02 Jan 1909
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1909
Page
1
Warships batter down blazing walls as soldiers are killed and refugees surge for bread. Victors Queen collapses after long rescue fatigue, as troops guard the port and rescue efforts continue amid chaos.
Rome reports widespread destruction in Sicily and Calabria after earthquakes and tsunamis. Warships bombard fires and rescue work continues as King Victor and Queen Helena aid victims and oversee evacuations amidst martial law and rioting.
Malta January 2 Rear Admiral Fisher admiral superintendent of the dockyard asks the collector of customs to deny reports that the Messina Straits are unrecognizable. He states the topography of the Straits remains unaltered.
New York reports a 700 foot aerial battleship to be built at Nixon yards under Lewis Nixon. It will carry 100 passengers and fuel for ocean voyages with a silk gas envelope in aluminum. The project costs over $1,000,000 and is backed by a future Aerial Navigation Company of America with $50,000,000 capital. Thurlow Weed Barnes named as president.
Police linked the death of Annie Raffty to her husband who allegedly strangled and beat her before burning her body in a Cornell avenue furnace. A neighbor’s accusation about bloodstains and a missing iron shaker supports the homicide claim as detectives search for the suspect, last known in St Louis.
Rudolph Blankenburg, elected city commissioner in 1905, sent a $15,000 check to the board of city trustees representing his entire three year salary. He says he will not be paid for city services and donates the amount to the police, firemen and teachers pension fund.
Atlanta reports statewide prohibition laws take effect in North Carolina Mississippi and Alabama as a New Year observance begins with dry status in the South.
Jefferson City Missouri January 2 Roy Bane cashier of the People's Bank of Tipton was arrested on a charge of embezzling twenty one thousand dollars.
New York January 2 The firm Marshall Spader Co stock brokers once linked to the failed Coster Knapp Co reports all accounts liquidated and dissolution of the firm. The NYSE representative had been suspended for three years over relationships with Coster Knapp.
Omaha January 2 report that W M Williams bishop of the Apostolic African Methodist Episcopal church is in jail charged with fraud. He solicited money for a home for destitute colored children and some contributors accuse him of misusing the funds.
London January 2 one of two warrants from 1674 for John Bunyan was sold at auction fetching 22 dollars. The other warrant, likely a duplicate, is held by J P Morgan who reportedly paid 2000 dollars. Chicago Palmer House robbery A thief entered the lobby and after bypassing staff robbed a safe of nearly 1000 dollars then escaped.
London Jan 2 The Times Cape Town correspondent reports a Chicago firm is closing its local branch as South Africa has learned to supply its own meat.
New York report says Henry C. Prince, a diner at Cafe Martin, lifted a roll of bills totaling $10,000 as he headed home.
Market notes show hog receipts estimated at 11 000 with prices from 5 30 to 6 95 for light hogs and 5 65 to 6 25 for heavy shipping grades. Cattle and sheep receipts listed at 400 and 2 000 respectively with mixed ranges and day’s closing trends. Prices come from Beach Wickham Grain Co and Postal Telegraph Bidg Chicago.
A brief note from John A Babcock mentions his association with the North American Commission Company in Chicago and invites contact at any time promising a square deal with Ali a referenced figure or slogan.
Washington January 2 President Roosevelt considers how the United States may aid quake and tidal wave victims in southern Italy. Officials discuss diverting fleet supplies for relief and the timing of any action before Congress reconvenes. The battleship fleet would reach Suez in two days. no relief fund amount decided.
Nineteen orphans in the Norfolk boys' home contributed 7.27 dollars to aid Italian earthquake sufferers. The funds were forwarded to Governor Swanson and collected from their New Year's fireworks fund.
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman told the State Teachers Association that compulsory education would lead to Negro education and threaten white supremacy. He accused President Taft and allies of plotting to weaken the solid South and install southern Democrats in federal offices to build a white Republican base.
In Yekaterinoslav on January 2 the military court sentenced forty one men to death. Thirty two were strikers from the October 1905 railroad troubles. Twelve received life penal servitude, forty eight to lesser exile terms. The 1905 strike aimed to cripple railways telegraphy and power systems.
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