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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
1
A bomb exploded in the air shaft of the 230 East Sixty third street tenement, injuring over twenty people and injuring five seriously. The building, housing Italian residents, suffered heavy damage while assailants fled after robbing a car.
In New York a band of four toughs boarded a southbound Eighth Avenue car at Fourteenth Street knocked down the conductor and robbed him of all his money. Passengers, including women, were terrorized into non-accusation and warned not to leave their seats as police arrived.
The French steamer Guadeloupe arrived in Santander with President Castro of Venezuela aboard. He will continue to Bordeaux then travel overland to Berlin to settle Venezuela's international quarrels. His general health is good.
Miss Mabel Roan of 3308 State Street reports she was locked in a drugstore booth by the night shutout of the premises. It was 11:30 pm when she called the Stanton Avenue police station. A patrolman went to the druggist C Yeomans residence at Fifty-first Street and Wabash Avenue, and it took nearly two hours before he could reach the store. During the wait she spoke to friends by telephone.
An automobile carrying B. L. Dohoney a noted real estate dealer and five others overturned in Amarillo Texas on December 9. Dohoney suffered a broken leg and serious internal injuries while the others were less seriously hurt.
Governor Campbell has begun drafting his biennial message to the incoming legislature. He plans to recommend either strict enforcement or total repeal of the state Sunday laws and to stress considerations surrounding permitting baseball on Sundays.
The Texas Supreme Court reverses the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway Co v Texas ruling invalidating the Full Crew Law for miscaptioned subject matter. It also voids Galveston saloon limits ordinance based on a city charter amendment, notes Red Cross and Anti Tuberculosis association stamp confusion, and clarifies entry of verdicts for general versus special verdicts in McLennan County cases.
Paris December 9. The chamber of deputies voted 830 to 261 to continue the death penalty policy. The decision preserves capital punishment as a legal option and sustains ongoing enforcement efforts amid security concerns.
Fort Worth reports President A J Davidson of the Frisco may go to New York to join B F Yoakum as right hand man overseeing the Rock Island system. Also, Carl Gray rumored to become Frisco vice president and W C Nixon named general manager. In San Antonio, Italian merchant Cafarelli received a "Black Hand" demand for 200 dollars, with John Pianti receiving a similar letter.
Dallas, Dec 9. W A Gus Lawrence of Mesquite dies from chloroform exposure. He was among Dallas county’s wealthiest residents with holdings valued at 250000 dollars.
J B Holloway announces Santa Fe railroad has closed the contract to extend its line from Plainview to Lubbock with a substantial forfeit posted. Work begins immediately and the towns lie roughly ninety miles apart.
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