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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1907
Page
1
Assistant Secretary of State Robert J. Bacon and Harvard student J. S. Reed joined the effort when a canoe capsized near Cottage Farm bridge. Bacon swam to save one boy, while Reed helped recover the other as the Harvard launch Veritas was nearby.
J Nutting a Harvard student clung to a tug boat as a companion was swept away. Bacon dove in and swam about fifty five yards to reach the unconscious boy. Reed then entered the water and Bacon directed him to the light canoe while he rescued the drowning youth. The launch crew hauled both to safety.
Nashville on October 12 reports a skiff capsize during a Cumberland River crossing. Thomas J. Warmack and his two sons aged twelve and thirteen died, while another boy of fourteen swam ashore.
A sensational Boston New York wire details Helen Maloney of Philadelphia vanished after rumors of elopement with Samuel Clarkson and a Montreal marriage to broker Arthur Herbert Osborn. Osborn claims Miss Maloney and he wed on December 8, 1905, with records to prove it, while Clarkson reportedly knew but sought annulment.
Montreal October 12 A Montreal lawyer Alexander J Boni confirms Helen Magenta Maloney and Samuel Clarkson were married in the city on October 3. Boni says they spent the day in his office and were eager to wed. He will not disclose wedding details or promises secrecy. They planned to depart for New York en route to Europe, but it is unclear if they left.
Three black men Will Jackson Jin Shonts and George Robinsau were lynched in Tunica Mississippi after burglaries. They were hanged at a telegraph pole and one later shot as he attempted to escape. The men were said to have admitted a string of burglaries dating back about ten years. Local officials testified the mob seized them from Tanijes jail using jail keys. The sheriff said guards were away when the lynching occurred. In a separate report from Los Angeles a railway case ended with a guilty verdict and heavy fines in the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe case.
Nashville dispatch reports a sensational shooting in New Market Alabama. John Farning a prominent citizen was fatally wounded by Dr A G Allen who used a shotgun firing two charges into Farning's body.
Madrid reports that the planned visit of the king and queen to Vienna has been postponed indefinitely, delaying the royal itinerary and official engagements abroad.
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