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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 6 Num. 93
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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THE WAYBACK MACHINE
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Here formally starts a fragile venture. The University of
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Illinois here at Champaign-Urbana has a good archive, on
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microfilm, of old newspapers dating back at least to the middle
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1800s. I hope to dig out some of this material in the coming
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months.
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The title "Wayback Machine" for this fragile venture comes from a
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spoof done on Conspiracy Nation (CN) via Internet. In the spoof
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(which I got a good laugh out of, by the way), mention was made
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of "Sherman" and "Peabody" and their "Wayback Machine". You see,
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Sherman Skolnick is a major contributor to CN, so that's where
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the "Sherman" came from in the spoof. And I suppose that makes me
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"Mr. Peabody".
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I call this a "fragile" venture because it may not, for
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foreseeable and unforeseeable reasons, pan out. If you want to
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help ensure the success of this idea, well, you see, I have this
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little newsletter that you can write to me and ask for more info
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about........
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I will be following an *inductive* approach in the Wayback
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Machine: that means I am just grabbing news items somewhat
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randomly, without, necessarily, a pre-set idea as to where it all
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leads. In fact, in some items, you might even exclaim, "Hey!
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What's *this* got to do with conspiracy!?" Have patience. We may
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eventually be able to, as "Debunker" Berlet has posited, "connect
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the dots" and uncover a new conspiracy.
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A final note: printouts from the microfilm are not always 100
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percent; I may have to surmise some words. In such cases, I will
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follow the doubtful word with a "(?)".
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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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HAITIAN REBELS MASSACRED
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Government Troops Killed Every Person
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They Found In One House In Port au Prince.
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(New York Times, February 4, 1904)
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Mail advices from thoroughly authentic
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sources which reached several persons in Washington today
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indicate that a terrifying state of affairs has existed recently
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in Haiti.
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One letter from Port au Prince says: "Affairs here are in a state
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of wild and dreadful disorder." It tells of a plot to take
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possession of the city in the absence of the President, Gen.
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Nord. Gen. Maximo Monplaisir was one of the leaders in it.
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"Learning of the conspiracy," the letter says, "the Military
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Governor of the city with a number of soldiers broke into the
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house where Monplaisir and a few of his friends were gathered.
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Orders were given to shoot all those within on the spot."
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"Those who were killed were Monplaisir, his son, one or two other
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persons, and a servant. Among those who escaped was the writer.
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The owner of the house escaped by jumping out of a second-story
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window, and in so doing broke his leg, but managed to crawl to
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the house of a German who gave him shelter.
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"The military authorities imprisoned his wife. Hearing this, the
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man informed the authorities if they would release his wife he
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would return to his(?) house. He kept his word, returning to the
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house, where the authorities found him in bed after a physician
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had set his leg. Without any ceremony they killed him by firing
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thirteen bullets into his body.
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"The foreign residents then became alarmed, and the German
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Admiral informed the authorities if their action did not cease he
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would land marines and take possession of the city. This stopped
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further proceedings.
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"Nearly all of the legations are full of refugees, even the
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American Legation has fourteen. Most of these reached the
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legation by scaling the rear wall, some seventeen feet high. The
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legation was surrounded by troops when the French steamer left,
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and a close watch is being kept on it."
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Aperi os tuum muto, et causis omnium filiorum qui pertranseunt.
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Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et
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pauperem. -- Liber Proverbiorum XXXI: 8-9
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