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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1899
Page
2
The legislature approved telegraph tolls ranging from 15 to 25 cents per word with proportional adjustments for drafts and state areas. The measure targets traffic control on all points state wide and affects telegraph companies, with details to follow in public notices and legal blanks.
The two houses conclude their formal organizing and immediately commence legislative work. Leaders announce committees, swear in members, and set early priorities as sessions begin in earnest.
The 26th Texas Legislature opened with the governor's message read in both chambers. The document touches on taxation reform, railroad and constitutional issues, school fund management, and calls for a labor bureau. It notes expected state receipts of 5.713 million and expenditures around 5.438 million for the coming four years, with a possible debt reduction exceeding one million dollars. The session also honors General Mabry and fallen Spanish-American War soldiers.
Ad executives urge a steady weekly ad campaign over one annual blast, arguing cumulative effect yields greater reach. Readers urged to allocate yearly budgets into 52 weekly promotions, with signatories from Houston Austin Chicago and other cities backing the plan.
A major blaze destroyed the J B Menken & Co wholesale and retail dry goods building in downtown Memphis. The five story 125 by 100 foot structure burned from the basement up, with flames leaping sections and dense smoke hindering access. Assistant Wire Chief Ryan sustained facial burns. simultaneous fire on Popular Street damaged two residences and three stores, totaling about $1,015,000 in losses.
The House committee reports favorable on bills extending three years the time to build a railway through Indian Territory and to operate a railway in the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations. The bills set up a health board and regulate medicine. Also noted are Indian appropriation talks, nominations of postmasters in Texas, naval promotions, and other congressional proceedings. A separate item reports a fatal shooting near Gatesville, and a Sherman burial of a young mother and her infant.
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