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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1898
Page
1
Senator Morrill dies in Washington after pneumonia attack. recovery plans and official notice follow. Morrill had served as a longtime U.S. Senator and parliamentarian, with tributes expected from colleagues and constituents.
Senator Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont died in Washington at 89 after a weeklong illness from pneumonia following grip. He served nearly 44 years in Congress, including long Senate tenure, and authored the Morrill tariff act and promoted library and Supreme Court buildings. He opposed Hawaiian annexation and Philippine sovereignty. In New York, three leading thread firms announce a pending merger to be managed by the Spool Cotton company.
In Pekin Illinois during a German Methodist church Christmas event a large tree laden with gifts caught fire as hundreds watched. Pastor Rev William Traiger commanded calm and ordered hymns while improvising a fire brigade to smother the blaze. The service continued with smoke and no gifts.
Governor of Illinois issues annual proclamation on Texas cattle fever restricting cattle shipments into Illinois Jan 1 to Nov 1. Territory unchanged except California moved south of line and Giles County Tennessee moved north. Cattle dipped in dynamo oil and sulfur may enter Illinois year round.
A Miltonvale bank in Kansas remains open and sound after a dispatch claimed a failure. Mil tonvale Cattlin Bros. reports indicate all are right and the business is in good shape. In Tacoma a major copper mine strike is reported with a 5-foot vein near the surface yielding 20 percent copper and 20 ounces of silver per ton with gold present.
The mine lies in eastern Pierce county at the foot of Mount Tacoma on Canada creek with ore similar to Cornwall copper fields and cheap to mine. Ohio incident reports five workers injured when an Ohio Southern switch engine blew its crown sheet. Engineer Scheliinger and Fireman Welch were severely hurt. conduct or Snow and brakemen Layer and Briekman were sent flying forty feet and injured. some may die. Arthur Kirkham, a boy, badly burned by the explosion of gunny bags of nowherene.
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