Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-14
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Templeion's Opinion Of The Recent Ae'
tlon OF the Land Board.
Fire on Congress Arenue-Iist OF Losses
and Insurance.
ben Ihompson's fnueral-Qniet but
Respectable 0bstquieS.


Respectable UbstqultS.
Special 10 the Gazette.
; Austin. March 1S.--Attorney.Gen
eral Templetpn returned to the city
today. and in conversation with n re
porter OF the GAZETTE, said that ht
iully lndurses the action Of the LAND
board In refusing 10 accede TO the die
tation OF the cattlemeu relative TO the
lease price Of school lands. He says
he met and conversed with q good
many OF the stockmen during his re-
cent visit, and that the only complaint
heard was the advance Of four cents
an acre, or in other words that the
board had removed matters little
further from ftce-grass. When asked
| his views relative To- the final outcome
! OF this new-fouud dissatisfaction, Col.
! Templeton gave il rs his opinion
/ that 1t will blow over. He said the
school fund will get more money
| by the advanced prices, and that
| not q hoof would Ice driven from the
state. All the members OF the land
board talk very much the same way
and instead ol feeling that they have
encountered any formidable opposi-
ton because OF their action, they seem
to think they WILDE fully endorsed by
the people OF the state.
Chartered to-day: The Missionary
and Educational German association
OF BRENNAN.
The governor to-day received let
ter from Senators Coke and MaNey, in
which he is informed that his letter
relative to the eXtradition laws with
Mexico has been referred To Secretary
Trelinghuysen This correspondence
wa. caused by the attempt TO eXtradite
TO Mexico an American citizen claim
ed to have committed crime in that
country.
Secretary Baker received the school
census report of the city of Brown
vile, but it was returned for correc.
ton.
The acknowledgements Office il in re-
Ueipt of letters from different military
companies of the state, asking about
the Interstate Il i'll to occur at Houston
In May, they think inp the state 0u-
thOrities have something TO do with IL.
These companies complain that the
price charged for board is too high,
and possibly on that account some of
them may not attend.
At $3.50 o'clock this morning two
story brick building ON Congress ave-
nue., belonging To Mrs.. DR.. Torbert of
Georgetown, was hnrued. The first |
floor was occupied by Harry Hawkins |
as a barber shnp, and the second floor
by Miss Cora HollingswoIth asa mil |
ltnery store. The inside of the build /
ing was completely burned out, but /
by hard work the fire was |
confined to the four walls. The in |
surance on the bUildiag In - 500, !,
which will probably repair all damage.
Miss HOllingsworth had insurance of
" 900, which will cover her less. The
barber shop fixtures, the finest in the
city, and valued at s. 500, are total
loss, there being no insurance on them
Hawks book store, next door, sus-
tanned slight damage ANA the Gold
Room saloon of Dave Hunter, ON the
other side, sustained damage and
loss To the amount OF SIG OOO
Mae Jones, young printer, died
Yesterday and was buried to-day by
the uLion printers.
Ben Thomp funeral took place
to-day, Rev. DR.. Smoot Officiating,
aud the Knights of PytLias escortinp
the remains to the grave. The line II
carriages was fully half n mile long, |
aud did not include many vehicles |
which preceded the remains to the /
grave.
An autopsy was held on the body of I
Ben Thompson to-day by DR.. Wooter. /
There We're eight wounds on the body, |
either of which would have been fatal |
eN tept one. All the shots ranged |
down, rs If delivered from some ele- |
waited position. and all delivered from
the LETT. Every circumstance points |
To the conclusion, and IL is now firmly /
believed by nearly everybody here !
That Thompson and Fisher never /
saw the parties who killed them. |
There were tweuty-ouc wounds on the |
two men, and 10 carry out the theory |
of evidence before the coroner would |
have required four six shooters, and MS |
the wounds We're all from the left and .
me policeman says he was holding
Ben's right arm and hence was on the /
right side, the whole story woult an.
pear rather flshy, Thompson's friends
are very bitter.
Mr.. a. l., Woodbridge secretary of
the university regents, addressed a
note to the land board to-day, rs fol.
lows.
IL is the wish and necessity of the
university 10 realize some revenue
i,ohi 'he ieaSe OF us lands nj ~ early
day as possible, and they beg 10
state that II is agreeable to them
1t consistent with your views
and policy, 70 place the rental of tho
unwatered university lands at not ex-
ceedlng six cents an acre per annuin.
ana the watered sections at twelve
cents nm acre.
| Signed A. Y. WooLpnlpur
Sec'y University Regents.
rms "Opens Il new phase of the uues.
tioh' aud II Is hnrd To say just what
the board VIII do about II.