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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1903
Page
2
Bryan Texas September 9 1903 urging readers to support the Bryan fair via the Business League secretary. Calls for cleaner Bryan agitation and emphasizes farmers joining the Brazos County Farmers Institute to improve conditions and profits.
Bryan reports five merchants and enlarged stocks across dry goods, groceries, hardware and all lines. He cites nine cotton buyers and leads the township in cotton receipts.
The Rock Island leads a legal battle against the Texas railway commission opposing the purchase and consolidation of competing lines. The commission opposes the Rock Island’s Central purchase, but the railroads plan to sue with backing from other Texas lines.
Mr J R Smith of Reliance advocates winter goober hog feed on two and a half acres with a running vine yielding goobers that stay underground and do not sprout. He plans to feed twenty hogs in November then finish on corn, arguing corn alone is too costly. Goobers, peas, sorghum provide a fattening sequence, with red goobers and Spanish peanuts grown for horse and cow feed in the same patch.
Austin Sept 8 compromised judgments were rendered in the Fifty third district court in suits by Antonio Arispe Jr Geronimo Trevino Jr and Elvira Cantee Trevino against the Galveston Houston and San Antonio railway In the wreck at Lacoste Medina county on March 26 1903 Lieutenant Manuel Trevino and Antonio Arispe were killed prompting jurisdiction waiver.
Cenfer on Busby matter in Austin as General Oppenheimer Financial Agent Wortham and Assistant Walker hold a consultation. The issue is expected to be considered at the board’s next meeting in Rusk.
In Austin on September 8 the city council faces a proposed ordinance to provide separate cars for Black and white passengers. The measure follows a recent incident on a streetcar involving both races.
A bust of former governor Lub bock is placed in the hall of representatives at the capitol in Austin as a tribute to a 400 man who has served Texas faithfully and is still living, full of years and honors.
Price offer for Nice Irish potatoes advertised at 30 cents per bucket at D. Mike, Jr. store, with location noted as 237. The short item highlights a local grocery deal and price point.
In Beau mont Texas on Tuesday Mayor Lang ham drove the first spike in the Beaumont and Sear Lake electric railroad before a large crowd. Grading is nearly finished and track laying will be rushed.
Officials of the El Paso and Northeastern railway report a coal mine fire near Dawson New Mexico that has burned for about forty eight hours after a gas explosion. Thousands of dollars worth of coal has been lost.
A Beirut clash between Mussulmans and Christians left multiple dead and wounded as troops restored order. The British consul warned Admiral Cotton to land marines if disturbances renewed, amid suspicions over the American squadron’s arrival.
The report notes Christians in Beirut push for landing of marines as warships Brooklyn and San Francisco arrive, signaling serious disorder in the Ottoman Empire. Foreign fleets are expected, with Beirut, Smyrna and Salonica cited as centers of rising unrest and potential revolts. Macedonian insurrection concerns grow, while Turkish authorities crack down in Monastir. Serbs aiding rebels and opposition to Prince Ferdinand stir Bulgaria with fears of plots against life.
Paris reports official foreign office advices detailing the Beirut outbreak on September 6 between Christians and Muslims. Five or six killed and many wounded as fighting raged with firearms and knives. the city remains in intense excitement. An Italian consul rescued a Christian stabbed near the consulate door.
G W Beavers former head of the salary and allowances division at Washington surrendered to United States Commissioner Hitchcock in New York and posted 5000 bail for his appearance on September 15.
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