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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
Telephone Fragment Fatal.

While Harold Fowler, 10 years old,
was talking over the telephone at Sc.
warren, n. J., a email portion of the
trausmitter, which was cracked, broke
off and fell into his mouth. The boy
swallowed il and died.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
s5,ooo,ooo CLEVELAND STATION.
Vice President of Lake Shore An
nominees IruDrOyemeutS

nounces improvements.
The definite announcement is made by
G. j. Grammer vice president of the
Lake Shore railroad, that Cleveland.
Ohio, is to have a $5O00,OOO union sta
ton, 100000 of which will be the
share of the New York Central lines as
a part of the appropriation of $6O,OOO.-
600 for improvements to be made within
the next three or four years. Other New
York Central improvements, work on
which has already been started, include
the opening of the Clearfeld coal district
by the building of a new railway into it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
Escape an Awful Death.

Bernard Scott, colored, is held by the
Baltimore police on the remarkable
charge of having attempted to cause the
explosion of the boiler of the Jane Nose
ly, an excursion steamer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

John Perry O'Neal. treasurer Of the
Pullman Palace Car Employees Associa-
ton. was arrested at Jersey City. n. j.,
charged with having embezzled $1,000 Of
+ba aSsooiations funds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
FARMERS LOSE BY BIG STRIKE
Tie-Up of Railroads Interferes with
Crop Moving in Minnesota.

IVP -'H0 III 1'A1I1I-SsVtus
In an effort to prevent great loss in
connection with the wheat crop, which
IS now being harvested and much of
which must be moved at once, CONNER
cial clubs and farmers organizations
along the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific railways in Minnesota are en-
deavoring to bring about a settlement Of
the railway telegraphers' strike. Led by
the commercial club of Wadena, they
have drafted an appeal to Gov. Johnson,
asking him to use his efforts for peace
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

The Holy Ghost and Us Colony at
Shiloh. Me-. is on the brink of starva-
ton. elijah. Sandford's people admit
they are suffering for want of suitable
food and that a famine seems inevitable.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
Passes Million Marx

The Portland exposition officials an
nounce that the million mark has been
passed, the total attendance from June
to date, including passes, being 1913
531.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
Trade and industry i'm
prove as crops mature.
Ean h1SinnsS wEiln mt
/, New York.

Fail business, while not
yet in full swing, shows signs of eX-
pansiOn, and Western trade opens
week earlier than last year. Weather
| conditions have favored crop growth
| and harvesting, fear of rust damage
to spring wheat has disappeared, and
corn promises a record yield, and both
demand and collections have improved
asthe result of early wheat crop move
ment in the Southwest Midsummer
quiet, so called, is less than ordinarily
manifest this year in trade, industry
and financial operations. Bank clear
ings for July break all records for that
month. Best trade reports come from
the Southwestern sections, where the
new winter wheat crop has been good,
and is moving freely. Mississippi Val
ley shotgun guarantees affect demand
and shipment
Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week ending Aug. are 1,O41 ,696
bushels, against 1884 last week, and
1879, 1913 this week last year. Corn
exports for the week are 1,013,675
bushels, against 773, 62f last week, and
273,365 a year ago.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Aug. 8 number
17S, against 1917 last week. 10 in the
like week of 1904, 161 in 1908 and 100
in 1902, and 1S5 in 1901. In Canada
failures for the week number twenty
five, as against twenty-eight last week,
and twenty-five in this week year
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Commercial Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

Upon condition that he procure di-
voree from his wife or that she die Carl
F. Miller of Pittsburg will inherit vir-
tually all of the 100000 estate of Miss
Anna NJ. Cunning. spinster who was
engaged to be married to Miller many
years ago. Miller says the 100000 viii
not tempt him into the divorce courts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
Chicago Strike Costs s11o.e2o.

Chicago's big teamsters' strike, for
which Shea. in his speech, accepted re-
sponsibility. cost $110,620 according to
the union finance committees report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

Regarding the report in circulation
that a general strike of the mine work
ers was imminent. President Mitchell At
Scranton. Pa, said: This rumor of 4
strike is so silly that | can find no pos
sibIe excuse whatever for its circula-
ton"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
Tndict Milwaukee. NYi11;ona;-e

Charles F. Pfster, millionaire politi-
clan, banker. street railway owner, tan
ner and publisher. and looked on as the
foremost citizen of Milwaukee. was in
sicted by the grand jury of Milwaukee
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

4 campaign mas been inaugurated by
Commissioner Wathern of New York
against the use of cigarettes on Ellis Isl
and Their sale has been forbidden and
The commissioner has caused it to be
known among the employees that cigar
cite smokers are not wanted
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

Gov. John A. johnson Of Minnesota,
referring to the presidential boom start
ed for him by Thomas ". Lawson, de-
clared at Minneapolis that he was not in
the field as a candidate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

Charles Sehimmelfennig Of the Kerr
Murray foundry, in Fort Wayne, had his
back broken in two places by a falling
derrick and died on the way to the hos
pital-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

A Kenosha Wis justice compelled
Mary Decker, 16 years old, 10 sign a
pledge to become a voluntary recluse for
the next FIVE years. She was arrested on
a charge of vagrancy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

Arrests are anticipated in New York
within a short time as the result of n
seizure of cheap stogies reported by dis
patches from St. Louis. The consign-
ment taken by government agents mum
bered $1,000 and bore internal revenue
washed stamns
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

Jacob Loar, who was Tilted by a
Washington Pa) girl. took her 2-year-
old sister End tied her to a tree, where
she remained over night. Loar narrow
~ escaped lynching.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

President Roosevelt has objected to
the use of his picture on advertising nat
ter and compelled the recall of 10000
circulars published by the Spokane,
Wash. Chamber of Commerce.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
VERTICAL WRITING is oUsTED.

Minneapolis Schools Join Reform
Movement in Penmanship.
The vertical system of handwriting is
a thing of the past as far as the public
schools of Minneapolis are concerned. At
the meeting of the board of education
four of the seven members voted to do
away with the vertical system, which has
been in vogue in the city schools for a
number of years, and to substitute the
Spencer system, which is a compromise
between the old-fashioned slant and the
vertical
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
: TANGLED FINANCE"
METEORlC RISE AND FALL OF
HELTER-SKELTER BANKER.
Devlin, of Kansas, Was Honest, but His
habit of Trusting to Memory Proved
Financially Fatal When illness Came
to Him.

While the people of the East are get
ting their share of ''frenzied finance the
West is not wholly neglected though il
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

Frederick L. Cutting. commissioner of
insurance for Massachusetts,, in his an
nual report resorts TO a scathing driti-
cism, pointed condemnation and fierce de-
nunciation of the methods and course
of the big insurance companies Of the
United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

The congress Of Venezuela has ratified
the contract made by the government
with Senior c. Madueno for the estab-
lishment of the National Bank of Ven
ezuela and granting him the exclusive
right Of manufacturing cigarettes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

DR. Robert Reyburn is the sole sur
vivor Of the physicians and surgeons who
attended President Garfield when he was
slot twenty-four gears ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

The late Francesca Zocchi was 90 at
ihe time of his death. lie was an uncle
of SalvinY and was the oldest actor on
the Italian stage
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

The american Floating Exposition. /"
as it viii be called. will start from New
York in January. 1906. 1t will carry a
limited number of samples of merchan-
disc of American manufacture, the sam
pies to be displayed at each of the ports
where stops will be made. The trip will
require fifteen months and over and CO.
600 miles will be covered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15

One miner is killed for every million
tons of coal raised.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
Canning Factory Here.

The above named factory that
we have mentioned before is now
on the ground and will be set up
at the earliest date, 90 you will
find it ready for your fruit
and vegetables. We will unload
the two cars of material Monday
on the grounds north of the mat
tress factory, and will be pleased
if any stock holders can come and
help US unload, for if we can get
this help donated it will be quite
a saving, besides you will become
informed as to the value of your
plant which is worth three times
cost.
Get your seed into the ground
and we will cont act for your
stuff at good prices, such as Doc
per bu. for cucumbers, 1Hc per
lb. for beans, etc. We will COM
mence the building at once, stock
holders pay in your money to
First National Bank at once.
A. FRANK Ross, Pres.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
CHOcTAw GOOD ROADS.
Association Is Formed and Specimen
Road Is to Be Built.

South McAlester, l. t, April
1.-THE Choctaw Nation Good
Roads association was formed
here Saturday by T. B. Rixey
and W. E. Loucks of st. Louis
representing the national associa
ton.
Resolutions we're adopted fav-
oring the condemnation and pur-
chase of lands by the federal
government fcs the purpose of
opening public highways in In
dian Territory, there being no
such provision at present.
+. s. Genung was elected pres
ident and H. t. Kyle, secretary.
The government good roads
train will be brought here and an
experimental mile of road laid
under the supervision of accom-
panying experts
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
In Curry. Memory.

Charlottesville, Va. April 15.During
tRe banquet following the initiation at
Dr. Alderman as president OF the Uni
yersity of Virginia, 1t was announced
that John ID. Rockefeller had given
100000 to the university to found a
school OF education to be called the
Curry Memorial School OF Education OF
the University OF Virginia in COM
memoration of the great and dlsinter-
Ssted service of DIR. Curry in behalf OF
popular education In the south.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
MINOR MATTERS.

Local option won in Llano county
Texas, by large majority.
C. p. Sellers was knocked of a ca
hoose at Conshatta. La. and killed.
Lindale. Tex, expects 10 ship sew
enty-fiv cars OF strawberries this sea
son.
Thirty thousand employees OF the ar
senal at Toxic celebrated the fall OF
Mukden.
Dallas police battered down doors OF
an alleged gambling house and made
eight arrests.
A cyclone did much damage in Wash
ito county. Oklahoma. A hailstorm fol-
lowed the wind.
Former President Cleveland denies
that fishing trips are a cloak for rev
elry and dissipation.
Jake Howard. negro boy, had a
leg cut Off by train seven miles
from Longview, Tex.
A hogshead OF tobacco rolled over
Frank H. Mayors at Lexington KY,
crushing him to death.
An aged negro named Bunk w. Will-
Jams was killed at Wagner. l. r., by
locomotive backing on him.
Robert Runnels, charged at Nacog-
doches. Tex, with poisoning IN 1908
soda fountain. was acquitted.
Deputy sheriff Harry King OF DEM
ing. N. NJ, was killed In a fisht at
HI Paso. b. b. Rogers WAS arrested
In n nght ten miles from Poplar
Blur. Mo-, shout land. III. g. AeAms
W. Neck and r. HIussn were khlcd.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
TERRITORY IS DEMOCRATIC.
Every Town But One Went Solid For
Democracy April 4th.

The city elections held in In
dian Territory are very gratifying
to the democrats. The republic
cans were partially successful in
Purcell and lost their entire ticket
in every other town. The repub-
licans for the last few months
have been claiming that in the
event of statehood legislation was
passed that the new state would
be in the grasp of republicanism,
but their statements are not borne
out by the spring elections. The
southern portion of Indian Terri
tory is almost as solidly demo-
cratic as Texas. South McAl-
ester Capital.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
FIERcELY DENOUNCED.
"It Has sown the Wind and Will Reap
the WhirIWind."


st. Petersburg, April 1.-THE Son ol
the Fatherland, now the leading ex-
ponent of constitutionalism, fiercely
denounces the manner in which ii al
legs the bureaucracy is trying TO defeat
the war, which all Russia is waging
against 1t. 1t charges the bureaucracy
with inaugurating a systematic cam
paign to gag public opinion. instcncing
the recent action against the barristers
congress here and the probation OF
meetings of other professional bodies
in MOSCOW and elsewherL. all OF which
1t declares is I'm direct contravention of
the spirit of the imperial ukase OF
March 8, giving individuals and socio-
ties the right of freely petitioning the
throne on the subject of the general
welfare. At the same time the paper
charges the bureaucracy with inspiring
the local authorities everywhere to
fight the reform movement by setting
one class OF the population against the
other. the Armenians against the in
tellectuals.
1T is," the article says, "the old
game. divided ct impera, which served
the autocracy SO we'll in the past but
cannot longer succeed. All the efforts
of the bureaucracy to stilI open win be
IN vain: all the old tricks will be un-
Rvailing. II has sown the wind and
will reap the whirlwind."
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
IT WAS DRY SUNDAY.
All Kinds of Business at Il sandstill
In Missouri Metropolis,
LAW WAS OBSERVED.
Promptly at Midnight Saturday Nigh
Saloons, Barber Shops, Restau.
rants, Groceries, News and
Cigar Stands Closed.

ST. Louis April 17.--For the FIRST
time in six years st. Louis has been
dry" town for twenty-four hours.
and for the FIRST time in its history
the "dryness" has been complete. even
side doors being closed Not only was
IL dry Sunday but II has been a
shavelcHs, shineless. smoheiess and all
most hungry Sunday as well. Prompt
" at midnight Saturday night the sa-
loon lights were extinguished and the
patrons were requested to depart at
once Isarber shops Immediately closed.
news stands and cigar stands followed
suit. small grocery shops and dellcn-
lessen stores shut up shop. and the
large down town restaurants did not
open their doors Sunday.
s. III. Patton barber. was arrested
thirty minutes after the legal hour
for closing. while he was engaged N
trimming a patrons bair. and the luck
less OCCUPANT OF the chair was forced
TO plead with the policeman before
the barber was allowed to finish his
work The barber was taken to police
Headquarters where he was released
with warning
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
SULLIVAN AND MITCHELL.
Exschampion pusilists Matched For a
Twersy- Round Contest.

Tacoma. Wash. April 17.-The sport
ing editor of Tacoma newspaper has
II Is said. succeeded in matching John
L. Sullivan, the former champion pu-
gilist of the word. and Charley Mitch
ell, champion pugilist OF England. for
twenty-round bout. Marquis of
Queensbury rules. the battle to occur
at some time In May When Mitchell
was asked II he would meet sullivan.
the Briton replied: ASK John. will
be ready TO meet him at any time and
anywhere" Sullivan's reply was char
acteristic: 81 will tight Mitchell ten.
fifteen or twenty rounds for keeps fo-
a reasonable purse. Answer II he ac-
cepts." he battle viii probably occur
at Tacoma, where boxin gis permitted.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
PLACED UNDER BOND.
Mayor Davenport Of vinita is Charged
With Introducing Whiskey.

Vinita, l. T., April 15.-Follow-
ing the arrest of Jam' 8 S. Daven-
port, Mayor of Vinita, on a
charge OF introducing whiskey in
Indian Territory on the eve of the
late city election. the preliminary
examination was had before
United States Commissioners Stan
field, and Mayor Davenport was
held to await the action of the
Grand Jury and his bond fixed at
ST 900 which he furnished.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21

Hold it over heat until 1t is thoroughly
warm, but be careful not to scorch IT,
Then lay it down on the table and rub
Is vigorously with the palm of your
shand (see that your hand is thoroughly
dry beforehand), using rapid back
and forth movement.
JSEhen you think you have produced
8 itficient friction stop the rubbing, and
hold the sheet Of paper horizontally
over the butterflies. nearer and near
'er, until You observe the butterflies
rising toward the paper, as they will
do.
After that as long as the electricity
generated by the friction lasts you can
make the butterflies follow the sheet
Of paper around and around, this way
and that. for all the world as II they
were living and were tanned butter
flies. ..t
Try It, You may not succeed at first,
but keep at it, and you will be success
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
WILL VISIT TERRITORIES.
Major Warner Will Accompany Com
merciaI Club on Trade Trip.

Kansas City, Mo-, April b.
Major William Warner, United
States senator elect, and Rep
resentative e. G. Ellis will ac-
company the trade extension trip
of the commercial club into In
dian Territory and Oklahoma
next month. The invitation was
rendered Major Warner a1d Con
gressman Ellis last night and was
accepted.
Some changes have b cen made
in the itinerary of the trip. The
train will leave Kansas City over
the tracks of the st. Louis & San
Francisco instead of the Kansas
City Southern railroad, as at
first intended. Gurthrie, o. t.,
and three Other towns not in the
original itinerary will be visited.
The trip includes stops at ninety
towns in the Indian Territory
and Oklahoma. The train will
leave Kansas City the night OF
May 7 and will reach Kansas
City on the return trip on the
night of May 13. The night
stops will be made at Muskogee,
South McAlester, Ardmore,
Shawnee and Chandler. Fifty
two firms have signed to go on
the trip.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21

The Vinita Chieftain is giving
away 1900 soft maple trees to
citizens of the town who will
plant them. The conditions are
that not more than twenty-five
will be given to one person, and
that all who accept the trees must
agree TO plant them and care for
than for one season.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
CYCLONE NEAR CARNEGIE.
Store Wrecked at suIly and Colonel
Nelson of Boise Hurt.

Guthrie, April 17.-Heavy storms
visited Oklahoma Saturday and Sun
day. Near Carnegie. I'm Caddo county.
a cyclone destroyed numerous build
ings. and at Sully a store building was
demolished Colonel Nelson OF Boise
was struck by a flying water tank
and critically injured.
In the vicinity of Mangum. In Greer
county, wind and hail played havoc
with crops and fruit, and in Mangum
every skylight was broken by hail.
and hundreds of windows about town
shattered.
Throughout Lincoln county another
exceedingly heavy rain fell. assuming
the volume of n cloudburst near Chan
der and causing the already swollen
Deep fork to overflow thousands OF
acres Of land. This 1O0-foot stream
was three-fourths OF a mile wide Sun
day.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
PERKINS is CHAMPION.
Durant Fishing Party Write Home Of
Their Trip to the Waters.

Camp Gordon, 1. T.
April 13, 1905.
Mr.. Lewis Paullin, Durant, l. T.
Dear Sir:-We have been in
this camp a day and a half and
some of the ammunition is all
gone; we are sending one of our
teamsters back to civilization for
another supply.
Mr.. Gordon is in the country
with a number of the comm. ttee
selecting the exact location for
his game preserve. He and his
pa y are certainly thoroughbred
sportsmen.
Of our party, T. j. Perkins
bears the distinction of landing
the largest bass, it weighing 5A
lbs. OF course we had to sit up
with Mr.. Perkins that night. He
donated literally.
Captain Hulett claims to be the
soberest man in our crowd, but it
is very hard to tell as the lines
are not very closely drawn.
There is plenty of game and
fish here, and no one living with
in six or seven miles.
Mr.. Reeves is just in from a
short expedition with a 10 gauge
gun and No. 12 shells. We have
a photograph of his kill of game.
Hurriedly, John Benson for
party of Capt. A. w. Hulett, T.
J. Perkins, A. R. Reeves, o. L.
Shannon, j. M. Sowell and Jno.
Benson.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
SIN STANDS STILL.
Differences of Opinion on This Matter
Causes Shooting serape.

Guthrie. April 17.--Sherin Bari MUIR
ply has returned from seventy-six-
mile chase after John Hill. negro.
who is charged with being implicated
in the shooting OF Arthur Brofford at
Evansville last Sunday night as
result CT quarrel over tre. preachers
sermon from the text regarding Joshua
making the sun stand still
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
Funeral Of Judua Was,

Ardmore, April 17.-F'uneral OF the
last JUDGE r. II. West was held Sunday
at the Methodist church. Rev. s. F..
Goddard conducting the services. Hon.
Stillwell II. Russell delivered eulogy.
Knights of Pythias. Red Men, United
Confederate Veterans and Bar associa-
tion attended. Floral offerings were
numerous.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
Misoresnts Captured.

Noble, Okla, April 17.-Two negroes
held up an Atchison. Topeka and San
ia Fe section foreman named Sullivan
here and were captured by United
States marshals near Wayne, l. It. A
fight took place. and one OF the negroes
was shot. but not fatally
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
pisastrou. Prairie Eira.

Guthrie. April ia disastrous
prairie FIRE swept over eastern Day
county, laying waste a large tract OF
land and burning numerous farm
houses. A high wind caused the flames
to spread rapidly.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-21
Served In Confederate Army.

London. April II Captain MeEvoy.
the ornacc inventor. p0' who served
in the Confederate army in the Amer
lean Civil war. died at Ccdcote. Hert-
fOrdshire