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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1906
Page
4
St Louis and San Francisco passenger train 307 the St Louis and Oklahoma limited derailed at Leon Kansas Wednesday after a brake beam fell several persons were injured in the incident.
In Austin on April 12 the general laws of the second called session will be issued by printers within days. The eight page volume will be sold by the state for five cents per copy.
Three miners from Curranville ten north of the city formed in a Friday march and threatened those sinking a new shaft for Sheridan Coal Company. Mr Dalxell was drawn into the fray as strong threats were made with expulsions expected.
Governor Higgins signed two more bills from the special insurance investigating committee and approved a bill delaying the annual elections of mutual companies, adding to the statutes in Albany.
In Savannah Judge Speer fines Greene and Gaynor $575,649.90 each and sentences them to four years in Atlanta Federal jail. Defense seeks a bill of exceptions and a 30 day prep period. Also reported are the death of Henry G. Paschal in St. Louis after a thirteen inning game and Cantwell’s election as Corsicana public schools president for the fourth time.
Corsicana authorities require dogs to stay at home. Ennis Masons plan a fine temple. The Emperor of Russia will not open parliament. Midland firm to build five large stone stores. Midland Commercial Club organized. S C Horech found dead in bed at Jones City Oklahoma. Trinity River water in Dallas rising upstream on the 12th. A lioness at Corsicana attacked trainer Al G Barnes, injuring an ear. J D Cochran of Garrison suicided at Brownsville by strychnine.
Representative Charles A. Towne of New York denounced Theodore Roosevelt as the greatest promiser and smallest performer since Judas Iscariot at a Jefferson Day banquet in Kansas City. He criticized the gold standard panic, credited Providence for prosperity, and pledged to expose Roosevelt upon returning to Washington. The address extended into the early hours as the final toasts concluded.
Secretary Shaw permits National City Bank of New York to draw gold from the U S Treasury pending arrival of gold for import from London. The bank must deposit bonds covering the amount. The import gold exceeds 10 million dollars. In Memphis the Mississippi River crest stabilized after rising to 3.5 feet above danger line, with levees intact and flood risk receding.
Jackson April 14 Governor Vardaman transmitted a proclamation to the legislature extending the session until next Saturday to finish the new state code work. The session would have ended today.
J H Hawley, lead state attorney in the Meyer Haywood Pettibone murder case, says the Western Federation of Miners has retained W Bourke Cochran to assist in the defense.
Senate confirmed four Texas postmasters H. L. Somerville of Richmond W Pilley of Wills Point D C Bellows of Seymour and G C Ross of Wortham. In Warsaw two men were executed for robbing an administrative building and disfiguring the emperor portrait in Vilnius.
Five hundred Democrats attended a banquet at the Midland hotel in Kansas City hosted by the Missouri State Democratic Press association to honor Thomas Jefferson's birthday. Speakers included Governor Folk United States Senator Stone and Congressman Towne plus C W Knapp. They urged party harmony and predicted large Democratic success in the next national election with a 1908 presidential nominee likely Folk Bryan or Towne.
Edward Scanlon was killed and Patrick Donovan and Mrs. Herman Miller wounded in East Thirteenth Street. Miller says he shot to protect his wife from intruders who he claims mobbed her at the door and attempted robbery. Donovan and Mrs. Miller are not seriously hurt.
In Southern League play Atlanta and Montgomery drew 2 all after thirteen innings while Birmingham defeated Nashville 8 to 2. National League games saw Boston over Brooklyn 7 to 4, Chicago 5 over Cincinnati 1, and Philadelphia 11 over New York 4 with St Louis idle due to rain. Crude oil prices edged higher across most fields with Standard Oil raising by 3 cents a barrel for eastern producers and 2 cents for western. North Lima quoted at 96 cents and South Lima and Indiana at 91 cents.
A roundup notes 1,200 miners striking at Karlov Pennsylvania, Orient railway reaching Thomas Oklahoma and Oklo regions. Texas towns map flouring mill plans at Godley and electric light plant for Granger. Also reported are bread shortages near Kharkoff, Elks gathering in Shreveport, and multiple commodity and legal updates.
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