Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-11-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST
NEWS THAT is NEWS. WHEN 1T IS
NEWS, FOR ALL.
DOINGS OF DAY AND WEEK
happenings the Wide World Over OF
important Events Condemned to
Good Reading.
DOMESTIC.

While all OF the West was enjoying
clear. crisp November day Saturday
one of te biggest fall snowstorms in
years swept over the Atlantic sea-
board from the ocean, tearing down
telegraph wires. delaying trains, and
virtually isolating New York, Wash
ington, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
other Eastern cities from the rest OF
the continent.
That the balloon America II made
] 1855 miles in the international race
was maintained by officials of the
Aero Club of St. Louis when they read
a cablegram from London that the
distance was questioned. Albert B.
Lambert of the race committee COM
puted the distance the night Messrs.
Hawley and Post reported, and 1t is
subject to correction only by the war
department of the United States. The
America II landed eight miles north of
Lake Tshistiga, in the province of Que
beck. and not at Chicoutimi, as the
London cable states.
Sergeant j. d. Manley, Company Il,
Third regiment. Texas National Guard,
who ran bayonet through Mr.. Rich
enstein in Dallas during President
Taft's visit in Texas last year, has
been convicted of murder in the first
degree and sentenced to life term in
the State penitentiary. The verdict
was returned by the trial jury in the
Dallas district criminal court, Judge
Robert B. Seay presiding, on the as
sembling of the court Friday.
The striking Transfers of the six
transcontinental express companies in
New York Saturday received assur-
ances from the state board Of media
ton and arbitration that their griev-
Rnces would be favorably listened to II
they would consent to forego their car
dinal demand for recognition OF their
union--the International Brotherhood
OF Transfers. Directly and positively
came the reply. In mass meeting the
men unanimously resolved that they
will stay out until the union is recog-
nized.
During the habeas corpus hearing In
Houston Friday in behalf of Henry l..
Ransome and Jules j. Baker, the two
men who were charged with the MUIR
der of Lawyer ]. B. Brockman on the
hight Of last Oct. 25, Judge Cornelius
Robinson of the criminal district court
held that the state had failed to con-
neot Baker with the shooting of Judge
Brockman and he was discharged. At
the same time he indicated that he
thought the state had also failed to
make case against Ransome, but the
case is still pending
Mrs. Isabel NJ. Summers, a young
widow residing at sos San Jacinto st.
Is at the Houston Infirmary with bull
let hole through her forehead, and her
friend, Mrs. Ben H. Pike, who resides
at Ills Caroline St, is in the county
jail with her husband, B. II. Pike. War
rants charging assault to murder
against both Mr.. and Mrs. Pike were
issued by Justice of the Peace Vasmer.
The shooting happened at the Pike
residence and owing to the excitement
under which they labored following
their arrests, the principals in the
tragedy were unable to give clear ae-
count of the tragedy, although they in
slst that the shooting of Mrs. Summers
was the result of an accident
The general election to be held on
next Tuesday in Harris County may
not be the perfunctory affair that is
usually to be expected where the poll
tical fights over county offices are al
most Invariably decided in the demo-
cratic primaries. Mr. Frank Ham
mond on thursday followed up his dec
laration made on Wednesday to the eff
feet that his friends still regard him
as the nominee OF the party for the Of
Gee OF sheriff by announcing that he
proposed to make an active canvass
OF the county as far as possible.
Causeway construction has progress;
ed to such an extent that by far the
largest portion OF the floating equip
ment h concentrated on the mainland
side Of the channel. On the Galveston
side OF the channel fourteen completed
piers and two abutments rear their
heads above the waters of the bay
while the placing Of arch centering
preparatory to the construction OF
arciibridge flooring is well advanced
between i've Of the piers. The site OF
Galveston County's $1,50O,000 cause
way. stretching across the bay, dis
fanee Of more than two miles. is alive
With hundreds OF men and water craft
Of almost every description