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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1899
Page
2
The Bryan Texas newspaper argues trusts control jobs and imports, while east coast syndicates buy 200000 acres in Kansas for bonanza cultivation. It predicts large land seizures and urges steps against concentration, noting lumber exports and foreign demand as troubling trends.
The piece warns that timber cuts are shrinking domestic supply while imports reach about 20 million dollars annually. It ties deforestation to floods and droughts, insect losses, and farmland damage, urging better reproduction and fearing a desert future if foreign money is favored over native timber.
The trial of 8S. A. Hayden v. J. B. Cranfill et al. in Dallas ended Friday at 5 PM with a verdict for the plaintiff of $20,000 actual and $10,000 exemplary damages. The petition sought $100,000 total. Defendants plan a motion for new trial and potential appeal if denied.
Notable arrivals at Exchange Hotel include F W Crutchfield of Navasota F W Norris of Houston Homer H Rutherford of Austin RS Card of Dallas and J E Semple of Winston during the period.
Pickles and preserves in bottles, newly received at John B. Mike's. These goods are described as fine and ready for purchase.
Real estate records show multiple conveyances and releases in Bryan Texas. Listings include 105 acres in T W Blakey survey and 1057 acres in Moses Scott and James Prewett survey with various considerations, city lots, and releases among individuals and families.
A Utah report details a Wyoming train robbery where five bandits split two loads of cash and jewels from an exploded express car. Dynamite blasts opened the safe as clerks and guards were forced away, with $86,000 in money and about $10,000 in diamonds seized before the robbers vanished into darkness.
New York reports a National City bank plan to ship 1,000,000 in gold to Europe aboard the Lucania, amid mixed views on exports, bullion levels, and European demand as U.S. gold reserves rise and imports climb. In Birmingham a mine explosion kills convicts, while other notices include a gas company suit in Logansport, a copperhead bite in Brooklyn, and a child injured by a firecracker at Meyers’ grocery.
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