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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1899
Page
2
Subscriptions are due at the Bryan Texas post office for Saturday April 29 1899. Readers urged to renew to ensure continued delivery and avoid interruption of service.
A Woodmen of the World committee in Bryan Texas drafts resolutions on the death of Sovereign J C Williams. They express condolences to his widow, note God’s will, and request publication in city papers. The committee members are H A Burger W H Lawrence and J F Ettle, dated April 27 1599.
A correspondent from Leslie's Weekly recounts a desolate scene near Ca ney where a soldier cradles his dying brother's severed head in a pineapple field. The wounded man bleeds heavily as he dies, while the survivor confides the lack of a surgeon and reflects on home and maternal thoughts.
Messrs Kern Deens Haywood and Shelton hunted and fished on the Navasota river for a few days. The Ross Volunteer hop drew a large crowd and was a pleasant event in the College mess hall last night. Local notices also list a stock auctioneer and a Free Baptist church organized at Grass Bar Bowmans schoolhouse.
A powerful tornado struck Kirksville Missouri at 6 30 pm destroying 400 buildings across the eastern city. Rescue work was hampered by darkness with 25 bodies found and estimates placing deaths between 50 and 60 or more. nearly a thousand injured. The disaster damaged student boarding houses near the American School of Osteopathy and Patterson nursery suffered. Outside Kirksville, farmers reported losses and several fatalities.
Reports from Newton Missouri Onawa Iowa Jefferson City Missouri Rome Italy and Corsicana Texas describe tornado and wind storm devastation. Fifteen killed near Newton and numerous injuries and farm losses across Sullivan Crawford Monroe and surrounding counties. The senate antitrust bill passes in Missouri. The pope weakens and reduces audiences. H E Burt acquitted in murder case.
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