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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1901
Page
2
The item notes Russia enlarging its navy with ships built abroad and criticizes Maclay as a yellow historian of the American navy. It mentions the University of Texas offering a free booklet of views and a catalogue, available by writing Registrar John A. Lomax.
The Commoner notes steel workers on strike will likely vote Republican and stay solid as a bloc. It suggests organized labor may learn that voting on election day is better than remaining united only between campaigns.
Protectionists and McKinley apologists claim the Porto Rico import tax helped the beet sugar vote and carried Iowa and Nebraska. Yet $600,000 reportedly remains in the island treasury and has not been spent, according to Treasurer Hollander. The tax may not be remitted.
An old bachelor bought socks and found a slip reading I am a Zleu of 20 and would like to correspond with a bachelor with view to matrimony signed with a young lady's address. He replied to the maker of the socks and learned the writer had been married five years ago last Christmas. The merchant did not advertise.
The Bryan post office lists remaining letters for the week ending July 22. A one cent charge is charged for each advertised piece of mail, and callers should state advertised when requesting items. Signed by P M Tyler Haswet.
Citizens of Bryan and Brazos County are invited to the 14th Annual Confederate Reunion of Camp John G. Walker in Madisonville on August 6 7 and 8. Baseball games concerts and speeches are highlighted and a committee on invitation lists organizers.
Desiring to break up housekeeping Mrs G G Nass offers for sale her place one block north of courthouse and a lot of handsome furniture including a piano three bedroom sets parlor set dining room set tables easels hall tree chairs side board sewing machine cooking stove and more. Desirable rental location and furniture is clean new without scratches unusually handsome Prices very low Call and see Mrs Nass at residence 206.
The Home Forum will meet in their lodge room at 8:30 p m on Monday July 20. Important business will come before the gathering. W T Jamies 203 President.
Chas. Claydon advertises electric belts guaranteed to cure nearly all human ills. Available from T. A. Searcy at Bryan Grocery Co. store for $1.00 with testimonials from reliable customers. Brazos and surrounding counties urged to inquire.
El Reno Oklahoma records a new total of 149,975 registrants as Lawton lags with 1,342 that day. The town swarms with pedestrians and vehicles, many sleeping in the streets due to crowded conditions. Banks guard against counterfeit messages while police seize bogus telegrams.
Representative Mudd urged Secretary Long to dismiss Ed gar S Maclay a Brooklyn navy yard clerk and author of a history accusing Admiral Schley of critical remarks The secretary promised prompt attention to the impropriety of his continued government employment due to the language used about Schley
Rear Admiral Sampson in Boston says he supports a full investigation of the Maclay Schley dispute. He notes the inquiry should be thorough and avoid detailing disputes, calling the current issue malice driven and hoping the truth will be revealed to the American people.
In Osceola Arkansas on July 25 reports describe a dispute between displaced officers and governor appointed officials. Sheriff Bowen and Circuit Clerk Driver refuse to surrender to J A Love and J W Rhodes claiming the governor lacks authority. Legal contest begun.
Two men used a wheelbarrow to haul a post office safe from the rear door to a spot 300 yards away and forced it open, securing about $200 in what authorities call one of the boldest robberies in the region.
College Station Texas July 25 The Texas Farmers' congress is a grand success. Interest is growing and papers read show marked improvement in the study of products suitable to Texas. The congress will result in much good.
Pittsburg reports show Wellsville plant steadily moving toward full operation with nonunion labor as rounds of new workers enter the site. McKeesport remains quiet while officials prepare for possible injunctions and a decisive week lies ahead. Nearby, inspectors in St. Louis target child labor, ordering over 600 underage workers discharged since May. In Cairo a fatal log-train accident near Caruthersville claims Flora Neal. Chicago hosts the Baptist Young People's Union convention with about 10 000 delegates and guests attending.
Dr. Felipe Caldas, Brazilian bacteriologist with a yellow fever serum, sails for Cuba aboard the Havana. He is accompanied by assistant Dr. Angel Bellinzaghi to direct experiments aimed at stamping out the disease in Cuba starting at Santiago de las Vegas, carrying 1000 serum bottles.
Cole and Jim Younger will act as traveling salesmen for the P. N. Peterson Granite company across Minnesota for one year. Warden Wolfer arranged the contracts with P. N. Peterson of Stillwater, who operates monument and granite works in St Paul and Minneapolis. They will receive 760 per month plus travel expenses and board.
Dixon Missouri reports ongoing water scarcity across the Ozarks. In Belle Maries county water fit to drink sells for a barrel. Grading camps along the St Louis extension through Osage and Maries counties show similar figures. In southern Pulaski county prices run from 20 to 50 cents per barrel depending on hauling distance.
Port Townsend reports the steamer Nome City arriving with 28 passengers. They describe a rich strike in the Fairhaven district 90 miles north of Nome and a stampede from Nome. Over 509,000 dollars has been sluiced at the winter dumps near Nome.
In Winchester Kentucky on July 25 George Brown aged 43 and his nephew James Brown aged 22 fought with knives at their home near Elgin. James Brown is dead. George Brown and Bradford Thomas who tried to break up the fight are badly cut and Brown may die.
Middlesboro July 25 reports Clinton Legere a wealthy cattleman was shot to death near Tazewell Tennessee while returning from Tazewell to his Hancock county home. He was found with six bullet holes and $60 was missing.
An old advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a universal remedy for indigestion biliousness and liver issues. It claims doctors were scarce and lists benefits from cleansing the system to stimulating nerves and digestion. It urges readers to obtain the prize almanac and buy from Wilson Jenkins Drug Co.
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