Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-07-21
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President Taft was told Friday that
the Ohio republican state platform, to
be adopted at Columbus the latter part
Of this month, would contain ring
ing Endorsement of the entire Taft ad-
ministration, including the Payne-Ald-
rich tariff law. 1t is proposed that the
form of Endorsement written into the
Ohio platform shall serve as model
to other states that intend standing
loyalty by Mr.. Taft.
Acting Secretary Gable Of the de-
partment of commerce and labor at
Washington, has directed the admis,
sion to this country of forty-eight out
of eighty-two Russian Hebrew immi-
grants, who, in company with others,
came to this country by the steamer
Hanover, which arrived at Calves
ton June 90, in response to advertise
ment OF the Jewish immigration infor-
nation bureau.
Mack Collins and John Casson, ne
groes, convicted of murder and SEN
fenced to be hanged in the Nashville
penitentiary Aug. 10, escaped from the
Shelby County jail Friday. 1t is claim
ed that the prisoners had aid from the
outside.
Clifford Pinchot and Speaker Cannon
engaged in an extemporaneous debate
on the subject of conservation before
the Knife and Fork Club in Kansas
Clftu Friday and t1ybf1a
expression to the highest personal re-
gard for the other, and both agreed
that conservation of the nations natu-
raj resources should be encouraged,
they differed on the question Of who
was the father of conservation.
Half million dollars is to be ex-
pended by Charles P. Taft, brother of
President Taft and a millionaire, in
making Portland, on the gulf coast,
resort of the first magnitude. John
G. Willacy, state senator, has signed
three-year contract with Mr.. Taft
to direct the work.
The Matagorda Bay congress of re-
ligion, education and social service,
and outgrowth of the great laymen's
movement which recently aroused
churchmen all over the country was
organized at Houston Thursday by a
council of prominent laymen from va
rious points In Texas.
President Taft Thursday withdrew
more millions of acres of coal land
in different states of the West, bring
ing the total of coal land Withdrawals
made by him up to the enormous to-
tai of 71,518,5S8 acres. Something
like half of this amount are new with
drawals.
Conforming with the report on
Tuesday that every effort was being
made by the Texas & New Orleans
Railroad officials to supply an ade-
quate number of refrigerator cars for
the handling of the great quantities
of liberia peaches at Jacksonville,
comes the notice Wednesday at the
headquarters of the Sunset-Central
lines that large consignment of big
fruit cars moving from New York to
California had been ordered intercept
ed at Ell Paso and diverted back to
Jacksonville.
According to information garnered
by members of the state fire rating
board from several sources, but main.
ly from the local insurance agents at
Austin, it appears that forty-one out
OF the one hundred and twenty-five in
surance companies having permits in
Texas will continue to write insur.
ance following the order of the board
calling for certain reductions.
Formal request for the extradition
of Porter Charlton, charged with kill.
ing his wife at Lake Como, Italy, has
been forwarded by special messenger
from Rome to London, whence it will
be sent on to Washington by the first
fast mail.
Secretary Flower of the state live
stock sanitry board has issued formal
notice that the state of Texas has put
into effect quarantine against the
shipment of live stock from points in
louisiana to Texas on account of the
Charlton cases which have developed
in Louisiana.
A. powder magazine at Cabot, Pa,
exploded early Tuesday, killing at
least one person