Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK
INTERESTING ITEMS OF PRESENT
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS.
STATE, NATIONAL, FOREIGN
Short Items Telling Of the Latest In
terestlng pcings and Happenings
on Our Globe.
DOMESTIC.

of We god of war, was scheduled to slip
behind the moon Wednesday night,
and for the last time for several cen
turtles to become eclipsed He slip
ped as per schedule. When fair Luna
elevated her sweet and smiling face
above the western horizon her com
panion Mars was pinned onto her right
cheek. Later he hid his rudy com
plexion behind her silver tresses, later
appearing abaft the beam, standing out
from her left ear like new-fangled
sparkling hat pin.
State department officials at Wash
ington are of the opinion that 1t is
of little consequence to the United
States what lands DR.. Cook has dis
covered on his way to the North Pole,
so far as actual territorial possession
is concerned.
Three new ocean records fell to the
Cunard liner Lusitania on her last trip
from Queenstown, which ended Friday.
The Lusitana made the passage in
days and II hours and AZ minutes,
thereby clipping hours and IS min
utes from her fastest previous time.
She maintained an average speed of
1885 knots for the entire voyage, beat
ing the Mauretnio's record, and finally,
by landing her passengers at the Gu
nard pier in New York she became the
first liner to dock on the fourth day
out from Queenstown.
In the unkempt, illusion.haunted wo-
man whose feverish lips answered to
the name of Alice Webb Duke in
Judge Grimmell's court in Chicago
Wednesday, charged with lunacy,
there was little to remind the specta.
tors of the former wife of Bodie l..
Duks, millionaire tobacco man, or the
woman who once stirred the tobacco
growing district of Eastern Texas.
Wilson Jones, a son of Chief Crazy
Snake, is in Washington with several
members of his band in conference
with his attorneys and the Indian Of
flee looking to the surrender of Crazy
Snake and his followers, who are still
in hiding in Oklahoma.
Surgeon General Wyman of the Ma
rine Hospital service was Friday adj
vised by cable of the appearance OF
yellow fever at La Guayra, Venezue-
la. The number Of cases was not
given.
Without the Waters Pierce Oil fine
placed in the treasury by Attorney
General Davidson there would have
been deficit in the general revenue
fund before this month ended. The
state treasurer completed his balance
sheet for the fiscal year ending Sept
/, and there was total cash to the
credit of general revenue of $1,743, 208
Walking into the kitchen where his
1n.. I'D. lnx,
bert Hauft, a carpenter at Houston
Texas, affectionately kissed her, said
good-by and took from his pocket an
ounce vial filled with carbolic acid
and drank its contents to the last
dregs, dying soon thereafter.
The board of engineers has approx
ed the local engineers recommends
ton for ship channel survey from
Corpus Christi to Arkansas Pass This
project contemplates twenty-foot
channel from Corpus Christi to deeI
water at the Arkansas Pass jetties.
A report by Secretary Hester
showed during the commercial yea
the Southern mills had consumed go,
900 more bales of cotton than die
northern mills.
Three thousand are now reported
dead from the flood in Monterey, Mex
leo alone, and 500 in territory to tht
south. Relief trains are arriving dali,
to relieve the needy.
The first train over the Mexican Ma
tional road since the big washout las
Friday came to Laredo from Montere.
Wednesday morning.
A plethora of Lincoln pennies wa.
turned out by the mint during August
| $1S2,790 being coined.
Where Is My Wandering Boy To
night?" is out of date, useless ant
should be placed under the temper
ance ban, according to Mrs. Emil,
Hill, president of the Cook County Qll
inois) Women's Christion Temper
ance Union.
The robber who looted the express
car of the Pennsylvania train at Lew
istown Narrows Tuesday missed
chance to acquire half million dollar
or more in government funds. Osca
L. Whitelaw, sub-treasurer of tn
United States at st. Louis, said tina
the five iron safes in the car wer
filled with currency to that amount
The contracts for the purchase 0
100 calculating machines and 80
counting machines for the census BIZ
reau, which are expected to result i
a saving of nearly million dollars t
the government, were signed Tuesda
by the acting secretary of commerc
and labor. The Shaw & Chase CT
of Newark, N, j., the successful bic
ders, will be required to have the ms
chimes installed by Apri II next. TIL
chimes Installed by April next. TIL
with llans and specifications prepare
by the census experts.