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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1901
Page
4
All annual and quarterly contracts with Bryan Water Light and Power Company expired April 1 1901. Those desiring continuation must call and pay first quarter dues on or before May 1 or service will be cut off. We have been indulgent to many but cannot supply water to arrears any longer. Bryan Water Light and Power Co. 128.
London reports General Kitchener’s brief Pretoria notices reveal few strategic details as Boer resistance continues. News notes a new British war loan well received, remount purchases planned, and a shift to home horse breeders. International items include Cartwright’s libel conviction in Cape Town and UK coal tax protests.
New York April 22 directors of the Missouri Pacific railroad authorized a capital stock increase of 30 million dollars, bringing total authorized issue to 100 million dollars. A stockholder meeting will be held shortly to ratify the action.
Washington April 22 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Taylor will appoint an immigration inspector in a few days to investigate fraudulent immigrant admissions. Steamship lines report few arrivals as migrants seek Canada then cross the border. Mexico is cited as a base for Chinese entry with 2000 men taken to the Mexican Central railroad. 1500 crossed the border secretly and 800 were arrested and deported, with the rest now under U.S. authority.
The Commercial hotel in St Marys West Virginia burned late Sunday night killing six people. Names include Samuel Cunningham Roxford Pennsylvania John George Butler Pennsylvania Harry Robinson Corning Ohio Bert Smiley unknown residence and his mate and John Slater daughter of Mrs Slater the hotel’s proprietress. London dispatches report Prince Henry debt troubles with creditors threatening to default Queen Wilhelmina says he must pay from state allowance. Washington reports Army plans to enlist thirteen thousand artillery men to reach 18 000 as new guns and coast defense require manpower.
Charles Brown and BE L Canby presidents of the Vancouver First National Bank killed themselves with one revolver two miles north of Vancouver after the bank was closed by the comptroller of the currency. Their bodies were found Sunday morning in a bushes clump near Columbia school.
Monroe Edge promotes extensive land and house sales in Brazos County. Properties include new frame houses, 11-4 blocks with multiple rooms, vacant oak blocks, boarding houses, farms near Oil Mill, and 262 acres on Wixon Creek with cultivation and timber. Edge invites buyers and offers easy terms and exchanges.
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