Cauliflower gains and opera plans at the Daily Eagle
Readers learn of Prof. Pittock’s cauliflower crate from the Texas Experiment Station and strong markets in Chicago. Honolulu reports bubonic plague growth as ships move between Honolulu and San Francisco. An advance notice promotes the Lombardi Italian Grand Opera company in Bryan on February 6 with Lucia di Lammermoor starring Signorina Amilia Sosigni.
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B. C Pittock
Texas Experiment Station
Beeville Station
Chicago
California
Texas
Honolulu
San Francisco
Lombardi Italian Grand Opera Company
Donnizetti
Lucia di Lammer
Brown's in Town at Grand Opera House
The farce Brown's in Town is slated for Wednesday January 31 at the Grand Opera House. The performance promises comic misadventure and lively stage humor with a cast delivering playful dialogue and physical bits.
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Brown
Grand Opera House
Appointed Temporary Administrator for Carr Sr Estate
Notice announces G. G. Parker as temporary administrator of the estate of A. B. Carr Sr with power to collect debts and sue if needed. Indebted persons urged to settle at once. Residence Bryan Brazos County Texas dated Jan 24 1900.
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A. B. Carr
Bryan
Brazos County
Texas
Parker Bryan
Tex
China Emperor Abdication Sparks Tremor in Japan
Shanghai dispatch describes shock in Japan over the Chinese emperor's abdication. Rumors spread that Russia backed the coup while Chinese progressives urge foreign ministers to intervene. Dowager empress dismisses Jung Lu for opposing the move. Pu Chun named heir apparent in Pekin.
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London
Shanghai
Japan
Russia
Jung Lu
China
Pekin
Pu Chun
Americans Executed by Mexican Troops Near Guaymas
Report from Guaymas says six Americans including David Cusick John Eldridge George Lunt Charles Burns Lon Webster and Henry Williams were shot by Mexican forces under General Torres near the Bacate mountains east of Guaymas. The American consul was reportedly not asked to intervene.
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el Paso
Tex
Guaymas
Mex
David Cusick
John Eldridge
George Lunt
Charles Burns
Lon Webster
Henry Williams
Bacate Mountains
Torres
Bacate Range
Texas Legislature Short Session Ends in Austin
The Texas House signed bill No. 3 for a 10000 dollar contingent expense appropriation while bills on corporate franchise tax and homestead patents faced committee referrals. The Senate revenue panel heard opinions but reached no conclusion. Health reports note multiple smallpox cases in Bell County near Prairie Dell and Tyler with several discharges and one death in Texarkana.
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Senate
House
Decker
Howard
Senate Committee On Revenue and Taxation
State
Prairie Dell
Bell County
Marshall
Tyler
Arkansas
Honey Grove
Bradley
Texarkana
Cobcran backs Bryan renomination with armistice on silver
W Bourke Cockran urges Bryan renomination with a silver truce until 1904. If Bryan accepts, anti imperialism becomes the Democracy campaign cry in 1900. Cockran would endorse the Chicago platform in full if the silver fight is postponed. Austin reports R E L Saner of Dallas chosen agent for state university lands by regents.
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New York
W. Bourke Cockran
W. J. Bryan
Lockran
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Cochran
Chicago
Austin
R. E. L. Saner
Dallas
Board of Regents of
University
Fire Devours North Main Street Business Block
Arapahoe Oklahoma January 27 nearly the entire north side of Main street’s business section was destroyed by a Friday fire.
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Arapahoe, O. T
Senators Press for Prompt Philippine Policy Action
Washington reports a growing view among administration leaders that Congress should act soon on Philippine policy. Supporters argue a clear congressional stance would aid Philippines conditions and buoy business while limiting Manila warfare. Senator Spooner proposes a limited declaration tied to governing the acquired territory, with Senator Morgan of Alabama supporting this approach.
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Congress
Islands
Philippines
Manila
Senate
Lodge
Philippine Commission
Aguinaldo
Spooner
Wisconsin
Louisiana Purchase
Morgan
Alabama
Robbers Bound and Gagged Four in Factory heist
Three masked burglars blew the safe at Dr. Peter Fabrney Sons & Co factory in Chicago on a Friday night. They bound and gagged four employees, seized about $1700 in currency plus notes and valuables, and caused a wrecked office and shattered safe. The blast spread shock through the block.
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Chicago
Peter Fabrney Sons & Co
Macrum sails from Cherbourg to New York on St Paul
Paris reports former United States consul at Pretoria Charles 5. Macrum has departed for Cherbourg and will sail for New York aboard the American Line steamer St Paul.
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Charles 5. Macrum
United States
Pretoria
Cherbourg
New York
American Line
St. Paul
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