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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1906
Page
2
Patrons are invited to a roller rink event tonight with a large crowd expected. Half the receipts will be donated to an Episcopal church benefit, inviting community members to attend.
An earthquake lasting about three seconds was felt in San Francisco at 10 39 Monday night with no reported damage. In Guthrie grave fears are held for A J Seay the second governor of Oklahoma who was in the destroyed San Francisco district on Wednesday.
E J Jenkins urges focus on digestive health to achieve longer life. He promotes Miona stomach tablets with an absolute guarantee to strengthen digestion and aid food absorption. A large box costs 50 cents, with refund if not effective.
Berlin reports bitterness among German newspapers at President Roosevelt's rejection of San Francisco disaster relief and the Hamurg-American and North German Lloyd lines. Editorials argue aid offers honor both givers and receivers, and say refusal binds Germany to a new ethical stance. The Tageblatt accuses Roosevelt of asserting independence from old-world norms.
Glad to get it. Flour bought with foreign money assessed as acceptable by California leaders. Gaylord Wilshire of the California association protests and asks newspapers to publicize that origin of aid matters not. A Casino Theater mass meeting resolution endorsed this view amid Roosevelt and Hamburg-American ties controversy.
April 24 report from San Francisco notes a homeless woman at the Presidio gave birth to triplets during a Saturday night visit. The same evening eight newborns made their first appearance, highlighting a surge of newborns in the area.
Six babies born inside Fort Mason and two on the adjacent vacant space. All newborns are reported healthy, with details noting the location of each birth and the general wellbeing of the children.
The Belgian training ship Count de Smet de Maeyer foundered in the Bay of Biscay on April 18 with thirty-five lives lost including the captain and the cadet officer. Twenty-six survivors were rescued by the French barque Dunkerque, many cadets being sons of prominent Belgians.
Despondent over long breast cancer suffering Mrs Ella Gentry of Garfield area poisoned herself at home while her husband attended church. She left a note asking for kindness to her three children. He found her alive. antidotes failed and she died in his arms within thirty minutes.
In Rusk Texas on April 24 an attempted escape by 149 convicts from a moving train headed to the ore bed ends in Oliver Woodard’s death and George Smalley’s fatal wounding. Guard Joe Wilkerson is killed by mistake and guard Will Lloyd is lightly wounded.
Lucy Lea a Young Creek Indian woman shot and killed Dan Frank near Holdenville Oklahoma Territory after he fired at her. Her sister, twenty, was present and Lucy was released on her own recognizance.
A. J. Dunlap, president of Hobart National Bank and director in twenty territorial banks, died at his home Monday morning. In Dallas Compress Association J. A. Hooper was re elected president with C. J. Sorrells as vice president and J. H. W. Steele as secretary treasurer and general manager. Next meeting scheduled here.
An April San Jose dispatch notes W A Clarke home in Burlingame partially destroyed but no injuries. San Mateo bricks collapsed with no fatalities. Stores damaged. San Francisco unfortunates taken to a makeshift hospital at Alvinia Hayward home. Southern Pacific flag station in San Mateo leveled. operators unhurt.
General A W Greeley, commander at San Francisco, reports 277 deaths in San Francisco from the Valencia hotel disaster. He says 14 bodies were recovered and 56 others believed to have perished in the building.
New Orleans hosts the Confederate veterans reunion with twenty-nine special trains arriving Monday night and Tuesday morning. General S. D. Lee and Corporal Tanner attended a late dinner, while Gear Lee hosted a reception at the hotel for his staff. Birmingham Alabama and Richmond Virginia are noted in connection with the 1997 reunion.
A blow pipe burst caused a fire that destroyed the Monroe Sash and Door company plant in Monroe Louisiana. The loss is estimated at 50 000 dollars with 4 000 dollars insured.
Weeo April 24. Prohibitionists of McLennan county will hold a meeting here May 5 and nominate a full county ticket.
Shanghai April 24 The Anglo Tibetan treaty has been signed at Pekin to recognize a protectorate over Tibet. The accord confirms British and Tibetan authorities cooperate on regional governance with Tibet under protection.
Odessa and Kishineff reported a decisive victory for the Constitutional Democrats in the parliamentary elections. The results show a sweeping win across both cities, signaling strong support for the party.
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