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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1901
Page
4
In Beaumont Texas on May 9 contractor W E Sharp struck a fifth producing oil well for the J M Guaffy company with a 50 000 barrel daily flow estimate. The field near Spindletop Heights could yield up to 260 000 barrels daily, generating about 95000 in potential daily income if markets hold.
The George Q. Cannon will, filed in Salt Lake City, outlines a $1,000,000 estate divided into two parts. The first, $200,000 in gilt-edged securities held in trust until the youngest child reaches majority. each of his eight children receives an acre of Cannon farm land and $2,000 at majority or marriage. The remainder, about $800,000 with 38,000 acres of farm land and business interests, goes to the George Q. Cannon association for trust until the youngest child is 40, with George Q. Cannon’s four wives provided for for life.
Twenty two Italian laborers who came from Kansas City to take jobs at the Iola cement plant were attacked by striking workers and sympathizers. They were corralled to the Santa Fe station for deportation after a clash that left several wounded and one Italian shot in the back. The mob dispersed and recaptured the fugitives before planning forced expulsion.
A man believed to be R. N. Pollock, missing Cleveland banker and Cuyahoga Savings chief, killed himself in Seattle's Hotel York with a pistol. Nearby were a razor, rat poison tablets, and poison bottle. papers were burned and Pollock’s name sewn inside his coat.
In Weatherford the George Biggers murder trial ends with a second degree verdict and a 10 year penitentiary term for Bettie McKissick is noted as the victim. Other reports include the shooting death of W M Francis at Rural Shade and the fatal shooting of John Stevenson in Snyder. Corsicana breaks ground for a $15000 Baptist church. Abilene elects D G Hill as county judge to fill Christenberry’s term. The Episcopal church holds its fifty second annual state council in Austin.
Wallace Ethridge shot and killed Carlyle D. Shipp in a Norfolk saloon where both had been drinking. Ethridge is under arrest. both men are well connected in the area.
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