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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1907
Page
6
Edward Murphy a painter at the Business Men's Club project in Memphis climbed to the roof poured benzine on his clothes and set himself on fire. He was burned to ashes and removed by fellow workers. He had recently arrived from St Louis and was described as insane.
In a tense Texas senate session on April 6 lawmakers debated the education budget and fought over the Prairie View normal appropriation. Brown of Wharton urged striking the grant and attacked negro education, warning of race riots and a potential bloodshed, while supporters pressed for state needs.
Pittsburg April 6 W N Frew president of the board of trustees of the Carnegie institute announced a letter from Andrew Carnegie declaring a six million dollar endowment gift to the institute This amount adds to the four million already given earlier and strengthens the institute's financial foundation for future work.
Marcos Flores, from San Antonio Texas, was arrested in New York on a charge of writing letters to the pension department threatening to deal with President Roosevelt if his brother's pension claim was not acted on. He was committed to Bellevue for sanity examination after a magistrate's hearing. The letters, signed Mercos Flores, warned of further action if justice was not done.
White House officials say knowledge of the cabal formed to defeat President Roosevelt’s policies reached the president before the dinner when the scheme was exposed. Efforts to name the source of the information were blocked by Secretary Loeb.
The wrecked area near Taree shows about two hundred thousand dollars in damage with many injured. Mrs Zack Lea's home was destroyed and reports differ on her daughter Mary's fate. Two Black residents died on a nearby plantation while cabins collapsed in the region. The Betsy Ann steamer ordeal near Bayou Sara left First Mate Abe Crothers injured and crew bruised. Carson Mississippi saw the depot school and two businesses blown down as the storm crossed into Alabama weakening thereafter.
Reports from New Orleans and towns across Louisiana say the death list will reach twenty with about fifty injured. At Jackson Insane Asylum many patients were left shelterless and twenty seriously hurt. Governor Blanchard arranged tents and supplies. Alexandria and Bayou Sara report fatalities and dramatic wrecks while Monroe suffers a cloud burst.
Waxahachie Texas April 6 the Trinity and Brazos Valley railroad completes track laying into the city with about 300 feet remaining to lay. When connected with the Katy line the Katy track will be ballasted and prepared for service. The Brazos Valley now runs from Waxahachie to Houston with Vice President Green and Chief Engineer Burns witnessing the milestone.
Rev J J Blackshear who came from Marshall Texas to fill a pulpit died from injuries in Columbus Ohio after a gas explosion at Alonzo Davis room. Blackshear lit a match in a blown window fifteen feet away and was severely burned. Davis also suffered severe burns.
Andrew Carnegie announced a $6,000,000 gift to the Carnegie Institute and technical schools. The total his benefactions in Greater Pittsburg reach $32,500,000, with the library institute and schools now valued at $19,620,000 and cited as the largest individual donation to any one community in history.
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