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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1905
Page
4
Before 16 000 fans Chicago clubs in the National League swept Sunday games from Philadelphia. Left fielder Schulte made a great jumping catch into the left field bleachers and injured himself while preventing a home run.
The Philadelphia club defeated Chicago 3 to 1 at home before nearly 26 000 fans. Gates closed an hour before game time with about half the crowd left outside unable to gain entry.
The coasting steamer Hsisho, traveling from Shanghai to Tientsin, struck a mine ninety miles south of Shantung promontory and was totally destroyed. Fifteen people aboard died, including engineers Mauchan and Muir. Foreign passengers and part of the crew were rescued by two passing steamers.
A compiled digest notes Dr. Tabor urging Texans to uphold quarantine while I. T. Reveil is found dead near West. Texas, and a list of local and national happenings including Waco and Galveston baseball sales, grand jury indictments, cholera deaths in New Castle, pension volumes, and tax assessments in Jones County.
Crown and Bridge work is offered as a specialty with the office located upstairs over Burt Norwid's store.
Henry Ambrose, 24, a messenger for Halle & Stieglits at 30 Broad Street, was arrested on a forged National City bank check valued at 359 080. After four hours he confessed, detailing how he studied banking routines to steal stocks and bonds, and said he would return all securities. He planned to marry soon and had pursued law at Columbia.
Severe cold settle in as troops demolish fortifications and bridges to secure fuel for winter quarters. Officers and soldiers occupied with reviews dinners theatricals and sports in the past week. In Birmingham the Typographical Union voted for an eight hour day with current pay for all city newspaper and job printing offices and will notify employers.
President Roosevelt plans a stop in Roswell on October 20 to tour Bulloch Hall the boyhood home of Mittie Bulloch. Local leaders including Senator Clay and Mayor Sherman will accompany the party and guide the president through the house ending with an address by the visitor.
Yellow fever race in New Orleans reports 23 new cases and 8 deaths by 6 pm Sunday. Mount Carmel Institute on Piety street reports six cases among girls. Sister Mary Edith dies aged eighteen. Parish quarantines urged for Oct 15. Lafayette notes agreement, other towns report cases.
Jackson reports yelow fever totals across several cities up to Sunday 6 pm with new cases in Vicksburg Natchez Scranton Mississippi City Handseboro Gulfport Hamburg Rosetta and three suspicious cases in total. Pensacola Florida also records five new yellow fever cases on Sunday.
J Walter Franklin was arrested in Birmingham on a bigamy charge while taking part in Salvation Army services. He allegedly has three wives: Cora Franklin from Newport Kentucky, a relative of Deputy Reeves at Toadville, and a third young Salvation Army member Peachie Jones. He reportedly moved wives and child to Birmingham before sending them away to visit relatives. He was with Miss Jones when officers arrested him as she led a prayer service.
In Cambridge near Rock Island Illinois Mrs Clarence Markham in a temporary insanity killed seven children ages up to nine with an ax, laid bodies on a bed, doused the bed with coal oil, and set fire. She then cut her own throat and died after neighbors rescued her, after making a confession.
President Castro arrived back in Caracas from Los Teques on October 2, signaling a continuation of his travel schedule and reaffirming government activities amid continued regional duties.
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