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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1902
Page
2
Bigamous defendant C C Nelson faces jury plan
C C Nelson arrested in San Antonio and transported to Missouri for trial on bigamy. He reportedly has fourteen wives across the United States, many of them widows from whom he allegedly obtained money. The idea proposes twelve wives as jurors and two as prosecutors to add public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Nelson
San Antonio
Missouri
United States
Minter Springs Agricultural Outlook Brightens This March
March reports from Minter Springs praise favorable rains and soil conditions for corn with acreage up from prior years. Cotton planting has started with J M Radford at about one hundred acres and five planters at work. The Mally trap row system is used in weevil districts and local residents, including Mr and Mrs Battle, are mentioned amidst general farming news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Radford
Community Health And Rumor Of Local Wedding Festivities
The note says the health of the community is good and rumors of wedding festivities circulate. It notes most youths have left to seek fortunes elsewhere, while a local scribe nicknamed Two of the People is accused of misinformed political chatter at church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Marconi
Important Decision Upholds Separate Status of Operator and Fireman
The U.S. court of appeals affirmed the lower court ruling in Warren C Fury v. the St. Louis and San Francisco railway. It held the operator and fireman were not fellow servants under Arkansas law, as their tasks were not for a common purpose and they were only casually together. Judge Sanborn dissented, arguing they were fellow servants under Arkansas statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
United States Court of Appeals
Warren C. Fury
Caldwell
Sanborn
Arkansas
The Trial of Nelson Bigamy Charge in St Joseph
Christian C. Nelson, a railroad contractor and horseman, is jailed in St Joseph on bigamy charges after arrival from San Antonio. He admits three wives and claims ten others are myths. The case centers on Mary A. Parker, a Plattsburg resident married to him here last September. He faces preliminary trial with multiple warrants from cities including Chicago and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Christian C. Nelson
San Antonio
Tex
Nelson
Mary A. Parker
Plattsburg
Chicago
San Francisco
Des Moines
New York
St. Paul
Sumter
D. C
Conway, Ark
Embezzlement Case Yields Long Prison Term and Fine
Cuban postal funds lead to sentences for W. F. Neely and associates. Neely receives 10 years in prison and a $56,701 fine for embezzlement linked to postal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. W. F. Neely
W. H. Reeves
Estes G. Rathbone
Marriage Solemnized by Justice of the Peace
The text notes that a marriage was solemnized by the same Justice of the Peace who performed the ceremony for Mrs. Parker last September.
Miners threaten walkout if settlement fails in Shamokin
In Shamokin Pennsylvania March 25 officials warn a coal strike may recur after a 1900 style disruption. The United Mine Workers districts 1 7 and 9 convened and issued a provisional strike declaration. date to be set by district executives if Civic Federation talks collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
Civic Federation
United Mine Workers of America
Riots in Russia Snare American Student in Disturbances
An American student Boris Gardner, son of Mrs. Gardner, was arrested during police searches in St. Petersburg amid student riots. Authorities report 95 Moscow students banished to Siberia and 567 imprisoned for eight to six months, with many officers lawyers and nobles among detainees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Gardner
Boris
Siberia
Transvaal Delegation Passes Through Wolvehoek En Route to Kroonstad
Acting President Schalk Burger travels with his party aboard a train toward Kroonstad via Wolvehoek Orange River Colony. Captain Marker and five other staff of the British commander in South Africa accompany Transvaal officials. The local impression is that Boers may surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolvehoek
Orange River Colony
Schalk-Burger
Kroonstad
Transvaal
Marker
Kitchener
Powell Clayton Jr Leaves Mexico Post Over Duel Refusal
State Department received a report contradicting an earlier claim that Powell Clayton Jr the son of Ambassador Clayton and a former military attaché at the U S embassy in Mexico was forced to leave his post for refusing to duel The document states he departed the city on August 8 rather than participating in a Christmas drawl supposed to be the duel’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Powell Clayton, Jr
Clayton
United States
Mexico
Department
Boer Standstill or War Continuation Urged by Fischer
Amsterdam March 25 Abraham Fischer the Boer delegate explains in an interview why Boers in the field should push on rather than accept terms worse than earlier demands. A February 15 report from President Steyn states the Boers once fought hopefully and now fight with confidence toward a happy end. Boer forces have ample supplies except clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Abraham Fischer
Steyn
Frisco Wreck Passengers Improve After Injury Near Sherman
Injured passengers from the Frisco wreck near Francis J. T. on Monday are improving. No one is seriously hurt and all are continuing their journey to Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Tex
Frisco
Francis
J. T
Prince of Wales launching marred by fatal salute injury
In London on March 25 during the launch of the battleship Prince of Wales at Chatham the firing gunner was mortally wounded with both arms blown off. The Prince and Princess of Wales attended the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince and Princess of Wales
Chatham
Levee Damages Bill Advances From Judiciary Committee
Washington March 25 The senate committee on judiciary adversely reported a bill enabling Mississippi River residents to sue the government for damages caused by levee construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Mississippi River
Lon Thomas Killed in Oklahoma Territory Camp Shooting
Lon Thomas a laborer was killed at the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad camp near Bridgeport Oklahoma Territory on a Sunday. He was shot four times as he was summoned to a tent to play craps. The crime stems from an old quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
O. T
Lon Thomas
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Bridgeport
German cotton experts plan US study and stations
At a conference of cotton experts at the Colonial Office in Berlin on March 25 a commission will be sent to the United States to study cotton cultivation. The aim is to establish experimental stations in German East Africa modeled on American lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Colonial Office
United States
German East Africa
Young Farmer Stabbed Near Paris Texas
Carroll Cavnar, a young farmer, was stabbed four times in a difficulty eight miles northeast of Paris. Two wounds in the side and back are serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
Carroll Cavnar
Cal Vanwinkle Shot Dead Before Cumberland Church
Ardmore Oklahoma Territory March 25 Cumberland Calvin Vanwinkle aged 24 was shot and killed in front of a church Deputy marshals have made an arrest in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
I. T
Cumberland
Calvin Vanwinkle
Compulsory Arbitration Court Formed in Sydney
A compulsory industrial arbitration court is established in Sydney with a membership drawn from representatives of employers and employees. The court will hear disputes in the area and oversee settlement processes under new arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
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