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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1906
Page
1
Three men were killed and several others injured in an explosion at the McLaughlin stone quarries near Bellwood, northwest of Chicago. The blast, described as terrible, occurred after dynamite was stolen from a shed and carried to a sleeping area, with fragments of bodies found near trees. Victims identified as Greeks and Italians.
In Teheran a surge in mullah and divinity student unrest leads to the forcible release of a professor jailed for sedition. A student is killed and two are wounded in clashes as clerical leaders meet at the great mosque to demand reforms. Troops patrol the city while shops close except for butchers and bakers.
A Missouri special grand jury indicted several keepers of gambling houses in Excelsior Springs. The prosecuting attorney asked Governor Folk to act, citing sufficient evidence to send a number of defendants to the penitentiary after the May Democratic convention highlighted the gambling issue.
President Harriman of the Southern Pacific orders cancellation of annual interstate passes after Congress enacted a railroad rate bill with a sweeping prohibition. The rule becomes operative year end, and local passes within the state remain unaffected.
Seattle July 13. After Esther Mitchell’s arrest the widow Maud Creffield admitted she and Esther made a compact to kill the killer of her husband. Creffield will be held as an accomplice.
San Antonio July 13 reports a young man named Santiago Tafolla died after a rough encounter with rats. The incident prompted local concern about lodging and sanitation practices in the area.
Cedar Rapids Iowa July 13 seven children from a picnic party of eight drowned in the Cedar River after wading into a deep hole. Survivors include Ruth Kiersey who escaped to warn others. The victims were Lucille Sweeting Hazel Sweeting Gladys Sweeting Josie Sweeting Ruth Coyle Cora Coyle Clara Usher.
Birmingham wins at Nashville with 14 hits off Hermann. Pitcher Walsh of Montgomery shines for Montgomery in a 11 to 3 victory. Other results include American League scores St Louis 4 Boston 1 and New York 4 Chicago 3. National League games Chicago 4 Boston 1 and New York 16 Cincinnati 11. Texas and South Texas leagues also list several scores.
One hundred strikers occupy the Corbett Tunnel camp on the Shoshone reservation eight miles from Cody Wyoming and threaten to kill 500 workers if they return. Sheriff Hammett leads fifty armed deputies toward the scene as tensions rise and a battle seems likely.
The body of an unknown Black man was found hanging from a tree in Claiborne parish Louisiana after being taken from officers by a mob. The incident followed an alleged attempt on the sister of Ned Thompson near Junction City Arkansas.
At a Chicago ways and means committee meeting of the Chicago Commercial association 500 sewing machines were ordered sent to the Relief association at San Francisco.
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