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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
1
Agriculture Commissioner Milner says Williams Democratic nomination for governor could tilt Texas toward a Republican victory in November. He argues sentiment favorable to Williams may sour with time, aiding the opposite party. Also, Texas National Guard issues orders for a rifle competition at Camp Mabry July 28 to 31 to form the state rifle team for Camp Perry, Ohio, starting Aug. 24.
Spokane report says Stanley Ketchel has accepted Bob Fitzsimmons challenge for the middleweight championship. The fighters will meet soon to arrange terms for a twenty round bout to be held near Spokane.
In Bremond Texas on July 17 the Polish Catholic community uncovered bones during church foundation work. Local memory recalls a white man’s 1869 death nearby and a lynching of a black man accused of the murder. The unknown man’s bones were reburied after examination.
Washington reports the comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of national banks as of July 15, detailing financial standings and compliance status nationwide.
Missouri prepares for its first test of the primary law in July with nominations for state and county offices and a U S Senate seat. Senator Stone seeks re election against Folk while W S Cowherd leads the Democratic governor race amid a crowded field. Republicans expect Hadley to run for governor with few other contests. Dissatisfaction centers on easy entry for favorite sons and ballots crowded with up to 300 names in some counties.
Denver reports Giuseppe Alia says Father Leo Heinrichs ruined his home, prompting Alia to wander. He links Heinrichs to the homicide for which Alia was hanged at Canyon City, as stated to acting Governor Har.
In Clarksburg West Virginia on July 17 Frank Johnson the condemned killer for Beulah Martin Beulah Martin negress Gypsy WV March 1908 confessed to ministers that he killed five people including Edith Hannah in Chicago 1904 Blassburg in Alabama and a woman from Steubenville Ohio with his real name Edward Walton and Georgia birth.
In Charles Kaufman’s saloon Abe Moskowitz of Fort Worth was shot and killed instantly while Bernard Dworkin of Fort Worth was wounded in the left side. Kaufman was jailed.
Adolph Liepold, a cemetery gardener, mourns as his three daughters Olga Wilhelmina and Fredrica die within three days. The trio, born Jan 10, are buried side by side in the Lutheran cemetery at Newton Queensborough with three small white coffins and granite markers.
Chicago July 17. Theosophist Lillian Watkins killed herself amid a romance blighted by the curse of blood. Engaged to Thomas Kennedy, she revealed a secret about her East Indian background. Kennedy left her for another woman and later killed himself, leaving Watkins $15,000. coroner's jury links her death to despondency from Kennedy's suicide.
Beginning Monday Lieutenant Stocker, Indian agent for the Kiowa Comanche and Apache Indians, will distribute 275000 dollars among individual Indians. The average is nearly 100 dollars per person. This largest Southwest payment ever made was secured by Scott Ferris in an appropriation bill.
The state convention at Nashville adopts the national party platform from St Louis. It pledges support to nominees and backs Hepburn-Dolliver style liquor import bans, calls for action against bucketshops, and extension of temperance laws.
In New York on July 17 twenty five hundred jacket makers won the strike in nearly all shops five weeks after starting actions over wage cuts. Unions see improving trade and prepare for wage restorations in women garden trades where wages were cut.
The Farmers and Merchants Banking Company of Cleveland closed its doors. Liabilities and assets hover around $800,000 each. A run on the bank depleted its currency vault. A deed of assignment was filed in insolvency court and Edward S. Spurney was appointed receiver. The bank's capital was $100,000.
Walter C. Guild of St. Louis, a dentist and photographer, admitted making counterfeit notes via a photographic process. He said he needed funds for a home and his seven children's schooling, and he moved about the state passing the money. He was arrested the next day.
Miss Inez Strain a hello girl sues the Pioneer Telephone company in Oklahoma City for 10000 damages claiming a rusty nail in a temporary sidewalk on the company premises punctured her shoe and injured her toe necessitating surgical operation.
Charles W. Hamilton, assistant district attorney of Allegheny County, shot himself in the head with a revolver at his Elizabeth, Pennsylvania home during his wife’s absence. He died within an hour, with ill health cited as the probable cause.
Reports from Pekin say Emperor Tsai Tien has been ill for several days with an unknown illness believed to be dysentery. Western medicine is barred from the palace, delaying accurate diagnosis.
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