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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
3
The notice lists multiple H&T Co rail services including No 80 No 8 No 6 No2 No4 and Nos 8 and 4 fast only at principal stations. It provides times such as 10 18 am 245 pm 217 am 145 pm 422 pm 250 am and states No 104 Northbound leaves at 430 pm with main line connections and No 101 Southbound arrives at 700 pm.
Local notes list Levy Bros offerings including refrigerators ice chests water coolers fruit jars and lawn settees with several entries noting recent city visitors and travelers such as Hensarling Rohde and Dr Harrison. Coulter's markets white pearl buttons silk gloves and sunbonnets while other items include Norwood's oil paintings and Bry an Ice storage needs. A lost watch report appears at the Eagle office.
R H Smith ill with pneumonia at Dawson residence. Coulter's offers large embroideries and faces in Bryan. Subscribe for the Galveston or Dallas News at the confectionery store. Various names visit relatives and purchase items. Gold Band Hams and Breakfast Bacon advertised. Weather prompts flannel suits at Coulter's. Tourists and locals visit Shellman and Houston. Union meeting postponed. Norwood's sells waterproof satchels with school shoe sales. Local notices about deliveries and subscriptions.
A large assortment of the two popular styles is offered at various prices, promising choices for shoppers seeking variety and value.
The Brazos Pilot reports the first water spout Brazos county recollected fell last Saturday near Tabor, forming a two foot high solid water column. Mr. C W Covington witnessed it and noted no rain within a mile of the site.
Reports from Pretoria say Boer delegates visit burghers in the field as talks proceed. Leaders Such as Botha Delarey DeWet and Steyn take separate districts to confer with commandos ahead of a May 15 Vereniging meeting for a final decision. A London tally then estimates the South African War cost at about 223 million pounds through March 31, 1903.
Mr. Smith president of the Florida Paper Mill company is in Orange seeking a site for a new factory. He has chosen land in the western part of town and plans to bring machinery from Pensacola, erect buildings, and start operations early in the fall employing about 60 persons.
The Dallas cottonseed crushers adjourned after business on Wednesday and held officer elections. President Jo W. Allison of Ennis Texas, vice president A. H. D. Perkins of Memphis Tennessee, secretary and treasurer Robert Gibson of Dallas, who was re elected.
Two Louisville pool room operators and the city police believe rooms lost about 1500 to wire tap thefts on Wednesday. One room recovered 700, and officials delayed paying further sums until official news confirmed the details.
The United States battleship Illinois sailed with Rear Admiral Crowninshield aboard to assume command of the European station and participate in the coronation ceremonies for King Edward. Captain George A. Converse commands the ship.
A severe wind and hail storm passed half a mile north of Alvord Texas on Tuesday. It blew down several houses and barns but caused no serious injuries. Hail damaged vegetation over a narrow strip about half a mile wide.
Princess Radzwill, on trial before the supreme court in Cape Town, was found guilty of forgery related to notes claimed to be endorsed by the late Cecil Rhodes and sentenced to two years in the house of correction.
A tornado swept Davenport in Lincoln county Tuesday night causing significant crop and stock damage and blowing down several farmhouses. Mrs John Penn and her 10 year old daughter were killed in the disaster. In Vinita Oklahoma Jacob Kight a prominent Creek Indian and former Creek legislator was shot and killed near his Arbeka home after a wage dispute with two farm hands who opened fire with a revolver.
In Ennis Texas on May 1 a Black man was arrested on a charge of attempting to assault a 14 year old white girl. The suspect was quickly moved to Waxahachie after the arrest amid considerable local excitement.
A boy picking up chips near a car loaded with steel rails in Alice Texas was crushed to death when a rail fell on him during loading. In Cairo Illinois the Burk child was found dead in the river as part of the City of Pittsburg disaster with 49 bodies recovered and many still missing.
St. Petersburg reports Balchaneff the man who assassinated Minister of the Interior M Sipial guine has been sentenced to death and will be hanged May 3 in the aftermath of the April 15 attack.
The wholesale jewelry firm Moore and Evans of Chicago has been placed in the hands of a receiver. Reported liabilities total 175000 with assets of 100000 as of May 1.
A Burlington Route brakeman, Cak Schneers, was killed three miles west of Cromwell Iowa. He died when a dump truck used in bridge construction struck him. The incident appears linked to railway and construction work in the area.
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