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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1907
Page
1
In Waxahachie Texas J H Deering a farmer near Forreston suffered mental derangement Monday night he burned his home and cut his throat in an attempted suicide with his family away. The house and contents were destroyed he was treated in Waxahachie and found to be of unsound mind in county court.
Free mail delivery was temporarily restored in parts of New Orleans cut off on January 1 by order of the postmaster general due to improper sidewalk facilities. Delivery will continue until April 1, then be discontinued again in areas that have not completed required sidewalk construction.
Austin reports Hon. A. S. Hawkins of the Twenty-eighth district remains a state senator and retains a vote in the senate despite tendering resignation to run again on the Bailey issue. He acts as senator until his successor qualifies, if one is chosen, with a July 1900 AG ruling cited as a guiding parallel.
About thirty operators employed by the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph company went on strike in Memphis on January 8. They demand higher wages and shorter hours and protest discourteous treatment by the chief operator.
A khaki jacket stained with blood led to the arrest of Corporal Knowles, a Twenty-fifth Infantry member, on charges of murdering and assaulting Captain Edgar B. Macklin on December 21 at Fort Reno Oklahoma. Knowles, wounded in the wrist, denies comment as a hearing proceeds with potential further arrests expected.
The Texas thirtieth biennial session opened in Austin with large crowds and many women present. On first ballot Thomas B. Love of Dallas County won the speaker’s chair 87 to 45, while H. B. Terrell of McLennan County was nominated. The Senate organized with officers named and 16 new members sworn in.
In New York on January 8 the search for three firemen lost in the Hill's paper warehouse fire continued. A timely voice from beneath the charred debris announced that John and Campbell were alive, with Seifert soon rescued and recovering though injured. The ordeal followed a 24 hour effort as fellow firefighters worked to reach their comrades.
New York reports Leo Blockosky fatally wounded Minnie Sekeru after she rejected his advances and ordered him to leave. Blockosky then shot himself. Sekeru describes ongoing, unwanted pursuit by Blockosky, whose husband is confined to an insane asylum.
A blaze in Calera Alabama leveled an entire block in the city center. Paris reports the death of former naval minister Admiral Levre.
Guthrie Jan 8 Chairman Williams of Durant in the railroad committee favors a 2-cent fare for first class passengers and a fellow servant clause. The measure would allow rail carriers to charge up to 2 cents per mile and abolish the fellow servant doctrine with employee remedies. A memorial to Congress on Indian lands was adopted and a push for separate statehood for Arizona and New Mexico backed. Extension of Indian Territory liquor rules in Oklahoma discussed with a possible high license submission. County boundaries panel set temporary county seat locations and to vote on permanent sites.
Travis County representative ends candidacy for speaker after Monday night withdrawal, reshaping the race as the house remains uncertain about leadership.
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