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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1901
Page
1
Surgeon General Sternberg in 1900 annual report says yellow fever is spread by infected mosquitoes and not by bedding or clothing. He cites Cuba improvements, lower alcohol admissions, and that destroying mosquitoes can stamp out yellow fever with protective measures for the sick.
In Stamford, a secretive submarine boat built over three years at War Island exits for the New Jersey coast. Led by J. L. Carter, the 50 foot cigar hull vessel uses two engines and dynamos with kerosene as fuel and ballast. It is described as an experimental craft for financiers.
A 50 acre fruit farm six miles from Tyler and two miles from Swan was sold for 43 dollars an acre to a buyer from the Indian Territory. The rise in fruit and vegetable farming has boosted area property values by 200 to 800 percent in recent years. In Fort Wayne, John Small died by suicide after a post operative despondence and swallowing carbolic acid.
Austin reports the general and special laws from both sessions of the Twenty seventh legislature have been turned over to state printers and will be published in two weeks. The state treasurer says interest payments on public free school lands must be made by November 1 and no checks will be accepted.
New Orleans reported Louis Herrmann a leading Cotton Exchange figure shot himself in the breast and died after retiring from active business because of ill health. The tragedy underscores mounting strain within trade circles.
Montgomery reports Colonel R. T. M. Ligon, former lieutenant governor of Alabama, died here. In Chicago a man named George Dolinski was hanged for the murder of his brother in law Anton Lisle. The text also notes a Louis Herrmann & Co. cotton broker with a reference to a man described as the senior member.
Six Bulgarian battalions sweep Dubnitza to Samakov while 400 dragoons scour Despot and Rhodope ranges for Miss Stone. Colonel Geschoff leads a mobile patrol aided by an American consul general, a Philippopolis pastor, and a dragoman. The suspected brigand leader Hallo was shot near Kostendit after a £1000 bounty. Four more brigands captured near Tachepino. A 20-strong armed band fled into the mountains near Dubnitza.
Washington reports through consular cables that negotiations for Miss Stone's release make no new public details available. Officials say conditions are less reassuring than previously, with the status of the case unsettled.
Washington reports Captain Lemly will extend government testimony into next week delaying conclusion of the Schley Case. Admiral Taylor and Lt. Holden testified with limited new details. the government failed to prove Schley was notified the Spanish fleet was not at Cienfuegos.
The Colombian government has bought rapid fire guns in New York and ships them south. Speculators in the Caribbean and Americas move stocks marked fireworks to South America, with 200 plus cases of arms, dynamite, and fuses sent to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Central America, Cuba, Mexico, Uruguay, and Colombia. The shipments are not contraband but require full description and insured handling.
The article notes a prohibition at the Pan-American exposition and identifies items it purchased. It mentions four rifled pieces in total, two of which were among those shipped recently by the Atlas and Panama lines.
The War Department plans to send troops to the Philippines to replace units with many term expirations. Recruits will fill gaps in regiments with low reenlistment rates, and whole organizations may be rotated out for fresh regiments if expirations are widespread.
At today's cabinet meeting the president reiterated his plan to appoint Republicans to southern offices if suitable applicants exist, otherwise he will appoint gold Democrats.
Four room house and two lots on west side of town with well and stable. Price is 650 dollars with easy terms. Six room house and one lot on west side four blocks from Main Street. Brick cistern on premises. Price 1250 dollars. Two lots and old five room house in southwest part of town. Price 300 dollars. Also other city property available.
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