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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
1
A frame grocery and residence in Houston’s First Ward burned at dawn. Jacob Prager escaped with his wife and two daughters while three young sons ages ten eight and two perished in the blaze. Police detained about a dozen suspects, suspected incendiary burglary.
Austin July 2 Assistant Attorney General Hawkins issues an opinion that a city attorney cannot lawfully use transportation provided under a railroad contract for professional services unless employed by the road and operating a train in duty. The rule also applies to a mayor or new public official, but a resignation to the governor may remove the restriction if accepted.
North Fort Worth and Rosen Heights announce plans to consolidate raising potential population to 16 000. A mass meeting Monday night with officials and citizens endorsed the idea unanimously and a joint committee was formed to draft a plan.
Denver July 2 The Western Federation of Miners voted 283 to 68 to adopt a preamble pledging members to socialism and industrial unionism. The text declares class struggle and producer exploitation, urging political action and a future Chicago convention to organize a national party.
Morris Friedman, once with Pinkerton, testified about copies from Pinkerton files showing agents spying on unions during the Colorado labor battles of 1903-04. James I. Wallace, Cripple Creek attorney, described militia misuse, gunmen, the card system, union-store looting, and claimed K C Sterling fired the first shot at the Independent Station explosion.
A cyclone swept Merkel Texas at dawn Tuesday wrecking about twenty houses in the city and nearby and damaging crops. Loss estimated at ten thousand dollars. Other brief items note a jail reform plan in Fort Worth, a health officer meeting in Houston over quarantine for consumptives, a fatal collision near Sunbury Pennsylvania, a Florence Texas store fire, a Houston assault case, Honduras neutrality, Portugal’s martial law move, and an Eureka Springs bank run ending in a receiver.
A Pine Bluff report says a man was found leaning over the bed of Mrs. J. M. Taylor and Miss Mary Geisreiter, causing screams and a rapid flight. Isiah Gooings, a trusted stable boy, was arrested and jailed as Sheriff Philipot works to calm tensions and prevent mob violence.
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