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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1901
Page
2
The senate finance committee cited a 31000 appropriation for a chemical and veterinary laboratory at the A M College. A proposal to tax out of oil wells is noted. The effort to impeach State Treasurer Robbins failed, with critics attributing bank failures to broader systemic issues rather than Robbins alone.
Senator Patterson votes against final passage of the senate congressional reapportionment bill citing uneven district populations 143045 and 239886 and long shoestring districts saying the measure reflects political hand rather than the will of the people and does not conform to the constitution.
Quinoria advertised as a remedy for chills fever and malaria promises cure in four days. Drugstores authorize refunds if ineffective. Price 50 cents per package. marketed by M Ho James, leading druggist in Bryan Texas.
Exchange lists visitors and residents arriving at the hotel including F L Neville Waco J B Booth Austin G Eleeling Louisville J H Stewart North Carolina J C Acton Baltimore F L Stuart New York Mrs E W Norris Sunset W G Dallas S A Epperson Nashville W L Turner Madisonville L Wenger Navasota Sarah Brantley Dalton Dr W P Harrison Mesa J Wiley Tabor.
Miss Anna Berryman will begin music instruction at the graded school using the same rooms as before. She teaches piano mandolin guitar and voice culture and thanks patrons while hoping to retain their support and attract new students.
In Pittston on August 23 a second riot at Sterling Silk mills saw a mob threaten to enter the plant and drag non union workers from looms. Strikers arrived armed with stones and other weapons targeting a nearby Italian settlement while non union workers sought refuge. The mill remained operating amid the threats of a more serious confrontation.
The steel strike remains unchanged in Pittsburg with non union workers at several plants and expected resumption of operations with imported labor. A conference at Amalgamated headquarters may include Shaffer Mitchell and others to seek a settlement. In New York about 2500 shirt waist workers strike across seven shops with 600 more to be ordered.
In eastern Warren County near Williamsburg Blake Logan and two of his sons along with two Wilson brothers were killed by West Mays and George Colden over a marital dispute. A posse heads for the scene to arrest suspects and recover the bodies.
Reports include Li Hung Chang gravely ill in China, Tex districts see drownings and murders, officials Lanham potential Texas governor bid, and multiple fatal accidents. Incidents span Grandbough fire in French West Indies to rail and mill deaths in Oklahoma and Indiana.
In Asheville Alabama a mob tried to seize Jim Brown after he was sentenced to hang for a May crime near Springville. Walter Blankenship and Arthur Blankenship were wounded during the confrontation as Brown was smuggled to Birmingham. A second incident in New York reports aeronaut Benjamin falling from a balloon at Hoboken but surviving after a 300 foot drop.
Reports say farmer Mansfield Medford and his 5-year-old son were bitten at their Lone Star home, with Glen Picket, 6, Herdon Roberts, 11, and a West son also bitten. All traveled to Alto for a mudstone. Later items note other regional incidents and boxing plans.
Frankfort Kentucky August 28 Physicians attending Mrs Beckham pronounce her very much improved. If conditions do not change within 24 hours her recovery is looked for.
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