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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
2
A fragment from The Daily Eagle discusses criticism versus effort. It reflects on the habit of barking at tasks instead of doing them and praises constructive work over fault finding. It includes a dog barking at a lawn mower anecdote and a moral about perseverance.
Local column features playful quips and chatter from the Battalion staff. Notes include jokes about vacations, shaves, a suspected ancestor, and light commentary on Queen Anne and university life. A reunion report from Dallas and a Bryan reception are also mentioned as part of the season.
A Yasota correspondent notes the advisability of building a factory in this city to boost produce handling before the vegetables season. Growers report tighter markets and seek improved truck logistics. local officials discuss the factory as a solution to rising supplies and distribution challenges.
The piece accuses a reform movement backed by “the knowing ones” of bluffing to mislead the public about pets. It claims Attorney General Knox will maintain the racket post election and urges people to suspend judgment until results of the Republican process are known.
Judge George Clark of Waco is chosen as a top figure from McLennan County in the county party slate. The selection suggests continued influence, though some old names may not regain prominence.
Esther Dowie 23 daughter of Dr Elijah Dowie died from severe burns suffered when a gas jet ignited her hair at the University of Chicago dormitory. Elijah Dowie prayed at her bedside for hours, excluding medical attendants, and refused to seek outside help. An inquest followed the coroner’s notice of her death.
General Wood met with Florida health officials in Havana to discuss yellow fever experiments and preventive steps for the south Atlantic states. He stated there is no danger and that confinement in a room inaccessible to mosquitos is a key protective measure.
Notice that on the second Monday in June 1902 being June 9 the Brazos County commissioners court will convene as a board of equalization to adjust county taxes by order of the court. G. W. McMichael C. B. C.
The first nine of the graded school defeated Allen Academy by seven to eleven. It marks AA’s first defeat this season. A charity tea Wednesday at Mrs. W. H. Oliver’s home, hosted by Misses Pauline Webb and Frances Chance, raised 11.65 for the Methodist church communion table.
The Masonic hall formerly the Baptist church property is offered for sale at a low price. For details contact T. A. Searcy, W M Brazos Union Lodge No. 129 A F and A M 141.
Judge Gill of the Northern district of the Indian Territory declared the Cherokee nation estray law void because it was passed after the Curtis bill took effect. He ruled that laws enacted after that time by the Cherokee legislature are null and void.
H. and T. C. will sell round trip tickets to Galveston for the Neptune Carnival from May 18 to 24, 1902. Fare is four dollars eighty cents with continuous passage in each direction and final limit May 26. Agent W. S. Wilson.
An imperial edict from Pekin appoints Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister in Washington, and Sheng Chia Peng to prepare a code of Chinese laws on modern lines. Wu Ting Fang will likely be recalled soon to undertake this work.
The Texas Press association meets in Gainesville with small publishers and patent inside sellers expressing upbeat sentiment.
Paris May 15 Former President Kruger sends a condolence message to President Loubet. He notes his sympathy and contributes 800 francs toward the Martinique fund despite handicaps.
The committee on insular affairs of the house ordered a favorable report on the bill to provide for a delegate to the house of representatives from Porto Rico.
Havana reports the house of representatives elected Pelayo Garcia as president with Carlos Font and Carlos Cespedas as vice presidents and Alfred Mandaley and Antonio Pereg as secretaries.
In Newark New Jersey a two and a half year old daughter named Edna burned to death after seizing matches and igniting her clothing and curtains while her mother Mrs William Wagner, bedridden with rheumatism, could not assist. The mother screamed but help arrived too late as flames spread through the rooms. She was found unconscious after the fire was extinguished.
Margaret Stokes, one of the Roraima wreck survivors, is the last of a Brooklyn family of five. Her father Clement Stokes, once a Barbadoes merchant and later a Brooklyn department store bookkeeper, died recently. The widow plans to return to Barbadoes to stay with a wealthy sister.
Reports from Rome indicate Bishop Charles McDonnell of Brooklyn is favored as successor to the late Archbishop Corrigan of New York. No decision until three candidate names arrive from the archdiocese clergy for selection by the Vatican authorities.
Cattle prices at the Union stock yards on Wednesday topped $7.60 per cwt, a 10 cent advance from last week and the highest in almost twenty years. Hogs and sheep also reached record yearly highs as all offerings were eagerly sold.
In the House of Commons Gerald Balfour informed Rear Admiral Charles Beresford that he had reason to believe a contract existed giving the American shipping combine the right to take over shares of the Cunard line fleet.
The cruiser Brooklyn has departed the Brooklyn navy yard for Havana to participate in maneuvers surrounding President Palma’s inauguration and to bring back Governor Wood.
Raymond L. Drouibet of Denison Texas reports the loss of four sisters in the St Pierre disaster, signaling a family tragedy linked to the maritime catastrophe.
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