The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-28
DAMNS HIS TOWN
BRAHE OF THE IeoEooIAsT oAUs.
ING WACO GREAT INJURY.


Texas Are Removed From That CITY
to Dallas as y Result of the Broii and
Bad Blood His Too Bitter Pen Bas
Stirred Up and It b Believed That Bay
Ior University, an Old and Prominent
Seat of Learning, VIII Also BE Taken
Away-Means q Large Pecunisry Loss
Dallas, Texas, Nov. 27.-The first ser
ious social and business blow to Waco as
community. resulting from the Brann-
Baylor University sensations and the
tragedies following them, eliminating in
the death OF the two Harris brother. in
a duel with Colonel Gerald last Friday,
has fallen. The official announcement
was made here today that the managers
of the state headquarters Of the Baptist
church for Texas have ordered the head
quarters removed from Waco to Dallas
The business OF the church will be con-
Quoted from this city, dating from De-
cember l. The packing of the effects for
shipment to Dallas was begun at Waco
today.
The new departure viii entail an an
nual cash loss to Waco of many thous-
ands Of dollars, and the loss in social
prestige will be seriously felt.
HEAVY LOSS TO CITY.
DR.. ]. B. Gambrill, superintendent Of
foreign missions, his family and his staff
and subordinates will come at once to
Dallas. They are conspicuous factors in
the Baptist social circles of Waco, and
draw many visitors TO their location in
connection with church work. The cx-
tensive publication interests of the
church in Texas are also included in the
removal.
The disbursements made by the board
OF missions Of the Baptist general con-
venticn, OF which DR.. Gambrill is the
superintendent, sustain about eighty
preachers in the field, and their work
covers the entire state of Texas and part
of Mexico. This in itself is quite an i'm
portant removal, and Dallas gains what
Waco loses.
These changes are traceable directly
to the publications about Baylor Uni
versity in Editor Brann's paper, the
Iconoclast, and their tragic sequel. So
cicl relations among the people OF Waco,
both in and out OF Baptist churches.
have in many instances been sundered
and in many more so seriously straintd
az to be not susceptible Of easy readjust-
ment. In order to be free from constant
irritating environments the church head
quarters are necessarily taken where
more congenial surroundings exist.
UNIVERSITY MAY FOLLOW.
A rumor i. in persistent circulation.
not only over the state, but also in Waco,
that Baylor University, which is proc
ably the most important Protestant in
stitution Of education in Texas, is like
wise to be removed from Waco. Denials
of this rumor are made by Baptists of
prominence in Waco, but there are oth-
ers who do not hesitate TO prophesy that
the old and famous seat of learning is
doomed to have new location
Conditions are such, however, as to
make an immediate removal of the uni
versity an impossibility. The property
interests involved are large and COM
plex. The selection of new location
would be matter confronted by numer-
Gus difficulties, and much time would
elapse before the change could be put
successfully in force. Internal conditions
are SO disturbed and the surroundings at
Waco are so deplorable, however. that
the change .eems ultimately to be next
to a certainty.
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