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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-02-10

~ NV ttVVOOtHs
J Burned Several Persons
ave Perished.
for blocks away the rain OF fire and
ashes resembled driving storm or
binding blizzard. Half dressed men
md women and screaming children,
driven from their homes, filed the
streets. Household goods were piled
unfortunately everywhere, and the
distressed owners sat on the curb and
watched the angry flames eat their
way into the rooms they were wont to
cali home Or the food of water ruin
them 1t was a scene of indescribable
confusion and excitement lighted by
the lurid flames, and all conversation
was drowned by the cracking timbers
and falling walls as the fire spread
with great rapidly from end to end Of
the block.
The burned portion consisted Of two
two-story brick structures, with the
exception Of a two-story residence on
the corner Of Prairie and Caroline
streets, and all were tenanted by lig-
cry barns or carriage stocks. with the
exception Of the city FIRE department
and tha ronpnino, bousas ond ona Ioduo
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-02-10


mt, Sinner, Texas.
ier by e. ]. Wangemann, Aug.
AHil.aln.aI-n aud ~ nrnuoa 81.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-02-10


T. @ HABERMAcHER. Publisher.
SINNER, TEXAS
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.
W. c. vanlandingham, pioneer cit
sssn OF Hunt county. died at his home
in Lone Oak OF paralysis. He was
seventy-seyen years old.
Elliott Ransom. cashier, and Lee
Cook, a recently discharged messenger
OF the Pacific Express Company, got
into quarrel, and Ransom shot at
Cook in the Austin office.
Carnations adorned the lapel of the
coat of nearly every member in the
house Friday in commemoration of
the late President McKlnleys birth
day. The chaplain referred feelingly
to the late resident,
William Webb, the Oldest artists
model in this city, has been found
dead in his room from heart failure.
He was eighty years aold, and, owing
to his remarkable physique, was wide
~ known among artists.
Frank Dawson has been cor victed Of
numbering Anna Hartman aud SEN
fenced to be hanged at Paris, Mo-,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
Real Estate Transfers.

Transfers of real estate were re-
corded yesterday in the office OF the
register of deeds as follows:
A. Turner Smith, guardian OF Pearl
Lena Partin, Aldridge L. partin and
Charity A. Partin, to David Stephen
son, for $4,000 two tracks, one OF
103N acres in Swift Creek township,
adjoining lands of David Stephenson
and l.. D. Stephenson, the other also
in Swift Creek, $50 acres. adjoining
lands of w. d. Buffaloe and Mis-. -.
W. Atkinson.
w. r. Crawford, ST.. to Charles E..
Crawford, in consideration OF sic, lot
5Ox75 and 150x225 feet, at nolthe asst
corner of Fair ground street and a
new street laid out through lands OF
the late Richard Shepherd, west or
Raleigh.
l.. ID. Stephenson to Mrs. Alverta M.
Stephenson, for $3.50. tract OF forty
acres in Swift Creek township, al
Joining lands of l.. d. Stephenson
homestead, Charles Stokes and Atlas
Buffalo.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
AN IMPORTANT MEETING.
Sunday School Observation-Disclosures
Discuss Plans for the Com
ing Year.

The Central Executive committee of
the North Carolina Sunday School as
ISOLATION met in the association rooms
in the Andrews building last night to
discuss plans and outline the work for
the coming year.
This is the first meeting of the COM
lnittee since the State convention
which met in Greensboro some time
ago, and was very important in that
new plans were discussed and passed
upon for the promotion of the Sunday
school work during the ensuing year.
The Greensboro convention closed
the most successful year the associa-
ton has ever had. AT the Kinston con-
vention one year ago there we're
only IA counties represented, this
year at Greensboro, there were $3.50;
at 4<inston there were LOG delegates
-316 at Greensboro.
The next convention which meets
I'm this city will probably be much
larger still. The Central commit
tee meets on the First Thursay even
ing in each month in the general sec
retary's ofce. The following men con-
stitute the committee: N. B. Brough-
ton. b. r. Lacy, r. n. Simms, Jno. E.
RAY. w. H. Worth, George Allen, l..
NJ. Smith, II. w. jackson, W. O..
Young, ST.. of Raleigh, and Geo. w.
Watts and H. N. Snow, of Durham.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
MASS or Sores
Awful Suffering Of a Boy
from an itching
huInOur.
CURED BY CUTICURA
Not One Square Inch of Skin on
His Whole Body Was
Unaffected.

"My little son, boy of five, broke
out with an itching rash. Three doc
tors prescribed for him, but he kept
getting worse until we could not dress
him any more. They finally advised
me to try a certain medical college, but
its treatment did not do any good. At
the time l was induced to try Cuticura
Remedies he was so bad that I had to
cut his hair off and put the Cuticura
Ointment on him on bandages, as il was
impossible to touch him with the bare
hand. There was not one square inch
of skin on his whole body that was not
affected. He was one mass of sores.
The bandages used to stick to his skin
and in removing them it used to take
the skin off with them, and the screams
from the poor child were hcart-break-
ing. l began to think that he would
never get well, but after the second
application of Cuticura Ointment /
began to see signs of Improvement,
and with the third and fourth applica-
tions the sores commenced to dry up.
His skin peeled off twenty times, but 1t
finally yielded to the treatment. used
the Cuticura Resolvent for his blood,
and now | can say that he is entirely
cured and stronger and healthier boy
you never saw than he is to-day"
ROBERT WATTAM,
1922 Center Ave-, Chicago, H., Dec.
80, 1897.
No return in six years, Mr.. Wattam
writes, Feb. %, 1908.
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the case of my little boy at hand. am
truly thankful to say that the cure
effected by the Cuticura Remedies has
been a most thorough and successful
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
JOHN II. TAYEOR's FUNERAL.
An Old Citizen Is Laid Away Till the
Last Trump Sounds.

The funeral services of the late Mr..
John r. Taylor were conducted yes
terday afternoon at four O'Clock from
the residence of his son, Mr.. w. T..
Taylor, sos East Hargett street.
There were a number of friends in
attendance and as marks of esteem
many floral tributes were laid on his
casket. The services were conducted
by Rev. W. G. Tyree, pastor Of the
First Baptist church, and the inter-
ment was mthe City cemetery.
Eighty seven years old, the de-
ceased had known much of the pass
ing events in Raleigh. Sixty years
ago he was a leading tailor here, and
farmed on Crabtree creek.
He has been blind for several years.
He was an honest and industrious citi-
zen, whose life was a quiet and even
enc, Christianity being his guide. he
leaves two sons who live i'm Raleigh,
Messrs. w. A. Taylor and W. Z. Tay-
lOr !
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
FUN THIS AFTERNOON.
\. and NJ. Faculty to Play Seniors at
the Fair Grounds.

Just bushels of fun for the old and
young will be found this afternocr at
the Fair Grounds, when the annual
baseball game is pulled off between
the A. and M. faculty team and senior
class team. Every year the out go
ing class looks forward to the chance
given them to get even with the fac
ulty. who, for four long years
have made it hot for each MEM
Der of their class. Not an error will
be made and all plays of the twentieth
century grand stand style, and every
inch of the distance between bird
base and the home rubber viii De
holly contested, and if the base run
ner should be SO unfortunate as 10 be
thrown out after making s. long Sllde
for the rubber, by DR.. Winstor from
Center field, arrangements have 1een
made to protect the umpire.
The college will suspend work al
o'clock and all flock to the grounds
to witness the great game at Is
The ladies will be admit ID free ny
request of the players SO that every
one will come o1t aud yell most
strenuously for tier iavOriteS.
On account of II great number
working hard to pia, a position in
the game 1t was impossible TO obtain
the line up of tina TWO Teams.
Let's everybody go and enjoy an
afternoon off. The admission is fiji
en- cents. Ladies free.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
BIOLOGICAL CLUB.
Contest of Young scien-
fists Last Night.
First Prize Won by J. O. Morgan, Sec
ond Prize by William Kerr---
A Good Crowd in Primrose
Hall at A. & M. College.

The Biological Club of the North
Carolina College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts held it's third annual
contest last evening in Primrose hall,
in the presence of a big crowd.
1t was a pleasant evening for the
| scientists and those who were not, and
all present enjoyed the interesting
program. The presence of the young
ladies from the Baptist Female Uni
versity lightened the hearts of the
speakers, and all of them We're at
their best. The ladies were highly in
terested and their pretty faces no
doubt made a lasting impression upon
some of the cadets. There We're many
other ladies from the city present.
The first speaker on the program
was William Kerr, subject, "Some In
vestigations Concerning Disinfection."
He showed the necessity for a knowl-
edge of bacteria and of the diseases
they cause, and how they may be de-
stroyed by use of disinfectants. MIR.
Kerr was at his best and showed by
his diagrams, charts and plates how
numerous these minute organisms are
and how rapidly they multiply. Then
he gave in detail, by chart illustra-
tons, methods and chemicals for de-
stroying them.
The second speaker was Mr.. Arthur
Lee 1dSCndll, SUBJECT, PROPER fef-
tilizer for Particular Soils" Mr.
Paschall showed pots of radishes tes-
ing the power of different fertilizers
upon these plants. His experiments
proved that he had devoted an i'm
mense amount of work to his re-
searches, and he had gathered some
valuable information His contribution
was an excellent one.
Mr.. Mack Hopkins CheSbro'S paper
On n
effective Pollination,' was a new thing
even to the scientists. He proved that
much of the unfruitfulnesS of or
chardS is due to the fact that the pol
len of the flower is destroyed by the
excessive amount of water during
rainy weather. Mr. Chesbro's drown
ings of flowers and their parts We're
excellent, as well as his well prepared
talk.
observations on Some Plant Dis
eases of West Raleigh" by Mr.. James
Oscar Morgan, was an exceptionally
good presentation. He is naturally
gifted speaker and his work on draw
ings and his speech in general showed
that he was master of the subject.
Mr.. Robert James Avery came last
on the program. His subject was
physiological Experiments with
Farm Animals" BY his chart he
showed that he had spent lots of time
| in finding the normal conditions of
several different classes of farm ami
mails, such as temperature, respiration
and pulsation.
The judges, Mr.. JoSephuS Daniels,
DR.. b. W. kilgore and Prof. w. q.
! Sackett then retired and after few
minutes returned and delivered the
first prize, a compound microscope to
Mr.. Morgan, and the second prize,
spray pump, to Mr.. Kerr
The officers of the society are:
William Walter Finley, president;
Robert James Avery, vice-president;
| Malcolm ROLAND McGirt, secretary;
James Claudius Beavers Cor. Secre-
tary.
The marshals last night were: NAL
colin ROLAND McGirt, Horace Smith
McLendon, James Elwood Overton.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
MECKL ENDURG DAY
The Tar Heels of Savan-
nah Will Celebrate.
Governor Aycock and Other North
CaroIinians Invited to Annual
Banquet on May goth in
Georgia City.

The anniversary of the signing OF
the Mecklenburg Declaration of In
dependence Will be celebrated by the
North Carolina Society of Savannah,
Ca, on the evening of May goth.
banquet will be given at the De Soto
hotel i'm that city, and a number OF
distinguished North Carolinians have
been invited to be present and respond
TO toasts.
Governor Aycock was asked to re-
spond 10 the toast. 1.-THE Old North
State" but on account of previous
engagement he was obliged to decline
the invitation. General Julian s.
Carr, Mr.. Josephus Daniels, Col. A.
NJ. Waddell and others have been in
vited to respond to tOaStS. Governor
Terrell, Of Georgia, Hon. Henry CT.
Turner, of the Georgia Supreme court,
and Hon. Hoke Smith, Secretary of
the Interior during President Cleve-
lands last administration, will be
among the speakers at the banquet.
Judge Turner and Mr.. Smith are both
natives of North Carolina.
The North Carolina Society was or
ganized in Savannah about four
months ago and has a membership of
membership is composed of the most
prominent and wealthy citizens of Sa-
Vannah, who are natives of the Old
North State. Mr.. J. p. Williams,
president of the society, is native
of Wayne county. He has resided in
Savannah for nearly a quarter of
century, and is perhaps the leading
naval stores factor in the world. He
is also president of the Georgia, Flori-
a 10 Narr
nected with many of the largest
financial institutions in the State of
Georgia.
over two hundred invitations have
been sent out for the banquet on May
goth, and ii is estimated that covers
will be laid for nearly three hundred
persons. An interesting programme
Is now being prepared for the occa-
sion, and the North Carolinians in
Savannah are looking forward to "a
most delightful evening. DR.. w. F..
Fitch, the historian of the society, is
preparing a history of the Mecklen-
burg Declaration. which will be read
at the anniversary celebration. The
banquet hall will be decorated with
North Carolina flags and the orches-
ira will render Carolina" and THE
old North State Forever"
Mr.. Roscoe G.. Mitchell, OF the edi-
torial staff of the Savannah Morning
News, who is secretary of the North
Carolina Society. was in Raleigh yes
terday, and called on Governor Ay-
cock and urged the chief executive to
reconsider his decision and accept
the invitation, but on account of the
fact that Governor Aycock has a
previous engagement in Maxton on
that date ne was obliged to decline
the invitation. He has written a
letter to the president of the society
expressing his regrets.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13

Washington bread now being made by
Bretsch's bakery. This bread is so
pure and wholesome, SO much supe-
rior to any other bread ever offered
in Raleigh, that it is giving delight TO
most Raleigh housekeepers. me
bread is delivered fresh each day ana
saves home baking and the expense
and unpleasantnesS of an intense nre
in hot weather. 1t satisfies servants
to relieve them of such intense neat.
Servants don't enjoy standing near a
baking oven all day, when they know
that their health is in danger. Have
Bretschs wagon make a regular daily
visit to your home. Save money ana
make YOUR servants contented. Tele-
nhone No. 1912 and ask Mr.. BretSch TO
have the genuine Washington bread
delivered to you.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
Shaw University.

The closing exercises of commence
ment week take place in the chapel at
10 o'clock this morning. A class of
four will be graduated. The address
will be given by Edward A. Johnson
of this city. At the close of the exer-
cises the industrial exhibit will be
open to the inspection of visitors an
excellent cooking school has been e.--
tablished and the work in the other
Industrial departments has been ex
tended since last commencement. The
public is cordially invited to these ex-
ercises and it is hoped that all who
attend will look carefully through the
industrial exhibits.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
PURE FOOD LAW.

Efforts have been made for several
years past, and is now being agltateo
in all Darts of the State for the estab-
lishment of a pure food law. Every
housekeeper should insist on pure
foods, and accept no substitute. The
Fulton Yeast Cake is purely vegetable
and will stand the test of any food law
in the United States. Being a Vege-
table product it will keep in any ell
mate for several months. Send your
address on a postal and receive a
sample cake free, and test it's qualities
as a bread raiser for yourself. Address
Fulton Yeast Company, Richmond,
Virginia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
HOT TIMES IN INDIANA.
fwenty-foar Delegates for Parker. Ten
for Hearst---A Row Brewing.
(By the Associated Press. !


indianapolis May 11.-Twentyfo
ueiegates favorable to the nomination
OF Judge Alton Il. Parker. of Nov
YORK, for the Presidency were select
ed tonight by district caucuses whilt.
ten We're chosen who are advocates
OF me nomination of William r
Hearst. any of these reconyanad
and the Hearst people have started
movement to bolt the convention to-
morrow and hold a rump con-
vention that will send d complete
set of Hearst delegates to the National
convention. Rump caucuses We're held
tonight in the Second and Tenth dis
tricts Immediately following the reg
ular caucuses, and it was reported
late tonight that the Hearst delegates
from other districts held a full slate of
delegates and convention officers.
The scenes attending several of the
caucuses were extremely riotous.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
EVERYBODY DELIGHTED.
The Four Pickerts Give a Snappy and
Breezy Show.

l4F' ~ 49, %s~% -"
No audience ever emerged from a
theatre with more laughter, or with
more enjoyment depicted on the faces
of the people than did that which saw
1.-TWO Married Men" a roaring one
act farce end the double bill presented
by the Four PickertS and company
last night
struck Gas was the comedy
drama presented, and this was en-
joyed greatly, the cast doing excellent
work. The specialties presented were
enjoyed, especially so the singing and
dancing of the Four Pickerts, who
won encore after encorse. They
caught the audience.
Tonight the bill will be a False
Father and a new set of specialties
will be introduced. omorrow night
"Ten Nights in q Bar-room" Will be
featured, and Carrie Nation will visit
the saloon. The prices are the popu-
lar figures, 10, 20 and 80 cents. It's
worth the money.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
WANTS Fol.kS TO SHOOT.
A Visitor From Washington Urging
the Need of Sure Shots.

Mr.. Edward j. Dimmick, of Wash
ington, d. c.. is a visitor here.
Mr.. Dmmick is visiting the south
for the purpose of calling attention
to the need of rifle, shot gun and re-
volver practice He was in confer
ence with Col. Albert Williams. of the
National Guard of North Carolina yes
terday, and also talked with city
officers regarding the necessity for
revolver practice by the police. He
will visit the A. and NJ. College to
talk of inside target practice. Mr..
Dimmick is an ardent advocate in IA
vor of women Knowing how to use
a revolver or a gun.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
John Miller.
Richard Reins.
Fritz Seiberg.
Evans Williams.
Thomas Green.
DIR. KILGO is APPLAUDED.
Declares No One Could Love the Stars
and Stripes More Than We Do.
nv the Associated Press

(By the ASSOclated PresS.J
Lose Angeles. Cal, May 11.-Prac-
tically no business was transacted by
the Methodist General conference
today.
After rescess the duty of receiving
and welcoming fraternal delegates was
taken up and addresses were made
by Rev. William Dodson, fraternal
delegate from Canada. and Rev. j. G.
Kilgo. of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. Dr. Kilgo aroused the
enthusiasm of the delegates to de-
gree not before reached in the con-
ference by his eloquent peroration in
which he asserted that no one could
love the Stars and Stripes more than
the people of the South.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
TaIiafcITo is Nominated.

Jacksonville, Fla, May Ire
turns so far received make no change
in the situation as stated last night
Taliaferro has so far small majority
over all for the Senate and has prob
ably been nominated. Davis and
Broward will have to run again for
governor
Sparkman has a decided majority
in the First district and Lamar had no
Opposition in the Third.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
Starting the Report.

The committee which is investiga-
ting the affairs of the Atlantic and
North Carolina railroad, were in ses-
sion yesterday in the Senate chamber.
The testimony taken in New Bern
and in Raleigh is being examined,
and the committee expects to begin
the formulation of it's report today.
The experts at New Bern have not
yet completed their work.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
Winston Will Invite the Doctors.

Winston Salem, n. c.. May IL
The Forsyth Medical Society has in
structed its delegate to invite the
North Carolina Medical Society, which
meets in Raleigh on the oath inst, to
meet in this city in 1905 and urge
the acceptance of the invitation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
BORDEN'S PEERLESS

Brand Evaporated Cream is preserved
sugar. 1t is sterillzed according
to latest sanitary methods, having deli
cate flavor and richness which makes it
the favorite of the breakfast table for
cereals, coffee, tea, and chocolate. Avoid
unknown brands.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
FIVE MEN ARE KILLED.
An Explosion i'm the Biz Muddy Iron
and Coal Company.
CIV the Associated Press.

(By the Associated Press.)
Carbonate, H., May lin an ex-
plosion today at the shaft of the Big
Muddy Coal and Iron company in
Herrin, five men were killed instantly,
five seriously injured and twenty 9TH
ers slightly injured
The dead are:
John Miller.
Richard ReinS.
Fritz Seiberg.
Evans Williams.
Thomas Green.
Six kegs of powder awaiting distri-
button to the men of the day shift eX-
ploded having been ignited, it is sup
posed by the premature turning on OF
the electric current which operates
the machinery of the mines. The
bodies of the dead men were fright
fully mangled
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
WELL BRED PEOPLE.
Raleigh Lady Says They are Found
Here.

A Raleigh lady, and she is one of
the best housekeepers in the city, says
the best bread people in North Caro-
lima are found in Raleigh. She has
been all over the country but she has
never found anything to equal the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13

Buffalo, N. Y, May 11.-Miss Mar
ion Walton Gorham, of Marshall,
Mich, is dead and the physicians re-
port ascribes the cause to "shock from
over joy Miss Gorham, who was
attending a private school here, receiv-
ed an unexpected visit from her moth
er She started toward her with an
exclamation of joy and collapsed after
taking few steps. She was dead in
a few seconds.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
THE BILL is QUAsHED.
Charger Union Men With Conspiracy
for Black-Listing humbe.' Dealer.

NopSCldI 10 news ana observer
Salisbury N. c.. May lin Row
an Superior court Judge M. II. Justice
quashed the sensational bill of imdict-
ment against A. Van Pe!t and others
for conspiracy against c. A. Rice. a
lumber dealer of this city, who had
been blacklisted by the carpenters
and joiners' union for refusing to en-
ploy union men. The state gave no.
tice of appeal to the Supreme court.
Counsel for Ernest Murphy, who
has been in Jail here under charge OF
shooting Chief of Police j. f, Miller,
secured his release today on cOndi-
ton that he leave the city immediate
ly, which he did.
The North Carolina Lutheran synod
convened today at Christiana near this
city. Rev II. G. Holland, d. D., of
Charlotte, is president There is a
large attendance from all parts of the
State.
Groves Tastclc5s Chill Tonic, has
stood the test Twenty-Five years. The