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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1900
Page
2
Entry shows post office rate details and publisher line BY CONNELLY PALMER & CARNES. Mentions price per month as 40 cents and that material is mailed as second class matter in Bryan Texas.
A silver watch is missing with owners offering a reward for its return. The notice lists Wm. F. Hutson of College Station as the contact for reclaiming the item. The watch is described as open faced and silver in color, located on a public road near College.
The notice announces Mr. W Gillie Mitchell as a candidate for justice of the peace of precinct No 4 in the upcoming November election. Mitchell has lived in Bryan for years and is described as well known and thoroughly qualified for the office.
The Eagle offers a Census Guessing Contest with a $15,000 top prize and 999 additional prizes. Subscribers pay $1 and submit a filled blank to receive a numbered certificate. each certificate matches a stub, and certificates are distributed only after a guess is made.
General Prinsloo surrenders his entire force after correspondence with British generals Clements MacDonald and Rundle. Hunter gains credit for the capture as De Wet’s force remains active near Rietzberg, while Prinsloo Villiers and Crowther yield 985 men 1432 horses 955 rifles and a Krupp 9-pounder.
In Waco Texas on July 31 Duncan McLennan Sr was arrested on a charge of murdering his son Duncan Jr and son-in-law Myrone Kingsbury. He confessed to the double murder, and clothes found at his home bearing blood corroborate his statement. he remains jailed after a lengthy interrogation.
In Burr Oak Michigan Arthur Williams a livery barn owner agrees to support George Stebbins mother in law for life if Bryan wins and Stebbins will publicly twist Williams vicious mule tail daily for three weeks if McKinley wins. Life insurance agents avoid Stebbins after the bet.
The War Department orders general election in Cuba for the third Saturday in September to elect delegates who will frame a Cuban constitution at a Havana convention beginning the first Monday in November. Also notes Porter's serious illness, a fatal chair assault near Milan, and Victoria's son’s death.
Commander J. D. Kelly of the United States navy declares in his expert report on the trial of the cruiser Varing that she is the fastest afloat.
The text explains that the president can attend Senate executive sessions and sit to the right of the presiding officer under a Senate rule. It notes this was common in earlier times, with presidents notifying Senators of official calls, and that today senators often visit the president. It adds that the president can order meetings in the White House cabinet room and force the Senate to assemble there.
Health Commissioner Wilkie of Oshkosh asserts milk disease control and issues an order requiring all milk dealers to use a ticket only once and then destroy it to prevent spread of illness.
A new railroad school has opened in Berlin to train candidates and men for the Prussia state railroads. The program offers six hours of instruction weekly over a year in a regular course.
A famed opal described as the largest in existence sits in the Chinese minister's cap in Washington. The stone is as large as a pigeon's egg, encircled by diamonds and valued at five thousand dollars.
The Eagle announces MO M Lawrence as a candidate for Brazos County treasurer in the upcoming November election.
A. W. Buchanan announces his candidacy for re election to the office of Brazos County treasurer in the forthcoming November election.
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