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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1899
Page
4
The report surveys European friction around Russia Germany and Britain with a focus on the 1900 Far East alignment and Kru Ger influence. It also notes Indian rainfall drought threatening famine, with Bombay exploring relief and reforms while broader currency and gold certificate issues unfold in Washington and Topeka.
Aug 5 dispatches report a ferocious cyclone obliterating Carrabelle McIntyre and Lanark Inn Florida south of River Junction. The railroad washed away for 30 miles. trains derailed. five bodies recovered and many injured. Docked ships wrecked. rescue efforts underway as shelters vanish.
Baltimore notes a Fort Valley Georgia cotton mill move from Springvale Maine with 10,500 spindles and 300 looms and tax exemptions. Dardanelle Arkansas offers $10,000 bonus and 10 year tax relief to attract a mill. Nearby Charlotte area sees eight new factories and oil mills this fall as 300 mills within 100 miles run 2,286,451 spindles and 62,355 looms. Greenwood South Carolina begins 85 cottages for mill operatives to support doubled capacity and around the clock operation.
Washington August 5 The director of the mint nears final estimate of world gold production for 1899 totaling about 2045 million dollars with Africa leading at 80.8 million Australia 67.5 million United States 64.468 million Russia 25 million Mexico 10 million and Canada 14 million. past years show 1897 world output 237.305 million and 1896 about 202.963 million with the US previously first in production for nearly 50 years.
News from Mexico City and Washington reports Yaqui forces swelling to as many as eight thousand with Indians flocking to their stronghold. General Lorenzo Torres orders reinforcements as the Seventeenth Infantry sails from Mazatlan. In Texas, Saurin Knight notes ongoing charbon but containment. New York reports jockey George Odom signing a long term ride deal with W. C. Whitney.
City officers include Mayor A Adams and Marshall T P Boyett. Churches and lodges named with pastors and meeting times. Business leaders include J M Cole president of Bryan Cotton Seed Oil Mill and J W Howell president of Bryan Compress.
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