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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1904
Page
2
A jumbled update reports heavy Montana snowstorms, a mayoral injury in an earlier incident, and various events from across the country. It notes job qualification standards for canal work, a donation for a Presbyterian home in Chicago, a New York clothing industry strike, and multiple personal and local incidents including robberies, suicides, and a fatal heart attack during harvest season.
In Chicago on June 27 Anna Keldick killed her three young children aged 7 5 and 2 with illuminating gas and then took her own life. The family of four in 965 North Ruby street was found after a rent dispute led to a gas ejection notice. The mother in poor health had faced financial hardship since her husband’s insanity and labor loss.
Crowds stood with bowed heads along the Fast River as the burned hulk of the Gen Slocum was towed to a dock in Erie Basin for federal inspection. Flags on tugboats and all harbor craft were at half mast and dipped at Barreto Point, the site of the disaster where 50 lives were lost. A woman’s body, badly burned and not yet identified, was recovered Sunday.
The executors filed an inventory and appraisement in county court showing Vaughn Bay deceased valued at 17835 with 15950 in real estate and 2000 insurance paid to his wife. The notice praises the deceased’s work and savings and his respect among white residents.
Christopher Frese and his wife Jantisa, both over 60, were struck by a Lake Shore electric car Sunday afternoon while crossing Clifton Boulevard tracks in Meveland. Frese died instantly. his wife died minutes later. A baffling detail reported is that Frese’s heart was severed from its tendons and found beside his body.
O B Colquitt former railroad commissioner has been chosen as the main orator for San Antonio's July Fourth celebrations under Civil War veterans auspices in Texas.
Frank Densmore a carpenter was shot and killed at his Memphis home on Sunday by his nephew Norville Densmore who formerly lived in Toledo, Ohio. The two men had reportedly quarreled over money matters.
Reports from Shan Hai Kwan say a major battle near Kai Ping rages with Japanese forces over 39,000 strong under Kuroki and larger Russian numbers. Relates defeats at San Tai Ling and Yentai, scouts near Kai Chou, and plans to advance on Kai Chau with expected combat near Ta Tehi Kiao.
Associate Justice Brown of the United States Supreme Court, 68, married on the Atlantic City boardwalk in a white flannel suit and white canvas shoes. He wore a red necktie and carried a green umbrella as well wishers greeted the couple on a sunlit Sunday reception.
Walter Kirvin aged 20 was accidentally killed near Attaway ten miles south of Texarkana after a 15 year old companion fired a single barreled shotgun at close range. The gun discharged hitting Kirvin in the head, causing instant death.
El Paso lawyers file two more suits Saturday against saloon keepers under the state law for permitting minors to enter or gamble in their premises. The actions bring total suits to five in a week with more expected according to attorneys.
Earl King aged S years died when crushed under a thresher near his Ida area home in Sherman County. He was not seen by anyone at the machine until his lifeless body was found behind the moving threshing equipment.
Aaron Morris an employee of the Austro American Lumber Company was shot and killed Saturday night in St Pauls Bottom a place of ill repute by Oscar Chambers Chambers escaped
Corpus Christi residents report arrests of gambling den proprietors Saturday night. Police say several dens were raided and the proprietors will have cases called later this week.
A bold dynamite robbery at B Cornelius & Co on Trav is street and Preston avenue shocked Houston last night. About $1,000 stolen as two explosions blasted the room where about fifty people stood. No arrests. no injuries beyond shock and smoke. Weevil commission opens in Martin Texas with five farmers chairing and plans field experiments.
G. M. Crowell & Son shipped 115 baskets of very fine grapes east today by express. The fruit brings fancy prices and high quality noted.
A new murder near Opunto in Sonora, Mexico adds to six killings this month. The victim, Shorty Carr, an old freighter turned prospector, was found stabbed and shot. The report notes Carr’s remains show he was attacked with multiple wounds.
Burleson Guards Company K has completed preparations to attend the St. Louis exposition. A 50 man unit will depart on July 14 or 15 with subsistence moved to the depot and then shipped to Austin to join the quartermaster train for St. Louis.
William H. Firth longtime Rock Island general passenger and ticket agent in Fort Worth died suddenly this morning after years of heart trouble. He collapsed in his room as his wife prepared breakfast and passed away within minutes.
A Hamburg dispatch reports Kent J. Loomis, who vanished from the Kaiser Wilhelm II before its June 20 Plymouth arrival, may have washed ashore near Cherbourg France but there is no confirmation of the rumor.
Fisher the coroner and acting sheriff withholds the office amid the Reid controversy. Governor Blanchard asks Fisher to withdraw in favor of Bell as the new provisional sheriff, creating a mild regional sensation in Lake Charles Louisiana.
In Cameron Texas a few farmers still hold cotton for sale while most have sold out. W. T. Watt owns a large convict farm and has not sold any of his crop, possessing about 250 bales of spot cotton that he refused to sell at a particular price per pound.
In Nacogdoches Texas the G Glass Company struck oil on the P D Fore land at about 150 feet. The well is estimated to produce thirty to fifty barrels per day and represents a notable local find in the oil field.
In Slinger Texas a four year old child of Frank Pelansky tangled with a running countershaft and a rope tied to a sheep this evening. The boy suffered a broken arm while the sheep lost its head. The reporter notes the outcome is better than the alternative.
General rain drenched Ballinger and surrounding Runnels County yesterday and last night. The Colorado River rose to its highest level in over a year, signaling significant rain across the area.
In parts of Webb County Texas the corn crop is reported suffering badly due to a lack of rain. The drought impacts farmers in the Laredo region and surrounding fields raising concern over harvest prospects this season.
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