Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-04-18
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE

Chinese Government has ordered,
through German firm at Tien Tsin,
two million rifles, for the uniform
equipment of the Chinese army.
Unless franchise taxes for the en-.
suing year are received by the sec
rotary of state on or before May
next, penalty of rs per cent of the
amount due will accrue against each
delinquent.
Captain Harry Reade, U. S. A. re.
tired, is dead at Lowell, Mass. He
was for eighteen years an officer in
the Twenty-Fifth United States Infant
ry and was stationed at points in Tex
as and South Dakota.
Farmers report that recent hail
storms did much damage to the straw
berry crop, and knocked off thousands
of peaches. In some places young
corn was literally beaten out of the
ground.
Elgin Hardcastle, aged Is years,
was seriously wounded in the left leg
from the accidental discharge of a
target rifle at his home near Ken
tucl1ytown a few days since.
Friday night while riding on
Houston street car, Betsy Fitzpatrick,
a negress, tainted and died in a row
seconds. There was no apparent cause
for DEATH but the presumption is that
she died of heart failure.
In a collision between two freight
trains ON the Mexican Railway (old
Vera Cruz road, between the stations
of Hinconda and lTamarindo, seven
men lost their lives and traffic was
completely blocked for eleven hours.
In view of the adaptabllity of the
Brownsville section to olive culture,
and the always heavy demand for OIL
ives and olive oil, the Government will
endeavor to encourage olive growing
on large scale in that vicinity.
Arrangements have been perfected
to hold county fair and race meet in
Tulsa, 1. r., this fall. This will be
the first county fair ever held there.
Ground was purchased several days
ago, and steps will be taken to have.
the street car line build to the park.
DR.. J. S. Korn, president of the
Howard County Medical. Society, and
one of the most prominent and widely
known. physicians in Southwest Ark
l'died suddenly ffiussdays. !; He was out
| fishing near Center Point. when he
taken suddenly sick and died before
he could be gotten home.
Warrants have been sworn out for
the arrest Of the employees of the
Southern Pacific who were held re-
sponsible for the wreck on March rs.
in, which twenty-five were killed and
seventy-five inquired The charge is
manslaughter without malice.
T. w. N. Frew, president of the board
of trustees of the Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg, Pa, has made public let
ter from Andrew Carnegie, announcing
that Mr.. Carnegie has given SO, 0OO,.
900 for endowment to the Institution
This is in addition to the 100000
given some time ago.
A .graveI or;sand OF quartz forma
ton something on the order ofs.that
used on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railway. one of the greatest
tracks in the world, has been found
by the Brazos Valley Railroad. The
pit is near Singleton and it is thought
there is enough of the sand to ballast
the entir cline.
The steamer City of Troy was
burned to the waters edge at Dobbs
Ferry, N. Y. last week. The steamer
was completely destroyed, with its
cargo of freight and thirteen horses
All of the passengers, sixty-five in
number, were landed safely.
United States Marshals Sam Cone
and W. g. Johnson have been special
ly deputized to go through all the rail
way trains in the territory in search
of liquor. Since April they have
spilled several hundred gallons.
John r. WISH, former president
of the Chicago National Bank, now I'M
der indictment on charges of misap
plying funds of the bank, was az
raigned in the Federal court and Gu.
tered a plea of guilty and the trial
was set for October To-
Fire destroyed one-story wooden
building occupied by the San Angelo
/. Trading Company with a stock of gen.