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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1907
Page
1
Dr R H Harrison operates from Emmet and Maloney's Drug Store in Bryan Texas. Calls answered promptly day or night. Office hours are 9 to 12 a m and 2 to 4 p m. Office phone 66 and residence phone 313.
Baker City Oregon October 1 an assassination attempt targeted former Sheriff Harvey K Brown as he reached his gate at 1030 pm a dynamite blast wrecked the premises leaving Brown in critical condition with a severed arm and injuries from the blast. Police and authorities say no motive or suspects are yet identified. Brown had enforced law against saloon men and gamblers during his tenure.
In Windfall Indiana on October 1 Miss Minnie Landsender and Jarvis Sherer rode a buggy past town. They hit a polecat and fled home. Sherer cleaned the horse with cologne to mask the odor and borrowed a buggy for a later trip to the Goldsmith old settlers meeting.
A southern train derailment near Seoul on Tuesday left forty two dead or injured, including thirty Japanese soldiers. Authorities have not determined responsibility for the wreck.
New York Oct 1 A number of strikers from the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders held actions in New York Chicago and Boston Tuesday to press for an eight hour workday.
Secretary of State Elihu Root arrived in Mexico City with Mrs Root and Miss Edith Root to a thousands strong welcome from American and Mexican officials. Chapultepec Palace was formally turned over to Root for his stay with elaborate furnishings and reception rooms prepared. An official teletype room and transportation arrangements were placed at his disposal during the visit.
A convention of attorneys general met in St Louis on Monday with 22 states represented. Attendees debated anti trust laws railroad rate regulation and state rights. Papers slated included The Standard Oil Trust Anti Trust Laws Rail road Rate Regulation Conflict Between State and Federal Courts Capitalization of Public Service Corporations and State Regulation of Public Utilities.
A Mobile report says Sheriff Charles and a posse pursued an unknown negro who seized Mrs. Johnson at her front gate in Whistler. A neighbor fired as he fled. the suspect boarded a northbound train. Bloodhounds accompanied the pursuit amid local uproar, recalling a prior lynching in the area.
John Gately of Keokuk Iowa is alleged to have told a Chicago Record-Herald special that he intended to shoot President Roosevelt when he arrived in Keokuk. Gately was arrested.
In Fort Worth on October 1 Nelson Chapmen, a Black man, was shot five times and killed. John Hudson, a white youth, was arrested in connection with the incident.
The cholera outbreak that began in August spreads rapidly with twelve provinces affected, mainly along the Volga. Deaths run into thousands and mortality is highest in towns as the disease resists containment and reaches new regions daily.
Health authorities state there have been forty eight verified plague cases in San Francisco since last May with twenty nine deaths. One case originated since August 11 and forty suspects remain under observation.
Austin on October 1 reports Clyde Smith, late secretary of the senate, has been appointed to a position in the warrant office. Grover C Robberson of Dallas is also named to a clerkship in the department.
Austin, Oct 1 Mrs W J Terrell wife of a clerk in the comptroller's department died Tuesday after a lingering illness. The remains were sent to Greenville for burial.
A young white man named Armstrong had an arm badly shattered by a pistol wound four miles from Kaufman Texas. In the clash his attackers, described as negroes, were jailed.
Justice Maben was summoned to a western suburb where a shallow grave contained a small box wrapped in linen. The coroner opened the bundle and instead of a baby found a young bulldog's corpse, prompting an inquest inquiry.
Longview Texas reports a prohibition town on Sunday with waterworks disabled and artesian water undeliverable. Soda fountains and cold drink stands stayed closed as proprietors kept the Sabbath, while dust complainers noted a dry day overall.
Washington Oct 1 The railway strikers in Cuba declare their movement will not disrupt mail transport as far as they are concerned. This stance is reported in a War department dispatch from Governor Magoon confirming the position.
Quartermaster Sergeant Charles G. Plasket of the Twelfth Cavalry is killed by a switching engine in Canton as he hurries to a train bound for Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. The incident occurred near the railroad yard with Plasket en route back to his post.
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