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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
Convicted Of Robbery.

Waxahachie, Texas, Sept. 15.-The
criminal uocket of the special term of
the Ellis county district court was
taken up saturday and the first case
called for trial was the state of lexas
against Yves Reagor charged with rob-
berry. The entire day was consumed
in the trial of the case and late in
the evening the jury returned ver-
dict of guilty assessing the defend
ants punishment at five years in the
penltentiary.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
TEXAS, NEW PRODUCTS.
Egyptian Cotton and Fine Quality Of
Tobacco Are Being Grown.

Egyptian Cotton and Fine Quality Of
Tobacco Are Being Grown.
Washington, Sept. 49, Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson retuI led to Wash
ington today after m extended trip
through the West. During a general
discussion OF crop conditions ne said:
1.-THE last most interesting item In
connection with the work of this de-
partment is report have Just re.
ceived from Texas which states that
experiments for the eradication of the
boil weevil have demonstrated that
tins disastrous insect will not touch
Egyptian cotton. The department.
has been experimenting with the rails
ing of Egyptian cotton for several
years, with marked success. If this
last report proves to be true it will
undoubtedly result in the planting OF
Egyptian cotton in Texas in the flu
ture.
what may be considered as anoth
er important step in agriculture is the
progress of the department In the de
velopment of a fine toOacco filler.
Several years ago the department be
gan its work in the tobacco industry
by endeayoring to. develop a wrapper
tobacco of the finest quality. At the
Paris exposition this wrapper tobacco
took the gold medal on account of It's
fine, silky quality and light weight.
We showed twenty-five leaves to the
pound more than any other wrapper
tobacco produced.
ut is just as well that our filler ex-
periments are developing rapidly. as
the department experiences great DIFF
flculty in keeping it's experts in this
line. Just as soon as the wrapper to-
bacco had been developed commerce
bid so high for the department experts
who had developed 1t that they imme
diately left the government service.
This will undoubtedly be the case also
in the filler line. We are making the
experiments in Ohio and Texas"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
THAT BIG OIL FIRE.
1T 10 CONFINED TO A COMPARE
lively SMALL TERRITORY.
FLAMES GOING SKYWARD.
Lose Estimated at 5000, ooo-Prepara-
tions Are Now Under Way to
Extinaulsh the Fire.

Beaumont, Tex, Sept. 13.-The oil
field has not been destroyed, though
last night 1t looked from Beaumont as
If the whole of Spindle Top was
ablaze. In fact, only small portion
of the field was visited by the fire, but
this could not be told even by the peo-
Pile VINO were on the hill until early In
the morning the fire had burned Off
the waste oil.
he blazing gusher is sending the
flames aloft as though some giant
were standing with mammoth torch,
and the blaze from the volcano-like
tank luridly lights up ina smoke 1t is
itself creating. The blaze can be dis
tnctly seen from the city, and the
people seem not to tire of looking on
1t. Most Of them have visited the
neld during the day, but tonight all
eyes are turned toward the great bea'
con which marks the greatest oil field
In the country.
The fire ragged furiously all the
morning, and those who witnessed the
sign. will never forget either its beau
ties or terrors. Conservative men
thought all along that the worst was
to come and that before the shades of
this night fell upon the city Spindle
Top would present barren plot of
ground. But not so. The fire which
threatened so much damage and dis
aster was held within the bounds of
the Keith-Ward tract, with the excep-
ton of the inroads 1t made on the
Higgins storage tank No. 2.
1t is a hard matter to come within a
reasonable amount of the actual dam
age, but from what can be seen 1t is
thought 100000 will cover the actual
loss. This estimate, however, does not
include the installation of the machin-
cry destroyed Many steamboats, were
destroyed and several new boilers
also.
The Higgins Oil and Fuel company
ID ponSlDiy Inc HSdNlSst iOS0A VI ohJ
one firm or individual, Manager Wal
lis approximating the company's loss
at 100000. The KeithWard Is also a
large loser; the Becky Sharpe people
receive a measure Of the burden;
Major Stribbllng is reputed to be q
loser, as is also the Flora-Texas Oil
company; Brice & Parker are extern
sively unfortunate in the loss of sew
eral pieces of fine machinery. OF
course there are others who have suf-
fered more or less, but 1t will not be
until the wells are shut in that a de-
tailed statement giving a reliable ag
gregate of each company's or individ
ual's loss can be presented.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
Elve Man Were Hurt.

Waco, Tex, Sept. 1S-Five men
who were employed by the Arkansas
Pass railroad in making improve.
ments were injured this afternoon,
two of them seriously and three slight
ly. The men were at work digging a
trench for sewer. 1t was about nine
feet deep and in letting the sewer pipe
down in the ground the walls cayed In
on the men and all five we're buried,
o. F. Shinge had his leg bruised. A.
Salyer was bruised on the right hip.
William Ditma had several ribs bro
ken and was hurt internally and his
wounds are serious. Bert Jones was
slightly injured, and John Hamilton
had his collar bone broken and re-
ceived other injuries which are regard
ed serious. The first three mentioned
were sent to the hospital at San AN
tonic.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
FATAL FOREST FIRE
MANY MEET DEATH IN WESTERN
FOREST FIRES.
BURNED WHILE in CAMP.
Campers Were Caught Like Rats In a
Trap-Property Loss ls IRE
mendous.

Kalama, Wash, Sept I'D. L.
Wallace, wife and two children were
burned to death last night by the for
est fires on Lewis river. They were
camping in the woods when caught
by the fire. Their wagon was found
burned up, the charred bodies lying
near. A 12-year-old boy of Mr.. Han
ley's also IS dead. Mrs. John Polly
and baby and brother and Mr.. New
house and Mrs. Graves are dead. Fiji.
teen others were found without cloth
ing except gunny sacks.
Five logging camps are burned out
completely and many families have
lost everything.
The worst of the FIRE is on Lewis
river. about twelve miles from Wood
land. The country is we'll settled
and there are doubtless other cas-
ualties not yet reported.
The fire has spread from Lewis
river north to the Kalama river, and
fifty sections of the finest timber on
the coast are destroyed. 1t Is i'm
possible to give any estimate of the
amount of the damage done to prop
erty. Oak Point, twenty miles below
here on the Columbia river, is totally
destroyed. There are no reports OF
lives lost, but loss of property Is es-
timated at about 100000.
A great fire is also raging on the
Coweman in the northern part of the
country. Everything combustible
was consumed. The air is thick with
smoke and falling ashes. Many lum-
Der camps are reported destroyed or
badly damaged. Two men from Barr's
camp are reported missing; people
are panic stricken. In Cowlitz county
five people are dead and two are miss
ing, with incomplete returns. A cou'
rier just arrived states there are only
two houses left standing on Lewis
river In distance of thirty miles and
that not less than fifteen persons have
persisted.
Portland, Ore, Sept 15.-About 300
people are left homeless in Multnomah
and Clackamas counties as a result of
the forest fires that have ragged for
the past week. Fires have burned
over wide scope of country, but the
greatest damage in this state appears
to have been done in these two coun.
ties. In the fire that destroyed the
town of Palmer, near Bridal Veil, two
boys named Hamilton were burned to
death.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
no Arranae for schIey.

Galveston. exas, Sept. 15.-There
will be a meeting of the Galveston
Business League today for the pur-
pose of arranging for the reception
and entertainment Of Admiral Schley
on the accession of his visit here next
month. ne is expected to arrive on
the morning of OCTOBER rs and to re-
main here two days Just the nature
of the entertainment has not yet been
decided upon. This win be consid-
cred at the meeting OF the Business
League this evening.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
The RIaaIns Impeachment.

Waco, Tex, Sept 1S.-There is q
great deal of comment today on the
action of the city council last night in
instltuting impeachment proceedings
against Mayor ]. w. Higgins AS stat
ed in these dispatches, seven of the
aldermen signed the resolutions. and
If they stand pat they will impeach
and remove the mayor from office, as
1t takes seven of the ten members.
Attorneys of the city say the mayor
can appeal to the courts il he is turned
out of office and make the plea that
the action of the council was prompt.
ed by prejudice, and if he can show
this the court will intervene.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
HawIey is at Home.

Galveston, Tex. Sept. 13.-Ex-Con-
gresham R. B. Hawley returned this
morning from the republican State
convention at Fort Worth.
Colonel Hawley was seen at his Of
fee ny a reporter and asked IL he had
anything to say about the convention.
He replied that he was very much
gratified at the result of the conven.
ton. and that he believed the party
was now occupying better position
than 1t had in the past, and that he
thought 1t was now in position to
contest with the democrats for SUI
premacy in Texas.
Asked If he had anything to say
about the contests which preceded the
convention. MI. Hawley replied that
this was disposed of in his statement
that he was gratifed with the result.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
The Galveston Well.

Galveston, Texas. Sept. 15.-work
on the experimental oil well. which is
being bored down the island, which
was discontinued temporarily for the
lack of water, has been resumed. The
well has now reached depth of 1900
feet, and though there have been
many encouraging signs met, oil in
paying quantities has not yet been
discovered It " the intention to pro-
ceed 800 feet more before abandoning
the attempt, ard It Is possible that
the company VIII proceed to even a
greater depth.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
Calvert coal Mines closed.

Calvert, Texas, Sept. 15.-The coal
mines operated by the Calvert Clay
and Coal company few miles west
of Calvert have been closed and the
coal mine train taken off. Those in a
position to know, however, think that
the closing of the mines is merely
temporary, and that they will be put
in operation again in the near future.
The closing of the mines has occa-
stoned considerable stir in commercial
circles of Calvert, as the company
has big pay roll and contributes
much to the monthly cash receipts of
Calvert
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
Trlhutes td MoKinIev.

Canton. Ohio, Sept. 15.-Judge vii.
liam R. Lay delivered tie chief Nc.
Kinley memorial day address here yes
terday in the FIRST Methodist Epis,
copal church, Of swhich the late presi-
dent was member and in which the
funeral was held September 10, 1901.
In addition to the tribute paid by
Judge Day, who was secretary of
state in McKinley's cabinet and a
close friend and adviser to the mar
tyred president, there was general
Observance of the day in Canton,
which claimed him as its own. From
almost every pulpit there was refer
ence in prayer or in address to him
and his work. His favorite hymns
were sung.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
Fireman Murdered at penlson.

Denison, Texas. Sept. 15.-Charles
Rome. Katy railroad fireman, was
murdered here last night. He was
found in an alley with his head crush
ed to a pulp. He had been drinking
with a party in saloon and one of
his companions was arrested and
placed in jail for safe keeping, as lat
er developments may bring to light
some clew relating to Rone's death
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
British Coal Combine.

london. Sept 1S--The Evening
News of this city says syndicate
with a capital of s5O,OOO,OOO is being
organized by the coal combine which
proposes to purchase the Fife a Clyde
company's mines.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
c0nduetor cOtfey BADLY tIurt

Conductor coffey Badly Hurt.
Cleburne. Texas. Sept. 15.-Con.
ductor G. J. Coffey was brought in last
night with three broken ribs, dis.
located hip and other painful bruises,
the result OF an accident In Dallas.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17

OYSTER BAY, N. Y.-GeneraI
James s. Clarkson. surveyor of Gus
toms of the port of New York, and re-
ported to be the presidents campaign
manager. was with the president a.
dinner.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
Robinson Dead OF Wounds.

Fort Worth. Texas, Sept. 15.-J. P.
Robinson, who was shot by F. A..
johnson last night, died this afternoon
from the effects OF lne wound in the
stomach. Johnson was released on
$4,000 bond. Both men were confed-
crate soldiers, each about Go years of
age.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17

CHICAGO.-Jack o'Brien Of Phila-
delphia had little trouble in securing
the decision over Billy Slit, the Chi
aago heavyweight, In aix-round con
est
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17
VERY COLD WEATHER.
A Killing Frost Formed Nearly All
Over Colorado.

Denver, Colo, Sept. 13.-There was
killing frost last night all along the
eastern slope of the mountains in this
State except the southeastern corner.
Dodge City, Kan, Sept. 13.-The
first frost of the season. 1t will have
a bad effect on some crops, but corn is
too far advanced to be injured.
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. ia frost all
over Nebraska last night nipped ten
der vegetation and did some damage
to corn.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-17

Velasco.-A lot Of copper piping and
fittings for the state sugar factory
have recently been shipped through
here.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
The Control of Rain.

II ir matter OF common knowledge
that in hilly situations the rainfall is
much above the average. and that a
town may be so situated with regard
to neighboring elevations that 1t will
receive two or three times the amount
of rain in year that falls on a place
only a few miles distant. A case is
quoted in one of Professor Tyndall's
lectures. where the rainfall of one
Irish town amounts to ffty-nine In
ches, and OF another to only twenty
one inches. the difference being due
to the action of the Kerry Mountains
in forcing the moist winds up SUE
denly to a higher level, where they
meet witt the cold necessary to pre-
cipitate their moisture as rain. An
English scientist has suggested that
the rainfall might be controlled arti-
ficially by the erection of immense
walls, extending from some six or
seven miles in length. and from three
hundred to four hundred feet high
Such wa,,5 would act as natural hills
In diverting the path of the moisture
laden air. and the clouds would be
forced to yield their treasures The
Idea seems to be theoretically sound,
but the practical difficulties of build
ing a wall of such dimensions would
be insuperable
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
RECORD oE IHs PAsr

Tne pest guarantee OF the future 10
the record OF the past. and over nifty
thousand people have publicly testi-
fied that Doan's Kidney Pills have
cured them of numerous kidney Ills.
from common backache to dangerous
diabetes, and all the attendant annoy
ances and sufferings from urinary dis
orders They have been cured to
stay cured. Here is one case:
Samuel J. Taylor. retired carpenter.
residing at 3,2 South Third St.
Goshen, Ind. Gays: "on the 25th day
of Auguat, 1897. made an afndavit
before Jacob c. Mann. notary public.
stating my experience with Doan's
Kidney Pills. l had suffered for
thirty years. and was compelled at
times to walk by the aid OF crutches.
frequently passed gravel and suffered
excruciatingly. took every medi-
cine on the market that heard about
and some gave me temporary relief.
l began taking Doan's Kidney Pills
and the results gave to the public
In the statement above referred to. At
this time, on the 18th day o. July.
1902, l make this further statement
that during the five years which have
elapsed have had no occasion to use
either Doan's Kidney Pills or any
other medicine for my kidneys. The
cure effected was permanent one"
A FREE TRIAL OF this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Tay-
lor. Will be mailed on application. to
any part of the United States. Ad-
dress Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. N.
Y. For sale by all druggists. Price
30 cents per box.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
NOT WITH HIM THEN.
LIneoin's Neat Answer to overbcarfne
Cross-Examinsr.

While samples of President Lin
-oln's skill as story teller are innum.
cradle. instances of his personal hui
NOR are comparatively rare.
On one occasion Lincoln. then poor
and obscure. was summoned as wit
ness in a contested will case. the
plaintiffs alleging that the testator
was OF unsound mind.
Several OF his neighbors testified
that while in the company of the de
ceased they had never noticed any
thing strange in his actions or
speech.
Lincoln's testimony was to the
same effect. and he was interrupted by
the opposing lawyer. a somewhat testy
and overbearing person. with the re-
mark: "Yes. yes; we have heard all
about that. Now. the question is how
did the deceased act when aione?"
After u moments reflection Lincoln
replied: "As far as l can recollect.
was never with him when he was
alone"
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
ON A BLOCKADE RUNNER.
Sir William AIIan's Experience in thu
Civil War.

Civil war.
When fortunes were being made by
British merchantmcn running the
blockade of Southern ports during the
American Civil War. Sir William Al
Ian, who had served In the engineer
ing department OF the British navy.
signed as chief engineer on n mer-
chant steamer. London MAP. re-
pents a personal "reminiscences of Sir
William. which gives good glimpse
of those exciting times.
After successful run into the Sa-
vannah river, the bloclSade-runner
tried a second time. and met with dis
aster. One dark night, she was steal
ing. with all lights masked. into Sa-
vannah. and ran plump into the arms
OF Federal cruiser that was waiting
for her in the darkness.
stop your engines or we shall sink
youi" was the summons from the
cruiser. which had suddenly unshroud-
ed her lights and thrust out her guns
close alongside.
Il stopped the engines" related Sir
William, "and began TO blow on
steam. A boat from the Federal ship
had come alongside, and suddenly an
officer rushed into my engine room
and put revolver to my head. He
was in a rage. ard told me | had
opened the valves and was trying TO
sink the steamer. l must close them
at once.
asked him who he was, and
he answered.;
"1'm the engineer OF the steamer
that has taken you
~ cant believe you are the engi'
neer.' said, or you would have a
spanner or an oll-can in your fist. in
stead of fooling about with a pistol
and you would know that I am only
blowing of bit of steam
At this cool reply the officer dropped
his pistol. and the two we're soon good
friends.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
nrltnIns We'd noer women.

Britons making South Africa their
home are marrying Boer women. Two
of these unions have just taken place
at Port Elizabeth. The brldegrooms
were stalwart members of the South
African constabulary. and the brides
genuine Boer maidens. who. with their
imperfect knowledge of the English
language had some difficulty in getting
through the marriage service. But
this little hitch was overcome. and the
girls looked happy as they drove away
in their wedding carts. The vehicles
were decorated with yellow ribbon,
the ex-Free State color, while the
horses were adorned with red, white
and blue.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
Atmospheric Electricity.

NJ. Homma of Toxic publishes a
memoir on atmospheric electricity in
which he announces the following de-
ductions from experiment.: First, the
negative potential observed during
strong winds is entirely due to the
electriflcation of the dust of the at
mosphere by friction against terres-
trial objects; secondly. in the same
way the high potential observed dur
ing fogs Is due to the positive electri-
fication of the particles of water which
form the fog; thirdly. when mass of
cold air comes in contact with a mass
of warm air the former is electrified
positively with respect to the second;
fourthly, the high potentials observed
at sunrise are probably due to the fact
that the air-masses near the ground
are at lower temperature than those
higher up; filthy. when two air
masses of different temperature are
suddenly mixed the electric field is
much disturbed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18

the hus6iDg bee by introducing a ma
chine which will do as much work as
whole company of young people.
and with considerable less noise, too.
The necessity for this apparatus
arises in the wholesale way in which
corn Is raised in the West, where
farmers carry on their plans on such
large scale that machinery has come
to be a positive necessity to manipu-
late the enormous quantities of grain
which are produced every year. This
machine, the idea of Leavitt Il. Loo
mis- of Humphreysville, N. Y. con-
sists of series of rollers set at an
angle and rotated by a number OF
gear wheelG meshing in a common
driving wheel, which may be actuated
by power or hand. The faces OF the
rollers are supplied at frequent inter
walls with shore spikes, which rip the
husks of the ears of corn and drop
them on an elevator beneath the roll
ers. while the ears of corn gradually
work their way down the incline and
drop into the basket at the lower end.
1t is obvious that the rotation of the
ear on the rollers in its passage will
present all sides to the action of the
pins. thus removing at least a sufii-
cient portion of the huslSs to make the
ear pass readily through the machine
which removes the kernels from the
cob.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
Colorado Celery for the East.

Colorado celery is this year for the
first time being shipped East From
an insignificant business of a few
years ago it has developed to an enor.
nous industry. Three years ago such
a thing as shipping celery to the
eastern markets was unheard of But
few enterprising spirits decided to
make the experiment and we're amply
rewarded for their efforts. The re-
turns were so large that the next year
they shipped nearly thoir entire crop
East Since then the business has
developed rapidly, and this year will
be the banner season OF them all.
Nearly twenty-five cars have been
shipped, and conservative estimate
for the season would bo that not less
than forty cars will be shipped alto
gether AS each carload will easily
average $4,000 pounds In weight. 1t
means that fully 100000 pounds OF
celery will be used for export trade
alone.