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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1905
Page
2
The quail season opens Wednesday November 1. The great Texas state fair opened in Dallas with Gov. Lanham in attendance. Lanham plans an extra session for January 9. President Roosevelt skipped a major southern stop during his Texas visit.
The funeral for Dr. T. C. Bittle was held in the College assembly hall at 9 am with Rt. Rev. George Kinsolving directing. A cadet guard assisted, many in attendance including faculty, students, and friends. Interment followed at Bryan city cemetery at 11 am with Episcopal burial rites.
Chicago report says federal investigators review alleged railroad efforts to pack the Interstate Commerce Law convention. Dr. Durand, examiner with the bureau of corporations, conducts the inquiry and cites extraordinary findings. Evidence reportedly shows seceders' delegates aided by railroads and expenses paid via railroad passes. Some delegates named as railroad attorneys.
The relocation began Saturday in Chicago as the postoffice moves into the new $6,000,000 Federal building. The operation aims to avoid delays amid the daily handling of about 27,000,000 pieces of mail.
New Orleans report on Saturday noon bulletin shows no new yellow fever cases and no deaths for sixteen hours, the first such gap since the outbreak began.
Fire of incendiary origin roared through J. O. McLarty's warehouse in Henderson Texas Friday night igniting adjacent buildings. Total losses top twenty thousand dollars with numerous merchants and residents named as victims and amounts listed from six thousand to seventy five hundred dollars. In a separate Fort Worth dispatch W G Wilt died after drinking carbolic acid ending years of personal strife and prior suicide attempts including injuring his arm.
Austin Texas October 28 Judge N A Cravens private secretary to Governor Lanham said there is nothing in the report printed in certain papers that the governor assured Judge A W Terrell he would call a special session of the legislature January 9. The governor was in Dallas and could not be reached.
Fourteen year old Adolph Jacobson risked his life to rescue his two younger brothers from a blazing home in Aurora Illinois a fire that killed his mother and baby sister and severely burned Simon Jacobson the father. The blaze started when someone attempted to light the kitchen stove with kerosene.
President Loubet arrives in Lisbon after travel from Spain and is greeted by King Charles and princes. An imposing cortege accompanies him to the Adjuda palace, where he meets with local officials and dignitaries.
Seventeen girls aged 2 to 6 were seized by sudden illness at St. Joseph's orphan asylum in Burlington St on October 28. Three girls died within three hours and the cause of poisoning remains unascertained.
Chicago dispatch reports Insurance Commissioner Host of Wisconsin in his annual review urges state laws forcing life insurers to distribute yearly surplus among policy holders. He also calls for a law requiring companies to finalize annual statements and loss exhibits.
Robt Eimar of Galveston died at the Tucker Hotel in Bryan. An autopsy by Justice W Gillie Mitchell found death due to Brights disease. Undertakers James & Nunn to hold the body for parents arrival from Galveston. Lost in Bryan a red leather coin purse with rings coins and a German silver tag. Reward offered for return to J P Burns at Sky or First National Bank of Bryan.
Dr J H White, named colonel on Governor Blanchards staff, told a banquet crowd he would devote the rest of his life to yellow fever research and related diseases. The crowd welcomed the pledge as ten white cases and seven colored cases were reported on the Sevier plantation and nine cases, two white, on the Laclede plantation, with one death on the latter site.
Up to 6 o'clock Friday evening in New Orleans there were two new yellow fever cases and four deaths. Pensacola reported nine new cases and two deaths.
E. J. Jenkins, Bryan agent for Miona, promotes tablets as a guaranteed cure for stomach diseases excluding cancer. The ad lists symptoms from indigestion and promises improvement after taking one tablet before meals for a few days, urging customers to view the sales guarantee.
Roanoke Va Oct 28 two men killed and others buried after a head on collision on the Shenandoah division of the Norfolk and Western railway near Nace Fireman Jennings was pinned under the engine and scalded to death in view of would be rescuers
Governor Pennypacker commutes the death sentence of Mrs. Catharine Danz of Philadelphia to life imprisonment for alleged poisoning using powders from G. P. Hussey a "voodoo" doctor who faces a death sentence for a similar crime. All schools closed in Baku. Louise Johnson sues for 20000 damages claiming loss of feeling after an automobile crash years ago and continued pain from a nail in her foot and a scorched arm.
The Brazos County Land Office lists multiple properties for sale near Bryan. Properties include 68.10 acres south side of town at $150 total, 400 acres on Brazos river with 120 cultivated, 111 acres north of Bryan, 1531 acres on a mail route 15 miles north, 50 acres north of Bryan on mail route, 242 acres eight miles from Bryan, 274 acres northeast of Bryan with 75 acres fenced, plus several houses and improvements. Prices range from $5.00 to $12.50 per acre, with terms described as easy.
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