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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1909
Page
1
President Taft calls for immediate tariff revision and new revenue to cover deficits in the Dingley act overhaul. He urges swift passage with thorough consideration, noting business uncertainty and a looming $10 million gap. Nomination list follows in Senate session.
A Beech Grove farm near Massillon yields gravel containing about 40 in a ton gold value. An Ohio State University chemist conducted the assay on material from a vein in the gravel. The discovery centers on a Massillon area vein.
George Thorn dike Angell known as the friend of dumb animals and a leader in the humane educational movement in the United States died in Boston on Tuesday after a prolonged illness aged eighty six.
At a meeting of about 300 business men at the Merchants Exchange a fund was started to aid victims of the recent tornado that struck Brinkley Arkansas. St Louis, Mo.
In Paris on March 16 a general strike was declared by telegraphers in the bureau of the postal department.
Bisnach Germany March 16 A civilian landowner named Schutsbar Milg living near Hohenaus killed two army officers in separate duels the same day using pistols. His opponents were Lieutenant Von Buttlar and an army surgeon whose name was kept secret. Milg allegedly acted due to jealousy his wife said to be American.
Kansas City March 16. The Missouri Kansas and Texas and other railways have decided to discontinue their storage arrangement for agricultural implements here. The cancellation adds 412 cents to freight costs for shipments to Oklahoma destinations. Oklahoma jobbers protested alleging favoritism to local dealers amid a Kansas City Oklahoma City freight rate dispute.
Representatives of Georgia Louisiana North Carolina Alabama South Carolina and Mississippi textile industries assemble in Atlanta. About 250 to 300 cotton mills from the states attend. A key issue is opposition to proposed tariff reductions on coarse cotton goods produced mainly by southern mills.
Berlin reports the foreign office views the Austria-Hungary Serbia dispute as acute. Vienna intends a new effort at Belearde to align Serbia with its aims. Officials say Serbia must clarify its intentions. concession paves peaceful negotiations, refusal likely leads to hostilities and localization by powers.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on March 16 a suit seeks 30000 against former sheriff J F Shipp and bondsmen J P Smartt and G W Davenport. Complainant is Mrs Carrie Jones. The case recalls Horace Jones a 14 year old shot and killed by a deputy under Shipp last June after escaping police. Deputy Rawlings was indicted for murder but未 faced trial.
Salvatori Randazzio, convicted in April 1908 for the January 11 1908 murder of his cousin Pietro Randazzio at West Salamanca, was electrocuted at Auburn prison on Tuesday morning. Randazzio maintained his innocence to the end.
Reports from a wide section of Louisiana indicate fruit and produce crops were badly damaged or killed by a freezing night Sunday. The cold affected farmers across parishes, threatening harvests and local markets.
A two year old boy, son of John Kroh, living west of Clinton Oklahoma, was scalded to death when he fell into a tub of boiling water the mother had just placed on the floor for scrubbing.
Over 108 members of the Texas legislature and staff attended the stock show opening of the Cattle Raisers Association convention in Fort Worth. Mayor Harris welcomed visitors while speeches were heard from B. B. Paddock and T. T. D. Andrews. Ike T. Pryor and W. W. Turpey spoke as livestock displays impressed the party, which departed for Austin at midnight in eight cars.
Austin officials and legislative staff held an indignation meeting to condemn Fort Worth for not inviting them to jaunt there. A four member committee drafted resolutions condemning Fort Worth noting Houston Dallas and Galveston hosted the legislature and employees. Speaker Marshall remained in Austin revising clerk lists for the special session as personnel changes loom. The Jacob Cold Packing Co of Buffalo received a Texas permit with branch plans in San Antonio El Paso Cuero Gonzales and other cities. Governor signed bills exempting counties from the fish law and regulating Bell county pay and Temple and Corpus Christi charters. Former speaker Kennedy joined the Fort Worth excursion amid other state investigations under consideration.
A blaze start from an electric light wire damaged Sam A. Dysterbach & Co. in Dallas. Loss estimated at 60 000 to 75 000 on stock and building. recent spring goods included dry goods millinery and men’s clothing. Fire began about 10 30 am and required thorough soaking.
In Hood county a 4 year quarrel led Sheriff John Swafford to shoot Geneva Sneed in a boarding house. He then shot himself in the head, dying instantly. Letters found in the woman’s trunk show affection. Swafford’s wife and daughter live in Granbury.
In Fort Gibson Oklahoma on March 16 Helen Hampton an aged person living alone in a small cabin in the west part of town was found dead. She appears to have fallen into the fireplace and burned to death.
P Cc Key a young man with Nome relatives was found dying at a Salvation Army hotel in Dallas. He died two hours later from an overdose of morphine.
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