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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1900
Page
3
Rail schedule fragment lists multiple northbound and southbound trains with vague times such as 12:21 pm 4:03 pm 1:16 am and 3:04 am. Entries reference No 1 No 2 No 4 and No 8 6 with arrivals noted near Hearne, San Antonio, and ble Hearne in accident.
Local items include rental notices, sick lists, visits, and shop ads. Edgar Covey ill. rent available March 1. Brook Hill Whisky and Pindell flour promoted at Exposition Saloon Dansby & Dansby. Ride of people traveling to Dallas and Waco for visits. Found horse blanket. notices about Miss Snowwhite’s Calvert visit. Maine dead tribute at the yacht club. Jeffries Sharkey screenings canceled for lack of current. Embroidery class announced. instructor Mrs. E Ratner. Large block of mixed small items and notices.
The court reported on permanent school, sinking, and special funds with cash on hand totals and bonds. It approved a county ad valorem levy of 77 cents, including 25 for general fund, 8 for bridge bonds, 7.25 for court house bonds, and 7 for interest and sinking, plus a 5 cent court house levy and poll tax.
The Southern Pacific now ships solid local freight cars from Galveston to Houston and onward to multiple lines including H and T C, reducing transfer delays. County work on the Little Brazos River iron bridge is finished and praised, with flood repairs and road work commended. A violet card party at Mrs. E J Fountain yields prizes for euchre, and a notice asks for a missing Whites's criminal statutes. A Presbyterian cake sale is planned at Mrs. Ed S Derden’s residence.
G. G. Parker announces appointment as temporary administrator of the A B Carr Sr estate in Brazos County Texas with power to collect debts and sue if needed. All debtors must settle at once. Residence Bryan Texas. January 24 1900.
100 acres fine improved Brazos bottom land for rent very cheap to a man who can furnish provisions implements and stock. J. W. Coulter.
The H. and T. C. railway offers round trip tickets to New Orleans for Mardi Gras February 19 and 20 at one fare. Rate from Bryan is 15.85 dollars with return allowed until March 10, 1900. Tickets must be stamped and signed in New Orleans before they are valid for return.
New York February 16 Roland B Molineux has been sentenced to die in the electric chair in the week of March 26 for poisoning Katherine J Adams. He denounced yellow journalism and newspapers asserting unfair conviction and challenged the district attorney while addressing Recorder Goff who reminded that the court's duty was to follow the jury's findings.
Big shipments of farm machinery head to Russia for Siberian wheat development. The Crewe loads from Philadelphia with mowers and reapers valued at 230000 dollars bound for New Vorissick on the Black Sea then spread to Siberia. The Verona sails from New York for Vladivostok carrying 126 tons of mowers and reapers.
Walker Given sues Frank W. Palmer public printer for 70000 damages claiming 1892 Republicans printed parts of his The Tariff Riddle as speeches in the Congressional Record. Eighty thousand copies printed, publication halted after investigation. He alleges plans to sell 10000 copies of The Tariff Middle to the Republican national committee, which declined, distributing free copies in the Record. He cites losses from these sales and free distribution.
Deputy Indian agent W H M Woodward warns of possible violence at Santa Anna Bernalillo county as a ditch nears completion and could seize 47 acres of prime farmland leaving current users without water. Indians arm themselves with Winchester rifles to defend lands.
Rio de Janeiro reports both Argentine and Portuguese ports are declared free of bubonic plague after health assessments. The announcement marks a milestone in regional disease control and trade recovery.
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