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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1905
Page
12
Lord Charles Beresford vice admiral of the British navy and party reached Texarkana on Monday during a Texas visit. The arrival was reported from Texarkana on March 28 with details of the British naval officer and his entourage.
The Bryan City Council ordains an election for marshal secretary and three council seats to be held at City Hall on the first Tuesday in April. The presiding officer may appoint assistants and will conduct the election under the city charter state election laws. Adopted January 17 1905 by Mayor C M Spell and R H Harrison.
A gentleman recalls an inquisitive servant who once opened a private letter. The following day he sent a second letter with a postscript warning that a bearer would deliver a verbal answer and that the bearer would read the letter before delivery.
In a humorous exchange, Boggles asks Maria if she knows civil service. She quips that there isn’t any, recalling a recent encounter with the cook. The dialogue reflects domestic wit on public affairs.
The article notes arrival by rail over the Iron Mountain from the north and departure over the International and Great Northern for San Antonio. The lordship was presented to prominent figures and spoke freely on topics including the current war in Manchuria.
E H Green buys Grey Wolf machine from Syracuse factory for 8000 dollars. It holds the world middleweight straightaway mile record at 0 46 and Green plans to race it against any middleweight rival. Also: Humble oil field reports several wells stopped flowing oil and salt water intrusion appears in Houston.
W R Briling of Wichita Falls Texas died at Fort Sill school after sudden convulsions on Monday. A letter in his pocket from a son in Henrietta Texas identified him. In Muskogee Oklahoma a man tried to shoot geese and accidentally killed his two year old son Oscar with a shotgun discharge.
Muskogee March 28 report that during an attempt to arrest Walter Woods a white man at a negro dance, deputy marshal known as Tennessee was killed.
Judge Henry S Foote died of pneumonia in Washington at age, son of the former Mississippi governor He recently served as a judge on the citizenship court in the Cherokee Nation and was noted for his public service
Former Chicago newspaper editor George R B Frankland aged fifty four died at his Caldwell New Jersey home after a long illness. He was well known in New York and Chicago journalism circles.
Maryland Trust Company sues trustee of Kirby Lumber Company accusing B F Yoakum and John H Kirby of conspiring against the trust estate in Baltimore.
Miss Mil dred Lee daughter of General Robert E. Lee dies in New Orleans on Monday night at Mrs William Preston Johnston residence. Death attributed to apoplexy.
John I. Cox becomes Tennessee governor. Emperor William received at Lisbon. North Atlantic fleet gunnery practice at Pensacola. Eighteen Confederate flags sent to Jackson Mississippi. Terrell Texas reports cotton season wagon delivery of 28612 bales. Texas and Pacific Railway active on Louisiana division. London Telegraph backs US Britain Japan alliance. Osage Louis Denoya acquitted at Powhuska Oklahoma of wife murder. Independent oil mills capital stock in Mississippi half subscribed from 300000 dollars. Arkansas racing commission bill postponed by senate.
In Austin on March 28 the Houge bill to codify Texas laws was killed by stripping the enacting clause but a reconsideration motion was filed. A concurrent resolution to urge Congress to allow interstate liquor shipment investigations was adopted. Other measures passed or advanced include the Ellis County road law, a bill to add conclusions of fact for appeals, city depositories, juror tax to counties, banning merchandise checks to employees, and a tribunal proposal to resolve conflicts between the supreme court and court of criminal appeals. The senate also altered a betting bill to ban all horse race betting in Texas under a Looney amendment, with mixed committee reports on Hancock’s bill.
Austin reports the railroad commission heard that cotton handling at stations demands platform renewals every six years on large yards, costing about 1000 dollars annually for 20000 bales. Insurance, extra train service, and rolling stock add to expense, while past hearings show rate reductions rarely benefit producers.
Efforts by Washington and Mexico City figures aim to arrange a meeting between President Roosevelt and President Diaz during Roosevelt’s southwestern trip. Diaz would need no congressional leave if a meeting can be set, with both leaders to greet on the international Rio Grande bridge from opposite banks.
Swain, charged with the murder of Charles W. Jones, was released from the county jail pending a second trial in the criminal district court. The Court of Criminal Appeals mandate arrived by early mail, and formalities were completed around 11 am. A $7500 bond, set by Judge Kittrell after a habeas corpus hearing, remains in effect.
A heavy traction engine driven by W. R. Montague and B. D. Burns crashed through Turtle Creek bridge on Lemmon avenue in Dallas on March 28. Both men were badly hurt and nearly drowned in the incident.
Poley Carpenter and George Whittenburg rode into quicksand near Plemon, Texas on the Canadian river and escaped with only minor injuries.
In Austin on March 28 tax bills stalled progress as eighteen senators backed the measures and minority opposition blocked quick action. Local actions included rice ware houses in the rice belt and a gas mains extension to the Confederate home. The house eyed third reading on several bills while a receivership suit against private corporations and a shipment regulation proposal drew committee referrals.
Houston reports a manhunt for twenty eight metro convicts who fled Sunday night. Armed searches cover the area from House plantation at Arcola to Houston with bloodhounds tracking, guards deterring routes into the city, and several captives reported or seized along freight lines and local roads.
In Palestine Texas six miles NW, B A Miller was seriously wounded with shots to arm and thigh by his son Sam while Miller attempted to chastise him. About two hundred shot entered his body. Vice Admiral Beresford and a nine person party including Hon Bourke Cockran passed through en route to San Antonio and Mexico.
Washington reports that officials will wait for the exact text of President Castro's refusal to accept Minister Bowen's arbitration proposal before resuming negotiations. The pause reflects uncertainty as diplomats reassess the path forward.
England's lightweight boxer J White has arrived in Frisco on March 26 accompanied by trainer Charles Mitchell and Mitchell's son Charles Mitchell Jr. They will oversee White's preparation for upcoming competition.
The St Petersburg market saw a panic with Russian Imperial 4s dropping to 85 percent. Dallas resort raided. nineteen negroes captured. Lawton trial ends hung jury in cattle stealing case. University of Texas post office robbed of 600 dollars. Grand Central hotel owner Danenberg dies in Galveston. Seven carloads of cattle shipped to Liverpool from Terrell. Mustang area man Spriggs found dead, body bruised. Maria Herrera drinks carbolic acid after quarrel in El Paso. Texas Veterans and Daughters meet at La Grange on April 21. Rosa Coleman mortally wounded at El Reno. Dora Drascol jailed.
A bank recalls an unusual overdraft request from a client who never exceeded 1000 dollars. He sought 4000 dollars with no explanation, then sent a 6000 dollar check and a safety letter, later destroyed the check and withdrew the funds. The next day the client vanished overdraft and paid a 5000 dollar bet with a friend.
A London Telegraph excerpt recounts Mr. Macready enjoying Irish hospitality and the humorous quips of hotel staff and peasants. anecdotes include poached eggs or poached salmon, a seven-child cottage, a baby sighting, and a waiter named Pat who jokes about being an angel yet flying low.
The London Chronicle notes the shift from thou to you as a sign of politeness across languages. It traces origins from Roman emperors and monarchs to the French royal usage, and credits Rousseau and the revolution with restoring thou as familiar in poetry and devotion to the Deity.
In Raleigh England a hollow said to be formed by ancient earthquake swallowed a village including its church. Villagers long claimed hearing Christmas bell sounds through the ground, but the noise came from a neighboring church, carried by ground diffusion. The practice persisted into the mid 19th century.
The oyster beds in Long Island are protected by a long handled instrument used to trap starfish. When the starfish grabs the strands it cannot release, allowing divers to remove it from water and destroy it in large numbers.
Mr Ledger urges merchants to present accounts promptly in Mexico. A local druggist collected a two year old bill from a young man, listing a box of chocolates and a nursing bottle as charges, illustrating how time flies.
A philosopher advises resilience with a parable about porous plaster. He notes that despite rejection, it endures through steady effort and eventually wins success. The remark blends horticulture of metaphor with a call to persistence.
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