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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1902
Page
4
London reports said Lord Kitchener refused an armistice but would provide facilities for Boer delegates to meet and elect representatives. Boer leaders left Pretoria to pursue the plan while resumed communication may not occur for about three weeks.
London reports serious differences between Transvaal and Free State delegates in Pretoria over peace terms. General Botha and Acting President Schalburger set an April 21 deadline for decision or Transvaal naval delegation will pursue negotiations alone.
Peter McClelland reports pastures in McLennan disturbed by wolves. Eikelberger Westbrook and a dog pack tied to the State Fox Hunters association join the chase. A she wolf and six cubs are killed during the hunt, which will pause until pastures are cleared.
Aaron Johnson survived a pioneering operation at the city and county hospital in San Francisco, the complete removal of the larynx due to cancer. The procedure marks one of the few successful cases on record, and an artificial larynx is being prepared to restore speech in a monotone voice.
Austin April 18 The New York Texas and Mexican Railway company has obtained approval and filed with the secretary of state an amendment to its charter authorizing an extension from Van Vleck station in Matagorda county to the main line at Wharton twenty miles and another extension from Van Vleck to Bay City twenty miles
The commerce committee authorized amendments to the river and harbor bill. Work may begin on all three sections of the inner harbor of Galveston Texas, instead of two sections as previously decided. The secretary of war gains power to renew bridge charters avoiding extra legislation.
Miss Lucy Lee Hill daughter of General A P Hill received a telegram from Sterling Price Camp of Confederate veterans in Dallas stating General John B Gordon commander in chief appointed her sponsor for the Virginia brigade at the Confederate reunion to be held in Dallas next week.
S B Brooks elected president of Baylor University to fill the vacancy from Dr Oscar H Cooper's resignation. Brooks is pursuing a postgraduate course at Yale and is a Baylor graduate with home in Cleburne Johnson County Texas.
Ellis Washington and Phil Wallace were hanged in Donaldsonville Louisiana for the murder of Lee Geis mar. Washington faced death with cheerfulness to the end while Wallace trembled near collapse as he mounted the scaffold.
London on April 18 reports the new British war loan portion of 16 million pounds oversubscribed by about 30 to 40 times. It is now quoted at 1 percent premium, reflecting high investor demand for gilt securities.
Mrs Bassist of McDade aged 45 collapsed and died at her sister in law Mrs Cline home in Austin Texas Brights disease given as cause of death with details scarce from the rural Texas town report.
Rev Morte Cayo Boersetquitted Camps New reports Dr Hertz former Milner adviser and Rand rifles chaplain arrives in Soyer. He defends British camps and says cruelty stories concern families not fighters. He notes school attendance rises from 9000 to 14000 under British rule.
Reports from famine-stricken districts of Russia confirm acute suffering. Scurvy and typhoid fever ravage Altai peasantry as highlands of Siberia face seed grain loss and no spring crops sowing.
Federal authorities seized an alleged smuggler at El Paso on April 18. The prisoner, a naturalized American born in Germany, carried diamonds watches and jewelry valued near $2000. He traveled selling wares and operated a New York pawn shop before crossing into Juarez to be stopped at the bridge by a Mexican inspector.
Texarkana April 18 Sheriff Bickham of the Arkansas side went to Lafayette county and arrested C C Dubose sheriff and his chief deputy Arthur Yelvin on indictments returned by Miller county grand jury charging violation of the state game law. The accused and friends allegedly hunted after the game season closed in Miller county.
Former Texas Governor James S. Hogg, arriving from London in April, will stay a week in New York before heading home. He declined to discuss the knee breeches incident but commented on the Boer War, saying the end would please Englishmen with the coronation near and bloodshed continuing.
Five hundred miles between Glasgow and London in 28 hours with one stop. S. F. Edge drove a 16 horsepower machine in an endurance trial, maintaining a high rate without aiming for speed. Edge expressed satisfaction, saying the result proves utility and reliability of automobiles.
Louis Lester and Thomas Riley arrested in New York with church valuables in their possession. Lester, who claims Galveston Texas as home, confessed they began burglary in Pittsburgh and specialized in looting churches. He estimates they stole from over 200 sanctuaries nationwide.
In Chicago on April 18 the remaining $450000 in the exposition treasury will be divided among about 20000 shareholders next week. The last lawsuit has been decided and the board plans to distribute the funds as soon as preliminary work is finished. Estimated dividend is about 45 cents per share.
Texas Knights Templars wrapped up their conclave in El Paso electing Jacob F. Zurn of Fort Worth as grand commander and Austin chosen as the next meeting site. The Texas order includes 113 commanderies.
In Hudson on April 18 the jury found Willis Burton Frederick Van Wormer and Burton guilty of murder in the first degree for killing their uncle Peter A Hallenbeck. The verdict concludes the case against all three defendants.
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