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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
2
A wide range of brief items from around the world notes Haitien cable cuts and ongoing troubles in Australia, arrests of forgers in Poland, and the U.S. president drafting a trip. It reports a Mexican army death, Russian bonds listing in New York, a Chicago woman killed by fire, and Elks lodge plans in Baltimore.
In Buffalo Senator M A Hanna says he has exhausted his power to resolve the anthracite coal strike and sees no arbitration while miners resist. He predicts a long, costly halt with rising coal prices and calls on President Roosevelt to convene Congress. He notes Morgan will not aid settlement and warns of further hardships.
Reports from brigade headquarters say the entire anthracite coal field is very quiet. Brigadier General Corbin believes a settlement is as far off as when he arrived. Troops will likely remain until the strike ends.
Striking miners held meetings across the New and Kanawha river coal fields in Thurmond West Virginia on August 25. Operators suggest many strikers favor resuming work by week’s end, while interviewed miners insist they will stay out all winter unless union recognition is granted. Rend mines saw large gatherings and fears of property damage with further trouble anticipated tomorrow.
Guthrie O T August 25 Old Bull an Omaha Indian chief and survivor of wars against the Arapahoe agency. He fought at the Little Big Horn in 1876 and later served in the regular army until retirement for age.
Mrs. Harry Kimball of Marshall Texas endured severe burns when a pot of soup on a gasoline stove was overturned this morning. A physician treated her burns promptly and dressed the wounds.
A new telephone line linking Emma to Floydada completes a direct connection from Emma to all railroad points, expanding communication and transport contacts for the region.
In a suburb near Indianapolis whites and blacks clashed after a morning game. Stones bricks and missiles flew as crowds pressed into a fighting mass. Two hundred fought as shots rang out. several whites injured and ten arrests reported. Police delayed by distance. Similar tensions warned in nearby parishes.
Paris reports the remains of Charles L. Fair and his wife are in Cherbourg en route to New York. An attorney agreement delays examination of the bodies to determine the precise injuries that caused death.
In the northern city area surface indications of oil have caused notable excitement. Options on adjacent vacant lots are secured and drillers will search for oil. Property values soar and real estate agents report thriving business over the past three days.
Washington reports a July to August deficit nearing 75 million dollars with strong demand for money to move large crops. The Treasury states no move to call in deposits and may instead increase government funds in private depositories now totaling about 118.85 million dollars.
President L C Kirkes announces Trinity University will not open September as planned. Instead the campus will begin one week later due to late furniture delivery for multiple rooms. The August 25 opening date remains the reference point for the delay.
Friends report Congressman John L. Sheppard of Texarkana critically ill in Mineral Wells and not expected to recover. If able to travel he will be moved to Chicago with family tomorrow.
The British mule trade through New Orleans will continue with shipments of mules and cattle to South Africa and an experimental export of American mules and jacks to India. Jacks will be used near Bombay for breeding, and success could lead to more cargoes to that country.
Distressing reports from Hazlehurst Mississippi on August 25 indicate Central Mississippi will likely yield no more than 60 percent of last year’s crop due to ten days of intense heat. Plants shed new growth as opening begins and some upland fields are already fully open.
Calvert Robertson county will dispatch a delegation to the Brazos River conference at Navasota, a move drawing favorable attention from local residents and leaders.
San Angelo reports many ranches and flocks listed for sale as drought pressures push owners to liquidate. Buyers seek opportunities amid shrinking pasture and higher feed costs.
An explosion at a private acetylene gas plant in Rockdale Texas last night badly scorched Andrew Perry of Clark and Perry drug firm and burned a boy named Red Harris. Both injuries are non life threatening but painful.
Forster Rose of Galveston Texas dies in a New York hospital after six weeks in the city with his wife and child. A recent appendicitis operation followed by typhoid fever led to his death on Wednesday. Mrs Rose will transport the body to Galveston for burial.
W D Jones died at St Josephs infirmary Fort Worth after a Sunday accident near Amarillo. A cowboy, his horse hit a limb at full speed fracturing his skull and he was brought to Fort Worth for treatment. The body was shipped to Weatherford this afternoon.
Civil Governor William H. Taft reached Manila at daylight on the gunboat General Alava from Singapore. A holiday was declared, arches dressed the streets, and about twenty thousand natives joined a grand welcome. A bay parade and decorated craft escorted Taft to the palace for a public reception.
Dallas police chiefs Winfrey and Alexander posted orders forbidding officers from attending baseball games citing a rise in daylight burglaries. They say officers are needed on general duty rather than watching the National game.
The Elder-Dempster steamer from Vera Cruz to New Orleans arrived at quarantine for five days. Upon clearance she will load about 500 mules and several jacks for Bombay, India, with potential for more shipments if this voyage proves satisfactory.
Waxahachie Texas August 23 U S Trammell a farmer in Ellis county has been arrested and jailed on a charge of criminally assaulting a girl under 15 after she gave birth to a child. A suspicion of foul play surrounds the birth and investigators continue.
In Denton Texas on August 23 Judge S M Bradley's 10 year old son George and his 6 year old sister died after kerosene lamp oil ignited a nearby fire causing an explosion and clothes to ignite. Both children burned severely before being smothered and are not expected to live.
Rusk Texas August 23 Ed Owens a convict and brakeman on the State railroad was run over and killed yesterday after his foot slipped while trying to reboard a slowly moving wood train He had only two or three months remaining to serve before release.
Brakeman T. G. Wright on Conductor Bowen's train was injured yesterday morning in Winsboro Texas when a stirrup pulled loose as he climbed a car. He fell with his left hand on the rail and lost the hand.
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