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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
4
One mile east of Bryan on public road 85 acres with six room residence brick cistern 60 acres cultivated 2x acres pasture two tenant houses ideal dairy and poultry farm Cheap terms Two thousand acres in Brazos bottom Burleson county 1700 acres bottom 300 acres prairie Ranch house lots and small pastures Finest small ranch in Texas Cheap terms
J W Batts offers a five room house and two lots on Brazos County land with the only set of Abstract Books in Brazos County. Located opposite the Court House in the Taliaferro building two blocks from Main Street. Price 1100 dollars for a few days only with reasonable terms.
Springfield August 22 Before the Republican state convention Cannon was endorsed for president and Shelby M Cullom unanimously nominated for re election to the Senate Senator Berry was temporary chairman and Edward F Shurtleff permanent chairman The platform favored tariff revision to suit conditions and endorsed President Roosevelt Smulski Blair Salmender Hatch McLain Lehman named for offices
News from Dus tin twenty-five miles southwest of Muskogee reports a duel between James Haynes and Brown using revolvers. Brown died on the scene while Haynes succumbed to wounds shortly after. Haynes was a Creek National council member and his brother serves in Indian police. Brown was also described as a prominent local Indian.
Ex Governor Ferguson carried Watonga Cimarron and Blaine townships by large majorities in the primary election. In Oklahoma and Native Territory the election proclamation set November 6 for delegates and November 2 for the constitutional convention convening.
General Went to Evidence. Office Assistant Lightfoot returned there regarding antitrust matters. Judge Lightfoot said nothing new for the public on the trip’s outcome. Fort Worth Live Stock A. members report no state overtures for settlement, with further evidence taken in Fort Worth earlier. Attorney Rene from St. Louis involved after additional trust suits.
Adjutant General Hulen awarded transport to International and Great Northern and Baltimore and Ohio railways for the Texas rifle team to the Seagirt shoot. The team departs Sunday with General Hulen and Major Phil M. Hunt accompanying. Major Allen Buel cannot go. Railroads competed for the assignment.
Reports from Japan via Victoria British Columbia describe strong demands to China to suppress mounted brigands south of Manchuria. Brigands attacked and burned a police station near Dalny and engaged Japanese troops in early August with casualties on both sides. A Japanese commander was wounded two brigands killed and twenty Japanese soldiers either killed or wounded. The bandits possess two rapid fire guns. On July 31 they raided Port Arthur outskirts plundering a silk merchant Wang’s store and killing a Japanese constable.
Whit M Adams arrives in Waco with the Eagles from Milwaukee and angrily rejects a Chicago dispatch accusing him of forcing a black man to dance at gunpoint. He says he was in Chicago when the incident allegedly occurred and only learned of it from Texas papers.
Elliott F. Hook, postmaster of Walter, Oklahoma, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Elrod on a warrant sworn by Ora McAdow accusing criminal association. He appeared in probate court and bond was set. His appointment followed a hard political fight linked to the charges.
John L. Cassell and wife transferred 900 acres of land eleven miles southwest of Fort Worth to C. A. Lantos for 45000 dollars and a half block in central Fort Worth for 18000 dollars. The total transaction totaled 63000 dollars, marking the year’s biggest real estate deal in the county.
Shreveport on August 22 details James Hunter aged 35 shot and killed by Officer Charles Carpenter during attempted arrest for alleged threats to assault and kill a Black woman. The coroner cleared Carpenter after Hunter reportedly reached for a revolver.
Otto Radeck killed himself with carbolic acid in a crisis moment in a tent while his wife and two small children watched. She remained frightened by his death and did not move until he collapsed. The report spans St. Louis and Chicago with heat deaths and a Lipton cup update.
The Birmingham team of the Southern League defeated Shreveport twice on their grounds in Shreveport, with scores of 4 to 2 and 1 to 0. Other results include Little Rock over Nashville 1–0, Atlanta 2–1 over Memphis, Montgomery 4–3 over New Orleans, in the American and National Leagues Chicago 4–2 over New York, Pittsburgh 8–7 over Brooklyn in ten innings, plus South Texas League games Houston 1–0 Austin, Beaumont 5–0 Lake Charles, San Antonio 7–0 Galveston 0, and another San Antonio 7–3 Galveston.
New York Aug 22 Charles F Murphy Tammany Hall leader says no sentiment in Tammany for Jerome nomination at the state convention and will follow the unit rule while signaling support for Hearst. Jerome responds accusing Murphy of aligning with Hearst and denounces boss politics. Hearst reiterates opposition to Tammany factions and machine control.
Washington orders the Twenty-fifth Infantry out of Texas directing a move to Fort Reno Oklahoma. Fort Brown will be abandoned and the Twenty-sixth Infantry sent to pack government property. General Bell commands a military investigation into the Brownsville disturbance to identify responsibility and punish any guilty soldiers.
Houston news reports Pierce Guton a 67 year old man killed himself by poison at home in the presence of his wife. He asked for water, tasted poison from a bottle she gave, and died within an hour despite a doctor's arrival. His background notes two marriages and children, most with his wife’s former husband deceased.
News from Salome Botello, Mexico reports seven laborers killed at a National Railroad of Mexico quarry near Laredo. Foreman Antonio Perez and six workers died when an extra heavy blasting charge exploded burying them under fallen stone.
The Oakland freight embargo ended and Southern Pacific officials lifted bans on five or six classes of bulky freight. Shippers resume moving to San Francisco and state points, with jobbers serving interior customers. SP and Santa Fe jointly handle about 300 cars daily out of the city.
Hamilton Knott of Shawnee Oklahoma died after being kicked by mules in an incident reported locally. The accident underscores dangerous farm animal interactions and prompts safety reminders for handlers in rural areas.
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