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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1907
Page
4
Banking conditions approached normal in New York on Wednesday with no further banker conferences anticipated. Runs on banks subsided, Wall Street expressed relief that the storm was weathered. Banks improved positions by calling in loans and pre adjustment continued.
Bankers declare a certificate plan is in effect and rapidly bringing conditions toward stability. The exchange building acter is limited to cash transactions, with the clearing house working to restore normal operations.
Exporters in New Orleans discuss a plan to finance cotton exports by European buyers depositing with European fiscal agents or the U S Treasury to allow transfers to the Subtreasury in New Orleans. The scheme would enable American exporters to draw against currency rather than sell on 60 to 90 day exchange bills hoping to aid relief and markets amid low cotton prices.
Railway executives from Rock Island and Santa Fe say business will continue unimpeded despite the holiday proclamation. In Oklahoma and Indian Territory banks debate reopening after a six day holiday, with a decision due after a 20 p m meeting. A club manager, Carl Schu, was shot and killed at Elk Club in Chattanooga, with the assailant Hollie Westmoreland escaping.
In Philadelphia on October 30 the Universalist church biennial convention passed a business session record opposing woman suffrage and endorsing a uniform divorce law. It also urged reformatory punishment for prisoners instead of capital punishment. An accompanying note reports a major lumber rate increase from California to the eastern states, with about 12 000 fir cars and 5 000 redwood cars affected, adding roughly 30 dollars per car.
Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy partners with Frank Peabody former central office detective to open a detective agency on Fifth Avenue in New York.
The Missouri Kansas and Texas railway will contest a railroad commission order forcing Trinity and Brazos Valley trains to handle local traffic between Waxahachie and Dallas on joint track. The 1905 1906 contracts bar local stops, not submitted for commission approval, prompting potential injunctions and wider litigation on joint track operations.
Fort Worth October 30 Bruce Griffin aged 52 a Crowley resident was found dead in his pasture. An inquest led by Justice Bratton concluded heart failure caused the death. Griffin had risen early to shoot in his field a double barreled shotgun lay by his body both barrels cocked. he apparently died as he planned to begin the hunt. He formerly ran the hotel in Crowley.
Burl G necro confessed to negligent homicide after a brickbat strike killed another man in Marlin Texas. Giles said the blow was accidental. An earlier similar case ended in a ten dollar fine years ago.
Enlisted men of the North Atlantic fleet will present a loving cup to Miss Helen M. Gould for her philanthropy to sailors. Each sailor contributed twenty five cents to the fund with the cup costing about a specified amount and presentation planned for November or December in New York.
Cincinnati reports the signing of articles for a six day walking match between Dan O Leary of Cincinnati and Henry Schmell of Chicago for 1000 dollars aside and two thirds of the gate receipts. The race to start at 8 o clock Monday evening November 18 at Music hall.
An ad touts Dr Shoop’s Restorative as a remedy addressing kidney nerves rather than kidneys directly. It claims it can aid control nerves, relieve back pain, and improve symptoms like scalding urine, dark urine, and kidney disease. Tablets or liquid are offered, with druggists recommending and retailing the product.
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