Five Hundred Men Depart as Soldier Escort boards train
A detachment of soldiers escorts a train carrying five hundred men. The departing group moves under tight guard with officials observing the sendoff at the station.
18 Jun 1903
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
1
A detachment of soldiers escorts a train carrying five hundred men. The departing group moves under tight guard with officials observing the sendoff at the station.
Telegraph from Jane indicates Heppner ruins will yield a casualty toll near 500 with many bodies unrecovered. Property losses and building destruction may reach about one million dollars. Remarkable rescues and further relief needs amid ongoing debris clearing near Jackson and Portland.
June 17 reports a mob of about 2000 stoned streetcars after five weeks idle as non union crews resumed service. Sheriff calls in militia. soldiers guard power plant and car barns. Bricks fly, windows broken. troops order fired mobilized to disperse crowd leaving streetcars damaged and service restored.
In Eau Claire Wisconsin a forty foot section of the Madison street bridge approach sank under about 200 spectators during carnival illumination. Six people were probably fatally injured with twenty five to thirty others injured. The incident occurred as crowds watched from the bridge. Conferred Degree on Prather. Austin June 17 Richmond college has granted LL D to University of Texas President Prather. Elders G D Robert D and Fred Smith are conducting a prolonged meeting at Mount Vernon Christian church.
Gray Haddocks testified he saw two men flee Ewen's hotel when attacked by three riders on the Jackson bridge. A provost guard arrived as one pistol was drawn. the riders fled. Lee Gay and Louis Johnson, Perry county men, were arrested for weapons and assault. A separate aid effort raises funds to reimburse B L Ewen for $10000 lost in the hotel fire amid claims he helped the state.
In Cedar Rapids Iowa on June 17 a Rock Island passenger train struck a gravel train at Elmira killing Eldon Herring and two other men and injuring four others. The gravel train failed to clear the main line before the passenger arrived.
The June 17 election in Hexar county favored bonding to issue 500000 dollars for country road improvements. In Fort Worth, June 17, A Hardy was arrested at Throckmorton by U S Marshal Giraud and sent to Alabama on peonage charges involving holding enslaved workers.
In Indianapolis Tomlinson hall opened the thirteenth session of the Modern Woodmen of America head camp at 10 o clock with a large attendance. In Chickasha Oklahoma Territory residents express dissatisfaction over claim handling as land offices at Tishomingo and Oklahoma City close fueling full blooded anger.
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