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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
1
Reports indicate a mounting death count as Italy contends with a major earthquake disaster. Officials warn the number may climb, urging rescue crews and aid groups to intensify efforts amid collapsed structures and ongoing aftershocks.
Rome reports describe a vast earthquake toll across Messina Reggio Palmi Cassano Cosenza and surrounding towns with 100000 dead feared. The king and queen travel to Messina as relief ships arrive and the pope donates 200000. Rescue efforts by British French and Russian crews intensify amid looming pestilence and mass displacement.
Report from Catania describes refugees arriving by train and car in terrified, half naked condition. Witnesses speak of demented survivors among ruins and a scene of indescribable horror as aid and authorities scramble to respond.
Eyewitness accounts recount the collapse of walls and roofs in Messina as tremors, fire, and a tidal flood inundate streets. Survivors describe frantic escapes, widespread casualties, looting suppression by soldiers, and a 23 second quake marked by sparks and flashing flames.
Rome reports a devastating earthquake across Calabria and eastern Sicily, destroying Messina and Reggio. The strait port towns lie in ruins with widespread loss of life, fires, and ships impeded by the shaking sea. Survivors flee as authorities struggle to respond to the calamity.
Telegrams report cholera cases increasing in St Petersburg due to severe cold. Other brief items note a Chicago wheat price surge based on Argentine advices, Japan appointing Nakimura as chief military aide to the emperor, and a Chilean loan of 16.6 million pounds to be issued in London under Rothschild sponsorship.
Indications suggest no further arrests soon in the city council scandal as the Veteran League may have acted prematurely. Observers note the probe focused on the city depository bank note tied to two bank officers while federal investigations of the banks continue.
Abraham Ruef former political boss of San Francisco has been sentenced to fourteen years in San Quentin for bribing a member of the Schmitz board of supervisors in the awarding of an overhead trolley franchise to the United Railroads. Judge William P. Lawler imposed the sentence after Ruef's trial ended December 10 in a case noted as one of the most celebrated in the city’s history.
In Suez on December 30, reports say the American battleship fleet moved into the Red Sea under Rear Admiral Sper parsed Parte, signaling a strategic shift in naval positioning and readiness amid evolving regional tensions.
Indiana teachers converge in Indianapolis for the fifty fifth annual State Teachers association meeting. Delegates discuss methods and results, with county superintendents present. A committee will study a state pension and disability fund for 1911 legislation.
Peter J. Lyons city engineer of Hammond files forty affidavits with U S commissioner Charles Surprise against the Hunkies from Gary for illegal voting and fraudulent naturalization papers. Surprise issues writs as Democrats plan arrests of Hunkies and those involved in fraudulent votes including politicians saloon keepers boarding house bosses and plant foremen. Exact number of arrests not yet released.
In Linton Indiana on December 30 a mob of miners abducted Leo Szybinska a Hungarian mine foreman from his home to a remote spot two miles away and severely beat him. The attack followed his discharge of a fellow countryman for a minor offense and left him possibly unable to recover from the injuries.
Princeton Indiana December 30 H E Agar has left the city on his way back to Texas and it is believed he will never be seen here again. It is thought he has settled his affairs so there will be no demand for his return and his bondsmen consented to his departure. His family will follow in a few months. BloomingTon Indiana December 30 A test case of the anti cigarettes law will come up next term when George Timberlake a local poolroom proprietor will be tried on the charge. Timberlake was fined 25 dollars in the mayor s court and appealed the case. Police here are making a war against cigarettes.
Ohio politics roars over the Taft plan to decide the senatorial contest by caucus with Burton opposing the caucus and others Foraker and Keifer opposing it. The clash shifts toward floor action in the legislature and fuels Foraker’s politically quiet but decisive campaign.
Rome reports every nation offering solace and aid to Italy. Britain France and Russia dispatch warships and relief funds rush in as a hundred ships and trains carry provisions to the south. Rome Milan Florence Naples and other cities send physicians police and firemen to assist. Ambassadors and ministers express sympathy toward M Tittoni.
A narrative recounts a tense job interview where a prospective employer pressures a young woman with probing questions about gum chewing slang telephones spelling punctuation and office finances. She asserts herself by asking clarifying questions before the employer shifts to discussing work.
The article notes Japan has 21 million wood lots, mostly privately owned, with each under nine tenths of an acre. Steep, poor ground is used to grow timber, producing about eighty eight feet of timber per acre yearly, and Japan plants over 500 thousand trees annually to sustain supply.
Fragmented market notes show Wheat No 2 red at 1.08 in Cincinnati and No 2 at 0.59 in another line. Oats No 2 priced at 0.52. Acypher of hogs and lambe items appears misread with figures like 1.600 and 2.25 to 6.00.
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