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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1901
Page
2
The Daily Eagle reports heavy rains and hail causing crop damage in many areas including Palestine. It notes minimal South African War news with 174 British deaths on Lord Roberts’ anniversary. Modern County Californians held a lynching bee, stringing up five men aged 16 to 72 for petty theft, with California air said to boost vigor.
Senators Tillman and McLaurin sent in resignations prompted by a childish anger toward Gov. McSweeney which he rejected, preferring to keep their services in the Senate.
Senator Morgan declares U S Cuba policy serves the sugar trust noting annexation would bring duty free sugar, decrease the trust’s power and allow Cuba to bargain with others. He argues Congress must tax Cuban sugar and retain influence over Cuba’s foreign and domestic affairs to protect allied interests.
The Daughters of the Confederacy plan a birthday celebration for Jefferson Davis tomorrow at 8 30 p m at the Presbyterian church. All are invited and members are asked to meet at Mrs J J Adams residence Monday at 10 for a business meeting.
Brazos County reveals a roster of notaries public appointed for the coming year. The list includes Bryan M Nagle Robi Armstrong A C Brietz J S Ford W B Hudson W H Harman T D Sanders H O Boatwright J R Astin A J Platner A D McConnice R H Harrison Dick Jones J W Barron T L Foster Monroe Edge W A Watkins Walter Wipprecht W G Taliaferro J G Minkert R J Ford Lamar Bethea S R Henderson Allenfarm Dan Connell Kurten August Prinzel H F Prinzel Stone City C A Glenn College J A Baker Wellborn J P Royder.
W P Gleaves Colmesweil John Sloan Marlin J F Morrison St Louis A E Porter Rosenthal A N Mayer New York F E Austin Dallas Lee Morrison Jacksonville W J Sherwood New York.
Readable fragment lists names and places including W D Hicks Cross W B Edge Kurten J H Scott Navasota J B Carroll Bryan J W Craven Houston Silas Thomas Edna A J Roads Center City Ed Carroll David Wilson Houston Hugh Gibson Calvert 8 S Kistler Corsicana F A Fisher St Louis.
The first ball game of the season pits Calvert against Bryan white at Kernole Park on Friday June 7. A piano by Emerson is for sale at a bargain with Henry Rhodes handling inquiries.
The program for the D C C celebration of Jefferson Davis's birthday at the Presbyterian church lists an invocation reading historical extracts music by Miss Marie Adams recitation by Miss Bettie Johnson an address by F M Law and musical numbers scheduled for Monday June 3 at 8 30 p m.
Marvin Finster tore off the roof of an abandoned farmhouse north of Eldorado Iowa and uncovered a barrel filled with silver dollars. The coins show very old dates suggesting an early settler or miser hid the cache long ago and left the money to emerge only now.
Washington reports charge d'affaires W. W. Russell in Caracas has been directed to inform Venezuela’s government that Americans back Loomis’ position in the contested questions. Russell has already conveyed this stance.
Five men were lynched at Lookout California as a mob dragged Calvin Hall and four others to the Pitt River bridge. Hall and B D Yantis were held on larceny and burglary charges after barbed wire forks and harness were found in Hall’s house.
A major wind and hail storm ripped through Dawson and surrounding areas on Friday, destroying roofs at the Dawson Grocery warehouse and factory, Seaboard and Central freight depots, and damaging the Dawson oil mill. The storm wiped out a new church in negro town and left many houses unroofed or ruined, with telegraph and electric lines down and crops badly damaged.
A near cyclonic wind storm swept the southwestern Claiborne county area Friday, felling trees and damaging houses. One death is reported with heavy crop damage and hail. Vicksburg recorded nearly four inches of rain Thursday night.
Heavy rains and hail storms drenched Montgomery area on Friday morning causing significant crop damage. The L and N railroad corridor between Montgomery and Mobile endured severe storms with up to four inches of rain in nine hours.
A fierce wind and hail storm swept Meridian and surrounding area Friday causing extensive crop damage and an unusual electrical display not seen before in the region.
In a rear end collision between two Wabash train sections in Chicago on June 1 two men were seriously hurt four others escaped by jumping. One engine was ruined three freight cars and a caboose demolished. The injured are Harry Mason of San Antonio Texas with internal injuries and a crushed right side and John Garland of Omaha Nebraska with internal injuries and leg cuts both may die.
At Ottie Hester home in Covington Kentucky Mrs Kate Hester aged 82 shot and killed Ottie Hester 42 and their 3 year old daughter then killed herself in a quarrel at the supper table. The cause remains undetermined.
Theodore Freich a German farm hand here committed death by own action by shooting himself in the forehead with a pistol. No reason can be assigned for the act. The incident occurred in Manor Texas on May 3.
London reports detail the Windfontein engagement a 50 mile from Johannesburg with heavy losses on both sides. Boers under Delarey showed stubborn resistance while British pursuit of Plumer’s convoy continued. Officials gave no official information on a Pretoria defeat claim fueling anxiety.
The Sun says General Botha arrived at Standerton and is telegraphing Kruger via the Dutch government to seek peace. It adds General Kitchener approved this approach and claims 10,006 Zulus have joined the war path over Boer raids in Zululand.
In San Francisco a mob of 500 to 600 soldiers attacked Mrs Powers saloon near the Presidio after claiming a comrade was drugged. Women and two or three ex soldiers forced the crowd out as reinforcements arrived, the bar was wrecked and the bartender nearly lynched before order was restored.
Queen Helena births a daughter Yolanda Margherita at nine this morning. Both mother and infant well. The infant’s nurse to receive 2000 dollars with the tooth, another 2000 when able to speak, and a further 2000 when she walks. Salutes fire across Italy amid mixed reaction.
Windsor June 1 The New York Chamber of Commerce delegation was received by the king and queen this morning and shown every courtesy during their visit.
Washington report states Mrs McKinley's condition is much improved this morning and many prominent persons have called to inquire about her status.
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