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Bryan Morning Eagle

Location

Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1900

Page

2

Daily Eagle price notice and date

The Daily Eagle issue dated Wednesday December 5 1900 lists subscription prices: one week ten cents and one month forty cents. No further content appears readable from this OCR fragment.

Krause-Taylor Company Delivers Strong Michael Strogoff

The Krause-Taylor company presented Michael Strogoff last night, surpassing the first night in success. Jack C. Taylor impressed in the title role with solid support. The Woods family and other cast members were noted for their performances, and the children’s Cake Walk in the Sky drew interest. Tonight the company offers The Arkansas Traveler, followed by Old Pards in California-themed settings, with nightly shows and a 2 30 matinee Saturday.

Krause-Taylor Michael Strogoff Jack C. Taylor Foster Hutchins Gordon McDowell B. J. Blethen C. F. Ward Laverna Moore Dorothy Wallace Hester Taylor Woods Arkansas Traveler California

Shooting on Coulter plantation leaves wounded man hopeful

Oscar Wilcox reports Frank Wilson was shot by a Black man named Crockett Evans after a minor dispute on J. W. Coulter’s plantation on Brazos bottom. The shot grazed the horse and Wilson, lodging in the neck and jaw. A third bullet pierced clothing. Wilson rests and is expected to recover in about ten days. Authorities seek Evans. Caldwell and other locals react with indignation.

Oscar Wilcox Brazos Frank Wilson J. W. Coulter Crockett Evans Wilson Caldwell Wilcox Coulter

Charminly Entertained at the Howell Home Social

Miss Jennie Howell hosted a stylish 9 to 12 o'clock gathering at her parents home in Bryan. About thirty couples attended to welcome cousin and guest Miss Stella Howell of Navasota with music conversation and an alliterative telegram writing contest awarding prizes. A salad course with chocolate followed in the elegant, spacious residence.

J. W. Howell Jennie Howell Stella Howell Navasota Howell Webb Howell Bryan

H. and T. C. Excursion to Houston

H. and T. C. sell round trip tickets to Houston for 3.30 dollars. Travel from December 9 to 13 with fare valid for return on or before December 16, 1900.

Houston

Special Evening Train Fare Notice for December

Special rate announced for evening trains on December 10 and 11 with a $1 fare. Tickets valid to depart Houston by 10 40 p m December 13, 1900. For trains at 3 55 p m 9 41 p m December 12 and 3 a m December 13, fare $1. Leave Houston by 10 40 p m December 15. W S Wilson agent.

Houston

Hazing at West Point Leads to Dying Cadet Callout

Oscar Booz, a first class cadet, was forced to drink a spicy mixture after being challenged to a personal duel. The academy defends hazing as customary and will not discipline the cadets involved, though Booz lies dying in Bristol, Pennsylvania.

New York The Herald West Point United States M‘litary Academy Oscar Booz Bristol Colonel Mills Booz

Old Man of the Mountains Murdered by Grandson in Monterey

Nashville reports Putnam county excitement over the murder of Thomas J. Whittaker of Monterey by his 22 year old grandson Jack Whittaker. The victim, longtime county official and hunter known as the Old Man of the Mountains, was killed after denying a mule ride. The grandson, drunk, cut his throat and was captured near Monterey. he is jailed in Cookeville after being shot twice. Austin note adds railway plans extending the Missouri Kansas and Texas line toward Tampico via Brownsville, with high officials surveying the area as a gulf port possibility.

Nashville Putnam County Thomas J. Whittaker Monterey Jack Whittaker Geo. Whittaker Cookeville Austin Tampico Mex Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company San Antonio Tex Brownsville Rouse S. B. Fisher Mexico

Editor Bride Wins Damages In Plant Destruction Suit

Mitchell S D reports Editor Bride was awarded 700 dollars after suing 40 citizens over a newspaper plant destruction nearly five years ago. About 10 defendants were cleared as not tied to the act, while others faced no judgment. The case hinges on allegedly offensive articles.

Mitchell S. D Bride

Two More Die From Thanksgiving Crash Injuries

In San Francisco on December 4 two more victims injured in the Thanksgiving accident died Monday raising the death toll to seventeen.

San Francisco

Boiler Explosion Kills Five at Chicago Northwestern Powerhouse

Four men and a boy died instantly when a central boiler in the Chicago and Northwestern powerhouse exploded late Monday evening. Eighteen injured, some fatally, as the blast sent a ten ton boiler toward depot tracks and damaged the Ashland limited train cars. Loss pegged at about 100000 with depot power and dynamo rooms wrecked. Investigation continues into the cause after prior inspections showed the boilers in order.

Chicago Chicago and Northwestern Railway Ashland Limited

Prince Convicted In Five Year Sentenced For Forcing Notes

In McLennan county Texas a jury found R A Price guilty of compelling Colonel McClelland to sign notes and checks totaling 4500 at gunpoint. Price received a five year penitentiary term with a motion for a new trial filed and likely appeal to higher courts. The crime occurred near West McLennan county last October.

Waco Tex State of Texas R. A. Price E. McClelland McLennan County Price West

Murder of former constable Pate Baines shocks Dallas

Dallas reports indicate Pate Baines, once a constable, was murdered in a shocking act on Elm Street. He ran burning, eyes burned out, clothing saturated with turpentine and oil, and died an hour later after making a dying statement to the state’s attorney. Suspects saloonkeepers J W Chapman and Eugene Faulkner were jailed in Fort Worth. Durant Oklahoma Territory records a gambling house shooting where John Adams and P B Fleming were involved. Fleming died, Adams severely wounded.

Dallas Pate Baines Elm Street J.W. Chapman Eugene Faulkner Fort Worth

Michigan official pleads guilty in state military frauds

Lansing report says General W L White of Grand Rapids was found guilty of complicity in state military frauds and received a 10 year prison sentence from Judge West. Separately in Harrisburg Reverend William Heard Day a leading African Methodist Episcopal Zion church figure dies at age 72.

Lansing, Mich W. L. White Grand Rapids Michigan National Guard West Harrisburg William Heard Day African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Wilmington Arrives at Port Said En Route to China

The United States gunboat Wilmington has arrived at Port Said on December 4 on its voyage to China.

Wilmington Port Said United States China

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