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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1901
Page
1
Reports from Kansas to Texas describe extreme heat and little rain crippling corn oats hay and potatoes. Wheat yields rise with rain unlikely. conditions vary by location and include wind damage and heat related losses in multiple towns and states.
Santa Fe railroad announces a trial use of Beaumont oil as locomotive fuel. The article also notes Captain Sigsbee’s erysipelas and Bishop Scalbrini’s planned voyage from Genova on July 18 to inspect Italian colonies and missions in the United States.
Prisoners in Brownwood county jail sawed free Thursday led by Bill Taylor an escapee with prior jailbreaks. Taylor faces murder charges tied to an Coleman county train robbery in which Fireman Johnson was killed. A Hopkins county necktie thief pleads guilty in Paris and secures release after demanding his property. Como Coal conducts a successful ignite discovery test as the air shaft nears completion.
A mail stage from Stilwell Oklahoma to Tahlequah Indian Territory was attacked about ten miles east of the Cherokee capital. The driver opened fire on the would be robbers and drove them off, averting a successful robbery near Denison Texas.
Retired Lieutenant Massey, an employe of the quartermasters department in charge of burial matters, died in Manila from dysentery.
Queen Marie Henrietta collapsed from extreme heat while playing croquet at her Spa villa. She was carried indoors and soon regained consciousness.
Chicago July 15 B W Snow veteran stat iseian of the Orange Judd Farmer and former government crop expert confirms news of widespread crop damage drawing on his authority across the west.
A bed of coal about 10 to 12 feet thick has been struck in a Huntington railroad well. The lignite coal is soft and burns well, tested in the well engine furnace and in a nearby mill and gin.
Ernest Minton, 15, son of William Minton, was returning from a ball game when he fell from a wagon north of Wolfe City. A wheel ran across his abdomen, and he died after reaching home.
Columbus Texas July 12 Robert R Stafford accused of murdering Oscar Heller at Garwood had an examining trial and was admitted to bail set at 10000 dollars.
A passenger and a freight train collided south of Hockley Texas thirty miles from Houston injuring several people. The wreck proved costly with damage and disruption reported. In Liberty Hill Texas on July 13 an 11-year-old boy, son of Will Spencer, was crushed after falling between railroad wheels and died minutes later.
In Devine Texas July 18 the local option election results show Prohibitionists with 153 votes and antis with 32. No figures yet from other precincts.
Dublin Texas July 13 the Citizens National bank of Dublin has been organized and chartered with M F Brown as president and E B Hilburn as cashier. Capital stock is $50 000.
Lockhart Tex July 13 J M Collingsworth the victim of an overdose of morphine died here from the effects of the drug.
In Randolph county circuit court a jury awarded Rev. J. H. Riffe the full $421.16 salary owed by members of Monroe City First Baptist Church after a venue change from Monroe county. The case marks another chapter in the church dispute.
Washington July 13 General Chaffee cabled the War Department announcing the death of First Lieutenant Solon Massey. The report confirms the loss in action with no additional details provided. The incident adds to ongoing casualties as the conflict continues.
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