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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1907
Page
4
Will Young and his two sons were fatally poisoned after eating biscuits likely tainted with rat poison. The incident occurred near Cutland in Red River county. An officer was sent and an arrest has been made as doctors confirmed the poison in the stomachs.
A single story brick cistern home with one half block of ground in Good Neighbor Hor listed for 500 dollars. Seller details not provided. Prospective buyers invited to inspect property conditions and inquire for terms.
Secretary Taft told a large Oklahoma City audience he would vote against the proposed constitution if he were an Oklahoman and urged support for the Republican ticket. He said Congress should pass a new enabling act and clarified he spoke for himself, not President Roosevelt. He quipped about prohibition, noting a town where a man can get a drink.
In Nacogdoches Texas August 26 Doug lass Wagoner a 23 year old farmer was jailed on charges of attempted assault on Mamie Evang a young widow. The attack occurred as she walked along a street and Wagoner sprang from behind a tree tearing her clothing. Her father and others captured him and R C Haynes felled him with a club. He fled a mile before being recaptured by the sheriff and posse.
Act ing Mayor McDonald in Highmore South Dakota signs the city ordinance prohibiting flirting in public places with penalties including fines or imprisonment. The rule makes it unlawful for any person to loiter on church or public building steps or in store doorways for visiting or casual activities such as eating candy or peanuts.
In Galveston on August 26 the German liner Chemnitz lowered its flags for the death of Mrs. Henry Watzlawsk of San Antonio. She died at sea on Friday while returning from Europe after a June trip with her husband to a sanitarium. The body was sent to San Antonio.
Agnes Thomas shot and killed Philip Gilbert after a vigilante committee formed to run the couple out of Rocks area in Wiarton Ontario. The Thomas woman was arrested following the incident.
Senator Platt, in New York on August 26, brushed off a claim that a stockholder might seize the presidency of the United States Express. He called the report superlatively silly and said leaders with a majority stake do not speak to the papers, they wield their power.
In Clarke county near White Post two clergymen Rev. Thomas Carter Page and Rt. Rev. R A Gibson bishop of Virginia were thrown against a stone wall after a horse was frightened by an oncoming car. Page suffered numerous cuts and bruises while Bishop Gibson was severely shaken but not seriously injured.
Atlanta judge hears W. T. Whittle defend Georgia watermelons from immigrant peddler Hosea Spalvinxtey who mocked the melons in English and Russian. Whittle says he struck back with a melon, paying a $5 fine after the incident near the Southern railway yards.
Immense Syndicate of New York announced completion of plans to organize a $50,000,000 venture to develop several million acres of oil lands in Mexico. The group aims to supply Mexico and export to Central and South America Europe and South Africa, competing with Standard Oil. It will take over Mexican Petroleum Company Limited, capitalized at $10,100,000 and owning 1,400,020 acres in Mexico.
John McGee, a guest at the Arlington hotel in Olean New York, left by the fire escape then went to the Elk Flint Bottle works and cut his throat with a razor. Night Watchman Henry found him in a dying condition, the razor in McGee’s right hand, and doctors were summoned but he died.
Arington Dr de Shazo a physician and osteopath from Corsicana was struck on the head with an ax at his Dallas residence. Dan Herring surrendered to the sheriff after the assault alleged to stem from family troubles. The 45 year old doctor left a widow and three children.
In Dannemora New York a violent prison uprising at Clinton Prison ends with Isaac Dubois dead from a guard shoot. Prisoners rushing dormitories and doors led to firefight with guards using water jets rifles and pistols. Several inmates wounded as officers quelled the revolt after midnight.
In Cleveland on August 26 a lion attacked Captain James F. Briggs a tamer and performer. The beast tore his left arm and lacerated his thigh before attendants subdued it. The panic injures among women and children included fainting and trampling but Briggs was the only seriously hurt.
In Norfolk Virginia August 26 history came alive at Old Fort Boone the Kentucky state building during Winchester Kentucky day. Real Indians from a reservation staged the attack on the stockade and descendants acted as defenders in a formal fort exercise marking Daniel Boones era.
A heavy steel rod fell from the Stewart building under construction in Houston on Monday. It struck William Fleming, a black employee, on the left shoulder, causing a serious wound that required sixteen stitches.
New York August 26 Secretary Poot currently at Muldoon cures farm near White Plains is progressing well according to Muldoon. He expects the secretary to be back at work in two weeks and the strongest man in President Roosevelts cabinet.
Panul Schlegel, an employee of Parkersburg Brewing Co., was probably fatally scalded while cleaning a steam vat. He tried to shut off the steam but opened the valve, increasing its volume. His chest and abdomen were parboiled.
The headlight of an International and Great Northern railway engine exploded near Hooston on Monday. Engineer Cook was thrown from the cab, suffering a head wound and severe shock to the body.
Jamestown reports an Italian named Marvin Maurit fell from the Erie railroad bridge over the Chautauqua lake outlet. He landed where steam exhaust pipes from the street railway power house discharge hot water, cooking his flesh to the bone and causing likely death.
Washington reports the comptroller of the currency has issued a call for banks to submit statements on their condition at the close of business August 2. The notice seeks a snapshot of capital, loans, and reserves as of that date from all national banks.
Toledo August 26 A large blaze of unknown origin swept the four story Morton Trunk and Storage company building causing losses exceeding 150000. Firemen battled the flames through the night and no fatalities were reported.
In Hobart Oklahoma on August 26 a twenty month old child of Walter Spears fell into a well and died. The accident occurred near the family home as rescuers searched the area. The child did not survive the fall.
Janesville Wisconsin August 26 Star Masterpiece a Berkshire hog sold for five thousand five hundred dollars to a local buyer.
Miss Alice Berry who arrived from Baltimore to find work in Wheeling shot herself in the right breast, the wound described as possibly fatal.
Seagirt New Jersey announces the annual shooting tournament set for September 2 through 7. The event gathers local marksmen and visitors for a week of rifle and pistol contests across the town.
In Clarksburg West Virginia on August 26 Mrs Pressley Edwards of Lost Creek committed suicide by leaping into a well. The incident details indicate a self inflicted death following a personal crisis.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on August 26 Dorothy Joyce thirteen months old drank carbolic acid and died shortly after.
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