Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 4, 1901 Page: 2 of 8
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J C Habfkmacukr Publisher
SHINER
TEXAS
Lqn star lines
Thornton retains her charter
V J McNeil a pioneer of Ennl
la dead
Two families nt Hlllsboro wero bad-
ly poisoned by eating Ice cream
While at work In a lumber yard at
Jacksboro G C Ray dropped dead
The tax rolls of Bell county both
real and personal foot up 13160120
Dallas has one of the best open air
theaters In thf southwest at Cycle
park
W P Tevls a Dallas sign painter
was killed In a storm at Anadarko
Navasota Is shipping outconsidera
ble corn lo various pointsInnoith
Texas
generaT has approved
The attorney
an Issue of 17000 OfDublin Schp ofo
house bonds jj J < b
The entire passenger 1 > trafhequlj
ment of the Texas Midland railway
will be remodelejL J
The BoaTJoTfrSdf SaToWa tAval
ahacble1 was burglarized and 140 ta
kon from the safe
J W McArthur a prominent labor
leader of Houston committed suicide
by firing a bullet through his brain
James Hawkins colored was arrest-
ed at Tcxarkana charged with forgery
and In default of 500 ball was Jailed
Business men of San Antonio espe-
cially the small dealers complain of
the scarcity of the dime or tencent
piece
The Louisiana society has been or
ganized at Daljas and ofQqerBelected
The society will have a day at the
Texas State fa ll
II E Culiom a Dallas lawyer was
fined 100 and sentenced to three days
In Jail by Judge Morgan charged with
contempt of court
Ernest Kauffman charged with the
murder of his wife at Galveston by
putting arsenic In a cup of cocoa was
held without ball
i The County Clerks of Texas held an
with forty present A grcat deaFof
Important business was transacted
Emme t Turner aged21 years while
hauling hayon the farm of Ben Tru
Itt cait miles south of Gainesville
fell from his wafon and broke his neck
A negro was badly beaten and
robbed near Farmers Branch Dallas
county by two other negroes He Is
named S B James and halls from
Wkaley
Three negroes have been arrested
and Jailed at Parls charged with the
rjurder of Larry Ellis who was slain
whlle returnlng from church1 some
nights ago
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Austin and Northwestern railroad
held in Austin the consolidation of
that line with the Houston andTexas
Central was ratified r < t
Carrollton Dallas county offers
Swift and Armbur3060btflfih e y will
locatetheir packerles at that4 place
and win take the Fort TVprtif stock
yardsj off their hand3 at whatever It
may cost them
At Hlllsboro Deputy Sheriff Robert
eon whilecssaylng to effect thea rresP
of a Mexican was attacked bjf s ° me
of that race and bruised on tba face
and head The wanted Mexican was
also badly pounded
The city of Austin contracted with
the WatersPierce Oil company to fur
nlsh Beaumoaf fuel oil at 50 cents per
barrelIprnthe municipal water and
light plant Thisprice Is f o b Aus-
tin
Dennis Childers about 18l years old
eon of F N Childers of Vesca was
drowned while in bathing in theBrat
a3 A companion got him to > whefe
he could touch bottom hut he drifted
bach into deepwaterand fjjik
In Jpdge Scotts court at Waco Em-
ily F Rogers brought suit against thfe
Citizens1 Hallway company for dam
figes In the sum of 10000 alleging
that throughnegligence of empjoyes
the plalHtlff was permanently Injured
In a fall frpm a trolley car
G S Weaver 9 Trenton filed Bult
Ju district court of Ifunt county
against tlio Missouri Kansas and Tex-
as Rallwuy cdmpany foi5ti00 alleg
Ins tlifit ha wits dlacfiargod nr a sec-
tion foreman by the company und he
was refused a cleaVa ncefertlfieato
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TERRIFIClFLOQD
CITY OF CLEVELAND VISITED
BY REMARKABLE DISASTER
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OverlaJMllllonloltar > dDainaco1Saldto
a liar lleen Done Tlioneh No Llvei Are
Reported LoitWater Wat Eight Feet
Veep In botue DUtrlcts
Cleveland Ohio September 2 With
the breaking of dawn this morning the
citizens of Cleveland awoke to look
upon n scene of unparalleled devasta-
tion caused by n raging flood The
entire city was more or less affected
the great volume of raging water ven
ed Its anger over miles of th eastern
portion of the city and caused nn
amount of damage approximated at
1000000 V
ni
was caused by
appnllngjovrerflow
tfjjerrffcjjiralrj that commenced to fall
shortly after 2 oclock ni l which
turned Into aperfect 61oudburst be
ftween thejhpurs of 3 and 5 and then
rcontl3uearNvl thgrcatIforce until nearly
10 oclock The stormp according to
the weatherofflclalSj wMjThe heaviest
pat eijj swjpt ov er 6Tey5land since
the establishment of the government
bureau in this city over forty years
ago That no s wereJostjU
thing slidrt otva mlra fcfeVns the i
J
some
stories
of thrilllg escapes from the water on
several of the principal residence
streets of the city are told
The surging waters spread over an
area in the west end nearly eight miles
long and a mile and a half wide from
Woodland Hills avenue to east Cleve-
land and back ta East Madison avenues
Great volumes of water poured over
from Doan and Glddlngs brooks down
Qulncy street swamped Vienna street
rushed over Cedar back over on East
Prospect street ran liko a mill race
down Lincoln avenue to Euclid ave-
nue and then on to Glen Park Place
where houses were undermined as
though built of straw and almost incal
cuable damage done to streets and pro-
perty
A Strike KpUode
Pittsburg Pa Sept 2 The strikers
stolea anarch on the manager of the
Star tin plate works at about midnight
tonight and took from him nine of a
party of twelve nonunlonlsts being
taken to the mill The men arrived
over thC Pennsylvana rallrpd trcV
PhilaHelphlarabout 1130 panTand
Yere metjby a large force of policemen
Who had orders to see that they were
safely landed in an omnibus to he driv
en to tb e mill atTwelf th street
The policemen at the union station
performed their duty successfully hut
after the vehtclo left the station It was
surroundedby a crowd of 350 strikers
Stones and vile epithets were hurledat
the newcomers and In Bpite of the ef-
forts of the driver of the bus to speed
his team the strikers reached the mill
ahead of the nonunlonlsts completely
overpowered the two lone policemen
stationedthere and carried off nine of
the men and lodged them in a hot l
on Liberty avenue the other three be
ing pdlle < lintbthemill yard bythe
company people < t < i
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The Cost to tlio AiHOclailoit
< Pittsburg Pn ZSepterabei1 2 A con-
servative estimate pV > p amountof
strike beheflts that are to be Wd
py the AmalgamatedVas soclatibn < tolts
striking momberft now id ld ihns beqn
placed at 40000every week Thiols
hnslrig the number of bene flclarles nt
J0 6o6 and thevaVernge payment VSti
memberof ta Week Secretary WH
llama said that payments wjllibeynade
e ve ry two weekp commencing Sep emr
ber 14 and will be continued so long
as theTs trlke lasts Hodeclares tripre
will bo plenty of money1 to care for
all the striking members and in casta
where the4 Is not enouRhJerjamem
ber and his family more wlllbe given
A New flulierlii <
Beaumont Texas September 2 The
well of the Buffalo Oil company sl uat
ed on the HoggSwa yne came In today
Drilling was completedyesterday afte r
noon and when the well wa s > baled
tils morning the oU responded quick-
ly comlng with great force The flqw
was steady and the well was accepted
tjy the company It Is pronouncija an
excellent gdsher of the felxlncVclaEg
rand Is060 feet deep v r
The Buffalo company had previously
tested ts property lying across thq ralj
rpad from the hill with a lCJO Q foot
well which proved dry The company
commenced malting arrangements some
tune pgo for lho rn lVrtlng of oil
Eort Worth The Fort Worth fancy
poultry and pet nlilmal show will b < >
lield Dbcoiriber 3 tb V Ow ons of Ath1
ftii Tenn will he Judua for tho mrdt
InR nt which tbero will bo at least
Ifoi exhibits
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tt UiinipiTlfptr tleaa
Jin Sep irorJKJtH Is verya
fu according Mr a dispatch t
IHcLoltai AnJleSsifmm Uaulo SvltS
erland whether Prince Chuan will
corar to Berlnt > mike tjrmal nijilofcy
forUhomurderot Baron Wn Ketteler
Membersot the expiatory mlsslpnsays
Under present conditions we cag never
go to Berlin We would rather die
than accept them fif f y
If appears that fhey bjectpartlcu
larly to Prince Chuaifs lattgndants
prostrating themselvesbefore Emperor
William Inasmuch as this Is a special
honor reserved for tho emperor of
China and would involve a recognition
of the kaisers equality The following
Information Is given regarding Prince
Chunus spjechto the kaiser j f
princophuSnfnteiic dtfsaJiThe
ChlnesS oMnMentrrVgretl thuFBaAn
Von Ketteler was killed Bitthe
German govemfnentdlcatcd 4he fol-
lowing form The Chinese govern-
ment begs pardon for the anurder of
theiGerman minister Baron Von Ke
teler atU > i
The Chinese In Basle are trying to
glve > the case International Importance
by emphasizing the factthat one of the
dlgrUtarles selected forferostrntiori whs
made a baroneULy jQueen Victorla
while another has the cross of the
Manila September i Everything
points to tho e nly cftpturetiifsurren
der of Miguel M alvnr the insurgent
leader When either event ooccurs ev-
erything wlilbe favorable to the es
menf of permanent peace It Is In the
plans of the military authorities as a
first step toward reducing tho force
to make two departments Instead of
four which would result In a consid-
erable saving The headquarters of one
department would be Manila and of
tho other IUllo Each day shows an
Increasing number of surrenders and
captures In all the disaffected districts
Later accounts o the recent engage-
ment In Bntangas province between
Captain H C Hale with a detnehment
of the Twentieth Infantry andthe In-
surgent leader Oonzales show that It
was more Important than It was at
first considered Mtiny deserters and
renegades were seen and heard giv-
ing commands In English Colonel
Graclas two officers and fifty men
were killed after an engagementlast
In g thrw WuVjj iiffi V
DllUs Olrl Abclncteil
Dullas Texas September 2 Mrs
Kate Bedrlnger reported to the police
department of Dallas about 10 oclock
Inst night that her daughter Hazel
15 years old badibeen abdacted and
started on her way to the City of
Mexico by a man and woman claim
ing to be J K Parker and wife of
the City ofMexico The police and
sheriffs departments and their defec
tives conducted Investigations which
resulted In the arrestof a man and
vbmaqand thegirl on a west bound
Texas and Pacific passenger train by
officers at Toyrth Texas about 500
miles V6sf of Dallas Mrs Bedrlnger
through ther lawyer George H Plow
iman pyore > put warrantsagalnst the
mannri2 wpman cj argnfthem with
abducting her daughtej Sheriff Jdhn
on of allas stlTe d lasThght for
>
Toynh with the necessary legal pa-
pers ontjwhlch toubrlnfe Jhm < party
baclcjQ Dallas L wyerillowmanalso
prepared papers for a damage suit by
Mrs Bedrlnger for 10000 Vhlch fie
sayshe wfll file incourt f6day
r ifH Hr rr
I Iou nil neadNearth lrerl
< Lare pTeas September 2 Several
weeks ago a palntr pamed Patrick
Flynn arrived frpm Houston and raa de
his headquarters wlthfrlends at the
Mexican Nationalshops Day before
yefcjerdny he purchased jnnd rigged up
a small sailboat arid started down the
Ulo randfi witbsthe expressed fnten
lp n of locating a goat ranch Last
nlghll1a Mexlcari koaSherder reported
In Laredo that he ho < l found the dead
body of a man near the river eight miles
below the cty ThejCorpner held an
ilnquest and found tbe remains to be
PatrickFlynn sixty doll ars and some
ceijts in American money was found
on his person He had modea camp
n few feet from ilhe rlver wber his
boat was mooredihlt Is belleyed he
was dvercpme by the heat
Tour lore IloH KMintl
Philadelphia September 2 The
bodies ot four morevictims of tho
steamboat explosion on the Delaware
river lust Wednesday were found yeB
tcjnlnjr miiklns n total of twentyfive
hydles eo far recovered Threb of
them won Identified W Clara Wield
nge d 13 Nclllp ndlhintyne njed SJ
jind KlUabctli niU o nRfd 23 Four
pciiwot nra mill ml i K nnd rIx Ho
at tho inorBuo nwn Ulhi Idoiitlflactlon
wJieaumbn
ponies iBa finished gusher Tho oth-
er jWcllTa1Jerspauting1 a bj
mlputej
two would stop hd later they would
begirt again This action on the part
of the wells Is explained in various
ways by differentolLetaoln shrdlcm
thsw llaar nqtdeen < jn9ugh and oth
ersthatthecaslngjsnot set In the
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NEJV GUSHERS
THEY CAME IN AT BEAUMONT
WITHIN A FEW HOURS
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On Well IiTeffeot lint ThereAreDC
r teeti Which Will Make Work decenary
on Otheri Four of the Menr Wells Are
TexaC August 31 VlstJ
tors to the oil field yestrday aftrnoon
witnessed the novel sight of five wells
spoutlngft th e s a ni eflme < a rslgnr7
which had doubtless never been wit-
nessed before In the history of oil de
velopmept The Joint well of the Fed-
eral Crud < Qa n < the Carafe OilXOnfi
pariies tWFortWorthf the Missouri
Kansas and Texas the Beaumont Con-
federated and the Orlllers wolls weVo
the spouters but only the well of the
Federal Crude and Grate Oil com
permitting mud and
hokP fe H1
illjTbejJelumed on the infef
mlttentjwells wlln afvlew tVfremed
ingthej defects rfiewellsare prsft
tfcally In however No one believes
that the freakish uctlqn of the wells
is due to a lack of pre sbre 6r a bIX1
lngout of the oil for gushers on all
Bides otand wlthlWa lev feetof these
w ells How unlnUrriipteilly
The Oovernor Kefuted >
AUstln Texas August 31 A party
of city officials of Waco cdmposed of
Mayor J W Rtggins Aldermen Alex-
ander and Richards also W L lltad
neyj accompanied by Representatives
Neff and Terrell McLennan had a
conference with Governor Sayers re-
garding tho submission of ji special
message to the present session of the
legislature providing for an amend-
ment to the charter of the city of Wa
co so as to give the p ower and nu
tholty to issue 400000 of Water and
light bonds They urged upon the
governor the necessity of theiissu1
ance of the bonds ae the people of Wa
co had already voted for theissuance
In favor of the proposcltlon The
governor however declined to submit
the matter vtq the legislature at its
present Eesslon and gave no assurance
tha < In the event of another extra ses
sloii he wouldsubmit the proposition
Mayor jRlgglns stated that the people
of Waco would be very nfuch disap-
pointed as tlfey were confidently ex-
pecting that the charter would be
dmnded at this session so that th
people of Waco could get water and
light in a su mclentq uarttity
S 91 Randolph Drowned
Huntsvllle Texas August 31 The
reports of tle probable + v drown-
ing of Mr S M Rnndolph while try-
ing to ford Trinity riverproved true
The body offMrjR andoiplftwas found
lateVln the afternoon and broughtjJoj
town shortly after midnight The
Randolph were taken to the home of
his Xrother Mr A T Randplph secre-
tary to Congressman Balland the fun-
eral at 2 oclock In the afternoon was
largely attended All the stores In
the town closed as a mark of respect
Trouble In Colntulila
Colon Columbia August 31 The
French cruiser Suchet has left for a
Srulse She probably will go to Vene-
zuela ports and then to Martinique A
strange steamer appeare ptftbjs p or
last nlght for the second Ume She
hovered about for two hours and then
disappeared The taptaln of the
United States gunboat Macblas has
gone to Panama to consult with the
United States consul there The local
situation is tranquil The government
has seized atBaranquilla a large quan-
tity of guns belonging to the rebels
Foul Vlay Siupooil
San Antonio Texas August 31j Tho
body of Antonio Vnlenzuela was
brought here from tfllUcan and hurled
yesterday morning Afterwards a
telegram was recelved from a Justice
of the pence from Brazos coiinty re-
questing that the b o dy be exhumid
as foul play was suspeoted Deceased
was n subcontractor and was well and
hearty on tho morning of the dayof
his deathi The body ha pot been ex-
humed yet tho authorities here wait-
ing to hoar further from Brazen coun-
ty
Mt
rl RtTllielSituation
glttSbiM PflWugUst 31 The first
b lt IrSJho lstrlkel at McKoesport
was made yesterday evening when
nbout forty men went to work in tho
seamless tube department of the Na
tonul Tube works Late last night
vr >
fl
when pressed for some expression on i TjJns
the hnpqr Worlds Impeachment edl
loriai 1resldent Shatter said Tho
paper hs notstaiidln gi Ih tho labor
7orid aiidf lsjbwnciiland edited by
nftn blttbrly jppposedlto rSe from thei
start Iy ourlesa6o ve Impeach
ment and the only damage tho
splrod articles can do Is to create a >
lOd Impression temporarily btlt will
not Influence thinking peoplo The
edltorlnl Is entitled Sacrifice Shaf
Sareithe Amalgamated Tha
Ifeij
impugned
Then ollisws an iptlmatlona of an
accusation Jf s toclc dealing that Mr
Shaffer has repeatedly denied Seven
tj > en other reasons nro given why
tShaffer sh ould be Impeached and the
editorial closes as follows
Since Shaffer will not sacrifice him-
self he must be sacrificed The Amal-
gamated must be saved and Shaffer
sacrificed Sacrifice Shaffer and save
the Amalgamated
Chicago Worked Op
Chicago Aug 31 President Llnd
blom of the civil service commission
says that a sweeping Investigation
of the detective bureau will begin
about September 19
Today Detectives John J Tracy and
John C Cramer accused with Lieut
Peter J Joyce of having collected
7580 from the state by meaOaotjv
Is ljCjAmalgqmcted Association of JJjji
iroriIsteel nndTnWorkers to bo sent eja
to slaughter In a lost fight and sacri
flced on the altar of the mad and sel-
fish ambition of tills creature Shaf
fJr7ThIi > JsJilo tme for sentiment
It Is a Time for fads and plain speak
1jib 1he flght nguinst the steel trust s-
Is iosl bti no order comes from Amal <
sumatejl headquarter where Shaffer
JQwfiryq sparethe braye men at the
n the name of the cause you
M
Dogus Larkin expense accounts wlU jv iefjfc
undergo their trial Tomorrow the
verdict to the guilt or iin
as w lm
of Lieut Joyce will be announced by fS
the commission Mffj
President 11
In response to an Inquiry
Llndblom said that these trials are
only the first stepiin a thorpugh in
quiry into thecharacter and efficiency
of the entire detective department
Do you intend to Investigate the
entire department he was asked
Yes sir the entiro department will
be Inquired into came the reply
Nothingcan stop us n6w
ReacheH Threeiuarter Mark
Worchester Mass August 31 Tho
close of threeiquarters of a century of
llveas many men twentyfive years
hlaJunlor
a
The venerable statesman yesterday
celebrated his severityfifth birthday
He was congratulated byVfrlerids and
admirers In many of the states of the
Unlpn The senator Is now serving
hlsflfth term as amemberof the sen-
ate
During the summer Mr Koar has
devoted part of his time to pleasure
and sight seeing but his literary work
has not been neglected He has also
given some of his time to Clark uni-
versity and other public matter s
Relief for Ztpata
San AntonlorTexas August 31 Con
tributlonsfortbe relief of the Zapata
county drouth sufferers are coming In
from different points In Texas and
there s updoubt now tbatnmplesup
plies wlll belsecured to place the pw
ihitlie
pie strlokenjcountry ahovo pres-
ent wants Yesterday Governor Sayers
turned over 500 from the Galveston
flood furijU to Mpyoi Hicks A sub
eerlptionBwfl s raisedIn the city and
IViow
supplies aret being rushed to the
ront Another carlbad of porn was
ordered from Kansas City yesterday
to be shipped direct to Laredo
Check from the lovernnr
Austin Texas August 31 Tho gov-
ernor today gave tq Mayor Iflcks of
San Antonio a check ffir D00toaid
the drouth sufferers In Zapataconnty
Tho check Is on the flood suffordra
fund 8o far the governor has re-
ceived no official news as to the cw
dltlons down tier
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