The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
Military.
Secretary of State.

wi poIdIeu yesterday with q caOital
stock Of 500, 900, the purpose being the
encouragement Of agriculture and
horticulture and the maintenance of
pubic fairs and the exhibition of
stock and farm products. Head
quarters at Cleburne, Johnson county.
directors: S. b. Allen, M. l.. Ken
hard, M. Hart, M. L. Mcdowell, S.
G. Graham, j. M. Milan, o. p. Ar.
hold, IL. |. White and j. G. Conway.
The a. M. Reviews company was
also Incorporated yesterday with a
capital stock of $4,000. Located at
Houston. Object, merchandising. Di-
rectors: j. c. Lindsey, G. w. Lind
Sey, Il. J. Jackson, Marshall Thomas.
Lewis Byers, January Hays and E.
Lindsey.
The Nelasco World Publishing
company is incorporated with cap,
ital stock of $4,000 Headquarters
Nelasco. Directors: 0. O. Nation. J.
d. Jamison, Samuel w. Davis, C. G.
Ko1iroth and J. r. Marmion, all of
NelascO.
The charter of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad of Texas was filed
yesterday i'll accordance with the pro-
vision Of a special act passed by the
last legislature authorizing the sale
OF the various lines Of railway con-
trolled by the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas in this state and the chartering
OF the new company making the pur-
chase.
At the time of the passage of the
act in question proceedings were pend
ing in the courts looking to the forfeit
ture of the charter Of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas forviolations of the
law alleged in the purchase of COM
peting lines and the changes just con-
sumaued, ending the receivership, dis
posing of the lines purchased and ac-
cepting charter by which ii is rem
dered amenable to the laws of the
state are designed to end the ltiga-
tons.
The purchasing company is COM
posed of r. G. Foster of Denison, j.
Waldo of Houston, J. M. Lindsay of
Gainesville, o, II. Lyons Of Sherman,
e. M. ReardOn of Dallas, H. G. Cross of
Emporia, Kansas; Colgate Hoyt, of
YonlIers, New York; H. G. Rouse, H.
w. Poor and VIM. Dowd, of New
York city.
The capital stock is $8,OOO,OOO the
capitalization not to exceed $4,000 a
mile. The estimated length of track
is SOB miles composed of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas proper, the Deni-
son and Pacific, the Denison and
Southwestern, the Sherman, Denison
and Dallas, the Dallas and Greenville,
the Dallas and Wichita, the Dallas
and Waco, the Taylor, Bastrop and
Houston, the Trinity and Sabine, thu
Gainesville, Henrietta and Western
railroads, and also the interest of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas in the
lines between FIT. Worth and Whites
bOro.
The headquarters of the new COM
pany are located at Denison.
This is the charter which the attor-
ney general had under consideration
as reported in yesterdays department
notes.
A charter was issued yesterday to
The National Automatic Fan COM
pany of San Antonio, with a capital
stock of $4,000, for the manufacture
and sale of an adjustable automatic
fan, for which patent has been APP
piled.
The directors of the corporation are
n. Mackey, A. p. Kroeger and Frank
$. Taylor.
Legal.
In the Twenty-siXth district court
Yesterday Judge Key rendered de-
cision in the case of the State of Texas
VS. The East Line and Red River
Railway company, II. w. Poor and
the Central Trust company OF New
York intervenOrs.
The court gave the intervenors
Judgment for the amount OF thelf deDG
81 1888, 955, and foreclosure OF their
mortgage lien as prayed for, ordering
the property to be sold Jan. ~, 1917,
in the city of Jefferson. .-,
The judgement is not intended TO
imnair the effect Of the order OF the
court made Sept. s, last, authorizing
tbe receivers to make certain improve
ments and purchases OF rolling STOCK.
The decree was in the hands OF the
attorney general yesterday.
Geological
Professor w. f. Cummins ana party
returned yesterday from San Angelo.
They had been out some four months
in northwestern Texas investigating
into the geological features OF the
nountrv, giving special attention to
the water supply. ~
'NO Department of Education
Annual reports on public school at
foirs were received from three county
Su RRusk county reports 121 schools
with an an average daily attendance
Of i i44S whites and 1901 colored.
Jackson county has tWenty1three
schools and an average daliy aC1ellu-
once of 269 whites and 539 coIored'
Dimmit county has four schools ana
on average daily attendance of forty
five pupils, all white.
The Railroad Commission
Tur STATESMAN contained a teie-
cram Yesterday which stated that the
TaiIrosd commission has 1Xea t4 ne
freight freight rate from San Antonio G90da to
1 PeeIne the county seat of Kendall