Smith Re-Elected Mayor in St. Paul Election
In St. Paul on May 2 Mayor Robert A. Smith, a Democrat, won reelection in the municipal vote.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
2
In St. Paul on May 2 Mayor Robert A. Smith, a Democrat, won reelection in the municipal vote.
Abilene reports Jones county was pelted with hailstones on Tuesday causing damage and weather disruption across the area.
Bryan parties ordered a 35 horsepower auto bus to run on a regular Bryan College schedule with access to other schools. The bus lists at $2200 and seats twenty with four per seat. The plan aims to establish two efficient bus lines to College and improve Bryan and Toad travel.
Guthrie May 2 Severe rain electric hail and windstorm swept Oklahoma Monday night covering the territory. Hail at Mulhall and Perth penetrated roofs of large stores and damaged dwellings and farm livestock. Crops also suffered heavy damage.
About 1 o'clock this morning a fire destroyed the Italian Catholic church parsonage and most contents. Rev Milletello and Rev Damiana lived there with a boy, Ferdinand Magri, who escaped through a window. Origin undetermined. late discovery hampered firefighting as high winds carried burning debris across town. Loss uncertain though insured to cover most, with estimated value around 3500 dollars.
Washington May 2 The Senate held an extended discussion of the railroad rate bill by Mr Daniel and heard relief measures for California earthquake sufferers proposed by Mr Alison. Mr Aldrich urged delaying action and secured referral of the measure to the foreign relations committee.
The nine year old son of Joe Lane in Baird Texas was charged with arson for setting fire to a barn and placed under bond on May 2.
The first international conference of cotton growers and manufacturers opened in Washington on May 2, forming a permanent organization. Officers elected include President James R. McCall and Vice Presidents Harvie Jordan R. M. Miller J. W. McCallster. The gathering addressed supply, price stability, speculation, and accurate government crop reports. Jordan urged fair prices and regulation of futures trading, warning against cheap raw cotton and speculative harms to both growers and manufacturers.
Dr. Albert T. Wesson testified at Albert T. Patrick's motion for a new trial that embalming fluid can enter the lungs and obscure whether death resulted from inhaling irritants like chloroform. He said he injected embalming fluid into twelve bodies before inspecting the lungs.
Mrs. James Crow, a young wife, was savagely bitten by two bulldogs at May's Prairie home of her father-in-law. One dog clamped the throat, the other lunged as bystanders fought to separate them. A stick finally forced the animals to release. Doctors fear she will die.
George A. Harlow, despondent over finances, walked to the rear hall of his Houston home in the Interstate Building liquidation district. He fired a bullet and died instantly after receiving a small settlement.
Milwaukee officials report about forty vessels tied up due to the longshoremen strike. Hundreds of men are idled and if the strike lasts longer, more than five thousand workers could lose work.
Toledo May 2 One thousand longshoremen are out as part of a general strike causing coal and ore wharves to idle. Tugmen continue work but few boats are in port.
Jay Gould of Lakewood New Jersey won the amateur tennis championship contest at Queen's Club defeating W Yorke three sets to love. The May 2 match highlighted Gould's strong play in the London tournament.
W J McGee of Texarkana shot himself to death in a Mineral Wells hotel where he had been resting for health reasons for several weeks.
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