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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1906
Page
4
J W Batts maintains an office in the Taliaferro building opposite the courthouse with contact QC 57 and an entry set of Brazos County land titles abstract books.
We have two months of digging for bargains and refuse listings at nonmarket value. Special offers include five lots and a three room house near the depot at 400 dollars, a four and an eight room house with two acres at 450 dollars, and prime city and farm properties including Bonton area, warehouse site, and a large farm lands list.
A cyclone swept through northern Caddo Parish near Hosston on Sunday, causing extensive damage and at least one death. The 200 yard wide storm toppled residences and barns, scattered houses, and disrupted communications. In Shreveport a high wind caused the Harkey building to collapse without injuries.
A heavy rain and sleet extended Sunday into Monday across the central south and southwest crippling telegraph and telephone lines. Temperature fell Monday in many areas while rain spread from the Great Lakes to the Gulf with snow in Iowa and northern Texas. Louisville reported 66 degrees as conditions caused slow northbound communications.
New York Harbor was fogbound on Monday with dense mist preventing entry or departure. Several liners near Sandy Hook stayed out and upper harbor ferries operated irregularly as statewide temperatures ranged from 60 to 65 with robin sightings in central New York.
Denison officials record the city’s second heaviest snow fall at ten inches. Street car service halted and rail traffic crippled. A broad Indian Territory snowfall reported with drifts several feet high. Cattlemen fear stock losses amid severe winter conditions.
A in depth storm batters Chicago on January 22 causing near isolation from the outside world. Telegraph service is destroyed and elevated transit nearly stops. In Huntsville Alabama parts of the city flood from a cloudburst with flooded homes and broken railroad wires.
A petition signed by about 20 000 Massachusetts residents is presented to President Roosevelt protesting Secretary Bonaparte's plan to break up or use the Constitution for target practice. The petition argues a new Constitution mimicking the old could sail the oceans within years.
Dallas reports a sharp cold snap from Saturday 77 degrees to Sunday 25. Rain sleet and snow occurred Sunday with thunder and lightning. Snow fell overnight but melted due to damp ground conditions.
Breckenridge, Colorado reports thirty degrees below zero as Sunday’s cold snap grips the area. Denver records ten degrees above zero at ten o’clock Sunday night, underscoring the sharp contrast in winter conditions across the region.
In New England on Sunday the thermometer in Boston reached 66.8 degrees, the warmest January day on record at the local weather bureau with one exception.
In Cleveland on Sunday Mrs Sara Bergmeyer fainted after walking in 71 degree heat. Across the region a warm wave hit from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast with Ohio reaching 76 degrees, the highest January reading in a decade.
Pittsburg reports a Sunday high of 74.5 degrees Fahrenheit, setting a new January record for the region and surpassing all previous warm snaps for the month. No additional notable events reported.
In Shiner Texas on January 22 a young man named Jaromis Krick shot himself through the heart and died instantly. Local authorities reported the incident and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.
An earthquake shock was felt in Cumana in Bermudez state on January 22. There were no damages reported and no injuries.
A roundup of scattered items: Mexico reports typhoid fever. Louisiana holds 1,536 convicts. Texarkana to launch a daily paper. rice crops fail in Japan. Alta Utah snow slide kills eight. 20 doctors form a medical society at Alta Indian Territory. Jer ry Horeck near Yoakum Texas shoots himself. a Grand Army monument planned at Denison. Beaumont plans a 100000 club. Senator Platt’s wife laments Depew. Irene McLaurin narrowly escapes Jackson Mississippi house fire. Wichita Falls poultry show exhibits 160 birds including a 42 pound turkey. Abe Barrow dies from skull fracture after wagon accident near Lawton Oklahoma. umpires named for Texas Baseball League. Judge Burns dies in San Antonio. street fighting in Guayaquil claims 200 dead or wounded. Colonel Haggard obtains divorce in Portland Maine. near Pearsall Texas a mad wolf bites Sam Thomas and seven of eight hounds. Prairie du Chien Wisconsin shooting leaves Lottie Beau and others injured or dead. near Whitewright Texas a 12 year old shoots fatally a fellow boy.
Fort Worth reports a major opening season sale with T S Bugbee selling 850 five year old steers to Cantrell and Son of Kansas City for about 25 dollars each. In Dallas, Thomas F E McSwein and Miss Berley Jones wed at an Interurban ticket office. The First Christian church raised 500 dollars toward a 25,000 dollar land gift for Texas university at Wace.
Georgetown Texas January 22 Dr John R Nelson commissioner of education at Southwestern University reports 2500 by student subscription toward a 60000 boys dormitory. Faculty donate 5000 and citizens 6000. Nelson to canvass the state as work starts soon. Dormitory to be erected by Texas Methodists.
The Houston Brooks contest opened before House election committee No. 3 with General M. W. Dudley of Indiana speaking for A. J. Houston who challenges Congressman Brooks. Dallas lawyer R E. Cowart and Judge George C. C. Greer of Beaumont represent Brooks.
Denison resident Mrs. P. H. Stiff suffered severe burns to her face and hands when a can of liquid stove polish exploded in her hand. The incident occurred January 22 and left the woman badly burned.
Alameda California January 22 The naval chaplain John Singer Wallace on the retired list died Sunday after a brief illness He was among the oldest chaplains in service and received his appointment from President Lincoln in 1863
A mob of about 300 men seized Ernest Baker from Trigg county jail and hanged him from a beam at Cadiz city scales near the courthouse after he allegedly attempted to assault Miss Mary Gentry, age 18, on Saturday night.
New York reports a crowd of about 15,000 at Coney Island on Sunday as mild weather lures visitors. Twenty five men braved the chilly water after months of inactivity, with cries of come on in the water's fine echoing along the beach.
Tulsa plans a fifty ton ice plant as construction for several new business houses begins. The note lists varied items from Mexican customs receipts to coal finds near Laredo and a mail car disaster in Belgium. Also reported are a fatal train incident near Roff Oklahoma and lightning damages at Nacogdoches.
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