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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1902
Page
2
The roundup lists multiple Texas items including Gay Baker of Honey Grove dead, several drownings in Rockdale Brazos bottom and Exall's lake, fire destroying Williams Maudlin gin near Italy, and a vessel fire at Port Arthur. It also notes corporate filings, tax rolls, bridge repairs, and regional society events with names like Paris and Henderson County Old Settlers Association.
President Mitchell states the strike conditions remain the same as workers hold firm. Officials anticipate no early settlement as negotiations stall with unions pressing for concessions.
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers reports the strike field remains unchanged as he travels from Indianapolis to Wilkesbarre. He notes 18 000 miners have left the anthracite field since the strike began and asserts relief efforts continue. shipments of soft coal reach the East while no anthracite has moved. Grand Master Fitzpatrick nears completion of a tour urging nonunion mine workers to resist coal shipments from nonunion mines.
Columbus woman Mrs Isaac Rosenbaum took carbolic acid and died today. After her husband died two years ago she lived in luxury, then moved to a modest High Street block. She earned income as a rooming house keeper and feared poverty, expressing she would not face it.
Detroit August 18 The News reports at a State League of Republican Clubs advisory council meeting President Fenton announced General R Alger a former secretary of war will formally announce next Monday his candidacy for the United States senate seat to replace the late James McMillan.
County commissioners order a prohibition election in justice precinct No. 5 on September 13. The precinct includes Collinsville Tioga Gunter and Ethel towns in Sherman Texas.
Berlin Aug 18 weather continues cold and rainy. Southern Saxony reports 33 Fahrenheit, snow falls in Alsace mountains. North Sea resorts deserted and army officers wear overcoats.
Dallas residents oppose granting a street railroad company a right to lay a track on North Harwood street amid a heated public dispute over the proposed route.
Ramon Cruze, a Mexican sheep herder, died near Ellis in Edwards County when a fragment of meteoric stone struck his temple while he watched his flock. The boulder fragment shattered the meteor, four pounds of rock were recovered, and the incident likely occurred between 1 am and noon with his body found after 1 pm.
The decomposed body of Mrs. Jessie Tuman was found near her home in Muscatine Iowa Aug 18. Her husband lay unconscious with mortal wounds inside the house amid a desperate struggle. The Tumans were known to be wealthy. money is missing. Dan Williams who had been living with them for two weeks is missing and sought by police. Williams is said to be from Texas.
Frank L. Stone, a Kansas City police officer, died from a bullet wound after attempting to arrest four suspects at Riverview across the state line. Stone named Pete Nugent as the shooter before dying. Pete Nugent and brothers James Nugent, Charles Ross, and John Harrington were arrested and held for Stone's killing.
An artesian well in the heart of Jamexico City at Santa Isabel and San Andres streets has begun yielding oil unexpectedly. The 650 foot well is owned by the Federal government and its strike boosts local oil prospecting efforts.
Reports from Ellis County indicate cattle dying in a peculiar manner. A Waxahachie Creek south prong farmer reports losing fifteen head in recent days. Some farmers blame flies and gnats for the fatalities.
About 400 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians performed their traditional war and crow dances on the council grounds in Western Oklahoma. The annual feast marked the retreat of their forces from General Custer as reenacted for the crowd.
Cholera cases are few in Manila but high in some provinces. The current tally to date is 23,636 cases with 7,596 deaths. Authorities estimate unreported cases raise total to about 30,000.
Daniel arcinniega was tried in Marlin district court for murder. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter and sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary.
Texarkana Texas August 18 local dispatch reports an intense heat wave lasting five days with daytime highs around 103 degrees in shade and no breeze. Factories have suspended operations and reports from surrounding countryside indicate gardens are suffering under the heat.
A clash between white oil tank workers and a night crew of colored men near the Southern Pacific creosoting yard in Houston escalated from noise complaints to a gunfight. Nelson Reynolds, wounded at home on San Felipe Street, and William Hamilton, shot and taken to Houston Infirmary, were among those injured. A colored man was later found with gunshot wounds in the leg.
Pittsburg August 16 indications point to a settlement of the anthracite coal strike on or before September 1. Major John Biddle district of Columbia commissioner credits the note. An agent told dealers to prepare for coal shipments after September 1 and mines to reopen. Operators to concede and miners to sacrifice.
In Waco Texas on August 16 Recorder H M Cammack fined a man $100 for carrying a pistol after he claimed a commission. He produced a commission and Sheriff Baker to prove its regularity but the recorder ruled the man was not on official duty or in active deputy service and thus had no right to carry the weapon. The case had been appealed to the county court.
Donald Mc Master, lead U S counsel, criticized Judge Carons Gaynor Greene judgment calling it a bad decision and a snap judgment lacking full counsel consideration of the entire case. He issued the statement from Montreal on August 16.
John Powers Jr. drowned in the Brazos river north of Cameron while swimming. His companions Joe and William McCoy nearly drowned rescuing him. The incident occurred yesterday in Cameron Texas.
A Washington dispatch says the United States now takes a looser stance on Cuba. Cuba may float any loan voted by its congress and approved by its president, while the Platt amendment loses force until a Cuba–United States treaty enshrines it. The Treasury secretary’s report prompts the State Department to reassess its stance and question U.S. jurisdiction over Cuban loans.
Thirty two men and boys from New York affidavit they were abducted by a railroad detective a week earlier put in a locked car and sent to Pittston Pa to work in washeries tied to coal mines. Two escapees David Altman and Frank Felt describe being lured boarded attacked by strikers fired upon and rescued by an armed mob bringing them to a shed near the mine.
In Groesbeeck Texas on August 16 Sheriff Gresham hanged John Warren at 2 pm. About 2000 spectators watched as Warren made a rambling speech predicting calamity for Mexia before his execution. He swung for ten minutes and was pronounced dead. he had sold his body for five dollars and claimed another man aided in the murder.
Germany holds back on ruling out landing marines at Venezuela ports if a German consulate or citizen faces attack. The foreign office monitors events in Venezuela with warships in the Caribbean but provides no details. Policy reportedly mirrors US lines, though cooperation details are deemed premature.
A Chinese leper known as So Wauh was struck by a switch engine in Jaarez, Mexico, losing a leg. Mexican quarantine guards had him under observation but he slipped away, likely attempting to return to the United States when the collision occurred.
Governor Longino of Mississippi issues a requisition on Texas for William F. McDonald arrested at Taylor Texas for bigamy in Madison county Mississippi. Detective Frank E. Johnston named extradition agent. McDonald allegedly has eight living wives and is sought in two Mississippi counties and New Orleans for the same crime.
Salado reports a successful Primitive Baptists camp meeting drawing about 1000 attendees as it closed. The event showcased strong participation and community interest in the religious gathering.
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