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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1906
Page
5
Railroad time table entries for H and T C S and I G N lines show northbound and southbound arrivals and departures with scattered precise times. The column also lists local visits, sales promotions at Norwood and Ed Hall, and assorted notices from residents including clothing deals and social travels.
City notices report a marriage license issued to Warney Westbrook and Callie Johnson. The item lists several visitors and residents visiting from Wheelock, Temple, McKinney, Houston, Temple, Rockdale, Luling, Benchley, Edge, Mumford, Grimes County, and McGregor, along with local sales events and a Texas Woman's College project oversight by Architect R D Steele of Houston.
The Texas railroad commission met in regular session in Austin on June 25. The Denison union depot proposal and the cotton rate readjustment were postponed until August. Express rates on the Brownsville line will be adjusted to Corpus Christi and other points. The next hearing is set for August, with a July recess unless emergencies arise. Freight agents then held their monthly meeting.
Mr and Mrs Longworth were entertained aboard the Hamburg emperor William's yacht at Kiel on June 25. The emperor invited Princess Eitel Frederick to join to ensure Mrs Longworth could be hosted. The party included several Americans and the evening was described as jolly. Warships fired rockets as the visit extended past 11 o'clock.
Austin June 25 Hon C B Colquitt issues a statement to correct a newspaper quotation. He says he did not claim to match all opponents in a week but stated he could do as much work in one hour as some men do in a week. He explains he visits Austin weekly to dispatch accumulated business.
A strong gust at about 11 30 Monday morning blew the roof off the grandstand at the Texas State Fair race track causing about 5000 dollars in losses. The baseball park scoreboard and right field fence were blown down and the negro skating rink on Commerce Street near Exposition Avenue was demolished.
In Washington on June 25 Speaker Cannon told House members that the closing days of the session would see more vital national business than in the prior three months and demanded close attention from all members.
Cairo reports a punitive expedition from El Obeid relieved Talodi but cost 350 Sudanese lives and 100 captured. Four Egyptians were killed in the June attack. no losses were suffered by the expedition.
Denison reports a fierce wind storm Sunday night sweeping the eastern Chickasaw Nation area with considerable property damage. No injuries are mentioned in the available text. The incident underscores local storm impacts and disruption.
Passengers arriving from Nassau on the steamer Niagara say the Bahamas governor left Nassau for Inagua to investigate reports of negro laborers on the Panama canal who claim they were not paid. The workers say their earnings were squandered.
The Constitution reports from the southeastern cotton belt indicate the crop is well advanced by late June with blooms appearing in some fields. Local growers note favorable conditions and steady progress toward harvest.
General Agent J C Mc Donald named general passenger agent of the Mexican Central Railway system. Rev Dr W W Hamilton of Nashville named general evangelist of the Baptist church in Atlanta.
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