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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
4
A French force on Talzaza hill repelled a Berber attack and pursued foes six miles toward Tamlett. French losses reached 28 dead including an officer and 100 wounded, while Berber casualties totaled at least 125. The pursuit halted at dusk.
Three youngsters perish in separate incidents in Los Angeles. Vincent and Joseph Senatro die after a backing train car strikes them in the Southern Pacific yards while their mother and grandmother are present. Julius Borush, age three, falls into a tub of boiling water on his back porch as his mother does laundry and dies shortly after at a hospital.
In Clinton Illinois thirty Italian workers from the Illinois Central line were expelled from town after a mob fired upon them. The incident follows a threatening Black Hand letter to Mayor Edmondson amid alleged local Italian favoritism in hiring and rising unemployment among American born residents. Authorities seek arrests but fail to identify the attackers. In Akron on April 17 Ferdinand Schumacher known as the Oat Meal King has died.
Two men forced cashier Walterhouse and businessman Del Easley into the vault of Citizen's State Bank at Chatauqua Kansas, locking them inside and taking about $3000. They fled into the Osage hills near the Oklahoma line as four posses pursued, with a half hour head start.
Chautauqua Kansas April 17 C C Walterhouse cashier of the Citizens State bank said one robber in the bank raid is William Tenant age 23 formerly of Chautauqua who recently escaped from Nowata Oklahoma jail where he faced horse stealing charges Tenant had borrowed money from the bank earlier and the cashier believed he came to renew a note or pay up rather than commit robbery.
Heavy rains raised Clear Fork and West Fork to nineteen year highs. One man drowned in the Clear Fork flood after being seen clinging to a tree. police officer Sam McGlothlin saved a woman by guiding her to his horse. Bridges washed out and traffic disrupted between Fort Worth Stephenville and Brownwood as water inundated parks and the powerhouse.
The International Salt company plant at Ludlowville near Ithaca burned with a loss of 150000 dollars. Fire officials believe the blaze started from spontaneous combustion in a vacuum tank.
W J Ford of Dallas appeared before the board of pardons in Austin on April 17 to present T H Smith's pardon application. Smith, convicted of theft, received a six month jail term and a $50 fine. The prisoner was accompanied by his counsel.
Paris April 17 The mass lockout affecting many masons brick layers and allied workers begun April 4 ended Friday as workers deserted leaders and signed terms with contractors who announced work will resume Tuesday next.
A mixed slate of local notices and incidents includes the separation of Frank Jay Gould and his wife, deaths of several notable residents such as Rear Admiral George B. Balch and Mrs. Carolina Marshall, and local developments like the Dallas Wood Fiber Plaster company. Also noted are business formations, aviation and railway personnel changes, a drowning near Justin, a poker of stock dividends, and industrial accidents in Oklahoma and Texas with multiple fatalities.
The Mauretania completed the New York to Liverpool crossing in four days, twenty-three hours, and fifty-nine minutes, beating the Lusitania’s previous record by one minute. The 2,889 mile voyage averaged 24.08 knots, with 26 knots speeds earlier before a late gale reduced daily progress to 612 miles.
The United Fruit company plans three steamers built in Glasgow to serve the Panama trade. Costing over 2.009 million dollars, the vessels Herebia Parismina and Tartago will run Colon Mobile and Gulf ports. First ship Herebia arrives Colon June 1 while the other two hit Panama on July 1 and August 1. They will sail at fourteen knots.
Austin reports a letter from Attorney General Davidson saying he will leave Washington next Tuesday for Texas and arrive Friday. He plans to submit the gross receipts tax case to the supreme court next Monday.
Fort Worth, April 17. The State Federation of Labor adopted a resolution urging compulsory education for children aged seven through seventeen.
McKinney Texas April 17 Andrew Atkinson a long time Collin county resident and Civil War veteran is dead at age sixty eight.
Reverend George W. Thompson pastor of Woodbury Presbyterian church was found dead in a hotel room with a bullet wound in his head. The 45 year old clergyman had announced engagement to Miss Fannie Kenworth a wealthy church member a week earlier. no motive is known.
The House Committee on Banking and Currency voted unanimously to table the Aldrich financial bill. It also scheduled a hearing for Rep. Pearl Vreeland of New York, who introduced a substitute measure viewed as an alternative to the Aldrich plan.
The Board of Directors invites bids to supply beef carcasses and pork for the 1908 09 session. Minimum dressed carcass 850 pounds. no stags or bulls. Grass fed beef Sept Jan. corn fed Jan to June. Include liver and half neck removed. Require $500 certified check and performance bond. Bids due June 10 in Mess-Hall. committee McInnis Harrington may reject all bids.
Abilene Kansas April 17 Attorney General Jackson said evidence shows a combination to fix six fire insurance rates in violation of Kansas anti trust law after completing a probe of the Eldridge fire insurance rating bureau Prosecutions will doubtless follow
Bids are invited at the President’s office until 4 o clock April 20 for 1400 cords of merchantable wood. Delivery spots include 1050 cords by the I G N Railroad Spur and 350 cords at Megs Hall. Three fifths due by January 1, 1908 with remainder on College President’s call. A 1/6 value bid deposit and bond for performance required. The committee reserves right to reject any bid.
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