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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1901
Page
4
Treasury reports April 1901 cash in the treasury at 1 072 745 256 dollars with a 4 397 03 decrease due to bond purchases for the sinking fund. News from Nashville, Selma, New York and St Paul covers libel verdicts, indictments for forgery and murder, and a brutal family crime ending in a river tragedy.
The Methodist Episcopal church south bishops meet behind closed doors in Louisville to finalize the episcopal visitation plan including dates and places of annual conferences and presiding bishop selections. Nine bishops attend as the group outlines key church governance for the year.
Evansville reports a collision between the towboat Raymond Horner and 13 Pittsburg coal barges with a Henderson Kentucky pier. Loss estimated at 45000 dollars. The coal was headed for southern markets.
A case of illness in Galata is officially pronouced bubonic plague and precautions are being taken to prevent spread. In Rio de Janeiro on May 2 the navy minister orders a submarine boat designed by Brazilian engineer Jaccinto Jonnes.
Arlington: Joe W. Oldfield shot dead at a restaurant as buckshot pierced a screen door. Suspect J M Young surrendered to the city marshal and was jailed in Fort Worth. Tom Kilgore also arrested. Other items: Gates guilty of negligent homicide in Waco. a 34 minute Denison Sherman interurban trip. Baylor receives 60000 for a science building. Nettie Bryant wins 5000 against Gulf Colorado. Galveston April grain clearances. Federated Women’s Clubs meet in Dallas. bar fight in Forney. Ramsey pleads guilty to check forging. Madisonville man Duncan convicted for killings with life sentence.
In Mount Vernon Texas on May 2 a 4 year old boy, son of Tom Bankhead, died after his cap of oil caught fire. His 2 year old brother is not expected to survive. The incident occurred five miles east of town. In Smithville Texas on May 2 Conductor H. Wright was instantly killed after being run over while alighting to take his train. He fell from the caboose and two cars passed over him.
Bryan Texas May 2 1901 Cadet W F Lineberger of Bartlett has been elected valedictorian of the 1901 class at the Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Smithville Texas May 2 wages for all mechanics in Katy shops increased by 80 cents a day effective yesterday. In Kountze Texas May 2 the Silsbee Conroe extension of the Santa Fe reached Kountze with the track completed from Silsbee to Kountze.
Mexico City reports a stir over Texas declaration to quarantine all passengers from the City of Mexico for ten days amid alleged typhus fever prevalence.
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