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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1901
Page
3
In London a dispatch reports French military planners may remove 7000 troops soon while Germany readies to repatriate an infantry brigade. Indemnity claims reach £460,000,000 as global tensions rise amid port and naval updates from Washington and Villefranche.
Prosecution rests after most witnesses in Captain Garnett D. Ripley case. Senator Newton Frazier testified about the January 25 mass meeting threats to Democratic legislators. W H Taylor recalled Ripley discussing a militia with General Collier and a possible riot in Frankfort as a condition for peace.
Washington reports say the cabinet discussed New Orleans legal actions to stop mule shipments to South Africa. Attorney General Knox to investigate and may seek amendments to neutrality laws to keep such matters under government control.
Dispatch from Paris notes Agoncillo receiving a cable announcing Sandico as successor and dictator of Filipino forces. Sandico reportedly surrendered to American authorities at Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Luzon, and may face trial for his record. Austin reports a $1,750,000 state treasury balance though six month emergency funds await signature and payroll warrants totaling about $500,000 monthly.
Prairie fires in the Dimmitt region burned stock farms feed sheds grass and even some houses in the southern part of the county and northern Hale county as a west wind drove the flames. Cattle were driven from the area and fire guards could not stop the blaze. Waxahachie adds rural free delivery routes with six mapped and two more planned while carriers to follow once arrangements are set.
Captain James Baker Jr. testifies in New York as executor in the Rice will matter. Baker denies Patrick ever acted as Rice’s attorney and says he represented Rice until his death. He recalls meeting Patrick in Texas in 1891 and describes events after Rice’s death including a private meeting with Patrick.
The American Bible Society reports from its China agent Rev. John R. Hykes a plot backed by imperial sanction to exterminate Christianity and expel foreigners. It cites 183 Protestant missionaries killed, hundreds of thousands of Bibles destroyed, mission property ruined, and over 40,000 native converts dead, amid a largely anti foreign uprising.
W D Reynolds of Albany sold nearly 7000 cattle head to W R Moore of Ardmore for 150000 in spring delivery. Senator Sebastian of Breckenridge presented 8 relics from Major General Pillow’s pistol to the state historical museum. Deanville’s R W Mayfield joined the State University rising total enrollment to 1000. Oats and wheat headlines in Midlothian point to two thirds crop. Vaccination ruling appeal upholding school board action. Lumbermen’s association wraps up in Dallas with next meeting in Houston. Chris Connelley dies after ladder fall in McGregor.
At a Galveston bondholders meeting the Galveston Opera House company discussed rebuilding the theater on the old site. Guthrie Oklahoma notes heavy rains bring green fly or louse to wheat across multiple regions. The pest has not yet caused damage and Hessian fly is present in small numbers with limited impact.
In Frankfort Indiana on April 12 Milo Hugheson an 18 year old boy saved a Monon local train from crashing through a burning bridge fifty feet high by remaining on the track to alert the engineer. The train stopped about twelve feet from the bridge after his warning.
Aldace F. Walker chairman of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe board of directors died suddenly at his New York home from heart disease. He was to sail for Europe and his departure plans were all arranged. He leaves a widow and two children.
Lieutenant Commander Mapes of the Twenty third Infantry seized $10,000 in insurgent funds and captured three officers from General Gailles staff near Manila. The report also notes cock fighting revivals under Captain Lara's widow, and mentions a potential surrender demand on General Tino before Aguinaldo's release.
Three bars of gold valued at 22750 dollars were stolen during a voyage of the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse which departed New York April 2 and reached Cherbourg April 9. The company offers 10000 marks for return or capture of the thieves. Carrollton report notes Prof. L P Peyton drowned in Tombigbee river when a skiff capsized near Pickensville. Dallas lineman L C DeMorse fell from a pole and died at 54, leaving a wife and daughter.
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