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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1905
Page
8
Houston reports Ben Shropshire, shot by a negro’s ambush, died Friday at St Joseph's Infirmary. In Edna Texas the grand jury adjourned with no indictment against Monk Gibson. a deputy sheriff and a ranger delivered a sack of clothing.
Jacksonville Texas plans a 30000 dollar waterworks plant and a one mile cement sidewalk project on Avenue C Lawton. Other notes include railway reports received by the Texas railroad commission and various local incidents across the state.
Bryan City Council invites sealed proposals from banks firms or individuals in Brazos county Texas to act as city depository. Proposals due by 8 p m October 27 1905 must state preferred interest rate and include a certified check of at least one half percent of 1904 city revenue as good faith. Mayor RK Harrison and Secretary C M Spell announce.
New York won 1 to 0 over Philadelphia as McGinnity excelled on the mound and Monte Cross misplayed a routine bounder, turning into the decisive run. Four games this week left the locals with three victories, despite Waddell's absence.
The New Orleans daily update shows twenty-five new yellow fever cases and four deaths by 6 pm Friday with six additional cases. Dr. White says the fever is under control though reports vary by day. Other notes include outbreak details in Algiers and Patter son conditions and a boll weevil sighting in Denison.
Emperors of Russia and Japan signed the peace treaty on Saturday in Washington thus officially ending the war.
Waco October 14 500 delegates attended the second day of the general convention of the Baptists of Texas. Rev Dr J B Gambrel of Dallas spoke on work among negro Baptists. The annual address by President Campbell was well received and reports from various missionary boards were presented.
New York actors managers and theatergoers react to the death of Sir Henry Irving. Tributes from Mansfield Drew Hackett Frohman Belasco and others praise his life as a shaping force in drama and Shakespearean interpretation.
Chicago theater managers and actors express warm memories of Sir Henry Irving. Blanche Walsh praises his superb characterizations in the Bells Richlieu and Iago. Francis Wilson calls him the head of the dramatic profession and reflects on his national theater dream.
New Orleans reports warmer weather and a tentative decline in yellow fever cases with 167 total in the city and 33 in the emergency hospital. Authorities note improved conditions may come with citizen cooperation and warn that Patterson remains a concern. Eight new cases and one death were reported up to noon Saturday.
Chicago dispatch reports the charred bodies of Joseph Kantrum, 29, and his three month old daughter Anna discovered in a closet beneath a stairway in a three story tenement on Jefferson Street after a fire officials say may have been incendiary. During the blaze several people jumped from windows in panic.
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