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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
1
Two seventeen year old girls Miss Costella and Miss Zimmer visited a matron at the Bridewell in Chicago. After being locked inside they tried to escape by scaling the wall. A guard fired as they descended and fled to a streetcar.
Government planters gather in New Orleans for a meeting to counsel on agricultural policy and cooperative actions. Key delegates from state farms and planter associations attend to discuss crop strategies and market conditions.
National Farmers Educational union session in New Orleans focuses on raising cotton prices with slogans calling price increases. Leaders discuss night riding in the South and plans for mammoth cotton storage warehouses across the South, with broader warehouse expansion in several states.
A New Orleans wreck on the New Orleans and Northwestern line near Little Woods killed seven and injured over twenty. Victims include Charles Routh Alten William Martin George Edlesson Mr Lowery and a Slidell child. Cause linked to a collision with a New Orleans and Great Northern train. The scene was described as terrible.
Yardmaster C. Barton was found unconscious in the Wabash railroad yard with a bullet wound to the head. He was rushed to Mercy Hospital where doctors feared the wound would prove fatal. Authorities believe he was shot by a freight train robber.
New Orleans on November 11 reports Southern Pacific Railway directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1 1 2 percent on preferred stock. Union Pacific Railway directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of 2 1 2 percent on common stock.
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