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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1903
Page
4
The Bryan city council ordains an election for city offices including marshal secretary and three council members to be held at city hall on the first Tuesday in April, the 7th, under the city charter ordinances and state election laws. The measure was adopted February 25, 1903 and signed by the mayor and officials.
Austin reports the Texas Legislature adopts a two dollar per diem for members while other actions include memorializing Governor McDonald of Grimes County and passing road laws for Fayette Uvalde Frio and Van Zandt counties. The session also covers law practice boards and charter measures with various amendments and committee appointments.
A. E. Moore family home near Granger Texas was left vacant when Avery Kyle, 18, nephew to Mr. Moore, locked inside and killed himself with a target rifle. The fatal act occurred while the family was away from the house three miles west of town.
At the close of his talk in Cleburne Texas Captain Hobson was presented with a loving cup. Dr. and Mrs. J H Happel hosted a reception honoring him. The two recalled boyhood days in Greensboro Alabama.
Miss Lillie Shropshire, a Corsicana resident, leapt into the old Bar ry tank south of town and drowned. A passerby witnessed the act and alerted others. The tank was drained and the body recovered.
El Mina temple of the Mystic Shrine conferred the Shriners degree on a class of sixty candidates at the Scottish Cathedral in Galveston Texas on March 14. The group sought to begin the mystic journey across the desert as part of their initiation.
An obituary brief reports the death by apoplexy of O. Tf. Lew, long associated with the San Antonio and neighboring railway company. He served as vice president and manager, shaping operations during his tenure. His passing was noted by the company and local authorities.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and Mrs. Chamberlain arrive in Southampton from South Africa to a grand welcome. Crowds cheer as they travel to London with Lord Selborne aboard the Norman. In London, Premier Balfour and cabinet greet the party at Waterloo. Chamberlain thanks Birmingham delegates and praises his wife’s support during the campaign.
Salida Colorado on March 14 reports two men used forged checks to rob First National and Salida State banks, collecting 3300 dollars. A confederate spoke by telephone to authorize payments. a mounted posse captured two men named Mendenhall and MacFarland, with MacFarland jailed as an accomplice. Police seek two more suspects tied to a forged local businessman.
Whitaker Wright a London and Globe Finance director fled London and left a fifteen year footprint in Philadelphia. He lived in elegance from 1887 to 1891 at Haverford and earlier leased an office in the old merchants exchange building to broker cotton grain and petroleum. He was not a stock exchange member and vanished from Philadelphia in 1891.
A Huntsville dispatch reports Joe D Powers a young white man from Newmarket Alabama attempted to exterminate a family near Huntsville after a dispute with John Winkle. Powers fired through a window wounding five people including Winkle a baby and two women Winkle's son was shot in the eye Powers then boarded a train for Texas scheduled to depart March 14.
Across Ashland near Natchez a private levee breach widened leaving a large flood area. US engineers warn steamers to slow and keep clear of high strain points while Caruthersville reports stable levee conditions. St Francis levee board chief orders no access to levees after dark.
A Vicksburg report warns of the river flooding the lower compress and 5000 bales of cotton moved to safety. Refugees flood into New Orleans as the river gains nearly half a foot in a day. In Ashland water covers 30 miles of lowlands from Rodney to Churchill with plantations submerged. Levees hold as crews stack sacks and prepare for record height.
A Milwaukee traveling man Wilson McIntyre was led astray by a neighbor who claimed his wife was unfaithful. The wife, living with her parents in Buffalo, later died of consumption in Indianapolis after McIntyre saw no effort to reunite. The falsehood caused the separation eleven years ago.
In New York on March 14 a Miller Reese Hutchison invention, by a young Alabama inventor, allowed three deaf, dumb, and blind children to hear a pianist play Sousa marches and hear their voices say mamma papa and hello. Experiments were done at Hutchison laboratory with many witnesses.
Norman V Randolph aged 56 dies in Richmond Virginia. He was a prominent ex Confederate and played a key role in establishing the Lee Confederate Home in the city.
J. S. Winne secretary treasurer of the Raleigh cotton mills says a merger will be formed with New York capitalists and consolidation expected to occur early in April. The Raleigh mills will join the combination.
Advertises multiple parcels for sale including a two story house on Pochila and northwestern city lots for colored buyers at 25 and 35 dollars respectively. Describes 69 and 49 acre tracts along Wixon creek and Reliance settlement with diverse improvements. Details 1100 acres on Food creek bottom with tenant houses and cultivation, price 810 per acre or trade west of Brazos. Also lists 55 to 150 acre tracts near church, school, and town with varied houses, fences, and terms. claims many other lands available.
J W Batts offers Brazos County titles abstract books and multiple properties. Listings include 105 acres near the courthouse with farm and pasture, fenced on 6 wires for 1500 dollars. a southeast town lot with a six room house for 1250. and several blocks near Allen Academy priced from 50 to 109 dollars per lot plus small houses with rents and outhouses.
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