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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1902
Page
2
A collage of brief items notes cold northwest weather, a Belgium steel sale, and a New York city school epidemic. It records a Brooklyn suicide, new oil discoveries in Durango, and Knoxville power outages. Panama canal treaty hopes and labor unrest mix with submarine trials, bullfighting openings, and a Mark Twain illness clipping.
Houston opens the annual No-Tsu-Oh carnival in honor of King Nottoe IV with confetti showers and electric illumination. Crowds fill the Midway as shops display royal colors and festivities run from morning till night, without incidents.
Formal notices from Lake Shore Railway in Cleveland announce a ten percent wage hike effective November 1 for all switchmen outside Chicago. Chicago switchmen had recently secured a prior increase.
James McCormick who fell from a train near Lovelady last Friday is in the International and Great Northern hospital in Palestine Texas. Initial reports said his injuries were fatal but he is improving and doing better.
Washington reports indicate likely consideration of an extra session by the newly elected Congress. A Milwaukee conference with Wisconsin lawmakers and Speaker candidate Babcock suggested possible action, though he denied a presidential mandate. Republican leaders have debated timing since the Oyster Bay gathering with prominent senators Aldrich Spooner Lodge Platt Hanna and Allison.
Governor Joseph D. Sayers issues a Thanksgiving proclamation inviting all Texans to observe Thursday November 27 1902 as a day of thanksgiving abstaining from work and giving thanks for God’s blessings. The proclamation bears the governor’s signature and the state seal with Acting Secretary George T. Keeble.
The body of W. C. Tate arrived from Conroe on Sunday night and was embalmed before being sent to Waukesha Wisconsin with Mr. J. B. Symons. Tate leaves a wife and children in Waukesha and a father in Amboy NL. Master Mechanic W. E. Symons believed the shooting was likely the act of a drunken man, not intent to murder, given the train’s speed and company. Tate formerly lived in Cleburne and was a general foreman before his death as an official.
New Louisiana Spouter reports the Welsh Ol and Development company well in Welsh Louisiana rattles on Sunday afternoon. It gushed to about 160 feet with no sign of stopping as gas oil and water erupted continuously since Sunday evening. Drillers, after repeated failures to cap it, abandoned efforts yesterday and left the well to the weather hoping for improved results today.
New York records the signing of an order by Recorder Goff directing the district attorney to show cause why a motion for a new trial should not prevail for Albert T. Patrick in the murder case of W. M. RR'. The motion grounds new evidence and will be argued next Monday.
A heavy frost settled over Mineral Wells Texas last night marking the first freeze of the season and killing all vegetation in the area. The frost blanketed fields and gardens as temperatures dropped across the region.
Eight men and a stewardess faced extreme thirst and starvation after wreck of the Hiangamite. The raft measured twelve by seven feet with sixteen on board. Only two apples were eaten as they drifted sixty miles from Sunday to rescue by the Penguin near Three Kings islands. Four others died before rescue and only one could stand when found.
The National convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy closed in New Orleans with a ceremony at the French Cathedral led by Mgr Laval. Louisiana Field Artillery aided the event, Marzo's mass was performed by a 40-voice chorus, and Creole girls raised a collection for parish orphans. The next convention will be in Charleston with Texas delegates returning home.
General Fred D. Grant arrived at Eagle Pass Texas yesterday evening and conducted a thorough inspection of the garrison and quarters this morning. He was pleased with conditions and spent two hours at the Mesquite club chatting with hosts, noting a strong resemblance to his father in dress beard and demeanor.
Welsh Louisiana November 17 Well No 4 of the Welsh Oil and Development company erupts oil and gas 100 feet above the derrick. The strongest pressure yet in the field. cannot be capped and is left open for the night to avoid blowing out the casing.
Turkeys plentiful in Robertson and Hearne Texas as wagons bring birds to market this month. Early prices were slightly higher than usual but demand failed to match supply with large gobblers selling at 75 cents.
Mas ter Mechanic C W Tate was shot through the forehead while aboard Roadmaster Maxson s private car near Waukegan Illinois The fatal shot happened as the train ran about twenty miles an hour Two shots were fired investigators lack a clear motive or suspect Sheriff M A Anderson is handling the case and has arrested a freight conductor in Cleveland whose link to the crime is circumstantial Tate lived in Cleborne with a wife and four children
Forty Chicago business leaders returned to the city on the Illinois Central after a pleasure trip by special train. The tour began in Wichita Kansas and traveled through Oklahoma Texas Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee without incident.
Harlan Buckles, sentenced yesterday to life for the murder of deputy marshal Robert L. Reid, was hanged by a mob of 50 to 75 men shortly after 2 AM. Buckles was seized from the jail and executed on a tree in the courthouse yard before the mob dispersed. Reid served as deputy marshal at the time of his death.
William Harding, billed as one of Buffalo Bill's men, was arrested during a city show in Bryan Texas and faced an assault with intent to murder charge. His trial concluded with bond set at 250 dollars.
The Waco flower show by the Texas Floral Society in Waco Texas will close tomorrow after a day of heavy attendance. Rain yesterday hindered progress but today drew visitors from across Central Texas and tomorrow is expected to break records.
From Washington November 17 Secretary Hay visited the Belgian legation to convey regret over the attempt on the king of Belgium and to offer congratulations on his escape from harm.
Charles McMillen 30 an employee of the Texas Brewing Company was struck by a Rock Island switch engine in Fort Worth on the night of November 17 and killed.
Otto Klagman, returning home from Calswell, was thrown from his wagon and killed yesterday. His body lies at Birch, he was a prominent figure among his people.
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