Deposed President Driven From Port au Prince by Mob
Looting and fighting erupted in Port au Prince after President Nord Alexis was driven from the capital by an infuriated mob. Twelve were killed as authorities restored order. General Pidevin named military governor and General Simon's 5000 strong force heads toward the city.
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Port Au Prince
Pidevin
Hayti
Nord Alexis
Alexis
Duguay Trouin
Belair
Salines
Coicou
Gabriel
Guillaume
M. Lefant
Marcelin
Leconte
Committee On Public Safety
Pidegin
Simon
Parsonage Burglarized Among Four Thefts in Three Days
In three days four break-ins hit Pocatello including Weeter Lumber office Hansen grocery and J F Murray contractor office. A No 6 shoe imprint suggests youths. Thieves escaped with drawing instruments builders hardware coins rings and a purse theft occurred during prayer meeting at the Baptist parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Weeter Lumber Company
Hansen Grocery
J. F. Murray
East Center Street
Baptist Church
Murray
Lawrence
Meet' Ae
Imprint of a No 6 shoe found near window by police
A locket and chain and a pearl handled knife are noted in the readable text. Beneath the window the police found the imprint of a No 6 shoe, apparently new.
Young Burch Dies After Thanksgiving Gunshot
Charles Burch 23 of this city died last night from a gunshot wound received on Thanksgiving day when 16 year old Jack McLain accidentally fired while hunting on the Bannock bottoms. Interment will be under the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. McLain is devastated by the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Burch
Jack McLain
Bannock Bottoms
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
J. D. Bureh
Drs. Bean
Steely
Young McLain
PLAN FORMATION OF NEW PARTY IN DEMOCRATIC REORGANIZATION
A conference in St Louis opens to form a new political party led by old People's Party officials. Jay W. For est presides as national provisions chair, with George Donnan, William Looser, Charles Harriman, George Phelps, H. M. Stannard and A. J. Jones among the attendees. The meeting will run three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Jay W. Forest
National Provision Committee
People’s Party
George Donnan
Schenectady
N. Y
William Looser
Greenville
Charles A. Harriman
Montana wool pledges weigh on storage shift
Flockmas of Montana and eastern regions met Billings to discuss the proposed sale and storage of wool. President F Wing spoke as 70 leading eastern Montana wool producers attended with officials from the National Wool Growers association. W H Morse an industrial commissioner and A Anderson of Salt Lake City also spoke.
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Billings
Mont
Montana
National Wool Growers’ Association
F. Wing
W. H. Morse
Association of Commerce of Chicago
A. Anderson
Salt Lake City
National Woolgrowers Convention Meets Tonight at Bannock
The executive board of the National Woolgrowers Convention committee is called to meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the Bannock hotel. Chairmen of all auxiliary committees are urged to be present for a short session.
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National
Woolgrowers’ Convention Committee
Bannock Hotel
Greater safety in mining is sought at congress session
Pittsburg December meeting of the American Mining congress focused on coal mine safety and industry conservatism. Highlights included opening of a government station for mire explosion investigations, election of three directors, remarks by James R. Garfield and Dr J A Holmes, and President J H Richards addressing attendees. A key action proposed a half cent tax per ton of coal for pensions and relief in mine accidents.
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Pittsburg
James R. Garfield
the Interior
J. A. Holmes
Technological
United States Geographical Survey
J. H. Richards
Idaho
American Mining Congress
A. B. Fleming
West Virginia
Monongahela
Guines
Dramatic Levee Dynamiting Averted Flood Threat
In Pine Bluff Arkansas on December 3 authorities report radical action to divert the Arkansas River by dynamiting a levee opposite the business district. The move widened the channel and reduced current toward the endangered bank, erasing over 100 yards of land including a residence. Exact perpetrators unknown.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Minidoka Settlers Granted One Month Extension
A Washington dispatch reports Minidoka project settlers granted one more month to meet due payments. Delinquency due to negligence will lead to cancellation. those who have tried to comply but cannot pay may receive leniency, unless contests force cancellation under law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Washington
The
Statesman
Minidoka
Garfield
Illinois Steel reopens plant and resumes 1000 workers
Chicago December 3. After thirteen months of idleness the old open hearth department at the Illinois Steel company plant in South Chicago was reopened today and 1000 men resumed work. Plans are being considered to restart five additional blast furnaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
South Chicago
Era of Expansion and Immigration Trends
Secretary Oscar S. Straus highlights the sixth annual report of the department of commerce and labor. He notes an era of commercial growth, links labor health to prosperous industry, and discusses immigration policy shifts. The 1908 fiscal year saw a 39 percent drop in arrivals with a net alien population increase of 200,867, 26 percent illiterate entrants, and $17,794,226 total new money brought by newcomers.
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Washington
Dee
Oscar
Straus
Department of Ecommentee and Labor
United States
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, Corporations and Labor
Department
Bureau of Immigration
Department of Justice
Bureau of Corporations
International Harvester Company
Bureau of Labor
Iself
Burton May Take Treasury Post but Seeks Senate Seat
Washington note says Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio has been offered the treasury portfolio but favors the senate. He plans to withhold acceptance until Ohio's senatorial situation clarifies, noting his studies of finance and current candidacy for the Ohio seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
City council session to discuss water company receiver filing
City Attorney and Special Counsel were instructed two weeks ago to file a petition in federal court in Boise seeking the appointment of a receiver for the Pocatello Water Co. Tonight's regular meeting at City Hall will likely hear a report from Witty and Fergnson. Aldermen Bistline and Martin, vocal opponents of the water company, will demand explanations.
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Witty
Fergnson
Boise
Pocatello Water Company
Bistline and
Martin
Water Company
Father Asks For His Child In Custody Battle
The case of Mitchell Johnson seeks custody of their five year old child with Mrs Blanche Hurlbert Johnson restored as custodian after a divorce. Johnson a Short Line employee in Bancroft is described as nearly insane and unfit. Judge Budge suspended ruling pending mental evaluation and other court orders were issued in concurrent cases. A sensational divorce suit follows with Lizzie Hoagland accused of multiple statutory offenses dating from 1903 to 1908.
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Mitchell Johnson
Budge
Ferguson
Johnson
Bancroft
R. J. Cruse
Matt la Rouche
Joseph A. Tarbet
H. O. Harkness
Bistline Lumber Company
J. A. Standley
Standley
District Court
John Quincy Hoagland
Lizzie Hoagland
Pocatello
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WAYTI
Rev. Lawrence OF
the Baptist Church
Young Burch
National Association At Billings
Strauss
Commerce and Labor
Burton
Secretary OF the Treasury
Buckeye
CITY
Pocatello Water CO
Johnston
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