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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
4
Fort Worth held a grand opening of the $250,000 Coliseum on Wednesday for the Fat Stock show under the National Feeders and Breeders association. Louis J. Wortham gave the welcome address after the Five Million club played Dixie. Thousands visited the city, with cattlemen from across the country, and 700 entries were judged from 2:30 pm.
The gun boat Yorktown reached San Francisco from La Union Salvador, docking at Magdalena Bay for target practice on the voyage north. It is said to rank next to the Albany, which outclassed other ships in Admiral Swinbourne's squadron. The Yorktown will remain in port for several weeks.
Washington March 11 The senate Friday ratified six of the thirteen treaties negotiated at the international conference at The Hague.
Guthrie March 11 County Clerk Kincheloe of Alfalfa county was arraigned before the bar of the house and refused to turn over the county election returns. A committee to arrange the manner of trial was appointed.
About forty leading anti Bailey Democrats met at the State House in Waco on March 3 to plan a vigorous state wide campaign for the ticket to the national convention. They will open in Fort Worth next Saturday and pledged around 150 speeches to push the issue. They seek to have the state executive committee order a general primary, with Edwards saying Bailey supporters must allow a vote on his candidacy if the committee can be induced to do so.
Four thousand listeners connected Sunday through Fort Worth Telephone Co to St Pauls Methodist Church via a microphone placed before Rev Boeye. The single circuit experiment served homebound worshippers and will be expanded to other city churches.
J W Allen president of Allen National Bank donated 30 752 in securities to the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary to establish a perpetuity chair in English Bible and practical theology named for Allen Johnson and in memory of Rev Joseph Johnson D D The donor also gave 15000 to the Edna church for a new edifice last week.
Agricultural Commissioner Millner urges farmers to plant small cotton acreage and increase provender. He calls another large cotton crop unwise. Railroad Commissioner Mayfield returns from Sherman after attempting to inspect the Texas and Pacific railway. he cannot secure Engineer Thompson due to a bookkeeping injunction. He plans Fort Worth inspection to start Monday. The railroad commission exempts Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot from its bookkeeping order, mandating ICC rule compliance.
The Brownsville riot report prompts a presidential message to the Senate stating that the dismissal of negro soldiers was substantiated by committee testimony. He urges extending the reinstatement period by one year to allow restoring any discharged men not within the original dismissal term. Senator Warren and Senator Foraker present majority and minority views.
Olga Averbuch sister of the man killed by Chief Shippy protested anarchists taking part in ceremonies to move her brother’s body from the potter’s field to the Jewish cemetery in Chicago. The Jewish Free Burial association condemned anarchists as reprehensible to the Jewish race and their religion forbids them. Anarchists, who planned a ceremony, were told they would be excluded and the remains were quietly removed.
Bryan Texas Democratic Executive Committee calls a March 17 1908 Democratic primary to nominate a mayor four aldermen and a Democratic executive committee. All nominees will run in the April 1908 general city election. Terms vary with two year and one year posts including filling the unexpired Priddy term. Signed Moore Lawrence Oliver Saunders Smith. March 7 1908.
City of Bryan votes to hold an election on the first Tuesday in April for mayor and city council members with terms of two years for two seats and one year for an unexpired term. The measure, adopted February 14, 1908, is to be conducted at City Hall under charter and state election laws.
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