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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1898
Page
2
General Merriam predicts negotiations with Spain may fail and a renewal of war could follow. He cautions that European aid signals from Germany or England could draw France in, shaping a broader conflict across several countries.
A Havana dispatch says General Parrado informed General Butler the Spanish commission will respond to the American ultimatum. A joint session at the Camara Insular is set for 9 o'clock tomorrow to decide evacuation dates. Ballacoa remains in Cabanas on manslaughter charges rather than as a POW, Blanco says Madrid court handles the case. Dr O Reilly heads to Washington to press for an American hospital and a sanitary brigade in Tampa with a $20000 city cleanup plan. Only temporary docks are planned for Marian Beach, while camp readiness and disease control are criticized as insufficient.
A large American eagle from Company B at Fort Sheridan attacked a woman's hat in a Chicago camp and carried off both the hat and the bird to its nest. In Alabama a girl sent 25 cents for a hand whitening recipe and received a reply advising dish water dips, house duties, and care for her mother.
Thompson Creek notes persistent rains cited as beneficial after crops are gathered in the area. Wadsworth preaches at J. D. Conway residence with Rev. J. A. Wadsworth delivering an engaging sermon. F M Rollins to preach at the church next weekend. Visitors from Pankey Grimes county and a Houston traveler among listed arrivals.
The article narrates Verdi’s early life from boy organist in Barezzi’s grocery to a pivotal meeting with Rev Dr Seletti who urges him toward music. It frames how priestly influence aided his rise, contrasting it with a later joke about holy days and honors. It mentions India’s precocious child workers and a miscellany of brief notes.
H. B. Eckham, ex of Nadeau & Co. of Nadeau Kansas, arrested in Topeka after eluding authorities. He allegedly borrowed 5000 from four Kansas banks to cash Indian checks, obtained 16000 in government checks, and took 4000 from the Nadeau store and post office. A $5000 reward was issued.
Jesse Burton, 22, son of Fmslie Burton, was fatally shot by John Flora in Mitchell, Ind., in a case of mistaken identity amid a feud with A. B. Jones. Flora, hiding after quarrel, fired thinking Burton was Jones. Flora is jailed. Also reports note a rich gold ore find at Cerbal’s black point, a large Siloam Springs fire, Camp Grant lands to be sold, Caroline Swartout’s death, and Joseph Jefferson’s pneumonia.
City officers include Mayor C A Adams Marshall T P Boyett Deputy Marshal R H Smith and others. Church and lodge notices list pastors service times and monthly meeting dates for Baptists Methodists Presbyterians Christians Catholics and fraternal orders with several lodge and k of p appointments.
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