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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1899
Page
4
Howard City reports Joseph Harvey killed his wife uncle and grandmother and mortally wounded a three month old child and father in law before shooting himself. He claimed a fatal stabbing by Pierson prompted his actions. Sheriff says Harvey confessed and lynching threats loom as residents reel from the horror.
A town built in a day at Mountain View Washita county rose from prairie to city status with 800 residents. W T Wyates mayor, Q W Bellamy treasurer, J Kerfoot police judge, and a full council led rapid lots selling up to 900 dollars within 80 minutes of stakes being driven. Washita river bridged. mining town rapid growth drew eager settlers along the river valley.
Charleston hosts the Confederate Veterans reunion with Gen. Joe Wheeler receiving wild acclaim as Gen. Gordon lauds his exploits at Santiago. Committees on credentials and resolutions chosen. next annual meeting place to be decided. Also notes a new U S coal barge being built in Elizabethport and looming price hikes for plows.
In St Louis on May 11, Maurice Dillon, a gunboat Nashville sailor, and his brother Edward Dillon were joyfully reunited after 28 years apart. Edward had followed a note from Memphis to meet Maurice as the Nashville docked, and Captain Maynard granted shore leave for the touching reunion.
In Lancing on May 11 the Michigan Senate passed a measure to shut out trusts and monopolies. The bill prohibits any restraint on trade or price fixing and allows penalties and double damages for anyone harmed in business by a trust.
A cabinet insider says the president plans an extraordinary session of Congress around October 20 to finish deliberations before next year’s nominating conventions. News from multiple cities reports poisoning at a Buena Vista revival, a fatal scalding of a Swedish farmer’s child near Georgetown, the death of planter William Miles in Burnside, a deadly trestle accident near New Castle, and a warehouse fire in Kansas City with a fireman killed.
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