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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
6
Andrew Carnegie told the National Civic Federation that a major portion of the estates of very wealthy individuals should go to the state after the owner's death. He also opposed a graduated income tax in his December 14 address.
President Roosevelt will revert to old fashioned spelling for executive documents after a conference with Representative Landis. The House passed a resolution endorsing printing in the traditional style, with Speaker Gillette noting overwhelming opposition to the simplification.
Saints Washington December 14 The Indian appropriation bill for 1908 carries about 8 000 000 was agreed upon by the house committee on Indian affairs The 1907 appropriation was 9 405 000 The 1908 estimate by the bureau of Indian affairs was 7 970 000 about 30 000 less than the committee bill The commission added 150 000 for schools in Indian Territory for whites and Indians under Oklahoma created by the new state
Senator Dubose charged in a Senate speech that President Roosevelt used his influence to aid the election of Republican Mormon candidates in Idaho and Utah. The remarks referenced Reed Smoot's bid for a Senate seat and the right of Smoot to serve.
Rep Randell of Texas introduces a bill to appropriate 125000 dollars to eradicate the Texas cattle tick. Louisiana hires European migrants for plantations with 35 Russians already arriving to work on farms and rail projects, with more expected to follow.
A man about forty believed to be a clergyman and a young woman were found dead in a top floor room of an East Eighteenth street boarding house. The room contained escaped gas from a partly open jet. They had been there since Wednesday evening and the man said the room was for a married couple. He was said to be out of work.
Rear Admiral N. E. Mason reports that ships carry too little ammunition and would exhaust supplies in under an hour. He urges building two large vessels to carry ammunition on each coast and a fleet auxiliary as a machine shop and store vessel. He notes turret advances, armor standards, and plans to test high explosives for shells.
In Guthrie Texas, Hon O B Colquitt of the railroad commission was guest at a Thursday night banquet. President Murray and 24 former Texans attended as delegates to the constitutional convention. Colquitt urged unity after a split between organized labor and the Farmers Union over county line issues. Campbell Russell and E Duffy called 3000 local farmers unions to tell delegates to drop county line matters and finish the constitution.
Dec. 14 report says a mob from Blossom gathered to lynch Hosey Thomas jailed in Paris for assaulting Mrs. Smith, a widow. The attack occurred Thursday night behind her home two miles from Paris. Her 14 year old son heard the scuffle and fired. Thomas fled as bloodhounds tracked him to Paris with Sheriff Carpenter.
Reginald Hassbrook, a Trenton youth who fled home twice, escaped a central police station cell by undressing and buttering his body then wriggling through a door opening. He was not discovered until nearly freeing a window bar. The court ordered his custody to be returned to his father after explaining the motive was fear of punishment for a prank.
General Nogi, famed for capturing Port Arthur, was hurled from a horse on Friday while returning from the palace. He struck his head and lay unconscious, with officials reporting his condition as serious and alarming to observers.
In New York on December 14 Bedell tried to gain a lap at 2 AM during a six-day race. His team trailed when a crash caused six riders to go down. Van der Stoft was carried from the track in a serious condition.
Ansanio De La Portilla Jr and Emilio Aleman Jr, attaches at the New Orleans Mexican consulate, who were arrested last month for violating state game laws, were released from custody after being cautioned to be careful in the future.
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