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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
4
London reports the Persian shah died after a lengthy illness. The ruler had faced death’s door several times but displayed strong recuperative powers prior to his passing.
Representative Slayden of Texas recounts the Brownsville incident and argues race prejudice underlies the assault by Twenty-fifth Infantry. He notes prior outbreaks at Fort Meade Sturgis Winnamucca and Fort Niobrara and cites a history of discipline issues among black soldiers. Senate leaders seek harmony over Brownsville investigation as filibustered peace plans hinge on speeches.
University of Chicago trustees announce J. D. Rockefeller will donate 3 million dollars to establish a pension fund for superannuated professors. The move follows exclusion from Carnegie’s 10 million pension program for denominational schools.
A leg of an unidentified person was found on a street on August 9. Police and coroner units responded, launching an investigation into the source and identity of the remains.
The Texas division of the Southern Cotton association held its first day in Dallas. President Thomas of the Dallas Commercial club gave the welcome, with responses by C. B. Metcalf. Professor H. P. Atwater argued birds benefit cotton growers. Frank P. Holland led talks on Bird Law amendments and bucket shop impacts on cotton prices.
In North Yakima Washington on January 9 a train loaded with coal was raided by fuel starved citizens. Nearly twenty carloads were taken as false bottoms were removed and coal dumped onto the tracks. Hundreds have lacked fuel for days as residents organize to stop any coal train passing without leaving fuel.
Fort Worth Jan 9 At a meeting of the Texas Millers association it was decided to cooperate with the Grain Dealers Cattle Raisers and other associations to secure better car service from railroads.
Reports from Rio Blanco and Nogales say troops quelled a mill district riot in Orizaba. Thirty workers were killed and over eighty wounded as soldiers fired on rioters. Jails and armories fill with imprisoned strikers after widespread pillage and clashes.
St Louis January 9 Senator Carmack of Tennessee voices opposition to the race problem and the fourteenth amendment saying it contains enough poison to destroy the constitution He cites the Brownsville incident and Roosevelt's order discharging three negroes as the only course in such cases.
The Father Ryan Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy met in Mexico City to plan the hundredth anniversary birth observance of General Robert E. Lee. The event is set for the night of January 19 with a program to mark the occasion.
New Orleans Jan 9 George J Gould says he knows nothing about the suit filed against the Gould interests in Missouri by Attorney General Hadley after being shown an Associated Press dispatch from St Louis.
A cold wave swept the Philippines Tuesday. The total number of Big Pasture kids is Teel. Dublin Texas expects to soon have free mail delivery.
Officers at Fort Reno fear a conspiracy to kill them linked to Captain Edgar A. Macklin and a Brownsville fallout. Corporal Edward L. Knowles of Company A Twenty-fifth Infantry was bound over for the grand jury on December 21 for assault with intent to kill Captain Macklin. Authorities guard post and probe across several army posts.
A Fort Reno examination of Corporal Knowles, a negro, reveals a plot to murder every white officer at the post, connected to the shooting of Captain Macklin on December 21.
Eighteen men who crossed the Rio Grande from Juarez to El Paso were nearly smuggled into a Santa Fe freight bound for San Francisco but immigration inspectors halted the effort. Two were captured, sixteen fled into the night.
Washington January 9 W A Miller a former assistant foreman in the government printing office and once expelled from the Bookbinders union has been reinstated as a member of Bookbinders union No 4 in the city. Miller was dismissed again last fall by Public Printer Stilings on a charge of insubordination. He is west at Minneapolis.
In Monroe near Amherst county a negro assaulted Gladys Shelton eleven. He tried to drown her then sent her to a neighbor's home. A posse of seventy five men arrested five negroes.
Dispatches from Atlanta Louisiana report a boiler explosion at the Waynewright sawmill killing two men and injuring several others. Firefighters and rescue crews responded, injuries not specified, investigation underway.
Citizens in San Angelo Texas have subscribed 130000 dollars for the Orient railway shops funding. The move signals support for the project and aims to finance construction and development of the shops facility.
In St Louis on January 9 suits were filed in the Missouri supreme court by Attorney General Hadley seeking dissolution of the alleged merger among the Wabash Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain Pacific Express and other companies and revocation of licenses for the Pacific Express American Refrigerator Transit Western Coal and Mining Rich Hill Coal Mining and Kansas Missouri Elevator companies. The petition claims the stocks are owned by the Goulds, violating state constitution and law.
A Restorative scene shows a faint supplicant pleading for food while a rich lady offers vinaigrette. The exchange highlights a sharp social divide as a republic era monitor notes the unexpected often results from self-inflicted circumstances.
For sale 112 acres three miles east of Bryan with water and woods. 140 acres eight miles south of Bryan with a large residence and tenant houses. Captain Polk brick residence one mile south of city. 1770 acres in the county’s north end. Several city lots with five room homes, stables, garden and wells. Prices range from 900 to 1400 dollars with easy terms. Also seeking buyers in farm and city property. Call to view.
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