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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1904
Page
2
Reports from McKinney and Syracuse note severe cold with record lows as trains delay. A Winnsboro farmer is shot dead. a Thorp Springs youth injures a brother by accident. Other items include a March 24 county bond election, rural route changes, crop expansion near Milburn, and railroad interest in Texas.
The report describes George Washington's birthday observances across Texas with parades, mock battles by the Yaqui Tribe, city celebrations in Laredo, and public closings in Austin Houston Alvin and Smithville. It notes orderly events, Navy and infantry bands, and holiday closures across banks and government offices.
Reports from Tokyo say Admiral Togo attacked Port Arthur again without confirmation. Baron Hayashi suggests Japan may wait months before land attacks on Russia due to Russian unpreparedness. Franco assures Japan on the Russian fleet at Jibutil, pleasing officials. Nakanoura Maru evacuees reach Nagasaki aboard Stolberg. Baron Kaneko and Vice Governor Takahashi head to America on a diplomatic mission. A Japanese prisoner's Intelligence bureau is formed. Russia Austria and Germany may allow Turkey to invade Bulgaria. Austria plans to move against Macedonia with Turkish support. American officers joining Japanese forces are to go to Tokyo first and then deploy with the army.
In St Louis Missouri the trial of former house member Charles Kratz is docketed in criminal court today. He is charged with having accepted a bribe and counsel reserves the right to request a change of venue over prejudice claims.
Heavy snows and blizzards hit the Siberian railroad especially east of Baikal hindering troop movements and aiding brigand incursions. Japanese agents are reported north of Vladivostok urging brigands to act, escalating regional instability.
Washington's birthday was widely observed with senate readings of the first president's farewell address. Federal and municipal offices closed while most businesses stayed open, and patriotic events were held by the oldest inhabitants association and Sons of the Revolution. President Roosevelt and his wife planted trees at the White House grounds.
In the State vs. Jay Hudson, after the court overruled a continuance, Hudson amended the motion and the case was withdrawn from the jury and continued. The district attorney did not oppose as a juror was sick. Case moved to next term.
R B Wright deputy marshal and prominent local citizen killed Sunday night by a negro named Albert Sheppard. Sheriff Bailey leads a large posse in pursuit as two colored witnesses give conflicting stories. Wright leaves a wife and seven children and was serving in place of Marshal Wilt. The motive is unknown and Wright may have been attempting to arrest Sheppard.
In McKinney Texas Ike Denton 35 was shot and killed by John Finley 30 three miles east of Princeton. The quarrel over chickens and eggs led Denton who lived at Finley’s home to pursue Finley with a butcher knife before the fatal shot. Denton was unmarried.
Representatives of Japan placed an order with the Agar Packing Company in Des Moines for 2,000 barrels of mess pork at 15 dollars per barrel.
Viceroy Alexieff departed Port Arthur last Saturday February 20 heading to Mukden. He transferred army command to Vice Admiral Stark before departure.
Chee Foo Feb 21 The United States cruiser New Orleans and gunboats Wilmington and Annapolis ordered to Shanghai after coaling. Admiral Cooper’s squadron sails to Chee Foo. Moody orders all ships back to Shanghai. Russians defending Manchuria. Dagny Port Arthur New Chwang and Liao Yang fortifications rise to block Japanese landings. Port Arthur vessels damaged as efforts to raise the battleship Retvizan continue. Fresh provisions in Port Arthur scarce as speculators seek blockade runners. St. Petersburg Feb 21 report says outpost engagements on the Yalu River with Russian losses potentially 2500, exact scope unclear.
A. R. Robers of a Kansas City distilling company is jailed in Nacogdoches Texas on two counts of selling whiskey in violation of local option law. He was arrested in Lufkin and brought to Nacogdoches after noon Sunday. A $10 reward was posted by County Attorney Strong for his arrest. Roberts says he will fight the charges and has hired counsel.
Washington learned from Minister Powel via cablegram dated February 16 from San Domingo that a decisive two day battle ended in government victory. The siege was raised and the insurgents retreated into.repeat.
Saturday night military maps including geographical and statistical items were stolen from the official residence in Soul. The incident involves officers of the French cruiser Pascal and associates, affecting Mr. Sands serving the emperor's household as adviser. The affair caused a diplomatic scandal and led to his recall.
Waelder Texas farmers sent a second car of hogs to Houston on Saturday. Stewart and McCrory shipped the hogs and note hogs and corn pay nearly as cotton. A welcome rain Saturday improves soil conditions for corn planting.
One hundred fifty rural letter carriers from across Texas gather in Dallas on Monday to form a state association. Assistant Postmaster General Bristow has granted vacation to rural carriers for the event.
The interior department has received the Bonaparte report on affairs in Initan Territory. Secretary Hitchcock will read it and then forward it to the President for consideration.
American miners employed in northern Korea reach Au Ju safely on their way to Ping Yang where they will stay until the river opens unless events force all foreigners to depart for Seoul.
Weather turns warm and clear in Flatonia with rain Saturday shaping the ground. Farmers expect corn planting to begin this week as fields, plowed since Christmas, are in good condition.
G W Bramel, a farmer twelve miles from Maysville Kentucky, returned home intoxicated Saturday night and drove his brother from the house with a Winchester. He killed his wife and drove the children into the cold rain, then set the house on fire and perished in the flames.
Lorenzo Crossby, a Mormon elder from Tager Arizona, died at City Hospital after shooting himself Saturday aboard the Chicago and Alton train from St. Louis. He had been doing missionary work in Georgia and Virginia and was about 35 years old.
T. J. Gilman a noted mining prospector is in El Paso for medical treatment after being caught in a Sierra Madre snowstorm in Sonora Mexico. He suffered frostbite to both feet fingers and ears and wandered twelve hours in high country before rescue.
In Indianapolis Indiana the National convention of the Industrial Association of America begins today with about five hundred manufacturers and business leaders expected to attend.
Fred Block received a serious knife wound while trying to arrest Harry Buck. Buck sustained two pistol wounds but was not seriously hurt. Buck was arrested and later released on bond.
A squadron of warships was seen in the Red Sea near the Island of Peri. The vessels sailed at midnight Saturday toward Suez and are believed to be the Russian squadron recently reported at Jibutil Freres Somali land.
In Lockhart Texas county health physician Dr T B Coop wood declares a genuine case of smallpox at the Griesenbeck hotel. The patient is Harris a young barber who has worked in town for several months and is being treated as a public health concern.
General H Kuropatkin has been relieved as minister of war and appointed commander in chief of the Russian army in the Far East, with the new post to oversee operations in the eastern theater from St. Petersburg.
In Maysville Kentucky on Sunday Garrett Breckenridge shot and killed his wife before taking his own life. Police say he had previously killed two men in a jealousy related incident involving his wife.
Rome reports the czar intends to personally command the army at the front in the spring, signaling a direct leadership role in ongoing military operations.
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