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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1907
Page
1
The New York City weather report calls Thursday the hottest day of the season with high temperatures and heat risk warnings likely to affect outdoor activities and commuting.
Heat waves grip the south and west and reach New York with 89 degrees. Six deaths and numerous prostrations are linked to the heat, with victims in St Louis Louisville Kansas City Memphis and other cities. Notable case includes E S Simon who shot himself amid heat-driven distress.
A Memphis stenographer Miss Holt is found in Chicago at Van Buren and State Streets dazed with no memory since Tuesday night. Her father Matthew Holt of Memphis reports her missing and asks Chicago authorities to detain her until he arrives. He suggests heat may have caused temporary mental derangement and a train voyage to Chicago.
London noted that the divorce court granted Lady Ragot of Rugby formerly Miss Lillian May of Baltimore restoration of her rights as wife. Lord Ragot faced a suit claiming his $4,000 monthly allowance was insufficient for her and daughter Barbara. He left his wife after the christening. A pre marriage agreement on Catholic upbringing for the children was deemed not binding by English jurists.
Chicago reports an unknown assailant armed with a steel cased bomb tried to blow up the residence of Mont Tenne, a veteran gambling house operator. Five days earlier a similar dynamite attack hit ex State Senator John F. O Mallorys saloon. The string of incidents tied to rival gambler factions echoes a prior attack on Blink John Condo, with jealous conflict cited as motive.
A July storm in Augusta Georgia caused widespread property damage and fruit tree loss. Lightning struck the Augusta Cotton factory igniting a fire in its card rooms before a second bolt triggered the sprinkling system and flooded the building. Large quantities of goods were ruined and machinery damaged. Utilities and streetcar lines suffered heavy damage. Sewers and drains were damaged by floodwaters.
New York reports the battleships Virginia Georgia and New Jersey of the second division Atlantic fleet entering Newport with sailors granted shore leave. The ships will return to Newport in August for maneuvers.
Atlanta reports Hon Harvie Jordan returning from the cotton belt. He warns August will be a critical month as the crop remains late and vulnerable to heat, drought, and early frosts. He notes rising prices likely and suggests southern farmers adopt modern baling methods to improve bale appearance.
E R Buckley a Cleveland hotel clerk and George Elliott an New York City actor were found unconscious on top of a Twentieth Century Limited sleeper near Cleveland after riding out from Buffalo. They climbed the train as it pulled away and endured exposure and peril before rescue.
While W. J. Bryan was being driven to the lake after a Chautauqua address, an automobile driven by Mrs. E. B. Stillman collided with his car. Mrs. H. W. Deal was thrown to the ground and slightly injured. Bryan helped her back into the vehicle and helped crank the car to proceed.
In New York on July 26 Frank H Warner, who fatally shot Miss Esther Norling last Tuesday, said in an ante-mortem statement that he did not recall shooting Norling but admitted shooting John C Wilson, whom he claimed forced him into bankruptcy.
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