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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1902
Page
2
Dr. G. D. Benson and Miss Eleanor Rainey wed at the Tucker House in Bryan on Sunday at 10 o'clock officiated by Justice W. Gillie Mitchell. The couple will reside in Bryan after moving from Fairlie and Hills respectively. The Eagle extends congratulations.
Bryan merchants announce large fall and winter stocks to serve customers from far and near. They offer cash payments at top maker prices for cotton and provide free camping quarters for patrons and travelers as they trade.
The Eagle endorses L. D. McGee for Justice of the Peace in Bryan Precinct No. 4 Brazos County. A Tennessee native, he has lived in Brazos County and the precinct for 25 years and previously served one term as justice. He is described as impartial prompt and efficient and a deserving citizen.
Harrison city notice lists train fare of 2.00 for round trip to Houston and Galveston with special trains beginning September 15 and return options until 10:50 pm. W.S. Wilson as agent. Also notices trespassing on property, hogs roaming, and grass and weed cutting penalties. Mayor 238 R. H. Harrison.
The notice warns of Brazos River overflow with a two day conference in Navasota on Sept 11 and 12 1902. It and a related sale offers Bryan to Navasota round trip tickets for $1.15 on Sept 10 and 11 with a return limit of Sept 13. W S Wilson Agent.
An advertisement touts Darling A and Bucks cook stoves as trusted for seventeen years in the state. It urges buyers to purchase only a Darling A or Bucks stove and notes sale by J. A. Myers.
Advertisement notes a four room house with a dug well and barn on 26 acres, suitable for a truck farm. Priced at 1250 but offered for 700 on easy terms under A. Adams. Includes listings for local sales and various goods from Wagner & Bran and Drew Selby Co.
On a passenger train near Warsaw two white men and one negro were shot, with two whites fatally and two others seriously injured. Baldy Taylor drew a revolver after being told he was in the wrong car, firing indiscriminately. H. C. Fisher and R. Hume were among the wounded. Hume's chest wound was serious but not fatal. Taylor was jailed amid reports a mob may lynch him.
Reports from Osceola Arkansas say BE R Hume and Hi C Fisher were shot by Baldy Taylor and an accompanying negro eight miles from Osceola on Sunday afternoon. Fisher is believed fatally wounded Schulte will recover Taylor jailed awaiting removal to Little Rock as a mob threat disperses.
A large forest fire in Wyoming threatens the Holmes mine district area and has destroyed property belonging to the Mining company. Eight persons lived in the Ram port area as the blaze burns in timber near the Keystone region.
A garbled report describes a train related incident on a road section involving a person caught between cars and wheels. Details on location, agency, and exact outcome are unreadable in the text.
A woman was knocked down by a bicycle in San Antonio causing serious injuries. The incident prompts renewed calls for bikers to follow traffic laws and stay on roads rather than plank walks and sidewalks to protect pedestrians.
A powder magazine at Fort Winthrop on Governor's Island exploded Sunday night near Boston. One man, A. H. Cotton of Somerville, died. five injured include James A. Crowley Christian Knudson Charles Flannagan Dennis J. Swanson and Paul Barry. Two men, Joseph E. Wakefield and James Ryan, are missing. The blast damaged stone blocks hurled several hundred yards and shattered windows across East Boston. Sergeant Shaw oversees the island and was away at the time.
London newspapers comment on the sinking of the French gunboat Crete-a-Pierrott by the German Panther near Genoa. The St James Gazette warns of possible retaliation for international courtesy, while the Westminster Gazette ponders Monroe doctrine implications and continental power moves.
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