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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1898
Page
4
Paris dispatch reports peace commissioners disagree over Philippine islands with debts and benefits. Spain may propose US take the Philippines and debts, in exchange for other advantages, as they refer the issue to their governments.
Washington dispatch reports the American peace commission will debate protocols for cession of Porto Rico and Guam and Cuba’s independence at the next Paris session. Spain counters with demands about debts, but the United States refuses to assume Cuban or Philippine debts.
Spanish sources report peace talks at Paris are not advancing satisfactorily. Senor Montero Rios seeks fresh instructions to reach agreement with American commissioners. Cabinet reads his letters as ministers draft new instructions for the next meeting. Philippine question may be shelved as Americans await guidance.
Dispatch from General Rios, Spanish commander in the Philippines, reports a victory in the Vizcayas islands over Luzon insurgents with 122 killed, many wounded, loss of guns and ammunition. Rios says natives do not respond to insurgent appeals. war updates follow from Huntsville Alabama with General Wheeler arriving to command the Fourth Army Corps and plans for Cuban service.
An ex Navy crewman from Ington recalls the Vandalia and the Samoa disaster, describing how shipmate Turley changed after the Apia hurricane. He notes Turley’s sleepless nights, frenzied wakeups, and incoherent outbursts about reefs and anchors as the group tries to cope with the trauma.
The article urges immediate attention for inherited scrofula a common obstinate blood disease leading to consumption. It claims 8.5 8.8 offers a guaranteed vegetable cure free of minerals and potash and promotes Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Ga with free books on blood and skin diseases.
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