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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1905
Page
2
The note laments Chicago strike coverage while Field Marshal Oyama presses Russian forces with about 390000 troops. The April to May issue hints at editorial strain and wartime reporting tensions.
Monogolians have been barred from white schools of San Francisco with separate schools to be provided for them, signaling segregated education policies.
The legislature is poised to adjourn Saturday after approving the appropriations and banking measures. The fate of the election bill remains in doubt as lawmakers wrap up the session.
A pro Connally boom is launched in Austin to back Hon. Tom Connally of Marlin for speaker of the thirtieth legislature. Supporters note his early public life starting in the legislature before age 23 and his subsequent unanimous re election.
Local merchants report a record year for country bacon in the county, while molasses shipments from several producers have kept money in the area. The two products have held several thousand dollars in county commerce, aiding paid accounts and ongoing business operations.
The funeral for Captain George W. Smith, delayed by heavy rain, began at 9:30 am with a service at home led by Bishop George H. Kinsolving. The procession proceeded to St Andrew's church and on to the cemetery for Episcopal rites. A large crowd attended, with abundant floral tributes and messages of condolence from many individuals and organizations across Texas and beyond.
Spring catarrh blamed on temperature swings and home remedies. Hyomei is marketed as a germ killing inhaled treatment with a pocket inhaler and a money back guarantee via E. J. Jenkins. Capt. Cameron of the Salvation Army testifies to his restored voice after using Hyomei. The complete outfit costs one dollar and lasts several weeks.
A white man around forty named William Wade was arrested in Florence, eighteen miles from Georgetown, charged with a heinous crime against a fifteen year old orphan girl who was traveling with him and his wife. Wade was lodged in the Florence calaboose. The girl was found with three deep gashes and multiple bruises, doctors say her condition is critical.
Severe downpour drenched Waco Sunday night with four to five inches in less than ninety minutes. The flood forced several hundred people, mostly Negro residents, from homes as creeks swelled and low-lying areas flooded. City and county agencies, fire crews, and police aided evacuations and damage assessment. Reports say northern areas also experienced flooding.
The Texas division Elks hold their third annual meeting at the opera house in Fort Worth. Heavy rains delayed delegates but attendance remained strong as Mayor Powell welcomed attendees and S R B Cooper of Beaumont was elected president with A M McElveen Fort Worth as vice president and W Weely of Waco as treasurer. San Antonio chosen for next year’s gathering. A committee will report on the feasibility of an Elks home in Texas next year.
Austin May 8 Governor Lanham submitted a special message urging passage of a charter amendment. The House debated the state banking bill and passed the general appropriation bill. The Senate refused to concur in House amendments sending the measure to a free conference committee. The House added a $1000 increase for student labor at the girls industrial school to the appropriation bill.
In Terral I T on May 8 Joe Matthews a prosperous farmer killed Bruce Roberts after opposing his daughter’s marriage. Matthews confronted them on a road between Terral and Ryan forcing the suitor from the buggy, firing as the team bolted the buggy dragged the bride. Matthews later killed Roberts at a livery stable.
Herbert W. Bowen the American minister to Venezuela arrived in New York aboard the steamship Pennsylvania. He would not discuss Venezuelan affairs until reporting to Washington and inquired about the Loomis charges but declined to comment.
A Tokyo chamber of commerce member urges organized retaliation against France for hospitality shown to the Second Russian Pacific squadron. She proposes chambers of commerce across the empire boycott French merchants’ goods in unison.
A local ad from The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York represented by A. D. McConnico promotes life, accident, health, and livestock insurance. It lists rates such as $1 yearly for $1000 accident cover and weekly indemnities, $2 yearly sick benefits, and $25 yearly death from accident with long indemnities. The office is T. R. Batte & Co, phone 250.
President Roosevelt began the return trip to Washington on Monday morning as his special train departed Glenwood Springs at five o clock bound for Denver.
Fire at the Cleveland News company at St. Clair and Wood streets caused an estimated loss of 110000 dollars. No injuries reported and firefighters contained the blaze to the plant.
New York marked the hundredth anniversary of the death of German poet Friedrich Schiller with observances in several American cities on Sunday May 8.
Reports from Vera Cruz state the Hamburg American Line steamer Castilla is believed lost after being thirty five days overdue. Authorities and marine observers await further confirmation as search efforts are discussed.
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