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establishments.CSQET W. B. SCHILLERSuccumbed to Injuries Received Sat urday Night by Falling on Pieceof Broken Glass.py * -tie j W. B. Schiller, aged 20, a cadet at fe jthe Agricultural and Mechanical Col* p* lege, died last night as a result of an ty | accident that occurred Saturday night.1 He was standing on a chair on top of a trunk repairing a broken tran-tsom over his door, when he fell anda long narrow* piece of broken glass ! which he held in his hand pierced theT thigh, severing the femoral artery andother blood vessels. Dr. Otto Ehlinger, the college physician, regarding the case as most serious, summoned surgeons from Bryan for consultation. They were not able to stanch the flow of blood until too much had been lost for the patient to survive.His mother. * widow, residing on a d rural route a ut eight miles from Rogers, in Bel' county, was notified of the accident, but on account of her advanced age she was unable to make the trip to College Station. A brother, R. E. Schiller, who graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1906, came to the college from Dallas last night.All classes have been suspended today and the national colors float at half-mast. Funeral services were held in the asesmbly hall at 2:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. J. R. Finley, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Bryan. Led by the college band playing afuneral march, the cadet regiment willescort the remains to the railroadstation, and Cadet F. H. Schmidt, roommate of the deceased, will accompany the body to the place of interment.The deceased was a member of the junior class in agriculture, was a sergeant in B company, and was president of the Bell County Club at the college. He was a young man of correct moral habits, possessed a high sense of honor, was gentlemanly in his bearing, had an excellent record as a student, and was held in the highest esteem by his teachers and his fellow’ students. - - ..tinsosicR€heagtofaicoWwituTldeIdilt;W’ (anticpeagneanovurarW’(
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Bryan Daily Eagle
Bryan, Texas, US
Tue, Nov 26, 1912
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