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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
2
A parcel entry notes that this item was entered at the post office as second class mail matter.
A roster of advance agents and managers including A. B. Dailey San Marcos G Waldo Chas D Golding W J Taylor Houston M Rice E G Wilson K T Williams Milli can Mrs W Gray Dallas Lon Hudson Rockdale L Van Hope G S Ullman H H Kendall Ennis C W Rieth St Louis K E A Scott Navasota M J Kerr Corsicana CG R Dixon W H Adams Chicago W W Woodward L Cantrell H A Grass M S Raley Rosebud Miss May Bird Chicago Mrs C M Dakin May Dakin Iola Mrs W R Trant Mrs F E Griswold Mesa J H Wheeler.
In Havana a Cuban public school superintendent issues a proclamation denouncing the government and Anglo Saxon intervention. He calls for removing offensive lines from the Cuban hymn and replacing them to incite resistance to foreign foes and defend independence. In London a Pretoria dispatch reports Boers crossing the Orange River with 1000 troops pursuing them toward Steinsburg and guarding key rail points. Cape Town notes Cape Colony invasion spreading with Colesburg occupied and forces dispatched north.
Kruger attended a packed Nieuwe Kerk meeting in Amsterdam on December 20 where speakers charged Britain with selling birthright for gold and warned continental powers would bear Cain’s mark unless they helped South Africa. He then visited the palace of industry where 5000 school boys gave a chorus welcome.
The duke of Manchester sought to operate an automobile in the United States but was refused a license this morning. Officials cited alien labor laws as the basis for the denial, reflecting public sentiment toward royal autonomy and self-operation.
In Chicago on December 29 the Santa Fe engineers firemen conductors and trainmen said they would not advise a strike in sympathy with telegraphers. The committee noted regret over no settlement and pledged neutrality during the dispute while Mr Barr spoke of maintaining friendly labor relations on business terms. Martin Dolphin of the Telegraphers commented that the strike would continue.
Washington reports a two day battle at Girardet Point on the Magdalen River ending in a decisive government victory. About 600 killed and many wounded. Other strong government successes are announced as celebrations proceed.
In Austin on December 20, Financial Agent W M C Hill said state penitentiaries have received applications to lease over 1000 more convicts than available. Among rejected requests was for 40 convicts to open a new coal mine in Bell County.
A young man walked into the county jail in El Paso and asked to be arrested. He claimed to be a member of company H of the Ninth Infantry who deserted September 16 and had wandered until deciding to return and face punishment. He enlisted in New York where relatives lived and had served about a month. In Denison wheat prospects looked excellent with moisture supporting growth while fields stayed firm for grazing. cattle have fattened on wheat.
Don Luockhart of El Paso reports a letter from criminals in Hot Springs Arkansas requesting to operate during the midwinter carnival. They offer $1000 for four days and promise not to target any one person for more than $5, claiming prior immunity in Dallas and San Antonio with references for surety. Austin counties notes show five counties below the 8000 vote threshold with salary-based pay rising ~25 percent. Grimes County had the biggest drop from 4523 votes in 1896 to 1922 in the recent election.
In Benton Harbor Michigan on December 20 a family of four faces typhoid fever with a mother recovering while Charles Mosher aged 35 and his son Harold aged 10 are dead and a daughter is not expected to live. The parents refused physicians and medicine for religious reasons, holding to the Dowie faith.
Waxahachie Texas December 20 Secretary L Todd of the Waxahachie cotton mills reports the machinery is installed and interior work is nearly finished. He says the mills should begin operation and spin cloth within sixty days.
Archbishop Ireland of St Paul will travel to Cuba after the New Year by order of the president. He will inspect church property disputes and report recommendations. Bishop McGoldrick of Duluth will accompany him as the government provides a boat for a full island tour during the mission.
In London on December 20 the American embassy asked the chancery court for a statement of unclaimed property for American heirs. The court listed $200 million in total property, with $180 million in trusts or wards, and about $20 million open for claims. Many estates are small and claim agents have profited for years from grieving heirs.
A warning dated Nov 12 1900 targets Anna Bassett of LaDore in Routt county Brown Park area. The note orders her to leave within 80 days or face death as most Bassett family members have fled the district. A separate frontier warning signals ongoing danger and displacement in the region.
The Rev Dr William Wallace Fenn of Chicago’s Church of the Messiah is elected Bussey professor of theology at Harvard to succeed the late Dr Charles Carroll Everett. Fenn, born in Boston, Harvard graduate 1854, Divinity School 1897, will not be dean of the Divinity School.
A Gulf Port Miss dispatch says the negro murderer of Marshal Richardson, captured after the crime, was taken to a tree about half a mile from the scene and lynched.
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