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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1902
Page
2
A wide array of brief items from the era include Illinois observing Arbor Day on April 25. notable deaths such as opera singer Joe Tomasso in Brooklyn and Dan Loney in St. Louis. Nebraska housing a large badger catch. snow in York, Pennsylvania. Topeka flour production. and various European and American civic, financial, and industrial tidbits.
Alexander R. Peacock a leading Carnegie company official faced ransom and murder threats after a note demanded 25 000 dollars in North Highland avenue for the safety of his three children ages 14 10 and 2. Detectives are closing in on the suspect and the family moved to New York for safety.
New York March 16 Mr Peacock is at the Holland house but will not see reporters. Chief Detective Titus said he knows nothing of the story and his men are not working on the case.
Beaumont Texas March 17 there are no new developments in the Neches river bodies case besides the arrest of a man who allegedly carried a bloody pair of pants to a dye house for cleaning. The pants are said to belong to Ben Pearson last seen. Passersby visited the river and speculated about another body.
The Fourth Infantry Texas Volunteer Guard vacancy created by Colonel J. A. Styron's promotion will trigger an election. Cecil Lyon of Sherman is mentioned for colonel, C. M. Nimon of Denison for lieutenant colonel, and C. O. Elliott of Fort Worth for major, with a Dallas vote likely during the National Confederate reunion.
London March 17 report says the Siberian railway is declining merchant consignments to keep resources fully occupied forwarding troops and war material to Viadivostock amid Russo Japanese war rumors.
Major Blake L. Woodson a Virginia legislator 1868 71 a Confederate Army veteran and leading Kansas City lawyer died today at 66 from apoplexy in Kansas City Missouri The prominent figure served in the Virginia legislature and was noted for his legal career in Kansas City
Reports say W. H. Chaddick of Piano identified a photo on the dead stranger as his son W. T. Chaddick. A Whitewright man was arrested for the killing and confessed he shot the man during a failed attempt to steal a ride on a train, then hid the body in a cellar on J. L. German’s farm.
In Juarez an American audience of 5900 watched Mazzantini and Fuentes, two famed Spanish bull fighters, kill six bulls to death. Twelve horses were gored, five bulls were slain with single thrusts, and spectators threw hats coats and gold into the ring.
A San Antonio confession by a gang member reveals nine wholesale robberies across the city over four years. Goods valued in the thousands were moved, often sold locally with one merchant convicted as a fence. Five men comprised the gang and all are jailed in San Antonio.
A flood warning system for the Tennessee river under the U S Weather Bureau began operation in Knoxville Tennessee nine months after authorization. The first bulletin predicts the river will rise twelve to fifteen feet tomorrow and the system will avert flood damage and save losses.
General Chaffee has signed a contract to purchase a site for an army post in Manila. The tract covers about a mile and a quarter wide by two miles and a half long, bounded by the Pasig river and Laguna de Bay. It sits on high ground overlooking the river. building will start once Congress approves the purchase.
After a meeting lasting over three weeks the transcontinental freight bureau adjourned yesterday. A complete revision of the tariff sheets has been affected.
Capetown dispatch notes Mr. Rhodes took nourishment last night but remained decidedly weaker this morning. By 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon his condition was ...
At Beaumont on March 15 the Forward Reduction well on the Keith Ward tract erupted violently, wrecking the derrick and creating a 10 by 12 foot excavation. Gas and rocks shot skyward, muffling the noise of the blowout as the well choked off and left the site utterly ruined. Field managers called it the greatest gasser ever seen in the Beaumont oil field.
Commandant Mentz and the Heilbron commando broke the Heilbron Wolveboek blockhouse lines at Gotten burg last night. Boers had been pursued for days and one Boer was killed. British columns during the pursuit picked up scattered parties totaling about fifty men.
Denison Texas March 15 John Dimmock of this city will donate a rifle to the St Louis World’s Fair. The weapon was owned by Lewis during the Lewis and Clark expedition 1803 04 and was carried across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean by the first white man to reach the coast.
Asa Lee a colored porter at the Elgin hotel was accidentally shot in the abdomen at 8 o clock tonight. The wound is reported probably fatal and the incident occurred in Marshal Texas on March 15.
Admiral Schley thanks Mississippi legislators for inviting him to visit the state. He plans a fall itinerary including several Texas cities and possibly Jackson, with a day or two to greet friends in the capital. He cannot fix an exact date yet.
J M Anderson a former Taylor merchant committed suicide by hanging in a rafter of the old hull house on J L Patterson farm near Rice's Crossing nine miles from Taylor. He was on a camping trip with Dr Fife and left camp to get wood. He left a wife and four children.
Dr M K Allen health officer of Louisville Ky begins the war on sale and manufacture of Limburger cheese in Chicago. He warns prosecutions and heavy fines for sellers and makers arguing it is unwholesome and full of microbes. A German citizen committee protested but the order must be obeyed.
Judge Reagan remains favorable in Palestine Texas with rest through the night and today. No radical improvement yet but overall progress noted as he does very well under medical care.
John P. Altgeldt former governor of Illinois lay in state at the Altgeldt home in Sheridan Park Chicago with Cook county judges attending. A civic and social organization procession will accompany the body to Graceland Cemetery after services today with courts adjourned.
Gonzales Texas March 15 The Gonzales cotton mill reports a fine grade of cloth and smooth operations with sixty looms active and all 150 expected to run soon The mill runs its own electric light plant turned on last night The manager and directors express satisfaction and plan to add more operatives.
In Corpus Christi on March 15 an acetylene gas explosion injured John and William Biggle. They entered the gas house and the auxiliary ignited causing a loud report that knocked them down. Their faces were blistered and hands burned but no serious injuries occurred.
Marco Bargna an Italian merchant with long time business in San Antonio was tried today on a charge of receiving stolen property from a burglary gang operating in Southwest Texas. After ten minutes' deliberation the jury sentenced him to ten years in the penitentiary.
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