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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1898
Page
4
The Bryan social scene enjoyed a lively gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. McConnico on Thursday evening. Douglas and Sam McConnico and Miss Lavenia hosted a large young crowd with music and dancing, praised for Bryan’s bright, welcoming youth culture.
The Waco Times-Herald praises Creston Clarke and his company for The Ragged Cavalier praising Clarke as a finish er actor. Adelaide Prince is hailed as a splendid Texan representative. The show at the Grand Opera House on December 30 draws a packed house.
Directory page lists Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Christian, Baptist and Catholic services with pastors and weekly schedules. Includes church communion details, Sunday schools and prayer meetings. Lodge meetings for Knights Templars, R A M, A F and A M, K P, AOUW, KOTM, Home Forum and National Aid noted with meeting nights and officers.
Havana reports rising unrest as Cuban insurgents threaten to boycott New Year ceremonies and tear down flags if General Brooke does not rescind the ban. Street brawls persist with Spaniards insulted, while Americans note increasing deaths from Asiatic cholera yellow fever and malarial fever. Leprosy alarms residents as sanitation efforts ramp up ahead of Jan. 1.
A Wells Fargo Express office in San Antonio is said to be missing a large sum, with reports of about 8600 dollars in currency and 600 in gold. A wagon diver delivering the money and his horse and wagon were found abandoned near the city outskirts after the robbery occurred yesterday.
Advices from British East Africa report a November 10 attack by rebels on a detachment of 80 men from the Twenty seventh Balucius under Lt Hannynton marching to Masindi. One native officer and 12 men killed, 9 wounded, Hannynton shot and arm injured. rebels lose 100, later Kasalizi assault costs 25 rebels, two British wounded. Troops pursue.
Havana dispatch reports American troops made 30 arrests for misdemeanors on Tuesday night and handed suspects to civil authorities. About 50 U S soldiers were confined for being in Havana without leave, sent to camps for punishment. A Cuban detachment under Colonel Jose Estranes reached Havana and is quartered at Dragon barracks.
Madrid reports Senor Sagasta, long troubled by pneumonia, is much improved and no longer considered to be in danger.
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