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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
6
Happenings across the world and national gains reported
Speaker Cannon announced Representative George W. Prince of Illinois to the national monetary commission replacing the late Overstreet. The National Rivers and Harbors Congress closed its seventh annual convention in Washington with support for Taft’s policy and a $50 million annual waterway appropriation. The Indian appropriation bill passed the House with a total of $8,277,985 amid graft and land allotment debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
George W. Prince
Illinois
National Monetary Commission
Jesse R. Overstreet
Joseph B. Randsdell
Louisiana
J. E. Ellison
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
Taft
Congress
House of Representatives
ICM Dismisses Gulf Coast Complaint Against KC Southern
The Interstate Commerce Commission dismissed Gulf Coast Navigation Companys complaint against Kansas City Southern Railway and others seeking routes and joint rates to landings on the Neches and Sabine Rivers. The record reportedly shows limited traffic to those landings by other shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gulf Coast Navigation Company
Kansas City Southern Railway Company
Neches
Sabine Rivers
Duel in Havana Street Ends in Death and Wounding
In Havana a duel between Senor Meleon and General Sanchez Figuera, both members of the house of representatives, left Meleon dead from a neck wound after a Friday shooting near the palace. Figuera was wounded in the stomach, likely fatally, as crowds fled past the scene near the Pina Guerera assassination site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Meleon
General Sanchez Figuera
House of Representatives
Havana
Pina Guerera
General Figuera
Holland
Bochum
Prussia
Blue Bird
Frank
Alberta
B. C
Trans-Atlantic Mortgage Bank
Antwerp
Fruay
South America
Pau
France
M. Legagneux
Duke of Oporto
Portugal
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Santiago de Cuba
Rio Janeiro Mutiny Crushed as Troops Reclaim Cobra Island
Government forces regain control after a second mutiny by about 600 marine corps personnel on Cobra Island. Heavy bombardment from land batteries and warships wounded or killed hundreds of civilians and damaged key offices. Mutineers are prisoners aboard destroyers. city residents flee as authorities vow calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
Cobra Island
Marine Corps
Treasury
Foreign Office
Chamber of Deputies
Rio Grande Do Sul
Rivers and harbors bill reshapes Texas aid via Caddo Lake survey
The rivers and harbors bill passes in the House with no Texas item changes except added authority to resurvey the Caddo Lake dam channel to prevent oil land overflow. Texas representatives plan to seek Senate increases in house allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Texas
Caddo Lake
Senate
Olympia Ashore in Alaska Storm Threaten Crew
The Alaska Steamship Company steamer Olympia ran aground on Seal Island in Prince William Sound on Sunday during a severe storm. No word has been received from the wireless operator, and grave fears for the crew’s safety are reported as recovery attempts may be underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Francisco
Juan Sanchez Azona
Mexican Congress
Mexico
Washington
Department of Justice
S. S. Olympia
Cordova
Alaska
Alaska Steamship Company
Olympia
Seal Island
Prince William Sound
Cuban laborers’ pay fixed at 1.25 dollars a day
The Cuban Congress approved a bill setting municipal laborer wages at 1.25 dollars per day for public works. The measure awaits President Gomez’s approval as reported by United States Minister Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Garrison voters approve $10,000 school bonds
An election in the Garrison school district Saturday approved issuing bonds totaling $10,000 to build and equip a brick schoolhouse. The measure passed by a vote of 95 to .
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison
Tex
Troops Deploy Toward Ojinaga Amid Border Tensions
Troops including 120 cavalrymen and artillerymen with rapid fire guns moved Sunday from the Orient road toward Ojinaga on the Texas border. Revolutionists are reported to be in the ascendant as the force awaits orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua
el Paso
Tex
Orient Road
Ojinaga
Texas
American consul general Ozman buried in British Crimean Cemetery
Edward Henry Ozman, American consul general at Constantinople, died December 9 after a brief illness and was buried in the British Crimean Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Edward Henry Ozman
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