Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-05-04
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.

penitentiary has stood all tests, both
as to quality and quantity Of product.
While Russians were placing mines
at Port Arthur Friday two of them
exploded prematurely and killed an
officer and twenty men
Mine operators at wilburton, l. T..
have Just uncovered vein Of coal
seven feet thick at depth of $50 feet.
This is tie greatest coal find yet made
in the Territory.
George G. Ward. aged hfty-eight
years, died at his residence at Fort
Worth Friday. He was chief deputy
district clerk. position that he has
held for the past twenty years
Frank Rose, a wife murderer, was
shot to death in the yard of the State
penitentiary at Salt Lake Friday
Death was instantaneous, four bullets
lodging in or very close to the heart.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween the Democratic and Populist
central committees of Lincoln Coun-
ty, Ok, by which the two parties will
fuse op county and Legislative tick
cts this year.
Kansas City and Chicago capital
Will unite with local interests at Per.
ry, Ok, to dig for oil and gas. A
charter will be asked with 100000
capital and work win begin in the
near future.
The snited States Government is
in the market for horses and mules
of all classes and is looking to Texas
and the Southwest for these animals.
as is evidenced by letter received
by f. o. Perry, at San Angelo.
The talk now is that Elihu Root viii
be candidate for Governor of New
York and Speaker Cannon of Illinois
candidate for vice president. so as to
swing the sixty-six votes of the two
States into the Republican column.
II seems that the Senate is 10th to
confirm the appointment Of Crum, the
negro, to the collectorahfp at the port
of Charleston. This is the only i'm.
portant office to which negro has
been nominated by the President
A disastrous head-on collision occur
red between two freight trains near
Potts Camp Miss. on the Frisco Rail
road Friday. resulting in the death Of
owe persons. Engineer Robert Illus
Grove was buried beneath his engine
and Is dead. A brakeman, name I'M
known, and three boys were also Kill
ed
Francis Coleman. known as -col.
oneI" and until ten years ago regard,
ed as one Of the shrewdest conf
deace men in the world, is dead in
Bellevue hospital, New York, from
pneumonia. He was penniless but
friends raised purse to inter his
body.
The new car department to be erect
ed at Albuquerque ons the ruins of the
old one which was destroyed by fire
something over month ago will be
the finest on the Santa Fe system and,
barring a few of the latest constructed
ones there win be no better in the
country.
The American Insurance and Trust
Company has been organized at Gal,
weston. The authorized capital stock
of the company is 100000 divided
into 10000 shares, The purpose. Of the
company is to DO FIRE and life insur,
ance. $50
The four delegates at large and
twenty delegates from the various Goa
gressionai districts Of Mass. have been
instructed to vote as unit for Richard
olney for the Democratic presidential
nominee.
F, D. Coburn, chief OF the i've stock
department OF the Worlds Fair, has
resigned on account Of Ill health Mr.
Columns resignation has been in The
hands OF President Francis for several
weeks, but he was induced to remaiD
in the place as long as possible,
A challenge from the Cercle des Car
bineers of Paris has been accepted by
the Manhattan Rifle and Revolver AS
sociation for match teams Of ffteer
men side to ahool withiriae and re
yolver.