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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1905
Page
2
A March 16, 1905 note describes the Hundred and Soand Club forming to boost a city of 150,000 with new Trade League and Club support. Advertising campaigns aim to place stores and brands at the front in readers’ minds, while a gift library and voting contests influence local institutions and schools.
Warren A. Moore's bribery trial concludes in Austin with the jury returning a not guilty verdict. A telegram from the Houston Post confirms the late yesterday decision. Mr. Tyler Haswell received the message detailing the outcome.
Wert Spencer arrives as baseball coach after a long playing and umpiring career across 1880s to 1900s with Southern Texas and Western leagues. He began umpiring in 1902 and will lead Cotton State league duties next season. Field Day on April 21 will feature varied events to test strong athletes across classes.
In Austin on March 15 a senate resolution from Senator Looney proposes discharging seven committee clerks font orfers two pages and the assistant doorkeeper to save 1596 dollars monthly. The measure goes to the committee on contingent expenses after a brief debate.
Minister Bowen confirms Venezuela has brought suit against the French Cable company to annul its concession and seize its property. Indignation runs high at Paris as the action is reported from Washington on March 15.
W P Perry was shot and killed by his son in law Lawrence A Plummer near Clarendon after Perry shot and stabbed Plummer who had opposed their marriage to Perry’s daughter. Plummer’s wounds may prove fatal. Guthrie reports Judge Burford ordered $500 gambling gear seized in a raid, including slot machines roulette wheels and tables.
Purcell Oklahoma Territory March 15 Roy Newman seventeen was shot and killed by another boy who also fired at George Swartz Albert Kerr was arrested for the shooting and attempted attack
Tom Meeks was acquitted of the killing of Muriel Davis and the attempted killing of Jesse Meeks near Crescent City last fall.
A Selma Register dispatch says Ed and Will Promey were captured by a mob in a house near Allenton Wilcox county after barricading themselves. They were driven to a nearby swamp where they were killed. The two alleged shooters of Professor Claude Hardy at Pineapple, Alabama were identified, pursued, and overpowered by armed locals.
Rev G W Carroll of Beaumont has accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist church of Brownwood Tex.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as an immediate aid for deafness caused by catarrh with a full cure in three to four weeks. It features Miss Meeks of Mattewan praising rapid improvement, notes a money back guarantee by E. J. Jenkins, and details a complete outfit for one dollar plus fifty cents for extra bottles.
The Bryan City Council enacts an ordinance for an election of city Marshal Secretary and three council members to be held at City Hall on the first Tuesday in April. The presiding officer will conduct the vote per city charter ordinances and state law. Adopted January 17 1905 with signatures of C M Spell R H Harrison and S B C Mayor.
Salvage prices listed include $7.50 for men's suits soiled and $2.33 for ladies shoes in small sizes. Shoes priced at $3.00, 44¢ and 33e, oil cloth best 10 at Coulter's. Advertising rates for moving picture screen available by phone through E. J. Lamkin at Parks and Waldrop's.
Members of Camp J. B. Robertson UCV are ordered to meet at the Bryan courthouse at 2 p.m. on Saturday March 18 to elect officers pay dues and pass resolutions on the death of John H. Reagan by order of Commander B F Leman Adjutant W G Mitchell.
In Los Angeles on March 15 extensive washouts on the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads halted traffic. One man drowned near Cajon Pass as a landslide buried the track beneath tons of earth.
Memphis report says a fire in Belen Mississippi practically wiped out the business portion. Losses total nearly 50 000. Five stores and one residence burned. Fire started in a meat market leased by a Negro.
Albert T. Patrick sat quietly before the Court of Appeals as former Senator Hill argued the appeal from his murder conviction in the William M. Rice case. Officials were turned away due to lack of room while Patrick listened and took notes to aid Hill’s rebuttal.
Nineteen people died and over forty were injured when a five story building at 105 Allen Street burned. Coroner Krantz suspects incendiary causes as investigators probe accountability. City authorities clash over blame for fire escape violations amid the worst East Side disaster.
The Colorado supreme court ruled the legislature cannot declare a governor’s vacancy, narrowing the fight to a contest between Governor Adams and James H. Peabody. The joint convention must determine which candidate was elected, or fail to decide leaving Adams in office.
A sheriff's posse clashed with three negroes near Lake Village Arkansas. Two black men were killed and the third escaped. Red Leaf plantation manager C D Owens was wounded in the arm. The suspects were tied to the Watson murder in Dumas Arkansas.
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