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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1907
Page
4
Five room house with table and garden lot offered near Allen Academy. Price listed at 900 dollars. Client buyers seek farm and city property. If you want to sell, call for details.
At the interstate commerce commission hearing in New York Feb 8 Samuel Felton president of the Chicago and Alton details about income and security sale proceeds. He says $22,000,000 was spent on improvements including $2,780,000 since last June paid by car trust certificates reducing reported security proceeds to $18,000,000. Charles W Hilliard comptroller explains the right to build a branch line near Murrayville to Springfield and defends the process as routine. The session also probes the $12,000,000 Hartman stake and related losses and improvements while Kellogg questions the company books.
Ship owners and exporters in New Orleans press for transferring the city quarantine station from state to federal control. They argue that Alabama Florida and South Carolina stations at competing ports are federal and uniform quarantine is needed.
Washington report shows February excavation of Culebra cut nearly 650000 cubic yards. Chief Engineer Stevens notes current one shift can raise output to about 1000000 cubic yards monthly in the near future.
In Rome on February 28 Duke Arcos Spanish ambassador said Spain would endorse the Anglo American proposition for discussion of armament limitation at the upcoming peace conference in The Hague, following a conference with Professor de Martens the Russian imperial councillor of state.
Two Japanese cruisers Tsukuba and Chitose departed Yokohama bound for Jamestown Virginia. A grand send off was held with Vice Admiral Sato Admirals Togo Ito Inouke naval attaches to the American embassy, Consul General Miller and local Japanese officials in attendance.
Denison, Feb 28 Ike Meeks aged eighty four a leading Choctaw nation cattleman and his nineteen year old bride spend their honeymoon in Denison. St Louis Feb 28 Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain boilermakers and helpers on strike agree to return to work by Monday and submit grievances to Vice President Clark for adjustment.
The Texas National Guard requests a $25,000 appropriation for this year's encampment. The brief notes the request as part of state funding considerations.
The House resumed debate on the ship subsidy bill with Miner of Wisconsin leading the pro side. He attacked Democratic opposition and linked it to labor federation control, while Humphreys accused Harriman of opposing the measure for strategic reasons. The night session saw strong opposition from Gillespie and others, a Randell and Holliday dissent, Moran supporting, and a Roosevelt endorsement remark by Grenna, ending in a rules reminder after Gaines and Kahn clashed.
President, Taft, and Root outlined changes to the Panama canal commission with Admiral Endicott to remain on the new board. Colonel Haines and Benjamin Harrod to retire, while Goethals Gaillard and Sibert will join as engineer officers with elevated salaries over 4000 dollars annually.
Postmaster General Cortelyou announces the resignation of Second Assistant Postmaster General W S Shallenberger who will serve a few weeks more. James M McCleary of Minnesota, retiring March 4, will succeed Shallenberger. Edwin Madden also plans retirement soon with acceptance pending.
Washington census department report notes that in 205 the United States saw over five hundred thousand deaths from disease, from a population of two-fifths. The figure is lower than the prior year but higher than several European nations in the same period.
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