Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1, Wednesday, May 29, 1901 Page: 2 of 8
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SHINER TEXAS
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE
Financier Gates has gone to Europe
Affairs at Jacksonville Flo aro rc <
turning normal basis
United States supreme court ad
ourns for tho term On the 27th Inst
Eighteen business houses burned nt
Waverly la entailing a loss of about
J50000
VL WaldeckRousseau tho French
premier has entirely recovered his
health
The East Tennessee railroad will be
extended from Harrlman Junction
Tenn to Nashville
James II Pearson for many years
t prominent business man and capital-
ist of Chicago died
Parker City ten miles from Munclo
Ind was visited by a flro that destroy-
ed a number of houses
Mrs Sallie B Admire on trial at
Carrollton 111 charged with murder-
Ing her husband was acquitted
Mrs Louis Botha who has obtained
consent to Interview Mr Kruger and
urge him to advocate peace sailed
for Europo on the steamer Dunvegan
Castle
P II Morrlssey of Bloomlngton
111 was elected grand master of the
Brotherhood of Trainmen without op
posifion
A cablegram announcing sickness in
his family caused Admiral Schley to
curtail his visit In England and de-
part for home
Reports from Vera Cruz Mex show
that that port Is remarkably exempt
from yellow fever Coatzaacoalcos Is
likewise exempt
By the covering of a tunnel on the
Norfolk and Western jallway twenty
miles west of Iloanoke Va four men
were Instantly killed and several In-
jured
Nearly every state In the Union was
represented by two regular delegates
at tho convention of thoCatholio
Knightsof AnierlcajWhich metat St
Slx hundjedWrfBflfty lioueesT
Including 190 shops have been destroy-
ed by Ore at Brest In tho province of
Warsaw Russia The loss Is given at
11000000 roubles
Capitalists of Antiqua are about to
establish a bank at Barranqullla Co-
lombia wit a capital of 5000000
Another new bank will shortly begin
business at Medillon
Following the recent action In the
case of Russia in which an additional
tariff duty was placed on sugar receiv-
ing n bounty the treasury department
has Imposed nn additional duty of 10
centavos per kilogram upon Argentln
rsugar
In the case of John R Payne vs th
Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railway
company tho appellate court held that
a railway company cannot exempt It-
self from liability for negligent Injury
of a passenger traveling on a pass
Fire which broke out from an un-
known cause in a warehouse of tho
North Stato Improvement company on
the London wharf at Wilmington Del
caused an aggregate loss of about
10000 divided among the railways
and also some local firms
Capt Martin M Richardson for
forty years an Ohio and Mississippi
river pilot died at Louisville Ky aged
90 From 1830 t o 1870 ie piloted vari-
ous boats between Louisville and New
Orleans Luring the civil war he was
pilot on Federal gunboats
The president has pardoned Louis
Oaliot of New Orleans who was con-
victed In 1896 of misapplication of
funds of the Union National bank of
thatcity He had been sentenced for
eight years and pending conviction
was twenty monthSln jail
A fire In the town of dulenegatl In
tho district of Tehuantepec Mex de-
stroyed a thousand coffee trees pine-
apple plants banana and orange trees
and several families have totally lost
tho results of years of Industry
Tucker W Taylor confidential sec-
retary ot John Clark RIdpath the his-
torian and also poet of some reputa-
tion suicided at drecncastlo Ind by
talcing a heavy dose ot chloroform and
then Bhootlng himself through the
head He aided the historian
The Berlin papers assert that read-
justment of the military forces of Ger-
many on the Russian frontier Is In
contemplation involving a heavy In-
crease The forces between Allen3tefn
and Lick now oleven battalions will
ba raised to nineteen it Is stated
lUC VEETmG
OLD SOLDIERS OATHERINQ AT
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
Entertainment llan la Klaborate The
Court of Honor 1retenti n Scene That
Charming ant Lonely Cowboyi front
tho Teiat lMalnt
Memphis Tenn May 27 Old sol-
diers and slghtscers aro beginning to
arrive and It Is expected that by to-
morrow night the city will be filled
with Confederate Reunion visitors
Nearly 6000 applications have been
made at Information Headquarters
for accommodations and everything In-
dicates one of the largest reunions
In the history ot the organization
All is in readiness today The Court
of Honor extending from Noith
Court street to South Court street has
been completed Statues representing
tho different Southern States are In
position on the arches and the whole
beautifully Illuminated by myriads of
ojectrlc lights presents a splendid
appearance The finishing touches
have been put on Confederate Hall
the commodious structure on the river-
front ahd It will be turned over to
Adjutant Qeneral Moorman today at
noon Tho Western Union and Postal
telegraph companies have established
branch offices In the hall and every
detail has been arranged for the con-
venience nnd comfort of tho veterans
In addition to the floral brigade the
fireworks spectacle and the grand
balls ot the sponsors and Sons of
Veterans the amusement committee
has provided other entertainments
One of tho features will be a band ot
cowboys who have just arrived from
the plains of Texas and It is their
purpose to give free exhibitions of
rough riding and frontier life The
Turnvereln will give entertainments
In the Auditorium assisted by the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra The
veterans will b admitted fiee to all
of these entertainment
Wind Storm In the l ° r H > l
Salt Lake Utau May 27 A heavy
wind stormlias been sweeping over
miles nn hour andLOYer The storm
has resulted In almost cojnplete pros
tration of telegraph and telephone fir
vice In all directions Reports from
outside cities tell ot uprooted treo3
wrecked outbuildings and other dam-
age The storm was particularly se-
vere throughout Nevada and Utah and
In places acioss the desert the sand al-
most burled the railroad tracks for
miles Around the Great Salt Lake a
perfect sfrocco prevailed The pand
lifted In great clouds by the hurricane
almost obscured the sun and covered
everything Inches deep In Sale Lake
City the most damage was done to
shade trees and outbuildings
An OKI Mine
Nacogdoches Texas May 27 That
rich silver mlhe reported as bavin
been found about seven miles north of
here ias proved to be more hypothetic
cal than real Mr John W Hill t
well novn nnd welltodo farmer Is the
man upon whose land the ore was
found Ho says thero are evidences on
tho ground of an old mine bored In
the long ago such as a smelter and
pieces of rock that are not naturally
located there but of a peculiar Ind
that seem to have been lifted from
tho depths of a mine to the surface of
the earth He Is
greatly Interested and
has had prospectors go out to Investi-
gate hoping to discover the source of
the ore or the shaft of the mine
Oomulii o I Mill
Gonzales Texas May 27 The an-
nual meeting of the stockholders of tho
Gonzales oil mill was held in the court-
house Wednesday evening Mr Rath-
er made his report as manager The
capacity of the mill has been raised
from forty tons to sixty tons and
many other Improvements made The
old board of directors was reelected as
follows H Lewis W M Fly J H
Boothe C T Rather A R Wright T
F Harwood nnd W B Sayers Mr H
Lewis was reelected president W M
Fly vice president W B Sayora secre-
tary and C T Rather manager
Major l > itv hxbiiimnitert
Washington May 27 Tho reports
received at the war department con-
cerning the commissary frauds at Man-
ila make It plain that Major Davis had
no connection with or cognizance ot
the Irregularities which were de-
veloped It Is stated there has been
no time when General MacArthur or
the other officers making the Investi-
gation desired tho presence Of Major
Davis as his record was clear
lApOtb
Beaumont Texas May 27 Contrac
tor Hamjnll bTotigl tln McFaddln No
2 for the J M Qui ey Petroleum com-
pany Sunday morn ng about 9 oclock
It is located orf tUotop of the hill
only about 300 fe it from the Lucas
Is on the McFad n Weiss and Kyle
Land companys ipnerty and waB
drilled In twenty wo days almost to
the hour breaklii tho record for
drilling a well ffedepth is between
000 and 1000 feet When finished the
oil spouted overjfho top of tho dcr
llck but was Immediately shut off
nnd Is consldertd a very fine Well
perfectly drllledsx Inches In diame-
ter Mr Hammlljjlilnks It will bo nec-
essary to clean irout after which It
will be connected up with tho net-
work of pipes wflich lead from the
wells In that vlwjilty to the Guffe
pumping plant ind storage tanks
This is practically the well which
spouted mud andlgas several months
ago and was lostAThe machinery was
moved from the spot and a new hole
hta rted 71 >
Thfe makes six flowing wells for the
Guffey companyrAnd eleven for the
Beaumont fleld j
llHlikyltobberi
Madison < WlsiWMay 27 Tho First
National bankroll Mineral Point was
robbed of 26 o5 Friday night the
safc being blovrffiopen No clew A
later report sayslthe amount secured
by the MIneraltPoint robbers Is 30
000 A rewa do t 1000 Is offered for
the arrest ofithegullty parties Itls
thought the robbery was committed by
two strangers Ias there are no night
tialns out of Mineral Point It is
thought tho robbei s came from a near-
by town and later drove and caught a
train whlchtookMhem to one of the
Small towns on he Mississippi where
they are now supposed to be in hid-
ing Tho lnrgo nlnount of cash was to
bo used Iripaylng off mlheis and la-
borers Saturday The lobbeis prob-
ably timed thelifjivislt to a day when
they knew the funds would be large
To Oet u Telephone JCxrlntnce
Crowley La May 27 The latest in
stitutlon v icltis making strides to
enter Ciowleyjlsjthe Texas and Louts
nana Long Distance Telephone coV
IPA 1Vlc wSl ftfc tly i oediffnt
ber fil jtheLouisi
tana local exchknrtesjf
forming a com
bine Thli VcWahy has stacd Its
willingness to pit anexthange In
Crowjey If a subscription guaranteeing
1 them 1B6 phones ican be secured Lee
Adam has Interested himself In the
matter and Is circulating the paper
Saturday morning he had secured a
number of signatures and feels cer-
tain of securing the necessary number
demanded by theacompany in a few
clays v
rolnonlnir Jnnir
El Paso Texas May 27 For several
weeks the police lmve been baffled In
nn effort to learnjwho had been pois-
oning dogs bythoTwholesale In all
parts of the cltyJSaturday Detective
Harold learned that a woman living In
the suburbs hadb een buying strych-
nine In large quantities lately He
called on her andslie confirmed the
story Yes I am polsoning dogs
said she I have been at It for some
tlme and shall continue and I dont
caio who knows l j have used strych
nine nnd wllj kllj nll jthe dogs I can
Having no warrantft6t her Harrold
did not offer to arrest her He re-
ported the matterjjlto Chief Whltie
Many citizens who hav e lost fine dog3
by poisoning havejbeen anxiously seek-
Ing for the po lsoncr
lellnw Fover Wuro
New York Mayj27 Dr Angel Bel
llnzaghl Whose experiments with yel-
low fever serumob talned last year
the official recognition o f the Mexican
government announced that he has
found an aetlYe vaccine which he
believes will ins re absolute and per-
manent Immunlty frpm the scourge
The Mexican authorities were satis-
fied that a serum1yvhlch he had pre-
pared was a cure for yelUw fever In
85 per cent of the gases which he treat-
ed and awarded hlm a prlze of 100
000 The experiments of the young
physician have attracted attention
throughout the world and medical au-
thorities have discussed his seium
tieatmeut with nv3Qh ariusjness
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Ortek Trrntjy HlTJiil
Muskogee IVT May 27 Chief Por-
ter Saturday signed the Creek treaty
passed lecently by the bodies of that
tribe at Okmulgeb Formal notifica-
tion of the final acceptance of the
treaty will be mado td President Mc
KlnJey who In turn may Issue a pros
lamatlon authorizing the allotment
and Bale Of the Creek Indian lands
Already hundredeOf people are flock
ing to the nation
to make Investments
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jii < 7 ttfi til uJi
A BIG LAND DEAL
HOCa SYNDICNTE HAS BOUGHT
A BIO TRACT OF OIL LAND
The Company Wll Unutrtnke the lletel
opuienl lit Iron at Welt as Oil SUUO
OOO Iulil for the IronerljPlana Not
fttllly Matureil
Beaumont Texas May 23 Fifteen
acres of land ond the crest of the
gusher hill were bought today for
000000 by the Swayne syndicate rep-
resenting exGovernor Hogg W T
Campbell a hanker W Houston Lam
pasas and Beaumont Judge A S
risher of Georgetown nnd J A
Swayno of Fort Worth J N Page
of Georgetown sold tho property It
Is the plan of the purchasers to take
Mi several large bodies ot land sur
louiidlng the oil hill Including 900
ncres recently bought by Qoyornor
Hogg
This dea1 the biggest ot its kind
In the hlstoi of the Beaumont oil-
field Is the principal step towardtbe
organization of a gigantic company t
which will combine the production of
crude petroleum with the manufact-
ure of commercial Iron from the great
ore depcMts at New Birmingham 120
miles north of here Whtther ore
wlil be brought hero or tho oil takei
to New Birmingham Is a detail of
the plan which as not yet been worked
out
Governor Hogg said today that pro-
ject was of gi eater magnitude than
any lndsutrlal enterprise ever at-
tempted in the South For four
months he has been trying to put
through the very deal which Was
closed today and now feels that
his oil scheme Is a certainty
To Drill n Depp Hole
Beaumont Texas May 25 An ef-
fort Is being made to Interest hold-
ers of prppei ty In the Bullock survey
embraolng 4428 acres northwest eft
Spindle Top hill and adjoining Beau-
mont In a project to sink a well 5000
feet deep with a view of defining the
oil deppsltl Maiiy compa riieV tontrol
landi ln theBuyo6k Biirvey aud the
ipWisWftjjtl
connected wlt h the companies having
property In the Bullock survey is
pushing thb project There Is a fair
pionpect for Its consummation If a
sufficient number of holders can be
induced to share the expense and
tils seems to be assured
In advocating the 5000foot well
Mr Lively points out that in theRus
sian field at Bakuthe greatbst produc-
ing wells were brought in at depths
exceeding 2000 feet on property which
had been declared nonoil bearing It
Is also said that one of the biggest
wells In the Eastern field Is this
country Is more than 5Q0O feet deep
Some ot the Beaumont gusher3 are
less than 1000 feet
Will Not Interfere
Washington May 25 The United
States government will not Interfere
with the oil drillers In Sabine bay
Texas provlded tho drillers conduct
their operations without Interfering
with navigation A number of appli-
cations have been received by the Sec
ictary of War for permits to sink wells
In the lake at a point below Beaumont
These papers were referred by Sec
etary Root to General Gillespie
chief of engineers who has decided
that ho Interest of the United Spates
Is Involved save the single one of
Keeping open navigation andt without
granting permits he has notified the
applicants of the position of the de-
partment which leaves them free to
operate subject to the one condition
laid down
New York Tunnel Strike
Now York May 25 Work on the
rapid transit tunnel Is practically
tied up today All the skilled labor
Is idle and from Tenth street down to
city hall only dlggerrs and ordinary
laborers are doing anything In the
tunnel at all The strike arose out of
a demand of the rock drillers for
275 for an Wghthpur day and 70
cents an hour for overtime These
demands were sent in yesterday to
the various subcontractors and only
those contractors above Tenth street
agreed to them1
Kxplosl > n In h Mine
London May 25 Art explosion oc
tprrad this morning nt the tlnlyersal
colliery at Senghynydd In Rhonda
vallejv About 100 men were In tho
pit at the tlmo of the disaster and
there is little hope of saving the lives
of any of them
9 Caae of lllood roUonlng
Corpus Christ Texas May 25 One
of the saddest and most painful deaths
eer chronicled In Corpus Christl was
that of Kimball Parker which occur-
red Inst evening A number of weekB
ago the youth was bitten by an In-
sect presumably a fly Nothing seri-
ous was apprehended from the blte
untll several days after when blood
poisoning occurred Young Parker
as brought to this city about two
weeks ago from his homo in San Pa
trlclon county for medical treatment
His face became frightfully swollen
and great quantities of pus was lanced
from the sores Ho bore his terri
ble sufferings with mnrked fortitudej
to the end He was 13 years old The
physicians pronounced his one ot the
most terrible cases ot blood poison-
ing thoy ever saw Shortly after be-
ing bitten the bos Bald ho felt a sting
on his lip and brushed away a tty
lleHtltutlou In AlanUn
Waihlngtoh May 25 Reports re-
ceived a t the interior department
through official sources in Alaska con-
tain stories of giear destitution and
suffering among the natives in the
valley of the Kushoklm river The
people haVe no imeans of support
their numbeis have been devastated
by ravages of the grip and their dogs
on whlchniuch lellnnce for assistance
In maintaining a llelliood Is placed
aro dying Thero are no government
funds available to assist those people
but interior department officials sug-
gest that If charitably disposed per
eons forward supplies to Seattle ar
langements will be made fqr their
transportation to Alaska by the rev-
enue cutters which cruise In the wat-
ers of that country One priest re-
ports that there were 300 deaths
among the people coming under his
supervision the population thereby
being reduced In ltumbers from 80O
to 500
Okmn ItlrilH Out of feinnn
Now York May 25 State Oajne
Protector John E Overton Waving
entered the Arctic Freezing companys
storage hgus on West street claims
hefjtind ln tme roqm 2000 partridges
quaill giouse and other gdmo birds
the shooting or possession ot which
killed or kept In possession The
president of the storage company
went to the police court with Mr Oy
eiton where an agreement was made
not to search all the rooms In the
place until today Mr Oyerton and
a policeman will watch the place anil
examine every package going out
Tho piesldent of the company claims
that he does not know what Is In tho
storage roems and what there Is n
there belongs to other parties
Minority Kepnrt Itejeoterl
Hayana May 25 The minority re-
port of the Committee oil Relations
of the Cuban Constitutional conven-
tion rendered before the commission
went to WaBhlrtgtorP which recom-
mended refection of the Piatt amend-
ment and gave reasons therefor was
rejected In the secret session of the
convention today The vote was llV
to 9 This Is generally regarded as
Indicating that the majority report of
the commHtee on relations advising
acceptance of the Piatt amendment as
explained by the executive officers at
Washington will be accepted though
not nccesarlly by the same majority
It Is possible that the final vote wit
be taken Monday
OilMill for lleerllle
Lullng Texas May 25 The ma-
chinery of tho Lullng 01 Mill com-
pany Is packed ready for shipment to
Beevllle TexaB where It wjll be
placed The buildings of the old mill
will be torn down and large suitable
buildings will at onco be ImJlj to
meet the demands of the now Im-
proved machinery which will be in-
stalled on arrival
Cabinet ChnnjieH
San Francisco May 25 A Wash-
ington dispatch to the Chroniclesays
that George V Cortelyou secretary to
the president wll succeed Postmaster
General Smith who will soon retire
Secretary Cortelyou will neither deny
or affirm the report but members of
thq cabinet here say that Mr Smith
has no Intention of retiring
Mr McKlnley Iteeoverlnir
San Francisco May 25 Mrs Mc
ICInleys physicians report that she
has continued to Improve and gained
strength since their last visit at noon
of Wednesday the 22nd and that they
aro of the opinion It will be safe for
her to leave for Washington Sunday
morning
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Habermacher, J. C. Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1, Wednesday, May 29, 1901, newspaper, May 29, 1901; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth111492/m1/2/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .