15 Oct 1903
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1903
Page
1
A report notes a shooting incident in Waco described as the first serious trouble in the area. Details on victims or suspects are not provided, but authorities are responding to the scene and investigating possible motives.
Yellow fever reports from Laredo Nuevo Laredo and Monterey show rising cases with four deaths on Tuesday and a total of 14 deaths to date. Doctors caution cold weather may raise fatalities while officials supply mosquito bars and conduct thorough inspections. In Waco a street car strike sparked gunfire and arrests as crowds disrupted service. In Mexico City J M Mixon remains critically ill with yellow fever contracted in Laredo.
Henry Steel was fined $50 for abusive language and $25 for disorderly conduct by Judge Matthews. The incident occurred three days earlier at a funeral near Bray's bayou as an old man named Rackel was being buried. Steel directed offensive language at the corpse and funeral participants, an act now spoken of widely in the county.
A bolt of lightning struck the Cartwright neighborhood nine miles south of Winnsboro injuring and killing children. Myrtie Turner age 13 and Herman Turner age 9 died, while another child was severely shocked.
Berlin dispatch says a mob surrounded the carriage taking Andreas Dippold to Bamberg prison for an eight year sentence for fatally whipping Heinz Koch son of the Deutsch Bank director. Bayonets fixed repelled the assailants. Dippold was struck in the back by a metal fragment. Dippold was Koch's stepfather.
Lexington South Carolina October 14 Colonel Croft closing for the defense addressed the jury in the Tillman case with a general turning up of the defense. He argued the turn ing point is whether a man may act in self defense given the circumstances as they appear to him.
Secretary Wilson announced at a cabinet meeting he will travel south after the November election to study the boll weevil damage in cotton fields. He plans a focused investigation into the pest's impact. Postmaster General Payne noted rural free delivery routes rising from 15,126 to nearly 20,000 since the last fiscal year.
West Texas fair at Abilene reports good turnout and the finest livestock exhibits in history. Poultry and hog departments show growing interest and the agricultural display features fine specimens. Attractions praised and attendance described as excellent.
The Colorado Southern railroad has let a contract for construction of the proposed line from Duncan to Lawton. Work will begin within ten days. A survey runs from Pue Colo to Denison Tex and the route passes through Ardmore.
Four Ogdensburg students narrowly escaped drowning when their sailboat capsized near Lookout mountain. The incident followed a suit over land in the Chickasaw Nation involving a non citizen buyer and an unpaid purchase. verdict favored the defendant. Democrats Carry Antlers elect the entire city ticket.
Beside her beloved. After a simple funeral in East Northfield Massachusetts the body of Mrs Dwight L Moody was interred beside her husband the famous evangelist at Roundtop following services in the little Congregational church on Tuesday.
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