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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1899
Page
4
A brief note compares steel wage advances in Pittsburgh with Texas farm reports. It cites the tin plate trust closing 16 of 31 plants and laying off 2,000 workers in the rolling department, noting profit margins and labor cuts amid rising plate prices.
Critics say Indiana congressman Crumpacker's bid to lower representation for states with educational voting requirements is doomed. The measure targets the south and could also affect Massachusetts, drawing Yankee Republican opposition.
The Secretary announces positions in the department for graduates of A and M Colleges and will create a register for science division vacancies. Pay starts small, but post graduate training prospects are strong inducements. The aim is to prevent loss of trained staff to private colleges and to furnish higher institutes with skilled scientists.
In Quincy on December 24 a gas jet fire during a St. Francis Parochial School rehearsal caused a dozen young girls aged 9 to 11 to burn with several dying within hours. Eleven names are given for the deceased. teachers and Father Musholt aided in attempts to save others as the hall became a charnel scene.
Report notes Metropolitan cigars sold at the Exposition Saloon downtown. Details describe a sale event and location with minimal additional context.
London dispatch reports Winston Churchill has reached Delagoa Bay after crossing from Pretoria. The World notes uncertainty about his movements and speculates he may sail to Durban to join General Buller. The piece says his escape was perilous and could aid British efforts as news remains sparse.
Deputy marshals and a deputy collector raid Ozark moonshine sites in Van Buren and Pope counties. They destroyed a 40 gallon still near Cleveland and a 55 gallon still near Lang, scotched the owners, and captured Bud Reed near Appleton with a 35 gallon still put out of operation. The three men await examination on illicit distilling charges in Little Rock.
An explosion at Barwell coal works four miles from Brownsville Pa on December 23 entombs seventy five men. The tipple was blown over and rescue teams work as messages seek doctors. Six bodies recovered, others feared overcome by after damp as sounds from bottom cease.
Ex Alderman Charles Smith known as Silver Dollar Smith dies at his city home. He led the Eighth assembly district for years and earned the sobriquet Silver Pol lar for cemented silver dollars in his saloon fixtures. The article notes 400 dollars on the floor and 24 more in bar panels.
Galveston December 23. Actor Chalmers M. Lester sues the city for 12000 damages claiming injuries from an accident caused by defective curbing. He says he sustained a fracture of his right shoulder and arm.
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