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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1906
Page
4
Mammoth Land Office advertises a sale of a fifteen acre property with a house, good barns, and amenities near the city limits. It claims the price undercuts lumber costs and promises quick sale for motivated buyers while inviting owners to list properties, asserting they will be sold at true value.
Guthrie January 9 Horace Chambers fourteen was killed when the horse he rode fell and crushed him. Samuel Welce Wellston lost a hand. John Heilig Ames an eye. Charles Manlove Alva a hand. Aubrey Niles Calumet a hand. All incidents occurred during hunting trips into accidental discharges.
In Wort Worth on January 9 officials of Ochiltree County including commissioners were removed from office amid charges of failing to levy and collect taxes under state law. The group argued state school lands were taxed only to the value of holders. A campaign to close four variety theaters gains momentum with six complaints filed. the attorney vows prosecution to the extreme. Selling intoxicants underpins the complaints.
San Antonio leaders delayed the utility’s account awaiting an investigation. Heavy sleet disrupted the city Tuesday morning while livestock faced stress in the region.
Waco mourns R F Radley, who died leaping from flames in the Knepfly building fire at Dallas. He formerly worked for the Times Herald and served as president of the local Typographical Union for two terms.
In Clarksville Texas on January 9 Mrs. J A Kunkel shows a lemon close to two pounds marking the tree’s first bearing year with the fruit described in a brief community note.
In Santa Fe on January 9 James Yates a half blind ranchman living near White Oaks Lincoln county died in a snowstorm. His body was found two miles from his cabin with a hat and scarf as a pillow and hands folded in prayer. Also thirteen year old goat herder Charles Newton perished in the Sacramento mountains. Sheep losses mount as owners failed to feed flocks amid the severe cold.
In Oakland on Monday the Southern Pacific began a large shed on ground sought by Western Pacific for a Trans Continental terminal. A new SP survey between existing tracks and Western Pacific claims followed, amid a dispute over an 1,080 foot strip along Oakland creek wall. If Western Pacific gains the right of way they may set up a temporary landing further up the channel.
Seventy five union printers at the Gazette go on strike in Montreal on January 9 in sympathy with a dispute involving an apprentice. Staff and machine men join the action while Gazette proprietors insist the paper will be published as usual and defend the open shop policy.
Cape Henry Va Jan 9 The schooner Fannie Palmer ran ashore three quarters of a mile north of Little Island life saving station at 4 AM Tuesday The crew sent one man to deliver a message to the owner others refused The vessel was pounding heavily as breakers swirled around it.
Lewiston Pa Jan 9 Isaac Saylor his daughter Mrs Peter Martin and her five children perished in a blaze at Pleasant Creek Juanita county The tragedy leaves the family dead and local residents left to mourn the loss.
Elgin on January 9 reported that last week 452000 pounds of butter were sold locally, indicating strong demand and steady trade in dairy products.
An anxious Attorney General Hadley of Missouri said he would invite Thomas W. Lawson of Boston to testify in the oil trust case. The Standard Oil inquiry in New York featured ex-employee H D Hardcastle detailing transfers among Standard entities and attempts to obscure prior affiliations.
A Panama city cable reports Captain Lovelace delivered a letter to President Amador from Imnamaquina chief of the San Blas Indians announcing secession from Panama and renewal of allegiance to Colombia. About 30,000 Indians along 110 miles of coast display the Colombian flag amid unfulfilled promises by Huertas.
Annapolis Md Jan 9 The first court martial under the 1903 hazing act began Tuesday with Midshipman Stephen Decatur Jr of Portsmouth NH on trial for countenancing hazing of fourth class Gaylord Church of Meadville Pa A second hazing charge under the 1873 act has four specifications against him Decatur previously faced a hazing trial and was acquitted John Paul Miller of Lancaster Ky a fellow first class midshipman also faces charges under both acts with four specifications each Among fourth class cadets cited as hazing targets is Henry G Cooper Jr of Oxford NC the student who was paralyzed in class about a month ago.
Lawton January 9 It has just been ascertained that on Christmas Geronimo a seventy six year old Apache warrior took unto himself his eighth wife The bride was the widow of a prominent Indian named Loto who died two years ago The groom's seventh wife also died about that time After months of courtship he entered Mary Sotos tepee and without any ceremony took her to his home None of his tribe knew of the marriage until Sunday.
Happenings note seven murder cases on the Montague County Texas docket. Andrew Jackson, described as a negro, reportedly lost both legs at Muskogee in a train incident. Other items include a child burned at Austin, Arkansas farmers posting bond after whitecapping charges, a U.S. Army private dying in Austin, a Jackson day banquet in Oklahoma City, and an elderly man burned after a stroke near Paris Texas.
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