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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26

Manila, June 2G.-The United States
Philippine commission has modified
the provision of law providing for
the use of the Spanish language in the
courts for Ave years by permitting the
proceedings to be conducted in Eng
lish and the native dialects, the same
to be translated into Spanish unless
the htigants stipulate otherwise. In
the latter case the records are to be
written in both languages
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26

Beaumont, Texas, June 21.-After
spending the day here State Health
Officer Blunt gave out the following
last night, which is emphatic enough
to be easily understood and accepted
81 arrived in Beaumont this morn
ing and have spent he day investgat-
ing the health and situation here. I
came here on account of the varied
rumors in reference to the health sit
uation. was here just one month
ago and after visiting the hospital to-
day and conversing with all the physi
clans here | am satisfied that there is
much less sickness now than then.
The rumors that cholera, bubonic
plague and yellow fever existed in this
town is utterly false and there Is no
foundation whatever for such reports.
There was a death here from hemorr-
hagic smallpox in the person of Jo-
seph Cragens. who was confined to his
bed eight days and died from plain
unmistakable case OF hemorrhagic
smallpox, which death is presumed TO
have caused the report. I can assure
the people of Texas that there is no
sickness whatever here, except few
cases of typhoid fever, malarial fever.
smallpox and dysentery.
"W. F.. BLUNT,
HCtota IJoo1th nficarD
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26

Shreveport, La. June 20.-Frank,
better known as Prophet Smith, and
r. d. McLand. held at Benton for
completely in the murder of John G..
Foster, were taken out last and strung
up to a tree. They were left dangling
side by side. The lyincing occurred
on the Arkansas road, about one mile
and half from the Jail. Both negroes
made a statement before death denying
they had anything to do with the kill
ing. Smith, who was the head of the
Church of God movement in this Sec
ton and was deemed largely RESPONSE
BILE for the sentiment against the
whites which led to the death of Fos-
ter, died praying. Mcland was silent
and brave as he was strung up.
AS Smith was lying in Jail previous
to the lynching he was heard to say;
Lord, you promised to be with me.
he with me now"
There were about 200 armed men in
the mob and they overpowered the
sheriff and jailer, taking the keys away
from them. The lynchers claimed that
the execution of the negroes was nee
essary to the preservation of the lives
of white men in this locality.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26


Fort Worth, Texas, June 2O-Henry
Moore at the head of the car clean
ing department of the Fort Worth and
Denver City road, is in Jail with a
double murder charge against him.
At 10 o'clock last night Moore shot
and instantly killed his wife and a
man named II. II. Russell, a mill
wright at Camerons mill
At the time of the tragedy Russell
and the woman were together in a
wine room Of Main street saloon.
When Moore entered fierce tussle en-
sued between the two men and while
thus. locked in each others arms Moore
pumped four bullets into Russell's
body, killing him instantly. He then
turned on his wife and shot her
through the head. She fell at his feet
Moore used a 44-calibre pistol and
emptied the chambers. When seen in
his cell in the city prison Moore was
composed and did not regret his
bloody deed and said he would repeat
it If the occasion were presented. He
said he had warned Russell to keep
away from his WIFE but he paid no
attention to the admonition. The wo-
man was about 25 years old. Moore is
%.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26

Guthrie, o. T., June 20.-Oklaho-
ma will thresh 6O0OO00O bushels of
the finest wheat in the world this year.
While the yield will not be so heavy
as it was last year the big increase
in acreage will result in our raising
20,000,00O more bushels than we did
last year. AS to the berry, There was
never anything like it. Last year the
rust struck our wheat in many places
and 1t only ran from forty-two up to
firtyfve pounds to the bushel in
weight. There will not be 1000 bush
els in the entire territory this year
that will go less than sixty pounds to
the bushel, and the most of it will go
as high as sixty-three. The wheat has
all been harvested asd threshers are
now at work. The oats crop is an alb
solute failure. Corn is in fairly good
shape and cotton is in excellent CON
dition. Cotton is getting to be a big
crop in the territory. The advance of
2 per cent in the price last year caused
the farmers to greatly increase their
acreage this year.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26


Greenville, Texas, June 2O.-Passen-
gers ON the train from Mckinney re-
ceived a shaking up in the yards yes
terday afternoon is tie result of
head end collision with switch en-
CINE on sidetrack. Some seats were
Jared loose and one or two passengers
thrown through windows and cut by
broken glass, and all were jostled from
their seats it being a great wonder
that some were not more seriously
or fatally injured. Rev. j. w. Hill
of this city was passenger on the
train and was pitched against the
seat in front of him, striking with his
chin and receiving cut in addition to
a severe shock. Other injured parties
are Mrs. II. M. Pirtle Of Kingston,
hurt in throat and considerably
bruised Mr.. Joe A. Lee of Weston,
hurt on the right knee and W. M. CAL
houn, of Blue Ridge, received a cut
over the left eye from being pitched
through a window j. P. Holloway Of
Parker county was hurt about the head
and shoulders, and Lawrence Dean
a newsboy who had boarded the train
at the junction, was thrown through
window and cut about the head.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26
California Tragedy.

Berkeley, Cal, June 19.-Dr. ]. G..
Jessup, dentist, was shot and fatally
wounded last night by Rev. Charles
Adams formerly an Episcopal minis
ter 1t is stated that Adams laugh
ter called up Jessup by telephone and
asked him to come to her home and
prevent her father from whipping her.
When Jessup arrived at Adams house
and demonstrated with him.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26

jefferson City, Mo, June 2O.-The
supreme court has made absolute the
writs of prohibition issued against
the judges of the st. Louis courts who
ordered a recount in four contested
election cases. In deciding the cases
the supreme court declared that if the
order of the judges was complied with
the secrecy of the ballot would be vio-
lated.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26

San Diego, Texas June ia posse
under State Ranger Sanders encoun-
tered the men who killed Sheriffs Nor
ris and Glover about ten miles north
west OF Benavides yesterday morning
and had hard fight They killed one
and capaured one, and one escaped
badly wounded. The posse will arrive
here tonight with the dead and wound
ed. Jose Melendez, killed. Tiofelio
Gonzales, arrested; Tlburco Benavides,
escaped and posse after him.
Laredo, Texas. June 19.-News by
wire has just reached here that Cap
tain Brooks company of State Rangers
had 3 fight with the Mexicans who are
supposed to be guilty of the assassina-
tlon of Sheriffs Morris and Glover and
Constable Schnabel. The commander
Iof the company was wired that four
horses were stolen Sunday night at
Campbellton, in Atascosa county, and
that the riders were headed for the
Rio Grande. OF course his company
was at once put on the lookout, and
the information today is to the effect
that a detachment of the company ran
across four Mexlcans riding horses
that suited the description Of those
stolen at Campbellton, at the Brazos
ranch, which is about 80 miles from
here. A running fight ensued in which
one Mexican was killed, one wounded,
one escaped and one captured. The
details are unobtainable, but that
fight did occur is evidenced by the
fact that coroner left Benavides, a
station on the Texas Mexican railroad,
for the scene in order to hold an in
quest
Later information reached the city
that Captain Rodgers of the State
Rangers, Private Ranger Sanders and
two county officers encountered three
Mexicans and a fight took place, one
Mexican being killed. one escaping
and the third being captured, Captain
Rodgers men are in pursuit of the
third man of the gang. The informa-
ton is that the leader of the gang,
Leda, separated from the rest of the
band at Campbellton and is making
his way to Laredo.
Captain Rodgers is coming to Lar
edo on the first train to intercept him.
The dead man was brought to Bena-
vides and will be taken to San Diego.
The county clerk of Karnes county
has been wired to send men to identify
the Mexican killed and the man cap
tu1ed.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26
A TARIFF WAR ON.
THE CONTESTS BETWEEN RUS
STA AND UNITED STATES.
Gage Thinks Russia May Have violated
Treaty of Isss--same Applies to This
Country Cessation Of Trade May BE the
Final Outcome.

Washington, D. G.. June 2O.-The
situation as to the retalltory tariff war
between the United States and Russia
is such that the next move must be
made by the United States if the con-
test is to be pursued. Secretary Gage,
in his letter, raises the question
whether the Russian government has
not infringed upon the rights of the
United States under treaty article 6
of the treaty of commerce with Russia
of 1882, which reads
mo higher or other duty shall be
imposed on the importation into the
United States of any article, the pro-
duction or manufacture of Russia;
and no higher or other duties shall be
imposed on the Importation into the
Empire of Russia of any article the
production or manufacture of the
United States than are or shall be, pay
able on the like article being the pro-
duce or manufacture of any foreign
country
By levying maximum on United
States BICYCLES, resins and machinery,
and specially designating them as
United States products, the Russian
government has, it is not doubted,
made just such discrimination as
is provided against in this article of
the treaty, The question os raised.
however, whether. by our action in
levying duty on Russian petroleum
and specially describing it as such,
the United States government has
not also violated this article.
There is no penalty article in the
treaty, but under, the common prac-
tice of international law country
may denounce the whole of a treaty
where it is satisfied that one of its
provisions has been purposely broken.
If such action is taken as this there
would be NO trade between Russia and
the United States, and as far as Rus
STA is concerned, the maximum tariffs,
which are practically prohibitiye,
would apply to all imports from the
United States. On the other hand, if
such action by Russia is regarded as
discrimination, kke United States
government may by Axistlng law ex-
clude any or all imports from Russia.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26

San Francisco.-The steamship Ha-
waiian, which arrived Monday from
Honolulu, brought the largest cargo
of sugar ever sent out of the Hawaiian
Islands, 1t consists of $500 tons, val
ued at $3.50. 900.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26
Estate Health Officer"


New Orleans, La. June 21.-What
will prove to be one of the greatest
social sensations in this city in long
time occurred at late hour last night
under the old dwelling oaks of Audu-
bon park, when l.. L. Bailey, young
man of prominence and social position,
killed Walter Selph in a bare-handed
duel. Young Selph is the son of Col
onel Dudley Selph, who is president
of the Travellers Protective association
of Louisiana and holds various other
positions of high trust. The two young
men quarreled at the Washington Ar.
tillery May ball, one of the SWEETEST
society events given in this city; the
matter lay dormant until yesterday,
Selph wrote Bailey note to meet him
in the park last night,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26
FOUGHT MEXICANS.
ONE MEXICAN KILLED AND ONE
BADLY WOUNDED.

Gregorlo Cortez the Murderer of Two
sheriffs Is Making Desperate Effort
to Reach Mexico, with Poor Chance
of Reaching the Border.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26
SOUR LAKE GUSHER
THE CUFFEY WELL GAME IN UN-
EXPECTEDLY THURSDAY.

OH spouted Fifty Feet High--Capacity Of
the Well Estimated at 10000 Barrels a
Day, Though No Actual Test Has Been
Made by the Owners.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26

Boston, Mass-The directors Of the
American Telephone company today
declared regular quarterly dividend
Of l 1-2 per cent.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-26

San Francisco.-The transport Penn
sylvania arrived Monday night from
Manila with thirty-two officers and
$40 men of the Fortieth volunteer in
fantry.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
NOT YET INCORPORATED.
The steel Combine Papers May he
Filed Tomorrow.

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-No official state
ment was made today regarding the steel
combination. J. P. Morgan was at his
office in Wall Street and conferred with
representatives of the interests concerned
In the big deal
Because Incorporation papers OF new
steel company called the Universal Steel
Company were recorded in the Office of
the county clerk in Jersey City in the
morning there were reports that the
charter OF the steel combination had been
filed at last. A member of the firm OF j.
p. Morgan Co. however. stated posi-
lively that the new company had nothing
to do with the steel combination. The
capital stock of the Universal Company is
placed at 5000. eco and the company is said
to represent st. Louis concerns.
There were rumors today that the in
corporation papers of the big combination
may be filed at Trenton on Monday morn
ing. when the office of the Secretary of
State opens for business. II was also re-
ported that as yet there has been no IN
derwriting of the deal and that the only
propositions to underwrite have been of a
tentative nature
The articles of Incorporation of the
Universal Steel Company set forth that
the company proposes to build and operate
iron and steel foundries and carry on a
manufacturing business in all branches
pertaining thereto in any part OF the
world. The company may acquire the
business. good will. rights. property. and
assets of all kinds and undertake the
whole or any part OF the liabilities of any
person or corporation and to pay for the
same in cash. bonds, debentures, or other
securities Of the corporation or otherwise.
The right is reserved to increase the
capital stock at any time. The incor-
porators are William w. Montgomery.
Herbert C. Page. and Joseph Reynolds.
Their addresses are all recorded in the
papers as so Grand Street. Jersey City.
which is named as the principal office Of
the company
This is the office OF the Corporation
Trust Company of New Jersey, through
which the papers were filed
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

What was the difference between the
great men of this or another age and the
millions about them who never rose to
greatness?
Historians and observers have puzzled
over this question for generations. and
perhaps they are no nearer the solution
now than ever. The Buddhist explains it
by the calm statement that such men
have lived through many lives on this
earth, and have conquered human weak
ness. little by little. assimilating force
as the Indian dreamed that he gained the
strength of his slain enemy This eX-
PLANTATION is not likely soon, if ever, to
appeal to the Western mind. But there is
certainly one great difference between
the great man and the man who is not
great-devotion to an ideal. Without some
vision greater than common human mag
nations without the largeness of spirit
to conceive great aims. and the vast pa
thence to await their working out. no man
can attain real power. The young men
of today dream. as men always have, Of
being leaders, but the trouble with a
great many of them is that they want the
thing without paying the price. They are
not willing to study the problem. and
see their way clear: they want TO take
the first path that offers, on the chance
that it may lead them where they want
to go. Sometimes they depend on some
outside training to make them leaders. 1t
will not. No such thing ever happened in
this world.
There are more ways of being great
than one. To be in the worlds eye is not
all of it. The foundation for the work
of the leaders of thought is laid in the
homes of hundreds of thoughtful. wise,
just large hearted men, who have, so far
as they can reach. an influence for good.
They are the men who make the tone OF
society 1t depends on them-on the
thinkers of the people-whether the leader
of the age is to be a Sayonarola or a
Lincoln, a Cromwell or a Washington;
whether he shall be an avenger, rising
up 10 abolish abuses. or a true leader,
coming when the time is ripe to do the
work for which the world is waiting. and
which shall make the new age better than
the old
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

We are so accustomed to think OF a
genius as always genius. and. in truth,
many leaders of the race have shown
their remarkable powers so young, that
we are apt TO forget that even such men
do not always come TO their full strength
until late in life. Shakespeare was over
thirty when he began writing his great
plays; Wagner was older stlll when he
wrote his greatest dramas. These men
had to serve their apprenticeship like any
body else, and it is improbable that they,
or their friends. fully realized the impor-
lance of the work they were doing for
the world.
There is no man. however great, who
can uplift the men OF his country or his
time by the force OF his personality
There are no demigods nowadays. The
man Of genius is great either because he
dominates or because he expresses the
spirit of his time. Napoleon dominated
his world. He was an intellect so coios-
sal, and drew to his aid forces so pro-
digious. that he impressed his contem-
poraries almost as something superhu-
man. Lincoln did not dominate so much
as impersonRte his age. He was the
apotheosis of the democracy OF 1851 He
had behind hun the great dumb force OF
the American people. he understood them
because he was OF them: because he felt
as they did, saw as thcy did held in his
memory their traditions and experiences
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

Those who have observed the recent
epidemic of Illustrations from photog-
raphers in magazines and newspapers
are tempted to wonder whether the true
artist will be entirely superseded by the
photographer in the business OF illustra-
ton, and, il SO, whether it will be an ir-
repsrable loss to popular art Such re-
Elections are suggested especially by the
figure work which the photographers and
the kodak men are doing
PROFESSIONALLY, in the case OF still life
or landscape, the sun takes better pic
ture than the average magazine artist
could hope to get. This is also true in
the case OF a portrait, though here the
word average" should be strongly en-
phasized. No photograph can give the
lifelike effect of a sketch by fine artist.
any more than it can equal a painting
done by master hand.
But where the choice must lie between
the best OF photographs and the work
of the mediocre artist, the preference
must certainly be given to the former.
The loss, if any in this change will
come in the illustration of stories.
poems, and articles in which groups of
figures are needed, and the picture must
be suited to the text. This was the pace
where the imagination and sympathy OF
the old-time artist had to come in play
He selected his models, conceived his
sketch, and made the result correspond
to his idea. All that the photographer
can do is to find people who answer more
or less to the description given in the
book, pose them properly. and press the
button. His Imagination has no chance.
and it matters little whether ne is of a
sympathetic temperament or not. Ho
has gone into partnership with the sun,
and the sun is many million miles away
and has no interest in the story. How.
for example, could Birch have evolved
his "Fauntleroy," or any other of his
charming child types. from simple
photography? How could Cruikshsnk
have illustrated Dickens with a camera
even if it had been known in his day?
How could dn Maurier ever have made the
Three MusketeeTs of the Brush, the vivid
personalities they are, but for the cum
ming Of his pc:-cil aiding the magic of
his pen? Are there to be no SUCCESSORS
to these masters of design? Are we in
future TO have. instead of the dainty
winsome individuality of a child born of
the authors brain and the artists eye
merely photograph of Johnnie Smith
the artists model?
The chances are that while there are
men capable of illustrating a story with
consummate art. they will always have
chance to do II; but even those whose
work is less mastery deserve chance.
The photograph, often blurred in repro
ductiou and imperfect in original execu-
ton. can never take the place Of the ar
lists sketch, even in second-rate work.
We need race Of artists, competent to
do all the Illustrating Of our magazines
and books without the help of photog-
raphy, which should be relocated to its
legitimate sphere and perfected therein.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
Mr.. GRIGGs ENTERTAINED.
General Burnett Gives IL Dinner in
His Honor.

NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.-Gen. Henry L.
Burnett, United States District Attorney,
gave a complimentary dinner tonight at
the METROPOLITAN Club for Attorney Cen
eral Griggs
Among those present were Solicitor
General John X. Richards, Judges Ad
olson Brown, E. II. Lacombe, John r.
Hazel. Alfred C. Coke, Edward B. Thomas
and William X Townsend, Of the United
States Courts: Justice Rufus w. Peck
ham. of the United States Supreme Court;
Assistant United States Attorney General
James NJ. Beck, VI. ID. O'COnnell, Solicitor
of The Treasury; Judge E. 4. Cullen, Of the
New York Court of Appeals Justices
Abraham NJ. Lawrence, Charles H. Truax,
and John Proctor Clarke of the New York
Supreme Court; Edmund Wetmore, Presi-
dent of the American Bar Association;
Gen. Henry z. Tremain. Col. John J. Nc
Cook. F. Ellery Anderson, James E. Mar
tin, Edward X. Jones. Moritz B. Phillip.
John Z. Parsons, Alfred B. Bcardman.
Francis L. Stetson, and Judge ]. Franklin
Fort, of the Supreme Court of New Jer-
sey.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
CAPTAIN CRozIER SELECTED.
Mr.. Mckinley Names Him as Prof.
Michie's Successor.

The President has selected Capt. Will
liam Crozier of the Ordnance Department,
to succeeded the late Prof Niche at West
Point as professor OF natural and expert
mental philosophy.
Captain Crozler was born in Ohio and
appointed TO the Military Academy from
Kansas in 1872, and graduated June Is,
1876. During the war with Spain Captain
Crozier was appointed inspector general
with the rank OF major for the special
purpose of inspecting the seacoast arma-
ment lie rendered noteworthy services
in that connection, and his reports we're
not only Of great value to the department
in presenting a clear and concise state
ment of the condition of the defenccs, but
his scientific knowledge was made imme-
diateiy available for the correction of
defects during the Inspections Captain
Crozier's name is inseparably connected
with the sGacoast offences. The disaD-
pearing gun system now used known rs
the Crozier- Buffugt adopted some years
ago. when the scheme OF coast defence
which is now still being carried out, was
put in operation by him.
Captain Crozier is an officer of varied
experience, high scientific attachments,
and is considered a very cFeditable repre-
sentative of the Military Academy. to
which he is now being returned to take
charge of one of the most important de-
partments of that institution.