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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
1
Four children left alone by mother Mary Bernincosa were endangered when a stove ignited a blaze in the kitchen. The youngest Dora, nineteen months old, died at the hospital from burns. seven year old Paul was severely burned while trying to help. Neighbors answered cries but the infant had already suffered fatal injuries.
New York December 22 Francis Donahue a night court laborer was charged with disorderly conduct after persistently ringing Mayor Mc Clellan's doorbell in Washington Square. He was held on 800 dollars bond for good behavior. The policeman testified he argued with the mayor’s butler and demanded to see the executive. In court Donahue claimed he acted to defend the mayor from Italians plotting but admitted he had been drinking.
Joseph McMahon, a youth and son of a police lieutenant, leaped into a taxi seat when the driver left briefly to call his employer. The cab was hailed and the boy sped off before being stopped by interior calls to halt. He was held in $1,000 bond on the charge of appropriating the cab.
Telegrams from Willemgrad report a plot to assassinate General Bell commander of Fort San Carlos at Maracaibo. The two conspirators were captured and shot.
Caracas dispatch reports Vice President Gomez has established a new government in Venezuela on December 22. The move shifts authority and signals a new administration structure.
Cardinal Scot died in Chamberry France on December 22 from a brain hemorrhage.
Six earthquake shocks struck Virginia City Montana within 24 hours causing widespread panic as residents rushed into the streets seeking safety.
McCulloch County grand jury returned forty bills while Texas reports broad Red Cross stamp sales. Denison banks show nearly 2.9 million. A new theater costing about 50 thousand opened. John W. Wright resigns as penitentiaries agent. Sixteen men fined one dollar each for Sunday drunkenness in Dallas. Hydrophobia death of a cow in Bonham. Ed Wattenbarker and Frank May injured in a Greenville runaway. E A Connell loses a 600 dollar diamond stud at Texarkana Union Station. Denison livery stable to be rebuilt after fire. Trinity River steel trestle near Dallas drops twenty feet. workers injured. Two Dallas men charged after a candle fight. A ball from one hits a negress, causing burns. both fined.
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