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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1906
Page
4
Monroe Edge advertises a limited sale of 5 lots and a 3 room house on Main street for 450 dollars, 35 acres city limits, 2 acres with two four room houses, and a 9 room house in AI repair with barns and garden. Also offers maps and plats from official records showing county tracts and invites buyers or sellers to contact.
In Buda Besth on February 19 the Hungarian parliament was forcibly dissolved as police cleared the floor and corridors. Coalition deputies denounced the move as unconstitutional while crowds cheered leaders and a strong military presence surrounded the chamber. The session began with the vice president reading letters from General Nyieri and Herr Justh.
Francis Eossuth led a protest in the lower house against the royal rescript dissolving parliament. The vice president urged ignoring the rescript, the house supported the move, minutes adopted, and deputies told to reassemble. A militia captain and soldiers entered with bayonets as policemen filled the chamber while the rescript was read amid howls.
Clement Armand Fallieres assumed the duties of president of France in a ceremony at the Elysee Palace as former President Loubet entered private life. Crowds cheered long live the president while all French garrisons fired twenty one gun salutes.
In Jennings Louisiana on February 19 Harvey Walker and Ed Bloxon fought in a saloon of the oil field. Walker fired five shots striking Bloxon in the side and thigh causing fatal wounds. Walker remained unharmed. The dispute began in Lott Texas where Bloxon lived.
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth begin a brief portion of their honeymoon after leaving Friendship the McLean estate. They travel by private car Elysian to Alexandria and board the Washington and Southern limited to Tampa then sail to Havana arriving Thursday morning for their Cuban visit.
Houston reports City Health Officer Brumby sailed on a fruit steamer from New Orleans to Central America to study health conditions and inspect fruit shipping ports. Guthrie registers $45 000 refunding bonds. Blaine county farmers stock ponds with fish. Guffey company brings in a 12000 barrel oil gusher at Saratoga Texas.
President Roosevelt has taken personal interest in fraud and corruption tied to the Five Civilized Tribes in Indiana Territory. The interior department is pursuing a vigorous investigation and new indictments are expected, possibly including a high Washington official. Secretary Hitchcock calls the disclosures in his report startling.
A wide sweep of brief items notes Lawton to get an oil mill and a high school building, new insurance in Texas, Mexican firms paying workers, rail and mine projects, accidents, crimes, and political notes. Notable items include a lynx kill near Duncan, a Dallas craps arrest, a Creek preacher with fifteen children, and a fatal wreck on the Southern Railway near Asheville.
In Denver on Feb 19 Charles H. Moyer and William D. Haywood presidents of the Western Federation of Miners and C A Pettibone ex-executive member were arrested on warrants alleging complicity in the murder of ex governor Steunenberg of Idaho. They were escorted by twelve deputy sheriffs on a special train to Boise. Vincent St John head of the Burke Miners union was arrested at Burke Washington in connection with the same case.
Washington Feb 19 At Friendship the home of John R. McLean Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth spend the first part of their honeymoon after the wedding breakfast. They traveled by electric brougham to the residence a few miles from the capital.
Rutland Vermont february fire wipes out six large blocks housing nearly twenty firms and many tenants. The loss is pegged at about 750000 with two thirds covered by insurance. Largest claims come from Tuttle Printing company at 130000 and Cash Store Company at 125000.
Washington February 19 reports a wedding cake at the Roosevelt Longworth nuptial feast measured three feet across and a foot thick.
Lakewood New Jersey February 19 John A McCall former president of the New York Life Insurance Company died at 5 35 Sunday afternoon in Lakewood The longtime executive was a prominent figure in the life insurance industry and his passing marks the end of an era for the company and its staff.
Nicholas Longworth died Sunday at Friendship. The family reported no callers and described the day as quiet.
In Chickasha I T on February 19 J C Hudson and Pat Tolan plan to build three modern three story structures, each 25 100 feet. Fort Worth rail yard expansion announced also on February 19 with Santa Fe yards to be enlarged.
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