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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1905
Page
6
The Bryan city council adopts an ordinance for an April election for city marshal secretary and three councilors. Voters will choose at city hall under charter and state election laws. The measure bears dates January 17 1905 and signatures M Spell R H Harrison and mayor.
Tickets for events in April including Roosevelts visit in Waco and Grand Lodge K of P in Mineral Wells plus Lumbermen’s convention in Fort Worth and Baptist convention in Ennis. Colonist tickets to California Arizona and New Mexico on sale March 1 to May 15 at 25 dollars. W S Wilson, Agent.
Chicago March 29 The Federal grand jury indicted Thomas J Connors general superintendent of Armour & Co on charges of interfering with a witness before the grand jury The arrest followed a bench warrant and bond set at 5000 The indictment accuses Connors of coaching John Edward Shields a former Armour employee who testified in the beef trust investigation on March 26 and the alleged offense date.
Washington March 29 a memorial service for the late Senor Don Manuel de Aspiroz at St Matthew's church drew the President and Mrs Roosevelt cabinet members the diplomatic corps supreme court senators and other officials. The envoy body was carried on a caisson from the embassy with Major Edward Burke in command. Remains will be sent to Mexico by the warship Columbia on a date to be announced.
Census bulletin records total cotton ginned in 1904 at 13,597.72 bales. It includes linters and half round bales, equating to 13,545,457 bales of 500 pounds. Square bales 13,103,447. round bales 296,151. Sea Island 108,317. linters 241,942. Total running bales 13,745,857 with 192,275 remaining to be ginned.
Roosevelt decides to accept the Dominican government's proposition arranged through Minister Dawson to control the republics finances. A portion of Dominican revenue will be set aside to pay debts, with money collectors appointed by the Dominican authorities and their names referred to Washington for approval.
S A Knighton Hempstead County bank cashier was instantly killed by a bolt in his barn. The lightning entered the forehead shattered his glasses and escaped through the body as his wife, alarmed by a call, found him.
Receiver Sin sold the Southwestern Bridge and Iron Co. property in Enid Oklahoma to El L. Peckham general manager of the Denver Enid and Gulf railroad for 9075. The deal covers buildings machinery twenty acres of land and about 450 lots at the steel plant addition for use as the railroad’s general shops.
Shawnee Oklahoma March 29 Mrs Frank A Sutherland a young farmer s wife living northeast of the city killed herself by taking carbolic acid according to Coroner M C Fleming s verdict Mr Sutherland and family came from Iowa five months ago Deceased leaves a two year old child.
General Stephen D. Lee addressed a joint legislative session urging an appropriation of 25000 to erect a monument to Arkansas troopers in the Vicksburg National Park. The plea framed by the United Confederate Veterans highlighted honoring state service in the Civil War.
Montgomery Ala March 29 The quarantine regulations for Alabama Louisiana and Texas against all tropical countries and ports on the suspected list will go into effect Saturday.
Chicago mourns as Thomas H Wickes, vice president of the Pullman Palace Car Company, dies.
Austin March 29 The senate after a twenty five hour session passed the Williams Intangible tax bill by 6 to 4 vote then adopted multiple amendments. Neal cast the deciding vote to exempt steel phone lines and Pullman cars while other amendments exempted street cars gas and electric companies. The bill takes effect in 1906. The house adopted a resolution inviting Martin Littleton to address them next Friday. The house also moved to collect back state taxes from private cars and refrigerator cars. The Cottrell bill was killed to adjourn. A final measure provides a home in Austin for indigent Confederate veteran wives and widows.
Austin March 29 argument on cotton rate hearings before the railroad commission continued. Judge N A Stedman general attorney for the International and Great Northern railway argued against rate reductions. Colonel A W Houston general attorney for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railway followed asserting that higher state taxes would rise more than threefold and support no rate cuts.
Fred Brunsterman was shot to death in the Lufkin National Bank office in Texas. Two shots struck him, one in the left temple and another near the right elbow. Brunsterman, son-in-law of George Fuller, had separated from his wife about two weeks prior, and Fuller was jailed.
Queen City Texas report says W. E. Moore and his wife died of pneumonia within hours of each other in Cass county near the town. They were buried in the same grave.
The body of John Evans was found five miles from Dallas near the Rock Island railroad track. Death was attributed to heart disease according to initial reports.
Delegations from Confederate associations and the Ladies' Confeder ate Memorial association accompanied the body of Miss Mildred C. Lee from Mrs. William Preston Johnson’s home to the Louisville and Nashville depot. A large crowd paid respects as veterans led the escort. she is to be met in Atlanta by Colonel Robert E. Lee and interment will be at Lexington, Virginia.
Isaac Re gu president of the Central Pacific railroad and longtime director in Huntington lines has died in San Francisco. The death is attributed to a nervous collapse aged and worn by years of service.
The prudential commission of the American board of foreign missions reported it would accept Rockefeller's gift of 100000 dollars and refused the protest against accepting the funds. The decision was announced from Boston on March 29.
Gustave Haeber, eighty, dies by suicide in St Louis. Geronimo to write on his war chief experiences. Ernest Fahlbush found dead in San Antonio with a pistol beside him. Arkansas Confederate flags received at Little Rock. A cyclone damages area seven miles northeast of Paris Texas, no injuries. Oklahoma holds constitutional convention at Cleo Woods county on April 19. Three men killed and another dies from a powder explosion near Troy New York.
In Austin the senate sat under call at 1 6 this morning debating whether the Williams intangible asset bill should be considered. The chamber stayed overtime at $2 per day as Senator Hill and others spoke on the majority’s aim to pass the bill or stay until January 1. In the house the general election law faced amendments and a substitute was offered amid sharp language about election integrity.
Lord Charles Beresford, en route to Mexico, shared views on the Far East noting that even a swift peace would keep Japan from chasing Russia beyond its borders. He suggested Japan might seize Vladivostok but would surrender it after hostilities end. He planned to sail from Vera Cruz to Florida then likely from New York to England in late April or early May.
W E Whitener of Detroit secures 1,500,000 feet of cottonwood lumber for a large Texas project. 600,000 feet are already sawed near Red River north of Bagwell. A new sawmill will rise at Arthur City with headquarters there. A river steamboat and barges will be acquired, and a railroad switch from Arthur City to the river will haul lumber.
In a severe thunder storm near Wills Point Texas on Tuesday Mrs. Jim Vickery seven miles south of town was struck by lightning and killed instantly. Her husband and one child were knocked senseless briefly and other relatives were badly stunned.
A man in Brackett Texas on March 29 reported a snapping turtle in his stomach that would jump and bite him claiming hoodoo influence. Doctors could not relieve him and he left.
Georgetown Texas reports a local firm shipped nearly 200000 eggs in a single consignment, highlighting a major poultry product shipment from the city.
In Shreveport on March 29 Annie Israel lies in the charity hospital with two bullet wounds likely to prove fatal. She received two of five bullets fired from a revolver.
The report lists a general rain in Oklahoma, a bank organized in Tioga Texas, a large fire in Marion Kentucky, and $200000 loss from Lass. It cites repairs to a cruiser, a new Mansfield Texas postmaster, fires in Indianola Mississippi with $40000 losses, a robbery near Mertens Texas, and bond plans by Louisville and Nashville railroad for $50000000. It mentions a body found near Cuero Texas, bankruptcy for T J Cleage Jr, and suicides of H L Woodward and C A Brouse in Cleveland.
Albany march 29 state senator Micar T Brackett of Saratoga filed with the attorney general a petition seeking to begin an action in the people s name to remove James H Hyde and Jacob Schiff and other Equitable Life directors for misconduct toward policy holders. The petition is by Brackett Young and Saratoga policy holders alleging that Hyde s New York bond dealings and a Europe trip were funded by the society and Schiff sold bonds to the society while director.
Aseia outlines conditions for peace negotiations in St. Petersburg on March 29. Officials say United States and France have helped shape talks toward a practical peace framework.
Berlin reports eleven Kirchen detachment soldiers killed and twenty wounded in a clash with insurgents on March 10 and 11 near Kosis and Geibanes in southwest Africa.
Advices say Captain Matthan and crew of schooner Donahue are imprisoned at Montevideo after Uruguay seized the vessel for alleged shore rookery poaching. Captain sentenced to five years. crew members to two years. Damages claimed at $65,000 as Ottawa government takes up case through Britain with Uruguay.
Telegram from Gunshu Pass reports Russian evacuation of Chaouminodzi railroad station forty miles below Gunshu Pass while Japanese forces push forward.
An oil company reports a gas flow of 2,000,000 cubic feet per day at a depth of 800 feet in Blackwell Ohio. It is described as the strongest gas flow yet found in this region.
The fifth Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons reunion will run April 8 for four days in Mobile. Principal visitors include Admiral Winfield Scott Schley and James Daniel Richardson. Georgia Fleming Moore, sovereign grand inspector for Alabama and Porto Rico, will attend. Over 2000 visitors expected from the south and north.
Belgium has long been a lace hub with Flemish towns shaping the craft. The duchesse lace originated there while Spanish lace patterns also appeared in the region. Bruges Ghent and Ypres have long marketed top Valenciennes varieties, each city offering distinct designs from generations of workmanship.
A dialogue in Liverpoo Mercury features Mr Subbubs and Mrs Subbubs debating gowns and how attire affects perception. Mr Subbubs argues a rich outfit is unnecessary for a homely woman, while Mrs Subbubs cites Mrs Playne with many gowns to illustrate abundance and taste.
A brief exchange shows a beggar challenging a boss as he asserts he is owed more than the 50 cents previously given. The boss, Goodart, counters with a claim that the beggar has earned more since then. The fragment captures labor tension and disputes over compensation.
In the Boston Commercial Bulletin a presumptuous clerk is challenged by an employer who demands leadership, the clerk replies he is not the boss, and the employer retorts not to speak foolishly.
A proverb-like reflection notes that just as climates have unique diseases, each life path carries its own temptations. The comparison emphasizes vigilance against region-specific risks and personal challenges along any journey.
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