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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1899
Page
2
In the June 7 1899 issue The Daily Eagle notes John Wanamaker spent 325000 in 1898 advertising his New York store and 300000 for his Philadelphia store New Orleans Picayune discusses McKinleys civil service order urging timely issuance and questioning its merit with editorials from Albany Argus.
The Courier Journal quotes a bystander: a young man attacked his wife with a poker but was stopped by her screams attracting a passerby who alerted the police. The exchange notes a poker game context and the shocked reactions of the Young Thing and the major.
The Weatherford Democrat condemns the habit of men staring at women on streets calling it rude and annoying. It argues admiration for good looking people is natural but persistent gazing from sight to corner is unacceptable to women.
A Thursday night concert by Miss Sue McLelland's music pupils at the opera house supports the new band. The program promises an entertaining evening and highlights the pupils' efforts to help equip the band. The matron of a Wichita Kansas children's home received a letter from an elderly man seeking to adopt a child. He is 58 and seeks a child who will laugh cry and be mischievous, promising a good home and expressing love for a lively child.
A Galveston Tribune special from Waco reports friends of Judge Sam R. Scott of the 54th judicial district, based in Marlin, plan his bid for Congress against Hon. R. L. Henry. Rumors also place other Democratic contenders in the field, with T. B. Henderson of Cameron and Senator Patterson of Bell county named among prominent district figures.
The home paper is the best proposition for advertisers as it reaches the whole family who make buying decisions, according to the New Orleans Picayune.
The colored Masonic grand lodge of Texas will meet in Bryan on June 13 to decide the location of a colored orphans' home and industrial school on a farm. Grand master J. W. McKinney of Sherman says Sherman has a fair chance and all competing points will be fairly treated.
Notice that water and electric light service will be cut off without further notice for those who have not paid their bills. Payments must be made on or before Wednesday June 14. The Bryan Water Light Power Co warns no further indulgence will be granted.
Bottled pickles and preserves of all kinds newly received at John B. Mike's. The goods are described as fine. Ask for Lemps bottled beer for a cool refreshing beverage.
Washington reports Rear Admiral George W. Melville, engineer in chief of the navy, sails to New York to accept an honorary Master of Science from Columbia University. Trustees informed him by letter. President Low notes the decree as a historic first. The same day Columbia awards Doctor of Laws to Governor Roosevelt and Carl Schurz.
Governor General John R. Brooke reports officers are taking short leaves, hampering administration in Cuba. In a war department cablegram he says officer shortages increase duties for servicemen on duty and threaten discipline. The department will enforce stricter leave rules.
In Vienna John Hanna way received a 20 year penitentiary term after pleading guilty to attempting to outrage a child. In Guthrie Capers sues the Daily Leader for 7500 dollars for libel claiming it caused his defeat. New York hosts a south products exposition from Oct 25 to Dec 1 endorsed by merchants associations. St Joseph reports a rabies death of a 4 year old girl after dog bites. Pittsburg notes still billets and pig iron price increases to 31 dollars. Cairo reports Alexandria plague cases rising to 14 with four dead and four cured. Washington notes Admiral Dewey's Olympia sailing toward Singapore en route home. Lebanon reports Representative Bland remains critically ill.
Frank Chapman remanded to jail without bond in Arcadia Texas for killing Abe Harshaw. Nelson Jones and A J Matthews receive 21 and ten years for involvement in the Seminole burning at Maud Texas. Matthew Craig sentenced to hang at Muscogee on Aug 25 for killing Deputy U S Marshal Heinrech at Lallequah. Baron and Baroness de Bara convicted in Chicago of fraud and fined twelve thousand dollars. Senor Romano elected president of Peru. Cleburne Texas reports an ice war and selling at 20 cents per 100 pounds. Brigadier General Charles King discharged from the volunteer service. Twenty seven cows killed in Chicago from consumption. Aguinaldo seeks recognition by European courts. A carload of watermelons ships from Linton Texas to Dallas. Walter Jones elected mayor of Galveston Texas.
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