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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1908
Page
4
startling discovery uncovers a native plot in Calcutta to murder Europeans with bombs. Documents seized at a bomb factory implicate Bengalese and signal a possible revolution. authorities expect arrests of prominent locals as the case widens.
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on May 4 a bloody clash occurred ten miles from Here as Poles and Italians fought. Two Poles were fatally wounded and two others badly hurt with many injured carried away. Longstanding tensions over mining labor sparked the violence after Italians struck and Poles replaced them in nearby coal mines. Monday Italians ambushed a party of Poles with stilettos.
The Aveline hotel fire in Fort Wayne Indiana left eleven known dead by noon Monday May 4 with several others still unaccounted for Public safety crews including the fire department police and militia searched through Sunday night aided by laborers The list of seriously injured includes multiple burn victims and a notable case E M Matthews of Columbus Ohio is expected to die
In Fort Mason guardhouse Private Buwalda of Company A, First battalion of engineers, identified by police detectives as the man who shook hands with Emma Goldman at an anarchist meeting and pledged aid. He will be brought before a court martial.
Two five room cottages with good well water barn and 142 by 115 feet lot. Each can be sold separately at a gain. Also 138 acres on lower main street with good house and well plus needed outbuildings. Phone 867 or see W A Dodson. 130.
Zack Tally offers careful mattress making and repair services with attention to all orders. Satisfaction guaranteed and prompt, reliable workmanship mentioned.
A local notice announces Dr W H Lawrence opening a dental office above Haswell s Book Store. The move adds new medical services to the downtown block and signals a busy start for the week.
Dr J F Eaves physician and surgeon offers special attention to rectal diseases and diseases of men. Office phone 60 residence phone 153
J W Batts real estate agent advertises in the Taliaferro Building opposite the courthouse offering Brazos County land titles. One half block six room brick house with cistern and shade trees for sale at 75900 with easy terms.
The notice advertises 1476 acres in the Moses Hughes survey near Edge, with price and terms reasonable. It also lists half an acre with improvements one block east of the sender’s home, plus two adjoining small farms of 50 and 40 acres west of Bryan on Sandy Point road, both cultivated and well improved.
A ferryboat crowded with peasants and families overturned near Bykhoff on the Dneiper river. In midstream panic caused the vessel to capsize, drowning about 120 passengers including wives and children returning from church. Rescue efforts were reported incomplete.
In Poughkeepsie on May 4, A Russell Peabody disclosed Thaw’s wife may testify for him if needed to prove his sanity and gain freedom. Harry K. Thaw will likely testify for himself as habeas corpus proceedings continue. Thaw will remain in Dutchess County Jail during the hearing while Matteawan’s superintendent and staff guard him.
The house committee on banking and currency voted 13 to 3 to lay the Vreeland financial bill on the table. Those voting no were Bur ton Weeks and McKinney. The committee asked for about a week to discuss all pending currency measures under house rules.
Following a period of low mood there was a sharp rise in cotton futures on the New York exchange Monday. Strength in the Liverpool market and heavy demand for spot cotton in Liverpool and New York, plus reports of unfavorable weather, drove May options up 37 to 41 points from Saturday and 69 to 80 points above last week’s low.
Washington May 4 Percy Wade convicted of violating District of Columbia gambling laws for operating a bucketshop was sentenced by Justice Bernard to thirty days in jail. Wade appealed and was released on 500 dollars bail. The case is viewed as a test under the local code.
Paris reports show Radical Socialist gains across France in Sunday's municipal elections, advancing at the expense of Extreme Socialists and Rea ctionary Nationalists. In Paris the Nationalists shed about £5000 votes amid the tally.
Washington May 4 Dr Wallace United States veterinary law at Fort Worth was ordered to Llano county to investigate a deadly cattle disease in that section.
Coal shipments totaling 844000 bushels departed Pittsburg Sunday for southern points. A subsequent shipment of 590000 bushels was sent out Monday in the same line of trade.
Washington May 4. Thomas J. Sullivan director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is dead here.
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