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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1902
Page
2
A breezy local column notes free silver and the dinner pail as campaign themes. It mentions the Houston & Texas Central completing a Lampasas line, oil stock fakers profiting in England, and Col. Lanham planning to reach Austin after November 10. Caldwell forms a business league to boost local trade and attract enterprises.
Milam county farmers plan crop diversification to combat boll weevil with railroad partners aiding in shipment logistics. The move aims to reduce pest impact by spreading crops and leveraging rail networks for better distribution.
The attorney general states the poll tax amendment applies to the next city elections in the state. It takes effect without new legislation upon the governor's proclamation after forty days.
All persons found trespassing upon the railroad tank for any purpose will be prosecuted. M Parker, President Fin Feather Club. 98
The A M C farmers defeated Tulane University 17 to 5 in a muddy interstate gridiron contest. Umpire Johnson timed the game at 4 15 with small gates and warm weather. De Ware kicked goals for A M C and Fullback Smith of Tulane added five points with a late field goal before Tulane left after receiving hospitality at the college.
Chicago businessmen touring Texas made their debut in southern society Friday. In Ennis they visited a chrysanthemum show and bazaar, were greeted by young women, and given chrysanthemums. Paul Morton accepted the flowers for the delegation. They toured a cotton seed oil mill and cotton compress, then mingled at the Corsicana Commercial club before a dinner and speeches. In Waxahachie the program shifted to a lecture on cotton and its products instead of oratory.
Richard Cole a 20 year old colored porter was arrested Friday and jailed to await the grand jury on a charge of assaulting Ada Gilbert Dennis a dress maker in Washington over 10 months ago. Dennis died from injuries about two weeks ago. Witnesses testified about Cole’s alleged remarks and denials.
The general committee of church extension of the Methodist Episcopal church, meeting in Philadelphia, continued the apportionment of the church building fund across 126 conferences. Listed allocations include Arkansas 550 dollars, Atlanta 300, Austin 750, Baltimore 3350, Blue Ridge 675, Central Alabama 600, Central Missouri 700, and Central Tennessee 800.
Weatherford Texas November 8 crowds of visitors from across the state include leading politicians professional men and business men summing up to confer with Gov elect Lanham about appointive positions after election day discussions with the governor elect ongoing.
August Rapp and L Bennock were killed while Patrick Doyle Harry Cronin and Wm Sanders were badly injured by a premature dynamite blast during a cut on the St. Louis Kansas City and Colorado line west of Union Missouri. The five were buried under stones and dirt.
Thomas K Williams Jr president of the California Jockey Club and Truxton Beall former U S minister to Persia were Friday held for trial in the superior court for an alleged assault on Frederick Marrot editor of the News Letter last summer. Bonds fixed at ten thousand dollars each.
Greenville Tex Nov 8 Tom Summers was found guilty by a district court jury on a charge of incest and sentenced to eight years. He faces three other charges including criminal assault, in the same case. Odell's Election Contribution Albany Nov 8 Governor Odell certifies election expenses at 10000 dollars.
A former Amherst College president, Gates, famed for thrift and precise language, fights a $3 trousers bill, arguing over terms as a clerk insists on pants. A Nebraska court excerpt mocks grandiose legal rhetoric as “prairie flowers of fancy” in a state case about justice and contracts.
At the Francais theater in Paris a spectator slept through Soumet’s tragedy. Dumas commented on the effect, then a Dumas play put another gentleman to sleep in the stalls. Soumet nodded, remarking that Dumas’ works both lull and rouse audiences, and the reply claimed the sleeper yesterday had yet to wake.
The Andaman Islanders are described as the world s smallest race with adults averaging 4 feet 5 inches and rarely weighing over seventy six pounds. They are swift footed and smear themselves with oil and red ocher giving a striking appearance. They are bellicose and skilled in spear throwing and bow use, deterring many travelers from approaching.
Merida, capital of Yucatan, is described as the richest city in Mexico by population estimates of 50,000 to 90,000 yet also the dirtiest in the country. The city reportedly lacks water and sewerage systems and does not depopulate annually, which the author attributes to the inhabitants' constitutions.
An analysis of authentic rug buying warns there is no single test for genuineness. Dyes and knots vary with craft and experience matters. Experts graze fairs near deserts, sometimes venturing into Persia and Caucasus, with risks from hosts. The piece also traces the saying with a grain of salt from Pompey to Attic wit.
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