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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1906
Page
6
A broker appeals for landowners to list property with his office. He claims buyers for several tracts from 100 to 900 acres and specializes in selling large tracts. He promises reasonable charges and mutual benefit from matching land with buyers.
In Herkimer New York on November 28 the Gillette murder trial resumed at 10 40 a m. Defense attorney Mills argued no eye witness to the tragedy and questioned Grace Brown and Gillette engagement. Chester Gillette testified Miss Brown jumped overboard as the boat capsized and he tried to reach her.
El Paso reports Britton Davis son of former Texas Governor BE J Davis has been granted a divorce from his New York wife who did not attend the hearing. He now lives in El Paso, and the case follows a prior attempt for divorce in New York City last year. Meanwhile Bremen residents vote on a harbor improvement project estimated at 4.5 million dollars.
Denver reports the Denver and Rio Grande and Southern and Colorado Midland railroads boosted switchmen pay by four cents per hour. Other notes include a quail bone incident in Panola county and the death of a London surgeon during an operation.
The schooner Goldhunter from Blue Hills, overdue from Portland, battled a severe gale November 11 to 13 off Mount Desert Rock. Captain McGuire, his wife, and a crewman faced a wrecked deck and torn sails as Mrs. McGuire remained at the wheel through the worst of the storm, steering for safety until help arrived.
San Francisco dispatch reports Arthur May Knapp editor of Yokohama Daily Advertiser says Japanese opinion sees San Francisco exclusion as local and not United States discrimination. He notes Japan’s press treats it as a local issue with broader Korean problem drawing attention. A separate Birmingham item says Walter Willard dies from a gunshot near a cabin after a dance party encounter with an unknown Black assailant. several others injured.
Luther Frazier, a negro, was found guilty of attempted criminal assault on Miss Orrie Bryan at her home in Atlanta. He received a fifteen year prison sentence. A second charge of criminal assault remains pending and will be tried next week.
Mobile reports Hon. John J. Del Champs died aged eighty six. Born in Savannah Georgia he was the eldest Mason in Alabama and perhaps the south. He remained active until injured in September's hurricane and never recovered.
Senator Tillman spoke to a large audience protected by forty detectives after interruptions by hecklers. He attacked Louisville Mayor Dunne and defended Southern white supremacy while denouncing the law and praising Booker Washington. a new Roman and a Russian were arrested for causing a disturbance.
Topeka November 28 The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad has granted a four cent an hour wage increase for trainmen on the main line from Chicago to El Paso. Yard reclassification will boost some workers by five cents an hour, affecting about two thousand men.
New York officials of Ward Steamship Company deny that Charles W. Morse will acquire the line.
J M Peters calls all interested in the price of this crop of turkeys to meet at the Court House on Friday November 30 at 2 p m to discuss the matter. He says he has not yet sold at satisfactory prices but believes better times are coming.
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