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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1906
Page
1
Executor J H Squibb uncovered an astonishing stash in the four story State Street mansion. Mrs Mary Cook King died in a Flushing sanitarium after a long eccentric spell leaving a large estate. the house contained laces, silks, furs, and vast quantities of silver and goods accumulated over years and left unclaimed.
Four governors and delegates from thirty states attended the national insurance convention led by Commissioner Thomas F. Drake at the Palmer House. The debate centered on the deferred dividend system in life insurance with proposals to make dividends annual and prohibit deferred contracts.
A Washington report dated January 16 lists 250 884 bales of United States cotton ginned this season and 12 941 bales ungin ned prior to that date. It also provides state totals for gin nings and notes 28 918 active ginneries and prices at the Cotton Exchange in New Orleans showing moves in late January and early March.
New York February 2. Census on unginned bales spurred gains in the cotton market. Friday's prices showed the spot at 11.03 and May at 11.19, up from the report and higher than March 21, with a sharp rally at the opening.
Washington February 2 The senate committee on interstate commerce reports agreement to vote on several railroad rate bills on February 15. The Dolliver Clapp Elkin and Foraker measures are under consideration with the likelihood that the majority measure will be reported to the senate, and others may be sent to the ports.
Schedules by the Frisco System, Missouri Kansas and Texas, and Iron Mountain outline a 30 day speed contest to carry southwestern mails beginning next Sunday. The main race pits Iron Mountain against the Frisco and MK&T for Dallas Fort Worth and other northern Texas business.
A man named Mayo was struck and killed by a southbound freight train on the Texas Central Railroad about three miles north of Hearne. The body was removed from under the cars after the train stopped. Mayo leaves five orphan children. Deceased was well liked in the community. Houston and
Colon Graves was temporarily removed as editor in chief of the Atlanta News by a court petition filed by business manager Charles Daniel and managing editor John Temple. Judge Pendleton of the superior court granted the order.
Alexander Stevens, a Southern Pacific brakeman, was shot in the mouth by a woman in San Antonio. She was arrested on the charge of assault to murder. Stevens is expected to recover.
Mrs Virginia Beaumont a pioneer figure is dead. An aged man known as Uncle Jimmie collapsed and died in Dallas. A Chautauqua association plans to organize in Oklahoma City. W W Hastings Cherokee national attorney has resigned. Kansas City parties paid 350000 for 7500 acres timber land near Singer Louisiana. Dallas First National Bank of Fort I T with capital stock 25000 organized by Towson.
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