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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
2
A sprawling item list reports numerous Texas and nearby incidents. Names include Stafford of Palestine and Drummond. murders, accidents, and legal cases across Canneston to Fort Worth. Notes mention fires at Aransas Pass, runaways near Albany, hangings, drownings, and civic issues. Also cited are railway accidents, a bell exterminate discovery claim, and tax rolls for Abilony.
In Cedarhurst James B. Keene comments on Wall Street volatility. He notes public reluctance to buy securities, overcapitalization and trust collapses weaken demand, while railroad earnings stay strong. Keene urges measures to halt further decline and predicts eventual buyer interest as in prior convulsions.
Reported losses from a market downturn hit leading financiers. The Rockefeller fortune is said to have fallen by about 100 million dollars, with J Pierpont Morgan allies and William C Whitney suffering sizable setbacks. James R Keene admits a 1.5 million loss as others in the Chicago crowd endure wounds from the downturn.
The Nova Vreyma prints a cartoon showing Uncle Sam steering an automobile over two black men with a whip in his right hand and the Stars and Stripes in his left, bearing the mottos Freedom and Slavery.
Authorities seized a large quantity of whiskey and beer before removal from a train in Ardmore Indian Territory. United States Marshal Cobert issued an order prohibiting liquor introduction into the Indiana Territory. Substitutes are banned as officers say artificial drink drinks hide sales of intoxicants. Prohibition laws are increasing the number of orgets.
Report from Jackson Kentucky dated July 2 recounts two fatal clashes. On Long Creek George Smith was shot by John Hall and Hall was fatally shot by Smith as both died soon after. At Hunting Creek John Steadman and Alex Craft fought over a dispute in a blind tiger with Craft fatally wounding Steadman and Steadman mortally wounding Craft. both expected to die.
Senator Bailey and his wife with their two sons traveled from Washington to New York after arriving in the capital yesterday morning the family departed together for New York City.
Dora Richardson Clay Brock wife of General Cassius M. Clay travels to Valley View with brothers to seek possession of her share as heirs contest the will. The court had the general's children declared insane before his death and placed his estate in a Richmond trust company. Lawyers expect a legal challenge to the will.
In Vicksburg Mississippi Annie Strong a 20 year old white woman surrendered after she allegedly shot and killed Robert Anderson a 70 year old Black man with a squirrellnot charge The incident followed a dispute over a division fence at a dairy outside the city Annie claimed Anderson advanced with an axe and she fired the fatal shot authorities reported the Strongs run a nearby dairy the case pending dats
A mob near Bear plantation hanged Jennie Steere, accused of poisoning Lizzie Boland, 16, in a lemonade. She fled, was captured in a hay loft, denied the crime, and was identified by the Boland household. Several shots were fired into the body as the crowd watched.
After a weekend riot in Danville Ui two killed and twenty two wounded. The police station and county jail were damaged while state troops patrolled the town. Militia arrived from Springfield and blocks were cleared as crowds dispersed.
James Fell 35, assistant yardmaster for Texas and Pacific, died instantly when he fell in front of a moving engine on the Texas and Pacific line as he attempted to alight from a train in Fort Worth. Fell had worked for six to eight years with the company.
Four men named Thomas Nick W R Nydem and Wm McComb charged with assaulting and killing Gertie Gibson aged 9 at Bloomfield were brought to St Louis for safe keeping as a mob planned to lynch them.
Darrel and Dickey's cotton gin five miles from Georgetown burned Friday causing about 6000 dollars in loss with 3000 dollars insured. The fire’s origin is unknown but suspected incendiary.
Captain J B Ewen chief witness in the Jett and White case returns to Lexington from Cynthiana at midnight He says he sought militia protection for tomorrows trial but Colonel Williams reports no orders allow guarding concealment witnesses He will wire the governor requesting protection.
Mrs D C Campbell of Fort Worth died suddenly in a Ken nedale church aisle after saying she wished to be buried there. A visitor to her daughter she had attended services during a weeklong protracted meeting and was 67 years old.
Tyler Texas July 27 grand jury returned indictments against Cliff Grant and Harry Belcher white men about 24 years old charging them with criminally assaulting a negro woman The assault occurred on the morning of July 5 They will be brought into court this morning for trial setting with a speedy trial to be accorded.
Warrants issued for twenty New York Central Railroad clerks over freight car robberies in Niagara Falls. Six clerks were arrested earlier, five pleaded guilty, and the new warrants target those believed to have provided information leading to further arrests.
Heavy rainfall across southern England led to severe floods in London. The underground railway and multiple printing rooms were inundated, delaying Sunday edition printing until late in the afternoon.
Upon a complaint before Justice Lankford, Dick Conner was charged yesterday with criminal incident involving his 12 year old stepchild in Cameron Texas.
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