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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1902
Page
4
Property notes describe multiple parcels in town near Allen Sout with prices from 250 to 1200 dollars. Items include a cottage, tenant house, well, a half block near Allen Sout, a Bix room house, two lots four blocks from Main Street, brick cistern, and lots near the school house with terms described.
Senator Hanna of Ohio spoke to a large Indianapolis audience at Tomlinson Hall and nearly collapsed at the close, aided by Senator Fairbanks and Secretary Whittaker. He urged recognizing labor rights and Americanizing unions while praising capital and labor cooperation amid industrial changes. He cited the anthracite strike and miners in sympathy with contracts. Johnson attacks McLean and Bernard in Cincinnati political clash.
Frank A. Munsey of New York has purchased all stock of the Journal Newspaper Company owner of the Boston Morning Boston Evening and Sunday Journal. He plans extensive development including a new journal building nearing occupancy. Broker Charles M. Palmer notes this fits Munsey policy to create a chain of strong newspapers under one ownership nationwide. O'Meara retains relations with the Journal as owner, apart from the change in ownership.
Judge Henry Virginia aged 56 died suddenly at the Latham hotel from heart failure. Remains prepared for shipment to Farmersville Virginia. He was prominently identified with the oil fields of Besument. Houston De Flournoy of Virginia died Thursday in.
A summary notes a dispute over railroad oil car handling rules with the commission pressuring railroads to comply. It also reports Houston politician George B Griggs planning a run for Texas House speaker and Travis County leaders deciding to place Lee J Rounties and J H Faubion on the Democratic ticket for senator of the Twentieth district.
In New York the potential general strike of 75,000 building trades hangs over city projects as non union workers threaten to be hired. The plasterer strike has halted work on major buildings and private homes, affecting many related trades. In a separate dispatch from San Antonio, Mrs. William Ehret wife of a New York banker died at the Menger hotel after a heart ailment forced a special Colorado Springs to Colorado train journey. The death came while she was staying in San Antonio.
Miss Neede Williamson, daughter of Horace Williamson, was killed by a hidden shooter as she walked home from church in Marion Kentucky. Trover Brown, a neighborhood youth, was wounded but survived. A warrant was issued for the father of a rival suitor, and bloodhounds could not be secured.
Jesse Alexander, a Black man, was found guilty in Houston criminal court of the murder of Julian Perry over a 10 cent dispute in a craps game on June 22. He claimed threats from the victim before the killing. The jury sentenced him to fifty years in the penitentiary.
New York reports arrangements for financing a proposed broom industry project with a $5,000,000 capital. U S broom manufacturers total capitalization around $3,000,000 and annual output about 42,000,000 brooms. Participating manufacturers cover 75 percent of the industry and have been asked to options on their plants.
In Fisher Lake in October 1894 a public safety incident on a Kansas City Southern train left brakeman Tom Sessions dead after two Black men attacked him and a fellow brakeman who tried to enter a stock car. The attackers opened fire as the pair confronted them about their actions and destination.
Nacogdoches Texas October 24 The United States experiment station for tobacco will be located in the city. Prof L H Shelper the authorized expert is here and has examined the soils. Citizens have subscribed 2500 dollars. Shelper plans to move his family to the area.
Senor Don Emilio de Ojeda, newly appointed Spain’s minister to the United States, formally presented his credentials to President Roosevelt on Thursday. He was received very cordially by the president.
President A. E. Stillwell states E. Dickinson, general manager of the Union Pacific, has accepted the post of general manager of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railway, with duties to begin November 1.
Paris reports Oct. 94 disturbances at Dunkirk with barricades and cavalry charges against rioters. Some rioters killed or wounded as martial law is proclaimed.
A hurricane swept Port Diamante in Entre Rios on October 24 causing fifteen deaths and numerous injuries. One hundred homes were destroyed and several ships sunk. Damage also reported in Negovia and other areas.
The Bulletin reports a fire has raged for three days in the coal bunkers of the battleship Oregon in San Francisco as crews fight the blaze aboard the ship.
Mrs. Sarah Robly, 60, died in a runaway accident at Centerville, Iowa. Details are sparse as investigators assess the fatal incident and determine exact causes. Local authorities reported the mishap occurred near a residential area, leaving the community in shock and awaiting further information.
Raleigh Oct 24 The Fries plan creates a southern cotton merger for spinning mills of brown and dyed goods. About 135 mills have applied for admission but will be carefully scrutinized for suitability before acceptance. Over seventy mills likely in the merger with capitalization to exceed 30 million dollars.
The remains of Jim Younger, sister and bandit member of the Younger group, were interred in a family lot near town after a simple home service at N S Fenton’s. A quartette sang and Rev Shiffer offered prayers as mourners from the Quantrell era gathered.
Senator Culberson and Col. L J Polkan call on the navy depart in Washington to urge the North Atlantic squadron to visit Galveston for winter maneuvers in southern waters. A satisfactory interview assures a portion will visit, with timing set for late February or early March.
About two hundred African Americans departed on Thursday via the Katy to Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. They cited a poor cotton crop due to boll weevil damage as the reason for leaving. One man said they were offered railroad work and cotton picking, plus cheaper land, with many not intending to return to this state. Waco, Tex., Oct.
In Tallapoosa, Georgia, Ben Brown a Black man accused of attempting to assault Mrs. Henry Dees a white woman at her home three miles away was taken from the county jail by a mob of about 300 men and hanged from a bridge trestle over a creek Thursday night.
William J. Bone aged 28 a former deputy state tax assessor who had been out of work for some time committed suicide in Galveston Texas on October 24 by cutting his throat with a razor. He was married and despondent after losing employment.
Sherman Texas October 24 Mr Farnham of the Union Traction company Cleveland Ohio says several forces of engineers will be placed in the Sherman Waco line at multiple points at once and a force will be put on the Sherman Park line immediately to start work.
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