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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1903
Page
4
Conductor A. B. Murray of the Cotton Belt, from Commerce, was struck on the head by Brakeman Posey with sealing irons at Fort Worth. Murray’s skull was fractured and twenty bone particles removed. Posey jailed at Sulphur Springs.
Southern Pacific reports a first oil well at Welsh Louisiana relieving fuel oil shortage for the Atlanta division. The company stores significant oil along Louisiana and Texas lines and expects wells at Breaux Bridge and St. Martinville to come in soon, enabling oil burning engines from New Orleans to San Francisco.
A Chicago report says three hard and soft coal combinations may face indictments by Illinois and Indiana defendants. The special grand jury investigating the fuel famine could name witnesses who testified. Assistant State's Attorney Barnes was brought in to help designate those against whom sufficient evidence exists.
Philadelphia session of the coal strike commission hears Erie and Hillside Coal interests adjust grievances while bosses are instructed to listen. In Mobile a Commercial Steamship company is organized with 200000 capital to own ships for fruit importers. Norwegian flag steamers to be used. Other notes include secrecy in Kentucky court, a Texas fatal train accident, a family shooting suicide, and seven plague deaths in Mazatlan.
A morning blaze at Bryan's infirmary in Pensacola destroys the three story building on Baylen and Garden. Patient Blockton dies in his room as twenty five others escape in night attire. Six more may perish from exposure after transfer to St. Anthony's Hospital. The fire, likely sparked by a grate, results in total loss and extensive injuries.
Kansas City Missouri January 14 delegates attended a single session inspecting stockyards after speeches. Former Governor David R Francis notified he could not attend due to duties. Papers presented included The Angora Goat Industry in the United States by Dr W C Bailey Changes in Our Financial System Which Would Benefit Stockmen by S R Flynn and Our New Markets for Live stock by George F Thompson.
In Brooklyn the Fourteenth regiment armory hosted the largest euchre gathering yet with 7500 players seated at 1875 tables. Sections held forty players each, bands played across sections, and St Francis college students organized the event which reportedly raised about ten thousand dollars.
Dispatch from Salvador City reports elections ended with no final results yet but signs point to Senor Pedro Escalon as the likely victor. Meanwhile in New York a premature birth is recorded and Berlin reveals a 1903 budget deficit of 18.2 million dollars to be financed by a loan.
A Tangier dispatch states a courier from Fez brings reassuring news. nothing at Tangier confirms the reported defeat of the sultan or a retreat westward.
Moses Berry aged 107 died at Climax Springs after living in Hartville area. The death occurred January 14 with funeral plans to be announced by local authorities. Berry was among the oldest residents in the region and remembered for his long life and local ties.
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