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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1903
Page
2
The Madisonville Meteor notes the Knights of Pythias concluded Rev. McLarty’s event Monday night with quotes about Will Zulch and Dr. A Barlow of Willow Hole. The piece also mentions militia numbers and a cotton mill proposition in Texas.
District court opened for the regular March term with Judge J. C. Scott presiding. A grand jury of C. S. Jones, foreman, and others was impaneled. Civil cases listed include Spence versus Wilson for March 9 and Pochilla versus railroad for March 10, among several others with scheduled dates in March.
For sale a six room house with three lots of ground outhouses underground cistern all in first class condition asking price 1500 dollars offered by A W Hollman address 68 1m item includes black taffeta silks for skirts at Norwood 76 itt
An editor in Georgia crafted a poetic plea about dues and need. The quip asks readers to pay what is owed before a figurative run or risk, using old time style to evoke urgency.
This March issue features Eben E Rexford short story A Belated Romance by Helen Clark Palmer. It also includes Beautiful Window Gardens by Ethel M Colson, a charming two step for piano by Francis Robertson, and other women’s departments with illustrations.
Sealed bids are invited by May 17 for exclusive fair privileges during August 18 to 21 including restaurant, ice cream, fruit and confection, tobacco, rubber goods, and a shooting gallery. Bids opened May 17. half payment due at signing, balance by August 18. space charges apply. no passes for buyers. Paired notices also seek two canvassers at $1.50 daily.
L A O'Brien an American dentist was ordered to leave the kingdom due to alleged relations with former crown Princess Louise. He departs Wednesday with his wife and four children for America on Thursday after a court extended the initial twenty four hour deadline. The Saxon government has informed other governments, making him unable to reside in Germany or Austria.
Madrid dispatch repeats claim that the sultan’s forces were defeated and War Minister Menebhi killed. The Tangier telegram cites a February 12 battle. Madrid caveat notes no exact engagement date.
William Rudolph known as the Missouri Kid and George Collins were taken into custody by Hartford police and detectives. They are sought for a December 27 Union Missouri bank robbery where the safe was blown open and $14 000 in money plus $100 000 in securities vanished. Police found revolvers, cartridges, skeleton keys and about $8 685 in rooms with the suspects, plus about $3 000 in gold.
A Missouri Kansas and Texas freight train wreck near Temple Texas at bridge 710 at 4 20 Sunday morning left thirteen cars derailed and smashed. Cotton corn coal and wheat were dumped and the engine with three cars reached Temple before officials found the remaining cars were off the track. No injuries reported.
State officers report an organized group of land grabbers has sent armed men to county seats to rush county clerks on lease expiry days. About 300000 acres of state lands will enter the market as leases expire in days. The governor orders land commissioners to withhold sales until filing law changes are enacted.
A Missouri Pacific passenger train bound from Wichita to St Louis collided head on with a freight train on a Fort Scott trestle four miles west of Fort Scott. The engine telescoped but no coaches overturned. twenty or more passengers suffered cuts and bruises. engineer James Garrett of Eldorado seriously hurt. fireman Walter Smith with several broken ribs.
Carrie Nation was arrested at the Grand hotel on a charge of malicious mischief after breaking a bottle of whisky in a Montgomery Street saloon Sunday evening. She was released on bail furnished by her manager.
Montevideo reports Jose Bartelo Ordonez has been elected president of Uruguay in a decisive national vote. The announcement marks a new leadership change for the country.
Buffalo New York March 2. Mrs Burdick wife of the murdered man and her mother Mrs Hull were examined at the police station after returning from Canastota where they attended the funeral. District Attorney Coatsworth and Detective Cusack led the questioning. The DA said the purpose was to complete the house’s night witnesses and glean from Mrs Burdick who might have motivated the crime. Cusack still believes the murderer is a woman.
Western Pennsylvania endures widespread floods as rivers rise and crest. In Pittsburg the water level nears record highs, forcing all mills and factories facing the rivers to close, likely leaving about 40,000 workers temporarily unemployed and causing substantial wage losses. The flood also damages homes and farms across the region.
Northwest Ohio rivers rise to twenty year highs as Findlay Lima Tiffin Marysville upper Sandusky report severe flooding. Findlay locals San Moffat and Nelson Jacob drowned in Main street floods, along with farmer Henry Thomas. Fremont resident David Divley swept away and drowned. Bridges washed out, rail tracks damaged, residents flee inundated areas.
A roundup of incidents from Texas and nearby states reports accidents and crimes including train wreck fatalities near Syracuse and Houston, a foot amputation in Houston, drownings on the Mississippi, and a fatal shooting in Beaumont. Also notes rail and marine accidents, job openings, consolidations, weather impacts on cattle and crops, and regional political appointments.
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