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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1903
Page
2
The Eagle lists A L Dunnica W R Johnston W M Spell as City Secretary candidates for Bryan in April. W J Roberts and T P Boyett run for City Marshal. C C Shelburne and Roger T Boyle stand as Alderman candidates, subject to voters at the April election.
This week in Austin the farmers congress holds sessions Thursday and Friday with an published program. Endorsements arrive from unexpected quarters for Senator Hanna's pension bill for ex slaves. Two camps of ex Confederate veterans in the south back the measure. Representative Guinn of Cherokee county pushes a reform bill to promote broad tire use in Texas, criticizing narrow wagon tires as harming roads. Comments on class and civility urge respect for workers over superiority.
Directors met last Friday night and fixed the third annual fair for Tuesday through Friday August 18 to 21. Earlier a resolution favored four days, arguing prep is similar for three and four days while extra day cost is small and attractions improve with a four day run.
Traveling agent H B Sammons of the Texas Trade Review plans a Dallas based tour to study Bryan and Brazos County trade conditions and advantages. The Dallas publisher cites broad southwest reach, large editions, and non solicitation for ads, aiming to attract capital and enterprise to Texas while promoting subscriptions.
A long listing of names appears under Advertised Letters, including Evans Sarah Burns Tilda Brom Sallie Gentlemens Alcove F R Ayers DS Barnet Hurt Barnet Bird Carter Cornelia Barnes Rose Bourgeoies Allen Collins Hattie Bonito Devonport L Brown CF Davis Alberta Buner CA Dixon Fannie Brown Peter Edgood Lillie Canady Tom Davis LH Daniels Alex Fickle GH Hays Bill Hebert Curt Hood Frank Huston Bob Jack Harvey Johnson W Lewis Willie Medlin Hal Motly Reuben Powers HL Patrick R B Robert J R Rogeers J Rambo G A Sloan W D Stewart W A Salvat Carlo Thompson John Massino M Vivant Paslo Williams Albert Grays Jane Green Cora Green Susie Hall Lucinda Herman Emma Houston Mary Hollins Emma Holcomb Lena Jenkins Lizzie Jackson Annie Johnson Mattee Johnson Jane Lewis Della Mitchell Mamie Minter MA Mitchem Mamie Ewling Jida Moore Pinkie Ross Maggie Richards Jennie Smith Mary Smith Eliza Tiber Maggie Taylor Bird Williams Lula
The Bryan post office lists remaining letters for the week ending February 9 1903. A one cent advertising fee is charged for each mail piece. Postmaster Tyler Haswell notes to call for letters with the word advertised and the date. Also an notice of German language class starts February 9 at 8 p.m. upstairs over the City market to gauge interest from local young men.
The auction of town lots at Maypearl on the Fort Worth Division of the International & Great Northern Railroad has been postponed to a later date. Prospective buyers may contact the Smith Land & Improvement Company representative at the I and G N depot in Maypearl or through D. J. Price G P T A I and G N R R in Palestine Texas.
Arguments over union demands by anthracite mine workers opened before the coal strike commission in Philadelphia. Daniel McCarthy of Hazleton presented the opening bid for the miners, followed by Brumm of Minersville and Henry L. Lloyd of Chicago on recognition and yearly trade agreements. Operators prepare three days of testimony ending with George F. Baer of Reading. Clarence S. Darrow, lead miner’s counsel, to conclude Friday and Saturday, with President Baer and possibly President Mitchell expected later in the week. The address hinges on whether Mitchell will speak.
Former President Grover Cleveland replies to a Cincinnati inquiry by saying no condition or sentiment exists that makes any expression from him on the next Democratic nomination for the presidency of any importance. The note is dated February 6 1902 and addressed to the Times-Star editor.
Mazatlan Mexico reports two deaths from the plague on Saturday. Yersin serum shows very satisfactory results with immediate recoveries in many treated patients. Hotels and boarding houses close as owners fear outbreaks leading to fires. Life insurance agents stop issuing policies.
Colonel W d Bryan will skip a Chicago banquet March 16 where Grover Cleveland is to speak. The Iroquois club invited Cleveland and Bryan would be second speaker, but he asked for his name to be removed.
Washington reports a protocol to refer disagreements with Venezuela to The Hague for settlement and to require Venezuela to pay Britain 5500 pounds cash while a 30 percent share remains pending. The Venezuelan blockade will be lifted once both protocols are signed.
Two distinct earthquakes were felt Sunday night in St Louis and nearby areas between 6:20 and 6:25 PM. The first lasting about twenty seconds rattled dishes and doors. a second, shorter shock followed, both moving northeast to southwest. Reports also cite a quake in Marion Illinois and Owensboro Kentucky with shaken walls and fallen pictures.
A minor quake near Louisville Kentucky at about 6 45 PM Sunday rattled windows but caused no damage.
Felt in France at Brest St. Breux and Molene Island. Slight shocks occurred Saturday around midnight.
The House of Representatives held a memorial session Sunday for late Senator William J. Sewell and late Representative Joshua Salmon of New Jersey. Presiding was Mr. Parker of New Jersey. Eulogists included Gardner, McClellan, Hull, Steel, Stewart, Fowler, Flanagan, Foster, Williams, Randell, Lloyd, Ball, and Hepburn presented the conference report on the commerce and labor bill before adjourning at 2:40 p.m.
A man was arrested in Paso, Texas, Sunday morning while dynamiting the Oxford saloon safe. A full set of burglar tools was captured with the prisoner.
White brakemen take the places of colored brakemen on all passenger trains on Choctaw lines through Oklahoma and Indian Territory. The shift affects crews across the route with new staffing by white workers.
Heavy rains in up river sections push the Ocumulgee to danger levels, rising over 21 feet below the low water mark. All Southern trains out of and through Macon are annulled as tracks above and below the city flood. no washouts reported.
Information from Honduras indicates revolutionary troubles force all entrants to carry passports. Three passengers aboard the steamer Hispania leaving Mobile for Puerto Cortez were required to obtain passports before the ship sailed.
Rome February 9. The Vatican emphatically denies rumors of Cardinal Rampolla's dissatisfaction with Governor Taft's stance in the Philosine questions.
Blossom Texas February 9 eighteen cars of cattle shipped from the oil mill pens to the St Louis market. A few more cars remain for shipment.
Frost Texas February 9. The death reported was the wife of Rev J W Jennings not the pastor himself. This clarification corrects an earlier notice.
Austria readies for potential upheaval as reports reach that General Uribe-Uribe died by suicide. Other local and national notes include the deaths of H. S. Monroe, an early Chicago settler, and the Florida fishing trip of Ex-President Cleveland. A Texas child fatally burned, a Ky. shooting victim, a fatal Sunset train collision near Welsh, and a Lampasas child burn death are listed. Local industry notes report six more broom factory machines at Round Rock with expansion.
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