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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1902
Page
3
Train timetable fragment lists northbound and southbound services with numbers and times. Notes Nos 8 and 4 are fast trains stopping only at principal stations, plus connections with marine routes and mixed arrivals.
Bryan observers report visitors from Dallas Houston Millville and Rogers Prairie. Franklin Bros. promote fresh meats while local shops overhaul a two story building near the Central hotel. Mardi Gras plans draw Mrs Kernole and daughter to New Orleans.
A compiled hotel arrivals notice lists guests including S W Smith, T M Wortham, E H Astin, Mumford, J G Booth, George Crocker, TL Williams, Ennis W D Hume, E B Seay, A A Farley, Mrs Lewis Rosenberg, Cecil Porter, Dr J A Hill Jr, R H Lee Jr, W L Bickham, H D Harrison, Tucker House guests J H Sneed and H B Steele, and Central station visitor W A Duckworth along with others from Dallas, Nashville, and New Orleans.
Health Officer Dr W H Oliver states no smallpox cases among Paul Ruehti janitor or his relatives. Garden seeds in demand as citizens plan feasts for neighbors’ chickens. Knights of Pythias consider building plans if a location is secured. Local notices include stock transfers in Waxahachie and a social at Bardstown guest S H Carothers.
Mrs Pennybacker of Austin and president of the state federation of women's clubs was honored at a Reading club reception hosted by Mrs J Allen Myers. About 100 guests attended the afternoon event with floral tributes and an address on club extension and library movement. A post reception drive to College and informal visits followed.
Oriental advices report a decree from the empress dowager urging harsh action against desperadoes who killed Belgian missionaries and converts in Shan-Si. Local officials are cashiered and ordered to capture them or be dismissed. Meanwhile, Russians clash with ex-Boxers near Tullhumo, and a Japanese Formosan expedition fights bandits near Tainan with multiple casualties.
In Telluride Colorado on February six an explosion in the powder house at the mouth of Japan tunnel killed D R OConnell aged 45 and Alphonso Flometa aged 22. Four others were badly hurt including John Franck Santino Marta C Weir Henry Meldrum as powder and dynamite nearby were not disturbed and surrounding buildings wrecked. Marta had stepped out momentarily when the powder heated and detonated triggering the blast.
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