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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
2
A Farmer and market roundup note details plentiful peaches grapes and vegetables in Texas markets. It cites cotton, corn and forage crops across counties including Fannin Denton Clay Erath Johnson and others, reports of boll worms, heavy Pecos rains, cattle shipments and ranch sales, and new farm ventures such as peach plantings and truck growers in Timpson.
Waco Texas July 28 Brazos River receding planters relieved worst is past damage not as heavy as feared Coke levee eight miles below city saved thousands of acres of crops Slayden levee torn to pieces west side of river Texas Central railroad cannot run trains three miles of track washed away on Aquilla and Steele creek bridges lost will take about two days to restore service
Reports from Galveston Texas dated July 28 note that Brazo River levels show slight improvement. The rate near Nav asota was three inches per hour yesterday but fell at higher points, with expectations of a continued decline today. The river remains within banks though it would need four more feet of rise at Navasota to overflow the country.
Heavy rain drenched Colorado and Texas from 2 a m yesterday to 6 p m today, the heaviest in years. The Colorado River ran full to the first bank and kept rising as washouts appeared on Lone Wolf creek crossing. The city’s lower districts were flooded as water levels rose.
A new rain affected San Antonio and western districts yesterday evening. Dispatchers report the system extended from the west to Sanderson about 300 miles away, with the rainfall continuing into night.
Heavy rains cut rail traffic in Palestine Texas stopping all trains to the north and west. No westbound service Sunday and none has run since Saturday. Local lines warn travelers of continued disruption until tracks are cleared.
In Navasota Texas on July 28 the Brazos River climbed five and a half feet from 8 PM Saturday to 8 AM yesterday. The community anxiously watches river news as it affects bottom planters and their harvest outlook.
A census bulletin shows the United States produced 868,163,275 pounds of tobacco in 1899 valued at 56,893,008 dollars. Texas grew tobacco on 1443 acres yielding 650,120 pounds worth 104,694 dollars and produced 333,462 bushels of peas on 33,974 acres at 84 cents per bushel.
Hempstead Texas July 28 rainfall was minimal and the Brazos River at the Stone plantation in this county sits eleven feet from overflowing its banks. Experts doubt an overflow will occur despite the high water.
In San Angelo Texas on July 28 another fine rain fell across Green Sterling Irion and Crockett counties. The rainfall is expected to have a particularly beneficial effect on range interests in the region.
Commissioner Bernard Moses head of the department of public instruction for the Philippine Islands is perfecting plans to organize a Manila college to train Filipino teachers. His aim is to fit Filipinos for duties now done by American teachers, while continuing to import American instructors.
Denton reports examinations this week at the North Texas State Normal School with nearly 400 students taking tests for state certificates.
The Southwestern Texas Press Association general committee in Gonzales plans a barbecue supper at Santa Anna mound on August 22 and 28 for visiting members. The event highlights a historic site noted for Texas independence battles and legends of buried treasure. Ladies of Gonzales host a reception at J. B. Kennard residence on Friday evening August 22 with a carriage ride through the city as a feature.
In Sprigfield Missouri Charles Weyley 25 of Norwood mortally shot his former sweetheart Miss Josephine Sheridan at her home and then killed himself Miss Sheridan died of a heart wound Weyley died from a gunshot to the head The couple had been engaged to marry until a month ago and had known each other four years
A fierce storm in Detroit yesterday left the Brown hoist on a Michigan Central ferry at Wyandotte wrecked, its upper works smashed. The massive hoist ran along a forty foot high track then dropped thirty feet onto the ferry, with damage estimated at 50000 dollars. Nearby towns report property damage but no fatalities.
A Sunday gale in England caused widespread crop damage across the United Kingdom. Severe weather halted navigation on the Liege Maestricht canal as fallen trees blocked passages and many towns including Liege suffered enormous damage. Injuries were reported in Aix La Chapelle and Stolberg due to falling trees and chimneys.
A typhoon in Central Luzon subsides as floods persist in the region around Manila. Telegraph and telephone wires are down and considerable damage has occurred across Luzon centers.
Dallas reports say cloudbursts flood West Texas rail lines and towns from El Paso to Weatherford. Pecos Valley water is twenty feet above previous highs, with washouts at the joint Texas and Pacific Southern Pacific track near Sierra Blanca. Repairs race to keep pace as no through traffic or perishable freight moves west.
Heavy rains overflowed the Bosque river washing through Stephenville. Buck Whitley died trying to save his 8 year old daughter and both were drowned. Assistant county attorney C C Boodner perished while assisting Whitley’s family. Whitley’s body was recovered as floodwaters ease and searches resume tomorrow.
A waterspout west of San Antonio near West End lake last night filled the dry basin to bank full in under an hour and washed out a railroad track. The storm caused damage to cultivated fields while rainfall elsewhere, including the Protestant Orphans Home area and the city, was light.
The Weather Bureau in Galveston Texas issued a warning noting excessive rains in the Brazos drainage area. Heavy rise in head waters could bring flood stages in the upper Brazos within 48 hours and in the middle and lower river within three to six days.
Two enormous oil burning engines with Vanderbilt boilers arrive at Southern Pacific shops in San Antonio Texas. The engines are compound and will operate on the west end of the line running out of San Antonio.
In San Francisco on July 26 James J. Jeffries defeated Robert Fitzsimmons in eight rounds to win the heavyweight championship. Fitzsimmons fought bravely, was knocked to the canvas, and after a flurry of blows, yielded as Jeffries landed a pair of decisive punches. Fitzsimmons announced he would not fight again, praising the fairness of the contest.
A July meeting of leading New Orleans Black residents opposed enforcing segregated street cars. James Lewis urged raising funds to challenge the law in court, but consensus favored forming a stock company to operate vehicles for exclusive use by colored people.
Two bears confined in a Dallas city park den fought a deadly duel yesterday. The large male, irritable for days, drowned his mate in a pool and beat her to death. A park keeper and crowd witnessed the fatal combat.
A Tucson dispatch reports five people killed and several injured when an International northbound train derailed Thursday near Llano on the Sierra railroad seventy miles south of Nogales. The engine baggage car two day coaches and a Pullman sleeper toppled over an embankment. The baggage car and one passenger coach were destroyed. first class coaches and the Pullman escaped major damage.
L. L. Durham, a convict guard at the State farm, was run over and killed by the Southern Pacific midnight passenger train near the river bridge in Richmond on Thursday night. His body was found mangled after the train passed. An inquest was held and he was buried the next day. relatives at Huntsville were notified.
Mrs. Anna Jackson of Denison sues the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf and Missouri, Kansas and Texas railways for 50000 dollars claiming her husband A L Jackson was killed at the union depot last January when a Choctaw car pinned him against the depot and a Katy train struck.
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