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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
1
The TTY of Austin fails to secure purchase of the old water facility. City officials plan new bids and reassess the deal to restore service. Local leaders cited budget constraints and regulatory hurdles as factors in the setback.
The Texas Court of Civil Appeals sustains a lower court ruling in favor of Jules F Vale and others seeking interest of $10,000 on the city of Austin bonds totaling $1,400,000. The case arose from a contract to buy the old waterworks plant and injunctions against the purchase.
Thousands greet Prince Henry as his train stops at Cleveland Union Station. Acting Mayor Beacom welcomes him and a former valet named Peter Karpp is acknowledged. The prince signs autographs and greets locals but says he is too hoarse to speak before the train resumes eastward.
The House approved the conference report on the pension appropriation bill after brief debate. Senate amendments to extend internal stamp redemption were disagreed to and sent to conference. Conferees Payne Dazell and Richardson named for the House. The House then continued rural free delivery classification and contract carrier bill. Senate began consideration of the legislative executive and judicial expenses appropriation bill.
Three students at the university were expelled by the faculty after failing to keep a pledge to abstain from intoxicants. Earlier 13 students were warned and required to sign blue ribbons pledges. all but three kept the pledge.
Street cars guarded by troops run at long intervals in Norfolk, with no passengers aboard. Officials say martial law not yet necessary as strikers barricaded tracks Tuesday night and troops removed the obstructions.
Railroad Commissioner Storey reports a telegram from Palestine stating Judge Reagan is much better and his family hopes for recovery. Message dated in Austin, March.
On March 5 in Atlanta W. E. Small & Co., stock brokers, suspended business operations. Representatives of the firm fled or unavailable for comment as authorities investigate financial irregularities.
In Paris Texas on Tuesday night Dan and Ed ward Beasley aged 6 and 8 were cremated when their father's home burnt down.
Evansville Indiana March 5 William Cox shot and killed his wife and then took his own life. He cannot live. The incident ends a deadly domestic dispute and leaves police to investigate motive and circumstances. No further details were released.
A reported vessel off the coast of Batangas Mindoro carried 1400 Mauser rifles for Filipino insurgents. The German flag ship hovered near Manila then disappeared, with a barge said to carry arms to Manila. American observers warn these imports threaten the district as arms fetch high gold prices.
New York on March 5 the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New ark New Jersey schedules an all day prayer for Bishop Henry C Potter. They aim to influence his views on temperance and Sunday saloon closing following his Montclair speech. The meeting seeks to discuss his opinion of the temperance cause and the drunkard and to pray for him earnestly.
The First National Bank of Montgomery eight miles east of Washington Indiana was robbed Tuesday night. Dynamite blew the vault and about $10000 in cash and coins were stolen. Citizens heard five explosions and wore fears during the raid. robbers escaped on a handcar under guard. Insurance covers the loss.
The transport Hancock will sail in March carrying headquar ters and the first battalion of the Tenth Infantry to Manila with 150 marines and six officers. About 250 more Marines with officers depart April 1 and 15. The Twenty-ninth Infantry remains uncertain in disposition after arriving from the east with a possible assignment aboard the Hancock.
United States Railroads of San Francisco submits articles of incorporation with the county clerk. Capitalized at 40 million dollars, 400000 shares. The syndicate controls principal city street car lines and is led by eastern interests.
The jury in Denver found Henry H. Piggott guilty of bigamy. The penalty may include a $1000 fine and up to two years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial has been entered.
March 5 report notes new petitions circulated by opponents of selling the Danish West Indies to the United States for presentation to the rigdag. The piece suggests the efforts are unlikely to affect the outcome.
All druggists are authorized to refund money in any case of bills fever or malaria it fills cure. Price 50c per package. M. and James the leading druggist Bryan.
Ed Batson formerly of Spickard Missouri is charged with murder in a Welsh Louisiana family massacre. Arrested in Lawrence Missouri, he was transferred safely along the state to Cancasieu parish jail where Sheriff Perkins holds him. Governor Heard seeks protection while Batson maintains his innocence.
A Dawson dispatch reports Richards Butler owner of Bear creek claim nearly giving up when he found an old bed rock containing rich gold. He recovered 15000 in one day with a single pan yielding about 600. Other claims are being prospected for this bedrock and promise further riches.
Paris officials and the British embassy deny a circulating report that Miss Maude Gonne stirred the English colony with revolutionary speeches and that the British ambassador filed a formal complaint as treasonable utterances.
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