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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1898
Page
3
The OCR fragment shows several time formats such as 1:05 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. likely indicating a schedule or timestamped events. The inconsistency suggests a need for standardizing times within this brief item.
Residents and visitors return or travel through Hearne with several from Dallas Waco Wellborn and Houston stopping by. Local businesses promote livery services wagon scales and the Jennie Califf theatre tour with James stable offerings and a September 3 start date.
Will Derden of Company E 1st Texas Vol writes from Camp Cuba Libre Jacksonville Aug 14 1898 about sunstroke hospitalization and recovery. He notes about thirty thousand troops on site and favorable grounds along the St Johns River praising the 1st Texas camp. He recalls lightning fatality rumors and fears of a Cuba occupation unless fighting. He signs off in good spirits.
A string of names including W E Dixon of Houston E H Astin Mumford T F Dean Houston M E Hindman San Antonio R L Hollingsworth St Louis T A James Detroit Wm Wallace Denton H H Bessell Aurora O B F Amos Chicago.
Judges Harman and commissioners sealed a deal to make the Bundick bridge across the Navasota River toll free. Brazos pays 100 dollars, Madison 200, with 40 dollars for repairs. Madison also buys the slough bridge nearby for 70 dollars. About 25 people witnessed the change.
Hong Kong dispatch dated August 15 reports the Kaiserin Augusta will sail back to Manila after leaving the city with dispatches. General Augusti and his family arrived aboard the cruiser. Admiral Von Diedrichs arranged passage with the American commander. General Augusti departs Hong Kong for Spain. In Washington, Major Generals Wheeler and Lee share an emotional reunion at Secretary Alger’s office, kissing and embracing in a notable wartime greeting.
The Daily Mail Hong Kong correspondent reports General Augusti sailed yesterday aboard the German steamer Prince Hein for an undisclosed destination. The report hints at movement of military leaders amid ongoing tensions in the region.
The North American Trust Company of New York has been named by the treasury as fiscal agent of the United States at Santiago de Cuba. This designation places the bank in charge of financial operations and related duties for U S interests in the Cuban city.
The president announced plans to discharge 75 000 to 100 000 volunteers across infantry artillery and cavalry with those seeking release to be among the first.Separate reports cover a fatal wagon bridge accident near Fort Worth a US France cable opening McKinley Faure exchange and local trials and shootings amid evolving regional events.
In Hillsboro Texas on August 18 Salome Ramos a Mexican section hand was cut to the hollow by a black assailant who fled the scene Ramos may die and authorities seek the suspect.
A correspondent recalls Indian jugglers using will power to fool spectators, including a bamboo servant trick and a vanished cavern scene. The piece also recounts an 1864 orangutan abduction tale in Borneo, plus a Missouri veteran and family noting, and ends with St. Augustine’s 1564 coquina house preserved after Drake’s raid.
Dr Paul M Baylor of Bryan Texas lists offices over James Drugstore and residence with phone 131 in his contact notice.
The Eagle visits Wellborn as merchants prep for fall trade and crops are praised as best in years. R. H. Ward sinks a coal or lignite shaft near Mr. Causey’s pasture using a 70 foot tower and a diamond bit, harvesting earth cores to study pay quantities. progress reaches about 100 feet with no outcome yet.
A Belfast report notes a man was overtaken by a passenger train and killed, with a prior similar injury about three years earlier. The article also describes Alaska's great glacier with a 500 foot thick front, widths from three to ten miles, and a length of 150 miles.
Joe B Reed states all his insurers pay death claims from the Spanish American War. He notes coverage for accident and life policies in all-company terms and directs inquiries to his offices for details.
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