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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1907
Page
4
Mrs George Rainey risked life to save her six year old son dangling on a cow horn near Spindle Top on the Port Arthur road. The horn pierced the left jaw as the child was snatched free before the animal could strike. A physician said the boy will recover though his voice may be impaired.
Austin Sept 21 The attorney general’s department holds that if Grayson county votes against prohibition in the Ideal option election precincts that were prohibition territory before county prohibition remain so. It also says local option in a precinct survives a county wide anti prohibition vote. Penitentiary railroad bonds of 150000 for extending the state railroad out of Rusk were approved. Adjutant General Newton notifies National Guard of Colonel Robert Slayton’s death at Corpus Christi and traces his service from corporal in 1887 to lieutenant colonel.
Richmond Indiana reports Turner Igo of Farmers Kentucky is charged in an affidavit by Lulu Clark with the Goebel assassination. Clark says Igo vowed to kill Goebel in 1900 and identified the mountaineer Sanford as an accomplice. She recalls exchanges of boots at a fence and Igo recalling the promise after meeting in Mount Sterling.
Hoboken on Sept 21 saw a brawl at the Democratic city convention as factional supporters clashed with fists and chairs. Police were outnumbered and delegates then held rival conventions on the same stage naming two city tickets. The dispute centered on Patrick J. Griffin challenging Maurice J. Stack for party leadership.
During a baseball game at the Dalhart fair the grand stand collapsed injuring seventeen people. Mrs J D Howard and Mrs Harry Wright suffered severe injuries with doubtful chances of recovery.
Sherman Tex Sept 21 Mrs D A Simmons wife of Dr Simmons and mother of former Assistant Attorney General D A Simmons Jr of Austin died at the family residence south of town after a brief illness.
Tokio reports the foreign office has decided Ambassador Aoki will stay in Washington. Baron Tsutinu to take over for Baron Inbuya at Berlin while representing Japan at The Hague conference.
Sherman Texas September 21 Congress man C B Randell took the third degree in Masonry at the local lodge. A banquet in his honor followed the ceremonies.
In Canonsburg Pennsylvania on September 21 a cat owned by John Robinson gave birth to five kittens and one kitten is born with five heads each on its own neck.
Stephens Harris of Elston Texas located his long missing daughter who had been in a theatrical company in Chicago. The reunion occurred as Harris learned of her whereabouts through the chorus group and reports confirm she is safe and connected with the company.
Canton Texas September 21 1907 Van Zandt county tax rolls total five dollars and twenty five thousand four hundred dollars shown for the year 1907.
Dolores Ranzel who had a leg cut off by a train died in Houston on September 21 after the injury.
New York reports egg receipts totaling 7,000 packages for Friday. The figure reflects activity in the city market on the reported date.
General Superintendent Brooks states Western Union has all the men it needs and will not employ former workers. He vows no repeat of prior strike abuses in operating rooms and labels 175 former operators as trouble-makers. Edward J. Nall of Postal Telegraph confirms there is no arbitration and no compromise.
Secretary Metcalf awarded contracts for five torpedo-boat destroyers authorized by Congress. William Cramp & Sons secure two ships at 585000 each, Bath Iron Works two ships at 624000 each, New York Shipbuilding one ship at 645000. Hulls follow navy plans while bidders supply machinery. Turbine Parsons type to be installed in all vessels.
Ennis Texas carpenters organize a union. The notes mention a varied Texas scene including turkey shortages, sweet potato shipments near Gainesville and artesian wells planned for Fort Worth. An event in Shreveport results in a death, while Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah lodge memberships rise nationally.
A collision between a southbound El Paso express and a northbound Mexican Central freight near El Carnacion de dios, fifty kilometers south of Aguays Calientes, kills sixty three and injures forty three. American engineer Brock and freight conductor Randleman are jailed for alleged disobedience of orders.
Fulton McElhannon, about eight years old, drank carbolic acid on a Frisco train near Prosper after returning toward his Denton home. He died ten minutes later. A pocket note to Rose McElhannon asked for a good burial and mentioned a trunk in Houston.
A polecat bit a two year old in Clay Magee's Nuecestown home as the family slept. The child’s screams woke the household and she was brought to Corpus Christi for treatment. This follows another local polecat attack, F M Cold, treated at the Pasteur Institute in Austin.
In Dallas on September 21, the McQuestion brothers and C. M. Bustin from Mexico City dominated the state tennis tournament, taking all single and doubles trophies.
In Commerce Texas on September 21 doctors concluded that the deceased baggage master . McAdams died of heart failure after an autopsy by Drs. Boyce DeJernett of Commerce and Dr. Lemmon of Greenville.
On September 21 in Ennis Texas Mattie Terrell a Black woman fell into a well at the Caldwell farm two miles west of Ennis and drowned. She was left at the house while her family harvested cotton. It is believed she went to the well for water and slipped in.
Mrs James Carlin is indicted for the killing of her husband at Port Arthur. She claims the shooting was accidental but the infant’s inquest states a different account.
A boy named Ferrald drowned after falling into Sandy Creek while playing with other children in Ada. The family had arrived in town and left the children at home.
Ralph Harris of Harris Bros. in San Angelo Texas ships 4000 head of fine steers to the Osage country for pasturage and feeding. He has arranged to care for 6500 head in that region.
On the William Burkes farm near Tom Bean in Sherman County a white infant about one day old was found dead in a well. The discovery was reported Sept 21 with authorities alerted and the case under investigation.
A brief notice directs readers to look for the Red Hoot sign next to James & Nunn in Bryan, Texas.
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