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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1906
Page
6
A sale offers fifty men’s suits in checks plaids solids and blues browns grays and blacks. Styles include self material trimmings braids and buttons with various sleeve and cuff options. Skirts are pleated with panels and folds. Each suit valued at 20 dollars, discount price 15 dollars.
An assortment of Etons and matching items in black brown green and wine shades. Imported all wool broadcloth from France with stole collars or flat collars trimmed in buttons braids or dallions. Sleeves vary with cuffs and tucks. Skirts are full and duster pleated. Sixty five pieces valued at 35 dollars, sale price 25 dollars.
Major H M Dixon of the United States engineering corps arrives with sixteen assistants to survey the Brazos river. The gauge readings at multiple points will determine river volume and influence plans for locks and dams. Negroes Entitled to Place in Choctaw Roll Noted in Muskogee. The interior department reverses Commissioner Tams?by’s ruling, granting freedmen under 21 who lived March 4, 1906, a place on the rolls.
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Bhaw and Hon. W. J. Bryan headlined three Transmississippi congress sessions in Kansas City on November 23. Bryan addressed 6,000 attendees, urging arbitration, anti trust reform, and opposition to rebates while criticizing Standard Oil. Ike T. Pryor of Fort Worth spoke on lumber interests.
Miss Otille Schneider fifty two shot five revolver rounds at Dr Frederick Bierhoff near Madison avenue and Fifty ninth street. The doctor and two bystanders Otto Groeg and Paul Sheehan were wounded with minor injuries. She claimed malpractice and alleged theft of ideas for her designs.
Charlottesville observations note a major southern educational conference opening at the University of Virginia. Presidents of seven state universities Virginia colleges and state superintendents from several southern states attend to align on secondary and higher education. The report also mentions the University of Texas engineering banquet in Austin and Marsh Bros wool sale at San Angelo to Boston buyers.
The Texas Railroad Commission refused to delay the hearing on sleeping car rate reductions for Pullman car privileges. The hearing, set for next Tuesday, follows an application by the Texas Managers' Association. The commission notified W G Van Vleck and others that the case will proceed as scheduled. The same session ordered suspension of rules on cotton concentration at compress points for Rock Island, allowing discontinuance of refunds on concentration charges.
The grand jury in Waco on November 23 indicted Dave Sullins of Moody and W Mabany of McGregor with assault to murder and burglary. They allegedly forced entry into Mr and Mrs Ray’s Moody room with pistols as they prepared for bed. Mrs Ray shot Sullins. he is hospitalized in Temple. Resolutions condemned Moody City Marshal John Duncan for arresting Mrs Ray and letting the suspects go largely free.
Dallas Nov 23 Arthur Young convicted of murdering his wife in Kaufman county and given a life sentence after a venue change brought the case to Dallas court. He reportedly shot her three times with two pistols while she was pregnant. defense cited insanity.
The state through the attorney general demanded copies of all Waters-Pierce Oil ledgers journals and stock records from 1878 to 1906 plus vouchers and correspondence from 26 Broadway. The request covers cash books profit and loss statements and officer records as part of a Standard Oil related case. If denied the state will use secondary evidence.
Madrid reports Admiral Cervera is assembling 1,200 infantry to depart for Cadiz where a Spanish squadron heads toward Moroccan waters. In Cartagena a marine regiment is being formed for possible Morocco service.
A private dispatch from Victoria reports the City of Mexico confirms the British Columbia Mexican service contract. Canada already signed. the line will begin in March with monthly sailings by W. Simmons & Co. of Liverpool.
J M Peters invites interested parties to discuss turkey prices at the Court House on Friday November 30 at 2 p.m. He says sales have been unsatisfactory so far but he believes better times are coming.
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