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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1899
Page
1
Washington reports the fifty-fifth congress entering its last week with the army bill and appropriation bills pending. Night sessions are expected, with all major measures on track to pass before adjournment, by Saturday.
Washington February 27 Speaker Reed and committee on rules set a special rule directing Tuesday consideration of public building bills. Army Appropriation Bill Passed in the House. Colonel Ainsworth reports Confederate cemeteries and interments to the War Department as part of a broader effort to compile statistics for the president's policy on Confederate dead. At Rockdale Texas a five year old boy, son of Louie Palmer, was badly burned when his clothing caught fire, the fourth family tragedy linked to a prior fatal house fire.
Paris dispatch says President Youbet signed a decree removing General Zurlinden as military governor of Paris and naming General Faure Bignet to succeed him, a Dreyfus supporter. Kingston reports Cayman Islands storm of Feb 14 18, with about 20 missing. Several U.S. towns report meningitis deaths and school closures. Other notices include a fatal assault on Savous Ramirez, fires from overcharged wires in New Orleans, and various local deaths and accidents in Texas and Oklahoma.
Fire destroyed the Planter's cottonseed oil mill in Monroe Louisiana along with the seed house stables and stock. Estimated loss reaches $100000 though insurance details are unavailable. Other terse items note a fatal train accident in Clarksville Texas and a Dewey remark on Manila from February 27. Representative Grosvenor introduces a bill about government publications and International Typographical Union imprint.
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