Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-17
fact of the matter is, the commission has
nowhere ordered

TACT OF the matter Is, the commission mas
nowhere ordered
A REDUCTION OF RATES.
The reductions made in baeging and ties
from Galveston were granted at the re-
quest of the roads themselves that
desired to compete with the re-
dIced rates on those articles over
roads shipping from St. Louis. There
seems to be good deal of transformation
concerning the acts and intentions of the
commission circulating in noisy
and ridiculous manner. People should
remember that the commissioners
arc not chuckleheads that don't know q
coupling-pin from a driving shaft. They
are at least men of as much common sense
as many of those who SIT
in fear and trembling waiting
TO hear their doom when a rate is TO be
declared on a certain commodity. When
you hear fellow cryidg out. Us some are
doing, that the commission IS
going to play hari-kari with the railroads
and things generally. you can bet your bot
tom dollar nine times in ten that he is en-
ioying
SOME SORT OF SNAP,
that he is in clover, while some other poor
devil is paying the freight. There
are good many of that
class of patriots whose hearts are
bleeding for the dear people. and for Texas.
They will bear watching.
]. b. COLEMAN WANTED.
Commissioner Hollingsworth is trying to
by the name of J. B. Coleman
who styles himself superintendent of the
Southern Mutual accident association of
Athens, Ga. Mr.. HollingSworth says that
both Coleman and his company
are frauds that he is doing busi-
ness in the state without license, and
that if he can get his hands on him, he will
,.,l- a. !, Inst
heard from three or four days ago he left
Houston where he had done some business.
and said that he meant
to work Dallas and Fort Worth. He played
the same game in Louisiana, whose inSur
ance commissioner has been writing here
for information of his whereabouts, and de-
nouncing him as fraud.
THE STATE ENCAMPMENT.
Extensive preparations are in progress
here for the state encampment which De-
gins Saturday. With the combined forces
of the United States regulars and the militia
the will be about $500 soldiers in camp. Sheds
of various kinds have been erected, water
pipes and hydrants spread over the
grounds, and pool for bathing provided
been cleaned up, and everything put in
ship-shape to make the boys stay at the
capital for a week as pleasant as possible.
There are three or four troops of
United States cavalry and battery OF
several guns here now, and the infantry will
all arrive tomorrow. \ great gathering of
people is expected, and every boarding
house and hotel in town is skirmishing for
cots and cooks.
THE HOUSTON LIGHT GUARDS,
led by Capt. Rchardt, will be entertained
next Monday night by Miss Sallie Searight.
who some three or four years
ago was chosen sponsor for the
company. The Guards are said to be the
curled darlings of Houston, and the bellies
of Austin are in a futter at the thought of
meeting them at the reception, which of
course will be a delightful occasion.
THE 1. & G. y. INVESTIGATION.
When the International and Great North
ern investigation closed at Galveston, the
committee adjourned to meet on call of the
chairman at Austin. July 10. AS the chair
man did not make the call. no meeting was
held, and will not be until it is called, which
will be in few days, as the committee
must make its report not later than
August 1. The law creating the committee
commands that. No intimation can be
gathered from the encouragement con-
corning the opinion required OF him by the
committee on the proposition to require an
swers from Messrs. Whitaker and Bonner.
Whether he has furnished the opinion or
not cannot be learned