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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
2
The issue notes the boll weevil as a factor in estimating next year's cotton yields. It mentions striking telegraphers and telephone workers seeking their share of prosperity and notes many taking Houston excursion rates to visit Galveston. The piece reflects seasonal travel to see loved ones and homecoming excitement.
Hearne mourns Harry Terry a long time resident and half brother of Allie Scott after his death in the Philippines during his army service. He fell ill with fever while en route home and died far from family. Remains to be buried in Hearne as relatives and the community extend sympathy.
Hearne Democrat reports a scheme by Mayor P. L. Brady with Brazos Bottom planters to install lights on their properties to destroy flies and boll weevil nearby. The plan aims to end the pest problem by exposing insects to light as a killing method.
A first class car departs Bryan at 12 15 a m December 20 with through service to Chattanooga via Memphis and Lion Mountain route and to Atlanta via Shreveport. Change possible after breakfast. After December 20 noon, Bryan travelers connect at Hearne with the I G N High flyer to Memphis Atlanta and Chattanooga via Iron Mountain. December 21 and 22 noon Hearne connects with Hightiver for through service via Memphis Shreveport and New Orleans.
H. & T. C. announces a round trip excursion to Houston with fare 3.30. Tickets are valid for return on or before December 16, 1900, covering December 9 to 13.
Special rate for evening trains on December 10 and 11. Fare one dollar. Valid to depart Houston no later than 10 40 p m December 1th 1900. For trains at 3 55 p m and 9 4 p m December 12 and 3 a m December 13. Fare one dollar. W S Wilson Agent.
Washington reports General Chaffee protested looting by foreign troops during the Pekin advance. He criticized latecomers for not sharing hardships while open fighting had ended. Waldersee, arriving after the expedition, faced Chaffee’s rebuke. The shift of US military representation at Pekin affects lines of command.
Louisville December session acts on Puerto Rico labor unions. Affiliated unions urged to disseminate information in Puerto Rico and align with American international trade bodies. Translations of American Nationals constitutions into Spanish considered. $3000 to support plan. department of labor proposal fails 78 to 47.
Reports from Waco San Antonio Ballinger and Montgomery detail fruit trees flowering along the Brazos river reach and peaches possibly forming in East Waco if mild conditions continue. In San Antonio Thomas J Kent, a longtime Southern Pacific baggage agent, drowned in a hotel barber shop tub after a meal. Ballinger mourns a 13 year old killed when a horse spooked and crashed into a wire fence. In Montgomery a jury found John Gafford not guilty of murdering Rufus Sanders in 1897.
In Alvarado Texas two children ages four and an infant grandchild of Oliver Moore were burned when a kitchen stove started a fire that destroyed Moore’s home. The four year old belonged to James Winchester and the infant was Moore’s grandchild. Glen Rose Texas man William Lanham produces 500 gallons of molasses from two acres of ribbon cane this year and plans to sell at 50 cents a gallon with seed to plant four extra acres next year. New York indicts Cornelius Avlford Jr former note teller for embezzling $600000 from First National Bank. Texarkana Arkansas Flippin Hill Negro convicted in Miller County Circuit Court for murdering his brother sentenced to 41 years.
Senate debates the ship subsidy bill with Georgia senator Clay delivering the first formal opposition. The session also screens appointments to vacancies on key committees and votes on credentials for Montana senators. In Washington the centennial of the federal government’s seat is celebrated.
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