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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1899
Page
4
Soldiers aboard the Senator refused to eat tainted tinned beef known as embalmed beef and threw overboard a portion of it. A riot followed with intoxicated men clashing, and the ship sailed with many in irons and in the guardhouse.
Five men entered Steven's colliery to repair breakers when a gang of strikers fired on them. One man was killed and two injured as the mine remains idle amid the strike. In New Orleans, another murder tied to a municipal campaign occurred at the De Rance Cruso clubhouse ending with Emile Luis allegedly shooting Stanley Le Roy. Ennis Mayor Tidwell resigns to take a teaching post in Plano.
Large crowd attends the Rennes Lycee as Captain Alfred Dreyfus faces court martial. Major Hartmann testifies on artillery matters and the bordereau, claiming the writer could not be Dreyfus. Deloye and Hartmann clash over testimony while others state Dreyfus did not write the bordereau.
George H. Holden, returning from the Philippines, says Admiral Dewey urged Congress to admit Chinese boys who fought with the fleet as citizens. In Albuquerque the New Mexico court ruled against a license tax on Continental Oil, releasing its New Mexico manager on habeas corpus. In Maryville, coroner verdict finds Rev. William Johnson's death a justifiable shooting by Policeman John Wallace during arrest resistance.
The University of Texas board of regents elected Prof Wheeler from Chicago to zoology, Prof Schurter from Carmel to oratory, and Prof Villevaso from Galveston public schools to French. The board adjourned without acting on the presidency, and will reconvene in about a month.
Brazil Indiana Sept 2 William Wall son of Richard Wells residing south here was found dead in bed with his left eye torn from its socket and his intestines cut out. It is thought he suffered a fit of insanity and inflicted the injuries on himself.
A large fire at a Kansas City packing plant destroyed the fertilising department engine room plant sausage department and lard room with costly machinery. Loss about 250000 insured. Operations to resume after rebuilding.
The jury in Darien Georgia returned guilty verdicts for Ben Dunham James Wylley Marshal Dorsey Louisa Underwood and Maria Curry on rioting charges. They were out about 14 minutes and none will be sentenced until the end of the session.
Arthur Stewart a brakeman on the International and Great Northern local fell from moving cars during a siding switch at Tyler and sustained a deep cut on the head and severe bruises. The physician calls the wound not dangerous. In Gonzales a cotton gin owned by Mr Beeson near Saulley burned with four or five bales of cotton.
Sept 2 reports from Calueety Springs note Charles A Ent once linked to Anaconda and Cripple Creek mining sites. He fell ten feet at Orpha May hall and died amid mining ventures. Also, a boiler fire at Chepruat Sargents bowl factory near Oupcumdh left three injured and one dead.
On Shi oun Island, the popyex sulae 23 Beesshi flood reported on Sept 2 has claimed about six hundred lives. Local authorities urged evacuation and rescue teams scoured affected zones amid ongoing weather threats.
City government officers include Mayor C A Adams Deputy Marshal R H Smith and Secretary Treasurer Henry G Rhodes. Aldermen and school board members named along with church listings for Baptist Methodist St Andrews Episcopal Presbyterian Christian Free Communion Baptist and Catholic parishes. Also notes on Bryan Cotton Seed Oil Mill Bryan Compress and district officials such as tax collectors and sheriffs.
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