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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1901
Page
2
The Daily Eagle reports Beauont now holds an even score of gushers. A heat related death is noted as Bob Roland, a Black man, died pulling fodder near Calvert in Brazos bottom. The article mentions about two hundred Alabama Black workers sent north to fill steel plant striker positions.
Rev. K. P. Newsome, a talented young Methodist pastor in Huntsville, is appointed chaplain in the United States army by President McKinley. A new $50,000 cotton mill cornerstone laid in Dallas as a wholly negro enterprise. Lawton Oklahoma Territory grows in a night after the land lottery with August 6 lot sales. town formed mainly by lottery blanks. Rock Island railroad moves toward Lawton.
Gov. Sayers directs the state purchasing agent to cancel the Waters-Pierce oil contract for fuel illumination and lubrication for eleemosynary institutions after the firm failed to file the required anti trust affidavit with the state department as required by law.
The advertisement promotes Rex Dyspepsia Tablets for dyspepsia and indigestion with a money back refund if not cured. Sold by M. H. James, leading druggist, Bryan, Texas, at 50 cents per package.
WM Davidson a section foreman on the H T C below College died at 6am from internal hemorrhage due to injuries from unloading a car of ties. He was about 40, left a wife and several children, had ten years in charge of the section and was highly regarded. Remains taken to Houston with family, city mourns the loss.
Captain Chas Davis of El Paso closed a large Mexico property sale to William Humphrey of Hereford Livestock Company Nebraska for $300,000. The ranch spans about 1.25 million acres and marks the city’s largest land deal to date.
In the matter of Robert John Ford bankruptcy No 250 at Bryan August 8 1901 the receiver Claude V. Birkhead will sell the stock of groceries furniture and fixtures belonging to the estate in the McConnico building on Main street for cash to the highest bidder Monday August 5 1901 at 10 00 am Details and inventory with the undersigned.
In New York the Society for the Prevention of Crime detectives Robert McLellan and another officer were assaulted in a rear pool room at 724 Broadway. A flying wedge separated them, McLellan fired into the air, doors were locked, and Frank Moss led an entry to free the detectives. Three men were arrested for complicity.
EB Heise and Sons Saltillo mill near Bedford Indiana burns down after extortion note threatens destruction. Proprietors filled a sack with buggy washers and left it at a crossroad guarded overnight, but the sack vanished before dawn.
Mount Vernon Illinois faces a severe water shortage as the artificial reservoir used by the city water works drops to just 18 inches. The water commission has halted supply to hotels barber shops laundries livery stables print shops and factories and plans to cut private consumers by next Monday unless rains arrive.
The U S transport Lennox, split from Manila to port, was towed in by the tug Slocum after breaking its shaft about 800 miles from port on July 25. A boat from Lennox sought help July 31, meeting the steamship George Loomis and bringing the crew safely to port.
To Cure Dyspepsia and Indigestion. Sour Stomach or Heartburn, take Rex Dyspepsia Tablets. All druggists are authorized to refund money if they fail to cure. Price 50 cents. M. H. James, the leading druggist, Bryan, Texas. Mrs. J. T. Beard is very sick.
The Cuban constitutional convention in Havana began by reviewing the electoral bill. Debate centered on candidate qualifications and whether presidential electors should be free to vote for any candidate. Sanguily urged direct popular election and a constitutional change to empower the people. The body later ruled that governors, provincial legislators, and presidential electors must be Cuban born or naturalized with eight years residency.
At Tampico the collapse of the Monterey and Mexican Gulf railroad terminal wharf killed at least 12 men and 5 women. Eight men and four women have been recovered. The disaster crushed victims beneath thousands of tons of coal and coke. The wharf likely will not be rebuilt as the line has been acquired by Mexican Central. government authorities are conducting a full investigation.
Teachers and pupils of the Central Texas Summer Normal at Bryan express thanks to the people of Bryan and A M College for courtesies. They name Prof C G Fountain Major W A Brof Prof A L Banks and Mrs Fannie Reese Pugh for assistance and lectures and thank the Board of School Trustees for use of facilities. They request publication of the resolutions in the Bryan Eagle and Brazos Pilot.
St Paul Aug 8 Thomas Mallay a veteran stage actor long known for Uncle Tom's Cabin was sent to Rochester Insane asylum. His strong Uncle Tom character influenced his mind and he now believes Simon Legree chases him with bloodhounds.
Advert explains August Flower as a universal cure for indigestion biliousness and general malaise. It claims doctors were scarce, lists symptoms it treats, and urges readers to use Green's August Flower in liquid form. Promotion notes Wison Jenkins Drug Co. as seller and references Green's Prize Almanac.
Captain Joe Bird a 60 year river figure died at his St Louis home from heat exhaustion. In the Civil War he owned two steamers the Exporter and the Importer which carried munitions of war and troops.
In Leeds, Alabama, Charley Bentley confessed to killing Jim Williams and was executed by mob action late Friday. Bentley’s body was left hanging with bullets in his frame after the lynching.
The state board of livestock commissioners has established a quarantine on cattle in Lake County due to an anthrax outbreak. Several cattle have died and a butcher named Cox contracted the disease while skinning a diseased steer and also died.
Having fully recovered health, Dr. M Hall announces availability for professional medical services to friends in the city and county. Extra copies of the Morning Eagle are for sale at Haswell's book store.
Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal diplomatic agent, states there is no basis for the report that Mr. Kruger plans to come to St. Petersburg, noting his presence is only for private business.
In Laredo Texas on August 8 a four year old boy, son of Mateo Lopez, fell into a kettle of boiling water and near death is not expected to recover. Hours later the infant died after a sudden illness.
Smithville Tenn Aug 8 The first lynching in DeKalb county history occurred Friday as Charley Davis accused of assaulting Miss Kate Hues was seized from the courthouse by a mob of about 25 friends and relatives and hanged about a quarter mile from town.
In Wcoppelis on Aug 3 Taggart confirms he will seek the Democratic mayoralty nomination for a fourth time. A letter declining entry was sent to the city committee but withdrawn moments after receipt.
Chicago on Aug 3 reports plans for a central railroad station costing about 40 million dollars. Eighteen of twenty two Chicago terminal railways have given approval and the scheme will be submitted at a meeting of railway officials on Aug 15.
Examination of the Brooklyn bride is ordered to determine the cost of rebuilding a section of the bridge. Experts disagree on the best steps to take.
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