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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
2
Collier's Moth Exterminator is claimed to destroy moths instantly in pianos and is endorsed by piano dealers and tuners. It is sold under a strict guarantee by Smith Drug Co. 156. Additionally, a report states certain San Francisco policemen approached witnesses in bribery cases to ascertain testimony.
Public exercises at Carnegie hall drew good attendances despite poor weather. Notable performances by Miss Lillian Killough and William Tignor and Wynne Lay preceded Hon. Leon Sonfield of Beaumont delivering the annual literary address on Successward. The graduating program follows with medals, diplomas, and musical selections.
May 29 report from Washington notes an unusually cold spring with the United States east of the Rockies experiencing record low temperatures for the season. Frost warnings cover the middle Atlantic states and eastern Great Lakes, while western Wyoming faces freezing temps. flood warnings issued for the lower Rio Grande valley in southwest Arkansas. Forecasters cite persistent high pressure shifts and cold north winds as the cause, with no near-term warm spell in sight. not since 1882 has this level of abnormal weather been seen in the region.
Officials of St. Pierre Miquelon declare forty French fishermen from the schooners Eli Girardin and Le Flame missing after two months at sea. The vessels sailed from St Pierre for Grand Banks and are believed wrecked in the easterly hurricane that swept the banks on April 9.
Reports from Sydney via Victoria describe a March 28 typhoon that swept the Caroline islands, leaving hundreds dead. Survivors clung to cocoanut trees as waves drowned many on islands like Alie where 200 perished. Guam, Yap, and other islets suffered extensive loss.
A new 75 member committee of San Francisco business leaders will be created in the coming days. It aims to rally the decent conservative element, preserve law and order, restore business confidence, and wield influence to curb disorder in the current crisis.
A. W. Susen jeweler and prominent El Paso citizen vanished after leaving Chicago on May 6 en route to New York. He had planned to return by May 14, but no trace has been found. Telegrams from New York dealers confirm he was not there. He owns a large business and is in good financial condition.
The senate military affairs committee adjourned the Brownsville shooting investigation after hearing two witnesses. Major Blocksom and Lt Leckle will return June 4 to testify. Captain Henson Ely discussed Springfield rifles and bullets, noting cleaning times and bullet behavior, with contested bullet deflection findings. Ice wagon driver William Adams testified Voschel warned of a post pay day shooting.
Mrs. Mattie Ringwood shot and killed one assailant and fatally wounded another in Rawlins Wyoming after seeing her husband attacked in a saloon. She grabbed a revolver from the restaurant and fired as the men fought with knives and glasses. She was arrested and defends her actions as protection of her husband.
The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse ran aground on the west edge of the main channel in the lower bay and was floated without external aid besides her own engines. No damage appeared to have occurred.
Mobile on May 29 reports a quarantine against Havana by the United States marine hospital service. All vessels must stay five days outside Havana ports before entering Mobile and undergo fumigation at the government quarantine station.
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