accession gifts to Roosevelt
Tang Shao Tuil, the Chinese ambassador, delivered the Chinese government’s letter thanking the United States for remitting much of the Boxer indemnity to President Roosevelt in Washington. Simple ceremonies at the Chinese legation honored the new emperor with rare gifts for the president, Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary Root, and other officials.
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Washington
Pec
Roosevelt
Tang Shao Til
State Department
China
Root
TERSE TELEGRAMS MIXED NEWS ITEMS OF THE DAY
A fifty mile blizzard paralyses Lake Superior navigation. Dr Jose Mora appointed archbishop of Mexico succeeding Archbishop Alarcon. Herbert Satterlee named assistant secretary of state. Vienna street crush kills four and injures many during imperial jubilee. Mrs N P Errington of Chicago killed daughter then herself in Memphis hotel. U S public debt November 1908 shows 989 433 561 after cash. Prague race riots threaten martial law. Dr G Cowie commits suicide amid financial trouble. Chicago wheat hits new high for December and May deliveries at 1.05 plus. Lincoln Memorial Committee asks contributions to 560 000 national fund via Be Testo Trust Co of Rew.
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Lake Superior
Jose Mora
Leon
Mexico
Alarcon
Herbert L. Satterlee
New York
J. P. Morgan
Vienna
N. P. Errington
Chicago
Hot Springs
Ark
Memphis
Prague
G. Cowie
Memphis Socialife
Cowie
Lincoln Memorial Committee
National Fund
Testo Trust Company of
Rew
Night riders destroy Warrick County tobacco barn
Night riders damaged the Warrick county barn of W. H. Gossar near Evansville Indiana causing an estimated 3000 in loss with 1000 insured. Gossar had recently moved from Kentucky and declined to pool his tobacco.
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Evansville
Ind
Night Riders
W. H. Gossar
Warrick County
Stabbed Night Clerk Dies After Altercation in Logansport
Vincent Herrmann, nineteen, head night call boy for the Pan Handle railroad, dies after being stabbed in an outside yard office by fellow call boy Joseph Milburn. Milburn is jailed on a manslaughter charge after Herrmann dies at St Joseph's hospital.
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Logansport
Ind
Vincent Herrmann
Pan-Handle Railroad
Joseph Milburn
Hermann
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Milburn
Pan-Handle
Vera Bishop Prostrated by Death of Fiancé in Murder Case
Sullivan Indiana reports Vera Bishop in semi conscious state after learning Melvin Tennis was murdered Saturday night. New details show seventeen-year-old Tom Dunn of Jackson Hill drove with Tennis most of Saturday afternoon, but Dunn proves he was with friends in Dunnville from about 5 PM Saturday to early Sunday, undermining other theories.
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Dunnville
Woodruff to Plead Insanity in Indiana Murder Trial
In Brookville Indiana on December 2 the State versus Jesse Woodruff for the murder of his wife opens its circuit court trial. The defense plans to urge insanity as the plea while neighbors recalled cries for help and police were summoned after the couple’s home was forced open. Mrs Woodruff died from three bullet holes and a crushed skull with her husband found nearby wounded but alive. The case is expected to extend over several days.
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Woodruff
Brookville
Ind
Jesse Wooodruff
Severa
Tragedy on the Flyer in Hobart Tolleston accident
In Hammond Indiana Alfred Smith a Pennsylvania freight brakeman was struck by a flyer's sixty mile an hour train. The crew did not realize the fate until Tolleston where the engineer found the victim's head on the pilot as the engine was being oiled.
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Hammond
Ind
Alleged Cracksmen Arraigned in Bank Burglary Case
Edward Morgan and Fred Kinney appeared before Judge DeHart in Lafayette Indiana on charges of bank burglary. They pleaded not guilty and were remanded to jail for trial on Monday December 21 for involvement in the Clarkshill bank robbery.
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Lafayette
Ind
Edward Morgan
Fred Kinney
Tragedy as Man Killed By Freight Train Near Bremen
Goshen Indiana December 2 Jesse Shull twenty two of five miles southwest of Nappanee returned from a visit in Michigan and learned his wife was in Bremen. He attempted to board a freight train where no passenger service existed and was crushed, losing both legs. He died within minutes.
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Goshen
Ind
Jesse Shull
Nappanee
Michigan
Bremen
Baby Dead From Poison in Indiana Town
In Tana Indiana an eighteen month old child of Roy Maxfield and wife died from strychnine poisoning found in a sewing machine drawer. The death occurred before a physician could arrive. In Huntington county township residents analyze a barn fire where speculation centers on a trammy who reportedly lit a pipe amid thirty five tons of hay as the structure burned.
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Huntington County
Tana
Ind
Roy Maxfield
Strike on the Pennsylvania In Sight as Engineers Vote
Washington December 1 A serious dispute pits the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers against the Pennsylvania Railroad over grievances and fines west of Pittsburgh A strike vote is expected among engineers west of Pittsburgh as mediation talks with the Interstate Commerce Commission continue General Manager G L Peck presented the railroad position to the mediation board and officials pledged to keep details private with further talks planned for two to three days
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Washington
Freherhood
Pennsylvania Railroad
Arey
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ait
Charles P. Neill
F Labor
Erdman
Board of Adjustment
Order
Rer
Pittsburg
General Board of Adjustment of the
Warren S. Stone
Fred A. Burgess
Board of Mediation
Neill
G. L. Peck
Pennsylvania Lines
Wets win Mercer county local option vote by 227
Celina Ohio December 1 the Mercer county local option election favored the wets by a 227 vote margin.
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Celina
Mercer County
Samuel Clemens Turns Seventy Three in Quiet Celebration
Baron Von Call Zu Kulmbach and Rosenburg named Austrian ambassador to Japan. Governor Magoen left Cuba for Tampa and will reach Washington on Thursday.
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Baron von Call Zu
Exchange program set with University of Helsingfors
The University of Helsingfors accepts American proposals for a professor exchange. At the Anti Imperialist League tenth annual meeting Moorenfield Storey is elected president. Theodore Burton of Ohio runs as Senate candidate to succeed Foraker. Taft to speak at University of Pennsylvania on Washington's Birthday. Washington Evening Paper shifts Sunday edition to afternoon. Argentine wheat news steadies Chicago market. Baron Hengelmuller Von Hengervar receives grand cross of Leopold order.
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University of Helsingfors
Moorenfield Storey
Theodore ©. Burton
Ohio
United States Senate
Foraker
Taft
University of Pennsylvania
Washington
United States
Chicago
Baron Hengelmuller von Hengervar
Austria-Hungary
Emperor Francis Joseph
Order of Leopold
United States and Japan exchange far East policy notes
Secretary of State Elihu Root and Japanese ambassador Kogoro Takahira formally exchanged diplomatic notes outlining each nation’s Far East policy. The brief ceremony at the State Department ended with both leaders signing documents. The notes will be released publicly in the United States and Japan tonight for tomorrow publication. The timing coincides with Tang Sheo i’s gesture to the Chinese government over the Boxer indemnity.
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Washington
Elihu Root
United States
Kogoro Takahira
Japan
Far East
Root
State Department
China
Tang She
New Michigan Leader Installed as Navy Head
Washington December 1 The Navy gains a new civilian head starting today Truman H Newberry of Michigan formerly assistant secretary of the navy has acted as secretary since Victor Metcalf fell ill His Detroit home marks his residence He is wealthy with railroad and corporate interests Yale graduate Newberry has long been active in naval affairs and helped organize Michigan state naval brigade during the 1890s He received a commission in May 1898 and served in the Spanish American War aboard the Yosemite He was named assistant secretary of the navy by President Roosevelt in 1906
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Washington
Navy of the
United States
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Navy
Victor Metcalf
California
Detroit
Yale_university
Newberry
Michigan Atate Naval Brigade
Leutenant
United States Navy
Yosemite
Roosevelt
Governor to appoint George R. Shanton as Puerto Rican police chief
Governor Post will appoint Captain George R. Shanton to lead the Puerto Rican police. Shanton currently serves as commander of the Panama police force.
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George R. Shanton
Porta Rican
Shanton
Panama
Market quotations from Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago and New York
Grain and livestock prices across markets show wheat from Indianapolis at about 1.03 to 1.07 in Cincinnati 1.06 in Chicago and 1.10 in Toledo. Corn from Indianapolis 61 to 65 cents, oats 49 to 52 cents, hay and cattle prices vary by grade, hog and sheep quotes range widely, and East Buffalo stockyards reopen after foot and mouth disease restrictions.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
New York
East Buffalo
Toledo
Double Tragedy Ends in Murder Suicide in Fort Wayne
In Fort Wayne Indiana R J Bymen shot and killed Myrtle Evans a woman in her thirties after being refused and then killed himself. The couple were both described as negro. The incident followed a Thanksgiving night confrontation when Evans called her husband and others for protection at a dance.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
R. J. Bymen
Myrtle Evans
Bymen
Pennsylvania Station
Mrs. Evans
Wife seeks return of revolver used in McDonald Dwyer case
The wife of Henry McDonald, jailed for killing Detective Dwyer, obtained a writ of replevin to reclaim the revolver used in the courtroom shooting last April. A constable failed to retrieve the weapon from Chief of Police Jones. McDonald's attorney vows to recover it at any cost.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Henry McDonald
Dwyer
Jones
McDonald
Tragic Cave Collapse Claims Two Walkerton Boys
In Walkerton Indiana on December 1 Verne Cripe age fifteen and Walter Evans age thirteen were found buried under a sand bank roof collapse. Quick search by their families and neighbors followed heavy rains that caused the cave roof to cave in killing both boys who were from prominent local families.
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Walkerton
Ind
Verne Cripe
Walter Evans
Werm
Beys
Death From Lockjaw In Indiana Factory Accident
Gus Olsen a 37 year old worker at a Laporte piano factory died of tetanus after minor injuries from a fall over a low wire fence. A head wound on a pile of brush became inflamed ten days later leading to lockjaw and death.
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Laporte
Ind
Nec
Gus” Olsen
Witness in Murder Case Dead in Indiana
Ada Opal Hawley aged fifteen from near Needmore is dead. She had been an important witness in the Ford McCoy murder trial in Monroe county circuit court, where the case was continued to the January term due to her absence noted at the November term.
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Nashville
Ind
Ada Opal Hawley
Needmore
Ada
Ford-McCoy
Monroe County
Evansville Man Confesses to Self Inflicted Wounds Death
Two hours before dying at St Marys hospital Harry Lockyear told nurse Lena Miller that he inflicted the wounds on his own person. He shot himself in his buggy near Daylight and initial reports suggested homicide.
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Evansville
Ind
Des
St. Mary’s Hospital
Harry Lockyear
Lena Miller
Lockyear
Elevator Destroyed by Fire in Sheridan Indiana
A large elevator owned by Arza Smith in Sheridan was destroyed by fire. About 5,000 bushels of wheat, 4,000 bushels of corn, 68 cats and 160 bushels of clover seed were lost, totaling around 10,006 with only partial insurance to cover the damage.
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Sheridan
Ind
Arza Smith
Ineurancq
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