Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-11-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN EPiToME OF THE MOST I'M.
PoRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
= Carefully oieestsd and Condensed
Compilation Of Current News
items, Domestic and Foreign.
MISCELLANEOUS.

The president, accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt, SUPERINTENDENT Rixey OF
the navy and NJ. G. Latta, one of the
assistant secretaries at the White
House, is away ON trip to the 18th.
mus of Panama to inspect the canal
They are due to return Nov. 81
great fire ragged in Canton, China,
destroying the section where the res
taurants and gambling houses were
located.
Hon. Robert l.. Henry, chairman OF
the democratic caucus in congress,
has issued call for meeting of the
democratic members to be held in
the house Of representatives Dec. 1.
Lasaile A. Maynard, associate editor
OF Leslie's Weekly, and prominent
figure at Lake Mohonk peace confer,
erences, died at Claremont, Cal. His
home was in Oneonta, N. Y.
Ten men persisted In the wreck of
the full-rigged Russian ship Sovinto,
which struck the lodges at Priests
pond, Charlottetown, Prince Edwards
Island, during severe gale.
The United States circuit court of
appeals, at st. Paul, Mimi, has hand.
ed down decision unfolding the va
lidity Of contracts for the purchase
and sale of grain for future delivery,
as it is practiced by the Chicago board
Of trade and the Merchants exchange
~of st. Louis.
Eleven indictments were handed to
Judge Lochran in the United States
district court at st. Paul Mimi, by
the federal grand jury, covering the
giving of rebates by certain railroads
and the receiving of the same by
grain firms and individuals.
Edwin Stone of Brooklyn, who died
In Saratoga, N. Y, Oct. 81, left half
OF his estate, valued at 100000, to
various educational and charitable in
atitutions. Tuskegee Institute, Book.
er t.. Washingtons school is men.
toned.
The Riga correspondent of the st.
Petersburg Bourse Gazette has sent
In narrowing details of the execution
BY shooting of three boys, who had
been condemned by court-martial
for robbery The firing party was com.
pletely unnerved at the sight OF mere
children before them for execution
and fred wildly, and 1t was only after
several yolleys that all the condemned
were killed.
The agitation in Italy against the
action OF the government in placing
an order for armor plate for an Ital.
ian man-of-war valued at $1,000, 900
with the Midvale Steel 20. of Penn,
sylvania, is assuming sc ous char.
acter.
Mrs. Henry Williams, abe. | so years
old, was found murdered in her home
near Stafford Springs, Com. Robbery
apparently was the motive, and the
murderer is believed to be tramp.
BY the election of j. r. Harahan as
president of the Illinois Central Rail.
road Co. tosucceed Sturyvesant Filth,
1t is believed that =. II. Hartman has
at last realized the fulfillment of his
plan to control railroad line from the
Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. In this
great plan the Illinois Central was tho
one link missing to complete a line
OF track from New York to San Fran.
cisco and Portland, Ore, from the
great lakes to the gulf of Mexico and
from the gulf to the Pacific ocean
again.
Reports from Washington of a case
In preparation for prosecution of the
Standard Oil Co. has received some
attention in Wall street and on the
stock market.
After a stormy scene, lasting
several hours, the coroner's jury at
Atlantic City agreed to place the
blame for the Thoroughfare wreck of
Sunday, Oct. 2S. upon Daniel Stewart
the aged bridge tender.
Congressman-elect Judge Geo. X.
Favrot shot and instantly killed his
lifelong associate and former school
mate. DR.. H. H. Aldrlch, one of the
best known citizens at Baton Rouge,
La, while hundreds of persons were
near the scene OF tho shooting, but
none knew whe saed between
the two men. Ju1so lavrot refused to
talk beyond letting 1t be known that
the matter was a private quarrel.
Secretary of the Interior Ethan Al
len Hitchcock will retire from the
cabinet March 4, and win be succeed
ed by James r. Garfield, son of
former President James II. Garfield,
who is at present commissioner of
corporations.
Seven persons We're killed and nine
were injured at Mocha, Ecuador, a
station on the Quito railroad. owing
to natiyea meddlng with the brake on
q car.
The death IA announced OF Auboron
y, W NJ. Herbert the nngllnh Jour
nallat, Ho was bora In laae.