Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-11-21

OF the main boundaries OF the Unite0
States was successfully concluded
when the battleship Louisiana, having
on board President Roosevelt and his
party, dropped anchor In the harbor
of Colon. Extensive precautions had
been made to protect the president
while on the isthmus. Several per-
sons known to have anarchistic ten
denotes were locked up and remained
in jail until the president departed.
The United States census bureau
estimates the total wealth of the coun,
try in 1904 to be S106,SS1 ,415,0 09. This
shows an increase in wealth over the
estimates for 1900 of nearly I'll per
cent, and of Ga per cent over the esti
mate for 1890, when the total wealth
was s65, OS7 O91, 1877
Satsuma, the biggest battleship In
the world, was launched in Japan. The
vessel embodies all the lessons Of the
last war. Details in the main follow
those of the British battleship Dread.
naught, whose steaming capacity she
is expected to exceed.
Rear-Admiral Robely d.. Evans is
quoted as saying; AT the present time
we have nothing more than respecta.
BILE nucleus for navy adequately to
represent the United States. 1t is not
my business to criticise, but 1t some.
times puzzles us of the navy to know
what congress is driving at"
| At meeting of the Pullman Palace
Car Co., in Chicago the capital stock
of the company was increased by $685.;
100000, bringing the total capitaliza
ton up to $100000,00O.
The Encouragement has sent let
ter to the United States district attor-
neys, calling attention to the eight
hour-law. He says the governm emit
intends to enforce 1t strictly.
!. st. Louis chapter of the Daughters
of the Confederacy have subscribed
$1,000 toward the erection of monu-
ment to the confederacy in Forest
park in that city.
Six men were killed and FIVE seri-
ously injured when boiler in the
power house of the Lake Shore &c
Michigan Southern railroad, in Col
lingewood, suburb of Cleveland, o..
blew up. tia4.
The United States grand jury al
Pensacola has returned indictments
against 10 persons, charging peonage
in connection with cases which orig
mated at the Jackson Lumber Co.'s
camp several months since.
4 On December. 2 window in Jew
ish synagogue In Philadelphia, to the
memory OF John Hay, former secre
\ tary of state, will be dedicated, This
is the first time In history that non
dJew has been so honored. 1t Is Q
recognition of Mr. Hays work toward
alternating the suiferings Of the Jews
in Russia.
There is foundation for belief thai
the Bank of France has come to the
relief Of the Bank of England. and n
L FURNISHING that institution with golt
/ necessary to tide 1t over pinch
caused by the millions drawn from
the bank by Americans and shipped
to this country The United States
government has the greatest amour
Of gold In its treasury vaults of any
nation in the world The tremendous
amount Of gold this country has taker
from England In the past year has al
most stopped speculation in London
according to a dispatch from Siat city
for the reason that money is too
, scarce and dear there to speculate
with rs
The Midland National bank in New
, ton, Kas., was held up by one maj
+ and robbed of about $1,000 in currency
Five or six persons were in the bank
oil int 10 VI
J and locked in. The robber then sc
= cured what currency was in sight an
, escaped = lt
!, John ID. Wilkie, chief of the secre
service, announces that the S61,50
; shortage In the sub-treasury In 81
s Louis is up to D.. P. Dyer Jr., an,
Q Ralph p. Johnson. The federal gran
jury is Investigating the affair,
4 At Ashyille, N. c., Patrolmen Chas
Blackstook and William Bailey wer
a killed by a negro desperate name
+ VIII Harris; the chief of police wa
y wounded, one negro killed and anothe
Z fatally wounded, all by the same des
/, perate character who escaped to tn
+ mountains.
d Thomas Dougherty, prominen
Q young man Of Dunmore. Fa., died II
the state hospital at Sacranton, as tn
S result of being stabbed by an ur
Q known woman. The corner says tn
i wound was in the heart and was In
; flicted by a bat pin.
:, Mrs. Esther Summer Damon, sal
n to be the last surviving widow OF
r soldier of the revolutionary war die
at her home in Plymouth Union. Va
It aged 49,. She was married in 1885,
}. when Il years old, to Noah Damon
II who was them 10 years old. Damo
I. served through the revolutionary wal
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