Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-10-03

if a precinct goes dry it remains dry
until the people of the precinct choose
to vote It wet
Waxahachie.- Colonel William i.
Crawford, of Dallas, made vigorous
and eloquent speech here Saturday
against Senator Bailey and his re-
cord. There were from five thousand
to six thousand persons at the rally
Austin.-The Adjutant General has
issued orders embodying a tribute TO
the memory of the late r. w. Stay
ton, who died last week at Corpus
Christi, and who was for years one of
the most prominent figures in the
State guard.
San Angelo.-The bricllmaling plant
in this city has been completed and
is ready to be put into operation.
victoria.-An invitation has been
sent to President Roosevelt to attend
the inland waterway convention to be
held in Houston, October and
It is hoped that while he is on his
southern tour the President may be
induced again to visit Texas.
Austin-The attendance at the
opening of the fall term of the Univ
ersity will exceed the figures of any
previous term in the history of the
institution.
Dallas.-The body of Carl Mabry
20 years old. of Abilene, Texas, was
found in a clump of bushes near the
Texas and Pacific tracks in the edge
of the City Monday night. The body
was horribly mutilated and bore evil
dences that the young man had been
murdered by robbers. No clew to
the murderer has been found.
Austin A negro driver of mail
wagon is arrested at Austin and more
tnan 200 different charges of petty
lrifling of packages are made against
him. He gave his attention largo Y
to stealing womens apparel and q
1 dozen or more shirt waists we're -
covered with other articles that had
been stolen in transit from the post
office to the depot.
Corpus Christi.-David M Morris,
who has been on the lsthmus OF Pana
ma for the last two years, is back on
| a visit to his old home. He says
there are a number of Texans down
mere and they have a Texas Club
which is floumshing organization.
Belton.-Ferguso and Cheatham
have been given the contract to repair
the Bell County Court house at
cost of S1,40O.
Austin The State authorities are
preparing to curb the issuance of char
tiers to clubs organized for the purpose
/ of selling liquors in cities where the
Sunday ana the midnight closing laws
are strictly enforced
{ Austin.-It is estimated that the
e gross earnings of the railroads OF thu
o State will show decrease tms yea
owing to crop conditions.
n Houston The AfroAmerican Lea
n que, an organization of negro Re
! publicans has called meeting TO
s November 9Th The officers of tn
league admit they are after Ceci
a Lyon and w. f. Taft, and throug
!. those, the President The indication
:. are that there will be a lively session
e Austin-Ofdelal ANNOUNCEMENT ha
I, been made that oil Of the recent con
! stituti9Ral amendments submitted t
the vote of the people We're defeated
including that for the establishment o
S a home for widows of Gonfederat
soldiers.
; Cameron. Ed Kosteris, boy
saved J. T. Langley farmer iron
drowning after the farmer had gon,
down for the third time. The DO,
was forced to dive for Langley wa,
was resuscitated after being brought
to the surface.
Marfa.-The actio6 Of the Land Com
missioner and State officials in the
matter of alleged LANDS crookedness in
this part OF the State has aroused I
storm of ceusure.
BrownsvilIe.-A tarpon itrYnping into
a boot painfully injured one of the
occcpants and came near smamping
the craft before lie was slain.
Ell Paso One saloon kept open
last Sunday and Monday the County
Attorney took acrBnn for the enJoin-,
ing the proprietor from continuina
business and he was also charged
with selling liquor in violation of the
Sunday law.
Fort Worth.-The largest locomo-
tive ever brought to THE State passed
through here Monday en- route to
sweetwater to be used by the Orient
railroad
Houston-The United States Immi
grafton Bureau is said to- be contem
plating using Atkinson island as an
station, after the manner
that Ellis island, at New York. is
used. Atkinson island was formed
by the cutting of the Morgan canal;
through a neck of land extending out
into Galveston bay.
Corpus Christi The Seaside hotel