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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
3
Northbound No 1 runs at 10 20 am and No 6 at 2 15 am. Northbound No 8 at 1 27 pm and No 6 at 2 15 am. Southbound No 2 at 2 00 pm and No 4 at 4 16 pm. Nos 8 and 4 are fast trains stopping at principal stations.
Officers Lon Baker and Newsome returned from Georgetown as witnesses in the John Ransom murder trial near Taylor. Ransom was convicted with the death penalty. his incriminating statement described snatching money from a sleeping man with an ax handle. Local notes list various visits, sales, and community notices.
The board of directors elected new men for the A. and M. institution. The selections aim to steer policy and raise standards, aligning leadership with the university’s growth goals and community expectations.
At College Station the A and M College board selected three new professors after reviewing candidates from the south west and north and consulting agricultural college heads. W D Gibbs was chosen as director of the experiment station and head of the agriculture department. Frederick S Johnston, associate professor of agriculture at Indiana, was elected associate professor. Charles Shirley Potts, a state university graduate, was elected instructor of economics and history.
A peddlers parade for the Baptist church benefit will be hosted at Mrs Cliff A Adams home Friday August 15 from 5 to 10 PM. Ices and cake will be served. Admission is 10 cents. Watch tomorrow's Eagle for the list of participating peddlers.
Details from Port of Spain describe a fierce assault begun Aug 3 with rebels taking two thirds of Barcelona by Thursday night and government troops surrendering by Friday noon. Prisoners include Martin Marcano and eight generals. 167 dead. Foreign stores pillaged. consulates seeking naval protection. US cruiser Cincinnati ordered to Barcelona with provisions.
In New York in the last three weeks 100000 boxes of lemons have been sold to the government as importers refuse to pay duty. Most lemons come from the Mediterranean and steamers now carry larger cargoes. The glut stems from mild heat, reduced consumption, and rising supply. Importers prefer to lose duty money than hold vast quantities.
Washington August 13 A reciprocity treaty with Cuba is practically prepared and awaits only finishing touches and the signatures of Minister Queseda and Secretary Hay before presentation to the senate. No definite date for a senate meeting in November is fixed but it is expected soon after the election. The president hopes to settle the reciprocity question before the regular session.
New York reports Dr. Martin Luther Holbrook died at his residence aged 71. A Mantua native, he earned his medical diploma in 1861 and 63 joined Dr. Dic Lewis in Boston in advocacy of physical culture and hygiene. Japan Lands on Corea Soil sparks dispatch from St. Petersburg noting Japanese officers landed guns and built a battery on Kothnesan,Corean officials driven away.
Near St Georges Staten Island the boiler of the tug Jacob Kuper exploded. Four crew members were killed or drowned and two were rescued as the tug sank at once.
Berlin reports an army order forbids American lard in Prussian kitchens and requires lard to be purchased from domestic slaughterhouses. The directive targets all army use and emphasizes sourced, homegrown meat products.
News in brief reports all suspects in the Columbia Texas attorney murder have been captured except Vinita Oklahoma. Hay shipments reach nearly 300 carloads this season. Denton awards go to D Mahoney Waxahachie for industrial school construction. Dr T B Hodges Melissa found dead in bed after illness. Andrew Cruz San Antonio dies from sunstroke. Dumas farmer Bussell shoots himself. Warsaw counterfeit bank notes factory leader arrested. Chillicothe white workers strike after negro hire. Chicago typhoid outbreak nears five hundred hospital cases.
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