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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1900
Page
2
A candidate for mayor of Bryan runs for the April election, presenting platform and campaign aims to guide city leadership. The report notes campaign steps and local race context.
Six thousand head of Texas mules have been helping the British defeat the Boers. The bogus Captain Clark incident at New Orleans merely indicates what brags buttons can do. With two railroads, Bryan will offer an attractive field for the investment of capital in factories. With two railroads, Bryan already the leading cotton market and commercial center of this section, will be able to sell goods cheaper than ever.
The Puerto Rican tariff bill is described as a compromise with the constitution that may not gain public approval. Democrats call it a first class campaign document.
Citizens and business leaders in Bryan signed a contract for extending the Calvert Waco and Brazos Valley railroad to Bryan. The agreement guarantees right of way and depot grounds with strong local patronage and unanimity. The deed was given to I. & G. N. representative Mr. Noble to forward to Mr. Trice.
Manager Mike promises a theater treat for Bryan audiences as the Ewing Taylor company begins a week of nightly performances starting Monday March 5 at popular prices. Seats are sold at J B Mikes with a Monday night free admission for one lady with a paid 30 cent ticket and reservations required before 7 pm. The Waco Chronicle praised the company for a successful run at Grand Opera House last night.
E G Williams son in law of J C Davis died suddenly at his Marlin home at 5 PM on Friday from heart trouble. A Georgia native, he married Eva Davis in Temple in 1894 and leaves a wife and three children. Funeral held yesterday at 4 PM conducted by Rev R D Wilson. widow and children to remain in the city.
A public notice extols osteopathy as a science and drugless healing system now widely practiced. It cites endorsements from governors McMillan Briggs Pingree Altgeld and Stevens, noting Missouri’s legislature approved the bill with strong majorities and calling osteopathy a protectable public benefit. C L Goben D O endorses these statements.
The State University regents re organized this week with Hon. T. S. Henderson re elected chairman. The move signals continuity in leadership and policy direction for the university.
Officials of the Southern Industrial convention plan a May 8 to 11 Chattanooga meeting focus on technical education for poor white boys. They aim to establish a practical technical school to fit them for industrial work, with Clark Howell of Atlanta and Ben F Hunt of Huntsville to lead the effort.
Corsicana Texas reports wagon receipts totaling 32,875 square bales from Sept 1 1899 at three yards. Round bale gin output adds at least 2 200 bales, counted as 1 100 squares, bringing season totals to about 83 975 bales. Projected drop from last season is around 10 000 bales due to shorter acreage and weather.
An elderly Cheyenne woman known as Aunt Amy died after her open buggy caught fire on a road between Mason and Hedwig's Hill. Her horse fled, the cart burned, and she lay burned near the scene. She had lived in the U.S. for decades and reportedly was over 100 years old. The second item notes a National Republican League call for a July 17, 1900 convention in St Paul with delegates and alternates entitled to votes and seats.
Reuben Capeley and Hipolite Brown were hanged here Friday for the murder of Martin Sorrell, a storekeeper near Olivier. Charles Brown and Henry Green, who were to be hanged, were respited by the governor and the death sentence suspended until further notice. The town and streets drew crowds from surrounding counties to witness the execution.
Rangoon March 3 British punitive expedition pursuing those involved in the murder of British commissioners Kiddle and Sither land has captured the entire implicated group. Sixty villagers killed and 2000 houses burned in the crackdown.
At the B Langtry Sons rock quarry in Belton Texas two workers were killed when a derrick fell after a guy rope broke while loading rock onto cars. The deceased were identified as Jerry McCormick and Shorty Lynch. Several other workers were present but escaped injury.
Dallas March 3 The next annual session of the Texas Press association will convene in Brenham on Thursday morning April 12. Brenham residents are making unusual preparations for the entertainment of the association, promising a pleasant and profitable meeting.
London notes the death of Lady Louise Ma delina Tighe born 1803, daughter of the Duke of Richmond, who danced in Brussels on the eve of Waterloo and helped gird Wellington's sword for the battle. El Paso reports Mrs John D Rich transported to Chihuahua after conviction for husband murder. case appealed to Chihuahua court.
Memphis on March 3 reports the jury acquitted Harry L. Armstrong, former cashier of the defunct Continental National Bank, of making illegal entries in his government report. The jury deliberated for one hour.
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