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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
3
Train timetable for Hearne showing northbound and eastbound departures and arrivals with numbers 1 3 2 4 9 10 and times around 4:03 pm 1:16 am 3:04 am 10:00 pm 11:55 am including Hearne to San Antonio service and westbound schedules.
The city of Bryan welcomes J. B. Mooring as a candidate for mayor in the upcoming April election. Mooring positions himself as a reform-minded leader seeking to guide Bryan through the next term.
The notice pages list residents and visitors including Mrs True return from Calvert I. W McConnico Corsicana trip L C Sellers Millican Rev J P Nall Waco house for rent March 1 Apply J L Hearne D Giles from Cypress Prof and Mrs Donthitt arriving for church music Rev Jewell Howard and Rev B B Sanders to lead a protracted meeting at the Christian church Thomas Martin and Myrtle Nichols wed last Monday Rev Jake Freeman the couple left for Wharton A A Farley reports strong dry goods sales Commissioners court notes road overseers and butchers reports For Rent 31 or 32 acres near the corporation on Buchanan road Pin dell Magnolia Flour sold by Dansby & Dansby Rays Hot Old Time coming Monday Mrs A J Edwards and Nannie Kirkland Millican visit Brook Hill Whisky Exposition saloon Brook Hill Whisky and 12 year Scotch rye at Exposition Saloon Rev J M Bullock from Reliance in town.
Advance notice advertises the genuine Jeffries Sharkey fight reproductions at the opera house on Friday February 16. The moving pictures promise vivid likeness of principals and ringside figures, with crowd noise and end-to-end narration of the historic bout. Also mentions local health notes and assorted city notices from Huntsville to Bryan.
The white teachers Institute of Brazos County holds a meeting at the Bryan court house on Saturday February 24 with a morning program on state promises to public school children benefits of scientific education and the role of the A and M College in public schools.
G S Parker of Bryan Brazos county Texas appointed temporary administrator with power to collect debts and sue to manage the estate. All indebted persons must settle immediately. Residence Bryan Texas January 24 1900.
100 acres of fine improved Brazos bottom land for rent at low cost. Tenant to furnish own provisions, implements, and stock. Listing by J. W. Coulter.
Cliff A. Adams offers the McQueen property building lot for sale on easy terms. The notice highlights a affordable parcel suitable for construction with flexible payment options.
The H. and T. C. railway offers one fare round trip tickets to New Orleans for February 19 and 20. Bryan rate is $13.85 with return validity until March 10, 1900. Tickets must be stamped and signed in New Orleans before return.
In Washington the senate discussed the financial bill with a 2 o clock rule debate. A proposed amendment to authorize commissions for a potential international bimetallic conference failed 45 to 2. Democratic critics accused Republicans of insincerity and vote chasing as final votes on amendments and the bill were awaited. The legislative appropriation debate also drifted to national bank deposits and Missouri election law Nesbitt and caustic remarks followed.
Washington reports that the senate foreign relations committee authorized a favorable report on a bill to punish violations of aliens' treaty rights. The measure would allow U S courts to hear cases involving assaults on aliens while preserving state court jurisdiction.
Albany reports the worst freshet since 1857 with three men drowned and up to half a million dollars in property damage along the Hudson River.
The United States Great Britain and Germany adopt a new rapid ratification method for the Samoan treaty. Ratifications will be exchanged simultaneously in Berlin Washington and London to implement the pact within hours. Germany oversees Upolu Savaii and western islands while the United States handles Tutuila and eastern islands. Britain steps back from the archipelago.
El Paso Texas February 13 Troop L of the Ninth cavalry rode through the city from Fort Brown to Fort Wingate while the soldiers were allowed freedom in El Paso Local authorities swore in 20 officers to guard the depot amid a rumored threat Captain Day ordered readiness to fire if attacked but no incident occurred The source notes confusion over who spread the false report
A blaze on February 15 heavily damaged the top floor of the 10 story Bradbury building at Fifth Avenue near Nineteenth Street. Firemen struggled to reach the roof and could not get water to the upper level.
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