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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
1
Bryan Texas notices promote the drug store at Emmet and Maloney offering round the clock service and call answering. It lists office hours 9 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. with office phone 66 and residence 313.
Rt Rev A P Winnington Langham bishop of London attends Protestant Episcopal Church forty fifth convention in Richmond. Opening services in Holy Trinity church precede communion as bishops meet at the state capitol and deputies at St Pauls. Delegates from across the country arrive with J P Morgan among the financiers taking housing for the three week session.
President Roosevelt and party landed from the steamer Mississippi in St Louis on Wednesday at 9 47. Crowds gathered along Eas Bridge and the harbor front as decorations and electric arches signaled the welcome. The president delivered an address at the Jai Ali building after the parade route was lined with spectators and city officials.
New Orleans reports a shift from seasonal to constant quarantine for tropical port arrivals. Surgeon J. H. White states well travelers will move freely unless symptoms arise, after 1600+ arrivals have been under observation this season.
A small calf trespasses near a farm leading to a fatal accident. Local authorities investigate the incident and warn residents about keeping livestock secure to prevent similar injuries.
F J Gosiger a 22 year old traveling freight agent for the Chicago and Alton railroad was fatally shot by Nathaniel Mulholland 19 after a quarrel with Mrs Gosiger. Gosiger died an hour later and Mulholland was arrested. The incident followed a confrontation at the Mulholland home over a trespass and a perceived attack on the boy’s mother.
In Keokuk Iowa on October 2 the president ad libbed during his remarks while addressing a Grand Army audience. He urged equal treatment of rich and poor, praised individual merit, and condemned both murder incitement and corporate crime while stressing self mastery and personal responsibility.
Two hundred gallons of gasoline exploded at the Rock Island railway pumping house in Dover Oklahoma fatally injuring J C Barrett the pumper and destroying the pumping house and machinery. Witnesses describe immense smoke that rose and suddenly burst into flames.
Washington fell behind after a late Detroit rally in the sixth inning as Cobb Rossman and Coughlin sparked a three run inning to tie the game. Detroit then clinched the win in the next frame with Schaffer scoring after a series of plays. Philadelphia also held Cleveland to a shutout as Dygert dominated.
In New Orleans 1100 Illinois Central freight handlers vow nonload of cargo for steamship lines using nonunion crews to load cotton. Fifty guards arrive to back effort while 9000 other workers in sympathy remain idle. Within 24 hours ships will load cotton with nonunion labor, despite the strike. At Southern Pacific 400 freight handlers also strike demanding a five cent hourly raise and thirty cent increase in pay.
In New York on October 2 the push for an eight hour workday by the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders saw broad employer compliance across the city. Only four shops refused to meet the demand while strikes were noted in several towns to push for the standard. President Glocking reported thirty two cities granting the eight hour day with some strikes continuing.
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