Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19
AT HOME AND ABROAD.


street, Chicago, the other evening
was jeered aud hooted by a crowd of
men. women and children. Irritated
at their persistence, he drew his
bayonet and turned on the crowd.
Pat O'Connor laborer, clinched with
Downing and while the two were
struggling in the gutter Downing
drew his pistol and shot O'Connor
through the head. He died on the way
to the hospital and the private was
rescued from the Infatuated crowd by
the police.
Mr.. Allen of Nebraska, recently in
troduced in the senate a resolution for
the appointment OF committee OF
Ave senators, not more than two of
whom shall be from the same party,
to consider the ACCESSIBILITY or me-
cessity of government ownership of
railroads and telegraphs, and espec-
tally the existing troubles between
employers and employees, aud what
Legislation is necessary to prevent
strikes and lockouts in the future.
Arthur Travis, boy ? years old,
appeared at the coroner's o1ice in St.
Louis recently with human skull,
which he said he had found while dig
ging in the cellar ut his home, He
stated that he had dug about II foot
in depth in the soil of the cellar,
when he unearthed the skull and
other bones OF II human body. 1t was
buried by medical students.
While a large crowd of workmen
was unloading the schooner Lizzie
Hall at Boston recently the wharf
collapsed and Il number were buried
in the ruins. Three men were taken
out badly injured, two dead and four
more are said to be buried under the
wreckage. The waight of large
quantity of coal caused the accident.
The lumber business of Oxford,
Miss, is increasing. The mills
are shipping it to Chicago,
where they are able to compete with
other mills, and where they receive
good prices for it. The people are
gradually waking up to the resources
of the state.
The legislature of Louisiana has
just voted an appropriation for the
erection OF a monument to the mem
DRY OF Tom Latfon, II New Orleans
negro celebrated for his philanthropy.
1t is in order to inquire how many
states in the north have done such a
thing.
The cash balance III tTo treasury
at the close of business one day re-
Gently was $119,97S, 1922, of which
S64, S40,717, was gold reserve The
engagements of gold for export on
that day amounted to 100000, CT
which 500, 900 of went to Canada.
All the window-glass houses in
Pittsburg, Pa, all the flint glass
houses of the United States Glass
company, the sheet mills and most of
the iron mills shut down few days
ago, AS a result nearly 10000 work
men are idle.
At StarlSville, Miss, the railroad
strike is playing sad havoc. Business
is Frustrated, while the stock of flour
corn and heavy groceries are nearly
= exhausted Crops'trs better in tina
section than known for many years
Adolf Orendorf was recently luret
into the house of some negroes in Gin
: cinnati o., and struck on the heat
! with Ratchet He will die. Tn,
murderers had dug a grave for hin
in the cellar
The federal authorities broke init
/, President L. V, Deb's Office at Chi
+ cago recently and took all his letters
, records, etc, but attorney genera
/ Olney made the officers return them
: General Manager Dodridge filed in
e formation before the United state
/ district court at Fort Smith. Ark, tn
q other day for the arrest of 200 lro
Mountain strikers at Little Rock.
There is to be another revolutlo
in Guatemala, and all because Pres
dent Barrios neglected to visit eS
t President Barrillos at his countr
:, house, as he had promised.
u u A bill is pending before the. Frenc
= chamber of deputies to change tn
y law regulating the mode of trial {
anarchists, looking toward a speed
trial and certain conviction.
# Judge Enrich of New York, has nc
: decided what to do about Lawyer FL
n STEMS story that Lawyer Joseph tol
= client he had paid 5000 for verde
!. in the judges court.
IS Hoben, the Belgian bicyclist, VIII
defeated the American, A. A. lin
norman, by length, on July /,
that city, broke his leg at Manu-
h, Belgium, recently.
d Superintendent Schwab of the Ca
l. negie company, was before the Gun
n mings committee at Washington r,
e Gently and made many damaging az
missions.