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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1901
Page
4
The Bryan post office lists names of missing letters including Foster Mrs O Gregg Miss Blanch Adams Joe Brown Hattie Buck and many others. A one cent charge is required for each advertised piece and callers should say advertised when claiming letters. Tyler Hasweut P. M.
The hotel records list guests including M P Culliman Corsican F G Braham Houston H Hanson Beaumont J T Tyler Waco C P Brown St Louis C B Harrington Miss Kerr Corsicana R A Stacy Chas e Golding Houston EB A Scott Navasota C A Sanders Chicago P S Sparks Cincinnati A Goldstein Dallas B E Hill St Louis W W Griffieth Waco J W Robinson Marlin John Mitchell and mother Franklin Pat Whittehouse J B Hereford Dallas J G Gill Houston W G Robertson Bedias John Pardue Bryan John Hewett College Nye's Comedians W M Baker.
After January 31 a 10 percent penalty applies to all uncollected taxes. Pay your city taxes before January 1 to avoid the charge. H. G. Rhodes is the City Tax Collector.
General Kitchener reports Boers launched simultaneous night assaults along the Pretoria Lorenso Marquez railway corridor on Jan 7. In Belfast Wonderfontein Nooitge dacht and Wildfontein heavy fighting followed a dense fog. One British officer killed eight wounded, twenty British soldiers killed, sixty wounded. Boer losses reported heavy with twenty four dead.
A convoy delivering supplies to Gordon's brigade north of Krugersdorp was attacked by Beyers' commando on Tuesday. The Boers were driven off, with 11 killed on the field and four Allied soldiers slightly wounded.
London reports daily clamor for additional forces in South Africa to bolster the Cape Town garrison and replace troops returning home. Recruits for the South African constabulary grow slowly with 200 already sent and 80 more to start, while 5000 needed. Refugees seek permission to form defense corps for Johannesburg and mines. Boer movements near Clan William and Worcester increase tension.
William Phillips a Colby college freshman is critically ill at his Bangor home from fever and kidney hemorrhages attributed to blows during a fall initiation by sophomores of Delta Upsilon. He alleges blindfolded attacks that caused lasting injuries and convulsions. parents seek an investigation.
Dr. J. L. Fountain writes that the report of his departure from Bryan is false. He states he will resume his medical practice immediately after the legislature adjourns and that his brother Dr. W. C. Fountain will run the office in the interim. March 29.
Science Department at Baylor University in Waco conducts a 1-pound open market test of Premium Baking Powder. Analysis shows no alum lime ammonia or adulterants and confirms high grade Cream of Tartar content. The instructor Wade W. Battle endorses Premium as the best pure powder from Potts Baking Powder Company after a stove contest prize.
A Chinaman in Lian F’a district says 85,000 Chinese troops are drilling in city, many armed with modern rifles, amid bitter anti foreign sentiment and belief they can defeat allies in open battle. Li Hung Chang expects a favorable reply within a day. others foresee talks starting in Pekin or moving to The Hague. Faris dispatch notes US peace seat proposal to move talks to Washington will be declined.
Washington on January 10 the state department received an important communication from the German government concerning the Chinese question. The exact nature of the communication was not disclosed.
A white mob in Newburgh Warrick County Indiana pressed a negro to leave after his wife allegedly being white. The man refused sparking a gunfire clash with about 60 shots fired. no injuries reported as the sheriff urged retreat while armed negros gathered and a mass meeting loomed. Separately in Chattanooga an association schedule committee named to draft baseball schedules for several southern cities will meet in Memphis. In New York warrants are issued for four people including a newspaper editor and an undertaker over swindling the Colonial Insurance Company of Jersey City by life insurance schemes and related frauds.
At the annual fete in Kanda Tokyo a heavy rain caused panic and a crowd crush. Twenty people died and 312 were injured as lamps toppled and embers started fires in the crowded area.
In Indianapolis on January 10 estimates from leading physicians show grip cases ranging from 40,000 to 80,000 with a high of 75,000 cited by a prominent practitioner indicating wide disagreement among medical authorities.
Dispatch from Puerto Real near Cadiz reports Admiral Cervera ill and his condition deteriorating with recovery deemed almost hopeless.
Washington lawmakers spar over the river and harbor appropriations with Cushman praising Seattle gains and criticizing state bias while Hepburn attacks the bill as favoritism to certain states. The scene features charts, spirited exchanges, and calls for justice to Seattle, as New York’s Alexander defends committee logic. In the Senate, lagrippe and weather keep many away as Carter reports favorable reapportionment action.
The senate agriculture committee continued the oleomargarine bill hearing with E S Peters of Texas opposing, arguing discrimination against other agricultural interests. Secretary Knight of the National Dairy union echoed that cotton seed oil use is small and the bill would barely affect the cotton seed industry. Secretary Long released a naval board report favoring Charleston over Port Royal for a south Atlantic naval station, with Rear Admiral Sumner opposing and supporting Port Royal retention.
Representatives Myer Lamb and Mrs Behan met with Secretary Root and military officials at the war department to seek an appropriation for moving Confederate soldiers from Arlington and Soldiers Home cemeteries to Southern homes for reburial. Arlington holds 136 Confederate dead and Soldiers Home 128. The group noted a prior $2500 grant for interment in Arlington, but that fund cannot cover removal to other cemeteries. The secretary promised prompt consideration.
A six inch diameter oil stream shoots 11 feet into the air from a well about three miles south of Beaumont Texas. The town is in feverish excitement with all classes smiling and talking of the geyser, a sight unparalleled in the city’s history.
El Paso announces a four day Century celebration January 17 to 20 1901 with a $25000 electric pageant a $10000 electric fountain a $5000 Mount Franklin volcano eruption and a grand civic military and trades review Also features mammoth European and Oriental midway rope and tie contests tournaments confetti battles and bull fights in Mexico The Sunset Route offers low fares January 14 15 return by February 1 via Texas stations contact F B Morse UL J Parks Paso r Mgr G P & T A Houston Tex wkjan17
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