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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1902
Page
1
A reader reports that the news arrived by mail with new dates attached. The note confirms updated timelines and suggests changes to planned coverage. Local officials have not issued an official statement yet regarding the messenger and timing.
In the house of commons War Secretary Broderick said Schalk Burger asked for safe conduct through British lines to meet President Steyn regarding peace proposals. Kitchener, with government consent, agreed to the request.
London observers doubt that Acting President Schalk Burger can force surrender from De Wet and De La Rey. Kitchener may have allowed the Boer delegation to travel, but no authority to negotiate with field commanders is evident. Some hope overtures could bring near-term peace if accepted on merit.
London March 24 The Associated Press reports that Kitchener, in a Schalk-Burger interview, agreed to revoke his September banishment proclamation if General De Wet and other Boer leaders surrender.
Rev Dr H D von Broekhuisen of Pretoria says he has private advices that the Boers have captured Riebeekstroom a town of about 1500 residents located three miles from Gelzeter.
March 24 in Washington Indiana Mrs Liberty Kempf fatally shot her husband after he tried to choke her. She spoke to police about the incident but has not been arrested.
Cape Town March 24 Cecil Rhodes remains weak after last night. His condition is believed to be critical.
A southbound Southern railway passenger train derailed near Charlottesville at Covesville. The engine ditched and six coaches burned. Nicholas Town a Pullman porter and an unknown tramp were killed. Several injured include fireman John Turner and mail clerk A L Holton.
Elizabeth City North Carolina reports that Wilcox is found guilty of murder in the second degree for the Nellie Cropsey case. District Attorney Ward expected murder verdict. defense lawyer Aydlett plans an appeal challenging the evidence. Imposition of death penalty unlikely on the date set. the case likely won’t be resolved until September when the Supreme Court convenes.
A joint commission of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the M E Church South recommends to the northern church general conference a federation plan. It aims to consolidate mission work and establish a house in Shanghai and create a union paper in Mexico plus a union hymnbook common catechism and order of worship.
Manila reports four cholera cases and two more plague deaths while health officials credit strict precautions with preventing an epidemic. General Chaffee moved the Third Infantry onto the Grant to avoid city contact, with the ship set to sail a week early for San Francisco. Five cholera cases are reported in the provinces.
Memphis reports the N B Forrest camp endorses Bishop Thomas F Gailor for commander in chief of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans The camp aims for a unanimous election at Dallas next month with the military feature removed from the organization
Capt. John son of the Navahoe reported passing the burning steamship Major Barrett on March 22 between Hatteras and Bodys Island. The Major Barrett, an oil steamer from Philadelphia bound for New York via Sabine Pass, had two empty boats adrift. no life signs were seen and rescue is suspected.
Four skeletons were unearthed four feet below the surface at Lanesport near Taylor Texas during digging for an oil tank site. The bones appeared hastily buried with faces buried downward and covered.
Fragmentary report notes men believed killed by Indians during a 1851 or 1852 encounter near Lanesport. The account references a prior battle with Native forces and suggests the deaths were tied to that conflict.
In Pitsburg on Sunday Mrs. Birdie Ashinski aged 28, wife of Joseph Ashinski of Coraopolis, fired two shots at her husband but missed. She then shot herself in the heart and died instantly. The husband had tried to whip a stepson, provoking the fatal confrontation.
An explosion of dynamite at Oskar near Houghton Michigan killed Gustave Jenkala and Erick Kallianen and injured Henry Dapio who survived. The blast occurred as they attempted to extinguish a house fire at John Boullard’s residence.
An article dismisses the idea of diet segments for brain or muscles and urges a balanced diet. It warns digestion problems waste nutrients and promotes Green's August Flower as a general digestive aid. The piece notes availability at Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co. and references Dr. G. G. Green's remedies and an Almanac.
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