Mooring Named as Candidate for Bryan Mayor
We are authorized to announce J. Mooring as a candidate for re election to the office of Mayor of Bryan at the ensuing April election.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1902
Page
2
We are authorized to announce J. Mooring as a candidate for re election to the office of Mayor of Bryan at the ensuing April election.
Ex Governor Hogg is wined and dined in London as experts remark on his reception. The item notes various political and crime-related odds and ends from different regions, including a noted murder case in Welsh Louisiana and a skeptical take on a meteor launch rumor involving Congressman Wheeler.
The war in South Africa continues to impact Texas finances as an order for five thousand horses and mares for use in South Africa is placed with stock men at El Paso.
A regional notice warns about deadly accidents where women are burned to death in homes due to kerosene can mishaps or skirts near flames. The piece urges caution to prevent further tragedies.
A Nav asota and Madisonville business committee met in Navasota to discuss extending the Houston and Texas Central railroad to Madisonville. Rumor says Bryan business interests seek a Bryan to Madisonville path, potentially bypassing Navasota, as engineers study the ridge between the Navasota and Trinity rivers through Grimes, Madison, Leon and Freestone counties. If the company does not adopt the Navasota route, local counties may finance an independent charter.
Father LaRosa longtime head of the San Antonio Italian Catholic Church in Bryan died of pneumonia in the early hours yesterday. He came to Bryan from New Orleans several months ago and was beloved by his parishioners. Embalmed remains and his brother from New Orleans will oversee the burial arrangements.
Four Boer soldiers in uniform suddenly surfaced at a wharf near New Orleans as the British prepared to load mules on a transport. The sight unmanned the British who fled midstream under guard while the vessel remained anchored on the Mississippi River.
The roster names hotel arrivals including EXCHANGE, Wm Moore of Chicago and others from St Louis New Orleans Dallas Houston San Antonio New York and more. Names include Mrs W C Gilmore and daughter Beaumont H F Felger Houston J L D Blevens Dallas and J Fitzsimmons Marlin among others.
Reports describe the capture of a deserter linked to arms supply and a mountainous insurgent leader on Se mar island. Authorities state the island’s division into small military squares disrupted insurgent food and shelter, aiding the capture as the coast town threat subsides.
The King attended Kempton Park for the grand steeplechase to watch Ambush II, the 1900 Grand National winner, run in public for the first time since Queen Victoria's death. Ambush II won, amid wild enthusiasm, in a two mile and a half race.
Austin reports commissioner of agriculture Hon. Jefferson Johnson returned from Bryan where he attended a board meeting to investigate trouble at Prairie View normal for colored people. The inquiry led to the dismissal of one or two teachers from the institution.
Lancaster February 27 Residents along the riverfront report the worst flood in years as water floods the electric light plant boiler room plunging the town into darkness. If the river rises further lace mills and two Susquehanna Cotton rolling mills may be damaged or shut.
Due to Congressman Shep pard's illness C. B. Todd of Texarkana withdraws as a candidate. Voters will remember this graceful act inspired by fine sensibility.
Professor Atwater says the first of the Texas berries bound for Prince Henry’s Chicago banquet were shipped from Alvin by W. P. Hamlett. The choicest Texas fruit was chosen from nearby berry farms and will arrive in prime condition. Additional shipments are due later this week.
Sealed bids for the old Methodist church building in Bryan Texas are due by 12 m Tuesday March 15 1902. Board reserves right to reject all bids. Each bid requires a $50 certified check. Building must be removed within 40 days of award. movable contents reserved. S M DeRDEN chairman Ep HALt secretary.
Austin Feb 27 Hon R W Finley former state controller says he cannot run for Travis county legislature due to pressing business and has retired from politics leaving no candidacy in sight.
Henry G. Marquand longtime Metropolitan Museum of Art president and former head of Marquand and Parmley bankings died at his New York home. He founded a free library in Little Rock Arkansas and donated similarly to other communities through the country.
The Southeastern Passenger association covering railroads south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi set a rate of one cent per mile for a round trip to the Confederate veterans reunion in Dallas Texas set for April.
An advertisement claims Quinoria cures chills fever or malaria in four days and offers money back if it fails. Sold by M. H. James, the leading druggist in Bryan, with a 50 cent package price.
Belgrade error dispelled as reports from Budapest claim no basis for rumor that the king of Servia was assassinated. Official sources deny any such event.
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