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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1909
Page
1
A third defendant testified as the trial proceeds with Colonel Cooper and others facing questions in court. The witness described events surrounding the case and provided details supporting the prosecution's narrative.
Colonel Duncan B. Cooper recounts cordial relations with Carmack until his 1908 senate race and Patterson support led to estrangement. Editorials cited as evidence. court limits content. Tennessee court scene follows with other editorial references and political notes.
In a Texas Senate session Senator Senter delivered a harsh rebuke to a Dallas minister over alleged slander printed in a Dallas local sheet. He called the remarks scurrilous, infamous, and an insult to Dallas residents, accusing the clergyman of dictating to legislators and wearing a hypocritical ministerial veil. The rebuke drew applause from Dallas delegates in attendance. Separately, in McKinney, Everett Smith fell asleep while walking and drowned after slipping into his father's well in Weston, Texas.
Nathan M. Uri, a prominent philanthropist and Jewish affairs leader in the Ohio Valley, died Monday night at his Louisville home after several weeks of illness.
Robert Bledsoe of Dallas Texas sought seven thousand dollars from L M Jones a wealthy dry goods merchant threatening the Jones family. He is now serving a thirty year sentence in the penitentiary.
New Orleans on Mardi Gras day featured a legal holiday with business suspended and public revelry. Maskers competed for prizes in artistic costumes while the Rex parade showcased floats and tribute to the king and queen. Evening balls drew hundreds of attendees.
The westbound Norfolk and Western No 6 mail car near Roderfield West Virginia detached a mail pouch and inside the pouch an unaddressed package contained 1000 nitroglycerin caps. Clerks placed them at the end of the car and handed the caps to the Columbus postmaster in Bluefields. Officials say the package likely entered the pouch by mistake. The mail clerk nearly fainted.
Miss Annie Perkins, a trained nurse, sues the Pullman company for 17000 dollars claiming a traveling man touched her ankle on a Katy road trip from San Antonio to Fort Worth. She says the shock harmed her health and the conductor refused aid.
M T Welch returns to his apartment shared with Oscar Brennan a 33 year old Rochester NY native and cutter in the tailoring business and discovers Brennan dead in the bathroom from inhaling gas fumes.
A billiard hall and candy store owned by two Greeks in Dayton Ohio was attacked by a mob of men and boys. The front of the building was demolished as the crowd hurled stones bricks and revolvers fired into the structure narrowly missing about twenty girls. Police restored order.
Atlanta report notes Georgia will field the largest southern delegation at the Taft inaugural. Two National Guard companies, 180 cadets from the Georgia Military Academy and the Donald Fraser Military School, and the Atlanta firemen life and drum corps with 35 members join 100 Georgia citizens marching with the banner "Billy Possums."
On Monday night 650 guests gathered at the Hotel Astor for the New York Southern society annual dinner. Toast master Rev. John A. Weyth called it the largest gathering of southrons ever in New York City, with diners seated under vari colored lanterns bearing state names.
New Orleans reports C. L. Dalhay of Houma La. bought a revolver and cartridges at a local hardware store. While clerks searched for a holster he intended to use, he loaded the weapon and shot himself in the head. He died shortly after.
The U S Supreme Court rules in favor of Arkansas in Hammond Packing company v. state, sustaining the state anti trust law's constitutionality and upholding a $10,000 fine imposed on the Chicago firm for noncompliance.
Amarillo Texas February 23 plant of the Canadian Mill and Elevator company at Melean and several railroad cars were burned. Loss is $10000.
Hon Elihu Roe leaves Hot Springs Arkansas for Albany New York to cross the legislature. The trip marks a political move as Roe heads to engage in state affairs and legislative matters beginning in Albany.
F G Pettibone, president of Houston Belt and Terminal and GM of Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe, travels to New York to inspect plans for a six story passenger station and offices for Santa Fe Rock Island Colorado Southern and St Louis Brownsville and Mexico. The entire terminal system within Houston is projected to cost about 1.5 million.
Fire at the Kyle Oil and Gin company in Kyle Texas caused an estimated $100,000 loss. Adjacent freight cars ignited, halting the International and Great Northern passenger train No. 7. Conductor Thompson, enduring blistering heat, coupled the cars onto a siding and the train proceeded.
W W Wilmerton owner of the Tri City Journal and John Looney Rock Island News exchanged seven shots across a street. Looney was slightly wounded. Both men were arrested and released on $5 000 bail on a charge of assault with intent to kill.
Mount Pleasant Tennessee February 23. Mrs Henry Willis lies near death from two bullet wounds inflicted by her husband who also fired at his sister in law Mrs Davis and at Miss Annie May Massey but missed them. Willis then tried to shoot himself but the pistol failed to explode and he drank carbolic acid. He is believed to recover. The couple had not been living together recently.
A fragment from Chicago News notes Jack-Miss Peachy planned to speak on kissing impropriety but stopped, saying he had “taken the words right out of her mouth.”
The Petersburg aeronaut Robertson seeks support to build a vast air balloon 722 feet in diameter capable of carrying thirty seven tons and fifty people. It includes a sailing vessel for sea navigation, an aeronauts cabin, cooking gallery, stores, a smaller inner balloon, and a parachute for a gentle descent. The craft aimed to stay aloft for weeks.
A community dinner to honor a judge prompts protest over inviting the town’s former brilliant lawyer, now drinking. The drunkard speaker recounts his rise and fall, noting the judge’s guest has ascended while he has fallen to near the same level.
St. Petersburg reports 10 000 cholera cases in 160 days with 3 928 deaths. The city records show ongoing outbreak and rising fatalities as health authorities monitor the spread and response measures.
Arrives at Panama from Callao to bolster defense as U S Pacific squadron completes transit with fleet units gathering in the canal zone.
In a brief Kansas City Independent item a man named Clarence asks if he is the first to be kissed by the woman. Her reply confirms and adds that previous kisses were taken by the others.
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