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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
3
The timetable lists H. and T. C. trains with No 3 and No 5 North Bound at 1 38 p m and 12 46 a m respectively. South bound No 2 schedules at 3 40 p m and 2 48 a m. G N lines show No 14 North and No 15 South at 12 54 p m and 4 14 p m.
Local residents and visitors are listed with brief movements and purchases. Notables include former state treasurer Wortham visiting from Austin, and Will Curry of Wheelock trading in town. Business ads show offered china ware at cost and a fresh bread bakery notice in the Tex as Bakery led by Mrs. Otto Boehme.
Nationally known evangelists Boen and Parnell start a large revival in Bryan on May 1, after long negotiations by the church to secure their services. Rev. J. B. Boen, a seasoned evangelist and traveler, has spoken in Europe and the Holy Lands and conducted meetings across the U S China and Japan.
Berlin reports Duke George II of Saxe Meiningen reaches eighty two today. He is Europe’s oldest reigning monarch, ruling about 250000 people since succeeding his father Duke Bernhard XII in 1886.
A six story tenement fire on Hester Street in New York causes three deaths and multiple injuries. Berel Weinstein his wife Anna and their one year old son die of suffocation and burns on the fifth floor as residents escape by fire escapes and stairs. Police rescue panicked tenants while firemen race to pull others from danger.
College notes report Alvord was elected president of the Texas creamerymen’s association at a Houston meeting with strong enthusiasm for advancing the state creamery business. The Batallon notes several family visits and travels among Mrs. Junkin, Miss Lila Junkin, Prof. T. P. Junkin, and relatives moving between Houston Grand Rapids Gatesville Hearne Austin and Hempstead.
Arkansas Republicans plan at Hot Springs on April 28 to select delegates for the Chicago convention. Kansas candidate E. H. Funston, father of Gen Fred Funston, runs for state senate. New Jersey Rep Fowler backs Taft Fort tickets. New Mexico picks six delegates A B Fall W H Llewellyn H Co Brusom M A Otero T B Catren C H Speirs. four delegates allotted by national committee, six expected. Omaha city attorney Ignatius J Dunn, a Democrat, backs Bryan. Dr W B Palmore of St Louis seeks Prohibition presidential nomination. he hosts pulpits in the South and edits the St Louis Christian Advocate.
Nashville reports the arrest of Bryant H. Fulkerson a Methodist preacher from Franklin County for eloping with Ada Templeton of the same county. They married in Riverside California and left for Oklahoma after sending Fulkerson’s wife to McKenzie. A report says he claimed a secret divorce before leaving. Governor Patterson had offered a $100 reward for his arrest and conviction.
In Chicago on April 2 jurors clashed in the municipal court over the Barney Coffee Sunday saloon closing case. A heavy oak chair was demolished and furniture dented as arguments raged. After hours the jury reported a disagreement with ten for acquittal and two for conviction after sixteen ballots.
At Indianapolis on April 2 the Republican convention nominated by acclamation a slate headed by Secretary of State Fred A. Sims of Frankfort auditor John C. Billheimer of Washington treasurer Oscar Hadley of Plainfield attorney general James Bingham of Muncie.
Princess Mathilda of Saxony sister of King Frederick Augustus suffered a serious riding accident near Dresden. Her right collarbone is broken and her shoulder is severely bruised.
Seattle residents plan to present an admiral with a virgin Alaska gold key when the battleship fleet arrives. The gesture symbolizes Seattle welcoming the warships and their crews ashore.
In Saginaw Michigan on April 2 Louis Lee aged nineteen died after falling down a stairway just as preparations for a surprise birthday party were complete. The incident halted a family celebration and police investigated the stairwell accident.
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