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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1906
Page
2
Received With Tears Bowie Texas November 22 Shortly after services began a telegram announced the death of Bishop Tigert at Tulsa Indian Territory Many shed tears A telegram of condolence was sent to the late bishop s family at Louisville Kentucky
W D Foulke has begun an investigation into railroad frauds in the Creek nation town for sales. The inquiry was demanded by the Creek council.
Madill Oklahoma will gain municipal water works soon. Other items note Methodist Bishop Fowler ill in New York. Oil struck at 1580 feet near Shawnee Oklahoma and Vashti Texas quarantined for smallpox.
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania on November 22 James Dougherty Jr sixteen shot and seriously wounded principal Professor J E Kohler and assistant Meade Snyder after his teacher refused permission to go hunting Snyder is reported to be in critical condition The assailant acted after the denial of hunting leave.
Jefferson City reports the supreme court issued a writ of ouster in the Hadley suit to remove the Delmar Jockey Club from the state for charter violations by permitting betting after the Breeder's law. Attorneys sought rehearing but the court's decision is said to be final.
Grand Rapids reports Harry Lewis known as Bateman was arraigned in superior court after the death of Mike Ward following a boxing match last Thursday night. He pleaded not guilty and is held on $10,000 bail, with plans to furnish bail.
Citizens in several towns backed by barricades resisted church inventories as authorities moved to seize items. Troops overpowered the barricades and secured the sites. A priest at Soligny who violently resisted was arrested and jailed.
The strongest gas well in the Caddo City field, twenty three miles north of Shreveport, was finished Wednesday by the Citizens' Oil and Pipe Line company. W. B. McCormack, secretary, said the supply equals 1 000 tons of lump coal per day.
The Texas Five Million club was chartered in Houston to publicize Texas resources hoping the 1910 census will show 5,000,000 residents. It seeks $250,000 in voluntary subscriptions for its work and lists board members across major Texas cities.
District Judge Brooks announced rulings in the Waters-Pierce Oil anti-trust case. He overruled the general demurrer to the state petition and rejected charges of fraud linked to a six year old permit change. He found parts of the 1899 act void and ruled the 1903 act left unconstitutional provisions, affecting stock ownership and contracts with Standard Oil. Ohio river at Maysville then rose six inches per hour Wednesday night.
A five-story roof fight in New York ends with Detective Christopher O'Brien fending off a mob after James Landon, 24, is charged with attempting to assault a five-year-old girl. The clash lasts about twenty minutes as officers arrive by patrol wagon.
Houston November meeting of the General Managers Association of Texas Railways aimed to ease Galveston wharf congestion. Managers plan to push the wharf company to accept flatcars loaded with cotton on the wharves instead of requiring bales to be offloaded from floats onto drays.
W H Newcomb a railroad conductor and his wife were found dead in a bathroom in Paso. Death came from asphyxiation due to failure to shut off the gas heater.
Six firemen aboard the barge Resolution from Erie Pennsylvania were drowned when the craft swamped while trying to escape as it sank.
New York on November 22 Jennie Yeamens the actress is reported to be dangerously ill in the city with details limited to her condition and location as of the latest dispatch.
The first Denver road train in several days arrived in Fort Worth on Thursday afternoon, four days late, after spending three days stalled in a snow bank between Childress and Dalhart.
Advance notice announces high demand for the Clansman with three companies formed to meet it. The Grand Opera House secured the original production for a one night engagement on Wednesday December 5.
In New York on Nov 22 Judge Holt of the United States circuit court fined the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad company 18000 dollars for rebating freight charges to the American Sugar Refining company.
Lewisville report says the railroad commission will set passenger fares at 2 cents per mile within three months, per the Evening Post. The measure targets affordable travel and may affect current ticket pricing nationwide.
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