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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
1
A massive earthquake and ensuing tidal waves strike Italy, destroying towns and killing and injuring many. Flames spread as survivors flee amid widespread ruin, with authorities reporting a historic catastrophe and dire humanitarian needs.
Reports detail a powerful earthquake in Sicily causing a tidal wave in the Strait of Messina that wrecked ships and wiped Messina bay. Rescue crews from Sappho Italian and British ships aided survivors as the king and queen traveled toward the scene amid harrowing ruins and looting.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe disputes a proposed freight-rate increase claiming it will not reach 10.6 million annually and noting Pacific coast rates remain among the lowest in the world. He urges market margins reflect rail costs as shippers face higher inputs. The piece also surveys Ohio senatorial races with Foraker, Burton and Dick, and notes the legislature session begins January 4 with first ballot January 12.
A peace treaty with Yaqui chiefs and 166 followers ends years of bloodshed in Northwestern Mexico. Conference held at Bacatet and San Francisco reports place formal ratification on January 4. Ruef convicted in San Francisco bribery case. sentenced to fourteen years in state prison after lengthy trial.
Calabrian region and Messina bear widespread ruin with 100000 dead feared and city centers devastated. Italian king and queen travel to Messina. pope contributes funds as Britain France and Russia dispatch warships and relief crews to aid survivors and quench looming pestilence.
Catania reports refugees arriving by train and steamer, many half naked and in terror. Survivors speak of Messina’s destruction as Dante’s Inferno, with thousands wandering ruins and cities shattered by the quake. A wounded soldier recalls a dawn blast and collapsing ceilings as streets fill with cries.
Columbus Dec 29 The Ohio senatorial fight deepens as Burton opposes a caucus plan while Foraker and Keifer also resist. Taft supporters push for a Saturday joint caucus after separate sessions to pick legislative officers and proceed toward balloting. Burton says he is satisfied with progress and sees no need to force a choice early.
Manuel Sarabia, a suspected member of the Mexica revolutionist junta, married Miss Elizabeth Trowbridge in Tucson. Sarabia was in jail in Los Angeles before being moved here and is out on a $1,000 bond. The bride’s mother is the widow of a Boston hydraulic engineer. socialism attracted the couple.
Augusta Georgia December 29 The arrival of F H Hitchcock Republican national chairman and future postmaster general and the announcement that Senator Knox will arrive on the sixth show Taft plans active cabinet formation The president elect golfed with his family traveled to Richmond Mill by automobile fished for bass without success and later attended a local theater box He received delegations from Columbus and Savannah Ia but declined their invitations to visit those cities.
Portland residents report two of three train robbers confessing to the Oregon Railway and Navigation Chicago express raid. William Hurke received four years imprisonment for his role, while Jack Hayes, leader of the gang, drew twelve years after his guilty plea before Judge Gantebain.
Internal Revenue Service agents seized more than 14 000 pounds of adulterated butter at the Nevada Packing company warehouse in Reno Nevada after complaints from local dairymen. About 200 cases sent to San Francisco commission houses were also seized amid claims of water weight in the imitation butter.
More than 200000 bushels of wheat were sent afloat today from Portland for Europe. The cargoes will be taken out by the British steamship Strathnairn and the French barque Bully.
Sydney December 29 Bob Fitzsimmons former heavyweight champion and Jack Twin Sullivan issue challenges to Jack Johnson the conqueror of Tommy Burns for a title fight.
Tommy Burns cables a London paper claiming Johnson's seconds influenced police to end the Sydney bout. He says he was strong, had a chance, and would beat Johnson. photos will prove it, and he is willing to fight again. Abe Attell retains featherweight title by KO of Fis McKay in New Orleans.
A severe blizzard grips the United Kingdom with forty eight hours of heavy cold and fierce wind. Northern rail service is disorganized and streetcar traffic halted or delayed. Many towns are isolated and numerous exposure deaths reported.
Joe Putetti and Pete Martini faced off with revolvers in the ash pits at Winnemucca's Southern Pacific yards. Putetti was fatally shot in the exchange with the origin of the quarrel not determined.
Miss Ella Bendix of Las Vegas and Mr. David B. Simon of Denver were married by Rabbi J. Raisin at 7 p.m. at the Bachanarch residence. Attending were a small group of friends including Mr. and Mrs. J Bachanarch and Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bendix. The couple depart Wednesday on the California Limited for the Pacific coast.
Meridian Mississippi reports the marriage of Miss Ollie Patton granddaughter of Confederate General W. Patton who wed a Chinese man last Sunday. The union violates Mississippi law banning intermarriage between whites and persons of Mongolian blood.
George Exton, 42, proprietor of Exton Music Co and a prominent Los Angeles businessman, was found in the basement of his building with a bullet wound to the head. He died shortly after. Authorities say he likely killed himself due to business troubles. He was single.
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