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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
2
The Daily Eagle issue date July 3 1902 is shown with postal matter line and publisher listing Connelly & Carnes. It includes subscription prices of weekly 11 0c and monthly 40c and notes second class mail status.
McDuff Simpson secretary and manager invites members to Saturday 10 a m for final report and season wind up. He will deliver all original account sales to undelivered shippers and address other business needing full attendance at the regular meeting.
June 30 bulletin reports Mrs A J Searcy visiting relatives, Rosher gravely ill, Dr Searcy thriving in Searcy practice, Wm Richard and Miss Mary Keffer wed at bride’s home, A J Mastin injured by scalding but improving, J R Eden family visiting, Wm Powers back from Chicago after mad dog treatment, Rogers Prairie bay harvests, Dr Drakes daughter injured on scaffold but recovering, Chas Claydon notes, Cedar Prairie barbecue and July 4 baseball game planned, Wily Childress ill but improving.
Mrs G A C Reed dies after a ten day illness at 1 pm yesterday at her son in law T J Preston's home in the city. A native of Alabama she came to Texas in 1857 and lived in Brazos county about 44 years. She leaves four children Louis, Lee, Jeff Reed and Mrs T J Preston and two sisters. Funeral at 10 am today at Mr Preston’s residence with burial at Reed grave yard six miles north.
Rain fell Friday aiding neither corn nor cotton much. T. J. Sawyer sick but improving. Lon Dehart and relatives from Limestone county visited. C. L. and Will Riel toured Tyler county for a month. Holligan and Reed visits noted. A colored school house fight led to three arrests for assault pistol and disturbance. Sheriff Lewis Reed of Bryan and Madison county visitors mentioned. Sly Jim.
M. H. James & Co lists arse nate of lead and oxide iron on hand at very low prices. Address 81-40.
Moody's suggestion lists six authorized ships with four larger vessels and two armored cruisers. States named include Louisiana Mississippi and Washington, with battleship status to be assigned after retitles.
Local retailer promotes steady warm weather through several months with a sale on line mens oxfords and other footwear. Moving prices are quoted on the line as items are closed out.
Sceats from the S eas put into Charlotte. The aft section of the ocean liner Minnewaska has warped off the rocks in the St. Lawrence after striking two weeks ago. The Minnetonka halves navigated lower Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence to Quebec in safety, marking a feats of lake shipbuilding. Both freighters, built in Cleveland, measure 600 feet, and the plan to tow them in sections was used because full vessels could not pass Welland and St. Lawrence canals.
Houston July 2 Judge Gillespie fines Sheriff Anderson 100 dollars for making an alleged statement reported by the Chronicle that justice was defeated by lengthy jury confinement in the Boyd and Ransom murder cases, where both defendants were discharged.
By direction of the Internal Revenue commissioner the stamp collector office, run with the local deputy U S collector’s office in this city under R A Campbell, has been abolished. Campbell, described as a negro, held the post for over four years.
The United States Steel Corporation posted net earnings of 37,691,696 for the quarter ending June 20, up from 26,362,000 the previous year. Regular dividends were declared at 13.4 percent on preferred stock and 1 percent on common stock.
Erin0e Kansas City reports the arrest of Charles D. Blue who escaped from Arkansas penitentiary at Little Rock three weeks earlier. Blue had served 11 months of a 21 year sentence for highway robbery committed at Hot Springs.
The remains of British Ambassador Lord Pauncefote were transferred from Annapolis to a tug bound for England. Sixteen bearers eight sailors and eight marines escorted the casket drawn by a six horse caisson from Fort Meyer. A nineteen gun salute marked the solemn transfer as the Brooklyn carrying Rear Admiral Coghlan’s pennant weighed anchor to head for England.
Corsicana Texas July 2 a farmer named Greer of Neils Valley ten miles northeast of Rice accidentally killed his 13 year old son when a shotgun discharged striking the lad about the shoulders authorities said the incident occurred at the family farm and was not intentional.
July 2 report says Field Deputy Bridges was shot and wounded by horse thieves near Tishomingo. Marshal Col l has been advised. a posse pursues the gang. Bridges is expected to recover.
A July 2 report states the Vera Cruz and Pacific railroad is completed between Cordova Lucrecia Texas and the Tehuantepec line. The new bridge creates a major rail corridor from the western farm regions to Vera Cruz and the Pacific coast, forming part of the Pan American system.
Austin news notes C. C. Highemith appointed as novel cadet on July 3, with details limited to the brief report.
Weatherford Texas July 3 Deputy Sheriff John Cogburn of Roger Mills County was shot while attempting an arrest according to a telegram from Cheyenne Oklahoma reported by Sheriff Bratten.
Fire origin traced to a smoking room at Sherman Packing Company in Sherman Tex on July 2. Damage estimated at $2000 and fully covered by insurance.
Dallas July 2 suit was instituted Tuesday in the Forty fourth district court by the city of Dallas against the Standard Light and Power company for the forfeiture of the franchise under which the company is operating.
Hundreds of cattle imported from southwest Texas are driven out of the territory by the Indian police on orders said to come from the interior department.
Twenty five persons were injured when a train derailment occurred near Bennington Vermont on July 2. Five people were seriously hurt and one was reported in critical condition. Emergency crews responded to the scene and transported victims to local hospitals for treatment.
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