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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1904
Page
2
A sharp earthquake shock was felt in San Francisco early Friday with no damage. Lawton Oklahoma proposes an $18,250 city hall contract to start in about 30 days. President Roosevelt may visit Waco during Texas trip.
Tokyo reports that on Sunday afternoon Japanese forces fired a massive mine under the north Keekwan fort, rushed the position, and captured it after heavy fighting with Russian troops near Sungshu and Port Arthur. Sixty Japanese buried. Russians reinforced and retreated to the city by midnight.
Panama reports peaceful municipal voting with fifty three municipios. Opponents claim twenty five municipalities won. In major towns Colon Bocas del Toro Los Santos and Sona went to government supporters while Panama Agua Dulce and Santiago were carried by the opposition by narrow margins.
Representative Stephens of Texas introduced a bill to allow appealing a citizenship court test case from the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis. The goal is to determine the legal status of intermarried citizens and their descendants.
In Hot Springs Arkansas a racial dispute erupted as a white man was hired as a professional attendant in a bathhouse causing black attendants to strike and demand his dismissal. Their demand was refused and the open positions were quickly filled by others.
In McKinney Texas Ben Washington a 40 year old Black man was shot dead at a negro restaurant. Coroner's jury says death from a pistol shot fired by Kirk Washington in self defense. Kirk Washington surrendered to officers, waived examining trial, and was bound over to the grand jury in 300 dollars bond.
In Austin Ash worth va E W Bancroft and Orange defendants faced a $30,000 loss of leg damages claim. The federal court verdict found for the defendant last night.
An iron wheelbarrow fell from a second story in Oklahoma City yesterday fracturing skull of brick mason W. L. Safvon. He may die and is hospitalized as authorities investigate the accident.
W W Hoskins owner of the Velasco and Angleton banks closed both banks after a heavy run. He posted a notice saying deposits would be settled with and all claims paid. Citizens express confidence and expect resumption of business in a few days.
Houston reports an anxious pause as drilling continues under heavy gas pressure. Mud and clay paste the punctures while crews fight downward. no new wells reported for over a month. The Mitchell well Moonshine No 2 and Beatty No 2 are poised on the rock as casing proceeds.
Rosser Thomas, representative-elect from Fannin county, visited Austin yesterday on department matters. He plans several measures, including making it a penal offense to solicit intoxicating liquor orders in prohibition districts to stop liquor shipments into areas where prohibition is in effect.
Marlin Texas public square fills with tents and wheel structures as preparations begin for a carnival. The fair grounds are being readied for races and the stock show on the 23rd and 24th, promising a festive week in Marlin.
New Orleans reports the state supreme court affirmed a death sentence for Lewis W Lyons who killed District Attorney Gurley last year. The court also sustained the capital punishment for Sam Aspara for the Mafia linked murder of Antonio Luciano.
A fire at L. T. Martins dry goods on the east side of the square in Pilot Point Texas around 7 30 last night gutted two brick buildings and several frame warehouses. Loss to stocks and buildings about 30000 with only partial insurance. Principal losers include L. T. Martin Salmons Jones and Co Light Bros 8 I Newton and Mrs Atkins.
The controllers yesterday canceled the $150,000 Navarro County courthouse bonds bearing 3 percent. No sale occurred, bonds were surrendered for cancellation and a new issue bearing 4 percent will be proposed.
Warships of the Russian second Pacific squadron were seen near Cape Town yesterday afternoon as they steamed eastward along the coast en route to distant waters.
Senator Foster of Louisiana warns in a New Orleans Board of Trade letter that arbitration treaties with England, Germany, Italy, France and Switzerland could pressure Southern states to pay 200 million dollars on repudiated bonds. He cites North Carolina bonds and a network of creditors as factors prompting worry about treaty ratification this session.
A Southern Pacific official says a major project is under way to build a line from Lafayette to Baton Rouge with a great bridge spanning the Mississippi. The plan also includes deep water outlets to Gulfport and Pensacola and traffic arrangements for the Texas and Pacific Frisco and Missouri Kansas and Texas to use the Baton Rouge bridge, replacing ferries lower downstream.
A yesterday blizzard battered the area with Cape Cod wires down and land communications cut south of Wareham. A hurricane force wind hit Newport Rhode Island and a single wreck was reported at Fisher's Island where a tug and three barges were saved.
The county court jury for next week in Marlin Texas has been discharged due to Marlin carnival week.
Col. E. B. Peters returning from Shreveport reports that the recent national cotton convention favors reducing production through crop diversification. He notes Texas can substitute alfalfa as a money crop, while Mississippi and Louisiana face harsher conditions. He predicts governors Blanchard and Vardaman will head a Texas study tour for planters next year.
William Jennings Bryan has purchased Jeffersons giant punch bowl weighing over 100 pounds. The bowl rests in state on an oak table at Fairview, Bryan's home near Lincoln Nebraska. It was bought from Dr J M Scott of Culpeper Virginia and carries an authenticity certificate by Agnes Thurman of Albemarle stating it was purchased after Jeffersons death by her husband W M Monticello. The bowl holds about ten gallons of liquid.
Rumor says Charles F. Dodge will surrender in New York and reveal all he knows about the Dodge Morse divorce matter after being indicted for perjury. Dodge has sailed from Galveston toward New York.
Several insurance firms told local agencies that defective wiring in business houses must be corrected or policies will be canceled. A recent inspection found wiring defects in 9 percent of the city’s business properties.
G B McAllister who ran a general merchandise business sold his stock and residence to B G Milam of Rock Island and bought from Milam 250 acres of farm and fruit orchard near Rock Island. Milam has moved to Luling while McAllister moves to his new Colorado county home at once.
A new cotton company with capital of 10,000,000 dollars is formed in Montreal. It will take over the mills of four major Canadian firms the Dominion the Merchants the Montmorency and the Colonial Bleaching Company.
Tokyo reports the Japanese navy lost two torpedo boats during operations against the battleship Sevastopol, which was described as completely disabled, in a Port Arthur dispatch.
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