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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1902
Page
4
Paris reports Mount Pelee erupted in the French West Indies destroying St Pierre Mar tinique with fire and molten rock. The city of 25 000 to 40 000 inhabitants is said to be obliterated with survivors under 30 many burned and injured.
South half of block near Allen Academy offers 1.25 acres with a small new cottage at 550 dollars. Several six room houses with lots and cisterns priced from 1260 dollars. N. B. Cole home place features two and a half lots with six rooms at 1600 dollars. Brazos Bottom farm listed at 20 dollars per acre with terms to sell in small tracts. Additional city properties include 76 feet front on Railroad and the Pochila place with two lots and a large two-story home.
J. M. Caldwell introduces a new line featuring diamonds and watches described as beautiful and brand new. The listing highlights elegance and quality as keywords for the collection.
A May 10 cable from Pointe-a-Pitre reports a storm of fire and mud destroying Martinique city of St Pierre. Eightteen vessels burned or sunk, including four American ships and a Quebec steamer Roraima. many lives lost including the US consul's family.
The Eagle 1s session elected ex Gov Eagle of Arkansas to lead the denomination next year after delegates, around 4000 in attendance, enrolled. Officers named include Dr Lansing Burrows as secretary and Dr O F Gregory as assistant. Reports show missions funds and home board activities with notable gains and allocations.
Volcanic dust from the St. Vincent eruption still falls on Bridgetown in the British West Indies. Roads and houses are swept by an inch of ash, with Barbadoes over a hundred miles away already feeling the fallout.
New York reports French Cable company officers say repair steamer Pouver Queentier arrived at Fort de France with 450 persons saved from St. Pierre. She returned to the disaster area to search for more survivors as earthquakes subsided but eruptions continued.
Governor Davis refused to pardon Lucien Armstrong who had been sentenced to four years for forgery. He stated he would grant the pardon only if the attorney could produce a ticket to Boston, saying he would issue the pardon immediately upon seeing it.
Police investigate the slaying of novelist Paul L. Ford by his brother Malcolm W. Ford who then died by suicide. Reported motive remains unclear with early supposition that Malcolm Ford was insane.
A report of an attack on King Victor Emmanuel at Turin, originating from a minor paper, was officially denied. The claim linked to Rome and May 10, with the source now dismissed as untrustworthy.
Asheville on May 10 reports a large second day session with focus on the theological seminary and home missions. Delegates closely followed President Mullins and renewed emphasis on missionary work as Savannah, Georgia, is favored for the next convention site.
New York May 10 200 to 800 persons were taken into custody in a sensational police raid on an alleged gambling house on Sixth avenue. The proprietor known as The Allen was identified with the West Side club which had been raided previously.
Reports from west and southwest Texas say rivers and creeks have run bank full since the weekend rain. Concho Frio Guadalupe Nueces Llano and San Saba reported high water for the first time in years.
Seven youths drowned in the Maumee River near Toledo after a naphtha launch was struck by a tug. Mrs. Mary Heinker of St. Louis took out 22 dog licenses. Studebakers of South Bend formed a watch combine. William Murphy of St. Louis was shot and killed by his wife who feared he would kill her. Francis M. Anthony, Bloomington, Tr., begins his 102nd year born in 1800. Judge William M. Springer, Cherokees’ attorney, instructed to appeal Cherokee oil land lease ruling. Missouri State Historical Society gains a Missouri Intelligencer and Boon’s Lick Advertiser file (1819–1831). Kansas City manufacturers met to outline a plan. Oklahoma and Indian Territory firemen elected C. G. Bible president. Henry Jackson of Henry County, Mo., died by his own hand. Shanfelt’s bookstore fire in Perry, O. T. damaged Wade’s furniture store. total loss $6000.
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