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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1901
Page
2
The issue comments on Texas convicts and Sampson, questions Czolgosz spelling, proposes state requisitions for New Jersey trusts, mentions Grandma Sturdivant’s 116 years and Mineral Wells, notes the Schley court of inquiry, and predicts Emma Goldman’s final appearance as an anarchist agitator.
A blaze at 12:30 this morning in the Parton building caused about 25000 in losses. The list includes O A Parton 3000 building 1000 insurance, Dean and Dean 0 2500, W L Turner Meteor office 2000 1000, W T Hawkins groceries 1200 600, W A Price saddler 10000 5000, J M Brownlee law library 500. The Houston Post notes Editor Turner faces setback but will reestablish his plant soon.
Advices from Colombia claim government forces won at Ponta Piedra and at La Piedras, with 200 rebels dead and General Vasquez killed. Rebels report a major engagement at Macqueque in Boyaca where 8000 government troops failed to dislodge 1100 rebels, who seized 20 000 pack mules. General Uribe Uribe travels with 6000 rebels to tighten the front.
A Waco man faces charges after drilling through the floor of a beer car to access kegs. He and accomplices allegedly flooded the car with beer, ran a can distribution scheme, then fell asleep under the vehicle and were captured.
The speaker directs all debtors to pay amounts owed to Mr Preston at 248 J V Brogdon who is authorized to receipt for the sums owed.
W L Turner editor of the Madisonville Meteor states he was burned out but will be in Bryan today to arrange for continued publication without missing an issue. He will print Bryan advertisements and mail the paper to all subscribers as usual.
Train No 15 will pass Bryan at 8 05 a m on Sunday September 15 for an excursion from Waco to Marlin. Round trip fares are one dollar to Marlin and one dollar fifty to Waco. Going tickets are valid only on this train and return on the special train from Waco at 9 30 p m and Marlin at 10 38 p m September 15. W H Wilson Agent.
An advertisement promotes Rex Dyspepsia Tablets for dyspepsia and indigestion with a money back refund if not cured. Sold by M. H. James, leading druggist in Bryan Texas, price 50 cents per package.
Captain William Kennedy and his son Lee Kennedy with Hymann charged in Sheriff Frost murder of Chambers county seek bail of 2000 each as Judge Hightower issues the order. All are held in Conroe prison cells and are in poor health with Lee near galloping consumption. If bail fails, confinement continues.
In Laredo Texas on Tuesday night a would-be assassin fired at city Marshal Mike Brannan while he was at home with family. A bullet hole in the wall shows the bullet passed near the window. no assailant or weapon has been found yet.
Mineral Wells, Tex. Grandma Sturdivant, a resident five miles south of town, died aged 114. A Tennessee native, she could recall General George Washington well and moved about like a 50 year old until days before her death.
The infant of Walter Alexander died when a wagon caught fire after a 4 year old struck a match while parents were picking cotton. The child and contents were burned before the parents returned.
Merriman Shatton was tried in Liberty Missouri on a charge of white cap involvement in the Aug 28 raid on Etta Fisk and her children and ordering her to leave town. The 9-year-old daughter testified, but the jury gave little weight to the testimony, and Shatton was acquitted.
New York stewards of the Jockey Club suspend jockey Shaw for the remainder of the Coney Island meeting after reviewing his ride on Blue Girl in the great filly stakes. No fraud was found.
James G. Stowe former consul general at Cape Town arrives in New York and heads to Washington. He plans to speak on the Boer war after official departure. He notes US trade in South Africa rose from 6 million to 20 million dollars and calls for equitable pay for consular staff. Also reports a school scene in Dublin and a court ruling in New York on Porto Rico sugars.
Fort Wayne Indiana September 12 John H Reed living in Adams county twenty miles south of here is probably the oldest veteran in the United States and certainly the oldest attending the Grand Army encampment in Cleveland He was born in Vermont and has lived on the farm he now occupies since the war He enlisted near Cleveland in the One Hundred Twenty Fourth Ohio infantry and passed through the battles in which the army corps was engaged
The body of George Stewart was found by railroad workers a short distance north of Bond, I T. His clothes were torn and his skull crushed. He recently worked briefly in Checotah as a bricklayer and belonged to the Bricklayers union in Oklahoma City. He likely fell from a southbound freight after leaving Checotah Sunday night.
The New York World reports a Montreal source saying several anarchists have arrived to assassinate the duke of York when he visits. An Italian informant, tired of his country's name dragged through the mud, supplied the information to Montreal’s mayor. The informant’s name appears as Giovani Cabani.
Commander Sargent of the MaChias reports, dated Sept 2, that no danger to American interests exists, but warns of a bad condition of affairs in Colombia and Venezuela. He details insurrections and bitter sentiment between Colombians and Venezuelans.
Judge T F Gordon moved that the court lacks a filed mandate from the court of appeals and cannot proceed this term. Judge Cantrill sustained the motion and Jim Howard will not be tried this term. In Cartillina Negros brigands plunder the town killing three Filipino officers and wounding five. troops hunt them. Marquis Anglesey robbed of jewels worth £80000 from Wal lingham House as he attended theater.
Santiago de Chili reports Don Joaquin Walker Martinez has been nominated as minister of Chili in Washington. The designation reflects ongoing diplomatic moves and regional politics.
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