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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1901
Page
2
A brief county rumor column notes good roads outrank railroads for towns with one line from Huntsville Post and a cheeky quip about Madison county baby triplets at the reunion. The piece ends with a question to Mr Turner.
Strikers organize military units in West Virginia manufacturing centers to guard property from mob violence. The move is described as new in strike history and potentially dangerous.
The Huntsville Post notes a very good acre age in onions is expected this fall. If planted properly and marketed early, the crop should be a big paying one. The key is to get on the market early as late crops fetch lower prices.
Steel workers, miners, firemen, garment makers, pottery workers, cigar makers, streetcar employees and others form a broad strike wave. The text suggests this year could set records, with no end yet in sight and the action possibly only beginning.
The railroad commission faces a heated clash over oil rates with lignite miners and rail managers opposing any cuts while oil producers and fuel consumers push for lower prices Ex Attorney General Crane supports rate reductions arguing Texas could become the nation’s leading manufacturing state within ten years if oil costs decline.
In the District Court of the United States Northern District of Texas a bankruptcy case for Robt John Ford of Bryan Brazos county is filed. The first meeting of creditors is set for August 15 1901 at 10 00 am in the Bryan Court House to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt. Schedules show assets other than exempt 1407 86 liabilities 2606 26.
In the District Court of the United States Northern District of Texas Clifford A Harris a bankrupt of Brazos County filed August 3 1901 in Waco a petition for discharge from provable debts except legally exempt. Creditors or interested parties may oppose discharge by August 17 1901 to Referee M C H Park at the Office of Referee Waco Texas.
EXCHANGE announcers list guests arriving at a hotel including C D Bassett Dallas H C Hoover St Louis J H Brannan New York MIL Smith Rockdale J E Frisk Hempstead M Hirsch Cincinnati J W Graves Houston J T Simmons Beaumont A Horst Navasota C Gumbach J H Arlin Houston TC Polsdorfer J M Brannan St Louis J J Chitwood Decatur Joe E Ritch Chicago.
A fragment listing individuals including J P Gilpin of Kurten L D Dimnery of Galveston W G Howard of Pluto W B MecCarty of Corrigan W L Turner of Madisonville L H Carll of Pendleton ville Henry Brown of Calvert and J C Mec Kever of Iola reflects a damaged civic directory item with multiple named names.
New York reports Manila with 250000 residents lacks streetcar service and lighting, an electric car line, department store, and hotel. Leading Manila attorneys say a U S corporation formed under its state laws can operate there and own property in the Philippines, promising profits.
In Wilkesbarre, Aug. 5, the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Coal Co plans to abandon its Jersey mine at Plymouth due to a months long blaze. Firefighters cannot flood the high level mine, and the connected Nottingham Avon dale and No. 6 collieries would also need water. Loss runs to hundreds of thousands, with the fire likely burning out over 50 years.
Senator Cullom, after meeting President McKinley in Canton, predicts no broad tariff bill next winter but support for pending commercial treaties. He notes Cuba’s path to self salvation and stronger annexation prospects as Porto Rico benefits from free trade. In Austin, Waters-Pierce Oil files anti trust affidavit with Justice Bell to be acted on upon his return.
The Celtic of White Star Line reached New York on her maiden voyage from Liverpool in 8 days 46 minutes. The ship’s steerage deck sits above the pier entrance as she is berthed and passengers are landed after the cabin doors are opened. The sundeck rises above the piers. A total of 345 cabin and 208 steerage passengers traveled aboard.
Ossining New York August 5 Benjamin Pugh the Black man convicted of killing John Tiegart a Brooklyn waiter last year was executed in Sing Sing prison today. Electric chair shocks were applied before the death declaration.
News in brief reports the British destroyer Viper ran aground in the English Channel and was completely wrecked with no lives lost. Other items note Newton Lanier of Fort Mill, 5, drugged and robbed in Charlotte, N C, dying from knockout drops, and several local deaths in Georgia Illinois including Mrs. Dick Chatham from hydrophobia and veterans or elderly men struck by trains or aging accidents.
A Nome bound steamer passenger report tells of Geo. Dean dying after 48 days of hardship in the Agiapuk district while companions Jack Houston and Joseph Thiery near death. Houston may recover, Thiery unlikely. Desperate hunger led to cannibalism as they cooked Dean's severed thigh until help arrived. Dean left a farewell letter to family in Canton Ohio. Thiery hailed from Davenport Iowa and Houston once served as mate on the yacht Sovereign on the Yukon.
Nels P. Nickel was shot three times in an alfalfa field near Iron Mountain and hospitalized in Cheyenne. He accuses three neighbors of the same family, warrants issued, a posse plans to arrest them, and the incident follows a prior attack on his 14-year-old son two weeks earlier.
Plans move forward to build a through electric trolley from New York City to Boston. The New York and Stamford Railway Company consolidates Richmond and Port Chester Electric to connect White Plains to Greenwich and on to Stamford, then Boston, with a rights of way application to the New York state railroad commission slated soon.
Saratoga World correspondent reports rising speculation over the poolroom fight. Richard A. Canfield’s arrest at Saratoga is seen as a trigger for a broader battle by poolroom operators against club houses. Pool men vow to spend 50 000 dollars to keep gambling open if pool rooms are barred. London witnesses delays in war claims payment to returning soldiers and notes a new commission will review all claims to speed settlements.
The first rain of notable amount since May fell this morning over Dallas and surrounding area. It covered about 100 miles in all directions from the city, with southern fringes reaching 50 miles. The cotton belt in this section has suffered least rain this season, and the drought has been harsh. Hope rises for improved conditions.
Louis Helpern, a young man who recently arrived from Johannesburg, South Africa, killed himself by ingesting carbolic acid and leaping from the fourth floor of a Brooklyn tenement after leaving a note saying he was tired of life. The incident follows a prior suicide attempt at the Brooklyn Bridge about three months earlier.
City officers include Mayor J Mooring and Marshal T P Boyett with deputies and clerks. County officers list Judge A G Board and Sheriff TI' C Nunn. numerous boards, lodges, and fraternal groups meet monthly or biweekly at various halls in Bryan.
Local notices list church denominations and pastors with service times. Baptist, Methodist, Christian, Presbyterian, Free Communion Baptist, St Joseph’s Catholic, San Antonio Italian Catholic, and Christian Science Reading Room outlined with schedules, Sunday schools, and meeting nights.
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