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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1902
Page
1
Two men were convicted in the WNTComery killing case. One received two life sentences and a second man got two life terms plus a shorter sentence for related charges. A third individual faces additional penalties.
Oxford Miss Jan 11 The Montgomery murder case ends with Will Mathis and Orlando Lester sentenced to hang. Whit Owens and Bill Jackson get life imprisonment. George Jackson to two years in state penitentiary. Bill Jackson guilty of murder, awaiting possible life sentence. George Jackson arraigned for aiding escape and sentenced. Mrs Mathis lamented during sentencing.
Washington reports from the Department of Agriculture show the 1901 average wheat yield per acre at 14.8 bushels, up from 12.3 in 1900 and 1899, with winter wheat area sown at 32,000,000 acres, winter rye at 1,250,000 acres, and winter wheat condition December 1 at 86.7 percent of normal.
Beaumont reports W B Shipley a switchman fell from a moving flatcar and was run over. He suffered severe injuries including a leg amputation and facial fractures with little hope of recovery. Charles Laflore was struck by cars, his right foot amputated but not fatally hurt. In San Antonio workers uncover a subterranean tunnel from early settlement, possibly built by Franciscan fathers, its extent unknown.
Mineola Tex Jan 11 S Munzesheimer longtime Mineola Mercantile president was shot Friday afternoon by an assailant. Two of the three shots struck, wounds believed fatal. Aaron Munzesheimer, a merchant, has been arrested as the examining trial was not yet scheduled.
J C Fell ingam, a farmer near Sherman, spots a broken joint in the Houston and Texas Central railroad track four miles south of the city. He flags northbound express train No 5 in time to avert a serious accident. Both fish plates were broken and rails out of line. defect was repaired promptly.
London January 11 The cabinet faces a pivotal decision on whether Britain will impose countervailing duties on sugar. Lord Salisbury and colleagues will decide if duties are warranted as Brussels delegates report unlikely abolition of bounty by continental nations. Chamberlain favors duties but cabinet factionalism may block action with internal free trade opposition.
Baltimore press reviews a strong fiscal year across southern cities from Potomac to Rio Grande. Bank clearings rose, building and industry expanded as new resources emerged. West Virginia notes glass manufacturing tripled in 1901 amid coal, iron, lumber, phosphate, oil, and natural gas growth.
Lincoln Neb Jan 11 The supreme court upholds the will of William C Bissell who died at eighty leaving $25000 to a trust for the National Christian Association of Chicago aimed at disrupting secret societies. The widow receives a share and nephews and nieces small sums as contesting heirs claim incapacity. The court finds aversion to secret societies not proof of unsound mind.
Official circles in Managua celebrate after cable news that the Nicaraguan canal bill passed the house. The national band played Hail Columbia and salutes were fired from the battery in the capital.
London reports official telegram indicating Miss Ellen M. Stone will be released within hours from captors who have held her since September 3. The anticipated liberation follows weeks of uncertainty as authorities confirm progress toward her freedom.
Jim Mays a black man charged with assaulting a white girl was taken from jail by a mob and hanged in Springfield Kentucky on Wednesday. His body was found hanging from a tree.
South half of block near Allen Academy priced at 550 dollars. About 1.25 acres near schoolhouse in southeast town with a small new cottage, tenant house and a well. Price 1000 dollars for a six room house and one lot on west side. Six room house and two lots four blocks from Main Street with brick cistern on premises priced at 1250 dollars. Also other city property.
Captain L Devilliers of the Boer army in New Orleans received a letter from H C Arnold of Bloomington Ind claiming to have organized a group of young men who served in the U S army during the Spain trouble and wish to go to South Africa to fight with the Boers. Devilliers says he is considering offers but has not secured transport.
Twenty five polo ponies for the American team have been shipped on the steamship Minneapolis to play the Hurlingham Club match in May. The Americans aim to return with the challenge.
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