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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
4
A classified notice advertises the south half of a city block for sale near Allen Academy priced at 550 dollars. The brief item lists only location and price with no additional terms or contact details.
The July 31 tremor in Los Alamos Santa Barbara county measured severe with frame buildings largely spared while brick structures collapsed. No lives reported lost though many were injured and residents fled into the streets. The 30 second quake toppled churches stores and chimneys as windows shattered and goods toppled from shelves.
Brigadier General Gobin arrives with Pennsylvania National Guard units including Pottsville Pine Grove and Schuylkill county companies. He orders out Twelfth and Eighth regiments and governor's troop, with potential artillery batteries. Twenty foreigners wounded. names unknown. Policeman Yacopsky in precarious condition. Joseph Beddall alive but with slim recovery chances.
Waite Thorburn & Co. obtain temporary restraining order from Judge Chytraus preventing Patten and associates from continuing a July corn corner, bidding up prices, or calling margins. First such court action by short sellers on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Judge Chytrans ordered the injunction against Patten Frazier and others barring them from applying to the board of trade or its president for relief or additional margins. The case remains alive with a further adjudication planned next week and aims to shield complainants from alleged corner activity by bull clique operators.
Wilkesbarre July 31 The Shenandoah riot depresses strike leaders as they warn militia presence prompts operators to restart mines. They foresee quicker resumption in Schuylkill andWyomingLackawanna valleys, while President Mitchell calls for peace and accountability citing no fatalities per Shamokin dispatch.
July 31 reports that hundreds of domestic and foreign corporations failed to file required anti-trust affidavits. Names will be supplied to the attorney general who will seek to cancel charters or permits as appropriate.
Texas Republican executive committee endorsed President Roosevelt in growing terms. Chairman Lyon urged holding all county conventions on same day for clean politics. Cities Waco Galveston Austin Fort Worth sought state convention. Fort Worth won.
New York July 21 President Yoakum of the St Louis and San Francisco railroad has confirmed to his intimates that his line will buy the Chicago and Eastern Illinois.
July 31 report states Charles Craven, a Black man accused of the murder of William H. Wilson near Herndon, Virginia, was captured and brought to Leesburg where he was lynched. The event follows the arrest and transport of the suspect by local authorities.
Former Chief of Police William H. Devery led a women and children only water outing in New York on July 31 as part of his Democratic Ninth District campaign. Six ships carried 15 000 to 20 000 guests with medical staff, an opera company, vaudeville troupe and four bands, under Devery's direct supervision.
Washington reports a new time fuse and potent secret explosive for armor piercing shells. Tests at Sandy Hook show the shell penetrates 14 inch Krupp armor, with internal detonation, threatening wooden or reinforced steel hulls and potentially changing warship design.
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