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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1902
Page
2
The Daily Eagle notes Senator Carmack comparing the president to a famed Tennessee horse after the war, in Maury county. It mentions 70,000 mules bought in Texas Indian Territory and Oklahoma sent to South Africa costing about 4 million dollars. Reports on strychnine meat poisoning cause canine deaths and many cats.
Brazos County Democratic Executive Committee met at the courthouse in Bryan chaired by W. C. Boyette. Precinct conventions are slated for June 7 for Nos. 3 5 and 7 and May 31 for No. 2 with the county convention scheduled for June 14 at 2 pm in Bryan to nominate and instruct for state and district offices.
The piece notes Britain will abandon mules shipments from Port Chalmette and that the English government is privately advised to cease shipments. It accuses administration forces of a belated bluff seeking Boer sympathizers and excuses.
The article denounces relic hunters who seized bones and teeth near Longview as barbarous. It notes no recent lynchings, compares past hangings to outrage, and rejects vengeance driven desecration of remains.
In Spain, the mother of King Alphonso is seen as unpopular due to her stance against bullfights. The public expresses that she deserves a better country and criticizes the situation.
A lyrical meditation laments a mockingbird’s night song, praising its heavenly tenor yet sensing sorrow. The speaker asks what distant peace the bird has known and questions whether the bird’s cry reflects rain, fear, or earthly pain as the melody fades.
Miss Nettie Brietz departed yesterday for Texarkana to visit her sister, continuing family travel plans.
London reports indicate peace in South Africa is near but Boer leaders struggle to win all followers to acquiescence. Ministers weigh small details as DeWet and other generals influence their forces. In Vereeninging delegates split, prompting cautious delays and lively stock market optimism.
The U D C Ross chapter blends Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis birthday for a June 3 ceremony at the opera house. Activities include music, readings, an address by Mr Bethea, and a cemetery decoration afterward with U C C and U C V participation. Citizens urged to attend with flowers. ministers invited.
Dispatch from New Orleans May 24 reports indications of a quick halt to mule and horse shipments to South Africa. British authorities are said to have been tipped off and the Roosevelt administration may use Crowder's report to argue neutral law violations. A stock depot at Lathrop Missouri is abandoned as shipments dwindle. The British may seek new shipping points in Mexico Canada or Australia.
In April the land commissioner sold 53 196 acres of school fund land and leased 206 343 acres from the same fund. Sales were delayed by a legislative committee holding letters and remittances for two weeks, causing a considerable delay.
A Hamburg dispatch reports Quezaltenango wholly destroyed by a quake lasting about 45 seconds. Business in Guatemala suspended and much of the coffee crop destroyed. Believed to refer to the April 18 earthquake.
Pekin report states English engineers of the Hankow line are returning to their posts. Yuan Shi Kai, governor of Chi Li, is providing soldiers for protection and provisioning for the military forces.
Miss Josephine Holman of Indianapolis who once dated Sig Marconi marries Eugene Boross a Hungarian prince. Workmen in Evansville uncover 1200 hidden in an old boat. Lampasas sells 300000 pounds of wool to a Boston firm at 16 cents. Philip J Siemens of St Louis, heavily indebted, ends his life.
In Austin on May 24 the district court ruled for the defendant Dr. B M Worsham superintendent of the state lunatic asylum in a damages case by Ethel Clough claiming injuries from an inmate driving a team outside asylum grounds. Attorney General Bell defended.
New York May 24 W B Leeds president of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad and former American Tin Plate official underwent appendicitis operation in New York Wednesday and is reported much better His friends announce the operation and express confidence in a speedy recovery.
Hazleton Pa May 24 The bituminous fields of West Virginia lure miners to the area as officials of the United Mine Workers urge stranded strikers not to move south amid warnings of an early strike inauguration in the districts needing labor.
Emory Texas May 24 The jury in the Dock Barnes murder trial returned a verdict after a change of venue from Van Zandt county sentencing Barnes to two years in the penitentiary.
Six room house and two lots four blocks from Main Street with brick cistern priced at 1260. N B Cole home place offers two and a half lots with 6 room house at 1600. East front quarter block near Allen Academy priced 25 with easy terms. 74 feet railroad frontage from Otto Boehme property with partial sale. Fd Pochila place includes 2 lots and a large two story residence at 2800. Also other city property.
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