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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
1
The Ohio Senate race sees Theodore E. Burton and Charles P Taft amid talks of an amicable settlement. Rumors say Burton supporters expect a candidate choice soon while Foraker’s influence looms large and Roosevelt backs caucus unity to block Foraker.
Smith Inc. announces transfer services for varied paper sizes at 208 Broadway. Contact Worth at telephone 3271 for details and quoting.
Employment agency notice from The Wane column announces listings for employers seeking staff. Includes contact telephone 1000 at Bry location and references available firms or facilities for applicants.
A New Year celebration in Times Square will feature a five foot globe of 300 electric lights descending from The Times Building cupola and a 2 000 000 candle power searchlight carried by the tower. Police Commissioner Bingham ordered crowd control measures while permitting festivities, confetti, and light amusement.
The Naval Observatory will issue four New Year telegraph time signals marking the start of a new year in the Eastern Central Mountain and Pacific time belts. Signals run hourly from 11 35 PM December 31 to 3 AM January 1. Telegraphed voluntarily by carriers as a public service.
A bomb dropped from a northbound Second Avenue elevated train near Nicolo Mantella’s fish shop at 1168 Second Avenue injured three pedestrians and caused a loud blast. Mantella and neighbor Samuel Ambrosino had received threatening letters. no arrests were made.
In Parkston on December 30, the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches signed a trust to share worship space and a single pastor. They will meet at the Methodist building, saving about $3,000 annually in salaries and maintenance. Rivalry over leadership roles and choir direction follows the agreement.
Pittsburg faces a funds appeal to support the Voters League as it expands its reform work after the arrest of seven councilmen and two bankers. Officials say donations so far are insufficient for planned investigations of mayoral and council candidates, targeting thorough records and private character assessments for next month’s primary and local elections.
The Seaboard Florida Limited resumes January 4th, extending to Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami, Knights Key with fast service. The Year Round Limited and Florida Fast Mail now offer fine service to Florida and to Atlanta and Birmingham via Seaboard Air Line Ry. Adv HAAN'S RESTAURANT New Year’s Eve Celebration.
President elect Taft has quieted plans to organize Taft clubs across the South. He doubts political activity now is wise, a view seconded by Republican National Chairman Hitchcock. At a conference in Augusta with Taft, Joan Hays Hammond, Mel Hitchcock, Henry W. Anderson, and W. N. Mitchell, Taft promised to speak at Hains Normal School on January 9. George R. Sheldon visited and golfed at the Country Club. New Year’s Eve at the club will present Taft and his wife to members.
Incomplete OCR fragment describes train cancellations on New Year’s Day affecting Pennsiae local service with placards noting the postponement on a Friday in January.
Reports that financier E. H. Harriman was ill were denied by associates. He was seen driving in the afternoon and handling his business upon returning home. His absence from the office aligns with plans made before leaving last week, with no return before after New Year’s.
A general alarm at 2 am followed a fire in the wholesale wool district. The three story building at 34 South Letetia Street housed Fred Wolstenholm on the upper floors and Howard Boyer and Son on the lower floors. The Boyers and Wolstenholm, wool merchants, moved valuables and their safe as flames began on the third floor.
Thieves broke into William F. Brittain and wife at 400 West 1524 Street after their return from the South. About $3,000 in property vanished, including 200 pieces of silverware and clothing. The burglars left a tainted dining scene and whisky bottles, with clues suggesting entry by a scaffold used by palatera. Harlem Detective Bureau notified.
Washington December 3 General Muster a long time naval fixture was killed today in the Navy Department. Secretary Newberry stabbed the victim to the heart with his fountain pen. The act followed a history of the monthly on deck muster that officers and men found trying and it led to a new order making the muster optional for commanding officers.
Defense seeks to show Capt J Clayton Erb feared and violent as witnesses describe. Servants say Mrs Erb hid clothes to protect them, Beisel admits killing to save her sister, but no direct self defense proven. Beatrice Matsui faints on stand after three hours testimony.
The steamship Cedric inbound from Liverpool was reported by Marconi wireless 830 miles east of Sandy Hook at 9 30 P M yesterday and is due at her pier about 9 00 A M Saturday.
A quirky notice notes Genuine Deerfoot Farm sausages never sold in bulk and are wrapped in parchment with peper and red ink tod branding. The message warns about imitations and promotional inconsistencies.
Reports say 150000 dead as tremors devastate Messina and Palermo with further shocks. Islands are cut off and volcanoes remain active while refugees face hunger and peril. Relief forces struggle to reach affected areas as devastation spreads.
Reports from Sicily and Calabria recount a quake and tsunamic wave that leveled Messina and Reggio. Death tolls range from tens of thousands with hundreds of thousands homeless. relief funds flood in from New York and other cities led by J P Morgan with ten thousand dollars. The King and Queen visited Messina as fires burn, refugees flood inland, and international aid pours into Italy.
Marquis di Ruvolito reports from Catania that Messina lay ruined with a vast death toll and survivors starved and trapped. British sutlej, Russian ships, and local forces aid firefighting and rescue as open air hospitals form in the streets and officials struggle to coordinate relief efforts.
New Year’s Eve event at 47ARR RESTAURANT on 234 floor near West and Cedar featuring solid comfort, music and cheer. Promises good positions for competent persons in a panel of Thesises-Columns.
Vienna dispatch reports renowned Austrian geologist professor Suess describes a massive geological fragmentation caused by the globe's collapse. The 130 mile wide disk cleavage is presented as a historic planetary event with potential global consequences.
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