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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1908
Page
1
Harder and Buckhaults advertise readiness to supply alfalfa hay north Texas hay and White Wolf stock food. One sack of stock food equals two sacks of bran and costs no more. Phone 251.
Walter Vignes, 19, Thomas Carlton, 20, and James J. Murphy, 23, were arrested and charged with robbery and assault after entering the home of Laurent R. Harris, beating his wife into unconsciousness, and ransacking the residence. Diamonds worth 6000 dollars were kept in a bank vault. police recovered most items and the trio confessed.
Cleveland reports 174 dead or missing after the Collinwood school fire. Glen Barber, eight, died from injuries after leaping from a second story window. Miss Katherine Weiler’s body is misidentified as a man. Funeral services began with sixteen at St Marys and twelve at St Josephs, as more services followed.
Amid the Maumee River flood and the Cherry street bridge collapse East Toledo, home to about 50 000 people, lacks fire protection and street lights. Streetcar service halted for hours, later resumed with power from nearby interurban lines. No car service between east and west sides expected for several weeks.
News from Hawkinsville Georgia states four African Americans were lynched over the Warren Hart double murder. Two were shot for resisting the mob, others implicated as fear of further lynchings grows. Many negroes flee or hide as tensions run high.
New York March 7 Governor received the endorsement of the New York Republican state committee as a candidate for the presidential nomination. The resolution was adopted unanimously. It commended President Roosevelt for his rugged determination to oppose wrong doing and to demand justice for all, placing him with Washington Lincoln Grant and McKinley as heroic figures in American history.
A Waco conference of anti Bailey democrats selected a ticket for delegates at large to oppose Senator Bailey and the Denver national convention. Hon T S Henderson of Cameron was named chairman with Tom Henderson and Cone Johnson among the delegates and Lee Stevens among the nominees. Mayor W S Bailey of Calvert chaired the 12th Senatorial District meeting. The telegram from A W Buchanan reports the practical results and emphasizes conservatism and good judgment.
Waco hosts a large anti Bailey convention with delegates from across Texas. Speakers include Edwards Tyler Crawford Dallas Senator Dallas and Terrell Austin. The audience roared as debates urged not sending Bailey to the national Democratic convention. Judge Gerald criticized Chairman Carden before the meeting opened.
In Waco on March 7, A M Kennedy representative from McLennan and Bailey supporter clashed with P H Carnes a traveling opponent. Kennedy suffered a bloody beating before hundreds at the Metropole hotel as anti Bailey sentiment stirred. A Dallas train brought a protest can labeled Shall this or me people rule which was displayed at the Auditorium.
Burlington passenger train No 4 derailed at Kearney Missouri twenty five miles north of Kansas City and tumbled down a fifteen foot embankment. Twenty injured including four seriously. Serious victims listed as J D Guyton R E Wilcot Mrs Chappell and a traveling man unnamed.
Fort Worth March 7 Eleven offices of the Houston and Texas Central railway between Fort Worth and Ennis were ordered closed as train order points with about twenty telegraphers laid off. Officials say the reduction prevents wreck danger while the company cites the nine hour law as the reason for cancellations.
Twenty six laborers in the Philadelphia and Baltimore railroad tunnel in Baltimore were overcome by gas. Four men died, ten were taken to a hospital, and the rest were revived. Three of the deceased were negroes and one was white.
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