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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1905
Page
1
Poetic lengthier verse reflects on mortal fading, eternal life, and reunion with a loved one in a heavenly city. Expressions of enduring love, fate of trials, and a hopeful, sacred afterlife are central as the speaker longs for the “Safe home” beyond earthly toil.
In a city park a plainclothes guard confronts a German mother caught trimming a tree branch. He learns she has a dying child named Elsa and offers her care and a bench to sit, hearing her tale of sorrow and hope amid quiet spring scenes.
In a quiet moment McGrady recalls his lost girl Elsa and envisions an Irish churchyard grave. He brings a single bouquet of apple blossoms to a grieving mother and asks only for news of her child’s smile. The act softens his hardened heart, though witnesses gossip about his tears.
Reports from Bryan and surrounding towns on May 15 indicate the Brazos River flood will be the largest since 1899. Banks are near or at capacity at multiple sites, with rising levels and parallel overflow in the Litt Brazos and Navasota rivers. Weather across Beeville Hempstead Waco San Marcos shows heavy rains and persistent showers threatening crop damage and further river rise.
The Woodmen of the World and Woodmen’s Circle held memorial exercises at Forest Hill cemetery for Sovereign Commander Root. Congressman Sheppard of Texas delivered the main address. A sacred concert followed at Lookout Inn and a ball was planned in the visitors’ honor. In Los Angeles, A Brightman shot Mrs. Charles H. Gurney and died by suicide. motive cited as unrequited love. Mrs Gurney, 19, formerly Miss Dohn Vincent, had just married C H Gurney after declining Brightman’s marriage offer.
Two weeks of combat on Jolo island pits General Wood's troops against outlaw chief Pala and about 600 followers. The fighting has killed 300 Moros with 7 of Wood's men dead and 16 wounded. Pala and his band are now surrounded in a swamp.
A house on the Adams plantation three miles south of Hearne was struck by lightning Saturday night. A little girl was killed, another girl suffered a broken leg, and a third was severely shocked. The house was wrecked and much damage caused. The storm's electrical display drew attention locally.
Hearne Texas residents were surprised as city officials announced tobacco and cold drinks could not be sold on Sunday. This marks the first recent instance of such a Sunday prohibition affecting local stores.
In Birmingham Alabama Burt Crow was shot and killed by Wilson Brown a prominent Dolomite merchant. Brown surrendered to authorities and is held for investigation amid family trouble claims. Crow leaves a bereaved family.
In San Antonio Texas federal grand jury indicts several men of social prominence in connection with the lottery investigation. Defendants names are kept secret and arraignment is expected today.
Rainstorms sweep North Texas with cloudburst levels in spots and strong winds reported across the region. Many areas see heavy downpours and flooding concerns as showers continue.
Mrs. Josephine Crivelli died from injuries after a gasoline stove exploded at her residence at No 6 Lakeview avenue in San Antonio Texas.
Richard Lydekker writes from the British Museum to the London Times editor proposing the skulls of pedigreed horses be studied. He notes a skull from India showing a pit-like depression linked to primitive horses and cites similar features in racing stock Stockwell Bend Or and in Arab horses. The trait appears in Indian fossil horses but not in ordinary English or continental horse skulls or European drift and tary deposits.
Mason Texas votes to decide the local option on June second along with a decision on building a new courthouse. Sanders and Thompson announce they have equipment in place for a new gun in the Good addition and claim it works as intended.
In Beaumont Texas Sherman Radford colored refused to pay 5 cents to Dem vocritus Nicholas a green fruit vend or a quarrel erupted at the Calder and Magnolia avenues stand yesterday afternoon Radford was shot in the abdomen and seriously wounded he was taken to Histers Hospital by ambulance and may die Nicholas was arrested charged with assault to murder by city authorities
New Orleans reports R. N. Sims who has been in Cuba with C. G. Dusen of Crowley arrived in Mobile from Havana. It is believed the rice bill will pass within a few days, aiding Louisiana and Texas rice growers.
The grand council adjourned in San Antonio after choosing Dallas as the site for the next gathering. J. M. Allardyce of San Antonio was elected grand counselor, F. A. Allard of Dallas junior grand counselor, and J. S. McClintock grand page.
Austin hears Mac Stewart the old Confederate veteran must be released after years in a Chihuahua jail for self defense killing a Mexican policeman. A letter from May 11 1905 to J W T Lanham describes the plan to deport him to the United States and expects he will be free by June with Governor Creel and Congress backing the move. Stewart expresses gratitude and pledges loyalty.
In Chicago May 16 members of the Federal grand jury investigating beef industry affairs learned how Aetna Trading Company kept its books. National Bank Examiner Stareck testified about the secret system and the indictments rumor grew with bonds set for Mrs Irving A Want and Mrs Richard V Howes.
The government forbids banks from using silver bars as a basis for note issue. Bars can no longer be redeemed or converted into pesos. No new charters for note issuing banks will be granted until after December 1909 as part of monetary reform plans.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, famed saloon smasher, sent editor Matthew J. Allen of Guthrie Oklahoma a $1000 check. The funds are to buy a new printing plant and start a temperance religious paper supporting the prohibition campaign.
John Tete, 22, son of a local judge, was fatally injured in Vivian near Shreveport when he punched an Assyrian shopkeeper and received a blow with an umbrella. A steel rod fractured his skull and penetrated the brain. doctors say recovery is unlikely.
Brenham Texas Dr BR L Day sells his home to C G McNeese and will move his family to Jacksonville. He has lived in Brenham for ten to twelve years and leaves many friends who will miss him as a citizen.
Police in St. Petersburg stopped a resident clergy meeting planned to pass resolutions of sympathy with Metropolitan Antonius. An officer refused permission to meet in a church, stating orders barred gatherings anywhere due to his agitation for the Patriarchate.
Ava New York reports the death of Hiram Cronk, the last survivor of the War of 1812. He died at age 105 after being honored by both the national government and his native state.
Commencement exercises began at the Louisiana State Normal School in Natchitoches yesterday with the baccalaureate sermon preached by Rev. G. E. Walk of St Matthews Cathedral Dallas.
A large mass meeting in Bacon Rougt, La voted a tax to fund the new Colorado Southern line that will extend from Texas to De Quincy. The plan envisages constructing the railway to connect these regions.
The map depicts a seventy mile Japanese advance from Tieling seen as a preliminary move toward capturing Kirin. The report frames the maneuver as a sign of upcoming battle for the city and notes the strategic significance of the thrust in the region.
A Herald dispatch from Seoul via Chefoo cites rumors that 30 000 Japanese troops recently landed at Gen san. It notes large stock landings at Juk cheung north of Hamburg and suggests a possible near term push toward Vladivostok. Censorship is tightening after a period of lax enforcement.
London dispatch says Baron Rosen former Russian minister to Japan now in the United States supports the peace party. He planned to aid President Roosevelt in his drive for peace though he knew Japan was ready for war and could not restrain his government.
Maria Espinosa, a young Mexican woman in El Paso Texas, was fatally burned yesterday when tequila-saturated clothing ignited from a lit cigarette match. Police reported the incident as a clothes fire caused by carelessness.
The Japanese government forbids coal exports to Saigon with the embargo lasting while the Russian fleet remains in Indo-Chinese waters.
Tyler Texas shipped Saturday several crates of peaches the finest of the season. The shipments arrive three days later than last year according to the books of the express company.
Edwin Schraub aged about 17 son of William Schraub resided four miles west of Marion was shot in the head just below the left eye by a 38 caliber pistol in the hands of his youngest brother Sunday afternoon.
Attorneys for Col. W. F. Cody filed in District Court a motion for a new trial of his divorce suit in Sheridan Wyoming.
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