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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1900
Page
2
The State senator candidate John A. Wayland for the Twelfth district and mayoral candidate J. S. Mooring for Bryan are announced. Wayland seeks re election subject to the democratic nominating convention. Mooring runs in the April Bryan city election.
The Belton community subscribes fifty thousand dollars for a cotton mill project. The notice urges funeral graphers to be prepared for action in Kentucky and highlights Hon. John A. Wayland’s bid for re election to the state senate with a fuller candidate announcement to follow soon.
We call attention to our own special ties do not think that we do not keep others too. Our stock of patent medicines is very complete, and if you should desire any special preparation not usually sold in this locality, we shall take pleasure in securing same promptly.
Bob Taylor presents a Texas lecture titled Laughter Love and Song. The piece describes dawn as a purple quiver and burnished bow, gathering stars in a bosom, tickling the world with light, and a jubilant welcome from sunrise. It paints nature, youth, and love as radiant in a hopeful morning scene.
AP reports from San Francisco describe about 250 insane American soldiers moved east across the continent in the last three months with 200 more expected from Manila. The dispatch says most cases stem from the ceaseless vigilance required by outpost duty in the Philippines.
Across the country hundreds of women have offered a year’s subscription to the Ladies' Home Journal as a prize at progressive euchre games. Awards are abundant this winter, even as the magazine once opposed such card party crazes.
A list of hotel arrivals includes Mrs M E Swift Chicago Matt Sloan Navasota J Wilmersdorf St Louis Harry Deutschner Galveston H C Miller St Louis W D Herring Waco J C Weaver Dallas J W Robinson Marlin J A D Robinson A K Addison J A Myers city 3 W Raplee Louisville C W Carr Houston Chas Coates Philadelphia J R Newell Detroit Morris Lange Cincinnati CENTRAL J P Lloyd Reliance T J Mc Lain D L Smith W B Westall Houston W B Danson Brown wood Jas Cooper city
The state contest board awarded certificates of election to all Democratic contestants for minor state offices. After swearing in, they demanded the Republican incumbents yield office, but were denied. The board nullified Louisville and three counties ballots for irregularities and instructed depository disputes to proceed without recognition of either faction.
In Kentucky news from Benton, John James and Joe Greer are alleged to have abducted Joel Thomas, forced him to drink, beat him, tied him to a wagon wheel, dragged him, dumped him in a creek, shot him three times, and hung him on a fence. A coroner’s jury found them responsible. Sheriff Wallace leads a posse toward the scene amid fears of unrest.
In St Johns Newfoundland on February 27, French residents of St Pierre and Miquelon protest a Newfoundland move to extend French shore rights. About 1500 of 7000 islanders are French or of French allegiance, with tensions rising over potential violence and fears of organized assaults amid reports of British success in South Africa.
In Nacogdoches Texas on February 27 the levy on Houston East and West Texas engine No 25 by the county tax collector was halted by an injunction filed by the railroad company and the engine released. Deputy U S Marshal Dorrough and the railroad’s attorney appeared. officials were enjoined from collecting county taxes and were ordered to appear in a Galveston federal court on March 15. In Texarkana on February 27 seven men injured by the Bushby Lumber mill roof collapse near Pullman Arkansas after an engine explosion were reported as recovering. the mill, said to be among the finest along the Pittsburg and Gulf railroad route, cost about $20,000 to construct and is now wrecked.
Mrs A Cc Mitchell daughter of County Commissioner Geo W Neeley was burned to death nine miles west of Dallas while laying her baby in a cradle the fire starting from the fireplace she died after about two hours of agony. In San Antonio the city council set a 1.70 tax rate and boosted street maintenance to 50000 with 8000 for parks and 42000 for fire department total 460000. Dennis Calhoun charged with killing Policeman Levy Neal faced an examining trial and was sent to jail without bond. Dr Charles W Dabney named to French Paris exposition awards committee.
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