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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1899
Page
3
Hearne timetable lists northbound and southbound trains with departure and arrival times between Hearne and Ban Antonio. Notable entries include No 1 leaving at 12 18 pm and No 9 departing Hearne at 3 10 pm with arrival at Hearne at 11 55 am, plus various No 2 No 4 No 38 services and a 4 39 pm between Hearne and Ban Antonio.
Local news item briefly lists residents returning from Taylor Hearne and Tyler visits from Madison County Iola Cypress and Waxahachie. Mentions millinery wholesale and retail, a Cinco cigar, drug store notices, a clock at John Caldwell's, and various small ads for shops and services. Includes florist advertisement and livery business change with James Kernole taking over.
A humorous tale traces Lieutenant Hobson’s feats of kissing 163 women in 86 minutes in Chicago and the staged stops en route to the Philippines. In What Cheer, Iowa, a Heart to Heart Club telegram leads to a stag reception where no ladies exist. Hobson faints on the What Cheer platform as the town is erased from memory.
List of guests at Exchange Hotel including H J MacNair A P Wilson B F Frederick Robi Adams Steele's Store LC McBride J G Goldsmith and others from North Carolina St Louis Dallas Galveston New York Milwaukee Waco Kansas City with A Stranger in New York noted.
The New York Life Insurance Company publishes a December 31 bulletin showing 1898 results. It insured 73,000 individuals for over 151 million dollars in first-year premiums, a 17 million increase from 1897, with 944 million dollars in force, 67 million more than the prior year. The firm touts lower expense ratios and full policy capabilities, with R G Tabor as a ready liaison for explanations.
Jan 5 from San Antonio reports the first tidings of Charles A Beeler a Wells Fargo money courier missing with 60000. Detective O Brien says a man matching Beeler description appeared at Bill Erwin s Cotulla ranch asking directions to the old Laredo stage road claiming to buy polo ponies. He rode a gray pony with a slicker on the saddle concealing items and headed toward Laredo.
The Democratic state central committee backed the Chicago platform and William J. Bryan. Bryan spoke, thanking members for the endorsement of free and unlimited coinage. The resolution to endorse Bryan and silver passed unanimously, surprising many gold standard supporters.
New York report: George Tyler, 21, died after a prize fight with Thomas Foley in Jersey City. Foley connected a right swing to Tyler’s jaw. Tyler collapsed, was counted out, and died at a hospital from a broken neck. Also: a prisoner escaped from a northbound train near Troy, Texas, but was recaptured nearby. Will Lee injured at an oil mill in Weatherford, Texas. Mrs. Aida B. Haskell granted a $30 monthly pension. Theodore Wade, a young farmer, killed by a train near Philo, Urbana, Illinois. Lou Dea Copeland dies of diphtheria in Howe, Texas. Senator Hale renominated by Republicans in Augusta, Missouri.
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