25 May 1901
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1901
Page
1
Texas Supreme Court refuses writ in State of Texas v Austin and Northwestern Railway Co upholding that corporate franchises are included in other property for tax purposes. The Austin report notes this ruling ends a two year dispute and cites Chief Justice Gaines.
A report notes a fatal gunshot near Gilmer and a fatal coal oil incident in Greenville. It also covers Will Woods farm gravel near Tolosa and a war department trade summary showing Cuba’s merchandise imports and exports rising in 1900, with shifts in US trade patterns and tobacco re exports to Europe.
Reports say high water is receding in upper East Tennessee while Elizabethton lies ruined and shows a terrible spectacle. Doe river now floods homes, farms washed bare. Rails reopen between Johnson City and Elizabethton. Allentown and Butler suffer heavy devastation. 1000 people lacking food. A new unidentified woman corpse raises death toll to fourteen.
Interior department reports from Alaska describe severe famine among Kusho kim natives. Ravaged by disease and with dying dogs, they lack government aid. charity shipments to Seattle could be sent for transport by revenue cutters to Alaska. Priest accounts 30 deaths reducing population from 800 to 500.
The U S government will not stop Sabine bay oil drillers in Tex if operations do not hinder navigation. Secretary Root sent requests to General Gillespie for wells in the lake near Beaumont and the decision preserves navigability while denying permits. Officers notified applicants their actions are allowed subject to this condition.
An Italian demand for reparations from the Porte over Preveza risks warships if unmet. The Chilean claims commission split on Henry Chauncey’s suit against Chile over more than 1 million Bolivian dollars. An explosion at Senghenydd’s Universal colliery buried about 100 miners with little chance of survival. Ottoman embassy officials in Paris warn they may quit unless salaries are paid.
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