23 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1907
Page
1
A former senator linked to the Sun Forces of Honduras and Salva flower State is freed amid a tale of allied setbacks and political tumult.
Ironton Missouri March 22 Joseph Ralph Burton former United States senator from Kansas has been released from the county jail after serving six months of a six month sentence for violating a Federal statute by acting as a paid representative for a St Louis get rich quick concern. He was fined $500 and barred from ever holding a Federal office. He declares no crime and plans to publish a statement in serial form.
In a signed statement Burton denies plans for vengeance, asserts innocence, and says he will publish a newspaper reflecting his views. He promises a serial, truthful history of his case and critiques of government, planning to speak and write from Abilene. He aims to fight policies, not people, and to return home hopeful.
A Managua dispatch reports over 5 000 Honduran and Salvadoran troops attacked Portillas da Namasique for three days and were defeated. Nicaraguans seized prisoners including officers, 2 000 rifles, and war materiel while claiming capture of Le Ceiba port. Marines landed at Truillo Ceiba and Puerto Cortez to protect U S interests.
District Attorney Jerome presented eight affidavits to Justice Fitzgerald in the Thaw case arguing insanity. Defense counsel Delmas said their response was not ready. Both sides were allowed to file affidavits by Saturday at 2 PM. no jury or Thaw attended the session.
Seven paintings valuable to thousands of dollars, extensive silverware, and bric-a-brac vanished from the summer home of Herry Seigel in Mamaroneck. Police report a gardener and assistant were present but heard nothing. entry came through a front window as drawers and cupboards were rifled and paintings cut from frames.
Eighteen thousand dollars of jewelry were taken from the home of Charles Morgan son of the Morgan steamship founder in Orange New Jersey. Mrs. Morgan reported a disturbed dressing table drawer and a missing jewel bag containing a diamond bracelet valued at four thousand dollars and two necklaces worth two thousand dollars along with other pieces.
March heat waves smash records in El Paso with 93 degrees reported by the weather bureau and humidity near zero. Kansas also sees unusually hot weather in Topeka with highs around the mid nineties and other locales 2 to 4 degrees higher. An Oklahoma constitutional convention transcription project will span the summer, costing about 30000 dollars.
The Liverpool spring meeting featured a Grand National steeplechase for 3000 sovereigns. Bremon owned by Stanley Howard won the race over about four miles and 856 yards with Tom West riding to second place and Pat Lande third among twenty three starters.
In St Louis on March 22 the thermometer reached 90 degrees at 3 PM, the highest March temperature on record since the local weather bureau began in 1836.
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