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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
4
Paris Tex Feb 6 A B Crawford a cotton buyer and merchant from Antlers Indian Territory was killed instantly when struck by a Santa Fe train in front of the Paris depot on Wednesday.
Henry W. Jones of Richardsville Kentucky reportedly killed himself in a Dallas saloon on Wednesday by taking a mixture of carbolic acid and laudanum.
New York reports say Thaw defense lawyers clashed over who leads the case after a Tuesday night meeting. Conflicting accounts claim John B. Gleason sought a chief role, with Delmas and McPike opposing, and Thaw reportedly restricting Gleason to consulting work.
Vinita Oklahoma February 6 John Richards a Grove area farmer was found dead in nearby woods with a severe cut above the shoetop. Authorities believe an ax slipped severing an artery as he cut timber causing fatal bleeding. He left a widow and several children.
Guthrie Feb 6 The constitutional convention tabled the proposed amendment extending voting rights to women by 58 to 26. Final action not taken. President Murray criticized Unionist efforts to add a woman suffrage plank, signaling the body’s stance on suffrage.
Dallas journalist George D. Armistead testified before the investigating committee recounting two April 1900 telegrams to Senator Bailey. He said the messages claimed enemies sought to influence the convention to block Bailey supporters from the national gathering. Armistead said Bailey returned to Texas and met him at the state convention in Austin on June 21 or 22.
In Austin on February 6 the senate adopted a Smith substitute allowing the subcommittee to take one Texan attorney on its northern trip and to secure evidence inside and outside the state. The bill passed. The revenue and taxation committee reported favorably Strickland's inheritance tax bill with graduated rates for different inherited amounts.
North Jacksonville, Texas reports the first ripe January peach. A. B. Floyd displayed a limb from J. C. Phillips’s peach tree with a full ripe Alexander variety fruit. The bloom likely formed in fall, surviving several cold snaps.
An explosion on the steamer Parker near Chattanooga kills George Kelly and leaves deck hands D. Sibley and Bob Bass missing, presumed drowned. Captain Jim Thompson and engineer Jesse Allison with his wife are seriously injured.
Policeman Isaac Lewis shot Police Captain Holzapfel in the Jackson Michigan station killing him instantly. Aimed at Chief Berile next, Lewis missed. Authorities suspect possible insanity as motive given Lewis said he was tired of Holzapfel strutting.
In Topeka a conference of governors and representatives from states across the middle west and as far east as Ohio began to discuss oil regulation. The main recommendation aims to adopt a minimum freight rate for oil and products to allow producers to market beyond their home states.
South McAlester Feb 6 The Dawes commission completed the enrollment of the Five Civilized Tribes after ten years of work. The rolls will be sent to the secretary of the interior for approval before March 4, and any rejected applications will not be reconsidered after that date.
Four men died when engine No. 296 exploded on a double header eastbound freight at Colby on the Chesapeake and Ohio line near Lexington Kentucky at noon Tuesday.
Fort Worth dispatch notes Judge Sam H Cowan has gone to Washington in response to President Roosevelt telegram urging a conference on grazing lands legislation. San Antonio dispatch reports Penrose court martial testimony yielded no sensational claims while Mrs Randell Brownsville testified the attack by soldiers had been anticipated days earlier and citizens lived in fear.
Rev. Dr. Edward Payson Ingersoll formerly of Brooklyn died in Montclaire N J from heart disease. He recently resigned as secretary of the American Bible Society due to ill health.
Shawnee Oklahoma February 6 Miss Clemma Raser was struck several times over the head with a hammer but will recover Mrs G W Frederick was placed in jail on related charges.
The secretary of commerce and labor extended to February 10 the time for Antonio Villareal, an alleged Mexican revolutionary, held at El Paso, to show cause why he should not be deported to Mexico.
New York reports the sudden death Tuesday night of E. S. Dunby of the firm Dunby & Thompson later Thompson & Dunby. The incident shocks colleagues and prompts tributes to the longtime partner.
A wagon loaded with lumber ran over Will Ming's head near Bartlett Texas. He required eighteen stitches to close the gash.
Truly frigid morning in McHenry North Dakota sees temperatures at ten degrees below zero. No trains have arrived as freezing conditions persist across the region.
Galveston reports Richard Menery a railroad man was ground to pieces by a train at Virginia Point on February 6. The accident occurred at the Virginia Point crossing with details limited to the fatality and location.
Twenty seven members of the battalion of the Twenty fifth infantry colored stationed at Fort Bliss were honorably discharged upon term expiration and immediately re-enlisted. The Twenty fifth is under orders to go to the Philippines.
Reports from the Alabama Tombigbee and Warrior rivers indicate rapid rises due to heavy rains, causing widespread flooding with much land submerged.
Two lots on the south side of the block three blocks from Main street feature a five room residence, good stables, a garden, and a fine water well. Price is 1000 dollars with easy terms.
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