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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1906
Page
4
An Indianola Mississippi special reports Al Otis, a negro, confessed to murdering white fisherman Sexton in Greenville area during a robbery. A posse captured him and he was jailed amid militia guards to avert lynching. In Havana, Palma revoked the amnesty proclamation.
In Portland Rockland Republican William T. Cobb won re-election by under 8,000 amid Maine’s prohibition emphasis. Cyrus W. Davis carried strong Democratic support on liquor constitutional issue. Republican Littlefield held lightly reduced margins against labor foe Gompers with national figures backing, while Burleigh Powers Alten and others secured seats. Androscoggin county meanwhile backed Littlefield in federal race with 5,616 to 4,274.
The Alabama Democratic state convention in Montgomery nominated John R. Tyson for chief justice and John N. Dowdell with T. C. McClellan for associate justices. They re elected H. B. Mallory as chairman and selected a new executive committee. The platform backs W. J. Bryan and demands railroad trust divorce from politics, calls for regulation of corporations, and favors direct election of U S senators.
Charles Miller, twenty, arrested in Culloden Georgia for an alleged assault on a farmer’s daughter. Escaped custody six miles out, mob overpowered the officer, about 160 shots fired, Miller’s body found in an old well with bullet wounds and a broken neck.
Washington announced with the approval of the president and interior secretary that sealed bids will be invited for the lands in the famous Oklahoma pasture totaling about 500000 acres. Instructions are being prepared and sale details will be announced soon amid strong interest and spirited bidding.
A severe wind and rain storm struck Monroe on Monday afternoon causing property damage and crop harm. The Presbyterian church was struck by lightning during the weather event.
Cuero Texas September 11 A porter named Jackson on the return excursion from San Antonio to Port Lavaca paused on a beer keg to switch the main line. Two armed men approached fired shots at him forcing him onto the track. The Sam Houston Flyer struck him injuring his left arm and face. He was removed to San Antonio for treatment.
Nine more charters were filed for cotton warehouses in Texas as the Farmers Union aims to control the crop price by storage until favorable. The filings bring total charters this year to about 200, with supervision by the union in various sections. Judge Sam H. Cowan of Fort Worth, counsel for the Cattle Raisers Association, met with Attorney General Davidson to discuss possible help in railroad injunction suits in federal court.
Galveston Texas reports four million bushels of wheat booked to ship from the port in the next twenty days. Congestion stems from road washouts and the rush to reopen traffic filling yards. Over 1,000 cars awaited unloading as shippers delayed European bookings until roads stabilized.
A troop of the Fifth Cavalry reached Douglass Arizona from Fort Huahuaca to influence Mexicans before the independence celebration. General Torres, the Mexican commander, reportedly suggested the move. Key prisoners tied to an alleged revolutionary plot were moved to Tucson.
Gainesville Texas September 11 report says the wife of County Public Weigher Piper died by her own hand when she jumped into Elm creek at 11 o'clock Monday night. She was forty years old and well known. Piper has served as public weigher ten years.
The Trinity river snagboat Mansfield under Capt. E J Patterson began clearing obstructions from Liberty to the river mouth. The vessel will proceed to the mouth and return before moving north toward Dallas to place that section in first class condition.
Jim Dees was shot and killed two miles west of Pittsburg, Texas, by M. Buckalow who surrendered after a confession. A shotgun fired two loads, one entering the right side and the other the victim’s face, amid a cotton crop dispute. Buckalow claims self defense. Riley P. Randolph, age 24, founder of his family’s business, dies in Dallas after long Congregational Sunday-school attendance.
Austin reports Dr. Orin Margaret Holliday will assume charge of the woman's ward in the state insane asylum. The item notes the appointment and the setting in Austin on Sept 11. Pensions May Be Larger. Confederate pensions next quarter may rise to 16.50, up 3.00. In Corsicana a hog deal nets 365.25 from 24 nine-month pigs sold by W F Jeffers.
Dentist offers crown and bridge dental services as a specialty with office located upstairs over Burt Norwid's store.
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