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Bryan Morning Eagle

Location

Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1899

Page

2

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Rain Blesses Community Health and Gatherings

Blessed by more rain health remains good in the county community. The Workers Institute met at Cottonwood last Saturday and Sunday with visitors from nearly every county community. Henry Kountz visited Cottonwood Sunday and Mrs. A Robinson of Wixon plus Miss Emma Kelley of Bosque county visit relatives. Oliver Bush and H 8 Bush with sister Hettie of Benchley attend revival meetings locally.

Workers’ Institute Cottonwood Henry Kountz A. Robinson Wixon Emma Kelley Bosque County Messrs H. 8 Oliver Bush Hettie Benchley

Mrs Miller’s Mississippi Visit Recalls Family Gathering

Mrs Miller returns from Mississippi with her parents Mr and Mrs Thompson. A youth crowd, chaperoned by Mrs Dunlap and Mrs Spann, went fishing at the Navasota river last week. Mrs M Moore also comes back from visiting her daughter.

Mrs. Miller Mississippi Mrs. Thompson Dunlap

Local Notes Then and Now in a Northern Texas Town

Mr Will Thomas came down from Bryan Sunday evening. Miss Mollie Poole has returned from a visit to Houston. Dr Jameson came up from Navasota Sunday to see Terrell Steele who is very sick with malarial fever. K T Williams went to Hempstead Sunday. L L Spann has returned from Montgomery county. We had a good rain last Thursday night, followed by a brisk norther. CORRESPONDENT.

Will Thomas Bryan Mollie Poole Houston Dr. Jameson Navasota Terrell Steele K. T. Williams Hempstead L. L. Spann Montgomery County

Infant Son of Mr and Mrs Creed Dies in Wellborn

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Creed died on Sunday morning October 22 in Wellborn Texas after a brief illness. The family expresses grief yet solace in faith as they mourn the loss and remember the child’s brief time of joy.

J. C. Creed Wellborn Texas

For Rent 40 Acres Near Town With House and Barn

Landlord Clarence Pearson of Bryan offers 40 acres near town for rent. Property includes a good house and barn with usable outbuildings. Suitable for farming or ranching use.

Clarence Pearson Bryan

Quay as Texas School Teacher Before Civil War

The article recounts Senator Quay teaching in Texas at the Civil War outbreak and nearly joining the Confederacy. It notes he flipped a coin with the Union prevailing according to the tale.

Quay Texas Senator Quay Union

Military Volunteers Impress With Quick Language Acquisition

A reader notes the first volunteer asks how the elder gained military language despite no army service, while the second recalls he previously drove a truck. The exchange hints at practical wartime experience translating to rapid adaptation.

Demoralizing Rebels In Philippine Campaign

Manila reports General Young's rapid advance demoralizes insurgents northward as they flee to the hills. Prisoners reveal deserters and sick men. many abandon arms to the Americans. Aguinaldo leads the campaign, appeals for rice, and seeks recruits with limited success.

Manila Young Aguinaldo

Woman killed as hogging limb falls in Ennis area

A hog processing accident near the Trinity River bridge in eastern Ellis County, Texas, left a woman dead and two men injured. Frank Horsey and his wife assisted, a hog was swung from a limb that broke, striking the woman fatally and injuring the men.

Ennis Tex Frank Horsey Trinity River Lorsey

Four New Yellow Fever Cases Reported in Jackson

Four new yellow fever cases were announced in Jackson Mississippi on November 2 as a cold wave reduced quarantine areas and rail traffic out of the city. The city has had 60 cases and 10 deaths to date. In Washington reports to Surgeon Wyman say Key West epidemic may be ending with one or two cases daily and Dry Tortugas detention hospital closed. Miami, however, added five cases and two deaths.

Jackson Miss Washington Wyman Marine Hospital Service Key West Dry Tortugas Miami

San Antonio Gas Company Receivership Upheld

The fourth court of civil appeals affirms the 37th district court ruling against the San Antonio Company for charter forfeiture and appoints Ben M Hammond as receiver. The gas company appealed and the court’s decision keeps the judgment in force with a U S Supreme Court appeal planned.

San Antonio Fourth Court of Civil Appeals Thirty-Seventh District Court State of Texas Robert B. Green Ben M. Hammond District Court United States Supreme Court

Mexican boundary leader studies river control methods

Sions City Iowa on November 2 Mexican boundary commissioner Senor Jacobo Blanco with headquarters at El Paso Texas arrives to study methods to curb the Missouri river. He hopes to apply the knowledge to keep the Rio Grande within its channel and prevent further boundary problems.

Sions City Senor Jacobo Blanco el Paso Tex Senor Blanco Rio Grande

Casualty total in army reach 10076 in 1898 99 report

A summary from the adjutant general reports 10076 total casualties in the regular and volunteer army between May 1, 1898 and June 30, 1899. The casualty list shows 4454 for officers and enlisted men. 385 officers and 458 enlisted men killed. 197 officers and 2764 enlisted men wounded.

Washington Adjutant General of the Army

Rebels Clash On Magdalena River In Puerto Nacional Battle

French dispatch from Colon details a four hour siege on October 24 between government forces aboard armored steamers Hercules and Colombia and revolutionists with unarmored river boats on the Magdalena river at Puerta Nacional. The dredge Cristobal Colon was sunk. over 200 rebels killed. government losses heavy as steamers Elna Cisneros Baranquilla and Elbers recaptured or towed away.

Panama Colon Magdalena River Puerta, Nacional Hercules Colombia Columbia Cristobal Colon Elna Cisneros Baranquilla Elbers

Wagons Bring 60 Tons of broomcorn to Casey Ill

A procession of 42 wagons carrying over 60 tons of broomcorn entered Casey from Johnson township south and delivered to Mikls Wiley company at $100 per ton. The streets were decorated as the parade passed. More broomcorn arrived from the north and weekly price was $115 per ton. Over 1000 tons have been grown locally this year with Mikle Wiley company paying about $40,000 for brush to date.

Casey, Ills Johnson Township Mikls Wiley Company Mikle Wiley Company

Cotton Belt plans Houston entry and Galveston route

The Commercial Appeal reports the Cotton Belt may reach Houston by Jan. 1 through lease or purchase of the Houston East and West Texas line, with main line paths via Shreveport if bought, and possibly Galveston via the Galveston Houston and Henderson if Houston entry succeeds. Attorney General Griggs remits 821897 to the treasury as the government share of a Union Pacific dividend, the result of a court judgment.

Memphis Houston Galveston West Texas Lutkin Shreveport Tyler Dallas Henderson Washington Griggs Treasury Union Pacific Railway United States St. Paul Union Pacific Company

Tragic Fires Claim Pilligre Family Near Tiff

News from Joplin Missouri reports Mrs Pilligre and two children died in a fire near Tiff in McDonald County. The baby fell into hot apple butter and the mother and another child perished trying to rescue him. The baby died on removal and the others soon after. A separate report from Kerrville Texas states Ed Stokes aged about 20 miles above Kerrville was found dead with a bullet in his head while cleaning a gun, the position suggesting accidental discharge.

Joplin Kerrville Tex Ed Stokes

Ex Governor Saunders Dead

Ex-Governor Saunders died in Omaha on Wednesday after a period of illness.

Saunders Omaha

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