Twelve Shot In Streets As Haiti Crisis Winds Down
General Antoine Simon’s forces quelled rioting in Port au Prince after Nord Alexis fled. Dozens killed, about 150 looters arrested, a public safety committee formed, and foreign ministers warned warships could land if order breaks. Alexis contemplates exile to Jamaica St Thomas or Martinique while Simon likely becomes president.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Antoine Simon
Nord Alexis
Poidevin
United States
Eagle
Leylia
General Leguine
Lord Alexis
Simon
Black Republic
Duguay Trouin
Nord
Alexis
M. Carteron
Celestin Cyriaque
Nord’ Alexis
Jamaica
St. Thomas
Martinique
General Simon
H. W. Furniss
Mrs Rice Links Davis to Dr Rustin Murder Trial
In Omaha on December 4, Mrs Abbie B Rice testified in the murder trial of Charles E Davis, detailing despondent Dr Rustin proposing death to secure his life insurance and the plan to shoot him at his home, with Rice to use a loaded cartridge and later take her own life to avoid suspicion.
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Omaha
Neb
Abbie B. Rice
Charles E. Davis
England Seizes Island in Tuamatu Group
Paris reports that Oeno island, part of the Tuamatu group in the Pacific, nine ty miles north of Pitcairn, has been taken by the British consul at Tahiti. The minister of colonies says the seizure will be discussed in Franco British diplomatic talks as the island is a French strategic point on the Panamua Tabit route.
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Pacific
France
Paris
M. Millies-Lacroix
Oeno Island
Tahiti
Pacific Ocean
Pitcairns Island
England
Jilted Love Motive Blamed for Mrs Doty Death
Motive for the death by her own hand of Mrs Lillian Falconer Doty, a beautiful young divorcee, was reported from Lions City. She had learned on arrival that the man she was to marry had jil ted her, explaining the shooting at the Hotel Clarendon.
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Lillian Doty
New York
Lillian Falconer Doty
Clarendon
Lions City
Judges Honor Croker as 2000 Women See Reception
New York December fourth reports six Supreme Court justices attended a Croker reception, defying Rabbi Wise who criticized the gathering. The event drew about 2000 women. Wise accused judges of betraying the city by honoring the former Tammany leader, while the judges offered no public reply.
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New York
Stephen 8. Wise
Supreme Court
Richard Croker
Leonard A. Giegerich
W. Warley Platzer
Charles L. Guy
Warren W. Foster
Philip H. Dugro
Mitchell J. Erllinger
Croker
Tammany
Rabbi Wise
Mr. Croker
Tammany Hall
Grand Trunk Docks Fire Destroys Portland Cargo Sheds
A December 4 Portland blaze on Grand Trunk railroad docks caused over 600000 in damage. Help from Lewiston, Auburn, Bath and Biddeford arrived as three steamships were moored nearby. The Cornishman briefly caught fire but was saved. docks Nos 1 2 3 and attached conveyors suffered major destruction including freight sheds filled with flour and hay.
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Grand Trunk Railroad
Lewiston
Auburn
Bath
Biddeford
Cervena
Thomson Line
Cornishman
Dominion Line
Captain Wendel Guilty of False Bill for Horse Hire
Captain Louis Wendel, twenty years commander of the First battery N G and New York, pleaded guilty in General Sessions to presenting a false bill of 1500 for horse hire and fodder to the battery auditing board. Judge Swann committed him to the Tombs to await sentence.
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New York
Louis Wendel
N. G
N.Y
Court of General Sessions
Swann
Canadian Pacific Wreck Hurts Passengers and Crew
Express train from Halifax to Montreal and Boston derailed on the Intercolonial rail near St John New Brunswick. Two passengers and a trainman were severely injured.
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Halifax
Boston
St. John N. BR
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Pamphlet Controversy Rocks New York Civic Club
Members of the League For Civic Education withdraw and recall copies of a pamphlet titled One Woman's Experience of Emancipation. The leaflet, circulated by the Civic Education of Women, critiques woman suffrage and allegedly promotes social ism and free love, prompting burning of remaining copies and calls to return all pamphlets to headquarters. Notable figures involved include Mrs. Richard Watson Gilder and Mrs. Harriott Stanton Blatch, with Miss Jonnie Ashley and Miss Adelma Byrne assisting in collection.
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League For Civic Education
New York
Civic Education of
Samuel Untermeyer
Paul Morton
R. G. Hewitt
Henry Seligman
League
Richard Watson Gilder
Gilbert F. Jones
Aveling
Karl Marr
Marr
England
Poison Letter Kills An Electrical Official In San Francisco
In San Francisco a letter mailed locally caused the death of Henry Boas, an electrical company official. The note, signed by a physician but showing medical ignorance, was sent by special delivery and described two powders taken as indigestion remedies that were actually poisonous. The letter was written by a woman and the powders proved fatal.
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San Francisco
Henry Boas
President Roosevelt narrowly avoids crash in Washington streets
President Roosevelt escaped injury when a fire wagon veered toward his carriage in Washington on December 4. Lieutenant J. B. Lyons of the local fire department leapt from the heavy truck and pulled the horses to the ground, averting a serious collision with the president.
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Washington
Roosevelt
J. B. Lyons
Typhoon Claims 350 Japanese Fishing Boats Lost
Tokyo reports 350 Japanese fishermen dead after a typhoon wrecked 35 fishing boats off Hateu island in Kawateu bay. Markets notes follow with livestock, butter, cheese, poultry, and potatoes prices and trends across New York and Pennsylvania regions.
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Tokyo
Tve
Hateu Island
Kawateu Bay
New York
Pennsylvania
Murk
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