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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1900
Page
2
A 1900 Bryan Texas item notes Henderson residents subscribing 50 000 to fund a cotton mill while Bryan campaigns for street improvements and questions mill prospects. It contrasts New York prizefighting under a deceptive guise with local industry goals.
Mark Hanna states the first campaign issue will be the prosperity of the working man. He criticizes the Republican promise as skewed 10 to 100 in favor of trusts over laborers.
A 19th century reflection notes history repeating as Thomas Jefferson’s presidential defeats and wins framed the rise of Jeffersonian Democracy, predicting the 1900 election would usher in a new era with another Jefferson in the White House.
The Dallas News argues the town cow problem is a divisive issue delaying progress and suggests tackling the road question first. A macadamized forty mile road through a sparsely settled area could be completed faster than resolving the cow dispute.
Professor James E. Tal mage explains that irrigation diversions from four tributary rivers reduce Great Salt Lake’s water annually. He warns the lake’s volume shrinks each year and may expose a glittering salt bed within a century.
The Tenth regiment of Pennsylvania was moved from San Francisco to Chicago at a cost of $30,851. Transport from Chicago to Pittsburg was provided free by the Pennsylvania railroad, which also managed all travel arrangements along the route at no charge.
H. and T. C. offer round trip tickets to San Antonio for five dollars. Sale runs January 20 and 21 with a January 25 limit.
In Indianapolis on January 16 Mrs Ellen Crosby was pronounced dead and nearly buried when her daughter Mary awoke from sleep claiming her mother spoke to her in a dream and urged against burial. After hours pass Mrs Crosby opened her eyes and began recovery efforts, with the daughter guarding by the bedside.
Berlin reports Emperor William remains deeply upset over the Bundesrath incident and British seizures of German vessels. He meets with Count Von Buelow and denounces the British admiralty orders as bad faith, viewing the act as ungraceful and uncalled for despite assurances of improved ties. The German ambassador says the seizures came from the British admiralty, not the foreign office, a claim Kaiser dismisses as subterfuge.
In Frankfort Kentucky January 16 the contest boards for governor and lieutenant governor opened hearings amid legal sparring. Only two witnesses were examined as spectators showed partisan reactions while sergeants-at-arms kept order. Senator Goebel and Lieutenant Governor Marshall attended. Governor Taylor did not. The judiciary committee did not release a report on senator eligibility. Also in Frankfort county the grand jury indicted John H Whallen and Charles H Ryan for conspiring to bribe Senator S B Harrel. bench warrants issued and bonds set at 1000 each. trial scheduled for January 25.
Washington reports the Hepburn bill seeks full American control of the canal with fortification and tolls. Britain and Germany weigh objections under the Clayton Bulwer treaty as Senate interoceanic committee agrees to report the bill. Postscript notes attachés, Kentucky election rulings, and M. Wheeler’s return with bubonic plague updates.
New York reports Lt How ard has died in Washington while noting Captain Louis N. Stodder remains in Revenue Cutter Service and commands Anchorage Service in New York Harbor. Boston reports H C Wainwright & Co. assigning assets with no statement of liabilities as heavy mining stock could not be realized.
Opie Read, famed novelist, begins stage career at the Chicago opera house with original character sketches and focus on southern dialect tales. In Brady Texas, R A Davis remains in custody after his wife’s death as the grand jury considers indictment with no bail granted.
William Newman hanged in Pittsburg for murder of Alice Warner. In Dunfermlin Ills Joseph Roller killed Sandy Dillinger after Dillinger shot at Roller's dog. George Drake, a drug clerk, killed himself in Terre Haute Ind. Mrs Adolphus Henley run over and killed by a train in Anna Ills. Rosenberg Cohen Norton wholesale robbers assign. John Woessner German farmer of Ackley Ia asphyxiated in New York. Fred Severn Big Four switchman run over and killed in Terre Haute. Daniel Persall asphyxiated in New York by gas stove leak.
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