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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1899
Page
2
A political critique warns that full military voting could lead to army officers becoming Congress members and even president, risking army power. It argues voters must elect officials who honor the oath and constitution, citing Gen. Wheeler’s case as a warning against pandering to military influence.
Community letters praise Dr A A Willits for the Sunshine lecture at A and M College and Beaumont Journal lauds Luther Manship as a gifted entertainer. Local items note restaurant hours at Charlie Edinburg, Dr Seymour visit dates, Daughters of the Confederacy meeting, wallpaper samples by Lon Johnson, and visits of Dr O S Johnson and Mrs A Boatwright.
A senate and house committee from Austin visited A and M College to inspect departments and cadet drills, endorsing the institution and its needs. Senators Goss and Grinnan and Representative Tarkington remained to Prairie View and Sam Houston Normal visits, with President Foster hopeful for appropriate funding. The visit highlighted crowding as new term begins.
On March 16 in Manila the First Battalion of the Twentieth infantry pushed from Pasig and cleared Caintl a village of 700, after four hours of fighting. About 100 rebels were killed and 12 Americans wounded, including Corporal Johnson and Private McAvoy. Beecher of Montana was killed nearby, and a gunboat silenced a foothill battery as American and Filipino positions exchanged volleys at night.
General Otis reports improving conditions in Toilo and quiet on Negros and Cebu with local leaders pursuing orderly governance. Insurgents restrain to Luzon as US troops cut Pasig river and Laguana de Bay. Caitai village captured with 17 American wounded and heavy rebels losses. Transport ships Sherman Sedgwick and Sheridan arrive or prepare for Manila via Singapore and Port Said.
Joseph Medill proprietor of the Chicago Tribune died in San Antonio Texas aged around 93 born 1828 in New Brunswick He joined The Tribune ownership in Chicago 1855 served in the Illinois constitutional convention 1870 helped shape minority representation 1871 was a US civil service commissioner and Chicago mayor and editor in chief Asa Hoxie Willie former Texas chief justice died in Galveston heart failure surviving five children Choate speech praised in London papers Sixth United States Infantry white volunteers from North Carolina Tennessee and Kentucky were mustered out in Savannah and behaved well
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