City Council Unanimously Accepts Terms
Post office entry notes indicate an agreement accepted by the city council. The document shows Connelly and Carnes as parties involved in the terms.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1902
Page
2
Post office entry notes indicate an agreement accepted by the city council. The document shows Connelly and Carnes as parties involved in the terms.
City Council in regular session presided by Mayor Harrison approves minutes and officers reports. Fiscal agent lists funds with balances including special building 3583.78 and water works 96.06. Secretary's April collections are 445.28 and delinquent tax list is delayed. Franchise application by L. H. Fuller for a light plant is tabled.
City council tabled a policy to allow calves at night. Andrew Carnegie pledges 10000 for a public library in Bryan if the city donates a site and 1000 annually for maintenance. the city attorney will draft the ordinance. Sam M. Winter’s franchise for electric lights and water mains is postponed to next meeting. Dogs must be muzzled and tagged. penalties 1 to 5 dollars. Alderman Stevenson to order 200 dog tags. Bill Ettle reports 31 head of loose stock taken up last month.
The twenty sixth annual catalogue lists a faculty of sixteen professors and thirteen instructors with 467 students. The twenty seventh session runs Sept 10 1902 to June 9 1903 with entrance exams Sept 8 1902. Applicants must be at least 16 and physically capable cadets with good moral character.
The phrase describing a harsh order aimed at Filipinos is cited as shifting attention from policy, as Democrats leverage the issue to pressure Republican senators. The remark highlights cross party uses of controversial rhetoric in the political arena.
Wanted young horse. must be heavy safe sound and a good looker. Bryan Ice Storage and Coal Co. Also an ad for Schlitz Beer praising tonic properties and a note about Gold Band Hams and Breakfast Bacon with an address 137 140.
Dallas May 10 The quadrennial meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church South sees sharp contention over war claim settlements with bishops and leaders warning of a battle royal as a minority report is pledged. E B Stahlman returns Monday to join the fray while election of bishops remains unsettled as committees organize and sermons fill city pulpits.
May 10 report from Beaumont discusses pressure at the Spindletop well. Most agree pressure has decreased as the oil flows shift toward the solid material. traders note a steady oil price rise amid this shift in output.
Bishop Duncan presided at the Methodist Episcopal Church South general conference in Dallas. The war claim report and publishing committee matter caused debate over its status, leading to an executive session set for 3 p.m. Monday. A day of fasting and prayer for divine guidance on war claim issues was scheduled.
Mrs. Sarah Cornelia Myer wife of Prof. John G. Murphy died in Fishkill aged 80. She was daughter of Robert Livingston Myer nephew of Robert L. Livingston who administered Washingtons oath. Her grandfather was New Yorks first recorder and his wife a granddaughter of Peter Stuyvesant.
President Elect Palma reached Matanzas after stopping in multiple towns on the Santa Clara route. He was greeted at city hall by officials, dined by the civil governor, and hosted to a breakfast by the Spanish colony. A parade review and a city banquet followed before he sails to Havana.
Walter N. Haldeman president of the Louisville Courier Journal Company was struck by a trolley car while crossing tracks in Louisville and seriously injured.
Washington May 10 The senate passed a bill appropriating 100000 for supplies for relief of the Martinique disaster sufferers.
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