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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1903
Page
2
Labor Day festivities spread from Dallas to Houston Tyler San Antonio Austin and other Texas towns with parades, closed shops and broad participation by unions and workers. Scores of workers and communities celebrated with floats, picnics and public events while some towns observed limited closures.
Report notes no Labor Day observance in Belton with only post office and banks closed. Mentions small Katy excursion to Katy Lake and lack of local labor organization. Dickinson hosts a Negro Picnic with Galveston and Houston attendees. Luling observes Labor Day by closing banks and post office.
Smithville Texas September 8 Labor Day was observed with the bank and post office closing and shops in Missouri Kansas and Texas taking a holiday. There was no labor demonstration observed by labor organizations.
In Chicago at Mercy Hospital surgeons removed and repaired the heart of Matthew Plowman who was stabbed in a Saturday fight with James Carmeet. Oxygen therapy followed the procedure and last night doctors indicated a possible chance of recovery. The breadknife wound nearly split the heart.
The formal opening of the new Union Stockyards at Herr's Island drew the largest gathering of livestock dealers ever seen in Pittsburg. Cattlemen from across the country and representatives from major eastern and western centers attended the event.
A Port Arthur oil explosion on the steamer City of Everett last night at 11:30 set the docks and the Texas company docks on fire. By 1:00 am the Everett was burning and injuries included the mate and Captain Fenelon among others. unless wind shifts, dock structures remain at risk.
Major L. R. Hare of the U. S. Army helps the local military committee pick ground for the camp and a sham battle and other features of the carnival to be held on the 16th 17th and 18th in Palestine Texas.
Austin column notes a looming shortage of cotton pickers as many Black workers depart town for the fields. Farmers expect high wages as they rush to harvest early to capitalize on current elevated cotton prices.
Captain Donovan reports Gen Nelson A Miles will arrive at Fort Reno Oklahoma soon and stay several weeks. Miles plans a fishing and hunting outing with Company A Twenty second Infantry locating a camp for him near the post.
Sofia reports from Varna state Prince Ferdinand presided over a ministers' council at Euxinograd urging strict neutrality in the Macedonian question and measures to prevent friction with Turkey. A war scare is deemed unlikely but Bulgaria would defend itself if attacked. Martial law could follow frontier disorder. Turkish atrocities are alleged in Velmosti and surrounding areas with dozens killed and villages burned.
Thomas Dossett was arrested in Oklahoma City charged with the murder of his brother-in-law in Lafayette Tennessee three years ago. He claims the killing was in self defense. Dossett had been in Oklahoma two years. A Tennessee man identified him on the street, triggering the arrest.
In Shurz on the Carson and Colorado Railroad line, an elderly Indian named George Sam shot his sick young son to end his suffering and then killed himself by firing the gun at his own head.
Miss Minnie Lou Anderson aged about 16 died suddenly at her parents home in Ennis Texas after being found unconscious at breakfast with convulsions. An empty vial beside her suggests she swallowed carbolic acid by mistake for medicine.
Nearly twenty people were injured when two trolley cars collided at Adams Street and Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn last night. All but one policeman were able to go home. the officer was taken to the hospital for treatment.
The federal grand jury at Hobart Oklahoma concluded two weeks of work and returned twenty one indictments into alleged government fund expenditure frauds. Officials expect two more weeks to finish the Kiowa county investigation.
Caldwell Texas Sept 7 Saturday evening the Burleson County Truckers Association met with Chairman J C Jones presiding L C Hill Santa Fe industrial agent spoke and offered suggestions Mr Watson of Brenham also spoke. The group plans stronger effort in winter to start effective work for early spring.
In Butler Pennsylvania a freight car protruding from a siding struck an arriving Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg passenger train in the yards. Eight people were injured and two are reported serious.
Postoffice clerks in Nashville Tennessee begin the fourth annual convention of the United National Association of Postoffice Clerks. Delegations from New England New York Pennsylvania Illinois Michigan Indiana Minnesota California Louisiana Texas and other states attended. Sessions run through Thursday.
The first bale of this season’s cotton was brought in by Jim Oliver and sold for 12 1 2 cents per pound to J. P. Parker Company. Another bale by S. H. Coden head sold to Buffalo Trading Co. for 11 2 cents. The public weigher notes weighing over 1000 bales by this date last year.
Boiler aboard a westbound Chicago and Alton fast freight exploded while passing Greenview Illinois at full speed yesterday. Engineer Frank J Upt on was killed and Fireman C Kelner probably fatally injured. Brakeman J A Montgomery was also injured.
A head on trolley collision at Fort Washington between Philadelphia and Allentown last night left three people probably fatally hurt and over twenty others with serious injuries.
A Merrillton farmer reports forty acres of cotton in a field planted with castor oil beans last year showing a heavy cotton yield with no boll weevils, while neighboring fields suffer damage.
San Francisco report Sept 7 states the Southern Pacific Company will soon begin surveying a route for a new line from Durango Mexico to a point on its main road in Arizona.
Bridge about one hundred feet long burned yesterday morning a mile and a half west of Mobile causing train routes to Colmesaul remain blocked until after Monday with no through service until repairs.
Annie Fredericks died near Alva Oklahoma after two days of agony from a horned toad bite while traveling overland with her parents. The incident occurred near Guthrie on September 7.
Knoxville Tenn September 7 The Third Baptist church of this city expects a call for a pastor. The brief item notes a church seeking leadership and lists no candidate names or dates. Local readers are urged to watch for further details on the pastoral search.
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