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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1899
Page
2
A Mexia bachelors club met after a member married and adopted humorous mourning rules. They decreed the groom’s name be stricken, his photo on display, a rain barrel filled with ashes, and mourning attire worn for thirty one days as the club adjourned for refreshments.
Twenty three crew members of the wrecked Scotsman were arrested in Montreal as plunder valued at about $8000 was recovered. Police boarded the Montfort and Grecian vessels to seize suspects and goods, with a diver to search the sunken ship. Only eleven lives are believed lost in the disaster.
The report describes a Maxim gun inventor’s brother developing a dynamite propelled machine to wipe out troops and its sale aims at the United States. It also recounts Lawrence Moon a Ohio boy who enlisted in the US army in the Philippines and, after learning of impending promotions, was court martialed for communicating with his commander in chief and is jailed in Manila awaiting further orders. The piece calls military law tyranny and argues privates are not free people.
A half dollar sized watch charm with the monogram O B C was found on Bryan streets Saturday morning. Return to the Eagle office for a reward.
Fragmentary ad copy notes fresh cold beer and Wells soda water at Marek's next door to Johnson's with references to Wooten son hand at W. Saunders and 1711f in the vicinity of a lunch spot.
Elaborate preparations mark the arrival of Admiral Dewey in Washington with 17 gun salute and blasts from cannons bells and steam whistles. Tomorrow he will be escorted to the Capitol by the president and cabinet with a military escort and presented the sword voted by Congress.
A message from Governor Smith indicates Dewey Day will be observed on October 12 in Montpelier. The final date rests with Admiral Dewey after Vermont's committee set the initial timing for welcoming him.
El Paso Texas reports Ed O'Connor a prominent merchant was shot in the head Sunday night by a Mexican assailant who fled. A policeman fired five times at the shooter who escaped. Four other Mexicans were arrested as authorities investigate the saloon attack on Main Street.
S B Remsen claims witnessing a volcano near Santa Maria lakes 20 miles from Creede with eruptions lasting under an hour. Guthrie reports a fatal saw accident at Barns Cotton Gin killing Burnie Hastings, 10, in Wichita County. Albert Meddler found safe in Mountpelier after kidnapping by tramps. Austin notes 4521 pension act applications, with about 4000 to 4300 approved and about $5 per month. Whitney post office robbed of roughly $7. no stamps or papers touched. Officers investigating.
Filipino envoys met General Otis after Aguinaldo sought peace and a civilian commission. Otis said he could not recognize Aguinaldo’s civil government but would correspond with him in his role as general of the insurgents. A further conference was scheduled.
Two new yellow fever cases were announced in Jackson Mississippi on Sunday with no deaths. In Key West 48 new cases and two deaths were reported. The Burlington route plans new charges of 17 cents per 100 pounds for Kansas City goods to the Ohio river, triggering business backlash and a potential boycott.
Washington October 2 Captain Albert S Barker assigned to command Norfolk Navy Yard relieving Admiral Farquhar who takes command of the North Atlantic station Captain Barker will become a rear admiral within a month He commanded the battleship Oregon on the New York Manila cruise and was a leading member of the war board during the Spanish war
An agologist in Rack rom Texas reports four fossil horse skeletons in excellent preservation, complete in every detail, with partial elephant remains. He plans to ship them to New York for a museum display and calls it the most complete fossil horse find to date.
In New York the Columbia and Shamrock will duel in their first America's race at 11 tomorrow. Experts expect a hard fought contest for the international trophy highlighting skill and judgment in boat speed. In Galveston a longshoreman, George B. Gainer, died aboard the Corydon after a hatchway cover slipped and pulled him into the hold. He left a wife and four children.
General J Waugh a former major general in the Confederate army died in Indianapolis Sunday after complications following cancer surgery. He had traveled from Memphis Tenn to undergo the operation and was reportedly recovering before worsening health.
Fredericksburg Texas October 2 The Engel cotton gin at the Luckenbach settlement was destroyed by fire with nothing saved The blaze is believed to have started in the gin when an inflammable substance was ignited by the saws There is no insurance on the structure.
In Washington on October 2 Captain Carter received a five year term and a $5000 fine as approved by the president. He is at Governor's Island under arrest and will begin serving the sentence immediately. At Pierrepont Manor New York two women died in a house fire when it consumed their home this Sunday morning.
Inez Kentucky reports town marshal Joseph Kirk was shot to death by Henry Cassidy a desperado. Twenty heavily armed men chase the killer through the mountains as authorities mount a manhunt aiming to arrest Cassidy.
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