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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1901
Page
4
Brenham Texas July 20 Dan Bartlett long time Central pumping station caretaker set a gun to trap thieves but forgot it when he left for town. Returning home he opened the door and the discharge injured his right leg in a painful wound.
In Brown and Coleman counties rain is badly needed while cotton and corn in the Brazos river bottom show strong yields. Texas farmers report good overall crop conditions though drought threatens the black waxy belt from McLennan to Paris. In Texas, a New Orleans attorney seeks a receiver and foreclosure for the New Orleans and Northwestern road, tied to a 1890 mortgage.
In New Orleans two United States Steel Corporation agents from Pittsburgh recruit Black workers to fill strike positions in southern mills. A Galveston dispatch follows with plans to cover Houston area. Fifty Black workers were enlisted in New Orleans, with 25 at Bessemer and 15 at Anniston. Prices offered are described as flattering. El Reno and Lawton draw counts show large public registrations for home-seeker drawings.
Charles Wheeler a Standard Light and Power lineman died Friday afternoon after his hand touched an overhead wire carrying a high voltage while he stood on a transformer at the top of a 30 foot pole in Dallas. His companion was nearby. In Friendsville Blount County oil excitement rose as a farm well at 46 feet yielded quality oil that flows rapidly though not a gusher.
The city of Tien Tsin sees uneasy conditions as Chinese forces resume partial control. Locals cut telegraph lines around the city and fear potential violence increases.
Aged Bonham Texas resident F R Smith was robbed on a train near Wichita Kansas and collapsed dead in a crowded coach. His wife and daughter accompanied the body as it was taken to Oklahoma City.
E. L. McHale, foreman in the state penitentiary shoe shop, was severely beaten by convict Lee Kelly who struck him with a shafting piece in Jeffersonville Indiana on July 20.
A party of revenue officers was ambushed by moon shiners about six miles from Monterey in Blount County at 4 o'clock this morning. Deputy Collector Bell led a six man posse. Thomas Price was killed instantly and Cord and Mackey wounded. The moonshiners fired eight guns from a hillside position, the attackers retreated with Mackey, and Bell organized a new posse to recover Price's body.
Chicago announces Charles Cecil Fitzmor ris, 17, as the winner of a global voyage challenge. He completes a 20 545 mile circuit in 60 days 13 hours 29 minutes, besting George Francis Train and Nellie Bly. Flight legs include New York to Queenstown, Moscow to Irkutsk, Yokohama to Victoria, and Seattle to Chicago.
The Reading reports 4700 Boer captives on St Helena with 17 percent Transvaalers and Orange Free Staters. The rest include Scandinavians Germans Italians Russians Irish English Scots Americans and Greeks. Labor on the breakwater is favored with several Boer prisoners paid five shillings daily.
Washington July 20 The only path for enlisted Navy men to become commissioned officers is through a warrant officer route after passing a standard examination Applications to take the exam are open until July 30 So far only two warrant officers have filed The exam covers seamanship engineering gunnery construction and military law and includes an overview of electrical theory and vessel parts
In Kansas City a twelve year old girl was whipped in court under the new whipping post policy. Justice Walls allowed the punishment after the girl's mother and her lawyer urged corporal discipline instead of jail. The act is described as a preliminary showing of harsher penalties to come.
In Sedalia Missouri on July 20 15 year old Fannies An nan employed at the Loeftier Guenther shoe factory was scalped when her hair braid caught in a revolving wheel. Her head was nearly torn from her shoulders and she was taken to a hospital in dangerous condition.
In Sweet Springs Missouri on July 20 reports about Senator West health are denied as untrue. The senator is present and enjoying good health.
Franklin Bros continue operations at the same locations as they expand their cold storage lines and gain market share. The firm sustains business momentum in the trade, indicating resilient demand and ongoing shipments through key outlets.
Five lots and a new cottage on College Road with stable and garden offered at 1290 dollars under reasonable terms. Two lots and an old bath-room house in southwest town priced at 800 dollars. Three and a half lots near Allen Academy listed at 22a.
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