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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1906
Page
2
Austin April 25 The court of civil appeals overruled the motion for a rehearing and further findings in injunctive and tax suits involving railroad taxes. The court declared the law unconstitutional and the state will seek a writ of error from the supreme court.
In Dealia Texas on Tuesday a mob shot a negro accused of attacking J A Eastland's daughter after the suspect was found hiding in a neighboring county. The father ordered the crowd back as the man was killed. Henry C Rouse of the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad is reported critically ill in Cleveland with pneumonia.
James D. Smith a young man from Iowa who photographed buildings in Waco was found dead in his room on Tuesday a rifle bullet pierced his heart the gun lay on the floor authorities investigate the case as a possible suicide or homicide.
Washington April 25. The Indian appropriation bill was under Senate consideration. An amendment by Mr Clark of Wyoming to appropriate 50000 dollars for the interior secretary to continue investigating coal deposits in Indian Territory was accepted.
Austin report: I A Dryden of Waco captures the individual state title by killing twenty straight live birds on Tuesday, achieving a perfect run in the competition.
Austin reports Judge J P Lightfoot offices assistant attorney general filed four antitrust suits in Twenty sixth district court against Fort Worth Stockyards Exchange and its members Fort Worth Stockyards Company Armour Co and Swift Co The state seeks forfeiture of charters and permits and penalties totaling 116000000 in each case alleging monopoly restraint of trade in cattle For further action Travis County Attorney Brady and Tarrant County Attorney McLean join the prosecutions as partners These are the first antitrust cases by the attorney general since a legislative expansion of enforcement powers.
The second day of the Texas Knights of Pythias grand lodge session in Galveston features a resolution to appropriate $1000 for San Francisco relief referred to the finance committee. A widows and orphans home at Weatherford is approved with a $500 start and a six trustee board planned. Subscriptions to the home exceed $3000 with an annual per capita tax set at $1 for three years.
The judiciary committee refused to rule on lodge regalia exemption from general taxation and sent the matter to the attorney general. Late Tuesday evening Mrs. PF in Bell spoke to the lodge thanking them for their consideration to her late husband and the courtesies, tears in her eyes. This marked the first time a lady was allowed to address a grand lodge.
At Oakwood Texas on a Tuesday night Mrs. Harding a widow and her seventeen year old daughter faced a break in. A negro attacker was captured after a struggle and hanged by a mob to a tree.
El Paso districts report trains bringing penniless refugees from San Francisco. Relief committees organize transportation and fundraising efforts. The Maccabees lodges in Texas initiate a statewide relief drive to aid California members.
Jack Bink was convicted of introducing stolen property into Texas and sentenced to seven years. Earlier he received a five year term for theft by conversion. He and an accomplice were charged in the bogus corpse scheme tied to a Frisco train.
At Shreveport Tuesday the home club beat Memphis 8 to 4. Pitcher Clark was struck in the face by a batted ball in the third inning and had to retire. Up to that point he had been in vincible. Other scores include Atlanta 7 Montgomery 1 and Nashville 4 Birmingham 1. American League and National League results follow.
Congress man J. H. Bankhead, defeated by J. P. Hobson in the Sixth Alabama district renomination, telegrammed Hobson offering to help secure the largest party majority in November. He urged Hobson to command any assistance.
No new yellow fever cases at Vera Cruz. About 40 000 coal miners on strike in France. Frisco fund reaches 18 700 000 by Tuesday. Crowley LA sent a carload of rice to San Francisco sufferers. Ardmore businessman W H Tenison dies. An 81 year old hanged himself near Yukon Oklahoma. About twenty houses burned in Little Rock causing 30 000 loss. Empress dowager of China sent 50 000 to Frisco sufferers and 20 000 to Chinese there. City Secretary Wilkins drowns at Tarver's Lake Brenham. AFL asks members to give one day's pay. Pop Schroeder visits El Paso from Frisco. In Bristol head of Mrs Mollie Glover split open. C Luttrell arrested. Italian laborers shot and killed in Giles County Virginia. J D Whaley residence fire hurts child.
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