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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
1
In New York a nine year old girl Marian Meade ran in front of a trolley car while clutching a 5 cent piece to buy milk for her baby brother. The car was overturned by volunteers and the child died beneath the tracks. The motorman was detained on homicide charges.
El Paso report says the Chihuahua brewery owned by Creel family members burned with an estimated loss of $150,000. The main building is a total ruin and the entire loss is covered by insurance. The cause remains unknown and the fire department arrived two hours after discovery.
Fort Wayne reports Mrs. Jennie E. V. Jarrett files for divorce from James E. Jarrett claiming they were forced to move thirty nine times in their married life starting after 1891. The family says they were evicted from sixteen homes for non payment of rent and left others to avoid process.
A Pickford report says between forty and fifty square miles of timber in the Sault Ste. Marie region have been destroyed by fire.
The body of F. E. Forshey, a printer from Calvert Texas, was found three miles south. The cause of death is unknown.
In Lockhart Texas on October 22 J E Pearce a local ginner donated a bale of cotton to the Democratic campaign fund.
Missoula Montana October 22. Game Warden W P Scott and Deputy Warden Henry A Vass returned with the body of Deputy Game Warden Charles B Peyton killed in Swan river country while arresting Indians in violation of state game laws. Peyton shot an Indian lad who fired first and then dropped two more attackers before dying. The incident ended when squaws shot Peyton to end his suffering. Pursuit is on for fleeing squaws carrying the slain braves.
Chicago on October 22. Alderman Derver proposes annual funding to condemn and raze unfit houses and create ten playgrounds per ward. He calls for a municipal commission to improve housing on Chicago’s west side and frames crime as a human issue, citing 15 million dollars spent on handling criminals yearly.
Samuel Randolph, eighty, owner of a Dogtown general store, was found dead in his shop in Mulberry Arkansas. A large gash in the back of his head caused death. no enemies or stolen cash found, motive undetermined.
Edward A. Woods of Briceville Tennessee was found dead seated in a bootblack's chair in a Memphis hotel corridor. He had attended a three day session of the Order of Odd Fellows convention in the city.
Columbus Ohio October twenty second. Attorney General Ellis holds separate white and negro public schools are illegal.
San Antonio reports a shortage of horses in the region as of October 22, signaling tighter local supply and rising demand. News notes the scarcity affecting buyers and stables across the area.
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