Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-10-20
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An elaborate banquet at the Rice
Hotel in Houston Friday marked the
conclusion Of the itinerary of South
west Texas of the National Passenger
Agents Association. Starting at Dallas
and ending at Galveston and Hous-
ton, and representatives of all the i'm
portant railroads of the United States
ended round of pleasure which was
complimented on all sides for its ex-
treme hospitality and cordial fellow
ship.
Two persons were killed. two fatal
ly wounded and FIVE seriously wound
ed in fight for the capture of George
alias Red" Johnson, fugitive negro,
at Huntington, w. Va. He shot and
probably fatally wounded Detective
George Lentz when the latter attempt
cd to place him under arrest and shot
seven members of the posse before
being killed.
In a narrow street upon precisely
selected spot, after an aerial fight
OF more than six miles across the city,
Claude Grahame-White, the English
aviator, Friday dropped his aeroplane
at the side door of the White House.
On the way, at height OF nearly 500
feet, he circled the dome of the capitol
and passed the lofty Washington mon
ument level with the apex. He landed
where the slightest diyiatlon from the
course would have impaled him upon
the spokes of the iron fence around
the White House grounds at his right
or smashed him against the granite
wall at hissleft
The authorization of expenditures
totaling S1,500,000 in increasing the
ocean terminals and in transforming
Texas City into twentieth century
city tells in brief the results of the
visit during this week of the stock
holders OF the Texas City Transports
ton Company to the mainland sub
port Captain A. b. Wolvin. president
OF the company, and his Associates,
representing some of the largest bank
ing and manufacturing interests of
Chicago and Pittsburg, departed Fri
day for Chicago. Before his departure
Captain Wolyin briefly announced the
immediate plans OF the company,
which indicate that there will be no
delay in carrying out the large
schemes for the upbuilding of the
mainland city.
The first serious tropical storm of
the year, after sweeping Cuba and
doing minor damage to shipping in
West Indian waters was Saturday APP
preaching the gulf coast line, with
more or less promise of devastation
TO follow in its wake All shipping
within a radius of 500 miles of Key
West was warned by wireless of the
approaching hurricane. and most of
the vessels plying these waters have
cast anchor in harbors to await the
storms passing.
AS result of the proceeding in the
eleventh district court before Judge
Charles e. Ashe ON Friday in Hous-
ton, 1t was definitely decided that ev-
cry ballot cast in the democratic pri-
mary last July in Harris County would
be recounted in order to determine
who is the nominee OF the party for
the office of sheriff. Judge Ashe re-
quested the opposing sides in the Ar
chic Anderson-F'rank Hammond cleo
tion contest case to recommend two
men each to read and recount the bal
lots
The entire Fifth avenue establish
ment OF the five Duveen brothers.
known the world over as dealers in
rare art objects and antiques, was
seized by federal officers in New York
Thursday, and Benjamin j. Duyeen,
the only member OF the firm in the
city at the time, was arrested, charg-
ed with conspiracy to defraud the gov
eminent of customs dues. Henry A.
Wise, United States district attorney,
in asking for heavy bail, said that
the frauds would reach more than ST.
100000, and that all four brothers and.
an uncle, who make up the firm, were
implicated Bail was fixed at 10000.
which was promptly given and Du-
veen was released
Joan, The Directum spier mare,
ownedsby Captain David Shaw Of Clev-
Gland. Ohio, won the Walnut Hall
Farm cup, the feature of the Kentucky
Trotting Horse Breeders program on
Thursday at Lexington in straight
heats and established a new worlds
record for 4-year-old trotters. going
the third heat in 2:04 3-4. half sec
ond better than the record Of her
grand sire, Directum, which made the