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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1898
Page
1
A flotilla of torpedo boats is detailed to force the entrance to Toulon harbor signaling a heightened state of readiness in France as tensions rise.
A three story Texas Drug company building in Dallas burned at 12 40 pm with its entire stock. Loss estimated around 75 000 for the drug company and 30 000 for the building plus fire damage to a nearby cottage. Fire resisted by water streams as chemicals exploded.
Homeward bound passengers report passing through 20 miles of abandoned wrecks mostly Chinese junks. They estimate great loss of life. Washington notes eighty four percent of Navy enlisted personnel are now American by birth or naturalization, up from about half five years ago.
General Brooke assumes charge in Puerto Rico while San Juan, Ponce districts see new commanders. Insular ministers resign, post office operations begin under U S auspices. Also note Seattle embezzlement case, a train robbery arraignment in Kansas City, and Jaybird convention wigwam completed in Richmond Ohio.
Vancouver reports grim dispatches from Wu chow where eight Kwangsi rebellion leaders were beheaded. Officials staged a macabre public spectacle as residents watched while children copied adults and danced near the decapitated heads. A later report notes foreign consuls petitioning to stop beheadings.
Vancouver reports massive Japanese storms and floods causing widespread death and destruction. In the Feng river basin hundreds of villages wiped out with about 2000 drownings. Ishikari overflow death toll over 1000. seven prefectures destroyed. Formosa typhoon damages ships including Temani junks wrecked with 100 lives lost. American bark Comet and other vessels abandoned or wrecked along coast.
Granite Falls Minn Oct 20 Joe Ott who pleaded guilty to killing his wife was hanged in the jail yard Here Ott spoke on the gallows expressing sorrow for the crime This marks the first execution in Yellow Medicine county Washington Oct 2 Secretary Long approves the court findings that tried Chaplain J P Mc Intyre for criticizing naval conduct and he is dismissed from service Seattle Oct 20 Receipts from Seattle assay office and San Francisco mint total 8 000 000 for the season Klondike gold cleanup
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