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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1899
Page
2
Local papers report growing support for cotton mill projects in Belton and Bell County. Citizens, farmers, and the Commercial Club back efforts to study costs, secure equipment, and protect small stockholders as stock subscriptions rise.
Advance notices announce Harry Clarke presenting What Happened to Jones this Saturday night December 30 in a refined modern farce. Clarke’s praised stage presence and a capable company promise continuous merriment without offense. Labadie Faust company brings Faust to Grand Opera House next Tuesday January 2 with two scenery sets and full electrical effects for a grand production.
In Dunkirk New York 400 men are to be raised to join New Yorks 125000 man national enrollment. Local reports claim Fenian leaders plan an invasion of Canada and that two carloads of arms and ammunition are concealed in or near the city. Current muster shows 590 Fenian members with 100 more to be recruited.
Cable dispatches from South Africa report the front’s status nearly unchanged. The Boers bombard Lady Smith on December 16, causing minimal damage and one death with two wounded. New Zealanders under General French near Naauwpoort face danger but suffer small losses. Stormberg losses include many who joined the Orange Free State. British advance rumors persist.
The British embassy urged caution to prevent filibustering to South Africa and the State Department pledged to uphold neutrality. A Baltimore to Philadelphia voyage believed bound for Lorenzo Marquez is watched as it reportedly prepared to ship 800 men for the Boer side. Cape Colony reports note gun ranges and Boer positions with Cronje’s men blamed for tougher conditions.
A cable dispatch reports glanders in American mules at Steenbosh Remount farm where six were destroyed. Sedition is rising in Cape Colony with three parliament members implicated, one alleged to have presented a Free State flag to a Boer commander and urged victory, while another recruits for the Boers and wealthy farmers aid the invaders.
Dec reports from Modder River state a force of 150 police is deployed and General Methuen holds Dorchester with no Boer losses. Boers retreating with no change in the situation.
News from Pietermaritzburg Natal noting Maj A C King Wathen and Oakes wounded in the Laiysmith engagement and officers killed with reports on Rothschilds volunteering for South Africa service. American canning plants bustle on Christmas day to meet British orders while ships and stores face financial adjustments. A regia bark Regina captured near Delagoa Bay and creditors file a $200000 deed of trust against Siegel-Hill Dry Goods. A man in Illinois choked his wife to death amid jealousy. arrests follow in Slidell and Conway reports. An Arkansas educator Prof George C Millar dies in Nashville. tributes flow in. A Texas widow Mrs Jennie Binney dies suddenly. Grand Haven icehouse burns destroying $100000.
A broken wheel wrecked the Southern Pacific local from Los Angeles near Pomona on Sunday night. Three people died and about 20 were injured in the crash.
Fire wiped out about 100000 worth of property in Van Buren on Tuesday. Other dispatches report Dwight Moody’s funeral held in East Northfield Massachusetts. Westminster transport sails from San Francisco to Manila with 400 horses and mules. Leo Tos restored to health as declared by his father. Broadway National Bank directors receive more time to arrange reopening. Lord Kitchener arrives at Gibraltar from Egypt.
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