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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
6
Austin reports Section 120 of the election law was corrected by the governor and sent to the secretary of state. The second called session concluded at 9 around Tuesday night as lawmakers adjourned. The text details countywide balloting rules for party nominations and convention procedures including pro rata votes and dropping the lowest candidate.
Dr Heber Jones of Memphis was chosen to head the Tennessee board of health succeeding the late Dr W C McMurray. He is noted across the south for his role in the quarantine during the New Orleans epidemic.
Washington April 4 The senate committee on interoceanic canals decided not to tackle the canal type report until after the government of the canal zone bill is reported.
At New York on April 4 the request for Patrick's rehearing was postponed two weeks. The court will immediately examine Alexander Stanbury a Manila based sergeant from Patrick's trial and Henry Isit and Dr Solomon Williams from Texas.
Deed recorded in Muskegon Michigan on April 4 transfers John Alexander Dowies 200000 summer home on Whitelake near here to Deacon Alexander Granger. The deed is with power of attorney from Dowie and his wife to Voliva.
Only one operator in the Southwest district has signed the 1903 seal. The signer, Wilson, operates a coal mine near Frontenac Kansas producing 100 tons daily.
Col Gilberto Escobar governor of Jinotega was assassinated in the streets of Managua on Sunday.
Denison nominates S. C. Kennedy for mayor while James B. Baker becomes Waco mayor. Roswell and Dallas also report Democratic or party wins. North Fort Worth, Greenville, and Clarksville elect mayors. Fort Worth and Kansas City suburbs show varying mayoral outcomes. Kerrville hosts a two week Presbyterian chautauqua starting July 4. Milwaukee reelects and defeats mayoral incumbents. Kansas City Kansas votes reject liquor policy. resignation follows.
New York April 4 The Singer Sewing Machine Manufacturing company plans a skyscraper to rank among the most unique and imposing in the city If the architect design is accepted New York will gain a marvel of architectural skill and massive craftsmanship The plans offer an accurate view of the building’s size and ambition
Fort Smith April 4 A local observer reports a rapid return to mining as several operators are expected to sign the 1903 scale within hours. Peter Stewart member for the district of the national board of the United Mine Workers says that once one company signs, others nearby will follow, ending the suspension within a day or two.
Kansas City April 4 Every one of the fourteen upper chamber is Republican and ten of fourteen in the lower house are Republican. The four Democratic members of the lower house were the only Democrats elected Tuesday. None supported gas and street railway franchise extensions before the late council. Mayor-elect Beardsley, Republican, leads by 1550. Socialist vote was trivial.
A Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville railway special train derailed near Richmond on April 4 after a cave in caused a baggage car and first coach to leave the track. Six people injured as forty passengers occupied the overturned coach and the twenty foot embankment below.
Jackson Mississippi April 4. The state convict farm buildings in Rankin county were partially destroyed by fire early Wednesday. Loss estimated at about 75000 dollars. Thirty horses and twenty four mules burned along with cattle and a large collection of farming implements.
Austin April 4 C S Williams of Plainview has been named district attorney of the Sixty fourth district by Governor Lanham to succeed the resigned R M Ellord.
News from Greenville Texas reports Professor Renau was struck and killed by lightning on April 4. His clothing burned from his body in the fatal incident.
At eighteen percent call money loaned and cotton opened steady in New York trading on Wednesday. The stock market closed with call money at 18 percent and cotton showing a slight advance before turning to a mixed session.
Two men exchange courtesies and reveal a shared history with the same woman. One notes the other married her after they were engaged to her. The dialogue hints at a past rivalry and social tension.
The Philadelphia Press discusses a piano technique where music sheets are laid on strings and brushed to imitate a banjo or distant gentle tones. By holding keys softly and brushing with a feather, dampers mute most strings, letting overtones and harmonics, including fifths and octaves, emerge to create a distant singing effect.
The text contrasts grit and humor in human nature and warns against boasting. It then details Greenland birch, the midget tree of the birch family, noting heights up to ten inches and forests of stunted trees on poorly nourished soils along Greenland's east and southeast coasts.
The Queensland government settlement on Frazer Island holds a weekly dance for the Black residents. Bundles of old clothes include ball gowns, leading to decollate dresses. Neither sex wears boots and dances are held separately for men and women.
Senior Partner warns Junior Partner not to credit Billings as he loses money. He recalls Billings saying life is full of ups and downs, noting no one admits downturns until they begin to strike one. Philadelphia Press quotation.
A confident youth declares he has called to find a vacancy in the office. The melancholy editor replies there is none and remarks the waste paper basket is full, implying no openings.
A playful quip notes Miss Strong has traded her bachelor posing for a different hobby, signaling a shift in personal pursuits and social image. The exchange hints at evolving attitudes toward relationships and reputation.
The Rev Francis Winter of Boston, a Harvard graduate and patriot, settled in Bath in 1767 and was ordained that autumn. He traveled with Lemuel Sandish to Bath on horseback, later using Maine’s first carriage a two wheeled chaise carried by leather springs. Two enslaved men aided the journey clearing the road, and local parishioners opposed his carriage use, leading to its sale in 1771.
A French visitor in London during the 1727 coronation praises city lighting. Lanterns outside houses held lamps, with large chandeliers in Westminster hall. The account notes rapid, skillful candlelight effects that dazzled onlookers as day faded into night.
A physician recommends rochelle salts for amateur doctoring describing it as a spring medicine to sweeten the stomach and be taken several times daily. He praises soda and dismisses fears of danger arguing most foods contain it and endorses mixing half rochelle salts with half bicarbonate of soda as a gentle broad medicine.
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