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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
4
Reports from Jacksonville to Brest note fires destroying homes and shops, trials and acquittals in Carrollton, and grand master elections. International moves include Russia’s tariff shifts, Antigua banking chatter, and Germany contemplating military readjustment.
Barnett and Jones file motion in the Texas Supreme Court to compel Land Commissioner Rogan to issue a patent to August Schendell for fractional section 62 in Fort Bend County. The case hinges on whether mineral reservations apply to agricultural class lands and whether the state can recover minerals from an existing settler who paid in full.
New York Indians urge release of Little Whirlwind a Northern Cheyenne youth sentenced to life for murder. A letter to Governor Toole cites an interior department inquiry supporting innocence and notes health decline in confinement. Also covered are Miss El Louise Hoppock remarks on Mission Indians and Perris school brass band tribute to McKinley.
Kings Daughters and Sons of Texas opened its fourth annual meeting in Fort Worth on May 22 with limited circles represented. National secretary Mrs. C Davis and state secretary Mrs. E R Davis attended. The day covered preliminaries, committee reports, and constitutional amendments led by National Secretary Davis.
Red River near Texarkana is rising at one inch per hour. The river sits four feet from the danger line and eight feet from overflow. Valley settlers brace for impact as drifting timber appears in greater abundance than in twenty years with more green timber afloat than ever before.
Rio Grande passenger train No. 115 struck a washout near San Carlos ten miles south of Pueblo last night. The engine rolled into St Charles Creek while cars stayed on the bank. Initial reports of fatalities proved unfounded. passengers were only shaken up.
Coroner's jury in Washington finds census office clerk James S. Ayers died during a conflict with Mrs. Lolanda Henri Bonine. Bonine is held for the grand jury on murder charges.
A May 4 clash at the Pei Ho bridge in the British concession of Tien Tsin drew British officials into a grave matter. German guards fired on the British tug Ewo, wounding two crewmen who later died, with Chinese crew beaten and jailed. Diplomatic action is sought in Pekin, and German promises of restraint are deemed insufficient.
The Brazos Valley Medical Association at Calvert elected Dr Daniel Parker as president Dr F K Collard as first vice president Dr S P Rice as second vice president Dr J W Hudson as treasurer and Dr W B Briggs as secretary Judicial committee members include Dr H W Cummings Dr G M Abney Dr M K Lott Dr G R Tabor and Dr J M Hicks The next annual session will be in Bryan on the second Tuesday and Wednesday in November Several new members were added during the current session The doctors praised Calvert's hospitality.
John Underwood, a Columbia merchant, reports Brazoria county residents forming a company to bore for oil near Columbia. He shows sulphur samples from surface near the proposed well and believes oil is likely. The main concern he mentions is securing a market for the oil once produced.
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe plans to add six passenger steamers in two years. The new ships will operate from San Francisco with calls at Honolulu Yokohama Hong Kong and Shanghai. Negotiations are led by Paul Morton in the city.
In Waco Texas on May 18 Colonel Charles Hamilton vice president and general manager of the Texas Central railroad received dispatches noting refreshing showers along the line to Stamford the northwestern terminus The rain followed a soaking downpour that saturated the ground and promises plentiful cotton and corn The Brazos rose three feet and remains high due to the wet weather in the northwestern counties
Consolidation of the Cowden Brothers J A L ranch interests and Pemberton Brothers Montana holdings was completed here. The deal totals about $550 000 and marks one of the year s largest ranch and cattle transactions in the region.
T C Elisey of McComb City Mississippi killed the woman with him then died in a gun battle with officers near Elmo Texas after they pursued him to Wills Point. He and the woman had registered as Benton and wife from Louisiana and the woman looked about nineteen.
After five months of work in Alvin Texas the barge Willie owned by Houston Navigation Co is afloat again in the bay awaiting a tug to Galveston. It was landed miles inland after the September storm and shifted two miles to New Bayou by rollers and capstan. Much driftwood and timber were burned and wagon loads removed, but the barge shows no leaks after eight months on dry land.
Jacksonville Texas May 18. The peach prospect for this region looks very favorable with an expected shipment of over 300 cars from the area as orchards come in. Growers are busy picking excess fruit to make room for new ripening and marketing plans are being prepared amid strong demand forecast due to smaller crops in other states.
J T Jones of Fort Bend county will file a mandamus suit in the supreme court next Monday against the land commissioner to test if purchasers are entitled to patents on public free school lands with minerals or oil bought since 1899. The case concerns thousands of acres in the Beaumont oil field and follows the governor’s halt on patents until the State rights to minerals are settled.
A strong earthquake was felt across Eastern Ohio and West Virginia early this morning. Wellston reported two shocks that displaced furniture, while Zanesville, Lronton and Portsmouth reported tremors. Portsmouth saw the severest shock in its history, with houses shaking and residents flooding into the streets in night attire. No major damage but many windows were broken.
Ninety Boers including Barenvorster and Heystek and many former officials have surrendered at Boerssa rendering Pietersburg on May 18. The district is rapidly settling down to its usual conditions.
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