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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1904
Page
2
A rapid-fire collection of social observations and clipped news bites from Alpine, praising or lampooning figures from Yerkes to Kuropatkin. It touches on the California orange trust, Japanese crown jewels, Niagara Falls, and a host of miscellaneous quips about fashion, sport, and public life.
Nashville crowds gather for the fourteenth capital reunion of the United Confederate Veterans. Delegations arrive from Missouri to Montana with Texas groups delayed by a washout. A treasury report shows about $166000 cash plus gifts and pledges totaling $206000 to fund an abbey with a $300000 goal. inauguration date undecided.
An accident involving a car and an elderly man named Powers near Washington Street sparked near riot conditions. The buggy was dragged sixty feet, Powers injured, motorman assaulted, several streetcars blocked, gathered crowd calmed by Chief Ellis and police. Powers sent home. injury severity unclear.
The boll weevil is reported to be 46 times more numerous than last year across Ilarne County. Farmers dust cotton with parie green with mixed results, some noting good impact while others see no improvement. Growers are discouraged by the early appearance and warn the pest will meet harsh resistance if remedies prove ineffective.
George Wagner a wealthy German resident of Bridgeport Conn committed suicide with a revolver at the Morton house last night. He was the moving spirit of the Thirteen Club a group of German citizens first organized as a club. Subsequent members have died by their own hands leaving one member still alive.
A Sunday night blaze at the Western Newspaper Union in Houston caused about 7000 dollars in damage to presses and stock. Officials expect little or no delay in supplying out of town customers with weekly shipments.
The official statement lists Navy losses with forty four officers and 20 men killed, 13 officers and 2206 men wounded. Army losses include 39 officers and 9980 men wounded, plus 103 officers and 2080 men wounded. Prisoners number 20 officers and 696 men.
Dr. B A Tabor reports twenty head of cattle and mules died in two weeks near Jennings from charbon. Local farmers are taking action to stamp out the disease.
Mrs Louisa Schoenfield a 68 year old German resident eight miles east of Beeville Texas was kicked by a horse late Saturday evening and died shortly after at the local ward authorities reported.
Senator Culberson departed Washington this morning heading to Texas by way of St. Louis. He will proceed directly to Dallas and attend the State convention. Mrs. Culberson traveled to Atlantic City yesterday to spend part of the summer there.
Baton Rouge Louisiana Hunsicker bill to abolish poolrooms reported favorably to the house at 1 oclock this morning by an 8 to 3 vote. There is no opposition in the senate and passage is expected.
No information reached the general staff tonight on the reported ambush of Russians at Palantien and the alleged loss of 800 men. Up to a late hour no further word had arrived from Port Arthur.
Knoxville Tennessee Professor S. S. M. Balin of the University of Tennessee has been appointed a special agent by the U S government. He will breed an early cotton variety that matures before boll weevil arrival to curb the pest.
John L. McAtee, associate justice from 1894 to 1902, died in Enid today. At his passing he was working for the Republican National convention.
In Estherwood Louisiana Blane Cole and Placid Pearch fought in a room near Mermen teau last night. Cole was shot twice once in the arm and is dangerously wounded. Pearch was arrested and no others were injured.
London reports two concealed devices found in smoking rooms of the Tearkoye Sela Palace, one in the dining room and one in the audience chamber. Both were active when discovered, secrecy claimed, and the statement is expected to be denied.
A Texas correspondent reports failed Paris green experiments against boll weevils in cotton fields near Round Nock. Weevils remained unharmed after six hours in Paris green, despite expectations from newspapers. The note also mentions a farmer’s new plow attachment to catch weevils and warns corn yields will be light this season.
In Laredo Texas an early morning sham battle at Fort McIntosh saw the old earth fort defended by one company stormed and taken by two other companies in a realistic exercise.
Rogersville Tenn. sheriff J W Bowen flew in to Gainesville Texas last night with Neal Burton charged with murder. Burton was arrested near Burns City last Thursday while working on a farm. He and his brother Arthur Burton, recently arrested at Greenville, are accused of killing their cousin at a church in Tennessee last January.
In Taylor Texas careless hunters near F A Allison east of town shot and fatally wounded a fine graded Durham bull valued at 75 dollars a few days ago.
Falls district Executive Committee met yesterday and ordered a blanket primary on July 9 to nominate two candidates for Floater. The move aims to finalize the district’s slate ahead of the election.
A heavy downpour broken a six week drought across Southwest Louisiana. Crowley reports indicate general rain from Cunice Lota Estherwood Rayne and Gueydan benefiting young rice crops and easing moisture shortages for farmers.
Remains of W A Earle killed in a telegraph office at Yorktown last Monday night were brought to Conroe on Wednesday and interred in Conroe cemetery. Earle served as night operator there for about ten months and his family had never left him.
In Lanesport near Taylor Texas a large free barbecue and picnic drew county and district candidates and a big crowd on Thursday. The event brought together many local residents for a celebratory gathering.
Dr. Jose Velasco, a young physician of C. P. Diaz, administered a strychnine capsule intended for a dog and died two hours later in Eagle Pass Texas. The death follows recent weariness from the physician.
Beaumont Texas J C Kallip sues J M Guffey Petroleum in district court seeking 3858 damages for breach of contract after Guffey refused to pay for drilling an oil well at Sour Lake. The suit was filed today.
In St. Petersburg reports say the Japanese have captured Siu Yen and driven out Russian forces. The advancing enemy appears to threaten Hai Cheng as they push forward.
The Parish School Board filed an attachment suit against Sheriff John A. Perkins in Lake Charles Louisiana for 1441.67 as part of a broader shortage reaching 33000. The parish awaits further action.
Cuero Texas grand jury returns true bill against Schwarz for the killing of a peratorian in York town Tuesday morning. A separate indictment charges a Mexican for the killing of a Mexican woman last week.
Judge H M Gar wood of Houston presided here on anti trust case matters pending against express companies in the district court during today’s session in Austin.
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