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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1906
Page
6
Paris reports from Constantinople that the sultan of Turkey was shot in the abdomen by a jealous Kurdish woman. The bullet was removed by a German physician as the sultan endured the operation without chloroform, aided by his Circassian favorite in the harem.
Charles Carraway the deaf mute who shot Dr. Preston Collins in Memphis depot months ago escaped from the asylum and was found dead on a railroad track several miles from the city after being run down by a freight train.
Dublin October 9 The Evening Telegram reports that Richard Croker plans libel action against the London Magazine’s proprietor over an article about his relations to Tomanny Hall seeking heavy damages.
A bomb was hurled at Major General Dumbadze as he drove toward the Bres lyn regiment barracks. He was slightly wounded and fired on the assailant, who fought with soldiers and escaped.
Washington reports seven yellow fever cases in Havana with three confirmed and five suspicious cases. In Princeton New Jersey ex president Cleveland and family returned from Tamworth New Hampshire noting good health. Texas Odd Fellows elect officers with F C Greiner and E R Parker among top posts and delegates receive a possum dinner.
New York October 9 the independence league issued a fund appeal stating any amount helps in its political fight for the people. It urges patriotic citizens to contribute as Charles F Murphy of Tam many Hall said the decision had been made.
A party line stance noted that only Democrats should appear on the Democratic judicial ticket. John J. Delaney resigned as city corporation counsel. A delegation visited Tammany Hall to urge Delaney's nomination for first justice of the supreme court.
Washington reports Brigadier General G F Elliott commands a Marine corps in Cuba and orders ten barrels of citronella oil sent for protection against mosquitoes. All marines on guard duty receive oil and bed netting, head nets are available, water filters are sent, and officers urge caution against unfiltered water.
Elgin Illinois reports butter production for the past week at 683300 pounds.
A 1906 exchange shows Senator J. W. Bailey offering to aid the Waters-Pierce Oil suit against Standard Oil, while Attorney General R. V. Davidson replies that the case targets a foreign corporation and involves no political motives. Bailey seeks to testify on grounds of independence of trust, Davidson notes readiness to use evidence and defends avoiding political entanglement.
The 1906 annual session of the International Association of Fire Chiefs opened in Dallas with Chief Magee presiding. Attendees, including Mayor Smith and U S District Attorney Atwell, heard addresses of welcome and remarks on fire history. Memorial services and an apparatus exhibit were planned, with chiefs from across the United States and parts of Canada attending.
Austin October 9 Superintendent of Insurance Clay returned from New York City where he attended a meeting of insurance commissioners from several states. He said the gathering was successful and all proposed bills were referred to a fifteen member committee with power to act. The committee will forward the bills to all state legislatures.
In East Waco yards of the Cotton Belt and International and Great Northern railways about thirty box cars 300 bales of cotton a chair car coal and chutes were burned in a blaze causing an estimated 75 000 loss Most property belonged to the Cotton Belt and losses are covered by blanket insurance.
The state of Texas anti-trust case against Waters-Pierce Oil company is set for trial on Nov 26 in the Twenty sixth district court in Austin. A panel of fifty jurors will be summoned and hearing on exceptions and questions of law is scheduled for Nov 20.
The twenty sixth annual convention of the Old Time Telegraphers' and Historical Association and Society of United States Military Telegraphers met in Washington on Tuesday. Delegates from across the United States and Canada attended, including Charles A. Tinker, Civil War era manager of the Western Union Telegraph company.
A Roskinsee Mississippi merchant named M Dees reports a customer slapped him during an altercation in New Orleans on October 9. He sat down and died minutes later, doctors attributing the fatality to heart failure likely caused by the blow.
Telegraphic advices from the San Francisco mint report orders for 2,600,000 Mexican half dollars to be issued in the next six months once bullion arrives within two to three weeks. Houston sees a silver Loving Cup presented by the Houston Cotton Exchange to H A Jones of the Southern Pacific. Dallas is chosen by Stone & Webster for one of four streetcar division centers. In Muskogee a grand jury probes theft of Creek Indian rolls. Denison reports a carload of walnut logs shipped to France from Indian Territory.
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