Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1903 Page: 2 of 6
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Bipine Hvalancbe.
J. M. QARUMB, PnhUahar.
ALPINE, - - - - TEXAS
ALL OVER TEXAS.
Hi’4niliilil it* to erect a $*»5..000 school
but hi In k , ; •
The HiiiM Rifle* have disbanded at
MarmIia 11 j .
Front u> Itclls tncorn In the
low la*nl,M
Rev. W H. Mretd'on of Oak niff bad
IiIn pocket picked at the depot at Cor-
Micanu
t Icvclund Htiilth wan Klvon seven
vcihh at I’arlh on u charge of horse
theft.
The Texas Christian university at
Waco will begin Its summer session on
June I.V
I'M llnutci a well known Texas and
Mantle passenger conductor, died at
Fort Worth
George Kelley, colored, was given a
life sentence at llallettsvllle on a
charge of murder.
Two cars of coal hunted In a freight
wreck on the Houston and Texas Cen-
tral near lieu me.
The recent coal find at Cisco Is be-
ing developed and soon the product
will he pul ou the market
Teachers from Johnson. Somerville,
flood. Hostile and Kruth counties will
fonducl a summer normal at Mien
Itose this year
'I K Holland of Maple was founa
In a Icon dead V\fdnesda> evening. It
|s supposed that he fell from the loft.
|le vvuM thirty years old and leaves a
w tfe and child.
The Supreme Court of the United
Htutes refused to grant an Injunction
^entraining the county Judge of Gray-
►on County from putting local opthin
Into effect In that county
Monday ulgltt. on the Tompkins
place, near Master, four negroes en-
gaged In a difficulty when Antony
htcoit was killed John and Wash
l.yons ate now In the Athens Jail, and
(officers are In a quest of another party.
The executive committee of the Tex-
as drain Healers Assix'lation has pre-
pared an address Indorsing the Texas
World's Kali movement, and have
promised to give It suhsiantlal assis-
tance
The (Jrluies county prohibitionists
have gone Into permanent organisa-
tion officers were elected and speech-
es were made by a number of pro-
hibitionists at the organization meet-
ing
The Joseph Meters Furniture com-
pany. the F II Ixtnginau Chair Man-
ufacturing company and K I' Han
peter, all of Ht Ixiuls. filed a petition
lit luvoluntar.v haukruplcy, asking that
I. W Culvi r. n fuinltiire dealer of
Ssn Antonio, he declared bankrupt
The North German l.loyd steamship
llaouver arrived at Galveston from
Mreineu via riillude.lphia. bringing ."0
pusseiigiUM and uhout 3LHM tons of
freight The majority of the pass-
ctigera are Immigrants who will settle
}i\ Texas. Nebraska, Kansas anil Okla-
homa.
Paris In a difficulty near Garrett
Itluff A It Hryau. n farmer, was shot
through the body with a revolver. The
wound la believed to l>« fatal. Oscar
Welih went to Garrett Hluff and tele
A BIG UNO AND GOAL COMBINE.
Eastern Capitalists Are Reported Forming a Pool to
Buy Up Choctaw Lands.
South McAJester. I. T . Mgy 5—Big
financiers of the Hast, headed by H. C.
Frick of’ .Pittsburg and John* W.
Gates of, Chicago, are forming a pool
to get possession of all the coal lands
In tke Choctaw Nation. There are
440,000 acres In the Choctaw Nation
which will he sold at public auction
and tha proceeds divided among the
Choctaws, lu accordance with an act
of congress. The price agreed upon
by the Frick (fateg syndicate is $25
per acre. It Is not the Intention of
tha syndicate to disturb the present
mining companies, either large or
small, of the coal leases. The East-
ern financiers will let the .cbmpanies
now mining coal buy the land covered
by tbelr leases, but no (nore. Some
of the men In the syndicate will pur-
chase the laiyd for development, while
others will hold It for speculative pur-
poses. Frick U to get the land along
the Fort Smith and Western railway,
which be owns. Gates wants a tract
of land In the eastern part of the Choc-
taw country, which carries a quantity
of coal especially suited for cooking
purjjoses. George Gould Is to get a
large tract In tbo vicinity of South
McAlester.
THE BUSSIAN COUP IS ABANDONED.
Washington, May 5. The Chinese
minister called on Secretary Huy yes-
terday at rhu state department and
dlscusH* d the Manehurian situation
with him There Is good reason to
believe tliut the negotiations have ta
ken a more favorable turn and that
th«‘ Russian coup, which was expect-
ed, has bet n either ahuiidoiiVd or in-
definitely |s)Mt|M)ii.'d It Ih under-
stood that this Involves no retreat on
tie part of the Russian government.
A KENTUCKY KILLING.
Prominent Attorney Was Assassins?
ed In the Court House.
le-xington, Ky. May 5 .Inst after
he hud finished filing papers to reopen
• he election case of Ihvuthitt county,
lion. James II Marcum was shot and
instantly killed by an unknown assas-
sin. lie fell In Ills tracks In the front
entrance of the court house at Jack-
son. Ky.. and never spoke, death be-
ing almost Instantaneous Ho fell
within a few yards of where the town
marshal. James Cockrell, was »hot
doivu lu July, the assassin being ulu-
l loued in the court kotisi in each in
si unco.
Marcum was counsel for the fusion- i
Ists who are contest lug for the offices
if county judge sheriff and other
places now held by democrats. As a
result of his efforts and Ills sympathy
with the Cockrell faction In the liar
gis Cockrell fued, lie hud for a year
been genet ally regarded as a "marked
Panama Favor* Canal.
New York A letter from Manama
lust ivrclicd in New York and signed
jv a prominent citizen of that t'oliiiu-
da Htnte. gives tin- information that
itibllc sentiment Is strongly in favor
d the canal treaty, contrary to the
fei-llng of opiMisitlou that is said to lie
retting at forger every day In other
iiitrls of the republic The writer
!uj s emphnris on tIn- fuel that there Is
'. marked spirit of independence
limit,g tliv i-t !i minus, atitl public sen-
intent is gem tally In favor of soeefc-
-km in case the treaty is not up-
,roved by the present Colombian con-
It Is t.ijM-nlv intimated to form an
nub pendent state and later petition
rhr t'irttecr States for rdmissM it Into
the Union The geographical jiosltion
i the departnent «»! Manama Is smh
Certain inquiries were addressed by
M. Mlacon, the Russian charge d'af-
faires at Pekin, to the Chinese gov-
ernment respecting the Chinese pur-
pose as to Manchuria. The Russians
hold that these were erroneously ta-
ken for a set of demands. As a mat-
ter of fact, they were nothing but In-
quiries and the Russian government
has decided to carry out its original
program for the evacuation of Man-
churia.
Must Proceed With Work.
Washington: Acting Secretary of
the Navy Darling lias informed the
Trigg Shipbuilding Company at
Richmond, Va., that, unless this Work
on the Galveston is proceeded with at
once, the department will make other
arrangements-for its completion. Tha
ship was (iti per cent completed when
the finunciul embarrassments of the
Trigg company occurred. Should the
company be unable to complete the
vessel, the Gulveston probably will be
taken to the Norfolk navy yard and
finished there by the government,
America'a Venezuelan Claims.
Washington: The state department
lias been advised that the Venezuelan
government has nunied Dr. Paul as ita
member of the arbitration commission
which is to meet at Caracas next
Monday lo consider American claims.
Dr. Paul is a lawyer and eminent pub-
licist of Venezuela and speaks Eng-
lish.
Mr* Robert Morris, United States
agent, today concluded the prepara-
tion of his case and returned to his
home !n New York. He will sail for
Venezuela within a fortnight. There
are thirty cases in Mr. Morris’ hands
Involving |J.000,000.
Has a Double Heart.
Paterson, N John Firman, 25
years old, living here, has two hearts
bculiug in ids own breast. He Is a
line specimen of physical manhood
and constantly enjoys good health. In
I skit it was discovered that he had a
double heart when he was examined
for enlistment with the Second regi-
ment ut Paterson. Since then Fir-
man has been more or less interesting
to physicians. An X-ray photograph
shows the most peculiar lic»art forma
lion the doctors of Paterson have ever
Been or heard of.
Gun works Burned.
Kharkoff. Russia: The workshops
of the Russian locomotive and gum
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Fast Passenger Train Crashed Into a
„ Crowd of Eucursionists.
Detroit. Mich., „May 4.—-While 1500
Poles were waiting to board an ex-
cursion train for their homes-in To-
ledo, after a holiday spent in De-
troit, a fast passenger train on the
Grand Trunk' railway crashed into the
crowd and killed at least seven per-
sons and injur-ed many others.
The day had been spent merrily by
the members of the Polish Lancers of
Toledo, and hundreds of men, women
and children were packed In close
quarters at Canfield and Dequiner
streets, shortly after dark. While the
people laughted and talked of the
pleasant day enjoyed, the heavy rain
turned a curve and bore down on the
human mass in the darkness. The
headlight gave a momentary warning,
but the people were crowded and so
tightened by the rumble of the wheels,
the screeching of escaping steam, ami,
the grinding of the expeditiously ap-
plied airbrakes, that escape from the
truck was precluded. With a thud,
the huge locomotive plowed through
the throng, throwing men, women'and
children to either side of the track.
The very density of the crowd saved
many lives, as the victims were hurled
on to human cushions.
The engineer stopped the train as
soon as :tos8ible, and the police began
removing the dead and injured. All
the dead and injured are thought to
live In Toledo.
The death list Includes four men,
one woman and two boys Walter
Sldwick anti Frank Kosinki are the
only dead persons thus far Identified.
SUNDAY LAW ENFORCED.
Pensacola. Fla.. May S.—For the
first time the Sunday laws were en-
forced here today. Hacks wore not
allowed on the streets, livery stables
were compelled to close, Boda water
ami confectionery stands did not open
and only the street cars and railroad
trains were permitted to mn. The
county solicitor announced that for
the present he would not advise In-
terference with them, as two sections
of the State laws conllict.
The only Sunday morning newspa-
per in the city was served with a no-
UNKNOWN MAN MURDERED.
Head Had Been Cruahed in With a
Big Rock.
Austin, Texas, May 4 —An unknown
man was found murdered about six
miles sout bof town near Williamson
creek, where It is crossed by the San
Antonio road. He was about 50 years
old. The top of his head had been
mashed in with a big rock and his
pockets had been rifled, showing that
robbery was the motive of the murder-
ers. He was found about 100 yards
from the road and was not quite dead
when discovered, but died a few min-
utes later. There was nothing on bis
person l»y which he eolud be Identified
and many people viewed the remains
yesterday afternoon for this purpose.
Railway Over tha Andes.
Washington, D. C.: In a report to
the state department. Consul Maus-
ficld, at Valparaiso, says that during
the last session of the Chilian con-
gress a bill was passed which pro-
vided for construction of a railway
over the Andes mountains to connect
Bttonon Ayres with Santiago and Val-
paraiso. This will be the line across
the continent of South America. The
Argentine government is building a
railroad from Buenos Ayres, which is
to connect with the line from Val-
paraiso. Work Is being pushed on
both sides of the mountains, and it
is expected the line will be complet-
ed within a tew years.
tice to cease work at midnight. The’
order was obeyed, the paper being cir-
culated before 12 o'clock.
Hundreds of persons who buy out
of town papers were disappointed,
the thousand or more papers arriving
in the afternoon remaining at the
postofflee. Large numbers, especially
among the poor, were compel I ed to
do without meat, bread and milk.
Ou the wharves of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, wh'-ro hun-
dreds of men are employed every
Sunday, all work was suspended al
a loss of hundreds of dollars.
Fire Loss at Chicago.
Chicago: Fire last night destroyed
the five story building at 151 Wabash
avenue, causing a loss of $150,000.
The building was occupied by several
mercantile firms, whose stock was
completely destroyed. The principal
losers art? the Waterbury Clock Com-
Legg’s Assassins Mobbed.
Vicksburg, Miss.: Hob Bryant and
Will Morris, the assassins of W. 11.
Legg, were hung to the Yazoo bridge
at Haynes Bluff, just before daylight
this morning. Bryant had made a
confession early Saturday evening,.
Implicating Morris, whom he accused
of firing the fatal shot At 1t o’clock
last night Deputy Sheriff Fraak Scott
and four other deputies started for
town with them. At a point 4d0 yards
south of the Legg place 200 farmers,
armed with rifles and shotguus, stop-
ped the officers and demanded that
they give up the negroes. Deputy
Scott pleaded that the law be permit-
ted to deal with the murderers, but
the leaders of the mob were obdur-
ate and gave the officers their choice
of surrendering their prisoners or sac-
rificing their own lives in a useless
resistance. There was no choice for
the officers, and, after a final pro-
test, the mob closed in, took the two
blacks and disappeared into a near-
by thicket.
The bodies were found swinging to
the bridge this morning. Robbery
was the motive for the murder Three
hundred thousand feet of lumber was
destroyed by the fire started la Legg's
gin house by the blacks.
Palestine, Texas: The Sa*t. Texas
Truck Growers' Exchange held an ex-
ecuptlve meeting and transacted con-
siderable business.
Editor T. W. Davia Dead.
Weatherford, Texas: A message
was received here announcing the
deatn at Denver. Col., of T. W Davis,
publisher of the Weatherford Repub-
lic. Mr. Davis had been in poor
heatlh for over a year past, and had
just gone to Colorado, thinking It
might improve his condition. His
phoned to Sheriff Carpenter to come
after him He claimed self-dufcuse.
Webb waa brought to Marls
Frank Crawford, while at work
around the llntcra at the Italy oil mill,
got hia arm caught In the aawa of ono
of tha lintera and was aeverely cut in
several places from hla hand to tha
elbow. No bones were Injured.
Another line of steamers ia to ply
|>etw«en Mexico ports and Huropo. ar-
rangements being under wav for tha
(ktabltahiueul of an Austro American
pteantahlp Hue Special service ves-
pels will ply directly between Mexico
and Europe
Prof. J K Blair, superintendent of
the Denison public schools, has been
elected to the position of head master,
department of English. In tbo stata
normal school at San Marcos, and turn
accepted the position.
Dr. SlephM L Blount of Tempi# re-
ceived not tor from the secretary of ag-
riculture at Waahingtoa. notifying him
of !$• apotntpmeoi ae aalstamt teepee
lor In Ue Bare an of Antmel industry,
1 at Mrt Verti
iut it u» practically independent of
i- Itogo'a government,
Cbartcs to Revive Frost-Bitte-v Corn.
Hillsboro. Texas H Weller, speak
I- g of the recent fr<»t. said that when
t,i> v.as 15 years old there caiue s frost’
In June that killed corn to about three
ir fgour inches of the ground Ills
father put alt the negroes In the field
with knives and topped the corn and
I t a day's time he said the coru pul
.ut growing about an tin h That
ji.vt he said they made tic lest crop
•>f (oru tie ever saw
Gave Birth to Daughter.
I.lt dan Bavaria Princes*. Louise
f Saxouv has given birth to u daugh-
■ r
Princess Littlir deserted hsr fam-
y at Salzburg last Decomber, and
- o.-ed with M Giron, the tutor of hor
hl'drru A recent dispatch from
iwrha says Chat a Saxon court official
vlth a physician and anroaa are at
Jrdau. Basing, received royal orders
o bring tfea prtaeees’ ehlld M Dresden
thane wanks after ita Birth.
works have been burned down. Loss
$50U,(t(M*.
puny
Spaulding.
Oigie—Brothers.—Taylor—A
body will be brought here for biter-
ment.
Indians art Dissatisfied.
Marls, Texas: Jacob Jackson, ax-
secretary of state of the Indian Ter-
ritory. was here yesterday and saya
there Is a great deal of dissatisfaction
among the Indians about the proposed
allotment of lands.
They cannot toll anything from the
plats and want to be shown the lands
and to pick It themselves.
They are somewhat confused over
government s proposed reservation of
coal lands.
Georgia Fruit Prospects.
Columbus, Ga.: Fruit growers
throughout thla section of the fruit
belt state that they will have from one-
third to one-half of a crop. In the
Bueua Vista region, thirty miles south
of here, the crop Is expected to aver-
age fully 50 per cent. •
The generally expressed opinion ia
that the fruit growing section of
Southwest Georgia will not average
more than one-fourth of a crop. Many
fruit trees were killed by the recent
?old snaps.
German Landowners to Make a Tour.
Washington: The party of German
landowners and experts in agriculture
who are to make a tour of the United
States spent the day in Washington
sightseeing. They will remain here
until Tuesday, when they leave for
the West, stopping first at Martins-
burg, W. Va., where a fruit nursery
will be visited. Mr. J. L. Schulte, as
the chief of the department of agri-
culture, will accompany the Germans
on their tour.
Wireless Telegraph Stations.
Mexico City: The government has
approved plans for the establishment
of two more wireless telegraph sta-
tions at Ia Pux and Altata, respect-
ively. for the purpose of increasing
the fact lit lee of oomaannieaUon Be-
tween Lower California and the main-
land of Mexico.
tdRthfldt: Mr A V Dairymptav
teaeher who be. been la the FUMf
Ims. roMrand Mltf heme aitaaMT
Consul Waa Fined.
Berlin: The United States consul
at Bolin gen, J. J. Longer, who has
been fined $7.60 by a Judge in Solln-
gen for disorderly conduct In the court
room and sentenced to one day's ar-
rest for continued disorderly oonduct.
frill appear before the minister of Jus-
Mo# at Bchoonatadt for red ease. The
gentians ingntnt tin naasul was aim
n»ex.» ytw«s
Chinese Are Coming.
Mexico City: On the steamer Athol,
which will be the first of the China
Commercial Company steamships to
arrive at Manaanllla, due May 1<L
there are 406 Chinese emigrants
These men come to seek their fort-
unes In Mexico sad are not under con-
tract. This is only a forerunner at
the way la which this oompany may
he expected to supply the demand fat
labor la Mexico.
Oats win be a fhllarn, haw
i magi hr rani and draMfc
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Carnes, J. M. Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1903, newspaper, May 8, 1903; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803071/m1/2/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend).