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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
6
Sired by Alamo Jubilee from Fadett Signal and Crater Marie. The Signal of Bryan bull is touted as a premier Jersey cattle sire with strong Jersey imports. He will stand at Bryan Texas for the season with payment due at service and return privileges. Details available from the advertiser.
In Lexington May 15 at Judge James Hargis trial for James Cockrill’s murder new witness M J Peters testified he saw Hargis and Sheriff Ed Callahan in Hargis store with guns after the shooting and heard a threat to shoot. Oscar Hagin also testified John Smith fled court house window when Cockrill was shot.
The piece recounts Pellisson the historian being lured by a lady into a house where a painter plans a depiction of Temptation In the Wilderness. Separately, John Thomas, who nearly finished a decade for killing his son in law, has been pardoned by Oklahoma acting governor Filson while his wife dies in Colorado.
A pennant raising at the American League park in Chicago was marred by a broken flagstaff and a fierce wind and rain storm as about 40 players and officials hauled the 35 foot pennant to the staff. Mayor Busse, August Herrmann, and President Johnson attended speeches. Washington and Chicago teams paraded to the park with some 400 players. A pregame shower cut the first inning short and several games across leagues followed with varied scores.
A sergeant major in an infantry regiment at Bremen received a slight disciplinary punishment for mortally wounding a man with a revolver during a fight. He appealed, was rejected, then ordered his men to load blank cartridges, later replacing them with ball rounds. He formed a firing squad and demonstrated aiming at his heart, then shouted wire and died from four bullets.
Antonio Kresnic hospital nurse says a uniformed Grand Street cross town car conductor turned out lights, knocked him down, robbed him of 980 dollars, a gold watch and a diamond ring on a late night ride to East River terminal before being thrown from the car. police investigation is underway.
The Agricultural Department says the green bug or spring grain aphis, costly to wheat in Texas Oklahoma and parts of Kansas, is nearly exterminated by its parasite a tiny black fly. Kansas reports at least half of the bugs parasited and if this week stays favorable the pest will be terminated. Bureau agents direct the effort and parasites are distributed from Texas and Oklahoma. Weather favors both pest and parasite, but the parasites will eliminate the bug.
Professor H J Hunter of the state university reports distributing 2 000 boxes of parasite bees to Kansas farmers to combat green bugs harming wheat and corn. He notes good results but calls for more funds to expand the work. Secretary Wilson sought full details of the program. A report from Hutchinson notes green bugs attacking new corn growth.
On May 15 in San Francisco, passengers alighting from street cars faced chasing crowds and beatings from strike violence. The afternoon saw heavy incidents along Mission Street from Fifth to Twentieth, despite about 100 police on duty and few arrests. Glass shattered as strikebreakers were targeted and riders attacked.
Condensed notices report Farm Union to build a 5000 dollar warehouse in Taylor Texas. A Texas man shoots his son by misidentification. A Swedish pastor in Austin dies. A cyclones aftermath prompts town rebuilding in Hopkins. Multiple tragedies include a train accident near Greenville and a stove explosion near San Angelo. Other items note opium dens closed and a dog bite cluster treated in Houston.
Reports to the Texas State Federation of Labor from local unions show a prosperous condition. The convention adopted a rule requiring three union labeled articles on a delegate and tabled a poll tax clause after debate. The Farmers Union of Corpus Christi urged labeling crates and urged buying union made goods.
The state council of the Knights of Columbus opened in El Paso with delegates from every council. Mayor Sweeney and J W Neal welcomed attendees, while State Deputy Blakeney spoke in response. Officers elected include M E Buckley as state deputy and T P Fenelon as state secretary.
Layton Bird twenty four year old farmer from Garvinsville south of Clarksville Texas was killed when a target rifle discharged while he was shooting rats in a barn. The ball struck him in the forehead and he died two hours later. He leaves a widow and two young children.
A tornado struck Wolfe City Texas on May 15 causing several thousand dollars in damage. The Medlin Milling grain house was blown down a negro school house demolished Hale and Shaw gin badly damaged and a ten ant house owned by Sam Maloney blown over. There were no casualties.
Advices from Baton Rouge report cottonseed scarcity driving farmers to beg mills for seed. Three plantings were required due to heavy rains and some areas face a seed famine as several cotton oil mills shut down because of shortages.
The executive sessions of the Order of Railway Conductors meet in Memphis with the grand chief conductor issuing news to members.
Denison reports heavy frost in the lowlands Tuesday with corn damaged. Ardmore notes a light frost Tuesday night with crops lightly affected, signaling potential losses but no widespread ruin.
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