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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
3
Rail schedule lists north and south bound trains for H and T and I and G N lines with specific arrivals. Local notices name residents visiting the city from Mexia Cameron Waco Wellborn and Galveston plus sales ads for mosquito bars hay and cotton trading among merchants.
Returns from Saturday's primaries up to 6 o'clock Thursday show Campbell leading with 76 095 votes, Colquitt 66 109, Bell 65 123, Brooks 60 625. Convention tallies favor Campbell 25 348, Colquitt 21 019, Bell 18 725, Brooks 17 522 across 66 counties. Lieutenant governor Davidson ahead of Hill by 1 932. Williams Storey leads railroad commissioner by over 6 000. Cooper wins Second district. Randell leads Fourth. Smith leads Sixteenth. Henderson claims Smyth district victory. Campbell headquarters opened. several counties did not hold primaries.
Mrs William Thaw and her daughter in law Evelyn Nesbit Thaw visited Harry K Thaw at The Tombs prison. They went to the prison together and the younger Mrs Thaw answered a question about their reconciliation with a remark that their presence spoke for itself.
Chicago August 2 Western headquarters for the Democratic congressional campaign opened at the Palmer House. Congressman Lloyd of Missouri announced the campaign would begin immediately with prominent Democrats traveling on the stump, focusing on Illinois and neighboring states to gain support.
T G Hillager was shot three times with a rifle at Sherman Gooch’s home three miles east of Ireton Oklahoma. Robert Brown surrendered to officers and was jailed in Chickasha. Hillager leaves a widow and six children.
The remains of F. F. Hooper were brought from Calvert by the 3 40 train and the funeral was held from the depot. Camp J. B. Robertson U C V and Bryan lodge Knights of Honor members attended. Rev J Wendel Davis conducted the service at the Episcopal church where Hooper was a member. His wife and mother could not attend due to illness. Mr and Mrs Fraser remained with Mrs Hooper.
The Bryan Epworth League left yesterday in a San Antonio and Aransas Pass car attached to the southbound Central. Thirty eight on board, the party carried streamers bearing Bryan Epworth League. The names had been listed in the Eagle.
A Louisiana and Arkansas railroad train struck three men who were asleep on the track near Minden. Two brothers named Gibson and J Jenkins were fatally injured. the engineer did not see them until it was too late to avert the crash.
Oklahoma City report states O W Willsen, who joined the 1889 county rush, died Wednesday from injuries after falling from a hay wagon, with a neck dislocation cited as the cause.
At a Choctaw picnic four miles west of town on August 2 Jim Skinner killed Jim Benterfield. Henry Marsh, brother in law of Benterfield, struck Skinner with a club, fracturing his skull and causing Death.
F Bender died suddenly at his Cameron Texas breakfast table. Heart trouble attributed as the cause.
The meteorological report for July shows a total rainfall of 11.49 inches in McKinney Texas, the greatest since May 1905, surpassing all six prior years except that May.
Monterey Mexico August 2 yard men of the National railway resumed work stating their grievance was personal and not tied to the machinists strike at the Central shops.
New York August 2 Mrs William Thaw ends engagement with the law firm Black Olcott Gruber and Bonygne after being urged by her son Harry. The move signals a shift in the Thaw household's legal affairs and potential forthcoming actions or disputes.
Clifton Texas August 2 The Clifton State Bank with capital stock of 30000 has been organized. Henrietta Texas August 2 R J Brown sheriff and tax collector of Clay county has resigned due to ill health.
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