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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
6
York December 17 The World Says lawyer Albert T Patriek under sentence for murder of millionaire Rice has signed a petition to Governor Bliggins begging commutation to life imprisonment. The final appeal to the governor was signed.
An eastbound Texas and Pacific passenger train and a westbound freight collided two miles above Donaldsonville Louisiana. Boilers exploded and a tender crashed into a section house. Fatalities include mail clerk T D Allen of New Orleans and express messenger T C Woodworth of Marshall. Injured include F F Teams of New Orleans. John Rascal, a negro, was among the dead.
Hillstore Texas Dec 17 Hon C M Smithdeal a member of the state Democratic executive committee for a senatorial district asks Hon George A Carden chairman to call the committee to meet before the legislature convenes to decide if members are bound by their pledge to support Senator Bailey for re election.
A major snow storm swept southwestern Missouri, Kansas, and portions of Oklahoma and Indian Territory Sunday night. Snow depths reached two to six inches with fuel shortages worsening in Oklahoma. The Mangum mayor secured a train load of coal from Rock Island. Some areas saw rain and sleet, and rail service was delayed.
Robbers blasted the Citizens' bank vault at Cedar Hill near Dallas with nitro glycerin Saturday night. The interior was wrecked and about 2500 dollars taken. The thieves escaped on a handcar, after stealing tools from local blacksmith shops found near the building.
Kansas City reports more than 4000 empty coal cars idle on sidetracks amid a nationwide car shortage. Railroads cite insufficient rolling stock as a reason, while coal sells at $60 a ton in Tonopah. Missouri and Kansas division reports indicate cars are plentiful elsewhere in the region.
Washington Sunday resolutions denounce France for actions in the pope dispute calling confiscation of church property downright robbery. Sour Lake Texas reports a new well 66 gusher flowing 1,800 barrels of oil daily.
In Rome on December 17 extreme parties denounced the suppression of Sunday's popular demonstration in sympathy with France. They plan new protests and urge adherents to leave cards at the French embassy, piling up by the thousands. Spain objects to handling Papal archives in Paris amid France Vatican tensions.
Roy Garrettson and Pearl Garrettson lie dying in the Central Emergency Hospital after Joseph Haefner shot them and killed himself. Garrettson says the woman is not Haefner's wife and claims she may be Haefner’s former wife, while the woman denies any nonmarital status and says she was married to Garrettson.
In Ridgedale suburb on Monday morning Thomas W. Raulston, a deaf mute, died after being run over by streetcar No. 322 on the Chattanooga system. The car had a history of crashes under other numbers 39 and 332, and Raulston left a widow and three deaf mute children. The motorman was described as one of his best friends.
George Burnham Jr general counsel for Mutual Reserve Life Insurance was convicted of larceny and sentenced to two years in state prison by Justice Greenbaum in the New York supreme court. In Georgia Sylvester C Hein schen a prominent businessman killed himself by cutting his throat after decades in business and fruit interests.
A bomb thrown Sunday at Colonel Plotta, head of the Radom gendarmerie, tore off his leg. A student who threw the bomb was arrested.
London reports the United States did not compete for Monday’s gold offerings. The Bank of England secured $2,500,000 while the remainder went to India.
King Haakon Queen and Crown Prince Olaf left Berlin for Copenhagen aboard a ship on December 17. Willie Nugent a blind boy died after being hit by a train in Dallas. Texans secured several patents for inventions. A white man and two Negroes escaped from a Birmingham jail. Two couples wed atop Abilene courthouse tower. Oscar Scherer died accidentally in Cincinnati. Italian Socialists plan anti clerical demonstrations across Italy. Ed Grant brakeman fell from a car near Houston, breaking his neck. Russian diplomat Alexander Gregor was horsewhipped in Paris. El Paso officials link typhoid to vegetables. Mrs. Margaret Zoeller widow of Philip H Zoeller died near Boerne. married in 1853.
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