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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
1
Governor Johnson of Minnesota passed through Chicago en route to Shiloah Tennessee for a monument dedication to Minnesota soldiers killed there. He spoke on the presidential question saying he would accept the nomination if offered and would strive to be elected, without pursuing a personal campaign or instructed delegates.
A Belgian crewman and accomplices hijacked the Italian flagged schooner Neuvre Tigre of Callao near Callao, killing the captain and mate with tomahawks. The vessel sailed toward Australia, wrecked near the Gilbert Islands, and prisoners were jailed in Suva after a confession by J Jackson.
In Nashville on West End avenue Officer Vantien and Edwin E. Sweeney exchanged shots during a pistol duel. Sweeney, a carriage dealer, is hospitalized with a serious wound. R H Dudley of Grays Dudley Hardware also wounded in the scalp by a bullet misfired toward Vantien. Mrs Sweeney’s residence caught fire as officers attempted to arrest Sweeney, who fired first and was hit by Vantien’s initial shot.
By unanimous vote the House committee on judiciary agreed to report favorably the paper trust resolution introduced April 2 by Speaker Cannon in Washington.
New York reports April 8 egg receipts at 35 570 cases. The daily tally reflects strong market activity and ample supply in the region.
James P. Hart released a telegram from Attorney General R. V. Davidson stating he does not own or lease Galveston property cited in aTexas paper. He says rents fund debts and taxes, denies promoting houses of ill repute, and notes the suit against Waters-Pierce Oil while accusing political opponents of conspiring to defeat him.
Austin April 8 The Texas Supreme Court held that public school teachers may read the Bible to pupils and conduct religious services in schools without making the school a place of worship. In Church vs Bullock of Navarro county the court affirmed mandamus denial, noting prayers or readings don’t transform school spaces into worship sites. Justice Brown cautioned such readings avoid intolerable outcomes and compared with legislative prayers led by chaplains.
The supreme court refused the motion for a rehearing in Metropolitan Life Insurance company versus Commissioner Love. The decision settles the matter for state courts. The insurer sought a mandamus to test the constitutionality of the Robertson insurance law.
In Houston on April 8 a well known Houston man and a Dallas figure are named as ringleaders of a pool room trust that operates across the state in open violation of the law. Promoters allegedly collect a rent of 60 dollars per day and take 30 percent of net profits from the pool rooms.
In Palestine on April 8 attorneys A. G. and T. B. Greenwood filed district court suits for $125,000 against the International and Great Northern Railway and T. J. Freeman, receiver. Following suits include Mrs Minnie Lou Bradt $40,000 A W Temple $50,000 Dick Johnson $20,000 Mrs Mary Orman $10,000 Ada Ormond $5,000.
The Republican state convention in Huron passed resolutions endorsing Secretary Taft for president and Governor Crawford for U S senator. Roosevelt administration also endorsed.
Dallas voters named Mesdames Turner and Tucker among six elected school trustees on April 8.
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