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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1906
Page
6
Ambassador Wright presented credentials to the emperor in an imperial carriage guard of honor provided by Imperial Lancers. The audience followed a cordial reception with the empress. Mr Wilson, formerly secretary and chargé d affaires, will depart for home after a forthcoming change in the State Department.
Architect Daniel H. Burnham, returning from San Francisco, predicts within six months the new city will show wide driveways and handsome buildings and within a year it will be hard to spot the earthquake devastation. He joined a citizen committee to develop a model plan for streets parks and public buildings and urged fireproof construction. The city hall site will become central to the rebuilt metropolis, and San Francisco is to become the continent’s or Washington’s only rival in beauty.
Tax Commissioner Davie released a list totaling intangible assets across Texas at about 161 million dollars. The Texas and Pacific leads with 31.23 million, followed by Rock Island 7.07 million and Fort Worth and Denver 6.91 million, among others. Counts include Cotton Belt 3.82 million and Aransas Pass 11.86 million with several lines listed.
A company secures the large tent once used by Sarah Earnhardt for a Texas tour and another smaller tent. The main tent will seat 7,000 spectators on the site of the old Central theater at Eighth and Market. The Chicago benefit there raised 15000 dollars. The smaller tent will be raised at Ninth and Market where the Majestic theater stood.
In Memphis on May 26 the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers approved establishing an indemnity insurance feature to aid injured engineers.
In Pawnee Oklahoma on May 26 Fred Proctor pleaded guilty to the January murder of Mrs. Jennie Burr wife of S W Burr the Pawnee restaurant owner. Judge Hainer has not yet passed sentence.
At Madrid Pardo palace the future queen Princess Ena arrives with King Alfonso. A floral arch welcomes them at 6:30 PM and crowds gather as the royal party moves to the palace. The king allows public access to the grounds and appears on the balcony with Ena as the crowd holds its breath. Ena stays with her mother at Pardo palace after the ceremony.
The senate passed the agricultural appropriation bill of 78,800,000 without debate. It pixelates fresh meat inspection for domestic use, requiring labeling of acceptable meats and destruction of condemned products. It mandates sanitary packing houses with inspector access, bans non inspected interstate commerce, and sets penalties of 10,000 dollars and two years imprisonment for violations.
Sallie Fleming, eighteen, daughter of Andy Fleming, was found dead near the road from her father's home. An inquest by Justice Trotman found she had left Tuesday morning to wash for Mrs James Chapman two miles away and did not return. A bullethole in the head from a .38 pistol caused death. no suspect identified.
In Greenville South Carolina on May 26 during the Friday session of the Southern Presbyterian general assembly Commissioners McCall Boggs and others protested the assemblys reception of the Caldwell case judgment without objections Protests were ordered spread upon the minutes.
J B Johnson was killed and A Keating fatally injured with several others slightly hurt when a dynamite explosion at a railroad camp twelve miles from DeRidder set the camp on fire and destroyed it during target practice.
Fort Worth Texas May 26 The Texas grain dealers elected officers Eugene Earley of Waco president L G Belew of Pilot Point first vice president C F Gribble of Sherman second vice president H B Dorsey of Fort Worth secretary Names list and city and date indicate organizational leadership election
Seagoville Texas May 26 Millard F Greenwalt his son James and two younger children and Jap Chapman a son in law were bitten by a supposed mad dog They traveled to Austin to obtain Pasteur treatment taking the dog's head for examination
In Los Angeles on May 26 the Nelson Herrera fight was declared off as Herrera refused to weigh in, leaving both fighters unable to proceed with the scheduled match.
Jacksonville Texas ships tomatoes to markets while other notes report a Tulsa post office robbery and tax assessors meeting in Muskogee. Ranch-area fires devastate White City near Cleveland with estimated losses of 150000 dollars. Next year Texas school lands totalling 1500000 acres go on sale. Denton couple Dr J Carter and wife celebrate golden wedding at St Pauls Church Paris Texas. Rising Star resident Mrs Shaddock killed by lightning. King's Daughters conference planned for next year in Vicksburg after Wheeling session. Texarkana jail breakout. ten escapees recaptured by two policemen in prison yard. Oil company reports seventh well brought in near Corsicana Powell field.
Tannehill leads Beaneaters in a win over Philadelphia 6 to 2 as Detroit yields sixteen hits while using three pitchers. Cleveland shuts out Washington 4 to 0 in another rout.
In Dyersville Iowa on May 26 Father Waring of the Roman Catholic church moved benediction thirty minutes earlier so attendees may also catch the baseball game. The game will start half an hour later than before to accommodate the change.
In a sequence of ten inning games, St. Louis leads New York 4 3 while Chicago 2 and Boston 1 trail. Philadelphia 8 and Cincinnati 1 follow, with Pittsburg 2 and Brooklyn 0 also noted.
Fort Worth defeats Dallas 2 to 1 while Greenville routs Waco 9 to 1 and Temple beats Cleburne 2 to 0. In the South Texas League San Antonio tops Beaumont 10 to 4 and Galveston defeats Austin 2 to 0, with Lake Charles beating Houston 5 to 3.
In Washington on May 26 Senator Clapp introduced a senate bill to remove the alienation restrictions on lands of the five civilized tribes. It directs treasury to investigate lands to classify coal oil or gas deposits with proclamations to exclude nondeposit lands. most restrictions lifted except for certain groups and coal oil gas lands. Agricultural or mineral leases over one year require interior secretary approval. lands with removed restrictions may be alienated without such approval.
The Continental Coal company locomotive three miles from Tulsa was blown to fragments Friday afternoon by dynamite claimed to be placed by opposed property owners. The crew avoided injury. KF W Cassner, cashier of the First National Bank, was arrested on complicity charges amid widespread excitement.
Mail advices from the Orient report a May quake near Uniankal in Mongolia that wrecked the walled city, caused very heavy loss of life, and inflicted substantial property damage.
Washington May 26. Bill of Stephens opening a big pasture in Oklahoma to settlement has passed the Senate after already passing the House.
Cornell defeated Harvard in the boat race by about one length in Boston on May 26.
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