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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1905
Page
6
The piece notes a curious reference in The Glasse of Time In the First Age by Thomas Peyton (1620). It cites an eighty first stanza about a cucumber shaped cross formed by cutting a banana, and mentions Canary Islands and Brazil viewing knife cuts on bananas as an affront to the Saviour.
A vintage ad pitches tornado pol icy coverage for property and life. It touts low rates and large benefits, listing premiums and indemnities for accident and sickness, and a policy covering loss of a limb, with livestock life insurance offers.
New York November 28 Cornelius N Bliss treasurer of the Republican national committee is likely to be called by the insurance committee to testify about campaign contributions from big companies The investigating committee has not fixed a date but members feel he should disclose money received from insurance firms after Senator Platts declaration that such contributions were made and the probe should go to the bottom
In New York on November 27 there was no official statement from the Mutual Life Insurance company about Richard A. McCurdy resigning as president. Unofficially, the finance committee is believed to be considering his resignation. It is also learned that Louis Thebaud, McCurdy’s son in law, is expected to sever ties with the firm around January 1.
Constantinople reports a festival ending Thursday and threatens to occupy the island of Tenedos if sultan does not accept demands. The porte seeks changes to financial control, while Grand Vizier Ferd Pasha denies dismissal rumors. Ambassadors say no alteration to powers is possible. Diplomats foresee Europe’s unified will and eventual acceptance of the terms.
Washington reports diplomatic circles link the sultan's stance to the Japan Russia war. Turkey followed the conflict with interest and has longstanding goodwill with Japan. Naval experts note Turkish training by German and French officers could help defend Mamora's entrance.
Justice Albert H. Sewell grants a stay on charges against the Binghamton recorder, restraining the common council from hearings while an appeal proceeds. The stay requires the recorder to stay sober and would be revoked if intoxication occurs before the appellate division decision. The appeal follows a dismissal of a writ of prohibition.
Memphis November 27 Hon M B Norfleet declares withdrawal from the race for governor of Tennessee and says he will support Judge Bond, who announced his candidacy several days earlier.
Indian Territory residents press for L F Parker of Vinita to be named United States judge for the Western district to succeed James W Raymond. A delegation led by Tams Bixby and including Cherokee and Creek chiefs urged the president and the justice department to favor Parker. They back a tribal affairs adjustment bill and support a statehood measure uniting Oklahoma and Indian Territory under a single act.
Earl Colwell thirteen died from a fall while mistletoe gathering with his sister and a friend in Shawnee Oklahoma. A tree limb broke and drove a short sharp stick through his thigh into the groin. He was rushed to the hospital where surgeons removed the stick but he died despite efforts.
In South McAlester on November 2, Professor M M Hall of Alderson was accidentally shot in the leg by a companion during an outing. He was brought to the hospital where the leg was amputated but died Sunday evening from shock and blood loss.
The Athenean reports Baron Komura sent a Japanese ambassador to Pekin to arrange Manchuria domination and a postbellum readjustment. Japan aims to use its magnanimity to govern Manchuria with China denied retrocession, and a military occupation similar to Russia may follow. Trade rules in Manchuria are sought to protect provincial commerce.
Louis W Crawfor and William E Howard alias Hunt pleaded guilty in Boston to being accessories after the fact to the death of Susana Geary from the Winthrop suitcase case. They face sentencing later as Dr Percy D McLeod goes to trial on similar charges.
In St Louis on November 28 Judge Vandeventer postponed the sentence of U S Senator J R Burton of Kansas who was convicted of acting as a paid attorney for the Rialto Grain and Securities company before the post office department. The sentence is postponed until 1 o clock next Wednesday morning when the defense will present reasons for a new trial.
Oboyan Russia reports peasants continue to burn and pillage estates owned by a present zemstvo member in Kursk province as of November 28.
Christiana November 28 King Haaker took the oath to support the constitution in a brief ceremony marking the transfer of office.
West Montana endured a severe blizzard Monday while Police Officer Bates of Dallas was struck by paralysis. Six hundred people arrived at Hobart Oklahoma to buy lots. Russian mulberry trees will be planted at San Angelo Texas for shade. United States District Attorney Johnson has returned to Ardmore from Washington.
A London Chronicle tale from Stratford on Avon recounts a dog named Fidler loved by pupils at Shakespeare’s grammar school. The master allegedly ordered the clerk to hang the dog, a pupil named William Shakespeare confessed, and the master rewarded him with five shillings, pledging Fidler would die a natural death.
The article recalls Viennese painter Hans Makart famed for Charles V Entering Antwerp in Triumph and his taciturn ways. An Englishman seeking friendship challenged Makart to nightly chess at his cafe. After a quiet, tense game the Englishman wins with Mate, prompting Makart to leave declaring he cannot stand a chatterbox.
A Yorkshire parish clerk humorously announces no services at two churches on Sunday while the vicar preaches elsewhere and a meeting to discuss school whitewashing. The article also explains fish scale luster from guanin and the production of argent in carp scales and pearls.
The tale honors Paganini with a Vienna cab anecdote where the violinist helps a fellow countryman become a cab owner, and a German opera guide outlines Petruccio and Katherine's reconciled home life in Goetz's The Taming of the Refractory.
A guide on rat destruction using water barrels and meal, plus careful steel-trap setup and poison baiting. A Malayan legend tells of swordfish entangled by banana stems in Singapore waters, sparing fishermen until a boy’s execution for treason.
Isaac H. Blodgett, who formerly served as chief justice of the New Hampshire supreme court, has died in Franklin on November 28. The obituary notes his tenure on the state high court and his impact on legal affairs.
Harris county Texas reports the redemption of seventy six thousand dollars in jail bonds. The note notes the local finance action and police court financing within the county's recent calendar.
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