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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
4
A agriculture oriented essay argues that living on a single acre near cities reduces family expenses. It promotes self sufficiency, home cultivated crops and poultry, enabling education and civic improvement while balancing work and family life. It notes limits of city plots and benefits of extended electric lines for remote homes.
A detachment of Cossacks arrived at Deshaiger near Derbent and accepted the surrender of a mutinous Samar regiment unit. Ringleaders were turned over to the Cossack commander.
Ben Collins a well known member of the Indian police and former deputy United States marshal was shot and killed at the scene. Authorities believe two parties may be implicated in the killing. The report blends a brief crime notice with unrelated commentary on weight guessing by butchers and quotes from various sources.
In the Taliaferro building opposite the Court House J W Batts offers the only set of abstract books for Brazos County land titles. An 85 acre farm on the Pitts Bridge road priced at $800 for 30 days. Rent for 1906 included in sale. value listed at $15 per acre.
Hobart and Bird, former San Juan publisher, sues eight top American officials in Brooklyn Supreme Court for 100000 damages. Plaintiffs claim wrecked paper, ruined reputation, forced departure from Porto Rico. Bird now practices law in New York City. Defendants include William H. Hunt former governor and now federal judge Willis Sweet attorney general James Harlan son of Justice Harlan.
Judge W H Hunt and other high officials named in a lawsuit by Bird alleging a conspiracy to defraud him of property, drive him from Porto Rico, and silence reporting on government corruption. Luce is accused of a $20 000 bribe offer to join the plot. The complaint cites libel and contempt actions and Bird’s San Juan News as opposing officials.
From Tiflis on August 2. Advices say the battle near Shusha is dire as Tartars repel attacks on Askerin while Mohammedans assail Kanaland Kramort and Karaglug. Russian troops occupy Shusha positions and recover thirty corpses.
At the Ardmore Driving Club races on the Eagle Track B Bryan a bay gelding trotted two miles on a half mile track in 4 59 breaking the world record of 5 14 set by Temple Bar.
Alma Ross described a pattern of visits by Augustus Hartje and Josephine Wright to her rooming house. The testimony tied Hartje to Wright and to rent arrangements while letters claimed by detectives were disputed. Detectives Stoubbe and Anderson faced arrest on charges of breaking and entering to commit larceny, then released on bond.
Des Moines August 2 Governor A B Cummins was renominated by Iowa Republicans. Three names appeared Perkins Rathbun and Cummins. final tally Cummins 933 Perkins 603 Rathbun 104. The platform endorses Roosevelt Cummins calls for direct primary election law and party preference in choosing United States senators.
At Pocatello Idaho on Aug 2 the Republican state convention renominated Governor Gooding and a full ticket. W. E. Borah was endorsed for United States senator. The resolutions back President Roosevelt administration and its policy. They praise Senator Heyburn and Congressman French and back Gooding in enforcing law and order. Other resolutions call for a strong state antitrust law prohibition of railroad passes to officers and primary elections.
Memphis defeats Shreveport 6 to 1 in the Two Con contest played Wednesday. Also results: Atlanta 1 Nashville 0. Birmingham 3 Montgomery 0. Baseball scores from American and National Leagues, Texas and South Texas Leagues. note Porto Rican labor expansion prompting 1500 more workers sought by Louisiana Planters Association.
Rio de Janeiro on August 2 reports Dr. Muller minister of public works named Secretary Root as the guess for an ascent of Mount Corcovado. Corcovado lies two miles from Rio and rises 2000 feet above the sea with the climb planned for Wednesday.
Rossett the Syrian leper, who had been an uninvited guest in Parkersburg since Tuesday, was secretly removed by a special Baltimore and Ohio train to Elkins, his former home. Governor Dawson ordered the deportation. He rested on a grassy plot behind the station and later declined a box car, sleeping outdoors and eating heartily while officials sought North Brothers Island for transfer. The district attorney’s office sought Treasury Secretary Shaw’s help, but no reply was received.
Dr. Thomas D. Wooten, a Kentuckian who served in the Confederate army, died at Eureka Springs on August 2. Survived by sons Drs. Joe Wooten and Goodal Wooten, he built a extensive Lamar County practice after settling there in 1865 and later moved to Austin in 1876 becoming a leading surgeon and civic figure. He held roles in the Texas State Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Public Health Association and was a delegate to the International Medical Congress. He helped organize the University of Texas and served as president of its board of regents.
Austin August 2 The Western Union Telegraph company refuses to pay the Kennedy law tax arguing it falls under the Williams act instead The attorney general has ruled it should pay under Kennedy The state remains on a cash basis Judge Storey says he has more convention voters than Williams and will receive the nomination.
Four men were killed in a Knox County Kentucky feud between the Martin and Hall factions in Sandlin. The Martin faction reportedly numbers about sixty members and authorities have struggled to quell the ongoing conflict with no names released.
In Denison August 2 a prairie wolf entered a Chickasaw nation home while the family slept. The mother woke, fought the animal, and rescued her child. The only damage was a torn calico wrap. the wolf's teeth narrowly missed the child's throat.
Dallas Aug 2 The night before the Democratic state convention will see memorial services for the late Judge Reagan and ex Governor Lubbock and Hogg. Distinguished speakers will pay tribute to their services to the state.
A pet monkey named Jeff escaped its chain in Tulsa and mounted a horse, speeding through the city for about two miles before handlers stopped the pair. In Alabama, Emil Lesser, president of the German Immigration Society of Alameda, returned from Lockhart after a three day inquiry into peonage at the Jackson Lumber camp, reporting no peonage found.
Guthrie August 2 Territorial Veteran narian Brown reports glanders virtually exterminated in Oklahoma and urges continued measures to prevent reoccurrence.
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