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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1908
Page
5
Found items including a watch fob black ribbon and plain gold picture charm linked to property used for hunting. Owner may claim by paying notice. James Mosely Hunter & Chartom's noted.
J. W. Wheatley reports that numerous American corporations and individuals have halted Mexican mining operations as a proposed law threatens foreign ownership. The Molina bill would require mining firms to be chartered in Mexico with Argentine owners and HQs inside the country, provoking a financial downturn and concerns about Diaz’s re election.
Spokane district reports Potlatch Lumber company plans extensive cutting this fall and winter in the upper Palouse country south of Spokane. Potlatch operates the world’s largest sawmill at Potlatch Idaho with a capacity of 350000 feet daily.
A group of ministers arrived to attend the Methodist missionary conference in the city. Attendees include Rev. J. T. Smith of Jacksonville Texas and Rev. Arthur Burrows presiding elder Pittsburg district among many others. The conference will review the missionary territory and consider next year’s appropriations. Additional ministers arrived on late afternoon trains including Rev. R. W. Adams Teague and Rev. M. L. Lindsey Hearne.
The cotton market shows a weak tone with Liverpool opening 2 to 3 points lower and closing 2 down while the American market opens unchanged and closes 5 to 6 points higher. Bryan spot quotes list Several grades around 8 1 16 to 8 9 16 cents with 200 bales sold. Market chatter blames unsettled Manchester mills and farmer rush to market for weak demand and lower prices, predicting further declines without restraint in marketing. Liverpool expected to open 2 points higher next session.
P Jones notes the cut is the district's largest ever. Five hundred men will work in logging camps where donkey engines replace mules for hauling and loading logs.
In Glen Flora Texas on October 6 a mob gathered to demand Ben Price, a black man charged with criminally assaulting his young daughter. Officials refused, the mob stormed the jail, hanged Price from a pecan tree, and departed without further incidents.
Ennis resident R. R. McCulloch says his name appears on the Independence party presidential electors list without consent. He works as a federal letter carrier and is a Democrat, so he asks that his name be removed though the official ballot is printed. Other notes mention the Texas Midland Railway seeking exemptions from a railroad commission order to add 100 freight cars by Jan. 1, and university suspensions stemming from a melee during freshman elections. A runaway horse crashed into Low's dry goods window on Sixth Street, causing destruction and fear but no injuries.
The Evening News lauds Frederick Bly Warde for eight Shakespeare recitals that mix memory and clear teaching. It praises his 35 years as a Shakespearean actor and argues his method makes the Bard accessible to all. Warde lectures at the Grand Opera House Friday. seats are at Cavitt's Drugstore.
Message to Wilson and Erskine in Wellborn Texas requests a description be sent for potential sale negotiations.
Ex Judge Parker repeats his charge that President Roosevelt aligned with Harriman and Standard Oil in 1904. He defends remarks from a Monday night speech and says he stands by his critique and awaits Roosevelt's reply.
Elijah Skaggs, a noted prophet, was whipped by about 100 Warren residents after a Fort Smith jail stay. A farmer aligned with the crowd and facing ostracism was cited in an anonymous letter for refusing to bow to "their king" as the motive. Over 900 people saw Skaggs depart by train.
Louisville October 6 Major W H Thomas longtime leading Louisville wholesale liquor dealer dies at eighty three. He joined the Confederate army at the outbreak of the Civil War serving two years under General Robert E Lee, later under General Kirby Smith and in the Transmississippi department until the war’s end.
Beaumont reports bank teller Will Earnhardt received a letter signed by alleged Black Hand members demanding 5,000 dollars be left at a crossroads one mile from town at six o'clock Tuesday night or he will be killed. Earnhardt says he feels no fear.
Toronto dispatch reports the International Tax Association meeting for the first time at its new home. Delegates from thirty three U S states and five Canadian provinces attend with university presidents present. Also listed is a sale notice for a cart with body in good condition via Buckheens rural carrier No. 6.
Dallas authorities recovered the body of Miss Ruby Reed Wooten who had been missing since Friday. A farewell note addressed to her mother was found on the bank, and her shoes were nearby. Her father, Mr Wooten, spotted her in the lake from an Oak Cliff car and identified the body.
In Taylor Texas on Tuesday a mob of citizens flogged two white men and two Black labor agents then drove them out of town after the agents offered to pay pickers $1.25 per 100 pounds and Black workers threatened to strike for 65 cents more.
Fire late Monday night and early Tuesday caused nearly 30000 dollars in damage to Waxahachie's business district. An entire block burned, including Peters and Peters mattress factory, George Crump's liquor house, and multiple buildings owned by Browning, Mrs. J. J. Gammon, Mrs. E H. Ackley, and Mrs. J. B. George. Losses partly insured.
Fort Worth Oct 6 Fred H Bon fils owner of the Denver Post and the Sells Floto circus said before Bryan was nominated he offered Bryan 12000 annually to edit his paper He said he will renew the offer if Bryan is defeated Bonfils a Taft supporter says Colorado is going Democratic
Oct 6 Charles Pattille aged fifty five was fatally scalded by a valve at the Yellow Pine Paper company mill. The boiling liquid enveloped him and he died. Also a Denton spider bite tragedy: Jessie Dees fifteen near here gravely ill from a large spider bite on the leg.
Battery C of the Third Artillery arrived from Fort Snelling to Fort Sam Houston San Antonio bringing the post total to 400 men.
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