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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
2
London dispatches report President Huan Shi Kai of China died yesterday from illness. The brief overseas notice notes the death as confirmed by Reuter. The rest of the item mentions a cinema program featuring Audrey with Pauline Frederick at the Queen.
Sky United Press reports Lord Kitchener war minister and his staff perished when the battle cruiser Hampshire was torpedoed or mined off the Orkney Islands north of Scotland. The admiralty confirms the loss and notes four boats saved none yet reported ashore.
The Dodd City revival closed Sunday night June 4 after five weeks and three days. About seventy five people professed faith in Christ with thirty one joining the Methodist church eleven Presbyterians and nine Baptists. Pastor Thos G Whitten was assisted by Rev. W H Evans of Dallas who did most of the preaching.
Terrible winds sweep Arkansas as tornadoes kill forty nine across multiple towns. Rescuers reach isolated interior areas. Judsonia reports twenty five dead, Redford six, Hot Springs three, Natchitoches area eight, and Augusta two. five drowned at Augusta, Ark.
United Press reports in Austin that the Railroad Commission announced further rate changes on June 6 abolishing the Galveston differential while cotton rates remain unchanged.
The service last night featured Brother Wheeler delivering a 40 minute sermon on How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation. Four conversions occurred during the meeting. Miss Lelia Roberts will address the youth at 3 p m tomorrow in the church.
Charles Chaplin appears in The Floorwalker a new 2 reel feature never seen in Bonham. Also advertised 5 part Blue Bird serials and a 10 cent Queen program for tomorrow.
The County Court convened and jurors were summoned for the first week including W H Dillard Dodd City C J Collard Dodd City St Saunders Honey Grove CG W Fain Honey Grove A S Garrett Wolfe City E O Brown Honey Grove J M Thompson Wolfe City E B Kent Trenton R L Nunnelee Bonham M D Shaver Bonham J J Crandall Bailey E Allen Ector Verdicts show Gus Gates pled guilty in three cases of v i a and was fined 20 and 20 days in jail Ed Holmes pled guilty to theft with fine 66 and 6 days in jail Oma McCullough pled guilty to theft with 8 and 5 days in jail Florence Pitman pled guilty to aggravated assault with no fine plus 25 and costs PD J Eddings carrying a pistol fined 20 days in jail and costs Alvin Webb pled guilty to theft with fine 3 and jail
An unofficial but seemingly authentic report from Tokio on June 6 states that Chinese President Yuan Shi Kai has died. The report cites no official confirmation and notes turbulence in Beijing.
Little Rock reports fifty killed in yesterday's tornadoes across Arkansas with many wires down and destruction widespread.
Regular meeting of the Elks lodge scheduled for tonight with initiatory work expected.
Visitors report after a conference with Roosevelt that he will support Maj. General Leonard Wood for president if Wood's name is seriously proposed at the Republican convention.
Chicago June 6 George Perkins issues a flat ultimatum stating Roosevelt or no one for the Progressive nomination with no second choice.
Chicago report notes Justice Hughe s Washington address yesterday will have no impact on Hitchcock's activities on his behalf. The Progressive dismissed the speech as insignificant.
Reports from Wynne Arkansas indicate a major disaster with eighty dead and about a thousand injured within a fifty mile radius. Property damage is pegged at approximately a million and a half.
A new night court for wage earners opened in New York to settle small-sum suits promptly. It operates four nights a week from 3 to 11 p.m. with branches planned across boroughs. The move avoids Albany legislation and relies on existing authority of the Board of Justices.
In Wills Point Texas this morning James Harris sustained minor burns while rescuing children from a fire damaged home. Property loss is estimated at about 4000 dollars.
Justice R. C. Bragg presided over two examining trials. George Beasley faced theft charges and was bound over to the grand jury on $500. Sim King, accused of assault to rob, secured bail via Ph bond. Mason Thomas received a $26.07 fine for shooting craps after pleading guilty.
Message from W A Spangler says the body of C W White who died at Stamford will arrive in the morning. White worked for the telephone here and moved to Stamford about three years ago. He was a member of the Od y two orders are y gations to the meet the.
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