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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1899
Page
4
Damaging dispatches from General MacArthur and General Lawton accuse Major General Otis of issuing conflicting orders, endangering troops, and failing to scout beyond Manila. Suppression of the reports may trigger a court of inquiry.
General Bates works toward a July 16 treaty with the Sultan of Sulu as natives show friendliness. Proclamations promise friendship and noninterference, but issues like slavery and polygyny may arise. A Balabac lighthouse mission ends with a hard fight where Filipinos resist, two officers and 15 marines land, several natives killed, while no Americans are wounded.
Texas Farmers Congress at College Station notes a call for adding a textile department to the Agricultural and Mechanical college. A temporary shipping association for fruit growers forms with B F Johnson as chair. Committee on substations reports no legislative action. a three member panel is named to study college aims. The body recommends a primary agricultural course in normal schools and the creation of a state veterinarian office with an assistant. The session ends sine die.
Reports from navy officers indicate Aguinaldo continues to receive war supplies via German merchants in Hong Kong and Japanese traders in Yokohama despite neutrality laws. British officers helped block some shipments, but temptations of high prices persist. Spanish gunboats cut off island-to-island cargoes but found no valuable munitions. Additional dispatches note Ho hong strategy comments and other wartime items.
The Populist state convention in Frankfort Kentucky nominated a full state ticket led by John G Blair for governor by acclamation and G W Reeves for U S senator amid anti Goebel sentiment and a push for direct nomination reform. The party reaffirmed its platform backing government ownership of public utilities and railroads and criticized Goebel election law and Bryan endorsement.
The New York Star offers four high grade bicycles daily for the largest word list formed from THE NEW YORK STAR letters. Prizes include watches and dinner sets, with entry requires twelve 2 cent stamps for a thirteen week trial subscription. Contest runs June 26 to August 21, with winners printed in the next issue.
The Eagle offers a complete selection of legal blanks including Affidavit to Account and to any Fact, Bond for Title, Mortgage forms, Deed variants, Power of Attorney, Land Note with Vendor s Lien, Release and Transfer of Vendor s Lien, Promissory Note, Real Estate Leases, and related items with small quantity pricing and quotes for larger orders.
City officers include Mayor C A Adams and Marshal T P Boyett. County officers cover Judge A G Board and Sheriff T C Nunn. Listed churches note pastors and service times, with lodges and civic groups ending before Brazos Camp W of W.
The notice lists meeting nights for multiple lodges and clubs led by officers such as W. R. Johnston C C Joe B. Reed and J. H. Mawhinney. It also names Bryan Cotton Seed Oil Mill officers J. M. Cole James C Chance A D McConnico and Bryan Compress officers Dr J W Howell W E Saunders H C Robinson R S Webb and Walter Wipprecht.
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