Griscom Reports 90000 Perished In Messina Disaster
Ambassador Griscom said 50000 to 90000 may have died in the Messina earthquake and tidal wave. Arthur Cheney, American consul at Messina, and his wife are reported dead. Gale in Malta wires that Messina’s consul and the line are destroyed.
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State Department
Washington
Ilinois
Arthur
Messina
Sicily
Malta
Maltese Islands
Mediterranean
William H. Gale
Lupton
Gale
Cheney
Hiends
Megs
Bina
Connecticut
Griscom
Rome
Laipton
Ssina
Calabrian Earthquake Devastates Messina and Reggio
Italy mourns Calabria and Sicily after a massive quake. Messina is described as destroyed by flames and collapsed buildings with thousands dead. Reggio reportedly ruined and seaport vanished. Survivors flee as ships, doctors, and soldiers arrive to aid. King Victor Emmanuel and the queen visit Sicily, with relief efforts expanding across nations.
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Italy
Sicily
Ecaport
Reggio
Messina
Calabria
Catania
Great Britain
France
Russia
Sappho
Roosevelt Cables Italian King Expressing Appalled Sympathy
President Roosevelt issued a cable from Washington on December 30 expressing that all Americans are appalled by Italy’s dreadful calamity and offering sincere sympathy. He notes American Red Cross appeals for contributions and that officers will coordinate with the Italian Red Cross authorities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
American National Red Cross
Italian Red Cross
Messina Disaster Described By Palermo Navigators
In Palermo on December 30 navigators report the Straits of Messina have been reshaped by the quake with many villages and forts destroyed and light houses swallowed. The British steamer Ebro carried sixteen wounded including Alfred Ogston, British vice consul at Messina. Mrs Ogston perished, the consul’s daughter survived. Ogston calls Messina’s destruction frightful beyond words.
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Andrassy
Messina
Sicily
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Straits of Messina
Charybdis
St. Rose
Palermo
Straits of
Mensina
Alfred J. Ogston
Earthquake at Messina Lasts Twenty Three Seconds
A Messina observatory report describes a quake lasting twenty three seconds with charged air, sparks and flashes of flame and a sky aflame. Distinct lateral oscillations caused panic as people rushed into the streets.
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Messina
Caruso to give a week’s salary for Italian quake relief
Enrico Caruso will donate a week of his $2,500 salary from the Metropolitan Opera House to earthquake victims in Italy. The pledge follows reports from New York dated December 30.
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Caruso
New York
Enrico Caruso
Italy
Metropolitan Opera House
Twins Arrive Annually for Lacy Family in Kansas
In Kansas City Kansas a carpenter William Lacy and his wife welcome their third set of twins in three years. The latest arrivals are twin girls, robust, after the first twins born in February 1906 and the second pair the following year. The Lacys were wed in Independence Kansas in January 1905. two children have died.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
William Lacy
Lacys
Independence
Chinese Traveler Dies of Starvation on Train
An unknown Chinese man carrying a purse with $15,000 intended to return to China died of starvation on a Southern Pacific train near Los Angeles. Railroad officials reported the incident and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.
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Los Angeles
Cal
China
Southern Pacific
Chile to issue $15 million loan in London under Rothschilds
A Chilean loan of 15 million dollars will be issued in London next week under the Rothschilds. The issue price is 96 percent with interest at five percent.
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Chile
London
Rothschilds
Madman on Roof Fights Police On Chicago House Top
Policeman John Mahoney and Detective John Long battled John Green on a Wentworth avenue roof as Green wielded a knife. By gripping Green’s hand and pulling Mahoney from danger, Long helped avert a fatal fall. Green then approached a Vatican connection claim at the Wentworth exchange.
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Chicago
Julian Hotel
John Mahoney
Englewood
John Green
Wentworth Avenue
Sixty-Third Street
John Long
Vatican
Green
Wentworth Exchange
West Sixty-Third Street
Stewart Avenue
Rome
Mahoney
Defunct Fidelity Funding Books Show $800000 Deficit
Patrick J. Keiran led Fidelity Funding, with records showing an actual deficit near $800,000 and about $24000 available to cover it, testimony heard by referee Peter B. Olney in New York on December 30.
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Fidelity Funding Company
New York
Patrick J. Keiran
Peter B. Olney
Burnham Bennett & Co Bankruptcy Schedule Filed
The Boston Stock Exchange members Burnham Bennett & Co were petitioned into bankruptcy by creditors last month. The schedule shows liabilities of 430,360 dollars and assets of 279,000 dollars.
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Boston
Burnham, Bennett & Co
Boston Stock Exchange
Simon Tuckhorn Arrested Over Olympia Resort Shooting
Chicago reports Simon Tuckhorn arrested for violating the 1 o clock closing ordinance after Carmenza Vendelezz shot herself at Tuckhorns Olympia resort 400 Wabash Avenue. Police investigate with questions whether the Oriental dancer fired the revolver herself amid claims of a wealthy husband.
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Chicago
Simon Tuckhorn
Carmenza Vendelezz
Floor falls with court in Ellicott City crash
In Ellicott City on December 30 a building collapse sent judge Justice Wallenhorst, a prisoner, and about thirty spectators to the street. Wallenhorst and fifteen others suffered broken legs. the prisoner attempted escape but was captured.
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Ellicott City
Ind
Baveway
B. H. Wallenhorst
Justice Wallenhorst
Ohio Senatorship Fight In Columbus Asakar Burton Leads
Senator Foraker arrives in Columbus as the three leading candidates assemble. Observers say a dark horse has little chance if Taft managers cannot overcome Burton advantage. Rumors say Taft may back Harding, but no open feud with Burton suggests either Taft or Burton will win.
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Columbus
Foraker
Taft
Burton
Harding
Markets show mixed hogs and steadier cattle in Chicago trade
Chicago markets Dec 30 1908 report hog receipts estimated at 46000 with yesterday’s leftovers 3382 price ranges from 5 35 to 6 75 for light to heavy hogs. Cattle and sheep receipts also noted with bulk prices 6 45 to 5 80 for cattle and 2 75 to 5 25 for sheep amid mixed packer demand.
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Texas
John A. Babcock Will Seeks North American Commission Firm
John A. Babcock requests a square deal in Chicago Illinois from the North American Commission Company with a promise to respond promptly for any time.
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The
North American Commission Company
Witnesses Describe Captain Hains Reacting To Alleged Mrs Hains Affair
In Flushing New York December 30 1912 the defense in the Thornton J Hains case calls witnesses claiming Mrs Claudia Hains confessed affection for William E Annis and described alleged orgies at the Hains home. Witness Minnie Rhone recounts Mrs Hains intoxication and car rides with Annis as Captain Hains returns from the Philippines. Justice Crane rules a wife s wrongdoing is no excuse for murder and urges jurors to be unmisled.
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Flushing
Thornton J. Hains
Peter & Hains, Jr
William E. Annis
Claudia Hains
Captain Hains
Samuel Chester Reid
Chicago
Hains
Minnie’ Rhone
No Soul in Canned Music Sparks University Address
Washington delegates at the thirtieth annual Music Teachers National Association meeting heard George Washington University president Dr. Charles W. Needham denounce mechanical music. He said machines may copy sounds but cannot convey soul or true interpretation. human music moves the heart. Delegates were to meet President Roosevelt at the White House that day.
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Washington
Music Teachers’ National Association
Charles W. Needham
George Washington University
Roosevelt
White House
Mass Meetings Protest Freight Rate Increase Across California
San Francisco report notes about one hundred mass meetings statewide to oppose a transcontinental freight rate hike set for January. Shippers call the move a ten million dollar annual tax on California consumers, citing the estimated difference between current rates and higher charges sought after Jan 1.
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California
San Francisco
Engineer Dies in Southern Railway Derailment
A misplaced switch on the Southern railway at Stokesland Virginia derailed a mail and passenger train. Engineer Satterfield was killed, Fireman Davis and three postal clerks were injured. no passengers are reported hurt.
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Southern Railway
Washington
Stokesland
Satterfield
Davis
Knowam
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