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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1906
Page
2
Texas and Louisiana raise rice cultivation by 25 percent from last year. Growers report expanded plantings and stronger futures demand across major delta districts.
Two Negro convicts escaped from the Terrell convict farm yesterday afternoon around 2 pm. Constable C L Baker captured Roy Davis near the old powder magazine between 10 and 11 pm and brought him to town for jail. Davis resisted, firing on Baker before being caught. The second convict remained at large, described as a gazing “tasty.”
In San Antonio on April 17 Charles B Parrott fatally shot his wife after a quarrel at their home following a performance at the opera house. He then shot himself in bed and died. Parrott, 33, born in Waco, was well connected. his wife was 26 and a Mississippi native.
Joseph Smith, head of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints, declares a revelation naming his son Frederick M. Smith as successor in case of his death. The Independence conference adopts the message unanimously after debate, marking the most vital issue in the church history. President Smith and his son then entered the church together.
General Over seer Voliva and followers challenge John Alexander Dowie with an arbitration plan via attorney Jacob Newman. A four or eight member committee would be appointed with equal representation, plus Voliva power to add a fifth or ninth member in case of deadlock. The plan transfers all Christian Catholic church property to the board and makes the committee's decision final on control.
Judge Humphrey in the U S court jailed Col James Hamilton Lewis corporate counsel of Chicago for sixty days and gave five days to dismiss suits in Madison county circuit court for Boston Water and Light Co against Alton Waterworks and others to foreclose on second mortgage bonds.
King Alfonso of Spain arrived at Battenburg Cowes on April 17 and was met a few miles from the city. The accession marks the start of a formal visit to his affianced wife, with royal escort and ceremonial welcome.
Princess Ena of Battenburg and her mother boarded the Spanish royal yacht Giralda and later landed with King Alfonso at Osborne. The royal couple were greeted by cheering crowds as they began their visit, with the king asking newspaper men to allow him a peaceful tour without annoyances.
Reports from Guantanamo Cuba say a Kearsarge explosion victim died on April 18 while ten sailors injured in the blast are believed to be in serious condition. The cruiser Maryland is carrying the late Lieutenant Graeme’s remains northward. Secretary Bonaparte sent a sympathy message to the crew.
George Probb of Duluth Minnesota after two years of effort finally completes a loop on roller skates. He has endured several serious falls but persists until success. He also clears a three foot gap after a drop from an eighty foot incline using ten inch wheeled skates weighing twenty seven pounds.
The newspaper reports Judge Smith's opinion in the Thomas J. Davis case after Davis, cashier of the First National Bank, refused to testify before the Drake committee. Davis was arrested, a writ of habeas corpus served, and he was brought before the common pleas court for a hearing.
Mobile April 17 The strike of line men spicers and other Bell Telephone employees remains unchanged. The men stay firm and the company has not recruited any replacements for the strikers.
Washington April 17 the house approved substituting the national quarantine bill for the senate measure by 172 to 27 and sent the bill to conference for reconciliation.
The Ohio state senate has no power to authorize an investigation of Cincinnati and Hamilton County public offices as conducted by the Drake committee, a common pleas court decision filed Tuesday in Cincinnati states.
At a St Louis commercial clubs meeting on April 17 R B Paddock of Fort Worth urged tabling a resolution condemning Springfield lynching. He praised the mob action saying Springfield did right and that they should burn those who attack a woman, noting the matter as local and not a political tool.
At Mercy hospital in Laredo a Mexican man struck two Sisters of Mercy and knocked them down. James W. Sullivan, whose wife is a patient there, intervened, pinioning the attacker until police arrived and jailed him.
Murray Norris, colored, of Company EK Twenty-fifth infantry, stationed at Fort Bliss, was shot and killed in a saloon after a debt dispute. Alexander Johnson, same unit, was wounded but not seriously. he is under arrest.
The will of the late John H. Finks was filed Monday in Dallas. Dated August 39, 1888, the instrument values the estate at about $10,000. Widow Mary Fannie Brown Finks is named executrix without bond.
Eight miles west of Muskogee a window shot killed Miss Hattie Peters. Henry Wallace alias Hill was arrested.
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