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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1903
Page
4
It is considered most probable that Rt. Rev. John J. Glennon of Kansas City will be named coadjutor archbishop of St Louis and Rt. Rev. Henry Moeller of Columbus will be named coadjutor archbishop of Cincinnati.
The fourth annual Panhandle Cattlemen's convention met in Childress Texas on March 26. Leaders reported business conducted and praised an excellent cattle exhibit with animals in prime condition.
The pope appoints Rt. Rev. John J. Glennon as coadjutor archbishop of St. Louis, announced March 26. This marks a succession plan for the see with an assistive leadership role.
The Eagle announces A. L. Dunnica as a candidate for City Secretary and C. M. Spell seeks re election in the upcoming April city election.
The notice lists W. J. Roberts as a candidate for City Marshal and Tr. Boyett for City Marshal, both running in the April city election in Bryan alongside C. C. Shelburne.
The Eagle announces Roger T. Boyle as a candidate for alderman of Bryan, subject to voter will at the April election. It also notes J B Priddy as a candidate for Bryan city government in the same April city election.
Nobby Nobbier Nobbiest suits available. Drop in to try on a suit and compare prices with Webb Bros.
Buffalo March 26 The Burdick murder case holds little direct material evidence, as Rev L M Powers testifies about statements from Mrs Hull and Burdick. Powers says Burdick discussed domestic affairs and told him Pennell threatened death if a divorce suit was not withdrawn. He notes Mrs Burdick believed Pennell’s threats and Burdick planned to expose letters. Powers had defended Mrs Hull previously and was subpoenaed because he served as Burdick’s pastor.
Pittsburgh authorities, at Buffalo police request, search for Edwin M. Mills former Buffalo resident linked to the murder of Edwin L. Burdick. Mills suspected of aiding a decoy woman to lure Burdick to a house to gather evidence to hinder divorce suit. He has reportedly stayed in a major Pittsburgh hotel.
New York hosts a novel horseback dinner for 35 Equestrian club members to celebrate C K G Billings new $200000 stable. Each rider will have a saddle table with courses, a waiter beside the horse, and a groom at the head. The dinner in the stable carriage room costs about 100 dollars per plate.
In Pemiscott bayou Ark eighteen miles south of Caruthersville Mo three people in a canoe overturned on the return from a prayer meeting. Walter Chism Luther Owen and Miss Jennie George drowned. All bodies recovered. Miss George and Owens were to wed within two weeks. Owens' body held for Kentucky relatives.
Los Angeles County Council of Labor endorsed the state organizer action uniting Japanese and Mexican workers at Oxnard. A second resolution backed unionizing all unskilled Asiatic and alien laborers in Los Angeles, marking the first record of a union body supporting Asiatic labor.
A Sons of Confederate Veterans camp was organized in Mobile with a large membership and named for George Dixon who died in Charleston harbor aboard the torpedo boat Confederacy while blowing up the USS Hoosatonic.
Isaac B. Price, born 1802 in New York City, celebrates his 101st birthday. He has never left the state, never ridden a trolley, and only crossed East River, never Brooklyn Bridge. He attributes longevity to thorough mastication and avoiding alcohol or tobacco use apart from chewing since boyhood. Price voted for John Quincy Adams in 1825 and has voted in every presidential election since.
On March 26 in Lewes New Orleans the river gauge stood at 20.2 feet with a tenth foot rise. Levee workers remain at the front, but activity is light as no breaches are reported. Helena crest reports suggest stability and optimism for canal levees with improving weather. The Atchafalaya continues draining the Red and Mississippi, reducing flows south of the Red. In Friars Point Mississippi pistol shots woke residents as a seepage breach near Westover Arkansas was repaired and refugees gathered.
The body of Major General Sir Hector MacDonald, who died by his own hand at the Hotel Regina, is removed to a British mortuary chapel in Paris awaiting shipment to Scotland. London has not issued disposal orders, and officials seek to shield the general’s memory as his family makes arrangements.
Lynn Mass March 26 D F Rear don a local grocer was awakened by a late night telephone call promising returns for later. He found his store robbed at dawn with the cash drawer taken and cigars cake and canned goods missing.
In Austin the House resumes consideration of a bill to tax intangible corporate assets with amendments expanding to breweries hotels packing houses coal mining and other industries. The Senate also reviews the Terrell general election bill amid substantial amendments. Immigration figures for March show 49 162 arrivals in twenty five days about 10060 more than last year with 4000 more expected later in the month.
Austin March 26. The Texas House votes 70 to 29 against the conference committee report on a bill regulating how real estate sold under execution is advertised. It would require notice in newspapers upon request or postings at courthouse and two county sites, with weekly publications for three weeks and rates per word. The session also covers railway ticket refunds, school land titles, and a Limestone county land bill amendment.
In Dallas on March 26 the court of criminal appeals ruled the Galveston city commission illegal in the ex parte case of Charles Lewis jailed for failure to pay a fine. The ruling frees Lewis and declares the commission unconstitutional.
The Austin city council opened an inquiry into police conduct amid accusations that officers hunted down individuals to pay poll tax in support of certain city office candidates.
In Kaufman county at Prairieville, the young daughter of Mr and Mrs Leroy Clapp died from burns after a lamp exploded. Her eyes were burned out and her body severely scorched, dying after great suffering.
Paris report states Major General Hector MacDonald, a senior British army officer facing historical charges, shot himself in the temple at the Hotel Regina. He was alone in a small room, died minutes later. two English notes found, no papers or money in his baggage. Consul General Englis oversees the body. revolver seized. He had arrived from London en route to Ceylon with plans for a court martial.
Kansas City reports the death of H C Clements general auditor of the Texas Southern railroad and of the Delaware and Western Construction Company at his home on March 26.
The North German Gazetteer reports that Reichstag elections will be held on June 16 in Berlin with nationwide voting scheduled. The notice places the date in the context of the March 26 dispatch.
A dated notice listing multiple properties for sale including a two story Poehila house, urban and rural lots for colored buyers, creek bottom lands, cultivation acres, and farm buildings. Prices range from 25 to 1900 dollars per acre with terms, trades west of Brasoa river, and references to nearby church and school.
J. W. Batts lists several properties for sale near Brazos County with detailed descriptions. Listings include 105 acres near the courthouse area with 25 cultivated acres and a pasture, fenced by six wires at 1500 dollars. a cottage on southeast town near a schoolhouse at 1250. a four block distance from Main Street brick cistern at 1250. blocks near Allen Academy from 250 to 500 dollars. 13 acres on the town's south side with a four room house at 1000. a 4 room house with outbuildings and rents at 65 dollars. and one-quarter block near north town with garden and outbuildings at 525 dollars. Each listing notes easy terms where stated.
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