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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1906
Page
4
At Humbie Texas on January 29 the F D Smith Oil Company well blew out. The rig and hole were a complete loss valued at four thousand dollars. The blowout left the well and equipment destroyed.
The nitroglycerin factory of the Shooters' Tornado pony, five miles south of Tulsa on the Arkansas river, exploded Friday. No one was hurt.
In Puerto Rico or Gulf region news reports describe a blaze at a wharf with damages estimated at 15,000. The incident involves railroad workers and names like Bennington and Routh cffic, with a focus on fire casualties and property loss.
Honolulu report states Governor Carter is dying of typhoid fever as of January 29, detailing a grave condition with no immediate relief in sight. The governor’s health crisis dominates political news in Hawaii with officials monitoring his status.
Pekin dispatch notes the sending of presents to Miss Alice Roosevelt from the American legation. Gifts include silk robes and jewelry. In Hillaboro Texas on January 29 authorities report Jack Hiety and Harmie Hor indicted jointly for the murder of Deputy City Misael Calloway in Teunt Caim,Bryen fifteshy years.
City reports heavy railway travel on January 29 as visitors head to popular warm weather retreats amid travel boom.
Guadalajara Mexico January 29. Rail officials locate an entrance point for the San Gregorio railroad into Guanajuato.
Mexico city reports the tobacco crop is estimated at 11 000 meters tons with early yield projections for the season. Local officials note potential market impacts and regional growing conditions.
Aggregated note list reports varied incidents from multiple locales including suicides and injuries. Highlights include a press club formation near Tul sa I T and numerous violent or fatal events across Texas Oklahoma Indiana and Virginia with multiple named individuals and organizations.
Copenhagen reports the death Monday afternoon of DUNMARK'S RULER known as the Father-in-law of Burgife. He ascended in ISAS and was called the tablelin-tiw of Europe for dynastic marriages. His daughter Alexandria became queen of England and Marie an empress. his lineage includes King George of Greece and the new king of Norway.
Charles J. Magoon governor of the Panama Canal Zone arrived in New York aboard the steamer Finance from Cotonou. He said there had not been a significant incident during the voyage and prepared for further official duties in the United States.
A case of yellow fever appeared in Panama after seventy four days. The canal zone climate was described as excellent and canal work was progressing rapidly. Also aboard the vessel was the body of Thomas Nast former American consul who died at Guayaquil.
Justice Gould overruled a demurrer by George W. Beavers to an indictment alleging a conspiracy with State Senator Green of Binghampton New York and W Doremus to defraud the government in furnishing post office supplies. The court also overruled Beavers indictment charging bribery.
London reports the Conservative Association of the City of London accepting A. G. Gibbs resignation as MP and approving Arthur J. Balfour as candidate. Three more Liberals and Conservatives were returned from Saturday’s elections.
Count redk Lumsdorff and Baron Roenne two leading landowners in the district were attacked while driving by revolutionists and killed. The report notes the assailants filled the sleigh and fled. No foreign minister involved.
Mrs. Frank Mason aged sixty eight drowned after slipping on stones crossing Indian creek in Woodward Oklahoma. She fell into two feet of water and became unconscious likely due to the water.
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin spent several hours at the White House Sunday night in conference with President Roosevelt regarding policy matters and current events.
Brief items report several deaths from gunfire and accidents in Oklahoma Texas and New York. Incidents include a gunner named Walker from Orr Oklahoma killed in action a man Albert Lopez dying from a pistol wound in Galveston and William Hoskins shot dead at Loeb Station near Beaumont. A bail hearing in Tammany Hall left two men shot one fatally plus a boy killed by a Frisco train at Denison. About 1000 birds displayed at the Oklahoma poultry show in Oklahoma City. Five armed men terrorized Hast Youngstown Ohio wounding two men and beating another. A baby found in a cracker box left at a minister's Austin home. Delta County Texas farmers use cottonseed for fuel due to muddy roads. A mad dog incident at Southmayor Gray Son county leaves two men and a boy at Pasteur Institute in Austin. Auditor Bacon of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad dies after an appendicitis operation. Charles Davis Jr Texas tax collector shoots himself in the leg by accident. An assassin attempt on Denmark’s minister M Alberti at Copenhagen. Alberti disarms the attacker.
Washington honors Major General Joseph Wheeler veteran of two wars and former congressman from Alabama. A full military funeral with guard of honor and caisson procession marks his burial at Arlington National Cemetery near the Lee mansion. Prominent figures from government and military attend as veterans groups accompany the remains to the grave.
Dr and Mrs J H Dye of Louisville were struck and instantly killed by a Southern railway train at Bueched Station ten miles south while in an automobile. They did not see the train due to heavy fog.
A head on collision between a passenger train and a freight train near Edelstein results in three men killed and another fatally injured. The express car and its contents burn, and extensive damage to train property is reported.
Dallas Jan 29 C A Keating declines further service as president and director despite stockholders urging continuation at the Texas State Fair as a leadership change is announced.
Agnes, the six or seven year old daughter of J A Hale, was accidentally shot in the left eye by a rifle discharged while she and another child played with it in South Denison Alester on January 29.
Willston Oklahoma January 29 an accidental shotgun discharge injured Samuel Weese's right hand. Police and local doctors attended the scene and initial reports describe the injury as laceration with possible bone damage, with no further complications noted at press time.
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