28 Nov 1905
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1905
Page
1
Reverend N D Hillis of Plymouth Church Brooklyn condemns football brutality and Sunday disregard as a national crisis citing Union College tragedy and other student deaths. He laments players killed in pursuit of a Roman holiday and urges obedience to the Sabbath.
A terrible accident as trains collide in a deadly wreck. Officials report eighteen fatalities and numerous injuries amid chaotic scenes at the site.
At Baker's Bridge Station near Lincoln the Boston and Maine Fitchburg division crash killed at least 18 people and injured many after the Montreal express rear collided with a local train in thick weather. Fire hindered rescue as flames burned out with the dead and missing tallied by Monday morning.
An Indianapolis dispatch reports Chicago women alerted police to illegal saloon activity on Sunday leading to multiple arrests including a grocer for illicit liquor sales. The drive mirrors statewide vigilance with saloons operating covertly under tighter enforcement.
In Vladivostok on November 27, mutiny erupted as Russian prisoners from Port Arthur clashed with guards at a Cape Choukain camp. A drunken soldier was sabred. officers retreated to safety as a fight with revolvers unfolded. Three officers were killed and one beaten, with about twenty prisoners dead or wounded. A Cossack squadron arrived to restore control.
New York November 27 opening of the cotton market shows season highs with March at 11.88 a record 11 points above prior highs. Traders moved excitedly after a former bear reader covered shorts and a Liverpool advance amid a reported failure.
Liverpool authorities suspend Copel and Rouse, cotton brokers, as of November 27, amid regulatory action affecting their operations.
Constantinople dispatch reports Sultan with Foreign Minister Twofik Pasha inform Austrian Ambassador Baron von Calico that Turkey accepts the powers demands on financial control of Macedonia.
In South Waterboro Maine on November 27 a collision between two freight trains killed three Boston and Maine Railroad workers and left others injured.
Sunday night two bombs were thrown through cafe windows at the Hotel Bristol in Warsaw. Explosions damaged furniture and injured a few people slightly. no fatalities were reported despite a crowded cafe.
New Orleans reports Mousie Miller a Black man confessed under compulsion to watching the attempted assault on Mrs. George, an elderly white farmer’s wife. A deputy, transporting him to confront a witness, was robbed by a mob that took him to a Negro church in the woods and lynched him.
Havana reports the Cuban government is in talks with the United States on responding to the American district Isle of Pines if Washington moves to establish territorial offices there.
Major John Bell died yesterday at the Hall place near Tunis, Burleson county. A native of Alabama and about 55, he worked as a railroad conductor and later managed for M. Parker. Nephew W H Bell reported the death, likely natural causes, with the funeral set for Wednesday at 10 from Mrs Bettie Bell’s residence in Bryan.
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