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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
1
San Antonio, March 27 Special. The comptroller reports Texas cattle on the 1907 assessment rolls totaled 6,504,056 with value 59,128,381 and average 9.09. In 1906 there were 6,015,859 cattle valued at 54,990,363 averaging 9.14. The 1907 figures show an increase of 488,197 head and 4,140,018 dollars, suggesting the industry is not waning.
Washington announces Major General A. W. Greely has been placed on the retired list upon reaching retirement age. Charles B. Hall is named major general to succeed him, with Colonel Joan B. Kerr promoted to brigadier general to fill Hall’s post at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Oglethorpe respectively.
Norfolk news reports a long distance call from Governor Swanson delaying Leo Thurman’s execution for the Walter P. Dolsem murder until April 8. The delay follows a request by Thurman’s brother to allow time to obtain additional evidence.
Emmanuél L. Phillipe president of the Union Refrigerator Transit company of Milwaukee won $15,000 in a libel suit against McClure Publishing Co. The case claimed series of McClure's Magazine articles by Ray Stannard Baker alleged unlawful commissions. Phillips sought $100,000.
Rochester March 27 two men were killed one fatally injured and four slightly hurt in a wreck of Erie train No. 18 near Belvidere three miles from a telegraph station. It is alleged an operator erred in orders and did not hold a freight for the express to pass. The wife of Engineer Melner collapsed on hearing of the death and is feared to die.
The German Foreign Office says Dr Hill American minister at The Hague is persona grata and denies any German opposition. It states opposition to Hill is by Americans, not Germans, amid effort to replace Charlemagne Tower as ambassador.
Julius Hopp of the Lower East Side launches the citys first Socialist theater in a small East Third Street playhouse. The opening bill features three one act dramas The Moral Demand Their Daughter and The Dolls with Hopp directing and starring in the program.
The North Carolina complaint against Norfolk and Western railway charged rate discrimination, alleging unfair pricing favoring Virginia cities. Hearing before Interstate Commerce Commission Judge Clements proceeded in Raleigh.
Washington mourns Durham White Stevens veteran diplomat to Tokyo and Korea who died in San Francisco after a shooting incident. His sister Mrs. J J Porter suffers shock from the event as Porter rushes west to be at her side. Stevens served 10 years at the American legation in Tokyo and later advised Korea under a Japanese protocol earning high honors. The Takahira embassy and Japanese government express deep regret.
In San Francisco the United Korean association issues 2000 copies for mailing to Korea amid doubt over entry due to Japanese inspections. The paper features pictures of Chun and Chang, and a fervent editorial justifying the assassination of Durham W. Stevens.
Major General Adolphus W. Greely famed Arctic explorer is placed on the retired list for age. He is on leave in the Orient. His last command was the Department of Dakota at St Paul, succeeded by Brigadier General Winfield S. Edgerly.
John Dalzell Robertson assistant secretary of the California Safe Deposit and Trust company is in New York and seeks to return to San Francisco to testify. Indicted with J Dal yell Brown Walter J Barnett and James Treadwell on embezzlement charges after fleeing during the crash. Robertson, penniless and ill, has offered a confession hoping for immunity for his testimony.
San Antonio moves to repair downtown streets and sidewalks after the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals orders the city to pay 5000 dollars to a man who injured himself by stepping into a sidewalk hole. Mayor Callaghan directs the street commission to upgrade pavements in first class condition with help from the Business Men's Club and the Woman's Club.
A strong earthquake rattled the St Thomas section of the Danish West Indies on Thursday causing great alarm but no damage was reported.
Dallas report notes the death of A B Rust a well known county resident occurring near Eagle Ford on March 27. The obituary style notice confirms his status in local society and ties to the Eagle Ford community.
The fifth annual Y M C A interstate convention for North and South Carolina opened in Columbia with full delegate representation. Governor Ansel, Bishop Guerry of Charleston, and Rob President Scherer of Newberry College were slated for the afternoon and evening programs as sessions continue through Saturday and Sunday.
William J. Bryan arrived in Pittsburg from Washington this morning and was greeted by the local Bryan State league. He conferred with prominent Democrats at the Fort Pitt hotel and spoke at a mass meeting in Exposition Music Hall tonight. He is scheduled to visit Parkersburg tomorrow morning.
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