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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1898
Page
3
Snatches of timetable show east bound trains between Hearne and San Antonio with multiple departure and arrival times. North bound trains also listed with arrivals at Hearne and miscellaneous notes on times.
Local residents including H. Rohde S. Tooke and R. H. Seale were in or passing through Bryan yesterday. Dr. F. R. Ross of Waco and J. W. Brockman returned from trips. Howell Bros advertised new crop sugar and molasses. Berwick Bay oysters and fresh fish offered Fridays at Parsons' restaurant.
Community notices urge flue inspections to prevent fires and note local visits and events. Reported items include bets on a San Antonio crossing bridge purchase, oyster orders from Kandy Kitchen, a young ladies orchestra at College, a wedding near Angelina, and a brick accident at a fire. Death of Mrs. Sally Sanders near Stone City with interment at Bryan Cemetery.
Seth Batson and Bend Ford of Madison County serve on the federal jury in Galveston. The firemen met Monday night and after hearing the committee report the council committee was discharged with no action on fire company differences. J L Andrews Henry Rohde and John Kestler were named to attend the next council meeting without instructions. The Brazos Valley Medical Association will hold its sixth semi annual meeting in Rockdale November 15 and 16 led by Dr Ge R Tabor and featuring local Brazos county physicians. Our dollars are high with coins costing 22 pounds of cotton 2 bushels of wheat 24 bushels of corn or 3 bushels of oats reflecting farming costs.
London reports the French ambassador Baron DeCarele outlined a possible outlet on the Nile in talks with Lord Salisbury. Papers differ on whether Salisbury favors ceding Bahr el Ghazal while admiralty orders push six 30 knot destroyers to sea readiness and Cunard White Star steamers to be held for potential naval use.
Paris reports praise for M. Delcasse's Fashoda plan in the yellow book. Papers urge Britain to accept France's moderate terms and warn against demanding Major Marchand's recall while asserting France's right to the Nile outlet. Toulon readies four battalions, 1500 marines, 600 artillerymen. schools close for troop lodging as new squadron outfitting proceeds.
The United States Supreme Court has decided the Joint Traffic Association railway case in favor of the United States and against the railways. The decision marks a major antitrust ruling under the Sherman Act, declaring the association a monopoly and impacting vast railway properties and public interests.
New York reports railroad leaders warn the Supreme Court ruling on the Joint Traffic association will force major changes. Executives such as Ladace F. Walker of the Atchison line and Norfolk and Western President Fink call for new legislation or dissolution of existing groups as the board of control prepares to adjust the joint traffic agreement to a possible information bureau.
Aloysius Massman, a skilled enameler and son of a blacksmith, is paid 2000 dollars annually for five years by six large American manufacturers to keep a valuable enameling formula secret. The arrangement aims to prevent the formula from becoming public knowledge.
Paris reports the death of French painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes born in 1824. The obituary notes his birth year and his prominence in French art.
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