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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
2
Toronto reports the Ontario legislature convened for the final session of the current parliament. The government outlines a long list of priorities including a redistribution bill education reform mines act prison labor care for the insane and other measures as the election approaches. The item also notes a local Oklahoma club seeking wives and other brief city notes.
Reverend Homer T. Wilson completes a week of sermons at the First Christian Church with a lecture titled Americas Uncrowned Queen under the Young Ladies Circle. His talks have inspired the church and community and followed earlier addresses at Allen Academy and Texas Woman's College on power and effort.
New York play goers await the Garden Theater premiere of Electra to be staged Monday by Mrs Patrick Campbell with Mrs Herbert Beerbohm Tree in the cast. The Hofmanstahl version, translated by Arthur Symons, features London costumes and scenery. A Bulgarian party en route from Fort Worth to Galveston spoke of short stay plans, while Deathwood hosts dedicate federal and county courts at a $350 000 complex with official ceremonies.
Washington Feb. 5 The House judiciary committee heard from representatives of the American Federation of Labor on anti injunction and related labor bills pending before the panel Daniel Davenport of Connecticut and others will be heard later in opposition to the measures.
Washington February 5 President Roosevelt temporarily suspended Charles A Stillings from the public printer position and named W S Rossiter to fill duties. The action is to facilitate a congressional investigation of the government printing office. Rossiter is currently chief clerk of the census office.
The weather bureau thermometer registered five degrees above zero at 7:59 AM Wednesday, February 5, marking the coldest morning in five years for Philadelphia. The frigid conditions affected city streets and daily routines as residents bundled up against the chill.
Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth, prison reform worker, will tour Louisiana prisons in late February. She will inspect facilities including the convict farm at Angola and the state penitentiary at Baton Rouge, ending with a public address in New Orleans on February 24.
A westbound Los Angeles Limited train derailed seven miles from Riverside at Pettly Station, lying in a 45 degree ditch after cars left the track. No fatalities reported though several passengers injured. Also a note that Dr Jose Maria Alpoim fled Portugal by automobile and is in Salamanca observing events from Spain.
A blaze shattered two Roebling wire rope plants in Trenton New Jersey causing about 200000 dollars in damage and leaving around 400 workers unemployed. The fire swept through John A Roebling Sons Co facilities. No injuries reported.
New York on February 5 reports eggs receipts Tuesday at 14,399 cases. The large total reflects strong trading activity in egg markets.
Prof N H Brown from State College lectured on wireless telegraphy at Rosenberg Library last night with demonstrations of wave motion and sending receiving mechanisms. He noted secrecy as the key hurdle and cited 1 300 000 words sent by a British station in three months. Track athletics plans at Agricultural and Mechanical College outline a strong team for the Southwestern meet in Austin, with possible dual meets against Baylor and Texas.
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