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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1906
Page
1
A mother and three sleeping children Meliton were crushed when walls of an adobe home fell during a heavy storm. The mother was badly hurt with a broken leg and possible internal injuries while two laborers nearby were killed by lightning. The family burial followed the collapse and rescue efforts commenced.
John Sharp Williams replies from Yazoo City that he opposes government ownership of railroads and would vote down any Bryan plank on the issue. He urges focusing on agreed policies and stresses regulating railroad rates without operating the lines.
Clarence K. Wooster, vice president of the People’s Gas Light and Coke Co., a known social figure, killed himself with a razor at his Chicago home on a Sunday morning. He was 48 and unmarried, with reports suggesting prior heat prostration and ongoing medical care.
A party of Black congregants returning from church six miles from Minden was fired upon, six shots at close range. One man died and several were wounded. Rex Ramsey, a white man, is in custody. An elderly Black man Lee Smith was shot at his cabin seven miles west of Shreveport. the killer fled unidentified.
A cloaked undressed man appeared during a polo game at Van Cortlandt Park in New York. Spectators screamed as players halted play. The man was wrapped in a horse blanket and transported to Bellevue Hospital for treatment.
Mr Jno T Bramer a railroad contractor and Miss Minnie Garner of Grimes county were married Sunday afternoon near Kurten by Justice W Gillie Mitchell. The notice also lists local ads and society items about sales, new fall hats, talking machine records, shoe styles, and upcoming music classes in Bryan.
Be it ordained by the Bryan City Council an alderman election shall be held at Bryan city hall on Wednesday September 12 1906. Eligible voters must follow city charter ordinances and state election laws. City Secretary Frank Clarke J E Butler notes the official notice and date.
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