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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1901
Page
1
Report notes the death of George Kennedy, a Civil War veteran, found dead on a public road near Terre Haute Indiana. The brief adds details of local homicide and mentions arrest in a separate Kentucky feud case.
Canton Ohio September 28 Secretary Cortelyou aided Mrs McKinley in handling the late president William McKinleys estate The will published in full places all real property and income to his wife Ida McKinley for life and directs remaining property to his brothers and sisters The estate is valued at about 225000 to 250000 including 67000 life insurance The executors named are W R Day and G B Cortelyou London and Topeka dispatches note honors and promotions in the South Africa Official Gazette Topeka reports Rev Charles Sheldon servant girls movement failed LaFayette reports Purdue clash injuries New York bets on yacht race Iowa man Kerr Kirkland Armour dies in Kansas City
The Brazilian government declares Rio de Janeiro infected with bubonic plague. Officials warn residents and initiate containment measures in the city amid health concerns.
In the Schley court of inquiry the request for Sampson to be represented by counsel was denied as he is not considered a party. Key witnesses Lieutenant Hood and Captain McCalla testified on dispatch deliveries and signal code actions tied to the May 24, 1898 events at Cienfuegos and related communications with Captain Chadwick.
Secretary of State Hunt vows to prosecute all foreign corporations operating in Indiana that have not filed capital statements and paid the required fee. Reported capital invested in Indiana by compliant firms totals about $30,000,000, with “foreign corporations” meaning those not incorporated under Indiana law.
A St Louis to Omaha through passenger train plunged down an 18 foot embankment seven miles from Council Bluffs. Several passengers were fatally injured or seriously hurt, with many others injured. Conductor Arthur F. Wilson and Mrs. George Rue listed among the badly injured. Washington cabinet meet discussed routine matters and preparing annual reports. In Houston a 76 car silver ore train arrived from Galveston bound for Pueblo as part of a larger ore shipment.
In Austin on September 28 the senate refused to confirm Governor’s choice Richard J. Levy as judge for the Fourth district by a 14 to 0 vote. No personal objection. the McGee from that district preferred another candidate, and 13 others sided with McGee’s wishes. Guthrie Oklahoma Territory also reports a mob attacked Bond Creek.
A Paris cable reports Miss Helen H Stone of the American board of foreign missions is captive of Bulgarian brigands in a Turkish mountain defile. The brigands promised to free her if a $150000 ransom is paid in 30 days. A prior case ended with a French heiress forced to marry a bandit, later rescued. Boston confirms the ransom demand.
Springfield Sept 28 The burial of Abraham Lincoln is nearly finished with six workmen cementing over the casket placed Thursday in a vault beneath the tomb base. Over six feet of cement covers the casket and the tomb’s tile flooring will follow. The marble sarcophagus will be reset next week and no further removal is expected. The casket rests 13 feet beneath the tomb in a crypt containing other Lincoln family remains guarded by a four foot thick cement base an iron cage and eight feet of masonry above. Exhumation would require days.
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe will quit its San Diego oceangoing service and jointly use the Pacific Mail Steamship company with Southern Pacific for trans Pacific traffic. Santa Fe gains rights with Southern railway and a guaranteed share of oriental traffic. In Hayti, Jeremie leaders are arrested and sent to Port au Prince amid unrest against President Lam as reports from Kingston note a serious interior opposition.
In St. Joseph Missouri the criminal court grand jury indicted two officers on feloniously wounding prisoners after Policeman Charles Hensley clubbed David Haynes. One officer's name remains concealed. In La Porte Indiana Caleb Harvey, a wealthy county resident, died from prolonged grief after President McKinley was assassinated.
Cottonwood Texas September 25. R O Rea r and Oscar Cobb visited from near Franklin this past week. Mrs S A Edge of Nip and Tuck visited friends. J H Thomas of Wickson visited his mother Saturday. Charles Brown returned from Houston. Blanche Smith left for Saron. Ada and Fannie Lloyd and brothers of Kurten visited Saturday and Sunday. Mansel family visiting in Madison county. Clarence Freeman of Knob Prairie visited Sunday evening. Nora and Lou Thomas attended church in Alexandria. Maude Zimmerman spent weekend in Bryan. L E Edge of Wickson was in the community Saturday. Nora Thomas visiting her brother at Wickson this week.
The H and T C railroad offers a Dallas fair round trip sale from Sept 27 to Oct 12 with final return by Oct 14. Fare is 5 dollars 40 cents. tickets must be signed by the original purchaser and stamped by the Dallas agent. Also mentions Rex Dyspepsia Tablets and Tyler Haswell's electric light lamps.
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