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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1900
Page
1
Meridian and nearby towns report severe damage from record rains. Rail lines are blocked and trains halted indefinitely. Telegraphs and phones crippled, crops and fertilizer losses mount as rivers rise and lowlands flood across the Cotton Delta. Authorities fear incalculable damage to farmers and infrastructure.
At New Orleans and Galveston ships from Calcutta Bombay and Santos cannot moor at piers after fumigation cargo is discharged onto barges. Pots are watched to prevent rats from steamer reach. Boom for Allison in New York on April 17 signals a vice presidential advance.
Washington dispatch reports Webster Davis, former assistant secretary of the interior, intervened to keep Adelbert Hay as American consul at Pretoria. Hay faced rejection after Boer officials feared his London contacts and ties to Britain. Davis persuaded Secretary Reitz to receive him to avoid offending the U S secretary of state and hoped Hay would become a Boer ally.
The Senate spent most of the session debating the Alaskan civil code with an amendment on beach mining for gold approved. A provision barring judges over 50 was struck. In the House, naval appropriation talks focus on armor plate shipbuilding and a $61.2 million total. Foss and Cummings defend the bill amid criticism of extravagance.
North Texas reports detail wrecked wagon bridges near Whitewright and damaged Katy railroad bridges near Denison. A cloudburst at Russell Heights in Fannin county caused major damage with washouts on the Central railroad. Anna reports several small houses blown down, the Baptist church at Reaton wrecked by lightning. New Orleans dispatches reveal L H Hyer listed as drowned on the Jarl but later found alive. he is kept under guard until relatives can be informed. Galveston notes a theory of bubonic plague spread by rats affecting gulf ports with arriving ships from Brazil and Asia.
Douglass, talking with Corporal McDowell and guards, suddenly clapped his hands to his stomach and cried I am shot then fell. No flash or sound was heard. Lieutenant Glover led a search of the hill top but found no shooter while guards remained in the valley near the Cable station. In a separate item, Mrs. J L Moyse of Cincinnati sues for divorce from her husband, the man known as Captain Clark, in New Orleans court.
On April 17 at Croton Dam New York Sergeant Robert Douglass of Mount Vernon was shot dead while relieving guard. The attack occurred at 9 pm he fell on a hill near Little Italy as armed strikers were seen nearby. Soldiers mood was one of frenzy after the fatal incident.
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