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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1901
Page
2
The May 21 1901 Daily Eagle notes 338 Texas oil companies chartered and reports on Orange County and railroad talks. It mentions a Pennsylvanian jail incident, a Florida peninsula railroad plan, 1300 horses and 1210 mules for Britain, a looming anti Negro vote convention, iron mountain sale in Lian County, Beaumont oil scope, land values, and a suite of business advertising maxims.
Brazos county commissioners court held its May session with Judge A G Board presiding. Paupers May Lightfoot Alex Lumford declared and given $2 monthly. Funds moved include 701.03 from third class to jury fund 335.61 to public building fund 92.28 to special third class fund and 56.38 from poll tax to special third class fund. Quarterly tax collector and county offices reported. multiple road overseer appointments made and prisoner feeding bill approved at 353.40.
The I. & G. N. railroad declared a college road abandoned from south of Bryan to where it meets the H. & T. C. south of the college and authorized a 40 foot easement plus a new public road. landowners must grant rights and East strip, as bills pass. A Bryan wedding and bankruptcy notices follow. J R Barnett and Miss Norma Nass wed at 5 pm Sunday. groom from Tennessee, now in Bryan. Oliver Cromwell Utsey files for discharge in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Waco. creditors may oppose by May 30 1901.
An ad promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a superior treatment for coughs and lung troubles. It claims relief, germ destruction, and better sleep, advising one bottle and noting widespread druggist endorsement. The piece invites readers to collect the Home Formulary Book from Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co for home medical formulas.
Brazos County Texas commissioners court will convene as a board of equalisation on the second Monday in June 1901 the 10th to equalize county taxes. Also notes open gallery and immigrant figures 40 000 Italians booked for the next months.
Montgomery May 20 The Alabama constitutional convention begins in the House hall with 155 delegates. The main issue is eliminating the negro vote, alongside plans for smaller counties, court reform and curbing local legislation. Debate on a four year term for state officials and possible chancery court abolition are also noted.
Evansville Indiana May 20 Evart Conway 27 shot and killed C W Garrison and his wife in their home then wounded Patrolman Ben Wallis before killing himself Conway, a neighbor, had quarrelled with the Garrisons over a dairy trade. He shot Garrison as he milked cows and then killed Mrs Garrison and set fire to the stable. Police reports say Conway barricaded himself, shot a officer, kissed his wife goodbye, and died of a self inflicted wound in the heart. Both families left children.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on May 20 police intervened to prevent a lynching after the murder of Assistant Yardmaster William Moore and the attempted lynching of William Fairfax the Black suspect. A rope dangled from the town hall as a warning while mobs gathered seeking workmen for sewer projects. Nearby unrest involved Creek Nation politics and Seminole allotment debates.
Peru declines participation in the Pan-American congress if arbitration is limited to future questions. Argentina and Bolivia, sympathetic on Tacna and Arica, may withdraw, risking a deadlock. The decision was relayed by Dudley in Lima with further talks planned in Washington.
Dan Bailey, about 20, jumped from a through freight at Comanche Oklahoma Territory and died at the depot platform. Willis Josey DeMoss, a popular Cuero girl, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid, leaving letters whose contents are not yet known.
Monroe Edge, land agent, lists dozens of parcels for sale or exchange including cabins near the Allen Academy, 56 room house with waterworks, a cottage with view, 200 acres on Madisonville road, a 45 acre hilltop property, 326 acres of black prairie near Koge, four houses in Calvert and Ennis, three acres near Llano, and oil district tracts in Brazos bottom. Prices range from 500 to 1200 with trade options for Bryan property.
Otto Boehme announces Sunday closure for the bakery all day after 9 A. M. Patrons needing any items should call before 9 A. M. at 47 Otto Boehme to ensure service.
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