Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-03-30
ITEMS or INTEREST
NEWS THAT IS NEWS. WHEN IT IS
NEWS, FOR ALL
DOINGS OF DAY AND WEEK
happenings the Wide World over Of
important Events Condemned to
Good Reading.
DOMESTIC


Judge Emory Spear, In the unlteo
States circuit court at Savannah, ga
Saturday, imposed a tine oil S2o'OVo on
the Merchants and Miners Trans
49, q, ,raiah, ratos Tbe cornora.
- .as,,,o.,d loot waaL
Decrepit and broken In health by
illness and long time IN prison. 'onn
c,oonn o,os oonvicted NJ embeyzle-
-. S,o,, tho ooverpment in connec-
go ,,,,tt harhor ,ronrovements at Sa-
vannah GA took the pauper's oath
saturday and walked ont a free man.
Tho oath released Gavnor. as IT did
Cantain Greene from any obligation
~ nav tho government the s575 900
A. ,,,nosad an them in connection
n,j,h tbeir wilson sentences 1t also
MARKED tbe end of the Greene-Ga
litigation in the United States courts,
which has existed over twelve years
Governor O r. Colouitt Friday ap-
nroved the hin recently enacted by the
legislature providing for an inspector
of masonry. public buildings and work
at n salary of 50 600 per year. and
named / r Nitscbke. a brick con-
tractor of Austin. as the inspector pro-
,,ided for in the enactment.
In the city election at cameron, lex"
to determine whether commission
form OF government would De auopt
Gu, tnere were IT 'o'e' i''
z4o against It,
Startling evidence of sea tragedy
was revealed at Great Point, Nantuck-
of island Friday when dory from the
hargo Stoninqton containing the bod.
ies of cantain Nelson Davis of the
horga and that of seaman together
with two unconscious sailors. one of
them the captains son drifted ashore.
Both of the bodies were frozen stiff,
Tho survivors, had snfferad so severe
ly from cold and exposure that 1t is
feared, they too, Will die.
with nanoltv su,ts aygregatinq $40.
noo ho,air.T o,ar its baod for a1leqed
sai,nro 10 ohsarvo tho law RECURRING
,ha rrrni,a ~ nasserger trains on
od,,artisod schedules the Texas e pa.
Ia po,1rood comronv SATURDAY
,hrorot, &c General attorney Judge w
uoiI of po1Iae anneared before the
rialrood commission at Austin and
asked that the proceedings be. held up
and that it be placed on probation,
with the promise that in future the law
would be observed to the very letter.
Fort Worth was unanimously chosen
for the next meeting place of the Tex
as Cattle Raisers' Association at it's
final session Friday at San Antonio,
and Ed. S. Lasater of Falfurias was
chosen as president without opposi-
ton. El Paso and Oklahoma City, ri
walls for the next convention, with
drew before the matter was put to a
vote.
Associate Justice F. A. Williams Of
the supreme court of Texas Friday ten
dered his resignation to the governor,
to take effect April 1. The resignation
was reluctantly accepted by the states
chief executive, but after a personal
interview the governor acquiesced and
named former State Senator j. b. Dib-
rell of Seguin, Guadalupe County as
the successor of Justice Williams, who
announces he will engage in the prac.
tice of law as partner of Judge NJ A
Steadman of Austin.
The interstate commerce commission
has issued an order suspending until
III, On tho nronoead advances in tho