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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1899
Page
6
The excerpt lists publication details for The Gazette of Shiner Texas with editor J C Haber Marcher and 1 year $1 postpaid subscription in second class mail at the Shiner post office.
Three wealthy bachelor brothers live together in a fine old house near Frankford. The two younger are inseparable while the eldest refuses to speak, a quarrel long past. A failed reconciliation in illness showed the rift endures, with the eldest later dining and helping himself as the silence continues.
Adeline, Duchess of Bedford, is described as the English woman who best corresponds to our “Tombs Angel.” She has special permission from the home secretary to visit convict prisons housing women and is widely known as a friend of women prisoners. She is Lady Henry Somerest’s sister, though she has not shared in her sister’s fame.
Dixie Thompson known as the bean king of Ventura County California shows a vast operation planting 20500 acres of beans producing 1300 car loads last year. Beans are sown and cultivated like corn and harvested by specialized machinery that cuts vines at the roots, piles them in windrows and stacks, then thrashes with steam powered gears designed for bean work.
A terse chat recalls Fred Funston, described as diminutive with auburn hair. Speakers note locals nicknamed him Shorty and Reddy, reflecting familiarity and affectionate humor about his appearance.
State health officer Blunt received a telegram from Dr. Souchon, New Orleans city health officer, announcing a yellow fever death and autopsy confirmation. Blunt ordered a halt to freight and passenger movement into Texas and ordered a quarantine against places with positive cases. Quarantine camps were set on the border, while Dr. Souchon regretted the action and requested an inspector.
President McKinley issues an amendment removing about 4000 offices from civil service rules. Included are pension examining surgeons and Indian service positions not tied to schools, plus many posts in the engineers, subsistence, ordnance, and war departments. War Department positions will follow new regulations approved by the president and set by the secretary of war, aligning them with the navy yard system.
An order revives the Spanish law system in the Philippines after American rule. Caytuma Arralano serves as chief justice with Manuel Araulia Col Crowder and Gregoria Arauita as civil branch associates. Criminal branch justices include Raymundo Melliza Ambrosio Rynzares Julio Lorenzo Maj Young and Capt Birkhimer. Florentino Torres named attorney general. Spanish remains official language. oath affirms allegiance to the United States.
The unknown man was found dead with a bullet in the head eighty miles northeast of Mullen. Wagon tracks show a wagon backed up and unloaded into the tank, and the body was weighted with rocks.
In Fort Worth a saloon shooting fatally wounded Doc Carver who died soon after. Four bullets perforated his body. Frank Fassett has been arrested and charged with murdering the deceased.
Governor Sayers rejected several line items in the appropriation bill casting impact on state spending. The veto affects funding allocations across various departments and programs.
May 30 observed nationwide including Havana City of Mexico and Manila. Texas towns Dallas Houston Fort Worth Austin Denison Paris Galveston Waco San Antonio hold services. Union soldiers graves remembered at Chattanooga Marietta Andersonville Beaufort Florence. Generals Miles Wheeler addressed crowds in New York Boston and Arlington.
Capt. G H Tilley of the U S volunteer signal corps was slain by insurgents on May 27 while placing a cable between Lloilo and Ceburan to Escalente on Negros east coast. His party was ambushed. he and one man died. The survivors escaped. his body was buried at Iloilo.
Gov Sayers appoints Judge W H Gill of Palestine as associate justice of the Court of Civil Appeals in the Galveston district to fill the vacancy created by Justice Williams moving to the supreme bench. Gill was endorsed by the Palestine bar.
The Rough Riders reunion will be held in Las Vegas New Mexico from June 24 to 26. Gov Roosevelt and Col Brodie will deliver addresses followed by a regimental review. Chaplain Brown will lead religious services on the 25th with cowboy tournaments and a fireworks depiction of the charge up San Juan Hill.
A Texas and Pacific railway freight train derailed one mile east of Whitesboro. Engineer Johnson died in the accident and Fireman Lawrence Johnson sustained injuries.
Four men named Joe Williams W B Brooks W A Johns and Pony Reason were jailed in Athens on a charge tied to involvement in the Humphreys lynching case.
Tom Fallon, in a state of mental aberration, leaped from a second story window at the Dallas courthouse and sustained serious injuries.
Vivian Robinson an employee of the Kelly Hampton tram at Vin ton Louisiana was crushed by a rolling log and killed instantly, authorities said.
The Belgian government, by decree, rescinds the prohibition on importing American cattle, restoring trade avenues for U.S. livestock and affecting border controls and market access.
About 500 delegates attend the tenth annual Trans-Mississippi commercial congress in Wichita Kansas on the 31st with representation from nearly every state and territory west of the Mississippi. Texas leaders discuss ports irrigation flood issues and inland empire.
Dr Blunt says the quarantine may be lifted in ten days if no new yellow fever cases arise in New Orleans. This marks the earliest south case in years with the previous known instance in June 1878 in New Orleans.
The railroad commission rescinded its approval of the contract between the Texas Sabine Valley and Northwestern and Marshall Timpson and Sabine Pass railways on division of earnings and expenses and referred the matter to the attorney general.
General Otis is advised that 30,000 soldiers will be enough to hold the Philippines and the remaining needed troops will be sent at once. The plan calls for reducing American companies to a minimum to supply the force.
Mrs. John Clisby wife of the Montgomery Alabama mayor was killed by a buggy jump. Her sister Mrs. Virgin sustained serious injuries in the same incident.
Three physicians from the Washington marine hospital service travel to New Orleans to investigate the yellow fever outbreak and assess public health measures. They will coordinate with local authorities and report findings on transmission risk and containment.
Commencement exercises at the University of Texas begin on the 11th with the literary societies to hear Hon. J. W. Bailey address them on the 12th.
A distant perspective shifts attitudes toward a supposed inheritance, with observers noting that physical or temporal remoteness changes perceptions of rights and family arrangements. The discussion centers on how proximity influences claims and expectations surrounding a legacy.
In view of the Queen's approaching visit to the continent English readers note the queen’s hearing and eyesight are improving. The piece claims youthful faculties in old age depend on health and endorses Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion constipation biliousness nervousness malaria fever and ague.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad will curb news agents on trains to limit disturbances. Agents may call their goods only four times per hour in day coaches and may not call in sleeping, parlor, chair, or dining cars. Passengers may request papers from the porter in any car.
A man asks Huxley to dine with them and a woman objects, calling the guest disagreeable. He insists the invitation is likely and notes they never have anything fit to eat. Tit Bits.
The ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for tight shoes and foot ailments available from druggists for 25 cents with free samples. A separate line explains Russian funeral color practices: coffins for a deceased child use pink, for a woman crimson, and brown for a widow.
A light promotion invites buyers to ask grocers for a complimentary book that accompanies Faultless Starch. The book promises amusement and new knowledge, with all grocers carrying the offer.
A baseball player rarely strains at a gnat yet often contends with a fly during play, illustrating the curious mismatch between tiny nuisance levels and fielded outcomes.
A brief, reflective note contrasts the horror of drowning with a woman’s claim she can bake a pie from any material. The lines appear as a figurative musing rather than a reporting item.
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