Bryan Morning Eagle (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. THIRTEENTH YEAR, No. 299, Ed. 1 Friday, November 20, 1908 Page: 1 of 6
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THIRTEEN TH YEAR
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PU Yl WRITES A LETTER
Send Personal Epistle to Pres-
ident Roosevelt.
CANNON BALL WRECKED.
TELLS OF RECENT CRISIS.
Surprise and Gratification Expressed
; by Foreign Legation Members at the
Manner. In Which the Government
Handles the Trying Situation.
Pekln Nor. 19 Prince Cblng pres-
ident of the board of foreign affairs
has forwarded to President Roosevelt
a personal letter In the name' of Pu
Tt Infant emperor of China setting
for the crisis through which the throne
haav passed runlg the last few : days.
Similar letters have been sent to all
other' powers friendly to China. These
communications are an appeal for sym-
pathy for an understanding for the
new rulers of China and emphasise
the efficiency with which past events
have been deducted.
Several foreign legations have ex-
pressed surprise and gratification at
the manner In which the government
le managing the situation. It had been
espcted that the death of the dow
ager empress would precipitate trou
ble but the way In which the govern-
ment has assumed its responsibilities
has created confidence among diplo
matists and many foreign observers
declare that China has done as well
under thes try In circumstances as
any other government confronted with
similar difficulties.
The provinces are still quiet and
the governmental machinery continues
te work well.
Engineer Smith Loses Hie Life by
Spreading of s Rail.
New Orleans Nov. 19. Texas and
Pacific passenger train known as the
cannon ball was wrecked forty miles
from New Orleans Thursday morning.
Engineer Smith was killed. The en-
gine and baggage car and one coach
left the track. None of the passengers
were injured. The wreck is said te
have been caused by the spreading of
rails. . ...
Crap Shooters Captured.
Memphis. Nov. 19. Twenty-one ne
gro crap shooters were captured In a
police raid.
Departs For Constantinople.
Teheran Nov. 19. Turkish ambas
sador to Persia left secretly for Con-stautlnpule.
Sneezes Himself to Death.
Paterson. N.J. Nov. 19. Andrew M.
Taylor sneezed himself to death.
Seized with a fit of sneeiing after
some practical Jokers had scattered
snuff on the floor of a saloon he fell
exhausted and was stricken with a
hemorrhage The jokers took alarm
at his plight and physicians were hast-
ily summoned. An Investigation show-
ed that the man had broken a blood
vesseL The flow of blood was check-
ed temporarily but broke out anew
la a short time and Taylor expired.
eH was forty years of age sad leaves
a widow
Left Fifty Cents.
Philadelphia. Nov. 19. The feeling
entertained by the late George D. Wolf
of Somraerdale toward Charles W.
Wenzell. his son-tn-law. is shown in
the following paragraph in his will
which was admitted to probate:
"Fifty cents be paid to my son-in-law.
Charles W.Wensell a native of
Huntington Pa. to enable him to buy
a good stout rope with which to hang
himself."
The deceased left an estate of $10-100.
SHOULD NEVER DIE .
Party Contends Man Ought to
Live Forever.
New York Nov.' 19. This astound-
ing assertion has been made: .
Man ought to live forever if tie
proper "spirit Kfe" is cultivated ac
cording to Charles' Brodle Patterson
who has made a special study of lon-
gevity. This rather startling . state-
ment he made at the Waldorf-Astoria
during a meeting of the Medico Legal
society. Authenticated cases of ex-
treme long life he pointed out to sup-
port the theory adding that with prop-
er care even the longest spans of life
as now measured might be Increased
twenty to thirty years or even ludef-
inltely. Another speaker said he knew of a
man in England who lived to the ripe
old age of i:io years and that those
who wished might do the same.
Alcoholic stimulants declared an-
other speaker cut short many a life
that would otherwise be long.
MAXSON TESTIFIES.
Couple Covered With Pistols.
Ardmore Nov. 19. P. L. Jones
postmaster at Provence was robbed i
of $200 at his home by two masked
men. The robbers gained admittance
to the home and Mr. Jones and his
wl efwere covered with pistols and
compelled to turn over the money.
Portions of It was government funds.
Jones came here and notified the officers.
Hired Man on Gunness Farm Appears
' on Witnese Stand.
LoporU. laud.. Nov. 19. Carefully
working up the denouement the evi-
dence which the state claims will show
that Ray Lamphere set fire to the
home of Mrs. Bella Gunness and there-
by caused the death of Mrs. Gunness
and ber three children. Prosecutor
Smlto unraveled before the Jury the
Stories of the fire told by two men
who were earliest on the scene. The
greatest interest centered about the
testimony of Joseph Maxson the hired
man who since the fire has been- lec-
turing In country school houses at
county fairs and In assembly halls
on the "Great Gunness Mystery." but
It varied in no great particular from
the story which be told the coroner
and which he related before the grand
Jury.
Indirectly Attorney Wtelr for the de-
fense on cross-examination tried te
Imply that Mrs. Gunness on the night
of the fire had "doped" Maxson
through oranges but Maxson denied
this.
Explanation of the $10000 story re-
ferred to In the letter from Mrs. Gun-
ness to A. K. Helgeleln regarding the
disappearance of his . brother was
made and it will prove a strong link
In the chain of evidence that is being
woven around Lamphere for the alleg-
ed murder of lidgeleln. Lamphere Is
under indictment for the murder of
Helgeleln and for complicity with Mrs.
Gunness In that crime.
Sheriff SniuUer's testimony related
that Lamphere had told him (Smut-
zer) that Mrs. Gunness was then look
Inn for a man named Helgeleln who
was wanted at Aberdeen S. D. for
having killed a man In a gambline
house and robbed him of $10000. Sher-
iff Smutzer wired the officers in Aber-
deen and received a reply that there
had been no such murder and that
Helgeleln was a well known farmer.
Smutzer paid no further attention to
(he charge.
A month later Lamphere. when ques-
tioned by Smutzer regarding Helge-
lein told the officer that Helgeleln
had left for Chieneo that morning on
the K-in trMn. Sheriff Snu-'tTer also
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No account too small to receive the most
coHrteous attention. '
testined to seeing' Lampnere watching
Mrs. Gunness one day In the court
houge when she came to his office.
She complained about Lamphere an-
noying her and when the sheriff went
to Lamphere and asked why he did
not leave the woman alone he did not
answer. Smutzer testified to being
notilfed about 5 o'clock in the morn-
ing of April 28 of the fire and going
there at once with Deputy Sheriff Ans-
tiss in his automobile. He told also
of his search of the ruins.
Conservatives In Control.
Berlin. Nov. 19. Conservatives are
in control of the situation.
Its Largest Enrollment.
Tuscaloosa Ala.. Nov. 19. Universi-
ty of Alabama has 35 students.
Will Make rewm.
Jollet 111-' Nev. 19. Peter van Vies-
siogen. self-confessed forger to ' the
extent of $700000 has become convict
No. COS. Van Vlesslagen bade fare-
well to companions In the warden's
office after which he went through the
routine requirements of bath and Ber-
tillon system of Identification. His
photograph was also taken. He was
Shaved and his balr cut by an Italian
serving a life sentence for wife mur-
der. He will be put in the broom
factory.
Railroader Kills Self.
Petersburg Va.. Nov. 19. Charles
Thomas a 'ailroad clerk put a bullet
in his brain.
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