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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1909
Page
1
A mine disaster leaves many dead and several workers trapped as rescue efforts resume after a dangerous initial blast. Authorities report twenty or more killed, with two women among those confirmed dead, and heavy guard presence surrounding the shaft to prevent strikebreaking during the ongoing operation.
Three unions led to months of quiet then renewed hostilities as strikers pressed townsfolk. Gun battles became nightly. searches and vigilante actions followed. Vic Leiter and ally repelled attackers. dynamite caches surfaced near town and pumping station. A major disaster struck in April 1905 when a mine explosion killed 61 men, wrecking the mine for weeks.
An emoy of the Venezuelan government reports on U S relations, Castros influence, and Gomez loyalty amid a coup threat. Mo Paul outlines plans to resume aid talks, reestablish consular ties, and urge reforms. Rumors circulate on Matos Castro rival and possible arbitration by Jose de Paul as US Des Moines seeks wireless links.
Jan 10 reports a church near Sion, Naix, collapsed during a vine service, burying worshipers. Panic spread as townspeople claimed an earthquake. After hours, rescuers recovered 40 corpses with many more believed trapped. 40 local injured, caused by aged crypt foundations giving way.
A Washington Post dispatch from Messina notes Parliament passed a special law authorizing relief work and military measures with five abstentions. Survivors in open air gain some comfort from Grisco m’s relief ship and the Calgoa delivering supplies. The report covers a new earthquake, state of siege, looting crackdowns, and plans for rebuilding Messina and aiding the wounded and orphans.
A relief party aboard the Bayern assists the injured Nelson Gay of Boston after a voyage southward while Ambassador Grigcom returns to Naples to present Rear Admiral Sperry to the king. The United Amates supply ship Caigos arrived from Port Said with 130 tons of provisions and clothing including coffee, macaroni, cereals, bread, dried fruits and vegetables. Stores from the Cuizon were landed after talks among naval officers and Italian authorities, and women refugees, even those injured, help sew garments and support convalescence, keeping minds occupied amid disaster.
Special to The Washington Post reports Gov Landa has prepared a municipal council ordinance to require one saloon per 600 feet in Mexico City. If passed this will close nearly half the saloons and purveyor shops now operating in the federal district.
Naples reports United States battleships Connecticut Kansas Minnesota and Vermont under Rear Admiral Sperry arrive at dawn and anchor between Italian battleship Benedetto Brin and cruiser Giorgia. Port Said notes Wisconsin Tsingis and Kearsarge depart for Malta while Panthee and Ajax proceed through Suez Canals toward Malta. Plans for the American fleet visit remain unchanged with Wisconsin Tennessee and Wearsarge expected Thursday for a four day stay.
Joy Vestof was found dead in woods at Upper Darby near Philadelphia. Clifton Heights police seek three men after a quarrel last week. The boy lived with Frank Schultz and reportedly left home Monday. Schultz says he showed no signs of self harm and was of bright disposition.
Austin attorney general Davidson says Gould property suit to strike forfeiture stands despite railroad entering voluntary receivership in federal court. The attorney general believes the charter remains forfeitable if the railroad violated commission orders, with the case linked to Gould holdings.
Rumors spread in Lisbon that King Manuel's lungs are affected by illness. The 19 year old monarch rode through the city in uniform with a pale, tired appearance and later boarded the royal yacht Amelia. His doctors urge sea cruises to improve his constitution. The Duke of Oporto has warned he would not claim the throne if Manuel dies, risking Portugal’s monarchy. Manuel, son of late King Carlos, is blond, handsome, and fond of outdoor life with skills in riding, shooting and tennis. Queen Maria Amelie raised him after royal deaths.
In Grane New York the Reverend J H Thompson, pastor, is elected president of the Horse Thief Detective Society and Lyman H Taft, editor of the local paper and cousin of President-elect Taft, is elected secretary. The pair vow to scour the countryside for horse and chicken thieves, with Taft promising to publish the results in the big paper.
Paris January reports say Coquelin, the famous actor, is laid up with a severe illness, possibly angina. Doctors deny rumors and expect improvement in a few days, hoping he can direct rehearsals of The Chantecler.
Anna Rabinovitch shoots Bertha Yablonsky after a night of reading Hamlet and Sapho. The lovers social and political passions, plus a rival, drive a grim tragedy in a West Side tenement. Bertha dies, Anna dies later, note requests cremation and no anatomy.
The Hon Donald Forbes brother of the Earl of Granard arrived in New York on the White Star steamer Celtic to serve as best man at the Earl's wedding to Miss Beatrice Milgé on Wednesday. Also aboard were the Hon Reginald Walsh British consul in New York and Lady Walsh and Kelly Evans of the Canadian fisheries Remission.
The executive committees of the Daughters of the Texas Republic adopt a resolution urging the legislature to take the Alamo in San Antonio, place it in state custody, and end years of two factions fighting over possession. The move was announced from Austin on January 10.
Representative Tawney denounces large un authorized sums used by executive departments. He pushes a thorough House inquiry to reveal how lump appropriations permit work beyond legal intent and to identify abuses in federal detective and inspection services across agencies including postal, internal revenue, customs, antitrust, land, meat inspection, pure food, immigration, and pension enforcement.
The Congress Record will print 2,000,000 copies recounting rebuke of Roosevelt over the secret service resolution. Prominent figures plan to distribute them to voters to justify their stance and accuse the President of misrepresenting House members. Gen Sherwood logged 57 alleged misrepresentations. Indiana patronage talks aim for March actions before postmasters terms expire. Democratic efforts seek a bipartisan Dayton Soldiers Home board, aligning with the late Charles M Anderson’s successor.
Captain Jolimav Coakley discovers an old fire department megaphone in the East River. Ed Brennan recalls the Big Six era and Bil Tweed who once led the unit, noting the trumpet’s connection to historic New York fires at Jackson and Water streets.
In Trenton New Jersey a 26 year old professor at Lawrenceville Preparatory School, Tanby, shot himself in his room at Toomim Hamill House, dying of self inflicted gunshot. A Rhodes scholar, graduate of Kentucky and Oxford, he suffered from overwork. The revolver misfired once before the fatal shot.
Night foreman Arthur Rawlinson was assaulted in his office at 2 AM when three masked men entered a stable on West Fifteenth Street. They gagged him and took 952 from his pocket before fledgling police nabbed them. The suspects Emil Paug and Joseph Hanley were identified and held for trial.
In Columbia on January 10 an address before the Y M C A Senator-elect Smith criticized President Roosevelt's action in the Tilman sensation. He denounced the conduct of detectives placed on the track of the South Carolina generator and questioned the Roosevelt administration's handling of the matter.
A sensational tale reports a Michigan murder suspect Rev Carmichael and associate Browning seen together on a Grand Trunk train near Port Huron. Witnesses say Carmichael aimed to craft a dime-novel plot while evading police, with details of lamp oil, cremation, and churchyard footprints fueling theories of a staged crime.
Special to The News from New York reports Nicholas Siani priest of St Rocco s Roman Catholic Church Newark charged with abducting Juliette Testa daughter of a Newark barber was rearraigned in Jefferson Market Court. The warrant claimed Siani married Juliette without parental consent though no marriage occurred. Juliette and Siani urged magistrate Steinert to wed them. the court refused. Juliette was released but paused freedom awaiting her father s arrival from Newark to stand by her side. The father planned to return with his daughter and legal guardian to marry them once Siani is free.
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