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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1902
Page
2
Numerous short items report on drought effects, crop yields, scarce goods, and new construction. Hallettsville creamery move, Alpine church dedication, I N G N freight house in Houston, and San Angelo labor rules headline a broad roundup of 1890s Texas happenings with arrests, court cases, and weather notes.
The body of Thomas Brackett Reed heads to Portland Maine after a Washington ceremonyless wake at the Arlington hotel. Family friends including Mrs Reed and Miss Reed travel with the cortege while President Roosevelt and others call at the hotel. A simple funeral is planned in Portland with no display.
Mrs James R Abernathy of St Louis is in a deep somnolent state after collapsing while reading aloud Friday. Doctors report possible cerebral hemorrhage and hope she may awaken on Thursday after a six day interval. The attack followed by faint signs as electric treatment stirred her briefly.
In Eagle Pass Texas on December 8 machinists and boiler makers at the Mexican International railroad shops led by C P Diaz will be paid standard American wages on a gold basis. Machinists earn 3 30 per day and boiler makers 3 50. The move targets foreign workers and reflects Metcalf’s response to the silver slump.
Clarence Mackay, president of the Postal Telegraph company, with Vice Presidents Baker and Ward of the Commercial Cable company, arrived in San Francisco to witness the cable laying start at Honolulu. He expected the Honolulu to Yokohama line via Guam to be operational by July 1, 1908.
Growers on the Louisiana coast report a record harvest with prices higher than in ten years. Cold snaps cause little damage due to orchard protection. Hundreds of new trees will be planted in December and January, signaling a much larger yield next year.
Marion Massachusetts reports no apparent change in the condition of former attorney candidate Hosea M. Knowlton, who remains stricken with apoplexy.
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