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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
4
In Center street a knife fight among 100 terrified women and workers left Abraham Loss dead from a severed jugular vein after Louis Segal fatally wounded him with a trimming knife. Segal was arrested amid accusations from a 15 year old sweeper who sparked the brawl.
In Pensacola, three fishing ships the Silas Stearnes, T. J. Watton, and the Adams were ordered released by Mexico's higher courts after appeal. The vessels, seized last summer over Campeche red snapper fishing within three miles, are to be returned to owners Gulf Fisheries of Galveston Mobile Fish Co and Pensacola owners. A congressional resolution sought state department details on the Seizure.
A county resident, A J Parker, grew a turnip weighing ten and one fourth pounds in Terrell Texas Section 22. The Roby Texas note from December 2 reports much unharvested cotton in Fisher County with similar weather and crop conditions.
In Paris the new government religious measure was greeted with enthusiasm as the chamber quickly passed the bill by 413 to 166. Supporters say enactment will strengthen the ministry after the clash with Vatican authorities. Debate was brief, limited to party reports.
New Orleans reports former United States Senator Donaldson Caffrey of Louisiana collapsed unconscious at a hotel Friday night. Doctors said he was dying, with kidney trouble noted. Caffrey, 70, Republican era officer in the Confederate army and 1900 Gold Democrats vice presidential nominee, is in frail condition. Parliament Sets Feb 2 Return Date. London notes Parliament will reconvene February 2. In Muskogee, Charles P. Schooley opened an interior department inquiry into a 6000 to 7000 dollar shortage tied to Indian agent accounts, leading to Lyman K. Lane’s suspension. Clarksville Texans unveil a bale of sunflower cotton weighing a full bale, price not accepted below 24 cents per pound.
Counsel for IL T Russell former editor of the Oklahoma State Democrat asks the Oklahoma Supreme Court to dismiss the manslaughter sentence on alleged grand jury irregularities. Russell now edits the Ardmore Democrat and earlier served as secretary to President Murray of the constitutional convention.
Forty acres in the Glenn Pool oil district in the Creek nation, titled as a dead claim, was sold for $50,000. The heirs of L. Stevens sold the land to Denver Oil Company, with questions arising over Standard Oil ownership. The price equates to $1,250 per acre.
The constitutional proposition to fix county lines in Oklahoma and Indian Territory passed third reading after a final vote of eighty nine for and twelve against. Hughes and Johnson supported the measure, while debate and remarks referenced peace and goodwill.
A stove in the end of a car sparked a fire reported as mostly Christmas presents for Téxi. Fire department arrived promptly but the blaze had already progressed, and water from hoses caused further damage to the mail and contents.
Body of an unknown white man was found at the Oxford rooming house in Oklahoma City. A pen knife lay beside him and investigators said he had been stabbed through the heart and died hours earlier. No identification papers were found. a meal-time sighting where he used the name French was noted.
Santiago Chile December 22 The trial of Emilio Dubos who is believed to have killed five people ended Friday He was condemned to death Paris Texas plans to open another national bank in the near future.
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