Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-11-30
AL OVER TEXAS.

Severe earthquake shocks were felt
Friday in central Italy, especially at
Florence, Pisa and Urbino. No dam
age was done.
The county Commissioners of Ma
varro County have changed the date
for holding the prohibition election
from Dec. 10 to Dec 16.
The last installment of the $4,000
600 loan made to the Worlds Fair has
paid into the United States treasury
by the Exposition officials.
John A. Comfy, a pioneer in the but
ton manufacturing business in the
West is dead at his residence in Chi
cago, from stroke of apoplexy.
Mrs. Hattie Chauncy of Dallas, was
seriously burned by gasoline which
caught fire while she was cleaning
some hair switches with 1t, Friday al
ternoon.
Senator Cockrell of Missouri is one
of those mentioned as a cabinet posi-
bility in the event that the President
decides to go into the heretofore solid
South for material,
The southbound passenger train on
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail
way struck and killed tho little son of
Joe Morgan, two miles west of Royse
City, Wednesday afternoon.
James P. Gillespie of Ellis County,
who has lately been employed in the
general land office at Austin, has re-
signed to accept the position of private
secretary Congressman Beall.
It is stated that Col. Cecil Lyon has
a letter from President Roosevelt re-
newing his promise to visit Texas and
naming date about December first.
The story is not generally credited.
Four-year-old Marie Martinez, at
San Antonio, while at play stepped on
match, which set FIRE to her clothes,
burning her so badly that after forty
eight hours Intense suffering she died.
Probably the largest potato ever rails
ed by Texas was rlsed by Sam Mich
olson Of Joshua, Johnson County. II
weights ga pounds and IS one foot
long and about eight inches in circum'
frence.
Miss Nellie Jaynes was seriously in
juried at Alvarado, Friday, in a run
away accident. She with several other
young ladies were out horseback rid
ing when her horse ran away and
threw and dragged her about fifty
yards by her foot.
The work of securing deeds to the
right of way for the Mckinney inter
urban electric road is progressing at
satisfactory rate After this is fin
ished the work of construction will
begin.
Announcement is made Of the com
pletion Of tht fund Of 100000 for the
erection of National monument 10
the late President Mckinley. The
National trustees of the association
will meet and adopt a design for the
monument soon.
The North American Land and Lum-
Der Company Of Lake Charles, which
owns several hundred thouand acres OF
land in that parish, announce they will
run an experimental farm next year
to teach settlers how to raise small
fruit and vegetables for market.
A company with s25,OOOOOO capital
stock will build an oriental city just
south Of San Francisco, and will place
the present Chinatown on the
market as an addition to the resident
portion Of the city.
John B. Heclsher, secretary of the
National Horse Show Association of
America, and father-in-law of Mayor
Mcclellan, was trampled upon by a
pair OF horses at the Madison Square
Garden horse show, and 1t is feared
that his injuries may prove fatal.
The Call says Champion James JEFF
fries viii meet Jack Jackson, the ne
gro pugilist, in the ring next March.
1t claims that the men have signed UP
and agreed upon the terms under
which the battle Will be fought
Captain Peter Maytubby Of neal
caddo, l. T., states that he has per
fected arrangements to commence Dor