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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1906
Page
1
An explosion in the Courrieres district of Pas de Calais on Saturday killed about 1,100 miners and left 6,000 relatives in mourning. Rescuers retrieved mutilated bodies, with 1,800 miners at work and 764 escaping. The mine was turned into a morgue as families arrived and pleaded for news.
The will of the late James S. Hogg, dated Fort Worth Oct. 18, 1905, has been filed in Houston. Executors named are Will C. Hogg H B Marsh of Smith county and James H Robertson of Travis county. If they fail Miss Ima Hogg is executrix and receives 50000 plus an equal share of the remainder estimated at 150000.
In St. Paul on March 12 Katie Ransome and Mattie Lorraine, vaudeville actresses, are in the city hospital in critical condition. Ransome has a bullet wound in the left breast while Lorraine is suffering gas poisoning. Both reportedly express disgust with the theatrical business and may have planned to end their lives. A severe blizzard also hit St. Joseph, Missouri, that day.
Reports from Smolenski Mishkin and others indicate peasants largely abstain in early election stages. At Moscow district convention peasants favor selecting peasant delegates over landowners, while radical Social Democrats boycott arguing the process serves the rich and guards universal amnesty. M Kutler linked to Constitutional Democrats.
In St Petersburg on March 12 Father Gapon was arrested ahead of an inquiry into scandal claims that labor groups were government subsidized. Minister M TiMierazeff defends him as an idealist and denies any payment by the government to Matushchenko. Enemies say the arrest shows he fears revolutionists.
In an opinion by Justice McKenna the supreme court sides with the government against witnesses in paper trust proceedings. Wisconsin appeals are dismissed for lack of jurisdiction while Minnesota verdicts are affirmed. Col. B. Cooper returns to Beaumont after aiding Sabine Lake canal work. bill likely to use remaining over $200,000 to deepen the canal.
Governor Higgins issues a further reprieve for Albert T. Patrick until May 13 after delaying from January 22 to March 19. The extension comes at the joint request of District Attorney Jerome and Patrick’s counsel to allow time for the motion for a new trial to be pursued in New York City.
Herne Prussia March 12 Mining Director Meyer and fifteen men have gone to Courrieres France to aid in recovering miners bodies. The disaster has caused deep sympathy across the vast mining district.
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