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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
3
Singing gening was exceedingly is Shaw and family visited d Mrs. Ed Edge of Wixon my ram rapany. LISTEN HOW IT IS y Joe Suttles went to Mad iville Tuesday. Elder Denton returned to his ome at Madisonville last week after a two weeks visit to friends.
Local residents share visits and church attendance with Clarence Elliott visiting Wixon Charley Drew and family hosting Jeff Carter and Grandma Drew. Edge area social round includes Concord church services Wheelock exhibition and local health notes. Advertisements mention Falstaff beer and 50 Mexican June corn for sale by Dr Mike Jr. 159.
An English investigator, Irene A. Ashby, reports from Alabama and Georgia that up to half of mill workers are children ages five to twelve. She cites mill owners who relocate northern labor and fight bills to ban baby labor, arguing industrial growth requires child labor, funded by northern capital.
Weather summary reports widespread drought in Missouri and upper Missouri valleys intensifying crop stress while eastern regions face excessive rains. Corn shows very slow growth due to low temperatures and cutworm damage. cotton growth is slow with cultivation difficulties. tobacco transplanting advances in Maryland Virginia and Tennessee. in Kentucky plants are small, in Carolinas heavy rain hurts tobacco. Navy overhauls steamer Supply for Guam station ship status.
London dispatch notes heavy British losses in the Viadfontein engagement and a Boer rear guard attack that was repulsed after capturing two guns. Describes renewed Boer fighting spirit, halted peace rumors, and a clash near Jamestown where White's column retook stores and captured horses. Cape Town reports Jamestown garrison of 60, Krütsinger’s force around 1000, with 12 Boers killed and 15 wounded.
General Kitchener's dispatch from Pretoria dated June 4 reports Jameston in Cape Colony surrendered to Kritzinger's commando on June 2 after four hours of fighting. The town guard and volunteers were overpowered, garrison released, with three killed and two wounded for the British. Boer losses said to be greater and stores looted.
Havana observers medal the constitutional convention to add the Platt proviso to Cuba's constitution. Delegates link the move to Supreme Court insular decisions and Washington aims for greater direct control over Cuba than the Platt amendment envisages.
A mob in Stone county Missouri threatens to lynch a woman and her son accused of murdering Alice Stallion, 16. The body was found in a river near Cape Fair, with police suspecting a staged death by the girl due to a love affair. A 7 year old witness later testified the mother held the girl while the step son killed her with a poker.
Washington June 5 among second lieutenants promoted to first lieutenants and assigned to regiments were Dupont B. Lyon of Sherman Arthur P. Watte of Dallas and William Sinclair of Galveston Republic note includes three officers and their home cities with regiment assignments.
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