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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1906
Page
4
In the Taliaferro building across from the Court House an office holds the sole set of Brazos County land titles abstract books with telephone contact 37 for inquiries and records.
At Lawton Oklahoma the ex Confederate reunion of the Oklahoma division adjourned its annual convention with a grand ball. Major General S J Wilkins of Norman was re-elected commander of the division for the seventh time. Brigadier generals were chosen for the First Second and Third brigades and Ruth Tesson of Oklahoma City was re elected president of the Daughters of the Confederacy of Oklahoma.
The United States plans a new investigation into the Aloah seizure and Hatteras hold ups at sea. Acting Secretary Bacon in Washington directs the American embassy in Mexico to report on the Hatteras case. Officials expect prompt action amid months of costly disputes and national pride at stake.
The Call reports Mrs. Herman Oelrichs travels west after her husband's death to discuss a major property sale on six ty blocks at the northern city boundary. Harriman and Southern Pacific are deeply involved in the water frontage land seen as pivotal to Bay Area transportation and future competition with Gould and Ripley. An offer of 1,500,000 was received for this parcel.
Aletter from Aguas Calientes, Mexico, cited by The Times reports great unease among Americans in El Paso. Rumors said Mexican Central shops would be burned and Americans wiped out, prompting nightly rural guards around American homes and shops. Some Americans are leaving while authorities prepare for potential upheaval.
A Douglas Arizona dispatch reports a letter from "The Liberal Party" warning that deporting alleged Mexican revolutionists jailed in Tucson to Mexico will lead to twenty American border deaths in retaliation. The note references border security and possible executions in Mexico.
The National Negro Baptist convention in Memphis heard educational reports as Rev. E C Morris of Helena Ark was unanimously reelected president for a fifteenth year. The Negro Women’s Home and Foreign Mission convention, an auxiliary body, also met with Sadie Layton of Pennsylvania presiding.
Austin reports exhausted state funds as over 75,000 warrants were registered on Thursday. The $375,000 from the U S government is spent, with a deficit projected above $1,000,000 not cleared until March. In other news, Alva Adams named Democratic governor candidate by acclamation. In Houston, E C Posey was fatally struck by a train.
Insurgents fire the Western railroad bridge at Calabazar near Sagua La Grande but trains pass. Rebels use locomotives to pull down water tanks along lines. They threaten Santiago de Las Vegas and threaten nearby Havana as 400 extra troops arrive from Guinea. Pino Guerra forces move east of Pinar del Rio. attacks drop cash in Cruces. Rebels seize American property at Manicaragua Santa Clara.
In Santa Clara province near Manchuculo Captain Noye led eighty rurale guardsmen and 140 militiamen in a machette assault on Sabine Caballero’s rebel force. Three rebels were killed, one wounded, and several prisoners were taken. Pino Guerra’s force moves toward Havana from Consolacion del Sur.
The eighty first semi annual meeting of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers opened at the Hotel Champlain Bluff Point New York with President James R. McColl of Providence delivering the address. Harvie Jordan of Atlanta could not attend and his talk on handling and marketing cotton growers was read by George O. Draper of Hopedale. John Martin of Paris Texas extended greetings on behalf of the cotton planters of the south and Arthur A. Haserick of Boston spoke on Egyptian cotton before an informal reception.
The Commercial Cable Company of Cuba files incorporation papers in Albany and plans two cables from Hawaii to Key West and then to New York City with Florida links to provide rapid service. The system aims to open December 7 in conjunction with the Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable companies.
Judge Charles K. Bell and Miss Florence Smith wed quietly at the bride’s mother's home in Fort Worth. Rt. Rev. A C Garrett officiated. The couple will tour the northeast for two weeks and reside at Hotel Delaware upon return. The groom is a prominent Texas citizen and the bride is the daughter of the late Colonel John Peter Smith.
Fire Chief R. C. Adler is critically hurt after the Brand & Smith two story brick building collapsed from a defective interior wall. Mrs. George Perryman is badly hurt and one or two others may be buried in the ruins. Property loss listed at 13009.
In Shreveport on September 12 John Williams, 20, after robbing 15 year old Paul Fain, cut the boy’s throat, possibly fatally. Both identified as white.
A dentist specializing in crown and bridge procedures operates from an office upstairs above Burt Norwid's store, offering specialized dental care.
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