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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1903
Page
4
A severe flood damages Pas area bridges and homes. Dozens of families, including Apollo Hall residents, seek shelter as casualties rise. Relief struggles in Walling and Duttonville persist with extensive property and stock losses. Maximum flood height reached two feet above the 1902 level.
The fierce storm along the north Atlantic coast delayed shipping for days and only four ocean liners reached port on Sunday. The Monterey from Ward Line and the Jefferson from Old Dominion Line arrived from the south, with the Jefferson badly battered. Passenger Rev Hawley of Lakeview Moon County North Carolina was killed after being thrown across a cabin.
Desolate Ocean City reports extensive flooding from hurricane and high tides. Con gress Hall front and Windsor hotel oceanfront collapse. many cottages washed away or ruined. Delaware Avenue in Philadelphia floods persistently. ferry service to Camden and Gloucester halted. Burlington records its worst flood in history with four-fifths underwater. Trenton notes multiple bridges washed away between Delaware River and Eastern Pennsylvania.
London dispatch reports Japanese leaders prepared to declare hostilities at once upon the expiry of their ultimatum to Russia. The Russian fleet has cleared Port Arthur and Japanese troops are said to have landed at Masampo, Korea. Indications suggest Germany supports opening actions to widen influence in China.
A large party of Indiana journalists and financiers visited Galveston on Sunday and traveled on to the northern region in a special car tour. They aim to investigate the state and write for Indiana newspapers.
San Antonio October 12. Henry Mockeret a roundhouse man from Aransas Pass was shot by deputy Ora Baird while in a crowd resisting an officer guarding a car. Six artillery soldiers protected a blocked line near the depot forming provost guard squads to seize soldiers seen with strikers. A car on Government hill was stoned striking Mrs Ida McCutcheon. Attempts to block cars continued and union men planned an omnibus line. No cars were run in Waco on Sunday.
In a quarrel over a bale of cotton, John Grahm a Polish farmer struck Jack Fontelroy with a chair. Grahm died within twenty minutes. Later, Mayor Campbell received an appeal for aid from Laredo’s mayor due to the yellow fever outbreak.
Texas railroad commission to compel railroads to charge express firms a state wide rate schedule for hauls and packages including money. Basis for hearings includes recently issued tariffs that were enjoined. Hearings set in Fort Worth Dallas Houston San Antonio and Austin on November 3 4 10 11 and 17.
In the Fifty-third district court forty-five more suits are filed against railroads and four express companies in the state. Alleged anti trust law violations form the basis for the actions. This brings the total to forty nine suits filed.
Austin reports the governor fixed November 17 as the election date for a successor to Congressman Ball in the Eighth district. Ball's resignation takes effect November 16, per late Saturday notice.
El Paso Oct 12 Bill Taylor ranchman was shot through the head and killed near Stafford Ariz by Ray Gourley sixteen years old employed on the Stockton ranch Taylor had been arrested for cattle killing but released on proof they were killed across the New Mexico line The boy went to the Carpenter ranch and Taylor followed he procured a rifle and killed the man The coroner's jury exonerated the boy.
Dallas Oct. 12 Chairman Aldredge of the boll weevil committee has issued a call for a national convention to meet in Dallas Nov. 5. The gathering aims to unite leaders from across the country to discuss the pest and efforts to curb its damage. The call cites Texas cotton losses of 15 to 20 million dollars annually and the insect’s steady spread.
In Columbus Texas at Shaw's Bend ten miles above the city a fight left William Wink dead and Rein hart Hillebrandt fatally wounded while John Becker suffered serious injuries as an innocent bystander.
A tugboat owned by Captain Caldwell of Mermenteau caught fire near the Southwestern plantation. About 600 sacks of rough rice on a barge burned alongside the vessel.
The screwmen's strike ends on a compromise: production of ninety bales with screws and 160 by hand per day. Workers will be paid $5 per day with foremen at $6. The settlement reached in New Orleans on October 12.
Nationals were shut out on Sunday in Chicago as the Americans scored three runs. Attendance was about 14,000.
In St Louis on December 12 the Nationals defeated the Americans by a narrow margin in the closing game of their guest-season series.
In Lexington South Carolina on October 12 the Tillman trial resumed with defense planning four speakers and Solicitor Thurmond delivering the state's opening remarks. He reviewed testimony focusing on editorials in the State and the freedom of the press, contrasting state and defense witnesses. The session ended about 11 15 a m.
London reports the last stage of the Alaska boundary arbitration began with secret sessions on October 12. U.S. and Canadian commissioners and officials attended in the foreign office cabinet room. Aylesworth and others appeared later as officials described hopeful American sentiment amid daily hearings.
T W Wooley was found not guilty of killing Dod Gray in Lee county ten miles from Giddings in 1900. The famed case was tried for the third time after venue transfer from Lee county with the jury deciding on Saturday. Wooley is noted as a member of a prominent Lee county family. State Purchasing Agent Anderson reported a telegram from Higgins Oil Beaumont donating a car load of oil to aid yellow fever sufferers per Dr Tabor. The state insurance department faces many complaints of swindles by wildcat and fake insurers, prompting plans to curb such firms.
In Waco on Oct 12 two cars left Fourth and Washington streets run by non union workers with some union men aboard. The scene drew little crowd reaction and few union men remained on the streets.
San Antonio reports street car strikers operating furniture vans in opposition to trolley service. Vans run on all streets with car service, with runners displaying their destination.
News reaches Tyler Texas of the death of Colonel W S Herndon that occurred Sunday night in Albuquerque New Mexico while he was returning home from California for his health. The remains will be interred in Tyler.
In Balbany New York October 12 argument heard on the will of William Marsh Rice and probate. Albert Patrick convicted of Rice murder fights to reverse. Respondent John D. Bartine executor represents the William M Rice Institute for advancement of literature science and art of Houston proposing a memorial to Rice with the estate’s bulk bequest.
A wreck on the International and Great Northern line near Fort Worth left several box cars derailed into a mangled pile. One car left the track and others followed with reports that three tramps were killed in the incident.
Panama reports presidential aspirant Pedro del Ospina, opposed by President Marroquín and Gen. Reyes backing, fueling a projected revolutionary outbreak on the Isthmus. Generals Herrera and other Liberal leaders are linked to the movement in a volatile regional crisis.
Washington reports the call for the extraordinary session of Congress to meet November 9 will likely be issued on October 20. The announcement notes preparations and timing, with officials outlining anticipated topics and procedural steps.
The northeast gale and rain storm battering the New England coast since Friday shows little abatement. Reports from coastal sections indicate heavy seas and damage to waterfront property and small shipping.
Assessed valuation of Austin stands at 9 135 944. A man stopped three farmers near Marietta I T and secured 100. Hart of Louisville Ky died suddenly. Loomis of Concho county Tex raised 400 acres of mile maize to feed cattle. Blalock of Aniston Ala suicided at Hot Springs Ark. A two year old near Chickasha I T nearly died after ingesting poison berries. Lemont of Southern States Lumber died in Louisville. Osage attorney John Palmer will speak at Guthrie Jan meeting. Hodges, deputy district clerk in Dallas, died in White Bluff Tenn. Two K C S freight trains collided near Siloam Springs Ark four killed. Dallas fire partially burned a residence. W S Corney died from suffocation. Red Bluff Rice Co of Columbus Tex sold 4000 acres including Gaswood to Iowa buyers for 120000. A Sunday night clash in Dallas left George Washington shot dead. Levi Long of Texarkana area convicted of Bud Garrett murder and jailed ten years. Arkana stock dispute sparked December tolling yield.
Entry No 22 in the Hanna Wyoming coal mine was opened and twenty four badly decomposed bodies of the June 30 disaster victims were found. The remains were brought to the surface for identification and burial as fast as possible. Of the 169 men killed there are twenty four bodies still inside the mine.
Mary Kosski, thirteen, daughter of Polish parents, was found dead in a South Wilmington ditch after an assault and fall into water. Police lack a crew. In Denver a picnic party collision injured four, one severely, as electric car struck a carry-all returning to town. Mrs. William Cahan in critical condition.
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