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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1891
Page
4
The issue reports Kentucky Democrats endorse Cleveland tariff plans and various national items. notes include Beira seizure by Britain, Illinois Senate approving a $1,000,000 World's Fair bill, coke strike ends with 10,000 returning to work, and a Tennessee congressman L. Houk death from accidental poison.
The Manufacturers' Record weekly review reports widespread expansion in the South with most manufacturing firms fully employed and yielding strong dividends. Furnaces run at full blast, prices remain low, and woodworking plants are expected to start next month.
A partisan front summarizes proposals on the age of consent and woman's suffrage, praising Wyoming and Kansas for 18 years and condemning lower ages as harmful. The piece argues granting full suffrage would aid womanhood, manhood, and civilization, while attacking opponents as moral threats.
A Pennington air ship model tested in St Louis measures 214 feet long with a five and a half foot diameter and a 41 pound lift. Pennington reports a speed of 30 mph and claims the oil silk frame filled with hydrogen enables near weightlessness. The craft steered and propelled itself using a front screw connected to a small dynamo and powered by batteries, while a rudder controlled by Pennington guided its path.
An editorial in Bailey's Free South Fort Worth urges the Negro to educate children and build wealth, become prepared business leaders, and view politics as a means to end. It calls for peaceful relations with whites, honoring the past, elevating youth, maintaining home purity, avoiding vice, and concentrating on economy for rising citizenship.
The murder of New Orleans police chief Hennesey sparks renewed calls to reform immigration laws. Bradstreet notes Sweden has begun an inquiry into how population changes may be impacted by immigration policies.
The text describes mass emigration to America draining the country of young men and domestic workers, rising wages for servants, dwindling conscript supplies, and a broader claim that non assimilative elements threaten national vitality. Chairman Grosvenor notes urgency for action despite incomplete instructions to the immigration commission.
Lt Mosier of Saint Joseph reports a sequence of three major June storm waves beginning between the 5th and 10th with the first storm likely to be unusually strong. He predicts widespread destructive storms not only in the United States but globally, with further waves affecting different regions throughout the year.
Captain P. J. Oakes of Company A 5th Texas Mounted Yagers Green's Brigade died at his Columbus home on May 29 1891. He was a gallant exact disciplinarian loved by his men and a universal favorite. At the Green's Brigade reunion in Brenham February 1891 he was elected Association President for the year. The Banyen offers condolences to his wife and children.
On Saturday in Bonham Tracy and Congressman Culberson debated the sub treasury scheme with Tracy affirming Democratic loyalty while Culberson labeled it unconstitutional and a Republican measure. In Montgomery County Indiana women mobilize daily prayers to close a saloon, forcing the proprietor to shut down. Henny Warrens denies interviews attributed to his lecture tour as misrepresentation.
Long list of political rumors and international notes touch Mexico City death of Finance Minister M. Dubclan in the City of Mexico and Brazil's Presipens Fexinos illness. Reports mention the Behring sea bill in the English House, Russian Jewish persecution, and local Texas political chatter amid Depression era topics.
R J Tally of Waco and Mollie E Burnham of Ozark Ark were traveling together ten days when Mollie’s brother in law arrives, Tally is arrested, convicted, and later marries Mollie before the couple heads to Little Rock.
Farmers across Archer county express unprecedented optimism about wheat as they estimate yields of at least 25 bushels per acre if rains hold and crops are not damaged. They emphasize protection against loss and liken vigilance to guarding Eden.
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