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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1900
Page
2
S. H. Henderson of Cameron is presented as the Democratic nominee subject to the party convention action. The notice reflects the formal nomination process and party procedures in Cameron.
State of Texas Brazos County shows assets including loans and discounts overdrafts and securities totals around 325 718 30 with notes from National Banks and specie. J W English bank president attested the statement as true on May 5 1900 before notary Bort Armstrong Brazos County Texas. Wanted good second hand buggy by Box 340 Bryan Texas with price possible.
Five to six hundred people packed the courthouse for an old time fiddle contest hosted by the Methodist church ladies raising funds for a new church. J J Presley won first prize a gold watch, with M A Posey and J W Gee taking second and third. judges included E J Butler and Col M W Sims among others.
Breached by rising floodwaters across multiple Texas towns on May 4 with Yegua and Guadalupe rivers rising and Brazos traffic halted between Hempstead and Brazos. Bridges damaged with losses expected around 40 000 dollars. Dewey greeted by 10000 in Joliet as news updates flow in.
Salt Lake City reports say about 250 deaths may occur from the Scofield mine disaster. Coffins are scarce and bodies are decomposing rapidly. Cremation is proposed as a possible solution. Fifty bodies lack burial provisions.
A New York guardian request in the Henry Flagler case seeks release from Ida Flagler due to her insanity, with assets of over 1.2 million dollars in stocks and 264 thousand in cash. In Seattle a Yukon military beef contract worth about 100 thousand dollars is awarded to Jack Dalton for multiple posts, with first shipments in June. In Kansas City a judge signs a whipping post order for two youths caught stealing beer bottles, and father Stewart administers the lashes. In Constantinople, indemnity claims remain unchanged as two Armenians are allowed to depart Alexandria, and US claims of consul mistreatment are denied.
Armed men patrol Burlington North Carolina as tensions rise after a mob hanged a man earlier in the week. Negroes threaten retaliation and armed citizens guard the town amid ongoing unrest.
The Democratic state central committee called a convention in Baton Rouge on June 4 to select delegates for the Kansas City national convention.
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