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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1900
Page
3
Hot Springs Ark May 11 The Southern Baptist convention opens with ex Governor Northen of Georgia presiding at 10 am. Six hundred delegates attend as Northen delivers an address then the body begins business with the reelection of O Mears as secretary.
Time card shows Bryan service times with Northbound and Southbound departures and arrivals. Entries include Northbound No 1 at 12:80 p.m. and No 8 at 1:28 a.m. Southbound No 2 at 8:55 p.m. and No 4 at 3:17 a.m.
Lemp's bottled beer promotes health and refreshment at Exposition Saloon while Edinburg's restaurant advertises hot lunches. Local visitors include Dr J W Alderhold and Editor W L Turner. A Coney Island fight update notes Corbett KO by Jeffries in round 23. Church revival, stock farming plans, and depot inspection by Southern Pacific and related parties are reported along with a tea by Presbyterian ladies and several business notices.
The Baptist Young People's Union held its fifth annual gathering at Mot Springs Arkansas in the Eastman hotel dining hall. Officers elected include President Rev Dr L O Dawson of Tuscaloosa Alabama and vice presidents KR Coleman Texas J O Russ Tennessee. The secret ary W W Gaines Atlanta and treasurer W R Philips Birmingham. Executive chair Rev Dr B Do Gray Birmingham. American Baptist Educational Society met. Dr A P Montague South Carolina Armstrong St Louis and Rev Dr Purington spoke. Endowment funds rose by 425000 across 23 institutions and 21 institutions reported new buildings valued at 411800. Nathaniel Butler Lt D Maine named president.
Florida starch producers and Alachua county officials ask Congress to pass a bill making tapioca flour and starches from cassava subject to duty like potato starch. They warn that California rulings and new Florida factories could abandon investments without protection. Other items note transit police on St Louis suburban lines, a fire in Austin, labor unrest in Kansas City, Hood county ballot recounts, and rising chattel mortgages signaling agricultural credit strains.
Pine Bluff Arkansas May 11 Dr J O Cook of Memphis Tennessee was shot and probably fatally wounded here by J B Estes Cook had threatened to kill Estes and the dispute sparked the attack local authorities investigated the shooting may involve a feud or personal conflict with deadly consequences
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