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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
4
Several parcels listed for sale including half blocks near Allen Academy and northeast Rtown schoolhouse site with cottage tenant and well. Prices range from 250 to 1260 with various frontages and locations four blocks from K Street and near Railroad. includes brick cistern and multiple lots and a small house.
In Lexington on October 16 Earl Whitney and Claud OBrien were spirited from the jail and put aboard a Chesapeake and Ohio train bound for Louisville after a large crowd pressed the jail and militia stood ready. Citizens searched the jail and heard officials deny the murderers were inside.
A Mexican man was shot and killed at a dance on J. B. Tyree's farm nine miles from Wrightsborough. Sheriff Fly found about twenty Mexicans at the scene with no clear witness. Two Mexicans later said a young Mexican fired the fatal shot at Antonio Salazar. A warrant issued for Federico Martinez remains unsettled.
A Vandalia line passenger train and the Terre Haute and Indianapolis accommodation collided at Reelsville, eight miles west of Greencastle, killing two men and injuring several. Dead are Fred H. Harmson, mail clerk, Greencastle, and G R Kilby, riding from Marshallville, Pa. Engineer Al Nedding and others are seriously injured. seven passengers are lightly hurt. The wreck is blamed on an undelivered order by Harmony station agent. both trains were at full speed.
William Har man Brown longtime figure at Brown Brothers & Co a leading Wall Street financier dies at his New York City residence after a career spanning decades in banking and finance
Jim Mc Farland, a member of the Riddle faction known for wiping out the Brooks gang at Spokegee, was shot from ambush and killed at a secluded wooded site near Wealaka, Muskogee Territory, on October 16.
Sherman Texas October 16 report finds one smallpox case after Commissioner Fisher and County Physician Freeman investigated a suspected outbreak near Sadler in this county.
Seven men arrested in Houston over murder ties. A dance killing near Checotah, I T leaves Willis Ruce dead and Davis Green under arrest. Texarkana wins a $100000 Cotton Belt hospital contract. Frisco depot burglars net $100 in Blanket. Brookston schools closed for diphtheria. Beaumont man John Henry jailed seven years for burglary. Judge Reagan travels to Hot Springs for health. Lovelady man dies after overdose. Rosser fight leaves George Zellner vended but alive. Lake Charles exports lumber to Europe. Arkansas deaf mute institute buildings cost $69800 and accepted. El Paso man Hamilton Rayner acquitted for I B Gifford murder. Glass factories to hire broadly with higher wages. Wei mar Lutheran church dedicated. attendees from 100 miles. Constable Ab Twitty shot. Dr. Baker missing. Lacey residents John Hackenay wounded. John Dowling killed in St Joseph yards. Posey county elder Stephen Hartman dies at 96 in New Harmony.
A six member commission with Carroll D. Wright as recorder will settle disputes between operators and miners in the anthracite fields. President Mitchell will urge resumption of mining, with operations likely starting next week after Secretary Root announced the strike’s end at the White House. The panel includes E. E. Clark and Bishop Spalding, among others, and will convene to pass on all issues.
President Mitchell lands in Wilkesbarre at 1 35 am and is greeted by National Secretary Wilson. He says congratulations should wait until the six representatives on the committee are named and plans to present the full statement after a joint meeting of anthracite executives. He will decide on resuming coal mining after more details are released. The miners are expected to accept terms if Mitchell approves.
Berlin reports the central committee of the German Coal Miners association sent $1125 to American striking miners and instructed members not to work overtime to increase coal exports.
John Momarek of Tyndall South Dakota shot Anna Vachten after she jilted him, then killed himself. Local authorities report the fatal act occurred as the motive cited was rejection.
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