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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1902
Page
4
Real estate notes list a six room house with two lots four blocks from Main Street and another six room house with one lot on the west side of town. A brick cistern property priced at 1950 and M B Cole home place with 2.5 lots and 6 rooms at 1600. An 800 acre Brazos Bottom farm at 20 per acre. Additional city property and railroad frontage available from Otto Boehme’s estate.
Be it ordained by the City Council that the mayor and two councilors are to be elected by qualified voters of Bryan at City Hall on the first Tuesday in April. Election to follow city charter ordinances and state election laws. J S Mooring and J M Spell sign as mayor and city secretary.
The advertisement proclaims Rex Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for dyspepsia indigestion sour stomach and heartburn. Drugstores refund money if not cured, price 50 cents a package. M H Jamer, Bryan Texas, markets the product.
Reports include royal entertainments in China, a Norwegian Pole expedition, a Muncie teacher resignation over a pupil hug, robberies and deadly violence in Texas, and political moves in Oklahoma and Texas. Also noted are smallpox cases, rail surveys, and a Texas bank banter as preparations unfold.
In Washington on March 24 the House opened session with District business. Senate amendments to the war revenue tax repeal were non-concurred and sent to conference. Conferees named include Payne New York Dalzell Pennsylvania Richardson Tennessee and Bingham Pennsylvania Hemingway Indiana Livingstone Georgia. Debate on Moss versus Rhea continued with Bowie Alabama supporting the minority claim that Rhea remains seated.
Washington March 24. Soon after the senate convened Monday a resolution by Mr Lodge of Massachusetts was adopted directing the attorney general to transmit to the senate a list of claims he was defending before the Spanish treaty of claims commission with particulars as to each claim and the gross amount of all claims.
Washington reports the nine months ending Sept 30 1901 show merchandise imports totaling 21 818 212 dollars up from 17 187 991 in 1900 while exports reach 18 866 798 up from 17 883 200. Gold and silver imports fall and US origin trade rises with 2 712 190 dollars imported and 2 737 059 exported for 1901.
State Superintendent W. N. Sheets, president, announces the Southern Educational association gathering in Chattanooga on July 14. A round trip rail fare plus $2 is set as the rate. W. B. Barnett of Houston is named state director and H. E. Blair of Denison state manager from Texas.
In Kosciusko Mississippi five county prisoners attempted to burn their way out of the jail on Saturday They barricaded themselves and tried to cremate their escape plan according to reports.
Geo Irons, alleged leader of a western postoffice robbers gang, was tracked from the Mississippi to the Pacific coast over 6500 miles by Inspector D W Peters of the Kansas City division. Irons was captured and returned to Kansas to face a Salina postoffice robbery charge from February 18, 1901. A Wichita federal grand jury charged Irons with Albert Gibbs Ray Taggart and Albert Taggart, all members of the gang.
Billy Delaney, manager for Jeffries, says he has not received official word of Corbett's challenge but would not oppose a match if Fitzsimmons withdraws. He notes a Los Angeles bout would need to occur before May 10 when the carnival closes.
Milwaukee March 24 John Brown 16 living with his parents here died in a bedroom gymnastics accident. He had read journals praising pole exercises and tried the scheme. When not seen at the usual time his parents found him dead in the closet hanging by a twisted rope and choked to death.
In a fog shrouded collision on the Pittsburg Youngstown and Ashtabula division four trainmen were killed and three injured. Both engines and piling cars were wrecked as freight trains crashed together. The cause remains undetermined with engineers from both trains claiming orders to proceed.
President A J Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad speeds a special train from Philadelphia to Jersey City in 80 minutes, shaving four minutes from the previous record of 84 minutes set by J P Morgan. The 9045 mile run in eighty minutes marks a new fast time on the route.
Baltimore notes Joseph Zane once a pauper left the alms house for Boston to claim his share of a $500 000 estate, with about $100 000 for his portion. Nieces Mrs Ellen Claridge and Mrs Georgiana Kelly, both in humble circumstances, received nearly equal bequests.
In Montgomery on March 24 E. J. Armstead a former county tax collector and noted rich man shot and killed Mary Hansen a Black woman in a Tallapoosa Street residence and then died by suicide. Authorities deem the act possibly driven by temporary insanity following business reverses.
James F. Burns, president of the Portland Gold Mining Co, says the Portland mine will close April 1 due to a disagreement with the smelter trust. The company is finishing its own mill at Colorado City and plans to start operations by June 1. More than 900 employees will be affected.
Houston March 24. O C Drew vice president of the Planters and Mechanics National Bank and prominent businessman died this morning from an apoplectic stroke. He was born in 1840 and leaves a widow and one son. Another son Lieutenant Alfred Drew was killed in the Philippines.
Acting President Schalk Burger's arrival at Pretoria surprised Boer circles in The Hague. It is believed the move followed instructions sent to Kitchener to relay the text of Anglo Dutch notes to Boer leaders.
statue delivered in plaster to Providence foundry to be cast in bronze and unveiled in Muskegon Michigan on Memorial Day after completion in New York March 24
In Port au Prince on March 24 Leon Gabriel who claimed France citizenship was executed after shooting Gen. Cam eau chief of police. Haytian government says Gabriel was Haytien. the French minister contends he was a French citizen registered at the French legation. France asks for a man of war pending Paris reply. Quiet follows.
The Covington jail burned Sunday morning killing two inmates Ernest Garlier a German awaiting interdiction who started the blaze by borrowing a match and Frank Nicolson a negro who had caused trouble at a ball. Both perished in the flames. The incident recalls a previous jail fire less than a year earlier that killed a drunken white man.
The Texas railroad commission ruled on tariff No. 33 canceling several exceptions. The Houston to Velasco rate becomes equal to Galveston to Velasco, and the Galveston to Liberty rate equals Houston to Liberty. Several wagon haul rates were also cancelled.
R R Swepson one of Knoxville’s wealthiest residents died in Knoxville Tennessee at age 77. Born in Virginia he owned the Richmond street car system during the Civil War and moved to Knoxville in 1866. He was a banker and business leader serving as president of the Knoxville Gas company since 1876. He never married and his estate valued at one million dollars will pass to various relatives.
In Corydon Kentucky Green Pritchett wealthy landowner and tobacconist was shot and killed while John Belew a farmer was fatally wounded amid a feud over business. Coroner's verdict exonerates Belew.
Washington March 24 The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce voted to report the Hep burn pure food bill to prevent adulteration misbranding and imitation of foods beverages candies drugs and regulate interstate traffic on such goods The bill was framed by the National Pure Food Congress.
Lowell Mass March 24. The Textil union faces possible historic strike after union agents reply to an official wage demand for textile operators. The demand for higher wages was flatly refused.
Bill Zigler a Black man was lynched Saturday night eight miles below Troy Alabama after being charged with assaulting a white girl. A preliminary hearing had bound him over to the grand jury but a mob overpowered the sheriff and took custody.
In La Crosse Wisconsin Mrs Frank Wichman died after a seven day trance during which she took no food or water. Doctors called the case one of the strangest in the city’s medical history and were baffled by the apparent death and subsequent death.
With defendants' consent Judge Crosscup of the federal court issued a temporary restraining order requested by the Interstate Commerce Commission against six railways entering Chicago. The order remains in effect until June 1 or until further court orders.
Harvey Mussick, an experienced brakeman on the Rock Island road, was severely injured after being caught between freight train bumpers in the Fort Worth yards. He later died from the injuries.
News from Vienna reports a March uprising by students of Plocka Technical School in Russian Poland. The mob set the technical school on fire and attempted to lynch a professor before mounted troops restored order.
Cholera kills 470 people in Mecca and Medina over ten days as Arabia reports rising tolls. Authorities report ongoing outbreaks in Jedda and surrounding regions.
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