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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1905
Page
4
City officials hold a council meeting to consider granting a franchise for an electric railway and a light plant. The article notes potential routes, terms, and public utility implications, with attendees and municipal leaders named.
Bryan city council deals with finances and street franchise for an electric railway from Dallas and Main streets to the Agricultural and Mechanical College. Ordinances donate land for a power house with conditions to operate a power plant and railway within two years, with rates overseen by the city. Unclogged adjournment ends with a community lunch.
Nagasaki April 17 the appeal in the case of the British steamer Nigrella seized by the Tenushima Dec. 20 off Korea and condemned as a prize Jan. 5 has been rejected. The vessel and her cargo are confiscated. Philadelphia April 17 Mrs Danz Must Hang the supreme court orders Mrs Catherine Danz to be hanged for the murder of her husband.
News in brief covers accidents and events across Texas and nearby areas. Cattle deaths from rabies in Oklahoma County. freight cars overturned near Colmesweil. a train strike kills an older man near Calvert. a pig disease and hog losses near Hugo. a Mexican section hand struck by a car at Royse City. burn injuries to Dr. H H Fuller in Peoria, Texas.
A Russian sailor who fell overboard in the Straits of Malacca was rescued after twelve hours adrift on a plank and brought to Saigon where he rejoined his squadron. Admiral Bayle signed a salvage contract with a Hongkong firm for the French armored cruiser Sully, stranded on rocks in Allong Bay. the firm stands to receive 300000 dollars if successful.
The Brunhilde, stopped for two hours by three Russian cruisers April 14, reports a Russian squadron of thirty-five vessels steaming northeast at ten knots. Other dispatches allege Russian warships revictualing near Kamrah Bay and Turan Bay 350 miles north of Kamranh Bay, with sighting latitudes around 16 north.
In St. Louis on April 17, a full dry spell began after midnight, ending six years of partial enforcement. Salons, barber shops, restaurants, groceries, news and cigar stands closed. downtown eateries opened briefly Sunday as police warned shops to halt after hours. Barber S. H. Patton was detained for finishing a haircut and given a warning.
Strict enforcement of the Sunday closing law hit two Sun Only saloons. Officials reported clear compliance and heightened scrutiny for Sunday operations across Kansas City.
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