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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1899
Page
1
Prominent Wisconsin figure Colonel William Johnston died in Lexington after a lengthy illness. Johnston, a noted veteran and community leader, had served in numerous public roles and was widely respected for his service and dedication.
Colonel William Preston Johnston son of Albert Sidney Johnston and longtime educator dies at his son in law Harry St George Tucker’s home in Lexington Virginia. Born January 5 1881 in Louisville he rose from Yale graduate to lawyer and Confederate officer before leading Washington and Lee University and Tulane University. His life centered on building Louisiana State University and Tulane into prominent institutions.
Miss Lillian Clayton Jewett addressed a St Pauls Baptist church gathering of Boston’s colored community on Lynching in the South and offered to bring the Baker family from Charleston to Boston to mobilize North opinion. The audience cheered as she was praised as a defender of the southern colored people amid ongoing lynching. A later report notes a mob gathered at a jail in Wichita, Kansas, and riders with cowboys were present.
Reno O Tints to lynching of a Black prisoner who seriously wounded Deputy Marshal Hitchcock at Kingfisher yesterday. Officials unable to secure deputies and have reported to Governor Barnes who may recall Hitch Brown for horse stealing and call out the militia. Deputy Cock tried to arrest the suspect.
News from Newport reports Captain Rhodes ordered to sail soon as possible. A taller Washington pine topmast was installed last week, promising better sail fit and reduced heel. The Columbia lacks a complete 107 foot steel mast by Tuesday, delaying Newport contest readiness.
Middlesboro Kentucky July 17 Henry Payne killed William Hignite with a stone at Hignite’s home after a cattle dispute and a heated remark. Payne armed with a Winchester fled. officers pursue him. Marble Falls July 17 Turner and Evans drill first deep well. signs of oil at 60 feet. 800 foot goal for artesian water.
Pensacola Florida July 17 M P Athey night watchman at the Peridido wharf was killed on duty. Authorities say attackers crept from behind and crushed his skull with an iron bar. Athey had been pursuing a gang suspected of robbing cars and stealing locomotive brass.
Octaviano Torres, released after five years for bigamy, wed Maria Villegas in Santa Fe with Judge McFie presiding. He previously married the same woman in Mexico while another wife remained alive, a claim he attributes to mistaken belief in divorce. Torres is described as a Presbyterian mission preacher from El Paso.
Jacksonville note says the United States district attorney is warned from Washington to beware of filibustering expeditions from the Florida coast targeting Honduras Nicaragua and other Central American nations.
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