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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1899
Page
2
The tax commission bill aims for equitable tax burdens though not perfect. The legislature will amend it after a year of operation with changes to valuation methods and possibly some rates. Critics claim it harms development, but many states tax by business lines and real property, while court costs feed opposition.
The Galveston Tribune notes the need to identify classes of business that profit from commerce in good or bad markets and to ensure they bear full state costs. It argues the new tax scheme should be strengthened where it falls short to cover high state expenses from litigation and heavy commerce taxation.
The Galveston News argues that the effort wasted inside Texas jails could elevate the state’s highways to first class, suggesting reform or better utilization of labor.
Ione Cranor Brooks son of Mr and Mrs W C Brooks aged two years two months and twenty eight days died at 9 30 am Friday December 29 after four days illness Funeral from family residence at 10 oclock this morning with interment at Boonville cemetery Rev E L Shettles to conduct service and Eagle extends sympathy
The court met December 28 in special session to settle with J H Wallace on wages and to decide convict labor on public roads for 1900. Wallace to be paid monthly and employed by the month, beginning January 1 1900. The Little Brazos iron bridge project will follow original specs, no changes. The Eagle praises the court for handling road and bridge issues post flood and expects strong improvements.
Comedian Harry Clarke presents the farce Quaint dignified and legitimate this Saturday night December 30. Clarke, famed for his breezy stage methods, plays a bishop disguise scene in a refined comedy that pleases all audiences with continuous laughter. He leads a strong company and is quickly rising in his profession.
The Labadie Faust company plans to stage the famous drama Faust next Tuesday January 2 at the Grand Opera House. They boast two scenery sets for any stage size and will provide all electrical effects including switch board lamps and wires for a grand electrical spectacle.
A casual note touts Taylor and Cox offering Scuppernong wine famed as the best, labeled Royal. The message emphasizes quality and appeal with a promotional tone.
Samuel D. Mills, a furniture house collector, was to collect 50 cents from Mary Venable. After a scuffle Mills fired at Venable and her son, wounding them. a 12 year old girl also injured. Mills fled, later jailed, as physicians warned of serious injuries.
The Texas state waterways convention called by Governor Sayers met in Galveston with about 60 delegates. F. P. Holland was named temporary chair, J. B. Wireless temporary secretary, and Dudley G. Wooten elected permanent chairman and secretary as committees were formed. In other notes, robberies, a gunshot death, whisky seizures on Frisco rails, a kidnapping report in St Joseph, a Samoan murder detail, and a surge in window glass factory output were logged from various locations.
A unidentified man in Brenham Texas on December 29 ended his life by shooting himself between the eyes with no identifiable marks on his person. Local authorities reported no known motive or name. Investigations are ongoing to determine his origin.
Ardmore Oklahoma Territory December 29 The examining trial of Bud Nolen charged with the murder of John Edwards has concluded and the defendant was remanded to jail without bail.
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