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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1905
Page
4
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May 26 reports say strike riots erupted in Chicago's lumber district. At Thirty-fifth and Morgan streets a crowd of over 400 attacked forty police guarding fourteen Rittenhouse & Embree wagons with bricks and stones. Police used clubs then revolvers driving the mob away. elsewhere guards retreated as strike supporters fired from behind lumber piles, with several officers hit and seeking shelter.
A bottle recovered at Ocean Park near Los Angeles contains a letter from Wilbur A Harris of Pontiac Michigan claiming the whaler El Toro sank on May 8 1902 near Tahiti. He says crewman Lope Auitremenez drowned and describes a buried treasure a French manuscript on the dauphin of France and a diamond set miniature. He asks Yale to be informed and offers burial directions for the treasure.
Lake Charles La May 26 Volka B Lambert an engineer on the Southern Pacific railway was killed when a switch engine he was working on toppled onto him at Sulphur mine while switching a trail of cars crushing him to death
The admiralty reports no confirmation of Manila claims of a Togo defeat south of Formosa. Naval circles doubt a full battle, believing Togo will avoid risking battleships and instead use fast cruisers to keep contact with Rojestvensky as he moves across the Pacific toward the Japanese coast.
Four people killed when a bomb, hurled into an open carriage, blew it apart in Baku. The governor Prince Nakhchidze, assassinated Wednesday, died after calling on the Persian counsel regarding the shah’s approaching arrival. Two Persians among the dead. the assassin escaped.
In a 36 hour fight aimed at cleansing the Hebrew district of disreputable persons nine were killed and about 100 wounded as knives and pistols were used. Furniture was smashed and homeowners beaten in Warsaw.
Judge Kohlsaat rules C P Shea president of the International Teamsters' union may refuse to answer questions that could incriminate him as he faces indictment. Bernard Milligan and James Donohue of the Express Drivers' union are cited for contempt after refusals, jailed in nominal custody for five days to allow review of habeas corpus.
The ninth annual Oklahoma Indian Territory Bankers association convention drew about 250 visitors from New York Chicago St Louis Kansas City Texas and Arkansas. Mayor F B Fite and P B Hopkins welcomed attendees, with J C Hughes and Frank Craig delivering responses. Craig noted only eight states have more national banks than the two territories and that only five bank failures occurred in the past year. There are 95 national banks in Oklahoma and 135 in Indian Territory, plus 25 Territorial banks in Oklahoma and 136 in Indian Territory.
Wilburton I T May 26 The Degnen and McConnell Coal company has gained possession of all property formerly owned by the Mexican and Gulf Coal and Coke company including 150 coke ovens at Alderson, five mines at Howe and about 5000 acres of coal lands. The deal totals 750000 dollars.
Oklahoma City reports the Frisco railroad will extend 100 miles west of Quanah Texas as soon as possible. G. J Jones, who built the Oklahoma City to Quanah segment, returns from inspection and will oversee the new route. The aim point is Hale’s Center Texas midway between Quanah and Roswell New Mexico.
Indian Inspector Wirth has instructions from Secretary Hitchcock to proceed with Creek tribal tax collection in Muskogee on May 26.
Winona Lake Indiana reports that the next general assembly of the Presbyterian church will be held at Des Moines, Ja. The event outlines the venue and dates for church governance sessions and related activities.
Governor Lanham approved the state banking bill and let the general election bill become law by limitation without his approval. He noted some concerns in both, but the measures include improvements. Neither carries an emergency clause, so they take effect ninety days after adjournment.
In Fort Worth on May 26 the Southern Presbyterian general assembly debated federation with Pittsburg conference. Dr G R B Strickler of Richmond Va opposed federation and urged the committee to clarify church wishes before a second conference. The body voted 93 to 81 to postpone action until another conference with other churches.
In Tyler Texas on May 26 a Cotton Belt freight train killed two black men near Flint. One was struck off the track while the other was ground to pieces. A severed hand and a brain were found on the engine pilot. Investigators report four bullet holes in the body on the rail, suggesting they were murdered and placed on the track. The victims are described as strangers at Flint.
At the San Antonio and Aransas Pass depot on Friday morning 8:30 o clock an affray left three bystanders wounded in the legs. C G Roper John Lewis and W Moss were injured. G W Henry was also shot in a leg. P J Linthicum was arrested and uninjured. Linthicum had recently married a girl employed by Henry.
A Burleson wind storm Thursday caused major damage including a Katy depot blown down. The Texas Central line between Albany and Stamford washed out by a cloud burst. Cisco reports five inches of rain with widespread destruction in the region.
Alfred Suescum sues the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad for forty thousand dollars claiming he paid sixty cents for a San Antonio to Spofford Junction ride and lost an arm in a derailment. In Amarillo Mathew Haywood died after drinking seven consecutive whiskies in a saloon, aged forty with no known relatives.
San Angelo May 26 The Santa Fe Railway company begins a depot at Valeraw in Coleman county. Once the only building was the section house now twenty five new structures are under construction.
Dallas readers are informed of an incident in which a Black person who escaped made an attempt to assault a white girl believed to be about thirteen near Cochran's Chapel in the northern part of the county early Friday morning.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police closed its session in Washington on May 26 and adjourned to meet in Hot Springs Arkansas in one year. All existing officers were re elected unanimously.
Judge Alton B. Parker of New York addressed the Illinois State Bar association at the Chicago Beach hotel on Friday. He spoke on the role of the lawyer in public affairs and was met with hearty applause.
Ed McConlin, once of Sherman Texas, was struck and killed by a freight train in Kingston Iowa on May 26 prompting local officials to investigate the incident.
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