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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1901
Page
2
A fragment from the February 21 1901 issue notes thefts among men using varied weapons and mentions a Galveston News quote. It also covers Winister Wu denying a reporter’s claim about supporting interracial marriage as a remedy for race prejudice.
Mrs Nation encountered her grandson involved in Chicago saloon business. He hung an eleome sign and urged her to enter and wreck his establishment. She chose to hug him and deliver a lecture and then passed on.
In this grim account Kansas law enforcement efforts against liquor sales run amid violence. A saloon keeper’s wife was killed by a shotgun blast during a raid, highlighting alleged failures by officials and zealots as the state bleeds from crime.
The International and Great Northern will start 113 miles of track from Spring to Bryan and Marlin to Waco as soon as contracts are awarded. The line is expected to be finished in time for this year's crops, and the contract for ties has reportedly been let.
The Galveston News urges lawmakers to provide financing at low interest, warning that high money costs prevent Texas mills from competing with rivals funded at cheaper rates. It calls for a fair showing for the people and an end to expensive credit.
Pinkney Weaver nine and Lee Wagner eleven were hunting with a target rifle when a discharge struck Weaver in the right cheek. The ball traveled around the skull and above the ear to the back of the head, was removed, and the wound described as very painful and serious but not fatal. A later line on hen egg production is noted as statistical trivia with inflated figures.
The Methodist Home Mission Society hosts a doll show on Saturday February 23 starting at 3 p.m. at the courthouse with prizes for various doll categories and a decorated buggy contest. A fish pond of doll clothes and kites, plus Mrs Nation of Kansas attending, adds excitement. Admission is 0 cents for children and 15 cents for adults. Dolls and related items must be brought to Mrs W H Webb’s residence early Saturday to be numbered.
J A Beck of Tennessee G A Stewall from San Antonio W J Taylor Houston AL Gray H Miller St Louis M Edler Chicago John Barnes Dallas W A Bailie New Orleans B C Duffield Houston L Weiskopf Chicago J G Goldsmith Ed H Harden Waco Byron Milkes New Orleans 8 T Tooke Galveston Dir J T Hill Willow Hole
The notice lists individuals including L Bryant of Hempstead J A Gibbs of El Reno J T Barrett of Madisonville Joe Odom of Godley B EF Hawkins of Marlin L M Mallett of Mesa and W Mc Donald in the public record.
A local notice advertises premium stamps with each fibent purchase for cash and a free furniture piece with trade. Shoppers are urged to secure a stamp book at once from 67 Wilson Jenkins Drug Co.
The First National Bank publishes a morning statement with the Eagle directing attention. The cash in vaults and deposits in other banks reflect well on the bank and the financial condition of this region.
Grave anxiety in London over Smith Dorrien's column after Feb 6 engagement with Commandant Botha and Bothwell. About 2500 troops unaccounted for near Wonderfontein as Kitchener returns to Pretoria. De Wet's maneuvers near De Aar alarm British command amid railcar derailment at Kleip river.
From San Antonio on February 20 an agent of the Swiss government is in the city buying horses for the Boers and asserts his country is secretly aiding them.
At Pagsanjan Laguna Lieutenant Vaughan of the Thirty seventh Infantry arrested Fernando Rustan general agent of Tabacalara for aiding the insurgents. Rustan a French subject and ally of Cailles is linked with D M Carman the contractor under custody. The Tabacalara company is said to be implicated. Also noted are Washington DAR discussions and various international and regional notes.
Greenville Texas February 20 commissioners alter election schedule from March 10 to March 9 because the 10th falls on Sunday. The change affects local voters and polling logistics for the upcoming election.
Boston reports Dr. Lyman Abbott praising the newspaper press for teaching people to read and reflecting world affairs. He warns against masking vice and urges more truth while noting the press shapes American democracy and that cheap novels foster reading even as they have harms.
February dispatches report a renewed push to claim Antiosca Island from M. Menier. A letter urged expropriation and fortification as a military post at the St. Lawrence entry, with Dominion governance to consider via Governor General Lore Minto.
Greenville Texas February 20 The remains of George E Shipp consisting of a few bones were found under the wreck and fire of the collision at Lasater and were brought here for burial His brother J A Shipp a member of the Forty first United States volunteers stationed in the Philippines left Manila January 10 on furlough and arrived here Monday on the Katy flyer Pittsburg February 20 False and unofficial rumours caused a run on the German National bank of Allegheny Tuesday with 680000 paid out to frightened depositors Every check was cashed Jackson Mississippi February 20 The railroad commission adopted a resolution stating no good purpose in suits to prevent the consolidation of the Southern and Mobile and Ohio and the case is dismissed.
Kennett Missouri reports that James H. Tettalon admitted on the gallows to hiring two men for $500 to kill his stepmother Mrs M J Tettalon and her three children and burn their bodies in the house.
Austin reports a senate bill to adopt the referendum plan for a constitutional convention and ongoing debate over medical practice regulation. House and senate discussions center on health bills, appropriations for Abilene epileptic asylum, and Hogg amendments. Carrie Nation’s liquor crusade spurs new anti liquor measures in the House, with several bills aiming to seize and regulate intoxicating liquors and suppress blind tigers. The printing committee favors Callan’s union label requirement on all state printing.
Rollin F Williams a Texas figure and Armour Institute professor in Chicago died of appendicitis.
A February 5 1901 financial summary lists loans discounts U S bonds stocks and other securities including cash in vault and in banks with totals and a separate residence notice for Feb 22 events at Mrs B F Leman featuring music recitations and a hatchet drill with evening program and refreshments admission 10c per child or 25c per couple
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