Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17

he a universal tendency W - ,S+s
ton from southwestern poiia4I W
through Corpus Christi by poas; =
4 Galveston.
Eel Paso-Mining men are ioo ,aast
for general increase ~ .ba MIN
,,arts and a livening up OF the min
me Situation as the result of the re-
s m9 of work at the Gannea
Soines The Douglas smelter mas az.
, ,d, inf on extra men as the result
- tLe oneuing of the mines anu an
tmcrease of activity has resulted III
railroad circles
Rio Grande City.-A water system
ord numning plant has been placed
in operation by j. Tyson VINO sta.ee s
J NAT when fully completed the plant
Iii have settling tank with ca
nacity Of 10000 gallons
shepherd.-Tom Slade is caught
under falling tree and IS Killed
The deceased, who was only a boy,
was engaged in saving timber IN Or
der to secure money to complete MS
education.
KerrvilIe.=T cotton gin COM
mences operations owing to the rapid
increase of cotton receipts. the out
look for this district is very encour-
aging.
Gonzales.-The Western Union
Telegraph Company have announced
their intention of opening up a-down-
town office in Gonzales in the course
of few days.
Boerne.-William Rex Jun secures
a Judgment against the san ANTONIO
G. Aransas Pass railroad, for S2OOO.
The shit was fled by Rex as the re-
suit of personal injuries received
while he was working for the COM
pany as a member of bridge gang
DOMESTIC.
Washington. - General Wrights |
policy of army expansion is looked
mon with interest in both army and |
Diplomatic circles and it is under
stood that the future program IN
cludes the establishment of twenty !
four additional regiments of the line
as we'll as twelve companies of coast
artillery. Secretary of War Wright |
also expects to put bill before Con-
gress calling for three million dol
lar appropriation for improvements
in Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Is
lands. which is to be fortified in |
manner which viii make it impreg-
nable.
Omaha. Mrs. Rice confesses to
the police, that she formed q suicide
pact with Dr. Frederick Rustin, VINO
killed himself a few days ago. MIS-;
Rice lost her nerve at the crucial
moment.
oxford, Miss. A negro named
Lawson Patton is lynched by a mob
who took him from the jail Fat
ton killed Mrs. Mcmillan, wnlte
woman by cutting her throat from
ear to ear.
Denyer.--Five men are burned TO
death in fire which destroyed the
Belmont hotel. The dead are: Ed
ward Moore, George Burtell, John
Kane, George Bode and George OFT.
Chicago S. Berg, former cit
izen of San Antonio, is made presi-
dent of the New Orleans, Mobile and
Chicago Railroad.
PortIand.=A package containing
$4,000 is stolen from the Wells,
Fargo Express company at Salem.
The money had been placed in the
care of the company for shipment by
the president of the Capital National
Bank of Salem The affair is shroud-
ed in mystery and no clews can be
found which would point to the meth
DDS by which the package was stolen.
Duluth.- forest fires of the
Mesaba Range have abated some
what and there is some hope that the
towns of CHISHOLM and Snowy viii
be the only settlements to be destroy /
ed
New York.-In the "Hughes Test"
as applied to the Republican primar-
les. New York district gives the Gov
e1nor a majority while he gets min
GRITTY in Brooklyn.
Cincinnati. William H. Taft has
announced that he will make an ex-
tensive tour of both the East ana
West and is taking very decided
and aggressive stand in ONO speak
ing trip.
Washington. Oryille Wright has
the success of the aero
plane by series of trials conducted
in the presence OF number OF GOV Il
experts The aeroplane, ac-
cording to army experts, will be an
important factor in the wars OF the
future.
New ,Yorlz.-In the cross examin-
atom Of Second Vice President Col +
ins during the Standard Oil trial MT
Collins absolutely refuses to produce
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