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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
4
A five story Orchard Street tenement fire killed four people and injured twelve. Fire believed incendiary, scenes of trapped residents crowding crowded fire escapes as police and firefighters rescued more than 100 people using extension ladders.
Baltimore May 7 The address of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church to the general conference notes a gain in communicants over four years of 278357 the greatest in sixteen years. Church property value up to 82678431 and total church and parsonage value 186904.02. US membership 2036000 and worldwide 3307275 at end of 1907 foreign communicants 267000. The address condemns divorce laws as a national disgrace and urges uniform divorce legislation.
In Fort Gaines Georgia Hubert Robinson is jailed on a murder charge after his wife disappeared surrendering a possible confession. Police say the couple argued on April 29 and he then disposed of the body by casting it into the Chattahoochee river. Relatives noted her absence and were told she had gone visiting.
A severe wind and rainstorm hit Chicago and outlying areas, killing one man and injuring many as live wires fell and trees were blown down. The weather bureau logged winds up to forty miles per hour with higher gusts near the lake shore.
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