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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1902
Page
2
Farmers report drought damage to corn in Smith and Travis counties while haying begins in Lamar. Cotton lice affect young plants near Collin. Texas shipments include 16 cars of cattle to Chicago from Grand Prairie and 5000 sheep sent to Ozona. Weimar Irish potatoes and Tennessee Triumph mentioned.
At 2 a m the St James hotel on Murphy Street Dallas collapsed burying guests and staff. Thirteen were present with three accounted for so far one dead and two injured including Dr Fife and sportswriter James Nolan. Fire crews search the ruins as more bodies feared.
In Nacogdoches Texas on June 23 Mayfield Elliott aged 25 surrendered to Sheriff Spradley claiming he shot and killed G C McKinney and that R J McCall was dead. The men argued over a fence and McCall crossed Elliott’s pasture to drive off depredating cattle. Elliott fired one shot as McCall reached for a pistol. McKinney died an hour later and McCall died at 2 pm. Both men were described as good citizens. the incident happened around 7 30 in the morning.
Beggs I T notes fifteen tomatoes per season with tomato sales aiding growers. Lawrence Kansas firm ships seed to South Africa. Morris county shipters net nearly thirteen thousand dollars from tomatoes despite worm damage. C G Hubbard buys over seventy thousand pounds of wool in Lometa shipped via Galveston to Boston. Denton county wins Paris expo wheat and white corn prizes. Reagan area boll weevil threatens cotton. Lissie farmer grows large Irish potatoes. A Culp Hill county reports a new green bug in corn tassels. Three Athens tomatoes weigh three and a half pounds total with two measuring sixteen and fifteen inches.
Paterson New Jersey June 23 militia is on guard at mills with troops stationed at upper windows armed with rifles. Police searched Italian quarter seilitia houses for arms but found none. Some weavers favor returning to work, others oppose working under military protection. mood among workers split with many undecided.
Eagle Lake Texas June 23 The Lakeside Sugar Refinery company plans a dry house near its sugar mill increasing plant value The rice mill nears completion and advances on rice are already offered Prospects are strong on the Dunovant plantation with harvest likely to keep one mill running for a season
A sixteen car trainload of tomatoes from Tyler passed Greenville yesterday morning on the Cotton Belt route to Fort Worth and Denver. The train left Tyler at 3 AM and reached Greenville at 9 AM with market delivery expected in Denver by Monday morning.
Mrs. Fred B. Robinson announces the executive committee for the coming year with Mesdames Reese Wilson of Lockhart, and William D. Christian of Terrell, and W. H. Johnson of Dallas. The next meeting will be in El Paso next year, promising an interesting event.
A concise adage notes that tangible purchases cost less than a meaningful gesture, suggesting value lies in usefulness over sentiment in gifts.
A passenger train on the Sioux City branch of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railroad derailed at Ashton Iowa. Two trainmen were killed five seriously hurt and several passengers lightly injured. Surgeons treated nine injured aboard a wrecking train. journey resumed afterward. Cause reported as a misset switch. Mail cars piled on engine. sleeping cars left track but stayed upright.
A blaze that began at the Phoenix iron works on East Madison and East Water in Portland destroyed six city blocks of wooden structures, valued at 600000 dollars, with about 200000 dollars insured. The fire lasted four hours and lingered after dawn. Only the Standard Oil warehouse and Parlen Orendorfh Co. buildings remained brick.
In Atlanta Texas a laborer named Cook from King's gang drank a pint of whisky then eight more glasses in a local saloon. After lighting a cigar he collapsed and died in a boarding car. A doctor attended. no arrests had been made as of reporting time.
Clarksville Texas June 23 Lee McAnear was acquitted by the district court jury of the murder of Ernest Hunter in Clarksville on July 6 1901 The brothers were jointly indicted and Bob McAnear now faces trial for the same offense The former verdict carried five years in the penitentiary but the case was reversed.
Colonel Hubert Hamilton delivered the Boer peace agreement to King Edward at Windsor Castle. The historic document bears Boer signatures and marks a key step in the South African peace process.
Three men drowned when a fishing boat capsized in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee. A 12-year-old boy survived by clinging to the overturned boat after the accident yesterday.
Bud Williams spent Sunday with neighbors and claims to have killed three rattlesnakes on the tracks though friends doubt the tale. The old Baptist steeple gets a new paint coat and a strawberry supper may come to the Methodist steeple. The lightning rod man slept under an oak and was struck by lightning. Two carloads of mules arrived but fishing kept the unloading from starting. Baron Yanosuke Iwasaki, the wealthy Japanese merchant, begins a world tour, heading first to Europe before visiting America.
The United States shipped 405703 cattle to England in 1901, up 655494 from the prior year, while Canada sent 88211 cattle in 1900, 16628 fewer than the year before.
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