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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
1
In Pittsburg on April 4 more mines operated than the day before but none had full crews. Sixteen mines across the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers were active or idle with independents silent. Operators fear a full shut down as miners balk at the strict agreement, citing past concessions such as rent reductions and extra pay for "dead cork" not included in the new contract.
The House approved the national quarantine measure by 202 to 26. It places quarantine authority under the secretary of the treasury, allows sites near the coast and Dry Tortugas, and requires carriers to move passengers and goods as regulated. The act carries a $500,000 appropriation. Texas lawmakers Henry Burleson and Burgess spoke against federal control, while Williams, author, defended the measure.
Three Station B letter carriers George Davidson William C Spencer and John J Mahoney were arrested by postal inspectors on a stamp swindle charge. They allegedly affixed cancelled postage due stamps for 19 cents to foreign letters after removing the foreign stamps and collected the face value from recipients. The scheme exploited heavy foreign mail and stamp dealers sold them large quantities of cancelled stamps at about $2 per 100.
Miss Florence Parker, daughter of a wealthy Arizona mining man, ends a seven week sleep in which she drifted into a coma in Tucson. She has recovered consciousness and returned to a normal state after weeks of medical interest and guarded hopes.
Evansville Indiana reports rising water on the Ohio River with a gauge at 40.7 feet and rising toward a predicted 42 feet. The floodwaters affect Pigeon Creek factories and large wheat farms nearby, though rapid recession could allow crop salvage.
In Eveleth Minnesota April 4 a toothbrush bristle lodged in Miss Helen Zeltar’s throat last January was removed from her arm after remaining a year. The procedure ended successfully.
James B. Howlard who faced death in court for Goebel murder has begun life imprisonment. He was moved from Louisville to Frankfort on Tuesday to start his sentence after awaiting U S Supreme Court disposition.
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