Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-06-19
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be s1.O62, 476. 494.
Including the Oceanic, there are now
ten steamers in the British merchant
deet of over 1900 tons.
Eenor Migual Gener, Nationalist
was elected mayor of Havana Saturday
over Senior Mora, Republican.
After six years estrangement, Gen
Booth Of the Salvation Army, and his
son, Ballfngton Booth, are to be rec.
onciled.
Gov. insolvency decided to accept
Senator Tillman's resignation about
the time the senator decided to with.
draw it.
Senator Fred d. Smith OF Ewards
Mount, Kansas, says that he will make
his next political canvass in an auto
mobile.
Colonel David B. Henderson, speaker
of the house of representatives, and
his wife have sailed for Europe fol
a three months tour.
The strange sliding of the land upon
which Butte, Mont, is located, con-
tinues and causes much alarm among
the citizens of that place.
Sir Henry Irving has just received
an honorary M. A. degree from Dublin
university. He now holds degrees from
four different institutions of learning
ALI the thirty-fve Turkish consuls in
Italy have been abolished. They have
not been paid for a long time past,
and one after the other has resigned.
The belief is settled down on Eng
land that the war office has concealed
the real facts in the South African war
and much dissatisfaction is expressed
The Russian minister of the interior
has sent circular to all printing Of
fees and libraries prohibiting the sale
OF Tolstoi's new book, 1T Costs Toe
Much"
Andrew Carnegie has become mem
l~SA VI NOOpCA OAlOn anu, dCCOIullE
to reports. will do something hand
some for that institution in the near
future.
Thomas Vincent Finn, ex-Catholic
priest and Irish agitator, has arrived
in New York. He says he comes tc
this country to work for the freedom
of Ireland.
Sir Edwin Arnold's health continues
to fan rapidly. He is altogether blind
and goes out driving only about once
a week, but continues his literary
work by means Of dictation.
Howard Gould intends to build at
Sands Point, L. l.. on bluff overlook
ing the sound the largest country
house in America. 1t is to be modelled
after Kilkenny castle, Ireland.
At meeting of the generals of the
allied troops in Pekin it was decided
to transfer the administration of the
city of Pekin to the Chinese officials
gradually during this month.
Shortsightedness among Japanese
students is alarmingly on the increase
The latest investigation shows thai
out of 1856 university students in To,
kio more than half are myopic.
The committee appointed to inquire
into the British war office organization
hoe ,anor M andad IN ite ,anort oi,,
pliication and decentralization of the
management of war Office affairs.
Quo Vadis' author, Henryk Sienkie-
wiez, SO years old and always fault
lessly dressed, is perfect type of the
Polish gentleman. Languid in manner
and low of speech, he takes little in
terest in anything outside of litera-
ture.
The city council of Chicago has de-
cided to throw open the market for
street railway franchises and subways
to all corners, as If the present street
railway companies were not in exist
ence.
Englishmen are making comparison
between their own and American built
locomotives, many of which are used
on English railways. Opinion is given
that they cost so much more to run
that there is no economy in using
them.
Theodore Jongers, the distinguished
French painter and lecturer, will con-