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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1901
Page
2
The article notes oil excitement cooling slightly while Texas shores up growth. It reports higher wages for mechanics at M. E. & Tx shops in Smithville and urges broader public drive for statewide progress as farmers increase production to feed a growing world.
Seth Duncan was convicted in Madison county district court for the murder of E. A. Simonton and H. T. Slaughter at Evans' saloon in Madisonville and sentenced to life in the penitentiary.
The H. and T. C. will run an excursion to Prairie View this morning for observers to meet President McKinley. The LL and Q N will also run an excursion to Austin where the president will arrive in the afternoon. The invitation aimed to show the state of Texas education for the negro.
County Clerk G W McMichael announces that all papers filed for record must be accompanied by cash as authorized by law. He states he has limited time and will not accept overdue bills and will not make exceptions to the rule. Public notice from the county clerk’s office.
Notice to contractors dated April 26 1901 bids due May 8 at 10 am for brick work carpentry and general work and painting of three frame cottages plans on file in office blank proposals on request each bid with certified check at least 5 percent of bid right to reject all bids reserved L L Foster President A and M College.
An old advertisement asserts August Flower as the leading medicine for indigestion, biliousness, and general malaise. It claims it cleans the system, stops fermentation, regulates the liver, and boosts nervous activity with a few doses. The copy directs readers to obtain Green's Prize Almanac from Wilson Jenkins Drug Co.
Sealed proposals will be received for the privilege of selling ice cream lemonade and other beverages except intoxicating liquors on the grounds at the A M College during commencement week. Bids due by 12 m Tuesday May 14. Right to reject any bid reserved. 28 L L Foster President.
100 acres of land near Lamb Springs offered for sale at 20 dollars per acre. Property may be sold as a whole or in part. Contact 33 Frank Clarke for details.
The Beaufort and Brazos Valley Oil company will hold a stockholders meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in Fountain office to elect a board for the year ending May 1902. A tea at Mrs. H. Rohde's home from 3 to 6:30 p.m. benefits the Ladies Aid Society. Also notes about local events and hotel sterilizing system introduction.
Report notes the Pekin legation guard will answer only to American authority and resist private, foreign, or German arrangements. It states the United States will influence China to prevent concessions at Canton and to counter Russian Manchuria aims.
The Commission finishes an eight week tour in Batangas Luzon and Sorsegon Marinduque and prepares to depart Manila. Insurgents fired on the town Wednesday night but casualties are not reported and government is established in Sorsegon with Captain J Livingston of New York as treasurer.
The California supreme court reversed a lower ruling and invalidated the trust clause in the will of James G. Fair. The $15 million estate was to be held in trust for heirs while preserving the principal, but the ruling now allows division of the estate among Fair's children Mrs. Herman Ovlrichs Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt Jr. and Charles Fair.
New York May 2 Albert Case chosen to succeed John E Searles as president of the American Cotton Company and has assumed duties. Case long served as credit manager at Carnegie Steel and is a partner. He is also a trustee of the Metropolitan Trust and a director of the American Bridge Company.
J N Farwell of Chicago closes a 500 000 dollar deal with E L Hassell of Vinita for 15 000 acres of ranch land in Oldham and Hartley counties Texas at two dollars per acre and 7000 white faced Hereford cows at eighty dollars each with two hundred fifty thousand dollars paid in cash to bind the sale. In San Francisco twenty two hundred union cooks and waiters strike over hours and wages after the Restaurant Keepers association refuses shorter hours contracts. downtown and waterfront eateries hit as owners close shops to support others.
Natchez Miss May 2 The Texas University team won 4 to 1 in a well played contest against Jefferson College. The Texans leave for Baton Rouge to face Louisiana University.
Senator Bacon is traveling to Manila. He will not discuss the purpose of his mission.
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