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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1903
Page
4
City of Bryan schedules election for Marshal Secretary and three council seats to be voted by qualified voters at City Hall on the first Tuesday in April, 1903. The presiding officer and appointees will conduct the election per city charter ordinances and state law. Adopted February 28, 1903.
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Washington Post reports that James N. Tyner assistant attorney general for the post office department will be requested to resign soon due to illness. The move, tied to no change in the Campbell turf case, follows Tyner’s stroke and paralysis last year and a later relapse.
Clarksville Texas men Jup Ward Ike Reed and Tom Caldwell hunting near Harris Ferry on Red River encounter a nine foot shark. Spourgot shoots with a Winchester w Kil and the monster reportedly devours two of their dogs during the event.
A merchant passenger train on the Bourton East Wet Tex route derailed four miles north of Baldwin. Debris and rocks were scattered as five train windows broke. A small child was badly hurt in the incident.
Riotous events erupted in Waco on March 14 as Chinese operatives clashed, with one combatant seriously cut by a back cutter and another assaulted. Police arrested 23 participants as officers tended wounded individuals and secured the scene.
Ardmore, I T, will gain two new public schools. Frisco plans a twelve stall roundhouse at Vernon Texas. J H Small injured at Ardmore trying to pass cars. Mrs Arch Temper and son drown in Ohio river near Rockport Ind. Farmer George Prewitt killed near Mexia Texas by shotgun discharge. Four year old son of James Hic drowns in Canadian river near Oklahoma City. Dallas street car struck by Central locomotive. several passengers injured. Ex Delegate Flynn returns to Guthrie denies moving from Oklahoma. In Canadian Tex Earnest Horton fourteen shot by an eleven year old. Louisville and Nashville Short Dog wreck near Corbin Ky. Walter Graves killed. Sam Heath attacked in Caddo I T by hatchet wielding negro woman. John Brown colored convicted at Marshall Tex for killing Washington. thirteen years. Col C C Slaughter of Dallas sells 8000 head of two year cattle to Pioneer Land and Cattle Co Montana. Terms private. While squirrel hunting Tolley Gibson, a Mississippi prominent family member, killed near Vicksburg.
In a House of Commons exchange Attorney General Finlay says the crown will cover Wright extradition costs and prosecutions will rest with the London and Globe official receiver. The case hinges on alleged letters from leading English royals and possible complicity of exalted figures.
New York reports Whittaker Wright will waive extraditions and return to England for arraignment. He states the loss amount did not exceed 4,000,000 nga and that the amount was legitimately 1.
Detectives in New York and a Chicago agency investigate a murder plot against John C. Fisher, a prominent theatrical manager. A quart bottle of champagne sent to him contained hydrocyanic acid and strychnine enough to kill 100 people, with a young woman linked to the delivery. The bottle was opened near Fisher and three companions narrowly escaped.
Judge Watthall dismissed the injunction seeking to halt Peticalas from serving as registrar. The court ruled Peticalas' appointment by the county executive was legal, confirming J.C. Jones and Peticalas both may continue to issue certificates, a ruling stirring political reaction in Di Paso.
A Chihuahua dispatch reports the Mexican government granted a concession to Arthur EB Stilwell, head of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad, for 2,000,000 acres of timber land in western Chihuahua. The railroad plans several large mills along the timber region.
In Louisville on March 16 William Hamilton, a Black man admitted with pneumonia, became violent over religion. He overpowered attendant George Campbell, struck inmate France Winder, and injured Dr Bronner. Hamilton was subdued and jailed in irons.
Lucien Metz arrived from Havre aboard the La Lorraine to testify in the Fair will case. He claims Mrs. Charles II. Fair died after her husband in an automobile accident near Paris on August 4 last, and that he heard her groan after the fatal moment.
Secretary Moody and party witnessed a fierce squall in Havana harbor. Commander Stoney of the Dolphin ordered volunteers to aid boats at sea. The Dolphin crew rescued four half drowned Cubans and one lifeless man later resuscitated. British ships did not respond to the emergency.
In Evansville Indiana on March 16 Mayor Covert and several cabinet members stopped using gas in their homes. The Central Labor Union notified them of a boycott against Evansville Gas and Electric Light, ordering a switch to kerosene or risk excommunication.
Private W. M. Payne of troop H twelfth cavalry was stabbed by a Negro boy Saturday night. About 150 soldiers gathered at the jail with picks and crowbars to lynch Paul Doe. Major Kendall from Fort Clark intervened with a strong guard and dispersed the mob.
In Dallas a fourteen-year-old Marguerite Laughlin confronted a burglar at dawn with a pistol forcing him to drop stolen jewelry and flee. The white thief had been leaving the house with the loot when she sprang her trap after watching him.
A westbound Golden State limited train collided with the Rock Island system near Topeka thirty miles west. The westbound engine was killed Engineer Love died. Three crew members and three passengers were injured but not seriously.
Irish members of parliament spoke at Liverpool Manchester Birmingham and Dundee urging better prospects for an Irish land settlement. John Redmond urged that the government land purchase bill offered hope while noting coercion had shifted to conciliation though past disappointments kept expectations tempered.
Eight men dueled with swords without buttons in a private Nuilly enclosure near Paris on Sunday evening. The contest, witnessed by 150 people, left four combatants slightly wounded under the same ordinary duel conditions.
In Princeton New Jersey on March 16 a large bronze lion guarding Nassau Hall was badly damaged by a crowd and cannot be restored to its former condition. The incident raises questions about preservation and security for the historic statue.
Secretary Hitchcock declines to approve any leases on lands in the Creek and Cherokee nations. Washington reports the action as of March 16 with no leases granted.
Real estate listings advertise numerous tracts in the city and nearby areas. Pochila two star house and inside lots priced at 25 dollars, corner lots 35 dollars, 69 acres on Wixon creek Pearson place, 49 acres cultivated with creek bottom land. 1100 acres creek bottom land with six tenant houses and 400 cultivated acres offered at 8 dollars per acre, or trade for 100 200 acres west of Brazos river. 150 acres in Reliance settlement with home and water. Additional parcels include 40 acres cultivated six miles west, 8900 price, and 50 acres north corner Rod Johnson place under fence 35 acres cultivated. Numerous lands described with easy terms.
Abstract Books firm offers 105 acres near Brazos County Court House with 25 acres cultivated and rest pasture priced at 1500 dollars. Additional properties include a southeast town lot with small cottage 8750 dollars, four block brick near Mn Streets 1250 dollars, a quarter block near Allen Academy 250 dollars, half block near academy 500 dollars, schoolhouse lots at 100 each, 18 acres south side with new 4 room house 1000 dollars, 4 room house with cistern and outbuildings 650 dollars, located within four blocks of the Courthouse with rent 39 dollars monthly, and a northern quarter block with 4 room house 525 dollars.
An old medical claim says overworked stomach due to nervous strain frees the heart to act fully and freely, supports the nervous system, and nourishes the brain.
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