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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1906
Page
6
In a stark natural scene from Sir Edward Braddon's Thirty Years of Shikar a dead tiger is hauled to the ground and left as vultures descend in numbers from east to west. The birds circle, swoop, and tear the flesh until only a bare skeleton remains within the hour.
A Lady Bountiful in a suburb asks an old man about his life. He laments constant work and fatigue, while she speaks of earthly toil as preparation for the world to come. He replies that even in heaven there will be tasks for him, a playful grim humor in his faith.
Francis Xavier Aubrey a ci-devant Canadian voyageur and famed pony express rider made the 1853 Santa Fe New Mexico to Independence Missouri run in 800 miles in five days and thirteen hours without rest and with horses changed every 100 to 200 miles. He had earlier done the distance in eight days and 200 miles, and he later died in Santa Fe after a varied career as overland freighter and desert sheep driver.
The piece traces autograph collecting from Atossa in ancient Rome to Cicero and Pompeius Secundus, noting a $15,000 value of a first century collection and a sixteenth century Bohemian squire who recorded signature hunts. It highlights the early fever for autographs and notable named figures linked to the hobby.
In Jamaica a superstition says death poisons all water in a house and it must be thrown out after a death occurs. The belief stems from death cooling its sting once life in the first water is destroyed, making the safe choice to remove all water. Careful people even carry water away before a death is expected to avoid danger.
In a brief exchange Bragg criticizes Miss Deepley for inapt quotations while Newitt probes. Deepley’s remark about avoiding political discussion leads to the quip about painting the lily or gilding refined gold, cited from the Philadelphia Press.
A father laments spending nearly $15,000 on his daughter's education while she marries a $2,500 a year clerk. The friend counters that this is about 15 percent return on the investment. A doctor contrast hints at blame for carelessness and time spent at the club.
A compact moral meditation on cause and consequence. The speaker contrasts sowing and reaping with parental guidance and social judgment, noting the paradoxes of praise and persecution in human affairs while invoking a ruminative proverb.
In Washington on March 17 an amendment to permit promotion of Generals Corbin and MacArthur failed. Representative Prince of Illinois introduced a bill to abolish the lieutenant general grade, while an amendment to extend time for one of the two officers' promotions was rejected.
The Texas Cattle Raisers Association executive committee met at the Oriental hotel with President Turney presiding. Secretary Lytle reported 137 new members in Q4, bringing total to 1,755, up 150 from last year, and the auditing committee praised finances as flourishing. The group endorsed the 36 hour bill in Congress and urged its passage.
An elderly parishioner argues with Dr Gill over pride and long neckbands. She brings scissors to cut his bands, then asks him to shorten something of hers. He replies by inviting her to stick out her tongue for trimming. The anecdote appears in the London Mail.
A Boston steamship docks incident recounts a molasses barrel mishap spraying a cook’s helper, whose soaked appearance and wild dance provoke comic relief from a dock crew. The piece also retells Bhima the Hindu strong man’s feats, including tiger pursuit, pond dumping of quarrelsome boys, and snapping bonds.
Evidence from the Port Arthur surrender investigation grows to six weeks, with Lt. Gen. Stoessel seeking summons for General Nogi and other Japanese commanders to testify to the defense’s heroism and reputation.
Police pursue the author of a letter to Antonio Bozzuffi’s father demanding 5000 dollars under threat of harm. The kidnapping near Newark and a body found in a canal are linked to the captors. The boy identified the body as one of his captors.
Saratoff reports the woman who killed Lieutenant General Sakharoff, former minister of war, on December 5, 1905, has been sentenced to death by hanging. A recommendation to commute the sentence to life servitude accompanied the verdict.
Nearly 1,000 United Mine Workers delegates marched in Indianapolis for St Patrick s day then voted 5 000 for the legal defense of C H Moyer W D Haywood and Pettibone linked to the Western Federation of Miners. The convention backed woman suffrage and shelved government ownership of mines, with Ryan resolution talks deferred. In Moscow a court martial sentenced Captain She mansky to dismissal and eighteen months confinement for refusing to order his men to fire.
Poll taxes paid in Collin county total 3 682. J P Freeman dies suddenly at Terrell Texas of apoplexy. Over 100 men to be added to Chicago fire department. Two new Pauls Valley Oklahoma school buildings cost 24 557. Tupelo Indian Territory Democratic club named Henry M Furman. Intercostal canal convention convenes at Lake Charles Louisiana May 23. Farmers Lamar county report larks destroying oat crops. Four third class and three fourth class midshipmen resign from Naval Academy. Cornerstone laid for 15000 public school Hugo Oklahoma with Masonic ceremonies. Some New York Life Insurance trustees say they never saw Hamilton or his accounts. Jack White and J B Mitchell held without tail at San Antonio on charge of killing P H Pond.
In Pueblo on March 17 two Denver and Rio Grande trains collided killing most of Taylor Hewitt's Lebo Kansas family. Only Hewitt brothers B A and W L survived injured. The tale recalls a foreseeing dream and details the wreck, including fatalities, wounded, and the discovery of manacles and weapon evidence near the smoker.
Conservative estimate places fatalities at thirty five from the collision of two passenger trains on the Denver and Rio Grande system near Pueblo Colorado. Rio Grande officials say exact counts are not yet ascertainable and faults lie with operator S F Lively at Swallows who allegedly failed to deliver orders to train No 16. He has been relieved from duty.
Mass meeting in Shawnee Oklahoma attracts about 1000 people as commercial clubs invite every town and community in the two territories to send a delegation of strong single statehood workers to a convocation at 2 PM next Tuesday and memorialize Congress the President and Speaker Cannon for immediate statehood.
Pueblo officials report sixteen charred bodies recovered at the Adobe wreck near Florence on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad. Estimates place total deaths around thirty six with five additional known dead. Only one body remained unburned and identifiable among the wreckage.
Three more names are added to the dead from the Denver and Rio Grande wreck at Swallows. Lively the operator admits sleepiness after failing to deliver the train order. He claims to have worked several days without sleep as investigators expect most injured will recover.
On Saint Patrick's Day masses, parades, dinners and speeches occurred worldwide. In New York 50,000 Irishmen and Irish-Americans paraded under the Ancient Order of Hibernians, with many dinners and balls later in the evening. Manager Sweeney claims his Trinity and Brazos Valley railway has no Texas Midland trackage.
Johann Most, noted anarchist, dies in Cincinnati at 12 o clock Saturday from erysipelas. For years he was a conspicuous figure in the country for espousing anarchist teachings and causes.
Kansas City report notes W. B. Ryder a longtime Missouri political figure was found dead in a Walnut street rooming house after years of illness. He authored Missouri beer tax legislation and claimed to be the original proponent of the eight hour workday. In Rome, shamrock decorations adorned three Irish Catholic churches as Cardinal Logue celebrated St Patrick's Day mass and sent greetings to Irish communities abroad.
A Monon railroad train derailed at Horse Shoe Bend near Louisville while traveling to Chicago. Five passengers and the baggagemaster were injured, with one passenger seriously hurt and the baggagemaster sustaining a broken leg. No fatalities reported.
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