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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1899
Page
2
A historical condensed note lists 3871 lynchings since 1898 per Richmond Plan et al. Galveston News cites Huntington on making Galveston a premier shipping port. Goodnight remarks cattle scarcity on ranges, high prices, and farms as future beef source. emphasis on farming efficiency.
Mr L T Fuller returned from New York reporting an eight million dollar stock company formed to manufacture the Fuller round bale cotton press. He says the factory will likely be in Memphis Tennessee and that he must relocate to oversee the enterprise, a loss Calvert cannot easily bear given his pivotal role in the town's growth.
The LaGrange Journal reports a new tax plan by Governor Colquitt Revenue Agent Jamison and Comptroller Einley. It imposes a 500 dollar annual license on every pistol dealer and a 25 dollar yearly tax on individuals who carry. It would require ongoing newspaper notices so the public knows they are armed.
The piece argues the Republican Party relies on trusts for success yet cannot frame policy against them. It cites William Jennings Bryan and Havemeyer on tariffs boosting trust growth, and includes a promotional line for Mount Vernon Pure Rye and a cotton seed hulls cash policy from Bryan Cotton Seed Oil Mill.
Louis Fuller, Bryan Water and Electric Light superintendent, built a dynamo from pig iron and copper to illuminate thirty five 16 candle power lamps, with capacity for 180. The machine powers fans and demonstrates independence from northern manufacturers. It is his eighth self made electric device since becoming an engineer.
Allen Academy invites applications for thorough instruction. Prospective students can contact J. H. Allen or R. O. Allen, principals, for enrollment details.
Rennes and Paris reports describe M Bertillon's handwriting testimony linking Dreyfus to the bordereau as the trial enters its sixth session of the third week. A dramatic confrontation over dossier documents features Major Freystaeter and Colonel Maurel amid audience turmoil. Separate items note Oscar McKinney's mail theft arrest in Missouri and Miriam Carter's murder by rat poison in Tennessee.
Trinidad Texas August 26 George Stephens the Folsom train robber lies near death from wounds suffered when Conductor Harrington shot him after the attempt. Stephens, who was shot through the left arm by nine buckshot, says if he must die he will reveal all about the train robbers to aid arrests and convictions.
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