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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1905
Page
2
The item notes the weekly price five cents per day and monthly rate, comments on the Texas Louisiana rice crop estimated at 4,000,000 bags, Brazos county peaches yielding strong returns, and praises Elihu Root newly in the cabinet. It also mentions Bryan seeking a Methodist college and cheers for Bryan and the Business League per the Navasota Review.
Bull Brown shifts stance from bullish to bearish on current cotton prices, arguing they are high enough. He predicts prices may rise further in the near term before easing.
With the canal commission disorganized by yellow fever and a labor shortage of 5,000 workers, the Panama canal project remains perplexing yet progress is still expected as construction proceeds.
The Chee Foo correspondent appears to have shifted base and is reporting on the Black Sea fleet. Observers doubt any other who could interpret such naval maneuvers involving the Kniaz Potemkin.
The Fourth of July celebrations nationwide result in fifty nine deaths and 3169 injuries, underscoring the price of holiday revelry while some insist the fun must continue.
The Woman's Press Association at Marlin adjourned after naming officers for the coming year. Elected were Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone of Galveston as president, Miss Kate Daffan of Ennis as first vice president, Mrs. Mary Winn Smoots of Sherman as second vice president, Mrs. Z. T. Fulmore of Austin as third vice president, Mrs. A. C. Buchanan of Temple as corresponding secretary, Mrs. Nat Jackson of Paris as treasurer, and Mrs. Nettie Houston Bringhurst of San Antonio as poet laureate.
Sheriff Hooker returned from Anderson Prairie and arrested R. E. Barry Will Poke Gus Burns Caldwell Davis and Will Chesshere in connection with Lester Blount’s critical shooting. The victim was hit by four shot at close range. windpipe damage suspected. The motive linked to melon patch raid, with five youths seen together before and after the incident. The case rests on circumstantial evidence awaiting examining trial.
Reports from St. Petersburg say the Kniaz Potemkine escaped Theodosia before the Black Sea fleet arrived. The torpedo boat destroyer Smetilvy, fully manned, joined pursuit hours after coaling, with directions east to Caucasus Littoral or west toward Livadia, amid unclear advices.
Odessa dispatches to London deny bombardment of Theodosia and say order is fully maintained by troops. Before retreating Theodosia the Kniaz Potemkine sighted and followed a British collier, boarding a quantity of coal from the vessel.
Russian refugees being transported from Shanghai to Odessa on the Seattle steamship Garonne caused riots between the China port and Singapore led by ringleaders placed in irons by Captain Robert Lawe. At Singapore the Russian consul refused passage for the troublemakers, prompting the captain to arm the crew and subdue the unrest. The Garonne then proceeded to Thodosia and Odessa amid siege conditions.
The Lantern printed by E. G. Sen ter of Dallas forms a stock company capitalized at 25000 dollars to publish a regional magazine aimed at thriving markets in Texas and the Southwest.
The city has long been active in development, with a steady pace of home construction and school expansion. The message highlights Bryan as a thriving place to move for families seeking housing and educational resources.
A quip notes that to outpace current Texas leaders one would need to begin campaigning for office a second time before winning the first. The remark highlights political persistence and the challenge of defeating entrenched incumbents.
Fort Worth and Denver City, Houston and Texas Central announce a three fourths fare round trip from Texas to Pueblo Colorado Springs and Denver with sale July 9 and 10. Tickets valid 60 days with stopovers between Trinidad and Denver. Houston price 24.15, Fort Worth 18.00, tourist sleepers from Fort Worth 2.50 per double berth for two.
Hopkinsville Ky July 7 George Holland an older black man was hanged here Friday for the murder two years ago of an unknown white man found asleep by the roadside near Pembroke Ky Eight other black defendants tied to the case received life sentences
In Owensboro Kentucky on July 7 Robert Mathely was hanged at sunrise in the jail yard for the June 26 1904 murders of Emma Watkins and James Gregson. Jealousy was cited as a motive and Mathely had ripped arm veins the night before his execution attempt. He was forty, a contractor.
H T C tourist trips go on sale July 9 and 10 from Bryan with round trip fares to Denver 22 dollars, Pueblo 20.50, Colorado Springs 20.50, limit 60 days. Trains connect at Ft Worth. night train offers through sleeper Bryan to Denver. Also tours from Buffalo and Knoxville with special rates for Ellis order and Summer School dates.
The usual services will be held at the Baptist church Sunday with morning and evening preaching by Pastor Dr Butler. He is currently engaged in a successful revival meeting at Reliance church this week.
The National Educational Association elected officers led by President Nathan C. Shaffer of Pennsylvania and Vice President William Maxwell of New York City. Second vice president Miss N. Cropsey of Indiana, third vice president J. H. Hememan of Arkansas, Secretary Irwin Shepard of Minnesota, and Treasurer J. A. Williamson of Kansas were announced. several addresses were delivered.
City of Mexico reports government banks and private subscribers aiding the Guanajuato relief effort. Vera Cruz sends 10000 dollars and foreign residents contribute. It is denied that hospitalized patients were drowned as water did not reach the building.
Tuscaloosa July 7 John Harrik a boy was chastised by his father and nearly had his head severed with an axe in a brutal domestic incident.
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