Shiner Gazette Gleanings of the Globe Highlights
The clipping notes diverse items including the death of Clark C. Lipe Cherokee Nation politician, treasury debt at 1 062 476 494, British merchant fleet counts, Havana mayor election results, Booths reconciliation, and various political and cultural updates from the era. It mentions Sir Henry Irving, Turkish consuls in Italy, Tolstoy book ban, Carnegie and Cooper Union, Irish freedom efforts, and local Beaumont oil activity with several wells described and a fatal typhoid death of George Bitten.
Mexican posse fights band. one killed and four captured
In Gonzales county near Guadalupe Valley a posse killed one Mexican and wounded another, capturing four as they pursued suspects linked to the murder of Sheriff Glover. Reported by Floresville and Stockdale, with leads toward Gregorio Cortez and other horse thieves sought by multiple sheriffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
John W. Tobin
Guadalupe Valley
Gonzales County
Glover
Floresville
Stockdale
Tobin
Jackman
Hays County
Emmett White
Austin
Gregorio Cortez
Campbellton
Tilden
Captain Rodgers
Alice
Van
Kerr County
Falls City
Fire destroys block in Durant business district
A disastrous blaze at 2 a m destroyed the dry goods store of B Schlossberg and an entire block in Durant I T running from First avenue and Main west to Second avenue and Church street. The fire swept the area in under two hours, leaving extensive damage in the heart of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant, I. T
B. Schlossberg
Erner
First Avenue
Main Street
Second Avenue
Church Street
Second Body Recovered From Northfield Ferry Incident
In New York on June 17 a second body was recovered from the sunken Staten Island ferryboat Northfield. Identified as Juan A. Benitz a Porto Rican clerk in the steamship office of French Byde & Co. He had come to learn the shipping business. The Northfield recovery is expected to start tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Staten Island
Northfield
Juan A. Benitz
French, Byde & Co
Staten Island Steamship Company
Central Railroad of New York
Spanish Pier
East River
Daniel Gulley
Mutual
Gulley
Unity and Arrow
Tragedy in Roswell Ends in Murder Suicide
In Roswell New Mexico on June 17 Arthur Kline a stockman shot and killed his wife wounded Marshal Maddux fatally wounded the woman with whom Mrs Kline was living and then killed himself. Jealousy drove Kline after his wife deserted him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
N. M
Arthur Kline
Marshal Maddux
Edwards Searched for in Foster Slaying in Marshall
In Marshall Texas on June 17 a negro named Prince Edwards, accused of killing Mr John Gray Foster of Louisiana, remains at large. A man resembling Edwards sought shelter early Saturday in eastern Marshall, raising the search as guards canvass the countryside with aid from Foster's Louisiana friends and Harrison County officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Marshall
Texas
Prince Edwards
John Gray Foster
Louisiana
Harrison County
Ellis County Wheat Crop Yields Vary Widely
Waxahachie Texas June 17 The Wheat crop yields vary by area with Colonel James S Davis and L C Nelson reporting about seven bushels per acre on their plantations In Files valley west of Waxahachie yields reach ten to twenty bushels per acre Ferris area farms south and east report nine to seventeen bushels per acre The report notes the wheat season outcome across the county with varying fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis County
Waxahachie
Texas
Jamess. Davis
L. C. Nelson
Files Valley
Ferris
Human Bones Found Near Marlin Texas
In digging for sand and gravel near Marlin the steam shovel of the International and Great Northern railroad unearthed fossil human bones. Skulls and bones are large and burial practices suggest Indian remains from a remote past. Farmers offer $1 a day for cotton choppers while town loafers linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin
Texas
International and Great Northern Railroad Company
Famous Old Preacher Dead
Rev. John L. Dyer died in Denver at age 75 after a long illness from throat paralysis. Born in 1812 in Franklin County Ohio, he began preaching in Wisconsin in 1849 and became a noted circuit rider in the West. He moved to Colorado in 1861 and earned the nickname the Snow Shoe Itinerant. He authored a book of the same title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Colp
John L. Dyer
West
Franklin County
Ohio
Father Dyer
Wisconsin
Colorado
Seventeen Judges Appointed to First Instance Courts
Manila reports seventeen judges named to courts of first instance on June 17. Eleven Americans receive major circuits including Manila Kinkaid Texas Orlin New Hampshire Appari Blount Georgia Dagupan Johnson Michigan Batangas Lipd barger Illinois Nueva Caceres Carson Virginia Iloilo Bates Vermont Negros Norris Nebraska Cebu Carlock Illinois Zambianga Ickis Iowa Jolo Whitsett Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courts of First Instance
Manila
First Instance
Kinkaid
Texas
Orlin
New Hampshire
Appari
Blount
Georgia
Dagupan
Johnson
Michigan
Batangas
Lipdbarger
Illinois
Nueva Caceres
Carson
Virginia
Iloilo
Bates
Vermont
Negros
Norris
Nebraska
Cebu
Carlock
Ickis
Iowa
Jolo
Whitsett
Missouri
Indians Declare War in Alaska Timber Dispute
The Hudah Indian tribe near Ketchikan, Alaska, declares war on whites after Deputy Marshall Jones shot and wounded their aged chief Kilcoon who resisted arrest for cutting timber on government land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Ketchikan
Alaska
Marshall Jones
Kilcoon
Conroe Fire Devastates Town Along Railroad Track
A large blaze in Conroe Texas destroyed the west side of the railroad track area including J Wahrenberger Co and multiple warehouses. Firefighting was hampered by scarce water and no city fire protection with one injury reported and widespread business suspension. The fire is blamed on possible arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conroe
Texas
J. Wahrenberger & Co
International and Great Northern Railroad
Union Depot
John Wahrenberger
Ayer
W. J. Gulledge
John Hamman
Houston
Sheriff Glover Murdered in Texas Shooting
Sheriff R M Glover and deputy Henry Schnabel were killed while attempting to arrest a Mexican fugitive linked to Sheriff Morris's murder near Kennedy. The killer, shot by Posseman Parker, likely will not survive. a bystander woman injured. A nationwide posse hunts the suspect as armed men scour the region along the San Marcos river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glover
Gonzales
Texas
R. M. Glover
Henry Schnabel
Morris
Kaines County
Kennedy
Schnabel
Posseman Parker
San Marcos
Electric Road to Retailt Project Nears Start
Beaumont Texas June 15 C F Price of Lima Ohio who has been here over a month left for home and other points East and North He stated he had practically completed plans for an electric railroad between Beaumont and Port Arthur More than two thirds of the right of way has been secured by private purchase and the remainder will be bought The line will carry both passengers and freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Hogg-Swayne
Beatty
Hogg- Swange
Citizens’ Consolidated
Bonanza
Nederlands
George Bitten
Federal Building
Hogg-Swayne Syndicate
Ira
Tex
C. F. Price
Lima
Ship Capsizes in New York Dry Dock Tragedy
The United States transport Ingalls slipped from blocks and capsized in the Balance dry dock at Erie basin. One man, Martin Anderson, was killed and many injured. About 30 Italian laborers were believed aboard. their fate was unknown as the ship sank in 50 feet of water and rescue efforts continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Dock
New York
Ingalls
Erie Basin
Martin Anderson
Towne's Big Plan for Beaumont Oil Output
Hon. Charles A. Towne president of Export Oil and Pipe Line company with W G Hudson S M Scout and H J Hopkins visited New Orleans to announce a plan to develop Beaumont oil. The venture would require a forty acre plant and an initial output of about five million dollars per year to begin with.
Higgins Buys 2600 Acres of Rice Land in Beaumont Area
Paullo Higgins of Beaumont purchased 2600 acres of prairie rice land from Oliver Bland for 60000 dollars. The tract extends along Cow Bayou to Sabine Lake with Sabine River as the southern boundary and mirrors Higgins prior 1750 acre purchase across the bayou. Observers link such oil land signs to the Beaumont region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice Land
Orange
Tex
Paullo Higgins
Beaumont
Oliver Bland
Cow Bayou
Sabine Lake
Higgins
Sabine River
Jefferson County
Colonel Bolanos Surrenders at Lipa Amid Battle
Manila reports Colonel Bolanos surrendering at Lipa Batangas with five officers and forty rifles after a battle with insurgents. Lieutenants Springer Wilhelm Lee wounded or killed. American forces led the action amid high desertion among defectors. Panay ravaged by rinderpest drives natives to haul carts to Iloilo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolanos
Manila
Lipa
Batangas
Springer
Captan Wilhelm
Lee
Panay
Iloilo
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the Shiner Gazette
J. C. Habermacher
Shiner
Clark C. Lipe
Cherokee Nation
Treasry Department
Benor Migual Gener
Havana
Senor Mora
Gen Booth
Salvation Army
Ballington Booth
Gov. McSweeney
Tillman
Fred D. Smith
Ewards Mount
Kansas
David B. Henderson
House of Representatives
Europe
Butte, Mont
Place
Henry Irving
Dublin University
Italy
England
War Office
Interior
Tolstoi
Andrew Carnegie
Cooper Union
Thomas Vincent Finn
Freedom of
Ireland
Edwin Arnold
Howard Gould
Sands Point
S. A
The
Sound
America
Kilkenny Castle
Pekin
Tokio
Henryk Sienkiewicz
City Council of
Chicago
Theodore Jongers
Alliance Francaise
University of Chicago
Beaumont Oil Field
Sheriff’s Posse
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Welmanscrust
Maddelburg
Beaston
Steenkoolspruit
Durant
I. T
New Mexico
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