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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1901
Page
2
The Eagle announces W. R. Johnston as a candidate for the office of alderman in Bryan for the upcoming April election. The notice appears in the Saturday, March 30, 1901 issue published by Connelly & Carnes.
The Eagle will not publish lengthy obituaries or private society notices without a paid advertisement. Papers require personal requests, notes, or phone calls to run such items, with space limited for items of interest to only a few people.
The Texas Legislature has debated for weeks over locating an industrial school for girls. Voters understand the bill after two years of discussion, but the location debate drags on as many towns push their own championed sites. The author urges choosing the most suitable site with best facilities at the lowest cost, criticizing lawmakers for whimsy rather than state interest.
The news of Aguinaldo’s capture gives Admiral Dewey fresh exposure after his Manila Bay victory and marriage. Funston’s role in Aguinaldo’s capture earns him deserved honors and cements his reputation as a daring leader who could upstage slower regular officers.
J C Wilcox died Wednesday March 27 at 1 30 am at his home near Iola. Death followed injuries from a fall two weeks earlier and typhoid pneumonia. He was a brother of F S Wilcox of Bryan and left a wife and four children. Funeral was well attended.
The Texas House rejected a move to adjourn on April 9 and, if no surprise action occurs, plans for a final adjournment on that date. The governor warned of an August special session to address two-year appropriations and district reapportionment.
Nashville March 29 Forbes bivouac United Confederate Veterans of Clarksville seeks membership in the National Guard. If approved, Forbes bivouac would be the third ex Confederate organization in the South to join the National Guard.
Chief Wilkie says a revised counterfeit five dollar silver certificate of 1899 bearing the Indian Chief Onepapa portrait has appeared. The note, issued Oct 8 1900, now shows check letter and plate number changed from B 20 to A 32.
The street committee of Atlanta city council votes to rename Church street where the new Carnegie library sits, designating the thoroughfare as Carnegie Place.
The government contracts millions of flags for Puerto Rico schools to teach patriotism on Independence Day and prepares a large order for the Philippines. In other news, coal miners in the Pittsburg district ratified a wage scale, and James Callahan waived preliminary hearing in the Cudahy kidnapping case with a trial set for April 22.
Henderson Minnesota, March 29. Wallert was executed early today for the murder of his wife and four stepchildren. The tragedy stemmed from a family disagreement.
Dublin reports the death of James Stephens, the renowned Fenian leader of the 1866 movement, in Dublin on March 29.
News brief reports heavy floods across numerous New York areas. Other items note political security measures for Emperor William, a jewelers theft arrest in Kansas City, a Bavarian Jack the Ripper, Detroit capitalists starting a Mexican Oaxaca mining venture, Elks temple cornerstone in Detroit, painter Gazin dies in Nice, and a Missouri editor challenging a duel.
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