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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1905
Page
4
General Order directs Bryan Light Guards to report at the Armory March 8 1905 at 7 30 p m fully equipped for inspection by Captain George L R Irwin U S Army Inspector. Noncompliance will be dealt with under military law and disobedience charges apply. Members not fully uniformed must report on drill night. By order of H R Cavirt Captain. L Cavirt First Sergeant.
A California letter from Stockton via Holden Drug Co promotes Hyomei as a cure for catarrh. A testimonial claims rapid relief after using a $1 inhaler outfit with follow up bottles at 50 cents. It urges readers to ask E J Jenkins to show the guarantee. In Jacksonville a white farmer was killed and his daughter wounded by Clarence Mason, a black worker.
Warren W Moore, charged with accepting a 12500 bribe from John H Kirby or a x from Frank D Glover, faces fifty witnesses in the Fifty third district court. The anti trust suit against the Kirby Lumber Co and others, filed in 1902 and later dismissed, forms the backdrop for the case. Moore pleads not guilty as jurors are sworn and the court adjourns to Monday.
The Central Texas Press association met in Waco on Saturday February 27 electing A R McCollum as president M J Cox as vice president E B C Wedemeyer as secretary and F Luders as treasurer The group passed a resolution opposing the Witherspoon bill now before the legislature and urged members to defeat it The gathering was well attended with several papers read The next quarterly meeting will be held in Brownwood in May.
Miss Minnie May Hall aged sixteen, riding in a buggy with two companions, was thrown when the horse shied in Bremond Texas. She broke an arm and suffered internal concussion, from which she died after ten hours.
In Kosse Texas Ross Francis sixteen died in a runaway while returning from Mart with a potato load. His team ran away near High Prairie ten miles east of Kosse. He was thrown from the wagon and suffered a fatal neck injury.
Detroit Texas to build a $20000 schoolhouse. H H Knuckle dies near Marlin Texas. Horace Tyree shot dies. A $50000 rice mill to be built at Houston. Former Mayor Edward Cooper of New York dead. Chicago museum opened. Mike Sullivan dies in Temple Texas from frozen feet. Near Luther Oklahoma Billy Moore killed by another man. Woodward Oklahoma to have a packing house and stockyards. Oil and gas found near Fort Gibson. Ed Downs dies in Memphis after carbolic acid. Dr C P Hicks dies at Kaufman Texas. Circuit Clerk White shot dead at Raymond Mississippi. Colonel J L Orr dies in Greenville South Carolina. A E Maloney of Shreveport fined $325 for pool room law violation. A Chicago Opera House performer suicides by shooting. J F Grogan dead in Houston. Rev Dr Whaling called to Dallas First Presbyterian. Eden Allen shot near Terrell Texas. Charles Dennis arrested. Joe Hutton’s head blown in Port Arthur by accidental gun discharge. Cloudes Alan and brother David killed by shotgun near Sulphur Louisiana. Twin Territories Lumber Association meets at Enid Oklahoma with about 100 delegates. freight rates discussed. Judge F E Dunne nominated for Chicago mayor. A C Anson named city clerk. Vincennes factory accident injuries to Miss Josephine Haller.
Standing room was crowded as Colonel W. B. Wortham testified in Warren W. Moore's bribery case. He described efforts to settle anti-trust suits against Kirby Lumber via Eagle of Houston and Frank Glover, with initial offers up to 25000 dollars and payments arranged to secure dismissal of the cases.
Clerks in the territorial school and board office have begun writing leases on school lands in new counties after appeals were settled. Comanche county reports 784 leases, Caddo 587, and Kiowa 215.
Lawton Oklahoma February 27 Judge J B Tolbert of Frederick killed ninety eight rabbits in one day. His mule drowned in North Fork creek on the return ride. Memphis February 27 Henry H Humphries son of Captain William H Humphries drowned in the Tombigbee river. London February 27 Albert Edmund Parker Earl of Morley dies at sixty two.
Sir W Reid the English author is dead. Mesquite Texas plans a cotton mill. Mulhall Oklahoma suffers a hotel fire causing 4000 dollars loss. Frederick Oklahoma farmers plan 8000 acres in oats. El Paso depot project underway costing 750000 dollars. W W Jones deaf mute injured by train at Greenville Texas. Durant Indian Territory to host a canning factory with daily 1000 can capacity. Roman Catholic directory lists 12462793 communicants in United States. Texas 221779. San Angelo Texas forms Concho Building and Loan with 50000 capital. Panama Canal cost 250000000 and 10 to 12 years. Catherine McCready murdered at Caserta Italy. Otto Reichardt shot near Houston during hunt. Irons victim of head injury at Valient Oklahoma dance. may die. Paris Texas to host 20000 gallon oil storage tank for Santa Fe railway. Anna Onnaffray near Greensburg Pennsylvania refuses to dance, triggering a fight where two men die and six injured.
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