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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1900
Page
3
Train timetables include Hearne to San Antonio and Galveston routes with north and southbound departures. Local notices report visits, travel to Austin and New Orleans, a death in West Texas, ill relative in San Antonio, a child’s arm injury, and upcoming sales of hats and rye whiskey.
Mr E T Pugh showed the Eagle the patent letters and drawings for his banana shipping crate with inquiries from New Orleans and other Texas points. The patented device, issued last September, is touted as a time and money saver and fruit protection. A recent crate was shipped to a New Orleans firm for examination.
Brazos Lodge No 65 K of P calls a full attendance meeting tonight for installation of officers. Also a mass Populist meeting set for January 27 1900 at Bryan Court House to elect delegates to the congressional convention at Waco February 3 1900 and to the National Peoples Party convention.
The list shows hotel arrivals including Albert Mayer New Orleans A J Tetrick St Louis B H Rice Marlin L T Fuller Calvert Will A Hassell Dallas and others. A note states President Harrison in Paris for Venezuelan commission sittings drew little postal attention as a letter to General Benjamin Harrison Paris France was returned marked Unknown here.
The article claims Cecil Rhodes, noted for speculative South American ventures, is so deeply misogynistic that he employs only men, even as household servants, a habit that will likely reduce his popularity among many people.
Indiana volunteer B F Whalley reports from Paniqui, praising General Joseph Wheeler as a fearless leader who shares danger with his men and lifts spirits. He notes Wheeler’s habit of dismounting to swap gear and chat with soldiers, easing hunger and fatigue. The dispatch also notes Wheeler will sail from Manila on Wednesday aboard the Warren via Guam and Honolulu.
Thousands view the bodies of Ed and George Meeks lynched in Fort Scott Kansas after a mob seized them from jail. The morgue holds the remains with limbs shackled. Wives in Pueblo and Kansas City plan interment, while speculation ends about a third man Amos Phillips.
In Oakland Rev James MacInnis announces retirement citing personal liberty clashes with church rules. He attacks hypocritical piety and urges tolerance for dancing and drinking, saying the ministry is not suitable for a free-spirited young man.
Bridgeton New Jersey reports the body of George B. Eyre, Chester Pennsylvania heir, recovered from the Delaware River after a Dec 2 hunting trip. He was murdered and robbed and tied to a stone. In Texas, San Antonio hosts the ninth annual Texas Live Stock association convention opening a three day session drawing cattlemen.
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