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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
3
New York, August 2. Russell Sage criticizes Morgan quoted statement on a coming era of gigantic corporations. He warns such combinations threaten government and people. Sage favors temporary mutual protection mergers then breakups to prevent widespread industry wreck.
Floresville Texas on August 22 Geo Lopas was stricken with apoplexy and paralyzed and doctors expect death before midnight Dr Graves of San Antonio and others concur Lopas long a prominent Mason and lecturer remains near death with family report of no recovery prospects Secretary John Watson of the Grand Lodge spoke with Lopas' friends citing the grave outlook
Palestine Texas August 22 hundreds of strangers gather at Stricklands park for a Confederate reunion. Carriages and hacks shuttle attendees to the event. Last night a grand ball closed the pavilion program. Today Hon John H Reagan addressed the old Confederates. A final dance at the pavilion will close the reunion tonight as visitors depart.
German farmer Adolph Mshoff reported a gray horse stolen from his pasture near Arson. Constable John Andrews pursued the thief after the 1 a.m. discovery in Anderson on August 22.
Officers have captured and jailed four boys charged with assaulting and robbing a Black man at Echo a few nights ago. It is claimed several youths on a freight train saw him at Echo and left the cars to assault him.
A letter from Private John Allen announces he will address Dallas on World’s Fair and Texas Press Day at the Texas State Fair on September 27. In Marlin the murder case against C L Woodall was given to the jury at noon Thursday, and the trial of Guy Graham continues.
A Port Arthur disturbance leads to four arrests with suspects jailed locally. A fleeing African American worker, chased eight miles from Port Arthur to Nederland, cooperates with officers. Authorities seek murder charges if the wounded man dies, while local residents condemn the anti Negro actions and note northern origins of implicated suspects.
Cotton and peaches abundant as boll worm issues rise in Fannin and Callahan counties. Local option elections set for Sept. 5 in Titus and Sept. 6 in Navarro. Ellis and Panola counties also report measures and tax rolls. Fires, burglaries, and accidents touch Sherman, Nevada, Rogers, and San Saba as rail and utility developments progress.
Five men and a woman were arrested and an entire green goods plant seized in what is described as the biggest federal round up in New York. Suspects include Joseph R. Baker Elmer Brown Gottlieb and the latter's wife arrested in Newark with George Brown and Thomas Henry detained in New York. Complainant Antonio Carthess of New Haven paid $300 for a green paper. The Newark plant was uncovered after extensive work amid rising post office complaints.
Katherine Rogers files suit in Wharton Texas for 17738 against Bay Prairie Irrigation Co claiming her husband Frankergs died due to neglect. Attorneys W S Brooks and W L Hall oversee the case.
Police investigated after a girl's body was found on Rogers Park beach near the city north limit. Initial identification as Minnie Mitchell was ruled out. nelie Hughes, missing from Grand Rapids near Waukegan a week or ten days ago, remains a possibility.
In Wilmington on August 22 five more corpses were recovered from the Jessup and Moore Paper company digesting room ruins, raising the total dead to sixteen. Identified victims include William Ruth E H Mousley Bernard Sweeney William Scott and Joseph Henry. Joe Hutton remains missing and the injured are expected to recover.
Lieutenant Arthur MacArthur of the United States Army, son of Major General MacArthur, wed Miss Mary McCalla, daughter of Captain Bowman H. McCalla, United States Army, in a noon ceremony yesterday at All Saints Memorial chapel in Newport R. I.
In San Angelo Texas on August 22 Lee Burdick a hardware merchant from Ozona his wife and child were poisoned at breakfast Mor ty ing. The child remains in serious condition and the case is under investigation.
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