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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1907
Page
1
A woman previously reported dead after a medical incident may still be alive as authorities reexamine her condition. Medical staff and family await definitive confirmation while the case prompts questions about the criteria used to declare death.
In San Remo a young Russian woman believed dead from consumption lies in a church vault. Ten days after death relatives reported lifting the casket revealed a pliant skin and pink cheeks, with eyes open and life-like lips, sparking belief of suspended animation rather than actual death.
Austin Feb 27 The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state in the case against the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway Company of Texas from Travis county. The decision reversed and rendered, upholding parts of the gross receipts tax law. The Texas and Pacific line exemption did not extend to others. Judgment for the state totals $36 119. A House bill to require written jury charges was engrossed. Bankers from Houston Galveston and San Antonio urged opposition to limits on cotton exchanges. Separately New England observed the centennial of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with widespread commemorations in Maine and Massachusetts.
In a basement fire on Eighth avenue two firefighters were killed and eleven others overcome by ammonia fumes. Two more firefighters are in serious condition. Deceased are Adam Damm and Harry F. Baker. Rescuers acted heroically to prevent more deaths.
Dallas on February 27 reports the death of 68 year old W Thompson a longtime Dallas va riety theater owner and prominent real estate holder He had lived in Dallas over thirty years and recently retired Also notes a brickmason fatality in Houston and regional baseball league formation and Panama canal commission advocacy involving W J Oliver.
A tragic classroom blaze or smoke incident kills the principal and sixteen students. Local authorities investigate the fire and secure the scene as families mourn.
In Hochelaga Montreal a two story brick school building fire claimed Principal Maxwell and sixteen children. The blaze started at the furnace as around 200 pupils were evacuated with teachers aiding. Maxwell reentered the smoke to help others and died of asphyxiation beside a child.
Raleigh Feb 27 A clash in the house pitted Congressman-elect R N Hackett of the Eighth district against Wilkes county representative C G Bryant. Hackett struck Bryant after Bryant resented remarks about Wilkes county commissioners. Bryant drew a knife and then inkstand and chair blows followed before order was restored. Bryant apologized for words that provoked the incident. Both men live in Wilkes county.
Colfax Louisiana February 27 wealthy Frenchman Joseph Bileff and his wife found dead in their home with Bileff head nearly severed and wife on the lawn both shot likely killed by robbers. About $15 000 stolen from the house.
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