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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1902
Page
1
Fort de France May 13 The outbreak of Mont Pelee is now thought to have killed about 30000 people in St Pierre as the city vanished in a blazing surge within ten minutes. Fires ash and mud swept the island leaving only wreckage and corpses.
In the house of commons the president of the board of trade said after reviewing the February 4 agreement between the Morgans and the White Star and Dominion lines the vessels involved will not be barred from keeping their British register.
The Danish cruiser Valkyrien rescued 500 refugees from Martinique while the French cruiser Suchet saved 2 000 people from the island. The French steamer Pouver Quertier aided victims after Mont Pelee eruption. Only one prisoner escaped St Pierre jail as lava overwhelmed the town. Stench from unburied dead remained intolerable.
Washington reports that a joint resolution authorizing $500000 for relief in the French West Indies and St Vincent was adopted by the Senate after amendment. Death toll rises on St Vincent and St Lucia from the Soufriere volcano with 700 and 1600 fatalities respectively. In Texas, Richard Brooks, 21, was shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff Monroe Fox during an attempted jail escape.
The House approved a relief bill granting 200000 dollars for West Indies disaster victims, with a Senate amendment setting 260000 dollars under presidential control. Debate highlighted private donations and sympathy messages to France. In the Senate, Foraker urged restoring order in the Philippines and sustaining U S influence, while the chamber concurred with the House relief amount for the French West Indies.
In Muskogee Oklahoma territory on May 13 a race conflict erupted at Braggs twenty miles east of Muskogee. Five black men and one white man were shot and one person was stabbed during clashes as seventy five Negroes attempted to wipe out a white settlement of fifteen families. Whites appealed to the U S marshal for protection and were instructed to arm themselves.
Washington May 14 The president ordered Secretary Root to grant the court of appeals the right to review Estes G Rathbone's Cuban postal fraud conviction and to take additional evidence if needed. This authority will be conferred immediately.
An unidentified man from Kansas was instantly killed at Bokehito, I T, on the Arkansas and Choctaw railroad when a dynamite tamping failed and exploded. He was directing a blasting crew in a cut for the railroad, and a tamping rod punctured his hand as rock and debris struck his head. His relatives were notified to ship the body home for burial.
Reports from Cap Haitien detail clashes in Port au Prince as supporters of multiple presidential hopefuls confronted congress during Monday’s session. Gunfire erupted in the streets and no full details are available. The region fears further armed action.
A Hillsboro county local option election petition with about 1250 to 1500 names was filed with the commissioners court. Prohibitionists led by J. S. Bounds urged the court to schedule the election for June 14, while no action was taken yet. Northern departments favor General Frimin and Nord's government delegates back him.
Orange Texas May 13 A shooting on Front street Monday afternoon left City Marshal James Jett dead from a belly wound about 40 minutes after the affray. An arrest is made.
An advertisement extols jewels as a symbol of female desire while warning health matters suffer for wealth. It promotes Dr. Boschee's German Syrup as a preventive and remedy for coughs and bronchial troubles, claiming it slows consumption and heals bronchial tubes. The ad invites readers to visit Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co. in Bryan for remedies and Green’s Almanac.
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