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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1907
Page
1
Bryan Texas storefront ad for Emmet and Maloney's Drug Store inviting calls day or night with office hours from 9 to 12 a m and 2 to 4 p m and listing office and residence phone numbers 66 and 312 respectively.
In Chathamville Louisiana on December 16 a mob attacked a lumber camp in Winn parish after Italian laborers were brought in. One Italian worker was killed and others wounded. Local authorities are handling the affair amid intense regional tension.
In Atlanta on December 16 the beefsteak club was formed in the New Kimball Hotel dining room during a stag supper hosted by Russell Bridges for his groomsmen from the Pagett Bridges wedding. The club plans beefsteaks four to five times yearly with bread celery and beer. Ralph Bingham attended and urged immediate organization. Charles J. Rayne was elected president Lewis Gregg vice president and Dr J Edgar Paulin secretary and treasurer.
G Hawkins Norton a customs agent for the Illinois Central Railroad and Walter Grima a prominent cotton broker died in a hunting party accident at the Rigolets twenty five miles from New Orleans Norton died from a gunshot wound his head nearly blown off Grima drowned when the boat overturned Both men were prominent in New Orleans club and social life.
News reports a mob of about 100 men lynched Patrick Husband alias Pat Jones eight miles east of McHenry Mississippi. He had been charged with assaulting two daughters of Balton House, a local planter, and had previously served time for assaulting a white girl.
In Alderson near McAlester two policemen killed Italian men Frank Donatel li and Joe Pedro after a street scuffle during arrest resistance. Guy Donnatelli died from mortal wounds. officers are jailed on murder charges. Also, former Waco mayor C C McCulloch dies at age 56 leaving a widow and six children.
Seven firemen were injured including Frank Sova possibly fatally in a West Saginaw blaze at the Saginaw Produce and Cold Storage plant. The fire caused about $40,000 in property loss.
In Dallas on December 16 Tony Zaby and a shoemaker received a threatening Black Hand note demanding $20 by 11 o'clock and warning of dire consequences. Zaby dropped a metal-wrapped note at a corner. a man picked it up, officers detained him, and he identified himself as Vito Palera at the station.
Beaumont December 16 Captain G W Dow of the ill fated schooner Thomas W Lawson long known in this city and Port Arthur. The vessel operated in oil trades between Port Arthur and foreign and coastwise points and paid regular visits to Port Arthur. Dow and wife entertained locals in Beaumont and Port Arthur, with friends pleased by his rescue. Mrs Dow accompanied him on the last voyage to Port Arthur but reportedly disembarked at Philadelphia en route to Europe.
Caleb Powers testified in his own defense in Georgetown Kentucky stating there was no secrecy to the mountain army and its aim was moral effect on the contest in Franklin. He denied directing Golden or Noaks to recruit fighters, saying instructions were for representative citizens. Also reported: Katy Railway shops in Denison laid off 120 workers.
Dallas police report George Ross a former Terrell asylum inmate armed with an ax attacked white man S E Moore in the city northern section. After a fierce struggle he was jailed in the hoodlum wagon and later beat a fellow prisoner in a city cell while awaiting lunacy trial.
Guthrie December 14 The corporation commission announced a hearing in Guthrie on January 18 to decide when new Arkansas rate reductions will apply to Oklahoma lines. If enacted, the rates may cut Oklahoma road charges by about 25 to 30 percent.
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