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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
2
A collage of global events and domestic incidents features Italian earthquake devastation with 100 000 dead and Reggio wiped out, a Florida train starvations tale, mail thefts in Chicago, and a Kansas baseball league formation amid fires and political moves across the United States including Roosevelts outreach on natural resources and rescue stations for mines.
A condensed catalog shows major earthquakes and disasters from BCE to 1906, listing cities and estimated dead, injured, and property losses. Notable entries include Euboea becoming an island, Lisbon 1755, San Francisco 1906, and Japan tidal waves with high fatalities. The compilation estimates global deaths from earthquakes reaching into the millions.
Vast disaster in southern Italy and Sicily leaves an estimated 110000 dead in Messina and Reggio, with widespread destruction in Catania and Palmi. Fugitives arrive injured at Naples as rescue work begins amid freezing winds and scarce food, water, and medical supplies.
Louisville dispatches report quake shocks late Sunday night in the Kagem end of Kentucky with tremors felt in the area and nearby counties. The cabinet proposes allocating 2,500,000 dollars for a second general census of Russia to be taken in 1910.
Refugees crowded the Therapic steamer off Naples describe Messina's destruction and mass casualties. One merchant worker recalls collapse of houses and food scarcity, while survivors show trauma and confusion. The Therapic commander details a chaotic rescue with fires raging in Messina.
Topeka dispatch notes 2000 educators expected for the three day session starting Tuesday at the forty sixth annual meeting of the State Teachers Association. Superintendent Fairchild forecasts large turnout as discussions on education progress unfold. A Kansas legislator is reported dead at his Philadelphia home.
Cable gram from Bishop Davis Sessums of Louisiana says he and his daughter Miss Alice Sessums are safe in Rome.
New York officials launched a systematic relief drive for Sicily and Calabria earthquake victims. Mayor McClellan, with the American Red Cross, will centralize subscriptions to fund aid via Jacob Schiff. The Italian Red Cross will distribute funds, with Episcopal clergy urged to route donations through the New York state Red Cross.
City officials report 378 theaters exist in Chicago while only 100 operators hold licenses. Some makeshift venues in frame dwellings lost permits, as officials renew focus on regulatory compliance amid wartime measures.
An explosion damaged part of the Armenio family's apartment at 550 Gillis street in Kansas City. A threatening letter had warned of harm unless $5,000 was paid to unspecified friends. police were alerted, no suspects named, earlier letter arrived a year prior.
Five armed men robbed the Wellston bank after midnight, exchanging heavy fire with residents. They set a barbed wire barricade, spent two hours working the vault, and escaped with about $5,000 while firing continuously. No injuries reported.
Pittsburg residents hear there will be no further arrests tied to the city council scandal for now as the Voters' league probe loses momentum amid bank note concerns at a city depository. The note, tied to two bank offers, is cited as influencing the investigation's pace. A separate Los Angeles report notes a Pacific Coast Syrup plant fire destroying much of the facility with about $70,000 in losses.
Norfolk and Western headquarters relay 22 bodies recovered from the Lick Branch coal mine. Eighteen miners escaped unaided while five were saved by rescuers. About 35 to 50 remain, with no hope of survival. Music teachers at White House attend national convention with President Roosevelt reception. Daly and Springer found guilty of conspiring to smuggle Chinese into the United States.
The International Papers company board on Wednesday adopted a policy to manage its timberlands to insure permanent growth of spruce timber.
A cablegram from Right Rev Sessums Protestant Episcopal bishop of Louisiana reports he and his daughter Miss Alice Sessums are safe in Rome after their travel from New Orleans.
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