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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1907
Page
4
Washington warns delay in government business if the telegraphers walk out. Weather service reports hindrance to daily reports critical for the Weather Bureau and shipping. officials fear widespread strikes could disrupt maritime safety during hurricane season.
The National Copper bank installed the only armor plate vault in New York in the United States Realty building at 115 Broadway. Experts disagree on its advantage over steel vaults, but no burglar has ever drilled into either type. The vault measures nine feet high and twenty feet long with each side rolled into one solid piece.
In Dallas virtually no business is done by Western Union and Postal Telegraph offices with news mainly sent by long distance telephone. In Atlanta more than 150 telegraph operators walk out while Jacksonville reports union telegraphers decide to remain at work. Memphis endures a major fire destroying J. Summerfield millinery and Burns Barry jewelry stores causing substantial losses.
Corpus Christi August 12 By unanimous vote the Epworth League elected officers. President Allen K. Ragsdale Dallas first vice president B B Blair San Marcos second vice president Mattie Harris Dallas third vice president P W Horn Houston fourth vice president Sallie Harrigan Waco secretary treasurer Frank McNeny Dallas junior superintendent Mrs W F Robertson Gonzales
Governor Patterson issued a call for a conference of textile manufacturers and labor representatives in Nashville on October 14 to discuss child and female labor in shops and factories and to consider adopting laws fair to all parties in interest.
In Galveston County the special state election held August 6 cost $655.85 for 481 voters. Each ballot averaged about $1.38, a notably low turnout for the county in many years.
A Texas Central railway locomotive fatally struck farmer J. S. Britt several miles northwest of Waco, killing him. The incident occurred on August 12 as Britt walked near the rails.
Estherwood Louisiana reports a discovery two miles south of town of an oil producing sand layer about thirty feet thick saying the find could open a new prospect in the area.
Reports say the British freight steamer Nicaraguan, part of the Leyland fleet, has not arrived since passing the Virginia Capes on June 8. She buffered a June 22 arrival deadline at Dublin, with Captain Shackelock and 40 crew aboard, heavily laden with phosphate rock, feared sunk after a possible iceberg collision off Port Tampa.
The fifty third session of the International Typographical Union convened in Hot Springs Arkansas on August 12 at 9 am with president James M. Lynch presiding. Delegates from every US section and the Dominion of Canada are represented along with many journeymen printers and ex delegates. After committee announcements, the day adjourned for sightseeing by attendees.
Reports from London say De Beers has absorbed the Premier mine and secured long term concessions on the Voorsheed and Roberts-Victor mines. Analysts note the deal tightens global control of diamond supplies and aims to keep prices high.
Houston August 12 K M Noble once with the cotton firm A Breyer Co ended his life at the Plant ers hotel with authorities reporting a suicide.
Seoul reports the Korean supreme court sentenced The Hague delegation members. Yi Sangsol receives hanging, while Yi Wichow and Yi Chun get life imprisonment.
New York dated Aug 12 Mrs Esther Davis resident of the Daughters of Jacob home in the city marked her 112th birthday with a celebratory dance. She had supported herself selling candles in the past and remained spry into old age despite years of quiet work.
Reports from San Francisco dated August 12 say the cruiser Buffalo left the navy yard and steamed to Pribgloff Island under telegraphic orders from Washington to curb Japanese poaching depredations and protect American interests in the area.
In Dallas on Sunday about 75 000 fares were collected by the street car companies.
San Antonio reports Judge George H Noonan died Sunday. He served two terms in Congress as a Republican and was a prominent local figure.
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