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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1907
Page
2
The Eagle announces H. E. Peverley as a candidate for City Secretary in the upcoming April city election in Bryan Texas. The brief note follows a discussion on rate questions and committee urgency to finish a satisfactory report.
Bryan businessmen formed a committee at a Thursday night meeting in the K P Hall to devise means to improve water and light conditions and to settle a proper sewerage system. The group praised the chair and pledged to advance the city’s needs.
San Antonio reports a $5,000,000 mortgage filed in the city covering property of the Rio Grande and Northern railroad. It secures the loan against railroad assets and related holdings.
Governor Campbell yesterday approved an anti nepotism measure that takes effect immediately. It applies only to future appointments and prohibits public officers in Texas from hiring or paying relatives from this forward.
Census Bureau figures show 1,000,000 divorces granted and 40,000 applications refused in the past twenty years. The data offer social economists and lawmakers material for study and raise questions about possible amendments to divorce laws.
Dr. Henry Fountain’s dog went mad Friday morning causing a public disturbance on Main Street. It bit several other dogs and frightened residents before being run down and killed beneath the Fountain residence. Authorities report multiple counties noting mad dog occurrences and urge precautions.
Judge S. J. Henderson of Rusk County examines Brazos County road operations with a focus on how convicts are employed on county roads and the machinery used. He considers adopting the same system in Rusk County.
The Rt. Rev. G. H. Kinsolving bishop of the Diocese of Texas will visit St Andrew's Episcopal church Sunday at 11 to administer the rite of confirmation. A good class will be presented by the rector and the bishop will preach. Civic pride without work is dead. Do you keep your premises in order.
Mrs. Nellie H. Ballard, agent for Levy Bros., Houston, announces new spring arrivals including silk and wool suits and a large shipment of white Messaline and white net waists. Arbor Day at Villa Maria is set for March 2 with a call for tree and shrub contributions from the community.
Will Welch of Atlanta, a one eyed, one legged Civil War veteran, claims he fired the first shot in the whites vs blacks riot years ago in Atlanta. He says a large reward is out for him and that Sheriff Tilley in Waco still questions his story. Authorities say Atlanta reports find no corroboration.
Austin Feb 22 Both branches of the legislature met on Washingtons birthday. The House advanced to engrossment a bill removing the indigent feature from the Confederate pension law and lifting the age limit. The anti free pass bill saw amendments exempting firemen delegates and peace officers on business or while serving processes. The Senate approved a land sale bill authorizing the land commissioner to sell Guayule and other commercially valuable material on state lands, along with several local measures.
A band of terrorists attacked a Warsaw post office on a Friday noon, shooting and killing the postmaster, two postal clerks, and two soldiers guarding the office, while wounding several bystanders. They robbed the cash and stamps, fled in cabs, and displayed a red flag during escape. Authorities say several thousand roubles were taken. This raid marks a renewed terrorist surge after two months of quiet.
A preliminary meeting of Missouri railroad men met at the Frisco president Davidson's office in St. Louis to discuss the 2-cent rate law passed by the legislature. Representatives from several roads attended while others were absent, and the group planned an informal review of the law's impact on passenger service with a possible later conference of railroad presidents and general counsels to outline a plan of action.
In Fort Worth on February 22 two young children of Henry White a Rock Island engineer Omar aged two and Goldie aged three were fatally burned when a kitchen fire started by a gasoline stove explosion consumed their home. The mother was at a neighbor's and arrived just in time to save the oldest child but was seriously hurt in the effort.
A Las Esperanzas dispatch reports 100 bodies recovered from the Mexican Coal and Coke mine after a gas explosion. Twenty-three men remain entombed in the shaft, with belief they are all dead. About half of the dead miners are Japanese.
Chicago February 22 Mayor Dunne secured the party nomination in the Democratic primaries receiving 557 pledged delegates out of 987 while Carter Harrison tallied 801 and 122 remained unpledged Republicans set to vote Monday in the next phase of the contest.
In Galveston on February 22 government offices and banks closed for Washington's birthday. Ships in port decorated and the steam ship Windom fired a twenty one gun salute.
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