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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1898
Page
1
Report describes fires spreading rapidly through forests with developing danger to nearby towns. Firefighting units brace for continued blazes as winds fan the flames and residents evacuate affected regions.
Denver reports fires spreading along the Rockies west slope with Steamboat Springs and Pike's Peak ranges seeing active blazes. Smoke billows over Mount Baldy as timber losses grow and residents fear worsening conditions without rain or snow.
Terrified residents and forest rangers report a major wildfire along White River covering about 100 square miles and sweeping eastward ten miles wide. Kokomo Hahn's Peak and Glenwood Springs face smoke and danger as prairie fires devastate grazing lands and threaten cattle and sheep industries.
Fires in western Wisconsin intensified by strong winds damaged Chippewa, Barron, Dunn, St. Croix and Polk counties. Towns including Clayton Alemena Perkins Cumberland were hit hard while Glenwood Barron Prentice Philips Turtle Lake survived only with effort. A Soo Line bridge and trestle burned. Losses tallied between 4 and 5 million dollars.
A Shanghai dispatch cites Taotai telegrams claiming the Chinese emperor killed himself on September 21 after decrees installed the dowager empress as head of state. The report says the emperor was likely assassinated and that English speaking secretaries and key foreign office officials have been seized and banished.
British minister reports Mortimer of the British legation attacked by a mob while returning with a lady. American missionaries and the Chinese secretary to the U S legation were hurt, with the secretary sustaining fractured ribs. Sir Claude Macdonald warns of dangerous sentiment and calls Chinese government to action.
Striking union miners return to Pana from Tower Hill after repelling Indiana workers imported to break the coal strike. Guns were hidden in hay-filled wagons as crowds gather, militiamen show sympathy, and the situation remains tense in Pana Illinois.
On a calm Friday night no Black people were seen in the city as soldiers marched. Sheriff Coburn asked militia Captain Craig to arrest union miners at Tower Hill who had captured Black people and release them. Craig refused, citing protection of citizens and property under Governor Tanner’s orders. The military support union workers like butchers bakers and merchants.
Minnie Budelski died in Chicago on October 1 while leaning over the casket of her friend Minnie Graef. The two girls, constant companions since babyhood, were near neighbors and shared a close bond. A double funeral will be held as they are buried side by side.
Denver reports Mrs Lafferty says newspapers could not exaggerate the neglect at Camp Wikoff hospital conditions amid reports of suffering. her remarks come as concern over care at the camp draws attention.
An obituary fragment recalls Lieutenant Herbert A. Lafferty and camp suffering from noise and neglect, mentioning Roberta of the Seventy first NY and Mrs Logan, plus a Red Cross nurse dispute over a sword and missing $75. Separate items report six conspirators executed in Pekin and a Toronto Prohibition majority estimate.
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