Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-31

JANUARY, 1909.

queen aeiena OF Italy hurt when
Messina Is again rocked by earth
quake; Ida Weimer, former Newark
girl, slain by Alexander Cohen, her
sutton, in New York; Mayor Jacob
Haussling begins his second term. 4.
Messina experiences another shock,
daring attempt made by Black Hand
TO wreck three-story building at $50
Broad street; Supreme Court refuses to
grant government a writ of certiorari
on the Standard Oil 500, 000, 900 fine; Con-
Eress votes $4,000 to aid stricken Italy.
b. Earthquake scare in Trenton. 6. The
will Of Amos FL. Van Horn probated,
leaving bulk of fortune, $1,000, 900, to
charity; Mrs. Josephine Amore is placed
on trial for the murder of Michael Mar
teiia, on August 5, 1908; Bridget
OBrien, of East Newark, commits sui
eide as mother, Mrs. Patrick Connolly,
is born to grave. Z. Alderman p. H.
Ryan picked as president of Council
and Alderman NJ. J.vMcGowan, jr., as
floor leader In Democratic caucus s.
President Roosevelt is attacked by
House on secret service. 9. Former
County Counsel Elvin w. Crane dies at
his home, 179 Washington street; Alder
man Reilly prevents Council from or
ganizing by pulling Alderman Dolan
from chamber; court refuses to stop
Sunday shows in Hoboken; Mrs. jose
phine Amore is acquitted by jury of
charge of murder; Common Council adj
journs sine die. II. Police Captain DAILY
loses in fight to have his fine RENTED.
II. Legislature is called to order; 100
miners killed in fre-damp explosion In
Biuefeld, w. Va; Vincenzo Buonerbo
pleads non-vult to charge OF killing
Sabate D'Alessio, his son-in-law; Elvin
W. Crane is aid at rest. 10. Rudolph
A. Braun is arrested on two charges of
passing worthless checks; Abal Med
win, OF $50 Charleton street, is killed
by trolley car. and companion. Charles
Senders, SO Monmouth street, badly In
jured. IA. Morgan j. : Cunion, of 10
School street, is killed by Central rail-
road train. 10. Verdict of not guilty
is rendered by jury in Hams case;
union hatters go on strike to defend
label. 16. Alderman Dolan claims
money was offered for his vote in
Council; s~eventy-one persons killed in
a railroad collision in Glenwood Springs,
CoIorado; Great White Way on South
Broad street opens. Is. Bishop Bernard
X McQuaid, of Rochester. dies; is. eight
Fons ave narrow es~capeSiuR fire
fh destroys plant of the Fischer
Lu~facturing Company, al 22S South
10. Local hat trimmers induce
in New York and Brooklyn to
B; Governor Fort in message to
lature says to divert $500, 900 from
chool fund. 20. Twenty-three per-
die in fire which destroys the
mediate water works intake crib a
miles from Chicago. q. Six persons
1T when bobsled crashes into horse
d wagon on Vinegar Hill road, Irv-
Igton. %. Board of Trade banquet.
Ifggest ever; Chief Corbitt orders men
ITO stop every form of amusement on
Sunday. 20. White Star liner Republic
rammed in fog by unknown steamer;
23. Earthquake shock felt all over Eu-
rope. rs. Gas trap grips twenty-five
mon in mine in Pittsburg. rs. Central
railroad ferryboat rams slip, sending
ffye into river, none drowned; Anastasia
Burns, q servant, killed in leap from
third floor when residence of Richard
II. Rankin, Is Pennsylvania avenue, is
destroyed by fire. 20. Frederick Koenig.
z years old, smothered by a and
brother Anton. critically i'll in their
home, sos Fifteenth avenue; Beth Israel
Hospital shaken by explosion OF dish
warmer.