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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1899
Page
6
The fragment notes publication by J C Hapermacuen as editor and publisher with subscription rates listed as one year postpaid one dollar, and its post office classification as second class mail matter in Shiner Texas.
The House opened with Speaker Sherrill presiding and Mr Prince moving to reconsider the defeated substitutes to the anti trust bill. Senate amendments to Barretts bill on humane education in public schools were concurred in and various appropriations for deaf and dumb asylum, Denton normal school, and San Marcos normal were introduced. A joint resolution to amend the constitution to organize irrigation districts and tax for reservoirs, dams and canals passed to engrossment.
Mrs W C Whitney wife of the former secretary of the navy died in New York on the 6th. She had been thrown from a horse during a ride in South Carolina on February 21 1898 and sustained spinal injuries.
Tex as and Louisiana lumber manufacturers gathered in Lake Charles on the sixth. Attendees from Orange Beaumont Houston Galveston and San Antonio plus local mill men discussed a price increase for lumber.
Governor Stephens of Missouri endorses Governor Sayers idea for a conference of southern and western governors and attorneys general on enforcing anti trust laws by sovereign states. Stephens states Missouri's attorney general will attend.
The state reformatory at Gatesville burned down with no insurance. Loss is estimated at $30,000 and the origin of the fire is unknown. All inmates escaped unharmed and all livestock was saved.
About eighty to ninety Texas grain dealers gathered in Fort Worth on the eighth. Several interesting papers were read and discussed, outlining current market conditions and trade prospects.
Rev Abe Mulkey received 125 dollars after a ten day meeting at Frost and returned 100 dollars to be sent to the orphans home in Waco, reflecting charitable effort and local concerns.
In Blaine County Oklahoma two children died after a storm refuge in a dugout collapsed roof trapping them inside. A family had sought shelter from fierce weather when the incident occurred.
In Dallas County near Lancaster a farmer James Arickland was momentarily halted by a weather change when a lightning flash struck. His team’s mule died and the other collapsed. E C Norwood was stunned as his mules fled, destroying his cultivator. A yearling belonging to Tom White was killed nearby.
John R. Beard of Johnson County sold 100 pounds of wild honey sourced from a bee cave he and his brother found on a Brazos tributary about 30 to 40 miles above Waco. He described the cave, its ten feet depth, and abundant combs, and noted a Waco firm offered a fair price for remaining honey after giving some away.
The South Texas Truck Growers association held an interesting meeting in Beeville. Delegates were hosted by Manager McHenry at the experimental station and shown advances in fruit and vegetable production, melons, forage crops, and other South Texas farm efforts.
At a mass meeting in Bryan the city accepted a proposition to move Allen Academy from Madisonville to Bryan and a committee was appointed to raise funds to accomplish the removal.
John Moore was convicted at Hutchinson Kansas for murdering his five children in March by cutting their throats with a hatchet, crushing skulls and setting the house on fire. He received life imprisonment.
A profile of the taste driven London elite with a freelance dinner taster visiting grand houses and advising cooks. Parallel notes on pawnbrokers in the East End serving shy clients and a boot breaking trend among social leaders. Gothard tunnel adopts compressed air ventilation solving smoke issues amid heavy rail traffic.
The Countess Henckel of Paris reportedly owns the world’s finest pearl necklace system built from three famed strands. One strand, the Virgin at Atoka necklace, sold for 12 000 dollars to the countess by a Spanish grandee. The other strands include the ex queen of Paplos and the Empress Eugenie necklace sold by a London firm for 20 000 dollars. The countess’s new residence is valued at about 50 000 dollars.
A Missouri evangelist challenged a man in a crowd accusing him of infidelity. She lifted a hymn book to throw it but all others ducked, while the one man who remained still was later identified as deaf and dumb.
President Kruger dedicates part of each day to meet visitors at a garden table. He offers advice with coffee and maintains a coffee allowance of a year for this purpose.
A mother notes her daughter is listless and self centered, with no interest beyond pleasure. She argues the cure is to require shared household duties or employment. Physicians warn that independence without duties harms a growing girl and drains her motivation.
The 1896 Russo–Persian project extends 185 miles from Tiflis to Kars near the Turkish border, crossing mountains with 13 tunnels and 17 large bridges. Nearly all roadbed is ready with 120 miles of track laid as the line nears a formal opening next September. The project, costing about $10,000,000, is mainly strategic.
The home of Paderewski is a veritable museum of musical relics with articles from great composers. Faces of former owners seem to gaze from the walls and daily reminders of admiration come as bouquets. One room wall is taken by the massive laurel wreath awarded at Leipzig.
The largest leaves in to work are said to be those of the Inaf palm which grows on the banks of the Ama zon. They reach a length of from thirty to fifty feet and are ten to twelve feet in breadth.
The new French president appears calm and sane, a figure of bourgeois demeanor. Observers say his steady approach may renew vigor in politics, likening him to a tonic for ailing governance.
Prof. A. L. Herrara of Mexico wins the Hodgkins prize of the Smithsonian Institution. His book argues high latitudes and the Valley of Mexico’s elevation boost health and longevity, especially against tuberculosis, noting rarefied air aids life and upsets old nations.
Instructions advise drying shirt be a before starching with Faultless Starch. Apply freely to both sides, roll tightly with bosom inside, and lay aside twenty minutes before ironing. Grocers sell Faultless Starch for 10c.
In cold nights Chilean women reportedly use an unusual warming method by placing their feet on a dog to keep warm in bed. The practice involves selecting a suitable dog and positioning it under the covers to transfer body heat.
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