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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1906
Page
1
James D. Phelan leads talks with lawyers and bankers on funding San Francisco reconstruction after a fire that cost at least 200 million. He proposes federal government endorsement to borrow globally at 2 percent for fifty years, arguing Congress has precedent for such guarantees.
Baltimore on April 30 marked the hundredth anniversary of the cathedral cornerstone laying with bishops gathered. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia preached on death by own action, divorce and communism, asserting divorced people live in adultery per Jesus Christ and cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
Washington April 30 The house met Sunday to hear addresses on the life and public services of John M Pinckney former representative from the Eighth Texas district Speeches were given by Gore Field Henry Garner Gregg Burgess Beall Randell Sheppard Padgett and Lamb The house adjourned at 12 45 p m until Monday for continued remarks
In Kansas City on April 30 a missionary Maryan Krisna at All Souls Episcopal Church denounced Western missionaries as “senseless” and urged Americans to keep their faith at home. He said Christians should send teachers who are philosophers and qualified to teach rather than more missionaries, framing his remarks as a critique of religious outreach.
During a church gathering, a Brahmin missionary argues for India guided by Vedas and philosophy, claiming England’s invasion caused famine and plagues. Some congregants leave as Rev. Charles Ferguson apologizes for Maryan Krisna's statements.
Chicago April 30 Eric Munter, accused of killing his wife in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is believed by friends to have killed himself. Professor J M Crowe of the University of Chicago, who knew Munter, doubts the murder charge and thinks the tragedy was a self inflicted death driven by grief and temperament.
Lawton report says Duncan and Waurika were not struck by a cyclone but suffered extreme rainfall. Telephones and telegraph wires were prostrated by wind Sunday night, with no cyclone damage confirmed in the two towns.
In Jackson Kentucky on April 30 a burst of thirty to forty shots marked renewed feud activity. Beach Hargis, relative of ex county judge, hid in Harrison Hall. Tom Barnett was wounded in the wrist as Red Tom Cockrell Jake Noble and Barnett fired at the house. The quarrel began on the street and Hargis was escorted home. In Salisbury a car line official W A Wiggins was fatally shot and James Raney was wounded by John Black a South Carolina negro who fled with 100 pursuers. In Greenville Texas a child Dotie Boyd drowned after falling into a water can.
Steamers arriving at Leith from Iceland report Mount Hecla has been in eruption with ashes scattered over a wide area. Disturbances are not described as serious.
Washington April 30 Senate leaders aim to fix a date to take vote on the railroad rate bill no later than May 12. The move seeks timely action on proposed rate controls affecting rail shipping nationwide.
Destruction at the Bayway Refining company plant in Elizabeth New Jersey after a Sunday fire. Early reports put losses at about $1 but details on the cause and extent were not immediately clear.
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