Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-07-09
GLOBE eLEANlNes.

Ill.
James whitcomb Riley has become
song writer.
Lord Kitchener was given an ova-
ton at Cape Town
"A number of electric railway lines
will combine in Indiana.
La Guiana, province of Luzon, has
been placed under civil government.
Over 100000 has been subscribed to
the Princeton university gymnasium
fund.
The government forces in Venezu-
ella have sustained an almost crushing
defeat.
Annual inspection of the Southern
Pacific railway line has been COM
pleted.
The late Dr. Fisher of Galesburg,
Ill. bequeathed $4,000 to Lombard
college.
William Castle, postmaster at Par
Rdise. Ind, quarter of a century, has
passed away.
Two million dollars are to be ex-
pended by the government for improv-
ing the Mississippi river.
While the white house is undergo
ing repairs the Scott mansion will be
occupied by the president.
The Mexican Trust company will
open branch bank in Tampico, Mex.
The capital is $4,000, 900 gold.
The seventeenth annual convention
OF the Western Association of Writers
was held at Winona Lake, Ind.
President Roosevelt has accepted an
Invitation to attend the reunion of
Spanish American war veterans at In
dianapolis.
Lady Pauncefote and the Misses
Pauncefote, widow and daughters of
the late British ambassador, have gone
TO England.
Lieut.. Gov. Coates of Colorado haH
Joined the Socialist party. He was
elected by the Democrats and Popu-
lists Of his state.
y Rather than be chastfsed for a team
running away, Walter David, IL years
old. hanged himself near Lenox. Ia,
with halter strap.
Two nihilists shot and killed M.
Lott, secretary to the governor of
Warsaw, Poland, as he was passing
through Casreallin.
Miller Waters and William Brown
back, Jr., were drowned near Edin-
burg, Ill. Their boat went over a mill
dam and overturned.
William Bement Lent of New York,
tho author of "Halcyon Days" and
other books, passed away at Norfolk,
Conn, his summer home
Judge Mark Bangs. one of the five
originators of the Union League of
America In 1862, died at Chicago. The
fudge was four score years.
At meeting of the Cuban Planters
association, held at Havana, 1t was de-
sided to petition President Palma to
mako q trade treaty with Great Brit
Ain.
While funeral was being held in a
church at Pinerio, Spain. the building
was struck by lightning. Twenty-Five
persons were killed and thirty-hve in
5ured.
Andrew Carnegie has sent a check
Tor 100000 to the American Library
association for the publication of
reading with indexes and other bibli-
ographical aids.
DR.. Joseph Eastman, who has Just
died at Indianapolis, contributed much
to surgical literature, and originated
and perfected number of instruments
for use in surgery.
Owing to station masters mistake,
two electric trains on the railway from
Varse to Point Ceresio, Italy. were
utterly wrecked. Forty-nine persons
were killed or injured. The station
master fed to Switzerland at once.
On the farm of Charles Lyon, eight
miles from Liberty. Mo-, Alonzo Ray
and Nc D. Order attempted to go
down well being dug. They both
fell forty-eight feet. John Willie was
sitting at the bottom, but was not
hurt Other two died.
Ban, Joseph and Charles Hardy,
IA, !.