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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1901
Page
1
Three thousand Topeka men meet to demand quick closure of all city joints. An ultimatum gives joints until Friday noon to quit, warning that armed men will remove them by force. Carrie Nation led the crusade with twelve hundred pledging readiness to join the effort. Possible bloodshed looms as the deadline nears.
Representative from Watertown New York and former consul to Toronto and Manchester died in his Riggs Hotel room of apoplexy likely about 2 AM after attending a banquet at the Ebbitt House. Shaw aged 59 was a Civil War veteran and longtime leader in the Grand Army of the Republic.
Mrs. Julia B. Gates of the New York City W C T U criticizes Mrs. Carrie Nation for using hatchet tactics to close saloons. She argues the union should pursue law and legislation, not violence, and warns Nation would face arrest and no local support if acts in New York. Des Moines reports note Nation addressing crowds from a Rock Island train and speaking to 2000 at a Y M C A. Galesburg notes a new municipal electrical lighting plant cost and savings. Rome reports Italy bought the statue Juno for 120000 lire from Prince Ludovisi Boncompagni amid prior high offers. Sofia election results near Philippopolis see rioting with casualties.
Charlotte North Carolina February 11 The Southern Cotton Spinners association is called to meet February 16 to arrange for a curtailment of production probably ranging from thirty three to fifty percent This marks a coordinated effort among mills to reduce output in response to market conditions.
Montgomery story details how Hon. John W. McQueen and Miss Caroline Beale, opposed by Beale’s father, sought a license then wed hours after a confrontation at Chief Justice McClellan’s home in which Beale fired at McQueen. McQueen escaped unhurt. Judge McClellan was wounded in the shoulder but survived. The couple then married at Probate Judge Gaston’s residence and left for New Orleans.
The J. B. Speers company bought the entire crop of Thomas S. Collier of Altheimer. The sale involved 1100 bales of cotton for a total price of $56,514.96.
Sanford Boyd, a Black man, was stabbed to death during a domino game in a Kaufman dive on Saturday night. The assailant fled and remained at large. In Ellinger, Sheriff Loessing arrested Steve Adameke for murder. Mrs Adameke reportedly died by suicide. In Shanghai, the empress dowager reportedly allowed Emperor Kwang Su to resume governance amid foreign pressure.
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