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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1907
Page
2
Austin is described as both the baseball hub and political capital of Texas. Observers note Roosevelt's star fading and beginning its decline toward the western horizon. In Milam County anti prohibitionists claim momentum and vow to enforce the Baskin McGregor law strictly.
The piece notes rumors the administration candidate seeks a wartime election. It cites two future certainties: Bryan’s 1904 Democratic nomination and adoption of a two cent railroad passenger fare rate. The author questions timing amid potential war and political maneuvering.
The Centerville Democrat quotes a regretful view on town dullness and urges more court business. It notes the Georgia legislature restricted wine at communion services, with the governor saying the rule will not be enforced, though some areas vow strict adherence and threaten consequences.
Dispatches report a clash between the plebe class and West Point commandant Colonel Robert L. Howze after he ordered discipline against a cadet. The incident centers on alleged hazing and a threat to expel the cadet if actions do not cease. Cadets are reportedly unified, with possible wider repercussions for future officer supply.
Mrs A J Lane fell nine feet into a cistern when the earth caved at her Greenville home. A neighbor heard her screams and kept her head above water until help arrived, then she was rescued. The incident occurred on September 7.
Washington reports that Colonel Howze, commandant of cadets at West Point, threatened to dismiss the entire cadet class over a single cadet sent to Coventry. War Department officials say only the president may dismiss, with suspension and recommendations through the superintendent, secretary of war, and president as steps.
In Little Rock on September 7 N C Suggs a brakeman with Iron Mountain shot and killed J G Cromwell a clerk in the trainmaster office at the union station. Suggs then shot himself after declaring he had two shots left one for the police and one for himself. Earlier business dispute over payroll allegedly fueled the deadly confrontation.
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