Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-04-03
NEWS NUGGETS.
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A great seal catch has been made
off Labrador. The first steamer arrived
at st. John with 26,500 on board.
In a recent fight at Caney precinct,
Morgan county, Kentucky, ten men
were wounded, three of them fatally.
The authorities at Cape Town here
approve the new invention of Maxim
gun mounted on motor car for imme-
diate service.
Mayor Van Wyck of New York has
cabled Carnegie at Southampton, Eng,
the thanks of Greater New York for
his offer to erect library buildings.
At Greensboro, Ala, his native city,
Capt. R. p. Hobson was presented by
citizens with an elegant silver service
with designs of the sinking of the Mer-
rimac.
A young man at Perth, Ind, shot
his sweetheart and then turned the re-
volver upon himself. He is dead, but
IhS yOuh6 luuy VIII llNe' one udu us
carded him.
jacksonville, the county seat of Hop
kins county, Kentucky, suffered fire
loss of s125,OOO to $150,O0O. The insur-
ance is light. Two tobacco factories
burned.
The contractors at work in connec-
ton with the national defense lose
moer than million dollars for failure
to complete the work in the time spe-
Gifted.
1t was said at the war department
that no investigation has been started
as to the extent of military secrets
known to foreign attaches stationed in
Washington.
Three hundred arrests were made in
one day at st. Petersburg. The minis
ter of Justice was fired and recently
and the life of another minister has
been attempted.
President James X. Patterson OF
Kentucky State college has announced
that in his will he has set aside $780,
900 for college library as a memorial
to his deceased son.
George Cadbury, the chocolate manu-
facturer, has presented to the city Of
Birmingham, Eng, an estate of 461
acres valued at e1S0,000 upon which
to build houses for the working classes.
The flagship Kearsarge of the North
Atlantic squadron has been ordered to
The New York navy yard to have the
IL inch gun which was damaged off tho
Florida coast replaced by new one.
United States Minister Dudley at
Lima, Peru, cabled the state depart
ment that the government of Peru had
offered to settle for 5000 soies the
Fowkes claim, and he was Immediately
instructed to accept the offer.
1t has been announced that the turf
congress has closed the deal for the
purchase of Douglass Park Louisville,
the mile trotting track situated few
miles from Churchill Downs, and it
will be operated against the latter this
spring
Marcus Stein, assignee for James
Shirley has brought suit against VIM.
G. Greene of the Greene Consolidated
Copper company, West Virginian cor
poration, for recovery of 1000, 900, be-
ing the commission claimed by Shirley
for the sale of 100000 shares of stock.
William Marconi, of wireless teleg-
raphy fame, has arrived in America
His trip to this country is in connnc-
ton with establishing stations along
the coast to communicate with incom-
ing steamers, and also with outgoing
steamers.
Secretary Hay had long conference
with Senator Morgan respecting 18TH
milan canal matters and the advisable
lty of reopening negotiations for a
treaty with Great Britain on the sub
ject
Municipal council of Venice offers
prize of 100000 lire to any Italian or
foreign navigator who may rescue
Lieut.. Count Franco Quirini and the
Norwegian sailor who disappeared
from the exploring party of the Duke
of Abruzzi during an arctic expedition.
Members OF the New York Cotton ex-
change have addressed to the board of
managers a petition asking that the
exchange be closed on Good Friday
April and g. Good Friday is holi-
day both in Liverpool and in New Or