Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-03-18
General News Of the Week |
A Brief Summary Of Happenings in the
State, the Nation and the World
STATE.

DhinBerHeiu.-- ne pedutllul res
idence of w. T. Conner, of this
on the Sth instant. Lost in the
Total loss is estimated at $4,000,
with no insurance.
ckwall.-Anderso Ellis; a Me-
gro, was taken from officers and
burned at the stake. He had at
tempted criminal assault on the
wife of white farmer.
Galveston.=Th Negroes of Gal
weston in mass meeting appointed
committees and subcommittee to
arrange for big parade and recep
tion in honor of Jack Johnson, the
pugilist, who is on his way home.
His parents live here.
Austin. - Gov. Campbell signed
the anti-nepotism law, the Lam
pasas County road law and the
bill appropriating $350,OOO for re-
fund of unearned liquor taxes.
Laredo.-The City has rendered
a donation of 1000 acres in the
City's limits for the enlargement
of Fort Mcintosh The proposition
is under favorable consideration.
Houston. The seventh biennial
session of the head camp conven-
ton of the Woodmen of the World,
ors in attendance. The proceedings
were stormy.
Palestine. Floyd Clewis, Ne
gro, charged with robbing the con-
vict -Jcamp South of here, securing
three hogs, two sacks of oats and
three sets of harness, has been
jailed.
Austin AT mass meeting A. P.
Woodbridge was nominated for
Mayor under the new commission
form of government. S~s''ss''
Gonzales. e, ,Rreeding of
'Emiley, has flsl voluntary assign
ment Tor Inc benefit of his credit
ors. The assetH are $1717.45,
while the liabilities are $'S79.29..
fL.ssB. Colley has been appointed
trustee.
hi Paso. -Lumbermen of Arizona,
Ne,flrAd exico and West Texas met
here fNAnecret session. 1t is be-
lieyed the schedule Of prices is to
be boosted.
Luling.-Six fully developed cases
of smallpox in the Negro colony,
lust West of town, have been dis
covered. Two women and four
children, all Negroes, are the vic
, tins and are confined to one house,
DaIlas.-Dallas County officials
are investigating the invasion of
Dallas County by Rockwell Coun-
ty mob. who in their search for An
derson Ellis killed VIII Clark a
Dallas County Negro who, his
friends claim, had no connection
with Ellis.
Galveston.-The seventeenth semi
annual reunion of the Scottish Rite
of Freemasonry, Valley of Calves
ton, Orient of Texas was held here
with an attendance of several hun
dred from all sections of the State
and other points.
Laredo.-The first car load of
onions was shipped Monday. The
seasons total crop of Webb County
is placed at 1000 cars.
Galveston. that the ghost
OF the Negro condemned to be
hanged would haunt them, is the
reason given by colored dray driv-
ers for refusing to deliver lumber
at the County Jail. The lumber is
wanted to construct the scaffold on
which Edmund Shelton, Negro, is
to die April 1.
Houston.-"Mr. stockwell will not
be reinstated by the company, and
any further consideration or action
on the matter has been indefinitely
postponed This statement was
given out by Thornwell Fay, Vice
President and General Manager OF
the Southern Pacilic-Atlantic sys-
TEN, following the delivery of his
answer to the general committee OF
the Order of Railway Conductors
who requested that Mr.. Stockwell
be reinstated
Tyler. Missouri Develop
ment Company of st. Louis and
Kansas City has purchased 1,50C
acres of land in Smith County, neal
Winona, fifteen miles North OF
here on the Cotton Belt. The
company will plant the land in pc
can and peach trees. The tract adj
joins 200 acres owned by the Iowa
Orchard Company and is in one Of
the best sections of the fruit belt
DOMESTIC.