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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1902
Page
1
Gas explosion in a Colorado mine of Union Coal and Coke near Bowen Trinidad kills about ten men and leaves others missing. Most victims are American or Irish and married. Names not yet known. about sixty workers employed. News from Trinidad Aug 8 reports meager details and growing casualty count.
Attorney General Bell filed twelve suits in the Twenty sixth district court for trespass to try title and damages. The state claims no valid Spanish or Mexican grant existed and asserts possession rights since 1901. Lands range from 316,362 acres in Cameron and Hidalgo to parcels in Nueces Starr Hidalgo Zapata Duval and other counties, with damages from 5,000 to 50,000 dollars per case.
Western freight tensions rise as Santa Fe announces an 11 percent cut on live stock shipments to Chicago starting next Monday. The move reshapes interior-to-Chicago tariffs, with rates from far West to Chicago set no higher than the through rate. No full purpose disclosed.
A wagon with 10 picnickers was struck by an Illinois Central freight train at the Tennessee street crossing inside Paducah Kentucky Tuesday night. Five were injured and two fatally. The wagon driver tried to pass the track but stalled halfway across. General Jacob Smith visit noted in San Francisco dispatch.
A Bohemian named Frank Strener living two miles south of Rowena was found hanging from a mesquite tree. He leaves a wife and four small children.
Nashville reports chairman Frank Thompson of the state Democratic committee says the Democratic judicial ticket has carried the state by 30,000 votes.
Austin August 28. Amount of silver paid into the Texas state treasury grows each year. An 1893 law required county tax collectors to settle in cash, forcing banks to keep funds on deposit and ship surplus silver to Austin. Banks and taxpayers dump silver to avoid handling it, leaving a large silver surplus in the vaults.
Fragmentary report notes heightened political tension in Venezuela with President Castro and unnamed officials cited amid unstable governance. details are unclear due to damaged text from the source.
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