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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1899
Page
4
The War Office reports total British casualties since hostilities began: 597 dead or wounded and 18 missing, including 18 officers killed and 55 wounded, plus 76 men killed and 435 wounded. Unaccounted for remain. note missing Hussars and Dublin Fusiliers.
Thirty one passengers of the Ward line steamer Havana were sent to Hoffman Island for observation. General Fitzhugh Lee and Mrs Ludlow are among those detained in Havana. In El Reno stockman C W Hopkins and Deputy Marshal Fox were killed after a gunfight in a saloon during an attempted arrest. Buenos Ayres reports Colonel Panda elected president of Bolivia. New Orleans health board notes one new yellow fever case with no deaths.
Washington reports General George W. Davis says Porto Ricans are not fit for self government. A governor general with executive power should lead, aided by an American cabinet. A native legislative body would be tested, with acts reviewed by an American council acting as a supreme court.
The Free Baptist Association met at Weilborn with good attendance and profit from Thursday through Sunday. Delegates from Spring Hill Liberty Plainview Wellborn Union Chapel Good Hope Union Harbor and others were elected. Rev. A. M. Stewart was re elected moderator and a mission field was planned with Rev J G Graham to serve at $250 yearly in Bryan. Next meeting set for Plainview Madison County.
The Grimes County item reports refreshing showers and ongoing farming with oats and turnips while cotton remains to be picked. Oct 16 marks visits by Prof Mobley Shannon and Prof P B Shannon starting the school term. Local social notes mention Miss Bell starting a school in McCary and visits by Mr Will Rogers among friends.
Washington reports Archbishop Chappelle plans to depart San Francisco aboard the transport Sherman on November 10 with Father McKinnon. He met with Secretaries Hay and Root, urged retention of the Philippines, and argued imperial policy protects national honor and Pacific strategy.
D H Rhodes sails to Manila to arrange repatriation of soldiers who died in the Philippines. The policy promises return of all such remains, with families transported to homes or designated points. unclaimed bodies to national cemeteries or Arlington. Some time may pass before all are brought home. Manila reports a native priest commission headed to Rome to seek papal intervention over friar abuses. In San Antonio a tragedy as two Mexican boys, aged 4 and 7, die when a pistol discharges during play.
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