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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
1
In Regina Saskatchewan extreme cold holds a deep freeze across the city with temperatures around forty degrees below zero. Residents endure wind chills and demand winter preparations while utilities and services monitor power and heating needs amid the severe cold outbreak.
Severe cold grips the Northwest with Regina at 40 degrees below zero the coldest yet. St Paul records 25 below early Wednesday. Omaha 13 below, St Joseph 8 below Milwaukee 15 below. Lacrosse 22 below and Green Bay 18 below. Chicago swings from 44 above Tuesday to 9 below Wednesday.
Washington Jan 6 Congressman Stephens of Texas introduces a bill to require manufacturers shippers and sellers doing business in multiple states to maintain a uniform selling price. The act would set a standard price ensuring uniform profit or loss after deducting cost price transportation and sale.
Hunger and disease turn dogs into a danger to earthquake refugees in Messina. Rabid, starving animals gnaw corpses and attack people. A wounded refugee near Palermo lost an eye and part of his cheek after being buried and mauled by three dogs. Residents shoot strays at night amid ongoing danger.
Rome reports Ambassador Griscom presented the House resolution of sympathy to Italy. Foreign Minister Tittoni praised the gesture. Griscom notified Count Taverna that $100,000 from the American Red Cross was sent, with the Bayerna steamer delivering relief to Messina under the Red Cross flag. Delivery costs and initial fitting run to $60,000, with daily charter at $1,200 if extended.
Atlanta reports Samuel T. McCracken of the Slayton Lyceum bureau says Florence T. Maybrick and Charles T. Wagner will wed soon with arrangements completed. Lincoln notes Hon. W. J. Bryan stating Wagner did not mention an engagement to Maybrick after a Tuesday conference. Wagner departed for Chicago on an afternoon train.
A brutal cold snap hits North Texas with 3 F in Amarillo and 10-20 F elsewhere. Denison 17 F above zero, Hereford 1 F, Wichita Falls livestock suffering, and Dust storms accompany high winds. Former Constable Louis Coffman jailed for wife’s murder is ill in custody and says she killed herself.
Private New York information says E. H. Harriman will build a railway from east of El Paso through Chihuahua oil fields and into central Mexico to join the Guayamas and Guadalajara line. Support comes from former Governor Terrazas Governor Creel Hearst and financier C. R. Troxer among others.
In a special message to the senate President Roosevelt refuses to let Attorney General Bonaparte explain why no action was brought against United States Steel Corp over the absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. The issue follows a Culberson resolution. A Springfield fire destroys Baldwin theater and damages two buildings and the Colonial hotel, with total loss about 250000. Fire Chief Kanady injured but not seriously.
Federal officers along the Texas coast pursue a strange gulf schooner carrying nearly a hundred Chinamen. The vessel sailed from Frontera Mexico and was last sighted near Corpus Christi as authorities say smuggling Orientals via the gulf departs from the usual customs patrols.
In St Petersburg on January 6 Colonel Zavarnitsky, head of Vladivostok secret police, received four years penal servitude and loss of military rights for manufacturing evidence in political cases. Two subordinate colonels also drew shorter terms.
Weatherford Texas January 6 Captain Frank Johnson commands the ranger company here and has been ordered by the governor to Amarillo to investigate the killing of Ranger Doc Thomas there.
Beaumont Texas January 6 1920 Annie Averill marries Ralph Kinney Yale football star from the Princeton clash of 1905 The couple met at college games and Kinney later split time between Texas and Porto Rico where he managed a large orange plantation
Lexington author notes W B Letcher secretary of the Kentucky Racing Association and prominent turf man dies at his daughter Mrs Rutherford Douglass home in Macon Georgia.
General John Cotton formerly assistant attorney general and Washington bar member died suddenly at his residence in Washington. He was born in Woodstock, Connecticut, on August 3, 1841.
The Rivers and Harbors Committee plans to include in the new bill a clause to deepen the Texas intercostal canal from five to nine feet after representations by Congressman Burgess, marking a notable federal waterway adjustment.
Waycross Georgia January 6 Henry Revel a well known Confederate veteran aged sixty years committed suicide by firing a shotgun with a stick aiding the trigger The full charge passed through his head in a self inflicted death notice reported locally
Sherman Jan G says leather and leather goods should be freed from tariffs, which would also place hides on the free list. He argues that retaining tariffs on leather implies keeping them on hides.
Frankie Madden the leading lightweight of 1908 faces a tough ten round bout with Tommy Murphy at the National A C tonight. Madden recently knocked out Mike Glover and had decisive wins over Leach Cross and other hopefuls as he aims for top contenders Packey McFarland and Freddie Welsh.
Yuan Shi Kai, the dismissed grand council member, departed Pekin with his family on a special train bound for Wet Wei.
The battleships Georgia Nebraska New Jersey Rhode Island Wisconsin Illinois and Kearsarge entered the Suez Canal at eight o'clock Wednesday morning.
Abilene Texas January 6 marks the laying of the first steel for the Abilene and Southern railroad. The line aims toward Bal linger with grading near Waters. Morgan Jones, builder of the line, witnessed the driving of the first spike.
Jan 6 report from Bagnara notes roads blocked by landslides cut Santa Amfenia off, hindering earthquake relief. Efforts are under way to clear obstructions and reach the village, which has already suffered significant damage.
Instructional line directs readers to call number 161 for hauling trunks to or from depots, implying a pickup or transport service announcement from a local notice. No names, places, or dates beyond the number are provided.
Fort Worth January 6 at the Texas Cattle Raisers association office President Roosevelt Secretary Garfield and Secretary Wilson and J Ogden Armour will attend the Cattlemen s convention on March 16 An effort is being made to induce Quanah Parker and his tribe to attend the convention
Paris reports the wireless station on the Eiffel tower has established communication with the battleships Justice and Verite, now stationed at Messina about 1,000 miles away, confirming long range radio capability.
Washington January 6. Justice Daniel Wright reports receiving hundreds of threatening letters after sentencing Samuel Gompers Charles Mitchell and Harry Morrison to prison for contempt. One writer promises to kill him while another says an undertaker will have a job soon.
A Washington report states John N. Simpson of Dallas, former Republican gubernatorial candidate, is slated to be appointed internal revenue collector for the Dallas district, succeeding Webster Flanagan.
Lockhart Texas January 6 chairman Storey leader of the state Democratic executive committee is confined to his bed with a fever after returning from San Antonio Sunday with a severe cold. Physicians say his condition is serious.
Johannesburg on January 6 saw H E Walker, the South African runner, establish a new amateur record by covering 130 yards in 12.5 seconds. The performance sets a national mark while highlighting Walker's sprinting prowess.
Lincoln Nebraska January 6 honors for former Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan who has been initiated into the Fraternal Order of Eagles in a public ceremony attended by local members and dignitaries.
A staged dialogue shows a classroom plan to punish Willie Thompson for impudence delayed as the first teacher recalls the reminder and the second notes an upcoming school board hearing for insubordination.
A fragment discusses why a woman reveals secrets and contrasts two views of secrecy. It adds a remark that a great man is formed by qualities suited to great occasions, attributed to Lowel.
The attorney general ruled the Galveston Bay causeway contract between Galveston county and railroads complies with the latest causeway act and must be approved by the railroad commission to be valid. The lease of right of way for 99 years is allowed. section meanings are clarified with section 3. Progress on Houston Galveston differential may spur legislation. The supreme court held the 1903 anti trust act cannot regulate interstate commerce in the Alber Type case, reversed by the court of appeals. also notes on state vs County Attorney Brady anti trust fee case and potential supreme court writ of error.
A Washington Star quote highlights Dustin Stax boasting of a vast fortune while asserting expertise in grammar. He downplays weaknesses in other areas and proclaims himself an authority on the possessive case.
New Orleans fund drives reach beyond five thousand dollars for victims of the Italian earthquake. Organizers report broad city support and ongoing appeals to aid families affected by the disaster.
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