20 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1907
Page
1
The report centers on two brothers who shared affection for one girl and his eventual marriage to one suitor while a third man arrives with his own proposal, highlighting tensions as they seek lives together in a new country.
Two Italian brothers George and Giovanni Francesco fought in an East Side saloon over the same wife. The brawl moved to a hallway where both were found unconscious. George had a crushed skull and Giovanni a deep abdominal knife wound. both likely to die.
In Hellier Kentucky a village elopement sparked a deadly sequence. Sam Rose brother of the bride killed Frank Dutton, then Elias Dutton brother of Frank killed Sam. Sam died at the doorway and Dutton fled into the mountains pursued by a posse.
Dr. Julius H. Weinsberg of St. Louis is seriously wounded after being shot four times by his son Oscar, eighteen. Oscar, under arrest, says he learned his mother died at his birth and that Dr. Weinsberg's wife is his stepmother, a dispute that led to the shooting at St. Anthony's hospital.
A Mayhem of flames destroyed nearly the entire business section of Gotebo Oklahoma on March 19 with damage around 75000 dollars. The fire started in a rooming house and firefighting proved difficult due to poor facilities. Meanwhile a separate dispatch from New Orleans reports Hondurean gunboat Olympia sailing for Truxillo with 500 troops and heavy arms aboard, dates unclear.
Response from Salvador reports Panama openly allies with Honduras in the conflict with Nicaragua. Salvadoran troops landed March 10 at Amapais en route to Cholouteca under General Jose Dolores Presa, after marching from San Miguel, Honduras.
Fort Worth reports all hotels and rooming houses are filled to capacity due to a large number of visitors. The city notes crowded conditions as March 19 records show high occupancy across lodging establishments.
Ex United States Senator Harris of Kansas spoke at the Texas Cattle Raisers association convention where Trade Reciprocity was among topics. The discussion highlighted policy proposals and potential impact on cattle industry and trade relations.
A twenty four member Mexican juvenile band ages ten to fifteen performs at Fort Worth Fat Stock Show marking a first eastern Rio Grande appearance. Their music charms audiences as General Trevino of Monterey presents three uniforms in appreciation of their precocious talent.
New York trading opened with steep stock losses led by Hill and Harriman shares, St. Paul, Reading, and American Smelting. Weakness driven by foreign selling and fears of imminent failures, amid rumors of bank losses and settlements on unsettled debts.
Austin reports the House approved 7 to 19 a plan to devote the remainder of the session to platform demands, except for the general appropriation bill, local bill nights, and senate bills days. Rep Jenkins warned the bucketshop bill could die. Senate backed the anti-free bill report 23 to 4 amid platform debate.
Harbin March 19 at Turnside station a collision between a passenger and a freight train killed seventeen people and wounded thirty five others. authorities investigated the accident and the cause was not yet determined.
The report to the Senate committee outlines the use of four rifles in the incident. It details the substance of the findings and highlights the key actions taken and involved parties.
Washington reports to the Senate military affairs committee state that four rifles from Company B Twenty-fifth Infantry were used in the Brownsville affray. Thirty three shells found after the shooting matched those fired by the Springfield arsenal tested rifles. Lieutenant Hawkins and inspector Spooner prepared to testify. subpoenas issued for Taylor Wilson and McCurdy. Brownsville visit planned.
Testimony at the Penrose court martial ends its lengthy cross examination of Lieutenant Harbor while defense doubts the alleged Gray confession. A telegram from Recruiting Officer Chamberlain in Houston and Galveston declares Gray’s tale a fake and notes his seven years in Galveston with no army service.
Birmingham reports a three cornered pistol fight at Crescent Coal Company mine in Sloca Alabama leaves H. H. Chamberlaine superintendent and Joe Creek dead while Will Creek dies from injuries. The disturbance followed drinking and an attempted calm by Chamberlaine. Chamberlaine fires while mortally wounded killing Joe Creek and fatally injuring Will Creek.
Ardmore report states Dr. J. W. Davenport was found dead on a country road. On Monday neighbors say Mrs. M. Brooks was arrested for murder after bloodhounds traced the trail to her home and a revolver with one empty chamber was recovered there.
President E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe asserts in a Santa Barbara interview that President Roosevelt is responsible for the current Wall Street uncertainty and links the recent semi panic to a brush fire he says the president started.
New York reports cotton market opening steady Tuesday with a decline of 3 to 6 points as trading begins.
A Salvadoran force under General Medina lands near San Lorenzo on the Honduran coast, advancing toward Choluteca where President Bonilla bases operations. Another force of about 2000 men under General Meza crosses from Alianza to Choluteca, with 1400 more aboard the steamer Hiram en route to the Nicaragua frontier.
In New York on March 19 District Attorney Jerome pressed Dr. Smith Ely Jelliffe in Thaw defense proceedings. He questioned whether the doctor read hypothetical prompts with outside facts, and Jelliffe replied he read with conscience yet limited by the question. General John Moore, retired surgeon general, died in Washington at eighty one. he served as colonel and medical director of volunteers in the Civil War and earned a lieutenant colonel rank in 1864 for service in the Atlanta campaign.
The New Jersey General Assembly adopted a resolution by unanimous vote praising former President Grover Cleveland as the only living ex president and a leading citizen on the occasion of his seventieth birthday.
A brief notice reports three more clerks hired at the Dallas post office, expanding staffing. In Fort Worth a drowning occurred as Bryan Kazee, a boy, drowned while boating in Rosen Heights lake.
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