Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 22, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 24, 1900 Page: 2 of 9
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Ufoe Sbinei Basette
J O IIABEI1MACUED Publisher
SHINER TEXAS
FIELD RANCH dAFIUEN
Groat 1b demand for cotton pickers
Horses mules and cttle are selling
freely at Balrd
A San Angelo Arm snipped a carload
ot horses to Henderson
Llttlo wheat has been sown so ar
this fall In Lamar county
A carload ot marcs has been received
at Ladtuila from San Angelo
It Is said the cotton yield ot Duval
county wfil be greater In 1900 than for
flvo years
Billy McAuiay of Crockett county
sold 350 head of yearling steers to M
Z Smlssen ot San Angelo at 1550
One hundred cotton pickers arrived
nt Ccvslcana several days ago and were
met by farmers who parceled them
out i
Farmers In the vicinity of Direct
Lamar county are reported as paying
125 per 100 pounds for cotton pick-
ing
Thero are thousands of bushels of
ungathered corn In Navarro connty
tho farmers being too busy picking the
fleecy staplo to gather It
An unprecedented drouth Is prevail-
ing In tho districts of Cachar and Syl
het province of Assam India causing
tho greatest anxiety In regard to tho
tea and other crop3
Mr Qeorge Shelton of Navarro toun
ty entered Into a contract to gather
1C0 acresof corn for which ho Is to
receive 10 cents a bushel for gather-
ing This Is tho highest price ever
paid for gathering corn In that county
Conditions wero never tter In the
west Stock are nil fat and tho flno
rains havo Insured excellent winter
winter pasturage and stockmen aro
happy over present prospects
Tho monthly statement of tho nat
tlonal department otit agricultural
shows decline4 In andYoats
a corn and
says nearly all products except sugar-
cane and rice show less than averago
condition
M Ciovcr ot poarjjessle Jlllj
< ttc nsbon > iurMjpCTc The aver
aged 2iz poun ds eacharid brought him
25 175 It cost him very little to fat
ten them
Orange county rlco growers have
had exceptional fine weather for har-
vesting and have made excellent besfl
way ioth is uvuusjmml turesning
Two alxhoVsepowerportable engines
were received at Orange consigned to
Robert Wlngate who is operating
threshing machines north of town
Max Schoenfeld a former Philadel
fb lan but now a resident of Htt
hach Switzerland has glven T tWto
tho National Tarm BCflOofof Doyles
town Pa to be used In tho purchase
ot farms which are to bo rented to
graduates of the school
A party of Penusylvanlans have pur-
chased 500 acres on the Brazos river
near Waco which they purpose con-
verting Into a vast truck garden They
havo organized a joint stock company
They will havo a steam pump and
pipes so as to Irrigate
Tho army norm has appeared lnr
numbers In the southern part ot Gray
son county Farmers say If tho worm
confines Its pasturage to cotton and
cats tho leaves away it will enable the
sun to reach and mature bolls and
prove a blessing
The abundant crops In Grayson
county aro taxing tho ivtmost capacity
of the farmers and as the season ad-
vances and the opening of cotton In-
creases the demand for pickers bo
comes more strenuous and urgent to
eave the crop Farm laborers and cot-
ton pickers are scarce
Ninetyone negroes in one body ar
rived at Waxahachle from south Texas
and aro picking cotton In that vicinity
Fifty white pickers have also been en-
gaged at Memphis Tenn for Ellis
county
A great deal of Mexican June corn
was planted in the Dcnfson section last
June and it la now in fine roasting
ear and will mature a good crop This
corn will make a good crop planted
after the summers dry weather has
passed
Mr W D Ferris a prominent plan-
ter of Ellis county says that he has1
figured out tho problem and finds that
there Is being paid 1 every second In
Kills cointy for cotton picking and a
bale is being picking every minute
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EVENTS OP EVERYWHERE
Cecil Rhodes has recntorcd politics
Gov Gen Allen Is to take another
tour of Porto Rico
i
About 200 Boer prisoners have ar-
rived at St Holena
Oen Chaffee reviewed tho American
troops In front of tho Temple of Heav-
en Pekin
At the Paris exposition the United
States received 2475 awards leading
all and also ranks first In grades
John Patrick CrlchtonStunrt mar-
quis of Bute died at Dunfrled House
his seat In Alrshlre Scotland from
paralysis i
n Burtwey who arrived nt New
York from Havana sick was taken to
Swinburne hospital Ho has yellow
fever
By tho death ot a former sweetheart
Mrs II E Butterfleld of St Paul
Minn is possessor ot 200000 more
than she formerly was rated at
An extra Issue of the Canada Official
Gazette jonjyfnff a proclamation an-
nouncing tlrjliillssqlutlqn of parliament
and tho holding of the general election
on Nov 7
James Fltzharrls the Phoenix park
murderer known as Skin tho Goat Was
rearrested at Liverpool Eng for fall-
ing to report himself under the terms
of his prison release license
The reports of tho shooting affray
at Guayamas Porto Rlco have been ex-
aggerated A man named Joseph Rod-
riguez was killed and two men wero
injured It was a local political fight
The Spanish parliament will reas-
semble between the Cth and 10th of
November The question ot the mar-
riage of the Princess Fausterlas will
not bo discussed before December
The British war office has Issued or-
ders that the bulk of tho militia called
out for service during the South Afri-
can war are to be disbanded This will
affect about 60000 men-
The Post says an agreement exists
between Germany and Russia by which
Germany is to control the railway from
Pekmto lYangtsumto TongkuTUtdel
nles qemfanyiivTll send rfxpVditlon
to Slan Tu
ThoBritIsh column had a threedays
flghtcwlth Gen jDoWotScommando ot
llty and jive gunsf irtook
mountirfhsiiiflo Boe rs
were1 dlslodg r d UpefsSd andllfon
fle d demoralized1 TheBritlsh casual-
ties were flttyi > r v i
The launching of the monitor Ar-
kansas has been set for Nov 10 at the
Newport News yards Tho governor
nf Arjgjy x yourfg
jwoman Tnestato to hrlsfen tha
ship It Is expected the monitors to be
launched will be la i uo water before
Jan 1
The Western Union Telegraph offi-
cials have denied tho state ment that
ail agreement had been reached with
tho Chicago oard of trade concerning
tho distribution of the socalled bucket
shops
The confession of I W Kelley who
was recently executed In Oklahoma to
the effect that ho had murdored seven
persons among them a man at Maus
dale Va promises to clear up tho
mystery of a murder committed nt
Danville Va twentytwo years ago
twentytwo years ago
Tho Vosslscho Zeltung publishes a
letter from Brisbane asserting that the
meat Inspection law especially tho
prohibition as to canned meats has
already proved a heavy blow to the
Australian packing industry In which
Germans aro heavily interested finan-
cially
Wm Goodwin postmaster at Attle
Oregon county Missouri was arrested
charged with rifling registered letters
His alleged pllferings will amount to
over 1000 Ho was held to await trial
In tho federal court at St Louis-
A revolution has been started In San
Francisco San Domingo Plppl PI
chardo and eight more insurgents havo
been taken prisoners The govern
metn has decreed the suspension ot
constitutional guarantees because qf
the disturbances
The census bureau announced official-
ly that the population of tho state of
Delaware was 184735 in 1900 as
against 168493 in 189p The popula
tlon ot the District ot Columbia is
178718 as against 230392 ten years ago
The Jury in the case ot Georgo Mc
Altster on trial at Spartanburg S C
charged with bigamy were so impress-
ed withthe earnestness of wife No 1
and seemingly surprised that he would
desert such a lovely lady that they
gave him five years
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IT STRUtic NoWtHW EST TEXAS
ANUTH fniRRlTORY
9Plq wero1 KlUedKTPry
llcfurettthq Terrific Whirl
iwm
t lfviircL tunc Further Itvet
ft V
Atlanlaf ftassTCounty Texas Octo
ber 22 Yesterday morning nbout 7
o clock a cyloii6 struck about a halt
mile west of L > dl fifteen miles west
ot here The pathiolf tho cyclone was
obout 200 yafds wtde and It swept
overj thing before It Ono house In
the center ot 5 8 bath occupied by
colored people wasdestroyed Blx peo-
ple beingkill doutrlght and three
otters or more who supposed to be
dead The eyefone traveled from the
southwest to the northeast crossing
the Texas and Pacific railroad and
Campbells Spur tt lumber loading
station abqul two miles north of Lodl
The lumber was carried away In all
lliTeotiohSji ItIs r feared that greater
loss ot llfoiTasthe result further out
In the country A hard rain fell here
all day commencing about 7 oclock
with llghf hallj >
RFroitrs from mAiishatx
Mar halLvTexaB October 22 News
reached hereWesterday morning ot a
cyclone that struck one mile west of
Lodl a small station on tho Texas
and Pacific railroad two miles north
of here Pdur persons weno kllfed
outright hyofatally Injured and sev-
eral others received slight Injuries
The parties are all negroes and their
names cbuldijpot be ascertained
sritUCJMN JNUIAN TUUUTOItY
Ardmore J T October 22 At
Ravla lastnight about 12 oclock a
severe wind arid rain storm struck the
place doing great damage to several
buildings A ousSe belonging to John
Anderson in jthe course of tho cy-
clone wero blown down The loss to
the two buildings wjll amount to 600
Several other bulldlngs wore damaged
tq some extent Trees were uprooted
and Tn Jfea esrandi uIb6ussblown
3c > EWtt > BS fietfon B
the heavlesrtlnyears i
JiToWiitAVttiibed Away 5 J
action ot Guadalu
fof tT totalJisWlcf e
Mexl6o fortly nilies below El Paso in
the Rfo Gfand > tiastn bY a cloudburst
Wednesday night reached Juarez yes-
terday by a runner who was sent to
beg assistance forthe Btarvfng Inhab-
itants Quidalur wi little yiL
Cuaural jClgjoAflgu aOO flhhabt
ii tsiiiJ hsspHerSdedBolely on
their crops and domestic animals for
subsistence Sd suddenly did the tor-
rent of water come flown from the
bills that everything they possessed
vas swept away and the inhabitants
were able only to save their lives
which they Uid bjjfleeing to the foot-
hills An old man and two children
besides manygoatsvcattle horses and
fowls k wereJ03ti Juarez
barnyard
Is
the toeares t townlof ahy consequence
and a messengenKas idispatched for
assistance jjSjth ejVlllage was without
mllroad or telegraphic communication
He brought the flrstsnews of tho dis-
aster Several hundred dollars were
raised in this tjjijby subscription
Preas Association
San Antonio Texas October 22
lhe South and WestfTcxa3 Press as-
sociation adjourned Saturday forenoon
to hold thelrthcx tlCannual meeting in
Seguln at a timeBo bo selected by the
executive committee The association
Is In a more prosperous condition
both financially Jand1 In the way of
membership sthanoyer before
A rosolutlonrofSthanks to the citi-
zens and businessmen ot San Antonio
vas unanlmousjyfapproved by the as
sociation for th Ypyal manner in
which they Wefeentertalncd
Several newjmembera were added to
the association Jyhere was but little
business dono jfat Saturdays session
and tho memberelo f the association
Bpent the day atltiie fair grounds
where they wereXsplendldly enter-
tained by tho association They wero
tendered a dinneSon tho grounds
free admission tofall side shows and
dispersed after t h avlng witnessed the
races flfrl
Another Oll Well
Corsicana Texas fjOctober 22 The
tenth oil well o n the Dr N J Mills
tract ot land eaWjottho city has Just
been drilled anij lefts a good producer
thedally output being fifteen barrels
a day The total Sally output of Dr
Mills well lsnowabout 125 barrels
valued at 1060 ldfly
nmlerbllt Students
Nashville Tenu October 22 To-
morrow morning Vnnderbllt universi-
ty begins the celebration ot Its 26th
anniversary Tho exercises hnve been
planned on an oxtonslve scale and In-
clude the formal presentation of KIs
nam hall the most recent evidence of
the Interest of the Vanderbllt family
In tho Institution for the erection ot
which Win K Vanderbllt gave fl00
000 The latter will attend the exer-
cises which will last three days and
be participated In by Bishop E It
Hendrlx ot Kansas City U S Senator
W V Sullivan of Mississippi W K
Vanderbllt Chancellor Klrkland ot
the university Chancellor Fulton ot
the University of Mississippi Prof E
E Barnaid tho astronomer President
Hadley of Yale college and other men
ot note Mr Vanderbllt will officiate
at the presentation of Klssam hall pn
Tudsday
Crosietl In an Open float
Punta Gorda Fla Octotfer 22
Peter Johansen and his 12yearold
son Peter arrived today in an open
boat 29 feet long 7 feet 6 Inches beam
They left Gibraltar with 180 gallons
ojt water and provisions for sixty days
and mado the trip in flftynlno days
encountering no storms They came
by the Canaries north coast of San
Domingo Porto Rlco and Cub a land-
ing first at Boca Grande the mouth of
the harbor Both are In good health
and Bplrtts Johansen left here twen-
ty months ago the captain of a tramp
tho Senator with a cargo of phos
phate for Yokohama Oft tho Phlllp
hurrlcano In which the deck beams
pines he encountered a three days
and all the canvas wero carrlod away
Returning to Liverpool he picked up
In tho ocean an abandoned vessel
loaded with ore righted the cargo
put In a prize crew and took her too
Europe His share of the prize mon-
ey was handsome Ho resigned and
came hero In his open boat to remain
the rest of his life
Perhaps Preparing for War
Omaha Neb October 22 A special
to the WorldHerald from Cheyenne
Wjo says Senor Manuel Alvarez
qgent of the fJMexlcan J > government
came he BmpF two weeks ago ac
since that time has purchased and
shipped several cariottdsi fct saddle
horsesto the City of Mexico From
wlWKlWs Tff iupBtl UBW jt uj He
JlWarez ha Mexican government is
preparing for war either a rebellion
or ft war of conquest Alvarez wlll
say nothing as to his real purpose In
buying bo many horses but it is sig
nificant fact that he purchases only
JdLJk la ic Thef juices
pald are in f some cases fancy and
Senor Alvarez seema tq have plenty of
money
Tuskegec Students
Chicago 111 Octoberr 22 A special
to the Record from Atlanta Oa Bays
Booker T Washington president of
the Tuskegee normal and Industrial
institute for negioes announced today
that the officials ot the German gov-
ernment ahd closed a contract witn
the school to furnish students to In-
troduce cotton raising among tho na
tives of the German colony on the
west coast ot Africa On November
3 a party of students equipped with
cotton plows wagons and carpenters
tools sals from New Yrk to their new
field Tho germans will pay all ex-
penses ot tho expedition The exh-
ibition is regarded as a formldabl com
petition with America in the cotton
raising industry
A Railroads Liability
San Angelo Texas October 22 W
A Sylvester of Kansas City vice pres-
ident of A D Stllwells Kansas City
Mexico and Orient railroad accompa-
nied by Messrs R L McCauley Thos
Trammell and J W Gllllson of
Sweetwater to secure a final answer
from the people here In regard to the
load The proposition is that San
Angelo shall give a cash bonus of
J75000 right of way through the
county and depot grounds In tho city
Abqut 66000 of this amount has been
subscribed and the town has until
November 1 to raise the remainder
San Angelo feels reasonably sure of
semiring the road and coniuilttees aro
now soliciting
Successful Operation of Airship
Frlederickshaven October 22 An-
other trial of Count Seppelins air-
ship was made today resulting in a
series ot successful evolutions The
airship ascended to an altitude ot
fiveeights of a mile where various
maneuvers were executed It then de-
scended slowly to the water which it
reached at tho point of departure af-
ter being in the air about thirty min-
utes
He must rise early y a not at air1
go to bed who would havo everybodys
stood word
Military Automobile
The advantages presented by autD
mobiles liavo a great fascination for
all military men Largo sums hao
been offered fqr tho best automobile
In war as In everything it pays to
use the best weaporis The Ue3t
shield wlthjkjJjlch to protect the ston
aCh Is Hostetters Stomach Bitt rs
It cures constipation Indigestion and
dyspepsia and prevents malaria
A Jury at Washington Ga has di
elded that 5 Is a reasonable chftrgo
for shaving a dead man local bar
jer piesented a bill for the amount
stated It was contested and the Juiy
veidlct was the result
Yon Can Oct Allens Fnot lCaiio Free
Write todav to Allen S tilmstcd e
Roy N Y for a free sample of Alio l s
FootEase apowder ItcuiesBweatlftg
damp swollen aching feet Makes new
or tight shoes easy A certain euro for
Corns and lludtonn All druggists and
shoe stores sell It 25c
Aluminum has been one of tho com-
ing metals for a long time but at last
It has arrived It is now getting large-
ly Into tho arts and utilities Its range
Is all the way from a picture frame ito
a frying pan r
Always use Runs Hteachln niti tfta
famous bag blue one packaeo eauals two
of any other bac blue
Many a man loves his enemy because
It comes In a pocket flaBk
To Mothers of Large Familiss
In this workaday world few women
are so plated that physical eertiou
is not constantly demanded of them
in their daily life
Mrs Pinkham makes a special appeal
to mothers of large families whoso
work Is never done and many of
whom suffer and suffer for lack of
intelligent aid
To women young or old rich or
poor Mr Pinkhamj of Lynn Mass
extends her Invitation of free ad iee
Oh women I do not let your lives be
Sacrificed when a word from Mrs
Pinkham at the first approach or
Mas Miibie Belleville
weakness may fill your future years
with healthy joy
When I began to take Lydla D
Plnkhams Vegetable Compound I was
notable to do my housework I suf- >
fered terribly at time of menstruation
Several doctors told me they could do
nothing for mq Thanks to Mrs Pink
kams advice and medicine I am now
well and can do the work for eight in
the family
I wouhi recommend Lydla E
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Habermacher, J. C. Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 22, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 24, 1900, newspaper, October 24, 1900; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth111470/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .