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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1901
Page
2
The Daily Eagle announces W. R. Johnston as a candidate for the office of alderman of Bryan in the upcoming April election.
London dispatch reports Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain announcing General Botha declined the peace terms offered by General Kitchener. Botha conveyed the decision in a letter to Kitchener, stating he would not recom mend the terms. Chamberlain said papers on the negotiations would be laid on the table that night.
Washington march 19. The state department register for 1901 describes the Transvaal and Orange Free State as independent republics and contradicts claims the United States officially recognized their annexation by Britain. The status may be clarified when a new consul general is sent to Pretoria.
Texas Senate spends the morning debating a bill to grant Galveston a state tax for 15 years to aid city rebuilding. House sets freight bill during the day and weighs factory tax exemptions for 10 years. A Lane bill to fund a vault over the Mier prisoners’ remains at LaGrange is amended to require citizens raise 1000 dollars for a monument. Hogsett road bill advances to engrossment. Mulkey proposes inviting President McKinley to Austin during his southern tour. motion adopted.
W. W. Gillespie, a Milwaukee Medical College student and teacher, suffered skull fractures nose injuries and facial gashes from hazing by a fellow student. He is under doctor care and expects recovery but is disfigured. Gillespie plans action after identifying his assailant. Also Chicago fire chief Dennis J. Semnie is gravely ill with heart disease. King Charles of Portugal expresses support for religious freedom and a cautious separation of church and state.
Immense Bryan gathering watches as Bishop Gallagher and clergy lay the Villa Maria corner stone. The event features a long procession, a forthright address by Judge J. W. Doremus, and donations list including relics and a parchment bearing names of Leo XIII, Cardinal Satelli, and local figures.
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph humor column notes a writer claiming odors cause deafness. The cross eyed boarder jokes that music is loud, while a reader holds a newspaper and observes the assertion. The item playful reflects a discussion on senses and sound.
A witty remark by Wintergreen about Mrs De Young at their first meeting rattles social circles in Cleveland. The piece notes Lamar O Quintero of New Orleans declining a Philippine Supreme Court seat due to family illness and reports eight soldiers and customs officers killed in an avalanche near Lake Como.
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