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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1906
Page
2
The canning factory states it has achieved more this year than any prior season and anticipates continued gains next year, signaling strong expansion prospects.
A young lady is nominated for county attorney by Democrats at Lone Pine Nebraska and is expected to challenge incumbents. Perry Belmont comments Roosevelt as acting senator and pushes for a future presidential nomination and New York senate. Epworth League at Corpus Christi adopts anti pistol carrying resolutions urging action against gun violence in Texas.
Louisiana congressman Broussard will not join the Sixtieth Congress after failing to pay his poll tax. Renominated by Democrats, the nomination was effectively election, but disqualification forced him to yield to a new nominee. Moral: pay poll tax promptly and be ready for emergencies.
In San Bernardino on Aug 26 Mrs Josephine Burton Young amid Holy Roller fervor drenched herself in lamp oil and lit a flame in a bid to reach heaven. Her husband smothered the fire, she remains in critical condition as other local women join the sect’s fanatic practices.
San Francisco August 25 The Southern Railway company authorized a bonded debt of 160 million but likely will issue no more than 72 million in the next two to three years. Formed by the merger of Southern Pacific California Arizona New Mexico lines and Harriman properties in this state the merged roads have 72 million in outstanding bonds at 5 6 and 7 percent. The plan is to retire them with new 4 percent securities.
Havana Aug 95 The cabinet crisis is officially announced as satisfactorily arranged. Senor O Farrell acting minister of the interior and secretary of state and justice remains in his post but withdraws from the interior. Grior Font Sterling and General Montalvo continue interim charge of interior. General Ruiz Rivera to resume charge of interior upon arrival.
Santiago reports no railroad link to Valparaiso since August 16 as the port region sustains heavy casualties and widespread property destruction. The lower city is wiped out while Valparaiso vies with San Francisco as a major Pacific coast port. Rotterdam sees the Nieuw Amsterdam grounded near Massluis but refloated after partial cargo discharge.
A weather bulletin from Foster forecasts a series of waves and disturbances across the United States from August 25 to September 16. It notes cool and warm waves, major cross-country paths from the Pacific to the Atlantic, forecasts frost dates in corn belts, and potential heavy storms on the Pacific slope. It warns against maritime travel off the western coast and predicts below normal rainfall in parts of the Southwest and Middle Atlantic States while certain regions see above normal or near normal figures. It cites government reports from July and notes regional impacts on corn crops across Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Nebraska with percentages.
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