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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1901
Page
4
A mean employer paid an engineer monthly to improve a stone crushing machine. After upgrades, the machine became far more efficient but contracts did not increase. The boss then switching pay to hourly, cutting the engineer’s earnings, and the engineer resigned.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet presents a playful exchange: she asserts her emotions and stamps her feet, he notes there is no room on her dainty shoes for a stamp, and she responds with a sharp remark.
An Irishman named Pat sees a shop with a table and a sign of Asses' heads. He asks what’s sold. The seller says Asses' heads. Pat quips that they must be in demand since the shop has only his own left.
Reports from New York to London discuss potential ties among the Rock Island Denver and Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western with Salt Lake Los Angeles route. Other reports revive talks of Iowa Central with Minneapolis and St Louis and potential Wabash linkage via Lackawanna holdings.
The census bulletin shows Texas population rising from 212,592 in 1850 to 8,048,710 in 1900, an 86.4 percent gain over the last decade and more than 14 times the 1850 figure. Texas land area is about 263,290 square miles, with density increasing from 8.5 to 11.6 persons per square mile between 1890 and 1900. If density matched North Carolina or Massachusetts, Texas could reach 10.2 million or 91 million people respectively.
Gov Nash wins unanimous approval from the state emergency board to spend up to 50000 for militia use to prevent the Jeffries Ruhlin prize fight set for February 15 in Cincinnati. The plan hinges on court injunctions and sheriff’s cooperation, signaling potential militia deployment if needed.
In Chicago on February 7 a band of about six middle aged well dressed women, followers of Dowie, attacked West Side drug stores wielding pitch forks umbrellas and canes. They overturned displays destroyed goods and fought with clerks in several stores. A final assault ended when a proprietor used a revolver to drive them off.
In Dade City Florida two black men Will Wright and Sam Williams accused in the January 26 Rice and Phelps camp killings were killed by a mob of about 50 after breaking into the county jail. The sheriff could not yield the keys and the prisoners were shot through steel cells. Wright died hours later and Williams was instantaneously killed. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of killings by unknown parties.
City officers listed include Mayor J 8 Mooring Marshal T P Boyett Deputy Marshal J D Conlee Secretary and treasurer H G Rhodes City Sexton H H Jones Constable C L Baker Aldermen R G Tabor W 8 Howell M Parker Walter Wipprecht A J Buchanan
County officers include Judge and A G Board with Clerk G W McMichael and Attorney M Nagle. Tax duties assigned to Tax Collector J J Adams and Tax Assessor R M Nall. Sheriff TC Nunn. Treasurer Jno M Lawrence. District Clerk J W Batts. Commissioners are R J Deens, Lee Edge, Dennis Ballard, P H Arrington. Schools Board lists Dr J W Howell, president, J Allen Myers secretary, W T James, A M Rhodes, G M Bandon, J B Mike, H CG Robinson.
Baptist Sunday school at 9:45. Methodist services 11 am and 7:15 pm Sunday with Sunday school at 9:45. Epworth League Sunday 7 pm. prayer meetings various weeknights. Episcopal rector Herber E Bowers. Catholic masses 8 and 10 am. Bryan civic and fraternal groups list meeting nights and officers. Includes Masons and Knights Templars in Bryan and vicinity.
An agent lists numerous Bryan area properties including small houses, vacant blocks, and farms. Listings mention prices from 100 to 1200 dollars, various improvements, water works, wells, barns, and rental opportunities in western, southern, and eastern city sections plus county country properties near Calvert Kurten and Wixon creek.
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