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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1899
Page
3
A damaged timetable fragment lists Hearne to San Antonio and North bound train departures and arrivals with several numbered trains. It notes No 1 leaves at 1:05 am and No 2 leaves, with No 9 and No 10 servicing Hearne and bound for San Antonio in the afternoon and late morning segments.
Local Bryan items report social visits and returns from Hearne Navasota Calvert and Independence. Notices include sales of Jersey cows second hand pianos and wall paper samples, cafe and kitchen offerings, hot drinks, and restaurant hours. Also mentions insurance, clock, and a blacksmith shop lease with repair services and sign writing.
Rev J D West returned from a visit to Jackson Mississippi. Mr L H Gentry reported heavy hail in Welborn Monday afternoon. Rev Dr Herbert E Bowers named to serve both St Andrews Bryan and St Pauls Navasota. Lost spectacles found near residence to town reward offered. Sergeant Calvin Brown and family moved to White plantation. W J Pierce of Waco to be interred in Bryan cemetery. Bank directors re elected at First National Bank and Merchants and Planters National Bank with their officers and directors listed.
Charles Kid McCoy was defeated by Tom Sharkey in New York last night, knocked out in the tenth round after McCoy had knocked Sharkey down twice in the third. The purse was $20,000.
Austin notes election results as Sherrell becomes speaker at 2 p m by 70 to 54 with Bailey’s 54. Cailds and Prince withdraw from the race. Senate to be organized tomorrow. Also a hosiery and embroidery sale at local stores.
McDuti Simpson notes that rare flowers are hard to grow this time of year and would be appreciated by young lady friends. The remark hints at garden interests and social charm in a personal note style.
A long list of individuals and cities appears, including W. A. Mangum T. R. Pryor Hearne J. E. Simpson D. R. Snodgrass Galveston Sol Peritz Cincinnati J. M. Cotton Rufus Cage Houston H. D. Harrison New Orleans W. T. Wooldridge Louisville B. Hellman Louisville Henry Cook New Orleans J. C. Siddons Waxahachie J. E. Butler City C. E. Selvege Galveston L. W. Levy Galveston C. W. McFerran Philadelphia Bachelor's Honeymoon Company Miss Maud Ewing Whitman A. L. Ewing Myers Joe Branson Waco T. J. Carr R. B. Price Dallas.
A humorous review praises the performers led by Mr Walker for keeping the audience in convulsions of laughter from start to finish. The piece notes strong comic timing and crowd-pleasing antics throughout the play.
Washington reports show Hoar opposing expansion, Platt supporting it, and Caffery opposing the Nicaragua canal bill as the House strikes out and then restores civil service appropriations. Nominations flow in while committees fail to agree on canal measures and naval promotions from the Spanish war era advance.
Gracie File seven years old daughter of Mrs. File of Kansas City Kansas won damages against Kansas City and the Consolidated Electric Light and Power Co. for injuries from a live wire on June 24 1895. The jury awarded 2600 with the electric company seeking a new trial. the verdict stood against the city after appeal to the supreme court sustaining the verdict.
Philadelphia January 10. The petition of United states Senator Quay his son Richard R Quay and ex State Treasurer Benjamin E Haywood for a writ of certiorari to move the conspiracy case from the focal court to the supreme court was denied The case was remanded to the quarter session court of this city with costs placed on the petitioners.
Reduced rail fares were issued for multiple events including a merchants meeting in New Orleans January 7 to 18 and a National Live Stock convention in Denver January 25 to 27. A separate one way fare was offered for the round trip to St Louis for guests from the southwestern states. William Stanton, linked to a Tulare train incident and a Florida arrest, is reported among the gang. Edith Olive Gwynne Gill, sister of Mrs. Cornelius Van derbilt, dies in Paris after years abroad.
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