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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1903
Page
2
Reports from Houston to Pearsall recount two instant deaths from a ladder collapse at a new market house in Houston and a hanging suicide in Pearsall. Other items note labor tensions in southwest Louisiana rice fields, bank director changes, church and missionary activities, a pistol mishap in Palestine, and cargo sales in Mississippi.
The alert cites fifteen new yellow fever cases in Laredo with six deaths split between city and nearby ranches Ava to six miles out. Authorities stock 1000 water barrels covered with oil for domestic use to prevent mosquito breeding. Consul Garrett improves though the weather turns cool with a 48 degree night.
In Waco Texas on October 19 a car struck a dynamite cartridge on a small bridge over a ravine causing an explosion. A quarter mile of Provident Hill trolley wire was cut and a switch tongue removed at South Fourth and Speight streets. Motormen on strike deny involvement.
British battleships Prince George and Hannibal were towed into Ferrol after a collision during maneuvers off Cape Finisterre. Prince George sustained heavy damage while Hannibal suffered minor injuries.
Report from Oct 19 notes residents of Maurie White county uncover pearls in the Wabash river bed amid mussel shell collection. Scattered pearls valued from 10 to 250 dollars and some workers gather up to a ton daily at about 15 dollars per ton for shells.
The dry goods house of B. H. Williams on East Broad Street was closed. Owner filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition before Referee Sevier who named A. W. Scruggs as receiver and set October 29 as the date of gale. Assets total $25 000 with liabilities slightly in excess of that amount.
The body of Archbishop Kain arrived in St Louis from Baltimore aboard the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern at 8 PM. Uniformed Catholics gathered at Union Station to escort the procession. The body lies in state at the archbishop residence then the old cathedral today before the funeral set for Wednesday.
The Globe notes the Alaska boundary ruling as a compromise that gives Canada Pearse and Wales Islands near Port Simpson but leaves the Lynn Canal question less pivotal. It warns British diplomacy risks and implies U S diplomacy may threaten imperial frontier stability.
Obed Texas Oct 19 14 year old Obed Cox accidentally shot his 10 year old brother Jim with a loaded bird shot gun. The boys were playing with guns thought to be empty as parents attended a burial nearby. The fatal shot entered Jim’s right breast and a younger brother witnessed the accident. The mother is grieving.
In Naples Texas on Saturday night a shooting affray resulted in Andrew Buford dead Crawford Buford seriously wounded Will Cannon missing presumed badly wounded. No arrests have been made.
Great Falls Mont Oct 19 charges of maladministration are filed by Hellen E Clarke former Leeds and Clarke county superintendent against Major A G Moneath agent of the Black Foot Pigeon Reservation following seven Indian deaths in the Black Foot Reservation massacre attributed to Little Plume.
London dispatches say the Chinese governor of Shan Si reports General Tung Fu Liang is attacking Russians in Mongolia. The correspondent notes this may involve interference with Russian surveying parties on the Urgah Kalgan railway line.
The Isleworth sailed from Fort Gilbert Islands with 200 Gilbert Islanders on October 19, the final group of several thousand brought in over 24 years for plantation labor. Many workers were destitute and sought to return home. private subscriptions partly funded the voyage.
Washington reports that Colombia has sent Senor Jehmael Eltrique Arcinigas to the United States with proposed terms for a new Panama canal treaty. Arcinigas arrives at the Colombian legation and brings a dispatch whose contents are not yet known. Some believe he favors a 25 million dollar price for canal rights, a view Herrn said is not confirmed. Herran awaits the messenger to brief Secretary Ray and to present the dispatches in writing.
London reports the Alaskan boundary commission met King Edward after a secret session. Ambassador Choate introduced the American members, and a final public meeting is scheduled at noon in the Foreign Office to read the tribunal terms already verbally agreed and confirmed yesterday.
Rev John P Peters of St Michaels Protestant Episcopal church reports a church fund defalcation by treasurer Henry T Edson totaling 359000 dollars. He notes 10000 dollars was returned by Edsons wife via two life insurance policies, with remaining loss tied to bank stability and forgeries.
In Omaha on Oct 20 Fred Metz head of Metz Brewing Co received a letter demanding 2500 in gold or the brewery would be dynamited. Police laid a trap with detectives around the plant but no one appeared to collect the money.
Fire in the Green Point section of Brooklyn destroyed several large planing mills lumber yards and carriage shops. Damage exceeded 200000 with Vogel and Kelges suffering the heaviest loss as valuable machinery was destroyed.
Limestone county Austin Texas reports the school fund received $607.50 in interest on bonds held by the fund.
Bexar County Commissioners awarded J. P. Nelson of San Antonio the contract to build seventeen macadam roads radiating from the city toward county lines for 484000 dollars. Work to be completed in 250 days under the bond approval of 500000 dollars for public road projects.
In Guthrie Oklahoma on October 19 14 year old Noise Silvester died while en route to the hay field near Bridgeport when his shotgun tangled in wagon wheels and fired. The accident occurred yesterday and the youth was killed instantly.
Prof J M Carlisle principal of the Carlisle Military Academy Arlington Texas secured additional guns from the adjutant general for the cadets at the school during his visit to Austin on October 20.
A double fire hit Beaumont Texas early yesterday destroying the Hinz Rice Milling Company plant valued at about fifty thousand dollars and threatening local milling capacity. Five to six houses burned nearby with total losses around six thousand dollars. two named residents suffered uninsured losses.
Rev W H Vaughn superintendent of the Methodist Orphans Home at Waco arrived in Austin to see his old pupil Governor Lanham. Vaughn has led the home for ten years overseeing 317 children and has no children of his own.
Washington October 20 The controller of the currency has authorized the Herring National Bank of Vernon Texas to begin business with a capital stock of 75000. The officers are C. T. Herring president J. C. Hanry H Rhode and W. D. Berry vice presidents Ben P. F. Allen cashier George K. Johnson assistant cashier.
Ardmore Oklahoma territory October 20 Oscar Chamberlain 45 was found dead in his Sulphur home last night with a bullet wound in his head a revolver lay nearby He left a family and has relatives in Sedalia Missouri and Edmond Oklahoma
Austin Oct 20 The secretary of state mails election instructions and blanks to county judges under the Terrell election law. Copies of the letters will be released to the press within the next day or two.
A gang attempted to blow the Bank of Newberg in Newberg Oregon on October 20. They set several dynamite charges but could not explode the vault and fled on horseback toward Portland. The bank building was partially wrecked and the vault likely held about $200000.
Dallas Texas Oct 20 strike of Pacific Express messengers grows serious as baggagemen refuse to handle express matter and sympathy actions by other train crews are discussed. At Taylor Texas the American Express Company discharged four men for refusing to handle Pacific Express cargo.
A cautious mood surrounds the umbrella borrower as lenders and investors weigh risks and potential defaults amid market uncertainty. Analysts note liquidity strains and looming debt maturities affecting cross-border funding and corporate resilience.
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