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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
1
In Paris on March 8 the Rouvier ministry fell in the chamber by 267 to 234 votes after a minor debate on church disorders. Premier Rouvier and his ministers submitted their resignations to President Fallieres, who planned to consult senate and deputies on forming a new cabinet.
Albany March statement from Senator Armstrong chairing the Insurance investigating committee says no effort will be made to call Andrew Hamilton before the panel. Hamilton’s return to his home dominates city talk as Steele hints at suits to recover nearly 1 million dollars spent by Hamilton while employed by New York Life.
Dr Albert R Bush of Bossier parish was convicted of murder in district court and sentenced to life in the penitentiary. Public sentiment ran high after the December crime when Bush allegedly urged his 18 year old son Madden to shoot J G Guice, who died from two back shots. The son's trial was postponed due to illness.
In the U S House on March 9 Representative Clayton of Alabama secured passage of a bill allowing the Chattahoochee Power Co to build a steel cement dam on the Chattahoochee River at Newton Alabama. When asked how steel and dam were spelled the reply noted the bill uses two e's and no nt on the dar. The bill passed.
Washington March 8 President Roosevelt removed Horace Speed United States district attorney of Oklahoma citing charges he struck a contract with a county commissioner to provide legal services and allegedly paid money in connection with that employment. The action follows a Justice Department investigation.
A fireman James Slocum was killed during a revolver battle on the steamer Massachusetts at Brooklyn docks. Six crew members and two officers were arrested or held as witnesses after clashes between firemen and officers, sparked by food complaints since leaving Cardiff. The ship had been due to sail to San Francisco.
Paris reports the French government lacks a full ministry amid the Algeciras conference turmoil. A semi official note suggests policy remains unchanged to deter Germany while the cabinet resignations threaten an agreement. President Fallieres begins consults on a new ministry with names like Bourgeois Miller Poinaire and Clemenceau mentioned. Rentes fluctuated as markets absorbed the shock.
The Texas grand lodge votes to send a delegation to the Sovereign Grand Lodge meeting in Toronto Canada in 1906. They urge the 1907 meeting be held in a Texas city. Subordinate lodges across the state will support the effort immediately.
In a Senate speech on March 8 Senator McCumber proposed creating one state from Oklahoma and another named Sequoia for the Indian Territory. The plan would abolish New Mexico and Arizona and argues for more western states to boost representation for agricultural and transmississippi interests in Congress.
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