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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1902
Page
3
The page lists rail timetable notes with Nos 101 Northbound Passenger leaves at 7 10 p m connection with main line east and west. No 102 Passenger to San Antonio leaves and No 108 Passenger from San Antonio arrives at 4 00 p m.
Buia 1 20 a m northbound Be Spokecade 1 27 p m northbound No 5 2 13 p m southbound No 2 20 p m southbound No 4 4 16 p m southbound No 6 2 46 a m Nos 8 and 4 are fast trains stopping only at principal stations
Alex Beard and others visit the city while residents travel to Houston Dallas and Austin activities included church services, shopping notices, and a baby show. Notable names include Miss Susie Hobgood Mrs. Reynolds and children Mr. and Mrs. J. W. English and Mr. James L. Christian with plans for upcoming weddings and social events.
Public notice states all persons owing occupation taxes must pay promptly or face legal steps to force payment. Signed CC M Spell 227 City Sec.
One fare plus $2.00 for further information. Apply to W. S. Wilson, Agent, for details on excursions to Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia.
M. Koeiseh of Bryan Texas provides notice on August 20, 1902, prohibiting any sales on credit to his wife on his account. The public notice appears in the local record as a formal warning to creditors and merchants in the area.
Governor Taft arrived in Manila aboard the United States gunboat General Alva from Singapore at daylight on Friday. A city holiday, eight arches, and decorations marked the greeting as about twenty thousand natives from nearby provinces joined a bay parade of ships and decorated vessels. Taft was escorted to the Pasig river and welcomed at the walled city palace for a reception.
Lampasas Texas August 23 Charlie Guilhem was accidentally shot in the face by Babe Frazer a 22 caliber pistol discharged while the two young men sat around a Colorado River camp about 16 miles from town The bullet tore through the bone loosened teeth and lodged in the lower jaw The wound is painful serious but not dangerous and the incident occurred during casual handling of the firearm.
In Russellville Kentucky on August 23 Hugh Marshall who was accused of murdering Miss Zoda Vick near town Wednesday was found Friday hanging in a barn about a mile from the crime site. Decomposition showed he had hung for a day or more. Authorities are unsure if suicide or mob hanging occurred. most believe suicide. W C Bilyen discovered the body. local excitement has subsided.
Corsicana Texas August 23 Dr B C Cranfill of Dallas inspected the local oil field to establish an oil refinery. Contracts with several producers have been made and a 300 barrel capacity plant may be installed soon, to be operated by the San Jacin to Oil company of which Dr Cranfill serves as president.
Mr Joseph N Lawrence died at 1 15 am at his home in the city. The funeral will be held from the family residence this afternoon at 5 o clock. An extended notice will appear in the Eagle later.
Rudolph Fleidhner of New Brunswick New Jersey died after a prolonged illness from pemphigus vulgaris a rare skin disease not previously known in the United States. His skin burned like a scald nurses wrapped him in cotton. He was 44, began as a factory worker and built a sizable business before succumbing to exhaustion after an illness that began in May.
Firmingham Aug 23 The wife of R H Daniel an engineer on the Alabama Great Southern railroad died here in a strange accident. Daniel had been called to take an engine out and upon returning to the front door heard a noise in his bedroom. He found his wife on the floor having fallen while trying to rise from bed. Her neck was broken and she died almost instantly.
Fort Worth Texas August 23 In the largest cattle deal here for months Frank M Weaver sold 3500 head of 3 and 4 year old steers to Captain E B Harrold both of Fort Worth in the Kiowa and Comanche reservations. The trade involved just over 100000 dollars and Weaver says the deal winds up his cattle interests and that he will retire from the business until he can purchase ranch property later.
Mexia Texas August 23 Dick Wortham son of Hon John L Wortham was bitten by a spider while sweeping his father’s barn on August 21. He died Friday from the effects of the bite.
A freight wreck at Wells Creek five miles north of Palestine Texas Friday night saw nine cars derail from a switch. The cause is not known and no injuries were reported.
Hillsboro Texas August 23 Doctors report a case of diphtheria in South Hillsboro a seven year old girl is said to be dangerously ill.
Reports from sections of the county indicate boll worms are disappearing from cotton. Farmers note new growth of blooms and fruiting. Clear dry weather the past three weeks and a need for rain in the area accompany a fine late hay crop with hay men already mowing.
General Botha visited Ixelles cemetery Friday and viewed General Lucas Meyer's body in the mortuary. He was deeply moved, prayed, and placed a wreath on the coffin. Meyer's remains will stay in Brussels for three months before being shipped to South Africa.
A mob orders the negro constable of Monrovia Kansas to leave town within 24 hours. In Atlanta a new company forms to dam the Chattahoochee for electric power. A Macedonian committee is said to plot the assassination of the Turkish Sultan. Cotton receipts total 7 595 953 bales at ports since Sept 1 1901. United States weekly failures count 207. Many Texans move to Monterey and Saltillo Mexico. A threshing engine crashes through a bridge near Crowsdale Missouri killing A J Ishree. Topeka Central Labor Union sues American Book Co over school text contracts in Kansas. Mart Texas brickmasons win a strike with a wage advance.
In Shreveport Louisiana on Friday Train No. 1 of the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf road derailed south of Vivian. The tender baggage and mail cars and four coaches toppled over while the sleeper stayed upright. Conductor Henry Dean was internally injured and three passengers sustained minor injuries.
A phone message from Ozona reports Lee Burdick wife and child remain in danger after arsenic poison was unintentionally swallowed. The mother and baby are unconscious and Burdick is semi conscious, with cause and exact intake undetermined.
Kansas City Missouri August 23 a cable car on a steep incline broke from its cable Friday night and crashed into a car at the station terminus injuring a large number of people authorities said.
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