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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1902
Page
3
I and G N schedule lists No 101 Southbound Arrives 7 10 p m No 102 Passenger to San Antonio leaves 7 30 a m No 108 Passenger from San Antonio arrives 4 00 p m East and west service noted
The fragment shows numbers for northbound services 1 8 6 and southbound 4 6 with notes that Nos 8 and 4 are fast trains only at the principal station. Times listed include 10:20 am 1:27 pm 4:16 pm 2:46 am and 22188 2200 pm 18.
A parade of shoppers and visitors. Coulter's features wool pants suits blankets and ribbon cane syrup while a stream of local notables like Judge Spencer Ford M B Laski J W Sheppard and Mrs KE Wilson travel through Bryan. Cadets and a band greet Illinois excursionists touring the College and experiment station under Southern Pacific guidance.
Central Texas Fair Association stockholders are urged to attend a 3 o’clock Thursday meeting at the Opera House October 30 to receive the board’s report on the fair results and the association’s affairs. Citizens and friends of the fair are invited. W S Howell president. Bryan Texas October 27 1902.
Trinity University seeks sole second place in Texas football with a decisive game against A M next Monday at Bryan. Trinity beat Baylor 33 to 0 earlier, and the Trinity A M matchup follows a 0 0 first game. A Trinity victory would secure runners-up status for the season. The contest, at the fair grounds, is expected to be one of the season’s standout games.
A Dallas blaze at 12 30 a m destroyed three stores Houghton & Co New York Store and Bryan & Orme with about 20000 dollars in stock losses The Standard Light and Power plant Model Bakery and a barber shop were damaged The explosion hurled debris into Elm street car tracks injuring Fireman Linzen and Chief Magee and wounding others Judge Graham of Austin and A Bruno owned two demolished buildings
Reports from southern Mexico say residents are less alarmed as the sun darkened by ashes. Rain cleared conditions in some areas while subterranean noises were heard around Tuxtla and Comitán. San Cristóbal recorded forty five shocks, and Tabasco scientists estimate eruption force near 300000 horsepower.
Theodore Low prominent local merchant sues five members of the Retail Clerks union over placards carried in the Labor Day parade accusing him of not closing his store at union hours. The libel case arises from the public display of the signs.
L D Bridges of Titus County died from head injuries after a robbery in Tyler two weeks earlier. He had shown improvement when lockjaw set in and caused death. In Paris Tex Tom Beauchamp, charged with murder of Jerf Gaston near Petty, was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twenty five years.
Hearne Texas October 29 Jnc E Gray of Hearne brakeman for the Houston and Texas Central railroad was killed at Hempstead while coupling cars. His remains were brought here for burial.
Felix Papin died after being struck by a train near De Soto Missouri. Terrance Farmer was killed crossing the Illinois Central bridge at Dubuque Iowa. J W Stacks livery stable in Palmer Texas burned destroying property valued around eight thousand dollars with little insurance.
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