Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-03-09
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.

High Japanese officials have started
to the United States and England fol
the purpose of negotiating war loans.
NJ Buneau- Varllla, the Minister from
Panama, has cabled his resignation as
such to the president of the Republic.
Among those on board the Korea
which was seized by the Japanese at
Nagasalti, is Bishop Hendrick of Roch.
ester. N. Y.
The new Batson Prairie oil field is
going through the broil of litigation
over titles peculiar to the develop
ment Of all Texas oil lands.
While the ticket agent was absent
from HIS office few minutes at the
Jefferson station one day last week,
some one tapped his till for about $50.
The annual revenue from the real
and personal estates of the French Ma.
tIon is 1850 per capita or $154.40 per
family, which for France is estimated
at four persons.
The Pintseh Gas Company's plant at
Texarkana was damaged by fire to the
extent of $1,000 Friday morning. This
Is the plant which supplys all railway
trains at that point
The postoffice at Reisor Station, ten
miles southwest Of Shreveport, La,
was broken into and SIS worth of post
age stamps stolen. A quantity of can
ned goods were taken from the store
OF M. w. Reisor, postmaster.
Louisiana has passed quarantine
law prohibiting the transmission into
or through that state any cotton seed
or seed cotton from weevil infected
section of Mexico or Texas, and at
taches penalties for violation.
j. T. Furley has reported to the
Southwestern Mining Association Of Ell
Paso that he had struck an eighteen
foot vein OF coal at a depth Of g40 feet
while boring well ON his ranch
twenty miles north of Fort Hancock.
Practically all food-stuffs except
eggs have reached extremely high
prices in New York owing to unfavor-
able weather. Fish, clans. oysters
and Holsters are most affected. oys-
tiers never have been so scarce. Lob
sters, which have been growing
scarcer for years, are now hardly OBJ
tainable
The Worlds record for individual
bowling has been broken by Homer
Elliott of Denver In the state tourna-
ment now on he rolled 712 The pre-
wious record was made at indianapolis
about year ago, when 676 was
scored.
Secretary Hay and Minister Bunau-
Varilla at 1890 Friday forenoon, ex-
changed Publications of the Panama
canal treaty at the state department.
Gen. Charles Dick, OF Akron, will be
elected to succeed the late M. A. Han
ma as United States Senator from
Ohio
Mrs. Alkaline Lambright of McCloud,
o. t., aged fifty.eight years, died OF
pneumonia at Mckinney while on q
visit to her sister, Mrs. w. M. Glenn.
Mr. Bryan spent couple of hours
III conference with Mayor McClellen
of New York, the other day and did
not discuss politics during the time,
SO he says.
James Warden, aged 102 years, sup
posed to be the Oldest expounder OF
Methodlsm in the world. is dead in the
Baltimore county aims house. He was
born in England and was licensed to
preach In 1924.
Charles Larroussie, chancellor OF
theFrench Legation at City of Mexi
CO. who is alleged to have embezzled
$4,000 legation funds and $4,000 money
of Minister Blondel. has been arrest
I'd at salina Cruz and will be return,
cd to face his aceusers.
The treaty or arbitration between
France and Spain had been signed.
The terms are identical with the re.
cent arbitration treaties concluded be-
tween France and Great Britain and
Italy and Great Britain.
AT Park a village i've miles west
Of Texarkana, Tom Goodwin. a young
man, was shot through the left shout
der and seriously, though not fatally,
wounded Jim Wylie. another young