Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 23, Ed. 1, Wednesday, November 1, 1899 Page: 2 of 8
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I
jW MI MEXICANS
Troublo IsetYtccn Mexican Guards
and CowboysUcbiuncd
tPIVE MEN KILLED
rour Arc Mexicans and One mi Imcii
can One Mexican Is Seriously
Wounded and mi American
Shot in tho Leg
Benson A T Oct 24 War between
Amoncans und Mexicans has broken
out again at Nico A T with disas-
trous results Naco llos partly In Mex-
ico and partly in tho United Statos and
has a mixed population Bad blood has
existed between tho Americana slid
Mexican officials since tho recent dis-
turbance wheroln a party of cowboys
xoscued one of their number from tho
jail across the border
A dispatch from Bisbco says
Sunday afternoon just as a basolnll
excursion from Bisbeo was about to
leave Naco Hex a fight started be
tween Mexican gmrds and American
tjowboys and as a res lit four Mexican
guards were killed aid one cenou3ly
wounded
An Amorican named Ryan was iu
ntantly killed and a Bisbeo miner was
hot through tho leg
The fight resulted from a row on tho
Mexican side of tho lino between Arnerl <
cans and Mexicans
i Tho guards attempted to arrest the
Americans who retreatod toward tho
lino Just before they reached the line
the guards opened fire which was
promptly returned
A lively battlo occurred lasting tally
fifteen minutes Over fifty shots wero
exchanged Cowboys from this side
unshed to the aid of their friends and
opened fire across tho lino
Dan Burgess a bystander was shot
in the leg and Ryan a freightor was
riddled with bullets
Montgomery who was with Ryan is
missing Ono cowboy was lunstednnd
jailed on tho Mexican side of the line
Incitement is intonsa and a posso is
forming to rescue him
Serious Trouble Tonrftil
Benson A T Oct 2 Advices from
Bisbo describes the situation at Naco
as critical It ha3 beon learned that
James Ryan killed by the Mexicans
was n British subject and steps are bo
ingttalfenmby the British subjects at
1 itU < lBf > t < rtlioulfitliyluve3ttgatod by
their government
Serious trouble is impending at Naco
and unless United States troops pie
vent it a bloody encounter is auio to re-
sult
One Prisoner ltelvnseil
BIsbee A T Cvt 23 Intonso ex-
citement leigned among both American
and Mexican residents at Naco yoster
dayi Tho Mexican garrison was rein-
forced by detainments of infantry and
cavalry from LaMarita As soon as tho
additional forces arrived tho Mexicans
began preparing for an attack They
throw up breastworks around tho town
extending to within S00 feet of the
boundary line Several Bold pieces wero
also rolled into position and tho works
were manned by a cordon of soldiers
with an advance line of mounted pickets
thrown out to patrol tho bolder and
keep a lookout for tho invaders
Babe Thompson the recognized lead-
er of the cowboys counseled hia follow-
ers against making an assault on the
Moxican works until every means had
been oxhaustcd to secure the release of
the two prisoners without resort to vio
lence and has been partly rowardeJ
Judge Medoza held court Monday
night nnd sont word across tho border
that he has decided to release John
Rhodes on a bond of > 00 Tho bond
was promptly made and Rholes was
surrendered to his friends
George Marts is still being held but
tho indications now aro that he will
also bo released
I Itarfarded by a Texin
Cleveland Oct 25 City Councilman
J L Roilly has fallen heir to t80 000
ITour years ago while in San Antonio
Toxu Mr Roilly stopped a runaway
team probably saving tho life of the
driver a wealthy farmer of Palmer
Tex named John Wallace His arm
was so badly injured in tho strngglo
that for a lime amputation was thought
tp bo necessarybut eventually it healed
On Saturday Mr Rellly received notice
txova San Antonio that Mr Wallace
had died and left him a legacy of
80000
Money for MothpdUt Institutions
Pittsburg Oct Sv Appropriations
Wero made by the Womms Missionary
society Of tho Muthodist Epi copal
church at tho session hero for tho fol-
lowing Institutions R ist Homo Holly
Spring Miss lM4sBfniiett academy
Clarkton Miss fJMO B nnott home
Clnrfcbon Miss 3300 and King home
JIarohall Tox 310V
I fcertoiis Elevator Accident
Mfc a HltiX
Wyfr
vatotmtne w arren Dpringpr ouiiain
31 Snath Canal stroet fell fiom tlie
sixth lloor to the basement last Tuesduy
ovening killing one and injuring tines
persons two of whom will piobably
die
lonml Jlend
Taylor Tex Oct 21 John Ander-
son a well to do furuier noar this city
diod from strychnine He was found
by his family in hid Held cold in death
T ALASKAN BOUNDARY
Canada lropoies Nevr Conditions fir
DfTerent Irom Vrevous Oucl
London Oct IS Tho Associated
Press is enabled to give authoritatively
Canadas final proposition for tho per-
manent settlement of tho Alaskan dls
puto It id x cry different from her foral
er demand and was delivered to United
States Ambassador Cnoato by the Cana-
dian minister of marine and fhherios
Sir Louis Henry Davles lato Monday
night before tho latter sailed nnd tole
graphed to Washington by officials of
the United States embassy It is cs fol-
lows
That l ie boundry lino bo arbitrated
upon toims similar to thoso imposed by
by the United State and Great Britain
over Venezuela particularly thoso pro-
visions making 00 years occupancy by
eithei side conclusive evidenco of title
occupancy Itss than that period to bo
taken as equity allowed under interna-
tional law That as a condition pre-
cedent to and absolutely preliminary to
arbitration Skaguay and Dyoi is to ba
conceded to the United States without
further claim if Canada rocolvod tho
Pyramid harbor
By this Canada gives up tho much
disputed gold country in return for a
soa port but stipulates that she must
get the latter before she a reoa to ar-
bitrate tho boundary line
Suit tor Five Cents Decided
Guthrie O T Oct 23 In the court
of Judge Perry at Bjx Cleveland
county tho celebrated case of John
Putrellvs E W Depew for tho sum
of ftvo cents was tried and decided
Tho suit aroso out of a difference of five
cents iu the pneo of ginning soma cot
ton and the jury give a verdict of tho
full amount claimed iivo cents to tho
plaintiff but divided the costH equally
between tho pirties each having n
littlo over 32 to pay An interesting
question to farmers was involved in the
caso The defendant hid refused to pay
for the weight of the tins nnd the
plaintiff sued for the amount Tho
court held that the ginner is entitled to
pay for tho gross v > eight of both the
cotton and the ties
Tho T nl Trunk Line
J Athens Tex > Oct a For Rome days
the authorities oftho Toxas Trunk rail-
road and tho citizens of Athens have
been in conference trying to arrange in
a manner satisfactory to both the mat-
ter of right of way of said road through
the county of Hondeison and of depot
grounds m the town of Athens As a
result of this conference all mutteic at
is3uo havo beon settled the contract
signed und it is agreed that work will
commence upon the road at its present
terminus on Cedir creek In Kaufman
oounty within two weeks and will be
pushed as rapidly as possible to Athens
Hoy Hilled by a Iralu
Dallas Oct 23 As a Bwitcli engine
on the Texas and Pacific track was
pushing a number of freight cars east
ward across Griffin streot near the
down town dopot late Monday after
noon John Irvine 0 years old and ths
Bon of a widow ran out into tho middle
of tho streot and attempted to swing on
one of the car laddeis He did not se-
cure a firm hold and foil underneath
the wheels The boys head was literally
ground to pieces
Hayes Given 8 > veo Years
Now Boston Tex Oct 25 At Now
Boston the jury in tho case of Simon
Hayes charged with the murder of Irn
Smith In New Boston on July 14 1t9
after being out since last Saturday re-
turned a verdict finding tho defendant
guilty of murder in tho second degree
and assessing his punishment at uoveu
years in the penitentiary
Summer Is lardoneil
Jackson Miss Oct 20 Govornoi
MoLaurin has bigued a pardon toi
Charles O Summers tho notorious ex
press robber and exPinkerton detective
who voluntarily loturned to prison sev
oral weeks ago to servo out his unex
pired sentence after having been at
liberty over three years
Jester I < Indicted
Paris Mo Oct 25 Tho grand jury
has returnod an Indictment for murder
in the first degreo ngalnst Alexander
Jester on tho charge of murdering Gil-
bert Gage 28 years ago The indict-
ment contains 12 counts and covers
every theory of murder from unknown
means toa knife pistol and poison
Four Smallpox I jalhs
Bastrop Tex Oct 24 Dr William
HCuuiagham was hero from the small-
pox camp and reported that out of the
10 pesons in camp eight had tho disease
four of whom had died and the remain-
ing two v ero vaccinated und as yet
llavo escaped entirely
Killing at Muldoon
LaOranga TexOct 23 WillLiver
aan was Jellied at Stuldofln Saturday
night Dan Urauy is unler arrest
charged with tho murder Both portlrs
aro negroeB Grady Is confined to nls
bed with a number of knifo wounds
Slcstiy to lie lletored
Washington Oct 23 Cai > taIn Slgs
bee is to bo relioved of tho comtnund of
the Texas about Doc 1 nd assigned to
duty in the navy department S ohlef of
tho butoau of naval intelligence
XVife MurdererMust Die
AUnny 0t 23 Tlip court of ap-
peals has a linm1 tho verdict of con-
viction in Uie caso < f Howard Benham
tho banker of Bianri N y sentenced
to death for thn luunerTof liis wifo
Jlllelt 111 in IMpxUn
Abilene Kas Oct V l Telegrams
from Clnlmaiim MexAVav that Grant
luigffSlw
Glllett tbeoittlopluijt
Ytfrl
BRITISH VlOtrO
JV
Only 1va Iiiportnnt Uattl
turod V
Tlie Boer Force Geueralj
don Dundee ail
London Oct 25 fl
patch seems to realize U
General Yule has abat
Dundee but Glencoe al
present news would i
neither joined Genoral
od Ladysmith
ressful action
lied from
Kansas a year ago is 1 with what
is belioved to bo smallpox
IFS
huuuUt In
houth AfrlcaiivWiir
Cape Town Oct 24pAIthough tho
war between Gloat Britain and Tho
Transvaal has only been 111 pi ogres3 10
days theie has been two battles whoro
the Boer forces and ttio British havo
met face to face
The first was at Glencoc where the
Boers attemplo 1 to takoj tho place In
that fight lbOO British troops fought a
force of Boers variously estimated at
from 4000 to 8000 men-
The Boers were driven from their
stand on a high hill with a loss of l
klllod aud wounded Trio Britinh Iosb
was at first placed atabout 200 but
was finally cut to Sl killod and 131
wounded
Tbo second battlo took plnci Sunday
at Elandalaagto whero tho British re-
captured tho plac Y
The Bjers weio strongly entrenchod
and fought with theirwont id bravery
They seized every opportunity of coming
into action and run to s ene their guns
whenever th r could gotia chance
The Bntibh cxpturecOhe Boer c imp
with tents wngons horses and also two
guns The Bo > r losses xvere considera-
ble including a nuuiber of wounded and
uuwoundwl rnsoners < Amongtho form-
er are General Tan KocV unl Piet Jon
b > rt nephew of Commandant General
Joubrt
Later dlspatohes from tho front say
that tho Boer losses at Elandslaagto
were considerable ondJho British lost
about 100 men killed arid wounded
A largo number of Boprs wero cap
BAD FOR ENGLAND
uile to Aban
>
uK office dla
worst foars
dc net not only
oi an 1 ho far as
idled e ho has
liite lor reach
General Wl itos sue
announced in parlla
r > Cl Ban
montby Mr WyndharnAsebmi to re
boIvo Itself Into a mere engaging of tho
attention of tho Orange Free Stato
troops w hilo General Yulo is slipping
southward
It is evident from the ofllJnl dis-
patches that both Commandant Gen-
eral Jouberts column oiithe north and
tho Orange Free Stato troops on tho
west now occupy strong positions and
that nothing hinders the Boers from
following up General Yulos retirement
aid getting aromd Ladynnilth from
the southeast Until reinforcements
arrive it seems that Goneral White is
obliged to concentrato on Ladysmith
It is believed that tho government
has other dispatches that it has not yet
published
Tloer Olllcers Killed und Ceptured
London Oct 24 Official dispatches
from Ladysmith British headquarters
at Natal dated 10 p mASunday gives
the following list of casualties among
the prominent Boers at Jtha battle of
Elandsiaagte i
Goneral Viljoen killed
General ICock wounde d and captured
and has since died V
General Kock on killed
Colonel Scjiel Gfrmanjoucor com-
manding artillery wounded and taken
priFoner JW
Commander Protoriusawounded and
a prnonor jjg ij r
Several Eoer standards wero cap-
tured t jg
Slany llituh Iteady to Go
London Oct 23 It Is estimated that
10000 mon of the first arSiy co rps s died
from England Friday nother 10000
is ready to emark amljJIjUlke number
will be ready to go in two or throe days
more SIP
Mules for tlieIlrltlslu
New Oi leans Oct 3The steamer
Montezuma cleared Friday for Cape
Town South Africa wjth 2020 mules
foi tho British army 0000 bushels of
oats C00 tons of hay andio tons of bran
Her commander CaptahvOwen expects
to make the run from Now Orleaui to
Capo Town in 20 days Cfl1
fl1
ora JHlulster lu Argentine
Washington Oct 2jjpWilllam P
Lord of Oregon lias bjoufrippolntod en-
voy extraordinary nnd tolLister p lQuino >
tHtiary toArgentine
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What do you moan by He Do you mean oil
Haw Not He but ILE wot jer drluksl
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Habermacher, J. C. Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 23, Ed. 1, Wednesday, November 1, 1899, newspaper, November 1, 1899; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth111428/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .