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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
4
One mile east of Bryan on public road an 85 acre property with six room residence, brick cistern, 60 acres cultivated and 21 acres pasture, two tenant houses, suitable for dairy farm and poultry business. Also 1700 acres Brazos bottom in Burleson county with ranch house, lots and small pastures. The finest small ranch in Texas offered cheap on good terms.
J. W. Batts office in Taliaferro building opposite the Court House lists the only set of abstract books. Five room house and two lots on the east side of town two blocks from Main Street in good neighborhood. Improvements in good repair. Price for a few days only 1100. Terms reasonable.
Advertises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy for indigestion sour stomach and stomach debility. Claims to digest what you eat and rebuild stomach mucous membranes with tonic properties. Includes testimonial from S S Ball of Ravenswood West Virginia and price details for bottles and trial size.
Washington August 29 five Interstate Commerce Commission members presided at the initial hearing under the new railroad freight rate law. J A Farley of Dallas representing the American Shippers Association urged discretion on export and import rate changes and full publication of all rates. The commission said it would review the matters presented and render a decision later.
In Groesbeck Texas on August 29 the Sixth district Democrats nominated Judge Hardy of Corsicana after a convention disruptively debated the outcome. Delegates originally aligning with Mays ended up voting for Hardy as Henderson withdrew, resulting in Hardy securing 17,221 votes to Henderson 12,928.
A Sunset Oil boiler exploded in the Spindletop district of Beaumont destroying the pump house and about fifteen derricks, ten of which were active wells. Loss is estimated between $40,000 and $50,000.
Assistant Attorney General Pollard issues an opinion declaring Cecil Lyon Wing of the Texas Republicans the official party. He rules the Houston convention ticket labeled 48 as the reorganized faction cannot appear on the official ballot. Secretary Shannon may face damus action to place the nominees. General McCaskey paid Governor Lanham an official visit to discuss matters arising from the encampment.
Hundreds arrive in New York to greet W. J. Bryan with strong enthusiasm. Delegations gather at Victoria hotel to finalize plans as Bryan travels on the Ilini yacht. The Princess Irene sighting and voyage details frame the day’s events ending with arrival at Hoboken.
Denison reports the death of George Scarborough a veteran of General Doniphan and Freemont’s Missouri command. He helped defeat a Comanche band at Pawnee Rock along the old Santa Fe trail and perished in the Chickasaw nation amid reports of a prairie fire aiding escape. Santa the Kiowa chief is said to have directed that fight.
St Paul hosts the twenty ninth annual American Bar association gathering with lawyers from across the country. The insurance law committee plans a report debated amid a push for federal insurance supervision, seen as interstate commerce. George R. Peck of Chicago opened the first session and delivered the president's address.
Houston August 29. Democratic county executive committee orders recount of all July primary votes to address fraud allegations. Chairman Geiselman names a five member committee to open ballot boxes and tally the returns.
In Atlanta on August 29 Ed Richmond serving ten years for train robbery attacked Guard F. Frye inside the United States prison. After a fierce struggle Frye shot Richmond, who died instantly. Richmond had been sentenced from Indian Territory.
Four Greek laborers were killed and another injured when struck by a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern train at Symmes, three miles from Loveland Ohio. In Fort Worth a man named Foster lies badly wounded after a dispute over a Handley school election, with aggravated assault charges filed against Dr Thomas John Thomas and George Irwin.
Philadelphia Aug 29 Franks Hipple once president of the Real Estate Trust Co whose secret dealings toppled the bank was trusted by Presbyterians with over a million dollars in deposits. Investigations loom as coroners and lawyers examine his sudden death and the vast, tied up funds across Franklin National Bank Market Street National Bank and First National Bank.
In Philadelphia on August 29 Hippie’s son, emerging from a bank, was targeted by a crowd stirred by a shouted insult. The mob surged toward him before police intervened and rescued the frightened youth from violence.
Denison Texas dispatch says W W Elliott and his stable of famous race horses departed for Oakland California Two more post office substations to be opened in Dallas on August 29.
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