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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1905
Page
8
An advance notice announces the musical comedy A Trip to Egypt by GC Herbert Kerr to be presented Tuesday November 28 at the opera house. The production is described as highly elaborate with all items supplied by the company and no borrowed scenery. Electrical effects are new and spectacular with exceptionally elaborate costumes.
Thomas Taggart selects August Belmont of New York as the new treasurer of the Democratic National Committee to replace George Foster Peabody who resigns due to illness at French Lick Springs Indiana on November 25.
Madison testifies before the Armstrong insurance inquiry about New York Life syndicate dealings with J. P. Morgan & Co. He cites a $87,187 NY Life profit in the United States Steel syndicate, minus a $59,310 payment to Andrew Hamilton. One quarter of NY Life profits were kept by New York Securities and Trust. Also noted is a 1904 $40 payment to George W. Perkins on a loan to Kidder, Peabody & Co, with no NY Life book entry. Kidder Peabody denies a $290 loan transaction exist.
In St. Petersburg on November 25 the Witte cabinet gauges zemstvo congress support, hoping to calm conservatives and aid the czar in reconciling reactionaries and malcontents. The resolution commits Witte to the manifesto path, signaling loyalty with risk of distrust. In Kilse Russian Poland crowds sack courts and spirit shops as tax refusals spread.
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison wife of the Democratic lieutenant governor candidate in New York was killed in an automobile accident in Long Island City Saturday. Mrs. Harrison formerly Miss Mary Crocker a noted authoress. Mrs. BE. T. Scott of San Francisco and T. S. Scott were injured. the chauffeur and Charles Crocker of New Haven also suffered injuries.
San Antonio on November 26 reports 400 members of the Knights of the Grip marching in the drummers parade. Traveling men and lawmakers attend, with a day of fairground activities, a banquet and ball, and a Mexican banquet and social session for legislators led by Representative Union. Attendance at the fair is described as splendid.
In San Antonio on November 25 the Fourth court of civil appeals discharged W. J. Lytle and Robert Reed in a show cause contempt case over violating an injunction against selling scalp ers tickets. The discharge cited that proceedings were brought by interested parties, meaning the railroads.
A Brookhaven Mississippi lumber firm aims to build a sawmill with daily capacity of 600000 feet on a railway line between Slidell Louisiana and Jackson Mississippi. Equipment for the mill has been purchased and plans include extending the railway both directions as conditions allow. Investments in timber lands railroads sawmills and machinery total about 20000000 dollars.
Secretary Root informs the Japanese government that Korea is to be handled through the Japanese legation in Washington. Korea's sovereignty and the existing treaty remain in force, with American consuls unchanged. The Korean legation in Washington will be withdrawn and Seoul affairs moved to Tokyo. Ambassador Morgan to Seoul will be withdrawn and reassigned to another post.
Simon Wolf of Washington former president of B N A I B R I T H and key executive committee member warned that Russian atrocities could trigger a new Jewish exodus to the United States. He cited a sizeable Jewish population and the rapid growth of Jewish Americans, noting the current prosperity and numbers while urging response to the crisis.
The speaker notes that over twenty years at least 600,000 Jews have left Russia seeking equal rights and safety in the United States. They warn that ongoing atrocities could trigger a further massive exodus, surpassing Dante's darkest depictions.
Radical papers amplify a campaign against M. Durnovo minister of the interior accusing him of opposing the constitution and supporting reaction. In Sevastopol sailors and a Brest regiment mutinied joining workers at a red flag meeting, causing city panic.
John Alexander Dowie leader of the Zionists and his party arrive in New York on the Seneca from Tampico and Havana after inspecting Mexico for a proposed Zion colony. In Mexico twelve large bridges are planned on the Mexican Central Railroad line from Tuxpan to Manzanillo passing Colima.
Tulsa reports arrest of John C. Hess a leading grower after a Macon Missouri blunder. Federal grand jury in Eufaula Oklahoma returns over sixty indictments mainly for whisky selling. New Orleans notes cotton market rally last hour up 18 to 20 points. Lima obituary announces the death of T A Bennett who represented American and English capitalists.
Marquis Ito attended a garden party at the Hill Garden in the Japanese concession Seoul to celebrate the Japanese Korean protectorate treaties. The reception drew the diplomatic corps, Japanese officials, and leading Japanese and Korean residents of Seoul and Chemulpo. Ito was reported to depart Seoul in a few days.
Amount raised for Baptist sanitarium at Dallas was 91000. Acmevement company will put in a plant at Roswell New Mexico. There are eight murder cases on docket at Gainesville Texas. Final payment of 40 per capita has been made to Mississippi Choctaws. A stock company at Duncan Indian Territory will establish next year a grand fair. Two thousand blankets for the encampment have been received at Austin. Agricultural experiment stations are to be located at Barstow and Clyde Texas. Steamer Anna Tardy struck a snag in Red river and sank. A new daily and weekly paper the Commercial is to be published at Oklahoma City. Wood and George Tripp escaped from Canton Texas jail by sawing through bars. Dallas Commercial club contemplates an excursion to eastern states. A national bank capitalized at 25000 will be established at Bullard in Smith county Texas. Cherokee council had adjourned and provided pay for election officers. George Pullen raised near Davis Indian Territory a turnip weighing nineteen pounds and thirty four inches in circumference. In a fight of section men on Midland Valley road near Muskogee Section Boss Green was hit over the head and seriously hurt.
Mike Sullivan of Cambridge defeats Jimmy Gardner of Lowell after twenty sensational rounds. Referee Jack Welch declares the decision as Gardner weakly returns to his corner. In the second ten rounds long range blows and fierce infighting determine the outcome.
Washington reports the Navy Department ordered an autopsy on the body of Midshipman Branch after consultation with his parents who consented. Midshipman Meriweather is undergoing court martial at Annapolis. Also noted is the formal award of the Championship to New Orleans by the Southern Baseball League. A new comet was discovered at Tacubya Observatory in Mexico City seen with a small telescope and moving toward the sun.
Griffth's hardware store in Oklahoma City was broken into on November 25 and rifles knives razors and revolvers worth 500 dollars were stolen.
Krebs November 25 burglars entered the Hokey hotel and robbed every guest in the fourteen rooms.
Little Rock November 25 W T Tyler general superintendent of the St Louis Tron Mountain and Southern railway has tendered his resignation effective December 1 He was formerly connected with the Great Northern railway.
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