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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1903
Page
1
Former Free Delivery Service superintendent Machen is indicted and set to stand trial. Court records allege misappropriation of funds and misuse of service resources during tenure. Prosecutors seek full restitution and potential penalties.
Washington reports grand jury indicts August W. Machen former post office free delivery superintendent for sharing profits on government letter box fasteners. Indictment cites 18987.79 dollars received. bond set at 20000. trial slated for October. Machen denies partner profits and argues high price reflects patented item and limited competition.
A cloudburst flood tore through Pacolet mills in Spartanburg County causing massive destruction. Mill No 1 was washed away, mill No 2 destroyed, dams breached, warehouses flooded, and a hotel church and houses wiped out. Six bodies recovered as rescuers search the scene.
Reports from Greenville South Carolina June 6 describe severe weather destroying the steel bridge on the Tiger River at Arlington and the trestle at Duncan’s. Houses barns and other property damaged while Southern Railway trains are halted and a special train runs to replace No 39. The river is at a record high.
United States Marshal Fossett orders immediate jail for any woman seen delivering a bouquet or package to prisoner W. W. Montgomery in Guthrie Oklahoma. Montgomery, described as handsome, is said to have three wives and faces murder charges for the jail break and the death of Jailerem Morrison.
The secretary of war rules no one may bear arms in Indian Territory except United States soldiers and government officers. The decision will disband the provisional National Guards recently organized in Indian Territory.
Jesus, a government Indian interpreter and Mexican by birth, died at the Red store from dropsy after many years of service. He was married to an Indian woman.
In Tripoli on June 6 twenty Jews forming a special committee were arrested for refusing governor general orders to assess the Jewish community for a military exemption tax. They argue poverty makes payment impossible and note Mohammedans are not taxed or conscripted.
London reports that the colonial secretary replies to a correspondent noting Chamberlain’s 1881 remark that a food tax would reduce wages. He now says circumstances have changed and experience shows that view was erroneous.
A Quincy dispatch reports three levees north of St. Louis have broken. Local authorities warn of rising flood risk and ongoing assessment as residents evacuate low-lying areas.
Word from Lethbridge reports J Derrick of Great Falls Montana lost his two young sons in the recent blizzard. The father, living with his children in a tent, spent six days locating their bodies and they had been dead eight days before he brought them to town for burial.
A Harlem physical culture school was raided by police on June 6. Two men alleged to be involved in a prize fight were arrested while about 100 spectators were detained. The combatants were reported to be bleeding as police intervened.
Gazette di Venezia reports the pope is afflicted with intestinal inflammation and eating almost nothing as strength fades. It notes no immediate danger but warns that improvement is needed soon to avoid concern.
The Manufacturers' Record notes Texas projects including a Corsicana cotton mill, Clawson lumber and shingle mills, a Santa Anna flour mill, an Alta Loma cannery, and a $250,000 irrigation company planned for San Saba County.
Nacogdoches Texas June 6 Bob Skil ern shot near Melrose Friday has died leaving a wife and two children. Will Tutt is dying. Indictments were lodged against A Wash Miley and his wife. The first is charged with assault to murder the latter with murder.
In Montgomery Alabama a man named J S Farrier died suddenly while endorsing a check for the $10,000 life insurance premium he had just secured. The incident occurred at the Farley bank.
A Cedar Rapids and Spalding line wreck near Genoa Nebraska leaves two dead. The incident occurred on the Union Pacific route and details are limited. Local authorities report two fatalities from the collision.
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