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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1908
Page
2
The act offers a $100 challenge to tie the performer with 50 to 100 feet of rope in full view of an audience with no cabinet work. Includes Spiritualistic manifestations Packing Case Mystery Legerdemania telepathy black art hypnotism illusions and mind reading matinees daily at 3 o clock with new films at each performance.
A mass meeting at Carnegie hall backed a $75,000 to $97,000 plan to finance waterworks sewerage and electric lighting for Bryan. Mayor Maloney outlined benefits and a council vote to proceed with a bond election aimed at modernizing utilities without raising taxes, targeting 1909 completion.
Mr W W Rudasill of Cottonwood and Mr Fred Cargill of Steep Hollow visited the city Monday. Lumbermen and hardware dealers reported active business with considerable building material hauled out and barbed wire sold. Bryan church will be represented by Ed Hall. Beaumont meeting moved Bryan from Calvert to Huntsville district. A natural person is described as eccentric.
Rev. T. H. Morris, pastor of the First Methodist Church, writes from his new Texas Conference post that the reception has been excellent, salary increased, and the congregation called heroic. He credits predecessors Turentine, Betts, Shettles and others for establishing strong ties with the people and looks forward to a happy, useful pastorate.
The railroad commission sets a hearing for January 12 to review pneumatic tire rate readjustments. Insurance Commissioner Love informs Citizens' Life Insurance company of Louisville of withdrawal and revocation of its Texas authority with stated reasons. Weatherford Mercants and Farmers' State Bank and Mineral Wells Boston Dry Goods file their new charters. Governor Campbell vows fair trial for H Clay Pierce on false swearing charges, with high-profile defense and state readiness. Adjutant General Newton denies ranger involvement in San Antonio threats to the governor.
The second trial of Frank McCue for the Mabry murder near Dallas was scheduled for February 22 in the Sixty-seventh district court. Judge Simmons will preside again and a special venue of 150 was ordered for the jury after the first trial ended with a hung jury.
Two separate blazes in Houston on December 28 destroyed fifteen houses. The first fire wiped out ten homes in one block, while a second blaze in the poorer section consumed five houses. Loss totaled about $50,000 with partial insurance coverage.
Paris Texas December 28 C R Milburn aged forty two formerly a deputy sheriff accidentally killed himself while cleaning his revolver He had removed four shells One was left when the trigger was jerked in some unaccountable way The bullet pierced his heart
Rome based decree names Rev. Dennis J. O'Connell rector of the Catholic University of America as bishop coadjutor of San Francisco with succession rights upon vacancy.
Violent tremors centered in Sicily cause structural damage in Mileto Canadi and Stef anconi and trigger a tidal surge at Catania. Ships damaged and ports flooded as residents flee and boats are destroyed. Cal-abria reports several dead and many injured amid disruption to transport and communications. A separate rail wreck near Lumber City Georgia injures six.
Springfield report says Rev Wilbur Davis was blinded by a burst blood vessel while delivering a sermon at Hight Street Methodist Episcopal Church. In Pittsburgh a former captain from the Fourteenth Infantry died after a bridge fall. his neck was broken and children found the body.
For lease of 10 acres with house located south of rail road tower and includes fine truck land. Apply to G. P. Bittle in Bryan Texas.
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