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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1901
Page
5
Severe rain and a broken irrigation dam near Wichita Falls unleashed a 200 foot crevasse flood across Holliday creek. Bridges were damaged and safety measures aided evacuations as North Texas rivers rose. Additional towns report widespread basement floods and electrical damage from May storms.
A hail storm four miles east of Laredo dropped hail several feet high in hollows and killed many goats and sheep while men arrived to skin them. San Antonio reported a wide rain, Del Rio to Dilley in its reach. Waco noted rising Brazos and anxious waterways as rains continued. Lipan area saw destructive hail and crop destruction two miles west of Santo.
Guthrie Oklahoma reports an overnight rainfall estimated at 10 inches began at 2 AM Sunday and lasted two hours. Residents note creek and tree marks indicate water rose 8 to 10 feet, ranking as one of the hardest rains in years.
In Temple Texas on May 20 a man named Ed Casey was shot and killed in the southwest corner of Bell county near Cyclone. Will Lemly surrendered in Temple and was released on a 1500 dollar bond. The two men were brothers in law and farmers.
May 20 Pekin report says General Chaffee issued a farewell order ending the relief expedition. American troops will board transports next Wednesday at Taku and depart Thursday for Manila directly.
The general strike of machinists and allied metal trades to win a nine hour day with higher pay began nationwide. Reports from O Connell show many shops conceding. numbers affected may be smaller than first feared though Cincinnati and Atlanta show pockets of activity. Cleveland Wilmington Denver and St Louis show mixed progress with some agreements and some strikers. Chicago discusses arbitration while no general strike there.
In Albany the street railway strike ends with funerals for Leroy Smith and William Walsh amid near riot conditions at William Walsh’s service. First Sunday car launch sparked clashes as 200 fought for the inaugural ride. In St Petersburg the strike is crushed with mass arrests, hundreds jailed, several wounded, and reports of deaths amid student-led unrest.
Unofficial reports say rebels led by Angeles attacked a detachment of American troops near Pasaco south Camarines, killing two soldiers and a native scout, taking one soldier prisoner. Insurgents hold Paracole mining town, Indan troops 30 miles distant.
A Rome dispatch reports Rev Maltbie D. Babcock of New York died in Naples hospital after taking corrosive sublimate and slitting his throat. Authorities cite temporary fever induced derangement as a possible cause. Also, the U S Supreme Court adjourned without an opinion in the insular cases and will reconvene next October.
General Kitchener reports on May 18 that an armored train was dynamited south of American Siding and J Heath of the South Lancashires was killed in the incident.
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