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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1902
Page
5
The schedule lists Northbound trains No. 1 at 10 20 a m No 8 at 1 27 p m No 5 at 2 13 a m Southbound No 2 at 2 20 p m No 1 at 4 16 p m No 8 at 2 46 a m Trains Nos 3 and 4 are fast and stop only at principal stations.
Local notices report store ads and prices at Coulter's and Norwood's with Christmas goods Read's drug store featured and a turkey supply from Bryan Grocery Co. City happenings include visits by residents from Millican Bremond and Wills Point, church events and the court of criminal appeals affirming a death penalty case in Brazos county.
The Galveston Seawall Carnival offers round trip train tickets from Dec 14 to 19 for 4.50 with return by Dec 21. The ad lists various Coulter and Norwood merchandise and prices. In St Louis, Charles J. Denny, a brewer and director, convicted of perjury in a suburban bill case receives two years in prison.
A chamber bill proposes authorization for the president and Texas authorities to act on marking the boundary lines between Oklahoma and New Mexico and the state of Texas. Meanwhile the Geyser Manufacturing Co plans a Lake Charles supply house for the rice belt, purchasing land for a $15,000 building.
A farmer from near Taylor Texas wagered 12000 on a foot race game at Hot Springs Arkansas. The horse or man he bet on stubbed a toe and was outstripped, costing him the large bet.
Denison Texas December 6 The first Presbyterian church was totally destroyed by fire Friday about noon. The parsonage just north of the church caught fire and was badly damaged.
German cruisers Gazelle and Panther along with the training ship Stosch have reached Willemstad as of December 6, signaling a notable arrival by German naval forces in the Caribbean area.
Boston reports a Gulf coast storm delivering heavy snow across New England, with eight inches in some areas and wind gusts up to forty miles per hour. Rail lines faced delays as the weather disrupted transport and communications.
Bitter cold weather continues in the United Kingdom with gales and heavy seas disrupting Channel traffic. Numerous shipping casualties reported as snow falls across the country including the Channel Islands, with similar conditions seen on the continent.
The Brit ship Leicester Castle arrived at Queenstown from San Francisco. A commander says on September three American seamen mutinied. Captain Beattie and the second officer were shot in a counter with the mutineers who set the ship adrift on a mid ocean raft.
In New York on December 6 the motion for a new trial for Alt T. Patrick, the lawyer convicted of murdering William Rice, the aged millionaire, on September 1900, was begun before Judge Goff.
Oklahoma City reports 18 cars carried by two trains for the new Snyder townsite south of Lawton. The trains carried hundreds of homeseekers from Kansas Missouri Iowa and Indiana heading to the settlement opened by Clement.
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