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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
2
The issue reflects on peace and goodwill during the season, praising giving over receiving and Christ’s role in spreading joy. It notes memories, legends, and the lasting charm of Christmas across generations, ending with a remark on Buffalo Bill’s visit to London.
The Bryan Daily Eagle edition highlights strong business in a twelve page Sunday paper and notes the town’s support for the paper’s advertising base. The piece also comments on the president’s anticipated mediation of the Venezuelan question, suggesting the US and Monroe doctrine will benefit from a favorable resolution.
Beef Creek I T describes a three month old town with four businesses including a drug store dry goods grocery and barber shop plus a cotton gin and church. Snow storms rain and bad roads hinder work while corn sells at 33 cents on board cars. Names Paine Hopper Crear Powell McVay Meredith and others are mentioned.
Vienna reports the flight of the crown princess of Saxony with her brother Archduke Leopold Ferdinand to Munich Brussels and Geneva. A secret correspondence with a French tutor is alleged and a later scandal tied to the tutor’s expulsion from Saxony. Archduke Leopold Ferdinand is said to renounce his rank amid a string of scandals including a voyage cutoff in Colombo.
The Benson family relocates to East Texas after selling their farm. J W Benson, a longtime pillar of the community and literary society president, departs with regret. A musicale hosted by Aden Buchanan and wife drew visitors from nearby towns. Shady Grove Choir shifts singing to the first and third Sundays due to Sweep Hollow preaching.
Senator Penrose forwarded affidavits showing Ambassador Clayton owns shares in Carmen Mining, a Philadelphia company operating in Mexico. The evidence was sent to the state department after reaching the president, and it is unclear if the case will be reopened.
Norfolk Virginia reports a boiler explosion on the tow boat Lizzie Massey on the Elizabeth river at 6 PM. Captain George H. Williams and fireman William Byman die, engineer Dunn fatally injured, an unknown man is said to be killed. Williams and Dunn owned the boat. Riot on a Cotton Belt passenger train near McNeal station leaves two wounded. four suspects arrested.
The Chattanooga Medicine Co releases the Cardus Weather Chart and Calendar for 1903. It features twelve large monthly sheets with read‑across figures and DeVoe weather signals predicting daily forecasts. Copies cost 10 cents in postage stamps and are available from Chattanooga Tennessee.
I and G N excursion rates from Galveston Texas advertise the Sea Wall Carnival December 15 to 20 with later details to be announced. Holiday excursions cover a wide region with round trip fares of two dollars and times for return up to 30 days. Tickets available to southeast states and many midwestern and western locations including Mexico. Agents and full particulars available from Palestine Texas offices.
At Toone station near Jackson Tennessee Miss Lizzie Hillhouse shot and fatally wounded Marsh after calling him to the breakfast table. Six shots from a revolver were fired into his body. Marsh was reportedly to marry soon and may have had a quarrel with Miss Hillhouse.
The Georgia Northern railroad from Pidcock to Albany, a seventy mile line, has been bought by the Atlantic Coast Line. The price was a little over $500,000. The stock was held by Pidcock Bros.
State Health Officer Tabor reports after his San Francisco visit that the city has been cleaned and there is little danger of bubonic plague spreading. He traveled from Austin where he returned recently.
A London Field letter describes a Uganda railroad expedition with 100 porters marching toward Lukania hills. Lions attack camp, kill a porter, and a second notices nine lions near a swamp. Pursuit ends with a fatal shot to a lion and the porters rejoicing amid danger.
After four days the narrator recounts two lions shot during a hunt where a second lioness fled into reeds. The first lion measured nine feet from nose to tail while the second was 8 feet 7 inches. both were dispatched with .450 and .850 caliber shots amid bush and smoke.
A featured report on Vincente Mazario Rivera, the garrote operator in Porto Rico, his public rejection, starvation hardship, and the brutal method of execution used. It contrasts colonial law, public sentiment, and mercy attempts while noting U.S. marshal supervision and a grim cultural practice.
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