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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1899
Page
2
The March 29 1899 issue notes the Passover eight day observance with unleavened bread and matzos. It cites a Missouri farmer who amasses wealth raising corn and feeding stock, plus a Texas legislative act to protect farmers buying fertilizers and poisons for bollworm control analyzed by experts.
Anthony Hope completes a new romance titled The Countess Emilia. The Ladies Home Journal has purchased the work and will feature it in an upcoming issue, launching its serialized presentation.
Ben chley News notes Jim Stewart of Iola visited last week. H L and Oliver Bush were in town visiting relatives. Rev J L Andrews preached last Sunday. no service next Sunday. Choir meets at Dixon's. singers invited for Church Harvest. David Wilson's daughter ill. Horace Seale went to Alexander today. Alvin Seale and H L Bush traveled to Bryan on business. Umbria.
Amusement lovers await The Bells concert company at the Grand Opera house Wednesday night March 29. The traveling troupe includes top singers and musicians. Instruments featured are piano violin guitar mandolin and zither. Admission prices are 25 50 and 75 cents.
Elder I J Taylor preached at Ebenez er while visitors from Iola and Grimes county joined churchgoers. Families from Kurten and nearby towns attended, with several coming from Bryan for a weekend. A baby died near Kurten and illness grieves Mrs Moore. Fishing parties and church singing filled the week with plans for next Saturday night gathering, White Rose reports.
On March 28 in Dolomite Alabama 250 miners armed themselves after the arrest of three colleagues. Will Calvin a black man was fatally shot by enraged locals. Sheriff O'Brien and about a dozen deputies dispersed the crowd while white workers kept arms ready. Violence and threats of a race war continued with exchanges of fire between camps and reinforcements dispatched. Sixteen ringleaders detained and patrols maintained to prevent further clashes.
John Henry Collins was condemned to death for murdering his father. When asked to speak, he delivered a tearful, sensational plea claiming innocence and asking God to reveal his heart, drawing strong reactions from the crowded courtroom.
Fragments show three more bodies found in Windsor hotel ruins raising the total dead to 32 with 11 identified and 21 still unknown. The missing list sits at 40 as gangs continue digging and new items are added to police records.
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