Announcements for City Secretary and City Marshal Candidates
The Eagle announces A. L. Dunnica, W. R. Johnston, and W. M. Spell as candidates for City Secretary, with Spell seeking re election, for the April city election in Ryan. It also notes W. J. Roberts as a candidate for City Marshal and T. P. Boyett as a candidate for re election to City Marshal in the same April election.
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A. L. Dunnica Sa
Ryan
Eagle
W. R. Johnston
A. Eagle
W. M. Spell
W. J. Roberts
Pril
T. P. Boyett
Cotton Mill Plan Pushed by Bryan Citizens and Mills Co
Judge A M Hatcher outlined the Southern Cotton Mills Co plan to build twelve Texas mills with a Bryan stake of 100000 and 800000 bonds. A stock drive would fund construction and a $100000 sinking fund, creating a 300000 bonded debt over 35 years, with work to begin immediately and a mill cluster plus cottages within a year.
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A. M. Hatcher
Bryan Business League
Southern Cotton Mills Co
W. E B. Saunders
J. W. Doremus
Ed Hall
J. W. Howell
J. A. Myers
G.S. Parker
C. F. Moore
M. Winter
W. R. Johnston
H. Rohde
League
Judge Hatcher
Houston
Texas
New York
Bryan
Brazos County
Southern Cotton Mill Company
Treasury
Hatcher
Eagle
Lanham backs Sayers plan for state needs and reforms
Gov Lanham endorses funding for state departments and institutions, strict anti trust laws, primary election protections, and equal taxation. He urges uniform school laws, honest accounting, and continued operation of the Rusk iron foundry to aid jobs and Texas resources. He notes boll weevil threat and a $500,000 reward sought by Wooten, plus farm diversification to counter pests.
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Rusk Iron Foundry
Texas
Wooten
Neal presides as lieutenant governor opens Texas senate
Lieutenant Governor Neal presided as the Texas senate convened in Austin on January 22. Highlights include a bill to allow the Houston, Beaumont and New Orleans line to buy and operate regional railroads, the first message from Governor Lanham, eulogies for Judge Reagan, and a general appropriation plan. Browning resigns the gavel with thanks, and bonds worth 250000 for Galveston seawall and breakwater are approved for registration.
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Senate
Austin
Neal
Beaty
International and Great Northern Railway Company
Houston
Beaumont
New Orleans
Oak Lawn
Magnolia Park
International Improvement
M.V A. Cravens
Lanham
House
Moran
Guinn
Stollenwerck
Pickett
Browning
Jay
Stafford
Galveston County
A. J. Compton
Fleager Bank in Jacksonville Stripped to Ten Cents Found
United States Marshal seized the failed C. N. Fleager & Co. bank after Monday collapse. Only ten cents remained. liabilities estimated at 100000 to 150000 dollars. Forged notes alleged. similar schemes reported with banks in New York and Houston. Creditors lose hope. steps underway to arrest late bankers.
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United States
Fleager & Son Bank
Jacksonville
Wettermark
Tex
George W. Eason
C. N. Fleager & Co
Wettermark Bank
Nacogdoches
New York
Houston
Burglars Blow Safe at F and Shaw Brothers Store
In Clifton Texas on January 22 burglars blew open the vault causing about 1000 dollars in damage and stealing 118.95 in cash plus 2 from the grocery cash drawer. Entry was gained through the east door of the dry goods department requiring three explosions to breach the safe. Texas World’s Fair Commission met in Austin with Vice President Polk presiding. Judge Perkins reported progress and corporate generosity.
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Clifton
Tex
F. &. Shaw & Bros
Texas
Austin
Incexas World’s Fair Commission
Driskill Hotel
Polk
Kirby
Perkins
Panic Stricken Mazatlan Residents Endure Plague Aftermath
Reports from Mazatlan describe panic and hardship as residents unable to flee crowd the streets to watch hospital patients and burning houses where plague cases occurred. Wealthy families have evacuated. charity committees have raised about $50,000 for plague victims.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Passenger Train Crashes After Open Switch Deliberate Act
A Frisco northbound passenger train from Memphis to Kansas City crashed into a freight at South Greenfield Kansas after a switch was left open. Engineer Fisher was killed instantly and fireman Ed M. Gilbert fatally hurt. The express messenger is missing. The train left the track and burned near a trestle on a sharp curve after the collision. The switch likely set by deliberate malice or robbery.
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Fort Scott
Kar
Frisco
Springfield
Kansas City
South Greenfield
Fisher
Ed M. Gilbert
Memphis
Visher
Six Democrats criticised for not voting in Teller action
Denver reports sharp criticism from Teller supporters after six Democrats refused to vote for United States senator in a Wednesday joint session. Some say a full attendance would have yielded Teller’s election, while leaders face charges of unfaithfulness to Teller and the party platform. Former Governors Thomas and Adams deny responsibility for the session’s outcome.
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Denver
Henry M. Teller
United States
Senate
House
Teller
Charles 8. Thomas
Alva Adams
Absolute Divorce Suit Filed by New York Social Leader
Mrs. James Lindsay Gordon filed for absolute divorce from her husband, once an assistant district attorney of New York City. Gordon denies the charges. He is the son of George C. Gordon and grandson of General W. F. Gordon, a former Virginia congressman. Gordon is a former Virginia state senator. Mrs. Gordon is the daughter of a wealthy Philadelphia manufacturer.
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New York
James Lindsay Gordon
Gordon
George C. Gordon
W. F. Gordon
Virginia
Virginia State Senate
Philadelphia
Harri man Elected President of Morgan's Louisiana and Texas RR
E H Harriman was named president of Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company, Louisiana division of Southern Pacific, succeeding the late A C Hutchinson who died December 7 in New Orleans. Thornville Fay elected vice president, John B Richardson secretary, Alex Miller assistant treasurer in New York, and A K Van deventer assistant treasurer in New York. A separate note reports a New York meeting of St Louis steamship passengers moving to pursue legal action with local talent engaged to assist in the case.
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Morgan
Louisians and Texas Railroad Company
New Orleans
E. H. Harriman
Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company
Louisiana Division
Southern Pacific
A. C. Hutchinson
Thornvelle Fay
John B. Richardson
Treasury
Alex Miller
New York
A. K. Vandeventer
St. Louis
Hoffman House
Bernei
Lloyd
Peace Agreement Ratified by National Baseball League
Cincinnati January 22 The National Baseball League ratified the peace agreement unanimously and adjourned until the annual session A resolution was adopted to compensate Brooklyn for the loss of pitcher Donovan and another to construe section 5 so that New York in the American circuit refers to Manhattan rather than Greater New York.
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Cincinnati
National Baseball League c
Brooklyn
Donovan
New York
Manhattan
Thomas Thomas Testifies On Coal Strike Impacts
Thomas Thomas district superintendent of Lehigh Valley Coal testified before the coal strike commission in Philadelphia. He said before the 1900 strike the company could obtain contract miners to produce extra coal cars as needed, but after the strike they could not hire enough men to load more than a limited daily number of cars.
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Thomas Thomas
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Coal Strike Commission
Thomas
Fifty-One Cows Cremated in Linden Farm Fire
A large dairy farm building in Linden, New Jersey, was destroyed by fire, burning to death fifty-one cows. The incident occurred near Elizabeth, about two and a half miles from the city, on January 22.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Linden
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