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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1906
Page
4
Fifteen acres and a residence costing $1000 with good barns and conveniences. The property is offered as an ideal home and will be sold. Bargains on medium priced near-by houses exist, and the firm promises to sell property at true value, inviting listings and inquiries.
Crown and bridge work a specialty. Office upstairs over Burt Norwd's store.
Dallas January 12 at the annual meeting the North Texas Poultry Association voted to change its name to the Southwestern Poultry Association and expand to cover southern and middle western states. The next annual show will be in Dallas January 11 1967. Officers elected include Walter Filsworth Bonham president S Q Hollingsworth Shreveport L C MacMa Honey Grove L A Hook stry Benton Ark C D Nesbit J T J R Young Aberniss vice presidents Elbert Dallas secretary R C Ayalas treasurer.
Austin Jan. 12 Nearly all papers and data prepared for Washington to substantiate Texas claim of about 300000 against the national government. State contends expenditures guarding the frontier in early days were the federal duty and should be reimbursed.
Washington January 12 insurgent Republicans report fifty signers pledging to vote against any rule blocking amendments to the Hamilton joint statehood bill. They expect to reach sixty five before week’s end as more members are won over. Supporters claim the insurgent drive is collapsing.
A four story brick peanut factory of the Norfolk Storage company in Norfolk Virginia was destroyed by fire. The blaze leveled the structure containing 10 000 bags of peanuts and valuable machinery. The east wall of a jail near the site was damaged and 275 prisoners were marched to police barracks guarded by militia. Losses exceed 100 069 dollars.
Dallas police arrest A. H. Silven, an architect whose Knepfly building office was damaged by fire Monday night, charging him with the murder of Bernard Philipson who was suffocated to death.
T Russin Cooper son of Judge Tim E Cooper a prominent Memphis attorney died by suicide in a local hotel by swallowing morphine. Two sealed notes were found in the room. The motive remains unknown.
New Orleans January delegates in the Southern Cotton Growers association debated acreage cuts and a 15 cent cotton price. President Jordan urged firm resolutions while noting world scrutiny and telegraph pressure. Texans showed weak attendance amid rivalry with Vice President Peters, suspended by Jordan, and cheers greeted defense of Jordan and Cheatham amid crop reporting scandal links.
New Orleans on January 12 saw Secretary Blackwell of Dalus Texas address the National Ginners association. He warned there are not 300,000 bales left to gin in the South and that most gins are closed or underutilized as dry goods prices rise. He urged unity to secure the association’s price demands. E D Smith of South Carolina followed with a talk on Cotton as the Basis of Southern Prosperity.
Washington on January 12 officials at the state department said relations between Veneguela and France are broken though no official confirmation had been received. It is believed M. Talgny the French representative in Caracas and M. Maubourguet the Venezuelan agent in Paris will depart soon as per usual procedure.
Chicago January 12 The task of electing President Roosevelt as successor to the late President Harper at the head of the Chicago university has gained strength in university circles. It is said to have been a hope of Dr Harper in his final months that Roosevelt could assume the post after his presidency ends.
Hempstead Texas January 12 Creasy Sheppard a Black woman aged 102 died after a long life without a serious illness She retained her faculties to the end and vividly recalled childhood incidents in a remarkable display of memory for her age The death is attributed perhaps entirely to old age.
Paris reports the French banking community has definitively agreed to a short term loan of 50 million dollars to Russia at five percent interest with two percent commission. The loan will be guaranteed by Russian state railways and repaid from the proceeds of a proposed new loan if floated within a year.
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick began a ten year term at the Columbus state penitentiary, escorted by U S Marshal Chandler and a deputy. No friends were present at the station as the train departed. Chadwick said she would try to stay grave through the ordeal.
Madrid reports in well informed quarters that the armored cruiser Emperador Carlos V and cruisers Rio de la Plata and Extremadura have been ordered to proceed to Algeciras and remain there during the Moroccan conference.
Texarkana January 12. Owing to fear of violence Jim Sanders and Mary Williams two Black residents charged in the killing of Marshal Few of Stamps Arkansas have been moved to Lewisville Arkansas for safety after being implicated in the crime.
Herman Kannamacher, a barkeeper at the saloon where W. G. Rosbury was killed, was found guilty and sentenced to death in Dallas on January 12. The conviction follows events from the earlier shooting at the establishment.
Mrs. Lorance, a Tyler Texas pioneer, has died. Other items note Frantz club formed by Black residents at Guthrie, a Parker County farmer killing a five foot hog, and Brownwood Postmaster Smith receiving a third appointment. Texas judges receive a $3000 annual pay increase and Wichita Falls votes cement sidewalks. An attempted bank burglary at Antlers, Oklahoma Territory is thwarted by a watchman. The body of Charles Smith, a Black man, is found with a bullet wound in a creek near Tenaha.
Texarkana dated Jan 12 five Negroes are jailed in connection with the killing of City Marshal Few of Stamps Ark. Few's widow and young son accompanied his body here for burial after the shooting.
In Tulsa Oklahoma Territory on Thursday night Arthur E B Croker an undertaker was fatally shot two bullets entering his abdomen H P Stoker his brother in law was arrested on the scene as a suspect authorities report the shooting occurred late Thursday night and Stoker was taken into custody for questioning
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