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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1899
Page
7
Capt Coghlan of the Raleigh recounts a Manila Bay blockade anecdote in a Union League Club talk. He says a German admiral tried to complain but Dewey asserted U S blockade authority and warned flags can be bought. He urged decisive action if any rule is broken.
Four men of the Nebraska regiment including Col. Stotsenburg and Lieut. Sessions were killed in action at Quengua while a force of Cavarly and Nebraska troops fought Insurgents. The battle featured a one mile long horseshoe trench around a rice field and heavy crossfire. Reinforcements arrived as Col. Stotsenburg and Lieut. Sessions fell, artillery shelling the trenches as Filipino forces were driven back.
A local petition from Doncaster Dallas County residents urges adoption of a curfew ordinance. The measure targets juvenile loitering and requires police enforcement with penalties for violators. Public comment sessions are planned next month.
Wednesday actions include a senate bill to teach humane treatment in public schools for animals, a house bill granting a block of ground to Austin for educational purposes, a land sale bill for detached counties, a special charter bill for Beaumont, and an appropriation bill under discussion.
True bills have been returned at Dover Delaware against Representative Davis and Assistant Clerk of the Senate Hegeman. Davis is charged with offering a bribe to a fellow assemblyman to vote for Addicks for senator. Hegeman is charged with tampering with the race track bill.
At Atlanta Georgia the ninth in ternational and fourteenth national Sunday school convention convened on the 26th with many delegates from this and other countries and a large number of visitors in attendance.
President McKinley activated a device causing a rock laden barge to tilt its cargo on the site where contractors will begin harbor work in San Pedro California.
Miss Alice Archer of Boggy Arkansas refused a Mexican employee hired by her father. The rejected suitor shot and killed her with a rifle and then killed himself.
The Fort Worth Odd Fellows celebrated their eightieth anniversary with a procession through the main streets. Hon. W. B. Essex delivered an address, and several visiting lodges attended the event.
In Malden Missouri Mrs Jane Tuttleton and her four children were killed in a house fire that destroyed their residence. The mother was a widow. A son of her husband by a former wife was arrested in connection with the case.
The Texas State Medical Association held its thirty-first annual meeting in San Antonio with large attendance. Mayor Hicks gave the welcome address and President Wilson delivered the response.
Chinese forces killed two German soldiers after they murdered locals near Kiao Chou. German troops retaliated by entering the village and shooting the alleged murderers.
Gen. MacArthur's division advanced toward Calumpit through jungles and across the Bagbag river. Six Americans fell and twenty eight wounded as Col. Funston and Lieut Ball led units along a railroad bridge and into enemy trenches while Filipinos fired from strong defenses.
In Austin the senate postponed action on Burns motion until Friday to await a Arkansas test case. A quarantine duties bill for commissioners passed, and a land certificate and pension were granted to Mary E Batchelor widow of J E Batchelor Texas veteran. New Cotton Bell railroad consolidation bill passed as did the house appropriation bill amid amendments to civil courts of appeals defeated.
Little Rock interview with Hon. E. W. Rector author of the Arkansas anti trust bill. Rector says he agrees fully with Attorney General Davis' construction of the law and regards the interpretation as clear logical and in line with century old court decisions.
The United States transport Morgan City departed San Francisco for Manila carrying recruits for various regiments in the Philippines and a large quantity of supplies for American forces.
A blast in Fleer and Co. chewing gum laboratory in Philadelphia fatally injured two men and left several others wounded. The incident involved seventy five gallons of benzoline and occurred at the plant, prompting emergency response and investigation.
The first national congress of the Christian church convened at the First Christian church in St Louis with 200 delegates in attendance.
The second annual meeting at Galveston admitted twenty five new clubs. Papers were read and annual reports presented. A resolution opposing the slaughter of birds was adopted.
Deputy revenue collector seizes about 80 000 cigars alleging fraudulent revenue stamps. The boxes were made in svete eet and seized in Austin and other cities across this state and neighboring states.
In a Piety Hill section anecdote a resident recalls ordering his telephone removed after a prankster tested the line in a stern official voice. The man joked he would cut the line if the device was not axed within an hour, then paused, noting he could not spell out a plan to retaliate.
W J Cuyler of Red Creek New Jersey endorses Chamberlains Pain Balm for rheumatism and other household uses praising its effectiveness. He is a leading local merchant and the editor notes his prominence. For sale by all druggists.
A frightened girl on the run tells Algernon that her father is pursuing them. Algernon taunts and explains he swapped a dead storage battery for a final mile of power, then speeds away as the pursued coach fades, with the parent's angry shouts echoing behind.
A brief comedic exchange features a merchant telling a customer to leave while a drummer jokes about summoning a porter. The jest hinges on sarcasm and a playful threat, capturing street theater tone from Meggendorfer Blaetter.
W M Terry of Elkton Kentucky after twelve years in the drug trade says Chamberlain's Remedy gives better satisfaction than any other cough medicine. He has sold hundreds of bottles and notes it is the most satisfactory to the people. For sale by all druggists.
A Washington Star verse advises praising a politician’s ascent without detail. It suggests offering a brief, respectful acknowledgment of his position and future plans, avoiding discussion of past steps or methods to prevent conflict.
A Worcester Enterprise advertisement features W A Strand of Popomoke City Maryland praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He claims minimal doses cured his colic and diarrhoea in himself and children and notes it is available from all druggists.
A French official apologizes for the president and notes the ordeal ahead will not win sympathy. He says the public deserves photographs to show him smiling, acknowledging the pressure of appearances on a leader in such a position.
A mother intervenes in a dispute between siblings. The younger accuses the elder of wanting to boss things and declaring he should be president. The elder retorts that it is his turn to be Dewey, prompting the mother to attempt a calm, guiding resolution.
Governess expresses pleasure at the boy's return and fondness for lessons while he anticipates his half holidays with a playful remark about enjoying time off. The exchange conveys a light domestic mood and literacy of the period.
A fragment shows a tense domestic exchange with a wife accusing the husband and the husband pressing for answers. The line reads I know where you were last night sir and open don t you tell me. This excerpt appears from a Detroit Journal page noting a domestic scene.
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