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

hlO was bul bltl lEGu duOuI pAOOO
worth of goods were removed.
A violent hurricane which caused
serious damage has swept over Italy,
Several vessels are reported to have
been wrecked.
The contract for waterworks, cleo
trio lights and sewerage for Snyder,
Oklahoma, has been awarded to w. w.
Cook of Junction City, Kansas, for
S2S,599.
The Chinese boycott against Amer.
leans has been effectively suppressed,
according to mail advices received re-.
Gently from the American Consul Gen.
eral at Canton, China.
The Chicago Limited, from New
York to Chicago, on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, while going about thirty
five miles an hour, was wrecked early
Friday morning at Stewart, Pa.
On account of recent adverse leg
islation by the Tennessee lawmakers,
the great Memphis spring races have
been declared off. and all entry money
has been returned.
Examination has been made of nine
teen bulletins which report and class
fly 448 railway collisions. OF these,
317 are attributed to neglect of tran
men and englnemen."
Brigadier General Theodore ]. Whit
u. S. A., commanding the department
of Missouri, with headquarters at
Omaha, died suddenly in Philadelphia,
where he had gone to undergo medical
treatment.
The prediction was made in an adj
dress before the Institution of Naval
Architects that warships in the future
would be propelled by gas engines in
stead of steam. This, it was stated,
would make it possible to do away
with tunnels.
The Legislature of New Mexico
has passed the bill prohibiting gam
bling in the Territory after January
!. 1908. The bill will be signed by
Governor Hagerman, who, before he
came into Office ten months ago, waged
an unrelenting war against gamblers.
A Thursdays dispatch says: Frank
Jones. teller in the Charlotte, N. c.,
National Bank, has been missing since
last Saturday, when he left, saying he
was going to Richmond, Va. An ex.
animation of his accounts shows a
shortage of about $6S,000
Every member of the grand jury In
the circuit court at Rolling Fork,
Miss, indicted himself for violating
the Sunday liquor law, and each APP
peared before Judge Booth and was
fined $40. with a lecture from the
bench.
Judge Niles of the Federal Court,
has issued temporary injunction on
petition of the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad restraining the Missis-
sippl Railroad Commission from en-
forcement of the order establishing a
cent passenger fare on the inter.
changeable mileage basis.
Zach Rushing, who went from En-.
mis- three years ago to Indian Terri
tory and was employed as locomo
tive fireman on the Frisco Railroad
between Madill and Hope, was caught
under his engine at Meade, east Of
Madill, Wednesday night, and crushed
to death.
A worlds fair will probably be held
in Berlin in 1918. The movement is
supported by leading merchants and
politicians. An address VIII soon be
presented to Chancellor Won Buelow
asking the Prussian Government te
assist In the project.
A car of cotton was partially de
stroyed by fire on the Santa Fe Rail
road Friday, The cotton caught fire
about four miles north of Ardmore, |
e IT,, and before It reached there 1t was
badly damaged.
Mrs. Fred Belasco, wife of the Sc
Nor partner of the Alcazar Theater
San Francisco; and known on the stag:
under the name of juliet Crosby, dice
suddenly Friday, and an hour later M
L. Mayer, Mr.. Belasco's partner
dropped dear on hearing the sad news
With the beginning Of easier condi
tions in freight handling this summe,
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas will
make extended improvements in. IT.