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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1906
Page
3
Train times and passenger notes mix with visits, licenses, sales, and church announcements. City residents including Dally Goodson Ross Hicks Reed Adams Mize Hood Cavitt De Maret McConnico Buros Hayes and others are recorded with visits, travel, and local events. Public services, barbershop ads, auctions, and revival notices appear alongside marriage licenses and school activities.
Cholera in Manila shows progress with 19 new cases and 10 deaths last night and 28 cases with 19 deaths in the latest form. Two Americans, Robert Imbertz and Hart, are reported dead, but only five Americans have been stricken so far. Authorities limit sale of potentially infected food as doctors’ efforts curb new cases.
In Little Rock on July 6 Attorney General Rogers and Prosecuting Attorney Rholen filed suits against Consumers Ice, C L Kraft Ice, and Retail Grocers Ice under the anti trust law alleging a combination to restrain trade. Penalties of 5000 dollars per day since March 25 are sought. Morris & Co. are noted as packers and ice dealers. These are the first suits against home companies under the act.
A Southern Pacific engineer reports thousands of rabbits crushed daily by trains on the line between San Antonio and El Paso. The right of way resembles a slaughter house and rails become slippery in spots, forcing drivers to slow as rabbits search for water.
The body of C. M. Bryant, a timber inspector, was found near Fairfield, Mexia, Texas, with two bullet holes in his body and one in his head. His corpse was sent to Palestine where his family resides. An aunt is described as rich.
Four men drowned when a six man row boat capsized while attempting to cross the St Johns River in Jacksonville Florida. The remaining two men clung to the overturned boat and were rescued.
Five boys, members of the First Division of naval reserves, were drowned when their boat went down on Lake Michigan. The mishap occurred near Chicago and all five lost their lives in the water. The incident prompted relief efforts and a naval investigation.
The Audit Company of the Southwest completed the city books review and filed a final report to the special city council committee. Findings claim due city funds totaling 6801.14 across taxes fines salaries and unauthorized expenses, with directions to pursue collection.
Lewis S. Clark longtime Republican national committeeman from Louisiana died in New Orleans while en route to Lake Placid New York. He was struck by acute indigestion at a hotel and died on the way to his summer home. Also on a train between Detroit and Blossom A W Peyton of Keachi La and Miss Mary Bailey of Detroit Tex wed and plan to reside in Smithville Tex.
Corsicana reports another large gas surge in the Corsicana Powell field on the Henry Harrison lease. The find suggests continued productivity in the area and potential expansion prospects for the operator.
Brief items report Idaho Socialists nominated a state ticket. Other notes cover dangerous incidents in Texas and the Dakotas including fatal accidents, a postmaster appointment in Commerce Texas, and Roosevelt declining a New York reception for William Jennings Bryan.
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