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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1900
Page
4
The Brazos river at Waco rises rapidly with overflow likely, flooding bottom farms as Kopperl reports a fresh surge. Water sits about 10 feet below 1899 highs but will spill lowlands, while the Colorado reaches Columbus and damages two bridge bents cutting rail service westward.
Two checks totaling 2,250,000 were drawn on the New York subtreasury and sent to representatives of houses that deposited Australian gold on the Pacific coast. The payments, plus currency transfers to St. Louis Chicago and New Orleans, are expected to slightly lift the upcoming bank statement while currency shipments to agricultural regions remain heavy and southbound transfers increase.
Scarlatina hits the American colony at Murray Bay Quebec with many families quarantined. Justice Harlan's household is the first reported case, linked to local rugs and homespun fabrics. Mintones and Sloanes of New York also quarantine properties as cases rise but are not yet dangerous. In Illinois an industrial kiln collapse at Glen Carbon kills four workers and injures one.
The Trinity River rises at Fort Worth with three to four feet inundating the bottoms threatening streetcar service while one life is lost nearby. Reports from Eliasville show severe overflow wrecking mills, cotton seed, and crops as hundreds of bales of cotton wash away. Other towns report rising rivers and flood damage to crops, mills, and public works across Texas and nearby regions.
Nashville reports that Dillard Warren was hanged at Woodbury in Cannon county for the murder of El Evans. The execution was conducted in private.
Two Antisaloon league detectives arrived in Plainville to file 25 affidavits charging local druggists with liquor selling. They were attacked by a hostile crowd at the Hedden hotel and forced to flee to a rear exit. The pair boarded a train and disappeared, leaving the town in shock.
George Thompson died after a blasting charge exploded in a Crystal Carbonate Lime company quarry near Louisiana Missouri. He jammed a crowbar into a failed charge causing it to detonate. both legs were blown off and he died before aid could arrive. Nora Woodruff was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of her stepson after four trials and two prior first degree murder convictions.
In Manassas Virginia the principal of Prince William normal school at Brentsville was arrested on a felonious assault charge involving a 15 year old pupil. He waived examination and awaits grand jury action next Monday.
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