Haiti Sinks Into Turmoil As Alexis Is Deposed
Dec 3 Porto Prince reports Nord Alexis has been deposed and is aboard a French warship. General Legitime proclaimed president as General Antoine Simon leads 5,000 insurgents toward Port au Prince. Rioters, foreign ministers, and troops clash. Alexis withdraws under French guard amid a sea of gun salutes and harsh shouting.
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Port Au Prince
Nord Alexis
Duguay
Tronin
Revolutonists
Antoine Simon
Legitime
Alexis
Prench
M. Carteron
Halitien
Fouchard
Simon
Firmin
Menes
General Legitime
Peruna praised for saving boy's life in Iowa family notice
EARNEST HOCHMUTH of Des Moines writes of scarlet fever with lung and stomach complications in Herman. After reading and using Peruna from a drugstore almanac, the child reportedly recovered after two bottles. The family declares perpetual gratitude and urges readers to ask for a Free Peruna Almanac for 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Hochmuth
Maple St
Des Moines
Iowa
Herman
Peruna
Jury Acquits Jenkins in Brooklyn Trust Case
John G. Jenkins Jr former president of the Jenkins Trust Company of Brooklyn was acquitted by a Brooklyn supreme court jury on the charge of appropriating fifty thousand dollars of the trust company funds for his own use.
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Jenkins
York
John G. Jenkins, Jr
The
Jenkins Trust Company of
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Details Emerge On Standard Oil Liquidation in NJ suit
John D Archbold testified at federal proceedings to dissolve the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey case detailing how the trust was liquidated and thirty subsidiary companies brought under new control in New Jersey. The cross examination clarified corporate restructuring steps and the flow of assets among entities.
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New York
Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
John D. Archbold
Standard Ol. Com
Trust liquidation under Ohio court order discussed
Mr Archbold testified the trust was liquidated 1892 to 1899 with good faith to follow the Ohio supreme court mandate. Only about 61 percent of certificates were liquidated into subsidiary stock as small holders held back for market value. The holding company was chosen as Standard Oil Company of New Jersey due to favorable New Jersey corporate laws. Double Domestic Tragedy in Greenville Mississippi reports a wife dead and boarder Sharley dying after a pistol shot. husband accused.
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Pany
Archbold
Ohio Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Greenville
Mias
George Gilmore
Sharley
Gilmore
China Watches U S Move on Open Door Amid Anger in Pekin
News from Pekin notes cautious calm after the new emperor's enthronement and the dowager empress reinstating Li Lien Ying. The United States joins dual agreements seen as not solving China’s crisis, while Japan and Russia adjust legation guards and seek to read Beijing’s response. Tang Shao Yi travels to the United States to press China’s interests.
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Pekin
Li Lien Ying
Prince Chun
United States
Pacific
Japan
China
Amoy
Tang Shao Yi
Tokio
Russia
Simlar
Japanese Press Praises Tokyo Note Exchange
Tokyo reports widespread public approval of the notes exchanged between Japan and the United States. Opposition papers criticize the agreement, arguing immigration and naturalization issues were not settled. Leading papers and statesmen call the accord a significant diplomatic step.
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Tokyo
Japan
Seeking to Divert Channel Near Pine Bluff Ark
Boyd's Point at the end of the Arkansas river bend opposite Pine Bluff was demolished with dynamite to divert the current lower on the river. The aim is to spare heavy buildings along the bank that have faced threat from caving, with the plan debated for the past thirty six hours.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Boyd
Indictment on Murder and Forgery in Illinois Case
Dr B F Brayfield of Mulkeytown Illinois is indicted for murder and forgery tied to the deaths of his wife and Reuben F Parrish and attempts to collect life insurance from fraternal orders. The case cites poisoning Parrish, natural death certificates, and forged signatures on death affidavits. Brayfield was arrested after the indictments and bail was sought. Parrish died March 11 and Mrs Brayfield died March 15 with no inquests held.
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Illinois Central Railway
Mulkeytown
Parrish
Brayfield
Creighton
Dr. Brayfield
Isham Harrison
Supposed Descendants of Ancient Slave Line Found
A Dutch Guiana expedition reports a strange tribe of negroes near Surinam river with a mixed European language. They appear to lack contact with whites and may be descendants of escaped slaves. In Indiana, Ira Maresh claims to have located Mrs. Gunness and Jennie Olson, asserting a link to the Lamphere case and promising proof once bounty money is secured.
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New York
R. H. Wymans
Dutch Guiana
South America
Surinam
Wymang
Illinois
Laporte
Ind
Ira Maresh
Oglesby
Ill
Smutger
Balle Gunnees
Jennie Olson
Plot to overthrow Vigueres crushed in El Salvador
San Salvador reports a plotted overthrow of President Vigueres discovered and stopped. Martial law is proclaimed. The revolutionary movement originating in Somsonate was crushed. several well-known opposition figures were imprisoned. Public order now returns across the country. Dry law spreads as Brownsville loses its last saloon after union county remonstrance passes 28 vote majority.
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San Salvador
Vigueres
Department
Somsonate
Brownsville
Ind
F. P. Dya
D. Crosby
Liberty
Union County
Indiana Takes Stock Honors at International Livestock Exposition
Fyvie Knight, a Purdue bred two-year-old Angus steer weighing 1610 pounds, won the grand champion at the ninth International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. The Purdue herd, led by herdsman Dick Hamer bearing number 960, sparked crowd cheers and solid gold medal honors for the fitter. Indiana boosters filled the arena with Purdue yells as 10,000 spectators witnessed the acclaim and cash prizes totaling 150 dollars awarded to the steer and its breeder group.
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Chicago
Indiana
Dick Hamer
Purdue University
Milton Foes
Boroughs
Ind
Fyvie Knight
Exposition Association
Negro Attack Drives Fear Across Seymour County
A white woman, Mrs Harrold Daunt, was assaulted by a negro on a road near her home two miles south of Seymour Indiana. She lost consciousness after a choke and blow to the forehead, described the assailant to a posse pursuing him through Chestnut Ridge and Crothersville toward Jeffersonville, with locals fearing violence if caught. In Gary a blaze at the Proshack department house, valued at 10000, broke out at 3 am amid high winds, endangering seventy occupants and prompting volunteer crews to save adjacent structures.
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Seymour
Ind
Harrold Daunttell
Chestnut Ridge
Crothersville
Jeffersonville
Gary
Proshack
Ada Gary
Sanger
Bremen Dry vs Wet Signatures Proved by Special Train
In Laporte Indiana December 3 a special train will run forty miles to Bremen to allow the dry population of the 1500 inhabitants to prove their signatures on the remonstrance that drove out saloons. The wet forces contested the remonstrance and Judge Tuthill ruled that each signature must be proved.
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Laporte
Ind
Bremen
Tuthill
Mystery of a Charred Stump in Laporte
In a burned maple stump on Henry Wolford’s farm near Ota charred human bones were found. Prosecutor Smith was notified and investigators continue. John Kowenski, a farm employee, vanished after going coon hunting on November 22.
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Laporte
Ind
Henry Wolford
Ota
Smith
John Kowenski
Marshall vows to honor pre election pledges in Indiana politics
Indianapolis reports Governor elect Thomas R. Marshall and wife house hunting as he reiterates commitment to all ante election pledges. He will keep plans unless proven unsuitable and will adjust if a better option emerges, while dodging job seekers and denying a Senate bid. The piece also notes Republican party turbulence and Kern/Ralston intrigues amid Indiana’s disputed political climate.
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Indianapolis
Thomas R. Marshall
Bere House
Marshall
Senate
Telephone Cases Postponed in Bell Consolidation Fight
Totedd G Dec 3 The suit by Daltee States Telephone against the Balls to stop the independent exchanges from merging with the Bell system was not heard and postponed indefinitely Judge Robert W Tayter in the U S circuit court here granted the delay at Bell interests request to prepare a defense. The postponement sparked reports the suit would be settled outside the courts.
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Totedd. G
RumaGrathatite
Daltee States Telephone Company
Ental Pendents
Bell
Robert W. Tayter
United States Circuit Court
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Herman Hochmuth
John D, Archbold
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Purdue
Purdue Agricultural Station
Bkylights
Dexter Park
Merehali
Grey
Bryan
John W. Kern
Democratic Press of
Kern
Legis Ve
Samuel Ralston
Lebanon
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Okla
Dee
Luther Ford
WitHam
Ballow
Pellesman Nite Ee
John Foshes
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Ballew
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