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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1906
Page
1
In Hellertown, members of the Jesse James Jr gang pleaded guilty to larceny from public schools. Captain William Trest, 15, led the gang and confessed, describing an oath sworn on a stolen skull to the black flag. The youths were sent to the house of refuge. another member allegedly plotted a poisoning murder.
Bryan will be escorted through Indian Territory by the five nation chiefs from arrival in the Choctaw nation to departure. Governor McCurtain will introduce him in the Choctaws, Pleasant Porter will host in the Creek Nation, Cherokee chief Rogers will accompany him, and likely Governors Johnston and Brown will join the party on the special train. All five chiefs pledge Democratic allegiance.
In Port Arthur Texas on September 18 a nine year old boy, son of M A Farmer chief engineer of dredge No 6, died two hours after eating raw oysters. The father Mr Farmer is dangerously ill with heart trouble and had been ill for three weeks.
A severe typhoon hit Hongkong on Sept 18 leaving about 100 dead иnd causing $1,000,000 in damage. Dozens of steamers were sunk ashore or in distress including Hitchcock Kwang Chow Monteagle San Cheung Wing Chain Akkenrade and Johanne. Hongkong island lies off China's coast as a British colony with exports around $125 million and imports near $100 million.
A sequence of brief notices reports a man named Snyder killing his infant and wounding his wife before suicide near Lexington Oklahoma, a Cairo Illinois grain dealer Thistlewood dying after a fall from a moving train, Rev W B McPherson resigning and moving to Little Rock, Mrs Marion Wallace Vail a Civil War nurse passing away in St Louis after exile, and Elgin butter production totaling 711000 pounds for the past week in Elgin Michigan.
News from Victoria B C describes a deadly clash between Japanese poachers and Russian crews off Kamchatka. A Russian officer and nineteen men were slain, along with several Japanese including Lieutenant Odake and the captain of a vessel. Russian gunboats opened fire on Japanese fishing boats near Vladivostok amid claims of reconnaissance.
From Victoria B C on Sept 18 reports relay Korea correspondents protests over brutal public executions by Japanese in Korea. Tokio Mainichi lists 46 Koreans hanged including a woman alleged bandit. Families witnessed the scene and mourners embraced the dead as the Mainichi cautions Marquis Ito to halt barbarous executions.
New York dispatch reports that rebels fired on a Denver crew in an automobile while riding in the country. Nobody was hit. The attackers apologized after mistaking the sailors for Cuban officials and fired again later with no injuries.
Ardmore September 18 Cal Stewart leading stockman is charged with murder of his brother Ben Stewart. Commissioner Robnett refused bail and remanded him to jail.
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