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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1905
Page
4
Dallas citizens own and manage the fair with $100000 fireproof buildings and $90000 in prizes. The Twentieth Annual Fair opens September 30 1905 for sixteen days with livestock displays racing for $30000 in purses and a showcase of Texas and sister-state resources. For details contact the State Fair of Texas Dallas Texas.
A series of social events fills the town with gatherings at the homes of Mrs. O. H. Astin and Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Batte. Seventy five guests attended the Astin party with dancing, refreshments and lanterns. Other events include a ninth anniversary party, Bachelorettes meetings, a 42 party, and a birthday celebration for Miss Mary Tatum Bain. A Baptist Young People’s Union meeting and a Linen Sewing Club gathering are noted, with future plans and invitations listed.
The Equitable Life Assurance society and the state seek a court inquiry into directors and officers over alleged mismanagement. Forty nine directors filed the answer with Attorney General Mayer admitting improper acts by some officials and answering thirteen charges. They acknowledge loans to Depew Improvement and Mercantile Trust, naming Alexander, Jordan, and Deming as most knowledgeable.
A St. Petersburg police report details anarchic disturbances in Courland and Livonia. Four attempts on officials and four on private citizens occurred, with six attacks on police, three on Cossack patrols, and bombs thrown. Rioters target churches and archives, while peasants are armed. Damage to railways noted.
Berlin reports the foreign office states the emperor is not opposed to Roosevelt mediation. The emperor admires the president’s efforts and supports his peace labor, and he personally helped begin the peace initiative.
In St Petersburg on August 26 Mr Meyer the American ambassador met with Foreign Minister Lamsdorff to discuss topics of mutual concern. In Charleston West Virginia on August 26 five people were drowned as Elk River rose suddenly washing away a house killing a man Pickering and his four children. In New York on August 2 John E Madden a Kentucky horseman was convicted of contempt of court fined 250 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in Raymond Street jail for ignoring a subpoena in a divorce case. In Readfield Maine on August 26 three people died in a fire that destroyed the Maranacook hotel at Lake Maranacook.
Washington August 26 The Wilkie secret service report records 532 arrests with 41 for counterfeit currency 62 for altered obligations 344 for coin counterfeiting and various other federal violations. Native born offenders led with 392 ahead of Austria and other nations.
Lord Roberts plans a U.S. visit as Aug. 31 is declared general clean-up day in Dallas. Vanderbilt suffers gout in Baden Baden. Heat harms dogs near Gainesville Texas. A car door killed J. J. McHaie in Houston. Lightning hits Crowley Louisiana light plant. Gainesville Texas chartered First State Bank with 50000 capital. Cole Younger heads guerrilla reunion in Independence Missouri. Anti-Horse Thief convention draws twelve thousand to Muskogee. Tiffany injured by torpedo explosion at Denison. Rhett of Charleston elected president of the League of American Municipalities. Chicago to hold next meeting. Roosevelt rode submerged Plunger for fifty minutes. Jim Piland, 15, bound on bond after alleged assault claim in Lamar County Texas.
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