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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1906
Page
6
We have sold 2000 acres of farm lands in the last few days showing our real estate prowess. Investors seek us, and we will expand our sale list to meet demand. Several properties in Bryan valued from 500 to 1000 dollars are needed for buyers, with farm land listings in weekly Bryan papers.
Mrs Roosevelt and her children called on Cuban President Palma in Havana on a Monday. Accompanied by Minister Morgan, Secretary Sleeper and Consul General Steinhardt, the party was hosted at the palace with an afternoon reception.
New York reports district miners leaders say harmony exists with only the People's Coal Oxford plant at full operation by non union workers in the northern field. Washeries run limited, prices for domestic coal rose 25 cents to $1 a ton with operators warning dealers to stick to regular prices. Major rail lines list their washeries and coal stores with no change in f. o. b. or alongside pricing.
In Lense France on April 3 renewed strikes caused destruction of a house at Gan ger with dynamite and barricades at Fouquieres and Hames. One striker injured as cavalry charged. Dyn cartridges found on tracks as trains with troops pass. About 41 000 men on strike. Companies refuse interviews. Salvage work continues regarding March 10 disaster survivors.
The House backed off the Prairie Dog amendment to the senate election bill by 86 to 16. It would have exempted counties issuing 1,500 poll tax receipts from holding primaries for county officers. Conference committees failed to agree and Senate adjournment resolution was laid on the table.
Fire wrecked the Evening Times building at 193 and 195 Main Street Buffalo on Tuesday April 3 causing about 200000 in damages. Insurance covers the loss. The blaze started from an unknown cause and spread rapidly. Heavy printing machinery fell from the third floor to the basement trapping several workers who escaped with only minor injuries.
A man from Carthage, described as a fruaipess local, drowned in the Respes slough after his buggy and horse disappeared on a Monday or Tuesday. Residents report a missing person and a fragile search underway near the water.
In New York on April 3, Mitchell denied rumors of concessions as subcommittees of miners and Anthracite operators met at Jersey Central. Mitchell and Shamokin scale committee members anticipated concessions, with no strike, while soft coal regions reported progress and increased pay. Baer of the Reading company joined late-morning talks with other coal carriers.
Charles Stebbins Fairchild told the College Commerce club in Berkeley that to curb financial power concentration, the only action is to stop using steam and electricity. He traced the issue to transportation advances driven by electricity and steam.
Edward H. Harriman is no longer chairman of the finance committee of the Illinois Central Railroad and the committee has been abolished. A new law and finance committee will be chaired by Walter Luttgen of August Belmont & Co. An official statement says board committees are advisory, not executive.
In Portland Oregon on April 3 Judge Wolverton sustained the demurrer to Northern Pacific Terminal Company's answer in a case seeking penalties for alleged violations of the safety appliance law. Suits have been filed against Southern Pacific Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company Northern Pacific and Northern Pacific Terminal. The terminal company, contending it is not a common carrier, loses the first point and may file another answer before final action.
The private bank Tess Smith and Company in Pekin failed to open for business on Monday. It has been assigned to A. J. Albertson as trustee.
Norfolk reports the Grand Lodge reorganization with election results and names Charleston as next meeting place. Milwaukee records lively voting from the start as delegates cast ballots for the improved Wneith B'Rrith charter.
Washington April 4. The house passed the personal liability bill long favored by railroad employees with near unanimous support from the committee. The chamber also approved bills on fortifying sweet wines and a 3 cent tax per gallon, plus several measures under suspension of the rules. A pension bill went to conference with Gardner Brownlow and Sullivan named as conferees.
Washington April 3 The house railroad bill amendment offering limited review of interstate commerce commission orders was placed in the senate by Mr Long but he could not obtain floor time. Senator Fulton of Oregon delivered the principal speech defending the measure in a legal argument style with frequent interruptions. Senators Nelson of Minnesota and Heyburn of Idaho also spoke briefly on the bill.
In Cleveland on April 3 the Leader reports Henry Claypool a night watchman confessed to detectives he hid dynamite under a hoisting engine in the Taylor Arcade on Euclid avenue to wreck the building and several nearby structures after five fellow watchmen were discharged.
Governor Jefferson Davis leads Senator James H. Berry by 9 998 votes in the Democratic primary for United States senator. The official declaration waits until the Democratic state convention in Hot Springs on June 6.
Francis L Robbins of the Pittsburg Coal company reports that several firms including Lonongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Ellsworth People's Marine Steen Vesta Dilworth Mansfield Coal and Coke have signed the 1903 scale. The group controls about 30,000,000 tons, over three quarters of Pittsburg district mines. In Oklahoma a special agent finds charges against United States Attorney John Embry unfounded. Verdt Speed to succeed has submitted a vindicating statement. Cotton market opens steady in New York with a drop of 6 to 11 points.
A Bowie Texas fair association is organized. An infant of Dr G A Parkhill Merit Texas found dead in bed. Puebla anniversary observed in Mexico. B M Young named postmaster of Morgan City Louisiana. Mrs Albert Packer injured in Oklahoma City stairs fracturing skull. Mme Bernhardt hunted near Tyler Texas. Dan McCarty longtime Houston Texas Central Railway conductor died in Ennis. A boy bitten by a dog in Texas. Faded fragments hint at additional place names and events.
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