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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
2
A Bryan opinion column satirizes New Year failures and local matters. It notes Bryan’s average man succeeding Lincoln’s plain people, mocks selfish worship, and jokes about broken toys and fragile banks. It also critiques Japan’s friendship talk, party politics, Prohibition shifts, and a professor’s organ transplant idea.
A girl in Brooklyn on New Year’s Eve freed four unconscious men entangled in live electrical wires. She removed her rubbers and, donning gloves, unwound the wires in minutes, saving all four lives without seeking credit. The scene prompts talk of heroic deeds and politics.
An advance notice announces Richard Wagner’s Parsifal to be staged for the first time in Bryan at the Opera House on Friday January 10. The production promises striking features and a carefully selected ensemble with a 7:45 curtain to allow the first act of about 45 minutes without interruption.
Regular meeting of the City School Board scheduled for 7 o clock this evening in the Knight of Pythias reading room. President Ed Hall presiding.
Immigration officials in Laredo Texas arrested a hackman after clever detective work exposed a Japanese man attempting to cross from Mexico with a altered passport. The Japanese, held in custody at the detention camp, rode with a Mexican driver at the international footbridge and failed the disguise due to a bad accent.
In Waco on January 3, several boys were injured by stone fragments kicked up from an excavation where a dynamite cartridge exploded. Workmen fired six cartridges for a sewer trench. one exploded last as boys approached the brink. Frank Kellner, 12, suffered severe lacerations to face arms and legs while Tom Gallagher was wounded in the face and shoulders. both likely to recover.
After Mollie Bailey’s performance in Rockdale Texas a crowd clash broke out with show employees. Guns were wielded as clubs leaving Lester Turner of the First National Bank with facial lacerations and a fractured skull while a showman suffered severe facial and head wounds. In Merkel Texas Tom Holton, residing six miles from town, died by shooting in a personal crisis.
A batch of short notices reports arson attempt on Freedman Bros store at Rusk Texas. Miss Kate Daffan declines Texas textbook board. Mrs Mary Ramsey Wood dies in Hillsboro Oregon at 119. Alaska miners seek eight hour day. J W Wadsworth Jr re elected NY assembly speaker. Oklahoma City mourns James Luther Dunbar. Coal output up in Alabama. Pennsylvania train wreck injures dozen. Owensville shotgun duel ends fatally for brothers Al and Boone Henry. Nashua Mills to 40 hour week. Evens Burke gun destroyed near Taylor Texas. Knoxville incident leaves Patrolman Mike Wrenn dead. Louisiana ag station head calls for cattle tick funding. Newark inspector shot. burglar escapes. Georgia prohibition injunction denied by Judge Newman. San Francisco fire damages Figone property. Figone sons perish. Collinsville Alabama lamp fire kills three Duwinski children. mother injured. Houston judge appointed penitentiary board chair. Fire at Philadelphia alights Kess Sarrer carpet mill and Penn Gas fixture plant. £150,000 loss. Hoagland dies suddenly.
R Lancaster Williams of Richmond and S Davies Warfield of Baltimore were named receivers by the U S circuit court at Richmond to take charge of the Seaboard Airline. Bond set at 50000 each. The move impacts Baltimore securities, with 33085000 in bond issues since merger, about 25000000 held locally, yet bankers urge calm and expect long term benefit for holders. The Old Bay Line and Baltimore Steam Packet Co remain unaffected. New York reports a earnings deficit of 42600 after fixed charges of 3167834.
In Muncie Indiana on January 2 two thousand men stoned interurban cars wounding nine as shots rang out at the station. Cars then ran on regular schedules with guards and authorities disarming strike breakers to avert further trouble.
In Little Rock on January 2 Judge Trieber in federal court upheld the state anti-futures bill passed at the urging of the Farmers' union. The ruling declares the law constitutional and precedent setting for the South. A Chicago brokers firm had claimed the law violated interstate commerce. The court ruled the statutes do not exceed state power and serve to protect public morals.
The Bank of England directors cut the minimum discount rate to six percent from seven percent. Improved U S and German conditions helped ease the prior financial strain that had restrained trade and speculation for seven weeks.
Washington January 2 Captain J E Pillsbury named chief of the navigation bureau of the navy department after a conference with President Roosevelt and Secretary Metcalf. Pillsbury took part in the talks just before the announcement. New Bank at Dallas opens Monday Traders Bank and Trust Co with capital $50,000 begins business in Dallas January 2.
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