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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
3
R E Prince of Navarro county seeks the Kansas City Democratic platform alignment and Democratic party action as a congressional candidate.
The article notes Estrada Palma’s victory as Cuba’s new president. It also lists political moves including E. P. Curtis planning another run for railroad commissioner and R. A. Johns retiring from the attorney general race. Bell is seen as having smooth reelection prospects.
The Brenham Banner argues fines are insignificant and suggests parents should have children read newspapers at home. It claims newspapers refresh daily, keep children interested, and act as the poor man's library providing a year of reading matter for a week's savings.
At Macon Georgia early today a boiler explosion at Central of Georgia shops killed five men and badly injured 12 others. Three of the injured are not expected to survive. The blast wrecked three locomotives and the roundhouse, blowing off heads and sending a painter 100 yards away in a mass of flesh. Alderman R L Willis was present and injured as windows shattered across Poplar and Fifth streets.
The Texas Sunday School Association plans a one day county convention in Bryan at the Methodist church on Thursday January 9 with General Secretary Lewis Collins visiting. Delegates from every Sunday school are urged to attend, bringing a bible pencil tablet and light lunch.
Governor was advised that the comptroller of the currency in Washington authorized the First National bank to reopen at noon. Bank officials received formal permission to resume business and did so. Arrangements ensure the state recovers its $254,000 tied up in the bank.
Austin January 2 formal charges by the state accuse Dr I J Jones former secretary of the state health department under Dr W F Blunt of embezzlement. Several charges are listed with an estimated total shortage near $2000. The governor vows to pursue Jones who is reportedly in South America.
New York January 2 formal notice states the Northern Pacific Railroad company has retired its entire preferred stock. Holders may surrender certificates at the company office to receive cash at par. All rights of preferred stock holders cease except for this claim.
Detroit on January 2 reports the death of 22 year old socialite Miss Beulah Wheeler from arsenic poisoning. She told her mother she had taken the wrong medicine before planning to attend the theater. Physicians arrived quickly but could not save her.
The state department of education will notify county treasurers and treasurers of independent school districts to draw from the state treasury 30 cents per capita of the scholastic population. This regular monthly prorata distribution from the school fund totals $200,000.
Cincinnati reports that N. K. Hensel of Montgomery County has declared for Price as speaker. Hensel was in the city for a conference with Senator Foraker, indicating shifting support in the house contest.
Victoria British Columbia January 2 report that the civil commission in the Philippine islands has prepared an act requiring compulsory vaccination for all persons in the islands due to a smallpox outbreak on several islands.
Washington dispatches report Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka are alive and well though still in captivity at week’s end. The status of the two captives remains uncertain as authorities monitor developments.
Blizzard sweeps Keweenaw Peninsula and Calumet Michigan with impassable roads and heavy drifts. Transport services are crippled as the violent storm disrupts the city.
Washington report states Secretary Hay is indisposed due to a severe cold on January 2, with no further details provided on his condition or potential impact on duties.
Chattanooga residents retreat to knolls as flood peaks at 41 feet turning flats lowlands and riverside areas into submerged zones. Belt railroad and streetcar lines cut off suburbs. 27 miles of track under water with 20 families camping at Orchard knob. Noted injuries from a washout include Colonel Henderson with two broken ribs.
Five women and three men were arrested after police found stolen property at a New Year celebration. The victims, Louis Greig and Peter Gembler, French chefs from Cincinnati, reported robbery of money and baggage checks at a Second Avenue saloon. They arrived with families and had five trunks en route to Paris. An arrestee posing as host wore Gembler's evening suit, and a young woman claimed Mrs Greig's dress as hers.
New York on January 2 Standard Oil announced the transfer of two large iron ore barges, the Tiberto and the Taval, to its fleet in a move expected to boost shipments along major inland routes.
Ty. from Cleveland through the lakes and canals to Philadelphia, where barges are converted into tank carriers for Beammont oil fields in Texas. Each barge will carry 5000 tons of oil.
George F Donovan attempted highway robbery on Wednesday night at Twenty first Street and Calumet Avenue. He was shot and killed by Eugene Hector, financial editor of a Chicago newspaper. It is believed the dead man is the son of respectable parents in Springfield Massachusetts.
Riots between strikers and workers at Lord Penrhyn's Bethesda quarries prompted renewed military control in Bangor and its district. A cavalry detachment from Aldershot and militia from Lichfield were deployed as extensive house wrecking occurred.
Seattle reports Colonel E F Hand, newly arrived from the Java Islands, states cholera is raging more severely this year. He cites a November death tally in Sourabaya of over 7000 in his city report.
Eugene Carter, a renowned billiard expert from Chicago, died of lung trouble at 48 after illness since September. He was famed for three cushion caroms and fancy shot play with worldwide recognition.
The contract between the American Car and Foundry company and the Equitable Land and Oil company to sell 600 oil tank cars of 8000 gallons each at 693.60 per car, with delivery February 15, 1902, has been filed with the secretary of state's department.
Real estate ad listing 40 acres with 25 inside city limits and 15 outside, house, stables, sheds, cisterns, and improvements for sale cheap. Also multiple city lots, houses near depots, a large boarding house, and 14,000 acres of farm and ranch lands. Various prices, locations, and terms offered. call for details.
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