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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1904
Page
1
Dispatch from Choe Foo Sept 19 describes port defenses and brutal fighting at Port Arthur. Russians and Japanese clash as fortifications are repaired, civilians flee, and the mood hardens with reports of massacre risk and flag disrespect.
Warren A Bald, a conductor on the Iron Mountain railroad, was shot and killed as his train pulled into McGehee Arkansas Sunday morning after a fare dispute. O J Allison, section foreman, surrendered to a deputy sheriff and was sent to Kansas City. In Athens a luncheon honored British fleet officers with Admiral Dominille announcing concentration of the Mediterranean fleet in Greek waters.
In Farmersville Texas a 13 year old son of Jim Kirby Katy section foreman accidentally killed himself with a shotgun on Pilot Creek Saturday. The boy ran to his father crying that he had killed himself and died in his father’s arms as Mr Kirby stood nearby after hearing the gun report.
Friedrichsruhe reports the death on Sunday morning of Prince Herbert Bismarck. Former foreign minister until 1890, he rarely appeared in public thereafter, remaining a Reichstag member while waiting for a chance to resume his career. The obituary notes his sense of underappreciation by his sovereign and contrasts it with staying power.
The grand jury finds Sheriff Augustus Rodgers guilty of neglect and incompetence for failing to prevent the lynching and jail fire, mayor and chief of police charged with neglect of duty for allowing a riot and not dispersing mobs or protecting prisoners, and police chief for not dispersing the mob. Governor Cumberland’s militia actions are commended, and the jury adds twenty six indictments. A Huntsville rumor claims six federal secret service men will investigate the lynching and jail attack for the next federal grand jury.
Washington hearing yielded no new points as trust and independent cigar reps clash over proposed stamping method. Treasury officials see no need to alter the order, while independent traders push back amid nationwide agitation. Meanwhile silver dollar and small coin demand rises in Cotton South payments with subtreasuries in major cities mobilizing to meet needs.
Natchez Mississippi J Z Stampley 23 died Monday after being shot by cousins Thad and Hugh Stampley in a Hamburg Franklin County feud. Twenty five inches of intestine were removed after twenty five bullets perforated him. The cousins claim self defense and that J Z fired first. Hugh Stampley about 20, Thad also young.
Two months after the walkout at United States Cotton Company mills in Central Fall Rhode Island, the strike ended and all departments resumed operations, though some still lacked full staff.
Henry C. Rouse, chairman of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway, in a stockholders report outlines a plan for a comprehensive refunding scheme issuing 40,000,000 in refunding first mortgage bonds. 1904 gross earnings were 17,766,593 versus 17,208,192 in 1903, with net earnings of 5,085,608 against 4,858,675.
Mrs. Fanny Porter, 20, was found dead in her Jackson and Market Streets apartment in Louisville. Her throat had been cut from ear to ear after a struggle. she had been living alone since a divorce. Police have made no arrests.
A dispatch from Tokio reports a strong Russian sortie from Port Arthur on Sept 18 attacked the Itetshan fort, recently captured by Japan. The fight lasted hours with heavy Russian losses and repulsion by Japanese forces.
In St Louis the Beau Brummel line, owned by Gude ll and Simpson of Independence Mo, swept the Hereford awards at the World’s Fair cattle show. The winning progeny earned six top prizes. The ruling crusade ends gambling by slot machines in many merchant shops formerly hosting them in San Antonio Texas.
Floresville Texas Milam Wright longtime deputy sheriff has resigned and joined the state ranger company now at Alice He is described as a useful and popular officer.
A long list of scattered reports includes a 105 year old Texas death by senility near Galveston, a drowned railway worker in Langtry, and a Delta County cotton harvest. Other items cover revivals in Dallas, a mystery body at Chicago lakefront, a new American party in Salt Lake City, indictments in Smith County for road work, cholera alerts from Mexican consuls, rumors of German support for Russia, and royal concerns in Germany. Also noted are robberies in Pennsylvania, a Texas jury acquittal in Beaumont, a 13 year old shot in San Antonio, a British vessel possibly running a blockade, and artifacts given to the American Geographical Society. Additional reports mention a fatal quarry accident near Abilene, Arctic expedition plans by Peary, a launch disaster near Philadelphia, a gunshot death in Red River County, Texas rice study by Cuba, a Pine Bluff mill fire, indictments in Huntsville over a lynching, and Ottoman Bank funds related to a claim settlement.
The Parace Parsee community in Bombay, numbering under 95 000, fears disintegration from western influence as wealthy youths marry outside their faith in London Paris and other cities. Three cases involve Parsees marrying white women including a Jewess and a French woman. Debates erupt over whether non Parsees wives should be proselytes.
Drummond Wisconsin special report notes widespread use of Dodd's Kidney Pills with Mr T T Wold citing relief from back pain after trial. Wife also benefited. advertisement claims relief from backache tied to kidney troubles and warns of progression to rheumatism dropsy diabetes or Brights disease.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer uncleared passage the doctor recalls a youth who earned a settled income and squandered it on idleness. He lacked ambition and mingled with bad company, ultimately killing himself with a revolver. The doctor warns wealth without purpose corrupts. Rooks also note insular marriage customs, expelling outsiders who wed within another rookery.
A Missouri man reports nerve and stomach trouble cured by stopping meat and beginning Grape-Nuts. After two doctors failed, he improved quickly with the cereal, sleeping better and giving up medicines. His family also adopted the food, with Grape-Nuts and cream as a frequent meal.
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