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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
4
Passenger trains H and T C schedule No 3 northbound 138 pm No 5 northbound 1246 am No 2 southbound 340 pm No 6 southbound 248 am I and G N schedule No 102 northbound 1020 am No 101 southbound earth quake at Askabad noted as a bad shake with local impact.
Citizens urged to restrain dogs amid rising hydrophobia fears and unfolding developments. Officials warn unrestrained dogs on streets pose serious health dangers to residents.
An East Texas man accused of fatally shooting his wife with a shotgun is held in Orange County jail for safety due to surrounding neighbors perceived as ominous.
The Eagle notes Bryan may welcome sidewalks of any kind if enough are built. It warns that plank walks are deteriorating and require renewal to improve safety and accessibility.
The legislature passes Senate bill 50 by Mayfield prohibiting dealing in futures operating bucket shops and cotton exchanges. It bans renting buildings for such activity and forbids telegraph companies from facilitating future contracts. Operators face up to two years in penitentiary. agents face ten to thirty days in jail. telegraph firms face fines of 100 to 1000 dollars.
Senate bill by Harper creates a uniform text book system for city and country schools. A State Text Book Board is to be chosen from twenty nominees by the State superintendent and the State University president. The board will include teachers and superintendents, with selection by Governor and State Superintendent. High school books are excluded and Texas author preference remains. Texas publishers preference is removed. Bids due by April 1, 1908 and adopted books used for five years starting September 1908.
Bryan residents look forward to an A and M Glee Club performance with Miss Hattie Smith and the College Mandolin and Guitar Club. Four voices per part promise a balanced program, and last year’s sellout crowd suggests demand will be high again tonight.
Reserved seats are available now at Smith Drug Co downstairs in the sec gallery. Tickets cost 25 cents and the concert starts promptly at 8 30.
Dr. W. H. Beal from Washington reviewed annual operations at College Station noting proper voucher tracking and overall good work. Prof. J. W. Carson travels to Troupe for sub-station duties while W. S. Hotchkiss oversees Troupe operations. Dr. N. H. Brown departs for Ennis and other North Texas points on college business.
The A. and M. College of Texas glee club impressed Ennis last night with a well balanced program of classical pieces and college songs. The 14 male voices blended in flawless harmony under careful supervision, drawing praise from the Ennis News. Opera house is showing tonight.
Commissioner P. H. Arrington told the Eagle the Long Bridge across the Navasota river has been thoroughly repaired and is in good shape. The prompt action by authorities is praised as a welcome result.
San Antonio hosts a spring carnival week from April 16 to 20 featuring the Jolly Show Knights of Omaha and Battle of Flowers with numerous new attractions. I & G N R R announces very low excursion rates to San Antonio with tickets through agents D. J. Price Geo. D. Hunter and A G P T A in Palestine Texas.
Colonel Pearl Wight of New Orleans a Republican committeeman was a luncheon guest of President Roosevelt and is understood to have been offered the post of commissioner of internal revenue to succeed John W. Yerkes. Wight, a leading New Orleans business man, is said to be inclined to accept.
In baseball scores, Montgomery defeats Nashville 3 to 0 in the Southern League. Boston beats Washington 4 to 2 in the American League. Philadelphia wins 9 to 8 over New York. New York defeats Brooklyn 4 to 1 in the National League with Philadelphia 6 Boston 5. A Mexico earthquake report lists thirty eight dead and ninety three injured in southern region on April 17.
Green bugs swarmed Guthrie on Tuesday driven by a brisk north wind from nearby fields. The invasion left almost total destruction of wheat and oats, with reports noting widespread ruin across western Oklahoma including Dewey County.
In Washington on April 16 the Daughters of the American Revolution adopted by unanimous vote a peace resolution as the conference’s main action. Rep. Richmond P. Hobson of Alabama spoke for peace and was named special envoy to bring the resolution to the international peace congress in New York.
Edward Sexton, convicted of the murder of Thomas Mahaney in Canandaigua, was electrocuted at Auburn prison after five distinct contacts. Five condemned row inmates bade him farewell, including Chester Gillette, who killed Grace Brown.
John J. Rooney, the giant gripman of Chicago, defeated Jim McCauley in St. Paul with two straight falls on April 16.
Glorifier owned by J H McCormick won the Carter handicap at Aqueduct, a $10,000 purse. In Tonopah Mike Schreck knocked out John Willie in the nineteenth round.
In Newton Texas on April 17 T T Tissue confessed to shooting his wife claiming it was accidental. A crowd planned a jail raid, prompting Sheriff Booker to request aid from the governor who sent the Orange Rifles to guard the jail. Tissue waived examining trial, bond set at $2000, and he was moved to Orange for safekeeping.
After eight hours the House Committee on Revenue and Taxation decided to report favorably seven bills including intangible assets tax gross receipts tax peddlers tax inheritance tax and McGregor’s reform bill ensuring no tax suit errors without showing material injury, with Mobley and Kennedy authorship.
Roberto Salinas was hanged in the Goliad jail yard before about 500 to 600 spectators for criminal assault on ten year old Christina Pera committed January 26. This marks the county's first legal hanging. Puerto Cortez and San Pedro report quiet scenes as Gov. Campbell signs a law setting railway telegraphers' working time at eight hours daily. In Louisiana, two deputy sheriffs face manslaughter charges over a lynching.
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