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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1903
Page
4
Due to ill health the advertiser offers about 500 acres of farm and pasture land two and a half miles west of town. It features a new five wire fence, three houses, a large barn, eight hog sheds, a dry creek, a well and windmill, 300 acres of pasture with 200 acres Bermuda grass, and 100 hogs and 100 cattle available with the land or separately. Contact for prices and terms.
The listings offer several tracts and homes around Biazon County 105 acres near the courthouse 25 acres cultivated balance pasture fenced with wires price 1500 one and a quarter acres near school house price 763 rooms and two lots near Main Street price 1250 half block near Allen academy price 500 13 acres south side town with 4 room house price 1000 4 room house with outbuildings rent 9 dollars a month price 650 Joe B Reed home place one quarter block and 9 room two story 4260 one half block near DC DeMaret place price 500
A 45 year old named Will l was arrested in Coulton for criminal assault on his eleven year old daughter. The alleged act occurred Tuesday night and was discovered Wednesday. State Health Officer Tabor reports dengue like fever epidemic in Nuevo Laredo with several hundred cases and says communication with Laredo Texas and Laredo Mexico is cut off as quarantine tightens.
Hundreds of homeseekers pass through New Orleans bound for western Louisiana and Texas. Special trains arranged by Southern Pacific immigration agents include General Anderson and McKinney of Chicago. First specials left for Texas Thursday, marking the largest westward movement to date.
Denver dispatch reports United States Senator Scott of West Virginia deteriorated to a most serious condition after several days ill at the Brown Palace hotel.
Burglars unlocked the Wells Fargo express office in Santa Barbara California on September 17 and stole 1949 dollars in coin and currency from the safe. The combo numbered found in a desk drawer aided the break in and about 400 dollars kept in a separate compartment was left behind.
The president issued full pardons to George D. Crosby and Barnacus F. Crosby for peonage violations in Montgomery Alabama. They pleaded guilty June 30 1903 and were sentenced to one year and a day at Atlanta Penitentiary, later released on justice department orders after indictments in June. Judge Jones who sentenced them urged clemency.
In Jackson Kentucky on September 17 the Salvation Army march and services drew large crowds from the mountains. Rural districts arrived by horseback ox carts and foot. Colonel Holse will omit Hindman and Hazard from the itinerary and stay here, with a 35 mile horseback ride to Sayersville planned Friday to organize local detachments over three weeks.
In Gomela, government of Moghiteff, fierce fighting between Jews and Christians left four Christians and two Jews dead. A dispute between a peasant and a Jewish jeweler sparked it, police were attacked, and Jews fired on officers. Disturbances continued, booths were damaged, and troops restored order after exchanges of gunfire.
Robbers blew open the Douglas State Bank at Douglas Oklahoma securing 5077. They fled with a $250 team belonging to Cashier Trowe, hitching to a buggy at the livery stable before vanishing in the night. Six suspects arrested at Enid are held for inquiry.
Guthrie Oklahoma September 17 The territorial auditor L W Baxter has drawn a five thousand dollar warrant payable to the contractor erecting the Oklahoma building at the World’s fair. The contractor expects Oklahoma to have the first building completed on the grounds.
South McAlester Oklahoma Territory September 17 The Republican executive committee picked Grant Victor to lead Afton replacing resigning Marshal Darrough in a standard party leadership transition.
Two thousand homeseekers from eastern states passed through Oklahoma City on three special trains bound for the Red River country in Texas.
The Klondyke reports wrecks north of Boynton with Standard Oil barge No. 92 aground near the beach and Inchulva total wreck five miles south opposite Del Ray. Inchulva carried about 5000 tons cargo from Galveston to Liverpool. Nine crew drowned including a chief engineer who vanished. three more went overboard and five perished trying to reach shore.
A severe wind and rain storm swept New York and surrounding areas on Sept 17 causing extensive property damage, 54 mph gusts, 1.3 inches of rain in two hours, injuries to several people, two deaths from broken trolley wires, and major disruption to shipping down the bay.
Beirut reporters describe ongoing business suspension after a governor change. Robberies and murders mark nights as Europeans and locals feel insecure. Outrage against foreign and Christian populations occurs daily. Christian refugees from Lebanon's mountains return slowly in small numbers.
Incoming vessels report rough experiences with the hurricane at sea. The Clyde line steamship Cherokee from San Domingo faced the storm from Turks Island to New York, hove to for four hours in an eighty mile wind in the Gulf Stream. The Maraval, from Trinidad and Grenada, endured a similar ordeal.
Constantinople Sept. 18 The porte confirms reports of large bands of Bulgarians and Macedonians moving toward the frontier near Kostendil. Officials here are irritated by a powers representation about Turkish troops excesses, noting the powers urged Turkey to suppress the insurrection energetically.
The schooner Sadie and Liliie of Prospect Maine and the mackerel seiner George L Edwards of Gloucester were wrecked at Pemaquid Point on Wednesday night, resulting in fifteen deaths. In Delaware Bay the steamship Brooklyn carried Captain Chandler and Spar tan Tug mate. ten crew rescued at Anglesea New Jersey while seven Spartan crewmen remain missing. In Norfolk Virginia the British steamship Roxby arrived with Domingo Baltimore Rey arberay survivor from the Mexican crew of twenty two lost off Florida coast.
Reports from towns in the storm area indicate minimal impact beyond forestry and agriculture. Some locations lack contact but early results suggest little destruction and no major casualties.
The National Irrigation Congress began with talks on colonization of vast irrigable western districts and irrigation laws. Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army was to deliver the principal address as speakers from several states discussed attracting settlers and making lands profitable. Senator Carey of Wyoming reported against consolidating with the Transmississippi Congress, and the proposal was adopted unanimously to maintain the National Irrigation Congress.
A 2000 volt electric current passed through Joseph Marconi at Spear Falls power house. He fell onto two wires with contact at the head and hip, was knocked unconscious and badly burned, but survived with no other ill effects. Ordinarily such a voltage causes instant death.
Prohibitionists carried Angelina county Texas by sixty four majority in a local election. Also reported: Aunt Mandy Welden 102 died in Paris Texas. Karl Arnold drowned near Gerald in McLennan County. Rev William Stokes Dallas clergyman died in San Antonio from carbuncle. Santa Fe Railway plans to buy 1000 acres of oil lands in Indian Territory for fuel oil. The eleven year old daughter of Tom Gee Sunset Texas burned to death by coal oil can explosion. Ruth Bryan betrothal announced to W H Leavitt Newport Rhode Island artist who painted Bryan's portrait.
London reports that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain will resign from the cabinet. He says Premier Balfour's stance on the fiscal question fails to advance his own views without a sacrifice, prompting his departure from government.
In Ashtabula Ohio on September 17 the patrol steamer Petrel lifted and confiscated several American nets valued at 20000 dollars. Canadian authorities claimed the nets were set beyond the line. American fishermen deny this.
In Chicago on September 17 officials stated Sir Thomas Lipton is ill with colitis and catarrhal appendicitis. Physicians released the medical note detailing his condition and current treatment.
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