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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
2
The Daily Eagle notes the flag lowered in Cuba and reports I N G railroad seeking Madisonville branch access through Navasota. It discusses mad dog scares and Pasteur efforts, praises Galveston’s sea wall project Neptune carnival and civic resolve, and mentions active chamber of commerce and Business League backing local welfare.
A May 19 wind storm hit Blanton area with heavy rain and some hail. Crops damaged but not severely. Local residents J S Francia and daughter Nora visited relatives near Kurten. Gertrude Covington stayed with Mrs Drummond. Jimmie Dunn Jr attended weekend events. Churchgoers gathered at Alexandria. Floy Dansby of Bryan and J W Wiley and family visited Wheelock. Blanton School picnic set for Friday May 30. Tabor gun club invites joiners for a ghost event.
City officials plan reception for New Orleans business leaders Friday morning as they tour Bryan to assess investment opportunities. A committee will meet at H and T C depot to escort guests to K of P hall for an 8 15 welcome. Punch will be served. The council grants a long distance telephone franchise for 150.
In Hillsboro Texas on May 21 the long saga of William and Allen Sams murder near here ends as S W Ogle alias Mac Sullivan is pardoned after multiple trials and a life sentence, court of appeals release, and a renewed conviction despite a strong petition. A separate note from Vinita Oklahoma reports a destructive cyclone near Needmore in Horse Creek valley that damaged barns and houses but caused no fatalities.
A shooting affray occurred in Marshall Texas on Tuesday May 21. Participants were John Terry saloon keeper and Eugene Bell both badly wounded. A stray bullet struck Lawrence Batt a grocery clerk who is seriously hurt.
A Choctaw railway construction train plunged through a trestle 12 miles east of Ardmore Oklahoma on Tuesday. Four men were killed and twenty one injured, seven fatally. Victims include A M Oliphant and several construction crew members. Dozen cars piled 30 feet below. engine stayed on track. Victims were brought to Ardmore for treatment.
John Jacobson and family died in a Laurel Nebraska house fire while a son and clerk were badly burned. Page Bennett in Washington Indiana killed himself in a barn. George W Wood in Brook Haven Mississippi convicted of murder William Netherland and sentenced to life. Professor E N Newell becomes math chair at Wheaton College. John Wardell a saloonkeeper killed near Salina Kansas. L B Moore of Bristol Tennessee wins $5000 judgment after son killed by falling telephone pole. Paducah Hopkinsville capitalists buy 2000 acres near Nortonville Kentucky to open a coal mine run by union labor. Vinita Indian Territory liquor raids target joints. A J Michaels arrested for selling liquor. Freight wreck at Herington Kansas injures fireman and a passenger. 12 cars and 2 engines wrecked.
The government obtains a temporary injunction against the packers alliance, issued by Judge Grosscup after court arguments. The order bars continued alleged uniform practices and sets August 4 as the deadline for replies, with minor objections over credit, blacklists, and cargo clauses noted by the defense.
George W Graves reports via telegram from Beaumont that a Spindletop well owned by his company produced a three hour wild eruption then resumed normal flow. The well is now delivering oil at a steady and profitable rate, following a year of steady output.
Robert D. McDaniel, a Merrick hotel bar bartender on South Main Street, was shot and killed in the saloon. A warrant is issued for Sam Barry, a locally prominent young man, after an argument over paid dominoes led to the violence. Barry and two companions were in the saloon. Barry fired causing McDaniel’s death and wounded him with four shots before falling.
President James O Connell of the International Machinists union asks the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to enter the American Federation of Labor. The convention will consider the proposal and decide after advisement.
South half of block near Allen Academy with one and a quarter acres and small cottage at 550. Six room house and one lot by Main Street at 750. West side six room house and two lots four blocks from Main Street with brick cistern at 1250. N B Cole home place two and a half lots and six room house at 1600. One quarter block east front near Allen Academy at 25. Railroad front 76 feet from Otto Boehme property. Fd Pochila place two lots and large two story residence. Also other city property.
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