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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1907
Page
4
A Kentuckian makes a startling admission claiming responsibility for the deaths of fourteen men. Authorities continue investigations as details emerge. The confession heightens tensions amid ongoing conflicts in the region.
In Chattanooga on October 4, D. D. Edwards on trial for murdering Sam Brooks admitted to killing a man in Kentucky and claimed to have shot and probably killed fourteen men. He said most killings occurred in the Kentucky mountains and during a Chicago labor strike. Edwards is described as a Kentucky feudist.
In Mexico City on October 4 Elihu Root was honored with a special chamber of deputies meeting and a Jockey Club ball. The entire house attended as Root spoke in English on Mexican civilization and progress, receiving enthusiastic applause for his remarks and for the money doctrine's importance to Latin America.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania four Italians were executed by hanging in the jail yard. Anthony Deoloro Stephen Carlot Siv eso Rodelli and Joseph Celione were put to death for the murder of Plato Albamere during an attempted robbery. Rodelli wavered but regained composure on the scaffold.
Lemuel Quigg testified before the Public Utilities Commission on street railway merger matters that he deliberately destroyed checks totaling 43 878 to avoid identifying the payee. He said his memory was faulty when asked who the checks were drawn to, while Metroplitan Company secretary Moorehead testified the checks charged to the special construction account could not be found and were believed destroyed.
Cairo Illinois October 4 Governor Curry of New Mexico reports President Roosevelt spent Wednesday night aboard a boat and promised support for New Mexico becoming a single state. He stated the president is for statehood for New Mexico alone and will aid passage of a single statehood bill.
Indianapolis Oct 4 John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers of America is confined to his room here due to a wound from an operation performed weeks ago not healing properly.
The Missouri Pacific railroad was found guilty in Federal court of violating safety appliance laws in Omaha on October 4.
Austin October 4 1907 Texas finances remain robust with the general revenue fund rising from 95923.87 on Sept 1 1906 to 692612.81 on Sept 1 1907 despite a September drain. September receipts exceed 400000 thanks to Baskin McGregor liquor revenue and post March depository law interest.
Jim Byrd and his father found a human skeleton on Twin mountain eighteen miles above Brownwood. The bones were covered by a United States army uniform once worn by a brigadier general. Nearby were iron saddle parts, a knife, a spur, and shot. Camp Colorado nearby once housed Lt. Robert E. Lee.
Beaumont reports a Santa Fe Center branch freight train derailed near Pineland on October 4 as four timber cars left the track on a downhill curve. The rest of the train stayed on the grade and the southbound passenger train was delayed hours. No injuries were reported.
Ardmore October 4 two persons were seriously injured in a blaze early Friday. im Nix of Pauls Valley broke his right leg near the hip and Jacob Sharpe a boy suffered severe burns from the waist up. Three buildings damaged. restaurant destroyed by a gasoline stove explosion. Loss about 3000 dollars, partly insured.
Thornwell Fay announces cash premiums for ten agents on each division to reward the five with the least car detention and the five with the best loading. With eight division superintendents, eighty agents will compete, aiming to speed and improve car use at stations.
Washington reports that excavation in the Panama canal during September totaled 1,157,412 cubic yards. In the canal prism, excavation reached 1,481,307 cubic yards, compared with 1,274,404 in August and 1,058,770 in July.
Ballas reports the heaviest rainfall in months, pouring down for four hours on Friday. Local observers noted intense precipitation with potential property impacts and brief flooding in low-lying spots. Weather watchers urged caution as runoff developed.
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