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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1900
Page
2
The war in South Africa ends the Highland kilt as fighting dress and turns it to parade duty. In 1898, 52 661 vessels totaling 34 233 580 tons entered Chinese ports. among them 743 ships of 239 152 tons were American. Piper Findlater of Dargai fame bought a farm in Aberdeen to till soil for life.
In England many middle aged people adopt rope jumping as a remedy for derangement of the liver and report substantial benefits from the exercise.
In Greeley Pennsylvania a devout husband assaulted his wife with a fork after she and his daughter objected to prayers before meals. The incident left the wife seriously wounded as authorities investigate the domestic violence case. Separately, Americans introduced sewing machines into China, aiding Shanghai Hong Kong and Peking tailoring shops.
New artillery practice devices move toward marksmen at full speed to simulate a cavalry charge. Mounted on rollers, they are pulled by horses that gallop after attaching to target ropes, helping soldiers gauge distance and its variations with high accuracy.
A natural curiosity near Lion Chek in China features a mountain of alum rock about twelve miles from the village. The base spans roughly ten miles in circumference and its peak reaches 1,940 feet. Stones are quarried in large blocks then heated and dropped into boiling water, where alum crystals form in six inch layers at the vat bottoms.
A Bulgarian man, described as skilled with machinery, boarded a train in Salzbourg and operated an engine to Munich wearing a workman's blouse. The tale recalls a Bavarian king who previously traveled by engine when unwell, with drivers reportedly rewarded with generous tips.
An Army and Navy Journal article notes England continues to dispatch reinforcements to South Africa despite claims the war is nearly over. A suspicious Frenchman warns of a possible Madagascar descent while others doubt Suez closure. Provisions for Asia conflict are critiqued as untenable while Britain faces high war waste needing ongoing manpower.
Losses in action across Africa during the war exceed 1,000 at Colenso on Dec 15 1899 with 1,054 killed wounded and missing. Other engagements show 1,226 at Farquhar's farm and Nicholson's nek Oct 30 1899 1,782 at Ladysmith Feb 19 to 27 1900 1,436 at Paardeberg Feb 16 to 27 and 1,646 at Spienkop Jan 17 to 24. Stromberg 702 Magersfontein 902 Sanna's post 541. In other engagements losses are below 500 totaling 1,363 officers and 18,128 men.
A health authority warns against extreme indoor gymnastics described as upside down and violent. It argues such practices unbalance the body and can cause later ills while stressing that modern man needs abundant fresh air and proper breathing, standing, and posture instead of exhausting workouts.
Roswell artesian wells cited amid a long stream of items. Maj A A Whitney dies in Manila and Carl Louis the playwright passes in Cassel Germany. A Buffalo elevator burns with losses. pressed glassware plants resume in Pittsburgh. Insane girl sends poisoned flowers to the French minister in Paris. Steinitz dies in New York Manhattan State Hospital. Anarchist plots denied regarding McKinley. Prescott Democrat McRae renominated in Arkadelphia. Seattle brings gold from Skagway, port Townsend hosts the ship. Mrs C P Huntington receives hundreds of telegrams kept private. Zelaya proclaims Nicaragua to attend the Pan Am Ex Buffalo. Colombia’s San Clemente resigns. vice president to serve remainder. Deutschland sets new speed record New York to Plymouth. Dewet joins Delarey per London Express. Parejita killed near Santiago by rural guard. Postmaster General probes pneumatic tube costs. $10,000 allocated. Colombian Panama battle reports rebels 600, government 100. Italian service in Berlin memory of Humbert with ambassador present. Sympathy messages to Pan-Am Exposition Buffalo. Hamburg workers protest William. Toledo Quartz line rumors denied. Grand Rapids Indiana trains collide in fog with seven dead. Germania notes ten missionaries killed in Southwest Pe Chi Li, 300 converts affected. British consul at Van wounded by Kurdish fire near Elk.
Washington reports that about 4000 troops now at sea and roughly 38000 more on orders will be sent to Manila for duty in the Philippines. Secretary Root says no further troops are needed in China, and General Chaffee will have about 5000 available men. The Meade and other units are redirected via Nagasaki to Manila as conditions develop.
A bleeding young man appeared at Katy depot in Hillsboro Texas about two this morning with gashes on his head and hand claiming he was sandbagged while crossing the Katy bridge from the south yards to the passenger bridge. He said a negro asked for a match, and when handed one, was struck and hurled over the bridge landing on rocks six feet below. Wounds not considered dangerous.
The remains of Ira G. Wood Jr. were brought to Greenville after a Cotton Belt train struck him near Berwyn on the Santa Fe track in the Territory. He had run away with a companion from Mr. W. M. Bond’s son, left town a week ago, and no word had been heard until the fatal incident.
The 100 on India famine relief reports severe distress from Bowbay with warnings of thousands dying without aid. The cable requests funds for food blankets clothing and medical care noting cholera and desperate conditions among destitute women and children.
Weatherford reports dissatisfaction with weights and grades of new wheat arriving in Galveston from shocks in fields. Low grades result from damaged wheat. H B Dorsey, secretary of the Texas Grain Dealers Association, travels to Galveston to protect members, requesting car numbers for tracking and advocacy.
Secretary of State Hardy has begun reviewing anti trust affidavits filed by corporations doing business in Texas under the act of 1900. When domestics miss the thirty day limit, information will be sent to county and district attorneys at the corporation domicile. Blank forms were mailed mid July and the thirty day period has expired in all cases.
Miss Mary Oberly of 614 Ross Avenue Dallas was fatally burned when a can of coal oil exploded while she lit a fire for supper. The blast stained her dress and gashed her face with glass. Neighbors smothered the flames with a bed quilt, but she died at 11:30 p.m. after hours of agony.
Tel messages report expected trouble between whites and negroes in Sexton community Sabine county Texas with Sabine sheriff and a posse on scene. The clash followed threats against prominent white citizens as of August 24 with limited details available from nearby centers San Augustine and Center.
Counterfeit 5 cent nickels of 1899 are circulating in San Antonio and across Texas. The fakes are perfect in color ring engraving and reading but half thickness and with a milling defect. They pass on street cabs and target poor people who cannot detect them.
Mr Smulls succeeds Dr Leydis S as secretary of state for Transval. A little over 20 years old, he was educated at the Cape University and Cambridge, qualifying as an English barrister.
Two Civil War cannon will be melted and recast into a statue symbolizing peace. The notice extols the peace theme and likens the transformation to the health benefits touted by a remedy, praising stomach bitters for curing digestive issues and kidney weakness.
In a divorce case the phrase alimony stands out as the primary financial concern cited by the husband. The argument centers on ongoing support arrangements and the burden of future payments.
Miss Edna Ellis, a school teacher from Higginsport Ohio, describes ten years of monthly agony and a wrecked nervous system with side pain and many illnesses. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound following a reply to her letter she reports complete relief and offers to answer letters for more details.
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