Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-03-23
NEWS AS IT HAPPENS
NATIONAL. STATE, FOREIGN. OF
INTEREST TO READERS.
THE WHOLE WEEKS OOiNGS
Short Mention Of Interesting Happen
Tags From Day TO Dav Through.
out the World.
DOMESTIC

has advised Tunstall Smith, execu-
tive secretary OF the Third National
Peace Congress, Baltimore, Md, that
he has named the following dignita-
ries to represent the state of Texas
at the coming session of the congress,
May to 5, inclusive: Bishop A. c.
Garrett, Dallas; Bishop ]. S. Key,
Sherman; Father ]. NJ. Kirwin, Gal:
weston; Rev. W. D. Bradfield, Austin;
Professor S. E. Mezes, Austin, and
Rev. George w. Truett, Dallas.
East Texas generally and part of
Louisiana and Oklahoma were visited
by good, soaking rains, commencing
Friday night and continuing over Sat
urday. Because of the recent and con-
tinued drouth the ground was extreme
ly dry and many farmers refrained
from planting. Those who did plant
found no response, for the seed would
only lie in the dry earth and not
sprout
In the second game of the New
York series which was played at Ath-
letic Park in Galveston Sunday be-
fore large crowd, the Giants turned
tables on the sandcrabs and won
hands down by score of IL to 2.
For the first time in its history the
metropolis of America, New York, is
to have a land show" and no event
scheduled for 1911 will be of greater
interest to the Atlantic seaboard or
of more importance to the entire coun-
try than the American Land and Irri-
cation Exposition to be held in New
York City Nov. to II.
The dove of peace cooed cheerfully
yet another day at Fort Sam Houston,
where 10000 American soldiers spent
Sunday drying out their camp after
Saturdays downpour and entertaining
thousands of visitors who braVed the
mud to get a glimpse of Uncle Sans
fighting men, who may soon be play
ing the part of policemen for
neighboring republic The news of
the day consists of the arrival of
troops l and NJ of the Third Cavalry,
which got in Sunday from Douglas,
Ariz.
Practically all formalities incident
to the successful consummation of the
peace arrangements between the gov
eminent and revolutionary forces of
Honduras have been committed with
and the neonle of that country are
about to see the dawn of something
like permanent peace. This was the
tenor of official advices received by
the state department Monday. With
all obstacles removed, it is expected
that Francisco Beltran will be inaug-
urated provisional president of Hon.
duras in a few days.
Nearly 5000 coal miners in Eastern
Ohio we're ordered to Law down their
tools Saturday in conformity with the
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Coal Comnany and the Mullen inter,
ests The strike 10 called in svmna.
tbv with one that has been in nrop.
ress in the Tuscarawas District NJ
Ohio since April, 1910.
Statements issued by both the San
ia Fe and the Pennsylvania roads
show that during 1910 more than $780,
900 was paid out by these two systems
to former employees who are now on
their pension rolls.
Teddy Tetzlaff, in a Lozler car, es-
tablished four worlds automobile rec
ords Sunday at Los Angeles, Cal, at
the Playa del Rey motordome when