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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1900
Page
2
A new Belton cotton mill receives machinery as the town readies for industrial growth. The item notes the historical scene and includes a local aside about Thanksgiving, reflecting the era and community mindset.
The Eagle notes strong public encouragement for the Galveston medical college. It is a worthy state institution deserving pride, with several local young men having entered the school.
The Eagle reports the Brenham boll weevil convention results and urges farmers to consider any viable methods to eradicate the pest, stressing the issue's vital importance and call for serious attention by all.
The Eagle prints the official program for the Southern Industrial convention in New Orleans from December 4 to 9. President H. H. Hargrave known as the cotton mill missionary leads the meeting. Topics include the Nicaragua canal technical education railroads cotton oil and products arbitration gulf port waters agricultural resources and southern cotton manufacturing among others.
The big cities in the United States have grown about 82 percent in the last ten years while country towns rose only 15 percent. The migration toward urban centers continues with no reduction yet.
Exchange names include Chas Davis El Paso S H Ashner I Harris Dallas EK H Randolph Shreveport MT Taylor Chicago Sam Cutbirth Jr Baird Geo Wiley San Antonio TS Vick Vivian Vick Houston Jno H Riviere Waco F G Bochow Houston W E Nottingham St Louis FE B Wiek Waco Jno E Astin Mumford WT Blythe Dallas HS Hardin St Louis A L McLeod Millican Mrs W R Adams Mrs Nora Adams Misses T L Irene Adams Iola. The central list notes Mrs Nora Adams and the Adams sisters among arrivals.
At a Cypress Bayou railroad trestle near Jefferson Texas on Nov 16 a mob estimated at 1000 lynched Jim Shaw Freeman Perhume and Elijah Myers for the October 28 assault on Dr Stallcup. Sheriff Haywood hid the prisoners before returning them to jail where they were executed. The men confessed, citing robbery as motive.
The southern express train was derailed between St Georges and Saubusse near Day, about 33 miles northeast of Bayonne. A restaurant car plunged over an embankment. thirteen people died and twenty were injured, seven seriously, with five passengers missing.
Captain Andersen and 13 Norwegian sailors of the Highflyer endured five days afloat after their bark sank. They were saved by the British steamer Georgian Prince from Hull and landed in Philadelphia on November 16.
Washington November 15 John W Yerkes former Republican governor candidate for Kentucky is named collector of internal revenue for the Eighth district. He will oversee tax collection and related duties in the region.
General Weyler speaks to The Figaro criticising Anglo American reporting on Cuba, defending his actions there and noting European acknowledgment of his wartime rigor. He discusses party alignment, Cuba losses, and his possible brief political role before returning to military life, also predicting Carlism’s failure in Catalonia.
In El Paso a Southern Pacific train brought a carload of insane black soldiers from Manila under strict guard. They will be placed in an asylum in Washington as army medical corps reports mounting derangement among orient troops. In Tampa negotiations resume after a small riot between rival cigar unions. factories in Tampa West Tampa and Ybor City remain closed amid a truce.
Naval Cadet W. P. Reid of Arizona, third class, is dismissed from the naval academy for gouging. Event reported from Annapolis on November 16.
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