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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1901
Page
2
The item notes four oil gushers near Beaumont and predicts President McKinley may visit Houston on May 3. It also mentions a promising site for a cotton mill between the new ice plant and oil mill, plus a potential site for another school south of town and west of the railroad.
Eagle reports Mr. 8. M. Winters pushing the new ice and cold storage plant toward May 1 to 10 readiness. Building spans 82 by 46 feet with a 34 foot tower, 90 horsepower Corliss engine, 9000 pound fly wheel, and 20 tons daily ice capacity. Construction uses 70k feet of lumber, brick foundation for boiler, and storage room doors by Stephenson Co. in Chester. Water wells supply 40 gallons per minute. Erecting Engineer Harvey from Fred W. Wolf & Co. will install machinery and begin operation. Estimated cost over 20000 dollars.
A state department report from Consul Kehle at Stettin notes substantial growth of Russia's merchant fleet from a few steamers to over 000 steamships including river craft. An imperial ukase limits coast trade to Russian steamers, with exemptions during high Asiatic war demand. Russia funds canal dues and grants duty exemptions on anchors, chains, tackle, and foreign iron vessels for navigation.
A gas well on the Higgins Oj company property near Beaumont ignited after a torch flame touched escaping gas at 8:15 last night. The derrick and machinery were damaged as water mud and rock erupted 60 feet high. No injuries. operators expect the fire to die out after the nearby Hamill well, which previously blew mud and gas, vents.
A London dispatch reports Parliament adjourns for Easter with opposition buoyed by a meager business record. Rumors place Lord Salisbury near resignation before Beaulieu departure and suggest A. J. Balfour may enter the upper house when Parliament reconvenes.
The report suggests Bury may stay in office through the session's end if his health improves, with Riveria noted as a factor.
New York reports Hanna dismisses a story that J Pierpont Morgan formed a syndicate to buy rights for the French Panama Canal and urged abandoning the Nicaragua route. He says no truth to the tale and he has not heard of any canal preference.
A published Boer leader General Botha letter to Lord Kitchener dated Feb 13 expresses desire to end the bloody conflict and to meet for mutual discussion on possible terms. The note suggests meeting place and safe conduct details.
Dispatches from Paris report insults to Lord Carrington and his suite amid a Lisbon audience for King Edward's accession to Portugal. Returning nurses from the Boer army joined anti British scenes at multiple stations, forcing the mission to change trains.
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